Chapter 55: Embroidery
"What's the matter? Don't worry, speak slowly. Jiang Zhen saw that she was sweating from her end, and hurriedly asked her to sit down, and called Sun to pour water for her.
"Uncle, Lianshu Village's surname is Wang, there are children and daughters, how many families are there?" Gu Baoying sat down on the stone bench and breathed a sigh of relief before speaking.
"That's a lot, why do you suddenly ask this?"
"I ...... Jiang Chao, you go back to the room first, don't eavesdrop on me and my uncle! Gu Baoying opened her mouth, and suddenly said to Jiang Chao.
In front of this kid, she can't speak, what if he has a big mouth and goes out to talk nonsense to those children?
When the time comes, the whole village will have to know about this?
"Why?" Jiang Chao was naturally unwilling.
"Go back to your room." But Jiang Zhen glared at him majestically.
"Go back, go back......" Jiang Chao muttered quietly, and ran back to his room in small steps, but his ears were on the door, wanting to hear what she had to say.
"Uncle, the Qian family who lives in our compound said that he wanted to tell me a family affair, saying that it was a family surnamed Wang in Lianshu Village......" Facing Jiang Zhen, Gu Baoying had nothing to hide, and immediately said all the words of Aunt Liu.
When Jiang Zhen heard this, his face changed.
At this time, Sun also heard it.
"I'm afraid this thing is unreliable." She gave the water cup to Gu Baoying and put it on the stone table.
"How?" Jiang Zhen looked at her, there were only three of them in this courtyard, and he was not afraid that the rest of the Jiang family would hear it.
"That rich man Wang is a snob, his daughter is eighteen years old this year, and he hasn't said anything about people, it's not that he can't get married, but he looks down on those small families, and wants to marry a rich and promising family, not to mention his son, his eyes are as pampered, if he doesn't marry the daughter of a county lord, I'm afraid he won't be able to enter his house." Sun said.
What she said was the truth, but the real plan was to cut off this marriage!
Bao Ying is her daughter-in-law, how can she marry someone else?
"I don't think it's credible either." Gu Baoying nodded and followed.
If the Xu family really hid it from her, and made this marriage so decided under the sign of being good for her, then in the future, when she marries, which family will she marry? Could this be that someone deliberately set up such a bureau to deceive them on the grounds that they are from other places and do not understand the situation?
But the question is, who is this who instigated the Qian family to trick the Xu family into agreeing to this marriage?
Gu Baoying went through the few people who had a holiday with her family in her heart, but she couldn't be sure which one it was.
But what she suspected the most was the Yang family, because only the Yang family was friendly with the Qian family.
"Baoying, did you tell your mother about this?" Jiang Zhen also heard that there might be something hidden in this, and asked with a serious expression.
"I only asked Aunt Liu to refuse the Qian family." Gu Baoying shook her head, "Although my mother is soft, once she decides on one thing, she is very stubborn, if she doesn't figure things out, she will only think that I am ignorant and messing around, and I am afraid that I will be angry at that time, I am nothing, I am afraid that she will be angry." ”
"You think about it very much, so let's go, Sun, you can go to the rich man's house later, ask his daughter-in-law about it, and see if you can ask anything." Gangzhen Road.
"Okay, I'll take care of that!" Sun immediately responded, cleaned up, and went out with his hands, she wanted to go and see, who dared to rob her daughter-in-law with her!
Jiang Zhen comforted Gu Baoying a few more words, and she went back again, after all, there were many things at home.
She came to Jiang Zhen to ask if she could open up the hall in the small courtyard where she used to live, Jiang Zhen agreed, and said that tomorrow, find a few plasterers to come over, tear down the two walls of the hall house, and repair it again.
Once that's done, at least the clinic can open first.
When Gu Baoying returned home, she began to clean up the trivial things in the hall again, the dilapidated tables and chairs, and so on.
She was not in a hurry, and did not return to the new courtyard until it was almost time to cook dinner, boiling water and cooking, like a nobody.
On the contrary, the Xu family, hiding such a big thing from his daughter, always felt a little unsteady in his heart, and he was simply full of emptiness.
Gu Baoying sighed in her heart when she saw her like this.
A little angry that she was so sloppy, just based on a few words from others, she didn't want to think about it, and set her marriage, but she couldn't bear to be angry with her, because Aunt Liu told her all about Xu's considerations.
Xu's starting point for doing this is for the good of her daughter, and he doesn't mean to harm her at all.
But that's it, but I can't get angry, I can't get angry, I only have deep helplessness.
"Mother, it's time to eat." Gu Baoying went to deliver food to Gu Xian and Zhiyan first, and then brought the food to the table, and helped Xu to come over to eat.
"Oh, good." Xu responded, took the chopsticks from his daughter's hand, touched the steamed bun, and groped to eat.
"Mother, have you been hiding anything from me lately?" After eating for a while, Gu Baoying was the first to speak, breaking the somewhat strange silence.
"No, no! Why do you suddenly ask like that? When Xu Shi heard this, his face panicked, and he quickly calmed down, but he still exposed something.
"Mother, you get together with Aunt Liu all day long, mysteriously, and you always don't let me be there, and you say that you have nothing to hide from me?"
"This...... Xu Shi was relieved when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his face, "I have something to tell you, eat first, and after eating, my mother will tell you." ”
"Okay, mother, you eat more." Gu Baoying gave Xu a few chopsticks and put them in the bowl.
Wait, she has to see if Xu will take the initiative to tell her about it.
The two didn't talk much.
As soon as the meal was finished, Xu put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Baoying, you help me back to the back room first, I have something to show you!" ”
"Mother is so mysterious, what kind of good thing is it?" Gu Baoying also joked with her, got up and helped her back to the room.
"Baoying, help me to the side of the kang, there is something under the pillow, you take it out." When he arrived in the back room, Xu Shi continued, and there was a little pride in his tone at this time.
Gu Baoying couldn't help but be suspicious.
It seems that Xu said something else.
It's just that she still has something to hide from herself?
"Okay." Gu Baoying nodded, walked to the side of the kang, lifted Xu's pillow and saw what was wrapped in a rag underneath.
She took it out and opened it to look at it, and was shocked.
I saw a boxy handkerchief inside, the handkerchief was embroidered with a lifelike lotus picture, the embroidery was exquisite, she raised her hand to touch, turned over and looked, on the other side, it was able to show a perfect lotus pattern!
"Isn't that ...... Double-sided embroidery? Mother, did you embroider this? Gu Baoying was a little incredulous and looked at the Xu family.
"Yes, the embroidery has been broken several times, this time it is finally embroidered, Baoying, you said that my mother usually embroiders some flowers and birds, can she also take it to the county seat and sell it for a few dollars to subsidize the family?" Xu was still standing at the door, with a dignified and beautiful posture, with a gentle smile on his face.
At this moment, Gu Baoying's resentment against the Xu family suddenly dissipated completely.
She put the embroidery on the bed and ran over to grab Xu's hand.
I saw that the slender and beautiful ten fingers, I don't know when, were covered with fine holes pierced by needles.
"Mother, what are you...... Are you hiding it from me these days, just to complete a decent embroidery so that you can sell it for money to subsidize your family? Gu Baoying's eyes were soaked with tears, and her throat was a little choked.