Chapter 81: Prelude

A rose shelf was set up on the west wall of the flower house, and the pink roses bloomed lively. A rattan table and chair are set up under the flower rattan shelf, and a set of purple sand teapots are placed on the table, next to a few exquisite refreshments.

Zhuang Minhua admired the flowers for a while, and then sat down on the chair. She reached out and touched the teapot and the edge of the dishes, it was still hot, thinking that it should be used by the second sister-in-law when she was ready to enjoy the flowers.

Zhuang Minhua picked up the corners of his sleeves, took out a clean cup from the plate, put it in front of him, and poured a cup of tea. Hold the teacup in your hand, smell the fragrant tea in the teacup, and look at the colorful flowers comfortably.

When Han Qing came in, he saw a beautiful woman in pink sitting under the rose shelf. The weather is rarely clear, and the sun shines down from the glass roof of the flower room, and the wisps are sprinkled on her, making her like a fairy.

Han Qing paused before walking over.

Zhuang Minhua heard the footsteps and thought it was Cheng Ert's grandmother coming, and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, have you found your earrings?" As he spoke, he looked back.

Han Qing saw Zhuang Minhua turn his head with a smile on his face, and in an instant, he only felt that the fireworks of Wanjia could not compare to the brightness of her smile.

Seeing that it was Han Qing, the smile on Zhuang Minhua's face paused for a moment and then continued to unfold, "It turned out to be Brother Han." ”

Han Qing was wearing a jade crown on her head, a blue-blue and purple satin robe, a piece of beautiful jade tied around her waist, her eyes were moist and soft, and she stood in front of her with a long jade body.

Zhuang Minhua reacted and said, "Why is Brother Han here?" Have a seat. ”

Han Qing smiled slightly and sat down opposite her. Zhuang Minhua poured him a cup of tea.

Han Qing held it in his hand and saw that the tea soup was red and bright. The tea aroma is rich and pure, and after taking another sip, I couldn't help but praise it, "Good tea, mellow and smooth, sweet aftertaste, such aged Pu'er tea is now extremely rare." ”

Zhuang Minhua said with a smile: "Then Brother Han has to thank my second sister-in-law, she prepared it." As he spoke, he refilled a cup of tea for him, and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Han is not only superb in chess, but also proficient in the tea ceremony."

Han Qing shook his head. "Mastery can't be talked about. It's just a few more cups of tea and I know how to argue. ”

The two talked about the tea ceremony for a while, and Han Qing changed the topic and asked, "Eighteen sisters." I heard you're getting married? ”

Zhuang Minhua nodded with a smile. "Brother Han also heard about it? Went in a few days. When the time comes, Brother Han must come to have a cup of wine. The sweetness in her words flowed out. It stung Han Qing's heart.

Han Qing took a sip of tea, the sweet tea that used to be fragrant and sweet, at this time he only felt extremely bitter.

He thought he just had to bring out his sincere heart. Give everything he has, and she will come to him. It's a pity that the world is unpredictable, and he missed her again. He has always been a step late to Zhuang Minhua, the first time, the second time.

Han Qing lowered his eyes and hid the tears that were about to fall. He was so unwilling, obviously he met and fell in love with him first, but she never belonged to him.

He begged Zhuang Mincheng to let him see her for the last time, he wanted to ask if she liked him a little bit after so many meetings; But looking at Zhuang Minhua's face full of happiness, he suddenly felt that he couldn't say anything.

He flew away from his body in a trance, saw himself talking to Zhuang Minhua, watched himself smile at her, and watched him give away the wedding gift that he had prepared a long time ago.

He heard himself say, "This is my brother's wedding gift for my sister." It was a chess book, which he had chosen on purpose. As long as she picked up this chess book, she would remember that it was given by him, and he wanted Zhuang Minhua to remember him more.

He heard himself say, "If King Rong Junjun bullies you, you tell me, and I will help you beat him." He felt that he was ridiculous to say such things, no matter his status, status, or force, he was not as good as King Rongjun, wasn't it a joke to say that he was making up for him? But he was glad he said so. If she is unhappy, will she think of him?

It turned out that he didn't let go as much as he thought, he selfishly wanted to leave his traces in her memory, and wanted his affection to not be in vain.

He didn't know how he had left, and when he returned, he found himself back home. The tears that kept rolling down his eyes were rolling down, was he so fate with her?

Looking at Han Qing's departing back, Zhuang Minhua opened the brocade box in front of the table, and inside was a worn-out and yellowed book. Zhuang Minhua picked it up cautiously and looked at it, it turned out to be a chess book, a remnant chess book.

Zhuang Minhua couldn't help but smile, Han Qing still likes to play chess so much, and giving away the things she likes to others is also an important value to this person, and she accepted this heart.

At this moment, Grandma Cheng Ert walked in with a smile on her face.

Zhuang Minhua stood up, "Can the second sister-in-law be found?" ”

Grandma Cheng Ert glanced at the flower room without a trace, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I found it, and I dropped it at the place where we met." ”

The two of them enjoyed the flowers again, and then they dispersed.

Grandma Cheng Ert went back to the room only to find that her vest was wet, and she couldn't help laughing at herself for not doing bad things; After changing his clothes, he leaned on the kang and carried a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

Zhuang Mincheng came back from outside and couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw this scene of the beauty crying. I didn't have time to change my clothes, so I walked over and asked, "What's wrong with ** milk?"

Grandma Cheng Ert's eyes were red, "The second master asked knowingly, the eighteenth sister believed in me so much, and I lied to her, I kept holding it in my heart, and the more I thought about it, the more I couldn't help it." Second master, you can't do this in the future, I don't say anything like this. ”

Zhuang Mincheng saw his wife's palpitations, distressed and relieved, and held her in his arms and coaxed: "Isn't this okay?" Do you think I'm going to hurt my eighteenth sister? I looked at Han Qing's pitiful kid and chased him for a few months, and until now the eighteenth sister still doesn't know his thoughts. He said that he wanted to see him for the last time, and I thought that Han Qing had always been polite and upright, and what could happen at home, so I agreed to him. All right! Next time, if you feel sorry for the eighteenth sister in your heart, then we will be better for her in the future. ”

Cheng Ert's grandmother gently slapped him with a pink fist, "You still need to say it." ”

Master Zhuang finally rushed back on the day of Xiaoxue. With a few wagons of things, he said that he was going to add a dowry to his daughter.

Zhuang Minhua greeted him at the second gate, and the second master Zhuang accompanied the third master Zhuang into the door. Master Zhuang San looks like he is in his thirties, with a handsome appearance, a short beard on his lips, a tall figure, and a dark blue embroidered gold gourd satin robe.

When the father and daughter met, Zhuang San's eyes were full of tears, Zhuang Minhua didn't have to pretend to be in tears, and the emotions in the original owner's body came out again.

Master Zhuang San helped Zhuang Minhua, who fell to the ground. Look at her similar face to his wife. More and more distressed, "Good boy, get up quickly." ”

Zhuang Minhua stood up and wiped his tears with a handkerchief. "Daddy, go in first! The ancestors are waiting! ”

Master Zhuang San nodded. Went to the old lady's yard.

The old lady sat on the kang. looked at the door curtain and said to the eldest lady: "San'er hasn't been back for many years, right?" I don't know what it looks like? He asked the eldest lady again, "Can you prepare San'er's favorite dishes?" ”

The eldest lady replied with a smile: "The third master is an adult." Where else can the appearance change, I think I am still as handsome as before. Rest assured, the ancestors are all ready! As he was talking, someone shouted outside the door, "The third master is back." ”

When he was young, the curtain was raised, and the first master Zhuang walked in, then the second master of Zhuang and the third master of Zhuang.

The old lady only looked at the last person, and when she saw it, she burst into tears, and stood up to greet Master Zhuang San.

The eldest lady and the second lady hurriedly stopped her, how could there be elders to welcome the younger ones. While speaking, Master Zhuang San also came to him, pinched the corners of his robe, knelt on the ground, and shed tears, "The unfilial grandson visits his grandmother, and his grandmother lives a long and healthy life." ”

The old lady pushed away the person in front of her, personally helped up Master Zhuang San, stretched out her hand to hit him, and cried: "You stubborn child! Why are you so thin, you want to feel sorry for me! After so many years of not coming back, I only have children in my heart, if it weren't for your mother's absence, she would have to be angry with you. Throw a child a few years old at me, and never return. After so many years of not going home, I don't expect you to come and be filial to me. My poor Hua'er has never been loved by her parents. Thinking about how old Hua'er is, the little person is crying for her father, my heart hurts......"

Master Zhuang San was also very distressed, the grandparents and grandchildren hugged their heads and cried, and the others also cried sadly. The eldest lady was afraid that the old lady would not be able to stand it, so she stopped her tears and persuaded her, "Ancestor, you see that the third brother is tired of carriages and horses, and he is dusty, and let the third brother go down and clean up ......"

The old lady looked up, disgusted and slapped the third master Zhuang again, and said while wiping her tears: "Go, go, go down and clean up, and the whole family will have a reception banquet for you in the evening."

Master Zhuang San agreed to go down.

When the third master Zhuang went down, the old lady took Zhuang Minhua's hand with wet eyes, and persuaded: "Good boy, don't resent your father, they also feel sorry for you." There are just a few sentences back and forth, and half a sentence does not mention why Mrs. Zhuang San did not come back.

Zhuang Minhua went to Huizhou to find the third lady's mother's family, and came back to tell her that there was no such family at all. But the etiquette of the Zhuang and Yang families is very normal, and she has not found out where the Yang family's gifts came from. I just don't know what it is, so I don't want to tell her in such a secret, she must find out.

After eating the reception banquet, Master Zhuang San called Zhuang Minhua to his study. The eldest lady of the three-room yard has been tidying up, and the third master can move in when he comes back.

When she arrived at Master Zhuang San's study, Master Zhuang San handed her a list, "Look at it, these are all things that my mother and I packed out to make a dowry for you, and Ming'er asked your aunt to add it to your dowry." ”

Zhuang Minhua took it in his hand and looked at it, there were all kinds of Zhuangzi, shops, fabrics, jewelry and ornaments along the coast. There are also a lot of imported products, and the style is also new when it comes to the capital.

Master Zhuang San looked at his daughter's calm and beautiful face lovingly, and his heart was full of guilt. The daughter has grown from a small group to a big girl like today, and the absence for so many years has made the regret in the heart of Master Zhuang San unspeakable, and he can only make up for his daughter in money.

Zhuang Minhua finished reading it quickly, and she put the list in front of Master Zhuang San. "Dad, where did I get so much, 120 dowries are enough. These are still for you and your mother to keep! ”

Master Zhuang San said: "Father and mother are enough!" Daddy is just your daughter, and Daddy's things are not your things. If it's not a long way to transport it, there's more! Don't let your parents go out of the way just because you're not by your side. These coastal Zhuangzi shops, my father will send someone to take care of you first, and when you settle down in the Rongjun Palace, he will send someone to take over. There are also those things that Dad sent you to play, if you like it, keep it, if you don't like to give it away, you can do it, and Dad will find it for you. ”

Next, Master Zhuang San asked her about the situation over the years, how can just reading letters compare to listening to her daughter!

Zhuang Minhua picked it up and said something, and he didn't even mention the first marriage.

Master Zhuang San didn't mention it, the father and daughter talked for a while, and seeing that the inner courtyard was about to lock the door, Zhuang Minhua said goodbye.

Master Zhuang San couldn't help but stop his daughter, and said half-loudly: "Your mother can't come back for the time being, wait for me to find a way to let her go back to Beijing to see you." My daughter has grown up and can no longer be fooled with the excuse that she is sick and can't come.

Zhuang Minhua nodded and went back to the courtyard.

Master Zhuang San looked at his daughter's back and couldn't help crying. This is the blood of him and Jin Niang! But they couldn't reunite with their families.

The third master Zhuang handed over the fold of noodles the next day, and only returned in the evening, when he met Zhuang Minhua to bring him snacks.

Master Zhuang San happened to be hungry in his belly, and it was his daughter's heart, so he ate a few plates of snacks with hot tea, and praised it for being delicious; I was even happier when I learned that my daughter made it herself.

After eating the snack, Master Zhuang San took another sip of tea, and then said slowly: "I have already met King Rongjun, although he is a little colder, he is very responsible, and he promised me that he will be good to you for the rest of his life."

Zhuang Minhua didn't expect that Master Zhuang San would go to see King Rongjun when he came back, but his thoughts to his daughter were not bad, but unfortunately the original owner couldn't feel it.

The father and daughter talked again, and Zhuang Minhua took his leave. On the way, Tang Huang couldn't help but say, "Miss, didn't the eldest lady say that she wouldn't let you cook?"

Zhuang Minhua said with a smile: "I'm going to get married tomorrow, and I haven't done a filial piety in front of my parents in these years." Making a snack before getting married is also a filial piety. ”

Orange Huang suddenly said, "Then don't forget to take care of your hands with balm when you go back."

Zhuang Minhua said: "Where are your hands rough at one time?"

In a blink of an eye, it was November 24, the twentieth year of Zhaoyuan.

The weather was cold and gloomy, foggy, and the eaves were covered with a thin layer of snow.

Zhuangfu Rongjun Wangfu is full of lights and beaming. The people wearing red belts came and went, busy and busy. The sedan car outside the gate of the Zhuang Mansion was lined up at the street entrance, and the subordinates of the Zhuang family had already come out to maintain order and welcome the visitors. (To be continued......)

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