Chapter 263: Strange
Mrs. Cui just got up again when she lay down, and Cui Shitu's voice came from outside, "From Tongzhou?" How many people? ”
Then came the voice of the housekeeper's mother, "I only said that there was a grandmother, and I didn't see anything else." ”
Mrs. Cui's heart sank suddenly, could it be that she was a guest from the clan who came to celebrate the happy event? But how could it be that he entered the city at this time. Mrs. Cui glanced at the hourglass, how did she get in when the city gates were closed at this hour.
"There are also guards at the city gate following, and I heard that it was our grandmother who didn't dare to slack off and opened the city gate."
The more Mrs. Cui listened, the more she couldn't sit still, so she put on her shoes and walked out, looking at Cui Shitu, "Master, what's the matter?" ”
Cui Shitu frowned, wanted to speak but seemed to be a little embarrassed, and reached out to ask for clothes, "I'll go out and have a look." ”
Without waiting for Mrs. Cui to speak again, Cui Shitu had already put on his coat and strode out.
The old man went out in such a hurry, it was the first time she saw it, Mrs. Cui glanced at Mother Song, and Mother Song hurriedly went out to inquire.
After sitting anxiously for a while, Mother Song hurriedly came in and said, "Madam, the person who came said that it was our grandmother, and she also brought a young master." ”
Big granny.
Mrs. Cui was speechless in shock, "Is it from the eldest lord of the clan?" ”
Mother Song shook her head, "No, it's our family, it's the master...... It's Madame, the girl Suyun next to you. ”
Mrs. Cui was stunned for a moment, "Suyun? "How is this possible, Su Yun beside her was taken away by her old son when she was old, and when she left, she also gave two boxes of things as a dowry in the future, how could she become her daughter-in-law in a blink of an eye.
Mrs. Choi put on her clothes and sat in the room. The originally quiet Cui family's house became lively again, and after a while, a tall and thin woman followed Song's mother into the house. When he saw Mrs. Cui, he saluted, "Mother, daughter-in-law greets you." ”
The room was so quiet that even Mother Song pursed her mouth and didn't dare to make a sound.
Everyone looked at Su Yun standing in the room, wearing an autumn-colored small phoenix tail jacket and a big red skirt, and the clothes were very meticulously made. It's not like it's from a ready-to-wear store, and the two maids and a mother-in-law with him look very regular.
Su Yun stretched out her hand, and immediately a six-year-old child ran out from behind her mother-in-law.
The boy had fallen asleep in the carriage when he suddenly woke up to the light of the red lantern in the courtyard. Now a pair of big eyes are looking around curiously.
Mrs. Cui's fingers on her knees trembled slightly, when the hell did this happen, the old man not only gave birth to a concubine outside, but also matched Su Yun beside her. Now I have grandchildren.
She's been kept in the dark.
Now that the master has let them in. is to acquiesce to the concubine, even if she doesn't believe it in her heart, she won't just be here and ask them regardless of the geology.
Grievance and anger suddenly rushed to his forehead.
Su Yun pulled Brother Xiao, "Come over and call Grandmother." ”
Brother Xiao's crisp children's voice said, "Grandmother." ”
Mrs. Cui's lips trembled slightly, her eyes showed a bit of sadness, and she turned her head and instructed Mother Song, "Make room for them and let them live first." ”
Su Yun raised his head. Madame never asked about the concubine.
Without waiting for Mrs. Cui to leave, Su Yun knelt down again. "Mother, now Brother Xiao's father is seriously ill, and we have no way to come to run, in the past, the second uncle let people take care of it, the second uncle had an accident, and our family has less to rely on, if it weren't for Brother Xiao's father who has to take medicine every day, I wouldn't dare to come to find relatives."
"Mother......" Su Yun called out and changed her words, "Madam, I have been with you since I was a child, you don't know who I am, I am ...... I really didn't dare to do anything to be sorry for my wife, but my lord asked me to serve my uncle, and my uncle married me when he saw that I was helpless. ”
Mrs. Cui sat down again, lowered her head and looked at Su Yun, "I told you a family affair a long time ago, didn't your Lao Tzu also raise horses in Shandong, there were correspondence a few years ago, and later said that your family went to Liaodong to find relatives and there was no more news, if you still care about the old feelings, why did these things happen and not tell me?" ”
Su Yun's tears fell, "There was an accident on the way to find relatives, and they were all killed by Xiangma." ”
Su Yun's crying voice came, and Mrs. Cui stood up again after a while, and sighed deeply, "Go down, I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”
Su Yun and Brother Xiao were taken down.
Mrs. Cui returned to the inner room, and Mother Song hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, madam, wait for the master to come back in a while, you can ask carefully, it seems that the uncle is not young, it can't be that the master was born by the maid who served around him for those years, and he was also raised outside for fear that you would be angry." ”
Mrs. Cui's eyes raised slightly, when she heard that it was Su Yun, she thought that the master raised Su Yun outside as an outer room, where did she think that she was married to her concubine, or her wife, it was really a big joke, and the Cui family actually had this kind of joke.
The lights in the room seemed to have dimmed, and Mrs. Cui sat in the shadow.
I don't know how long it took before footsteps could be heard outside.
Cui Shitu entered the house.
As if bringing cool air from the outside, Mrs. Cui couldn't help but shudder, raised her head, and Cui Shitu stood in front of her with a gloomy face.
"Is it true that the master raised a concubine outside?" Mrs. Choi's hand that fell on the side of her skirt slowly clenched up.
Cui Shitu didn't speak, and Mrs. Cui raised her head, expecting to see a look of denial on her husband's face, maybe it was framed by a political enemy, or maybe it was ...... She couldn't find much of a reason.
"Yes."
I heard this answer for a long time.
Mrs. Cui suddenly laughed, it was true.
She waited quietly, but Cui Shitu took off her coat and handed it to her subordinates, "Rest early!" ”
There is no explanation.
"How is the master going to place them?"
A lamp was blown out, and a wisp of green smoke seemed to rise from the darkness.
Cui Shitu said: "There is still an idle yard at home, so I will clean up one and let them live in it." ”
The old man never said a word more, so he simply explained as if he had given her a big slap in the face, and Mrs. Cui thought of the broken statue of Guanyin. Now he seems to be like that Guanyin, suddenly cut off in two, and can no longer be continued.
Cui Shitu was already lying on the bed. I didn't make the slightest sound, as if I had fallen asleep.
Mrs. Cui stood in the darkness stupidly, and the feeling of dizziness suddenly came, as if she was surrounded by four walls, squeezing constantly, making her breathless anymore.
Cui Shitu refused to say another word to her.
……
There was the sound of birdsong from the window, and Wan Ning opened her eyes. What greeted me was an unfamiliar landscape.
Cui Yiting was wearing a diagonal silk pattern honey-colored robe, the placket was slightly open, and the lustrous and delicate skin was faintly revealed. Supporting his legs, his slender fingers pinched the official document and looked at it carefully.
Wan Ning was just about to get up, Cui Yiting had already turned his head, and he smiled shallowly. Inky black eyebrows raised. The deep eyes are as translucent as spring water, and the hair is pulled up with an ebony hairpin, but a few strands hang down on the shoulders, adding a bit of nobility and grace.
Seeing that she was awake, he put down the official document in his hand and turned to look at her, "It's not time yet, sleep for a while." ”
Wan Ning shook her head. "If you still want to go to the elders to make tea, it's better to get up early." Sitting up from the bed, Wan Ning realized. Last night the two of them didn't seem to have a round house, and the two of them were talking and she fell asleep.
Thinking about the box placed at the head of the bed that was ready to put Yuanpa, Wan Ning only felt that her cheeks suddenly warmed up.
When I looked up, I found that the box was gone.
"Where's the box?" Wan Ning tucked her hair to her ears.
Cui Yiting was very calm, "Let the mother-in-law take it out." ”
If there is anything in it, take it out, and Wanning's ears are also hot, "Why don't you tell me." ”
Cui Yiting's eyes lit up, "Tell you, what can you do?" ”
I didn't expect this person to be very thick-skinned.
As soon as the words fell, the partition door was knocked twice, and Yin's mother's voice came, "It's time for the second master and second grandmother to get up." ”
In the end, it is still necessary for people to urge.
She was a little embarrassed, but Cui Yiting was very patient, and raised her voice to let people fetch water in.
Walking around the room, Wan Ning looked out the window, this is the place where she will live in the future, although it is very strange, but it will become her real home in the future.
The two of them got dressed and had breakfast in the house before going out, the birds under the porch were chirping non-stop, and Wan Ning looked up and saw the fat bird.
"The second master asked someone to bring it over." Mother Tong said softly.
She put this kingfisher in the Shen family, but she didn't expect Cui Yiting to let someone bring it over.
The two of them walked through the Moon Gate together, and before they reached the second courtyard, they saw a person standing on the green bamboo sandwich road not far away, with a six-year-old boy beside him.
Wan Ning looked over carefully, and the woman's gaze first fell on Cui Yiting's face and then turned to her, first a little timid, and slowly became generous.
Wan Ning went to see Cui Yiting, Cui Yiting didn't react, as if she hadn't seen it, she just remembered that this person was blind, and she didn't know a few people who took a few faces.
"Second grandma, this is the eldest grandma who only came last night." Seeing this, the housekeeper's mother greeted her and whispered.
Cui Yiting raised his eyebrows, "It's my uncle's sister-in-law?" ”
The housekeeper's mother looked obscure, "It's not ......"
Wan Ning was listening, and the woman was already looking at her and said, "Brother and sister will call me sister-in-law in the future," she said and squatted down, "Brother Xiao call the second aunt quickly." ”
The housekeeper's mother didn't know what to do, this big grandmother had already startled Mrs. last night, who would have thought that she would meet with the second master and the second grandmother so early, and was thinking about it, but found that the second grandmother looked at her.
Those eyes are clear, although they are not very old, they are a little majestic.
In just a few words, the second grandmother who had just entered the door saw the clue.
Wan Ning smiled and said, "Let's go and say hello to my father and mother first!" He raised his face and looked at Cui Yiting inquiringly.
Su Yun clenched her hands, she originally wanted this second brother and sister to call her sister-in-law, but she didn't expect to be forked like this, the Yao family has a beautiful face, very delicate eyebrows and eyes, and is young, she doesn't look like a person who is not easy to handle, especially if she has just gotten married, she still can't understand the second master's temperament, and she doesn't dare to make any decisions without permission.
Several people entered Mrs. Cui's house.
Wanning gave tea to Cui Shitu and Mrs. Cui's wife Zhao, and met Cui Yizheng again, Cui Yizheng and Cui Yiting look a little similar, always have a smile on their faces, they are very easy to get along with, and they treat people and things more than Cui Yiting, but their eyebrows and eyes are less Cui Yiting's compelling look and a little more gentle.
The elders will like Cui Yizheng's temperament, Cui Yiting is uncontrolled and has a lot of stubbornness and pride, no wonder he will be disliked.
After saluting, the room was quiet, Mrs. Cui bowed her head to drink tea, Cui Shitu also bowed her head to drink tea, and there was more estrangement and less tacit understanding between the two people.
"Mother, I want to eat cherries."
It was Brother Xiao who spoke up first, and stretched out his finger and pointed to the white porcelain plate on the table, which contained small red cherries.
Su Yun hurriedly took Brother Xiao's hand, "Little child, you don't know anything, you make people laugh." ”
Mrs. Cui lowered her eyes and did not speak, as if she had not heard Brother Xiao's words.
Generally, when the elders encounter such a thing, they will smile and ask the subordinates to send the cherries over to make the children happy.
Su Yun hugged Brother Xiao tightly in his arms, as if a drowning person was looking for a piece of driftwood.
Cui Shitu's eyes suddenly jumped and looked at the housekeeper's mother, "Take the cherries to Brother Xiao to eat." ”
Mrs. Cui raised her head, Wan Ning saw that her eyes were full of red bloodshots, and her resentful expression flashed, it was impossible for Mrs. Cui to have such a grudge against the "big grandmother" from a clan, there was only one explanation, that is, this big grandmother was Cui Yiting's brother-in-law.
The cousin who suddenly came to Beijing caught Mrs. Cui off guard, so she was embarrassed today.
The cherry was placed in front of Brother Xiao, and a small hand timidly went to take the cherry, but because he was a little scared in his heart, a cherry fell to the ground.
The cherry fell, and the child hurriedly turned to his mother for help.
Wan Ning looked at her father-in-law, and there was obvious guilt in her father-in-law's eyes.
A sneering smile already appeared on the corner of her mother-in-law's mouth, and she didn't know whether she was laughing at herself or others.
Wan Ning stood up, "Father, mother, I'll go to the big kitchen to see the family reunion banquet in the evening." ”
Su Yun was a little surprised, Yao stood up like this and was about to leave, just about to leave, Madame didn't have to stay here, then she wouldn't have a chance to speak today.
Sure enough, Mrs. Cui stood up, "I'm also a little uncomfortable," she said and instructed Song's mother, "Help me go back and rest." ”
Su Yun was suddenly anxious and looked at Wan Ning, "I heard that the second brother and sister will be cured, can you show our uncle, I ...... I begged all the famous doctors...... There has been no ...... As a result, I heard from the second aunt that my younger brother and sister have cured many people's diseases, if our uncle can be cured...... Even if we have a mother and son to rely on, we can live as before. ”
Cui Yiting frowned and was about to speak, but Wan Ning shook her head and raised her face, "Okay, I'll take a look." ”
Unexpectedly, Yao agreed so happily, Su Yun couldn't help but be surprised.
……
Wan Ning lifted the curtain from the corner of her skirt and entered the house, where a man of about twenty years old was lying.
Cui Yiting's face was pale.
Wan Ning nodded, Cui Yiting must have expected that this man was his cousin, although he didn't know people, but he was smarter than anyone else.
Cui Yiting looked at the person on the bed, he had never had a cousin, and there was no such person in his previous life.
(To be continued......)