Chapter 33 Backyard Family

In the cold winter, white snow covers all over the north.

When the snow spreads to Chang'an, hundreds of soldiers guard a convoy into the brand-new Chang'an City.

It was cold and the earth was frozen. Guo Jia taught Guo Ye to play chess in the mansion. The father and son sat opposite each other and were having a happy time.

Diao Chan, wearing thick clothes, pushed the door and came to Guo Jia and said, "Madam is here."

Guo Jia didn't react anyway, but Guo Ye, who was holding the chess piece in his hand, was overjoyed, stood up and looked at Guo Jia with an anxious expression, waiting for him to speak.

One by one, he put away the chess pieces from the chessboard. Guo Jia smiled and said to Guo Ye, "You go and welcome them."

A little excited Guo Ye saluted Guo Jia and Diao Chan and then left.

After packing up the chess, Guo Jia stood up, Diao Chan took a cloak and put it on him, and then carefully came to Guo Jia's front to help him smooth the edge of his clothes.

"What's wrong? You seem to be very scared."

Guo Jia pinched her chin and asked softly.

Although she was dressed so thickly, it was still difficult to hide Diao Chan's slightly raised abdomen. She was nervous at this time, and she felt unfair to face her wife. At the same time, she felt reluctant to leave Guo Jia.

"I don't want to leave my husband half a step."

A delicate and gentle tone is heart-warming.

Seeing her look of her dejected look, Guo Jia hugged her in her arms, stroked her back, and said softly: "Whatever you want in Chang'an is missing. If you are pregnant, you should go back to Chengdu to take care of your baby. If you stay by my side, you have to do whatever you want. Are you afraid of a fetus in your belly? "

Diao Chan wanted to speak but stopped, but her face raised was finally lowered in disappointment.

"Husband, please go out to the mansion to welcome the wife."

Diao Chan urged her.

In fact, it’s nothing if Guo Jia doesn’t go to welcome him, but he can’t leave people with the impression that he is bored with the new, so he still has to leave the house himself.

When I arrived outside the mansion, although the snow had already swept through it in the early morning, a light snow fell in the middle, and the road outside the mansion was covered with frost and snow again.

The convoy entering the city had already stopped. Guo Jia stood outside the mansion and looked at the beauty coming from a distance, and a warm smile appeared.

A snow-white cloak was draped on her body, and Cai Yan held Guo Ye, who was talking about her experiences in Chang'an, and walked slowly with elegant steps, with lotus steps growing and moving.

When he arrived at the door of the mansion, Guo Jia was silent as if he was indifferent. Cai Yan also looked at Guo Jia quietly without saying a word. However, Diao Chan greeted Cai Yan in a hurry, without even the courage to look directly at Cai Yan.

"Madam Cai, I..."

Although she has been married to Guo Jia as a concubine for nearly half a year, Diao Chan felt timid when she saw Cai Yan. It was not that Cai Yan was fierce, but that she always felt that the time for her to marry Guo Jia was wrong, so she took advantage of the situation.

"Diao Chan, you should call me sister."

Cai Yan's expression was gentle, and she looked kind-hearted, but there was a touch of playful smile on the corner of her mouth.

Diao Chan was at a loss and twisted for a while before calling her sister.

"Get in, the room is warm."

Guo Jia turned around and walked towards the mansion.

Because Diao Chan is pregnant, Guo Jia plans to let her return to Chengdu to have a baby. Cai Yan has missed her very much because she has not seen Guo Ye for half a year. She came to Chang'an. On the one hand, she took over Diao Chan to take care of Guo Jia's daily life, and on the other hand, she is the reunion of mother and son.

After entering the house, the four of them sat down. Guo Ye was next to Cai Yan. He could see that he was very happy. After all, he was still a child. In the eyes of outsiders, he could not hide anything in front of his mother.

The hardest thing in the world to let go is the affection of family and family.

The atmosphere was a bit dull, and Diao Chan didn't dare to see Cai Yan. Cai Yan was graceful and dignified. Look at Guo Jia and Diao Chan, her expression was quite interesting.

"Ye'er, haven't you been to the teacher's place to listen to the teachings today?"

Guo Jia made a name for himself.

When Guo Ye heard this, he looked embarrassed. He glanced at his mother and nodded in disappointment.

"Why don't you go quickly?"

Restraining the joy of the mother and son reunion in his heart, Guo Ye bowed listlessly and said withdrew.

After he left, Guo Jia stretched and stood up and walked out.

“Some official duties need to be handled.”

I was playing chess just now, but now I say I want to handle official business. Not to mention that Diao Chan can see through it, Cai Yan doesn't believe it either.

But now we need to give Diao Chan and Cai Yan a space.

There are some things that men can’t speak, and even if they speak, they will have little effect.

For the past six months, Guo Jia has been instructing Diao Chan to not mind, but Diao Chan always feels guilty and has a greater depression.

Although Cai Yan was not Guo Jia's first wife who officially married into the house, she was actually Guo Jia's first woman. She was a concubine and Zhen Jiang was a wife. However, the two of them had similar status in Guo Jia's backyard.

The reason is very simple. Cai Yan was the first person to follow Guo Jia, and he suffered hardships in Taihang Mountains with Guo Jia.

The relationship between mistress and the original wife in later generations cannot be solved by the main man. Now, Guo Jia throws this problem to Cai Yan and asks her to deal with it. Guo Jia also believes that Cai Yan can handle it properly.

It is common to have monogamous wives and concubines. In this context, men must prefer generous women. No matter how beautiful and talented a jealous woman is, she will not receive long-term love.

Guo Jia does not regard such backyard family affairs as small things. Women fight openly and secretly, exclude each other, and fight for favor may be private matters, but their fight will affect the next generation.

For example, several of Yuan Shao's sons are already competing for the throne of the crown prince. Putting aside Yuan Shao's advocacy of checks and balances, there is also a big reason for Yuan Shao's disagreement of wives and concubines.

He was yawning lazily in the study, and Guo Jia passed the time. Guanzhong's governance was exactly the same as Yizhou. He only set the bottom strategy on the overall layout, and gave the specific measures and government orders to his subordinates. He reviewed government affairs every once in a while and held specific responsibilities after discovering problems.

In this case, if there are mistakes in the work, there are responsibilities and some people can punish them. There will be no situation where the root cause of the problem will be investigated.

Since the division of labor is detailed and the work is levied, the burden on Guo Jia's shoulders has become much easier.

He always reminded himself: You are the master of the human world and dominate the overall situation.

Guo Jia does not agree with Zhuge Liang's practice of doing everything in detail.

If he has done all his work, would he have to have his subordinates have lunch?

Since they are talents, they must explore and exert their talents to the greatest extent

As the evening approached, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside. Guo Jia was lying on the table in a daze and took a nap. After being woken up, he rubbed his eyes and raised his head, and saw Cai Yan walking towards him.

After walking behind Guo Jia, Cai Yan's green jade hands pressed on Guo Jia's shoulders and kneaded them skillfully.

"Are you finished talking?"

Guo Jia sighed.

Cai Yan smiled and said, "Well, Diao Chan has cried for a long time and went back to her room to rest."

Guo Jia was stunned and then realized.

He wouldn't ask about the details, he could probably guess it.

It was nothing more than Cai Yan and Diao Chan's love to talk to each other. Diao Chan was accepted and cried with joy or was moved to tears.

Holding Cai Yan's hand, he pulled her into his arms, Guo Jia held her plump body and asked, "Is it good at home?"

Cai Yan, who was leaning against Guo Jia's shoulder, remembered something and smiled from ear to ear.

"Everything is fine, but my father accepted Jin'er as his disciple and was very satisfied with Jin'er. He often said that Jin'er would become a great scholar in the future."

Guo Jia's expression was surprised and very exciting.

Guo Ye also studied with Cai Yong for a while, but Cai Yong had only the affection of his grandfather and grandson for Guo Ye at most, and he never praised Guo Ye.

Because of this, Guo Jia believes that Cai Yong may still have opinions about him, so he has no good feelings for his children.

It turns out that this is not the reason. The problem lies with Guo Ye, it is that Guo Ye is not interested in Cai Yong's teachings.

Perhaps in terms of literary qualifications, Guo Jin is indeed more talented than Guo Ye.

"Jin'er is less than four years old, and your father really dares to boast about it. Maybe when Jin'er grows up a few more years, hum, your father should not cry at that time."

Guo Jia was not at ease with kindness in his mouth and in his heart.

Most children are like this. When they were young, they were obedient and obedient. When they reached the age of being playful, adults couldn't control them even if they wanted to.

"Hey, this is not sure. If my sister hadn't stopped him, my father would have left Jin'er by his side and kept sleeping and eating."

Cai Yan felt quite gloating.

From officials to scholars in Yizhou, they knew the disagreement between Guo Jia and Cai Yong.

After all, Cai Yong was just the same starting point as Xun Yu, and he wanted to protect the Han Dynasty.

When Guo Jia did not officially raise the banner and overthrow the Han Dynasty, the two would not formally act like a life-and-death situation. Just like Dong Zhuo's chaos in politics, Dong Zhuo did not abolish Liu Xie and proclaimed himself emperor for a day, and Cai Yong could only compromise and beg for the whole person to be an official under Dong Zhuo.

Guo Jia did not force Cai Yong to become an official, so Cai Yong was free to serve as a lecturer in Confucianism in the Hundred Schools.

Over the years, Cai Yan has completely figured out Guo Jia's temperament. Although he was decisive in killing, he would still care about the truth. Even if he broke up with Cai Yong one day, Guo Jia would at best put Cai Yong under house arrest and would never kill him.

"Husband, the Qiao sisters are looking forward to their hopes in Chengdu. The husband promised to marry them, but now he has broken his promise."

Guo Jia smiled bitterly, and indeed let them down.

"Oh, this is my fault. After the spring of the next year, I will go back to Chengdu and handle this matter."

If it weren't for the warplane in Guanzhong, Guo Jia might have married Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao in the autumn. He will make great achievements, and the public and private affairs will be clear, and the business will be the first priority.

"Why don't you let her and the other one come to Chang'an? Chang'an is not as good as Chengdu at present, but in five years, ten years later, moving to Chang'an is imperative in the long run."

Cai Yan stroked his palm on Guo Jia's cheeks and gently stroked it back and forth.

Liu Biao in Jingzhou did not die for one day, but Guo Jia attacked Jingzhou and became famous.

From a strategic perspective, after taking Guanzhong, Guo Jia could completely use Yizhou as a rear base and advance to the Central Plains from Guanzhong.

With the political status of Chang'an, the western capital of the Han Dynasty, it seemed very necessary for Guo Jia to move to Chang'an.

The two have been together for nearly ten years, but they are both in their prime. Guo Jia squeezed her nose teasingly. Cai Yan shook her head and shook his hand, opened her mouth and bit his fingers, and put on a vicious expression.

"Dao'er, you're too naive."
Chapter completed!