"Our cousin is the only daughter in the family, but our sixth aunt and wife are also quite strong, and there are many elders in the family, our second sister-in-law also sent a few telegrams a few years ago, but I didn't like it, Mrs. Wang said this, I also sent a telegram back to ask. There are hundreds of women in the family, and they are recruiting sons-in-law, and they must be selected layer by layer, but I am afraid that in the end, Mrs. Wang will bother in vain! ”

Aunt Huang reached out with a hand wearing a tourmaline ring and placed a card in the center of the table:

"It's my dealer again, it's been a little bit like this, I don't know how many of the people who live in our mansion have come back!"

She changed the topic and said that she couldn't control Miss Cousin's marriage, in fact, not only did Miss Cousin live in Uncle Huang's Mansion as a hotel, but Uncle Huang, Young Master Huang, and Miss Huang were rarely at home.

Huang Si's aunt also went out to play cards every day, and mixed with the card friends, but the day passed.

The ladies play cards and gossip, the ladies and ladies dress up and gossip, and the gentlemen and gentlemen smoke and gossip. Miss Huang Jiabiao's fierce accident with a gun has not been gossiped about yet.

The carved and gold-painted wall clock in the hall rang five times, and Aunt Huang straightened her waist and turned around to summon a maid from the master's house:

"Sister Ai help me fight for a while, I'll go out for a walk!"

The maid smiled in response, carrying a high-legged spring stool to replace the shift, she did not dare to sit on the chair covered with splendid cushions of Aunt Huang Wu.

Aunt Huang Wu stood up, reached out and took a big shawl, and walked outside, the owner's hall is also a large floor-to-ceiling glass window, and the bathroom has to go around the corridor for half a circle. Outside the window, it was a cold rain.

To say that the matchmaker's wife Wang still had a smile on her face, and reached out to touch a card, gossiping about the marriage of the young master and young lady is an old topic of daily conversation with the noble lady, so it doesn't seem abrupt for her to say this.

A lady at the poker table wearing a bright blue embroidered cotton cheongsam smiled:

"The Huang family's cousin is originally a wealthy family, and now that the Huang family has a deputy mayor, she may have to set up many strange rules. This kind of people's door-to-door son-in-law is not easy to do, the seventh young master you are talking about, what has become of the family? To join in the fun. ”

Another player also made up a sentence:

"You don't know that? Mrs. Ding did not come today. Her old son was mad, and he went home to ask for a doctor like water, just for this Miss Huang Jiabiao! ”

Two other people came to be interested:

"We know about the illness, and we went to see it yesterday. Seeing Mrs. Ding so sad, we didn't dare to disturb her too much, tell me quickly, what's going on? ”

……

The Huang family's cousin caused the young master of the Ding family to suffer from lovesickness, and this kind of hot topic is naturally loved by many people. So it was rumored that Miss Huang Jiabiao's reputation in character was ruined.

However, there are still sporadic people who come to propose. These are real people who have taken a fancy to Miss Biao's family wealth. In a city like Shanghai, where money is always looking at the city, the down-and-out families are very difficult to mix, and marriage is a traditional good method.

Huang Si's aunt all shook their heads, indicating that they were not in charge.

When they returned to their home, Aunt Huang and Uncle Huang sat opposite each other, and Aunt Huang made a posture of holding her heart in Xizi, nearly forty people. Still affectionate and coquettish:

"My niece is said to be young, but it's not too young, according to the rules of the old year, even if it's a good time. She loves to run outside, and she can't play with her sisters, although she follows a few maids to listen to errands, but her mouth is also very tight. That day, I called such an old man with a gun, and my heart was banging, if something really happened. We're going to be complained! ”

Uncle Huang said:

"Now that the Republic of China is in China, science and technology are developing, telephone and telegraph, and foreign ships are also fast. If you don't worry, just tell Mrs. Liugu about the things here as they are, and all the good things will be said in front. We're one level apart, Miss Watch. In the end, it still has to be in the hands of her parents. ”

Huang Si's aunt sent a telegram and wrote a long letter according to her words.

Miss Meixi, in the end, is in the hands of her father.

……

Ping'an County, Shandong, on the bank of the Anshui River.

Mrs. Zhang is skinny and skinny, but she is in good spirits, her eyes are very clear, and her eyes are sharp. He wore a large thick jacket of old sheepskin, and did not wear a long robe, but directly green cloth cotton pants and cotton boots with mille-feuille soles.

With your hands behind your back, you can walk along the riverbank, step by step.

Uncle Zhang is dressed in the same way as his father, and the father and son of Bailihou in Ping'an County are ordinary wealthy farmers when they look at their clothes. Like ordinary farmers, they understand the time of day, farmland, crops, rice and grain.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the father and son went out every day and walked along the banks of the river in the fields.

Uncle Zhang said:

"Dad, be careful under your feet, it's when this thaws, it's the easiest to fall."

Old lady Zhang stopped, straightened her waist, and looked at the Anshui River, there was still a thick layer of ice on the surface of the river, and under the ice surface, the river began to flow lively, and the sound was murmuring.

He took a breath, the air of early spring was crisp and sharp.

"I often walk by the river, and I always have to wet my shoes and feet, you say, what will happen this year?"

Uncle Zhang is far less cheerful and optimistic than his father:

"It doesn't matter if the year is good or bad, there is no way to go in chaos. Your granddaughter has been in Shanghai for three years, and she doesn't dare to ask her to come back. My uncle sent telegrams and letters one after another, and the women in the family cried for several days. Look at this, how do you reply? ”

Crying is also crying in vain, these few years, it is not easy. It's reassuring that the eldest girl is still staying in Shanghai.

Old lady Zhang turned around with her hands behind her back, and more than a dozen zhang away, stood the eldest young master of the Zhou family and a few soldiers.

Several soldiers were all in green cloth cotton clothes and cotton pants, carrying big guns.

Young Master Zhou was wearing a single-shirt military uniform of earthy yellow cloth, braking an armed belt, three guns tied to his body, two short and one long, and long military boots under his feet, with carbon steel daggers inserted in the boots. A thin trench coat was worn over it.

keenly felt the old lady's gaze and looked straight at him.

Young people, the firepower is really strong enough, and the clothes and the old Zhang family father and son are two seasons.

Old lady Zhang took her eyes away from Young Master Zhou and looked at Pingshan Mountain, which was still deserted and did not see spring. He smiled and said:

"It's a great thing to spread the branches and spread the leaves, and glorify the ancestors. Your daughter-in-law has worked hard for so many years, let her go back to her mother's house in Shanghai, you accompany, the eldest girl's family affairs, just listen to the eldest girl's own will, you can't wronged her because the Zhang family is not strong! ”

The sun's rays, shining brightly, shone on the surface of the Anshui River, and the sound of the ice breaking sounded far and near. Spring is coming, the season for all things to grow.

The meaning of the old lady of the Zhang family, the eldest girl, is still not suitable to come back. The eldest girl's family affairs, let her make her own decisions.

Who is in charge of Miss Meixi? Naturally, it's up to her.

…… (To be continued.) )