The love between Lin Zichen and Hu Huilan is like coffee, carefully ground, and it tastes bitter and mellow.

Lin Zichen waited for a long time for a response, but she seemed to have disappeared, and she didn't even see her on the day when she agreed to go to Tongrentang together.

He was worried that he had confessed too directly to her, and felt that she probably really didn't like him, although he was lost, but at his age, love is love, not love is not love, and he will not be entangled if he does not force it, but he still cares about her silently in his usual way.

In Li Yao's eyes, it was only a matter of time before they were together, and Miss Huilan just needed time to see her mind clearly.

As expected, two months later, Miss Huilan finally relented, although it took a bit of time, but fortunately, it was a happy ending, and Miss Huilan finally mustered up the courage to take this step.

Lin Zichen's world has changed dramatically, he has been more active in cooperating with the treatment, and his legs have improved significantly, although he still needs to use crutches, he can already walk very steadily.

Love is like a good medicine, it can give people strength.

They began a formal relationship, but the two were cautious for fear of causing trouble for each other. Hu Muran, as Miss Huilan's younger brother, naturally cares most about what kind of person his future brother-in-law is, and he wants to protect her from getting hurt again, so he rushed into the school when he got the exact news, Li Yao thought he was going to make trouble, but he didn't expect that he just wanted to come over and explain a few words, which made Li Yao quite surprised.

Lin Zichen's personality must be reassuring, Hu Muran didn't say much, he just went straight to the point and asked him when he would marry his sister, which scared Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen thought about their future, but not so quickly, he was not ready yet, but it would not be too late, after repeated promises, Hu Muran was also relieved.

And Li Yao finally got a vacation, pruning the flowers and plants in the yard to practice, several sisters, including the eldest lady, didn't know where to hear, saying that the eldest sons of the Lin family, Lin Zichen and Hu Huilan, were getting better, and they all felt sorry for her, especially the eldest lady, she always thought that Li Yao and he had a good impression of each other, and even talked to Master Lin about it, but she didn't expect such a result.

In their eyes, Hu Huilan is a widow with a child, and the conditions of such a woman are not very good, but she is favored by others.

It's not just them, I'm afraid most of the city thinks so.

Once this matter is made public, it is bound to become a topic of conversation for many people after dinner, Hu Huilan is a somewhat legendary woman, from being abandoned to becoming a madman, and now Nirvana has been reborn.

Hu Huilan, who has figured it out, is much braver than before, she no longer cowers, but walks with Lin Zichen in a bright way, anyway, everyone will talk about it for a while, after a long time, no one cares too much about the topic when it is no longer fresh, many men who once admired Miss Huilan regretted it one by one, and did not start earlier, but let others take the lead.

Qi Wensheng didn't know that Lin Zichen was the principal of the Moral Education School, and he regretted it after knowing it, which meant that he had to put a little more effort into his studies, otherwise he would have a hard time after his mother passed the door.

However, this kid is quite clever, he goes to Lin Zichen every once in a while, and tells him that if he wants to please his mother, he must be the first to please him first, Lin Zichen is an honest man, he feels that if Qi Wensheng does not agree, then no matter how hard he tries, it will be in vain, naturally all the delicious and fun things will be bought for him first, as for the study of things, Li Yao can only work harder.

Li Yao is helping Wu's mother in the yard to dry the snow red, the snow red is a more common vegetable in the south, after scrubbing and drying, reduce the moisture, and when the sun is good, bring the big jar at home, spread the snow red layer by layer, sprinkle each layer with coarse salt, and finally seal the tank, about 20 days of pickling can be eaten, stir-fried or put on the meat to fry are delicious.

Mother Wu smiled and said: "Third Miss, we can just do this kind of rough work, you said that you finally have time to rest and help me do this kind of rough work." ”

Yun Cui hurriedly said: "Mother Wu, you don't know, this young lady in our family can't be idle for a moment. ”

Mother Wu nodded: "This is true, whoever wants to marry the third lady in the future will be blessed." Li Yao's words made Li Yao a little embarrassed.

Wu's mother suddenly said again: "Yesterday, the eldest lady sent a telegram, in a few months, she will give birth, the eldest lady can't go to the Gu family, she wants to call the third lady to accompany her, then you should have spring break, right?" ”

Li Yao calculated, almost that day, thinking that the eldest sister was going to have a child, she was a little happy and a little excited, and replied: "For such a big event as having a child, it is also reassuring to have my mother's family by my side, and I will accompany it!" ”

Mother Wu smiled with relief: "I didn't expect the relationship between your sisters and sisters to be so good, I can also go and reply to the eldest lady, you can go to her to rest assured." ”

A few months passed quickly, and Li Yao also made preparations in advance, took Yuncui, prepared a lot of snacks that Linghui liked to eat, and the two of them brought a family member to take things, and went to Shanghai by train.

Shanghai is a prosperous metropolis, but also a mixed place, Lihua prepared the car early, quickly picked up them, the car drove through the intersection of Nanjing East Road and the Bund, you can see the street people coming and going, different clothes, different skin colors.

Yun Cui patted Li Yao's shoulder and motioned for her to look.

"Look at the man's beard and beard, like a door god."

Li Yao looked in the direction of her finger, an Indian inspector was on duty, he was wearing a uniform that did not fit well, his stomach was bulging outside, he was wearing a scarf on his head, a spear on his back, and a baton in his hand, behind him was the south building of the Peace Hotel, the hotel was far more magnificent than the Daxing Restaurant, passers-by hurried by, and occasionally foreigners in suits and Chinese in long shirts were talking about something.

The road here is spacious, there are a lot of rickshaws on the road to solicit customers, the shops on both sides of the road are also very busy, the surrounding Western-style buildings are lined up, you can see the ferries shuttling back and forth on the Huangpu River in the distance, and the roaring sound of huge ships, a group of flowers.

The women here are also good-looking, it is said that the celebrities in Shanghai, with exquisite makeup, dressed, clothes and jewelry are all made by special people, just now, Li Yao saw two fashionably dressed women wrapped in mink walking on the street through the car window, which is like an eye-catching landscape.

The car drove for a long time and stopped at the door of a bungalow, this is Bai Lihua's house, the small western-style building is not unimpressive, and the layout of Miss Huilan's house is almost the same.

Downstairs is the living room, dining room and kitchen, the second floor is in front of the balcony, behind the stage is a large room, is the bedroom of Bai Lihua and Linghui, the second room is the bedroom of Mrs. Bai, the third floor is now the second room and her son's bedroom, and the rest is some study and guest rooms and cubicles where the servants live.

Linghui finally looked forward to coming to her mother's family, and happily came out to pick up people with a big belly, the two sisters had not seen each other for a long time, and they were very intimate, Bai Lihua saw it in his eyes, and he was also very relieved in his heart, and he looked at Linghui silly behind his back.

The husband and wife have a tacit understanding, and Linghui smiled: "Did you bring me something good, and you still hide it." He took out a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts from behind his back, sent it to her, and said, "Your favorite sugar-fried chestnuts, but you are not allowed to eat more!" ”

Li Yao first went to visit Mrs. Bai, brought her a good gift, presented her with some nourishing medicinal materials explained by the eldest lady, and was about to add a grandson to the family, she was in a good mood, so she spoke very warmly and politely.

The family moved all the luggage and belongings into the house, Li Yao's guest room was arranged on the third floor, and the room next to Bai Lihua's second room, Li Yao put her things in place and went downstairs, and Linghui was waiting for her downstairs to talk.

As soon as she went downstairs, a child who was not as tall as a human leg rushed over and hugged her leg, looked up, staring at herself with dark eyes, this child looked quite smart, it should be Bai Lihua's second room Xu Qingman's child Bai Yang.

Li Yao saw that the child was holding his leg and refused to let go, so he squatted down, touched his head and said, "What about your mother?" ”

The child blinked his eyes, he shouldn't be able to speak very well, so he stared at himself curiously for a long time, at this time, Xu Qingman hurriedly ran over, snatched the child over, hugged him in his arms, as if he was afraid of being robbed, and reproached in his mouth: "Why are you running around again?" ”

When she looked up, she saw Li Yao, she didn't know Linghui's mother's family, she only nodded respectfully, and went to the side with the child in her arms.

Linghui walked over, and she said to Xu Qingman, "This is my maiden sister Li Yao." ”

Only then did she get up and say hello: "Hello Miss Li Yao." ”

I have to say that Xu Qingman is really good-looking, with a slender figure, melon seed face, a pair of red phoenix eyes, and a cherry mouth, her son is just like what she carved out of a mold.

However, this woman always gives people a sense of resignation, and seems to be cautious of everyone.

Old Lady Bai glanced at her and said, "Xiaoman, you take a good look at the child in the future, you always run around at home like this, what should you do if you knock over, how do you become a mother?" ”

As soon as she heard this, Li Yao understood, in the past, Mrs. Bai made things difficult for Linghui, since Xu Qingman came to the house, this woman was born lowly, and she relied on some small tricks to enter the door, in order to comfort Linghui, Mrs. Bai was naturally very harsh on her, plus Bai Lihua didn't like this woman, her life should be extremely difficult.

However, Li Yao always felt that this woman was not so simple, on the surface, she looked at Yun Dan and the wind was light, talking and doing things, and she breathed in a low voice, but after Mrs. Bai finished saying that, she gently patted her son Yangyang, such a small child, and immediately ran to Mrs. Bai, hugged her thighs, looked aggrieved, and said, "Grandma is the best, grandma don't blame mother." ”

One sentence stumbled, but the old lady Bai listened to it happily, so she didn't say more.