Chapter 24: Remembrance
"Come, come, eat more, look at your little body." The old lady picked up Mengyu's favorite dishes and put them into Mengyu's bowl, Mengyu looked at the mountain-like rice bowl in front of her, and was happy and helpless: "Grandmother, there are already a lot of Mengyu bowls, and I'm about to become a big fat man." The old lady smiled and narrowed into a slit and said, "You can't eat a big fat man, at most you will be a little fat man." "Dream Whispering:" Grandmother ......"
"Okay, good, our three girls want to be talented women, not little fat people." The old lady finally stopped the chopsticks in her hand that kept putting vegetables into the Mengyu bowl. He began to turn around and talk to Master Lin about today's flower banquet: "Yidong, don't you know, our Lin Mansion has a talented girl." Today, Prince Luo invited our family to participate in the flower banquet, and the ladies of each province competed in poetry, and they were unexpectedly won by the girl Mengyu. Then he asked his wife, "How do you pronounce that poem?" Tell me about it. ”
The wife repeated the events of the competition again, and recited the song that Dream Yu had done in its entirety. Mengyu wanted to sigh why the memories of people in this world are so good. The more Master Lin listened, the deeper his eyes became when he looked at Mengyu, and he couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid I won't be able to write such a poem." Very well, so that you will not miss your mother's reputation back then. Mengyu noticed that when her father said this, the expression on her mother's face froze, and her original smile faded.
Master Lin spoke again: "After dinner, go to my study, and I'll see what you've learned recently." Then he began to eat in silence.
After dinner, except for the old lady asking Mengyu to eat more, and the touch between the chopsticks, I couldn't hear any other sounds. After eating, the old lady was afraid of accumulating food before going to bed, so she asked her to accompany her for a walk, and Mengyu followed Master Lin to the study.
There were two little maids in front of them with lanterns, and the old lady held her hand and walked slowly, thinking about how to unravel the daughter-in-law in front of her.
"Daughter-in-law, how many years have you been married into the Lin Mansion?"
"It's been almost seven years since I returned to my mother."
"It's been almost seven years, and this life has passed so fast." The old lady sighed: "I'm okay with you?" ”
"A mother is naturally good to her daughter-in-law."
"You haven't had a son in the Lin family for seven years, can I blame you?"
"It's all the daughter-in-law's fault, the daughter-in-law failed to take on the inheritance of the incense, and the daughter-in-law was incompetent."
The old lady patted her hand and said, "Good boy, I know all your suffering." The old lady had a look of nostalgia for the past on her face: "Since Wanjun died in childbirth in order to give birth to three girls, Yidong's child has fallen into a dead end. Although Wanjun was born in a family of merchants, she has the demeanor of everyone's ladies, and every time she has a banquet, she always returns brilliantly, attracting celebrities and talents from Kyoto to come to the door to propose marriage. One day, Yidong and the old lady stayed in the study for a long time, and later I learned that Yidong wanted to go to Cai's mansion to propose marriage and ask to marry Wanjun. The old lady has long been well-known for Wanjun's talent, and when she heard that Yidong had such a thought, she was very happy, and she took the name card to the door the next day. Although Wanjun is talented, she has never been coquettish. They are also fateful, and they met unexpectedly a few times to talk about poetry and lyrics, which made the two sympathize with each other. Yidong wrote "one generation and one pair for a lifetime", this sentence was sent to Wanjun, and he gave the two aunts in the house enough money for them to worry about the rest of their lives, and sent them out of the house. After that, Cai Fu agreed to get married. ”
The old lady watched her listen to the truth, and continued: "After Wanjun married into the Lin Mansion, she followed the rules and was virtuous everywhere, and it didn't take long for the good news to spread. The old lady suddenly had a remorseful expression: "At that time, the old woman couldn't think about it, and she was worried that after Wanjun had a body, Yidong would have no one to serve." sent the green bamboo beside her, that is, the current third aunt, to Yidong as a maid, and then mentioned her aunt when she gave birth. Unbeknownst to him, the two had a big quarrel that night, so that Yidong drank a lot of wine in the study. When Luzhu told me about this, I felt sorry for Yidong and blamed Wanjun for not knowing women's virtues, so I ordered Luzhu to send sobering tea to the study. As a result, that night, Luzhu and Yidong rounded up in the study, and early in the morning, Wanjun learned about it, and even more moved to the fetus, and almost went with the mother and son. Fortunately, Dr. Jiang came to visit the house at that time, and Wanjun saved his life, so he stayed in Kyoto to recuperate for Wanjun. That night in the study, Luzhu became pregnant, so not long after the eldest young master was born, the second lady also landed. It's just that Yidong and Wanjun gradually drifted apart, until Wanjun had three girls, and the two resumed their relationship when they were newly married. ”
"I pity Luzhu without her husband's love, so I take care of the second lady. When Wanjun was pregnant and gave birth in October, she encountered a difficult birth. Doctor Jiang said that Wanjun was depressed when she gave birth to the eldest young master, and her body could no longer bear it, so the mother and daughter could only choose one of them. At that time, I regretted it very much, but Wanjun begged Dr. Jiang to keep the flesh and blood in her arms, and even before she died, she took my hand and said that she had been her biological mother for so many years, and no matter what happened, she never resented me. She begged me to treat the girl she just gave birth to well, and she would have no regrets in this life. ”
The old lady looked at her trembling hands, remembering the scene when Mengyu's biological mother pulled her before she died, and tears flowed down her eyes.
"So, after so many years, the three girls have been in poor health, so they can only be raised. Finally, a few months ago, there was an improvement, and I was worthy of her mother. It's just that since Wanjun's death, Yidong, the child, has ignored the three girls, afraid that he will complain that Wanjun will leave him like this, and he is also afraid that he will be hurt when he sees the three girls who look like Wanjun. ”
"Since seven years ago, the old lady made the decision to let you enter the house, I know that although you are newlywed, although you have a round house, Yidong has never let you or Luzhu have a son. Child, I have wronged you. The old lady looked at the lady who had been silent all this time, and comforted her.
"The daughter-in-law knows that the master's love for his sister is incomparable to the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law just wants to do what she has to do, and the rest is as fate would have it. "After all, my wife is also a flesh-and-blood person, and she will also hurt. She knew that Master Lin had always been obsessed with his ex-wife in his heart, and it was because of his dedication that she was willing to marry herself. She thought that when she came to his side, she would be able to live in his heart, but she didn't know that in this life, she lost this bet so completely.
"I know that you are a capable person, and after so many years, I believe that everything you have done, Yidong has seen in his eyes. Good boy, it will be fine in the future. ”
Can it really be good? She hadn't had lost hope for so many years. Although the old man loves the third aunt on the surface, every time he lives there, he always asks the little maid next to him to send a bowl of soup. The third aunt did this because she was very obedient, so the lord would respect her like a guest. As for herself, on the first day after her marriage, she couldn't believe that this was sent by her newly married husband in the face of this bowl of decoction. How could he do that, he was cutting off all hope for her. She didn't want to enter the palace, and she gave everything to marry into the Lin Mansion as she wished, how could he be so cruel to her. She threw down the bowl of potion on the spot, but since then, he has never had sex with her again. She was lucky, hoping that she could conceive his child that night, maybe in this way, he could treat that Cai Wanjun with the same love for her. But, after all, it was just a fluke, and God didn't favor her at that time. After that, she tried everything to please her, but she only responded indifferently. After so many years, can she still be unrealistically extravagant? No, no, it would only be more bruised. The Cai Wanjun in his heart is not something she can replace. Even if it was the daughter of the two of them, he wouldn't give it another look, could she still fight her? Sure enough, only death can give people the deepest memory. It's just that even if she died, I'm afraid he wouldn't feel much. Give up, she can only live quietly is the best result in her life.