8. Cloud roots
After Shi Yuanwai now knew that Mrs. Miao was not Niu Lixin's woman, he knew it in his heart, and he called the housekeeper and said: "You arrange for someone to communicate with Mrs. Miao well, remember, the purpose is to make her stay happily, and our family can't raise idlers." Either be my concubine, or be a subordinate, after being a subordinate, her child will also be a subordinate, I will be a free servant of our family after I help her raise her, if she is a concubine, her child will be a little master in the future. ”
The old housekeeper asked: "It's okay to let her stay, let her stay happily I don't have that ability, although she got into the master's sedan chair, but I can see that she is not a person who is easy to follow." Shi Yuanwai said: "I have observed, you arrange for the old mother to talk to her first, if the conversation is not good, I will go, remember, first tell her to let her go home, it seems that she has no home to go back, and then slowly approach our purpose, don't let people be my old man's concubine as soon as she comes up, if she is not greedy for wealth, the following things will not be easy to do." ”
Mrs. Miao was sent to a room, and no one came to persuade her to go from Lu Yuanwai like Lu Yuanwai, she was also free, there was food on the table, water in the pot, and she could go to the small courtyard to have a look. This is a large courtyard that is much more spacious than her previous home, and when she was thinking about what to do next, two elderly women came in, and one of them asked: "This lady, our lord heard that you have been abducted, let us ask if you know your address, and the lord will send someone to deliver a letter and let you come to pick it up." ”
Mrs. Miao looked at them, they were all kind, her guard heart let go, she said: "Thank you for your kindness, you told him that I didn't let the Niu family abduct me, my previous man was gone, the eldest lady couldn't tolerate me, and now I am homeless, and the Niu family took me in." If the master can give me a bite to eat, and promise me that my children can have books to read, I am willing to be a cow and a horse for the master. The two women were overjoyed, and they hurried to receive the reward, and told the housekeeper that they had done the work of Mrs. Miao, and that there was only one condition, that her children could study.
After hearing this, he thought for a while, and he told the housekeeper that this matter should not be rushed, and that he would go and talk to her face to face, and that there should be no expedient measures, how could he agree to such a smooth manner. When she heard that the staff was coming, Mrs. Miao washed her face and cleaned up the remnants of her blouse due to the child's meal. Mrs. Miao also looked at him generously at this time, similar to her previous man, but sharper and cleaner than her man.
Miao Yuanwai asked, "I heard that you want your child to study with us?" You're running out of places? Although our family is a big family, we can't support idlers, and you have a nursing child, you can't do any work, if you can agree to be my little one, I can consider your conditions. It's just that this child has to follow my surname, pass it on to me, so that I can let him go to school, and there are many children in the next person, if they all go to my school hall and take the exam in the future, even if I can afford it, which one will do it in the future? ”
Mrs. Miao said: "I also told the truth, you let me go back, I know that there are no idlers in any house, I can do some rough work for the Niu family, and the old Niu can help me take care of the children at home." Lao Niu has books, listen to him said literacy, you can teach children to read in the future, and when the children are older, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain, thank you for your concern. Shi Yuanwai did not expect such a result, he thought that Mrs. Miao would see the conditions of his family and hear his suggestion and beg him to agree to stay.
The old mother told him that Mrs. Miao had agreed to stay, as long as she could promise her children to go to school, he asked, "Don't you just want your children to go to school in the future, why do you want to go back?" Don't want to be a little for me? Mrs. Miao said: "My previous man was about the same age as you, but I promised that dead ghost that I would let the child have a future career, he himself has not been admitted to fame in his life, and I want this child to fulfill his dream." ”
Shi Yuanwai said: "Then you stay, my wife is gone, the existing second and third rooms are from poor families, I won't embarrass you, why do you want to go back?" Mrs. Miao said: "The child cannot change his surname, nor can he pass it on to you, he has his own father, if he passes it on to you, it will be difficult for me to explain it to his father over there." ”
Shi Yuanwai thought for a while and said: "This makes me embarrassed, it stands to reason that my current situation is to marry only the eldest girl, you are a woman who drags an oil bottle, and you have to mention your own conditions, I can't explain it to the people in the courtyard." If the child passes it to me, I can tell them that your situation is pitiful, my lord, I am charitable, if you can't agree, then I can't take it in, if you go back, I will let people send you, it's late today, send it back tomorrow morning, you have a good rest. ”
After Shi Yuan went out, Mrs. Miao couldn't sit still, she thought that the other party would treat herself as a treasure and would compromise and agree to her own request. I didn't expect that there is no shortage of women in really big families, she is a little beautiful, but after all, she is a broken flower, if she returns to Mei Yaoming, she may have a good man, but the child will not be able to have a big future. I can't guarantee that there will be other things to come to the door in the future, and now that the staff is so benevolent and righteous, it is better to let the child out of trouble first, and I don't have to worry about living my life.
When Mrs. Miao was thinking, Shi Gongzi came in, and he said: "My father is going to send you back, you are really old, such a good woman, I found it first, he doesn't want you, I still want it." Saying that she wanted to grab a handful with a hippie smile, Mrs. Miao said with a straight face: "Don't be rude, if you have something to say, your father asked me to be his little one, how can you be so undisciplined?" I haven't said I agree, I just don't want the child to change his surname, if you let your dad know, will he break your leg? ”
Shi Gongzi asked, "Didn't my father say that you didn't agree?" He told his subordinates, send you back tomorrow, it's better to follow me, I will accept you as a concubine, isn't it better than following his old man? I heard that your child's father is also an old man, you may not know the good of youth, I want you to know what it means to be young. Mrs. Miao knows that she has something to say about the old man, if she talks to the little boy in front of her, she will only end up with her, she is a plaything, and if she has played enough, she will be ruthlessly thrown away, and at that time, not only herself, but her own son may also be affected by being abandoned.
Of course, Shi Yuanwai didn't want to give up the incense he got easily, so he only agreed to send Mrs. Miao back, because he had already tested her conditions, and at this time, if she was given a restriction and agreed tomorrow, she might not only be obedient to herself, but also grateful. The others went out, but they still sent someone to keep an eye on it, and when the next person saw that the son was trying to tease Mrs. Miao now, he was frightened and quickly reported it to the housekeeper.
When the housekeeper arrived at the yard, Shi Gongzi was ready to do it a second time, and the housekeeper invited him out and whispered: "Go back quickly, if you let your father know, it will be terrible, you still don't know what your father is doing?" He wants to promote first, this may be your fourth mother in the future, how can you mess around? Shi Gongzi said: "Didn't they tell me that they would send her back tomorrow?" You are really, a good woman, why did you let your master take care of this? ”
The housekeeper said, "I didn't let the master ask about this matter, he has been staring at your reading, and when he heard that you are in charge of this matter again, he was afraid that you would be distracted, so he asked me to pay attention first." As soon as I came back and talked about the appearance of this woman, the lord was moved, he was not because of her appearance, but because he heard that she could give birth to a son, you know, the lord has always wanted to give you another brother, he thinks you have no companion, no one to discuss things with you after he leaves, multiple brothers, multiple helpers. ”
Shi Gongzi didn't dare to disobey his father's order, before going back, he still looked at Mrs. Miao behind him, and the housekeeper came in and said: "Gongzi has taken a fancy to you, let me send you away, you are also from a big family, you know your situation, if he wants you, not only can you not be famous, but it will also be impossible to stay in this parent in the future, you have a child." According to me, you might as well just follow my master, what are you afraid of when the child is over, he can change back after he grows up and becomes famous, at that time, he really has to be famous, which can prevent him from recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors? ”
Mrs. Miao thought for a while and said, "The big housekeeper, if the master agrees, I can rely on you, the child can read when he is older, and the master will write me a note." The housekeeper smiled and said: "You are too careful, the little son's surname is Shihou, he is our second young master, no need for a note, Ronghua for a lifetime, don't talk about reading, even if he wants to pick the moon, we have to find a way to do it." Mrs. Miao bowed her head in silence, and the housekeeper knew that she agreed, and asked, "Then I let the master prepare?" There must always be a ceremony for the people in the courtyard to know. Mrs. Miao said, "You have to guard against the man surnamed Niu coming and taking me away, he is a hunter, and he has great strength, you may not be able to stop him, put me in the open, so that I can have time to make it clear to him." ”
Niu Lixin really ignored his father's resistance, he came out in the evening, and found that the lights of the house were festive, and when he inquired, he learned that Master Shi had a four-room room and held a wedding banquet at night. Niu Lixin was taken aback, did Mrs. Miao agree to such a prepared big operation? He pretended to be a villager and asked a family member outside the house, and the other party told him not to say that a woman with a child in tow, even if it was a big girl with yellow flowers, who didn't want to be with his family, it was fragrant and spicy, not only himself, but even the children who were dragging him were happy, and he really accumulated virtue in his last life.
In the evening, the house was lit up, and the house had not been so lively for a long time, and the old man continued the second and third rooms, and always wanted to have a son. He has also found more than one fortune teller, he has many sons in his life, and now there is only one, it is really a fortune teller, and now he sends a fake one, and he will definitely be able to add a few more true ones in the future, although he is more than fifty, but he feels that he can work for a few more years without a problem.