in2ebook Chapter 515 Liu's Plan
Chapter 515 Liu's Plan
As soon as the first month of the lunar year was over, Xu Qingye would secretly go to Hongjiang City to investigate a case for the emperor.
Xu Yuande and the old couple Hu stayed in the capital for more than three months. Although they had no worries about food and clothing, lived in a comfortable courtyard, and had servants to serve them, they had lived in Lushan Village all their lives and missed it after being away for so long. It happened that Xu Qingye was going to Hongjiang City and was on the same route as them, so they decided to go back to Lushan Village with him.
It would be nice to have someone to take care of you on the way.
Song Yuntang was very reluctant in his heart.
The night before leaving, she packed Xu Qingye's things and gave him some instructions.
"The first month of the lunar year has already passed. Hongjiang City is not far from Yingshan City, and the climate is relatively warm. After all, you will be back in less than six months, so I won't prepare so many thick winter clothes for you."
"There are also some daily necessities and medicines, all packed in a box. If you're missing anything, please write me later and I'll have someone send it to you after I've prepared it."
"I've prepared five hundred taels of silver for you. One hundred taels are in the form of silver ingots and small change, which is convenient for daily use. The other four hundred taels are in silver notes, just in case. Hongjiang City has Mingyue Tower and Yujun Pavilion. If you really don't have enough, you can go there to withdraw money. I'll write to the two shops in advance to let them know."
"Fortunately, we have our own business in Hongjiang City, and the people in Yujun Pavilion are all reliable. If necessary, we can use them."
"Don't worry about the capital, I will take good care of Hao Ting."
The more she spoke, the more reluctant the man became. He stepped forward and hugged her petite body from behind.
"Take care of yourself, too."
The wife in his arms nodded obediently and turned her head to look in his direction.
"There are so many people at home. When have you ever seen me mistreat myself?"
"When I come back, I will ask His Majesty for half a month's leave so that I can spend more time with you and Hao Ting."
The man lowered his head and buried it in her neck, sniffing the fragrance emanating from her body, as if he wanted to imprint the scent that belonged only to his wife in his heart.
Song Yuntang got goosebumps from his actions.
But he didn't avoid him.
"It's only February now, and there are still four and a half months until mid-June. I don't know if you can make it to Hao Ting's first birthday."
The man paused.
"As soon as I finish my work in Hongjiang City, I will rush back as soon as possible. But I'm afraid I'll miss your birthday again."
Song Yuntang turned around and met his eyes.
"Birthdays are celebrated every year. Your safe return is the best birthday gift for me."
Hearing his wife's sweet words, the man's face was moved and he hugged her tightly in his arms.
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That night, the couple lived in harmony.
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The next morning, the old couple Xu Qingye and Xu Yuande left together.
Xu Yongwang held his grandson and accompanied Jiang and Song Yuntang to watch the carriage disappear before entering the house.
Hao Ting, who was almost eight months old, had already grown his first tooth. When a child is teething, his saliva secretion is particularly strong. Jiang made many cotton handkerchiefs and also sewed a button on Hao Ting's clothes, hanging the handkerchief on his chest, which made it much easier to wipe the saliva.
Xu Yongwang and Jiang are both reliable people. The children are usually looked after by their parents-in-law, so Song Yuntang can free up his hands to do other things.
She had someone pick out two suitable shops in Beijing in advance. One was on the main street of East City and was renovated in the style of Yujun Pavilion. The other was slightly off the beaten track and in South City. The price was relatively cheap and the location was spacious. It was renovated according to the layout of Xinglin Medical Clinic.
South City is where ordinary people gather, and its population is much larger than that of East, West and North City.
In addition, his home is close to South City, so it is convenient to go there. The original intention of setting up the clinic was not to treat wealthy families. In Song Yuntang's view, it is most appropriate to set up the clinic in South City so that he can get in touch with more patients.
The Song family arrived in mid-March.
Those who came together included Song Yuntang's parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces, as well as his grandparents.
Seeing that there were guests at home and there were still a few empty rooms in the backyard, Nian'er thought that she didn't need a big place to live in, and she was not used to living in the same yard with her uncle and aunt, so she took this opportunity to move to the backyard.
In the courtyard of Xu Yongwang and Jiang, the empty east and west wing rooms were occupied by the elderly couple Song Xingye and the couple Song Jinbao.
The two pairs of brothers and sisters-in-law were arranged to live in the east and west wing rooms of the courtyard where Xu Wencheng had lived before, and the main house remained empty for Xu Wencheng.
With servants to serve at home, they have no worries about food and clothing, and the family gets along quite harmoniously.
Song Yi has always been taken care of by Zhao.
The little girl, who was over two years old, didn't seem very lively. When she saw Song Yuntang on the first day, she hid behind Zhao.
Song Yuntang squatted down.
"Yier, don't you remember your aunt?"
When she left last year, Song Yi was almost two years old.
Even though eight months have passed, I shouldn't have completely forgotten about it.
However, some children are shy, so Song Yi's reaction at the moment is normal.
Zhao pulled her out from behind her in frustration.
"Hey kid, why are you hiding? This is your biological aunt, how could she eat you? Hurry up and call her aunt."
Song Yuntang smiled gently.
"Mom, don't pull her anymore. Let her get used to it first."
Song Yi didn't say anything, but kept observing her aunt's expression.
Seeing that she didn't seem to dislike him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The way her aunt looked at her was different from the way her mother looked at her.
"aunt."
The little girl's voice was very soft, but Song Yuntang still heard it.
After she responded, she extended her hand to Song Yi, "Do you want to go eat something delicious with your aunt?"
Seeing Song Yi hesitant, Zhao hurriedly pulled the child over to her.
"Go with your aunt, grandma will pack first."
Song Yuntang took the child by the hand and walked towards the main hall.
When Liu followed Song Jinyuan into the yard holding the child, she glanced in the direction of Song Yuntang and Song Yi, and saw that Song Yuntang seemed to like his daughter very much, with a look of joy on his face.
When she got into the house, she put her almost one and a half year old son on the bed and let him play by himself.
When he turned to look at Song Jinyuan, there was a shrewd look in his eyes.
"Jinyuan, what do you think? Should we leave Yi'er in the capital?"
Song Jinyuan, who was packing his luggage, was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at her with a puzzled look on his face.
"Why?"
Liu was worried that others would hear what she said, so she stood up and walked to his side, lowering her voice.
"Tang'er doesn't have a daughter now. Yi'er is her niece, and she raised her. I see that Tang'er is quite caring towards Yi'er. She took her out to eat delicious food as soon as she came home. If Yi'er stays here, she might have a good future. She can also take care of us more for her sake. What do you think?"
And Haoting is only one year and nine months younger than Yier.
Cousins grew up together and are close to each other. Maybe they can become closer relatives in the future. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Song Jinyuan didn't think as deeply as Liu did.
"How can we let our own daughter be raised by an aunt like Tang'er? She is still young. If she really wants a daughter, she can give birth to one herself."