Chapter 330: The Old Man
The people who came to eat and drink saw Song Zhuangyuan's family members receiving them in the hall, and they were all polite.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also famous for donating food for disaster relief last year, but no one knows.
Chang sat in the middle of the conversation with those people very usually, and she had lived in Beijing for more than two years, and she also had a rough idea of what food and clothing were like, and she could talk about anything.
Ah Xiu mainly looks at the children, and says a few words to those daughters-in-law and ladies from time to time.
Song Zhuangyuan took a wife and had children at such a young age, but it shattered the Spring and Autumn dreams of many girls.
In the past, everyone thought it was strange how they couldn't wait.
After ten years of cold windows, I finally won the champion, maybe I could marry a prince or a noble daughter or something, but I didn't expect to marry a merchant girl.
Of course, this merchant girl is not simple, she is beautiful, she has a lot of silver, and the two of them are still childhood sweethearts, so they should think about it.
The hall was lively, and after a while, a mother-in-law came to report that Xie Zhonglang's family was here.
Xie Zhonglang?
Xie Jun?
Ah Xiu turned his head sideways, and sure enough, he saw Yang not far away leading a woman in a turquoise dress into the hall.
The woman is full of grace, her little face looks gentle and gentle, and she walks weakly.
is really the cousin of the Xie family, but she is now Mrs. Xie.
Xie Jun is in the same department as Hu Ke, and it is reasonable to invite Xie Jun to eat and drink.
Ah Xiu saw her enter the door and smiled from afar.
Qian Yinxuan saluted her and Chang's family, after all, these two people are official wives with orders.
However, when looking at Ah Xiu, Qian Yinxuan was still a little embarrassed.
She also knows who this champion lady is now, although the two have not been in contact before, but this person has occupied the position of her cousin's fiancΓ©e for many years, in fact, she has secretly scolded angrily several times.
At that time, she naturally felt that this woman was not worthy of her cousin, and the marriage of the two families was withdrawn, and she was happy for several days.
Later, she married her cousin as she wished, but she didn't expect her to marry Zhuangyuanlang, and now she has been named Mrs. Sanpin.
Qian Yinxuan sat silently in the east corner, trying not to look at the brightly dressed woman.
Ah Xiu didn't care about her, and continued to talk to the people around her.
It's just that near the end, another acquaintance came.
Hearing that her mother-in-law was coming to report that the Fan family from the fourth room of the Tang family came over, she looked up in surprise.
Fan Ling, why is she here too?
Ah Xiu looked uncertain, and someone next to him explained: "Tang Sigongzi made up for a gap last year and was in charge of the Ministry of Industry. β
Xiaoxiao is in charge, and he is an eight-grade official.
No wonder she came to this banquet, to put it bluntly, Hu Ke is still her husband's peak.
Fan Ling was obviously stunned when she saw Ah Xiu, although the two had no intersection, how could she not know this person.
When she first went to Dongyuan Temple to pray for blessings, she met this person once, and at that time she was considered a crude merchant.
There is no street behind, and I also saw her, and laughed at this person who was not reserved.
It's a pity, God is unfair, such a life is fine.
not only married Zhuang Yuanlang, donated 100,000 loads of grain, but was also specially awarded the title of Mrs. Sanpin by the emperor.
Fan Ling was very jealous in her heart, thinking that her father-in-law was demoted and resigned for retirement, and the Tang family was divided into several rooms, and her life became more and more sad, and she was extremely depressed.
I think it took some effort for her to marry into the Tang family, thinking that her husband is a gentle and elegant scholar, and he has his back to the Tang family, so there will be a little bit of edification no matter what, how do you know that she has failed repeatedly.
As soon as she thought of this, Fan Ling was a little upset, twisting her fingers with the handkerchief in her hand, and she didn't talk to others.
At noon, the welcoming team returned, and the Hu family's banquet began.
In order to get married this time, the Hu family also invited the troupe to join in the fun.
Ah Xiu took her son to see the bride, and then went to the courtyard for dinner.
After the meal, the crowd drank two cups of tea, and some people began to say goodbye and prepare to go back.
Fan Ling was sitting out of place here, and when she saw someone leaving, she immediately said goodbye to the Yang family and a few familiar people, not wanting to stay longer for a moment.
Seeing that she was leaving, Ah Xiu confessed to the maid beside her.
After a while, Fan Ling, who had already left the hall, stopped Chunliu.
"Mrs. Tang, my wife wants to talk to you, can you have a face."
As soon as she saw that it was Chunliu, Fan Ling knew who was looking for her.
To be honest, she doesn't really want to go, but the identity of the other party is there, and she can't go if she doesn't go.
Fan Ling took the little maid and Chunliu away, and the three of them came to the small pond in the backyard, where Ah Xiu and her son were throwing fish food into the pond in the pavilion.
Seeing her coming, Ah Xiu handed over her son to the nurse and took her down, beckoned to Fan Ling, "Mrs. Tang, come and sit." β
Fan Ling nodded politely, left the maid outside the pavilion and sat down.
"Mrs. Song made a special trip to find me, but is there something wrong?"
It's strange to bring her to this kind of place alone.
But Fan Ling couldn't figure it out, she shouldn't have much to do with the person in front of her.
Ah Xiu raised her hand and poured her a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Tang, in fact, we have some relationship. β
"Oh, what do you mean by that?"
Ah Xiu smiled, with a faint chill in her eyebrows.
"If it weren't for the changes in my family, Mrs. Tang would have been my sister-in-law a long time ago."
As soon as she said it, Fan Ling was shocked, and finally understood who the person in front of her was.
No wonder.
She said that her eyebrows and eyes seemed to be a little familiar, and it turned out to be from his family.
Last year, the daughter-in-law of the Song family became famous, and Fan Ling also knew that this person was the one who opened the embroidery building, but there were many embroidery buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, how could it be his family.
The most important thing is that I didn't expect that the Zhuo family would get up after such an accident.
"You're his sister?"
Ah Xiu nodded, "Mrs. Tang remembered." β
Fan Ling smiled a little helplessly: "I had that engagement before I married into the Tang family, so I naturally remember it, and you look a little like him, but I didn't expect it at first." β
"What happened at the beginning ......"
"Hey."
Fan Ling sighed, "No one expected such an accident." β
She seemed to be very pity, Ah Xiu sneered, and said: "At the beginning, Mrs. Tang was the young lady of the Bofu family, and my family was only a merchant, I thought Mrs. Tang would feel wronged." β
"Words there." Fan Ling's expression almost collapsed, "My parents' words are matchmakers, no matter what, I am willing." β
Ah Xiu nodded, "That's right." As a woman, these things are deeply touched, especially in the Gaomen Mansion with many sisters. β
"Okay, the original thing is over, let's not mention it. I came to Mrs. Tang today just to ask, how did my eldest brother die? β
"Why do you want to ask me about this?"
Fan Ling was stunned, she wanted to get angry, but she didn't dare to take into account Ah Xiu's identity.
"He, didn't he fall from the stairs in an accident and died?"