The lively wedding banquet, the seven aunts and eight aunts were talking and laughing there, compared to the curiosity of the bride and groom, people seemed to be more interested in the marriage of the second son of the Zhou family, almost everyone who had a daughter to be in the boudoir, was paying attention to his every move, satisfied, satisfied, or satisfied. This is really a rare good son-in-law.

Ruikang looked at the interested eyes of his relatives and only felt like an ostrich? Lion? Panda? Or maybe it's a monkey. He had to smile and nod to everyone who looked at him.

"Hey, Shulan, Ryan's marriage is finally done, it's Ruikang's turn next, let me tell you, my husband and her sister's daughter just turned eighteen this year, and she looks good, and her family background matches yours, do you want me to pull a red thread for you?" A female relative who didn't know what to call was pulled Mrs. Zhou to actively introduce her.

Mrs. Zhou had to be perfunctory: "You pay attention first, and let's talk about it when we have time...... Come and have a few drinks. ”

After taking a sip, a close friend of Mr. Zhou also came up, pulled Mrs. Zhou to the side and said: "Shulan, you see that our master and your master have been friends for so many years, you have seen Xiuyun in our family, you praised her for her good looks last time, hey, as soon as the family affairs of your family boss are completed, you and I will sum up the family affairs of these two children." ”

"Ouch, your Xiulan is only fourteen years old, don't be in such a hurry."

"Oh, don't be in a hurry, look at these people staring at your house Ruikang, how can I do it if I don't hurry up, hey, it's decided, I'll come over in two days."

Zhou Ruikang listened to these strange words on the side, looked at the popular plate of "crispy suckling pig" on the table, and felt that he was no different from the suckling pig, and everyone's eyes and chopsticks were competing against the suckling pig first.

They talked about his marriage, but no one came to ask him about his wishes. He didn't dare to talk to people casually, for fear that some parents would think that they were interested in their daughter, so he just sat aside and drank wine. ”

Ruikang said in a trance: "Mother, I'm a little uncomfortable and want to go back to the room to rest." With that, he got up and walked to the backyard.

He just wanted to find a quiet place to be quiet, put out some restless flames in his heart, walked to the backyard, and finally cleaned it up, when he passed by the door of his eldest brother Zhou Ruian's room, he still couldn't help but stop, looking at the decorated jubilant courtyard gate, the red satin, the golden word of happiness was pasted on the red lantern, and even the flowers and trees in the yard were tied with red silk strips, and the whole yard was almost painted red. But Zhou Ruikang always felt that there was a kind of incongruity between the grand and festive decoration and the closed door.

He couldn't say what was wrong, thinking that his marriage might have to obey his parents' arrangements in the future, he felt upset and sighed secretly. Just as he was about to walk away, suddenly there was a loud noise in the room, and it seemed that something had fallen to the ground.

Zhou Ruikang was stunned for a moment, quickly stepped forward and knocked on the door and asked, "Big brother, Ruojun, what's wrong?" What happened? ”

I heard Zhou Ruian crying in a hoarse voice in the house: "Don't come here, don't come here." ”

Zhou Ruikang's psychology sank, and he pushed the door open, the scene in front of him surprised him, his brother Zhou Ruian fell to the ground and kept struggling to climb to the door, Mei Ruojun was beside him and wanted to help him up, but she looked panicked, her face was pale, her whole body trembled, her hands and feet were at a loss, her face was full of tears, and she choked.

"What's going on?" Zhou Ruikang asked while helping Zhou Ruian up. Zhou Ruian pushed Mei Ruojun's hand away, grabbed his brother's arm tightly, and hid behind Ruikang, as if Mei Ruojun was some kind of poisonous snake and beast.

Mei Ruojun cried and said, "I...... I...... I don't want to...... Sorry......."

It turned out that the moment Zhou Ruian provoked Xipa, Mei Ruojun looked up and saw a distorted facial features, her extremely ugly face, and couldn't help but be startled, and her beauty also shocked Zhou Ruian, he didn't expect her to be so beautiful, so beautiful that his inferiority complex was infinitely magnified, so big that it became extremely fearful, and suddenly saw the frightened look on her face, which made him think of his ugliness and cripples, he wanted to escape, involuntarily retreated again and again, knocked down the stool, he was originally inconvenient with his legs and feet, and at this time he was in a state of confusion. couldn't control his body, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground, Mei Ruojun knew that his unconscious reaction had hurt him, and he was busy stepping forward to help him up, but he didn't expect Ruikang to rush in.

Seeing Mei Ruojun crying sadly, and seeing his brother Ryan curled up behind him in fear, Ruikang's heart was like a knife, he knew from the beginning that such a thing would happen, but he was powerless to stop it, and watched a tragedy begin.

Soon the maids all gathered over, and they were about to run to inform Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, but Ruikang was busy stopping him, he didn't want this matter to make a big deal anymore, he knew that if Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou knew, then Mei Ruojun's future life would be even more sad.

"Fu ...... Help...... I'll go...... Study, Rui ....... Kang. Ryan hid behind Ryan and shivered, his voice trembling.

"Hmm." Ruikang replied in a deep voice, helped his brother Ruian, and at the same time took a deep look at Mei Ruojun who was squatting on the ground, the two looked at each other, thinking about what Ruikang said to Ruojun in the Mei family a few days ago. Ruikang was very sad and frustrated, he knew that there was nothing he could do about it, and he could only help Ryan out of the new house.

Mei Ruojun slowly stood up, walked to the dressing mirror, looked at herself in the mirror, thinking of the moment when Xipa unveiled it just now, she couldn't help crying again, she didn't expect Zhou Rui'an's disability to be so serious, because of the spasm of the left half of her body, the facial features of the left half of her face were distorted and deformed, and even her speech was slurred, stammering, and the muscles on her face would keep twitching.

Yes, she was scared, but she didn't dislike him, she was just scared for a while, since she was married to him, then he was her husband, she would try to accept him, love him, she just needed some time.

Ruojun didn't know what she was going to do, she sat in front of the mirror in pain, covered her face, and couldn't help crying, she couldn't deceive herself, she was disappointed, she was confused about the future days, how would she get along with Ryan? How do you want to gain a foothold in the Zhou family? What else will happen in the days ahead? She was completely unsure.

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Mei Ruojun slept all night, got up early in the morning, everything around her was so unfamiliar, she looked blankly at the new house covered with big red happy words, and felt that these happy words were laughing at herself in the air, laughing at this ridiculous marriage.

With a long sigh, she sat down in front of the dresser, in a daze, a little girl knocked on the door and came in, and said with a smile: "Morning young grandmother, my name is Cuiliu, it turns out that I am serving the eldest young master, you sit, I will give you a face wash." ”

Ruojun looked at her, fifteen or sixteen years old, delicate and lovely, there was a clever energy between her eyebrows and eyes, and she had a good impression in her heart.

Ruojun usually does it by himself, and at this time he is quite unaccustomed, Cuiliu smiled: "Grandma, what kind of hairstyle do you want, although I am serving the eldest young master, my combing skills are not bad, and sometimes even my wife asks me to help comb my hair." ”

Ruojun smiled and nodded, and asked cautiously, "....... the eldest young master?"

Cuiliu already knew what was going on, and hurriedly said: "Grandma, don't worry, the people of the Zhou family are all knowledgeable. The eldest young master rarely talks on weekdays, and he doesn't go out, and he is more introverted in personality, but he is kind at heart and is not difficult to get along with. ”

Ruojun was grateful for her frank admitting that in this new environment, she needed someone to give her some guidance, she took Cuiliu's hand and said, "Good sister, can you tell me more about the situation of the Zhou family?" ”

"Okay," Cuiliu smiled, very cute: "I'll tell you something about the Zhou family while combing your hair." ”

Cuiliu picked up the comb and thought about it and said: "Our family, it seems that the master is more strict, and the wife is more gentle, but in fact, the master is only in charge of the outside business, and the wife has the final say in all matters at home." However, Mrs. is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, last time Li San was drunk and made a mistake, and beat a few boards according to the family law, and later at night Mrs. also ordered someone to send medicine. My mother got sick the previous month, and my wife also gave me money. Speaking of this, he suddenly covered his mouth and smiled: "Yo, you see my broken mouth, I think the young grandmother wants to know more about the young master." ”

Ruojun smiled slightly, Cuiliu said: "Speaking of our eldest young master, cough, it's really a hard life, I heard Zhang's mother say, the eldest young master was a beautiful child when he was born, thick eyebrows and big eyes, like a dough to attract people, everyone laughs, who knows that at the age of three, suddenly the high fever does not go away, I drank a lot of medicine, I saw a lot of doctors, and it was not cured, and then I found a foreign doctor, took a few injections, and the fever subsided, but the left half of the body began to twitch frequently, and since then the root of the disease has fallen." He sighed and said, and then said: "Our eldest young master almost doesn't go out because of this body, and he rarely speaks, and he reads and writes and paints in the study every day, and sometimes he loses his temper, but he loses his temper, and he never says anything wrong if we do something wrong." ”

Ruojun couldn't help but sympathize with Ruian in his heart, sighed silently, and Cuiliu continued: "It is also a blessing for the eldest young master to marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law as you in this life, but to support the entire Zhou family, it still depends on our second young master." Fortunately, the Zhou family has a second young master, and the second young master is really a famous young man in this neighborhood, and his appearance and knowledge are rare and good, and it is also the hope of our Zhou family. You'll know in the future. ”

Cuiliu didn't know that Ruojun had already met Ruikang, she nodded, indeed, Ruikang is a talent, she couldn't help but think that which woman would marry Ruikang in the future would really be happy.

Cuiliu finished combing Ruojun's hair, changed her clothes, and said, "Grandma, let's go and serve tea to the old lady, and by the way, I will show you the way." ”

The two went out of the door, and Cuiliu explained to Ruojun as she walked: "Grandma, look, along the small stone road, through that doorway is the garden. He walked into the garden and turned around and pointed to a tall building behind him, and said, "Look, this is 'Yilan Xiaozhu', which is the residence of the old lady." He pointed to a flowerpot-shaped doorway in front of him and said: "Walking forward, the second young master lives in the West Cross Courtyard, also called 'Yongmei Garden', which has a lot of plum blossoms, and it is blooming well. The eldest young master's east cross courtyard is also called 'picking chrysanthemum garden', because the eldest young master loves chrysanthemums, so every autumn, the old lady will put all kinds of chrysanthemums in this courtyard, but it is beautiful. ”

The two of them looked at the scenery in the courtyard while walking, the Zhou family is indeed the home of rich poetry, the courtyard is scattered, and the scenery changes step by step, and you can see the elegant taste and literati feelings of the master's family.

The two walked through the corridor to the lobby of the front yard, Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou were already sitting upright, the second elder of the Zhou family saw that she was beautiful and dignified, and knew the number of etiquette, and liked it very much, but when he saw that only Ruojun came to ask for peace, Master Zhou couldn't help asking: "What about Ruian?" Mei Ruojun didn't know how to answer, Cuiliu hurriedly stepped forward and said a few words in Mrs. Zhou's ear, Mrs. Zhou frowned lightly, and whispered a few words to Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou snorted, Ruojun stood cramped in the hall, I don't know what to do, Mrs. Zhou sighed, frowned and glanced at the next person, the next person was busy putting the futon on the ground, Ruojun was about to kneel down to serve tea, and Ruikang's voice sounded outside the door: "Dad, mother, I brought my eldest brother to greet you." ”

Ruojun turned around to look at the door, and saw the slender, confident and energetic Ruikang, helping his brother Ryan slowly into the hall, Ryan leaned over the threshold with a crutch, and walked in slowly, with a look of embarrassment and fear, the two brothers became a diametrically opposed contrast.

Mei Ruojun glanced at Ruikang gratefully, she knew that Ruikang must have persuaded Ruian, and even forced him to come to ask for An, Ruikang smiled faintly at her, Ruojun hurriedly stepped forward to support Ruian, Ruian looked at her fearfully and helplessly, and the husband and wife both knelt down to serve tea to Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou.

Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou respectively said the family motto, and Mr. Zhou smiled and said: "I hope that your husband and wife will be harmonious, and we will give our Zhou family branches and leaves as soon as possible......" Mrs. Zhou quickly helped her up, took out a box, which contained a pair of crystal clear mutton fat white jade bracelets, and said with a smile: "Ruojun, from now on you are the eldest daughter-in-law of our Zhou family, although this pair of jade bracelets is not a priceless object, but it is an heirloom of the Zhou family for nearly a hundred years, called' 'Yue Linglong', which means that the daughter-in-law of our Zhou family is as chaste as this white jade and flawless, and also refers to the family reunion and happiness. You have to treasure it. ”

Mei Ruojun carefully accepted it, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and then offered tea to Ruikang according to the etiquette: "Second uncle, please use tea." ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Ruikang took the teacup and took a sip. At this time, everyone in the house, even the second elder of the Zhou family, felt a little pity, the two of them stood together in terms of appearance and figure, so matching, so pleasing to the eye, but fate tricked him, the two of them only had the fate of uncle and sister-in-law in this life.

After breakfast with the whole family, Ruikang went to school with his books, and Ruojun helped Ruian to the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Zhou Ruian suddenly walked forward with a crutch and walked quickly, Ruojun was worried that he would fall, so he hurriedly said: "You slow down, be careful." So saying, I was going to help him.

Zhou Ruian shook off her hand and said loudly, "Let's go...... Open ......"

Ruojun saw that his feet were unstable, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll go away, but you walk slowly." ”

The muscles on Zhou Ruian's face twitched, and he said, "You ...... Go back to ......"

Mei Ruojun didn't understand his words and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Zhou Ruian frowned and stammered, "Go back to ...... You...... Family...... Go to ......"

"What?" Ruojun looked at him in surprise and said, "I'm your wife?" How can I go home? ”

"I ...... I don't want you to ....... you ....... go......." Zhou Ruian said coldly, walking briskly towards the study while leaning on crutches.

He doesn't want me? Don't want me? Mei Ruojun banged in her head, and suddenly the charming garden became so bleak and cold, what should she do? Are you going back to your parents' house? I just entered the door yesterday and was divorced by my husband today, so how do parents behave? How do you want to be a person?

She stood in the garden in a daze, letting the cold wind blow herself, and in a moment the snow fell again in the sky, and she stood there like a puppet, her mind blank.

After a while, Cuiliu walked into the garden, and saw that her cloak, eyebrows, and eyelashes were covered with a thin layer of snow, and her lips were white from the cold, so she was startled and hurriedly shook her, and said, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Why are you stupid to stand in the snow? What if it freezes? With that, he pulled her to the new house.

Cuiliu hurriedly picked up the brazier, let Ruojun sit on the bed, and rubbed her cold hands for her on the side, Cuiliu asked, "Grandma, is something wrong?" Did the eldest young master say something? ”

Ruojun moved his eyes at this time, looked at Cuiliu and said, "He said he didn't want me, let me go home." I was divorced by him. ”

Cuiliu was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Grandma, do you really want to go back to your parents' house?" You have already passed the door, you are from the Zhou family, this is your home. The eldest young master would say that only when he was in a bad mood, you can't take it seriously. Besides, there is still the old lady above, and if he wants to retire, he has to pass the old lady's level, which is not so easy. Do you really believe it? ”

"I ......" Mei Ruojun thought about it and nodded, what Cuiliu said made sense, but her heart was still very heavy, she knew before marriage that there would be many challenges in this marriage, but she didn't expect the challenge to come so fast, so violent, she said to herself thousands of times in her heart, you must be patient, you must be restrained, you must be tolerant, you must persevere, but it is so difficult to really face it. Cuiliu persuaded for a while, Ruojun was a little relieved in his heart, and he decided to do his duty as a daughter-in-law with peace of mind first.