Chapter 134: Mother's Family

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"You're running around on your own, and you're coming to me. Mulan nodded at her through the black veil, and asked with a smile, "Are you tired of walking?" Do you want to find a place to drink tea and rest?"

Zhao Chonghua was still very energetic, said "not tired", and walked around the shop. Seeing that everything was fresh, I picked out more than a dozen in one go. Shopkeeper Han came over to greet her in person, looked at Mulan's face, and gave her a very considerable discount.

Get out of the Treasure Pavilion and go to the remaining half of the street. Zhao Chonghua was still lavish, buying a bunch of them in all sorts of ways, and even the people on Mulan's side called her to help carry things.

Mulan has more time to see and less time to buy. All she thinks about is the pattern of jewelry, and she pays close attention to the clothes of passers-by. The capital is not as small as a small town, except for the men, who show up, that is, the elderly mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and occasionally a few young women, all of whom are also from poor backgrounds, and there are few ornaments on their heads, so there is really nothing to learn from.

I specially turned into a few jewelry shops to take a look, and listened to the introduction of the guys inside, saying that the capital is popular for a while large pieces of jewelry, what flowers, birds, birds, beasts, what landscapes, the more complicated the patterns, the heavier the weight, the more popular, a complete set of gold and jade add up to one or twenty taels.

Mulan was stunned after reading it, "If you put such a heavy thing on your head, you are not afraid of breaking your neck." ”

"What is this?" Zhao Chonghua looked well-informed, "There is a wealthy businessman's wife in our hometown county, and she has to wear gold jewelry all over her head when she comes back, just like my great-grandmother, she is a person with little hair and doesn't like to wear wigs.

On his bald head, there are circles, pendants and chains around his neck, seven or eight gold bracelets can be hung on one wrist, and even the cloud heads of his shoes are made of gold leaf. Someone estimated that when she came out, she always had fifty or sixty taels of gold on her body.

It's good to catch up with the cloudy day, but when the sun comes out, I only see a golden light, and I can't see my face or anything clearly. Those who know know that she came out, and those who don't know are still the Buddha who appeared. ”

Mulan made her laugh out loud, "Shouldn't you hang all your belongings?"

"I look like it. Zhao Chonghua laughed again, he hadn't walked so many roads for a long time, and he felt that his legs and feet were sore when he stopped. looked up at Tian'er, grabbed Mulan's arm and said, "It's not too early, let's go back, I can't wait to eat the steamed dumplings and cold noodles you made." ”

Mulan said "foodie", turned her head and ordered, and called the carriage to wait at the street intersection in front. Slowly and leisurely walked over, each got into the car and got on the horse, turned around and went back to the Guogong Mansion.

When I entered the gate, I saw that there were a few more sedan chairs in the sedan hall, so I ordered a mother-in-law in the concierge room and asked, "Are there any guests in the house?"

"Back to the girl's words, it is indeed a guest. The woman bent down and replied with a smile on her face, "It is said that the old lady's mother's family is eating tea in the back hall at this time." ”

Mulan was stunned, Zhao Chonghua pulled her sleeve, lowered her voice and asked what she was thinking, "Isn't Mrs. An an an orphan girl?

Mulan shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know, so she asked Ruixi to find out a few money and send the mother-in-law away, and then instructed Heshou: "Go and see, who is the distinguished guest?"

She didn't know much about Mrs. An's life experience, but she only knew that Mrs. An's father was also a member of the Great Jin Dynasty and made great achievements. Later, due to injuries, he was hung up and sealed, and he was held a false title in the court and raised in Beijing.

Mrs. An's mother passed away early, and General An was injured and had no children, only Mrs. An had a daughter, which was regarded as the pearl of the palm and doted on. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to ask someone for mercy, and even if his daughter joined the army in disguise as a man.

After General An died of illness, the imperial court took back Xunlu, and the general's mansion also fell. An Laojun expired his filial piety period and became the concubine of the Duke of the Kingdom.

She has been here for many days, and she has never heard that Mrs. An has a mother's family. Even if you can enter the mansion, you don't want to be a fake person. If it is really Mrs. An's mother's family, she will have to change her clothes to meet guests.

Tsurushou agreed, and his steps went quickly.

In the flower hall at the back, Mrs. An sat indifferently at the top, and at the bottom sat a woman in her thirties, with a slender face, high cheekbones and thin lips, naturally with a somewhat mean appearance.

At this moment, he pinched his handkerchief and wiped his tears, "...... After the father-in-law, the life of the family is not as good as a year. There was nothing to show in the fields, but a heavy rain fell in the spring, and all the good seedlings were destroyed.

Although it was replanted later, but in the end it was a disaster, the land is thin and the soil is not fertile, and the seedlings that come out are sparse, and it is good to be able to produce one acre of grain from ten acres of land. Your nephew is sick again at this juncture, and he hasn't found a name for himself in his hometown.

That's the pillar of our family, if he has three longs and two shorts, how can I live as a woman dragging a group of children? If it weren't for the fact that I was really out of line, I wouldn't have the cheekiness to beg your aunt to come to you. ”

Mrs. An listened to this woman crying for a long time, and the wind and water did not sound on her face.

General An is not the only son of the An family, and he has a younger brother under him. Her uncle, who was not a good man, became a relative early and helped the family take care of the grange and shop. Everyone in the An family regarded him as an honest and honest man, General An lost his father at an early age, and he was even more devoted to this only younger brother.

is such an honest and honest person, taking advantage of General An's serious illness, he took out all the property of the general's mansion. When she finished the funeral and went to take inventory, all that was left was the dowry that her mother had left her. The good materials and good wood in it are all called defective, and more than half of the antique calligraphy and paintings are fake.

She went to the door to theorize, and her uncle touched his lips and pushed it clean. No one in the clan spoke on her side, not even her grandmother.

It's no wonder that her uncle has been raised under the old lady's knees since he was a child, and he is used to begging and behaving well, coaxing the old lady around, in the eyes of the old lady, the concubine is no different from her own son. It's that there were some differences before, and there is no difference after the death of his own son, otherwise besides this concubine, who else can he count on in the future?

Grandmother can't be relied on, and uncle is a traitor, so you can imagine what kind of life she lives as an orphan girl. When the news of the marriage of the Duke of Jieguo came, her status in the An family plummeted.

If it weren't for that breath, she would not have happily agreed to Xie Guogong and enter the Guogong Mansion as a concubine.

The moment she stepped out of the door, she regarded her grandmother and uncle as strangers. She never dreamed that after more than 30 years, she would be able to see this group of people again, and there would be a day when they would cry and beg.

Buddhism has clouds: planting is the cause, reaping the result is the effect. If her uncle was still alive, she really wanted to see what kind of expression he had at the moment?

- (To be continued.) )