Cheng Wanwan carefully looked at the information of the four servants. They were all bought from the dental clinic in the capital, and their family backgrounds seemed to be quite innocent.
The He family's spying in her new mansion should not be so obvious. It feels like she is being treated as a fool.
Therefore, these four people are just suspicious on the surface, and there should be other insiders secretly.
"Let these four people use it first and take a look before talking about it." She thought for a while and then said, "Old Liu, please observe more. If there is no problem, it will be of great use. If there is anything suspicious, come and report to me immediately. .”
Mrs. Qi nodded and went to do it.
Cheng Wanwan didn't have anyone coming in to wait on her in the courtyard. Mrs. Qi and Yan Hong were enough.
That night, maybe because she had just arrived in a new place, she didn't sleep very well and got up early.
It was extremely cold in Beijing in November, so she wore several quilted underwear and a furry cloak before she dared to go outside.
Mrs. Qi was waiting outside, and she made a common courtesy and said, "Why are you up so early, my lady? Breakfast is already prepared."
Cheng Wanwan nodded and walked to the greenhouse where he had breakfast. There was a charcoal fire burning in the room, and tea was burning on the charcoal fire. It was very warm.
She couldn't help but lament that the luxurious life of the wealthy families in the capital was all made of money. The charcoal fire in this stove would burn at least five or six taels of silver in a day, and there were servants in this house who had to feed themselves for a month. The expenses are unimaginable.
Fortunately, she was not short of money, otherwise she would not be able to enjoy the big house rewarded by the emperor.
After breakfast, Mrs. Qi brought over a stack of red posts: "After the lady came to the capital yesterday, many people got the news and sent people to send posts, hoping to invite the lady to participate in the flower appreciation feast and recite poems. Meetings, lake tours, etc. are all banquets held in the past half month. Let me take a look, ladies, which ones do you want to go and which ones do you not want to go?"
Cheng Wanwan flipped through the dozens of posts, seven or eight of them were invitations to visit her, and the rest were invitations to attend banquets.
In this winter, she really didn't want to go out to blow in the cold wind.
She said: "The ladies who sent the posts each responded with a special gift from Dahe Town. They said that I am temporarily unavailable, and when I am free, I will definitely invite everyone to visit me."
Mrs. Qi knew that she didn't like these social activities, so she had already prepared some gifts. After showing them to Cheng Wanwan, she arranged for her servants to deliver them to each family.
Cheng Wanwan didn't mean to shirk it, she did have something wrong.
She asked Cheng Yi to arrange the largest carriage, which was filled with all kinds of delicious food. She took Sidan and took the carriage to the outskirts of Beijing.
As an old mother, the first thing she does when she comes to the capital is of course to visit her son.
The fact that she came to the capital was not revealed to Sanniu. Sanniu thought that she would come after the next year. She and Sidan suddenly appeared. This kid must be very happy.
The carriage drove smoothly all the way to the garrison camp on the outskirts of Beijing.
Cheng Wanwan didn't know the two soldiers guarding the gate. She jumped out of the car and said warmly: "I am the mother of Zhao Jingyu in your military camp. I came here to visit him. I wonder if I can come in?"
The two soldiers guarding the door were suddenly shocked.
Zhao Jingyu, isn't that Brother Sanniu? Isn't Brother Sanniu's mother the famous third-grade Sui Shuren?
"People from Suishu, please come inside." The soldier immediately let him go, "But people from Suishu, there are new regulations in the military camp. Family members who come to visit relatives can only wait in the designated area. Please come with me."
Cheng Wanwan nodded.
When she came to the military camp last time, she felt that the management of the garrison was too lax. Although she did not join the army to fight, she was still leading the army, and it was very loose and unorganized... It should be that after the incident at the Ye family last time, the cavalry The general has strengthened management and no longer allows family members to enter important areas inside the military camp at will. This is actually a good thing.
The soldier took her to the tent on the west side of the military camp. It was at the very edge and completely inaccessible to the core area of the military camp.
"Excuse me, Sui Shu, please wait a moment. I'll call Brother Sanniu over right now."
The soldier turned around and went to call someone.
Cheng Wanwan waited for a while, and there were messy footsteps at the door of the tent. Then, the tent was opened, and the first person who rushed in was an acquaintance.
Zhang Jinbao's face was filled with excitement: "Auntie, it's really you who is here!"
Cheng Wanwan also had a smile on his face: "I haven't seen you in two years. Why have you grown so tall? I can hardly reach your head."
When he first came to the military camp, Zhang Jinbao was the soldier responsible for guarding the gate. Now he should have entered the inner camp and can participate in training every day.
She has a good impression of this child. If Zhang Jinbao hadn't reported the news to her, Sanniu might have...
She said, "I brought some delicious food over here. Jin Bao, please move the things down quickly and let everyone share a share."
Zhang Jinbao scratched the back of his head: "I'm still wearing the cotton-padded clothes that my aunt donated to the military camp two years ago. The quilt on my bed was also donated by my aunt. I've got so many things from my aunt, how can I still have the dignity to eat? My aunt left Let’s feed it to the three cows.”
Behind him were many soldiers who came to watch the fun, and they all responded.
"Yes, yes, we can no longer ask for Sui Shuren's things."
"It used to be extremely cold in the winter, but now that we have cotton-padded clothes and quilts, we are finally warm. Suishu people have saved the lives of poor people like us."
"It's hard for people from Sui Shu to come to our military camp. Shouldn't we treat people from Sui Shu well?"
"Yes, yes, I remember that when the materials donated by the Suishu people were delivered to the military camp, the old Yangtou in the kitchen said that he would treat the Suishu people to pig knuckles."
"I'll hurry up and tell Old Yangtou that the people from Suishu are here, and they're starting to make pig knuckles."
"I'm going to ask the general for instructions..."
The soldiers went to work separately, not giving Cheng Wanwan a chance to refuse.
But she could understand.
The duty of the garrison in the capital is to protect the imperial city, and there is no need to go to the front line to fight. The court's military supplies are given priority to the front line. In the end, these low-level soldiers are the children of poor families. They are sent to the military camp just to find a way to survive. There is no money left to buy warm clothes for the children. These teenage children rely on their integrity to withstand the cold winter every year. Although they will not freeze to death, they still have to suffer a lot.
The capital is extremely cold for at least three to four months a year, and the military supplies donated by Cheng Wanwan undoubtedly saved them from the bitter cold.
The gratitude in their eyes comes from the bottom of their hearts and is not fake in the slightest.
But Cheng Wanwan was also afraid of causing trouble to the little soldiers like them, so she hurriedly said: "Jinbao, I'll just come and see San Niu and leave, so you guys don't bother me."
"It's okay, Auntie." Zhang Jinbao said with a smile, "When other people's parents come, they sometimes stay in the military camp to have a meal. Just report to the general. The general won't worry about it."
Cheng Wanwan asked: "Which general?"
In this camp, any official of fifth rank or above can be called a general, and there are as many as twenty or thirty generals, large and small.
"Of course it's General Zhaoyong." Zhang Jinbao replied, "General Zhaoyong is Sanniu's master. If he knew that the Suishu people were coming, he would definitely ask the kitchen to entertain the Suishu people with the highest standard of meals..."
Cheng Wanwan's eyes flashed with a smile.
General Zhaoyong was He Xiao's former title. After he was cleared of his grievances, he was reinstated and stayed in the military camp.
It just so happened that she had something to talk to He Xiao about.
