With Chengzhu in his chest, Lin Qingyun urged Tu Yan to guess quickly.

Where did Tu Yan recognize, so he had to admit defeat, and stepped forward to ask the old woman: "What kind of wild vegetables is in the mother-in-law's basket?" ”

"This, mother-in-law, there are a lot of ridges in this field, take it home and wash it, blanch it with water, and put some oil and salt on it." The old woman was not afraid of people, and when she saw him asking, she replied with a smile, and took out the wild vegetables to show him. He also said: "I see that you are the sons and daughters of good families, you must have never eaten this, this is a good thing, the doctor in our village also said that this mother-in-law can cure diseases." I don't know if it can be cured, but there are many people in the city who come to collect this, and the rich people from the big families are tired of eating big fish and meat, and they also want to taste some wild vegetables in the countryside. ”

"I haven't eaten in years." Lin Qingyun asked again: "What do you call your mother-in-law?" ”

"My husband's surname is Liu, and only one daughter married to Wangjia Village, and now that I am old, I live with my son-in-law's family, and everyone in the village calls me 'Grandma Liu'. This is my granddaughter, named Qing'er, who is twelve years old this year, and has a grandson who is two years younger, thanks to the blessings of the nobles in the city, and now she is also going to school in a private school. ”

"Grandma Liu......" Lin Qingyun was surprised, she had never seen Grandma Liu in the Red Mansion before and was disappointed, who would have thought that she would see it unexpectedly today. If it was really that Grandma Liu, such enthusiasm and optimism would be easy to understand.

Grandma Liu is an old man, although Lin Qingyun's belly is not visible, Grandma Liu can see from her subtle movements that she is pregnant, and hurriedly said: "The sun is up at this time, and the sun is amazing, Mrs. has a double body, and she can't stand the sun, but she goes to rest under the shade of the trees over there." Grandma Liu raised her hand and pointed that there were several locust trees not far away, and now the flowers were blooming, and the trees were full of snow-white and fragrant locust flowers. When Grandma Liu saw it, she said to them: "This tree is a locust tree, there are many in the village, and it was the right time to bloom a few days ago. Although the flowers on this hillside are a few days late, no one has eaten them now, and besides, the flowers have also bloomed too much, and they are not delicious. ”

"Grandma, I'm going to bring food to my parents." Qing'er didn't follow. One is to be restrained and afraid of life, and the other is that Tu Yan is a man, Qing'er is twelve, how much he knows how to be shy and avoidant, and I often hear my grandmother say that everyone has heavy rules, and men and women are very particular about defense.

Grandma Liu didn't know what her granddaughter was thinking, so she told her a few words and led the couple to rest in the shade of the tree. Grandma Liu has experienced a lot of things in her life, and although she hasn't seen many big scenes, she has also been to the Guogong Mansion and seen the pomp and circumstance of the Guogong Mansion. Now this lady looks good, but this young man's temperament is different, no matter how gentle she looks, Grandma Liu is a little nervous.

There were a few messy stones under the shade of the trees, and the little girl who accompanied her knew how to look at them, so she quickly went forward and wiped them clean with a handkerchief, and took out a mat from the basket she was carrying and spread it. helped Lin Qingyun sit down, and hurriedly poured tea and took snacks.

Lin Qingyun waved his hand: "It's enough to drink tea, I don't eat dim sum." ”

Tu Yan only drank two sips of tea and stood under the tree looking at the surrounding fields and woods.

Grandma Liu has been watching from the side, she can't recognize what kiln the teapot and teacup are, but she looks at the white greasy luster, and the tea in it is clear and bright, with a hint of jasmine fragrance. She had also heard that some rich and noble people in the city liked to drink incense tablets, and all kinds of dried flowers were placed in them. Although the young couple are dressed simply and ordinarily, Grandma Liu is sure that their identities are not ordinary, and they are afraid that they are like Rongguofu. They are not too far from the city here, and many officials in the city have placed Zhuangzi here, and they love to stay for two days when it is cold and hot, but I am afraid that these two will also come to escape the summer.

"Grandma Liu, have a cup of tea." Lin Qingyun ordered the little girl to take another cup and pour a cup and hand it over.

Grandma Liu hurriedly waved her hand: "Where can I drink this, no matter how much tea I drink, it will be a waste, but my own well water can be drunk and quench my thirst." I poured a lot of water when I came, and I am not thirsty at this time, so don't bother, madame. ”

"Is Grandma's harvest good this year?" Tu Yan asked.

Grandma Liu also smiled when she heard this: "It's okay this year, there is no major disaster, our family is our own land, we don't have to pay rent, but we have saved some surplus food." ”

Tu Yan asked something else, and every time he asked more, Grandma Liu became nervous.

Lin Qingyun smiled secretly and said to Tu Yan: "You go shopping by yourself, I'll talk to grandma for a while." It's hot now, don't go out into the sun, don't go to the deep grass, in case the bug bites it, it's not good. ”

"It's disgusting to me." Tu Yan smiled and walked towards the woods on the hillside.

When Grandma Liu saw him leaving, she smiled and complimented: "Madame has a really good relationship with this master." ”

"I see that my grandmother seems to have seen the world, and she is not afraid to talk to people at all."

"I'm not afraid of Mrs. jokes, my son-in-law's ancestors were also officials, but when they declined, they moved back to their hometown to farm and make a living. I am a seventy-year-old woman, I have experienced a lot in my life, and besides, I am this old age, and I can't be ashamed of young people, but I don't have anything to say, and I can't be disgusted. Grandma Liu laughed and joked to herself.

"I think it's good for grandma to be like this. How much land do you have, can only a few people be busy? ”

"The son-in-law's family originally had some capital and was a local landlord, but he was not angry and lost all the fields. In the hands of my son-in-law, there are barely four or five acres of thin fields, and if God does not give him food, life will be difficult. Fortunately, that year he went to a noble family in the city, and when it came to the son-in-law's family and his ancestors, the grandmothers and ladies of their family were kind-hearted, and they received a lot of silver and things, and when they came back to the family, they bought more than a dozen acres of land, and they had to hire two short-term workers when they were busy farming, and in the end their lives were better. Now that the family has a little money, the grandson can go to school, and in the end, he will not have to dig in the field and watch the sky to eat. ”

"I see that this side looks like a reclaimed wasteland, all of which belong to your family?" Lin Qingyun raised his hand and pointed at it, this piece of land has six or seven acres of land, although there is a slope, a little scattered, but the land is not thin, even if the wasteland is reclaimed, there are grades, and Grandma Liu's family has other fertile land, which may not be willing to spend on it.

Grandma Liu hurriedly said: "This is seven acres and eight points of land, where can our family open so much, only three acres are our family's, and the other four acres and eight points of land are all from the big family of our village." ”

"Outside the king? It sounds like a rich family, why don't you buy good land with silver, but come to open up wasteland? Lin Qingyun asked.

Nowadays, it is customary to call people with a certain amount of wealth in the local area as outsiders, and those retired officials who return to their hometowns are also called outsiders, and even outsiders are idle jobs and can be donated. is like Jia Zheng's Ministry of Labor, although Jia Daishan is on his deathbed and rewarded by the saint, but it has already explained the significance of this official position, which is to give some children of the family an idle job to do rewards.

Grandma Liu explained: "In addition to this king in our village, his ancestors were officials, and their family also had hundreds of good fields, but in the early years, natural disasters continued for several years, and the land was not harvested, and the old staff was sick again. Even so, his family is extremely wealthy in our village, and he is a scholar, and there are many people in ten miles and eight towns who want to marry the girl to him......"

"How old is this king? Didn't you marry? Lin Qingyun didn't sound right.

Grandma Liu patted her head and smiled: "Oh, look at me, I forgot to say it." The Wang Yuanwai I just talked about refers to the old member of the Wang family, and now this son, we all call him Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang is 20 years old, although his family has an industry and he has been studying since he was a child, he does not seem to plan to take scientific examinations, so he only opens a private school in the countryside to teach. When the old man was alive, he was engaged to him, and he was a young lady from another family in the town, who originally passed the door five years ago, but Wang Lao Yuanwai died of illness that year, and he had to keep filial piety for three years. The girl was the same year as him, and his parents were unwilling to hold him for another three years, and the king's family was no longer comparable to that family, so the two families withdrew. Later, there were also people who came to propose marriage, but Mr. Wang did not respond, and then it was national filial piety. It is also fate, just after going abroad for filial piety, Mr. Wang's family held a happy event and married a fairy-like bride, which was recognized by my wife. ”

"Someone Grandma recognizes?"

"That bride is the decent girl in the noble mansion I went to before, saying that she is old and has been released by the grace of her master. Her father and mother are long gone, and there are only cousins and sisters-in-law at home, and neither of them wants to feed for nothing, but fortunately he was born well, so he wanted to say something for her, which is considered to be benevolent and righteous. I don't know how to talk about Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang, who has always been picky, didn't know why he responded, the day of marriage was really lively, the dowry was very rich, and the bride price was three hundred and sixty taels. This idea may not be in the eyes of Mrs. Madame, but in our Zhuang family is amazing, who marries a daughter-in-law and pays hundreds of taels of silver? Only a few taels of silver can be collected in the field throughout the year, and that amount of money is enough to save for a lifetime. Grandma Liu still sighed when she thought about the excitement of that day, and said: "The cousin and sister-in-law of the bride's family are also benevolent and righteous, and they didn't covet the dowry, but brought it to the girl, and the dowry was not simple. It really made our countrymen feast their eyes. ”

Lin Qingyun pondered it carefully and asked her, "Grandma, do you know what the girl's name is?" ”

"I remember, the names of the girls in the noble family are very good, I didn't remember them earlier, but now they are in the township, and she is close to me, how can I not remember it. It is said that her name was given by her master, and she is called Qingwen. Grandma Liu said and praised: "Now we all call her the lady of the Wang family, she is born well, the embroidery work is better, especially attractive, my granddaughter is from her to learn needlework." ”

Sure enough, it's Qingwen!

Lin Qingyun couldn't help but ask again: "What is Qingwen's temper?" How do you get along with Mr. Wang? I've also heard that many families like to marry their sons and maids, but I don't know if they are good or not? ”

Grandma Liu said with a smile: "We have this in the countryside, but it's just to get an idea, and it's just a bit of a reliance." Besides, the girl who came out of the family is stronger than the young lady of the rich man's family, as long as she is not kicked out, she has saved a lot of savings. The lady of the Wang family was released by grace, and the money and the master's New Year's reward over the years is really a lot of money, and our countrymen can't save it in a lifetime, but it is not less than Mr. Wang's dowry. If you want to say that the temperament of the lady of the Wang family is my favorite, it is not good to be a girl, it is like a charcoal, but in the countryside, you have to be such a spicy person to be able to hold it. Mr. Wang and their little couple are in love, Mr. Wang is a scholar and has a soft temper, but he can't be a good match for a lady of the Wang family. Last month, the lady of the Wang family diagnosed the happy pulse, but Mr. Wang was very happy, and gave two candies to each of the students in the school, my eldest grandson was reluctant to eat it, and brought the candy back, but his father didn't give it, so he kept it for me. ”

Lin Qingyun also felt happy after hearing this: "Grandma's grandson is filial piety, and he will definitely have a future in the future." ”

"I promise you."

Seeing that the sun was getting higher and higher, the little girl suddenly said, "Sister Egret has found it." ”

At this time, Tu Yan also came back from the other side, and he didn't know where the person had gone, and there were some grass clippings on the hem of his clothes. Seeing this, Lin Qingyun stopped talking to Grandma Liu, and waited for the egret to come over and hold the umbrella, Fang slowly left the trail, and there was already a car waiting there. She was indeed a little tired, so she got into the car directly, wiped her face with the prepared towel, and only felt happy.

She thought that the reason why Qingwen had this good ending must be because of Jia's mother's blessing.

If it weren't for Jia's mother who stopped Mrs. Wang, returned Qingwen to the Lai family, and explained to the Lai family to find a good place for Qingwen, where would Qingwen's cousin and sister-in-law bother so much? I'm afraid that I hastily found a family affair and sent people out of the door, and I was greedy for Qingwen's self-help and dowry money over the years. Fortunately, Qingwen's fate in this life is very different, and it can be regarded as a good home for this charcoal-like girl.

said that Grandma Liu looked at the carriage from a distance and walked away, and muttered secretly in her heart.

Grandma Liu had already seen that the other party was not an ordinary person, and she especially chased after Qingwen to ask about it, but she was afraid that she would recognize her. Thinking of explaining to his granddaughter, he went back to the village first. Grandma Liu didn't go home either, and went directly to Wang's house.

Although the Wang family is not as good as in the early years, the mansion handed down from the ancestors is still magnificent in the countryside, and there are a few little girls in the family to serve and hire a few long-term workers. Now a small courtyard on the west side of the house has been opened up separately, and another door has been set up as a school, and behind it is the house where the Wang family lives seriously.

The little girl opened the door, and when she saw Grandma Liu, she smiled: "Didn't Grandma Liu go up the hill to pick wild vegetables?" Our lady just said that she wanted to eat her mother-in-law, and asked me to ask my grandmother for some. If you want me to say that our father spoils his mother so much, he doesn't want anything to eat, he prefers to eat wild vegetables, and today's mother-in-law Ding is not fresh, what is delicious. ”

"What do you know, pregnant people are like this, they prefer to eat some rare things, and if they don't give her food, they won't be useful."

Grandma Liu was talking to the little girl, and in a blink of an eye she entered the hall. But I saw a little daughter-in-law in a red dress, a water snake waist, shaved shoulders, and a clever appearance in the house, sitting there doing needlework, and a closer look, she made a child's clothes in her hand, because the child's skin is delicate, and it is not easy to embroider too many patterns on the clothes so as not to scrape the tender skin and flesh, so this small dress is very simple, only embroidered two flowers and two butterflies on the placket, and the embroidery is vivid, and the lover is very.

"It takes so much effort to dress a child's clothes, and now that you are pregnant, why bother so much." Grandma Liu praised and persuaded her.

"Grandma is here, sit down, taro pour tea." The little daughter-in-law raised her head, it was Qingwen.

Qingwen now looks at the same as when she was in Jiafu, maybe the clothes she wears are not as rich as before, but they are also the best silk silk, these materials she gave several horses to the Lai family as a personal favor when she became a monk, and Jia's mother gave them, but now it is not as good as before, she herself has reduced some savings, and she wants to keep some for her children, and make clothes when she is older.

"Where is Grandma from? Why are you sweating? Qingwen asked. Because I am not familiar with the place where I married here, I met a grandma Liu who had a two-sided relationship, and grandma Liu was kind-hearted, and often came to talk to her, just like a grandmother, even Qingwen's knife mouth was soft.

Grandma Liu told what she encountered today, and also expressed her doubts: "I guess, she must know you." ”

Qingwen was stunned for a moment, and in a trance remembered the days in Jiafu again, sighed for a long time, and said with a smile: "Xu is a family that has moved around with Jiafu who has seen me." ”

Grandma Liu said again: "Later, a maid came to their house, and the style of the whole body is really indescribable. I listened to the little girl shouting 'Sister Egret', and I always felt that I had heard of this name somewhere, and I couldn't think of it for a while. ”

"Egret?" Qingwen understood, if it was really that egret...... Yes, not far from Wangjia Village, there is a Zhuangzi from the Pure Prince's Mansion, and it makes sense for them to come here. As for Grandma Liu, she felt that the name Egret was familiar, and it was when she went to Jiafu that she was just in time to catch up with Egret to deliver things to the girls of the Jia family, and Grandma Liu also asked whose girl it was. A few years ago, I only glanced at it again, and I guessed that Grandma Liu didn't remember.

After Grandma Liu left, Qingwen walked into the room and took out a carefully framed painting from the cabinet, and couldn't help but sigh that fate was wonderful.

Who would have thought that a portrait painted for her by Prince Chun would make her have this marriage and life. At the beginning, Baoyu lost the portrait and couldn't find it, so it turned out that it was picked up by Wang Qiao. Wang Qiao went to Lai's house to look for Lai Shangrong that day, and the two had an idea, but they accidentally found a painting, and they were even more dizzy by the woman in the painting. Later, by coincidence, Wang Qiao inadvertently caught a glimpse of her at Lai's house, so there was this marriage. Although Wang Qiao married her because of her beauty, he really treated her very well, and he didn't have the problems of those sons and brothers, and he only devoted himself to teaching, which she couldn't think of before.

When Qingwen first arrived here, she was very resistant, always paying attention to the affairs in the capital, and then life went well, but her habits did not change. The more I heard about the recent situation of the Jia family, the more I was glad about the present, and the temper that had been explosive has also been subdued a lot. After all, she should be grateful to God for the results she has now.

Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan stayed in the village for four or five days leisurely before returning to the city.

As soon as I returned to the city, I heard that Lin'an Bo Mansion proposed to Chengping Bo Mansion, and the two families were scheduled to be decided at the beginning of next month, and they were in a hurry. Because of the special nature of this family affair, many people think of an old news, Chengping Bofu and Nan'an Wangfu have been engaged, and the two are also in-laws, the three girls of Chengping Bofu have made a marriage contract with a pair of cousins, which is really rare, and the reputation of this pair of cousins is really not good.

There was a lot of discussion outside, He Yuefu was crying at home, and the Tang family had nothing to do except wipe his tears, you must know that the eldest master is angry now and he doesn't see the two of them at all.

After a few days, the news came out that the prince of Nan'an Wangfu, Na Shu, was the third girl of Rongguo Mansion.

Because of these two happy events, the capital was lively for a while, and there were many envy and ridicule. Laughing at poverty and not prostitution, in this world, not only Mrs. Jia Zhengwang sells her daughter for glory, but most of them want to give their daughters to dignitaries and dignitaries to seek wealth and power, but most of them have no way, and if they have a way, they are even envied and red.

Everyone knows that concubines are just nice words, in fact, there is no such canonization in the court, and there is no crown, but over the years, there are many concubines in various palaces, and certain rules have also been derived. The concubine is a concubine, and taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife, there are only two steps in the procedure, with the consent of the woman, and the dowry is given to carry the person away. In the palace, for the sake of good looks and interests, it is natural to pay attention to it. chose an auspicious day to send a "dowry gift", the dowry is naturally rich, and an auspicious day is set to "marry", which also has certain specifications.

Outsiders don't understand, looking at the excitement and good-looking, but the ladies of the family can see it clearly. It is a little attention to the fact that you will find that the day set by this family business is very rushed, and it will pass through the door in August, and there will only be a month or two in between. And the relatives of Chengping Bofu who were laughed at were also known to be small, and the next hire was also at the end of the year.

Jia Fuli is busy with this family matter, Mrs. Wang is old, and she feels powerless, but Li Kun is a widow and can't handle it, so she thinks about it, so she can only ask Sister Feng to help.

Mrs. Wang came over to talk to Sister Feng in person, and her words were very soft.

Wang Xifeng looked embarrassed: "It's not that I shirk and refuse to help my aunt, it's just that my body is not very good, since I gave birth to Brother Kui'er, I have been recuperating, and the second master has been teaching me not to bother with my heart, for fear that I will fall ill again." Besides......" Wang Xifeng's face turned red, and his smile was extremely sweet: "I only said that my aunt is not an outsider, so as not to go out early and call me arrogant." I haven't changed my body for a few days, and I'll only wait a few days to ask the doctor to come to see me more accurately, because I'm afraid of empty joy, I didn't even say anything about our second master, but I didn't dare to work anymore, and Ping'er helped with the cooking. ”

"Y-You're there again?" Mrs. Wang looked surprised, stirred the handkerchief in her hand and said with a smile: "That's the case, where can you be tired, I have to work hard for your third sister." ”

After Mrs. Wang left, the smile on Wang Xifeng's face turned cold, and she said to Ping'er: "Look, this is my good aunt, usually you can't think of me when you have benefits, so you will look for me when you call people." Said and sighed: "It's not that I don't want to take care of the third sister, I also want the third sister to marry, but this family business is really not good-looking, and I really don't have the energy to care." In the end, it's a sister, and the three girls are pitiful, and they don't know how to suffer when they get to the palace in the future. Ping'er, you go to the third girl's side in a while, and ask the waiter, what the third girl needs, let's help in private. When the time comes to add makeup, I will privately make up some silver for her to make the bottom of the box, which is a little bit of my sister-in-law's heart. ”

Ping'er also sighed, and said with a smile: "Grandma is becoming more and more soft-hearted and kind-hearted now. ”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "There's no way, my heart softens when I look at Brother Kui, maybe it's really like the old people often say, accumulate good and be blessed, I have to save some yin virtue for Brother Kui'er Qiao'er." Saying that, he held Ping'er's hand again, Zheng Se said: "Good girl, you just have to rest assured, what I say will not be broken." Regardless of whether my baby is male or female, as long as Brother Kwai is full of three months, I will stop avoiding the child soup, you have to be a man and a woman, and you will have a person to rely on for the rest of your life. Men are unreliable, and women can only focus on their children in addition to themselves. ”

Grandma said this again. Ping'er pretended to be ashamed and walked away, but she liked it in her heart, even if she got a sister, she would have a hope for the rest of her life.