Chapter 325
Mu Yun bought here! The money was like flowing water, which made Feng look very jealous. After returning, he muttered to her husband: "I have never seen anyone who loves his daughter like his younger brother and sister. Nuan Jie'er was only ten years old and had not arrived yet. There were a lot of dowry and all kinds of things. I don't know when it was prepared. If you say that Magnolia loves Shuhua, it's because she only has Shuhua, who wouldn't give her to? But the younger brother and sister are different, she has two sons! I think she bought all kinds of pearls and gems for the whole box, and the cost of nearly 10,000 taels per day in the past two days. I heard her point, these were prepared in advance for Nuan Jie'er. She made such a big deal, and she didn't think about what to do if her two sons would do in the future to get married?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Fan also knew that this old lady valued her son more, so she could only shake her head helplessly and said, "I just praised you two days ago. Why are you old? My cousin and sister spend their own money, but they don't use you. Why are you worried about this? Besides, my cousin and sister are not the kind of person who is not at ease. She has her own reason for doing this. Isn't this how many wealthy families are like this? As long as they have a legitimate daughter, they have been accumulating dowry for them since childhood. From needlework to cloth to farms and floors, everything is fine. It's fine if our family was poor before, but now it's a bit of money. You can also take this opportunity to buy more gold, silver and jewelry for Sister Ping. In the future, the dowry for her will be her confidence."
Feng nodded quickly and agreed: "I understand, haven't I bought a lot of them with my cousin and sister?"
After saying that, she took out a few boxes of things she bought for him to show, but she felt reluctant to give them all to her daughter. Although she also loved her daughter, she always felt that her daughter would get married in the future, so she was only willing to give a small portion to Sister Ping, and leave the rest of the preparations for her children and grandchildren in the future.
Yun Fan glanced at the sight and saw that the things were all ordinary and even inferior. He knew that the old woman felt sorry for the silver and preferred the eldest and youngest sons, and was reluctant to spend too much money on her daughter. Therefore, he was too lazy to say it because it was useless. So he secretly bought two boxes of gems and pearls with excellent water heads, plus some things he had saved before for Mu Yun to keep, and prepared for Sister Ping to use when she got married in the future.
When Mu Yun saw these things, he was a little confused: "Since my cousin is for the dowry for Sister Ping, why don't he let his cousin's wife put it away? She put it here so hard?"
Yun Fan couldn't do anything either. He sighed and said, "Oh~ Brother and sister-in-law, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Don't you know the character of your cousin's wife? She has always been a bit pampered by Liang'er and Huan'er. If these things are placed with her, I don't know how much will Ping Jie'er get in the future? I think you should help me collect them first. When Ping Jie'er goes out of marriage in the future, I will put them directly in her dowry to save you from talking to your sister-in-law for a long time."
What Yun Fan said is also the norm in the world. The old saying goes, "the water splashed by a married daughter"! People have been deeply rooted in this kind of ideological influence for many years. Even modern families that emphasize male and female equality are also numerous, and she cannot change anything. This matter cannot be changed by her own strength. Therefore, Mu Yun can only treat these girls better than her ability.
Mu Yun kept looking for things to do for herself, and she always did not sleep until late at night. Not long after, she finally gained a slightly plump figure and lost weight again.
Because she dared not let herself be idle, as long as she was idle, she would not help but worry about Wen Tingzhou who was out on the battlefield. She was afraid that she would make mistakes, so she made herself busy.
Although this was not the first time Wen Tingzhou went on a war, it was the one that worried her the most. After all, there was an emperor behind her, looking forward to Wen Tingzhou's death. Fortunately, a month later, she received a letter from Wen Tingzhou, saying that he had arrived in Yunzhao safely and told her not to worry.
Of course, it is impossible to say that she doesn't care. But Mu Yun has always been a restrained person. In front of the children, she naturally will not be frowning every day, and she will try her best to keep her original appearance every day.
However, their three children are extremely sensible. They all understand that their mother is worried about her father who is far away in Yunzhao, so she does some strange situations every day to disperse most of Muyun's energy. However, the two boys are naughty and often do things that make people laugh and cry. Muyun guessed that they were about to reach the rebellious period? So she also took some time to communicate with them every day.
With some trivial matters such as human relationships, she had no time to think of Wen Tingzhou. Time inadvertently reached the end of the year. Wen Tingzhou sent several letters one after another, saying that they had defeated the enemy troops of the barbarian country into the territory of Lanzhai, and Dayuan is now worry-free. However, the court has not given a clear reply to the Prince of Lanzhai's request to help recover the lost land, so the war has been stalemate.
Mu Yun read from Wen Tingzhou's letter to her that there should be no big problem in defeating the Barbarian Kingdom. As for other things, if the war on Yunzhao was deliberately done by Dayuan, then the northwest Yumen Pass would really be in a stalemate.
Mu Yun thought that the Shan Yuan family was now at Yumen Pass, and he became a little worried. He was even more dissatisfied with the emperor.
She roughly pieced together some situations in the northwest from the imperial court's residence and some rumor news: Originally, the northwest border became much more desolate after the war a few years ago. The local people tried every means to escape to the pass, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled, resulting in a serious shortage of local soldiers. Although the reinforcements from the court had arrived, the army was extremely tired after a long journey. In addition, some soldiers were not adapted to the local conditions, so many soldiers fell ill when they arrived in the northwest. Therefore, as the commander of the northwest, Shan Yuan had just tried his best to recover some lost land. It was difficult to completely defeat the enemy in a short period of time.
Under such a situation, there are not many generals in the court who can fight. Apart from a few old, weak, sick and disabled, there are really few talents who can use it. Therefore, no matter how suspicious the person in his heart, he cannot attack Wen Tingzhou and Shan Yuan at this time. Once he kills Shan Yuan, the northwest will be lost. Wen Tingzhou can't save the northwest even if he rushes over.
Mu Yun now only hopes that he won’t kill Shan Yuan by rushing his head.
Before the New Year, Yunfan's family returned to the capital under the guidance of Muyun as the name of visiting relatives and sending New Year gifts. At the same time, Muyun also asked him to bring back the wood he had accumulated here and some relatively heavy large items. What remained in Jiangcheng was just gold, silver, and fine and soft, which was relatively easy to carry.
But there were not many people in the family, and Yunfan's family left one after another. The whole house suddenly seemed a little empty, and even this year's New Year was a bit deserted. However, the men at home were not here. This year, the little monkey showed the responsibility and spirit that he should have as the eldest son. Whether it was human relations or restraining the servants, the little monkey did much better than Mu Yun imagined.
Seeing that the soft breasts of the past suddenly became a polite and polite little boy, Mu Yun was very pleased to see his eldest son making such a steady career.
Mu Yun estimated that the court would never let the war in Yunzhao be stalemate for too long. After all, with the nearly 100,000 troops and 50,000 reinforcements from Yunzhao County, there are now more than 150,000 people gathered in Yunzhao County. The daily food required by so many soldiers is not a small amount. In addition, the last few years of the late emperor's reign, major events in the court were frequent and the national treasury was not very full. Therefore, the emperor would not let the war fight for too long for both public and private. Now this is just to get more benefits from Lanzhai.
Therefore, this first month of the year, Mu Yun began to pack his luggage. In addition to some commonly used decorations, the rest of the boxes were packed, and they just waited for news from the capital to go north.
As expected, things were exactly the same as Mu Yun expected. Before February was released, good news came from the imperial palace. The soldiers of Yunzhao County defeated the barbarian country. Wen Tingzhou, as the commander, was already on the way back to Beijing with his army.
A few days later, the imperial court's reward came down. In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, there was also an imperial edict from the empress dowager, who ordered the family of Wen Tingzhou, the leader of the southwest, to go to Beijing to receive the reward immediately.
Although Mu Yun couldn't wait to leave the Minhai when there was no accurate letter. But when this day really came, she suddenly felt a strong sense of reluctance.
After living here for more than two years, why would she have some feelings? In addition, the journey is thousands of miles away, so it was not easy to go out in ancient times. I am afraid she will never return here again after she leaves. Thinking of this, Mu Yun became even more reluctant.
But the imperial envoy was waiting in the inn, and Mu Yun had only three days to pack up his things and say goodbye to the female relatives who had been with him here.
Seeing that Wen Tingzhou had made military achievements and returned to Beijing to report his duties, everyone was willing to come and burn the Wen family's hot stove. After the imperial edict, the Wen family would not be clean for a moment. Every day, they were squeezed out by the people who came to see him off. Even though Mu Yun only saw a few families that had to be seen, she still kept her feet busy. Fortunately, they had already cleaned up most of the things, otherwise they would have thought they would not even have enough time to sleep.
A few days later, Mu Yun boarded the official boat again and headed all the way to the capital.
Chapter completed!