Chapter 34: The Feast of the Hung Gate
Afraid of increasing Cinderella's psychological burden, Charlotte hid Katie's affair and only said that the king was assassinated, and Cinderella was sad for Rochester and secretly happy at the same time, so no one could stop Rochester from being with her!
These days, no matter how wind or rain Cinderella blows, she will never forget to stand under the oak tree, Charlotte was moved by her infatuation, and silently prayed in her heart that Rochester would appear soon.
When he came back from the party outside, his uncle didn't say a word, and his aunt couldn't figure out that someone outside dared to upset him, so she teased her husband and said,
"Who would dare to you off in this little place? That's a rarity! ”
Uncle Tie Qing snorted coldly,
"Humph! Eddard's old pervert is delusional! It is despicable and shameful to threaten me to marry my daughter to him with the water source of the manor! ”
"What!? Absolutely not! We don't want any manor, sir, you must not promise him! ”
"Of course I won't answer him! But we can't sell the manor, and if we sell the manor, others will think that we are afraid of Ed, which is absolutely not good! ”
Uncle began to sigh, aunt
"Honey, I have a good idea."
My aunt suddenly showed joy, and my uncle was curious about what good way she had come up with.
"Lucas is exiled, don't want to come back in this life, Lydia is alone again, how can you, as a younger brother, not want to think about her remarriage?"
My aunt squeezed her eyes, and my uncle immediately understood,
"Haha, good way, Madame is smarter than me, it's good now, I can not only drive Lydia out, but also keep the manor."
After being happy, my uncle lowered his head and said sadly,
"However, I am afraid that my mother will not agree, my mother prefers Lydia and marries her to an old man, and my mother will definitely not agree!"
Aunt stabbed him, in a sarcastic tone,
"Humph! She is also Mattiadin's daughter! I don't know how many I followed! Forget it about eloping with a civilian earlier, and pregnant with a child! Marrying an officer and killing someone's family, marrying a businessman as a stepmother and forcing people to exile! Look at it, a heavenly demon star like her was born with bad luck, and it is just right to marry the old man Ed, and the wicked match the wicked, maybe they can still get along well. ”
Uncle hurriedly covered her mouth,
"You know, forget it, don't talk nonsense, it's miserable when it reaches my mother's ears!"
My aunt tried to pull away my uncle's hand,
"You're afraid of her! A dead old woman, what are you afraid of her?! You're so weak, why should I marry you coward?! ”
"Shut up!"
My aunt glared at my uncle and softened,
"Hey, okay, let's not talk about me yet, let's talk about how to convince my mother."
"Hmph, my mother still trusts me
Mine, you don't care about this, the first thing to do is to invite Ed to dinner, and call Lydia when the time comes, don't I say, although your sister is still charming, as long as the old pervert takes a fancy to her, she is still afraid that good things will not happen? ”
The uncle kept talking, agreed on the details, and the two of them took action separately.
Since the last time he was reprimanded by the old lady, the uncle has been thinking about how to kick Lydia out of his house, Lydia's various expenses have made the stingy aunt grit her teeth and stomp her feet, and their daughter often runs over to say some harsh words, except for occasional visits, the uncle's family has rarely been as enthusiastic as today, not only invited them to the family banquet together, but also prepared beautiful dresses for everyone, Charlotte couldn't help but suspect that her uncle had bad intentions, this wouldn't be a Hongmen banquet, right?
Emily also disagreed with going to participate, but Lydia said that it was her own brother, so as not to harm her, and the old lady also went to let them not fight in the grass and trees, and Charlotte had to agree, but she was still uneasy.
In the old lady's room, my aunt used her three-inch tongue to persuade her mother,
"Mother, although Ed is a little older and doesn't look so good-looking, what's the use of being good-looking? The first few, oh, don't talk about it, in short, Lydia must have been held in the palm of Ed's hand when she got married, and Ed's family has inherited the title for generations, needless to say, even if Ed died, his two sons didn't dare to treat their stepmother badly, and what the two characters didn't say were praised by the people in the town. Mother, don't hesitate, I'm definitely for her good, think about it, this year's drought, although our family will not be affected at all, but we must also take precautions, Lydia's marriage is a help for our entire family! ”
The old lady didn't agree with Ed being her son-in-law at first, after all, Ed was only ten years younger than herself, and it was psychologically difficult to accept, but when she said this, she was shaken, in fact, Lydia was not young anymore, and there were rumors about Kefu, if Ed could really care for Lydia, he could accept it, so he nodded,
"I won't stop Lydia as long as she wants, but don't let me find out that you're forcing her to marry!"
Ed is actually notorious, but the old lady hasn't been out to socialize for a long time, and she doesn't know the "stormy" characters outside for a long time, and Ed was not in their eyes when she was young, so she didn't know the object of introduction.
"Mother, I dare to force her, can she listen to me? Don't wronged me! ”
The aunt seemed to complain about coquettishness with the old lady,
"It's wronged or not, so I have to see people and then decide, invite him to dinner at home tomorrow."
"No need for tomorrow, today he came to talk to Mr. about some business, I'll leave him behind."
The old lady glanced at her,
"How does it feel like it's arranged, and I just agreed that he's coming?"
My aunt hurriedly waved her hand,
"No, no, how do I know if you agree? It's just a coincidence, okay, I'll go and inform the kitchen, and tonight will set up a banquet to entertain the guests. ”
Nominally, Charlotte and the three of them are Lydia's maids, there is no seat, when Lydia arrived, there was only one seat left at the table, on one side was Aunt Charlotte, and on the other side sat an old man she didn't know, Lydia didn't know why it was so arranged, it was not a good thing to intuition, she pulled down her face in displeasure, the old lady glanced at her aunt when she saw that she was unwilling, and the aunt quickly moved a seat to sit next to the old man, and Lydia sat down next to her,
"What is there to celebrate today, to invite me, a cripple, to a banquet?"
In a word, my aunt felt bad, so I quickly looked at Ed, the old man originally smiled and became stiff when he heard this, and my aunt hurriedly remedied,
"Your injuries are almost recovered, it's okay to move out more, don't be bored in the room, you see I found you an idler, Ed, he doesn't have anything to do, just let him accompany you around to play and relax."
After speaking, he pointed to Ed. Ed smiled decently, looking very personable, leaning towards Lydia a little,
"Lydia, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm your brother's good friend Ed."
Speaking in a good way, the old lady nodded secretly, Lydia didn't understand what kind of banquet this was, she lived in vain for so long, she picked up the cup and drank water, Ed withdrew her right hand in embarrassment, the old lady frowned, Lydia was rude, even if she didn't like it, she couldn't shake her face like this,
"Lydia, look at your attitude! Apologize to Ed. ”
"Don't say that, old lady, it's my abrupt beauty, Lydia is very reserved, and there aren't many such beauties now."
Ed also spoke for Lydia, the old lady was satisfied, and the aunt and uncle snickered, it seems that the matter is done, and Ed really likes Lydia.
Charlotte was on fire when she listened to it, and she was still a "beauty"?! Several times impulsively wanted to go up and slap the man, but Emily stopped her, and Emily whispered,
"Miss, don't be impulsive, Madame is not confused, she won't be deceived by him, it looks like your uncle's trick, you want to marry Madame, no way!"
As soon as Charlotte had finished, she heard the old lady's kind voice,
"Lydia, don't stay at home in the next few days, the newly built manor has just ended, you and Ed will inspect and inspect for me, and exchange feelings by the way, don't say that your health is not well, I have asked the doctor, it is no problem to have Ed take care of you."
Ginger is still old and spicy. The old lady basically blocked all the excuses that Lydia could shirk, and Lydia cut off a piece of beef in frustration.
"Mother, it's up to my brother to inspect the new manor, I haven't been involved at all, and I don't know how to inspect it? And I don't need to communicate with Ed, I just have Emily and them, mother, you don't have to worry about me, let me see if I can handle my own affairs. ”
Aunt was anxious, dragged Ed, and motioned for him to say something, but Ed was so sad when he saw Lydia refusing that he couldn't remember what to say, Uncle was speechless, this old man is usually so hateful, and now he is honest? Did you really encounter the second spring of your life?
"Lydia, mother is completely for your good, this is our care and care for you as relatives, don't refuse again."
Aunt can speak, Lydia doesn't know what to say, although she is in her own house now, but after all, it's different, the owner here is her younger brother, she is only a guest, she has lived for so long and spent so much money on treatment, Lydia knows that this is all her mother's love, she is not as willful as before, so she has to compromise, Lydia does not speak Uncle and aunt when she acquiesces, the old lady is not at ease, and asks Lydia softly,
"Good daughter, if you really don't want to, forget it, mother really doesn't want to see you listless."
The uncle's family became nervous, and it was a matter of seeing, how could the old lady make such a big turn! Lydia's eyes were red, her mother was still so gentle, thinking about her feelings in everything,
"Mother, don't worry, I'm just sleeping for a long time and I don't get used to it, I'll go to the new manor."
Charlotte clenched her palms tightly, her uncle's family can really calculate! used the old lady to force her mother to comply. Hum! Think you can push your mother into the fire pit? Didn't you inspect it, and didn't say that you couldn't take the maid and see how she killed this old pervert!