Chapter 18: A Thousand Turns (5)
Jing Yi said in her heart, no wonder it was so familiar.
She came to the seventh, always at night, during the day, but it was as if it was something else. At this time, it was covered with yellow sand, especially as if it was covered with a veil, and this place became more and more mysterious...... She was about to lower the curtain when she saw a carriage pass by. The bell was crisp and pleasant, and in the yellow sand, the carriage seemed to run faster than the car. She was curious, but she couldn't see the carriage clearly, only to see that the cyan carriage had colorful decorations, which was very beautiful.
"It's the Fu family's carriage." Qiu Wei couldn't help but say.
Jingyi turned her head and asked, "How do you know?" ”
"The Fu family's cars are all sorted." Qiu Wei said quickly, glancing at the carriage that overtook the car, "And those two horses are very recognizable, one black and one gray." The gray ones are even more colorful, and if they stand there without moving, they think they are clay horses. Da"
Jing Yi snorted.
"That's quite varied." She said, her hand clenching tighter. Looking ahead, the carriage slowed down, and it turned out to be an alley...... "The Fu family still has a mansion at this end?" She was talking to herself.
Qiu Wei was silent. The car passed by the mouth of Tongshi Alley, Jingyi looked at the deep alley, couldn't see the end at a glance, and breathed in his chest, and suddenly felt uncomfortable......
After crossing the Qingyu Bridge, Jingyi got off the car at the door of her house. turned around and thanked Shi Quan, and told him to return to the headquarters earlier. When Shi Quan left with the people, Jingyi was still standing in front of the door.
She had to squint as the dust blew with the wind.
Her eyes were probably in the sand, and it hurt a little, so she had to cover her forehead with a handkerchief.
There was a servant at the door who hurriedly came to deliver an oil-paper umbrella, Qiu Wei covered it for her, entered the gate and was about to go inside, when she heard the sound of the car, they stopped for a while, the car stopped, and it was her aunt Tao Yinrun and Tao Yinqing who got out of the car. Jingyi turned around to say hello again.
Sister Tao Yinrun was very surprised when she saw that her eyes and nose were red.
Before Tao Yinrun could speak, Tao Yinqing asked first: "Jingyi, I heard that you are ready to go abroad to study, is this true?" ”
Jingyi was walking with her head down, and when she heard her aunt asking, she raised her eyes to look at her.
Tao Yinqing's eyes were a little disapproving, and the uncomfortably enlarged in her chest with this stinging aura, and she whispered, "Indeed, auntie." Makiyuki answered me. ”
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Jingyi's trip to Germany to study finally settled in the bumps. By April, it would be time for her to start preparing to go abroad. In addition to the Tao family's reluctance to unify their opinions, her decision was met with stronger opposition in the Cheng family. Jingyi often thought that if it weren't for the remoteness of this place, her mother-in-law Du would even come to the door in person to dissuade her from making the trip...... Perhaps Tao Xiang's letters to his parents and third brother were crucial, in short, after the letter he left was sent, his father was finally relieved.
Two days before Jingyi's birthday, Tao Eran and Xu Yamei returned to Lanzhou from Nanjing. The joy that was gradually permeating the family because of the preparation for the marriage added a bit of excitement. Just because Tao Xiang is still in Xinjiang, after entering Xinjiang and fighting two beautiful battles, he fell into a quagmire, the war situation is difficult, and the festive and lively atmosphere at home should be, so there is some deliberate suppression, and he can't be happy.
This is especially true of Jingyi.
The success of staying abroad and the approaching birthday of her birthday can't make her easy and happy.
Xu Yamei remembered Jingyi's birthday, got up early on this day, made a bowl of longevity noodles for Jingyi with her own hands, and came to Langyuan to pay tribute to Jingyi.
Jingyi was reading the previous day's newspaper in the study, and Yamei brought Se Se to come, and Se Se really kowtowed to her according to the ancient etiquette. Jing Yi hurriedly helped Cersei up, talked to their mother and daughter for a while, and ate noodles together.
Because of her birthday, Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Tao allowed her to move freely today on the first day, and she didn't have to go over early in the morning to say goodbye. Because this was her last birthday before going overseas, Mrs. Tao took the idea and decided to celebrate her birthday. I want to have a small dinner at home in the evening.
Yamei was quite reluctant to Jingyi, after eating Shou Noodles, chatting with Jingyi and Se Se in one place, she couldn't help but sigh and ask her, "Have you really decided to go?" ”
Jing Yi was sad when she heard this, and reluctantly smiled: "Second sister-in-law, you see that I have finally made up my mind, don't shake the heart of the army, okay?" ”
Yamei looked at her and sighed, "I didn't expect this to happen." Don't blame my mother for not figuring it out, even I didn't expect that Lao Qi would agree to let you go. Even if I am so far away, I know that the family is discussing the matter of begging for the seventh child......"
Yamei patted Cersei's little ass and told Cersei to play with the white lion.
As soon as Cersei walked away, Yamei continued: "In the past two years, Lao Qi has occasionally gone to Nanjing, and I have also asked Yuzhi to test his tone. Lao Qi's mind is not on this. But as soon as you leave, how do you let him be? He always has to have someone around him. ”
"Second sister-in-law......" Jingyi looked at Yamei, Yamei said it earnestly, and she really thought about her.
"I can't persuade you very much. I just hope you can change your mind. You're a smart man, don't want me to talk about it. Yamei was also afraid that she would screw her words, and when she saw Jingyi distracted, she patted her hand. Listening to the tiger girl standing below, "The eldest young grandmother is here with the young master Qilin", Yamei looked at Jingyi, "Sister-in-law is here, be happy." ”
Jing Yi really smiled and said, "Of course I'm happy." ”
Yamei looked at her, cleared her throat, and joked, "I don't think so." The seventh child is not at home, and your birthday is not very interesting, right? He thinks of new tricks every year to make trouble for your birthday. I forgot your birthday that year, in Nanjing, his way of going to heaven and earth, and later I knew that it was the seventh young grandmother who went to heaven with him, and that was enviable, and it was about to become jealousy......"
Jingyi just laughed when she heard it.
That day...... Thinking of that day, there seems to be a whirring wind in my ears, and my heart still beats violently.
She made up her mind, and saw Fu Lizhen standing there watching Qilin'er play with the white lion, thinking about Fu Lizhen's cleanliness, she didn't like Qilin'er and the white lion to play intimately, so she hurriedly got up and went out with Yamei. While calling for his sister-in-law, he saw Fu Shi turn his face and smile at them. I saw Cersei and Qilin'er in one place for a while, although Cersei is a younger sister who is one year younger, she is taller than Qilin'er...... Jingyi smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, please come inside." ”
"I'm here to pay my birthday to the seventh sister. The second sister is also there? Fu asked with a smile.
She clapped her hands and called Qilin'er to come over, saying that Qilin would come into the house and kowtow to her aunt for her birthday.
Jingyi listened and hurriedly stopped, saying that it was just a birthday that was not worth talking about, don't be grand.
When Fu heard her say this, he didn't force it. Qilin'er also bowed to Jingyi in a proper manner, and said, "Daddy said, when I see my aunt, I want to pay a serious birthday to my aunt." Daddy said he couldn't come, and he also wished his aunt a happy birthday. Daddy has a birthday gift for the little aunt...... Sister Xiaobai? ”
Qilin'er raised her chin and gestured to Xiaobai.
Jingyi saw that Xiaobai was holding several things in her arms, and knew that this was a birthday gift from Tao Jun and his wife, so she hurriedly asked Qiu Wei to take it, invited them into the house to sit, and said, "How embarrassing is this...... Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, sit down quickly. ”
She asked Zhang's mother to serve tea and thanked her. In front of Fu Lizhen, he opened the gift - Tao Jun gave a Tian Huang seal, and Fu Shi was an embroidered picture. It's all homemade. Jingyi looked at the seal, it was very finely carved, beautiful and appropriate; The embroidery picture is the technique of Hunan embroidery, the pattern is the lotus leaf carp, the green base of the lake, the exquisite color matching, lifelike...... Jingyi liked it very much and thanked her repeatedly.
"I almost forgot the birthday of the seventh sister, and I rushed out overnight. Just don't dislike it. Fu smiled.
Jing Yi saw that she was smiling calmly, and nodded with a smile.
"Sister-in-law still feels sorry for the seventh sister, why is it that on my birthday, I never see my sister-in-law remember what she did to send me with her own hands." Yamei said deliberately.
"If you are rare, I will send you as usual on your birthday another day." Fu said with a smile.
"I'm going to do that too." Yamei took the Hunan embroidery in her hand.
"Okay." Fu Shi agreed simply.
Jing Yi was about to open it when she saw that there was another thing in the gift, when she heard Fu Shi say, "This is what we gave Mizhen." I hurried to embroider it, and she looked. ”
Jingyi didn't expect Fu Mizhen to give her a gift, and even Yamei said when she heard it: "The second lady has given a gift." Seventh sister, you are really popular...... It's better to do this, I'll just sit here today, and send it to the door like a birthday gift, and if you receive a soft hand, I'll take it for you. ”
Jing Yi saw Yamei's joke, and also smiled: "Let the second miss think about it, it's really a shame." She opened the brocade box, and inside was a white hosta.
Jingyi picked it up and looked at it, it was a hosta with excellent color. Oily and shiny, the shower head, and the pedicle, the meaning is also good.
She held it in her hand, and Yamei looked at it and said, "It's very beautiful." The second lady has a good mind, this hairpin is worthy of you. ”
Jingyi put away the hairpin and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, thank the second lady for me first." The second lady was discharged from the hospital to recuperate, I don't know what is going on now? I have to go and visit. ”
"Okay, it's a birthday, don't mention her." Fu Lizhen smiled and said, "Let's discuss, how to make a birthday for you today?" The seventh brother is not at home, let's be even more lively, so that he won't have to go back and say that we snubbed you. ”
Jingyi smiled and said, "The eighth sister took it over early in the morning and said that it was all arranged by her today." We'll just listen to her. ”
Fu nodded and said, "You should celebrate." Today next year, I don't know if the seventh sister will be able to come back. ”
She sighed.
Seeing that Jingyi heard this, Yamei was a little stunned for a while, and hurriedly said, "Even if we can't come back, we can also send a birthday gift to the past." Sister-in-law put her heart in her stomach, this little monkey is fine, and she won't spare our purse. As she spoke, she beckoned Kirin and Cersei into the house. The two children are having fun with the white lion, where can they come in? That's it, Tao Eryi, who had just entered the door, saw it and joined in, and he was not busy celebrating Jingyi's birthday first.
Jingyi looked at the lively scene under the porch and smiled.
It's been a long time since I've felt so happy and warm......
Until this night, Jingyi was not idle.
All day long, people came to congratulate her on her birthday, some of them she saw, some of them did not. I thought it was just a small birthday, so it wouldn't alarm some people. There were more and more people who didn't want to come, so Mrs. Tao sent Hade to set up a reception office, and the Shouyi from all over the place was delivered, but she didn't care about dismantling it, so she only let someone collect it and send it in. and the messengers in each house should also be dealt with. In this way, it is busy.
When I went to the evening to hold a banquet at home, only my own daughters and relatives had no scruples. At the dinner, the eldest lady Er An led the way with Er Yi to drink Jingyi. Although Jingyi's alcohol has grown in the past two years, she can't stand everyone from toasting her like a wheel war. Gradually, I began to panic, and I was a little excessive.
Mrs. Tao watched and reminded everyone not to make her drink anymore. The old lady didn't say that it was okay, but this said that it had the meaning of protecting, and Tao Yinqing poured two large bowls of wine from Jingyi. So when the banquet ended, Jingyi was already about to fall.
Mrs. Tao saw that she was drunk, so she didn't blame her aunt Meng Lang, so she just sent someone to send Jingyi aside to rest, and asked someone to serve hangover soup.
Yamei was not at ease and followed. After a while, Er'an also came. Yamei sat next to Jing Yi, who was unconscious, looked at Er An and said: "The eldest sister is really, knowing that she doesn't drink well, and it's her birthday today, no one can push the toast, and she still takes the leader to make trouble with her." ”
Er An sat down, reached out and touched Jingyi's forehead, and said, "I don't know that she still doesn't drink so much." ”
Yamei said: "This drunk, I don't know how long I have to get drunk." ”
"It will be better when she drinks the soup." Er An saw Jingyi lying there with her eyes closed, her face crimson. After looking at it for a while, he said: "In the past two years, she has become more and more transcendent." ”
Yamei listened, smiled, and said, "Yes." ”
Er'an also smiled, but didn't say anything more. Wait for someone to send it to understand the wine soup, and let Jingyi drink it with Yamei. Jingyi was drunk and obedient, but she was just confused. Who would have thought that she would drink the wine soup and sleep well, but when the hall drama ended, her birthday star was still sleeping there, and she couldn't wake up no matter how she woke up.
Seeing this, Mrs. Tao couldn't help but blame Er An and Er Yi, and arranged for someone to send the old ladies back to rest, and arranged for someone to send Jingyi back.
The Er'an sisters and Yamei followed Jingyi back to Langyuan. Sister Er'an waited for Jingyi to fall asleep and left, Yamei left late, and was still telling Zhang's mother to stew some soup for the young grandmother again, and to make something for her to eat tomorrow morning, so she heard Jingyi call her second sister-in-law.
Yamei turned around and saw Jingyi struggling to sit up, and hurriedly asked her to lie down. came over to see her and said with a smile: "Did you wake up early?" ”
"Nope. I just felt better. Jingyi is still dizzy.
Yamei smiled and said, "It's hard for you to drink so much wine today." ”
"Hmm." Jingyi nodded.
"Miss, Atul is back." Qiu Wei came in from the outside and said. She was a little excited, and her voice was a little sharper.