According to Cao Hao's original intention, he wanted to surprise his parents, and he didn't plan to send a letter back in advance. Then he was persuaded by Mr. Zhuang, after all, he didn't go back alone this time, and he had to take the county lord with him. If the weaving mansion is in a hurry, what is the hospitality is not thorough, even if the county lord does not take care of these things, the faces of Cao Yin and the Li family, as elders, are not good-looking. Cao Hao listened to the reason, so he still went home first.

Cao Yin and his wife received Cao Hao's letter at the end of November, and after the surprise of the husband and wife, they each had their own feelings.

Cao Yin was somewhat disappointed, because although Cao Hao had mentioned to him before that he wanted to leave Beijing, he only mentioned it. This time, everything was taken care of, and he was told about this father. Although it is a reason that it is difficult to communicate with each other due to the distance between them, as a father, he is still a little uncomfortable.

The Li family was looking forward to it and nervous, looking forward to the early arrival of his son and daughter-in-law, but also worried that the county lord was of noble birth and was not as easy to get along with as his son said in his letter.

Qiu himself lives outside the second gate, and the house is not very spacious. After discussing with her husband, Li cleaned up a larger empty yard in front of Kaiyang Courtyard and left it for her son and daughter-in-law.

At that time, everyone in the mansion knew that the uncle and his family were coming back, and everyone was happy. Even Zhao Jia's mood, because of the news that his son was going to come back with his brother and sister-in-law, was much better after a year of gloom.

This year, after going through too many bumps and bumps, she has changed a lot, she is no longer as bitter and mean as in the past, and she treats her concubines a lot more kindly. Cao Quan is not a ruthless person, although she still has some complaints about her, but her face is a lot more relaxed.

It's just a husband and wife, although they look the same as in the past, but they also have thorns in each other's hearts.

* Since the beginning of the tenth day of the first month, the weaving house has sent people to guard the city gate, so as soon as Cao Hao and others entered the city, someone immediately came up to ask for peace, and someone quickly returned to the house to report the news.

On the side of the weaving house, Zhuang often came, and Cao Yin accompanied him to Qingliang Temple to talk about Zen; Cao Quan went to the governor's yamen again. When the Li family got the news, they hurriedly sent someone to invite their brother back, and sent someone to invite the Xifu Zhaojia family, who was busy changing his clothes and face, and stood under the corridor, waiting for his son and daughter-in-law to enter the house quite anxiously.

When Zhao Jia's came over, when he saw Li like this, he couldn't help but smile and persuade: "Sister-in-law, look at you, they all say, 'The new daughter-in-law sees her in-laws', this panic should be the new daughter-in-law, you only need to put out the score as a mother-in-law!" ”

Li shook his head with a smile: "Brother and sister, you will know when you have a daughter-in-law!" This heart is looking forward to it, but it also feels empty, and I can't say what it tastes like! ”

Zhao Jiashi said with a smile: "Look at what my sister-in-law said, although it is said that 'I have a daughter-in-law and forget my mother', but look at Brother Hao'er is not like that, you are not blind!" Son or your son, since this daughter-in-law is married to our family, why don't you just raise it as a daughter, why is it still empty? ”

Li Shi bowed his head and said: "I didn't mean that, I'm afraid that Hao'er will wronged himself for the sake of his family!" Now I just hope that this county lord is really as well-behaved and sensible as he said in his letter! ”

Zhao Jiashi heard this, but he was a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, this marriage given by the Long Live Lord Chrysostom, and the other party is an authentic royal granddaughter, if it mentions grievances, it should be the grievances of the county lord Gege. Come to think of it, you still have to be comforted and persuaded on the face.

As she spoke, she thought of Cao Song from Cao Hao's marriage. Because of this, Zhao Jia's family has spoken to her husband several times, and the husband and wife have not yet made up their minds.

Cao Quan's meaning is to choose among the young ladies of the Sun and Li families, after all, the Cao, Sun, and Li families are also generations of in-laws. Zhao Jia's is different, when the eldest daughter was given to the grandson by the old lady, she was a little dissatisfied. She has always wanted to choose a daughter-in-law among her relatives on her mother's side, but she was afraid that she would not be able to climb because of the low rank of the Cao family. Now that the Cao family has raised the flag, it can be regarded as a good match.

Cao Quan himself married a Manchurian daughter-in-law, and he didn't want his son to suffer his own sins again, so he deduced that the girls in Manchuria were all leftovers from the draft, and if they were either mediocre in appearance or had physical defects, even if they were higher, it would not be decent to be their eldest daughter-in-law.

Zhao Jia's heard that her husband was reasonable, so she had other plans. Because the clan and Jueluo are exempt from selection, the women of the clan usually have to marry the Mongolian tribes, even if they don't need to marry, they are mostly married to the children of high-ranking officials, like Cao Song, whose father's position is not obvious, don't think about it. Jueluo, on the other hand, is more broad, and although his bloodline is noble, not all of them are rich. In this way, the family is decent, but it will not let the son be controlled. Therefore, she made up her mind to say that she wanted to be a daughter-in-law with a red belt.

While speaking, Cao Hao and Chu Yu's carriage and horse had already arrived at the Weaving Mansion. Chu Yu is the new daughter-in-law, and her nervousness is different from Li's. She clutched the handkerchief in her hand tightly, and several times couldn't help but want to open her mouth to call Cao Hao, who was riding a horse outside the car, but she was afraid of being laughed at, so she had to endure it.

The car stopped directly outside the second gate, Xiyun waited over, lifted the curtain, and asked Chu Yu to get out of the car.

Chu Yu took a deep breath, bent down and walked out of the carriage, and when she saw Cao Hao waiting for her by the carriage, she couldn't help but smile.

After reaching out to help Chu Yu out of the car, he felt that his little hand was stained with sweat, and he held his hand tightly, Cao Hao smiled and said with relief: "Don't be afraid, my mother is the most loving, my father has a gentle temper, and my uncle and aunt are not provocative." ”

Cao Hao has said these words several times along the way, and now he is recalling the old words, just to resolve Chu Yu's nervousness.

Chu Yu smiled and nodded, looked at Cao Hao, and remembered that Cao Jia's family and Cao Yi sisters were able to teach their children so well, and their parents-in-law were not ordinary people, so they felt a little more relaxed.

Cao Song was beside him, and when he saw his brother and sister-in-law's greasy and crooked appearance, he couldn't get used to it, and couldn't help but quip: "This can be seen that you can't leave for a moment, if you really want to be separated for three or five months, then you can't think of killing my brother!" ”

Chu Yu's face was flushed with shame, and he immediately let go of Cao Hao's hand, lowered his head and smiled without saying a word.

Cao Hao knocked on Cao Song's head vigorously: "Stinky boy, what kind of heart do you have?" There are times when you can't leave for a moment! ”

Xiuluan and Xiulu were already waiting here with their mother-in-law's housekeeper, and when they saw Cao Hao and the others, they hurriedly greeted An. Because Chu Yu was wearing a big red flag suit and her bearing was extraordinary, everyone would not confuse her with others, so they all came over and leaned down, claiming to have seen the grandmother.

Chu Yu smiled and bowed his head, and then motioned to Xiyun beside him to reward everyone. There is no fluctuation on her face, but her heart is beautiful, this "big grandma" is talking about her! Originally, when she was in Jingzhong Mansion, because there were no elders, the subordinates called her "county lord" with Cao Hao, so although she was a housewife, she didn't feel anything, and when she heard the title of "grandma" here, the feeling of being a new daughter-in-law spontaneously arose.

Everyone hurriedly thanked the grandmother for the reward, and said that the eldest wife and the second wife were waiting in Kaiyang Courtyard, and asked the uncle, grandmother, and second master to come over.

Kaiyang Courtyard, upper room.

Li and Zhao Jia tidied up their clothes and waited for the children to come. I just went to invite Gao's Taijun, but Gao's Taijun refused to come because he was a foreigner after all, and he had to wait until the bride saw his family.

The maids and ladies in the house also looked at each other, not knowing what kind of beauty they could match their uncle.

* Cao Yin and Zhuang Chang talked to the abbot in Qingliang Temple, and then got the news that Cao Hao and his wife had arrived, and they were also happy. Zhuang Chang has already died of illness, and now he has left the Li Mansion, planning to buy an industry in Jiangning and settle down here for the elderly.

Cao Yin asked him to go back together, Zhuang often thought that the new daughter-in-law of the Cao family came to the door today, and it would be inconvenient for him to go, so he politely refused his kindness and asked him to go back quickly, he was not an outsider, and he could stay in Qingliang Temple to listen to the two scriptures.

Cao Quan's joy is no less than that of his brother, although he is mediocre in learning, but he is self-aware and knows that this nephew of the long house is the pillar of the Cao family. Moreover, there were also nephews, daughters-in-law and their own sons. Immediately, he took leave to the chief of the yamen and urged the horse to return home, but it was earlier than Cao Yin came back.

Because he asked the housekeeper and knew that his brother had not come back, he waited in the front hall, and when Cao Yin also arrived, Fang Yi entered the second gate and went to Kaiyang Courtyard.

In the upper room of Kaiyang Courtyard, Chu Yu followed Cao Hao and bowed his head to the Li family and the Zhaojia family.

Seeing the appearance of his daughter-in-law, the young couple had their own tacit understanding with each other, and the doubts of the Li family immediately disappeared, and they felt a little close to her in their hearts. Chu Yu was also used to hearing words like "mother-in-law is strict", and was originally full of uneasiness, but seeing that Li was so young, he looked kind and amiable, and he was a little relieved.

It was Zhao Jia's family, who looked at Chu Yu for a while, then looked at Li twice, and said to Li with a smile: "I can't complain that 'it's not a family that doesn't enter the door', and when I look at my nephew and daughter-in-law, I feel that my face is kind, and this appearance is somewhat similar to my sister-in-law." This face shape and eyebrows, if people who don't know see it, where would they think that it is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and it is a mother and daughter! ”

Everyone only thinks that she is flattering, and they don't care too much. Only Chu Yu listened, quietly glanced at her mother-in-law a few times, and felt closer to her heart.

After Cao Hao entered the mansion, he heard the housekeeper say that he knew that his father and second uncle were not in the mansion, so it was nothing that he didn't see these two, but he didn't see the old lady of the Gao family here, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange, and asked Li: "Mother, grandmother, why don't you see it?" However, what's wrong with the body, or should we go over and say goodbye now? ”

Chu Yu heard Cao Hao mention that his grandmother was here, and when he heard Cao Hao ask, he also looked at the Li family.

Li smiled: "It's hard for you to remember, your grandmother is fine, but because you are tired of carriages and horses today, you are not in a hurry to see you, let you rest and then go over!" ”

Cao Hao got up and said, "How is that good?" Since my grandmother is fine, let's go and say hello first! Even if it's tired, it's not bad at this time! ”

Chu Yu also nodded in agreement, and listened to the maid at the door to report, saying that the eldest master and the second master had returned, and they had already entered the second gate, and they were going to come here.

Li smiled and said to Cao Hao and Chu Yu: "Even if you want to go to your grandmother to say goodbye, don't be in a hurry for this moment, it's not too late to see your father and second uncle before you go over!" ”

Cao Hao and Chu Yu complied, and Zhao Jiashi looked at this pair of talented and beautiful people, and his heart could not be said to be envy or jealousy. Because Chu Yu was born noble, she originally thought that she didn't know how to be arrogant. Li is also a good-tempered person, and this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law may have some jokes when they get along.

In the past two years, because of the matter of Lu Mei, Zhao Jiashi felt a little faceless, so he faintly hoped that there would be some jokes on the side of the long house, so that he would not be able to stand up in front of this sister-in-law.

Who would have thought that in addition to her dignified demeanor, this bride could not make mistakes. The temperament is like a young lady in the south, not only does she not look like a royal mansion, but she doesn't even have the momentum of a Manchurian aunt. Zhao Jiashi couldn't help but be a little disappointed, before she saw this nephew and daughter-in-law, she still thought that this new daughter-in-law should be able to vote for her temper.

Cao Yin and Cao Quan brothers came into the door, although one was wearing cloth clothes and the other was wearing official uniforms, but the two were different in majesty, Chu Yu immediately decided that the person in front of him was his father-in-law, the companion of Huang Ma Faxi.

Seeing the two of them come in, everyone got up from the Li family.

When Cao Yin sat in the main seat, he pointed to the two chairs at the bottom and asked Cao Quan and Zhao Jia to do it, and Li sat on the chair on the other side.

Cao Hao has heard his mother mention that his father has been a little addicted to Zen this year, and he was still quite happy to see that although he is still thin, his spirit is much better than last year.

Leading Chu Yu, Cao Hao kowtowed to his father and uncle to say goodbye.

Like the Li family, Cao Yin and Cao Quan were relieved to see Chu Yu so docile. If it is a who comes in, and her status is so noble, she can't be scolded, then it is the misfortune of the family.

Cao Hao thought about the marriage of the princess he had heard in the capital, and began to secretly rejoice, fortunately, Chu Yu was only the county lord, and his daughter-in-law was considered to marry into the door, not to "Shang" herself.

Otherwise, when the family meets, they will not be honored with family etiquette, but only with a national ceremony. Whether you are a father-in-law or a mother-in-law, or an uncle or aunt, you have to kowtow to your new daughter-in-law. And it is not easy for this husband to enter his wife's room, and he has to wait for the summons.

(To be continued)