Chapter 21: Fate
Ren Shimin thought of the fact that the old lady Ren said that the paintings he gave away were children's playthings. At that time, although he was extremely unhappy in his heart, it was difficult to refute because Mrs. Ren was an elder.
Li Shi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Mama Zhou at a loss.
Mama Zhou wanted to say something, but Ren Yaoqi, who knew Ren Shimin very well, interjected with a smile: "Daddy has prepared some good things for others, can you tell us about it?" ”
Ren Shimin's face softened, and he said to Ren Yaoqi: "Han Gongzi took a fancy to a pair of calligraphy and paintings from me, and when I left, I asked Xiaowu to send the painting to him." ”
Ren Yaochi blinked: "I guess that Han Gongzi's favorite calligraphy and painting must be your painting!" ”
Ren Shimin was happy in his heart, but he said quietly on his face: "Oh? How so? ”
Ren Yaoqi was serious: "He helped us so much, wouldn't it be a big loss if he picked someone else's calligraphy and painting casually?" ”
Ren Shimin smiled, and all the people in the room could feel his heartfelt pleasure.
Li Shi was also happy when he looked at the appearance of the father and daughter, but Ren Yaohua only lowered his head and played with the agate bracelet on his wrist, as if he was absent-minded.
"This son of the Han family is also an elegant person. If there is a young lady in the Han family, you can communicate with our third and fifth misses. Mama Zhou took advantage of Ren Shimin's happiness to make fun on the side, but in fact, she was turning a corner to find out about the situation of the Han family.
The Han family only moved to Baihe Town last year, when they were still in Zhuangzi, and after they came back, they had mentioned the Han family's affairs, but they didn't come back.
Mama Zhou, an old man who is used to crawling in the inner house, naturally knows that some things are inquired about, and the clearer and clearer she is, the more advantageous she is.
Ren Shimin was in a good mood, so he took Mama Zhou's words with a face: "I heard Master Han say that he has a son and a daughter, and Master Han is fifteen years old this year, so Miss Han doesn't know what to do." I see that the tutor of the Han family is good, although the Han Gongzi is young, he is studious and knowledgeable, especially the hand-written style script, which is extremely atmospheric. ”
Ren Yaoqi originally heard Ren Shimin mention the Han family and didn't react for a while, but now when he heard him praise the son of the Han family, he suddenly remembered.
In the year that her mother and Ren Yaohua went to Zhuangzi, a new family surnamed Han moved to Baihe Town. Later, Ren Shimin took a fancy to the talent of the little son of the Han family and set up this family for Ren Yaohua. The Ren family saw that although the Han family was low-key, they had a wide range of connections, a lot of family property, and only one son, and they were also happy to see this family business come to fruition.
It's just that later, the son of the Han family suddenly quit the marriage for some reason, and the Ren family originally disagreed, but finally compromised for some reason.
Ren Yaohua was deeply shocked, and her temper became more and more irritable, and the Ren family already regarded her as an outcast.
Later, under the matchmaking of the second wife of the second room, Su Shi, Ren Yaohua married Zeng Kui, the cousin of the second wife's nephew and daughter-in-law, Grandma Su.
Grandma Su is a native of the capital, and her cousin is Zeng Tong, the new successor of Ningxia General at that time, Zeng Tong has countless wives and concubines, but only Zeng Kui has an only son.
At that time, the unmarried sisters of the Ren family were envious of Ren Yaohua's good life, and after being divorced, they could still find such a good relative who was difficult to find with a lantern. But it wasn't until a few days before Ren Yaohua got married that they learned that the young master of the Zeng family had been burned by the nurse with boiling water when he was young, half of his face and one eye were blind.
The old lady Ren came to Ziwei Courtyard to persuade Ren Yaohua to marry, and in the process, the old lady knew that she was moved by reason, Ren Yaoqi didn't know how the old lady Ren persuaded her "most beloved in her life" to marry a person who looked as ugly as a ghost.
But she succeeded, and Ren Yaohua married the Zeng family without making any noise.
Half a year later, Ren Yaohua strangled her newlywed husband with her own hair, and was thrown into the red tent of the barracks by Zeng Tong in a fit of rage. On the night when the northwest wind was blowing, Ren Yaohua set fire to the barracks and was buried in the fire.
Because of this, the Ren family made a feud with the Zeng family, and bad luck followed.
And the son of the Han family, who divorced Ren Yaohua, married Yun Qiuchen, the eldest lady of the Yun family, in this year.
"Yaoyao? Yaoyao? Ren Shimin shook his hand in front of Ren Yaoqi's eyes, frowning and calling her.
Ren Yaoqi came back to her senses and smiled reluctantly when she saw that everyone in the room was looking at her.
"Yaoyao, are you feeling unwell?" Ren Shimin reached over to probe her forehead.
Li also said: "Is it that the disease has not recovered yet?" Why is your face so ugly? ”
Ren Yaoqi obediently touched her head by Ren Shimin in an orderly manner, and did not remind him that the palm of the hand that had just served the hot tea could not detect the body heat, so he only bowed his head and said: "No, I just suddenly remembered that my father had assigned me a lot of paintings and calligraphy to copy when he left home, and I didn't finish it because I had been sick for a long time, and I was afraid that my father would blame me when he checked his homework later." ”
Ren Shimin reluctantly withdrew his hand when he heard this, and scolded with a smile: "When did Daddy reproach you?" And scared you like this? ”
Seeing that Ren Yaoqi's face had looked much better, Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "It's good if you're not sick." ”
In the future, although Ren Yaoqi has been acting as a bridge of communication between Ren Shimin and the Li family, her psychology has always been worried, how can she stop everything before it happens.
"Master, madam, Aunt Fang has brought the sixth young master and the ninth young lady to say goodbye." The big girl coral reported through the curtain.
Ren Shimin looked at Li in surprise: "Isn't Aunt Fang still sick?" ”
Li thought that this was a reproach for her, and said uneasily: "I, I told her not to come." ”
Ren Shimin nodded and motioned for people to come in.
After a while, Aunt Fang walked in with a pair of children.
Today's Aunt Fang wore an ordinary sheepskin jacket with a light blue fabric, a round bun, and a Zhaojun set on her forehead. The makeup is plain but does not change to be dignified and beautiful. Along the way, the head of the mantis is slightly low, the waist of the bee is full, and the lotus step is light, which has a romantic posture, and it is rare not to be frivolous.
It's no wonder that the maids of the Ren family like to learn from her secretly.
Ren Shimin looked at Aunt Fang, and couldn't help but have some appreciation in his eyes. He has always been stingy with his gaze on beautiful things.
Aunt Fang's eyes swept slightly in Ren Shimin's direction, and she immediately avoided it, and stepped forward to kowtow to Ren Shimin and the Li family.
Ren Shimin smiled and nodded: "Get up, didn't Mrs. let you rest and recuperate?" ”
Aunt Fang's beautiful eyes were stricken, her smile was a little weak, but the color of joy emanated from the inside out: "It's the concubine who heard that the master is back, the concubine...... The concubine is here to ask for peace. ”
Ren Yaohua looked at Aunt Fang's appearance, and as soon as she got angry, although she tried her best to restrain herself, the words she said were still very cold: "Since you let you rest, just rest well, if you come out like this, if you get sick and get sick again, people outside don't know and think it's my mother who treats you mean!" ”
Aunt Fang's face darkened when she heard this, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was a little bitter, but she bowed her head very softly: "The lesson of the third lady is that the concubine is not thoughtful. ”
Ren Shimin frowned and glanced at Ren Yaohua, before he, the head of the family, could speak, his daughter taught her father's concubine a lesson, which was rude in his opinion.
Ren Yaoqi smiled at Aunt Fang: "Auntie, don't be surprised. The third sister has always spoken straightforwardly, and a good word will become unpleasant after her mouth, and I am the most impatient to talk to her on weekdays. But I don't think she meant to 'teach' you, but to see that you were wearing too thin, so she was worried that you would get cold. ”
Ren Shimin looked at Aunt Fang's clothes.
Mama Zhou was also surprised: "Auntie, why are you wearing so little today?" How cold is it outside? You don't care about yourself too much. A few days ago, when it wasn't so cold, you still knew that you were wearing a fox fur jacket and a thick cloak, didn't you mean to make our wife feel distressed? ”
Aunt Fang's face turned red.
"It was me and the sixth brother who were anxious to see our father, and we were clamoring to come over quickly. My aunt only cared about what we were wearing, but she was negligent on herself. Mother, don't blame my aunt, okay? Ren Yaoying looked at Li Shidao aggrievedly.
"Your mother didn't blame anyone, why didn't you all be wronged one by one?" Ren Shimin interrupted, his voice was gentle, and he restrained himself very well.
Although he disdains these inner court matters, because of his sensitive temperament, this kind of coming-and-going between women annoys him.