Zhou Shaojin's impression of her father is still stuck in her last meeting.

At that time, her father didn't care about her. But every time she goes to the imperial court for a big inspection, she pays special attention to the imperial court newspaper. One year, she heard the news that her father would go to Beijing to report on his work, and waited in Tongzhou for four days before waiting for her father. She hid in the carriage and watched her father get into the carriage after being hugged by others, and her father, who had just been unconfused, had a beard, was thin, looked tired, and had a little sadness between his eyebrows. Although in the crowd, he looked very lonely and lonely.

Only then did she know about her stepmother Li's going to her mother and keep her son, knowing that her father and Li were against each other, and that her half-brother was called Zhou Jiajin......

But when they met again, their father became elegant, and he was a young man who looked a few years older than Cheng Zhi.

The contrast is too great!

Zhou Shaojin was a little uncertain.

The man had already looked at her and Zhou Chujin.

"Chu Jin, Shao Jin." He shouted the sisters' names, and the smile couldn't stop spilling out of his eyes.

It's the father!

Only a father could have laughed from the bottom of his heart when he saw them.

But Zhou Shaojin ...... I still feel a little embarrassed.

Zhou Chujin's tears fell all of a sudden.

She choked up and shouted "Daddy".

Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but hesitate.

Do you want to say something yourself?

Who knew that her thoughts flashed, Zhou Zhen had already taken a few steps forward, and knelt down towards Old Lady Guan with his robe bent down.

"What are you doing here?" Cheng Wei hurriedly stepped forward to pull Zhou Town, "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Zhou Zhen knelt on the ground and said: "Chu Jin and Shao Jin have today, all rely on the careful care of their mother-in-law, uncle, and eldest son, and I can't repay them." I want to kowtow to my mother-in-law! ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it." When Mrs. Guan heard this, she hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it. "The man has gold under his knees." I have received your heart. Why don't you help my aunt get up! "The last sentence. But it was said to Cheng Wei.

Zhou Zhen insisted on kowtowing to Mrs. Guan: "The man has gold under his knees, but he also kneels to the sky and kneels to his parents and teachers." Mother-in-law, you are to me like a parent who has been reborn. After speaking, regardless of the dust on the ground, he kowtowed to Mrs. Guan three times on the bluestone-paved road.

"Ouch!" Mrs. Guan's eyes were red.

The old man has worked hard, although he does not ask for anything in return, but he can get sincere gratitude, who is not happy!

Mrs. Guan personally stepped forward to help Zhou Zhen. Seeing that his forehead was red and dusty, and his snow-white knee pants were dirty, he repeatedly instructed Mrs. Wei: "Don't let the maid fetch water to come over and change my aunt's clothes." ”

Zhou Zhen's low posture made Mrs. Chu's good impression of him soar, and Mrs. Guan's voice had not yet fallen, she had already instructed the maid to fetch water, and carefully instructed the maid: "Bring the new knee pants that the old man just made a few days ago." ”

The maid smiled and walked away.

Zhou Zhen turned sideways and beckoned to the door.

A woman of the age of Hanami came with a mother-in-law.

She was tall and looked no shorter than Zhou Zhen. The white lake silk stand-up collar shirt is covered with a silver-red burnt cloth plain armor, wearing Nanzhu jewelry, and the eyebrows are beautiful. The expression is modest.

The woman looked to be in her forties, a little fat, smiling, wearing a lilac-colored cocoon silk gown, and gilt jewelry, and looked amiable and neat.

Zhou Zhen pointed to the woman and said to the old lady Guan, "This is the insider Li family." ”

The mother-in-law helped Li to kowtow to Mrs. Guan.

Mrs. Guan saw at a glance that she was pregnant, and quickly stepped forward to help Li, and said to Zhou Zhen: "It's a family." What are you doing with so many kind words? Your heir is difficult, and my heart aches every time I think about it. I look at my wife. It should only be three or four months, how can you rush back with your wife in such a hurry? "Then he said to Lee." Don't be so polite! You should be tired from a long journey, right? Come with me back to the house and rest. Counting on these men to hurt you, you can only endure it. ”

The old man's eyes were kind, and his tone was sincere and kind, which made Li's hanging heart settle down at once.

She smiled: "Our lord often thinks of the kindness between you and Da Jinzi, and when we meet for the first time, I have to give you a salute to live in peace." ”

At Mrs. Guan's age, she likes to simplify the complex. She smiled and said, "In that case, you can give me a blessing, so that you don't feel uncomfortable." ”

Li couldn't help but be very happy.

She knew that her husband respected his wife's mother's family, and he respected his mother-in-law who raised his two daughters even more, and if he could get along well with her husband's wife's family, her husband would value her more.

Li seriously saluted Mrs. Guan.

When it was Mrs. Chu's turn, Mrs. Chuda smiled and said: "You will be exempt from me here, and when you give birth to the little boy in the womb, it will not be too late for us to meet again when you bring the little boy back to worship the ancestors." This is recorded in the account first. ”

Li's heart was full of joy and he had a good impression of Mrs. Chuda.

The husband already has two daughters, and now she is looking forward to a son, she prays to God to worship the Buddha, and even makes a wish to gild the Bodhisattva's body, all in order to ask for a son.

She stepped forward affectionately and grabbed Mrs. Grandma's arm, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mrs., I admit this account, and when the child is born, I will take him to kowtow to Mrs. a few times." ”

Her tone was brisk, with a hint of joking, which lightened the atmosphere.

Mrs. Guan recruited Sister Zhou Shaojin: "You also kowtow to your father and stepmother." ”

The mother-in-law, who had already been nimble, took two futons and put them in front of Zhou Zhen.

Zhou Zhen and Li stood and received the salute from Zhou Chujin and Zhou Shaojin.

Lee's greeting gift was two boxes.

In front of everyone, it naturally can't be opened.

The two curtsied and thanked Lee.

Li smiled and said a few kind words.

Zhou Zhen reached out and wanted to touch his daughter's head, only to find that the two daughters had grown into big girls, and it was not suitable for him to touch his head.

He withdrew his hand in disbelief, smiling as he looked at his two daughters.

The eldest daughter combed a double snail bun, inserted a golden hairpin, and wore a large green flower; The youngest daughter wore a hanging bun and only a pearl hairpin. One in a willow green garment and the other in a pink garment, standing side by side. Spring flowers and autumn moons...... The younger daughter steadily overpowered the eldest daughter.

Zhou Zhen couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart.

Shao Jin, the longer he grows, the more he looks like Zhuang's.

He couldn't help but grab Zhou Shaojin's shoulder. asked Zhou Chujin: "Your sisters are not naughty, which makes Lao An and his aunt angry, right?" ”

Zhou Shaojin has grown so big, and it is the first time that a man has held her shoulders like this.

She couldn't help but stiffen slightly, saw her sister purse her lips and smiled, and said, "We are not children anymore, where can we be naughty and make my grandmother and aunt angry?" ”

Mrs. Guan also laughed and said, "There may have been a few years ago, but in the past few years." The two children are sensible and caring, and if the two children get married in the future, I will ...... Don't know how hard it is? At the end of the words, his eyes were red with sighs.

"Look at your old man!" While handing the old lady a handkerchief to Mrs. Guan, she said angrily, "Okay, when you talk about this again, it makes my aunt sad." Don't talk about it, my aunt finally came back, it's a happy thing. You should be happy. ”

"It's me who is bad, it's me who is not good." Mrs. Guan took the veil and laughed. To Zhou Zhen and Lee, "Let's go into the house and talk." ”

Everyone should be together, and Zhou Zhen took Zhou Shaojin into the banquet room of Jiashu Hall.

Li Shi exchanged a look with the mother-in-law he brought.

The husband not only kept filial piety for the Zhuang family for three years, but also hung the portrait of the Zhuang family in the study. It goes without saying that her husband's favorite is Zhuang's. But the Li family was still a little surprised that the daughter left by the Zhuang family was so biased.

She thought that when she reached her husband's age, she should expect her to give birth to a son.

It seems that she has to be nice to Zhou Shaojin.

Li quietly followed everyone into the banquet room. Sit down in priority and priority.

Then she found that Zhou Shaojin was standing by her husband's side, and Zhou Chujin was standing beside Mrs. Guan.

In the eyes of others. Zhou Chujin is old, so he can't be so intimate with his father. But in Li's opinion, the husband clearly likes his little daughter more.

The maids served refreshments, the maids who fetched water and the maids who took knee pants also arrived, Cheng Wei personally accompanied Zhou Zhen to Hanqiu Hall to change clothes, and Li and others accompanied Mrs. Guan to talk in Jiashutang.

Li introduced the mother-in-law who came with Mrs. Guan: "...... He who used to serve my mother later followed me to Zhou's house. The husband's family is also surnamed Li. ”

Mother Li kowtowed to Mrs. Guan and others.

Mrs. Guan and the others all gave rewards, and Mrs. Guan asked her to serve in the house: "...... Your wife is pregnant, you are a close servant, and you know better what your wife likes. ”

Mother Li respectfully agreed, and stood behind Li with low eyebrows.

Everyone is not familiar with each other, this is the first time we have met, and to put it mildly, it is just the customs of various places, and the daily life. Wait until Zhou Zhen changes his clothes over, and it's time for lunch. The meal was placed in the banquet room, one table for men and one table for women, and there was no screen. And because they had to go to greet the ancestors in the second room because they were waiting for the meeting, Zhou Zhen and the others did not drink. Even so, small plates, cold cuts, hot tea, soups, desserts...... It took almost an hour to go down this way, and it was time to greet the ancestor of the second room.

After a hasty sip of tea, Cheng Wei accompanied Zhou Zhen to the second room.

Mrs. Chu arranged for the Li family to go to the Hanqiu Pavilion to rest, and said, "The soil instruments of each room have been sent. You take this opportunity to lie down for a while, my aunt has seen the ancestors, and I will accompany you to see the old people, wives, and grandmothers in each room. ”

Li smiled: "I'm not tired, but I don't want to disturb Lao Anren's lunch break." As she spoke, she looked at Sister Zhou Shaojin with a smile, and said softly, "Why don't we go to Hanqiu Pavilion to talk?" ”

This is the kindness of the Li family, and if he wants to have more contact with Zhou Chujin and Zhou Shaojin, Mrs. Guan and Mrs. Chu are naturally happy to see it.

The Zhou sisters followed Mrs. Chu and Li to the Hanchou Pavilion.

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Today's addition.

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ps: Jinzi is the name of the uncle's wife in ancient times.

※(To be continued) R466