349 Zhang Family (Part 2)
“There are too many of us, and it’ll be noisy. We shouldn’t be near your and Jiaojiao’s courtyard.” Madam Zhang hurriedly said. “Although the child is already one month old, Jiaojiao still needs to recuperate. Let’s not make things difficult for her.”
“I won’t,” Zhao Zhan replied seriously. “Our place is simple and crude. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Eh? What are you saying?” Zhang Lingzhen patted Zhao Zhan’s back. “We’re all family. How can we be angry with you? Besides, I think your courtyard is even better than ours!”
“Since we’re family, we won’t be shy. We just wanted to come and take a look. If we really can’t live here, we’ll go to town and rent a small courtyard if need be.”
There were enough rooms in the courtyard.
The backyard really couldn’t be arranged for them to live in, and Doctor Sun just happened to live in the two most remote rooms. His courtyard was separated from the surroundings by a fence. He first arranged for them to live in the remaining two guest rooms in the front yard, and later in the evening, he would go up the mountain to get some fences back to surround it.
“I’ll go and inform Jiaojiao first.” Zhao Zhan straightened up after he was almost done packing up the things in the room. “She probably doesn’t know that you’re here.”
“Of course, go ahead.” Madam Zhang urged. “You don’t have to bring her to see us. The most important thing for her is to rest well.”
Zhao Zhan nodded and returned to his bedroom.
Yue Jiaojiao had already changed into a new set of clothes and tidied up. Madam Qin carried Zhao Nian and followed behind her.
“It’s the Zhang family from Bei City.” Zhao Zhan quickly walked up to Yue Jiaojiao, looked at her, and said in a gentle voice, “They even brought Grandmother over. I mentioned your pregnancy in the letter we sent her, so they rushed over,” Zhao Zhan explained in detail. “I’ve already settled them in the front yard.”
“I want to see them.”
Yue Jiaojiao turned around and looked at Madam Qin. “Madam Qin, please give me the child.”
Zhao Zhan took the child into his arms first and looked up at Yue Jiaojiao. “Now?”
“They came all the way here, I can’t just stay in my room. Even if they don’t want to, I can’t be impolite.”
Yue Jiaojiao strode forward, and Zhao Zhan followed behind her. The two of them went to the front courtyard together.
Madam Zhang happened to be standing at the door of the room. When she saw the couple holding the child and walking in, her face was full of joy as she hurriedly went up to them. She did not hold back at all.
“Hello.”
Madam Zhang hurriedly turned to look at the room and shouted, “Dear, quickly come out! Jiaojiao and Zhao Zhan are here!”
Zhang Lingzhen hurriedly walked out, holding his hat steady as he walked. When he reached the two, he looked nervous, and only nodded coldly.
“Hello.”
Madam Zhang was already holding Yue Jiaojiao’s hands and leading her gently into the room. “It’s our first time meeting, so I brought whatever I thought you’d like. Come and see if you like it.”
Yue Jiaojiao was forced to follow her into the room.
“This is a whole set of gold and jade hairpins.” Madam Zhang opened three boxes in a row and took out the small wooden boxes one by one.
“And this is a pair of jade bracelets passed down in our Zhang family. This is a whole box of jade pendants. If you like it, take it out and wear it. If you don’t like it, keep it as your own private room. There are also exquisite palace lanterns shipped from Shangjing outside.”
Madam Zhang was very enthusiastic as she walked around introducing everything.
“This is a box of glass beads. The people in Shangjing are recently into these things. Over there, there’s fabric shipped from Jiangnan. It’s very soft. It’s just right to cut a few pieces of inner clothing.
“And these storybooks are for you. I once happened to hear Zhao Zhan say that you like to read, so I specially got someone to search for them.”
Madam Zhang could not move the boxes full of books, so she could only point them out to Yue Jiaojiao.
“Later on, I’ll get Zhao Zhan to bring them back for you. You can pick the ones you like and read them slowly.”
Yue Jiaojiao was shocked by her generosity.
With this stance, she probably emptied her private library, right?
“Woah…”
Yue Jiaojiao had just started speaking when Madam Zhang grabbed her hands. “These are just gifts from me for our first meeting. There are also some for your child.”