Chapter 45: Who is Yuan Xiao
The Yuan Mansion is also brightly lit and very lively tonight, and although Doudou and his party came back very late, it did not seem abrupt.
In the East Warm Pavilion of Bairui Hall, Yuan Zheng and his wife, the old lady and Jin Mama sat together to wipe the dominoes, except for the guards on duty at night and the mother-in-law of the house, the rest of the people also played together in groups, and the voices were full of voices everywhere, which was completely different from the quiet and elegant atmosphere of the Yuan Mansion on weekdays.
With the joint efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Yuan Zheng and Mama Jin, the old lady really made a lot of money tonight, and Mother Wu gaged from time to time on the side, she was in a good mood, and she was still in good spirits after the time of childhood.
"Aunt Cui has seen what time it is, and I don't know if Sister Yuan'er's little guy has come back. The old lady asked Mother Wu while touching the cards.
"Back to the old lady, the time has just passed. Mother Wu replied with a tight shawl for the old lady.
"You've been on the side for a long time and you're tired and panicked, take a look for me, if Sister Yuan comes back, let her come over again to say goodbye, the children's family can't stay up all night, let Zhao Si's family serve her to sleep. The old lady was another good hand, and she smiled from ear to ear.
"Yes. Mother Wu answered, and slowly walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion.
As soon as she walked outside the second gate, she saw the returning Doudou and his party from a distance, and the second girl looked happy and pretty under the lights, and Zhujun was also smiling, and at a glance, she knew that today's Shangyuan Lantern Festival was very enjoyable.
"Girl, it's Mother Wu. Cai Qing walked in the front, and at a glance saw Wu's mother waiting at the second gate, and hurriedly reminded Doudou.
"Grandmother must have missed me, so I'm going to greet her. Doudoule ran towards Mother Wu.
"Girl, slow down, be careful not to fall. Zhujun and the others couldn't catch up with her at all, so they could only loudly remind her to pay attention to her feet in the back.
Doudou had already run to Mother Wu, she smiled and took Mother Wu's hand and said, "Mother Wu, why are you here in person, is Grandmother asleep?"
Mother Wu saw her running with a small face, and her eyes were shining, even brighter than the brightest stars in the sky. I secretly admired the second girl in my heart for her excellent appearance, coupled with this pleasing temperament, what kind of uncle should she find in the future to be worthy.
She pulled the cloak for Doudou and told Doudou what the old lady had ordered, and Zhujun listened to it and waited for Doudou to go back to wash and rest.
"I'm not sleepy yet, please let me go to my grandmother's place again!" Doudou shook Wu's mother's arm and said coquettishly, making Wu's mother's heart drunk, where would she refuse.
The old lady asked Doudou not to ask for peace from the perspective of the elders feeling sorry for their grandchildren, and Doudou, who was a granddaughter, insisted on coming to see her grandmother was her sensible expression.
Sure enough, as soon as she appeared in Bai Rui Hall, others didn't need to mention it, just Mama Jin was full of appreciation, the second girl was really extraordinary, she had this mind at a young age, and she would be of great use in the future if she trained her for a few years!
Therefore, people like Mama Jin, who are scheming all the time, will never believe or are unwilling to believe that there is such a thing as true love in the world, in their opinion, being good to a person must be because this person has something worth using.
Doudou obviously loves and respects her grandmother from the bottom of her heart, but she is understood by Mama Jin as she has a scheming, so she plans to vigorously cultivate her, is this a "beautiful" misunderstanding?
The old lady was already very happy, and she liked it even more when she saw Doudou so intimate, so she took her into her arms and deliberately said miserably: "Our sister Yuan had a good time tonight, but grandmother didn't even go out of the door, and she didn't have to look at the lanterns, it's really pitiful......"
Doudou curled his mouth and said, "Grandmother lied, I saw you laughing just now!"
The old lady pinched her little nose and said, "What a clever ghost, but today is the annual Shangyuan Festival, but my grandmother hasn't seen a single lantern, and Sister Yuan doesn't know how to bring one back to my grandmother." ”
Yuan Zheng was almost choked by saliva on the side, and his wife was simply talking nonsense with her eyes open, and she was so hypocritical. There are more than 100 exquisite lanterns of all kinds hanging in the house, and she hasn't seen any of them?
Doudou didn't think much about it, but felt that it was a little unrighteous for her grandmother to run out to play alone and leave her grandmother at home, but she could show her grandmother the lentil lantern, she shouted to Zhujun outside the house: "Sister Zhujun, bring my lantern in and show it to grandmother." ”
Soon lentil lanterns appeared in front of everyone, and Rao is Yuan Zheng and several people were well-informed and had never seen this style of lanterns, and they all thought it was very interesting.
The old lady knew the story of "lentils", and suddenly had a little doubt in her heart, although there are many types of lanterns on the market, but she has lived for decades and has never heard of anyone who has made the lanterns into lentils, is it that Xiao Ge'er's little guy has come to Hangzhou again?
"Sister Yuan, did you see your cousin Yuanxiao tonight?" Although the old lady was asking Doudou, her tone was very sure.
"Well, I went to the lantern festival with my cousin Yuan Xiao tonight, this is the lantern he made for me personally, he said that he had something urgent to rush back to Beijing, so he didn't come to our house, let me talk to my grandmother, father and mother, and I will have the opportunity to bother again in the future." Doudou learned Yuan Xiao's words word by word.
Gu Chao was a little reluctant to marry Yuan Zheng back then, and she left Beijing with Yuan Zheng a few days after the wedding, she didn't care about the affairs of the Yuan family at all, let alone inquire, so she could still know a few relatives of the older generation of the Yuan family, and she had never heard of it at all, so when she heard the old lady and Doudou talk about Yuan Xiao's cousin or something, she just thought it was the master of the Yuan family, she just listened to it casually and didn't care too much.
Yuan Zheng is completely different, he is not a wasted name, and his excellent memory is a merit that he has always been proud of.
He can be said to be very familiar with the situation of the Yuan family in several rooms in Beijing, since the second daughter calls him a cousin, then the boy's father should be a child of the Yuan family of his own generation, but he has never heard of a boy named "Yuan Xiao" in any room.
"Mother, whose child is this Yuanxiao?" he couldn't help but interject when he saw his mother and second daughter talking enthusiastically.
"Since the name is Yuan Xiao, it is naturally the child of my Yuan family, Sister Xiang and Sister Yuan are all named by the water, don't you know the name when you hear the name! He is the eldest grandson of your third uncle's family, and the child of your fourth cousin Yuan Zhi's family. The old lady was a little dissatisfied, Zheng'er had really been away from Beijing for too long, and the juniors in the family couldn't recognize it all, so it seemed that she had to find a way to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
The sister-in-law of the fourth cousin Yuan Zhi, but the names of Yuan Zhi's sons are all remembered clearly, and no one is called Yuan Xiao at all.
But the words can't be said too absolutely, the men in the Yuan family except him are very romantic, who knows when the fourth cousin will have a son, as for the question of the concubine, it is not a sentence from the elders in the family.
However, Yuan Zheng didn't plan to delve into this issue, he was also a selfish person, as long as he didn't hit the head of their small family, he would be happy to turn a blind eye.