Mrs. Meng thought about it for two days, and could only write a letter to Meng Yan, and after the letter was written, she thought about it and it was a little inappropriate, so she revised it again, but it was still inappropriate, and finally thought about it and simply rewrote it, and then summoned a more strict maid, gave a few instructions, and sent it over along with the letter and some things.

At this time, Meng Yan received a letter from her mother, and after reading it, she showed it to Zhou Juren.

Mrs. Meng's letter was very simple, telling Meng Yan to honor her in-laws, take care of her husband, and say hello to the Zhou family on behalf of the Meng family.

Zhou Juren was a little disappointed after reading it, and couldn't help asking, "Why didn't your mother-in-law mention the situation at home, such as how your younger brothers and sisters are?"

Meng Yan smiled, seemed a little embarrassed, and said, "Xianggong, I said before that the relationship between our family ...... It's also a bit complicated, the younger brothers and sisters and nieces you mentioned, several of them were not born to their mothers, and they only came to take refuge recently...... It's human nature that my mother doesn't want to mention too much. ”

"What about your second sister?" After Zhou Juren asked, he noticed that something was wrong, and quickly explained, "Didn't you say that the relationship between your mother-in-law and your second sister is not bad? Now that she has a big belly, her mother-in-law didn't mention it?"

Meng Yan said with a smile: "Xianggong, I also said before that the threshold of Dingwangfu is high, even if the mother is the mother-in-law, it is not good to come to the door often, maybe she hasn't been to see the second sister recently, or she has been to see it, the second sister is fine, so there is no need to deliberately write to mention some trivial matters, after all, the Meng family was the home of military generals before, and our family is not very good at writing letters and the like." ”

Zhou Juren had nothing to say again.

Meng Yan couldn't help but be secretly disappointed in her heart.

I thought I was marrying a scholar with a noble character, but I didn't expect that I was just a mortal, and I wouldn't even say some things clearly, but only hinted at the side, and she could only pretend not to understand. If you don't pierce this layer of window paper, many things are estimated to be over, after all, this is really not a thing.

That Zhou Caier too, I didn't know what to think at the beginning, but I saw Quan Yaobei dressed in a gorgeous dress, with red lips and white teeth, and a noble body. I think it must be the son of the noble family. Just run into it like that, and don't want to think about it, what if someone has already made a marriage or even married?

This is probably also after Yang's failure in his life. Decided to educate her daughter to be a different person, she felt that she adhered to etiquette, but she ended up like this, not as good as the daughter of a businessman who made a private lifelong commitment.

Being a virtuous and virtuous woman is not necessarily happy. It's better to live freely and freely, and fight for it when it's time to fight.

Some thoughts made Zhou Caier's ears and eyes. Naturally, I was also haunted.

In addition, the Yang family's current status is embarrassing, Zhou Caier is a high-spirited person who also wants to fight for a breath, and feels that if she can marry into a high family, let alone suppress the He family. At least you can keep your sittings on an equal footing, otherwise I'm afraid that after a hundred years of the Yang family, the tablet will be moved out by the descendants of the He family or become concubines.

Man's obsession is so lifelong. It's easy to go crazy.

In fact, after figuring out Quan Yaobei's true identity and family background. Zhou Cai'er was a little unhappy, but the Quan family felt that they had picked up a bargain, spread some rumors, and made a fuss about it, the Zhou family was afraid that the trouble would affect their reputation, although they were a little reluctant, they also pressed the Yang family mother and daughter to agree to this family business.

Of course, although the third old lady of Quan's house has declined, the big families in Yancheng are still stronger than the big families in other state capitals, so Zhou Caier can't say that he is absolutely unhappy.

But now, the third old lady of Quan has become a complete ruined household, and can only rely on the Zhou family, hoping that the Zhou family can use the relationship between in-laws to solve the dilemma through the Dingwang Mansion or the Meng family, and the Yang family and daughter are not happy.

Especially Zhou Cai'er, stealing chickens and rice is not a loss, and she feels that if she marries into the right family, she will have to bow her head to the sons of the He family, how can this be? She doesn't want to live in the shadow of the He son's son all her life and talk to her sister-in-law all day long.

Think about it again, Quan Yaobei, he looks good, but in their vicinity, there are many good-looking young people, it is still a semi-businessman's family, and now it is declining, and he has directly become a businessman, just like the He family he looks down on, how can he marry?

The Yang family wiped away his tears, Zhou Cai'er made a fuss, and the rude requests made by the third old lady of Quan made Master Zhou really feel upset, and there were quite complaints in the clan.

Some clan elders think that Zhou Caier made a mistake and had a bad character, so he couldn't quit his relatives no matter what, so he simply married someone with a dowry for so long, and the daughter who married out spilled the water, and then whatever happened, anyway, it couldn't affect the reputation of the entire Zhou family.

Even the old man Zhou couldn't know that it was a fire pit and insisted on his daughter jumping, but what the clan elder said was not unreasonable, and the family of the third old lady lived in the side courtyard of the Zhou family, and they came to the door every day to lobby, who was not upset? If they didn't let them come, they would go on the street, which was really a bit of a scoundrel.

The Zhou family is a scholar, and there is really no way to treat a slippery businessman like the third old lady Quan, so he can only sigh and sigh all day long.

This affected Zhou Juren's reading.

It stands to reason that after paying homage to his teacher, Zhou Juren should go back to Beijing to study and prepare for the exam, but how can he walk away from the current situation at home?

After the Yang family couldn't, for the first time in more than ten years, he put down his body and begged Zhou Juren, for the sake of his only daughter, he made it clear that as long as his daughter could pass this hurdle, she could do whatever she wanted, even if she invited herself to go to the temple to spend the rest of her life in the temple, and gave all the qiē to the He family.

The men of the Zhou family are all soft-hearted, and the same is true for Zhou Juren, but he doesn't want the Yang family to invite himself to the court and let his mother come back to take over this qiē, after all, this is too cruel to the Yang family, in all fairness, over the years, the Yang family has also taken good care of him, shush the cold and ask for warmth, and he didn't worry about trivial matters at all.

The rights and wrongs of the previous generation are not the turn of the next generation to discuss, but as a woman, the Yang family is also good.

Under the soft-heartedness, Zhou Juren wanted to discuss with Meng Yan whether the Meng family would come forward and let the third old lady Quan's family take the initiative to withdraw from the family, and in terms of money, the Zhou family could secretly give some to the third old lady's family, after all, this family affair was too hasty, and the two of them didn't know much about it.

Newlyweds, it is rare for their husbands to beg softly.

Meng Yan is not a cold-hearted person, so he had to write a letter to Mrs. Meng, and he also felt that now the Zhou family unanimously felt that this family affair could not be concluded. So as long as the withdrawal is successful, she will have a share of credit, as for what happened after that, she can't blame her, but Mrs. Meng replied without saying a word about this matter, which inevitably disappointed Zhou Juren.

Mrs. Meng can not say a word, but Meng Yan can't treat it as such. Explained to Zhou Juren: "Xianggong." If the mother doesn't mention it, it's not easy to solve the matter, and the right family is the mother's mother's family. If the mother comes forward, the relationship with her mother's family will inevitably be tense, and she will withdraw from her relatives before she decides to marry, which will also have an impact on the right family. Let the third old lady take the initiative to withdraw from his family, which is to make them admit that they are wrong. Even if the third old lady is willing, the clan elders will have complaints, and the Yancheng family pays more attention to reputation. ”

Meng Yan was right, and Zhou Juren could only sigh: "Then what should I do? I can't let Cai'er's sister marry like that." You can also see the appearance of the third old lady now, it is obviously unreasonable, Cai'er's sister married him. How can you have a good life?"

Meng Yan didn't dare to answer this, so he could only sigh a long way. showed sympathy for Zhou Caier, she is a new daughter-in-law, sympathy is sympathy, what can she do?

Mrs. Meng has been telling her before marriage, don't be too capable, capable women have a heavy burden, help solve one thing, the second thing people will ask for, refuse is to see death and not save, so to show a little incompetent, the new daughter-in-law, it is normal to not understand a lot of things when you first enter the door, there are capable subordinates such as Ping's mother, most things can help cook, the Zhou family and the Yang family are here, and the Yang family should also be a capable person, which can be solved.

Zhou Juren is just a scholar, he doesn't have much heart, and it is almost effortless for Meng Yan to fool him.

But it wasn't so easy for Yang.

On this day, Yang talked to Meng Yan.

In the end, it is a mother-in-law, and it is such a complicated relationship, Meng Yan's attitude towards the Yang family, at least on the surface, is more respectful, so as not to be gossiped about.

Because she is not a serious mother-in-law, the Yang family also can't afford to put on a strict score, the two sides are according to the number of etiquette, no more and no less, Mengyan rules are enough, and the Yang family can't find faults, after all, there are so many pairs of eyes staring, if you really want to toss your daughter-in-law, people can leave immediately, and they can't afford to hide.

The Yang family has no sons, but he has a good reputation in the clan, and he also knows how to advance and retreat, and can control the measure.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did needlework together for a while, and Yang told Meng Yan some of Zhou Juren's preferences, such as Zhou Juren likes to eat fish heads, fish tails are absolutely not eaten, and foods with a strong smell such as green onions and ginger are also not eaten, and they like to wear kudzu shirts or muslin cloth in summer, and they don't like to wear satin......

These are very useful, Meng Yan secretly wrote them down, and then thanked them sincerely.

Yang then asked Meng Yan if there were any taboos, if there was, don't be polite, they are all a family, and they really can't eat certain foods.

Meng Yan has some preferences, but it doesn't matter, there is nothing that is absolutely not eaten, even if you don't like it, you can eat it forbearantly, Yang is polite, she doesn't dare to be afraid of the pole, so she says a bunch of preferences, and let the kitchen cook according to her taste in the future, this thing looks like Yang's concern about his daughter-in-law, but outsiders don't know what to do, it won't sound good to take it out that day, and it will say that the new daughter-in-law of the Zhou family is picky, and she cooks to let the kitchen according to her own taste, regardless of others.

Although the Yang family may not be such a person, it is always right to take precautions, and they don't stay here for too long, for a month or two, they don't need to be too picky.

And Yang's preferences and taboos, Meng Yan has already inquired with some old servants and the Zhou family in advance, and jumped out when giving gifts, for example, Yang's does not like butterflies and red and green flowers, and there must be no two patterns on the cloth, while the sister-in-law Zhou Caier prefers plain colors, jewelry likes to wear jade products, does not like gold and silver, and does not like to wear flowers.

Tried each other several times.

Yang knew that Meng Yan was not a simple new daughter-in-law, and she had a lot of eyes and was very alert.

This kind of person is difficult to calculate for a while, even if he can deceive the past, people will keep it in mind, and maybe they will find it back, so they dare not be careless.

After thinking about it, he simply asked directly: "I heard that you have a few younger sisters in your mother's family?"

Meng Yan said: "If you go back to your mother-in-law, it's not your sister, it's your niece and nephew." ”

"Oh, I heard it wrong, the daughter-in-law is young, and there are several nieces and granddaughters, so the family must be very lively. Yang asked again.

Meng Yan picked up the silk thread, lowered his eyebrows and said: "No, my Meng family is a family of military generals, my father said that boys must be trained, so when the boy was eight years old, he moved to the outer courtyard to study and practice martial arts, and when he was twelve years old, he was sent to the military camp for training, and after becoming a parent, he also went out to earn his own future, so he was not together, even me, I used to go to a boudoir school, and I lived in the boudoir all the year round, so except for the New Year, there is rarely a lively time." ”

"That's it!" Yang said with some sympathy, "Separated flesh and blood, your mother must miss you very much on weekdays, right?"

"Yes!" Meng Yan nodded, "But this can't be helped, my mother has to preside over the middle feed, take care of the housework, and there are many people in Yancheng's various prefectures, and my mother is so busy every day that her feet don't touch the ground, even if we are in the house, it is difficult for her to take care of it at all times." ”

"Are your brothers and sisters unable to see each other for a long time?" Yang said: "I heard that if you don't see each other for a long time, your feelings will be alienated a lot. ”

Meng Yan smiled: "That's not it, you can write letters, write letters every day, always look forward to meeting, but it's better than being at home all day, after all, even if you are brothers and sisters, it's easy to be dirty, we are like this, but we can enhance each other's feelings, don't hide from my mother-in-law, one of my younger brothers, I don't like to read the most on weekdays, and the writing is more ugly than that of a child who has just started, but after separation, I have to write letters every day, and after a few months, the writing is much better, and even the reading gentleman in the barracks said that his articles are better than others." ”

"No wonder you're a good reader. Yang praised, "It seems that the way of raising children is excellent." ”

Meng Yan smiled shyly: "Father said that this is the same as a filial son under the stick, and you can only become responsible when you grow up." ”

"Your second sister...... What kind of person is it?" Yang asked, for fear that Meng Yan would misunderstand, and explained, "That is, some elders in the clan are curious, in our countryside, occasionally there is a smart lady, a princess and the like, for us, it is a fairy figure, and some towns and villages, except for a champion or concubine or the like, have changed their names, what is the name of the champion village, Shuangfei Town and the like." ”

The Yang family can mention Princess Ding, saying that she is curious, but there must be something to ask for later, Meng Yan immediately became vigilant, it is not easy to say that the sisters are close, nor can it be said that they are emotionally estranged. (To be continued)