Little husband, he is born with a good life

After the tsunami, Zhou Jinian started the project of building the Jianzhou dam, and the imperial court sent Guo Tao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and a fourth-rank Beijing official to Jianzhou to be in charge of the water conservancy project.

In the 42nd year of Qingyuan, in November, I came to Jianzhou with Guo Tao, the Minister of Industry, and an old acquaintance, Xie Yao!

It turned out that Xie Yao Chunwei passed the Jinshi examination, only because he answered the question of "Tuntian" from Huang Dunyi, the servant of Zhongshu, during the palace examination, and Emperor Qingyuan praised him.

Huang Dunyi assigned Xie Yao to the Ministry of Industry and hung him in the Tuntian Division as a small official in the capital, responsible for the collective farming of the capital's agriculture.

Even though he was a small official, he was also under the management of the capital, so it was not so easy to send letters, let alone to Zhou Jinian, the prefect of Jianzhou who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is also the reason why Zhou Jinnian never received any letters from his elder brother after Chunwei.

Guo Tao entered Jianzhou Mansion quietly and walked around the city for a day. The people of Jianzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment. When mentioning Jianzhou prefect, some commoners praised him.

Guo Tao went down to the farmland again, and the farmers praised the prefect even more, the evaluation was really good, Guo Tao still couldn't believe it, and went to the sea flooded area again.

Here the soldiers and the people work together to control the water. Some build moats, some dig canals to drain water, and some carry sandbags to block water. Everyone knows their work and has a tacit understanding.

Guo Tao was amazed!Take a party from the Ministry of Industry to the government office.

……

In Zhou Mansion's study room, Xie Ning was lying on the wicker chair to read the account book, while Brother Yu was sleeping on top of him, and the father and son enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.

Brother Yu can eat and sleep, and his sleep quality is excellent. Xie Ning was so pressured by his son that he couldn't breathe. He pushed him to change positions, but he didn't wake him up. When he got impatient and twisted his butt, Xie Ning stopped moving him. He continued to sleep.

While patting his son's back, Xie Ning heard footsteps outside the study.

Soon Luhe came in and spread the word: "The master of the Ministry of Industry has arrived at the mansion, and the master invited him to the mansion for dinner."

Xie Ning frowned, "It's finally here."

Xie Ning sat up, picked up Brother Yu and sent his son back to his room to sleep, afraid that he would kick the quilt, so he sent a little girl to guard him.

Luhe followed Xie Ning all the time, and the two went to the kitchen together.

Xie Ning only picked a piece of lean meat, and the rest of the meat dishes were fish.In addition to making grilled fish, I also want to make a fried fish cake.

Scrape the fish scales and pick the fish bones, slice the fish fillets, beat them with a rolling pin, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, and finally wrap them in starch and deep-fry them.

The lean meat is chopped into stuffing, stuffed into the bellies of green peppers, and fried with tiger skin peppers.

The soup is going to cook a kelp tofu soup, which is tender and delicious.

Xie Ning was busy, when Shitou came to the door of the kitchen, Xie Ning asked first, "Has Lone Year come back?"

"Master is back, together with Mr. Guo." Shitou lowered his head and replied first, and then sent a message: "Master told you to share a share and send it to the study in person."

Xie Ning was puzzled, "Study room? To whom?"

Shitou bowed his head and shook his head, which meant that the master would not let him speak.

"Okay." Xie Ning nodded, pushed back the stone, and continued to work on himself.

There are distinguished guests at home, Xie Ning and Lin Jin are not at the table, they eat in the room by themselves.So it was arranged for people to bring the dishes into the main hall one by one and put them on the table, Xie Ning then led Lu He to the study with his own portions.

Stepping into the study room, there was a man in black standing with his back to Xie Ning, looking at the painting on the wall. The painting was drawn by Zhou Jinian, and the prompt was 'one look at his life'.

Xie Ning hadn't seen this back view for nearly four years, and he didn't dare to admit it for a while.

Xie Yao heard the movement behind him and turned around. His younger brother Ning Ge'er was wearing a dark green gown with a white lining, hidden under the thick clothes, he couldn't tell if he was fat or thin, but looking up, he had black hair. At the back of the head, the face is smooth and delicate, the slightly slender almond eyes are full of surprise, the small and straight nose bridge, and the moderately thick lips are smiling.

"Brother Ning has lost weight." Xie Yao stepped closer.

When they were separated, Xie Ning was nine months after giving birth to Brother Yu, and because of too much nutrition, he was a little chubby, looking like a teenager.After three years, Xie Ning lost the baby fat, his bone image was fully revealed, his temperament became more and more mature, he lost his youthful air, and looked like a gentle and jade-like noble son.

Luhe put down the food she was carrying, took it from Xie Ning's hand, put it down, and exited the study.

Xie Yao put his hands on his younger brother's shoulders, and gently squeezed his shoulder bones.

Xie Ning's eyes were red. He followed his husband all the way away from his hometown, and also from the relatives who gave birth to him. He thought that when we meet again in this life, it will be time for some gray hair.It was only when we met unexpectedly that I realized how much I miss my family.

"Don't cry." Xie Yao coaxed his younger brother, "They are all fathers."

"Brother!" Xie Ning sniffed, "Why did you come to Jianzhou? You haven't written a letter for half a year. My husband only knows that you are going to Beijing for the exam, but I don't know where to send the letter in the capital...Brother, how are you at home?" ?”

"Alas..." Xie Yao led his younger brother to sit down, "Everything is fine at home, I was ordered to come to Jianzhou to take charge of farming..."

Xie Yao began to tell his younger brother what happened to the Xie family after the separation.Last October, when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, Li Shiyi was pregnant. After he became a Jinshi, he stayed in the capital. When Li Shiyi gave birth to a child, he had to wait until the child was one year old, so the reunion has not been possible.

Xie Yao took out the portrait that he carried with him and showed it to Xie Ning, "Before I came to Jianzhou, it was sent from home. Brother Ning, this is your niece."

It was a portrait of a chubby doll with bushy hair, sleeping with closed eyes.

Xie Ning reached out and touched the fat baby's face in the portrait.

Xie Yao looked down at his younger brother's hand. The joints were distinct, the fingers were long and slender, and the nails were trimmed clean and round. It was a working hand, but not very rough.It seems that my younger brother has not endured hardships following Zhou Ji Nian all these years.

"Daddy..." Brother Yu woke up, didn't have a good meal, and heard Aunt Luhe say that Daddy was in the study, so he ran over.

When Xie Yao heard the child's crisp voice, he hurriedly stood up and went to the door.

Brother Yu stepped on the threshold with one foot, staring blankly at the strange tall man in front of him.

Xie Ning went over with a smile, and said to his son: "My dear, this is your uncle, Daddy's eldest brother."

Xie Yao tentatively stretched out his hand, "Brother Yu, can uncle give you a hug?"

"When you were just born, you liked your uncle hugging you, and you laughed when he hugged you." Xie Ning encouraged his son.

Brother Yu pouted his little mouth, and tentatively moved forward with his little paws. After looking carefully for a while, the adult in front of him did look a bit like his father.

After Brother Yu's warm little claws touched Xie Yao's big palm, Xie Yao picked him up.

Xie Yao hugged his nephew in his arms, patted his back, sat down on the couch table, twisted a fried fish cake with chopsticks and fed it to Brother Yu.

Brother Yu called out when he had something to eat, "Uncle!"

The two brothers of the Xie family laughed loudly.

Xie Ning also sat across from his elder brother, he was really happy today.

"... Then I was accused of coming to Jianzhou. In fact, it has been three days since I came to Jianzhou. Mr. Guo seems to be not only here to build a dam, but has been asking the people about the prefect."

"A governor came here before. Ji Nian took him to Guanhai Terrace. He refused to go without a sedan chair. He arranged for eight men to carry the sedan chair for him. He never got off the ground. He said nothing happened and went back." What Xie Ning said was not an exaggeration at all.

Xie Yao nodded, "Master Guo should have received a secret order from His Majesty, probably because of his achievements in the year of Zhaji, but I think Mr. Guo is very satisfied with this journey."

These words made Xie Ning even more happy. There were two great happy events in one day, one was to meet blood relatives in another country, and the other was to see her husband's ability.

"Eh? Brother, did you meet Ji Nian?" Xie Ning suddenly thought, if Guo Tao finds out that a small official he brought along along the way is the brother-in-law of the magistrate he wants to secretly investigate, then what?

"As soon as Ji Nian saw me, he immediately recognized me." Xie Yao smiled and sighed, Brother Ning really hasn't changed at all, it's about Zhou Ji Nian, everything comes first.

"Ah?" Xie Ning frowned, wouldn't Mr. Guo misunderstand the elder brother's tip-off?

"Master Guo appreciates Ji Nian even more, he just praised Ji Nian for his integrity." Xie Yao put down his chopsticks, imitating Guo Tao's original words: "If you really communicated secretly, how could you still recognize each other in the open? Besides, you can’t fake the flood, and you can’t fake helping the people rebuild their homes.”

"This is Master Guo's original words."

Xie Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry." Xie Yao comforted his younger brother, "Although I can't eat at the same table as Mr. Guo, Mr. Guo knows that I come to the study, and he feels that Ji Nian's style is decent, affectionate and righteous."

Xie Ning grinned uncontrollably.

In Xie Yao's eyes, his younger brother has returned to his youthful appearance, carefree.

"Brother, eat quickly, it's cold, it's not good if the food is cold, we brother have a drink after eating." Xie Ning stretched his neck and called Luhe, "Lvhe, let someone clean up the room, brother will live in the back. "

Xie Yao hurriedly stopped him, "I can't live here. I'll live with Mr. Guo in the back hall of the government office. The place is very clean and convenient for doing business."

"It's okay, pack it up, and just stay tonight, I haven't seen my elder brother for a long time, I still want to hear what my elder brother has to say about my family."

Xie Yao then nodded, "Then stay tonight, don't drink the wine, make some barley tea and drink it."

When he was young in Dajing Village, Xie Ning often cooked it to cool off the heat and relieve his difficulties. Xie Yao liked to drink the barley tea made by his younger brother very much.

"it is good."

Xie Yao ate while feeding Brother Yu. Fortunately, Brother Yu already knew how to eat by himself, and as long as it was food, Brother Yu would not refuse.

After dinner, Xie Ning went to the stove to fry barley tea, while Brother Yu temporarily stayed with his uncle.

Knowing that his nephew still felt unfamiliar with his uncle, Xie Yao took out the portrait to show Brother Yu, "Brother Yu, this is your sister."

Brother Yu touched the person in the portrait with two little paws, "Sister..."

"Yes, it's uncle's daughter, your sister, three months old."

Brother Yu withdrew his little palm, put it in his arms and rubbed his little hands, "What are you doing, sister?"

"Sister is sleeping."

"What can my sister do?"

Xie Yao smiled lovingly, "My sister can play with you."

"Playing..." Brother Yu became interested, shaking his head and looking around, "Where is it?"

Xie Yao liked him even more when he saw his tiger-headed and tiger-headed appearance. Xie Yao's own daughter is far away in Yuezhou Prefecture, and she will be stationed in the capital with him in the future, so he said to Brother Yu: "Where is your father, you can find him want."

The three-year-old brother Yu also began to want a friend, since he heard what his uncle said...

One day, as soon as Zhou Jinnian returned home, he rushed over, "Father, I want a younger sister..."

Xie Ning staggered behind his son.

Zhou Jinian raised his eyebrows, knelt down and touched his son's little face, "Who taught you?"

"Daddy..." Brother Yu's little mind was confused.

Xie Ning's cheeks were so angry that he was framed by his own son!

"..." Zhou Jinnian picked up his son and agreed without hesitation, "I will give birth to your younger sister tonight."

"No..." Xie Ning reached out to grab Zhou Jinian's waistband, "I didn't teach your son!"

Brother Yu opened his mouth slightly, looking at his father's angry expression strangely.

Zhou Jinnian remained calm, "Tell me at night, Husband, don't be ashamed."

After Zhou Jinian finished speaking, he carried his son and walked forward to sit and talk with two elders in the hall.

I am ashamed of you!Xie Ning stretched out a finger, angrily poking the air like his son's fat little butt.

Thinking again, my man treats me so well, why would Brother Ning not want to give birth to him?born!

Brother Yu was placed in the hall, and Lin Jin held a baked sweet potato and called to his grandson, "Brother Yu, this baked potato is really sweet."

"I'll try it!" Brother Yu ran away and snuggled into his grandfather's arms, holding the roasted sweet potato by himself, tearing the skin of the sweet potato with his short fingers.

"Hahaha... Do you try it?" Feng laughed loudly on Wednesday, and his grandson said this like an adult.

"Is it sweet?" Lin Jin asked his grandson teasingly, holding his grandson in his arms.

Brother Yu couldn't tear off the sweet potato skin well, and his little mouth was black when he ate it. He nodded and was busy eating.

Zhou Ji Nian also sat down and took a teacup to drink tea.

Brother Yu held up the roasted sweet potatoes that were gnawed to pieces, and ran to please him, and opened his mouth, "Father, here, change my sister!"

Lin Jin looked at it in surprise, and smiled silently at Zhou Zhoufeng.

"Okay." Zhou Jinian was very patient with his son, and agreed again.

Xie Ning walked into the room, listened to his son's birth again, and deliberately wanted to provoke his son, "Then what if it's not a younger sister, but a younger brother?"

Brother Yu didn't understand anything, "You want a younger sister."

When Xie Ning sat down, he went to pounce on Xie Ning again, leaning on his father's leg, and continued to eat sweet potatoes.

Seeing his sloppy little mouth, Xie Ning frowned, took a veil and wiped his mouth, "It's not certain."

Brother Yu didn't understand, he looked at his father with a white and tender face, with a puzzled look on his face.

"It could be a younger sister, or a younger brother. You have to accept whatever you want. If you can't say you're not a younger sister, you don't want it." Xie Ning reasoned with him.

Brother Yu pouted, feeling unhappy.

Lin Jin quickly got up and took his grandson back, and told him about his younger brother's benefits, "My dear grandson, it's good to be a younger brother, and my younger brother will play cuju with you."

Zhou Zhoufeng is a man, and he said casually: "If you want a younger sister, just regenerate!"

In the Qing Dynasty, it was always a blessing to have many children and grandchildren, and of course Zhou Feng thought so too.It's just that he wanted to think about it, and he didn't know how to get into a dead end, otherwise his husband Lang Lin Jin only gave birth to a son, and he never got pregnant again, so he didn't have any other thoughts.

Brother Yu still didn't want to, he just wanted a sister with a lot of hair and a chubby sister.

"Hi brother, when brother grows up, he can protect you." Lin Jin continued to coax, it is best to make Brother Yu fall in love with brother, and it is best to have brother with two fathers every day.

Brother Yu softly agreed, "Okay."

He wants a younger brother who can protect him and play Cuju with him.

Xie Ning pursed his lips and shook his head, his son is really easy to coax.

In the evening, Zhou Jinnian came out of the study and went back to his room.Seeing a light burning in the room from a distance, it means that his husband is already in the room, but Lu He is not waiting at the door.

Zhou Jinnian raised his eyebrows, and walked briskly into the door.

Big red candles were burning in the room, walking in, the curtains on the carved incense wood bed were drawn down.

In the quiet room, Zhou Jinnian laughed softly, Xie Ning hid under the quilt, rubbing his feet together embarrassingly.

Xie Ning's cheeks blushed as soon as the husband chuckled, and he wanted to tell the husband with his actions that he was willing to add a younger brother or sister to Brother Yu.

Then the bed curtain was lifted, and Zhou Jinnian looked down at the person lying on the bed from above.

Xie Ning quickly closed his eyes, but the eyeballs swayed uncontrollably under his eyelids.

Zhou Jinian stood beside the bed, taking off his clothes.

This silent scrutiny made Xie Ning's face more and more hot, why didn't your husband speak?What's your husband's expression?

This is really tormenting, Xie Ning's Adam's apple slid, and finally couldn't help it, he quietly opened a slit of his eyes...

As soon as he opened his eyes, the naked husband rushed forward.Xie Ning yelled, "Ah!"

"Haha..." Zhou Jinian's chest trembled, he lifted the quilt and got in, wrapping Ning Lang in his arms.

Xie Ning pouted, and quietly wrapped his legs around Zhou Jinnian's waist, shy from being laughed at, and complained, "Why don't you make a sound..."

Zhou Jinnian flicked the broken hair on Ning Lang's forehead with one hand, bowed his head and kissed it without saying a word.

"Hmph..." Xie Ning hummed softly, thinking of his plan, pushed Zhou Ji Nian, turned over and pressed on him.

"Huh?" Zhou Jinian raised his eyebrows in surprise, then half-closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

Xie Ning buried himself in the quilt, taking the initiative to make his husband happy.

As soon as Zhou Jinnian was free, he would yell, "Heh... Ning Lang has grown up..."

Yubai's arm stretched out from under the quilt and covered Zhou Jinian's mouth.

The sound of breathing from the two of them overflowed from the bed curtain, and the red blanket inside was billowing, very happy.

……

As for the construction of the dam, because Zhou Jinian had done a good job of laying the groundwork, after Guo Tao took over, everything went smoothly.

In the 44th year of Qingyuan, Zhou Jinnian was appointed as the left servant of the household department and a bachelor of the Hanlin cabinet because of his outstanding political achievements and great contributions to flood control. He was responsible for compiling the book "General Research on Flood Control".

Emperor Qingyuan assigned Zhou Ji Nian to the household department, obviously not just because of flood control, but because of his ability to govern.The servant of the household department is responsible for the actual collection of taxes and labor, restraining the merger of wealthy people, adjusting the surplus and shortage according to the income and expenditure of each state, and finally providing pensions and relief to the poor in the disaster area.

In charge of the treasury's finance and economics, under the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and side by side with the right servant of the Ministry of household affairs, in short, it is a fat post.

The Hanlin cabinet can be said to be the highest social status group in the Qing Dynasty, and it is a very honorable thing to be able to enter the Hanlin.

As soon as he received the imperial decree, Zhou Jinnian urgently recalled Qiang Huo, a doctor who is proficient in medical skills, to escort his family to Beijing.

Xie Ning was also arranging business routes, and after discussing with Zhang Hai in the gazebo, he asked, "Do you have any idea about the doggerel?"

Zhang Hai: "It has been found out that it is a foreign businessman, and because he is not from Jianzhou Prefecture, it is difficult to know who it is."

"Businessman from other places?" Xie Ning kept recalling in his mind, could it be the Duan family?Pretending to be a foreign businessman?

Xie Ning really didn't have a clue. Indeed, since he started business, he has never had any grudges with anyone. The whole fish feast he held did not block people's business.

He runs a business to sell dried soft fish and dried shrimp, and he does not have any conflict of interest with any businessman.

"Continue to investigate." Xie Ning didn't give up, the disaster would never be eliminated, and troubles would easily arise, "I will go to the capital to stabilize, and I will send you a letter. If something is found, you can ask someone to write to me."

"Definitely." Zhang Hai also hoped to help Lord Ning to find out the matter, he was on a big boat, and there were people he knew at the foot of the emperor.

When Zhang Hai left, Xie Ning was still thinking about foreign businessmen, and Luhe was currently guessing Duan Daqian.

"Most likely, it seems that there is really only Duan Daqian, but he should be grateful to Nian Ye, who caught the real culprit who killed his son."

Xie Ning shook his head, and denied: "It should not be Duan Daqian, his tea business is already exhausted, and he has no time to spare."

Then Luhe couldn't guess it. After all, when she followed Zhou's family, Zhou's family was already in Yuezhou.

While the two were talking, a little maid came to announce that Qiang Huo had returned!

Qiang Huo has been away for two years, practicing medicine and righteousness, and when he comes back to the Zhou Mansion, he already has a pillow by his side.

Qiang Huo introduced to Xie Ning, "This is my wife, Chang Wenqing."

Chang Wenqing wears a blue coarse cloth scarf on her head. Although she is wearing a red skirt with tied cuffs, she is very capable, not like the big sleeves of ordinary women.

Looking at her face again, it is not as delicate as Jiangnan women, it is a bit sallow, her eyes are energetic and heroic, like a person from the Jianghu.

Xie Ning resisted not looking back at Luhe's expression, and asked with some embarrassment: "Where is Qingniang from? Qiang Huo is really, why didn't you ask the family to hire a matchmaker when you got married? It's not a loss to the girl, right?"

Chang Wenqing laughed immediately, and answered first: "I'm from Lingnan, so I don't need a matchmaker. I'm the only one in my family."

Really like a gangster, very bold, Xie Ning also smiled, "Okay, but the etiquette still needs to be made up, the etiquette passed down from generation to generation, Qingniang lives first, don't worry."

"Thank you, Lord Ning." Chang Wenqing said carelessly.

Only then did Lu He speak, "Master Ning, I'll clean up the house for Qiang Huo and Qing Niang."

Xie Ning took the opportunity to turn around and looked at Lu He worriedly. Lu He's face was normal, she avoided Xie Ning's sight, turned and left.

Alas, Xie Ning sighed in his heart, Lu He was looking forward to Qiang Huo's return, but in the end it was two people who came back.

Lu He was lucky to have Xie Ning, the master, treat her like a relative. He thought that when Qiang Huo came back, Xie Ning would definitely listen to her wishes and propose marriage to her.

Unexpectedly, as a servant, she couldn't help herself, and in the end, her love was unsatisfactory.