Chapter 451 Advent
The night is low. On the night of the first day of the Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers enters the ears, and the fireworks are gorgeous. The whole city of Beijing is like a fairyland on earth, which is extremely beautiful.
In contrast to the hustle and bustle outside, the atmosphere at the family banquet in Song Mansion was solemn, from Song's mother to the maidservants, whose faces were melancholy and difficult to smile.
Song Nan deliberately told some jokes to enliven the atmosphere. Unfortunately, everyone did not appreciate it. Except for Lu Qingli's heartless smile, everyone else remained silent.
Song Nan put down her chopsticks and sighed, "I'm just going out on business, and I have to die. Why are you crying? This is not the first time."
"Bah, what did you say? Do you want your mother-in-law to be more unhappy?" Aunt Ye Fang glanced at Song Nan.
Sure enough, Song's mother's eyes were red and tears came out. The women quickly got up and gathered around to greet and comfort them. They helped Song's mother wipe their tears with handkerchiefs. Song Nan rolled her eyes and was speechless.
After wiping her tears, Song's mother said, "Son, don't blame the mother for being wordy. The young in the family depends on you alone. If you go back, you can't risk your life. Mother is not confused. What kind of big thing do you want to go in person? It's definitely not a good thing. Last time you drove to Bianzhen, you almost lost your life. This time, the Ningxia Town you went to was even more remote. I heard that there was a barracks of the Haritas across the mountain. How can I rest assured?
Song Nan couldn't smile bitterly and hurriedly said, "Mother, relax. This time I don't go back to fight with the handars, but to deal with the internal affairs of the Jinyiwei Yamen. There will be no danger. Besides, my mother goes to the incense every day to worship Buddha and bless my son. How can something happen to me? Isn't it said that the Bodhisattva has no ability?
Song's mother burst into tears and smiled and said, "Don't talk bad things about the Bodhisattva. My mother knows that you have to go and can't stop it. After all, she eats the emperor's salary and is an official of the Ming Dynasty. My mother just can't rest assured."
Ye Fanggu whispered, "Don't worry, Song Nan is protected by a personal guard here, and it won't be dangerous to deal with the officials of the Ming Dynasty. If you are like this, Song Nan won't feel at ease on the road."
The little princess also said with red eyes, "Yes, mother-in-law, don't worry about your husband. He will take care of himself. He will leave early tomorrow morning. Let's talk about something happy and let him have a good meal at ease. I don't know what coarse grain to eat when we get to the northwest."
Song's mother sighed and nodded, "That's all. Eat wine and vegetables. My son will eat more."
Song Nan smiled and nodded. The wives and concubines piled up the dishes in front of Song Nan with chopsticks. Song Nan didn't say much. He buried his head and chewed, drank wine to a glass, and enjoyed the delicious food.
After eating a few hiccups, the wine was almost done. In order not to delay things, Song Nan did not dare to continue drinking. She wiped her mouth and looked up. Seeing that the dishes in front of everyone were empty, she looked at herself quietly. She was excited and had a big hiccup again.
Everyone couldn't help laughing. Dai Suer handed over a cloth towel to wipe Song Nan's mouth. Lu Qingli suddenly said, "Brother, Miss Koer, I have something to ask you."
Song Nan wiped the oil stains on her mouth, took a cup of tea brought by Wan'er and nodded to Yang Koer, a naive girl who had been sitting silently in the corner, "Miss Koer, please tell me. Your parents are far away in the northwest, so they treat this place as their own home. Don't be restrained.
Yang Koo'er whispered, "Yes, Ko'er wants to ask, is Mr. Song going to Ningxia Town in northwest this time?"
Song Nan said, "Yes."
Yang Koer said, "I don't know if I can see my father and mother."
Song Nan said, "I can definitely see that although the three-sided general government is in Lingzhou, I not only passed through Lingzhou, but also seems that your father is now in Ningxia Town. Even if you don't ask, I just want to ask you, but there is anything I want to bring to your father and Lingtang, or something to take away."
Yang Koo'er said, "I really have something to trouble you. I... Do I want to go to the northwest with you to see my parents? I miss them very much."
Song Nan quickly waved his hand and said, "No, you can bring words and things, but you can't take people. This time, you have to travel day and night, and you have to ride a horse, but there is no big car for you to ride. Besides, the situation in the northwest is unstable, you..." Song Nan suddenly stopped. He couldn't say the danger in the northwest, otherwise his family would be more worried. In fact, Yang Yiqing was attacked several times in Ningxia Town, and his brocade guards died inexplicably, and no one could guarantee her safety.
"I don't have to take a car. I can ride a horse." Yang Kuer bit her lower lip and blushed.
Lu Qingli helped testify, "I prove that Koer's equestrian is excellent. Koer grew up in the northwest."
Song Nan waved his hand and said, "No, still not. I'm going to handle the case, but I can't take care of you."
Yang Kouer said, "I don't need you to take care of me. I will take care of myself, washing and cooking, feeding saddles, and setting up tents. I can do these things. I learned it with my father when I was a child. I just don't dare to go on the road alone. If I go with you, I won't be afraid. Don't worry, I will never drag you down.
Song Nan touched her chin and muttered. Song's mother said, "My son, Miss Yang is also pitiful. Her parents are so far away that they can't see them during the Spring Festival. It's reasonable to take her to take her there. She is not like Miss Jiao. She can ride horses and work, and maybe she can take care of your living."
Lu Qingli also pleaded, "Brother, take her to see her parents, and you don't need to take care of her. Lord Yang must also want to meet her."
Song Nan frowned and scolded, "What is mixed with?"
Lu Qingli pouted and said nothing. Song Nan thought for a moment, "It's not that I don't want to take you there. You can't stand the hardships along the way. What's the use of riding a horse? The bumps on the road will make you turn your stomach, and riding on a horse will make you freeze into popsicles, and even if you go? Lord Yang's official business is urgent. If you go there, you will be distracted, and you can't stay there.
Yang Kouer said quietly, "I know what Mr. Song said. I'm ready. I only go to see my parents once and stay with them for a few days to show my filial piety. I will follow you back when you come back."
Song Nan frowned and didn't answer. Yang Kouer added, "If you don't take me, I'll go by myself."
"How can that work? Your parents asked me to take care of you."
"I'm not from Song Mansion. If I want to leave, can you order someone to tie me up?" Yang Guoer said.
Song Nan was completely speechless. In that case, it would be better to take her directly. She went alone, which was the real danger. Thinking of this, Song Nan had no choice but to agree to take Yang Koo'er with him. Lu Qingli jumped up and slapped Yang Ko'er with a happy smile.
Song Nan was speechless and sat on a chair on one side to drink tea. Then he saw Yang Kooer talking to the little princess Dai Suer and others. When he promised to bring them back, what Ningxia Wubao, such as red, yellow, white, blue and black and so on. Song Nan heard it. , I suddenly understood that Yang Koer had already bribed all the ladies. No wonder they didn't object to any of them.
The charcoal fire in the backyard was warm. Song Nan stood by the table and looked at the mountains of things and opened her mouth. This was the clothes that one wife and three concubines packed for themselves. Each one by one became a hill. After dinner, the maidservants held them and sent them to the hall to clean up. Although Song Nan tries not to favor one and the other, he can't carry such a lot of things with him. Isn't it exhausting?
"Cough, I'm going to ride lightly on the road, but I'm not riding in a carriage. What is this? What is that? What's the use of these things?" Song Nan frowned and asked with a large string of jingle things.
"Why is it useless? This is the furnace. If you ride on a horse and burn the charcoal fire on your chest, you won't be afraid of the wind and cold. That's a urine pot. According to Koo'er, it's so cold. If you don't care about it, it will... freeze. Lu Qingli blushed and said.
The women looked at Lu Qingli strangely, and the little princess asked puzzledly, "What will freeze?"
Lu Qingli stamped her feet and said, "That's...that thing...that thing."
"What is it?" Dai Suer understood for a long time and pretended to be puzzled to the end.
Lu Qingli blushed and shouted, "You know, it's just peeing, Nuo, that's it." After saying that, he reached out and pointed to Song Nan's crotch.
Song Nan fell with a long smile, and the women also laughed. As soon as the little princess understood, she said to herself, "So it's like this. You have to take it with you. It's amazing to be frozen."
Song Nan held back her laughter and threw these things mercilessly and said, "I'm really convinced. According to you, the men in the northwest are all eunuchs? Nonsense. By the way, what did you and Yang Kooer talk about?
A ruthless streamlining and bargaining finally condensed everything into two packages. Even so, everything in it has been available, and the women still forced Song Nan to put on the cotton jacket and leather hat that she rushed to prepare this afternoon. Song Nan put on a basket with back sleeves, like a sheep herding in the northwest. The shepherds finally realized that some things were really useless, so they compromised.
After more than an hour, the second update has been knocked outside. Song Nan finally became impatient. He took off these things and asked, "Are you going to toss around like this all night?" I'm going out tomorrow. The Spring Festival is worth a lot of money. Are you going to waste it like this?
The women blushed and said nothing. Song Nan stretched out her claws and kept saying, "Master, I will love you one by one tonight. Come on, little sheep."
Dai Suer spat and said, "Who cares?"
Turning around and walked out, Song Nan didn't stop him. Dai Suer couldn't eat grapes and said it was sour. Ye Fanggu also followed him out. Song Nan didn't follow him and hugged him behind him and said, "Don't run away."
Aunt Ye Fang twisted her body and said andly, "You can come to my room later. Why don't you accompany the little princess first?"
Song Nan said shamelessly, "If you don't run around tonight, why don't you fly three times?" I'm worried about who will leave."