Chapter 54: Speaking of the Ancients

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Mama Yu said in a humble voice, and a pair of eyes looked straight at Zhou Shaojin.

Zhou Shaojin thought that when he was still six years old, his father had returned to the ancestral house for a few days when he took the Li family back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he could understand the curiosity of this old woman, and smiled and asked her to sit down and talk.

Mama Yu didn't even dare to say it, Zhou Shaojin said: "You just said 'you're welcome', why are you polite to me again in a blink of an eye!" ”

In one sentence, Mama Yu actually shed tears and choked up: "Second Miss, not only looks like a wife, but also looks like a wife, and a kind ......."

Zhou Shaojin rarely thinks about her mother.

She was afraid that she would not be able to help but feel wronged and sad.

Mama Yu's tears were like a flood, and they suddenly broke down the strong fence, making Zhou Shaojin's tears fall too.

Shi Xiang, who came in with the tea tray, said unhappily to Mama Yu: "You Mama, the second lady is kind enough to talk to you, it's good for you not to say a few words that make our young lady happy, but it makes our young lady cry......"

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault!" Mama Yu apologized repeatedly, pulled her sleeves and wiped her eyes, "Second Miss, don't blame." ”

Shi Xiang also took a handkerchief and came over to wipe Zhou Shaojin's tears.

Zhou Shaojin stopped being sad for a while and said, "Let Mama see the joke!" ”

"It's a joke." Mama Yu was a little excited when she heard this, and said, "This child is born to think about his mother. The second lady is a kind-hearted person, and the Bodhisattva will bless you to find a good husband, a full house of children and grandchildren, and a blessed longevity. ”

Find a good gentleman!

Zhou Shaojin couldn't help laughing at herself a few times in her heart.

Good Langjun, she doesn't want to do it anymore, she just wants not to go down the old road of her life in this life.

Zhou Shaojin took two sips of tea, and his mood slowly calmed down.

She sent Shi Xiang away and asked Mama Yu, "Do you know about my grandfather's banker?" ”

"You mean Uncle Zhuang, right?" Mama Yu didn't wait for Zhou Shaojin's words to fall, and said with indignation on her face, "He also gave his wife too much face." When Mrs. was alive, she came to ask for this and that for three days, and the old man was still thinking about the feelings of his relatives, and told his wife not to worry about Uncle Zhuang, and to help with the lining, Uncle Zhuang had to inch in, and the mouth was opening wider and wider. But he didn't make a serious living, so he took his wife's money and went to eat and drink...... Well, bet. After a long time, the wife saw that this was not a problem, so she was unwilling to make up for him anymore, and asked the master to come forward. When the uncle saw that he couldn't get any money from here, he was so angry that his nose was not his nose, and his eyes were not eyes, and he still shouted that his wife would look good or something, and he didn't care about his wife's reputation at all. The wife was so angry that she cried several times about it. If it weren't for the master's consolation, my wife would have the heart to seek death......"

The emperor also has three poor relatives who fight the autumn wind. Even so, there is no need to seek death!

Zhou Shaojin felt that Mama Yu's words were a bit exaggerated, but she didn't interrupt, and listened to her quietly for a long time, and only said when her words came to an end: "I heard others say that in the past, the dealer was also a little weak, and then Uncle Zhuang lost the gambling and gambling, is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Mama Yu became excited again and said, "The dealer's property was all lost by him." He still doesn't know where he stole a calligraphy and painting, saying that it was handed down by the ancestors of the Zhuang family, and a calligraphy and painting was sold to two families, and he also suffered a lawsuit for this matter......"

Zhou Shaojin said: "Then do you remember where my mother lived before her death?" I want to check it out. ”

Mama Yu, who was still very angry just now, suddenly looked like a frosted eggplant, and muttered: "Also, there are not many houses, and when they came to the hands of Mrs. Zhuang, they sold some ......."

She didn't want to say much, as if she was whitewashing the dealer's peace.

Zhou Shaojin sighed secretly.

She's afraid of embarrassing her mother, right?

"The son is not ugly, and the dog is not poor." Zhou Shaojin had no choice but to say, "Mother is a boudoir woman, how can she intervene in the affairs of the Zhuang family?" I didn't want to see my grandfather's house. Mama doesn't have to dwell on it. ”

"Yes, yes." Mama Yu was relieved when she heard this, and said with a smile, "It's still Miss Ming, and when it comes to my heart, my heart has gone up." Old lady Zhuang doesn't give birth, and there is no one in the house who knows hot and cold, and there is no son under his knees, so he naturally won't scruple so much when he uses silver......"

Zhou Shaojin knew about this.

Since the death of her maternal grandmother, her maternal grandfather has not continued the strings, and the family affairs are all taken care of by her great-grandmother.

"I listened to the former wife's dowry maid," Mama Yu said, "It turns out that Mrs. lived in the ancestral house of the Zhuang family on the lower street, when the wife was ten years old, the ancestral house on the lower street was crushed by the snow and half of the wings, and the old lady Zhuang visited friends in Wuxi and did not come back, the old ancestor had no choice but to take his wife to move to the house where her old man married on Guanjie......"

Official Street!

Zhou Shaojin felt that his breathing was a few beats slower.

She interrupted Mama Yu's words and said nervously: "Official Street, is it the official street over there in Cunyifang?" The official street where you live in Meifu? ”

Mama Yu didn't know what she was talking about, and said with a smile: "How many official streets are there in this Jinling City?" It got this name because several yamen were located there. My wife lived there with her ancestors until she got married......"

Cunyifang!

Cheng Lu also lives in Cunyifang!

Why did he never mention it to himself?

She still remembered the way he looked so radiant when he talked to him about his plans for the future: "I will be admitted to the Jinshi within fifteen years." When the time comes, I can take my family to work. If you live in the county office, you will plant a magnolia tree in the yard, and sit under the magnolia tree and drink tea after dinner every day. If you are not a county government, you can buy a small house, paved with bluestone, build a grape rack in the yard, and raise a vat of koi fish under the grape trellis......"

She was finally moved by Cheng Yuan, and what she longed for was just the magnolia tree and a grapevine he said.

Zhou Shaojin felt that his vision was a little blurry.

It turned out that she thought he had told her everything, but in fact, he didn't say anything.

What he gave her was always just a painting cake.

Uncle Zhuang made so many stinky things on the street, as a neighbor, even if Cheng Lu only reads sage books and doesn't know anything, doesn't the Dong family know? Even if Cheng Yan didn't know at first, they were already engaged, with his caution, didn't he know?

Zhou Shaojin's fingers were tightly twisted together, and the thoughts in his heart that had been doubting zĂ i jumped out again.

Could it be that the two families of Chengzhuang have any old grievances?

That's why Cheng Lu changed his hexagram halfway?

That's why Cheng Lu watched himself being bullied?

That's why he risked ruining his reputation and abandoning himself?

So even if his face is gone, he still wants to coax himself to elope with him?

Zhou Shaojin's breathing began to become difficult.

is like the last moment in the previous life, when he was choked by Cheng Lu.

She took a few deep breaths, and then asked Mama Yu: "Do you know where my mother's companions went?" ”

Mama Yu whispered: "When my wife got married, she only brought a maid and a mother-in-law. The maid has served since childhood, and when she is old, she is released to match people, it seems that she is a merchant in the cotton business, and there was news two years ago, and then there was no letter. The mother-in-law bought it from the tooth man when the wife was about to get married. When the old man saw that the woman was clumsy, he quickly resold the woman again, and I don't know where she sold it. Later, the people who served around his wife were all servants of the Zhou family. Like the head of the grange, she used to be the big girl next to his wife......"

This doesn't make sense!

If my father had such respect for my mother, why did he marry the only companion that my mother had brought from her mother's family to an outsider, or a merchant, instead of marrying a servant of the family?

What really happened back then?

It's really a wave of unevenness!

Zhou Shaojin's temples jumped suddenly.

Fan Qi is too young, and he doesn't have the ability to inquire about those old things.

Who did she say hello to?

Zhou Shaojin thought about it, and the only thing that could solve the confusion in her heart seemed to be the only one who was the scoundrel Uncle Zhuang!

But she was really afraid of being touched by Uncle Zhuang.

She still remembers the first time she saw Uncle Zhuang when she was a child - he was white and chubby, but his hair was disheveled, he wore a hundred clothes called Huazi, and he held a broken bowl in his hand, rolling in the concierge of the Cheng family, crying "My sister who went early"...... Even if it is a family with strict rules like the Cheng family, there are three layers inside and three layers outside to watch the excitement...... She wished there was a hole in the ground......

Zhou Shaojin rubbed his sideburns and felt that his head hurt even more.

Seeing that everything was almost asked, Zhou Shaojin called Shi Xiang to come in and gave the fifty-two red rewards that had been sealed before to Mama Yu.

Mama Yu insisted on not wanting to, and said, "If it weren't for Mrs., the bones of the old slave wouldn't know where they were." ”

Shi Xiang said: "This is the second young lady who remembered that you once served your wife, so she rewarded you." If you are grateful, remember to put incense on your wife during the Qingming Dragon Boat Festival in the future, which is to repay the kindness of the second lady. ”

"I go and incense my wife every year." Mama Yu hurriedly said, "I will also go to incense my wife in the future." ”

Zhou Shaojin smiled and bowed his head.

Under Shi Xiang's push, Mama Yu still accepted the reward, but when Zhou Shaojin left, she hugged two pots of camellias, "This was left by my wife when she was there, and now more than a dozen pots have been divided, and the second lady will take it back to make a thought." ”

Zhou Shaojin saw that it was a pot of tea plum, a pot of champion red, although it did not reach the flowering period, but they all grew fat and cute, and at a glance, he knew that someone took care of it carefully. She smiled and thanked her, let her accompanying mother-in-law pick it up, and went back to Jiuru Lane with her sister.

The sisters first went back to Wanxiangju to freshen up and change clothes.

Zhou Shaojin said to her sister: "Put a pot in your house, right?" ”

Zhou Chujin was not polite, and said with a smile: "Okay! When it's time to bloom, come to my house and enjoy the flowers. I didn't ask her what she and Mama Yu had said.

Zhou Shaojin was very grateful for her sister's thoughtfulness, thinking that it would be nice if she could do something for her sister.

In the afternoon, she went to the Hanbi Mountain House to copy the scriptures, although she tried her best to restrain herself, she still couldn't help but wander.

Xiao Tan, who had been serving outside the house, crept in and asked Shi Xiang quietly, "Sister, what's wrong with the second miss?" ”

Shi Xiang said vaguely: "I'm afraid it's summer, I'm sleepy." ”

Xiao Tan nodded seriously, made a pot of thick dragon well for Zhou Shaojin, and said, "Second Miss won't be sleepy if she drinks it." ”

Zhou Shaojin smiled and touched Xiaotan's head, and his gloomy mood became clearer.

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The update will still be placed around 12 o'clock tomorrow.

During this time, I quietly brought my notebook to work, and in order to be able to update it in time, I will try my best to adjust the time and strive to fix the time.

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