"What are you talking about, He Wen wants to take a concubine?" Mother Jiang stood up when she heard this, and said angrily: "What's the matter, it's bullying me that no one in the Jiang family is gone?" ”

Jiang's mother couldn't restrain the anger in her heart, the sleeping Chang'an was woken up and cried, Leng Ruru hurriedly hugged her son and coaxed gently, and Chang'an soon fell asleep again in her mother's arms.

Mother Jiang asked Taozhi to hug Chang'an down, and continued to ask Leng Ruru, "Say, what's going on?" ”

Leng Ruru wiped her tears and said, "Half a month ago, my mother-in-law took the newly widowed niece Qiongzhi over, I thought she was distressed by Qiongzhi, and she came to the house to let her relax. I have to take care of the two children on the one hand, and I have to take care of Qiongzhi on the other, so I am afraid that I will neglect her.

Who knows, this morning she told me that she decided to hire Qiong Zhi to make a second room for Changsheng's father, and forced me to nod and agree. I didn't want to, so I came back with Changsheng and Changsheng. ”

Hearing this, Jiang's mother was very angry and shouted that she wanted to go to He's house to ask He's mother for clarification. Yan Niang hurriedly persuaded: "Mother, don't worry, we don't know what my brother-in-law means." ”

Jiang Mu held back her anger and asked, "What does He Wencai mean, does he also want to take a concubine?" ”

Leng Ruru shook her head, "My mother-in-law didn't know about this for a long time, but when I left, he must have known, and I don't know what he would do." ”

Jiang's mother slowly calmed down and asked Uncle Yan to send a message to Jiang Yucheng and ask him to come back in the evening.

He family

After He's mother proposed to let He Wencai take a concubine, Leng Ruru took her two sons back to her parents' house. He Wencai came back only to know that his mother had such a ridiculous idea, he blamed his mother a few words, asked her to send her cousin Qiongzhi away quickly, and then hurriedly chased Leng Ruru's mother and son.

Mother He was mercilessly blamed by her son, and immediately felt aggrieved and annoyed, "This is my good son, for his daughter-in-law to dare to speak to me like this." ”

Zhao Qiongzhi hurriedly persuaded her: "Auntie, my cousin is also worried that my cousin and two nephews are like this, so don't be angry." ”

Mother He patted her niece's hand and sighed: "Only Qiongzhi you are worried about me as an old woman, your cousin married a daughter-in-law and forgot his mother, where do you remember the mother who gave birth to him and raised him." ”

"Originally, I took a fancy to your eldest sister as the daughter-in-law of my He family, but who knew that your cousin had to marry Leng, but I really couldn't resist him, so I let Leng's enter the door. But I really let her marry in, I regret it, and I don't know how the Jiang family raised their daughter, not to mention the cold family's pungent and rude, and extremely jealous. ”

"Changsheng was born sick and crooked, and I don't know if I can grow up, I think that your cousin is nearly thirty years old, and I want to take a concubine for him, so that he can have a healthy child under his knees to inherit the incense, but the jealous woman refuses to live or die, and makes your cousin and me separate. Now that I think about it, I'm still so angry. ”

Mother He kept complaining to her niece, and Zhao Qiongzhi comforted: "Auntie, cousin, don't they have Chang'an now, don't you worry about these things." ”

After speaking, he lowered his head again, "You also saw it, my cousin-in-law doesn't want my cousin to take a concubine, and my cousin only listens to my cousin-in-law, aunt, don't put me and my cousin together in the future, I'm afraid my cousin will be unhappy." ”

"What's upset about her, I've endured it for so many years, I can't bear it anymore, the two children she gave birth to, only kiss her, what is my grandmother." She took Zhao Qiongzhi's hand and said, "Qiongzhi, if you can give birth to a white and fat grandson for me, I will wake up laughing in my dreams." You can rest assured that you will stay in the He family, and the rest of your aunt will settle it. ”

Zhao Qiongzhi's face turned crimson and nodded obediently.

She was widowed and widowed, and her in-laws thought she was hard to kill her and drove her out. The mother's family is controlled by the stepmother, and there is no place for her at all; The eldest sister married far away, and she couldn't go over the long way, so she could only come to her aunt.

Although the He family is not a rich family, the family has a rich background, the eldest cousin He Wen is a famous scholar, she has been married and is a widow, she can become the second wife of the eldest cousin, and she has a dependency for the rest of her life.

Zhao Qiongzhi does not reject being a concubine, but He Wencai is very disgusted. Although he often complained to Jiang Yucheng about Leng Ruru's pungency, he really liked her in his heart, so he repeatedly rejected Mother He's proposal to take a concubine for him.

The two have been married for eleven years and have two sons, and it is not that there is no one to inherit the incense, so why do they have to take concubines. After Leng Ruru was angry with Mother He, He Wencai immediately chased after Jiang's house.

Jiang's mother heard that He Wencai was coming, and asked Uncle Yan with a cold face not to let people in, He Wencai waited outside the gate of Jiang's house for a long time, and saw that no one opened the door, so she had to turn around and go to the county office to find Jiang Yucheng.

Jiang Yucheng had already received a message from Jiang's mother, and when he saw his cousin-in-law's sad face, he asked, "You really don't have any other thoughts about your cousin?" ”

He Wencai said with a bitter face: "When I married Ruru, Qiong Zhi was only six years old, and I have always treated her as my own sister, you say, can I accept my own sister as a concubine?" ”

Jiang Yucheng nodded and asked again: "What if there is another person, not your cousin, but a good-looking and gentle woman, will you be tempted?" ”

"Zirun, don't test me, I have never had the intention of taking a concubine." He Wencai directly exposed his friend's intentions, "Concubines are the root of the chaos, you can see my second brother, since I took over the second room, my younger brother and sister have been messing with him every day, I am afraid just by looking at it, how can I push myself into the quagmire." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yucheng glanced at him appreciatively, "Since you don't have the intention of taking a concubine, it's easy to do it, just go back and tell your mother directly that you don't want to." As for your cousin, you and your cousin will give her a dowry, and help her find a generous family, and if she is a smart person, she must know who to listen to. ”

Jiang Yucheng's words made He Wencai make up his mind, he must marry his cousin Zhao Qiongzhi, otherwise he will be the one who has a restless house. After Jiang Yucheng was on duty, the two returned to Lingjiang Town together.

He Wencai followed Jiang Yucheng back, and Uncle Yan didn't stop him. Jiang's mother was angry in her heart, seeing that of course he didn't have a good face, Leng Ruru didn't seem to know him, when she saw him come back, she didn't raise her eyelids, and after her son Changsheng called out to his father, he didn't pay attention to him anymore, and only concentrated on playing with Manman.

The atmosphere was very embarrassing, He Wencai touched his nose in a wry manner, and leaned over to Leng Ruru's side, "Lady, you haven't lost your anger yet?" ”

Leng Ruru turned her head to the side and ignored it, Jiang Mu snorted coldly, "Why, only allow you He Wencai to take a concubine, and don't allow us Ruru to be angry?" ”

He Wencai hurriedly shook his head, "Uncle, I really didn't want to take a concubine, it's all my mother's nonsense, don't worry, I promise to make it clear to my mother when I go home, so that she won't mention these two words in the future, and then help my cousin find someone to marry." ”

Mother Jiang's face softened a lot when she heard this, "Since you already have a solution, then take care of the matter and then take Ru Ru Niang back." ”

He Wencai cast his eyes for help to his friend and brother-in-law, and Jiang Yucheng bowed slightly at him.

He said to Jiang's mother: "Mother, if you insist on leaving your cousin at home, wouldn't it give your brother-in-law and cousin a chance to take advantage of, in my opinion, it is better to let your cousin and Chang'an go back with your brother-in-law, and how about Changsheng stay at home with you?" ”

These words aroused the vigilance of Jiang Mu and Leng Ruru, Jiang Yucheng was right, if Zhao Qiongzhi took advantage of Leng Ruru's absence to take the opportunity to enter, then there would be no room for things to turn around.

Without waiting for Leng Ruru to speak, Jiang's mother made a decision for her, "Ruru took Chang'an and Wencai back to He's house, and Changsheng stayed at home to accompany his wife and me." ”

After speaking, he said to Jiang Yucheng: "After eating later, you personally send them back and let them see that Ruru is also a person with a mother's family." ”

Jiang Yucheng hurriedly responded to his mother's request.

Leng Ruru, who was on the side, had red eyes and choked up, "Uncle, thank you." ”

Mother Jiang patted her hand when she heard this, and comforted: "Silly child, what kind of thank you are said in the family, your uncle and Jiaojiao both instructed us to take good care of you before they died, if you are wronged and turn a blind eye, how should I explain to them after a hundred years?" After speaking, he wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

After eating, Jiang Yucheng wanted to send Leng Ruru and He Wencai back to He's house.

Before getting into the carriage, Leng Ruru said to Yan Niang: "Yan Niang, you know a lot of people in the town, if there is a suitable person to keep an eye on me, if you become a matchmaker, I will definitely give you a heavy matchmaker thank you gift." ”

Yan Niang smiled and said, "Cousin, don't worry, I'll go to Wu Niangzi tomorrow to see if she has no suitable candidate." After saying this, he leaned into her ear and whispered: "After my cousin goes back, you must restrain your temperament, don't argue with your mother-in-law, just let your brother-in-law speak." ”

Leng Ruru is an anxious child, Yan Niang is afraid that she will have another conflict with He Mu, so that He Wencai, who is caught in the middle, will not be able to deal with it, but instead gives her cousin a chance.

Leng Ruru knew that Yan Niang was kind enough to remind herself, so she smiled at her, "Well, I know how to do it, seeing that you are about to give birth, you must take care of your body." ”

Yan Niang nodded.

On the second day, Yan Niang deliberately went to Xinyanfang to find Wu Niangzi, she did not inform Zhao Qiongzhi's identity, only said that her relatives had a newly widowed daughter, and asked Wu Niangzi if there was a suitable family.

Wu Niangzi thought for a while, slapped the table excitedly and said, "Don't say it, I really have such a person here." ”

Yan Niang came to her senses when she heard it.

Wu Niangzi said: "This person is a cousin of my husband's family, Qi Wenjiang, his wife has passed away for four years, and he has not continued his mystery. ”

Yan Niang said tentatively: "Then he must have a good relationship with his wife, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed for her for so long." ”

"Eh, how can it be, he has no relationship with his deceased wife Xu at all." Wu Niangzi waved her hand and said: "Back then, when Xu's laundry was accidentally falling into the water, Wen Jiang happened to pass by there, and rescued her out of kindness, but she didn't expect to be relied on by her, and she wanted Wen Jiang to be responsible." ”

Wen Jiang is a kind person, and he knew that Xu's coming up from the water by himself would hinder her reputation, so he agreed to marry her. Who knew that the Xu family and Wen Jiang gave birth to a child less than seven months after they got married, of course Wen Jiang knew that the child could not be his, so he wanted to reconcile with the Xu family.

Xu refused, and also hanged and threatened, my aunt was sick because of this, Wen Jiang sent Xu and the evil seed to Xu's mother's house together, but I didn't expect to hear that the child was gone after three days, and Xu was crazy. Xu's mother's family sent Xu back again, and Wen Jiang saw that she was pitiful, so he didn't drive her away, nor did he leave with her.

One night four years ago, Xu suddenly woke up, cried and kowtowed to Wen Jiang and his aunt three times, and then ran out of the house, and a white silk was hung on the gate of Ergou's house in the same village. At this time, everyone knew that the biological father of Xu's child was Ergou, and the child was also killed by Ergou, and Xu's hated him very much, so he chose to hang himself at the door of his house.

Xu's death, it stands to reason that Wen Jiang should be relieved, my cousin asked a matchmaker to be a matchmaker for her son, and after seeing several girls, Wen Jiang was unwilling, for his marriage, my aunt's hair turned gray. ”