Let's say that when Mama Wang arrived at Qiutang Courtyard, she first asked the second aunt and wife to say goodbye, talked a few words, and then took a little girl with a big octagonal food box to the Caiwei house.

As soon as Fang sat down, Mama Wang said: "Mrs. Tai knows the girl's filial piety, and she gave some exquisite snacks to the girl!" "Actually, Mrs. Tai originally wanted to send a big girl to send it over, but Mama Wang liked her very much because she had been in the same courtyard with Caiwei for two years, and saw that she was in a difficult situation now, so she begged Mrs. Tai to run this trip herself.

Cai Wei asked with a smile while making tea: "I didn't dare to reward my grandmother for this trip, this is a forehead wipe I made for my grandmother before, and the needlework is still passable, if you don't dislike it, please bring it first." ”

Mama Wang took it and took a look, she knew that this cousin girl was not good at female red, but she was a clever person, although this forehead was not embroidered with some patterns, but the three-color brocade was put together in one place, and it was used as a high-quality material, and the color matching was excellent, and the clothes she wore on weekdays were also very compatible. Seeing that the stitches were very fine and neat, it could be seen that they were made with heart, so he smiled and said: "Girl's craftsmanship, how dare my wife dislike it, it is my blessing to be able to get it!" ”

"As long as my grandmother likes it, I also made one for my grandmother, but now that I have this name, it's not good to give it to my grandmother."

Mama Guo was also busy on the side, "Our girl still copies Buddhist scriptures to the old lady every day to pray for blessings!" After speaking, he took out a stack of scriptures copied by Cai Wei and showed it to Mama Wang.

"Alas-" Mama Wang also sighed first, and then said: "The girl's filial piety to the old lady is really rare, but ——, alas! It's not that my wife deliberately made the girl's heart gray with bad thoughts, but it was really difficult for the girl to please the old lady. Mrs. Tai also ordered me to pass it on to the girl, that is, you don't have to pay respects to her every day in the future. ”

Mama Wang remembered that when the second wife mentioned this matter in front of Mrs. Tai, the eldest lady said a few words that were hidden in the needle, and said: "My wife also persuaded the girl, I know that the girl wants to please the old lady, but at this moment, the more the girl does this, I am afraid that the more I will attract the eyes of some people, and I am afraid that those people will spread some other words to slander the girl." ”

Cai Wei thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for mentioning it, since my grandmother has a life, my grandson should obey it." It's just that why does my grandmother say that it is so difficult for me to please my grandmother? My aunt also said that Mrs. Tai didn't like me because of my mother. If that's the case, then why doesn't my grandmother like my mother? My mother is in Japan, and she is the most filial to her old man! ”

"Alas! If you talk about the reason for this, my wife has been with Mrs. Tai for decades, but she knows it, and now I might as well tell you about it, so as not to always have such a thorn buried in your heart. ”

"Speaking of which, Mrs. Tai's life is not very good, although she was born in a high family and married a super-grade third-class uncle, she is a little unsatisfactory in terms of children's popularity. Although she was married in the first year, she didn't give birth to a son, but a young lady. Although it is a daughter, because it is her first child, she is also happy, and she doesn't want her second child to be a daughter again. By the time she was pregnant with your mother, she had been married for five years, and a year ago, Mrs. Qian had forced the old uncle to accept one of her nieces as a side room, which was the eldest master's biological mother, Aunt Liu. Obviously, the child avoidance medicine was sent to her every month, but she still got pregnant, and Mrs. Qian protected her again, and insisted on letting her niece give birth to the child regardless of the rules. ”

"So your grandmother was anxious, and invited several doctors to come and see, all of them said that she was pregnant with a male fetus, so she was relieved, and Aunt Liu's belly grew bigger day by day. I don't want to wait until your grandmother gives birth, but she gives birth to a daughter, and your grandmother doesn't even have a smile on her face. I didn't want to wait until three months later, and Aunt Liu also gave birth, but she gave birth to a son in one fell swoop. ”

"Alas, the next few years can be said to be the most difficult years for the old lady in this mansion. Seeing that the eldest son was growing up day by day, her stomach no longer moved, and even her mother-in-law wanted to record the eldest lord in her name. Because her mother-in-law found a Taoist woman to tell her fortune and said that she was destined to have no children, she was also a little tempted, and later her sister-in-law was shrewd and put all kinds of interests out to persuade her, but she did not agree. Rao is like this, when the old uncle passed away, when he took the title, there was a trouble, all because he had an eldest son. Before Mrs. Tai gave birth to the second master, the eldest master was simply a mountain pressing on her head, and she was overwhelmed all the time. ”

Cai Wei couldn't help but ask: "Didn't Mama say that there was a Taoist woman who said that her grandmother was destined to have no children?" Then how did my grandmother get my three uncles later? ”

"This is all thanks to her brother and sister-in-law, I don't know where to find a master, I heard that it is the twelfth generation of the national teacher Qingxuan Daoist at the time of Gaozong, it seems to be called Guhong Daochang, who did seven days of Dharma for Mrs. Tai and turned her fate. Less than three months after he finished doing the Fa, Mrs. Tai became pregnant, and once she gave birth, she was really a son. ”

"In those three years, Mrs. Tai was like a shame before a snow, a son was born a year, but in the end, her three sons were too younger than the eldest master, and I don't know how many hidden losses she suffered. Especially the second master, when he was young, he was often accused by the eldest master of taking eye medicine in front of the old uncle, and he was often beaten and punished. Therefore, every time your grandmother was angry in this house in those years, she hated her more and more in her heart, why her third child, the most important one, failed to give birth to a son, but it was a daughter, and naturally she was more and more unwilling to see your mother. Although we know that your mother is also wronged, but Mrs. Tai has suffered so much because she has not been able to give birth to a son early over the years, and she also has her own hardships, so don't blame her! ”

After hearing this, Cai Wei was stunned for a long time, and suddenly bowed to Mama Wang and said: "Thank you Mama for relieving my confusion for many years, Mama but please rest assured, if I still have a little knot in my grandmother before, listen."

The panicked Mama Wang hurriedly returned the salute: "What is the girl doing, but I can torture my wife!" She didn't know that the reason why Cai Wei gave her this salute was that her words not only made her understand why her grandmother didn't like her mother, but also made her understand why her mother didn't like her very much, and she didn't love her more than her father.

Although she is the only daughter of the Zhou family, and she is the youngest, she has never been her mother's favorite child, but she is not as loving as her two brothers. It is precisely in her mother's eyes that only her two brothers will be sick after the two brothers died of illness, and they will also be unable to afford to be sick, leaving her and her father to depend on each other from then on.

She did have a grudge against this before. She once complained to her mother about why she made so many clothes, shoes and socks for her brother, but never sewed a small coat for her. She also complained about her grandmother for her mother, and every New Year's Day and her grandmother's birthday, her mother always carefully selected a very rich gift to go back early, but her mother's family letter of more than ten pages was never exchanged for a handwritten letter from her grandmother, and she never ordered her mother-in-law to pass on a few polite words.

Could it be that the grandmother and the mother themselves are not daughters, so why oppose the harsh treatment of daughters who are also women? However, after listening to this cause and effect today, although she still has some grievances in her heart, she doesn't know who to blame? Who made all the places of this worldly woman rely only on men such as husbands and sons?

If a woman fails to marry a man, she is useless and is looked down upon, and if she marries someone but fails to give birth to a son, she will become a sinner in her husband's family, and she will not be able to raise her head for the rest of her life. Why does a woman have to endure such unfair treatment in this world? Obviously, when they were in Northern Qin and Southern Qin, women could also set up a household for women, but why did they set up such heavy suppression and restraint on women when they arrived in Yanqin?

After sending away Mama Wang, Cai Wei was out of her mind for a long time, still spreading out the pen and ink, copying the Buddhist scriptures, Basho saw it on the side, and did not dare to speak disrespectfully like the last time, but asked in a low voice: "Why is the girl still copying Buddhist scriptures?" But is there any meaning to this? ”

Cai Wei stopped writing and smiled: "If you have any doubts in your heart in the future, just ask me, but don't say disrespectful words like last time." In fact, I was filial to Mrs. Tai before, and I still had some selfishness in it, but I thought that the only person I could rely on in this house was my grandmother. Even the villain thought so, so he invited a Taoist woman to come out and keep me away from my grandmother's eyes, so that I could be at my mercy. ”

Basho is also very clear, and it can be understood at one point, "That girl has been paying respects to Mrs. Tai every day these days, just to remind Mrs. Tai not to forget the girl?" ”

Cai Wei nodded, "The child can be taught!" I thought it was a good idea, but now it seems that if someone is sincere in trying to get along with you, no matter what you do, they can make it up for you. Later, my grandmother in this house asked for peace, this time not to ask her for shelter, but to fulfill her unfulfilled wish for my mother. ”

Knowing her mother Mo Ruonu, Cai Wei knows that her mother has always had a hope in her heart, looking forward to the day when her grandmother can see her filial piety, so as to show her closeness. It's a pity that this wish was never fulfilled until her death. Cai Wei remembered that after her mother called her brother's name when she was dying, she finally called those "mothers", and she didn't know what it was like in her heart.

What she is doing now is just like what her mother once did, reverently honoring her grandmother, hoping that one day her grandmother will finally see the filial heart of their mother and daughter.

It's just that if she wants to be filial to her grandmother, she can't even greet her grandmother in the name of a chong grandfather. How do you get rid of this Chongke's name?

Cai Wei couldn't help but stop writing and pondering, and suddenly thought of what Mama Wang said, so she hurriedly discussed with Mama Du, planning to ask the second wife to help them find the Guhong Daoist, since he can let his grandmother change his life and have a child, then he can probably eliminate this life for himself.

Mama Du sighed when she heard this: "If you say this Taoist, I have also heard of his name in the palace, but this master has always been a dragon who sees the head but does not see the end, likes to travel all over the world, and has no fixed place, I have not heard the news of his appearance in the capital for many years before I left the palace, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to find!" How about the girl, why don't you ask the second wife to find another master for us? ”

Cai Wei shook her head, "It's easy to find another Dao Chief, but I'm afraid it's not as convincing to my grandmother as Gu Hong Dao Chief, even if it's hard to find, how can you know that you can't find him if you don't try, maybe by chance, he will be in Beijing at this time?" ”

Mama Du saw that she was going to find this Guhong Daoist, and she also thought about it and said: "If the girl is going to find him, I am afraid that I will not be able to do much if I ask the second wife, the second wife is now widowed at home, how many people can do things for her outside, it is better for us to ask for another nobleman." ”

Cai Wei was puzzled: "We have only met a few nobles in Beijing, and the closer ones are except for the second wife, who is the sister-in-law of the fourth uncle, and my mother's former close friend Mrs. Huang. ”

Mama Du shook her head and smiled: "We have another noble person in Beijing, how did the girl forget Her Royal Highness the Queen Concubine of Yingchuan." ”

Cai Wei smiled and said: "That's a noble person that Mama knows, but I don't recognize it, so it's okay to count it on my head." ”

"You don't know her, but Her Royal Highness the Concubine knows about you, girl! Since I met His Royal Highness King Yingchuan the year before last, he invited me to the palace, and then I went to the concubine to ask for peace twice, this girl knows it. Every time the concubine sees me, in addition to catching up with the old days, she will also ask about the girl, but I am afraid that the girl still doesn't know that your father's mentor in the past was the old master Shen, the father of the concubine. It is the concubine who once said that if it is counted like this, the girl can also be regarded as her nephew, if there is a need, but although she comes to the palace to find the concubine to help. ”

Cai Wei rolled her eyes when she heard this, and then asked, "If that's the case, then why didn't Mama tell me before?" Are you afraid that if I know that I have such a big backer, I will get carried away? ”

Mama Du nodded, "Although the concubine said so, it's not good for us to always ask her to come to her, but this time, I'm afraid I'm asking the concubine to help." I'm afraid that only by asking for the Yingchuan Royal Mansion can I find the Guhong Daoist. In a few days, I will also go to the palace to greet the New Year, and I just happened to beg the concubine. ”

Unexpectedly, on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Mama Du went to the Yingchuan Palace, but she couldn't even enter the gate of the palace.