Chapter 123: Speculation
General Xiao's birthday this year was still lively and grand, and the Qin family, who had been appeased, gradually changed back to his former gentle and generous appearance. As soon as she finished this important event, Tong Mingyu received a message from her mother, asking her to go back to Tong's house.
"Why are you alone every time you come back now, my grandson and granddaughter!" Mrs. Tong vented her dissatisfaction with her daughter.
"I know that what you think about most must be your daughter, so I left them all behind and came back alone, you are happy." Tong Mingyu rarely showed the posture of a little daughter, and only by her mother's side could she indulge occasionally.
"What's fun? I can't see my grandson and granddaughter, and it's too late for me to be sad. Mrs. Tong took her daughter's hand lovingly, she deeply realized how hard it was to be a housewife, and now she saw that her little daughter was so busy that she had to come and go back to her parents' house, so she was naturally very distressed. Fortunately, the son-in-law is a conscientious person and has been like his daughter for more than ten years, so as a mother-in-law, it is not easy for me to find fault with anything.
"Did I discuss with my son-in-law about the peace I said last time?"
"Is my father's request for the emperor to return to his hometown?" Tong Mingyu asked in a complicated and indescribable mood, who doesn't want to stay by their parents' side and fulfill their filial piety, but as a married girl, there are too many things to do, and many things are more than enough but not enough.
"The emperor has summoned your father's imperial study to see the driver, probably there will be a will in the next few days, we are preparing to return to Suzhou before the year. By the way, the emperor has transferred your eldest brother to Suzhou, and he is now repairing our family's ancestral home, and our old couple will live there for the rest of our lives. ”
"Mother......" Tong Mingyu's eyes were red and choked.
"Seeing that you are all living well, my mother is relieved, there is no feast in the world, people always have to return to their roots when they are old, don't be sad, they are all people who are about to be mothers-in-law, and let people see jokes."
"I have now decided to find a son-in-law for Ping An, so that my daughter will not face the pain of being separated from her children in the future."
Mrs. Tong was slightly stunned, it seems that her daughter really doesn't want to marry into the Tong family safely, a few years have passed, and Mrs. Tong has gradually noticed that the gap between her grandson and granddaughter is getting bigger and bigger.
Ping'an's appearance has not changed much from when she was a child, and she has become more and more outstanding, and the noble and delicate aura that she faintly exudes highlights that the whole person looks so different. The grandson is ordinary-looking, although he does not continue to become ugly, but the miracle of suddenly becoming a beautiful man has not happened to him.
Coupled with the daughter-in-law's cold and evasive attitude, she refused to marry the baby of the whole family to a family with such a mother-in-law.
What worries Mrs. Tong now is the attitude of her husband and her little grandson, her husband's refusal to change his original intention, and the little grandson's increasingly shy expression when he sees Ping'an, all make her not know how to respond.
"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and some things are not something that can be done by thinking about it." Mrs. Tong's words were not only for her daughter, but also for herself.
Tong Mingyu, who suddenly thought of something, grabbed her mother's arm and said sincerely, "Mother's thoughts, daughter understands, but Ping An and Jiabao are really not suitable, I have never mentioned this matter in the Xiao family, because they will not agree at all, so my daughter can only say sorry to you today." ”
Mrs. Tong sighed silently, of course she understood that her daughter was refusing this family business, and she felt sorry in her heart, she was already mentally prepared and unwilling to accept this result, let alone her husband! How to open this mouth, Mrs. Tong was worried.
"Seeing my mother and little sister so close, I regret going on this trip today." Tong Minglan walked in elegantly and calmly, she hadn't seen her sister for a long time.
"Sister, why did you come back today, do you know that I'm back?" Tong Mingyu doesn't particularly like to meet her sister. Because every time they meet, she will have the feeling that she is a vulgar woman who is unbearable to run around for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and her sister is a fairy who is out of the world and does not care about the world.
"Of course, I miss my mother, and I also want to see you, a busy person, why didn't you see Xiao Ping'an! My mother-in-law often said that this child is a clear-minded person, and picky people like Mama Ruan are willing to indulge her and spoil her, and the Xiao family will definitely be proud of her in the future. ”
"After I have a daughter, I know that it doesn't matter what wealth and glory, what talent, as long as she is happy and smooth, I don't care about these false names!"
"With a safe appearance, I'm afraid that it will not be easy for your Xiao family to keep a low profile." Tong Minglan deliberately reminded her sister.
"With our old man here, people who want to fight for peace will have to think twice before they take action." Tong Mingyu said disapprerovitically.
Mrs. Tong and Tong Minglan glanced at each other, the idea of daughter (sister) is too simple, if the royal family takes a fancy to peace, do you have the right to refuse? If the emperor decrees marriage, will General Xiao still dare to resist.
"I'll tell you the truth, isn't my father-in-law teaching a few of the royal children now? King Jing once promised to ask the emperor to give a plaque to the Xiao family in five years, and my father-in-law wanted to ask the emperor to replace the plaque with a request, and begged the emperor to promise that the women of the Xiao family could marry freely. ”
This...... This General Xiao also spoils his granddaughter too much, in order for them to give up glory and give up the opportunity to gain a good reputation, hearing this news, so that the mother and daughter of the Tong family have a new understanding of General Xiao, and it is really not easy to find a granddaughter who loves him more than his old man in Kyoto.
Mrs. Tong didn't plan to mention the matter of letting her granddaughter go to Suzhou with her, it was obvious that General Xiao was there, and no one wanted to kidnap someone's granddaughter.
"In two days, I heard that there is a juju competition between the family and the Xiao family, and I heard that the young masters of the Mu Guogong Mansion have been taken in by the old man, do you want to take a look." Tong Minglan sent an invitation to her mother and sister.
"I'm not going, it's all grandchildren, I really don't know how to cheer for that side." Mrs. Tong has to prepare for returning to her hometown, where can she have time to see the excitement.
"I'm afraid I don't have time to go." Tong Mingyu didn't dare to have such extravagant hopes.
"Peace should go." Tong Minglan had expected that her mother and sister would be inseparable, but her niece would definitely have time, right?
I want to keep her, but I have to agree to my father-in-law! Tong Mingyu nodded in response.
"You guys are so disrespectful, my granddaughter, what are you going to do without her." Tong Shangshu asked his wife and daughter aggressively, why Lao Xiao can see Xiao Ping'an every day, and he can't see anyone.
"Ping An is now older, I have to study, I have to learn a lot of things, and my daughter will definitely bring her to see you in a few days." Tong Mingyu saw that his father was really unhappy, so he hurriedly greeted him and helped him sit down, and then poured a cup of tea and handed it over.
"Mother, I finally know who Ping An looks like now." Tong Minglan's eyes stared at her sister, who was busy before and after, and whispered to Mrs. Tong.
Mrs. Tong glanced at her eldest daughter, and even looked at her sister's jokes, and she didn't look like a sister anymore.
Tong Shangshu, who was gradually discouraged by his daughter's diligent service, said to his youngest daughter with an extremely serious attitude: "You know the reason why your mother called you back, I want to take Ping An to Suzhou, one is for her illness, and the other is to let her accompany me, and also go out to see the world, and return to Kyoto after a year and a half, if you are embarrassed to say this to the Xiao family, then I will say it myself another day." ”
Do you want to have another big battle with your in-laws for your granddaughter before returning to Suzhou?
"Aren't you putting your daughter in a dilemma?" On one side is the mother's family, and on the other side is the mother-in-law's family, and the person caught in the middle is the most difficult.
"Lao Xiao also has to be reasonable, Ping'an is surnamed Xiao, but she is also the bloodline of my Tong family, why can't I keep my granddaughter by my side for a while."
If you want General Xiao to be reasonable, it depends on what it is, as long as it is related to his granddaughter, Li is on his old man's side.
"It's rare that the eldest sister and the younger sister are back today, and I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare a banquet, and we will have a reunion dinner together as a family." The Zhang family didn't show up before, so as to leave time for other mothers and daughters to speak considerately, and now it's almost lunch time, and it's time for her, the housewife, to show up.
"There's Brother and Sister Lao." Tong Minglan bowed slightly.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Tong Mingyu had a detached smile on her face, since she found out that her second sister-in-law was dissatisfied with her daughter, the relationship between the two was no longer as close as before.
"As long as my sister and little sister don't dislike my poor hospitality, I'm very happy, it's all my own family, don't be polite to me." How could the Zhang family not understand the change in the sister-in-law's attitude, the two were sisters-in-law who were not estranged before, but now they are wholeheartedly thinking about two mothers for their respective children.
Even if the relationship between the two has reached this point, Zhang does not regret her decision, she believes that with the pride of her sister-in-law, after understanding her intentions, she will definitely not have any plans to marry her mother's family.
"When I go back to Suzhou, I not only have to bring peace, but also Jiabao." Tong Shangshu intends to create an opportunity for the two grandchildren to truly become a pair of childhood sweethearts.
Hearing his father-in-law's words, Zhang's face changed suddenly, do father-in-law and mother-in-law like peace so much? I like it to the point that I would rather sacrifice the happiness of my grandson for the rest of my life, and let Jiabao help them take care of their sick granddaughter.
"Jiabao has never left his daughter-in-law's side, and the daughter-in-law is afraid that he will cause trouble to the second elder." That's what it means to politely refuse.
"My own grandson, what's not troublesome, after a year and a half, just let him come back with Ping'an." If you can successfully abduct people...... Cough...... Take it away, isn't it up to you to decide the return date of the two people? Tong Shangshu thought beautifully.
When people get old, does intelligence really regress? I can't read people's faces, I can't hear the rejection in people's words, no wonder I have to lose to my in-laws every time! Mrs. Tong ordered someone to set the meal immediately, forcibly interrupting her husband's conjecture.
Tong Mingyu wanted to tell her second sister-in-law that she didn't have to worry that Jiabao would be taken advantage of by the Xiao family, because she didn't think about letting her daughter and nephew go with her.