Chapter 183: Growing Up
Su Shi saw that Zhou Xiao couldn't see her beauty, and only wanted to see his daughter, and his face immediately fell. But Zhou Xiao is the head of this family after all, and she doesn't dare to disobey.
After Zhou Xiao entered the main room, when he saw three slim little girls with beautiful faces, his face showed surprise, and he pointed at Zhou Huaiyu and asked Su: "Whose daughter is she, so neat?" ”
Zhou Huaiyu was also looking at Zhou Xiao silently, and suddenly he pointed at him, and when she heard this sentence again, she couldn't help laughing, and without waiting for Su Shi to answer, she opened her mouth and shouted: "Father, I am Huaiyu." ”
At this moment, Zhou Xiao was really frightened, his eyes widened, and he walked quickly to Zhou Huaiyu, staring at her carefully. This time, he saw clearly that the little girl had thin eyebrows and big eyes, a nose and cherry lips, and her appearance vaguely had the shadow of the Song family. It was only at this time that he dared to believe that the beautiful and clever little girl in front of him was his dumb and fat girl.
After reacting, Zhou Xiao immediately laughed, and stroked the top of Zhou Huaiyu's head with his rough palm, "Haha, good, good!" ”
Such a picture of father and daughter filial piety is really warm, but it also depends on whose eyes, at least in Su's eyes, this picture is quite dazzling, so she immediately interrupted: "Hou Ye has not seen Yu'er for more than a year, and Yu'er has grown into a big girl, if Hou Ye comes back a year later, maybe he can only wait for Yu'er to return to the door to see him!" ”
Zhou Xiao was stunned when he heard this, if he remembered correctly, his eldest daughter was only fifteen years old this year, and she shouldn't be married so early?
Seeing Zhou Xiao's doubts, Su took the opportunity to mention Zhou Huaiyu's marriage, "It's not that our Yu'er has become a big girl, and the ceremony is a blockbuster, many families in the capital are looking forward to marrying our Wu'an Hou Mansion, first Wenchang Hou Mansion, and then Dingguo Mansion, thinking about it, I discussed with my mother, and finally chose the more noble Dingguo Mansion, which was originally scheduled to get married in the near future, but I suddenly received a letter from the old marquis, and I ...... it."
Su Shi didn't finish speaking, because it was best not to let Zhou Huaiyu know about the letter, otherwise this dead girl would definitely try her best to make trouble, and she guessed that Zhou Xiao was escorting the old marquis back to Beijing, and he must know about it.
Sure enough, Zhou Xiao nodded and looked at Zhou Huaiyu again, but this time Zhou Huaiyu showed a look of embarrassment, and Zhou Xiao really asked: "Yu'er, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Father, Yu'er doesn't want to marry into the Qin family, the girl of the Qin family doesn't like Yu'er, and there will be frequent incidents when she marries."
With Zhou Huaiyu's understanding of Zhou Xiao, he estimated that he would reprimand him for making a fool of himself, but now he saw Zhou Xiao nodding, "This matter will be discussed later, and you won't marry for a while." ”
Zhou Huaiyu immediately nodded obediently. It seems that Zhou Xiao also knew that Zhou Mao asked her not to marry for the time being.
Zhou Yunru and Zhou Hanzhu stood aside, watching their father only talk to Zhou Huaiyu alone, and they had long been jealous, so when Zhou Xiao's eyes looked at the two of them, the two immediately showed a strong sense of admiration, after all, they both understood in their hearts that being able to have such a life and status today was brought to them by the man in front of them.
Usually when he sees these two well-behaved daughters, he is already very happy, and today there is an eldest daughter who also seems to have grown up suddenly, Zhou Xiao's heart is full of joy and excitement, and he is full of spirit. "When your grandfather's condition improves, Daddy will take you to Changzhou to play."
Changzhou is a tourist attraction that is a day's journey from the capital, and it is usually inconvenient for them to go, because there is only one man in the family, Zhou Yi, even if Zhou Yi is not busy, it is not good to let him take them, so when he heard that he could go to a place outside the capital to play, including Zhou Hanzhu and Su Shi, they all smiled.
But at this time, Zhou Huaiyu suddenly said: "Father, you haven't been home for more than a year, why don't I accompany you recently, let's go to Song's house to see my grandfather and grandmother!" ”
After Zhou Huaiyu finished speaking, his eyes kept staring at Zhou Xiao's expression. I saw that Zhou Xiao was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What, are you willing to see your grandfather and grandmother?" ”
Hearing Zhou Xiao's words, Zhou Huaiyu already knew a little in his heart, because if Zhou Xiao didn't like the Song family, he would definitely not say "grandfather, grandmother", and would definitely use similar titles like Mrs. Song and Mrs. Wang.
"In the past, Yu'er was ignorant, but this year, Yu'er realized that my grandfather, grandmother, uncle, and cousin all remember me, so I often go out of the house to see them, but recently my mother locked me up in the house to learn the rules, and I haven't seen my grandmother for a long time, Yu'er thinks about it very much!"
As Zhou Huaiyu spoke, the doubts on Zhou Xiao's face gradually turned into a smile, and finally sighed slightly as if relieved, "It seems that Yu'er has really grown up, well, in the past two days, my father will take you to the Song family to see your grandfather and grandmother." ”
"Thank you, Father!" Zhou Huaiyu happily saluted, and this move made Zhou Xiao extremely satisfied.
Su Shi looked at Zhou Huaiyu's eyes at this time and couldn't wait to eat her, why didn't she remember to let Hou Ye accompany her back to her parents' house to have a look? No, tomorrow she must persuade Hou Ye to accompany her back to her parents' house first, otherwise outsiders will see that she is not as good as a dead merchant girl, and then how will she show up among the ladies in the future.
Because he saw that Zhou Huaiyu had "grown up", Zhou Xiao was in a good mood, and he simply asked a few words and let his three daughters leave. Su's face was overjoyed, but before she could paste it again, Zhou Xiao had already dropped the sentence "I'll go to see my father" and disappeared. Although Su Shi was angry, he also knew that if he didn't visit, when her powerful father-in-law woke up, he would definitely not like her. Although it is said that her husband is Wu'anhou, since she got married, she has always understood that it is the father-in-law who seems to be in charge of Wu'anhou's mansion.
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The news of the return of the old marquis of the Wu'an Hou Mansion and the Hou Ye to Beijing spread throughout the capital overnight, and since then visitors have begun to come to the door in a steady stream.
Zhou Mao was "unconscious" and couldn't see people, besides, Zhou Mao was injured, and the people who came to visit consciously did not bother, so the people in charge of meeting the guests became Zhou Xiao, Zhou Yi and the brothers, of course, the female dependents were Su and Yan.
But no matter what the male guests think, most of the female guests want to meet the Ye family, who has been favored by the side of the old Marquis Zhou for decades, and want to see what kind of person she is and what kind of means she has to deceive men.
And Ye's lived up to expectations, and as soon as he appeared, he immediately got everyone's attention and admiration.