The fourth elder brother looked at the golden abacus of the ninth elder brother and was speechless for a long time. Gold is heavy, and an abacus as big as a palm is not light, so why not carry it with you?
Don't you mind the belt falling? The ninth elder brother noticed the sight of the fourth elder brother and said with pride: "This is specially customized by my brother Fujin. The frame, pillars and beads are all semi-hollow and not heavy." The corner of the fourth elder brother's mouth twitched. This is really not the case. To coax the children?
Brother Jiu remembered the dowry he saw in the morning, and asked with some doubts: "Is Khan Ama too kind to the Tong family? The title of Heshuo's consort is equivalent to that of Chaopin Gong, plus the title of the Tong family's suspension of title The first-class duke, the Tong family is equivalent to three dukes. When Xiaojiu gives birth to an elder brother, he is the grandson of the royal family. He will definitely become the princess and the princess. Then he will be a prince-in-law..." The descendant of the princess The descendants are also of golden blood, and according to convention, they are also married to the clan and Jueluo.
In this way, the future of the Tong family has another guarantee. Brother Si frowned when he thought of the Tong family.
He had not replied to Longkodo's letter before. Longkodo was dissatisfied. After returning to Beijing, he was already looking for opportunities.
I "ran into" the third elder brother twice. However, his relationship with the Tong family cannot be separated even if they are constantly cut. Before, it was Empress Xiaoyi's support, but now she has a younger sister.
The ninth elder brother was a little worried and worried: "If my brother doesn't get close to my mother-in-law, will Khan feel cold to me?" The fourth elder brother's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help but be alert in his heart.
Cultivating kindness is better than generating kindness. In her heart, Khan Ama may not be happy that she is too close to the Tong family, but it would not be good to be alienated from the Tong family, as she would be suspected of being ungrateful.
He looked at Brother Ninth and said, "I heard that your house and Guo Luoluo's family have not been friendly in the past two years?" Brother Ninth thought of this, leaned back in his chair, and said angrily: "Forerunner, Mr. Guo Luoluo At that time, I was arrogant and only went to Yuqing Palace and did not take the prince's grandson seriously. How could I be so humble and get close to them?" Si Age thought for a while and said: "At this moment, at that moment, I am a Taoist protector. As a leader, you still have to show courtesy. Khan Ama highly values filial piety, and this also includes the honor of the concubine." Brother Jiu felt guilty when he saw the glory of the Tong family in the morning, and said reluctantly: "Well, even if he is a Hutu man, he is our mother's brother." The fourth elder brother felt a headache thinking about the interpersonal interactions in the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
He rubbed his temples and said: "You have already left the mansion, and the favors that should be left should also be left." He was very polite to his staff, but he rarely interacted with his clan members and descendants of the three families, and there was a lot of gossip outside. , talking about Jiu Age and his wife
"alone". The ninth elder brother shook his head and said: "I am the most impatient of these favors. For now, this is enough. My brothers have not neglected me. My uncles are also following everyone's example and are respectful. In addition, the in-laws and in-laws are included. That's enough." Fourth elder brother He still wanted to persuade him, but Brother Ninth had already urged him: "Brother Fourth, hurry up and pick up the kuaizi. After a while, the gluten cake will get cold and you won't be able to peel it off." Brother 4th then stopped and picked up the kuaizi.
Brother Jiu touched the abacus, wiped his hands with a wet towel again, and then directly took a gluten cake burrito to eat.
The gluten cake is about the size of an adult's palm and is as thin as a cicada's wing. Eggs, shredded green onions, etc. are sandwiched in the middle to form a burrito.
Brother Ninth ate four burritos slowly, with different dishes each time, and finally came to the conclusion: "The weather is dry now, but the rolled vegetables are delicious." Brother Four ate a burrito rolled with shredded pork and eggs. , did not eat stir-fried vegetables.
Because the main ingredient of stir-fried vegetables is bean sprouts. Ever since he heard from brother Jiu that there were additives in bean sprouts, he asked someone to inquire about it, and he could no longer eat bean sprouts.
Now there are bean sprouts in the dining room, which are prepared for the people below. After all, at this time, everyone is starting to prepare winter vegetables. In addition to cabbage and radishes, bean sprouts are also good choices.
He glanced at Brother Jiu, a little strange. Brother Jiu said: "Mung bean sprouts are crispy and refreshing. You can also try soybean sprouts and black bean sprouts. We grow this in water in the kitchen of our house. We even grow peanut sprouts. It's delicious..." When the two of them put down the kuaizi, , Brother Si asked the question in his mind: "Weren't you picky about the bean sprouts before? Why did you eat them today?" Brother Ninth said: "I picked the bean sprouts from outside, but now this one is not my own." Are these bean sprouts from home?" Brother Si looked at the bean sprouts and pinched off the heads and tails. They looked no different from ordinary bean sprouts.
"How did you tell?" Brother Si asked. Brother Jiu said proudly: "With your love for cleanliness, you know that the bean sprouts outside are not suitable, so you will definitely not ask anyone to buy them from outside again..." At this point, he pointed at the bean sprouts and said: " The bean sprouts grown in clear water, without fertilizer, are not as big as the ones outside, and they are not as tall as the ones outside!" After hearing this, Brother Si's face turned dark immediately.
It turns out that in order for the bean sprouts sold outside to grow well, one thing must be added, and that is child urine.
Three years after moving out of the palace, two and a half years of eating bean sprouts! Seeing his change of expression, Brother Jiu coughed lightly and said, "This is nothing. You don't need to think about it carefully. If you really want to think about it carefully, you can't eat any of the vegetables grown in this land. There are also pigs. People in the countryside outside have pigs." Above the circle is the toilet..." The fourth elder brother was so disgusted that he hurriedly said: "Okay, it's going to be dark outside, you should go home quickly, be careful, my brothers and sisters are thinking about you!" Ask the ninth elder brother to continue chanting, and he can't eat anything. .
Brother Jiu took a look at the sky outside and realized that it was indeed sunset. He calculated the time in his mind. Sifujin started it in the morning, which would take most of the day.
He said: "Don't worry, it's not even late yet..." Anyway, the two families are on the same street, so it doesn't matter even if it's curfew time, they just walk in front of the house and don't go to other streets.
While the two brothers were talking, there was movement outside. It was Si Fujin's nanny who came next to her. She said with joy, "Master Beile, Fujin has given birth to his third elder brother. Mother and son are safe!" Si elder brother immediately got up and was about to go. Go to the main room.
When he saw Brother Jiu, he stopped again. Brother Ninth also followed suit and said: "Congratulations to Fourth Brother for having a legitimate son. Come and see Fourth Sister-in-law quickly. My younger brother hung up his little bow and went back. We in Fujin are also concerned about Fourth Sister-in-law's condition." Not an outsider, Fourth Brother also Without being polite to him, he nodded and followed grandma to the main courtyard.
Bows, arrows and red silk have been prepared long ago. A male child hangs a bow on the left side of the door, and a female child hangs a red silk bow on the right side of the door.
In addition to announcing the good news to relatives and neighbors, it also reminds people passing by to be quiet and not to disturb the mother and baby.
Brother Jiu hung up his bow with his own hands, left Sibeile Mansion and returned to the Prince's Mansion. It's not yet dark yet, and there is movement at the door of Sibeile Mansion, which falls into everyone's eyes.
*Ninth Prince's Mansion, upper room. The house was already lighted. Shu Shu was bored, holding the "Book of Rites" in his hand and looking at the clock. It was already the first quarter of the year.
She planned to pick up the Four Books and Five Classics and teach them to the children. But right now, she couldn't stand it.
It took almost an hour for Ninth Prince to go to Sibeile Mansion. She couldn't help but be a little worried, not about Brother Jiu, but about Si Fujin, whether something was wrong.
After all, this elder brother is unprecedented in history. She held a string of sandalwood beads in her hand and couldn't help but stir the beads.
It’s just that there are too few elder brothers who have never been seen in history? It’s not unusual to have two of your own, one from Five Baylor, and multiple royal grandsons from Four Baylor House, right?
It's just that other people have no influence on the main line of history, but it is not necessarily the case that Sibeile Mansion has a third elder brother. At least Honghui didn't do anything to Xiao Si when he couldn't stand still.
There were footsteps outside, a bit messy and hasty. After hearing this, Shu Shu's heart suddenly lifted and she sat up from the kang.
With the sound of the door opening and closing, Brother Jiu trotted back, looking a little embarrassed. It turned out that it was raining outside, and Brother Jiu came back despite the rain.
Only then did Shu Shu realize that the wind was blowing outside and the autumn wind was bleak. She hurriedly got up and took a clean towel and handed it to Brother Jiu: "Why did you come back despite the rain?" Brother Jiu did not take the towel, but leaned forward.
Shu Shu raised her arm and wiped the raindrops from his face.
"It rained so hard that the wind started picking up when we left Fourth Brother's house. As a result, it started raining just as soon as we walked a few steps..." As he spoke, there was a burst of thunder outside, followed by autumn rain.
Shu Shu touched Brother Jiu's clothes and felt relieved that they were indeed not very wet. The couple walked to the door, opened the door and looked at the rain outside, looking at each other.
"How does Qin Tianjian calculate the days? I hope this rain comes quickly and goes away quickly..." Brother Jiu frowned.
He felt that there were some metaphysical sayings that he had to pay attention to. According to current sayings, it is better for the weather to be sunny on the wedding day than for it to rain. There is an old saying among the people.
"If it rains on your wedding, the bride's life will be short." Shu Shu looked at the rain outside and said nothing, feeling uncomfortable.
The rain came quickly, but after it started falling, it became a bit slow, unlike a shower. I just hope it can stop before noon tomorrow.
*Four Baylor Mansion, east wing of the main courtyard. The fourth elder brother looked down at the third elder brother. Although there was vernix on his face, the imperial doctor had seen it and he was in better condition.
Perhaps because he stayed in his mother's womb for half a month longer, the third brother's fetal hair was thicker and his fingernails also grew better.
Si Fujin's face looked tired, but he was in good spirits. His eyes were glued to Third Brother and he couldn't bear to look away. When the fourth elder brother saw this, he couldn't help but be startled. For some reason, he thought of Concubine De and the fourteenth elder brother, and also thought of Honghui.
She was also pregnant in ten months, and a mother should treat her children equally, but when it comes to it, she still prefers her younger son.
Does every mother prefer her younger son? He lowered his eyes and planned to visit Honghui later.
Honghui has moved to the front yard to live by himself in preparation for entering the palace to go to school next year. Get used to living on your own first, so as not to reveal your timidity when you don't get used to it when you enter the palace.
"Rumble..." The thunder outside broke the silence in the room. The couple looked at the window at the same time.
Si Fujin's lips moved and he swallowed the words as they reached his lips. Seeing this, Brother Si comforted him: "Don't worry, it won't last that long..." As he said this, he felt unsure...
