Zhao Shinan's light words wiped out all Du Heng's hopes. The spark that was already the size of a bean in front of him was suddenly extinguished, and the whole road ahead was dark and lightless. Du Heng's eyes drooped.

After a long time, Du Heng slowly asked, "What is necessary?"

Zhao Shinan also paused for a long time before he took Du Heng, and his voice was a little helpless: "Heng'er, the Zhao family has such a big family business, there must always be someone to succeed it." ”

The lights and candles had been extinguished, and in the darkness, no one could see anyone's face clearly, and Du Heng's whole body was soaked in cold ice, up to the top of his head, and he couldn't breathe. Du Heng's whole body began to tremble, and he could no longer speak.

Zhao Shinan's heart suddenly hurt very much, he felt the trembling of the person in his arms, and his heart trembled a little, he hugged Du Heng tighter, and his voice was very deep: "Heng'er, no matter how many aunts and wives you have, you are my wife, and I only have you in my heart." ”

Hearing this, Du Heng felt a little ridiculous, doing the same thing as other women, giving birth to children, how could anyone say anything in his heart? What if there is, what if there is not? But what should she say, she can't let Zhao Shinan die. Du Heng sighed and turned his back.

"Heng'er, don't be in a hurry. The days are still long. Let Lang Zhong recuperate, there will always be children. Zhao Shinan said this a little pale. Everything in the future becomes unpredictable.

Du Heng didn't know how long Zhao Shinan's patience could wait, it had been a year since he entered the door, and Zhao Shinan could wait for three years, five years? But Zhao Shinan did not continue to think about this problem, and he will rush a batch of Cheng Yuejin to Nanjing tomorrow, and who to send has not yet been finalized. He began to swirl around his mind with a few candidates, falling asleep in the decision between the jackal feather and the cassia of the dead.

Zhao Shinan had the patience to wait for Du Heng to adjust his body, but the old lady Zhao was impatient. Since Du Heng did not insist on objecting, Mrs. Zhao ordered Aunt Ci to send two people to Gujiazhuang to pick up Zheng Xiaoyu.

The Zheng family saw that Xiaoyu brought so many things when he went back for the New Year, and said that the old lady liked it very much, so they were a little clear, and they were overjoyed. But for a long time after the Spring Festival, there was no movement, and my heart cooled down again. Zheng Xiaoyu is in the pond all day long, but he has lost his previous freedom and happiness.

It can be seen that there is no hope, and there is no disappointment. The troubles of the world are only because there is too much hope, and it has become **.

The mother-in-law of the Zhao family came to pick up Xiaoyu again, and now the Zheng family was happy again. Zheng Xiaoyu couldn't wait to change his clothes and prepare to go back with the comers. Zheng Xiaoyu's mother repeatedly instructed: "Go and serve the old lady well, don't be greedy." ”

Only Steward Zheng was a little worried this time, and the old lady didn't have a way to pick up people, and the people who came only said that the old lady was talking about Xiaoyu, which was not clear, and the people in the village only climbed the high branches as Xiaoyu, in case it didn't work, how could they marry when they came back? The age is not young, and I can't afford to delay. ”

Zheng Xiaoyu was full of joy, where could he listen to it, but he didn't care about it at all.

Zheng Xiaoyu went back this time, not to mention Mrs. Zhao's comfort, but Xiaoyu's treatment was significantly different. Mrs. Zhao was next to Du Heng and Zhao Shinan's courtyard, and set aside a small building called "Chuntang Pavilion" for Zheng Xiaoyu to live in, and she also had a girl named Su Wen to serve. It's not like a guest, but half a host. They all call "Mallow Girl" up and down.

Mrs. Zhao didn't make her words clear, but said to Mallow with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm still thinking about you." This time, you will live in Chuntang Pavilion, and you will be closer to me, don't be crowded with Heng'er, she is now full of medicine all day long. ”

"What's wrong with the young grandmother?" mallow couldn't help but ask before he had time to see Du Heng.

"Alas, the family is unfortunate. Mrs. Zhao sighed, "I don't know if she doesn't have children and grandchildren or I don't have that life, I can't get pregnant until I enter the door, and I invite Lang Zhong to drink medicine all day long, but there is no improvement at all." Could it be that my Zhao family is going to be extinct?"

"How could it be. Mallowway said with a smile, she already knew what Mrs. Zhao meant in her heart, and suddenly jumped up like a drum, lowered her head and whispered, "The young master is in his prime, so he will naturally have more children and more blessings." ”

"That's good, that's good. "How smart Mrs. Zhao is, she has already seen from the attitude of the mallow that she is willing, her eyebrows and eyes are smiling, and she only thinks that when Zhao Shinan comes back, she will officially mention the matter of taking the mallow as a concubine.

Malallow came out of the old lady and walked to Du Heng's yard, but her heart suddenly felt a little unnatural, she and Du Heng were sisters, if Mrs. Zhao really had that meaning, she didn't know how to get along with Du Heng in the future. Futaba happened to arrive at the door, and when he saw the mallow, he was a little cold: "The young grandmother is not feeling well, and it is not suitable to meet guests, so please go back, girl." ”

Mallow was a little sneering and returned to Chuntang Pavilion. Du Heng watched the back of the mallow leaving in the house, and tears fell.

Shuangye returned to the house and saw Du Heng, and was a little unbearable: "Why is the young grandmother so hard, she cried in vain, she knew that she was such a person, and she shouldn't have been let in in the first place." "Futaba is also older now, and he is a lot more articulate.

"Shouldn't I be a little graceful and invite her to come in and talk about it?" Du Hengfang just saw the figure of Mallow, so he was flustered, and hurriedly let Futaba go out and send her away. But I don't think I'm going too far.

Futaba stomped his feet: "If you talk about it again, you will really describe her as the second wife." He turned and walked out.

Du Heng didn't say anything, if it was said that the old lady kept the mallow last time because of her leg disease, and this time she was picked up at this time, and it was such a paved treatment, even the fool knew the old lady's intentions. All this, Du Heng didn't know if it was doomed. She suddenly regretted it, regretted taking the mallow into the house, regretted giving her a bracelet, and even regretted going to the lotus pond, so that she would not know her. Although if the old lady has the heart of a concubine, there are others who are not mallow but also mallow but why is it mallow in the first place?

Shuangye came in with the medicine, Du Heng couldn't wait to take it and drink it in one go, in order not to have a second wife, she had to conceive a child as soon as possible. But the medicine became extremely bitter, and as soon as Du Heng drank it, he vomited it all again.

Looking at Du Heng's uncomfortable appearance, Shuangye wiped his tears, woman, it's really difficult.

Zhao Shinan went back early that day, and a merchant from Changzhou brought him an agate screen, thinking that it was not appropriate to bring it to the old lady, so he returned to his house first. I saw that Du Heng had taken the medicine for the third time, but he vomited it again. Shuangye patted Du Heng's back on the side: "Young grandma, don't drink it today, it's the third time." ”

Du Heng shook his head stubbornly, and his voice was a little weak: "Go fry some more." ”

Zhao Shinan stood at the door, looking at Du Heng lying on the bed, and suddenly dared not enter the door, for the first time in so many days, he really saw Du Heng's face in the sun. Du Heng has lost so much weight that he can't look like he can't look like he lifts his hand, and the green tendons can be seen clearly. Dressed in a blue-gray dress, lined with a sallow pointed chin, the eyes are surprisingly bigger, and those eyes are also red and swollen, and they have long lost their aura. Zhao Shinan's heart throbbed, and he sharply ordered Shuangye: "Don't fry anymore, don't take this medicine again." ”

Du Heng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhao Shinan a little wooden: "If you don't take medicine, how can you have a child?" said pantothenic acid in his stomach, and vomited again, but there was only sour water, and there was no physical object.

"No, no, no. Even if you don't, you're still my wife. Zhao Shinan's heart tightened, patting Du Heng's back, his thin shoulders almost unbearable.

Du Heng's tears fell, and he looked at Zhao Shinan and said sadly: "Shi Nan, if I don't have children, what am I in this family, in your heart?" Once said that if you don't accept concubines, you can bow your head for the sake of reality, how long will those ethereal feelings take?

When Zhao Shinan heard Du Heng's desperate words, his heart trembled, it turned out that unconsciously, Du Heng's heart had become like this. He understood Du Heng's knot, and he had thousands of words in his chest that he wanted to say to Du Heng, but he felt that whatever he said was like a joke. In the end, he just sighed, got up and went to the old lady in the backyard to say goodbye. For the first time, he thought about the question: Are love and concubinage contradictory?

As soon as Zhao Shinan entered the house, he saw a moon-white dress, standing beside the old lady with a smile. Said hello lightly: "Coming?"

The old lady saw that Zhao Shinan was not unfamiliar with Mallow, and was secretly happy in her heart, thinking that this matter was simple and easy to achieve, so she ordered Mallow to go to the back room first, and the old lady smiled at Zhao Shinan: "What do you think of her about the concubine I told you before?"

"What's the hurry?" Zhao Shinan was a little displeased, even if he wanted to take a concubine, he was not in a hurry for this moment, and he was worried about Du Heng in his heart, let alone mentioning it.

"Not in a hurry?" The old lady couldn't sit still, stood up and looked at Zhao Shinan Dao, "You are not in a hurry, I am in a hurry, in case I go one day, I will not have the face to see the ancestors of the Zhao family under the spring." After a pause, he said, "It's easy to have a suitable one, if you don't pay attention to it, it's a pity to miss it." ”

Zhao Shinan was irritable in his heart, he didn't know what he was running away from, and said to the old lady: "Wait for two years first." If Heng'er has no children in two years, I will take a concubine. After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and went out.

"You-" Before Old Lady Zhao's words were finished, Zhao Shinan had already left. Malallow listened to it in the back room, came out to look at the old lady with a tight brow, and said with a faint smile: "Old lady, what the young master said is also right, it is good to wait another year or two." ”

The old lady patted Mallow's hand and only felt that she was very sensible. Two years, that's a long time.