After the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone moved to the other courtyard in the west of the city.

The annex is a two-hall courtyard, surrounded by lush trees and quite quiet. The inside of the house is very clean and elegant, and some flowers and trees are planted in the courtyard.

Yan Ting took Ge Gen and a few maids to live in the front yard, which was much more spacious, and Mrs. Tan lived in the backyard with three girls, which was similar to the Lu family, but she felt much more relaxed and free, unlike in the Lu family, she even had to worry about whether it was too loud to laugh, and the lilac fennel honeysuckle even walked up, and her steps were much brisker.

Tan Yin took Honeysuckle to help Li Zheng and Zhang Ziqing move, Li Zheng rented a house in the northwest of the city, the front yard and the back room, the main house three rooms, and a small kitchen in the back. Li Zheng and Zhang Ziqing each lived in one, and the main room was ready to be left for Aunt Li to live in.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time, there is a musty smell, cobwebs are all over, the dust must be an inch thick, and two steps can bring up a foot of dust, which makes people cough.

Li Zheng and Zhang Ziqing were busy sorting out furniture and books. Tan Yin and Honeysuckle wore headscarves and wore old clothes, I don't know how many basins of water they changed, how many rags they soiled, and they finally cleaned them up after cleaning for most of the day.

Tan Yin and Honeysuckle went to the surrounding markets to buy pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea and other daily necessities, and bought vegetables and a few pots of flowers back. The two of them cooked simply, burned a braised pork, fried a green vegetable, fried a few eggs, and the four of them had a delicious meal, which can be regarded as the first meal in the new home.

The yard was full of weeds, and there were two worn-out chairs in the middle, and several people were busy removing the grass together, and by the time the yard was tidied up, it was almost evening.

The sunset reflected the sky red, and the courtyard was covered with a warm glow under the light of the setting sun. The windows of the house are bright and clean, the yard is neat and clean, and the red marks on his hands are slightly painful, but his heart is full.

Li Zheng watched Tan Yin standing in front of the house and smiling at the courtyard, walked behind her and said softly, "Ayin, this will be our home in Shangjing from now on." ”

Tan Yin turned around and saw that it was him, smiled and nodded, she seemed to have a little feeling for Shangjing, she always thought that she was a passer-by before, and she would soon leave this place and return to her hometown.

Now when I see Li Zheng, I see this small courtyard, and I see myself picking up this house, buying pots and pans, and cooking a delicious meal, and this place can be like my hometown!

"Ru Cheng, my aunt will come over in a few days, right?" Tan Yin asked.

"Well, it's been a few days."

"Do you think Auntie will agree with us?"

"I will definitely agree, Ayin, don't worry."

"I'm afraid that my aunt will dislike me for being a country girl, and I am not worthy of you as a new science and technology scholar." Tan Yin looked at herself, in order to clean up today, she deliberately changed into a homespun cloth clothes, and her body was also full of ash, so that she really looked like a country girl. Feeling cowardly in her hometown, Tan Yin was really a little nervous.

"Ayin, my heart for you has never changed, don't you believe me? My mother knows my thoughts, and she has never ignored my wishes for so many years, and she will definitely listen to me for my life's work. ”

Li Zheng's face is delicate and resolute, so many years of orphans and widows living in a foreign land, the criticism suffered by the mother and son is unknown, but he has always stood tall and upward, and now he will eventually have a small success.

Although Mother Li is very strict with Li Zheng, Li Zheng's requests and wishes are all satisfied, Li Zheng is assertive, what else is not to worry about, Tan Yin nodded to Li Zheng with a smile.

"By the way, my aunt has just arrived, her waist is not very good, and she has been in the car for so long, so I will buy some medicine and wine to massage her."

Li Zheng was very moved when he heard this, "Ayin, you are so good, you are thoughtful for your mother, she will definitely be very happy." ”

Tan Yin said angrily: "Isn't that your mother!" ”

The two discussed some daily living arrangements after Li's mother entered Beijing, and they had to buy some daily necessities and so on.

……

That night, Mrs. Tan and Tan Yin were talking.

"Yin'er, Li Zheng's mother came over about ten days, right, just a few days?"

"Yes, mother."

Mrs. Tan saw that her daughter was happy and a little uneasy, and couldn't help but ask her why.

"Mother, Aunt Li wasn't very satisfied with me before, I'm afraid she won't like me."

Mrs. Tan sighed secretly and said, "You have been with Li Zheng for so long, and he is an assertive person, since you are so well-spoken, you must always believe him." ”

Tan Yin nodded, remembering the past of her parents, and asked, "Mother, my grandfather didn't agree to your marriage with your father back then, how did you agree later?" ”

"You girl, what is there to say?"

"What do you say!"

Mrs. Tan understood that this was her daughter who wanted to ask for some comfort, "There were also some families who came to propose marriage, and your grandmother also took a fancy to a family, I was unwilling, and I had a lot of trouble with the family for a long time, but fortunately, your grandmother felt sorry for me, and finally agreed." Your aunt is like this, but I didn't expect Aqing to be like this now. As long as the father and mother really love the child, there are a few who can beat the child. You see that Yanya is unwilling to marry the Xu family, can your uncle be reluctant to her? ”

When Tan Yin heard her mother's words, she felt a lot more settled.

Hearing her mother mention Yanya's marriage, remembering that time when the Xu brothers came to start her mother was a little hesitant, and thinking of what Yang Che said that day, Tan Yin asked: "Mother, you also think Gu Zhijun is good!" ”

"Well, this kid has a heroic personality, a lot of atmosphere, a good character, and a very handsome appearance, your father praises him and Zhao Xu. He is from such a family, he can understand the difficulty of women, Yanya has experienced being ridiculed and neglected by people after retiring from marriage, the two are very compatible, it would be good if he could do this. Mrs. Tan approvingly.

"Then the last time the Xu brothers came over, why were you a little hesitant!" Tan Yin was puzzled.

"Wasn't there no way around then! It is really difficult for Yanya to marry a good family in Hangzhou, either she is an unsatisfactory person in all aspects, or she has to marry a remote township, how can your grandmother and uncles be reluctant. Now if you can make it with Gu Zhijun, it will naturally be better. ”

Tan Yin was even more relieved when she heard her mother's words.

……

On the second day, Mrs. Tan's mother and daughter went to Ni Xiang Fang. Li Zheng's mother will arrive in two days, and now it is no more solemn than in the past, and the gift of this meeting is more solemn.

When the guy received them last time and led them inside, he introduced the materials, colors, and textures of various colorful fabrics, and at the same time learned what kind of people they wanted to give to, how old they were, whether they were tall or short, fat or thin, whether they had white or black skin, whether they had long or round faces, and what colors they usually liked. When they knew about it, they were recommended five or six different colors, materials and patterns.

Mother Li is dressed relatively plainly on weekdays, and the mother and daughter looked at it again and again, picked out one of the moon-white evergreen dark pattern silk, and were about to pull it. Mrs. Tan asked again: "Is that all!" Are there any other better ones? ”

The guy thought for a while and said, "These are already the best, in the whole of Shangjing, if the fabric of our neon clothes workshop is said to be second, no one dares to say first." But Madame, you have to ask if there is a better one, but there is also a golden grape twig silk that is better, but we do not sell it at the moment. ”

When Mrs. Tan heard this, she hurriedly asked the guy to take her to have a look, and the guy also had the intention to show off, so he took the mother and daughter there.

Sure enough, there is no best, only better, and when I saw the golden grape twig silk, and then looked at the moon-white silk, I was not as satisfied as I was just now. The silk is more delicate and silky, smoother than the baby's skin, and the grape twigs are embroidered by the embroiderer herself, and the embroidery is very good, which is particularly luxurious and vivid.

"Madam, this silk is woven with more silk than ordinary silk, so that it can be so fine and smooth. You look at this embroidery, this is a good material, this embroidery is the famous embroidery in Suzhou Li Danniang embroidered in a year, this grape has many sons and many blessings, meaning that it is very auspicious. You look at how fine this embroidery is, you look at this green leaf, there are six colors in it, like the real thing? The grapes are so vivid that you want to take a bite when you look at them. The other cloths were sold one by one, and this cloth was only one zhang in total. The guy proudly introduced.

"Man, how much will you sell this silk?" Mrs. Tan looked at Tan Yin and stroked the silk and couldn't put it down, and asked.

"Madam, our shopkeeper is going to display it as the treasure of the town store, not for takeaway." Dude, it's embarrassing.

Mrs. Tan and the guy went back and forth a few times, and increased the price a few times, but the guy never let go, seeing that he really didn't want to sell it, he didn't mean to take Jiao, and he knew that what the guy said was true.

Tan Yin comforted: "Mother, that moon-white silk is good enough, they don't sell this one, so don't force it." ”

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Tan was no longer reluctant, and bought a moon of white 10,000-year-old green silk and left.

Mrs. Tan took Tan Yin to the pharmacy to buy some Ejiao ginseng tonic, and Tan Yin bought some medicinal herbs and wine to give her a good massage.

Mrs. Tan saw that her daughter was trying hard for Li's mother, on the one hand, she felt a little surprised and lamented that the woman was not left. On the other hand, I also sighed secretly, hoping that everything will go well. The daughter's mind has always been on Li Zheng, and if this marriage is completed, it will completely fulfill the wish of the couple.

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When she got home, Yanmin saw their mother and daughter come in with a big bag, and looked at Tan Yin with a smile, and Tan Yin was embarrassed by her laughter.

Yan Min no longer laughed at her, saying that Gu Zhijun and Zhao Xu came to congratulate the housewarming.

Gu Zhijun is lively, and now in the other courtyard, no more than in the Lu family, he talks to Yanya more freely.

Tan Yin just walked into the front yard and found that Gu Zhijun was talking to Yan Ya at the entrance of the back yard, I don't know what Gu Zhijun said interestingly, Yan Ya laughed out loud. Not far from the two of them stood Zhao Xu, and the two said that they were happy, but they didn't find anyone else. And the place where Zhao Xu was standing was just blocked by the pillar.

The two talked for a while and walked to the backyard, Tan Yin was afraid of being discovered, so she turned around and wanted to leave.

"Miss Tan, please stay." Zhao Xu stopped her.

Tan Yin had no choice but to walk towards Zhao Xu.

"I don't know if Miss Tan can walk with me, I have something I want to talk to you about."