After Jia Lian left Beijing, Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to move into the main room and sleep with him every night.
However, even so, it is difficult to explain Jia Lian's worries about leaving home, and he is getting heavier and heavier, and he has to manage tedious household chores at the same time. After being together for several times, it is inevitable that he will lose energy and become haggard.
She looked like this, even her nephew and wife, who often came to see her, often advised her to pay more attention to rest, but she just ignored it.
Only Jia Mu saw this and ordered her to resign as housekeeper.
Mrs. Wang had no choice but to restart Li Wan to take over as her housekeeper.
It's just that Li Wan has a kind-hearted nature, and there are many people in the Jia family who rely on the elderly and sell them, cheat and cheat, and watch others do the dishes.
Seeing that Li Wan failed to take care of many things and had unclear rewards and punishments, she paid more and more attention to Li Wan, which led to delays in some matters and unclear arrangements. Mrs. Wang could only ask the housekeepers and wives to consult Wang Xifeng more.
Wang Xifeng was originally a person who was greedy for power and showed off. When she saw the situation at home, she even thought that everything would go wrong if the family left her, so she became more and more arrogant. Although she didn't dare to take away Li Wan's power due to Jia Mu's order, she would sit on the kang and explain everything clearly to them whenever the people below came to ask her something.
It wasn't until her belly swelled that she was tormented more and more, that she really left the housework behind and hid at home to wait for the birth.
She finally made it to the beginning of July. Fortunately, she gave birth to a baby and the mother and daughter were safe. Everyone in the family breathed a sigh of relief for her.
Jia Mu even sent mandarin ducks to visit her every day, bringing ginseng, cinnamon, and other supplements. She was not afraid that she would not have them, but that she would not be able to eat them.
Only Wang Xifeng herself had vowed to give birth to a boy to avoid her worries, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a daughter, and she felt disappointed for a long time.
Unexpectedly, not long after her daughter's full-moon wine, a letter from Jinling broke the tranquility of Jia's house again.
Xue Pan, the eldest son of Xue, was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit and wrote to Beijing for help!
When Wang Xifeng heard that something had happened at her aunt's house, she couldn't sit still, so she quickly came to see Mrs. Wang for discussion, asking what the reason was.
"I heard that they were competing for an actor, and they got into a fight when they disagreed. Maybe they didn't think it was serious, so they beat the other person to death.
Human life is at stake, Pan'er is such an unlucky bastard! "
Mrs. Wang sighed, scolded her nephew for not living up to expectations, and then handed the letter to Wang Xifeng to read.
Wang Xifeng said: "I heard from the master that the Jia Yucun who recognized our clan has recently taken up the post of Yingtian Mansion, and this case happened to be tried under him. As long as we take care of it a little, we don't have to worry about whether we can handle this case." Case closed!”
Mrs. Wang sighed: “That’s all we have to do.
I have already written to your aunt, asking her to take Pan'er and Baochai to live in the capital together.
It just so happened that she had said before that she might come to Beijing this year, and now that this happened, she would definitely agree.
Their house has been unoccupied for more than ten years. It must be troublesome to clean it up. Now your uncle is not at home, so I want to bring her to live with us... You can go back and check the old lady's voice for me and look at her. Does the old man agree..."
Wang Xifeng understood the truth as soon as she heard it and said with a smile: "The old lady likes liveliness the most, and my aunt and Baochai are both good-tempered people, so I don't have to worry about the old lady not agreeing. I am worried that although our house has many houses, I am afraid that There is no suitable place for my aunt and her family to live.”
"You don't have to worry about this. There is a courtyard in the northeast corner of our house. It was originally built as a retreat for the late Duke's family when he was still alive. Although the place is not big, it is quiet and enough for them to live.
There is no need to worry about the master. Just wait for the old lady to nod, and you can go and clean it up. "
Wang Xifeng smiled and agreed, and after talking a few words with Mrs. Wang about the life lawsuit, she went to Jia Mu's room to look for a chance to talk.
Mother Jia was indeed a lively person. She had met Aunt Xue in her early years and had a good impression of her. As soon as she heard Wang Xifeng speak, she knew that her daughter-in-law was embarrassed to speak, so she asked Wang Xifeng to play a supporting role.
He didn't care at all, he just smiled and said: "That's good. I heard that the son my concubine gave birth to was not good, but she gave birth to a daughter. She is an excellent daughter. Her writing and appearance are all excellent, but are you serious?"
"I don't dare to vouch for this with the old lady. After all, I have only seen her when she was very young. I just heard from my aunt that she is much better than me."
Jia Mu sneered and said, "Of all the women in this world, no matter where you come from, I'm afraid it's hard to find one who is as showy and unsubtle as you. Naturally, all of them are better than you."
After a smile, the matter was settled.
Aside from others, when I heard that the Xue family’s uncle beat people to death for trivial matters, I subconsciously had a bad impression of the Xue family. Only Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu and others said that the Xue family’s daughter “looks good.” , extremely proficient in writing and calligraphy." With these words, she clapped her hands happily and twisted Jia Mu, wishing that she would be picked up and shown to him tomorrow!
Less than two months passed in this way, and the Xue family arrived in Beijing as promised. They were welcomed by Hefu, which was naturally very lively.
Only Wang Xifeng was always happy and disappointed.
Not only was he worried about Jia Lian, but he also suffered from the long distance to the border and the inconvenience of writing letters. He was unable to understand Jia Lian's current situation, so he was inevitably worried every day.
As the saying goes, she thinks every day and dreams every night. For several nights, she dreamed of Jia Lian fighting the Tatar army. How could he be the opponent of those ferocious barbarians despite his delicate appearance? She was frightened when she saw him bleeding on the battlefield soon. She screamed in her dream. If Ping'er hadn't called out to comfort her, she would have fallen ill.
Maybe she was afraid of something happening, but the news coming back from the border made Wang Xifeng almost scared to death.
Many Tatar tribes took advantage of the onset of winter to cross the border to grab food, money, and women. They had many fierce battles with the soldiers stationed on the border. Each side had its own victory or defeat...
Wang Xifeng could not sit still. Regardless of the consolation of Mrs. Wang and others, she tried every means to find out about Jia Lian's situation.
It's just that she is a woman and does not have a noble status. What effective channels can she have to find out about the life and death of the little fifth-grade military attachés trapped in the border?
Only then did Wang Xifeng realize that she could only control the situation in the Jia family. Once she left this three-acre land, she would be no different from an ordinary woman.
Fortunately, she was sure that her uncle Wang Ziteng was fine, and if Jia Lian came to follow him, there wouldn't be any big problems.
She could only comfort herself in her heart.
Things were not settled outside, but something happened to Jia She again.
Previously, I just said that I was not feeling well, but no one paid much attention to it. After all, in the winter, there were more and more illnesses. Today, if I am not feeling well, I have a fever and a cough, so I just asked the doctor to take medicine.
Unexpectedly, Jia She was different. The illness was as severe as a mountain, but within a few days it was as if he was about to die.
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Mrs. Xing hurriedly asked someone to invite Jia Mu.
Jia's mother came over with a cane and took a look. She saw that Jia She's face was black, his lips were blue, and he was lying on the bed trembling all over. Even when he saw her coming, he couldn't say a complete sentence. He was shocked and hurriedly asked why.
Mrs. It was said that the master was too weak and had taken too many mercury pills.
How could the master be so convinced that he beat the quack doctor out and invited the imperial doctor to take a look..."
Jia Mu asked, "Okay, why did the table knock?"
Mrs. Xing did not dare to answer, and Jia She's aunt and concubines standing in the room were even more trembling.
After seeing it, Jia's mother roughly understood. Although she was half sick in her heart, she saw that Jia She looked so pitiful, so she couldn't help scolding him and just asked: "What did the imperial doctor say?"
"The imperial doctor initially told me something similar to what the doctor said. Seeing that the master didn't listen, he prescribed some medicine and took a look...
Who knows that eating it won’t make you feel better at all!
I just invited Dr. Wang to come to my house yesterday. Dr. Wang also looked solemn after seeing him. Today he came again and he said..."
"What did he say? Say it quickly!" Jia Mu banged her cane.
"The Imperial Physician Wang said that the master is mentally weak and physically weak, and his five internal organs have been damaged, combined with... kidney water depletion, energy failure, and a lot of congested substances in the blood, which have poisoned the body. The only way to nourish the spirit and focus is to Medication, hereby use high-quality supplements to nourish the body, and there may be room for recovery. I just ask you not to take those elixirs that only promote the production of vitality. It is said that those elixirs have side effects. With the body of the old man, no matter how hard it is, I can’t stand it anymore.”
Mrs. Xing could only give a general description of what the imperial doctor said. In fact, the imperial doctor Wang said a lot in detail. He even said that if Jia She did not meditate and cultivate, it would be as short as a month or two, or as long as half a year, and his life would be in danger. .
