Chapter IV
Su Mu was going to take his family to work, and a delay of seven or eight days was already the limit, so he decided to leave early tomorrow morning.
In the evening, Mei was helping Su Mu pack up, but she was obviously a little absent-minded, Su Mu didn't notice when she approached her, watching Mei Ru easily tie the burden into a dead knot, Su Mu couldn't help coughing: "Madam, but what's on your mind?" ”
"Ah, I'm ......," Mei Shi was a little entangled, "It's nothing, I'm just afraid that you will delay, and you have to pay attention to safety." ”
"Madame, don't worry, I'll take the first step tomorrow, and I'll be there in less than half a month, just take the children and walk slowly." Su Mu said.
"Husband, I'm ......" Mei wanted to speak and stopped.
"Madam, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, there is nothing you and I can't say."
"It's not that you can't say it, you also know about it", Mei Shi no longer hesitated, "Do you remember the Taoist master you met when Qing'er was one year old?" ”
"Remember, you mean that Sansheng ......" This time, Su Mu was a little hesitant.
"yes, I think that kid is who he said he was." Mei paused slightly, "At that time, Qing'er's life hung by a thread thanks to him, but he also said that Qing'er had a catastrophe in his life, and he needed to be protected by nobles......"
"How does the lady think that the child is what he says he is noble?"
"You forgot? At that time, he also said that although I did not have a mother-daughter life, I had a mother-daughter relationship, and said that I would know it naturally when I saw it. ”
Su Mu's brows were frowned and he didn't speak.
Mei continued: "I know you don't believe much in these fateful theories, but Qing'er's life was indeed saved by him, and although we have added Yang'er and Rong'er in the past few years, I have never given birth to a girl, and now the more I look at that child, the more I feel that she is the person said by the Sansheng Daoist." ”
"What does the lady think?" Su Mu was silent for a moment and said.
"I want to take her as my daughter, I really feel it, maybe we really have a mother-daughter fate!" Mei said firmly.
As the head of the family, Su Mu naturally wouldn't be emotional, so he asked, "Madam, this raising a child is not the same as raising a kitten and a puppy, have you seriously considered it?" ”
"Of course I've thought about it, and I'm not just doing it because of that long word, that child is really pitiful, although we saved her life, what can we do? It's been a few days, and I haven't heard of anyone looking for their daughter, and when we're all gone, how can she, a three- or four-year-old orphan girl, survive? We don't have a daughter in our family, and there is no shortage of food at home, so why can't we accept her as our daughter? Mei felt that her decision should be upheld.
Su Mu knew that Madam had always wanted a daughter, but as a general, he was used to thinking twice before doing things: "Madam, this is not a trivial matter, we don't know the origin of this child, and you don't know if the child is willing, and don't you plan to ask Mu Qing and Mu Yang what they mean?" ”
Mei said confidently: "I know, I have thought about it carefully, no matter what the origin of this child is, she is indeed homeless now, as long as you don't object, I have carefully observed Qing'er and Yang'er, there must be no problem on their side, and when you all agree, I will tell the child, I believe she will be willing." ”
Su Mu listened to Mei's words and knew that she was iron-hearted, although her wife was soft-hearted, she was also very stubborn, and what she saw had to be done, otherwise she would always remember it, so he decided to support her choice, even if her decision was wrong, he would carry it for her.
"Well, as long as you think about it, I don't object." Su Mu said.
"Really? Do you agree? Mei thought it would take a lot of effort to move him, but he didn't expect him to agree, which made her overjoyed, looking at the somewhat excited lady, Su Mu couldn't help but think: Maybe this child was really sent by God. But he still said solemnly: "However, this matter can't be rushed, let her heal her injuries first, tomorrow I will leave for Huailing first, I will still send someone to pay attention to the origin of this child, and when you all come to Huailing, we are thinking about it in the long run, and I will give you some time to think carefully." ”
"Okay, as long as you agree, everything else is fine." Mei Shi said happily that she could finally let go of the things in her heart these days.
Su Mutian set off before dawn, and Mei looked at the back of her husband who was far away, and returned to the post house together accompanied by her confidant grandmother.
After breakfast, Mei gathered several children together, including three-year-old Su Murong and a confidant grandmother, everyone looked at the posture and must have announced something, so they all sat upright, and even Su Muyang, who had escaped, sat obediently.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mei nodded slightly, then cleared his throat and said: "I called you all here today because there is something to discuss with you, I have already discussed this matter with your father, and he also agreed, now I just want to hear your opinion, I think that girl has a poor background, although we saved her life, but what about after we leave?" She's about the same age as your third brother, and I don't know if I'll be able to survive in the future. As she spoke, she carefully observed the expressions of the three children, except for the third child, who was a little stunned, the other two were a little sympathetic to the child.
So she continued: "It's our fate to meet, so I want her to be your sister, are you willing?" As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned, but they soon figured out that it was no secret that Mei's liked girls.
Su Muqing reacted the fastest: "As long as my father and mother are willing, I have no opinion." Su Muqing understood very early on that his body was not as healthy as a normal person, and he also knew that many doctors said that he would not live long, so he was very sensible since he was a child, much more mature than ordinary children, and he didn't want his parents to worry about him, and he didn't know how long he could live, so he felt that it was good to have one more child in the family to accompany his parents.
Mei smiled and looked at his eldest son, who was too sensible, and only hoped that he would be safe and healthy. Su Muyang saw that the eldest brother also agreed, thinking that the little girl would become his family in the future and live with them every day, he couldn't tell what it felt, as if he was a little happy and a little unhappy, but since everyone agreed, it shouldn't be a bad thing, Su Muyang looked at her mother, then at his brother, and finally nodded.
Su Murong, the youngest, looked at the two elder brothers and nodded, and also nodded like a rice-pecking chicken, and said in his mouth: "Sister, sister-"
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Mei's immediately smiled, and Su Murong, who hugged her grandmother's hand, was happy: "Rong'er, you are not a sister, you want to call your sister, you know?" Su Murong has just turned three years old, and the boy speaks late, and now Su Murong still has a big tongue when he speaks, he has no concept of his sisters and sisters, although he is a little strange that his brothers are sisters, and he is a sister, but he is very happy to see his mother, so he followed Mei's and called: "Cut-cut-".
Mei was amused and laughed, and Mama Su next to her also laughed, she followed Mrs. Su from her parents' house, and now she is happy for Mrs. Su when she sees that Mrs. can finally have a daughter.
After everyone agreed, Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief, she handed Su Murong to Mama to hug her, sent her sons away, and then discussed with her when Mama Su came back: "I thought about it carefully, since I have made this decision, I will treat her as my own daughter, and we will not talk about it anymore if we know about it." ”
"Madame, rest assured, the old slave understands that without the approval of you and the master, the old slave will definitely carry this secret into the coffin." Mama Su solemnly promised.
"I have believed in Mama, but the people below still need Mama to do more. I've thought about it, Rong'er hadn't been born when we left the capital, and when I was in Pingcheng, there was chaos outside, I was pregnant, and I almost never had contact with outsiders, so outsiders hadn't seen Rong'er, and when we arrived in Huailing, I said that Rong'er and Jin'an were twins, you said okay? ”
After listening to Mei's plan, Mama Su thought for a while and said: "Madame's idea is good, but even if outsiders haven't seen the third son, they all know that the master has three sons, isn't it strange that a daughter suddenly appears?" ”
After Mama Su finished speaking, Mei's also discovered this loophole, and she couldn't think of any good way, so she frowned: "Then what should I say?" ”
For a while, the two of them couldn't think of any good way, they both fell into silence, and after a while, Mama Su said: "Madam, since you can't think of any good way for a while, it's better to wait until you get to Huailing and discuss it with the master, anyway, this matter is not in a hurry." ”
"It's only like this first, let's go, let's go see the child, I don't know if she wants to be the daughter of the Su family" Mei Shi was a little worried.
"Madame, don't worry, she will be willing, Madame is such a good person and a life-saving benefactor, she will definitely be willing." Mama Su comforted.
"Mama, don't tell her this in advance, let the child heal his injuries first, so as not to scare her, let's take care of her carefully" Mei instructed Mama Su.
"Madame, don't worry, the old slave can save it."
In the afternoon, Mei took Su Muyang to the hospital, Su Muqing was also going to go, but Mei didn't want him to be affected, so he asked him to wait at the post house, and today she was going to take Su Jinan to the post house, since Su Jin'an was out of danger, it would be difficult to live in the hospital again.
When Mrs. Su came to the medical hall, the apprentice of the medical hall had just brought medicine to Su Jin'an, so Mrs. Su took it and took Su Muyang into Su Jin'an's house. Su Jin'an saw that Mrs. Su was coming, and just as she was about to get up, Mrs. Su helped her: "Your injury is just right, don't move." Mrs. Su helped Su Jin'an well.
I don't know if it's her delusion, Su Jinan always feels that today's Mrs. Su is particularly enthusiastic.
Mrs. Su blew the medicine and sent it to Su Jin'an's mouth, and Su Jinan was a little awkward: "Madam, I can drink it myself." ”
"Don't move, drink the medicine obediently." Listening to Mrs. Su's tone of coaxing the child, Su Jinan had no choice but to drink the medicine silently.
Looking at Su Muyang, who had been staring at him, Su Jinan felt that he was looking at a strange toy instead of a person, Su Muyang saw that Su Jinan noticed him, he was stunned for a moment and then grinned, I don't know why Su Jinan felt that this kid was smiling a little silly.
Mei Shi looked at Su Jin'an, who didn't speak much, and pondered for a while, and said to her: "Jin'an, do you remember any other relatives here?" ”
Su Jinan has also thought about her in the past few days, she originally wanted Mrs. Su to help contact Shen Wanjun's maiden family, before Shen Wanjun said that although her grandfather is gone, but her grandmother is still there, but her situation is special, now Lin Wenguo should have announced her death, that is to say, she is now a dead person, and besides, she doesn't know the Shen Mansion, if she rashly finds Old Madam Shen, what if she wants to send her back to the Lin Mansion? And Master Shen's death is related to Lin Wenguo, in case the Shen Mansion complains about Shen Wanjun and becomes angry with her, then what should she do, even if she encounters the most optimistic situation, the Shen Mansion is willing to take her in, then Lin Wenguo will definitely not let the Shen Mansion go after she knows, she can't let the Shen Mansion be hurt by Lin Wenguo anymore, so she has never said anything about the Shen Mansion, and now she can only find a way to make a living by herself, but she is too young, her words are not convincing at all, and she doesn't know where her future is.
Su Jin'an shook his head at Mrs. Su, and Mei touched Su Jin'an's little head: "Jin'an, since you have no place to go now, why don't you follow me first, and when your injury is better, we will live in another place, and then we are thinking about how it will be okay in the future?" ”
Su Jinan looked at Mei's gentle eyes and understood what she meant, she was not a child who didn't understand anything, the woman in front of her should want to adopt her, with her current situation, this should be the best arrangement, so she nodded: "Okay." ”
"What a good boy, then let's go back to the inn today, we can't live in the hospital all the time." Mei Shi held Su Jin'an's little hand and said happily.
Su Jin'an nodded again.
"In the future, you are a sister, you want to call your brother" Su Muyang came over with some excitement and said to Su Jin.
Hearing Su Muyang's words made Su Jinan a little crying and laughing, although her body was four years old, but her soul was not, she really couldn't call her brother to a child.
Seeing that Su Jinan didn't speak, Mei Shi didn't force it, and said to Su Muyang: "My sister's injury is not healed yet, you will teach your sister when she is better." ”
"Okay." Su Muyang was a little embarrassed, it turned out that he still had to wait.
Mei briefly cleaned up for Su Jin'an, said goodbye to Dr. Li, and took Su Jin'an back to the post house.
In the evening, Su Jinan had already moved into the room that Mei had prepared for her in the post house, and Mei personally fed her for dinner, and she also left Su Mama to take care of her.
It may be that she sleeps a lot during the day, or it may be that she is a little uncomfortable with her upcoming new identity, Su Jinan lay in the tent and thought that maybe this is really fate, she is from the twenty-first century but met Shen Wanjun in this strange era, and met Su Mu's family, since she is not dead, then she must live well, in addition to hating her, she must be grateful, she wants to make herself strong, this time she must protect the people who treat her sincerely, instead of just watching her die, but she can't do anything.
After dinner that day, Mei called everyone to Su Jin'an's house, and Mei officially introduced Su Jin'an to a few people who knew about it, and also officially introduced the Su family to Su Jin'an: "Jin'an, this is your eldest brother Su Muqing, he has been in poor health since he was a child, so he doesn't often contact outsiders, and you see relatively little, he is good at everything, but he talks less." ”
Su Muqing looked at Su Jin'an and smiled: "You can call me eldest brother with the second and third brothers." ”
Su Jinan looked at the ten-year-old but very old "big brother" in front of him, nodded slightly to him and said, "Okay." She really couldn't look at a ten-year-old child calling her eldest brother, so she didn't call him, and no one cared, after all, it was normal for her to be four years old in the eyes of others, and then Mrs. Su introduced Su Muyang, Su Murong, Su Mama and others to her, although these people had already met, Su Jinan still greeted them one by one.
Staying in the post house for two months, Su Jin'an's wound has begun to heal, but it has not grown well, after all, the wound that has not been sutured is relatively slow to heal, in the past two months, the Su family has been very good to her, and Mei's is even more attentive to her, Su Jinan has not been so cared for by this for a long time, she has lived for more than 20 years and no one has ever spoiled her so much, in modern times, her parents are not used to children's character, Shen Wanjun wants her to learn more things, and their conditions are not qualified to spoil children, In the past few days, the Su family has given her the warmth she has not seen for a long time.
On this day, Su Jinan leaned on the bed to read a book, this book was borrowed by Su Jinan from Su Muqing, at first she said that she was literate and everyone didn't believe it, until Su Jinan read a poem written by Su Muqing in front of them, people believed that Su Mama praised Mrs. Su for having a talented girl.
A few days ago, when Su Jinan could go down to the ground, she happened to see a few books on Su Muqing's table, so she borrowed them to take a look, Su Muqing only thought she was curious to watch and play, and didn't think she really wanted to read, and when she promised her, she also told her not to break it. In fact, Su Jinan wanted to see what was the difference between the books here and the modern books, and after reading for a few days, she found that it was really hard to read ancient books, which looked like a thin book was all in classical Chinese, and there was not a single punctuation mark, plus there were occasionally a few rare words that she didn't know, she felt like she was back to the time when she was crazy about making Chinese papers in the college entrance examination, but she still probably understood that it was a miscellaneous book.
When Mei came in, he saw Su Jin'an holding the medical book with a bitter face, and thought that she was worried about not being able to understand, so he stepped forward and said with relief: "Jin'an, don't read it if you don't understand, you are still young, when you grow up and recognize all the words, it's not too late to read it, come and see if you like the clothes I made for you." ”
Looking at the excitement on Mei's face, Su Jinan has become accustomed to it, and Mrs. Su has not been idle for a day in the past two months, making clothes for her today, buying her jewelry tomorrow, and buying food for her the day after tomorrow. Her clothes have changed from summer clothes to winter clothes, Su Jinan couldn't help but think about how much Mrs. Su likes girls, looking at Mrs. Su's excited face, Su Jinan didn't want to sweep her interest, so she could only say euphemistically: "Madam, these clothes are very beautiful, but there are too many clothes you made for me, I can't wear them all." ”
Who knew that Mei Shi said with a straight face: "You are a girl, you must be dressed up beautifully, and when you are well, I will take you to the store to pick your favorite one personally." ”
Su Jinan suddenly thought that this injury should heal more slowly, and just as Mei Shi was talking more and more energetic, Su Mama walked in with a happy face: "Madam, the master has sent someone, saying that he has settled over there and is here to pick you up." ”
Mama Su thought that Mei would be very happy, but she didn't expect Mei to frown and say, "So fast?" ”
Then he turned to Su Jinan and said, "It seems that I have to go and prepare more food, and I guess there is nothing over there." ”
After speaking, she went out without waiting for Su Jin'an to reply, and Mama Su couldn't help laughing when she saw it, and said to Su Jin'an: "Girl, Madame, I'm afraid that you won't be used to life over there, Madame really feels sorry for the girl." ”
This made Su Jinan a little embarrassed, according to Mei's temperament, he didn't know how many things to buy, so he hurriedly said to Mama Su: "Mama, go and watch Mrs. Dian, don't let her buy too much, I don't need anything." ”
Mama Su smiled and returned: "Okay, the old slave will go." ”
Although Su Mama went, Su Jinan still sent her a third of her things, because when she set off, Su Jinan saw that there were three carriages transporting goods, and Mei pointed to one of them and said to Su Jin'an: "These are all the daily necessities I bought for you, although they are a little less, but they are enough for a while, if there is anything missing, you can send someone to the city to buy it." ”
Su Jinan looked at the full cart and hurriedly said, "No need, no need, it's already a lot." "She's a third of it alone, and she really thinks it's a lot.
The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, they set out, for the southern summer was so hot that they had to hurry before the sun warmed up, or they would become human jerky. After a long journey of twenty-one days, they finally reached their place of residence in Huailing, this is a small town, although the area is not large but very prosperous, this is a necessary place for business and trade between countries, Mei did not expect that this place is so prosperous, but Su Jinan now has no mind to care about whether it is prosperous or not, she just wants to leave this carriage quickly, these days she really misses the modern car, this carriage is simply not a person to sit on, she feels that she is about to be turned upside down, now the weather is hot again, her wound is slowly healing, she has been itching all over her body for the past few days. However, everyone's situation is not much better, Mei's is fine, but he is afraid of heat and doesn't want to move, Su Muqing is not very good, the medicine has not been interrupted in the past few days, and Su Muyang is not as lively as before.
When Mrs. Su arrived at the garden arranged by Su Mu, she let everyone go to rest, and the things were moved with the help of the people who guarded the garden, and she personally settled Su Jin'an Mei before leaving, although Su Jinan was lying on the bed, she still felt that her body was shaking and shaking, she really didn't want to take the carriage anymore.