Chapter 244: Calculation (5)
Chu Lunyu smiled.
Since he became an official in the court, he has been serving in the Hanlin Academy, and even if he has the opportunity to be released, he has chosen to stay in the capital.
At the beginning, it was for Mrs. Zhang, Chu Zhengfu was in office all the year round, as a son, if he also left, Mrs. Zhang would inevitably be lonely. After marrying the Jiang family and giving birth to children, he became more and more reluctant to travel far, after all, Mrs. Zhang would not be willing to let him take his wife and children to his post, and he did not want to leave them in Beijing to stay hard. Later, the Jiang family passed away, and his children were young, and he couldn't rest assured.
Now, Chu Lunyu thought that he was probably used to it, and he didn't have the heart to go through it.
Hearing Chang Yuyun mention it, Chu Lunyu was a little worried at first, he was afraid that Chang Yuyun would go to work alone. Although the boy has ambitions in all directions, as a father, he is unwilling to let his daughter be wronged.
But after hearing Chang Yuyun's words, Chu Lunyu realized that he was wrong, they wanted to travel together as a husband and wife, which was something he once wanted to take the Jiang family to do but didn't do.
I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, but the most was relieved.
can have a son-in-law who treats his daughter sincerely, and when he goes to see the Jiang family, he will not be complained by her.
Chu Lunyu patted Chang Yuyun's shoulder and said, "I'll keep an eye on it for you, if you have the chance, go ahead." ”
Chang Yuyun didn't expect Chu Lunyu to answer like this, and after being slightly stunned, he smiled and bowed.
After leaving the office, Chang Yuyun went straight back to the house.
Chu Weilin took Brother Lin in the Songling Courtyard, Sister Lan and Brother Yi ran around waving their hands in the courtyard, followed by the maids and women, none of them dared to relax. I was afraid that the little masters would bump into each other, and the Xu family hugged Sister Ling to listen to the ancestors. Nod your head from time to time.
The old ancestor showed a relaxed smile on his face that he hadn't seen for a long time: "I feel better when the children surround me." The weather has been so stuffy these days. ”
In fact, it's not that the weather is stuffy, but that the mood is uncomfortable.
Xu gently patted Sister Ling'er and said to the ancestor: "Sister has been much better these days, and she has grown some flesh on her face, so I can be regarded as relieved." ”
Lu Shi leaned over and glanced at Sister Ling'er, and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I worked harder, but when I was older, I took care of a lot, and I was worried about Sister Lan when she was born, now." Like a monkey. ”
The old ancestor laughed: "Daughter-in-law Yu Ye, you detain Sister Lan a little, and wait for the spring of next year, and invite the female gentleman to teach Sister Lan to study, and slowly, your heart will settle down." ”
Lu Shi should be down.
The old ancestor took a sip of tea and asked, "Is Yu Ye feeling better these days?" ”
Lu Shi smiled: "It's not as low as a while ago." ”
"That's good." The old ancestor sighed.
Lu lowered her eyes and smiled astringently, she didn't dare to tell the truth to her ancestors.
Since the Great Zhao clan is gone. Chang Yuye has always been very depressed, and often uses alcohol to kill his sorrows, Lu Shi persuaded him a few times, but he has such a heart disease. Could she have been relieved in a few words? Fortunately, the past two days have been slightly better, and when I have free time, I am flipping through books in the bamboo garden to pass the time, and Lu Shi has quietly visited twice. Seeing that he was contemplating the book, he was relieved.
Somehow. It's better than drinking all day.
The bamboo garden was originally a place to store books for several masters, and there were also soft couches to rest. At this time, it was summer, so there was no need to worry about catching a cold, even if Chang Yuye slept in the bamboo garden at night, the Lu family was still relieved, and only asked someone to send a change of clothes every morning.
Lu Shi is only thinking now that in a few months, Chang Yuye can slowly get out of the haze.
The ancestors left the food, and everyone used it together, and then dispersed one after another. The old ancestor stayed in Yuyun and said a few more words, so the couple was the last to leave the Songling Courtyard.
On summer nights, insects chirp everywhere, and fireflies flicker.
Halfway through, a figure in the distance came out from behind the moon gate, and the man was a little surprised to see them, so he stopped and saluted.
Chu Weilin fixed his eyes and saw that it was a red note.
Hongjian was holding a bamboo basket in her hand, covered with a cloth on it, and when she saw Chu Weilin looking, she lifted a corner slightly, revealing the candle paper money inside: "The slave burns incense for his wife." The rule in the slave's hometown is that people should burn more ten days after entering the ground. ”
"Auntie has a heart." Chu Weilin looked at the red note that was obviously emaciated, and asked, "My aunt was still young when she entered the mansion, but she also remembered the rules of her hometown. ”
The red note eyebrows are relative, and he lowered his eyes and said: "That year by the disaster, there were so many family members all of a sudden, at first it was carefully managed, and then the slave's father was gone, and the mother took the slave into Beijing to defect, and on the tenth day after the father entered the soil, the mother kept reading, and exchanged her string of beads for candle paper money, and the days were hard at that time, so the slave has always remembered." ”
The red note was true, which made Chu Weilin a little sad, and she said embarrassedly: "I mentioned my aunt's sadness......"
Hongzhi shook his head: "It's all old, grandma don't take it to heart." The slave went to burn incense for his wife first, and the fifth master and grandmother left. ”
Chu Weilin watched the red note leave, turned her head and said to Chang Yuyun: "What do you think of Aunt Zhou?" ”
Chang Yuyun shook his head: "I can't see through her." ”
June is at the end of the year, because she is still in filial piety, the seventh day of July is also simple, Sister Lan has some regrets, sticking to the ancestors and talking.
Lu Shi has not rested well these days, and his spirit is a little poor.
Chu Weilin asked her in a low voice, "But it's too hot at night to sleep well?" ”
Lu shook his head, but refused to say.
Seeing this, Chu Weilin didn't insist on asking.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Fuzhong received a message saying that Chang Hengmiao would be able to enter Beijing in three or five days.
The old ancestor has not seen Chang Hengmiao for many years, although the letters he wrote back always made her annoyed and resentful, but after all, it was his own son, and the old ancestor was looking forward to it.
Chu Weilin hesitated again and again, and tried to ask Chang Yuyun.
Chang Yuyun raised his head from the book, propped his chin and said, "What should be done or what, if he doesn't like what he says, you don't have to pay attention to it." ”
I wanted to comfort Chang Yuyun for a few words, but when she got such a sentence, Chu Weilin couldn't cry or laugh, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt a little distressed by Chang Yuyun.
Three days later, Chang Hengmiao returned home.
Chang Hengyi went to greet him, Chang Hengmiao did not go back to Qinglan Garden to change his clothes, and went to Songling Courtyard. knelt down and kowtowed to the ancestor three times.
The old ancestor looked him up and down with red eyes, and sighed, "Heng Miao." You've lost a lot of weight. After Tu returned to Beijing, didn't he leave someone in Mingzhou to take care of you? ”
Chang Hengmiao didn't expect that the old ancestor would accuse the Tu family when he opened his mouth. But he had just returned to Beijing, and he didn't want to argue with his mother, so he hurriedly said: "It's not about Tu's business, it was the saint who urgently transferred me back to Beijing, and I didn't dare to delay on the road, so I hurried day and night, so I lost some weight." ”
When the old ancestor heard this, his face looked better, and he waved his hand: "Go back and freshen up first." Come back later. ”
Chu Weilin knew that Chang Hengmiao was back, and hurriedly took Brother Lin to Songling Courtyard.
Chang Hengmiao went back to Qinglan Garden, and after freshening up and changing clothes, he came over again, and as soon as he entered the house, he found that people had come.
Seeing each other, Chu Weilin saw her father-in-law for the first time, so she couldn't lose her courtesy, and handed over Brother Lin to Fang's mother. I respectfully toasted the tea.
Chang Hengmiao glanced at his daughter-in-law, and when he saw that she looked upright and behaved properly, he nodded. motioned to Fang's mother to hold Brother Lin to him.
Brother Lin'er's relatives, everyone laughs when he sees him, and he sees Chang Hengmiao for the first time. He was not surprised, dancing and laughing. The corners of Chang Hengmiao's tense lips slowly loosened, and he said to the old ancestor: "It's really like Yu Yun when he was a child." ”
The old ancestor also smiled. "No, that's what they say." ”
Perhaps remembering the past, Chang Hengmiao was a little distracted, and it wasn't until Brother Lin waved his hand to his face that he came back to his senses and smiled.
Several nieces and daughters-in-law had never seen them before, and Chang Hengmiao gave a meeting gift.
Chang Hengmiao looked at Chang Henghan and asked, "I just heard from the people in the house that my sister-in-law has passed?" ”
Chang Henghan frowned and nodded slowly: "It's not in the prison." Second brother, this time, I implicated you. ”
"It's all a family, one is prosperous, one is lost, what is implicated or not, the matter of the sister-in-law's mother's family has been delayed, there is no way, after all, not all of them have resigned from their posts and left the officialdom, and they have been silent for a while, and they may be able to rise again." Chang Hengmiao said.
Hearing these words, the ancestor was much more comfortable, and nodded again and again: "That's the truth." ”
Chang Hengmiao didn't answer the words of the ancestor, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to smile and said: "I won't worry about the affairs of the officialdom, but the matter of the warmth, always give me an explanation!" ”
Chang Hengmiao received Tu's letter, Tu's letter only said that Chang Yunuan was married to the Chen family in Lingxi, she didn't want Chang Yunuan to suffer and be wronged, so she asked her ancestor to let Chang Yunuan marry from Lingxi, so she took Chang Yuwan and Chang Yuyao together, and also brought Aunt Su.
Chang Hengmiao was a little excited when he looked at the letter, as he grew older and spent a long time outside, he slowly began to reflect that he had been too cold to other children over the years, and the tense relationship between Tu and the children left by the Wu family was also a matter of regret to him.
This time, Chang Yunuan got married, Tu's so painstaking and laborious, Chang Hengmiao was very moved, he also thought about it, Chang Yuxin, Chang Yuyun and his sister have a deep relationship, seeing that their stepmother is so attentive, the relationship between them will always go forward a little, plus the Lingxi Chen family is also a prestigious family, and it is also Chang Yunuan's luck to get such a family business.
But Chang Hengmiao didn't know that Chang Yunuan was married instead of Chang Yuying, and just returned to Qinglan Garden, he heard Han's mother talk about it, and he only felt that his brain was like thunder.
What's going on!
Chang Henghan didn't expect Chang Hengmiao to mention this stubble, his face was a little embarrassed, and he said: "It's indeed Yu Ying's fault, and it's also that the Zhao family didn't discipline her well......"
"So Yu Nuan is unlucky? When she goes, the Chen family is more magnanimous, I am Amitabha, in case, in case they have a knot, isn't my daughter's life ruined there? Chang Hengmiao said angrily.
Chang Henghan lowered his face, as the eldest brother, when did he call his younger brother so aggressive, he waved his sleeves and said, "At this time, I remembered that Yu Nuan is your daughter?" How many times have you dealt with her since you were a child? You've never taken her seriously, so who are you looking at at this time? ”
Chang Hengmiao laughed angrily, pointed at Chang Henghan and said: "She has grown up, do I hurt her, she is my daughter, she has suffered a loss, I can't say anything?" ”
"That's it!" The old ancestor slapped the table heavily, "You just came back, you guys are fighting, do you still have an old woman in your eyes?" Heng Miao, I nodded when Yu Nuan got married, the Chen family, your aunt is at home, and she will not be wronged, I also believe that Yu Nuan has the ability to live a good life, you have to really worry about her, send her a few more letters. ”
The ancestor spoke, and Chang Hengmiao didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only respond.
Chang Yuyun went back to his house, and when he saw that Chang Hengmiao had returned, he was a little stunned for a while.
The maid put a cushion in front of Chang Hengmiao.
Chang Yuyun looked at Chang Hengmiao, and after just one glance, he felt that his father was very strange.
The two lives are added together, and he can't tell how many years he hasn't seen Chang Hengmiao, and his father in his impression is still in his early thirties, but now, he is already not confused.
Chang Hengmiao's sideburns had a few strands of white hair, and his eyes were not as clear as before.
This man who forgot his original match and loved and sweetly filled the house is also slowly getting old.
Chang Yuyun knelt on the cushion, after all, it was his father, after all, the rules were still the rules, but when he kowtowed, his mind was full of what the ancestors had said in his previous life.
"Yu Yun, you are angry that your father went on a blind date with the Tu family despite your mother's new death, but now you prefer the Xiao Chu family, what is the difference between you and your father?"
At that time, Chang Yuyun thought, how could they be the same, it was Xiao Zhao's family who framed him for the marriage, and what he wanted to marry from the beginning was Chu Weilin, which was completely different from his father who used to be with his mother Qin Se and Ming.
In this life, he asked Chu Weilin to be his original wife, but when he faced Chang Hengmiao, he suddenly found that his hatred for his father did not seem to be so "unshared".
Chang Yuyun heard Brother Lin's giggles, and he thought, probably because he also became a father.
Chang Hengmiao accepted the salute, let Chang Yuyun get up, and said, "I just saw Brother Lin, and it is really similar to you when you were a child." ”
Chang Hengmiao asked some things in the Hanlin Courtyard, and listened to Chang Yuyun answer them one by one, nodding from time to time.
Chang Yuye was stunned with the teacup, he had seen the father and son discord before, but he didn't expect it to be like this now, this is blood is thicker than water......
Perhaps, he should talk to Chang Henghan again.
What can we talk about......
Chang Yuye smiled bitterly and looked at Chang Henghan, Da Zhao was gone, and he didn't know what to say to his father.
Chang Henghan noticed Chang Yuye's gaze, he looked over, but saw Chang Yuye hurriedly bowing his head and avoiding his gaze.
Chang Henghan sighed secretly, his eldest son was too tepid, even when arguing with himself, he was too careful.
His children, calculated carefully, did not even have one of them who could take the lead.
There was a reception banquet in the Songling Courtyard, and because of the filial piety, all the qiē also followed the rules.
Chang Hengmiao accompanied the ancestor to drink a few more cups, and then returned to Qinglan Garden alone.
Chang Yuye settled down the Lu family, and then drank a little, wanting to go to Chang Henghan to talk, but when he arrived at the door of Chang Henghan's study, he heard the low laughter and panting of the woman inside, his face turned white, his hanging hands were clenched tightly, he took a deep breath, and turned to leave. (To be continued......)