MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 158 Family gathering

"I really forgot because I was so busy. Your sister had some abdominal pain last night. She struggled for several hours and couldn't give birth. I was so anxious that I forgot about everything. Today we should go to the General's Mansion to congratulate Yi Yi. Yes, I let you come over."

 This is the rule of the Daxing Dynasty. On the auspicious day of moving house, all relatives in the family will come to congratulate you.

 As the name suggests, warm house.

However, their move this time is a bit special. There was such a big fire in the Duke's Mansion, and the two sides were quite at odds with each other. How could they still come?

 So after Du Jingyi accepted the congratulatory gift sent by Mrs. Wei this morning, he no longer thought about it.

 In any case, the excitement in the General's Mansion was not due to the relatives from the Duke's Mansion, so there was no rush for this moment.

"Don't worry, mother. Will there be a time when you can't congratulate me? Cousin Zhao wrote a letter saying that they should arrive in ten days. I discussed with the general to hold a housewarming banquet before the New Year. When the time comes, I will invite my parents and Uncle He and Aunt He to come and sit down."

 “Okay, then I’ll wait for your post.”

 Mrs. Du had already known about Mrs. Gu's coming, so it was not surprising.

And when they were in Jinling City in those years, they had heard a little bit about this young lady from the Gongsun family, the wife of the head of the Gu family, but they had never seen her.

 So when such a good opportunity comes, I will definitely pay homage to Yi Er on that day.

Du Jingyi was also very curious about this grandmother whom he had never met before, so he smiled and said.

“My daughter knows about it, and when the auspicious day is determined, she will ask Yingying to send a message.”

The mother and daughter were talking, and the other servants and wives were not idle either.

　　started to make arrangements. Today’s Du family is the neatest it has ever been, so naturally it’s time to celebrate.

Since then, everyone has a smile on their face and is doing what they are doing happily.

“Mom, have you decided on the name of your child? You can’t always call it your nephew.”

Du Jingyi was a little curious, but Mrs. Du couldn't help but tell interesting things.

"Don't mention it. It's not that I can't think of anything, but I've thought too much and can't choose. The master has thought about three or four times, your uncle He has thought about three or four more, and your sister and brother-in-law have thought about three or four more. Now they have a headache. , how do you choose among the dozen or so names?"

　　then added another sentence.

 “They all have good meanings and are catchy.”

Seeing this, Du Jingyi replied calmly.

“This is simple, just write it down and let him pick it up. He will use the name in the end anyway, so you can choose the one that suits you best.”

Mrs. Du was a little bit dumbfounded.

"Child, if we had treated you like this when you were a child, I'm afraid you would be called Du Jingxiao instead of Du Jingyi."

Hearing this, Du Jingyi also laughed.

 Smiling, Mrs. Du suddenly sighed.

Hand out his hand, he touched Du Jingyi's hair on his temples and said with a sad expression.

"Xiangxiang now has a son by her side. As a mother, I feel relieved a lot. And seeing that the two elders of the He family and your brother-in-law are caring about her this time, I think she will live a comfortable life in the future."

"But you are still pregnant. Such things are happening in the Duke's Mansion! There is no elder to look after you. If the Duke is instigated by Mrs. Wei to cause trouble for you, I will only be afraid of you. It’s a hard time.”

 The news that the Duke of Guo was assassinated in the street had long spread throughout the streets and alleys of Sui'an City. The Du family has always been very sensitive to news, so they naturally knew it.

 It's just that the inner world is not very clear.

Subsequently, I heard that there was a fire in the Duke's Mansion, and everyone in Dongyuan moved to the General's Mansion overnight.

When the two of them heard the news, they were almost frightened. They immediately went to visit their daughter and son-in-law in person. Who knew it was their own idea.

 Mrs. Du has never been a kind and soft-hearted person, so she understands the use of extraordinary means in extraordinary times.

 The only thing that worries her is that they were so noisy before they had no children. If they really wait until the child is born, more trouble will follow.

 Daughters and sons-in-law are better off, they are both capable of protecting themselves.

 But Mrs. Du was very worried about the fact that a newborn child could be manipulated and harmed easily.

 So he opened his mouth and mentioned it.

"The wet nurse and midwife must be found in advance. The family background must be clean and the person must be neat. How about this? How about I go find it for you? There are still more than half a year before your birth. I can find one anyway. It’s appropriate.”

　　"Okay, with my mother taking care of things, I'm not afraid anymore."

 After saying that, Du Jingyi nestled in Mrs. Du's arms as he did when he was a child, feeling his mother's love and care, and his heart felt as sweet as honey.

“By the way, I heard that the third bedroom has also moved out?”

"Well, I live in the house on Osmanthus Alley. A few days ago, the third sister-in-law wanted to visit the general's mansion, but Butler He dismissed her."

 Now is the time for her to take good care of herself, so everyone in the general's mansion has made a concerted effort not to let anyone disturb her.

 Let alone Sanlang's wife, even if the third old lady came in person, the result would be the same.

The General's Office is not prepared to recognize relatives who show off their power and are greedy for money.

 Fortunately, Sanlang's wife is not someone who doesn't care about her own face, so she hasn't bothered her since then.

"Then I have to remind you that the Saburo from their family wants to do some business to make some money, but somehow he managed to hook up with your cousin, and now he is being fooled. If you If you want to help, just remind me, if you don’t want to help, just pretend I didn’t say so.”

Du Jingyi was a little surprised.

 “What did Du Jingxian do?”

"Taking advantage of this year's snowy weather, he raised some funds and said he wanted to go to the north and transport some things to sell in the south. He just wanted to make a profit, but he didn't think about how much money could be made from this kind of thing. He did it first, our **** agency is about to transport the things to Jinling City, and he is just thinking about going to the Northland now. It is strange that he will lose all his money without paying for it."

Mrs. Du really despises this nephew in her heart. It is really annoying that he can do a good business like this.

“What kind of reputation does he have to raise funds outside?”

Hearing this, Mrs. Du's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction.

“Since he was caught selling counterfeit medicine in our name last time, he was severely punished by the master in front of all the merchants, so now he can’t stand among the merchants in Sui’an City.”

"This time he asked the youngest son of the Shangshu family of Jin to act as a guarantor, and thus he absorbed a lot of money from the wealthy young masters. It was not a lot of money. Each person had several hundred or even a thousand taels. I heard that he collected almost 100,000 taels. .”

 Hundreds of thousands, more or less.