Chapter 26: Regret
Wu Shaoying touched Qin Hanzhen's little face: "It's nothing, this is not my home after all." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Now that I have taken back my ancestral family business, it is natural for me to go home. ”
"Is it Suide?" Qin Han really thought for a while, "I remember that you seem to be going to make up for the official, right?"
Wu Shaoying said lightly: "I'm not going now." Previously, because I was not worried about my aunt, I went back to Suide, first, to take the family business, and secondly, to ask my old classmates to find an official position, so that I could take care of my aunt if I was close. Now that my uncle is gone, my aunt has a cousin and sister-in-law to support, and the family does not have to worry about her livelihood, I have nothing to worry about. If I go back to Beijing to take the exam in the future, I don't know if I can go to high school. ”
Wu Shaoying is a student of the country, and it is common sense to be admitted to the Jinshi. What Qin Hanzhen didn't understand was that he didn't plan to take the exam before, but wanted to make up for the official directly, but now he wants to take the exam again.
She said to Wu Shaoying: "What should I do with the Guan family? Doesn't it mean that grandpa goes, and the school may not be as beautiful as before?"
Wu Shaoying smiled slightly: "There are still two gentlemen in the school, plus my cousin, I can still hold on." There will inevitably be fewer students coming to the annex, but that's fine. I just bought 80 acres of medium land, 20 acres of fine land, a total of 100 acres of land, and gave it to my aunt. Relying only on the output of this 100 acres of land, the Guan family does not have to worry about their livelihood. I also asked the master of Qi to take care of the Guan family. They'll be doing well, and I'll be able to study with confidence. ”
Qin Hanzhen suddenly realized that Wu Shaoying had given a hundred acres of land to Mrs. Guan. In Mizhi County, 100 acres of land is a lot of property, and it is not a small benefit to the Guan family. The Guan family has also purchased some fields over the years, about fifty or sixty acres, but now it has nearly quadrupled, even if the income in the school is a little worse, it is impossible to live a worse life than before.
However, Qin Hanzhen was more concerned about another matter: "Cousin, my aunt is a little strange today......" She repeated Guan Yunniang's words, and asked Wu Shaoying carefully, "Is it that cousin, you promised Aunt what to make her suddenly become so honest?"
Wu Shaoying blinked, lowered her head and pursed her lips to endure a smile, before she looked up and said to her, "Do you think your cousin promised your aunt something?"
Qin Hanzhen smiled dryly: "This ...... Because my aunt is so weird......"
Wu Shaoying reached out and scratched her little nose: "Ghost spirit, you think too much." Naturally, it is impossible for your cousin to agree to be engaged to your aunt, because your grandfather has just died, so how can you be engaged during ......the period of filial piety? ”
Qin Hanzhen's eyes widened: "Cousin, you're not young...... "Wu Shaoying is also in her twenties, right? This would have caused people to criticize, and now he has said that he will not marry a wife for the next three years, ......what do you think? Does he want to marry Guan Yunniang in three years?!
Wu Shaoying didn't answer, but just scratched Qin Hanzhen's little nose again: "Okay, Sang girl, this is an adult's business, you don't have to worry about it." After today, my cousin will go to Qin's house a few more times, but he may not have the opportunity to talk to you alone. In a few days, my cousin will go home, and he will not be back for a long time after a study tour. So take advantage of the time you have today, and give you this box of things. Remember to put it away, but don't lose it. ”
Qin Hanzhen wanted to ask clearly, but Mama Tiger came back at this time. When she saw Wu Shaoying at the door, she was a little surprised: "Why is Uncle Wu here?
Wu Shaoying got up and said, "I just heard outside that Sister Sang is not in good spirits today, come and take a look." It looks better than when she came back, and there is more flesh on her face. If you want to come to Sister Sang to recuperate for a while, it will be fine. ”
Mama Tiger said: "Yes, these days, my sister eats and sleeps more at home, and she drinks medicine three times a day, and she is never bitter." The lord and wife all said that my sister is much more well-behaved now. ”
Wu Shaoying just said a few words to Mama Hu, and then went out. When Mama Tiger put on the filial piety dress for Qin Hanzhen, she found the small box in her hand: "Where did this come from?"
"My cousin gave it to me. Qin Hanzhen said, "Although he said it was just a gadget, I listened to his tone, it should be quite valuable, and it should be put away well, not broken, and go back to my grandfather to take care of." ”
Mama Tiger picked up the wooden box and looked at it carefully: "Ah, this seems to be a trap box." It's going to be inconvenient, so let's open it at night. She helped put away the small box, and helped Qin Hanzhen change her filial piety clothes, and when she heard the people outside shouting auspicious, she hurriedly carried Qin Hanzhen out.
In addition to his relatives, friends and fellow students, people who had studied in his school set up sacrificial sheds on the side of the road, and the funeral procession drove to the mountains outside the city, and people in half of the county could hear the sound of crying and mourning. Relatives and friends all said that Wu Shaoying was a good junior who knew how to repay his kindness, fulfilled the posthumous grief of the old man Guan, and praised the old lady Guan for her kindness and good retribution, and raised her nephew, now that he has a career, she can also live a good life.
With the support of her daughter and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Guan sent her wife all the way to the cemetery on the mountain. Listening to the discussions and compliments of the people around her, she only had bitterness in her heart.
Turning her head to look at her daughter-in-law, she was a little depressed, and when she heard the words of others, she cried even more.
Then turned to look at her daughter Guan Yunniang in another direction, she took a piece of Supa, bowed her head to wipe her tears, but the corners of her eyes and mouth showed a little satisfied sweetness.
Mrs. Guan sighed secretly and didn't want to say anything.
Uncle Guan and Aunt Guan actually know it, but they can't see it clearly. The Guan family does have the grace of nurturing Wu Shaoying, but now Wu Shaoying has a beautiful funeral for the old man Guan, and has honored the old lady Guan with a hundred acres of middle and high-class fields, and anyone will say that he is a good person who knows how to repay his kindness. Even if he refuses to marry Guan Yunniang in the future, no one will say that he is not.
And Wu Shaoying is now an older bachelor man, but he still promised not to marry for three years in front of Mrs. Guan, which makes the Guan family even more aggressive. Guan Yunniang thought that this was because she couldn't say goodbye during the filial piety period, and Wu Shaoying promised not to marry for three years, implying that she would marry her after three years. In fact, Wu Shaoying never said this from beginning to end. He didn't marry for three years, but he could get engaged first, and then hold a wedding three years later, what could Guan Yunniang do at that time?
Now Wu Shaoying is a prisoner who has not made up the official, and Guan Yunniang is already Gao Pan if she wants to marry. If Wu Shaoying is a high school jinshi within three years, she will not be worthy. No matter how much Guan Yunniang cries or makes trouble, no one will speak for her.
In order not to leave anyone to talk about, Wu Shaoying even left Mizhi to go out to study when winter was approaching, and even stayed in his hometown because it was too close to Mizhi. If he never returns, Guan Yunniang has no marriage contract with him, and after three years, she will become an old girl, and if she wants to discuss marriage, she can't find anyone. At that time, she could only obey the arrangement of her mother, brother and sister-in-law, and find a family to marry first. Afterwards, Wu Shaoying returned to Mizhi, what face did Guan Yunniang have to blame him?
Wu Shaoying and the Guan family were originally very close and affectionate. Now to beware of relatives in this way is really deceiving. However, Mrs. Guan, Uncle Guan and Aunt Guan all knew that he was no wonder about this, it was Guan Yunniang who made too much trouble. Just because she talked nonsense, Guan and Old Man Guan gave their lives one after another, and even the Guan family could no longer forgive Guan Yunniang, let alone Wu Shaoying? If it weren't for the old lady Guan who was still there, maybe Wu Shaoying would have left without knowing.
There is only one thing that Mrs. Guan regrets the most now: when Wu Shaoying came back, if she didn't want to match him out of selfishness because she still hadn't married a wife and her youngest daughter was interested in him.
Wu Shaoying repeatedly refused to marry, but she refused to give up, but instead helped her youngest daughter persuade her nephew, which made her youngest daughter Yunniang's heart more and more obsessed. And when her husband learned from Yun Niang that the latter was interested in Wu Shaoying, she did not tell the truth in time, so that he misunderstood that Wu Shaoying and Yun Niang had an agreement first, and empathized with the eldest daughter Rong Niang later, which led to a catastrophe later. Although she always complained in her heart that her husband treated her eldest daughter too harshly and forced her to a dead end, if she told the truth early, how could her husband misunderstand?
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world. Mrs. Guan walked up the mountain step by step, only to feel that her steps were getting heavier and heavier, and her tears wanted to flow out, but she couldn't stop.
By the time the funeral procession returned to Guan's house, it was already past noon. Along the way, Qin Han was really hugged by Mama Tiger and Uncle Tiger in turn to deal with the past. But the sun was shining and the cold wind was blowing, and she had a headache and dizziness again, and her little face was miserable and white.
Seeing this, Mr. Qin proposed to the Guan family to take his granddaughter back. Mrs. Guan was also so tired that she lay down at this time, Uncle Guan and his wife were busy seeing off relatives and friends, and they couldn't spare time, Guan Yunniang hid directly back in the room to be lazy, and naturally no one kept her. Wu Shaoying personally sent the teacher and his party back to the Wang family's house, and made an appointment to return to the Qin family tomorrow before returning.
Qin Han was so tired that she couldn't wait to go to sleep directly, Mama Hu boiled the noodle tea she brought from home and fed her half a bowl before she could be considered to be refreshed.
When Mama Hu and Uncle Hu were busy preparing lunch, Qin Hanzhen beckoned Mr. Qin and showed him the box given by Wu Shaoying: "Cousin Wu gave it to me, saying that it was the makeup I added to me when I got married in the future, and told me to be careful, don't break it, go home and show it to my grandfather, and ask my grandfather to help me put it away." ”
Mr. Qin was a little surprised, sat down by the kang, took the box and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is the organ box, to say the least, it has been nearly a hundred years, but it is a little interesting." This should be an old thing from the previous dynasty. I heard that Shaoying's family was originally a big family in the Wubao area, and his ancestors also served as Beijing officials, although he asked the clansmen to take away the family property, his clan is not a vulgar thing, and he has never buried these old things. If you look at the batter on the box, you can see that they have kept things very well. ”
Qin Han was really surprised: "This is an antique, so how do you unlock it?"
Old Mr. Qin smiled mysteriously at her: "This is a trick, Sister Sang is optimistic, don't blink." ”
I don't know how Mr. Qin got it, so he just wiped it lightly at the bottom of the box, and the box opened, and pulled out a small drawer from the left side, revealing two items the size of an adult man's finger wrapped in silk cloth.
The lid is a complete lie!
Qin Hanzhen's eyes widened: "Grandfather, how did you open it?"
Mr. Qin smiled without saying a word, only took out the two silk packets, and threw the box to Qin Hanzhen to play with.
Qin Hanzhen turned over and over for a long time before he figured out where the mechanism was, and he thought that the bottom of the box was too old, and the wood was not well maintained, and there were gaps, but in fact, it was a switch!
Qin Hanzhen sighed, "How did you come up with this?" she tilted her head to look at her grandfather, "How can you see it at a glance?"
Old Mr. Qin paused for a moment, and said with a faint smile: "If you see a lot, you will naturally see it." ”