Chapter 269 Pregnancy
"I also want to go to the northwest to fight."
Suddenly, Chu Jingqi threw a huge stone into Xia Zihan's heart, causing her heart to beat wildly uncontrollably.
She pressed again and again before whispering, "I haven't finished your autumn clothes yet."
There were a lot of things to do these days, and she failed to fulfill her promise to finish making clothes for him in three days. She added, "It's only half done. I stayed up late today and worked all morning tomorrow, and I can almost finish it in the afternoon."
It's just one piece, not enough for him to change.
Xia Zihan glanced at Chu Jingqi's smaller clothes and said angrily, "You won't buy some clothes to wear. If I don't agree to make them for you, will you stop wearing clothes?"
"I know you will do it." You won't bear the thought of me wearing smaller clothes all day long and embarrassing myself in front of outsiders.
Chu Jingqi was smart enough not to say the next words, she just kept looking at Xia Zihan's angry face and smiling.
"Okay, I won't go with my father. I have to go later." He decided not to tease her today, otherwise she would ignore him again, "The cotton you want to sell to my father is not made. Will the military jackets come in another month? I will escort this group of military jackets over then.”
Twenty thousand military jackets, just for the more than twenty women on Zhuangzi, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to finish them in a month.
But what if...
"No, you go with your father, and take the cotton with you." Xia Zihan suddenly made a decision, "I asked people to make military jackets, and I also invited women from nearby villages, but tens of thousands of military jackets cannot be made by one person or two. If the personal matter spreads and attracts interested people, then your father’s efforts will be in vain.”
"You take the cotton directly to the northwest, and ask women who know how to do needlework to do it in the villages in the northwest. I will pay you for it, or I can send Chu Cong and Chu Fei to go to the northwest."
Chu Jingqi pursed her lips and stared at her, not knowing what she was thinking in her deep eyes.
After a long time, he suddenly said, "How about bringing my grandmother to Zhuangzi to stay with my mother, and you go to the northwest for a trip?"
She goes to the northwest?
Xia Zihan was stunned.
She had never thought about going to the northwest, where it was very cold. She was afraid of the cold, and especially didn't like the cold wind blowing, which made her cheeks dry.
The northwest side has the greatest wind and sand.
When the war breaks out, the northwest area will be in chaos. When the time comes, robbers and thieves will be walking around, and it will be chaotic and noisy. She doesn't want to go there.
Besides, she couldn't leave her grandmother behind.
Grandma is getting older, especially after going through so much this year. Grandma has suddenly become much older, and her health is deteriorating. She is worried to death, how could she leave her grandmother at this time.
"Fool, I was just joking, but you took it seriously." Chu Jingqi suddenly reached out and stroked her temples.
"When the war breaks out over there, there will be chaos. I don't trust you to go there."
His Ayu was so beautiful, if he was hit by those robbers and thieves, he would have to regret it.
"You and your grandmother should also move to Zhuangzi. You can avoid the smog in the capital city, and your grandmother can take good care of herself. And..." He suddenly smiled brightly, "My mother is pregnant. I After you leave, you should spend more time with my mother. With you and my grandmother by my mother’s side, my father and I can rest assured in the northwest.”
Xia Zihan opened her eyes wide, "Auntie is pregnant?" It was so fast, she thought it would be spring next year.
"This is a great joy." She arched her eyebrows and was overjoyed.
"Well, my dad is very happy."
On the way to Zhuangzi yesterday, Mrs. Zhuo kept vomiting. Chu Xuanyu thought it was because of the discomfort caused by being bumped in the carriage. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhuo was still vomiting during dinner in the evening. Chu Xuanyu became worried and hurriedly sent someone to invite a familiar person. doctor.
After the doctor saw her, it turned out that Zhuo was more than a month pregnant. While Chu Xuanyu was happy, he was also worried that no one would take care of Zhuo after he left.
Only then did she think of asking Mrs. Zeng to take care of her.
Xia Zihan smiled, "My grandmother and I have already agreed that after Mrs. Song is buried, my grandmother and I will come to Zhuangzi to live for a while and spend more time with my aunt."
This time, Chu Jingqi was relieved.
"I will leave the fox and the flower snake and half of the secret guards to protect you. I will also leave half of my father's secret guards to protect the two Zhuangzi. My father will also leave two stewards. If there is anything you can't do, , just tell them to do it, just tell them directly with money.”
"The people in this village are my father's confidants, so you can be at ease. If other people from the Chu family come to trouble you, just close the door on the village and ignore them. If they dare to break in, you will kill them." Fight him out, and my grandfather will bear all the consequences.”
They are afraid that Chu Haoyu and Mrs. Chu will make trouble because of their status as elders. If they really want to make trouble, only Mrs. Chu can suppress them.
Xia Zihan was worried about his body, "Is the old man okay? Does the old man know about you and your uncle?"
"I know, before my father went to the palace to discuss with the emperor, he had to ask for my grandfather's consent. Otherwise, the Chu family's title, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, would be lost, and my grandfather would be angry to death."
Not only his grandfather, but also all the ancestors of the Chu family would be so angry that they would jump out of their graves.
What the noble family values most is not the inheritance of their heirs, but the hereditary and irreplaceable inheritance of titles.
As long as the title is there, the Chu family will always be there. Xia Zihan was stunned.
So, was it intentional that Mr. Chu whipped Chu Haoyu? Did he do it deliberately to show others?
Chu Jingqi smiled and said, "Grandpa was also angered by the shamelessness of the second uncle's family, and he also taught the second uncle a lesson. As for the second aunt, huh..."
He had a sinister look on his face, "She has a black heart and wants to murder our family of three. My grandfather is worried that after my father is gone, she will harm my mother and me again. If my mother and I die, based on my father's deep love for my mother, Then my father will not live long.”
"It was my grandfather's decision to send my second aunt to the nunnery."
Therefore, it was not that the emperor wanted to punish Yu, but that Mrs. Chu took advantage of the emperor and sent Yu, his daughter-in-law, to a nunnery to become a nun.
With the emperor's decree, the people in Yujun Palace did not dare to say anything.
After all, Mrs. Yu had indeed murdered three members of Chu Xuanyu's family. The emperor did not directly give her one foot of white silk and a glass of poisonous wine, but just sent her to the nunnery and spared her life. This was also for the sake of the old prince of Yu County.
Seeing that they were about to arrive at Zhuangzi, Chu Jingqi warned her carefully, "I will write to you when I arrive in the northwest, and you should also reply to me. Also, don't go to those banquets, stay at home and spend more time with me." Mom, grandma, my dad and I will be back in a year or two.”
If they want to regain their title, the father and his son must make great achievements, at least they must capture the Tatar leader alive and beat the Tatars so that they never dare to invade Dasheng again.
So I'm afraid it won't be short this time.
He stared at her reluctantly, "Just bear with it for a while, and wait a year or two before we meet again."
Xia Zihan listened with dark lines on his face.
Why did her words change her taste?
He said it as if she couldn't leave him for a moment.
Chu Jingqi rubbed her waist-length black hair, her eyes full of affection, "Silly girl, I can't bear to leave you. If you write more letters, I will miss you."
When he thought that he might not be able to see him for two to three years, or even longer, he felt a lot of reluctance.
Many times, he had the thought of not going to the Northwest.
I just want to be by her side, accompany her day and night, watch the sunset and sunrise, watch the flowers bloom and fade, and watch the small bridge and flowing water.
But when he thought about how a man could start a family without establishing a career, he gritted his teeth and told himself, "The temporary separation is for us to be together for the rest of our lives." ’
When he comes back, he will definitely earn a name for her. ”
The only thing that made him happy was that with the signature, no one would come to snatch Ayu from him when he was not in the capital.
He promised, "Ayu, before you are nineteen years old, I will definitely earn a mansion and give it to you."
A mansion is a home.
Such a sweet confession made Xia Zihan's pretty face turn red, her heart beat like a drum, and her hands and feet panicked.
Just when she was panicking, the carriage stopped.
Xia Zihan got off the carriage and saw the head of the farm and a group of farmers who came out to greet them. Her racing heart slowly calmed down.
Chu Jingqi landed next to her and said gently, "Ayu, my father is waiting over there. Let's go there first."
Because time was urgent and he could not waste a single second, Xia Zihan also calmed down and went to the Chujiazhuangzi with the head of the farm and a large stack of account books.
He only had time to pay his respects to Mrs. Zhuo, and was invited to Chu Xuanyu's study.
In the study, besides Chu Xuanyu, there were two stewards. When Chu Xuanyu met Xia Zihan, without any nonsense, he directly asked Xia Zihan how much food he had on hand.
Xia Zihan opened the account book, said a number, and saw Chu Xuanyu as excited as a hungry wolf who suddenly saw a big white rabbit in front of him, his eyes glowing green.
The head of the farm said, "There is a batch on this farm, as well as the grain we harvested this year, and most of the rest are in the other courtyard in Cuihuai City."
Since the grain was bought with the money the emperor gave Chu Xuanyu privately, Chu Xuanyu happily and generously gave Xia Zihan the market price.
Although this market price is not as high as what Xia Zihan thinks of, the price of grain at this time has not yet reached its peak of 50 cents per catty, but only 20 cents per catty.
But this is equivalent to doubling the money Xia Zihan invested and more than doubling the profit.
And because they were acquaintances, Chu Xuanyu gave the money first and then picked up the goods. He didn't even weigh the food and trusted Xia Zihan wholeheartedly.
Xia Zihan wanted to give Chu Xuanyu money to hire a peasant woman to make a military jacket. Chu Xuanyu waved his hand and said, "Your uncle can still afford this little money. Just keep your money to buy some delicious food for your aunt and cousins." .”
Xia Zihan's eyes turned into crescent moons as she smiled and put away the two thousand taels of silver notes, "Then I won't be polite to my uncle."
The happy Xia Zihan grinned with joy.
(End of chapter)