Chapter 18: The Past
Without waiting for Gu Wenqing to answer, he hummed: "You wait!" He turned around and carried the water into the house and poured it into the bathtub, came out quickly, grabbed Gu Wenqing's collar and threw it into the yard, turned back to Tang Jiaojiao and said, "Miss, you go in the bath, I'll help you watch this rascal!" ”
Tang Jiaojiao smiled and didn't speak, followed them, and went into the house to take a bath by himself. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
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In the red wedding hall, full of happy people, talking, laughing, and singing loudly: "Kneel, kowtow, kowtow, kowtow, kowtow, salute." ”
Then, surrounded by the crowd, he walked through the long gallery, stepped over the planters, stepped over the arches, entered the beautifully furnished new room, sat on the edge of the bed, and waited with joy.
She saw his face, under the light of the bright and extinguished candles, full of smiles, listening to the happy blessings of the happy girls, only to feel that her joy was about to overflow the room.
She saw him take her hand, stared into her eyes and said, "Mingzhu, I will not live up to you in this life." She could smell the air all sweet.
They live a happy life that the world envies, he reads, she grinds, he takes care of the business, she runs the house, and the two have never blushed.
Sleeping and eating together, hairpins and thrushes. With leisure, he also took her to the night street to go shopping, guessing puzzles to win lanterns for her.
He didn't like intrigues, so she gave up her plan and closed her door to him.
He knew she had a sweet tooth, and on her birthday she had not been seen all day, and in the evening she had brought home a pile of handmade pastries.
She knew that he liked tea, so she planted a large piece of tea in the yard, roasted tea and kneaded tea with her own hands, and only gave him one person to drink.
Every time he went out of the house, he would bring her back many novelties, and she would go out to meet him with joy and bring him a bowl of clear soup made by herself.
Outsiders all praise them for their deep affection and mutual understanding.
In those days, she was even laughing in her dreams.
Later, how did it change? How could their relationship become increasingly tired and estranged?
She had nothing to do for three years, and listening to the discussions inside and outside the house, her heart was sour, so she could only complain to him, and he comforted her, saying that they were still young and not in a hurry.
How can you not be in a hurry? The brides of the Sun family this year are all pregnant, and the wives who were married with her three years ago have hugged the two, but she has not moved.
Will he blame himself? She thought.
Would he want to marry someone else? She thought.
She gently tested him, or I will give you a concubine, and the Qiao'er next to me is good, she said. He raised his eyebrows and scolded her, what are you talking nonsense? I swore that I would love you only one in this life, and I would marry you only one.
Hearing him say this, she was very happy, her heart was sweet and sour, but she said, how can this be done, you need to have a child, he kept his face calm and did not speak, she hurriedly gently pulled his sleeve and said, Okay, okay.
But one day, he drank a lot of wine alone, knocked on the door and cried and said to her, Mingzhu, I'm sorry, I want to take a concubine, I want a concubine.
She watched him fall drunk in her arms, and suddenly she couldn't hear any sound, what did she say, you said that you would live up to me in your life.
He didn't say anything when he woke up, she thought, he must have drunk too much and talked nonsense.
He went out again and asked her what she wanted, and she only said that she wanted you to be safe, and he nodded and went.
When she came back, she went to the door to pick him up, but saw him turn around and help a woman down from the carriage, and the woman carefully protected her stomach and smiled at him, how beautiful, she thought.
He came over and said to her, Mingzhu, this is Qing'er.
Qing'er, it's so nice, like her people, Qingli, she thought.
He still eats with her every day, he still reads, she grinds, he takes care of the business, and she runs the house. But I don't know if it's him or her, I don't have a heart.
Suddenly, the picture flickered, and when she arrived at a village, she listened to her good sister and gave the woman ...... No, it was his concubine who gave his concubine a bowl of talisman water, and the good sister said that in this way, the child born to the concubine would listen to her.
She watched the concubine drink the talisman water and left satisfied.
She sat quietly in the pavilion to watch the scenery, but suddenly heard someone shouting that the water was gone, and when she turned around and saw the fire in the sky, she hurriedly ran back, and saw the fire in the room where the concubine lived, she stood stunned and watched, he rushed over, pushed her to the ground, and roared with red eyes, what did you do!
He rushed in and never came out, and that was the only time he yelled at her, she thought.
All that's left is a pile of ruins.
Later, there was no one to help her stroke her back when she was coughing.
The jars of tea she had made were left there and no one drank them. The ink she researched could only be written for herself, the clear soup was eaten by herself, and a large spoonful of chili noodles was added, and her heart, liver and lungs hurt from coughing.
For a long time in her dreams, the sky was full of fire, as if she was going to swallow her, and her life was never happy again......
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With a rough breath, Mrs. Qian opened her eyes and stared straight at the roof of the tent, why did she suddenly have such a dream again.
When the mother-in-law heard the noise, she came and lifted the tent and asked, "Madam, but you are in a nightmare?" Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the old slave is here. ”
Mrs. Qian sat up, and her mother-in-law went to help her, she waved her hand and said, "Let Ya'er go and make a pot of morning dusk." ”
The mother-in-law was stunned, morning and dusk was the master's favorite tea before his death, and the lady made it herself, but she never drank it herself, what happened tonight?
Thinking like this, the feet still went out to give orders.
After a while, the tea was brewed in, and I poured a cup and held it in my hand to look at it carefully, and the blue-yellow tea soup swirled in the cup.
After taking a sip, the taste was a little bitter, she didn't like this bitter and astringent taste the most, she liked sweet jujube tea, and she only loved to drink those fruit teas before.
I took another sip of it, but I found that it was a sweet taste that slowly moistened my throat, and I was stunned for a while, and when I came back to my senses, I found that I had unconsciously shed tears all over my face.
Looking down at the tea in the cup, it seemed to reflect a face that she had been thinking about for a long time, and couldn't hold back any longer, sobbing softly, tears dripping in the tea, making a ticking sound.
The mother-in-law sighed, and gently played a fan beside her, the person who went had already gone, and the living person had a long life left to survive.
As soon as Tang Jiaojiao got dressed, he came back with a meaty fragrance, obviously just came back from the kitchen, jumped into Tang Jiaojiao's bathtub and fluttered and soaked.
Pushed open the door and went out, only to see Gu Wenqing and Xiaoman, who were still fighting fiercely just now, out of nowhere to get a table of good wine and good food, placed on the stone table in the courtyard, Li Changdong also came over, the three of them were rolling up their sleeves and drawing fists, and when they saw Tang Jiaojiao coming out, they quickly beckoned her to join in, it was very interesting to watch, and Tang Jiaojiao also happily joined the camp.