Chapter 3: The Tragedy of Cousin Marriage
The autumn tiger in August is full of power, even if Shuangxi is holding an oilcloth umbrella and following suit, Tong Qingyan still feels that the hot sun covers her whole body.
Although he was holding a food box, his footsteps were getting faster and faster, and he shuttled through the scattered courtyards of the Wen Mansion without hesitation.
As soon as the younger brother's baptism ceremony passed, Tong Qingyan was unexpectedly taken to live in Wen's house by Mrs. Wen.
In her previous life, Wen Lan only had such a daughter, so she was naturally reluctant to leave her for too long, so every time Tong Qingyan came to live at her grandfather's house, it was really just a small stay, but this time she came to live in the Wen family, but Mrs. Wen spoke at least half a month.
The Tong family was not much unhappy, and the only one who looked sad and wanted to cry out was probably Mrs. Tong, but in the end, she didn't really stop Tong Qingyan from leaving, she called someone to her pine birch garden on the grounds of giving her little granddaughter something, and told her for half an hour.
He kindly hugged the little granddaughter's shoulders, squeezed the white and delicate hands of the baby little granddaughter, and sent them to the gate, watching the carriage of the Wen Mansion turn two corners and refuse to turn around.
There are four or five clothes and matching jewelry in the cage, and it should be enough to live for half a month, but Tong Qingyan knows that her grandfather and grandmother will definitely buy her a lot of new ones.
When I was a child, I occasionally went to my grandfather's house to live, and my grandfather always had to sit on his side when I had dinner, and that position had always been the eldest cousin Wen Qi's, but as long as she went, the eldest cousin would have no former status, but whenever there was a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, he would be reprimanded by his grandfather.
Grandfather is a rough man, and the central idea is that a man who cares about girls is not a man, but Wen Qi at that time was only one year older than Tong Qingyan, in the final analysis, he was just a child, and he was always unaccustomed to being treated differently by being suddenly different, in order to be a "man", he pretended to be generous and peaceful and sat in a seat away from Tong Qingyan every time.
But in fact, Tong Qingyan observed that every time she ate, Wen Qi's eyes fell on the chopsticks that her grandfather kept picking up vegetables for her, no matter what he liked to eat or not, her grandfather would all clip them into Tong Qingyan's bowl, and she didn't find it several times.
Competing for favor with a child, this kind of thing Tong Qingyan can't do, but it is impossible to let it openly, which will only crit Wen Qi's "man's self-esteem".
So eating at my grandfather's house is not a very pleasant thing, fortunately, the Wen family's rules are shallower, there is no fixed time to eat, you can go to the kitchen at any time to call for food if you want to eat, since the age of five when she borrowed the braised pork of Mrs. Tong to show her cooking talent, Tong Qingyan has never wronged herself, and when she was in the Wen family, she swaggered in and out of the kitchen every day, tossing all kinds of food.
Because of her "old hatred", Wen Qi had the idea of getting one step closer to her cousin without getting closer, and coldly watched Tong Qingyan, who was tied with two small mustaches, with two maidservants, one fat and one thin, tossing around in the kitchen.
Very disdainful but extremely curious in his heart, the war between heaven and man made the little guy keep an eye on the movement of the kitchen, and the reason given was "My kitchen, if it is burned by them, what will so many people in our Wen family eat." ”
When the little girl heard this, she thought it was true, the third lady of the Tong family was tossing in the kitchen of the Wen family, and if the toss was broken, she could go back to the Tong family for dinner, what should we do, no, no, we have to watch carefully.
This kind of thought later, after tasting the leftovers left over from the food made by the master and servant of the Tong family, the little girl slapped himself three times, and he no longer dared to question the ability of the Tong family's cousin, and even hoped that the Tong family's cousin could stay for a few more days every time she came to the Wen family.
Although his own young master can still avoid his cousin, he eats the food assigned to Wozhuyuan every time, and eats very slowly and cleanly.
Now that Miss Cousin has a younger brother, the joy on her face is straight out, it is said that this time she can live for ten days and half a month, and the stone is happy like a soft-footed shrimp leaning against the fence and looking at the direction of the kitchen.
This stupid look fell in Wen Qi's eyes, and it was a stupid person who got goosebumps.
"Ouch..."
Just wanted to scold the words, but when he saw his son-in-law standing behind him with a cold face and a folding fan, he swallowed silently, and then asked with a hippie smile on his face.
"Childe is hungry, go to the kitchen and see what you have to eat?"
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat! That..."As he spoke, he raised his chin and asked in a certain direction, "Tong Sanniang went to the kitchen to toss again?" ”
Shi glanced in the direction of Wen Qi's chin, turned around and said with a smile: "Yes, I went to inquire before the little one, and the cousin said that the autumn tiger is too powerful, and I have to eat some noise-reducing snacks, so I cooked mung bean lotus seed and lily soup today, and also made mint milk jelly." Tut... That mint milk jelly is said to be beautiful like an ornament carved out of mutton fat jade, and I don't know when it will be sent to Wozhuyuan, the slave is guarding here, son, you continue to go to Wen Shu. ”
Wen Qi has a baby face, prefers to pretend to be deep with a straight face, round and bright eyes like a little milk dog, even if he grins his teeth, he looks intimidating, and the stone is not afraid of his own son.
Wen Qi was aroused by the stone's words, and was not willing to admit that she was particularly interested in the food made by this cousin of the Tong family, but also couldn't calm down to read the book, thinking that every time Tong Qingyan personally sent the prepared food to the courtyard of the old lady Wen, after thinking about it, she went back to the house, changed her riding clothes, took a bow and arrows, and walked out.
In the Green Grass Pavilion, the old couple enjoyed the food made by their granddaughter, and sighed with satisfaction at the same time.
Old Lady Wen and Old Lady Wen, who looked at Tong Qingyan, who was much taller than girls of the same age, sighed in their hearts for the good fortune of Old Lady Tong, and knew how happy the old lady was to have such a granddaughter Cheng Huan under her knees every day.
It's a pity that the old couple only has so many days a year to live under the same roof with their granddaughter, if only they could be together for a long time!
Those dramas always sing about the two loves, if it is a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight, ah! It's all bad people who deceive young girls! If you don't like it, you really don't want to be relative for a second, but if it's something that the person you like, even if it's close to each other for twelve hours a day, it's not enough.
Tong Qingyan's heart tightened when she was looked at by the two old men, and she always felt a little like a pearl when she saw the appearance of beef meatballs, so she hurriedly pursed her lips and smiled, and took the plate that Mrs. Wen finished eating on her right hand, and she specially chose a set of celadon peach blossom dishes in order to match the mint milk jelly.
"Since my grandfather and grandmother have finished eating, let's rest, it's easy to get out in the sun this day, so it's better to rummage through mahjong cards in the house and play."
"Grandpa, are you free? Go to the martial arts arena to see if your grandson's archery skills are improving. ”
Tong Qingyan looked sideways at the young man who stepped into the house, the sun outside was too vicious, and after a while, the young man's face was red, this big cousin was very enviable, that is, he would never tan.
The boy was naughty when he was a child, unlike the girl's family who loved to hide from the sun in the house, so he wanted to go out into the wild, and his grandfather was a martial artist, and when he was young, his right leg was injured on the battlefield and he was unable to move, and he was withdrawn back, and returned to Wujin with a consolation fee to run a shop, and then married a wife and had children, so he spent most of his life.
For the teaching of children and grandchildren in martial arts, he never slackened, and the stubborn concept of Mrs. Wen is that men should have the appearance of men's flesh and blood, and they are most unaccustomed to men who are weak and weak and women in general.
Wen Qi became the focus of his grandfather's teaching because of his natural baby face, he was willing to endure hardships, and followed his grandfather every day to learn boxing and foot kung fu, and he couldn't fall behind the homework assigned by the master in the school, and he suffered much more than ordinary children from reading families.
The son of the eldest aunt and the second uncle, the second uncle died early due to illness, and all the love of the second aunt was released on the second cousin Wen Xuan (yáng), begging his grandfather not to be too harsh.
In the face of the tearful pleas of the second uncle's mother, his grandfather couldn't, and his requirements for Wen Jue's riding and archery martial arts were much lower. Thinking about the sun outside, and then thinking about the sequelae of my grandfather's leg injury, if he was infected with heat poison, what would it like... Tong Qingyan then turned around and saluted Wen Qi.
"It's a good thing that my cousin is diligent in studying, but the mint milk jelly I made today can't be left for a long time, so it's better to go with me to the small kitchen to get some back to the Lying Bamboo Garden and taste it slowly. Now that the day is too poisonous, how about getting up tomorrow morning and going to the martial arts arena with my grandfather? I'll make beef and egg stuffed buns tomorrow morning, one bite at a time, and wouldn't it be beautiful to have sweet bean juice one bite at a time after practicing martial arts. ”
Wen Qi, who didn't really want to practice archery under the scorching sun, thought about the mint milk jelly in the celadon peach blossom dish, and then thought about the sweet bean juice and beef and egg buns tomorrow morning, and the brilliance in her big eyes couldn't be hidden.
Pretending to be serious, he lowered his eyes and coughed twice with his fists, raised his eyes to look at his grandfather, watched his grandfather rub his chin and nodded thoughtfully, before turning around and walking to the door and making a gesture of invitation to Tong Qingyan, and only after Tong Qingyan stepped out of the threshold did he move to follow, and he had to restrain his feet from jumping.
Looking at the backs of the two walking away together, Mrs. Wen put down the hand rubbing his chin and looked at his wife.
"Old woman, you say... What if Brother Qi marries Sister An? ”
Mrs. Wen looked at Mrs. Wen with an expression that you just thought of, and the two looked at each other and smiled, thinking that this was a good croaking family affair.
The next morning, Tong Qingyan had just gotten up, and the eldest aunt couldn't wait to rush into the back room and ask Tong Qingyan bluntly what she thought of Wen Qi's cousin.
Tong Qingyan silently swallowed the water used to gargle in her mouth, and looked at her aunt with a confused look on her eyes, "You must like your cousin Qi, right".
She felt that it was necessary to tell her eldest aunt all the stories of the most tragic cousin marriages in history, such as Liu Che and Chen Ajiao, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, such as Lu You and Tang Wan, and Darwin and his cousin Emma.