Bab 30: Days when Shangguan Yong was away
An Yuanzhi was practicing his spear in his courtyard. The bright silver spear danced vigorously, sweeping across the flower trees in the courtyard. Before long, the ground in the courtyard was covered with falling flowers.
An Jin had been waiting in the tea room for six hours. She already knew that the matriarch had taught her a lesson, that she had to follow the path of a woman. She thought about her mother, who could not leave the yard, and she thought about her brother. His brother, who could not leave the yard.
After leaving the Residence of An, she did not hire a horse carriage. She slowly walked from the Residence of An to her home with Shangguan Yong. Halfway through, she even turned into a fabric shop and bought some clothes for the Shangguan siblings.
When she got home, her tired body had already reached its limit, but An Jinxiu still forced herself to boil some heatwave soups for Shangguan Rui and Shangguan Ning. She watched them drink it and then returned to her room, falling head first onto her bed and never getting up again.
Zi Yuan prepared dinner before entering the room to call An Jinxiu to get up. An Jinxiu only turned over in her bed and slept for an entire day. She didn't wake up until the third day.
On the morning of the third day, after An Jinxiu had showered properly, she stood in her small yard and looked at the white sky. Last night, after a night of rain, the leaves of the wutong tree in the courtyard fell quite a bit. An Jinxiu walked up to the tree and quietly stood there for a long time.
After the sun rose, An Jinxiu cooked breakfast. After the family finished eating breakfast, Shangguan Rui went to study at the College. An Jinxiu and Zi Yuan took Shangguan Ning to do needlework at home.
For the time being, Shangguan Yong's house seemed a little quiet, but the days passed peacefully in the company of four people.
Two months later, An Jinxiu noticed that her monthly affairs had stopped. She invited a doctor to come and have a look, only then did she realize that she was pregnant. The pregnancy was a pleasant surprise for An Jinxiu. When she thought about how her son, whom she owed so much in her previous life, had come here so quickly.
On the night that she was confirmed to be pregnant, she lay in bed alone and cried all night.
When the news of An Jinxiu's pregnancy reached the Residence of An, An Yuanzhi came the next day with a doctor to take another pulse for her. After hearing from the doctor that An Jinxiu's pulse was very good, An Yuanzhi was overjoyed and went back to tell their concubine mother the good news.
A few days later, An Yuanzhi came to see her again. However, he gave her land deeds. An Jin had made up her mind to leave it to An Yuanzhi to use the eight hundred taels of silver that she gave to An Yuanzhi before the wedding. An Yuanzhi decided to buy a dozen acres of good land for An Jinxiu on the western outskirts of the city after giving it to her several times.
"I want to build a manor there for elder sister," An Yuanzhi added as he handed the land deed over to An Jinxiu. "That's why I didn't spend all the money. With that farm, your elder sister's life will be even better."
An Yuanzhi acted on her own initiative, but An Jin couldn't get angry. With a little brother who was wholeheartedly making plans for her, what could she possibly be angry about? Don't you think about yourself?" An Jinxiu asked An Yuanzhi.
"No matter what, I still can't use elder sister's money," An Yuanzhi said as he looked towards the kitchen. He even said that he was hungry and urged An Jin to eat as well.
An Jinxiu knew that An Yuanzhi wasn't really hungry, but she didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. She could only poke An Yuanzhi in the forehead and take Zi Yuan to the kitchen to busy herself with cooking.
An Yuanzhi followed her to the kitchen door and told her, "Sis, don't worry. I've already visited that place several times. I wouldn't buy any good land if it wasn't for that."
It was a fertile farmland in the western suburbs of the capital. An Jinxiu thought about it for a while, then asked An Yuanzhi, "Are you buying the land belonging to the Military Department's King Garden's Master Wang?"
An Yuanzhi nodded. "How did you guess that?"
"I guessed so," An Jin smiled. The daughter of the Wang family had been taken in by the crown prince as a secondary concubine. She would know about this even if she didn't leave the main gate. Wang Yuanyuan was a general leading the army.
If this person became one of the crown prince's father-in-law, would the Emperor still let Wang Yuan stay in the military? It was only a matter of time before that Master Wang would be returned to Capital. If An Yuanzhi wanted to buy land, he could only buy land for the Wang family.
An Yuanzhi didn't think deeply about whether or not An Jinxiu had guessed it to be the truth. He told her, "The Crown Princess has come back to the Palace. Sis, Father said he wants to arrange for me to enter the Guards Camp."
An Jinxiu put down the spatula in her hand and brought An Yuanzhi to the courtyard. She whispered, "You want to enter the Guards Camp?"
The Guards Camp was the personal guard battalion under the Emperor. They were basically all the young masters of the large clans who practiced martial arts, or the veterans who died fighting for their country. Entering the Guards camp meant one would be able to get close to the monarch. If one could get lucky in the near future, then it would be easier for them to become famous in the future than it was for ordinary people.
An Yuanzhi shook his head. "I didn't agree. I won't rely on them even if I have to make a name for myself."
An Jinxiu lowered her head and thought for a moment. After thinking quickly, she said to An Yuanzhi, "I heard that the daughter of Wang Yuan looks average. The Crown Prince chose this woman to contact the military connections of Wang Yuan.
An Yuanzhi said, "That's why His Majesty can't tolerate the crown prince recruiting military forces. Our family's young masters study books, so they've set their sights on me. They want me to be of use to them after I join the army?"
"Maybe."
An Yuanzhi sneered. "I told you, how could this family have such a good heart?"
"Then what is your plan?" An Jin asked.
"Sis," An Yuanzhi helped An Jin to sit on a stone bench in the courtyard. "No matter how rich or powerful An clan is, it has nothing to do with us. I just hope that they don't commit the crime of exterminating our entire family. "If I want to join the army, I'll have to rely on my own ability. Even if I don't have a rich life, if I die on the battlefield, I'll still recognize it. One day, I'll break off all ties with the Xunyang An clan."
Seeing the resolute look on An Yuanzhi's face as he said this, An Jinxiu let out a sigh. Didn't the An Yuanzhi of her past life succeed and become famous, then take over their birth mother and sever the relationship with Xunyang An? " Did the family give you a hard time after you disagreed to enter the Guard Camp? "
An Yuanzhi had been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for three whole days, and now all the masters in the mansion were scolding him for not knowing what was good for him.
An Jinxiu was currently pregnant, so An Yuanzhi would not tell her about this. As for the doctor who checked her pulse, he was afraid that the child's month was wrong, so he suspected that when Shangguan Yong was away, An Yuanzhi would not mention it. "No," An Yuanzhi replied, "Sis, can I take you to see the place I bought for you tomorrow?"
An Jinxiu knew who the masters of the Residence of An were, and she knew exactly what An Yuanzhi's situation was. Since An Yuanzhi didn't say anything, she stopped asking. A smile appeared on her face as she said to An Yuanzhi, "When Shangguan Rui uncle is on leave, we'll go together and take a look. By the way, let's see if there are any honest farmers there and ask them if they're willing to rent our territory."
An Yuanzhi said with a smile, "Our land?"
"Are you still sharing property with me?" An Jinxiu glared at him. "It seems that if I'm poor in the future, I won't be able to borrow silver from you."
An Yuanzhi quickly said, "How could I do such a thing?"
At this time, Shangguan Rui came back from school. An Jinxiu went to the kitchen to help with the cooking, while An Yuanzhi followed Shangguan Rui outside to talk. After the sun went down, the family sat around a table of Eight chairs, merrily eating dinner.
After An Yuanzhi left, An Jin showed the land deed to Shangguan Rui. Shangguan Rui saw his elder brother Shangguan Yong's name on the deed, and quickly said: "Sister-in-law, this was bought with your dowry money, you should keep it."
"This is the Shangguan Family's land," An Jinxiu said very calmly, "This is your share, little uncle will be fourteen next year, your wedding can't be any later. A man getting married and setting up his own business, he has to have some family property."
Shangguan Rui wanted to thank An Jin, but he felt that the word 'thank' meant nothing to An Jin, so he pushed deed back in front of her and said, "We'll talk about this when Big Brother comes back. "Sister-in-law, I need to write to elder brother about our family's matters. You should also write a letter to elder brother and ask someone to send the two letters to him together."
Hearing that she could write a letter to Shangguan Yong, An Jin was inspired, "Can you deliver this letter to your big brother?"
Shangguan Rui smiled and nodded, "Today, Big Brother's brother from the military came to find me. He is also going to the White Jade Mountain Pass, he can help us deliver the message and the things we need. "Sister-in-law, big brother still doesn't know that you are pregnant."
An Jinxiu stood up and went back to her room. She had a lot of things she wanted to say to Shangguan Yong, so she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to finish writing them all tonight.
Shangguan Rui smiled as he watched An Jin leave in a hurry.
When An Jin returned to her room, she wrapped Shangguan Yong's winter clothes with a bundle. After thinking about it, she also packed a few robes worn by Spring and Autumn, and sat down at the table to write a letter. When she was really ready to write a letter, An Jin realized that she had thousands of things to say, but she didn't know which line to write first.
Shangguan Rui didn't have the worry of An Jin. He knew that his elder brother couldn't read much, so with a few simple sentences, he explained the family matters to him and wrote about An Jin having a child. On the last line, Shangguan Rui wrote, 'Sister-in-law treats us very well and is a good woman.'
After An Jinxiu had written down a whole piece of paper, she remembered that Shangguan Yong would definitely let the person beside her read the letter to her. The letter was written, torn apart, and then written again. It had been a busy night. The final letter was also a few simple sentences.
She's pregnant, and we've been well for two months now.
Send me a few pieces of Han Yi, please take care of it.
Everything at home is fine, don't worry.
Waiting for you at home.
Early the next morning, Shangguan Rui took the letter and package written by An Jinxiu and went to find his brother's brother who was in the army. An Jinxiu sent Shangguan Rui out the door, thinking about how happy Shangguan Yong would be if he knew they have children. The smile on the corner of her mouth could not be concealed.
Zi Yuan bought some food and saw her young miss standing in front of the door. She smiled and said, "Young miss, what's the matter? Why are you laughing like a fool? "
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