Zhu Yan sighed softly, and casually propped up the bronze mirror on the table, behind the mirror was a large peony, but because of the age, it had already been worn, as for the mirror, it was probably because it had not been worn for many years, and it was covered with green patina, which could only reflect that beautiful face incompletely.

Stretching out his hand and slowly brushing the mirror, the coolness of the metal and the roughness of the patina polished the fingers of Ruyu at the same time, presumably the original Zhu Yan was because he knew his fate and was too lazy to comb, so he would snub this copper mirror, right?

After she crossed over, she had carefully studied the situation of this body, this face was very beautiful, but the muscles and skin on the body were very loose, I was afraid that I would be lazy on weekdays, and my body would be fatter, and I would lose weight suddenly because of a serious illness, so it would look like this.

Zhu Yan secretly gritted her teeth, this is simply self-defeating, giving away her life, but she is not that kind of style, telling her to believe in what life, dreaming!

"Swallow ......" I don't know when, Xu Suzhen has already arrived behind her, looking at the beautiful face in the bronze mirror attentively.

Zhu Yan took the mirror, pulled over the hairy mirror at the edge, and covered the peony bronze mirror, then turned around, stood up respectfully, and raised his eyebrows, "Mother, what's the matter?" ”

Xu Zhenqiang smiled and sighed slowly, "My swallows have grown up......"

Seeing that Zhu Yan was puzzled, she pulled Zhu Yan to sit down, and her voice was low, "There are some things that you should know." ”

It seems that there is really something to hide from his ......?

Zhu Yan pondered for a moment, and decided not to show too indifferent feelings, so he opened his eyes, his lips opened slightly, and he looked surprised, "Mother, what's the matter?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it doesn't have anything to do with it now, but you should always know." Xu Suzhen's expression was a little uncomfortable, perhaps because she had seen that Zhu Yan's expression was fake.

Zhu Yan pursed her lips, the old woman in front of her was indeed not simple, and she wanted to hide it from her, but she was afraid that it would be a little more difficult. He simply stopped deliberately hiding his feelings, lowered the corners of his eyes, and listened to her quietly.

"Because the family was poor when he was young, his mother was raised to the Xu family before he was a month, and later your grandfather made a little fortune in business, and brought gifts to the Xu family to recognize his relatives, and both families recognized me as a daughter."

"Your great-grandfather was proficient in medicine, but your grandfather and uncle were unwilling to learn it, and he cherished that I was raised when I was young, and later instructed me in some of them, and when he disappeared in the war, those medical books were piled up in the bamboo garden behind him - he was there to diagnose people when he was alive."

Xu Suzhen's voice was very soft, but very clear, and it didn't seem to be telling her own story.

"The great grandfather's reputation is very great, and it just so happens that there is one in the capital...... The wealthy merchant is sick and needs to be taken care of from time to time, and the Xu family thinks that I also need a dowry when I get married, but if I can become the businessman's escort, I can naturally save those. ”

"Hmph, money-loving people!" Zhu Yan naturally understood what he was thinking, sneered, and even everyone in his mother's family was disgusted.

"Swallow, you listen to me first." Xu Suzhen was dissatisfied with her daughter's impulsiveness, but she didn't want to blame her, "That rich businessman is your father, Fourth Master Zhu." He was a very good man, and he didn't look at me differently because I was a peasant girl, but unfortunately in those years the capital was very unstable, and he saw that he couldn't hide there, so he fled here with us. ”

Zhu Yan nodded obediently, this remark really relieved her of many doubts in her heart.

"Your father had a chronic illness, he didn't take good care of it when he fled, and he was frightened again, and he passed away soon after, as for what the Taoist priest said, 'Ke Father', my mother only regarded it as nonsense."

"Well......" Zhu Yan was touched in her heart, although Xu Suzhen was busy with farming and looked very alienated in the mother-daughter relationship, but after all, she cared about herself in her heart, in this era of superstitious ghosts and gods, she could do this, Zhu Yan felt that it was not easy.

Xu Suzhen held her thin pair of small hands, and the thick skin rubbed it, making Zhu Yan feel a trace of attachment and a little sad, "Mother, how long ago was that?" ”

"About ten years ago, you were about four years old, and you were weak and couldn't remember."

Zhu Yan nodded again, with the temperament of the original owner, and he was in chaos, he really couldn't remember.

"That mother...... At that time, how old was it? "Zhu Yan is a little strange, if Xu Suzhen treats a wealthy businessman, and then becomes a troubled couple in troubled times, then she shouldn't be very old, right......?

"I was in my twenties, and I was a bit older."

Xu Suzhen said easily, but Zhu Yan gasped, no matter how old she was, it was impossible for her to become like this in just over ten years, right?! The first time she saw this mother, she was only sixty years old.

"Mother, you've had a hard time all these years, haven't you?" Zhu Yan choked slightly, in addition to the extreme physical and mental exertion, she really didn't know what else could torture a woman to the point of being old for twenty years, "My daughter was too ignorant before, and I will definitely compensate you well in the future." ”

Xu Suzhen was stunned, stretched out her hand and caressed her thin shoulders lovingly, and couldn't help but choke up in her tone, "Good boy, my mother doesn't need you to take care of me, I just hope that you can have a craft by yourself, go far in the future, go to a place where no one knows you, and find someone to live a good life." ”

After a while, the shadow of the sun had moved to the west window, peeking in through the open window.

Xu Suzhen sighed heavily, stood up and closed the window, lest Zhu Yan be too hot by the sun, and said softly: "You did a good job today, if someone bullies you in the future, you must also show such momentum." ”

Xu Silk Zhen smiled with a little encouragement, but her brows were still frowning, "However, the Xu family is kind to us after all, your second cousin has debts in the village and the town, if you don't ask them to borrow money, and send your cousin to the north through the relationship of the second uncle, how can those people give up?" ”

"Zhu Yan knows, but the eldest aunt is really a little too deceitful." Zhu Yan also got up, but pushed the window open again, and took a few breaths of fresh air outside, only then did he feel a little more comfortable in his heart.

"Yanzi, it's your mother who is tired and you have been wronged."

Zhu Yan turned around and came back, already with a sweet smile on his face, "Mother, those things have passed, now my daughter will cheer up and take good care of you, there are about thirty taels of silver here, you can take care of it." As he spoke, he handed over the fine silk bag.

Xu Suzhen took it, opened the package and took out the ingot, and sighed, "Yanzi, do you know why my mother asked you not to worry about this matter?" This ingots are the style of Beijing, and now that the dynasty has been changed not long ago, my mother is really afraid that it has anything to do with Beijing. ”