Chapter 5: The Dowry Box
Su Linlu saw the interaction between the two of them in his eyes, smiled unconsciously, paused, and said to Xiao Jiang: "Mother, I got the news in the morning that the second cousin who came to watch the ceremony from my grandfather's family will be able to arrive in Beijing in the next morning, and the dowry from my grandmother and uncle to Qing'er will also be sent at the same time." ”
Xiao Jiang held the tea bowl in his hand, nodded, his eyebrows showed a little sorrow, and sighed: "After all these days, I don't know how your grandmother's body is." ”
Su Linlu's expression was also a little serious, he pondered for a moment, and comforted: "The journey from Nanling to Kyoto is long, and it takes a lot of time for letters to be exchanged. Presumably she should have been healed in the past two days, and my mother didn't have to worry too much. ”
Su Wanqing also remembered at this time, on the day of her marriage, her grandmother and uncle were originally scheduled to enter Beijing to watch the ceremony, and she didn't want her grandmother to fall seriously ill before leaving, the situation was very dangerous, and her uncle naturally had to stay on the left and right, and the Jiang family finally had to send someone from another room.
However, Su Wanqing also knew that it would not be long before her uncle and aunt would bring a pair of children to Beijing, because although her grandmother's illness was fierce, she was quickly cured.
Su Wanqing thought about it, and when she saw that Xiao Jiang was appeased by Su Linlu, she didn't plan to say much, and just drank tea with peace of mind.
Over there, after Xiao Jiang and Su Linlu chatted a few words, they brought the conversation back to Su Wanqing's marriage, and looked at her, "Qing'er, calling you over today is also a matter that I am not good at, and you have to decide it yourself." ”
Su Wanqing came back to her senses and met her gaze, "What is it?" ”
Xiao Jiang was silent for a while, with a little caution in his expression, "You should also know that when your mother was seriously ill, she couldn't rest assured of you, so she asked people to punch out your dowry box in advance. She said as she noticed Su Wanqing's face, "It's just that after so many years, Kyoto now has a hollow flower style, I don't know if you like it or not, so I ordered someone to make another pair of the freshest patterns at the time, do you want to take a look?" ”
When Su Wanqing heard this, her heart couldn't help moving, her eyes were also bright, but her face hesitated for a moment, and she lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you mother for your kindness, but I still ......."
Mama Zhan on the side saw that she had the meaning of prevarication, and looked at Xiao Jiang distressedly, and couldn't help but say: "Miss, please forgive the slave maid for one more word, the pattern of this dowry box was picked by Mrs. with a lot of effort, and it took several times to make it, even if you only use a few." ”
Bi Wu listened to Mama Zhan's interjection, and was secretly unhappy, and then looked at her master with a hesitant face, and then followed and said: "Mama Zhan, where are you talking about, whose family's family will use two kinds of makeup for the honor guard?" When others saw it, they thought that our young lady was not favored in the house, and she couldn't even get a complete pair. ”
The corners of Su Wanqing's eyes jumped, and she scolded: "Biwu! ”
"Who is so presumptuous?"
As soon as the two cheers fell, I heard the voices of the maids outside calling for peace in unison.
A neutral male voice came with a steady footstep, the brocade curtain was lifted, and out came a middle-aged man in a silver-gray piping robe, with handsome facial features and a very powerful momentum.
Bi Wu saw that her body trembled, and hurriedly shrank behind Su Wanqing.
This person is not Su Wanqing's father, who is Su Mu?!
"Daddy!" Su Wanqing stood up suddenly, looked at the very familiar face in front of her, and subconsciously took two steps forward, tears filled her eyes in an instant.
Su Mu was preparing to ask questions with a straight face, but he didn't expect to face Su Wanqing, who was teary-eyed as soon as he entered the door, and couldn't help but be stunned, turned his head to look at Xiao Jiang and Su Linlu, and saw that both of them were confused, and they were even more puzzled, so they strode to Su Wanqing's side and said softly: "Qing'er, this is ...... Wronged? ”
"Nope." Su Wanqing immediately shook her head, choked and speechless.
"What's going on?" Su Mu thought for a moment and cast an inquiring glance at Su Linlu.
Su Wanqing didn't wait for Su Linlu to answer, wiped off the water stains that overflowed from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, looked at him with a smile, and said softly: "Daughter, I'm so happy to see my father." ”
Su Mu was a little unhappy when he heard the conversation outside the door, but he couldn't get angry at this time, he patted Su Wanqing twice on the back, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just come to your father's place for dinner yesterday?" It's such a big girl, why can't you cry at every turn. ”
Su Wanqing smiled embarrassedly, but there was a strong joy in her heart, in Su Mu's eyes, their father and daughter had not seen each other for one night, but Su Wanqing knew how long it had been since this meeting. There is nothing more than seeing her blood relatives standing in front of her eyes in front of her, and she can realize the meaning of her rebirth.
Su Wanqing bent her lips and watched Su Mu sit down on the main seat before sitting back down.
Su Mu's mood was much better at this time, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and while scanning the expressions of several people, he said to Xiao Jiang: "Madam, what were you just discussing?" ”
Xiao Jiang looked at him, pushed the pastries on the table over, and said with a slight smile: "Today's Qing'er's dowry should be put into the box, and we are agreeing on that kind of wooden box." ”
As soon as Su Mu's mind turned, he roughly understood what was going on, and after pondering for a while, he was a little embarrassed, and happily discussed with Su Wanqing: "Qing'er, you don't say that your father knows your thoughts, but your mother also put some thought into it, you see, can you think of a way to get the best of both worlds?" Don't slap your mother's kindness. ”
In Su Wanqing's impression, Su Mu would play a round between her and Xiao Jiang every time, looking like she was afraid that she would be wronged in front of her stepfamily, but at the same time, she was trying her best to maintain Xiao Jiang's face under the premise of following her. Su Mu didn't know that if he did this, it would only make Su Wanqing more and more unhappy for her biological mother.
Others only think that Su Mu can't let go of his wife because he marries his wife, but how can Su Wanqing not see that his respect for the big Jiang family in the past is close to the casual behavior in front of the little Jiang family? How far is it?
But it is undeniable that Su Mu really hurts their children to the bone.
Su Wanqing put down her thoughts, nodded obediently, and said to Xiao Jiang: "Well, let my daughter think about it, I will try to live up to my mother's good intentions." ”
When Su Mu saw Su Wanqing nodding, he was secretly complacent that he had solved a big problem, but when he heard Su Wanqing's words, the hand that wanted to put the tea bowl on the table shook, and made a crisp sound, looking at Su Wanqing's eyes widened, "Is the sun coming out of the west today?" ”
Su Linlu shook his head with a smile, and then answered: "Father, I just saw it, the sun is still in the east. ”
Su Mu snorted coldly, indicating that he was not interested in Su Linlu's words.