Chapter 15: Homecoming
Time flowed like water, and the days slipped by calmly, and soon it was February 15th. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the more than an hour that came to Xie Guogong's mansion, Xia Shuanghan didn't find anything worthy of her attention. After all, on the second day after the conversation in the study ended, Lu Xiaoqing released the words that Xia Shuanghan was seriously injured and burned this time, and he needed to recuperate at home for a year, and the marriage of the Lu Xia family would be discussed after a year. Lu Guogong, who has been vigorously promoting (and the only one to promote) this marriage, said that the marriage would be discussed a year later, and the Xu family naturally put away his thoughts about plotting against Xia Shuanghan.
What kind of character his father-in-law is, Xu still knows, Lu Xiaoqing has always spoken and acted neatly, yes, yes, no, no, what "discuss it after a year", it is so ambiguous, it is estimated that it will not be done. The reason why the marriage contract is not dissolved now is just a matter of face, and the marriage contract will be dealt with after a year. At this point, Xu Shi thought that he had no need to embarrass Xia Shuanghan at all, and tossed himself with nothing to do.
As for why his father-in-law suddenly changed his mind this time and was relieved about this marriage, Xu didn't care. She still has a lot of things to do. After the beginning of spring, her third daughter will get married, her second daughter-in-law will give birth to her second child, and she will have to see Lu Shaoyun's daughter-in-law in private in the second half of the year. Daddy wants to make the old child angry? Then let him go! Even if the father-in-law wants to let Xia Shuanghan enter the door a year later, it will take several months to say that the sixth ceremony will be over, and he will think about the countermeasures in his mind first, and he is still worried that he will not be able to settle this marriage when the time comes?
So, in this way, Xia Shuanghan's past and present lives combined, and for the first time, she saw Xu Shi with a sincere smile at her. She was creepy and calm, but when she came out of the gate of Shanlan Courtyard, she couldn't help but look up at the sky: Xu will actually smile at me, is it going to rain red?
"Daddy, then the daughter will go first, and I will bother you and Uncle Zhong to go to the teahouse to carry Xingbao." Out of the gate of the Guogong Mansion, Xia Shuanghan led the horse "stepping on the snow" by Xia Jingzhi, and said with a smile: "Today's daughter will not take the morning sun for too long, and the oolong on the night of the Lantern Festival will not make any more trouble, so you can rest assured." ”
"Is it useful for my father to say that he is not at ease?" Xia Jingzhi smiled helplessly: "Back then, I bought 'Treading Snow' to prepare for me to go out, and the 'Red Cloud' that pulled the carriage was prepared for your mother-in-law." You're good enough to learn how to ride a horse, but you often steal Daddy's mount and let Daddy sit in the carriage. ”
"Hey, Daddy, you have the appearance of such an elegant teacher, and it really doesn't match stepping on snow!" Xia Shuanghan turned over and got on the horse as he spoke, jokingly: "Look at my daughter, my Rong people's natural heroism is compatible with stepping on the snow, you should honestly sit in your carriage!" My daughter went first! ”
"This damn girl." Xia Jingzhi looked at his daughter's posture of beating the horse away, shook his head and smiled and got into the carriage behind him. Yes, he has always known that his temperament is indeed incompatible with stepping on the snow, and his deceased wife always used this to make him happy.
Xia Shuanghan rode to the teahouse where Xia Chaoyang and Xingbao were, and did not get off the horse, but just looked at the door, and after a while, she found Xia Chaoyang who was drinking melon seeds and listening to ventriloquism in the lobby of the teahouse. Xia Shuanghan waved his hand on horseback, and instantly attracted the attention of Xingbao, who was standing beside Xia Chaoyang. I saw Xingbao bend down and say something to Xia Chaoyang, Xia Chaoyang turned around and saw Xia Shuanghan at the door. He grinned, turned around and picked up the cloth bag wrapped in calligraphy and paintings on the table, and then led Xingbao out of the door of the teahouse with the uneaten sunflower seeds.
"How's it going, what's going on with today's ventriloquist?" Xia Shuanghan said and turned over and dismounted, took the cloth bag from Xia Chaoyang's hand, hung it on his shoulder, and said, "Is it interesting to have a book that my sister talks to you about on weekdays?" ”
"Today's ventriloquist is like that, I've heard it before." Xia Chaoyang raised his arm as he spoke, and obediently let Xia Shuanghan pick him up on the horse. "Spiced melon seeds are not bad, but it's a pity that I can't eat more, otherwise I will have a nosebleed."
"Well, it's true that I can't eat it anymore, otherwise my sister won't be able to hold it." Xia Shuanghan turned over on the horse while teasing his younger brother, and then said to Xingbao who was standing under the horse: "Xingbao, you wait here for a while, the carriage will come after a while, let's go first." ”
"Okay, Miss Young Master, walk slowly, be careful on the road."
Leaving the teahouse, Xia Shuanghan took his younger brother to watch the flowers and walked all the way to the most lively street to the West Market.
"Where does Chaoyang want to go today? Do you just go to the True Fun Pavilion with your sister, or just take a casual stroll for a while. ”
"Let's go directly to the True Fun Pavilion, I haven't seen Chen Jinglun and Chen Jingwei for two months, I miss them."
"Okay, then let's go to the True Fun Pavilion."
Chen Jinglun and Chen Jingwei in Xia Chaoyang's mouth are the twin sons of Chen Juntang, the owner of Zhenqu Pavilion, who is five months older than Xia Chaoyang and is now six years old.
Speaking of the most famous antique calligraphy and painting workshop in the capital, Zhenqu Pavilion, its owner Chen Juntang, the entire West Market can be said to be known to everyone. Chan Chun-tang's youthful and promising (now 26-year-old), handsome appearance, and well-read poetry and books are partly due to this, but his unswerving affection for his deceased wife is another.
Chen Juntang is the only son of Chen's father who is over fifty years old and Chen's mother is over forty years old, and he is the only seedling of the Chen family's three generations. When Chen Juntang married his wife Wang at the age of seventeen, Chen's father had died, and Chen's mother was already an old woman who was over the age of six.
There was no good news for two years after Wang and Chen Juntang got married, and it was not until two and a half years later that they became pregnant. The daughter-in-law is pregnant, which was originally a happy event for the mother-in-law, but when the Wang family was pregnant in July, Chen Juntang went south to go to business, and Chen's mother, who did not like her daughter-in-law to be jealous and wanted her son to have more children and more blessings, took it upon herself to buy a room of concubines for her son at home. Wang was dissatisfied with Chen's mother's actions, and argued with Chen's mother: "The husband said that he didn't want to take a concubine at all." During the dispute, Chen's mother was no match for the well-spoken Wang, and turned her head to seek the support of the concubine. In the end, somehow, Wang was pushed to the ground by the concubine, and gave birth to a pair of twins, and then died of blood.
Two months later, Chen Juntang returned from business and learned the truth of the matter, he decisively disposed of the concubine, and pulled his two sons to grow up alone. Today, six years have passed since Wang's death, but Chen Juntang still hasn't renewed his strings because he can't forget his wife, and there is not even a girl with red sleeves and fragrance by his side. Seeing that her son refused to marry again because of his concern for his deceased wife, Chen's mother regretted what she had done back then, and was so depressed that she finally died three years ago.
"Hey, tragedy, tragedy, there is a mother-in-law who is difficult to serve, and the daughter-in-law's life is not easy. I can come back after I die once, but the Wang family has no such blessing. Xia Shuanghan sighed in his heart that creation made people, and soon arrived at his destination with his younger brother.
"Yo, Miss Xia, you can come, the two little owners have come to ask several times just now, if you don't come again, it is estimated that the two little owners will set up a car to find you." Outside the gate of the True Fun Pavilion, Xia Shuanghan had just dismounted with his younger brother in his arms, and the guys in the store greeted him enthusiastically. "Give me your horse, and you and Xiao Gongzi Xia can go in directly."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Xia Shuanghan said and handed over the reins, and led his younger brother into the store.
The reason why the guys in the True Fun Pavilion were so polite to Xia Shuanghan was mainly because of the two brothers, Chen Jinglun and Chen Jingwei.
The twins of the Chen family have no mother since they were young, and they were raised by their father alone, so their temperament is a little awkward. For example, their favorite game is "guess who is Jinglun and who is Jingwei", and they don't care about those who can't guess it. The two brothers have played this game hundreds of times so far, and only Chen Juntang, Xia Shuanghan and Xia Chaoyang can guess it. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Chen twins like to stick to the Xia family siblings. As for Chen Juntang, the owner of the True Fun Pavilion, for the sake of his two sons, he has been courteous to Xia Shuanghan since they first met. The hosts are politely entertaining guests, how dare the guys offend? Therefore, Xia Shuanghan's sisters and brothers can always get a warm reception beyond ordinary guests in the True Fun Pavilion.
Bringing his younger brother into the store, Xia Shuanghan did not linger on the first floor with many guests, but went directly to the third floor, and went to find the twins of the Chen family first as usual.