In the house, Mrs. Chao saw that the two girls were gone, so she took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from my brother and sister, I came to disturb me today, I really have something to ask my brother and sister." ”

Mrs. Ouyang was originally wondering, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, what to talk about whether to ask for it or not, but it is very good to see the outside." ”

Mrs. Chao said, "Then I'll just say it." is for Wen Rou's marriage, seeing that the New Year will be seventeen, and it is time to get married, and the Zeng family Erlang is not young. In the past, the Zeng family guarded filial piety, and it was difficult to handle the marriage of the two children, but now the filial piety period has passed. Although I want to stay in Wenrou for a few more days, but you don't know, brother and sister, before the old lady of our family returned to Beijing, her health was not good, and now she is lying in bed, and the doctor also said that it is carefully raised, using the best medicine, I am afraid that it will last for another year and a half at most, if Wenrou's marriage is not prepared in advance, I am afraid that this will have to be delayed for another three years. For the sake of the child, I had to beg to come. ”

It turned out to be because of this. It's just that the Chao family doesn't have this to worry about, and the Zeng family is afraid that they are in a hurry, and it's not a difficult thing. Mrs. Ouyang smiled and said: "What my sister-in-law thinks is, even if you don't mention it, a few days ago, our lord mentioned Zigulai, and said that now that your family has entered Beijing, it is time to handle the marriage of the two children." Your family Wenrou can wait for two years, but Zigu can't wait. When the master came back in the evening, I told him about it, and after the New Year, I wrote to discuss it with the Zeng family. After all, the year after next is the spring of the year, and next year, the children of the Zeng family should have come to the capital, so they simply asked them to come over in advance. If you want me to say, this mountain is high and the water is long, and the marriage of the two of them should not be done in Nanfeng, so it can be done in the capital. Dr. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng would have agreed. And Banniang a few days ago, I happened to buy a house in the capital, the courtyard of the three entrances with two cross-courtyards, and a small garden at the back, the location is also excellent, just outside the West City Gate, very close to the inner city, just cleaned up for Zigu and Wenrou as a wedding room. What do you think? ”

If you can get married in the capital, it will be very good, Mrs. Chao said happily: "This is no better, just like this, and the two members of the Lao Zeng family entered Beijing, we are happy to save trouble, isn't it troublesome for others?" ”

Mrs. Ouyang said in a low voice: "My lord said yesterday that the heavenly family remembered Dr. Zeng." ”

"Really?" Mrs. Chao said happily.

"The words are true, but the heavenly family only mentions it, but look at the meaning, probably can't be wrong, at the latest after the New Year's spring, there will be a quasi-word, if you really use Dr. Zeng, then Master Zeng will always come to the capital, and the two children will get married, and it will be cheap. Speaking of which, the reason why the Tianjia family thinks of Dr. Zeng is that he has something to do with Xiao Banniang. ”

When Mrs. Chao heard this, she said curiously: "What does it have to do with Xiao Banniang?" That girl ......"

Mrs. Ouyang smiled and said: "This is also a strange thing, it is this girl's marriage in front of the heavenly family, you just entered Beijing, I don't know, the second son of the Di Xiang family, fell in love with our little Ba Niang, but the heavenly family is willing to let Di Jia Erlang Shang Qinghe County Lord, partial birth of this little Ba Niang, and Cai Junmo Cai's righteous daughter, Di Erlang is a talent like Di Erlang, which one doesn't like it?" This Lord Cai begged to come to the heavenly family. And Nadi Erlang himself also begged for heaven. Therefore, the heavenly family asked about Xiao Banniang's origin, and only then did they know that it was the daughter of the Zeng family of the famous Qiuyu family, the eighth daughter of Dr. Zeng. Doesn't this remind you of Dr. Zeng? Dr. Zeng was robbed of his official position because he was corrupted and bribed, and although he was innocent later, he lost his official position and was implicated, and he did not recover, and this delay is the first ten years. But his "Six Treatises" discusses the policy of governing the country, and no one in Shilin knows it? Didn't the Heavenly Family remember this mention? Moreover, now the DPRK and China can be different from the previous years, since Fan Gong returned to Beijing, and the rich minister and the two controlled the government, it is the time to restore the useful ministers, the heavenly family is also bent on changing the evils and ugliness, it is the time to use people, that is, there is no Xiaoba, Dr. Zeng's recovery, it is just around the corner, and now it is just because of the incident, so that the heavenly family is moved. ”

"I see," Mrs. Chao also sighed when she heard this, "In this way, this little Baniang is a blessed child, and when I saw it, I felt that this child had clear eyebrows and was a blessed appearance." ”

Mrs. Ouyang also smiled and said: "No, sister-in-law, you don't know, Dr. Zeng was honest at the beginning, this lost his official position, there was no source of income, there were many children, and there was an old mother and maids, and he was really a poor family, but this child has been in business since he was twelve years old, and now he is said to be the richest man in Nanfeng City, but in my opinion, it is the rich and noble family in our Bianjing City, if you talk about financial resources, she may not be incomparable." Wen Rou married in the past, it is not a half of the sin, the Zeng family is good, a group of harmony, I heard that although there are many daughters-in-law in the family, they are very harmonious, your Wen Rou is a gentle and lovely person, and I am afraid that I will not be able to live a good life if I marry in the past? Not to mention anything else, Banniang came to visit me and my master at our house today, and the gifts given looked simple, but everything could be placed, and you only saw the dowry to your family, so you should know the situation of the Zeng family now. Although Zigu is older than Wen Rou, but he is a talented person, and he is a famous family, he will be able to use it in the future, and now his family is very rich, which is really a good relative that cannot be found. ”

If you say how rich and noble you are, Mrs. Chao doesn't expect it, but how can she be unhappy when she thinks that her daughter will not suffer if she marries into someone else? After listening to Mrs. Ouyang's words, she thanked her sincerely: "If you talk about it, Wen Rou can get this good family, but I have to thank Ouyang Sheren and your younger brothers and sisters." ”

I was a little curious about the smiling and lovely Banniang, so I asked a few more words, and when I heard that she not only had restaurants and woodware spread all over the southeast road, but also that the entire business in Quanzhou Port had half of her industry, she was staggering, and she had thought about being rich and rich, nor had she thought that her daughter's in-laws had become like this.

couldn't help but doubt: "But is it really this little Ba Niang who bought it single-handedly?" When I looked at it, I was about the same age as Wen Rou. ”

Mrs. Ouyang smiled: "No, it's a little younger than your Wenrou." She manages the business and lets her brothers study well, and only the eldest man of the Zeng family occasionally helps out, and the girl is in charge of it herself. If I hadn't known this, just looking at the appearance of that child, not to mention that you don't believe it, I can't believe it, I really can't see it. ”

The two of them talked like this. Banniang in the back garden also chatted with Chao Wenrou: "Sister Chao, I live alone outside the West City Gate, and I have to be empty, you look for me to play." ”

Chao Wenrou smiled and said okay, this is the future sister-in-law, she also has a good heart, they all said that the aunt is the most difficult to get along with, it is related to her future marriage happiness, how can she deal with it sloppily, and looked at the simplicity of Banniang's dress, so she smiled: "I didn't expect my sister to be here today, and I didn't prepare a gift for you, I don't have anything to do, only the needlework will be some, if you don't dislike it, I'll make you a shirt and give it to you when I get back, okay?" ”

The clothes made by the future sister-in-law herself, the second brother has not enjoyed it yet, she enjoyed it in advance, Banniang smiled happily: "Naturally, it's good, but I want to trouble my sister." ”

But she didn't shirk humility at all, Chao Wenrou saw that she didn't treat herself as an outsider, and she was a little closer to her. Because she heard that she was alone in the capital, Chao Wenrou said: "You are alone in the capital, this is about to be the New Year, if you lack anything, just tell me, I will ask my mother to prepare for you to send it to you, I should have invited you to live at home, but our family has just arrived in the capital, the family is very chaotic, and there are many people, I am afraid that you will not be used to it, but I will have to go to see you often." If you want to eat anything, just tell me. ”

Tsk, it's good to have a sister-in-law, this food, clothing, and housing, everything is cared about, although it hasn't passed the door yet, but there is a sister-in-law's frame. Banniang took Chao Wenrou's hand: "Sister, don't worry about me, I'm fine, when it comes to food, although I am not good at needlework, but my cooking skills are good, when my sister goes, I will cook you a table of good dishes, you will like it." And I see that my sister is very thin, and when the time comes, I will come to our house and keep the fat one that my son raised for you. ”

There is a deliberate ridicule in these words, Chao Wenrouguo is face is red, reflecting the black branches and vermilion plum blossoms, she is really more delicate than flowers.

Banniang continued to laugh and said: "Sister Chao, I see that the plum blossoms in the courtyard are blooming just right, why don't you fold some of them, and you will bring a few branches back?" I saw that the vase in my aunt's house was still yesterday's flower, so why don't we fold some of it and go back and replace it with the one in the vase. ”

As he spoke, he called the little maid who was waiting to come over and ask, this flower might be folded, and the maid smiled and said, "The two young ladies like it, even if they are folded." ”

The two folded a plum blossom, it was cold outside, Banniang was in good health, but she was afraid that the thin and weak Chao Wenrou would freeze to death, what about the second sister-in-law in the future, she had to help the second brother feel more distressed, and thought that the two ladies in the house had said so much, and they should have said almost, carrying Chao Wenrou, planning to go back to the front yard, only to get to the moon cave gate in the back garden, I saw a six or seven-year-old wearing a moon white silk jacket and red pants with red lips and white teeth ran over, and saw the two of them and said: "Hey, who are you, why are you in my house?" ”

Seeing his cuteness, Banniang teased: "We are fairies from the sky, because we heard the good name of Ouyang Gong, so we were sent down to earth to send some flowers to Ouyang Gong and his wife." ”

This can really be, Chao Wenrou covered her mouth and smiled.

The little boy looked at the two of them, pouted and said, "I'm not that ignorant child, how can there be a god in this sky?" And they lied to me. ”

The maid who was smiling behind hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Childe, these two are guests of our house, one is the young lady of the Chao family, and the other is the young lady of the Zeng family. ”

"Brother Zigu's Zeng family? Are you Zigu's brother's sister? ”

The kid stared at Banniang and asked.

Banniang nodded funny: "Exactly." Who is the little boy? ”