Chapter Seventy-Six: Whose Nightmare Finally Came True
Let's talk about this side again, Lin Mei and Liu Yufei have been in the capital for half a month, and Mrs. Lin is not in a hurry to take Lin Mei back to Linshan County, but Liu Yufei, as the daughter of the county order, has strict rules in the house, so she has to go back to Linshan County.
Therefore, at the beginning of September, Liu County Ling sent someone to Zhangfu to pick up Liu Yufei back to Linshan County.
"Steward Wu, it's getting late today, in my opinion, why don't you leave tomorrow?" Liu Yufei put down the teacup in his hand with a smile, and after a while, he said, "Tonight, I will go to bid farewell to my grandfather, grandmother and uncle, I have disturbed them for so many days, and I can't say anything if I don't make amends, but don't worry, Manager Wu, I won't delay tomorrow's trip." ”
"Since the eldest lady has decided, then I will do as you say." Steward Wu has served Liu's Mansion for many years, and now he has entered middle age, and he has received a lot of favors from Liu Yufei's mother back then, so he can be said to have watched Liu Yufei grow up since he was a child, so he is very relieved about her actions.
Liu Yufei nodded, and then asked Steward Wu to retreat, she called the maid Luo'er, and asked Luo'er to go to Shufu to deliver the message.
"Miss, what kind of message did you send to Shufu? Miss Lin has her own Shu Gongzi to take care of, so we don't need to worry about it! Luo'er was a little reluctant, pouting and muttering.
"Shu Gongzi won't be able to come back for two or three months when he goes to Los Angeles, and Lin Mei's current identity is feasible to stay alone in Shu Mansion for three months, but it's just ...... This hasn't been married yet, if you live in Shu Mansion for a long time, it will also cause gossip, and ...... How can Mrs. Shu and Master Shu get along? ”
Liu Yufei also planned to return to Linshan County in the past few days, but he was repeatedly retained by Mrs. Zhang, so it was delayed until today.
Luo'er listened to Liu Yufei's teachings, although she was still full of reluctance, but she had to go to Shufu to deliver the message with her mouth open.
When night fell, the lanterns in Zhang's mansion were also lit, because Liu Yufei was going back to Linshan County on the second day, Mrs. Zhang set up a rich banquet in the main hall where she usually dined, which was specially used to bid farewell to Liu Yufei.
"Yufei has been bothering her grandfather and grandmother in the house for many days, and her uncle and aunt have taken care of her a lot......" Liu Yufei stood there slim, and the gentle temperament exuded on her body was just like her mother back then.
Old Madam Zhang looked at Liu Yufei, who looked like her mother, and couldn't help but secretly redden, and smiled reluctantly, "Yufei, your mother died early, and there are no brothers around, if we don't take care of you a little more, how can we be worthy of your mother......
"Mother, I'm going to send Yufei back tomorrow, don't say these hurtful things tonight." Mrs. Zhang was very unhappy in her heart, tonight's banquet cost five taels of silver, which was completely beyond her budget, so she kept a straight face all day today, and even when it was time for the dinner, she never smiled.
Liu Yufei saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and said with a smile, "Grandmother, what the eldest aunt said is right, Yufei can also come to see you again in the future, you should be happy, Yufei is here to toast you with tea instead of wine......"
Mrs. Zhang snorted lightly, and Mr. Zhang didn't have much emotion, only Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang responded to Liu Yufei's tea ceremony with a smile on their faces.
Sitting on the other side are several descendants of the Zhang family, five men and two women, the oldest is Mrs. Zhang's eldest son, who is twenty-eight years old this year, and the sons are almost as tall as Liu Yufei, and most of the others are married or have marriage contracts, and the youngest is only Mrs. Zhang's daughter, Zhang Xiaoxi, who is only sixteen years old this year.
Last time, Mrs. Zhang said that it was Zhang Xiaoxi who discussed marriage with the little son of the Zhou family, but Mrs. Zhang asked Zhang Xiaoxi to give up this marriage, but fortunately Liu Yufei declined, otherwise I was afraid that Mrs. Zhang would make more trouble.
And they ate in silence, and said no more.
"Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi?" Zhang Xiaoxi was sitting next to Liu Yufei, who didn't know what to think at this time, holding chopsticks in his hand in a daze.
"Ah...... Cousin Yufei, what's wrong? Zhang Xiaoxi's body trembled suddenly, and then she reacted, with a perfunctory smile on her stiff face, as if she remembered something, and then said, "Look at my memory, cousin Yufei, you are leaving tomorrow, and I haven't given you this gift yet......"
Liu Yufei didn't care about her gaffe, she just pursed her lips and smiled, both of them covered their mouths and whispered, others thought it was the two sisters who said something private, so they didn't care.
"This is a small bronze mirror I got a few days ago, I can carry it with me, it has been sold very hot here in the capital recently, if it is brought to Linshan County, it will surely make everyone envious." Zhang Xiaoxi said and took out the beautifully packaged wooden box that had been placed in her sleeve, and smiled lightly, "Cousin Yufei, you will like it, right?" ”
Liu Yufei took the wooden box, didn't open it to look at the contents of it, and thanked him with a smile.
"Cousin Yufei...... Since you have decided not to marry in this life, then ......" Zhang Xiaoxi's originally cold face became a little sad, and her eyes were slightly red, "Xiao Gongzi's matter, you should refuse it......"
"Young Master Xiao? Which Xiao Gongzi? Liu Yufei didn't know what was going on, but he saw his cousin looking at him with a sad face.
At this moment, Mrs. Zhang said with a smile, "Yufei, you are leaving Beijing tomorrow, I have something I want to tell you, don't worry, it's a good thing, if it happens, it's also a happy event......"
Liu Yufei felt a little wrong, so he had to reluctantly pull the corners of his mouth and asked softly, "Grandmother, I don't know what's going on?" ”
"I've also consulted with your father about this, and he has no problem at all." Old Madam Zhang glanced at Mrs. Zhang's Sun family, who looked extremely unnatural, and was obviously in a good mood, "After you went to Shu Mansion yesterday afternoon, someone came to the mansion to ask for marriage, and it was you who asked to marry!" ”
Liu Yufei was stunned for a while, but still couldn't react, Mrs. Zhang saw her ignorant look, so she snorted lightly and said sharply, "It's also your blessing, even if you are divorced, I didn't expect this marriage to be more expensive than the previous one...... The Jiangnan Xiao family is not something that ordinary people can climb, if you get married, it will really be wrong! ”
"What nonsense!" Mrs. Zhang interrupted Mrs. Zhang's words unhappily, and her face was fierce, "What if you are divorced?" It's the Zhao family themselves who don't have long eyes! ”
"Grandmother! What my aunt said just now...... But really? Liu Yufei still couldn't believe what he heard, blinked his sour eyes, and smiled reluctantly, "Jiangnan Xiao family? Isn't it...... Xiao Zihuan's son? ”