Dong'an City, which has no owner, also feels that it has lost its vitality, and the entire city is quiet. Everyone closed their doors to live their own lives, and did not walk around randomly.

At this time, it is better to keep a low profile, the tiger is not at home, and the monkey is called the king. I heard that the second son in the palace was singing every night, and no one could restrain him, and the second son's servants became more and more domineering, and the people in the city dared not speak out. I just look forward to the safe return of the King of Liaodong.

At this time, everyone is sweeping the snow in front of their own doors, so how can they be busy with their own business.

The generals who stayed behind only needed to keep Dong'an City from turmoil and Liaodong to be stable. How absurd the second son is has nothing to do with them, as long as they don't do too much, they won't interfere. When the prince returns, he will punish him.

Pei Xiu is bored and counts the days every day, and she doesn't go out. The outside affairs have little to do with her, she just needs to keep one-third of her own land.

Because the rulers of the palace came to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, in order not to delay the issuance of the Dragon Boat Festival boxing ceremony, each vassal yamen had written an approval note in advance and asked the prefectures to receive it in advance.

Ding Bo and Zhuzi were sent by her to Canghe County to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival as early as two weeks ago. It must have arrived by now.

She could imagine the whole village gathering in front of their house to watch with envy on their faces.

In fact, as she imagined, the carriage was noticed by the villagers as soon as it entered the village. When they saw that it was Ding Bo and Zhuzi who had been here last year, they understood that it was Zhou Cheng who came back with a gift.

The children ran and shouted excitedly, and some ran over to surround the carriage and followed the carriage to Old Man Zhou's house.

Ding Bo took out the candy he had prepared in his pocket and gave the pillars to the children.

Everyone sighed that the old Zhou had a good life, gave birth to a good son, and he could still have such a great blessing when he was old.

The villagers warmly welcomed Dingbo and Zhuzi as always. Moreover, he followed them all the way to inquire about Zhou Cheng's life as an official and whether there were many servants and maids in the family.

Ding Bo and Zhuzi were both tight-lipped, not much to say about the affairs of the mansion, but only said that their adults were busy during the day, and they did not dare to intervene in his affairs.

The population of the mansion is simple, and the wife is diligent and thrifty, always thinking about her parents-in-law, so she prepared a boxing ceremony early and ordered them to deliver it.

Ding Bo has been here once, and he knows what to say and what not to say, as well as the meaning of the adults and the madam. The curiosity of the villagers is easily dispelled.

It's just that the old man's house is a little troublesome, and the uncle's house doesn't have so many problems, so don't worry about the villagers' questions. Go to the place to put things down, exchange a few words, save them a meal, and let them come over quickly, for fear of delaying their trip to Zhou's house.

When old man Zhou and old lady Zhou heard the news from the enthusiastic villagers running over, they were so happy that they could not find Bei.

It was the third child who gave them a long face, who would compliment them politely when they went out now, and now they like to invite the old man over to sit in town for anything in the village, not to mention the face.

The old lady also wanted to open up under the special treatment in the past few months, and she also felt that her life was very good now, and she was respected by everyone.

If you go to the city, you won't even have a place to visit. If you are locked in the house, no one knows who you are, and there are no familiar people who can talk. Don't you suffocate to death?

The second old man laughed when he heard the news, and went out early to wait at the door. Seeing that it was another boxing car, the old lady was both happy and distressed. How much did it cost?

Listening to the envious and jealous discussions of the surrounding villagers, the old lady was smug with a smile on her face, and her heart was entangled.

If they didn't let them send a large carload of things, she wouldn't be able to enjoy everyone's envious eyes. But when it was delivered, she looked at it and felt distressed. It was really hard to decide how much it would cost.

Old man Zhou doesn't have as complicated ideas as her, and if the third child is filial, they will just accept it happily.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. They are all old and can't eat for a few years. The third child is having a better life now, and they can also give the boss and the second child a share of these things to make up for it.

If the two of them are gone, the third child will not be able to send things back by car. The gap between several brothers is even greater.

They will no longer cultivate the fields of the third eldest since this year, and they will all be distributed to the eldest and the second. After the harvest, they will be given a little grain. With the New Year's gift from the third child, everyone's life was much happier.

Facing Old Man Zhou's inquiries, Ding Bo said yes as always. Facing the old lady's inquiries, he didn't say anything that should not be said.

Like last year, the two stayed overnight and left early the next day.

After the old lady waited for them to leave, she couldn't help complaining: "The two people sent by the third child are too slick. Seeing what they said, they didn't say anything."

"Why do you ask so many questions? It's good for their family to live a good life, and you don't have to eat and drink less, and you can wear less clothes. When you are old, you can eat for a few years, and your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If the third child is not happy with you Is it useful to talk? If they are unhappy, do you think the third daughter-in-law will pay attention to you and give you a gift for the New Year and the festival? "

Hearing the old man say this, she stopped talking. Now I really live a comfortable life, I don't have to worry about everything, and I am respected.

Forget it, the old lady also took a break and let them go.

Next, we will give the Mid-Autumn Festival gift. During the New Year's gift, the old lady didn't talk much, and accepted it happily. I don't care about the old people, and I have to talk to the second family every three or five times.

Ding Bo can also breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer has to rack his brains to think about how to respond.

They are all getting old, and they don't have to worry about it anymore, and they don't have to be annoying. They should be content if there is a future in their descendants.

If the eldest and the second family have the ability to let the third one pull, they will be happy to see it.

It's not that Pei Xiu and the others don't want to pull them, but they haven't settled down in Dong'an City for a while and haven't established a firm foothold yet. She was still looked down upon when she attended the banquet, and now is really not the time.

She had also discussed with Zhou Cheng before. When next year, they will go back to worship their ancestors depending on the situation~ By the way, take a look at the grandsons of the eldest brother and the second brother, and they can pick up a few to raise them.

Children are the hope of the next generation, and they can be taught well while they are young and malleable.

It's impossible to ignore his brothers completely, and when it's time to pull, it still needs to be pulled.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven. This is common there.

When the children grow up, they can be a helper. Fighting alone is not as good as working together, which can be regarded as paving the way for the next generation.

For those who are getting married when they are old, they can only arrange something for them in Canghe County depending on the situation.

If they can do this, they will be doing their best.

By the time Ding Bo and the others went back to report to Pei Xiu about the trip, more than 20 days had passed.

She estimated that Zhou Cheng should have also arrived in the capital.