Chapter 16: The Tu Family
Han Runiang's feelings about He Qingsong are complicated, she painted with Xu Wanzhen this afternoon, and she was stunned halfway through the painting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Xu Wan was really afraid of arousing her sadness, so she couldn't help but ask. After a while, I heard her sigh softly: "Sister Wanzhen, in my life, I may have to hand it over to the second son." "She went from being a daughter of an official family to falling into the dust, although she is still innocent, but in the end she has tarnished her reputation. He Qingsong took her out of that kind of place, and in addition to dying, Han Runiang could only rely on him.
After a moment's hesitation, he said, "But, in fact, I don't have any other thoughts about him except gratitude. ”
Xu Wan really understands this feeling, she has been a human being in two lives, and she has not met a single person in her heart for more than 30 years combined. What's more, in the Gaomang Dynasty, women have limited freedom and fewer choices, especially for Han Runiang. Calculating the age, Han Runiang is only sixteen years old, and she has just entered her first year of high school in modern times, and the age when she dreams like a flower is the time when she has a longing for love. He Ergongzi has a good character, a bold temperament, vision and courage, and rescued her from the fire pit. But where is the reason for love? Let her follow a middle-aged man as a concubine, the reality is too cruel, but the world is like this, Han Runiang is beautiful and weak, this is the best choice for her at present.
Xu Wan really thought about it for a long time, but Han Runiang was also immersed in her own world and didn't notice it. Xu Wanzhen persuaded loudly: "Sister Ru Niang, I haven't experienced these things, and I can't say clearly. However, I was married to the ninth young master of the Sun family back then, and I had only met a few times, so I didn't feel anything. If nothing happens in the family, it will be a lifetime. You can't tell anyone else these words but me. ”
Xu Wan's innocent voice made Han Runiang sober up, yes, a woman has to accept her fate for the rest of her life, how many times can she be the master? Especially like herself, she is not following the crowd, and she is already accumulating virtue when she meets He Ergongzi.
Seeing that her expression was shaken, Xu Wanzhen said again: "I think Second Prince He is very good to you, and he accepted you without being on the road." This is going to wait until I return home and give you the origin of a good concubine. "Even if it's a concubine, it's divided into three, six, nine and so on. The last is the concubine from the Qinglou, which can be transferred to each other through buying and selling; then the concubine who is rewarded by the official and offered by the subordinates; then the person given by the elders, or the maid who is the master of the house's face, has a little face at home; the best is the good concubine, who is a serious concubine clerk, kowtows to the master mother when she enters the door and serves tea, and some good concubines will set up a few tables of wine to celebrate when they enter the door. Good concubines belong to the backyard, and the main mother cannot be killed or sold at will. As the daughter of a former official family, how could Han Runiang not know that a good concubine was the most hated and most difficult concubine to deal with by the master's mother? It is not easy for Han Runiang to enter the door as a good concubine, this identity is very important, she nodded secretly.
Xu Wanzhen saw that she had figured it out, and said with a smile: "People are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? "As long as the second son of He is caught, Han Runiang will have a good life in the backyard of the He family.
They are all people who are thorough in their minds, and they can be thorough at a glance, and after that, Han Runiang let go of other thoughts and treated He Qingsong wholeheartedly. And He Qingsong fell in love with her at first sight, but Han Runiang couldn't smile, and she didn't even say a few words to him, just thinking that she was nostalgic for her life experience. Seeing this change, I thought that I was at ease in the Xu family, and let go of my worries. The relationship between the two gradually became closer, but Han Runiang still strictly adhered to the bottom line, and he was even more itchy. Many years later, Han Runiang is extremely grateful to Xu Wanzhen for persuading him now.
The two were talking in the backyard, and Wang Zhihua was waiting for Mrs. Xu in the flower hall. The agreed meeting time with Master Qian was supposed to be Shenshi, but Wang Zhihua was worried in his heart, so he waited for him from time to time. I saw Mrs. Xu wearing a navy blue satin skirt, with a fine embroidered pattern of less than 10,000 characters with gold threads, pulling her white hair into a bun, inserting a white jade Ruyi moire comb grate, wearing an emerald gemstone on her forehead, and walking over with a blue conch. The whole dress is simple and solemn, showing the demeanor of Mrs. Xu, which is not too eye-catching, but also seems to attach importance to this meeting, which is very in line with the identity of the mediator.
Biluo served Mrs. Xu to drink the jujube tea slowly, and Wang Zhihua had something in his heart, so he didn't move the tea in front of him, but kept looking at the door. For a moment, the two sat silent.
When she first arrived in Shen, the little girl came to report: "The old man of the Qian family is here." Hearing this, Wang Zhihua hurriedly stood up and bowed to wait. When Mrs. Xu saw him like this, she couldn't help but sigh "pity the hearts of parents in the world". I think this Wang Zhihua is also one of the richest businessmen in Jiangnan Road, and his family property is only a lot more than that of the Qian family, and now his son's life is in the hands of Qian Feng, so he has to let it be handled.
With the sound of unhurried footsteps outside the door, Qian Feng appeared at the door of the flower hall, and Wang Zhihua hurriedly opened the curtain to invite him in. When he was seated, Biluo served Xinyang Maojian tea made in a Ruyao teacup.
As a mediator, Mrs. Xu took the lead in speaking: "I don't know what Master Qian likes, so I have to use the best tea in the house to entertain me, I don't know if it's agreeable?" Qian Feng nodded slightly, this bit of face still has to be given.
"This incident started because of the Xu family, and the old lady Wang did something wrong, and she also apologized to the old man. Old Madam Xu paused slightly, and then said: "According to the old body, the Wang family has also paid the price. The Xu family's property has now been sold to the He family, and there is nothing to be taken out at the moment. But as a mediator, the old man is willing to use the credibility of the Xu family as a guarantee and ask Master Qian to raise his noble hand. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wang Zhihua was grateful, and Qian Feng raised his eyebrows slightly. As a mediator, the Xu family did not have to do this, and Mrs. Xu's behavior was amazing.
Wang Zhihua thanked him again and again, and said to Qian Feng: "Master Qian, where do you fancy the Wang family's property, I will immediately go to the government to change the contract." ”
I saw that Qian Feng was unmoved, his hand gently rubbed on the teacup, and said, "Old lady, I have a reluctant invitation below." ”
When Mrs. Xu heard this, her heart tightened and she said, "Please speak." ”
I only heard Qian Feng say: "Please ask the eldest lady of the Xu family to come out and see it." ”
"Why is this?" Mrs. Xu's right hand on the handle of the chair tightened, Biluo looked at Mrs. Xu uneasily, and Wang Zhihua had a pleading look on her face.
But seeing Qian Feng smiled lightly, he said, "Don't be nervous, I don't have any thoughts that are unfavorable to the eldest lady, I just want to meet." ”
Mrs. Xu pondered for a moment, it was a matter of human life, and she didn't have to care about those men and women, not to mention that Qian Feng's age could be Xu Wanzhen's father, and Xu Wanzhen's idea of helping Wang Zhihua was also taken by Xu Wanzhen. Then he raised his voice and said to Yulu, who was guarding the door, "Please come over the eldest lady." ”
When Yulu arrived at Yingyun Pavilion, Han Runiang was about to say goodbye. Xu Wanzhen was slightly taken aback when she heard this, how could Master Qian ask to see her? But since she can't figure it out, just do it. Sang Zi served her to change into the clothes of the guests, inserted a white velvet flower on her sideburns, and because of the cold weather, she put on a fine white cloth cloak, and then took Sang Zi to follow Yulu to the flower hall.
This is the second time Xu Wanzhen has come to the flower hall, and the first time she came was to withdraw from Mrs. Sun's marriage. The flower hall is the place where the Xu family is hospitalized, and the decoration is simple and elegant, but compared with the last time I saw it, it seems much more sluggish. Not only because of the winter, a pair of blue and white folded branches and fruit pattern plum bottles on both sides of the flower hall, the gold inlaid gourd bottle on the Bogu shelf, the red coral bonsai, and the agarwood pen holder on the bookcase are all missing, and Mrs. Xu really did her best to rescue her son and grandson. In addition to the clothes and ornaments that need to support the scene every day, a lot of antique treasures have been sold.
Xu Wanzhen entered the flower hall, bowed her head, and caught a glimpse of a haggard thin old man and a middle-aged man standing like a blade out of her eye, presumably Old Lady Wang and Master Qian. Xu Wanzhen first saluted Old Lady Wang, and then saluted Qian Feng and said, "I've seen Old Master Qian." ”
A deep baritone voice was heard, "Miss, you're welcome. After that, he handed over a rosewood box: "This is a greeting gift." Xu Wanzhen glanced at Mrs. Xu, and when she saw Mrs. Xu bowing slightly, she bowed and thanked her, and Sang Zi stepped forward to take the box.
Qian Feng looked at the girl in front of him fixedly, a little trance-like. I saw that she was tall and well-groomed, because of her filial piety, she had no jewelry all over her body, and she was as cold as an empty valley. is similar to the bright girl in my memory, except for the similarity between the corners of her mouth and chin, there are no other traces of similarity.
Time seems to have gone back to 20 years ago, when there were three major water bandit forces in Yuezhou. He was only fifteen years old that year, and he was a good water character and ruthless enough to control one of the forces. Cheng Ri took his brothers into the water and out of the fire, and he was haunted in the Hongze Lake in Yuezhou, and the government couldn't do anything about him. I never thought that the other two bandits conspired to deceive him when he was young, and wanted to destroy him so as to divide up the forces under him. He kidnapped the whole family of one of his brothers, forced him to go to the negotiation alone, and set a trap during the negotiation. Fortunately, he had a lot of eyes, and he was wearing water closely, and the water-splitting Emei thorn was inserted in the boot, and he jumped into the lake to escape when he saw that the situation was wrong, but he was seriously injured. In the end, he hid in the lake for a day and a night with good water quality, and then escaped from the enemy's search net and took a boat to Changzhou.
Due to the mental tension along the way, the injury was only briefly treated, and it was close to running out of oil when he arrived in Changzhou. forcibly entered the "Su Family Medical Hall", and he fainted. When he woke up again, he saw a bright smile, and asked him crisply: "How long have you been injured?" Brother has already wrapped your wounds, you use some porridge before drinking medicine." As he spoke, he handed him the warm japonica rice porridge. His most serious wound was on his right chest, and seeing that it was quite inconvenient for him to carry the porridge with his hand, the maiden brought him a spoon and let him drink the porridge with his left hand. He looked at her pretty face and fell in love at first sight.
He lived in the Su family medical hall for a few days, and knew that the girl was the only daughter of the Su family, Su Zhiqing, and the Su family couple had a kind temperament, although they were extremely fond of Su Zhiqing, but they taught well. Su Zhiqing has a sunny and lively temperament, just like a ray of sunshine shining into Qian Feng's dark life, which makes him even more ashamed of himself. Dr. Su's medical skills are excellent, and the wounds have been scabbed in less than ten days. He put down the consultation fee and quietly left, and then after a bloody storm, he finally collected the three major water bandit forces and became the youngest water bandit leader in Yuezhou.
After that, he instructed his brothers to secretly take care of the Su Family Medical Hall. As long as he passes by Changzhou, he will come to the hospital to have a look, and when he sees her beautiful and busy figure from afar, he will feel at ease for no reason. Seeing her and her husband, seeing her propose marriage, seeing her getting married, and seeing her having children, I never thought that she would go so young. When he first heard the bad news, the heart-rending pain he remembered vividly. Wanting to meet the daughter she left behind is actually nothing more than taking the opportunity to find her shadow.