Chapter 27: The Old Home

When Chungui was woken up by the maidservant, the groom was already missing from the pillow, and she was relieved, listening to the words of Mei Jealous and Ju Xi sisters praising the uncle, and she also felt quite popular.

"As Guo's mother said, the uncle is not used to the closeness of the maidservant, this morning, the uncle himself put on his clothes, called people to fetch water into the house, Guerlain took the lead again, pestering to comb the uncle's hair bun, but the uncle branched out, let her prepare the grandmother's washing utensils, and did not let us do it, she combed her hair in a bun, and explained to go to the morning exercise first, so that we don't have to wake up grandma in a hurry, and wait for grandma to rest for half an hour."

"The maid also asked Sister Wenxi, and the sister also said that the uncle followed the old lady to study in the outer courtyard when he was young, and he did everything he could, which was very different from those powerful children who came to stretch out their hands.

"Even the servants and maids around the lady don't know the tastes that the uncle likes, it can be seen that the uncle is usually very self-disciplined, not like the young masters of the Zong family at all, so he loves to tease with the maids, read this book, write a few words, and the maids know everything."

Listening to these evaluations, all of them are positive, no matter how Zhao Lanting really looks at it, he doesn't look like a womanizer, although Chungui is not optimistic enough to believe that he will be a couple with his husband for the rest of his life in the future, but he has a little confidence, probably respectful and hopeful?

Feeling happy, I couldn't help but eat early in the morning, fortunately, Zhao Dagongzi did not reject his wife from having a good appetite, and he didn't pay attention to the rule that his wife must serve her husband after eating before she could use the rules of "cold soup and cold burning", and Chun Gui did not have such consciousness, or Guo's mother was a little frightened, and couldn't help but remind her: "Now in Fenyang, the uncle doesn't care, and the lady is never picky, and the grandmother doesn't have to be restrained, just ...... In the future, the eldest grandmother returned to Beiping with the uncle, in front of the old lady, but be careful, that is, the servants in the house saw it, maybe it will also provoke slander, in the family, the husband and wife can not eat at the same table, unless the elders confess not to be formal. ”

Spring Return: !!

There has never been such a rule in her own family, and her father will even cook it himself and make delicious dishes to surprise her mother.

There was no resistance on his face, thanks to Guo's mother for the reminder.

Li Shixiang followed Chungui's side, and also persuaded in a tight voice: "That's true, before A-Niang left the cabinet, your grandmother also had the same teachings, but I met a generous person like your father, and I never paid attention to these red tape, but the Taishi Mansion is different from our family after all, and my uncle and you are both juniors. ”

Chun Gui said a few more words to Guo's mother, but it was actually a wide aunt's heart: "I don't know the rules in the Taishi's Mansion, and there are many mistakes in words and deeds, thanks to my mother's reminder, I will definitely be cautious and cautious in the future." ”

But secretly thought: Listening to the meaning of Guo's mother's words, it seems that the old grandmother of the husband's family treats people harshly, not as kind and kind as Mrs. Shen, according to Guo's mother's prudence, she should not blame the housewife, can it be ...... Mrs. Shen is also dissatisfied with Mrs. Tai and complains?

I secretly kept in mind that some troubles would be sandwiched between my grandmother and mother-in-law in the future, and my position would inevitably be difficult.

When offering tea to his in-laws as a bride, Zhao Zhizhou had a straight face, but he could see that this was his consistent temperament, not a restraint, Mrs. Shen was still full of spring breeze, and the bridal gift was also very interesting, the strange thing is that Zhao Xiaoliu, who behaved like a thorn in the head yesterday, is like a different person today, and not only no longer puffs up his cheeks and glares at Chungui, but even behaves very deferentially, and a "sister-in-law" shouted loudly, which provoked Chungui to almost can't help pinching his bun face.

But it turns out that Zhao Xiaoliu is still the same Zhao Xiaoliu, and the reason why he is so docile and well-behaved is really because of the presence of Lan Ting's brother.

When Zhao Zhizhou drank the tea of his daughter-in-law, he called Lan Ting to go to the foreign government to discuss official business, Zhao Xiaoliu showed his impatience, first pestered Mrs. Shen, and asked noisily, "Where did the eldest brother go?" "Why does Daddy only do business with his big brother?" "When will Big Brother come back?" "When will my big brother teach me how to draw a post?"

Although he was answered by Mrs. Shen one by one, it was obvious that the bear child was not satisfied with the answer, and he sulked on the side with his small mouth, and often covered his ears to express his impatience to listen to Mrs. Shen and Chungui talk, and suddenly interjected, glared and asked Chungui: "Listen to them, your aunt just died?" ”

Mrs. Shen was embarrassed and glanced at her precious son: "Your eldest sister-in-law has indeed recently lost her mother, but it is too disrespectful for you to speak like this." ”

Chungui didn't care much: "The sixth uncle is still young, and he has no taboo words, so don't blame Mrs." ”

Whether she heard Lan Ting call Shen "madam", weighed it for a while, and decided to follow her husband to call her in-laws safer.

Zhao Xiaoliu asked again: "A-Niang, why do people die?" ”

Mrs. Shen really felt that it was unlucky for Lan Ting and Chun Gui to talk about birth, old age, sickness and death on the second day of their wedding, so she only said perfunctorily: "Because people are old, they will inevitably resign for a long time." ”

"Then Auntie, you are so old, why are you not dead?"

All:......

Chungui really wants to swallow back the four words of Tong Yan Wuji, and by the way, he will also swallow back the childish and pleasing evaluation.

Mrs. Shen doted on her son no matter how much she loved her son, but she was also blocked by this child's words, and raised her eyebrows: "Where is A-Niang old, A-Niang is not yet thirty!" ”

"A-Niang is older than her eldest brother and older than her sister-in-law! A-Niang didn't teach Brother Xie the truth, and glared at Brother Xie, A-Niang is not as fond of Brother Xie as the big brother, Brother Xie doesn't want Niang, Brother Xie wants to find the big brother! With his short legs, he ran on his feet, leaving Mrs. Shen sitting in a chair and stroking her chest.

But when a mother can't really see her son, Mrs. Shen sighed to Chungui: "This child, who is still decent in front of Lan Ting, will be naughty with me, but he is really a little enemy." ”

Chungui had no choice but to laugh and say: "The sixth uncle is still young, and he is a boy, so it is inevitable that he will be closer to his brother, but it is not that he is not close to his wife, and the sixth uncle also knows in his heart that no matter how naughty he is, his wife will not seriously blame him." ”

Mrs. Shen felt a little happy at this time, so she talked about Zhao Xiaoliu's troubles with Chungui, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spent a long time talking so funny, and when Mrs. Shen took a nap at noon, Chungui returned to her new house, and then went to accompany Mrs. Shen to dinner, because it was the daughter-in-law's newlywed, Zhao Zhizhou also went back to the house to eat, which was considered to be a family banquet, but there were no more relatives and friends present, or separated from the screen, separate the two seats for men and women, and Chungui was full of only Zhao Xiaoliu's childish words, and I didn't hear half of the conversation between Zhao Zhizhou and Lan Ting.

After dinner, Lanting said goodbye with the spring return, and brought back Zhao Xiaoliu, a little tail that he couldn't get rid of.

This night, the husband and wife obeyed the rules and rested in separate rooms, and the next morning, Lan Ting accompanied the spring back to the door, but this return door was different from the ordinary, the new son-in-law had to live in his wife's house for some days, which was all the etiquette of the mother-in-law's funeral, until the Li family was buried.

In this way, I had to say goodbye to Zhao Xiaoliu for a long time, the car had gone far away, and I could even hear Zhao Xiaoliu's crying "magic sound" when I returned to the spring, and she sighed: My husband is really charming, and it is really shocking to see the inseparable posture of Zhao Xiaoliu and his brother.

But what he didn't expect was that after only three days, his brother Hua Reignwood was able to tidy up his old home, and personally greeted him under the ancient locust tree at the entrance of the village, without going to Zong's house or to Zongchang's house, which gave Chungui a great surprise.

A tool and things, it seems that there is no difference from when her parents were alive, Chun Gui sat in her boudoir, a trance for a while, and inevitably sad for a while, she remembered that when she was young, she believed that her father was going to recruit a lot of words, never thought that one day she would marry another family, but in a blink of an eye, she was going to Beiping, the capital of the country, far away from her homeland.

Sitting and sitting, my eyes couldn't help but fill with water, and looking at the newly pasted window screen, the soft sunlight was even more blurry.

But Chungui didn't weep in the end, she clenched her fists and held back her sorrow, she thought that if her father's soul was there, she didn't want to see her so sad.

She kept in mind her father's teachings, and never gave up open-mindedness at any time, just like what her father once said - "The wind and rain are angry, the birds are relatives, the sun is shining and the wind is shining, and the grass and trees are thriving, it can be seen that heaven and earth cannot be without harmony for a day, and people's hearts cannot be without joy for a day." ”

Always be afraid of the difficulties of life, just like yourself who was once desperate, suddenly ushered in the bright future.

Chungui stabilized her mood, the pace was quiet, she saw the bamboo pavilion in the small courtyard, the brother was talking with Lanting about the wine, the stone path was full of acacia flowers, a bush of dwarf bamboo outside the pavilion, quite beautiful still, this is the home she is so attached to, some relatives are no longer there, but there will be family members who make her worry about her in the future.

As if he had noticed something, Lan Ting suddenly looked back, although he only saw the faint corner of his skirt, dangling on the side of the main hall, he knew that it should be the woman, so he stood quietly.

It should be reluctant, although there are no parents in this place, and although it is such a straightforward woman, there is still attachment after all, and it cannot be parted with.

"Waiting for the Pavilion, the word "waiting for rest" is also proposed by the father-in-law." Lan Ting turned around and seemed to ask casually.

"That's what my father intended." Reignwood seemed to be sentimental: "I still remember that back then, when my father wrote the plaque, it was my sister who was grinding ink beside me, and my sister was very reluctant that her father was about to go to Beijing to take the exam. ”

"But seven years of Hongfu?" Lan Ting asked again.

"That year, I was supposed to take the exam, but it coincided with the death of the Empress Dowager, and the imperial court announced the suspension of the examination for a year, and my father was invited by his classmates to go to Fujian, but I didn't want to meet the ...... of the Japanese rebellion" Hua Reign sighed, and his eyes were red: "Although I was not born to my father, since I was young, I was taught by my father, and my father was also a teacher for me. ”

"In this way, Uncle Yue died unexpectedly in the guest country?"

"Yes, the bad news came back that my mother and sister didn't even have time to say goodbye to my father, and according to my father's classmates, the Japanese set fire to the house, and when my father's bones were found, they were already ...... It is difficult to distinguish the face, and can only be recognized by the things you carry with you. ”

Lan Ting frowned slightly, and intuitively felt that there seemed to be something strange about this: "Brother, do you know the name and surname of your father-in-law's classmate, and his exact hometown?" ”

"This ...... I didn't hear my mother mention it back then. Reignwood was also very keen: "Don't you think something is wrong?" ”

"After all, the unfortunate thing about my father-in-law is just a matter of hearing from the mouth, and there are only relics as a record." Lan Ting bowed: "What's more, father-in-law went to the classmate's house as a guest, why only father-in-law met the rebellion, but the classmate was unscathed." ”

"For this matter, I have heard the clan elder mention, saying that the classmate suddenly encountered a funeral in his home, and his father was inconvenient to live in, so the classmate asked his father to move to another courtyard, and it was that courtyard, along with the houses near the courtyard, was tragically looted by the Japanese robbers, and the victims were as many as 100 people, if the father did not suffer misfortune, why did he pass for several years, and there is still no news?" Hua Reignwood sighed: "I really hope that my father can be blessed, but unfortunately, it seems that he can only despair." ”

He also said: "Don't want to investigate, I hope you don't tell your sister first, so that my sister can have hope again, it is better for me to secretly inquire with the clan elder, and then tell my father's classmate the name and residence." ”

Lan Ting bowed his head: "That's fine, if there is really a turnaround, it's not too late to inform Neizi, the word "waiting" comes from a getaway, it can be seen that although Yuezhang has taken an economic career, his ambition is not only in the official road, I don't know if my brother still has Yuezhang's old writings, I am willing to read it." ”

did not mention the topic of Yue's father-in-law's death again.