Chapter 20: Persuasion

Yan Niang didn't take the episode that happened in the shop during the day to heart, Ling Jiming was not even as good as a stranger to her, the little love before getting married had long been consumed, and now that the two have reconciled, they will not have anything to do with it in the future.

When Haitang talked to the Yun family about Jiang Yucheng, she paid attention to it, and then she learned that Jiang Yucheng bought a house in Lingjiang Town for Jiang's mother, and it happened that the house was next door to Liu's house. It stands to reason that Jiang Yucheng is the magistrate of Yucheng County, and Jiang's mother should follow him to live in Yucheng County, but she doesn't know why she wants to come to Lingjiang Town.

This question was quickly solved, and the day after Jiang's mother moved in, the Yun family came to visit with Yan Niang and Haitang. Seeing that the neighbors next door came to the door, Jiang's mother welcomed them in very warmly, and asked the little girl to pour tea for the guests.

The Yun family is about the same age as Jiang's mother, but Jiang's mother lost her husband at an early age, and it is really hard to pull three children alone, and she looks much older than the Yun family. Jiang Yucheng and Liu Wen, the eldest son of the Yun family, are on the same list, and when they talk about their sons, they inevitably have to praise each other. After praising the talent, the filial piety was praised, and Yan Niang and Haitang laughed sullenly.

When Yun asked why Jiang's mother didn't go to live in Yucheng, Jiang's mother sighed: "I went to Yucheng County, I don't know the place well, I can't get used to it, my niece Ruru is married in Lingjiang Town, and it is convenient for her to come to see me if I live here." ”

"My eldest man also said that he would take me and his father to the capital in the future, but we have lived in Lingjiang Town all our lives, how can we get used to the prosperity of the capital." Listening to Jiang's mother's words, Yun couldn't help but sigh.

Haitang interjected on the side: "Godmother, the capital is much better than Lingjiang Town, not to mention anything else, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles, wealthy businessmen and rich families, if our Xinyanfang is opened in the capital, it is guaranteed to be a day to make money." ”

Haitang's words amused the Yun family, "Yo, listening to your tone, it seems that you have been to the capital?" ”

"I've never been there, I've just heard about it." Haitang hurriedly shook her head, "Godmother, you don't know, I used to follow Sister Yan Niang as a maid in the Ling family." ”

Haitang did not shy away from selling herself into slavery in the past, and she was very frank when she said it, Yun didn't value her entirely because she was sweet and smart, but more because she liked her straightforward and cheerful temperament.

Mother Jiang looked at the begonia and said to the Yun family in surprise: "I see that this girl's style is not like a slave. ”

Yun smiled and explained to her: "Begonia is now free, and after Yan Niang and Ling Erlang reconciled, she gave Begonia a slave status, and she also treated Begonia as her own sister on weekdays. ”

Mother Jiang realized this, and she praised Yan Niang again: "I didn't expect Nie Niangzi to be a person who values love and righteousness." ”

Yan Niang was praised by her and immediately blushed. Mother Jiang couldn't help but look at her several times, only to see that her skin was fair and delicate, her figure was plump and round, although she was a little fat, but she looked like she was a good child. She couldn't help but think of her daughter-in-law Leng Jiaojiao, who died early, if her body was half as strong as this Nie Niangzi.

The elderly woman is looking forward to being able to tease her grandson, Jiang Mu and Yun are all thinking the same. Jiang's mother asked the Yun family: "Is your eldest brother decided?" ”

Yun said: "He and my niece have been married since childhood, but the woman is still young, and she will marry the two children when she is married next year." ”

After speaking, he asked Jiang's mother: "Sister Wu's daughter-in-law has passed away for almost a year, does Jiang Zhixian have any plans to marry a wife recently?" ”

Jiang's mother shook her head, "He promised to stay for Jiaojiao for three years, and now he won't mention this matter anyway, and I can't do anything about him, I just hope that after the three-year period, he can marry me a virtuous and generous daughter-in-law back." ”

Yun comforted: "It will be." ”

After chatting about their respective sons, Yun and Jiang's mother moved their eyes to Yan Niang again, Jiang's mother smiled and asked Yan Niang if she had any plans to remarry, if so, she just had a suitable candidate here.

Seeing that she was enthusiastically a matchmaker for herself, Yan Niang hurriedly said: "Thank you for the old lady's love, but I haven't thought about getting married now." ”

Seeing that she had no intention, Jiang's mother had no choice but to stop thinking about being a matchmaker.

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Jiang Yucheng returned to Lingjiang Town on the day of the Mu holiday, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the laughter of children in the courtyard, and he guessed in his heart that his cousin must have come with his nephew Changsheng. After entering, I found that there was not only Changsheng in the yard, but also a girl with two small dolls. The girl looked only a little over a year old, white and chubby, and shook when she walked, which made him inexplicably think of the words "cute and cute".

He Changsheng was teasing his sister when he suddenly noticed the figure of his cousin, and shouted happily into the room: "Uncle, mother, uncle is back." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Ruru came out of the house, and when she saw Jiang Yucheng, she smiled and said, "Come in, my aunt knows that you are coming back today and are making your favorite dumplings." ”

Jiang Yucheng nodded, pointed to the little girl who was looking at him blankly and asked, "Whose child is this?" ”

Leng Ruru squatted down and picked up the little girl, "This is the daughter of Nie Niangzi of Xinyanfang, she has been taken care of by her aunt for the past few days, the little girl is very well-behaved, she doesn't cry or make trouble, even Changsheng likes to play with her." ”

Jiang Yucheng was a little surprised, his nephew had been a little perverse since he was a child because of his weak body, but he didn't expect to be able to play with such a small female doll.

He led his nephew into the house, and couldn't help but look at the girl doll lying on his cousin's shoulder again, only to see her staring at him without blinking with her big eyes. Jiang Yucheng smiled at her, and the female doll grinned as well.

When she entered the house, Jiang's mother was making dumplings, and when she saw her son coming back, she hurriedly put down the work in her hand. Jiang Yucheng came back once in the first decade, Jiang's mother pulled him to look at it carefully, and said with some distress: "My son has lost weight." ”

The predecessor of the county magistrate Fan Jue left a mess, Jiang Yucheng has been busy almost every day since he took over as the magistrate of Yucheng, and it is only in the past two days that he has time to go home to see.

Mother Jiang sighed and put the wrapped dumplings into the pot, and after a while, the white and chubby dumplings floated, and the whole stove room was filled with the fragrance of dumplings. Jiang's mother gave a big bowl to her son, and Jiang Yucheng didn't pick the ground, and stood in the stove room with the bowl to eat.

When Yan Niang came to Jiang's house to pick up her daughter, she saw Jiang Yucheng wearing a dark blue straight jacket gobbling up a bowl, and a trace of surprise flashed on her face and she quickly returned to normal. She put down the basket of oranges she was carrying, and thanked Mother Jiang and Leng Ruru, Mother Jiang left her to eat dumplings together, and Yan Niang politely excused herself.

After she left with Manman, Mother Jiang looked at her back and said to Leng Ruru: "Nie Niangzi is a good one, originally I wanted to tell her to the second child of your Aunt Yuan's family as a continuation, but it's a pity that she didn't have the intention of marrying." ”

As he spoke, he sighed: "If only she hadn't been married, it's good to fill the house for Cheng'er, and she looks like a good child." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough..."Jiang Yucheng was eating happily, and when he heard his mother's words coldly, he was choked in shock, and then his throat was filled with a hot feeling.

Seeing this, Jiang's mother hurriedly gave her son a good breath and blamed: "You kid, you don't have to worry about eating dumplings." ”

Jiang Yucheng coughed and thought, can you blame me, it's not that your old words are amazing. He knew that since the death of his cousin Leng Jiaojiao, his mother had been thinking about finding him a strong daughter-in-law, if it weren't for the three years of unfulfilled filial piety, maybe she would be able to help him marry his daughter-in-law tomorrow.

In fact, not only Jiang's mother has such thoughts, even Leng Ruru is looking forward to her cousin getting married as soon as possible, although Leng Jiaojiao is her own sister, she is unwilling to let her cousin, who is regarded as her own brother, just guard it like this. My sister's weak body delayed her cousin, and she felt guilty in her heart, and always wanted to marry him a wife with good body and virtuous and generous.

Leng Ruru persuaded: "Yucheng, you have been guarding Jiaojiao for a year, and you should also plan for yourself, your aunt and her old man are looking forward to holding their grandson." ”

Leng Ruru said this from the standpoint of Leng Jiaojiao's family, she did not object to Jiang Yucheng's remarriage, so Jiang Yucheng didn't have to stay for Leng Jiaojiao for three more years.

Jiang Yucheng's head is older, he really doesn't want to marry a wife, and when he married Leng Jiaojiao, it was also because they made a marriage contract since childhood. He doesn't want to casually find a woman to marry his own son, and then live his life with respect. After eating the dumplings in the bowl in two or two, he let the bowl go and left the stove room.

On the other side, after Yan Niang took her daughter back, Haitang had already set up the meal, and after dinner, she went to the shop with the food box that had been packed a long time ago, and Yan Niang stayed to clean up.

When washing the dishes, Yan Niang couldn't help but see a dark blue figure in front of her eyes, and a reader like them would have such an indecent appearance. Thinking about it, he remembered that on the night of Heli, he asked the coachman to give them a ride, and he gave them the warm carriage even though he was shivering with cold outside. Such kindness, Yan Niang will never forget.

Yan Niang is a woman who has been divorced, Jiang Yucheng is a widower who died of his wife, in order to avoid suspicion, Yan Niang had to answer his kindness to Jiang's mother, she went to Jinxiu Pavilion to buy some materials, planning to make a dress for Jiang's mother.

Since the opening of Xinyanfang, Yan Niang has rarely used needlework, a few months have passed, the movements in her hands are not rusty at all, it took two days to finally finish the clothes given to Jiang's mother. found a suitable day to send it over, Jiang's mother liked it very much, and praised Yan Niang's ingenuity. Yan Niang was embarrassed by her praise, and the flush on her face took a long time to disappear.

After Yan Niang left, Jiang's mother held the clothes in her hand and sighed, how could such a good girl be a woman who had been divorced, if she had never been married, how good it would be to match her son, maybe she would have had a group of children a long time ago.

It has become Jiang's mother's heart disease to renew her son, but whenever she mentions it, her originally filial son always refuses without hesitation, she really can't wait for life to pass faster, as long as the three-year period expires, she has to let him marry his daughter-in-law even if she is forced to die.