"How so? Thank you for being too late, thanks to my second aunt, my mother has been able to live in peace all these years, otherwise if she knew about the affairs of the capital, she would have been in a hurry to return to Beijing! ”

"Huh, huh? But don't thank me, it's all my mother's idea, I'm just an errand, right, mother? The second aunt smiled and turned to her grandmother reads.

Grandmother's eyelids jumped, she slowly opened her eyes and watched Linglong be out of her mind for a long time, and suddenly beckoned to Linglong, and Linglong obediently sat down beside her grandmother.

Grandmother's thin old hand stroked Linglong's cheek: "Good boy, tell Grandmother, how have you been doing all these years?" Is your father good to your mother? Can you bully her? ”

"It's good, grandmother don't worry, my father and mother have always respected each other like guests, and we discuss everything with her."

The second aunt also said: "That's it, mother, don't worry, my sister-in-law is a sincere person, and I won't treat my sister badly if I think about it." You see, this is a gift list sent by my sister today, not to mention anything else, just say that these things she honors you are very valuable, and my sister-in-law is so generous that it means that my sister is able to speak at home, right, Linglong? ”

The second aunt winked at herself, Linglong was a little dazed, but she still nodded obediently: "Yes, grandmother, don't worry!" ”

Grandmother nodded slightly, her eyelids drooped and slowly closed, Linglong looked at her for a long time, seeing that she was breathing evenly and motionless, did she fall asleep?

Qiao'er, who was beside the second aunt, said softly: "Mother, grandma is sick again!" ”

Linglong looked back at them in surprise, and the second aunt shook her head and sighed: "Don't worry, Linglong, your grandmother's health has become worse and worse over the years, and she often falls asleep while sitting. Alas! ”

"Huh? How so? Have you ever asked a doctor to see it? ”

"Please, please, a lot, the doctor said that the old lady is old, she suffered many blows when she was young, and she was overly anxious and fell into the root of the disease, most of this disease is a heart disease, and she has to be slowly recuperated."

"Heart disease? Could it be that my grandmother misses her mother too much? ”

"That's one of them. Alas. Why doesn't she miss your grandfather and uncle? ”

The old lady's eyelids moved, and she suddenly opened her eyes again and asked, "Linglong girl, your father?" ”

The old lady suddenly spoke and startled Linglong: "Huh? My dad ...... My father is still an official in Jiangzhou. Grandmother. ”

"Be an official! Good to be an official! Do it well, don't learn from your uncle! ”

Linglong was a little embarrassed, and didn't know what expression to make: "Got it, grandmother." ”

The old lady's eyelids drooped and she stopped talking.

The second aunt stood up and asked the mother-in-law outside the door to carry a soft chair over. lightly put her grandmother on a chair and sent her back to the room to rest, and there were only Linglong and her second aunt and daughter left in the living room.

The second aunt greeted Linglong with a smile. By the way, when asked about Linglong's family in Jiangzhou, Linglong didn't hide it, she answered whatever she asked, but she was secretly weighing in her heart whether this second aunt was worth believing?

All in all it was pretty good. It's just that there are some petty family spirits, which may be related to the decline of the Song family and economic constraints.

From the conversation, Linglong learned that the second aunt was slightly chilled. is just the daughter of a common family in the capital, and the second uncle met her when he went to the market to shop. The two fell in love at first sight.

The Song family was not a big family at that time, the second uncle was still a concubine, and the grandmother was also generous to the second uncle, so when the second uncle proposed to marry a commoner's daughter, the grandmother did not object, but the one that should have was not worse than them.

Maybe that's the reason, after the defeat of the Song family, the second uncle and his wife were willing to support their grandmother. But after all, the second uncle was not born to his maternal grandmother, and his maternal grandfather has been dead for many years, so I don't know how my maternal grandmother has been doing these years? Is it really like what the second aunt said?

Thinking of his grandmother's appearance, Linglong was a little sad, it was better to ...... Take her to the small courtyard near Sufu, and then arrange two maids to serve, her mother can see her from time to time, and the two of them can get along comfortably.

Linglong secretly planned in her heart, and accidentally lost her mind, and when she saw her second aunt looking at her, she came back to her senses: "I'm sorry, second aunt, I just got distracted!" ”

"It's okay, what are you thinking? So distracted? ”

"It's nothing, by the way, second aunt, I just heard from you that the eldest uncle's family now lives in Zhuangzi?"

"Yes, it's a Zhuangzi eighty miles outside the city, although your uncle is not angry, but your aunt gave birth to two sons, one Anshun and one Ancai, I haven't seen them for many years, and I don't know if they are married?

By the way, Linglong, if I'm not mistaken, you should be seventeen this year, right? How's your family doing? Your sister? ”

"I ...... My sister was married when she was in Jiangzhou, and I ...... Just engaged. ”

"Betrothed? Which household is ordered? ”

"This ......" Linglong was a little hesitant to say it, although she had a good impression of this second aunt, but she didn't know her heart, if she knew that the other party was the Liang family, would she have any ideas? This family business is not stable, forget it, let's talk about it later!

"It's nothing, it's the second son of a family in the capital."

When she said this, the maids behind her looked at each other, especially Zhihua, she wanted to say that Liang Ergongzi is a talent, and the Liang family has a big business, why did the young lady pass it like this? This is a great opportunity to grow your face!

Fortunately, Youzhishu didn't let her talk too much, otherwise Linglong would be embarrassed again!

The second aunt didn't notice the small movements of a few maids, thinking that even if the Linglong family had some money, after all, her father's official position was low, and it was impossible to climb into a big family.

If it is the second son, it is likely to be a concubine, maybe this girl feels embarrassed to say it, so she hides it, so the second aunt is also interested in not asking.

Song Qiao'er, who was beside her second aunt, asked crisply: "Cousin, why are you in such a hurry to get engaged?" There is a triennial draft at the end of this year, and if you are not engaged, you can participate! ”

Linglong felt a little strange in his heart when he heard this: "Is my cousin going to be drafted?" ”

Song Qiao'er said happily: "Yes, yes, my father has already signed up for me, and the pair of red jade bead earrings given by my aunt will be ready to use at that time." ”

Song Qiaoer carefully picked up the earrings from the box and put them on her ears: "Mother, are they good-looking?" ”

The second aunt nodded with a smile: "It's good-looking!" Pretty! My Qiao'er looks good without wearing anything! ”

Song Qiao'er smiled sweetly, and carefully put the earrings back: "It's a pity...... My cousin can't go with me, if we run together, it would be nice to go to the palace together, and someone will talk to me in the future! ”

Next to her, Song Mei'er was so anxious that she pulled Qiao'er's sleeve: "Sister, don't worry, I'll come to the palace to accompany you when I grow up!" ”

The second aunt smiled happily and didn't say anything to stop it.

Linglong pursed his lips and was silent, looking at the mother and daughter, they are all beautiful embryos, but they are limited by their backgrounds and blindly yearn for the palace, yearning to fly on the branches and become phoenixes, the Song family was afraid of the defeat last time, afraid of falling down again, maybe the second uncle also wants to climb up with the help of his two daughters, right?

"Oh, look at me, put the guests aside, Linglong, don't mind!"

Linglong smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, seeing that the second aunt is so close to the two sisters, Linglong is envious!" ”

The second aunt smiled and let her little daughter lie on her knee and caress her head: "Mother is naturally close to her children, isn't Linglong close to your mother?" ”

"That's not, I'm old, I can't be as coquettish as my sisters, so I'm naturally envious. It's just the second aunt, why don't you find a good family for your sisters to engage to a son with a good character? Entering the palace is not necessarily a good thing, right? ”

Song Qiao'er blinked: "Huh? Is it bad to enter the palace? My father said that if you enter the palace, you can be a mother above 10,000 people under one person, and you will be admired and worshiped by the world, and you will be prosperous and rich for a lifetime! ”

Song Mei'er pouted: "My cousin won't be jealous of my sister because she can't be drafted, right?" ”

Belch! Linglong was embarrassed, the hall was silent for a moment, and the second uncle reprimanded with a straight face: "Mei'er, what nonsense? Apologize to your cousin. ”

Song Mei'er didn't want to kiss her little mouth and muttered: "Originally, didn't my mother say that other people's sisters think like this?" ”

The second aunt was stunned for a moment, her face was a little annoyed, Song Mei'er was so frightened that she hid behind Song Qiao'er, and Linglong hurriedly stopped her:

"Second uncle, don't! Mei'er's cousin is still young, she is not sensible, and she can't tell right from wrong, so tell her well, don't do it. ”

The second aunt sighed: "Alas, this child, how many times has she been taught, she always can't tell the difference between relatives and friends, she can always remember some people outside who say cool things, but what I tell her she is the wind in her ears, alas, it's really ......."

Song Mei'er stretched out her head to make a grimace and retracted it, the second aunt was so angry that she stood up and wanted to beat her again, Song Mei'er ran away as soon as she slipped away, and after a while, she stuck out her head from the door: "Mother, you dare to beat me, when I become a mother, I will let you kowtow to me every day!" ”

The second aunt was furious, grabbed the broom from the hands of the subordinates and chased it out, and after a while, the yard was actually the noise of their mother and daughter.

How did it suddenly become like this? Linglong was a little dumbfounded, and a few people behind him snorted and laughed, and Zhihua leaned into Linglong's ear and whispered: "Miss, how did the slave see you who were still in Jiangzhou Mansion back then?" ”

Linglong blushed: "Nonsense! When will I ......"

"Hee-hee~~ That time you sneaked out of the house and were discovered by the master, the master wanted to beat you, aren't you like this......"

Linglong thought about it, uh, that was really what he did, at that time, he had just passed through for a few days, he was curious about everything, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and now he was really embarrassed to think about it.

Song Qiao'er walked over to Fufu lightly: "Cousin, let you laugh, my sister is so naughty, she always makes her mother angry enough!" ”

Linglong smiled, glanced at her face, this look is really handsome, just a little smaller, like her mother, such a delicate and soft little flower can withstand the destruction of the palace's crooked wind?

"Cousin, do you really want to enter the palace?" (To be continued)