Chapter 86: The Only Relative
Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle. Xiao Ling has always thought that this sentence is just an exaggerated use in literary works, but now he has to admit that this sentence still has its certain feasibility.
In this era of no mobile phones and no watches, Xiao Ling still can't remember the time, and he still has to ask Ah Jing every day to know what time it is, and he doesn't even know how many springs and autumns he has spent here in a daze.
Until one day, Xiao Ling pointed to a tree in Tianling Courtyard with small yellow flowers and a familiar smell, and confirmed to Ah Jing in disbelief: "Ah Jing, is this an osmanthus?" β
Ah Jing nodded, looked at the flowers, and there were more colors on his face, and he couldn't hide his excitement and said, "Well, this is an osmanthus, I haven't seen it bloom!" I thought it wouldn't be opened, but I didn't expect it to finally open this year! β
Xiao Ling didn't have Ah Jing's excitement, she remembered that when she went to Shanlian, she also saw that the osmanthus flowers in the community were also blooming, and now they are blooming again, but she didn't expect that she had been here for a year.
"What time is it today?" Xiao Ling felt that he had really failed to live this life, he didn't know anything, and he had to ask Ah Jing everything.
"Today is the sixth day of the ninth month." Ah Jing dutifully answered Xiao Ling's question.
It's already September! She came to this place from the 21st in July, and although she didn't know that the way of calculating time in ancient times was different from that of modern times, she generally looked like she had been here for more than a year.
Time flies! Doesn't the sixth day of the ninth month mean that his seventeenth birthday is approaching? Thinking of this, Xiao Ling couldn't help but pout, she was only a fifteen-year-old girl when she came here, she didn't expect that she was about to enter her own years so soon!
Although seventeen years old is considered an age that is not up or down, Xiao Ling has had a small ceremony on his fifteenth birthday in the past, and last year was because he first came to this place, he had no concept of time, and he was also on the move, so he didn't have time to think about that.
Now that everything has settled down, Xiao Ling also wants to give himself a different seventeenth birthday. It's just that the birthday gift she wants now is not a noble and luxurious item, but a person's company.
If you can make a wish in advance, it is obvious that you want to make a wish now, hoping that Meng Tian can come back to accompany you that day. ET said that Meng Tian had been gone for five months, and Xiao Ling had never tried to miss someone like this.
Perhaps the heavens heard Xiao Ling's prayer, and the next day Meng Yi came back and told him that there was new news about Meng Tian, and that the Qin army was invincible under the leadership of Meng Tian and Wang Ben, and soon took the Yan Kingdom, and then went straight to Qidu, and was already on the way back.
Xiao Ling was overjoyed to hear the news, at least the day when she and Meng Tian met was much closer, she suddenly looked forward to it, hoping that day would come soon.
But the heavens didn't hear Xiao Ling's expectations, and there was no news of Meng Tian's return until her birthday, and Xiao Ling slowly turned from anticipation to disappointment, and it seemed that he didn't have the life to celebrate his birthday when he came here.
September 16 is also the marriage date of Meng Yan and Fusu, of course, it is impossible for Meng Su to agree to let Meng Yan be a concubine for others, not because she feels sorry for this nominal daughter, but because such a good chess piece naturally has to be placed in the right place, even if that person is the son of King Qin.
You must know that the benefits of being a concubine for the son of King Qin are no more than being a wife to a powerful minister's family, and I don't see that the situation of the Meng family is gradually improving, and even Li Si, who is the prime minister, has thrown an olive branch to the Meng family?
It's just that Meng Yan didn't give Meng Su a chance to use it at all, and she didn't know what Meng Yi and Meng Su said, and Meng Su, who had always been very opposed, suddenly stopped, just like Xiao Ling at the beginning, I don't know what Meng Tian said to her, even if she was very dissatisfied with her prospective daughter-in-law, she didn't give too much embarrassment.
Xiao Ling admired the brothers of the Meng family a little, why did both of them have the magical power of four or two thousand catties? The originally fierce Meng Su clan was like a kitten who had always been obedient in front of the two, and everything had to be done according to their wishes.
"Ling'er, are you listening to me?" Meng Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes, looking at Xiao Ling, who was lying on the small table lazily towards her own things, she had called many times without giving herself a reaction, and the dissatisfaction in her tone was obvious.
"What? Listen! Xiao Ling was shocked by Meng Yan's roar like a lion's roar, and of course she didn't hear what Meng Yan said to herself, but just responded to this sentence randomly.
"You hear a fart! You hear me, so what exactly did I tell you? Meng Yan originally wanted to maintain her ladylike image, but how could Xiao Ling keep her like this? Without hesitation, he exposed Xiao Ling's indiscriminate prevarication towards himself.
"And what did you say?" Xiao Ling didn't care about Meng Yan's fire, he was still lazy, and slowly replied to such a sentence.
"You're not right today, huh? Is there something uncomfortable? Meng Yan finally noticed that something was wrong with Xiao Ling, and as she spoke, she reached out and touched Xiao Ling's forehead, and found that there was no problem: "No fever?" Why are you so lazy? β
"It's okay, I'm fine!" Xiao Lingqiang pretended to cheer up, but he still looked lazy, like a sad face, and Meng Yan, who was originally in a good mood, was also a little uncomfortable.
"Big brother is coming back soon, are you going to face him with such a bitter face when the time comes?" Meng Yan didn't know why Xiao Ling was unhappy, obviously she was very happy yesterday, with a sunny face? How did it change completely after just one night?
"What's the use of him coming back? It's not coming back today! Xiao Ling pouted and said in a muffled voice. Today is her birthday, and as a boyfriend and fiancΓ©, he doesn't show up, so of course she will be unhappy.
"Is there a difference? Anyway, the eldest brother is about to come back, right? Meng Yan didn't understand, aren't they all coming back soon? Why did you have to come back today?
"It's ...... today" Xiao Ling's impulsive words immediately stopped, and he didn't continue: "You don't understand, anyway, the meaning is different?" Don't you want your eldest brother to come back and watch you get married? β
"Of course!" Meng Yan replied without hesitation: "The eldest brother and the second are the most important relatives to me, of course I hope to see them when I get married, but the eldest brother can't come back in time, this is understandable." β
Since knowing her true life experience and slowly seeing the true face of Meng Su, the only relatives Meng Yan really admitted in Mengfu were the two elder brothers, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, but now there is another Xiao Ling, her future sister-in-law!
As for the parents who gave themselves life but didn't give themselves a trace of warmth and a parent who didn't give themselves anything but only wanted to get as much out of themselves as possible, she didn't feel anything anymore. The attitude towards them is just a disguise to survive here!
But Meng Yan is obviously still measured, even if she really hopes that the people she cares about can witness her happy moments, but she knows that there are many things that she can't force, although for her, it will be a regret in her heart that is difficult to heal.
"Bring it!" Meng Yan suddenly stretched out her palm and spread it in front of Xiao Ling, after meeting Xiao Ling's incomprehensible eyes, this time she couldn't help but roll her eyes very indecently, and kindly reminded: "Didn't you say that you prepared a congratulatory gift for me?" You can't lie to me, right? β
Xiao Ling then remembered that he had told Meng Yan yesterday that he was going to give her a wedding gift: "Of course I haven't forgotten, it's something I got with great difficulty, and it's definitely a good thing." β
Xiao Ling said exaggeratedly, while taking out something from his sleeve that had been placed in it and was about to be given to Meng Yan, but was forgotten by himself, and with a big smile on the corner of his mouth, he handed something wrapped in white cloth to Meng Yan.
Xiao Ling told Meng Yan yesterday that she was going to give her a congratulatory gift that she would never forget, and her appetite had long been raised by her words, but now she only saw an extremely ordinary cloth, and she had an urgent desire to quickly open it to find out, so Meng Yan quickly took it and opened the wrapped cloth.
At first glance, it was a book made of cloth, but it was not opened, but he looked at Xiao Ling inexplicably, and said with a disgusted face: "This is what you said you want to give me, let me marvel, and make me unforgettable newlywed wedding?" β
Xiao Ling looked at Meng Yan's disgusted expression that was the same as when he first saw this thing, but he didn't have the slightest displeasure, he still smiled and pointed to the book in Meng Yan's hand, urging: "Is it a good thing, of course, you can't see it just by looking at the surface, you open it first and see if it's making an evaluation." β
Meng Yan looked at Xiao Ling's appearance, and did not doubt him, and turned the page obediently, but as soon as she saw the pictures on the book, her face was flushed, and the little Yin Tao's small mouth was also wide open, almost as if she could stuff an egg.
Meng Yan was obviously not lightly shaken by the thunder, and after coming back to her senses, her mouth was still open, pointing to the pictures on the book, looking at Xiao Ling in disbelief, and then pointing back to the book, looking very anxious, but she couldn't say a word for a long time.
Xiao Ling was amused by Meng Yan's expression, completely ignoring her anxiety, and laughed heartily on the side.