Jingyi looked at him and asked, "Why?" Tomorrow night's celebration banquet, the day after tomorrow he will leave......"

"He'll be back." Tao Xiang said lightly.

Jingyi was stunned and asked softly, "You mean ......?"

Her face was a little confused, and she looked confused.

Then she raised her hand and rubbed the top of her hair, the pearls in her hair dangled, and the little curls of her hair playfully curled.

Tao Xiang said: "It depends on whether I expected it to be right. If the material is right, I am afraid that in the future, there will be many days of meeting. ”

Jingyi nodded and instructed him: "Then you go, drink less wine." Mr. Fei is a southerner, and his wine is limited; It's hateful that the generals of your Northwest Army, how can there be a huge amount of truckloads...... Da"

Tao Xiang listened to her gentle complaints, looked at her, and smiled.

Jing Yi finally saw a smile on his face for a long time, and couldn't help but mutter.

The cloud board sounded, the silk and bamboo bursts, the curtain on the stage was raised, and the gorgeously dressed fairies stepped out...... The debut is a jackpot.

Jing Yi looked at Fu Lizhen, who looked like a fairy.

For a long time, she remained motionless.

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The next day, Fei Yuming set up a banquet, but Tao Xiang really didn't bring his family there.

Jingyi had a good night's sleep in the afternoon, and when she woke up, the sun was already setting westward. From Mrs. Tao to the family, because of yesterday's birthday banquet, she recuperated today, and she shrank in the room and didn't go out. After dinner, she leaned on the sofa, and because her legs were sore, Yue'er took a pair of beauty fists and knocked her down.

This is all caused by getting up early Tao Xiang and pulling her to ride a horse together. She hadn't ridden a horse for a few days, unlike him, who didn't ride a horse every day, but kept moving. But he let her try the black steed again...... The black steed didn't even throw her off the horse!

He still has to come out.

She still felt nervous on horseback—if the black horse continued to behave, it would be a fall, or a fall of two people...... He laughed.

The horse farm is empty, and it is all echoes. The echo was all his laughter, and the sound of horses' hooves.

In the early morning, the air was filled with the scent of grass, and the smell of horse sweat was not so pungent...... He controlled the horse. The black steed carried the two of them, still leisurely as if they were strolling on the grassland. She gradually sweated, her back pressed against his chest, and through the thin shirt, the sweat on his body also penetrated.

It's obviously sticky, but she doesn't dodge it...... So this morning, the seventh young master's riding time was greatly extended, so she slept for almost a day, and her legs were still very sore......

"Okay, Yue'er, you can rest for a while." Jingyi said softly.

Yue'er took the beauty fist, and according to Qiu Wei's instructions, she went down and brought the fruit up. Jingyi saw the small basket of fresh lychees, sat up, and peeled them casually.

I peeled it but didn't eat it, and put it in an empty crystal bowl.

"Miss, if you don't eat it, it won't be fresh later." Qiu Wei sat on the side, doing hairy work, and said when she saw it.

Jingyi looked at the time and said, "What's the hurry." ”

"Miss, my uncle can peel lychees by himself." Qiu Wei said with a smile.

Jingyi glared at her, continued to peel the lychee, and said, "Ming'er still wants to try the lychee meatballs again." ”

Zhang's mother was afraid that she would hurt her hands, so she washed her hands to peel them for her.

"This lychee is a little troublesome to be thin. In addition to lychees, the seventh young master loves to eat grapes. Zhang's mother said softly.

Jingyi took the pulp peeled by Zhang's mother and said: "That day, the old lady said that he also loves to eat grapes, and when he was a child, he forced his family to find a way to cut and seal the grapes in the summer, and they were still fresh when they were opened during the Spring Festival." And besides the offering, they gave him food...... When I heard it, I was surprised. ”

Zhang's mother peeled the lychee shell halfway, and when she heard this, she stopped and said, "That method is unusual...... Young grandma doesn't know, right? The method that the old lady said was actually brought over by the seventh young master's mother. Now they all say that the wife is kind, but in fact, the second wife was even more generous in the past. He is humble and gentle. It's good to have a good relationship with the master...... It's a pity that good people don't live long. I left the young master early...... How happy would it be to see the young master marry a daughter-in-law like the young grandmother? ”

"Mother Zhang, second wife...... What kind of people are they? Jingyi asked.

She only knew that Tao Xiang was born to the second wife, and Mrs. Tao Hu raised Tao Xiang as an adult. It's been so long, except for Zhang's mother and Er Yi, there doesn't seem to be anyone mentioning the second wife, Tao Xiang's biological mother, in front of her. Even Tao Xiang just said that...... Mei Qin, this is his mother's maiden name. For some reason, whenever she thinks of this name, she can't help but write it in her mind with beautiful analogies, as if she is a beauty that can be seen, and it always makes her feel sad inexplicably...... She thought that Tao Xiang probably had no impression of her mother at all, and because she had a very close relationship with her mother-in-law, she couldn't bear to mention it...... But that's a bit weird.

She looked at Zhang's mother.

Zhang's mother lowered her head, as if she didn't want to say more.

"Zhang's mother?" Jingyi called her gently, "The second wife is the seventh young mother...... I want to know something about her. ”

"Young grandma and so on." Zhang's mother wiped her hands, lifted the placket, and took out a small cloth bag from a small purse close to her body.

Jingyi watched her open the small cloth bag, and there was an oiled paper bag inside, and when she opened it again, it was a small statue. Mother Zhang handed the little statue to her with both hands and said, "Young grandmother, look at it, this is the second wife." ”

Jingyi took the small statue with both hands to take a closer look. Before she could see the person in the statue, she felt that it should be a beauty. This feeling is very delicate, although since she entered the Tao family, almost no one has mentioned this Tao Shengchuan's second wife and Tao Xiang's biological mother to her...... The photos were well received. Flat and clean. Extrapolated, this photo must be nearly thirty years old, but it looks like new. Mei Qin in the photo seems to be looking at her and smiling, with a gentle and amiable face that can be touched...... Jing Yi looked at it and didn't move it manually. She is indeed a beauty. But it was far from the weak and slender appearance she imagined. Maybe it was because she died too soon, and she had long regarded her as a weak person in her heart. But she seemed healthy and energetic. Tao Xiang is a bit like her. In the past, she only thought that Tao Xiang was very much like his father, but when she really saw the photo of his biological mother like this, she felt that he was more like his beautiful mother...... It's just that the person in the photo seems to be born with gentleness and kindness, and he hasn't inherited a little.

She couldn't help but want to laugh, and she couldn't help but want to say this to the person in the photo: Tao Xiang, I'm really not a good-tempered person, mother......

Her heart trembled. I couldn't help but clench the photo.

She touched the pocket watch she was carrying, opened it, and placed it with the photograph - her mother was like a curtain, about the same age, about the same costume...... One of them is quiet, the other is lively, they are all beautiful, and they are all kind-eyed.

"This is the young grandmother's ......," Zhang's mother asked softly when she saw the portrait in the pocket watch.

"My mother." Jingyi replied.

"The young grandmother and the wife are just a mold." Zhang's mother sighed.

Jingyi nodded, looking at the small statue of her mother, as if her mother was smiling at her.

She closed her pocket watch and said, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it." I'll always find out later. ”

She returned Mei Qin's photo to Zhang's mother.

Zhang's mother took it with both hands, carefully wrapped it, and said, "I don't know if there are any photos of the second wife in this house...... I'll keep this one secretly for a thought. From the moment the second wife entered the door, I was the one who served. Her business ......"

Jing Yi saw that Zhang's mother still put the little statue close to her, and asked, "Can't you mention it?" ”

Zhang's mother avoided answering.

Jingyi thought that she would not talk about Mei Qin anymore like before, but Zhang's mother sighed and said, "When the second wife took this picture, she was only twenty-four years old...... It's been the sixth year since I married my lord. At that time, she was already pregnant with the Seventh Young Master...... Young grandmother, come and see, the second wife was fatter at that time. She gave birth to three children in a row before, but they all died after falling into the grass, and none of them survived. She has a very cheerful temperament, and because of this, it is rare to smile. The old man felt sorry for her, afraid that she would fall ill, so he didn't let her think about it, and he didn't let her conceive a child...... The doctor recuperated her, and her body was not suitable for regeneration...... But she was bent on giving birth to her master. Those years...... God accepts the children of the Tao family, the wife, and the second wife...... There is also the big girl Yuan Xi in the wife's house, when the master married the second wife, the wife made the decision to give Yuan Xi to the master to take the house. In a few years, not a single child has lived past the age of one. A good child, who is alive and kicking, suddenly has diphtheria and smallpox...... The child is gone, and the adult is even more injured. The old lady and his wife prayed to God and Buddha, and made wishes everywhere. I also feel strange, but I can't find out. ”

Jingyi listened, leaning back on the sofa.

She suddenly felt a chill run through her back.

Zhang's mother didn't look at her when she spoke, and her tone was very low.

"In those years, the relationship between the old man and the second wife was really good. Knowing that it was best for her not to give birth, the old man rarely came to her room, and the relationship still did not decrease by half...... The old man is busy, no less than the current Seventh Young Master. The affairs of the house are all decided by the wife. The second wife doesn't care about anything, she reads books and raises flowers when she is free...... The second wife loves plum blossoms the most. A room of bonsai in the service is all old plums. Does she have a plum in her name...... It's just that the master is not at home a lot, and he can't always accompany her at home, and she is lonely. I really want to have a child. said that she wanted a daughter, and her daughter was intimate...... I hope that my body is well and I can give birth to one. It's just that somehow, the more you recuperate, the worse your body becomes. The old lady likes the second wife, she is very anxious, and the old lady is also anxious, and she has seen a lot of doctors, but she can't see anything wrong. During the day, I take medicine to raise, but the more I raise, the weaker it becomes. Mother Zhang sighed when she said this.