Great Zhou
The first year of Jiayou
winter
Tokyo Bianliang
The snow fell all night and just stopped around noon.
The roofs of houses all over the city were covered with snow, and the whole city was dressed in silver.
The beautiful scenery and the beautiful weather made the young men and women of wealthy families feel deeply moved, and inspired the scholars to write poetry.
The biting cold wind and the poor and lonely family are another hurdle that they don’t know whether they can overcome.
The snow on the main street has been cleared to both sides by the Street Division.
On other streets, the owners or servants were also clearing the snow.
For example, many main stores such as Fanlou and Panlou attracted many customers for their warm stoves or Boxia services under the guidance of Dr. Tea and Wine, and their business became more and more prosperous.
Weishi (1pm to 3pm)
Quyuan Street
Yongyi Marquis Mansion
Inner Courtyard,
The mistress's main room,
Steam rose from a clean, slightly aged incense burner, emitting a warmth that kept the spacious room at a comfortable temperature. Not far away, on a large sandalwood bed, a delicate baby opened its eyes. Beside it, a woman was concentrating on her needlework.
"Wow"
Hearing the baby crying, the woman stopped her sewing, lifted the baby's quilt and took a look. With a smile on her face, she said to the baby in a cheerful tone, "My little boy is so sensible!"
As she spoke, she changed the wet diaper from under the baby. After she did that, the baby in the woman's arms stopped crying.
After a nap, the energetic baby opened his big, black, and bright eyes and looked at the woman with an ancient bun in front of him, and the exquisite but somewhat old beams above his head.
"Alas, I haven't heard any sound from modern mobile phones, televisions, or anything like that these days! It seems I've really traveled through time. I just watched the TV series "Do You Know?" five times and stayed up late reading the original novel, how could I have traveled through time?"
Xu Zaijing didn't know how long he had been a baby, because the baby's eyes and ears were still developing after birth, and the whole person was a little confused. He only ate and slept, and had no concept of time at all.
The limited waking time and the fact that his eyesight was not fully developed made him like a person with extreme myopia, unable to see anything clearly.
In the past few days, as his body has grown, he has been able to see a little further and hear some things!
He also confirmed that he had really traveled to ancient times.
"Who would be willing to travel back to the ancient times when there were no computers, no mobile phones, and no air conditioning?"
Xu Zaijing thought a little depressed, but the hunger in his stomach made him cry again. The crying child gets milk!
"Are you hungry, young master?" A gentle voice came.
"Sister-in-law Cui, looking at the young master's howling, he must be hungry."
The woman called Cui's sister-in-law was a woman with fair skin, a round face, a slightly plump face, moist skin, gentleness between her eyebrows, and thick black hair.
Her outward appearance shows that she is a qualified mother with a full granary.
Holding the crying baby, the woman skillfully unbuttoned her clothes and looked at the baby sucking hard in her arms, her eyes full of smiles.
"Young Master is so obedient and sensible, a rare sight."
The girl beside him also nodded with a smile in her eyes.
Xu Zaijing closed his eyes and concentrated on eating.
There was the sound of a door opening, and the voices of the maids and servants greeting each other. Amidst the jingling of jewelry, a female voice came:
"Xiao Zhu, how is Jing'er today?"
Hearing this voice, Xu Zaijing's ears moved.
"My dear Madam, he is very sensible. I just changed his diaper. Look, Madam, the young man's ears moved when he heard you talking."
As he listened to the words, Xu Zaijing felt a familiar breath coming to him. It was a breath he had never felt in his previous life, a breath full of love from his biological mother.
Feeling this reassuring breath, the corners of his mouth curled up, making a small dimple appear on his cheek.
"Madam Cui, let me hold him."
Looking at the son in the wet nurse's arms, Madam Sun, the eldest lady of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, took the child with a smile on her face.
This is her fifth child and third son.
Mrs. Sun thought that having a fifth child would be another torture, but she didn't expect that the child would only cry twice when eating, drinking, defecating or urinating, and would never make any noise or fuss at other times, which was completely different from his two older brothers and sisters.
It also made the lady of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion love her youngest son even more.
Xiao Zhu, the personal maid, stood behind Sun and skillfully removed her hairpins and jewelry while casually saying:
"Madam, is the Ningyuan Marquis's first birthday party lively? I heard that Madam Bai is the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family in Yangzhou."
"Of course it was lively. All the families of the prominent military commanders in the capital were there. There were dozens of tables set up for the feast alone. The pearl hairpin on the head of the eldest lady of the Bai family was truly precious, but..."
"Madam, what's wrong?"
"That lady from the Bai family ate her fill of entertainment at today's banquet at the expense of that lady from the Gu family."
"But the one who married into the Yang family?"
"It wasn't her, but who else, who made the Bai family's eldest lady lose face and made the officials' wives laugh at her. Poor Bai family's eldest lady, not even one of her family members came."
"Didn't Marquis Gu scold this young lady?"
"Hmph, before Marquis Gu even arrived, Madam Chang, who was beside the eldest lady of the Bai family, made some blunt remarks, which made the young lady so angry that she left the table with a sullen face before even taking a few bites."
"It's rare to embarrass your sister-in-law."
"It's because she received compliments from her sisters-in-law at her husband's house, as well as the Qin family at the Marquis of Dongchang."
Xu Zaijing in Sun's arms had just eaten and drunk his fill, and in his mother's warm and reassuring embrace, he was half asleep, listening to the conversation between the master and servant.
Before falling asleep, I couldn't help but think: "Gu Hou, the eldest lady of the Bai family, the Qin family, and the aunt who married into the Yang family. Have I traveled to the world of "The Story of Minglan"? "
He felt sleepy and fell asleep.
Xu Zaijing didn't know how long he had slept. He woke up again because he felt the coolness on his cheek.
When he opened his eyes, the light in the room had dimmed, and he saw a little girl of about six or seven years old pressing her face against Xu Zaijing's.
"Mom, my brother's face is so smooth. Look, he's awake."
"Xu Anmei, didn't you wake up your brother? You just came in, your face must be cold." Sun looked at her four daughters with a stern face.
"hey-hey."
"You're still laughing. I'll see if daddy won't beat you when he comes back." A girl's voice said calmly.
"What's the matter? Let me call An'er." A male voice came.
"What else could it be? My sister woke up her brother as soon as she came into the room."
As he was talking, the little girl in front of Xu Zaijing was taken away.
"Dad, don't kiss my face. Your beard is too prickly!" came the impatient voice of the little girl.
She was responded with a hearty laugh from the man.
"Mom, hold me, I don't want Daddy to hold me!"
(The general relationship diagram of the characters is placed in the book review area and has been pinned to the top)
There aren't too many face-slapping conflicts. I wonder if this "Knowing Your Destiny" fanfiction will be well-received by dear readers. Comments and corrections are welcome! Looking forward to it! (*▽*)
A rough relationship diagram is included in the book review.