There is Room For the Poor Daughter

In mid-December, after going out for nearly three months, Xiao Yeyang took the rice and braved the heavy snow to return to the palace.

"Why have you been out for so long? It's almost the New Year's Eve!"

Daohua personally cleaned the snow on the coats of the father and son. Although there were some complaints in his words, the longing in his eyes could not be concealed.

Seeing his father obediently listening to the training, Daozi covered his mouth and snickered, took off his cloak, and went into the house to see his younger siblings.

Seeing that Daozi ran away, Daohua didn't care, and twisted the hot handkerchief to wipe Xiao Yeyang's face.

Xiao Yeyang took a shower, then drank a large bowl of milk tea, and when his body warmed up, he said, "After the refugee resettlement was handed over to the prefects of various prefectures, it didn't bother me much, the reason why I came back late. Some, because I brought a group of female relatives to various military towns."

Daohua was surprised: "Female family?"

Xiao Yeyang nodded: "Many of the soldiers on the frontier did not have families. This problem cannot but be solved. Every time there is a disaster, many people sell their daughters. I gave the royal uncle a seal and talked about this problem."

"Don't tell me, this time I really attracted a lot of girls to be married. Although there are still more monks and less flesh, at least the single soldiers have seen hope and hope."

Daohua: "But after all, such opportunities are too few. If you really want to solve the problem of marriage between soldiers and soldiers, you have to think about other ways."

Xiao Yeyang said 'um': "Yes, in the end, we have to look at the development of Xiliang, as long as Xiliang develops and the population increases, soldiers will naturally be able to marry wives. Bring in people from other provinces. , is a trail after all."

Without continuing the topic, Daohua asked about Daozi's performance.

Xiao Yeyang couldn't help laughing: "That stinky boy is indeed our son, he is smarter than I thought."

"This time, I took him to all the twelve military towns and gave him a task to find out the secrets in each military town."

"Guess how he found it? He went straight to those old soldiers to get information. Before that, I didn't know that stinky boy could talk so much. Don't talk about it. In the end, he really let him complete the task."

Daohua couldn't help laughing: "That's Daozi's articulation."

Xiao Yeyang also smiled: "Yes, yes, this is like you." After speaking, he paused, "This time so many refugees have been migrated here, and the wasteland has been reclaimed, and Xiliang will get better and better in the future. ."

When he was resting in the evening, Xiao Yeyang thought of something and said to Daohua, "In April next year, it will be the 60th birthday of the royal uncle. We have to go back to Beijing to celebrate his birthday."

Hearing this, Daohua suddenly stood up: "Really?!"

Seeing Daohua's surprised expression, Xiao Yeyang smiled, pulled the person down and lay down again: "Of course it's true, how many years have we been in Xiliang?"

Daohua: "Ten years."

Xiao Yeyang sighed a little: "It's been so long, it's time to go back and have a look."

Daohua thought that she would be able to return to Beijing after the new year, and she was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep. Although she had come and gone every year, she had never seen anyone in person, and she still remembered her grandmother and mother in her heart.

Seeing that she was tossing and turning, Xiao Yeyang had no choice but to stretch out his arms to hug her: "After the New Year, I will assign the errands as soon as possible, so that we will leave for Beijing in February."

In the blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve.

Knowing that she can return to Beijing after the Chinese New Year, Daohua is in a particularly good mood, so that this year's New Year's Eve, the Weiyuan Palace is full of joy.

The twins talked, ran and jumped very neatly, chasing the rice everywhere to play and play, and the house was filled with their cheerful laughter.

As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, Daozi found that his mother was packing things, and asked a little puzzled: "Mother, why are you packing things, Dad didn't say you were going to go far?"

Daohua's face had an obvious happy expression: "This time, it's not that your father is going to go away, but our family is going to go away."

Daozi's eyes lit up: "Are we going out for an outing?" As he spoke, he looked at the things packed by the maids and ladies, with a puzzled expression, "But did you prepare too much?"

Daohua smiled and said, "Not much, this time, we will be going out for several months."

Daozi was overjoyed and ran over to hug Daohua: "Mother, where are we going?"

Daohua looked at Daozi with a smile: "Your grandfather's longevity festival is coming, let's go back to Beijing to congratulate him on his birthday."

"Back to Beijing?"

Daozi was stunned for a moment, then immediately became excited: "Mother, we are going back to Beijing?" He is so old that he has not been to the capital yet.

"Then can I see Grandma and Grandpa Chu?"

Daohua: "Yes, not only can you see Grandma and Grandpa Chu, but also your grandfather, as well as your grandfather, grandmother, and great-grandmother. You have quite a few relatives in the capital, so you can see them when you go back this time. arrive."

Daozi was really happy: "Fourth brother!" After saying that, he ran out of the house, "Mother, I'll go tell my ancestors to go, and then help him pack up together."

Dao Huaxiao looked at her son who ran away for a while, shook her head, and continued to organize things with the maids. When she was almost done, she walked to Nanshan Hall.

As soon as he entered Nanshan Hall, Daohua saw Daozi's mouth pouting high.

"What's the matter? Weren't you happy just now?"

Daozi looked at Daohua: "Mother, the ancestor said he would not return to Beijing."

Daohua took a look and asked Daozi to look at the twins and walked into the house.

Gu Jian was sitting in front of the fireplace in the room, focusing on polishing the children's wooden horses made for the twins.

"Master."

Gu Jian raised his eyes and looked at Daohua, and said directly: "I won't go back to Beijing with you. I don't want to set foot in that place anymore."

Daohua is not good at persuading her. For the master and the deceased old mother-in-law, the capital is their nightmare and sad place.

Seeing the apprentice looking at him with worry, Gu Jian smiled and said: "You, these years, you like to worry more and more, there are so many people in the house, and there are Dongli and Caiju, I stay in the house. Here, you can also avoid the pain of boating and driving."

"You and Yeyang, just show me the three children. That place in the capital is a big dye vat. Don't let the children come back with some messy habits."

"I haven't been to Duke Fuguo's mansion either. After I go back this time, you should take the rice seedlings over to take a good look, and arrange for some reliable people to go in and guard them. The rice seedlings will grow up and you will have to go back to live."

"As for the emperor, I will send him a letter. I can't stand the toss with my old bones. I think he can understand."

Hearing this, Daohua's eyes flashed, and she was shocked to realize that the emperor was already sixty, and the master was about to turn eighty.

After the last serious illness, the master looked even older than before.

After thinking about it, Daohua said, "Master, I won't go back to Beijing with Xiao Yeyang this time, and I will let him take Daozi to celebrate the birthday of the royal uncle, and when they come back, I will take the twins back to Beijing to see Look at the grandmother and the others, without delay."

"Yes, that's it."

"To your head!"

Gu Jian looked at Daohua speechlessly, the apprentice's concern was very useful, but the apprentice has been by his side all these years, and now he finally had the opportunity to return to Beijing to see his parents, how could he leave him behind?

"The family is divided into two batches. I don't know. I thought you were two families, a mother of three children, and you still speak so ignorantly."

"It's only a few months before you go back. Without you, how could I not be able to do it?"

Seeing what Daohua wanted to say, she interrupted directly: "Okay, don't talk anymore, now it's not as good as Daozi and the three brothers and sisters to please me."