Chapter 378: Awakening
Although Lei Ting's opinion is objective, the reputation of the Ren family is bound to be damaged because of this, and the old lady Ren can't tolerate the reputation that has been hard for decades to be ruined.
Old lady Ren didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his decision, although he wanted to change his confession, he would compensate the other party in the silver taels, and both sides would take what they needed. And this incident itself came out of the coal stacks he handed over to the second room to be dotted, and there was nothing wrong with him wanting to push the second room out of the house to bear the responsibility. Old man Ren also found out that Ren Yongxiang had contact with the Han family, and he couldn't beat his younger brother to death with a family meal.
Because of the difference in concepts, the old man Ren couldn't understand Lei Ting's hard work, he felt that the Lei family didn't want to do their best in this matter, and the Ren family had an accident now, and the old man Ren was very worried that the Lei family would break the marriage contract with the Ren family.
It just so happened that at this time, a guest came to the Lei family, and someone from the maiden family of Lei's original wife came to defect.
Lei Ting's late wife Qiao is a native of Jiangnan, her mother's family is not prominent, and there is no one in the family anymore, Qiao has a younger sister who was originally married in Yuezhou, but unfortunately her husband died not long after she married, and Xiao Qiao was widowed at a young age.
The atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River is different from that of Yanbei, when all the people in Yanbei were soldiers, in order to guarantee the people, they forced women to marry early and encouraged widows to remarry. Jiangnan has always admired Cheng Zhu Lixue, women are taught to start from the beginning, the imperial court in order to reward loyal women, but also to the chastity archway, and to these families to give rich rewards.
Xiao Qiao's is only in her twenties, and she was born beautiful, originally she was locked in a remote yard in her husband's house all day long, and there was nothing to do, but less than a year after her father-in-law died, her mother-in-law was also seriously ill, and when her mother-in-law also died, only the little uncle's family was left in the family. But the little uncle is a greedy and lustful person, her mother-in-law was afraid that something ugly would happen in the family after her death, so she moved the murderous thoughts, so she arranged for the following people to strangle Xiao Qiao's to death after her death, and claimed that Xiao Qiao's was to hang herself for her husband after completing the responsibility of serving her in-laws, and maybe she would be crowned a martyr by the court to get some benefits.
It's just that the people around Xiao Qiao's mother-in-law are not tight-mouthed, before her mother-in-law died, Xiao Qiao's knew about this matter, and finally found a chance to escape, Xiao Qiao's mother's family has no one now, and she didn't dare to stay in Jiangnan anymore for fear of being caught, so she fled to Yanbei. She sought refuge at her late sister's husband's house.
The Ren family didn't know where Lu Dao learned the news, and also heard that Xiao Qiao's family was not only born to be charming and charming, but also five or six points similar to her sister, and the old lady Ren felt that since the Lei family had left people behind, in order to justify the name, Lei Ting might accept Xiao Qiao's as a concubine.
If it was another woman, the Ren family would not care about one or two more women in Lei Ting, but since Lei Ting was willing to keep filial piety for his deceased wife, he must have affection for his wife, and there is also a Lei Paner...... It is definitely better to have your own aunt to take care of than anyone else, and the Ren family naturally has an idea in their hearts.
Ren Yaoqi frowned when he learned that a person like Xiao Qiao's suddenly appeared in the Lei family. The timing of Xiao Qiao's appearance was too coincidental, so she had to think about it more. And is it really so easy for a festival-keeping woman who is locked up in the ancestral hall all day long to escape from the inner courtyard and escape the pursuit of her husband's family, and successfully defect to the Lei family, which is thousands of miles away?
Ren Yaoqi's first thought was that this matter was very likely to be the Han family's troublemaker, and no one would want the Ren family and the Lei family to turn their faces more than the Han family at this time, because the Lei family was backing up. It will not be easy for the Han family to completely collapse the Ren family.
Ren Yaohua also knew about Xiao Qiao's affairs, but this time Ren Yaohua was calm and didn't say anything, still according to Li's request. Every day, he embroidered a dowry in his boudoir.
After a while, one evening, when Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua finished eating together from Li's family, Ren Yaohua suddenly said to Ren Yaoqi: "I haven't received a letter from Pan'er for a while. ”
Ren Yaoqi paused when he heard this. turned his head and glanced at Ren Yaohua, and happened to see a pair of eyes that were a little worried.
Lei Paner since she began to read and write, she frequently wrote letters to Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua, at the beginning more than half of a letter would be circles, encouraged by Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua's reply, Lei Paner practiced calligraphy very seriously, and later, the circles gradually decreased, and the words were corrected a lot.
"The third sister is worried about Pan'er?" Ren Yaochi asked softly.
Ren Yaohua frowned and said, "I don't know if Lu Dao is sick." ”
Ren Yaochi smiled: "Why don't I write a letter to Xiao Nizi tomorrow?" How to say that I am also half of her master, and I asked her how well she practiced calligraphy. ”
Ren Yaohua's brows relaxed a little when she heard this, and nodded: "I also have this intention." Lei Paner didn't know where she learned that Ren Yaoqi's handwriting was good, pestering her to say that she wanted to apprentice, and sometimes she would naughtily call Ren Yaoqi Mr. Yaoqi in the letter, which made people cry and laugh.
It's just that on the second day, Ren Yaoqi's letter hasn't had time to be sent to the Lei family, and the Ren family can't hold their breath at first. Old Lady Ren sent someone to take over Yaohua and return to Baihe Town.
Ren Yaoqi originally wanted to accompany Ren Yaohua back, but after thinking about it, she still didn't follow, she could predict the reason why the Ren family was looking for Ren Yaohua to go back, and she could guess what the second elder of the Ren family would say to Ren Yaohua, she smiled a little sarcastically, at this time, it should be time for the old lady Ren to exhaust the most embarrassing ancestral and grandchild feelings in Ren Yaohua.
Ren Yaohua returned to Baihe Town alone, although the Ren family was on the cusp of the storm at this time, the pomp and circumstance of coming out to take over from Yaohua was still not small. After Ren Yaohua arrived at Ronghua Hospital, Ren Lao was still a call from his wife, and then led Ren Yaohua to visit the old lady Ren who was sick, and then the grandfather and grandson said some thoughtful words.
When the atmosphere was at its most harmonious, Mrs. Ren made a request to Ren Yaohua.
Old Lady Ren's request was extremely simple: "You have also seen the situation at home, and your grandfather is ...... Ay! Tomorrow is the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Jin family in Yunyang City, and grandmother will take you to celebrate your birthday. The Lei family and the Jin family have some friendship, and the eldest master of the Lei family will definitely show up on this occasion, and when the time comes, I want you to meet with Lei Ting. ”
Ren Yaohua frowned when she heard this, she glanced at Mrs. Ren, pursed her lips and said, "Grandmother, I heard my father say that this time the Lei family came forward to help our Ren family a lot?" Ren Yaohua was a little unhappy in her heart, and let her secretly have a private meeting with Lei Ting from the mouth of her elders, how awkward it sounded.
Mrs. Ren disagreed: "It's just a hello in the yamen, and it's a gesture for the Lei family." It's just that in this way, the reputation of our Ren family will eventually be damaged, which is what your grandfather and I don't want to see. Good boy, think about it, when you marry into the Lei family, if the Ren family is not good, who will support you if something happens? If my mother's family is not good, where will I have a good life when I go to my husband's house? Besides......"
Old Lady Ren paused and sighed, "I heard that there is a woman from the Lei family who defected, who looks similar to Lei's original wife, not to mention that she has a lot of thought and means. Old lady Ren glanced at Ren Yaohua and said, "That little girl from the Lei family hasn't sent you a letter for a while, right?" ”
Ren Yaohua looked at Mrs. Ren and pursed her lips tightly, without saying a word.
Old Mrs. Ren patted Ren Yaohua's somewhat stiff hand and comforted: "Don't worry, when the Ren family gets through the difficulties this time, grandmother will definitely make decisions for you, you don't have to take it to heart." ”
Ren Yaohua slowly withdrew her hand from Old Lady Ren's hand, lowered her eyes and still didn't say a word.
Old Lady Ren didn't care either, and still whispered her arrangements for tomorrow and what Ren Yaohua said to Thunder. Ren Yaohua sat there with a tense face, and never opened his mouth.
After the old lady finished explaining, she asked, "Have you remembered your grandmother's words clearly?" ”
Ren Yaohua was silent for a moment, and finally said with some difficulty: "Grandmother, I did this before I married into the Lei family, have you ever thought about what the Lei family will think of me?" Old Lady Ren hinted that she could use some means in front of the thunder.
Mrs. Ren smiled: "What's this, your wedding date is not far away, and you will be a family by then." ”
Ren Yaohua blinked violently before suppressing the sourness in her eyes, she opened her mouth, but in the end she still didn't speak.
Old Lady Ren was final: "This matter is decided, you go to Ziwei Courtyard to rest first, and then go to Yunyang City with me tomorrow." ”
Ren Yaohua took a breath slowly, bowed her head without saying a word, and retired without saying a word, when she came out of the old lady's room, she was in a hurry, and almost knocked over the maid who was about to enter the house.
Soon after Ren Yaohua returned to Ziwei Courtyard, Mrs. Ren sent someone to send Ren Yaohua a set of clothes, as well as a set of head and jewelry accessories, the clothes were very exquisite, and the head jewelry was a good thing for Mrs. Ren to press the bottom of the box. It's just that Ren Yaohua didn't look at the things on the table, she just sat at the head of the bed, looking at the quilt embroidered with Liuyun Baifu in a daze.
On the second day, Mrs. Ren really asked someone to call Ren Yaohua and take her to Yunyang City. Ren Yaohua didn't say anything, put on the outfit that Mrs. Ren had prepared for her, and followed her into the carriage under Mrs. Ren's satisfied gaze.
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(To be continued......)