With the current poverty of the Gu family, if there is no support from the Zhong family's dowry, I am afraid that the embarrassment of life will be extremely embarrassing, and I can't say it, I have to borrow money to get by, Zhong Mingpeng thought, according to Fu Guihua's personality, the Zhong family's dowry may have been sold by her, if it is really to ask for it, the Gu family may not be able to get the full dowry, and when the time comes, Gu Cheng will lose face.

In addition, he can also use the name of begging for a dowry to force the Gu family and give Wan'er an outlet, if Gu Cheng is kind and good, if there is a bad thing in his attitude, Zhong Mingpeng will have a chance to attack, he smashed the Gu family at that time, who can stand him?

Who called Gu Cheng didn't follow the string again, then he Zhong Mingpeng is Gu Cheng's only brother-in-law, and the brother-in-law beat his brother-in-law for his dead sister, which is very reasonable.

The more Zhong Mingpeng thought about it, the more he felt that Ying's method was good, and couldn't help but praise a few words, Ying's smiled modestly, and took the two children to drink a few sips of wine.

Ying got up early the next morning, she wore an autumn-colored dress, covered with rouge-colored skirts, combed concentric buns, cleaned up well, and called Zhong Hong, dressed her in a concubine-colored dress, covered with a magenta embroidered thin jacket, combed a double bun, wrapped it with pearl strings, and wore a green jade carved hairpin on one side.

After cleaning up, Ying took Zhong Hong into the carriage and went to Li's house.

The old house of the Zhong family is in Dongcheng, not close to the Li family's road, almost across the entire capital, and the Ying family set off just now, but it was already time to arrive at the Li family.

Li Luan'er had already received the letter and was ready early. When the time came, the Pei family sent gifts to congratulate them, and when the Ying family passed, the Gu family, the Xing family and many other families who had a good relationship with the Li family gave gifts.

Li Luan'er asked someone to put away the gifts. Hearing the girl report that Ying was coming, she quickly got up and tidied up her clothes and hurriedly took the girl out.

When Li Luan'er arrived at the gate. Ying had just gotten out of the carriage, and Li Luan'er couldn't help but admire Ying when she saw it, and then looked at Zhong Hong, who was also full of love.

This Zhong Hong looks like Ying's, with a pair of phoenix eyes with some charm, but the nose and mouth are a little like Zhong Mingpeng, which looks very cute, Li Luan'er gave Ying's salute and pulled Zhong Hong to ask. For example, how old are you this year, what do you like, what do you like to eat, and so on.

Ying smiled: "She, she looks quiet on the surface, but she is the most a little leather monkey, you also ask her what she likes to eat, as long as it is something that others can eat, she will eat anything." ”

Li Luan'er also smiled: "As soon as I see a Peugeot character like my sister, I love something, and look, I forgot to invite my aunt to enter the door when I was so happy." Aunt please, sister come with me. ”

She stretched out her hand and pulled Zhong Hong to lead Ying into the door. While walking towards the courtyard of Mrs. Gu, she gossiped with Ying's family.

Ying Shi walked a few steps and said: "I heard Brother Peng say that there is an elder in your family, it stands to reason that I should visit Wan'er first, otherwise it would be rude." ”

Li Luan'er smiled: "What my aunt said is reasonable, it should be like this, but my sister-in-law gave birth to three children in one child, plus these three children are all premature babies, and her body is a little weak." Now we are being taken care of by our wife, who is very busy just taking care of these three children. There is no time, and it is also possible for my aunt to visit another day. ”

As soon as Ying heard this, he stopped mentioning the matter. After a while, he asked: "It is difficult to have three children in one child, this is premature birth, and the three children are all fine, do you want to invite a doctor to come and see, what medicine to use If it is not easy to find at home, just say a word, I brought some medicinal materials from Lingnan." ”

"If you want to use something, naturally you won't be polite to your aunt." Li Luan'er answered, and while she was talking, the three of them entered the courtyard of Mrs. Gu.

This Ying is a woman, and Zhong Hong is a little girl, so naturally there is no taboo, so Li Luan'er took them directly into Mrs. Gu's house.

Mrs. Gu combed her hair today, her black hair was neatly combed on the top of her head, she pulled a loose bun, and there was no jewelry on her head, she leaned on the rosin-colored embroidered pillow, and put a pine green quilt on her body, and her face was white and tender.

When Ying came in, Mrs. Gu's eyes were shining, her heart was full of excitement, and she struggled to get up, calling her aunt in her mouth.

Ying Shi walked a few steps quickly and held her down, some tears flashed in his eyes: "Good boy, don't move, it's all a family, where do you get so many false courtesies, I often heard your uncle mention you when I was in Lingnan, and I was worried about it in my heart, but the capital and Lingnan are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, we just think of you in our hearts, and we can't come back, we can only talk about it from time to time, and how do you know that you have suffered so much." ”

Mrs. Gu's heart was also sour for a while, and she forced a smile: "I haven't suffered, my aunt is not sad, hurry up and sit." ”

Li Luan'er also said: "Aunt and sister sit down quickly, I still have some tribute tea here, my aunt and sister drank to moisten their throats, and I asked the kitchen to get some Beijing-style dim sum, I think my sister has never eaten much, and I will try it today to see if it suits my appetite." ”

She and her party said that they had already brought the tea to Ying's, Ying's smiled and said thank you, Zhong Hong also took a sip of tea, and said softly: "This is Lu'an melon slices." ”

"My sister is very right." Li Luan'er pursed her lips and smiled: "It's a shame that my sister can taste it, but I can't eat these good teas." ”

As she spoke, Li Luan'er took a few small plates of dim sum and pushed them in front of Zhong Hong: "Sister try these small dim sums, these are the eight famous pieces in the capital, this is cream cake, this is donkey rolling, this is the sugar triangle, this is ......"

All kinds of dim sum were set on the table, Zhong Hong looked at it twice and was worried, which one should he eat first?

Ying Shi looked at the two of them, laughed twice, and then took Mrs. Gu's hand and started gossiping.

They are also meeting for the first time, although they are close relatives, but they are not familiar with each other, and now they are talking about nothing more than asking each other if they are doing well, Ying is concerned about the body of Mrs. Gu again, and also said that now Mrs. Gu is also considered to have a family member, and when the moon is full, if she is not willing to look back at home, she will go to the Zhong family, she will sweep the couch and treat each other, Mrs. Gu responded with a smile, and asked about the life of Zhong Mingpeng and Ying over the years.

The two of them held hands and talked affectionately, over there, Li Luan'er had already set up a meal in the outer hall, and after a while, he came to invite Ying's to have a meal.

When Ying and Zhong Hong were invited to eat in the outer hall, Li Luan'er carefully picked up some dishes and sent them to Mrs. Gu, and then she came out to accompany Ying.

She saw all these things in Ying's eyes, and saw that her words were affectionate, her attitude was so intimate, and her actions were smooth, and she took care of Mrs. Gu very thoughtfully, so she nodded very satisfied, and her impression of Li Luan'er in her heart was a little better.

Li Luan'er asked Ying to sit down, she sat down at the head of Ying's, pointed to some dishes on the table: "I have always heard people say that Lingnan people eat very light, and the taste of our northerners is very different, for fear that my aunt will not be used to my food, I specially consulted some southerner masters, aunt to taste how this dish is done, if it is not good, I will ask someone to improve, and when it is done, we can often eat some flavorful dishes." ”

Ying Shi took two bites of chopsticks and nodded: "It tastes good." ”

Zhong Hong loves those dishes with heavy flavors in the capital, and eats a lot for a while, Li Luan'er smiled and introduced her to the dishes in the capital, and Ying also listened, so he also tasted a few bites, only saying that he especially loves the small flower roll and a few spicy dishes.

After eating some dishes, Li Luan'er asked Ying's: "How long will my uncle stay in Beijing this time, and which yamen will he go to report to in Beijing, but what position have you determined?" ”

Ying thought carefully: "This time I'm afraid to live for a few years, your uncle in Lingnan on the training of a sailor, it happened that last summer when the Japanese came to attack, your uncle led people to rush up, but made a contribution, and he has been stationed at the border for some years, whether it is on seniority or merit should be promoted, plus we also asked someone to intercede, it is said that it was a minister, so that your uncle was transferred back to the capital, and then he will be the main thing in the military department, although the grade is not high, but in the end it is a Beijing official, better than the officials who are released, besides, it's safer in the capital, don't you know, every time your uncle goes out to fight, I ...... Tighten the heart and gut. ”

"What my aunt said is that my uncle is getting older day by day, so it's better to live in peace." Li Luan'er nodded and flattered me: "I am familiar with the current Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and I also have some dealings with my family, if my uncle is interested, I can introduce it on my behalf." ”

Ying was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then it will be troublesome for the virtuous niece." ”

After lunch, Ying went back and talked to Mrs. Gu for a while, and was going to look at the three children born to Mrs. Gu, but I didn't want the three children to be a little repeated today, Mrs. Jin was taking medicine, and it was inconvenient for people to go to see it, so Ying had to do it and take Zhong Hong back to the house.

When she went back to learn from Zhong Mingpeng, she said that the Li family had some dealings with the military department, and Mrs. Li was willing to introduce her on her behalf, so Zhong Mingpeng paid attention.

The next day, Zhong Mingpeng found out the dowry list of the Zhong family and handed it to the Ying family, and asked the Ying family to take someone to the Gu family to ask for the dowry.

Ying's marriage to Zhong Mingpeng, a qiē naturally has to consider for the Zhong family, Zhong Mingpeng only has one sister, and that sister only leaves a trace of blood, according to her temperament, she naturally has to protect it well, anyone who is not good to Mrs. Gu must be Ying's enemy.

Moreover, the Ying family also looked down on Gu Cheng and other people who relied on his wife to eat soft rice and treated his children harshly after his wife's death, and he wanted to embarrass the Gu family.

She thought that Fu Osmanthus could make a change of relatives, thinking that she must be a snobbish and unreasonable person, Gu Cheng could listen to her, this ear must be soft, and besides, she must be afraid in her heart that there are also some thoughts of climbing power and attaching nobles, such a person, whether it is a master or a slave, must also have a pair of snobbish eyes.

Therefore, she did a lot of work before she went. (To be continued) R580