Half a month before the winter solstice, it snowed for the first time since the beginning of winter this year, and the snow continued for half a month, and the sky was covered with silver.

Lin Yan sat in the Qingque Building of the Wuguo Mansion, surrounded by other ladies of the Lin family and Mrs. Zhuang.

The building is surrounded by windows, at this time the windows are wide open, open on all sides, you can see the snow scene outside when you look up, the cold wind blows in, but the brazier is lit inside, but it does not feel cold.

Lin Yan threw a chestnut into the brazier, and the brazier made a "pop" sound, and then she took the tongs to pick up the roasted chestnuts, while listening to Lin Yan on the other side talking to Mrs. Zhuang about her future husband's family.

Old Mrs. Zhuang was half-lying on a Taishi chair, covered with a white mattress, and the years had left deep wrinkles and frost on her face, but she could still see the brightness of her youth.

Lin Yan squatted next to her, tilted her head and said to Old Madam Zhuang, "...... My wedding date is set tightly, I will be out of the cabinet in the first month, my wedding dress is embroidered, but I still want to embroider two pairs of shoes and socks for my future parents-in-law. They are also my aunts and uncles, and they have loved me since I was a child, and I always want to do something for them with my own hands, but I am not a good girl. Old lady, I heard that you have a good hand in embroidery, and when the time comes, you will point me to ......"

Old Madam Zhuang nodded and said, "Dot, dot." Then he asked, "So you're going to marry your cousin?" ”

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Well, we grew up together. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "Cousin, it's good to be a childhood sweetheart, if you have feelings, a man will hurt people and will be good to you." ”

Lin Yan blushed and said, "He dares to be nice to me." ”

Next to him, Zheng helped his already huge belly and teased her: "Yo, it seems that our mother-in-law will be a fierce woman in the future, and my aunt will be miserable in the future." ”

Lin Yan glared at Zheng with a red face, and said half-annoyed and half-ashamed: "Third sister-in-law, you make fun of me." ”

Old Madam Zhuang looked at it and laughed happily.

Lin Yan turned her head again, and said to Mrs. Zhuang with a smile in her eyes: "Let's ignore them, where did we just go, oh, by the way, shoes and socks, old lady, what do you say I want to embroider on the upper?" What patterns should be embroidered on the socks? How about twigs? Treasure Flowers? Or is the peony flower a little better? ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "It's all good, my daughter-in-law made it for them by hand, and they like to embroider anything." ”

Lin Yan thought about it for a long time but didn't make a decision, thought about it well, but vetoed it after a while, and then sighed distressedly, and said, "It's really troublesome to get married." As he spoke, he raised his eyes and asked Mrs. Zhuang: "Old lady, what kind of pattern did you embroider on your in-laws' shoes and socks when you left the cabinet?" ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "I don't have such a good fortune as you, when I went out of the cabinet, my father was just a cottage leader, I didn't know who my father was, I didn't even know what the surname was, a "Lin" surname was given by the old country after following the old country's grandfather, and the line-mother was born with my surname, and I didn't have the opportunity to make shoes and socks for my in-laws. Then he said regretfully: "It's in vain that my good embroidery skills have been wasted." ”

Lin Yan was interested at this time, moved her posture, looked up at Mrs. Zhuang and said, "Then how did you meet the old lady back then?" According to you, you were the daughter of the Jiangnan businessman Jia at that time, but the old lady was just a reckless man at that time, and you didn't have a chance to intersect, why did you marry the old lady later? ”

Zheng and Cheng also suddenly became interested, and walked to the side of Mrs. Zhuang, ready to listen to this very poignant story that must be extraordinary.

Mrs. Zhuang moved her body, her eyes looked out of the window, but her eyes seemed a little erratic, as if she was recalling that period of the past, she was silent for a while, and a very shallow smile appeared on her face, and said: "It wasn't I who was willing to marry him back then, it was he who snatched me away......"

Lin Yan, Zheng and the others let out an "ah" in surprise, and they all showed expressions of disbelief.

Lin Yan lowered her head and smiled shallowly, looking at the charcoal-roasted chestnuts in the brazier.

This story of her grandfather and grandmother, Lin Yan heard Zhuang tell her.

At that time, my grandmother originally decided to marry a family, although the two were not childhood sweethearts, but the two families were also good families. The maternal grandmother is the daughter of a businessman, with a beautiful face and moon appearance, and the man is the son of a squire, young and promising, and young in the examination, the two are considered to be the right people.

When my grandmother was eight years old, the two families set a wedding date, and the groom went to greet him, but something happened on the way to greet him. - Encountered a robbery by mountain bandits.

As for the bridegroom, when he saw the thief, he only felt that it was important to save his life, and he didn't want any money, so he fled with his guards - and by the way, the bride was also left behind.

Lin Yan's grandfather at that time, Lin Yue, who was the master of the cottage, also felt a toothache when he looked at the group of people who were scared of birds and beasts. Originally, he just wanted to rob a sum of money, and he didn't intend to hurt people, but he didn't take people yet, and before he finished speaking, he was so frightened that his buttocks and urine fled in all directions, and he really couldn't show his ability.

Then I saw the old lady Zhuang who was left in place, wearing a wedding dress, trembling with fright, and felt that she had reached the age of marrying her mother-in-law and giving birth to a son. It just so happened that she was wearing a wedding dress, and she could get married when she went back.

It's just that although Mrs. Zhuang was raised in the deep boudoir, she was also a fierce woman, and she was taken back to the cottage and was tied up and forced to marry Lin Yue, and on the night of her marriage, she put a dagger against her neck and said bluntly: "If you dare to touch me, then touch my corpse." ”

At that time, Lin Yue was also young and vigorous, and he only felt that he still didn't believe in evil, and he couldn't even conquer a little girl if he didn't believe it, so he had to let her stay here willingly to be a cottage lady for him.

Lin Yue left the cave room that night, but the next day he began to attack Old Lady Zhuang with gentle pursuit.

It's just that Mrs. Zhuang is a daughter, where can she look at a grass thief, trapped in the cottage, only feeling that her life is going to be over, and she is depressed with tears all day long.

Lin Yue had always been mixed with a group of men, and he had never seen many women. And now there is a woman who is in front of him every day, and she has a beautiful appearance, a slender figure, a gentle temperament, and a good upbringing, which is different from his vulgarity.

Lin Yue originally wanted to impress Mrs. Zhuang's heart, but he didn't expect that in the end, he was moved.