Chapter 22: Portraits

Sister-in-law Jiang saw that He Mian'er's face was cloudy and uncertain, and she didn't say a word, knowing that she was sad in her heart. After all, how the little uncle treated Xie Wanqing before, and how he looked at He Mian'er, she saw it in her eyes.

At the moment, she didn't dare to dissuade her, firstly, she didn't know if the uncle was really rekindling the old love, and on the other hand, she was afraid of stimulating He Mian'er, but she didn't dare to let He Mian'er go back alone.

After all, Mian'er looks like a person who lives up to her name, looking white and slightly coquettish, and Mianmian. But in fact, he has an extremely strong temperament. For fear that one persuasion would not be right, it would anger He Mian'er.

I had to take He Mian'er to the back room to sit down, thinking that she would eat some food, drink tea, and calm down.

She was in the outhouse and asked the maid to fetch a few plates of He Mian'er's favorite pastries, only to hear an "ah" in the room, followed by the sound of cups and saucers falling to the ground.

Sister-in-law Jiang was worried that something was going wrong, so she hurriedly walked into the house and asked, "Mian'er, what's wrong?" But the tea is hot? ”

I saw He Mian'er pointing to a portrait hanging in the back room, and asked tremblingly, "Sister-in-law, who is this?" ”

Sister-in-law Jiang stepped forward a little shyly and wanted to put away the painting, and explained embarrassedly: "Let you see the smile." I only felt that He Mian'er held her hand heavily and prevented her from collecting the painting.

"Sister-in-law, this is the eldest brother, right?" I only heard He Mian'er speak, and even her voice trembled.

Sister-in-law Jiang was a little confused, so she had to stop and look back at He Mian'er, her face was already pale, her lips moved slightly, and her slender eyelashes seemed to tremble, desperately wanting her to give an answer.

"Yes, your eldest brother has been stationed in the frontier for many years, and he was afraid that the child he gave birth to would not know his father, so he invited the most famous painter in the capital to help draw this portrait."

Sister-in-law Jiang was still a little embarrassed to explain, but in fact, Xu Yunchang was afraid that she would be lonely, so she asked someone to draw her own portrait. There is another one, which is painted by herself, and he has always carried it close to him, afraid that until he dies, he also holds this painting.

He Mian'er carefully looked at the people on the painting, and saw a young man who was eight or nine points similar to Xu Yunqing, tall, smiling, looking like a spring breeze, standing by the river and admiring the vast river surface and the boats coming and going.

This person looks quite similar to the man in her memory compared to Xu Yunqing.

"What's wrong?" Sister-in-law Jiang was still a little confused, and she didn't know why He Mian'er was so excited.

He Mian'er felt for a moment that it must be because she had not been sleeping enough recently, and she was in a trance, so she thought a little too much. "It's nothing, the eldest brother looks quite similar to Xu Yunqing."

Sister-in-law Jiang saw that He Mian'er's face seemed to be much more relaxed, and she was relieved at the moment, for fear that He Mian'er would think too much, so she casually talked about some of Xu Yunchang's past, wanting to distract He Mian'er

"Your eldest brother is not as serious as Yun Qing. A flamboyant look. Sister-in-law Jiang recalled the past, and there was a burst of sweetness in her heart, but she said with some resentment on her lips.

"You were young at the time, so you probably hadn't heard of it. Your eldest brother is good at water, and he often goes to the river to save the woman who fell into the water and died, just to find the door, and want to make a promise, I drove away several times. When Sister-in-law Jiang mentioned this past, she still wanted to laugh, "It's also confused to drive away those women at that time." Why don't you let them stay and stay with me to widow that dead ghost. ”

He Mian'er only felt that there seemed to be some answers in her mind, but she also pretended to ask casually: "Then it seems that Yun Qing must have learned a good water nature from her eldest brother." ”

Sister-in-law Jiang glanced at He Mian'er in surprise and said, "I'm afraid you don't know, Yun Qing has been practicing with his master near Changbai Mountain before he was fourteen years old, and he is a complete landlubber, where did your eldest brother come from to teach him." ”

He Mian'er only felt that for a moment, it was like five thunderbolts, and her mind was blown blank for a while. After pausing for a long time, she smiled reluctantly and asked, "In other words, Yun Qing has been living on the side of Changbai Mountain before and has never returned to Beijing?" ”

Sister-in-law Jiang also saw that He Mian'er's face was wrong at this time, but she didn't know where she said the wrong thing and offended her, but she didn't dare not answer, so she could only say: "In some years, when the old lady is born, she will also come back." ”

Probably misunderstood He Mian'er's thoughts, Sister-in-law Jiang said a few words for Xu Yunqing, "He has been away from home since he was a child, he is alone outside, and he has suffered a lot. ”

Her original intention was to make He Mian'er take care of Xu Yunqing, which was not easy, and hoped to make the little couple reconcile.

He Mian'er's heart is clear, and she already knows everything. Yes, yes, if it weren't for Xu Yunchang who saved her, he would have gone to the front line and fought for many years. And Xu Yunqing has been learning art with her master in Changbai Mountain, and she will not see her life-saving benefactor for eight years.

Later, Xu Yunchang died on the battlefield, and Xu Yunqing was recalled to the top door of the general's mansion, so she was able to see people, but she had no eyes and knew the wrong person.

In a blink of an eye, I thought that I asked Xu Yunqing with a sad face that day if she remembered this old promise, Xu Yunqing hesitated for a long time, and hesitated. I just thought that he had completely forgotten about it, but he was afraid that he had already learned the truth at that time, but he didn't know how to talk about it, and the two had already become husband and wife at that time, so he could only respond.

In an instant, he recalled that when he told the old lady about this before, the old lady also seemed to have a strange expression, but she was completely unaware of it at that time.

I vaguely remember the old lady saying, "God bless." She also stupidly followed, "God bless." ”

The two of them were not the same thing at all, and the old lady must have guessed the truth, but she refused to tell herself.

For a while, I didn't know who to blame.

Xu Yunchang was nearly ten years older than himself, and at that time, he probably only regarded what he said as a child's nonsense, and the so-called promise was just to coax a child.

Xu Yunqing obviously had no intention of himself, but he had to marry himself, and he had to fulfill this promise, and he was blamed by himself, which was really innocent.

Although the old lady is selfish, she also knows that if she tells herself the truth, then she will not be a complete joke.

For a moment, countless thoughts passed through He Mian'er's heart, and it seemed that everyone was not wrong.

If the only thing to blame is to blame, it can only be that she He Mian'er is wrong.

She was wrong, in order to repay her kindness, she disregarded the life and death of her parents and broke off her family's kindness. She was wrong, and when she saw the lust, she married into the general's mansion by any means. She is wrong, she has no eyes, and she can't know people clearly......

There are thousands of mistakes, and in the final analysis, they are all one sentence, wrong and wrong, and she is wrong.