The Rose of the Red Chamber

While talking, a big girl led two little boys in.The two children look quite alike, if it wasn't for the huge difference in the back, Tanchun would have thought they were twins again.

"This is your third brother Jiang Shan, and your fourth brother Jiang Mo." Zhao Xiuning said to the two, and then said to the two younger sons who were standing there looking at Tanchun, "This is your eldest sister, Sister Ling. "

When the third child was born, the pair of twins were also officially named Jiang Yi and Jiang Er.

Speaking of this, Tanchun felt an urge to cover his face.

When her four younger brothers were named one, two, three, and four.I really don't know what her old lady is thinking.

If there are too many births, is it necessary to continue to go down the row?

The four from the Jiang family, plus the one from the Zhao family, have heard from the adults in the family since they were young that they have an older sister who has been in poor health since she was a child and has been living in the capital since she was not used to the climate in the frontier.

When Zhao Xiuning left yesterday, she told the youngsters at home that she would go to the capital to pick up their sister home, so as soon as the two of them came in, they knew that this unknown sister was their real sister.At this time, after hearing Zhao Xiuning's introduction, she hurried over to greet her.

Children's movements are always a little immature and cute, and Tanchun likes them from the bottom of his heart when he sees them.

Compared with Baoyu's half-brother, Tanchun actually likes his own half-brothers who have not met yet.

The two siblings met each other, and Tanchun asked Bai Zhi to bring the meeting gift she brought to the younger brothers.

One set of four treasures of the study, plus a small bow and crossbow drawn by her own hands.

The two young boys took it, played with the small bow and crossbow in their hands, and handed the Four Treasures of the Study to the big girl behind them.

When Jiang Shan's eldest girl came up to take the things, Tan Chun was startled for a moment, then narrowed his eyes, and turned his head as usual to talk to Liu Liu and Zhao Xiuning.

"I also prepared presents for Mom and Aunt, which are pearl jewelry that I wear myself." After Tanchun finished speaking, Bai Zhi stepped forward and brought the tray she had been holding in front of the two of them again.

The same brocade box, the contents are also the same.

Pearl necklaces, pearl earrings, pearl bracelets, pearl rings...

Large and small, each set consists of more than a dozen pieces.

"Yo, it's very delicate. You wrote a letter a while ago saying that you were learning about jewelry, and your mother told me that it must be a waste of things. I never thought it would be so delicate. Sister, take a look, this time I slapped my tongue. "

The pearls are round and shiny, and the workmanship is exquisite and unique. Once the box is opened, it is really eye-catching.

Zhao Xiuning picked up one and looked at it carefully. After seeing it, she really liked it so much that she asked the girls around her to put it away and bring it out after two days for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When Tanchun saw the gift he had prepared, the two of them liked it and were also happy.After leaving the Rongguo Mansion, she had nothing to do in the small courtyard of the Jiang family, and she became interested when she saw Chanel wearing a bracelet with a loose thread there.

It took some effort to wear these two or three sets of pearl jewelry, but it took a lot of time.

When I was young, it was almost time for dinner, and Jiang Xingyuan and Zhao Guoji were able to stride back.As soon as I entered the room, I saw a room full of women and children talking and laughing, and sighed softly, feeling very satisfied.

This is the home he guards, even if it is hard and tiring outside, it is worth it.

"Father, uncle, you are back. Look, the bow and crossbow that my elder sister gave me." Xiaosi'er is a lively child and the youngest child in the family. Jump over.

Regardless of Jiang Xingyuan's body covered in dust and dirt, he jumped up and begged for a hug.Seeing his old son like this, Jiang Xingyuan immediately picked him up from the ground.Then he took the third son who was standing with the old son into his arms.

His daughter-in-law said, or else he is partial.

When Tanchun saw Jiang Xingyuan, who was a little older than ten years ago, but not yet mature, he also felt the passage of time in his heart.When he saw Jiang Xingyuan holding his two sons and turned to look at her, Tanchun took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Father, I'm back."

Jiang Xingyuan looked at Tanchun carefully, his eyes were full of emotions, his eyes were a little red for a while, and he choked up and said a few words, "Okay, okay, just come back, just come back. Your mother and I are looking forward to you Come back, the family is reunited."

"Hey, yes, yes, I'm looking forward to your uncle too."

The originally touching scene of the reunion was directly broken by Zhao Guoji's words.

For a moment, everyone was really shocked, and only laughed.

Although they haven't seen each other for more than ten years, under the conscious maintenance of both parties, they also know a thing or two about each other's living habits in the letters they exchanged.

Jiang Xingyuan and Zhao Guoji like to drink some wine during dinner.Zhao Xiuning fell in love with soup, and Liu Liu's mother always liked to eat stir-fried vegetables.

The tastes of the young men in the family are not picky.This is all up to the men at home, what to eat, and what to eat will grow meat.

On the dinner table, there were dishes that Tanchun had mentioned in her letter, which she thought were delicious.Such as dried civet cat, squirrel mandarin fish, and charcoal-grilled matsutake, which Tanchun loves or wants to eat, Zhao Xiuning remembered them in his heart and put them on the table.

Seeing a few crabs on the table, Tanchun laughed, "I didn't know what I ate a few years ago, but I was allergic to sea food. Now it's better, I'm so hungry for it."

When Zhao Xiuning heard this, she quickly reached out to help Tanchun pick one up, "You always said in your letters that you wanted to eat this, but your father bought it from someone specially, and kept it on the stove. When you want to eat it later, you let it I'll steam two of them on the stove for you to eat, but it's cold in nature, so don't be greedy."

Tanchun smiled and nodded, "Thank you dad, I remember dad likes to eat this too." Tanchun also stretched out his chopsticks and picked one up for Jiang Xingyuan who was sitting next to Zhao Xiuning.

She remembered that Jiang Xingyuan used to love to eat crab legs.

As a family, you let me, and I let you.Don't mention how happy you are to eat.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Jiang Xingyuan remembered to ask Tanchun about the bow and crossbow.

"When I was reading a book, I thought it was more interesting than shooting a bow, so I made one for each of my younger brothers. I have three older ones. If you are interested, Dad, I will let you know later. Bring it."

Jiang Xingyuan nodded, he was really interested in this thing, "This thing existed before the Han Dynasty, and I don't know how many years it has been going on. I have seen bows and crossbows in the frontier. It seems that you are not there. This is good."

of course.

Tanchun smiled unhappily, she came from modern times after all.Seriously, I have played large-scale online games, and the bows and crossbows I made have information from that era.

She really wanted to tell her father, it was really trivial.

"Afterwards, I drew a picture and sent it to Dad together with the bow and crossbow. But Dad can't take away or withhold the gift I gave to my younger brother."

Tanchun's natural and intimate words are very useful to Jiang Xingyuan. "Don't worry, don't worry. Dad knows. You wrote earlier and said that you want to raise some cats and dogs. Dad has already asked people to find them. At the end of last month, there happened to be a female cat giving birth to a subordinate at the home of Dad's subordinates. , I have already ordered two for you. When I came back today, I had someone carry them back. Now I will take them down and let people take a bath, and I will send them to the yard for you later."

Tanchun's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really? Then dad, where's the dog?"

The cat is there, what about the dog?Although there is a big paper dog in her yard, it is not real, and it always feels a little bit worse.

Mother Jia didn't like these, so she didn't raise them in her yard.In addition, she kept some bird cages in her yard, fearing that the birds would be eaten by cats, so the whole Rongguo Mansion did not keep these things.

Qin Keqing likes these cats and dogs. When she went to Dongfu, she even hugged and played with them.But then Qin Keqing moved to the princess' mansion, and all the cats and dogs she raised were taken away.

When Tanchun mentioned dogs, Jiang Xingyuan subconsciously glanced at Zhao Xiuning, then touched his nose and said, "Ling'er, your mother is afraid of dogs. Let's not keep them for now."

After hearing this, Tanchun remembered that Zhao Xiuning was almost bitten by a dog before, and after that she became very afraid of dogs.Taking a look at the parents who showed affection in front of her, Tanchun nodded and compromised.I was ready to pretend that the dog was unattended.

However, Zhao Xiuning said with a smile on the side: "That happened many years ago, it doesn't matter. But there is still one in your yard, so let's raise it first. When you find a good one, let your father Get it for you." This time when I took my daughter home and saw the big dog next to her, she was quite obedient and docile.

Tanchun nodded yes.

After the meal, the two young boys in the family rubbed their eyes. Seeing this, Zhao Xiuning asked the girl to carry the two children down.When Jiang Shan's eldest girl stepped forward to take Jiang Shan away, Tanchun looked at the girl carefully again, then lowered her eyebrows and stopped looking at her.

It seems that this home is not as clean as I imagined.I'll have a chance to check it out tomorrow.

"Ling'er, is everything over there?" He sent out all the maids in the room.Jiang Xingyuan asked Tanchun with concern.

Tanchun nodded, "The matter of my departure must not be hidden from the old lady. But now that the Ministry of Rites has ordered the funeral, no matter how many problems there are in this matter, it must be a final conclusion at this time."

"That family is heartbroken. No matter how many families Nan'an concubine found, no matter what the reasons were, only the Jia family agreed. Since ancient times, the girls who have been married have not had a hard life. My ex-son still listened to others. Speaking of which, only the eldest princess can give birth to a married girl in this dynasty. The others will fade away in just a year or two."

"I've never liked such things. Defending the country is not just a man's business, but if peace is obtained through marriage, then this peace is too cheap."

After casting a blank glance at his younger brother, Zhao Xiuning said again, "What are you guys busy with today? Why are you back so late."

Jiang Xingyuan handed a handful of melon seeds in his hand to Zhao Xiuning, and then said, "It's not that the court is going to send troops to Xihai Yanzi, the court's order to collect food has reached Chang'an County. Guoji and I have a look food situation."

The four adults of Jiang's family would sit on the kang in their room every night after dinner, drinking small tea and eating some melon seeds and fruits.The boys in the family are free-range, they go to play if they like to play, and go to sleep if they don't like to play.

This habit was formed when the Zhao family's parents left and left the four of them.At that time, the life of the Zhao family was very tight, and they couldn't afford any good tea, just some lotus leaf foam and some melon seeds.

Now the conditions are better, and I drink Pu'er at night.In addition to melon seeds, there are also some dried fruits and seasonal fruits.The whole small kang table is full of people.

This kind of family sitting and chatting after dinner will never happen again in Jia's house.

Boys generally couldn't sit still, and didn't bother to listen to the adults talking over and over again, so Zhao Huan usually took his brothers to play wildly in the yard.

In the frontier back then, there were many boys in their family, and when they went out to fight, they were really not afraid of anyone, and they were all tight-knit.But now there are only two young ones left in the family. Although they are also solid, their age is still there.

Tanchun usually doesn't eat melon seeds very much at night, so he shook his head at Zhao Xiuning, who shared the melon seeds with him, "Father, the imperial court sent troops to the west coast, so the food needed will go to the west with the army? On the way How much do you need to consume?" When he said this, he took a piece of melon for himself.