Chapter 187
"Madam, the wind is blowing, and the slave and maid are afraid that it will rain when they look at the weather." The little maid Suxin stood at the door and looked out: "The pot of orchids you planted, the slave maid brought it in, right?" β
Cai Xiuqin put down the book in her hand and looked outside, it was noon, not long after lunch, but the sky was already dark and dreary, and it was raining a lot in summer. Cai Xiuqin nodded and asked the little maid to move the orchid in.
I don't know if it's because of the weather, or if it's the man's sacrifice day, she always feels that there is a stuffiness in her chest. I couldn't read the book in my hand anymore, so I got up and went to the door, the yard was empty, the wind was very strong, and the trees in the middle of the yard were a little crooked.
Su Xin was a little worried: "Madam, I don't know when the wind will stop, if the roof blows, it will be terrible." This kind of weather is really annoying, I knew that the lady should have gone to the master's house, and she could talk to the young lady or something. β
Cai Xiuqin didn't talk, not long after Shu Manyu entered the door, she married the tablet, and then went to the government to set up a female household. Since then, the Cai family has been from her mother's house, she herself took the dowry left by her mother to buy a small house here, only two entered, opened an embroidery workshop in front, and did some needlework on weekdays and sold it there, the business was tepid, and it was enough for her to make ends meet.
At the beginning, she and her eldest brother calculated the Shu family in order to avoid King Lejun, and also to find a backer for the Cai family. But he didn't expect that the person he was waiting for died on the battlefield, and the Shu family would not be willing to be calculated.
But at that point, if the anger of the Shu family is not calmed, even if Shu Manyu is not married to their family, the Shu family will not give up. Seeing that King Lejun was still getting tighter and tighter, he simply entered the door with a ranking, and refused King Lejun and begged for a good life. Second, it is also to calm the anger of the Shu family.
Daddy and eldest brother felt ashamed of themselves, but whenever they asked for something, there was nothing they didn't agree. It's just that this person's patience is not long-lasting, and it's okay to go back occasionally on his own, but if he goes back every day, what is the difference between that and not having a self-supporting portal?
The sister-in-law is a little simple and naΓ―ve, if she goes back, she will not say anything, but she can't stand that there is still a Mrs. Cai in the Cai family, if Mrs. Cai provokes a little bit and makes the sister-in-law have an opinion on herself, and then affects her relationship with her eldest brother, it will be her own sin.
Although the eldest brother calculated the sister-in-law for other reasons, he really liked the sister-in-law after getting along for a long time. If the husband and wife are harmonious, the Cai family will be more prosperous, but if there is a little influence on the eldest brother and sister-in-law, she will not do it.
Just as he was thinking about it, a thunderclap sounded in the distance, and the sky seemed to be torn open, and the pouring rain came down with a bang. Su Xin stood relatively far away, and her body was drenched in a layer of rain, so angry that she jumped to her feet: "It's so unlucky, my clothes are new, I've only been wearing them for two days!" Now it's okay, wash it again, wash it too much, and it will wrinkle! β
Su Yuan ran in from the front yard with an umbrella, and when she got to the eaves of the porch, she put away the umbrella and said: "Madam, the slave maid in the shop in front is closed, leaving Mother Zheng to guard in front, just now the slave and maid passed by the kitchen, Jiao's mother asked the slave and maid to ask, it is raining heavily, and I don't know when it will stop, it is not good to buy in the afternoon, why not eat some dry goods in the evening?" β
When she came out of Cai's house, she only brought two mothers and four maids, Zheng's mother helped in the embroidery workshop in front, and Jiao's mother was in charge of the kitchen. Su Xin follows her on weekdays, Su Yuan also helps in the embroidery workshop, and there are two little maids, grapes and apples, and they clean up and put away needlework and thread on weekdays.
"It's okay, let Mother Jiao mix some fungus and kelp, and send some mushrooms or something. I remember, there were still some salted dried fish in the cellar? Cai Xiuqin thought for a while and asked, Su Yuan nodded: "Yes, the uncle sent it over." β
Cai Xiuqin nodded: "Use that to make a bowl of porridge." β
The eldest brother was released a few years ago, and he took Shu Manyu to take office with him, as well as two children. After going out for six years, when I came back, not only did I have two more children, but my family property doubled.
The eldest brother was very worried about her sister, and he didn't know how to tell his sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law also sent her a dry share. Really speaking, she and her eldest brother really did the right thing back then, such a sister-in-law can be regarded as the best sister-in-law in the world.
Counting up, it has been twelve years since he left the Cai family. I am thirty-two years old this year.
Thinking about Cai Xiuqin, she was a little stunned, thirty-two, look at her sister-in-law, but twenty-nine, she has four children, but she is still alone. Before the eldest brother said that if he wanted, he could give a child to himself. Anyway, the two families are close, and the child can live no matter which side, but she was afraid of her sister-in-law and didn't dare to deal with it.
Now, she still cares about her sister-in-law. After all, they are all their own biological children, and it doesn't mean that the family can't afford to raise them, where is the reason to send them out? It's just that I'm old and desolate under my knees, so I can't just pass it like this, otherwise, I'll go to the nursery another day to have a look?
"Ma'am, there's a knock on the door outside." was thinking about it, Su Xin jumped up: "Oh, how can anyone come in this kind of weather?" Madame, can we open the door? β
At the foot of the Son of Heaven in the capital, there are people patrolling the house every day, and there is almost no possibility of bad people running around. Therefore, Cai Xiuqin was only stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly: "I'm afraid it's the people who are hiding from the rain, this rain is too urgent, and those who don't rush back will have to find a place to hide." Open the door, if it is a man, let them sit in the tea room next to the embroidery workshop for a while, if it is a woman, let Zheng's mother take it to the back to rest. β
After all, there is thunder, the rain is heavy, and through the rain curtain, you can hardly even see the road clearly, who dares to walk around at this time?
Su Xin responded, she was still a child, and the clothes on her body were wet anyway, so it was better to go outside for a walk. The raindrops are big, and it's fun to hit the umbrella.
"Ma'am, it's a man." Soon, Su Xin came back and said to Cai Xiuqin with a smile: "It's as tall as our uncle, but it's stronger than my uncle, and I have such a long scar on my face, it's scary." β
Su Xin gestured: "I was startled when I first saw it, but the man spoke very gently, asked me if my wife's surname was Cai, and also said my wife's maiden name, and asked me to take this back to my wife." β
As she spoke, she took out a letter from her arms, Cai Xiuqin frowned slightly, this person is here to find herself? I don't know any men with scars on their faces. After opening the letter and looking at it at it, Cai Xiuqin froze and turned pale.
Su Xin looked flustered, and hurriedly grabbed her arm and shook it twice: "Madam, madam, what's wrong with you?" Is this a bad guy? Then I'll go find the uncle! β
Cai Xiuqin hurriedly grabbed people: "What does this messenger look like?" β
Su Xin was a little puzzled, but he still hurriedly said: "The eyebrows are so long, but they are a little thin, the face is very dark, and the nose is quite high, but I didn't dare to look closely, I was wearing a blue dress......"
She said vaguely, and Cai Xiuqin couldn't tell if the person was the one she thought, so she simply dragged the umbrella in Su Xin's hand and ran to the front by herself. From the side door of the embroidery workshop, I saw a man sitting next to the coffee table, tall and big, but a little thin, with gray hair, rough skin, and only a little sharp between his eyebrows and eyes. Hearing the movement, the man also looked up, and then a smile appeared on his face: "Xiuqin, I'm back." β
Cai Xiuqin didn't react for a long time, just stood there in a daze. The man got up, walked to Cai Xiuqin, and stretched out his hand to hold the person in his arms: "I'm back." β
"Aren't you dead?" Cai Xiuqin's voice was hoarse, her head was very messy at this moment, she was overwhelmed with joy for a while, and a little annoyed for a while, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, she felt that she was like floating, not the comfortable kind of floating, but like dead.
"I didn't die, I accidentally fell under the cliff during the war, and there was a pool at the bottom of the cliff, so I didn't die. However, the cliff was very high, there was a valley below, there was no way out at all, and I was also injured and could not move, so I had to recuperate at the bottom of the cliff first, and there was no doctor or medicinal herbs, and I took five or six years to recover. Thankfully, there weren't any big beasts in the valley. There are still quite a lot of fruit trees, and I can eat them. β
The man still smiled, hugged Cai Xiuqin and explained to her: "When the injury is healed, I have to find the way out again, the mountains are very steep, and it took me a few years to dig out a road by myself, so that I can rush back." β
"After I came back, I was afraid that you were already married, so I didn't dare to come to the door, these days, I have been inquiring about you, and I learned that you ......" The man paused: "I dare to come to the door, Xiuqin, I'm back." β
Cai Xiuqin burst into tears, wanting to say something, but couldn't say anything. Blame him, he got his life by luck and worked hard to get back. Don't say anything, I panicked in my heart, this is not a year or two, but more than ten years, she is in her thirties this year.
"You're in the valley, what are you eating?" After crying for more than an hour, Cai Xiuqin finally calmed down, pulled someone to sit on the side, and the man smiled gently: "There are fish in the pool, occasionally I will hunt a few rabbits or something, and fruit trees, I will collect more in summer, dry the fruits, and eat them in winter." And some mushrooms or something. β
Of course, these are still the best to eat, and sometimes you have to eat some leaves and roots, but there is no need to say these to Cai Xiuqin.
But these are just these, Cai Xiuqin is distressed, and hurriedly called Zheng's mother to order: "Let Jiao's mother prepare more rice and meat dishes." Mother Zheng listened to the words of the two people through the door just now, and she was very shocked, while secretly looking at the man, she responded to Cai Xiuqin's words, and waited for Cai Xiuqin to finish her instructions before she said, "Madam, shall we send a letter to the uncle and the master first?" β
Even if Cai Xiuqin is now nominally married to this man, but that is a tablet! Can tablets be compared to real people? If this man were to stay today, it would be a bit ...... It's not appropriate, this matter, you have to make up your mind with the master.
Before Cai Xiuqin could speak, the man smiled first: "Why don't I go with Xiuqin to visit my father-in-law and eldest brother, I am a junior, how can I work well to come over." When the rain gets a little lighter, let's go over, okay? β
This was asked by Cai Xiuqin, and Cai Xiuqin nodded hurriedly: "It should be like this, Mother Zheng, then you explain to Mother Jiao, you don't need to prepare too much for dinner, we will go back over there in a while, you go and bring some snacks first." β
Mother Zheng answered, ordered Su Xin and Su Yuan to wait in the house, and hurried to find Jiao's mother, and her uncle, who had been dead for more than ten years, came back alive, which is really strange.
But it's good to be alive. The girl is still young, and she is in the twilight every day, and that's not the case. In the early years, she wanted to persuade the girl to remarry, but the girl was too dead-eyed. Now it's okay, my uncle is still alive, and the girl doesn't have to be widowed.
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