The two entered the Rongyue Residence, it was not early, the light in Yanya's room was still on, Mrs. Tan remembered tomorrow, nodded with Yanting, and walked towards her room.

Yan Ya was embroidering, heard a knock on the door, walked up to open the door, saw Mrs. Tan outside the door, and hurriedly beckoned in.

Yan Ya embroidered a picture of an immortal splashed with ink, which was made by the grandmaster Li Kai 20 years ago. The painting is a bare-chested fairy, wide clothes and big belly, faltering, naïve and cute, as if walking in the clouds, the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth of the face are embraced together, the chin and beard are sloppy, it seems that the image is very obscene, but it is a vulgar appearance, free and wild, extremely laughing and scolding, revealing a proud fairy spirit, creating a precedent for painting freehand, for the first painting in today's art world, collected in the big inside, rubbing countless books.

Mrs. Tan sat down, looked at this immortal picture carefully, and said, "It's really amazing, how could you think of embroidering this immortal picture." ”

This splashed ink fairy picture is only black and white, which is different from the usual embroidery colorful, and ordinary people will not choose this kind of theme, of course, it is a test of the embroiderer's level.

"I liked this painting so much that I wanted to embroider it." Yanya smiled.

Under the light of the candle flame, looking at her niece who was smiling and white as jade, Mrs. Tan sighed in her heart and said: "The candle flame is dark at night, and the embroidery costs your eyes, you should be careful." ”

"Got it, sister-in-law, I've saved it. It's so late and you haven't slept yet? ”

"I came back from your uncle's study, and when I saw that the lights in your house hadn't been turned off, I came over to take a look."

Mrs. Tan looked at the flowers in the vase on the table, the white bottle of brown branches, green leaves and red flowers, but a bottle of one branch and one flower, but it showed the artistic conception.

"Ya'er, you plugged it in!"

"Yes, sister-in-law. A Qing said that she would take us to the flower market in the east of the city in a few days, and the flower arrangement basket would be more lush, and the flower arrangement would be spread from Shangjing to all over the country, or Shangjing would be more prosperous. ”

"This is excellent, and there are not many ways to spend flowers."

Yan Ya smiled and nodded, the previous dynasty likes to be full of flowers, and the decoration is complex and luxurious. In the seventy years of this dynasty, Taizu had lingering palpitations about the extravagance of the previous dynasty, and the three emperors all advocated simplicity, Zen Buddhism flourished, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were integrated, and the wind of simplicity flourished.

Mrs. Tan chatted with Yanya for a while, and stopped talking several times, and finally made up her mind: "Ya'er, Xu Linhai and his brother are coming to visit tomorrow." ”

Yan Ya was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Mrs. Tan.

"Originally, Yanting wanted to visit them in two days, but I didn't expect them to take the initiative to come, and we will propose tomorrow to let them return your Geng post, so that the divorce will be all done." Mrs. Tan said as she noticed Yan Ya's expression.

"It's all up to my sister-in-law and my eldest brother." Yanya did not hesitate.

Mrs. Tan pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and said: "In the evening, your eldest uncle asked us to go to his study, and said a lot of good things about Xu Linhai, saying that the future of the Xu family brothers is limitless, if we marry Xu Linhai, in the future, the husband and wife will be honored, and the decree and the phoenix crown will be just around the corner, let us act cautiously." Your aunt said that you are young now, and it will be too late to regret it in the future. ”

When Yanya heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and there was a hint of bitterness and relief in her smile. said to Mrs. Tan, "Sister-in-law, I understand what you mean. You are afraid that I am young now, and I have nothing to do, and I will give up this good marriage in a moment, and I may regret it in the future. I have never told you what is in my heart, how fortunate I am to be born in the Gao family, other people's families did everything possible to catch up with this marriage, but our family gave up for me. ”

"I know that the Lin family has always wanted to marry Yanmin as soon as possible, but it was only because I was not married that the family kept dragging it out. As early as the year before last, my father and uncle wanted to negotiate a marriage with the Xu family as soon as possible, but the Xu family made excuses many times. Don't hide it from my aunt, Xu Linhai is so famous, if I didn't have any longing and expectations for him before, it would be a lie, and my heart was hot at the beginning. At the beginning, I still believed the excuses, thinking that it was to not delay my studies, and only after the establishment of a career did I start a family, and then I made excuses again and again, I knew that he had no heart for me, and my heart slowly became cold, and that time in Biyan Pavilion, I saw him and that Yunxian and a group of friends, humiliating me unscrupulously, my heart was completely cold. Yan Ya remembered the past and said indifferently.

"The businessman's family and the nouveau riche family, I am already different from him, and it is definitely not a good match. Even if I am a woman, I have my own dignity, if I don't get the love and respect of my husband, glory and wealth, and my wife, what is the use of me asking for this? The eldest aunt and the eldest uncle met in Weiwei, but now they still can't take off the hat of the merchant family, and they are entangled in trivial matters all day long. Thinking about his scheming means of forcing the Gao family to withdraw from the marriage and then preventing me from remarrying, if I marry him, what kind of life will I live in the future, I shudder when I think about it. Yanya closed her eyes and took a long breath, tears glistening in her eyes.

When Mrs. Tan heard her words of disembowelment, she felt even more pity in her heart, and she was completely relieved, and sighed: "Ya'er, my aunt has underestimated you, if I said that Yan Ting and I were still a little nervous before, and now that we see you with such insight and heart, what are we not worried about." ”

Yanya hurriedly replied: "Let my aunt and everyone worry about me, Ya'er really can't help it." ”

"You kid, what else is the family polite? Those of us who are elders just want you to have a smooth and happy life. Don't worry about your aunt at your age, like your grandmother. Over the years, your aunt has reported good news and bad news, and I don't know how many tears she shed in private, but fortunately, Lu Yin and Lu Qing are older. ”

"My aunt begs for kindness, this may be the life she wants, but it's not what I want."

Mrs. Tan thought of Mrs. Lu, and was silent for a while, and after a while, Fang said, "What kind of life does Ya'er want?" ”

Yan Ya said solemnly: "Auntie, born in the Gao family, the family works together, the elders are affectionate, the brothers and sisters are close to each other, I don't seek glory and wealth, I only want a one-hearted person, and the white head is not negative." ”

"Ya'er knows that it is common for men in this world to have three wives and four concubines, and even the ordinary peasant family has to ask for a small amount of money, not to mention this high-ranking official, a man with a good fortune is more attractive than that woman, it is rare to be like my Gao family."

"It's rare, but it's not nothing, isn't my uncle like this? Let's just say that the dignitaries and nobles are not nothing. ”

"Ya'er wants to be Zhuo Wenjun? It's a pity that Sima Xiangru also changed his mind in the end. People will change, when they are young, they swear to make alliances, and when they are older, there are a few people who can keep their oaths, and many times it is just fate. Tan Fu sighed when he thought of his sister.

Yanya was silent for a while, and said, "Does my sister-in-law think of my eldest aunt?" I have heard about my aunt's affairs back then, and my aunt did not choose the person who was deeply in love with her back then, but chose my uncle and a poor scholar. She doesn't want to be a merchant wife, she is willing to be an official wife, and she can be regarded as what she wants. No matter who I meet in the future, Xu Linhai is definitely not the person I want. ”

Seeing that Yanya was so firm, Mrs. Tan thought of Xu Linhai's style, so she said: "I understand your mind, tomorrow will naturally be according to your mind, the time is not early, you should rest early!" ”

After Mrs. Tan said goodbye to Yan Ya, she returned to the house to rest.

……

Tan Yin, like her mother, lay in bed and did not fall asleep, remembering the conversation with Yanting at night.

After Mrs. Tan entered Yan Ya's room in the evening, Yan Ting was about to leave, when she suddenly heard a voice, it was Tan Yin who opened the door and came out.

At night, the weather is cool, the moonlight is cold, and a few cold plums are in full bloom in the courtyard, and the fragrance is refreshing.

Thinking of tomorrow, Rao is Yanting has experienced a lot since he was a child, and his elders have always trusted him very much, but such a big event will inevitably be thought about again and again.

Tan Yin saw that Yan Ting was preoccupied, and asked, "Big cousin, why did you come here so late?" ”

"I sent my sister-in-law back, it's so late, you haven't slept yet?"

"I saw that my mother went to the second sister's house, but what happened?"

Yan Ting knew that his cousin was smart, so he said: "There is something, you can walk with me!" The two walked and chatted in the courtyard.

"Big cousin, what's on your mind?"

Yanting informed Tan Yin of what Luda said in the evening and asked her opinion.

"There is nothing new in what my uncle said, but what the world said. My cousin is worried, presumably not for this matter, but because he is afraid of retiring from the marriage at this moment, he should answer his aunt's words, and the second sister will regret it in the future! ”

Yan Ting chuckled, "Ah Yin is the roundworm in my stomach." ”

"My mother went to see the second sister for this reason!"

"Yes, the stakes are high, and we have to be cautious."

Tan Yin said solemnly: "Big brother, as far as I know, the second sister's mind has never changed, Xu Linhai is treacherous and lustful, and glory and wealth are not pursued by the second sister, and she will not regret it in the future." ”

Yan Ting nodded, thought for a long time, and said, "I know that Yan Ya's mind has never changed, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

"Ah Yin, my father once told me that the most difficult thing for people is to really know others, from the perspective of our Gao family, we naturally think that Xu Linhai broke the covenant and was romantic, but is this person really like this?"

When Tan Yin heard Yan Ting say this, she felt that the second monk was confused for a while, and asked: "Why did the eldest cousin say this, the Xu family did such a thing, is it wrong for us to think like this?" ”

"Naturally, we are not wrong, but whether Xu Linhai and his people only have this side, and whether we have too superficial understanding of him......" Yan Ting frowned and thought.

Tan Yin said with a suspicious look on her face: "I don't quite understand why the eldest brother suddenly feels this way. ”

Yan Ting stopped and said to Tan Yin: "You have read poetry and books since you were a child, so you naturally know that Tang Taizong killed his brother and forced his father to seize the throne, but he created a prosperous Tang Dynasty. Let's just say that Yang Che, the northern marquis of today's town, was criticized before, but he defeated Beijiang and made immortal feats. Human nature is complex and cannot be simply generalized, I have been thinking about it for the past two days, even if the Xu family has done an inappropriate job in withdrawing from the marriage, but is it too bad to beat it to death with such a stick. ”

"But what happened?" Tan Yin asked.

Yan Ting paused for a moment and said, "Two days ago, we went to Xianpinju, do you remember that Zheng Xi asked us to go to his private room?" ”

Tan Yin nodded, and Yan Ting talked about the events of the day.