Chapter 154 Letter
Chapter 154 Letter
"Brother, I know. Don't worry, I won't ask my uncle to go out again." Since she had been warned by the Tongzhi, she would not cause trouble at this time.
Haha, Duke Zhongguo is really loyal to the country. He eats the emperor's food, but also keeps an eye on the vassal kings through the pot. I don't know if he is simply collaborating to make money, or if he wants to get the credit for supporting the emperor.
And she remembered her eldest brother saying that there were several princes in the palace, the oldest of whom was already over ten years old.
In short, Shen Lingzhu told herself that when she grew up, she would practice boxing more with her uncle and then try it herself.
Shen Xianzhu nodded with satisfaction, "My younger brothers and sisters are still young. They need the protection of their family and need you as their big sister to play with them."
"I miss them. The two little guys are about to turn one month old, but I can't drink their full-month wine." Shen Lingzhu didn't know how much the two little ones had changed when she saw them again.
She held her chin and said, "I don't know if uncle has chosen names for them yet."
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Of course not. Shen Huai spent a month choosing but still couldn't decide which one to use, so Mrs. Hu simply called them Erlang and Sijie.
That day, she was discussing with Shen Miaozhu: "Tomorrow, I must take a comfortable bath."
"Aunt, it would be better to postpone it for a day or two.
And you also promised to have a double confinement period before." Shen Miaozhu took her pulse. After the recent dietary therapy, there was no major problem with her pulse.
However, people with qi deficiency and anemia need more nutrition.
"The double confinement period won't prevent me from washing my hair and bathing, but as you say, it's okay to wait two days.
Tomorrow is the full moon, and I don’t know if Xiaozhu and Xianzhu will be able to make it back for a reunion dinner. Mrs. Hu is very worried about the children.
She said, “We agreed to write every three to five days, but they’ve been gone for over half a month and I’ve only received two letters.
There's no definite news about whether your seventh uncle has come out."
"Brother Songzhu has already gone to inquire whether there are any new letters.
They're a large group, so nothing serious will happen. At most, they'll be a little difficult and try to extort more money." Shen Miaozhu was worried, but she didn't show it on her face.
As the two were talking, Erlang and Sijie woke up on the kang, and then hurriedly asked the wet nurse to feed them.
Mrs. Hu looked at the two children drinking their milk enthusiastically and couldn't help but curl her lips. "Where is your uncle? We've cut down enough trees at home, and he's going up the mountain again?"
"No, there won't be a banquet at home tomorrow. Uncle and grandma are going to the market to buy some food to share with the family members." Shen Miaozhu had just finished speaking when her cousin Huang Xunzhi called out from the hall, "Dazhuzi, Captain Chen is looking for you. He's waiting by the stream."
"Brother Zhi, please invite him into the house for tea on my behalf." Mrs. Hu didn't want her eldest niece to meet a man from another family alone.
There was nothing we could do for a while, but now that the family is back on track, the necessary rules must be followed.
"Aunt, maybe there's something wrong, I have to go see her.
Don't worry, my grandma is not at home, and I have my cousin Zhi and the others to accompany me." Shen Miaozhu knew what she was thinking, so she proposed a compromise.
Mrs. Hu's brows were still furrowed. She looked at the two wet nurses and decided that they were not suitable to accompany her.
"Zhi Ge'er, stay with Da Zhuzi and don't leave." After shouting, she lowered her head and said to Shen Miaozhu, "Go ahead, and come back quickly after the talk."
Shen Miaozhu nodded slightly and left the inner room, asking her cousin Zhi to go with her.
But Chen Ru, the captain of the Chen family, who was standing by the stream, saw that the person behind her was insulting her again, so he said sternly, "Let's talk alone about your brother and sister. You see, my people are all a hundred steps away."
Shen Miaozhu turned around and asked Zhige'er to go away, then asked: "How are my elder brother and sister?"
"After they used other people's power to rescue your relatives, they went to Bingzhou Prefecture and are still there and have not returned." Chen Ru received the letter quickly because Li Laojunhu used the government's express delivery agency.
Shen Miaozhu narrowed her eyes slightly: "Whose power?"
"Take a look." Chen Ru didn't want to say anything more, so he took out the letter from his body and showed it to her.
When Shen Miaozhu opened the letter and handed it to him smoothly, a villager passing by happened to see this scene.
Then, in the near future, rumors spread quietly in the village that Chi Er's eldest daughter was engaged.
At this time, Shen Miaozhu did not notice these things, and she was openly under the gaze of more than a dozen people on both sides, so she did not feel uncomfortable at all.
After reading the letter, she said, "So many things happened.
It looks like they won’t be back home until next month.”
"Do you still have the medicinal wine mentioned in the letter?" This was what Chen Ru was concerned about. Uncle Li mentioned that people who used the Shen family's medicinal wine had better wound healing.
He first put on a practical attitude: "Don't tell me the price. Even if this thing is effective, you can't keep it.
It would be better to spread the word and give your uncle a good reputation."
"You can send someone to learn." Shen Miaozhu had not originally intended to make money from alcohol.
"???" Chen Ru's prepared words of advice were suddenly useless.
Shen Miaozhu packed the letter and returned it to him. She also inquired about Zhang Tongzhi's usual style and had some idea in her mind.
"Thank you for letting me read your letter. Making medicinal wine is not complicated. Just bring some strong liquor when you come.
I'm a bit busy at home, so I'm sorry I can't see you off. Take care."
"Wait, the full moon party tomorrow?"
"No, I'll wait until the hundredth day before inviting you again."
"Okay, I'll send you..."
"No, send someone in three days. After the full moon, the house will inevitably need some cleaning, and it will not be convenient to receive outsiders." When Shen Miaozhu turned around, he thought of this problem and postponed the time again.
Chen Ru: "It's a deal."
"It's a deal." Shen Miaozhu didn't intend to refuse.
She quickly returned home to tell her aunt the good news, saying that Xiao Zhuzi's business had slowed down again and she would be back a few days later.
The letters they wrote were slow to arrive, so they were handed over to Li Laojunhu to be delivered through an express delivery shop.
"Alas, not only Xiao Zhuzi, your seventh uncle is also a strong-willed person. They will not give up the opportunity to make money by running so far." Mrs. Hu trusted Shen Miaozhu very much and did not doubt her retelling at all.
However, when his uncle Shen Huai came back from shopping, he immediately found the loophole when he heard what his wife told him.
Before the children set off, he told them to use expedited delivery when going through private post offices and not to be afraid of spending money.
So he found an opportunity to ask privately what happened, and Shen Miaozhu naturally told him the whole story.
After hearing this, Shen Huai sighed, "It's not that easy to borrow power from a third-rank person.
"And that Zhang Tongzhi is from a marquisate and a descendant of the late Empress Dowager." As soon as he heard the name and official title, he knew the other party's background.
He then asked, "Han Guancha? Wasn't there a name on the letter?"
"No, uncle, maybe you can guess who it is?" Shen Miaozhu still remembered the scholar Mr. Han who helped them on the way back home. He described the other person's appearance and approximate age.
But Shen Huai didn't know who it was, and there were many officials with the same surname. He said, "Unless I can see the recent court bulletin."
Shen Miaozhu: "How about asking Captain Chen to borrow one?"
"Is it convenient?" Shen Huai hadn't read the court bulletin for a long time, and he knew nothing about the developments in the court.
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