Longxiang sent Lu Su out of the mansion and walked straight to the back house.

He hurriedly made a baby kiss for his daughter, and told Qiaoqiao Wan that he would not know anything.

The size of Hefei New City is five times that of the old city, but the new prefect's mansion is not much different from the original mansion. They are both rectangular in north and south, but the layout has been slightly adjusted.

The mansion in the old city was originally a marquis' mansion. In order to appear solemn and domineering, the vestibule in the south covers a large area, and many rooms are reserved for the officials. The back house has many rooms, which covers a small area, and looks relatively compact and crowded.

Longxiang likes to delegate power to the people below. In addition to the chief clerk (mainly record the official), the governor (mainly guards, inspectors), and the Shaofu History (principal private financial cashier), the other subordinates either do not set up or distribute their functions to other yamen, which causes the houses in the office area of ​​the mansion to be idle for a long time.

Before building the prefect's mansion, Longxiang personally drew pictures to adjust the layout, compressing the wasted part of the office area, and instead expanding the public area of ​​the back house, providing space for his children to play.

The back house is still in a courtyard layout, and the furnishings on the north are exactly the same as those on the old city, and there are still central halls and two bedrooms. However, Longxiong divided the two rows of wing rooms between the east and west and the Qiao sisters to show that he would not marry in the future.

Qiao Yichang was in charge of the construction of the new city. After Longxiang officially took office as the prefect of Lujiang, he served as a clerk for his brother-in-law Cao Yamen, and was at the same level as the military departments such as the military officials of the military, Wei Cao and other military affairs.

Jiang Cao was in charge of the construction and planning of Hefei, and Qiao Yichang replaced Feng Zhong as the head of the craftsman camp.

Feng Zhong and Tang Xun, as Long Xiang's absolute confidant, were responsible for the city defense of the new and old cities respectively.

As a craftsman Cao, Qiao Yichang had his own independent mansion. He left a room for Chen. However, before Qiao Yichang got married, Chen lived in Qiao Wei's east wing and helped his two daughters take care of the newborn.

Infants and young children sleep half of the time every day. When Longxiong returns to the back house in the afternoon, he does not hear the crying of his children.

When I walked into the east wing hall, I saw the mother and daughter of the Qiao family sitting around the table chatting.

Seeing Long Xiang return, the mother and daughter stood up at the same time, giving the county magistrate enough face.

Long Xiang reached out to signal the few people to sit down, looked at the bedroom where their children were sleeping, and asked in a low voice: "The children are sleeping again?"

"Um."

Qiao Wei nodded and replied: "Yue'er fell asleep after eating. Ji'er just slept for a while."

"I'll go and take a look."

Long Xiang tiptoed to the bedroom and saw two pink little guys sleeping soundly.

I thought I was so comfortable sleeping after eating. They didn’t have to worry about survival and life. No wonder the children were always innocent and had their eyes particularly bright and clear.

Later, I sat down at the table and remembered that Lu Su was worried about parenting, but he became a hand-off manager.

Long Xiang was moved and said to Chen's mother: "Ji'er, after Yue'er was born, I was basically not worried about my father. I have worked for my aunt and two wives."

Qiao Wei replied seriously: "What do Long Lang say? These are what I should do. You are a real man who treats you as a big deal. How can you be stuck by such a small thing?"

Long Xiang shook his head gently: "You can't say that. Zijing is also doing great things, but his mother and wife are weak, so he must be more attentive. He just came to me to ask for a way to educate his children. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, an isolated person like me who was not with my parents would probably be much more difficult than Zijing."

Qiao Wei and Qiao Wan were praised in person by Long Xiang, and they were embarrassed to lower their heads.

Seeing this, Chen took over the speech: "I heard from Mr. Yuanhua that they all fell in love with childhood, and it is difficult to make up for it now. However, the Lu family is a wealthy family in Huainan, and raising children is no problem at all. It should be because they are not easy to feel precious when they have children, so they are so cautious."

"What my aunt said is very much."

Long Xiang nodded and responded, suddenly turned his head and looked at Qiao Wan, and said softly: "Zijing is a famous scholar in the Jianghuai River. The Lu family has the conditions well. I plan to marry him for my husband. What do you think of Xiaojun?"

"ah?"

Qiao Wan was surprised at first, and after a while, she nodded and replied: "My husband is the head of the family. Who do you plan to give Yue'er to? Just make your own decision."

Long Xiang looked at Qiao Wan and said tenderly: "Yue'er is our daughter. It's better to discuss the marriage matters."

"I'm listening to my husband."

Although Qiao Wan and Qiao Wei are both the wife, Long Xiang asked questions in front of Chen and Qiao Wei, which made her feel like a mistress.

The smart IQ made Qiao Wan sober. She originally agreed with Long Xiang’s decision, but this answer could take care of everyone’s emotions.

Seeing this, Chen said, "Lu Zijing is Yun Qi's right-hand man. It is indeed a good idea to marry the Lu family. You have become the county magistrate at a young age, and your future prospects are limitless. Then Lu Zijing is a smart person."

"Zi Jing is very smart and intelligent. He mentioned this marriage because he didn't like me as the county magistrate."

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he smiled bitterly, thinking that his aunt was still so 'pragmatic', and then said to Chen: "My third brother will soon be eighteen this year. What do you think of his marriage? You should not look down on ordinary daughters of the right age in Hefei."

"I'm just worried about this."

Chen shook his head and sighed: "I have followed you to polish it for a few years, and now I have become a promising person. Yunqi is now the prefect of Lujiang and should have contact with everyone in the famous family. If you bother to help you find it again, I think there will always be a suitable one."

Long Xiang replied, "I really have a choice. Chen Yuanlong has an eleven-year-old daughter. If his aunt is willing to let his third brother wait, the son-in-law will find a way to make this happen."

"I do, of course I do."

After hearing this, Chen was overjoyed and thought to himself that it was the Chen family in Xuzhou, and it would be fine to wait for three to five years.

Perhaps his expression was too exaggerated just now, and Chen, who calmed down, continued to add: "As the saying goes, why don't a real man have no wife? It's not too late to let Ji Er train for a few more years. If you really can't wait, you'll take him a concubine first."

"Haha, listen to you."

“Wow.Wow”

Long Xiang had just finished answering, and suddenly the baby cried next to him.

As if she was activated, Qiao Wei was the first to run over very quickly because she could hear the crying of her son Long Ji.

Long Xiang and Qiao Wan rushed over and saw Qiao Wei holding Long Ji in her arms and shaking gently.

There was a false alarm, and the little thing stopped crying and fell asleep again.

Qiao Wei coaxed Long Ji to sleep, then put him on the couch again, and gestured to the two of them out, while walking, whispering: "Ji'er should have been scared in her dreams. He has to sleep for two hours before he will be hungry."

"Madam remembers it so clearly? It's amazing."

Long Xiang couldn't help but give Qiao Wei a thumbs up, and Qiao Wan also nodded and echoed: "Sister patted Ji'er to bed in a few strokes. This is where she is amazing."

"What's so amazing about this? Didn't you learn from your mother?"

Qiao Wei shook her head modestly, and said, "But Yue'er doesn't cry or make a fuss, my sister doesn't need to learn this trick. You mother is enjoying your happiness."

"You know that Guangjier's name is restless, let alone a boy." Qiao Wan joked with a smile.

Qiao Wei glanced at Long Xiang, then said proudly: "In order to name them, Long Lang specially asked Mr. Ni for advice. It doesn't matter if Jier is a little terrible, and men should do this."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!