Chapter 122: But sit down and remember the past
Hearing Xiao Yiran's scream, his mother Sun hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said softly:
"Ran'er, come and meet Mama Wang."
At this time, the woman in her fifties who was sitting with Sun's hands down stood up, bowed respectfully and deeply to Xiao Yiran, and said in her mouth:
"The slave has seen the little lady."
"Mother Wang, don't be like this, Yiran is your junior."
Sun stopped Wang Ma and said to Xiao Yiran again:
"Ran'er, Wang's mother is grandma's companion and mother's nurse."
"Yiran has seen Wang Ma."
Xiao Yiran heard his mother Sun say this, so he bent his knees and bowed to Wang's mother.
"How dare the slave accept the courtesy of the little lady."
Wang Ma said as she turned sideways to dodge.
Hearing that his mother Sun said that it was his mother's family, Xiao Yiran became interested. In the past two years, no one from the parents has ever come, and this time Wang Ma suddenly appeared, Xiao Yiran thought to himself, he should know the life experience of his parents.
After Xiao Yiran greeted Wang's mother, he sat on the other side of his mother Sun and waited for the two to talk.
"Miss, when the slave came this time, Madame repeatedly told her that she hoped to see Miss one last time."
"Mother Wang, it's not that I don't want to go back, it's really something back then, which broke my husband's heart."
"Mrs. also said that the fault of what happened back then was her, and the reason why she wanted to see Miss was to apologize to Miss in person."
"Mother Wang, it's not easy for you to come here, stay and rest for a few days first, and then I'll discuss it with my husband, okay?"
"Listen to the young lady's arrangement."
"Mother, but grandma is sick?"
"Grandma is just getting older, and her mental strength is a little weak, but it's not a big hindrance."
"Mother Wang, where is Grandma's house?"
Hearing Xiao Yiran ask, Wang Ma looked at Sun curiously.
"All this time, I haven't mentioned it to Ran'er, so she doesn't know anything about the family."
Mother Sun explained to Wang's mother.
"Mother, I want to know."
"Ran'er is also more than two years old, and it is time to sue you."
Mother Sun looked at Wang's mother, and then at Xiao Yiran, knowing in her heart what her daughter wanted to know.
"Grandma's house is not far from here, it is in Jiangning Mansion. Your grandfather's family is a native of Xuzhou in the north of Jiangning Mansion. Forty years ago, your grandfather's family was suddenly in trouble, and your grandparents passed away one after another, leaving only your five-year-old father. Your homeless father wandered all the way to Jiangning Mansion, where he was taken in by your grandfather and left at home as your uncle's little Sijia companion. When your father arrived, her mother had not yet been born. ”
"Mother, what happened later?"
"Later, your father has been staying in the house, although he is Xiao Si's identity, he is smart and clever, and when he accompanied your uncle to study, he also secretly learned. After more than ten years, your grandfather accidentally discovered that your father was better than your uncle's knowledge. Due to the turbulence of the times and the chaos of the imperial examination system, your grandfather did not let your uncle and father take the exam. Your uncle had no interest in learning, so he followed your grandfather to learn business, and your father still followed your uncle.
When my mother was eight years old, your father was sixteen, and your aunt was fourteen. Your grandfather thinks that your father will be successful in the future, so he wants your father to make a fortune. At that time, your grandmother was still alive. ”
"Mother?"
"That's right, Wang Ma is your grandmother's dowry, and the current grandmother is your grandfather's successor's wife."
"Oh, mother continued."
"Your grandmother is also optimistic about your father, so naturally she agrees to marry your aunt to your father. Your aunt is willing, too. ”
Mother Sun said this, stopped, and looked out the door, not knowing what to think.
"Mother, what happened later?"
"Just as your father and your aunt's family affairs were settled, and the house was preparing a dowry for your aunt, your grandmother suddenly fell ill. When the epidemic was epidemic that year, not only did your grandmother not survive, but even your aunt, who served your grandmother every day, did not escape. The two died soon after. ”
Speaking of the sad things in the past, the mother Sun sobbed again.
"Miss, don't be sad anymore, it's been almost thirty years."
Wang's mother hurriedly comforted Sun. And took Sun's words, and continued:
"Little Miss, that year, many people died in Jiangning Mansion. Your grandmother and aunt passed away one after another, and your father's marriage naturally couldn't be done. Even though he hasn't visited your aunt yet, your father still thinks of himself as a member of the Sun Mansion. Follow your uncle, and work hard. In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and at this time, the army of the Great Song Dynasty has not captured Jiangning Mansion. Your grandfather has remarried the current lady.
Over the years, your father's character has won your grandfather's appreciation, and once again I have the idea of marrying your mother to your father. This time it's very smooth, your father and your mother are engaged. Considering that your mother is still young, I want to get married in two years.
After Mrs. entered the door, she gave birth to two little sons one after another, although the lord wanted to hold a marriage for your father and mother many times, but Mrs. delayed it for various reasons. That's seven years. Your mother is twenty years old, and your father is twenty-eight years old. For this reason, the lord didn't know how many times he quarreled with his wife, but when the lord died of illness, he couldn't hold a marriage for your father and your mother.
After handling the master's funeral, your father insisted on leaving the Sun Mansion, but he was worried that your mother would stay alone and be wronged, so he went to discuss with his wife and wanted to take your mother to rent a house outside. Madame categorically rejected your father's request on the grounds that the two did not visit the church to get married. ”
When Wang Ma said this, look at Sun, Sun has stopped crying.
"Ran'er, my mother was also very embarrassed at that time. If you don't go with your father, your father will definitely not leave the Sun Mansion alone, go with your father, we have not visited the church to get married, and there will definitely be some gossip and lose the face of the Sun Mansion.
By this time, your uncle had already split up. I can't say that I can't move your grandma, so it dragged on for more than a year, and it was really unimaginable, so my mother and father secretly left home and went all the way north. Let's go to Xuzhou Mansion first, and find out if there is anyone at your grandfather's house. As a result, your father and I searched in Xuzhou Mansion for two months, but we didn't find any relatives.
Fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty has been founded, and your father participated in the college examination and achieved fame in showing talent. Rely on other people's houses to live as a western seat. It wasn't until the small village at the foot of Songshan Mountain that he settled down. ”
"I don't know what happened to Wang Ma here?"
Listening to his mother Sun's talk about this, Xiao Yiran was curious about the purpose of Wang's mother's trip.
"Madame heard that my uncle was a jinshi and became an official, so she sent me to go and ask my uncle and young lady to take the time to go back."
After listening to this, Xiao Yiran smiled and did not squeak.
In addition, because the two little sons are idle all day long and do not do their jobs, the family business is almost lost. Madame also asked her uncle to take care of the two little sons. ”
"Where's the eldest uncle?"
"When I came, I went to the eldest prince's mansion once, and the eldest prince went out to do business. Only the young grandmother was at home, and they also heard about the aunt's high school. I just felt that I didn't fight with my wife back then, and I was a little sorry for my uncle and miss, so I was always embarrassed to come and walk around. ”
Xiao Yiran was a little dizzy by Wang Ma being your father, your uncle, and your eldest son, but she still understood the outline of the matter.