If this continues, the marriage between my father and the fifth lady of the Zhujia family will definitely drag on until two years later, and it will be too late to say anything at that time.

Dou Zhao felt that he should do something to speed up the progress of the marriage between the two families.

It's just that before she can make up her mind, the Spring Festival has arrived.

According to custom, on the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the east and west Dou Mansions go to the Dou family's ancestral hall in Beilou Township to worship their ancestors, eat a reunion meal in the backyard of the ancestral hall at noon, and then go home to celebrate the New Year.

My aunt is not qualified to worship her ancestors, but she still has to go to the reunion dinner. Because Dou Ming was born prematurely, her body has always been weak and rarely goes out, and her grandfather was afraid that she would be sick, so he asked Wang Yingxue and Aunt Ding to stay at home to take care of her.

Dou Zhao was picked up from the hot quilt by Mama Yu early in the morning. In Chapter 28, while dressing Dou Zhao for the New Year, she instructed the hosta and Tuo Niang: "There are many people today, you must not lose the fourth miss for the sake of watching the excitement." ”

Mama Yu has to prepare her own New Year's dinner in the evening, and she can't serve Dou Zhao to go to the North Building.

The two of them should be.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but look at Tu Niang twice.

Today, the hosta and the mother are all refreshed, and they have changed into a blue-green cocoon silk cotton robe with straight folds, not to mention, and the sideburns are also wearing jujube red velvet flowers, which makes people look extraordinarily spiritual.

Hosta has followed her mother since she was a child, her mother herself is a love to dress up, she was influenced by her mother, and she has always been clean and decent when she comes out. And Tu Niang's parents died when she was a child, and she was fostered in her uncle's house, hungry and full, eating and dressing only for food and clothing, and it was the first time that she dressed up so carefully like today.

Tu Niang pulled the corner of her clothes uncomfortably, and muttered: "It was the hosta who helped me comb my hair, she said, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone wears red and green, and I am the only one who wears vegetarian ...... The seventh master has already made a marriage with the fifth lady of the Zhu family, and when others see it, they think it is intentional and will cause trouble for the fourth lady......"

This is also true.

Chapter 28 During the New Year, she wore filial piety and kept the system. But the maids around him also wear filial piety, and those who have a heart will inevitably have some other thoughts.

Dou Zhao smiled and nodded, saying that they were "very beautiful", and then picked two plain-looking bead flowers from the makeup box, one for the hosta and the other for the mother.

Both of them were a little surprised and hesitated to accept it.

Mama Yu on the side smiled and said, "Since it was rewarded by the fourth lady, you just accept it." Wearing it on her head, others asking, it is also the grace of the fourth lady. ”

The two no longer shirked, smiled and gave each other hairpins, served Dou Zhao for breakfast, and went to Heshoutang with Dou Zhao like a dough.

Grandfather and father were sitting on the kang and talking.

Dou Zhao stepped forward and saluted.

Dou Shiying hugged Dou Zhao and sat down on his lap, and asked her gently, "Is it cold?" ”

"It's not cold!" Dou Zhao shook his head and asked Dou Duo, "Grandfather, grandfather, is it true that they said that my father was going to marry the fifth lady of the Zhu family?" ”

Dou Shiying's face was slightly red, and he stopped Dou Zhao in embarrassment: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

"I'm not talking nonsense." Dou Zhao's eyes widened and he glared at his father unhappily, "They say that Miss Zhu is a good person, and she is not afraid that Aunt Wang will give birth to her eldest son." ”

"Ahh Dou Shiying's mouth opened wide.

Dou Duo's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then he took a piece of sesame cake from the box in front of the kang and handed it to Dou Zhao, and asked her gently, "Who told you this?" ”

Dou Zhao tilted his head and nibbled on the sesame cake, and said, "There are many people, the maid of the eldest aunt, the grandmother of the third aunt, and ...... The little brother of the ninth cousin ......"

Instead of asking, the grandfather glanced at his father pointedly.

The father looked embarrassed.

Fortunately, a little servant came in and said, "The ninth master is here." ”

Grandfather smiled, "Let him in!" ”

Dou Huanchang, who was thin and tall, walked in quickly.

He respectfully saluted his grandfather and father first, and then greeted Dou Zhao with a smile.

Grandfather bowed his head and stood up: "Let's go!" ”

Dou Huanchang should be "yes", stepped forward to help his grandfather, and walked out of Heshoutang unhurriedly.

He had come to ask his grandfather and father to go back to the North Building.

The father slowly followed behind with Dou Zhao in his arms, and when he was at a distance from each other, his father gently pinched Dou Zhao's little face: "You little thing, you're here to collect debts, right?" The demeanor is affectionate, and the tone is helpless.

Dou Zhao grinned and asked his father, "What do you do to collect debts?" ”

My father couldn't help but laugh.

The group walked out of the gate.

The third uncle and the third aunt went to the north building yesterday to prepare for the ancestor worship, and in addition to the eldest aunt and Dou Huanchang, they were also in the second wife, the sixth uncle's family, the second cousin's family, the third cousin's family, and the fifth cousin's family.

Seeing my grandfather, except for the second wife, everyone else got out of the car to salute my grandfather, and the alley, which seemed a little narrow because the carriage had stopped, became crowded.

The grandfather grabbed his fifth cousin's three-year-old son and prevented him from kowtowing to him: "It's cold, and there is no one around, so you don't need to be so polite." If you have anything to say, you will talk about it when you get to the ancestral hall. ”

There are more than a dozen side rooms on the side of the ancestral hall, and there are large braziers in the four corners, burning smokeless silver frost charcoal, which is as warm as spring.

"It's still Uncle who feels distressed!" The second cousin laughed.

The second lady poked her head out of the carriage: "Aunt Shou, come to Grandmother Uncle!" ”

Dou Zhao didn't like this cold grandmother, and his hand holding his father's sleeve tightened.

The father hesitated slightly, hugged Dou Zhao and walked over with a smile: "She is very naughty, you are old, where can you withstand her tossing." I see, let's let her follow me, right? ”

The second lady was slightly stunned, looked at Dou Zhao, who was quietly snuggling in Dou Shiying's arms, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's okay!" She doesn't have a mother, so it would be nice if you could get closer to her! She said, lifting the curtains.

Father was a little surprised.

The fifth cousin over there shouted to his father: "Uncle Seven, do you have any seats over there, help me bring two maids over." ”

The five cousins had the most children, four sons and two daughters, but the things in the public were distributed according to the head of the house, and he was always the most nervous.

"Yes, yes, yes." The father walked over with Dou Zhao in his arms, "If it's crowded, you let Brother Zhi go with us!" ”

Zhi Ge'er is the eldest son of the fifth cousin, fifteen years old this year, his scientific name is Dou Qijun, this guy later made the imperial history, and he was famous for his participation in Shi Duanlan, the Hou of Changxing. After Wutang Bo Dou Shishu entered the cabinet, he went to Baoding Mansion to become the prefect in order to avoid suspicion.

At this time, he was just a young man with long legs and long legs, and a voice like a duck.

Knowing that he didn't have to squeeze in a carriage with his mother and sister, he immediately jumped out of his carriage and ran over with a grin.

"Seventh Uncle Grandfather!" Dou Qijun saluted his father, and then reached out to touch Dou Zhao's head, "Fourth aunt!" ”

Dou Zhao has an adult soul in her body, her grandfather and father touch her head, she can barely bear it, and her fifteen-year-old nephew Dou Qijun touches her head...... She turned her head and avoided Dou Qijun's hand.

"Huh?" Dou Qijun was confused for a moment.

Dou Shiying had already carried Dou Zhao to his carriage, and while walking, he asked Dou Qijun: "I heard that you quoted scriptures and classics in the family study a few days ago, so that Old Master Du was willing to bow down?" ”

Dou Qijun laughed dryly, put Dou Zhao's strange appearance behind, followed Dou Shiying into the carriage, sat down next to Dou Shiying, and said with a smile: "Didn't Uncle Seventh and Grandfather study behind closed doors at home?" How do you even know about some of the jokes of the juniors in the school? ”

The implication is that Dou Shiying is not focused enough.

Sure enough, he is very sharp-tongued.

Dou Zhao looked at Dou Qijun with interest.

"Every time, I only know how fast I speak, and I am careful that trouble comes out of my mouth." The father smiled, "No wonder your father has to apologize to Du Fuzi every few days!" ”

Du Fuzi is the Xixi of Dou family studies.

Dou Qijun smiled, pushed his father on the shoulder, and said, "Seventh uncle and grandfather, discuss something with you?" "It's a bit of a ruffian.

Father raised an eyebrow.

Dou Qijun said with a smile: "I made an appointment with my classmates to go to Zhending Mansion to see the lanterns during the Lantern Festival." How about you support me with a few travel expenses? ”

My father laughed and said, "Does your father know?" ”

"Yes, yes." When Dou Qijun heard the score, his eyebrows fluttered and he said, "He also agreed." But only three taels of silver are willing to give me, which is not enough to buy a better lantern! Seventh uncle and grandfather, we know that you are the most generous, lend me twenty taels of silver, and when you go to Fu Fang Zhai to buy antiques, I will help you! ”

"I have a little guy, what do you want you to do? Besides, you may not have a little guy who does well! ”

"Then, then I'll copy the scriptures for you." Dou Qijun didn't blush at all, his eyes rolled, and he immediately said, "I know that you are going to copy a thousand volumes of the Lotus Sutra for the deceased Seventh Uncle and Grandmother, and burn it to her when the Seventh Uncle and Grandmother are auspicious......"

Dou Zhao looked at his father in surprise.

Her father didn't notice her, and said with a smile: "It's important to copy scriptures in your heart, what is the matter if you help me copy them?" Okay, okay, twenty taels of silver don't have it, ten taels of silver can be considered......"

"Seventh uncle and grandfather, ten taels of silver is too little!" Dou Qijun grinded his teeth, "Wouldn't it weaken the name of the seventh uncle and grandfather when you say it!" ”

"I didn't know I still had the nickname of 'Fortune Boy'?" The father was unmoved, "What do you do with so much silver when you are young, you eat the family's food and use the family's food?" Just ten taels, do you want it or not? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Dou Qijun was afraid that if he continued to talk about it, he wouldn't even have the ten taels of silver.

The father smiled and said, "However, I will tell the third and sixth brothers, lest you ask for ten taels of silver from me and go elsewhere to fight the autumn wind!" ”

"Seventh Uncle Grandfather!" Dou Qijun wailed and fell on the big pillow.

Dou Shiying laughed, feeling that the dullness that had been pressing on her heart these days had suddenly disappeared a lot.

Dou Zhao looked at his father's laughter, and his heart was full of flavors.

In her previous life, she had a grudge against her father.

Therefore, he never looked directly at his father.

She always felt that he didn't care about anything but studying his "Zhou Yi...... Let Dou Ming be arrogant and domineering, let Dou Xiao provoke trouble, let her fend for herself!

Unexpectedly, he still has this side!

The sound of the wheels of the carriage was mixed with Dou Qijun's gags, and they soon arrived at the North Building.

In front of the Dou family ancestral hall, there are seven or eight carriages sparsely parked, the steward, the little servant is busy in and out, hearing the movement, some people rushed to tell the third uncle, and some people surrounded it, or helped stabilize the carriage, or helped set up the footstool, for a time the Dou family ancestral hall was full of people, very lively.

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