Chapter 256: Extra-Fourteen
"Although my child's name is also Xi'er, she doesn't have an aunt in the northwest, she should have the same name, and she won't be my lost daughter." Lord Zhou agrees in his heart that his child is not alive more, he has been looking for so many years, when his wife left home with the child, it didn't take long for him to encounter war, how can the orphans and widows still live?
If her mother and daughter were really alive, the child's mother was angry and left, and after going out, she encountered enemy troops attacking the city everywhere, presumably the child's mother would have regretted it a long time ago and went home, it has been ten years, and their mother and daughter should be gone.
"It's good to look for it, it's a hope." Although Leng Yue thinks that Xi'er is not very similar to Lord Zhou, it is also a hope, anyway, he has been looking for so many years, at most it is not a disappointment, why not take a look.
"But the northwest is so big, and there is no specific place, even if you want to find it, you have more than enough heart but not enough power." There is a vast sea of people, where to find people.
Leng Yue kicked Jin'er, "You are to blame for this, if you didn't insist on sending Xi'er away, maybe Lord Zhou's father and daughter would be reunited, and you would be responsible for bringing people back for Lord Zhou." ”
"Mother." Jin'er really didn't want to take this job, but seeing his mother's serious appearance, she had to nod and agree, "Okay, I'll find someone." ”
Find a ghost, and when Lord Zhou dies, go to the underworld to find it to see if Xi'er is his daughter.
Leng Yue left Lord Zhou to eat at home, and kept sending people to the entrance of the village, and comforted Lord Zhou and said that Jin'er would definitely help him find his wife and daughter back, and Lord Zhou had to thank him a thousand times.
After sending away Lord Zhou, Leng Yue turned around and went directly to the uncle's house, and when he entered the house, he saw that the eldest lady was embroidering the insoles of the big red flower, so he asked: "Auntie, are you embroidering this thing for Xiu'er?" ”
"Yes, Xiu'er has chosen someone else, you don't know these female workers as a mother, and your aunt and I have to help prepare early." Even the eldest lady replied while embroidering, staring intently at the needle and thread, and didn't bother to lift her eyelids.
"Thank you for your hard work." Leng Yue didn't feel embarrassed, anyway, they were all their own family, and whoever helped embroider was not all the same.
"It doesn't matter if I'm helping so hard now, just when An An grows up, if your aunt and I are gone, I'll see what compensation you will take when your mother arrives." Lian Auntie stopped what she was doing, and smiled at Leng Yue: "You, it's time to learn from female workers, don't run out all day long, do all that chivalrous and righteous thing, now the world is too peaceful, I don't need you, until you are safe, when they grow up, you have to worry about it." ”
"I'm too lazy to bother with that." Leng Yue said straightforwardly: "The eldest mother and aunt will definitely live a long life, and when Pingping and An An grew up, isn't there still his brother and sister-in-law?" No matter how bad it is, there is Xiu'er, a sister, why can't it be my turn. ”
"You're used to being lazy." Even the eldest lady couldn't do it with Leng Yue, so she started her own work again.
"Auntie, I'm here to discuss with you what kind of girl Jin'er said we should find for him, my father has urged me several times, saying that it's time to find a family for Jin'er, but I don't know whose girl to find for Jin'er, who is worthy of Jin'er's child." Jin'er grew up in the palace, what kind of girl he hasn't seen, in such a big place in the capital, her brother didn't find a suitable candidate for Jin'er, in this palm-sized Zhongshan County, who can he choose for Jin'er? Isn't that embarrassing her to death?
asked her to say that Jin'er's marriage should be decided by himself, and the elders in the family insisted that she be the master, who made her the one who was the mother.
Aunt Lian asked, "Don't you have ideas on weekdays?" You made up your mind as soon as you got Xiu'er's marriage, why are you so embarrassed when you come to Jin'er? ”
Leng Yue squatted on the ground and pouted: "Xiu'er's marriage was originally her own favor, and our elders are just going through the motions, but Jin'er is different, he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has an official rank, it stands to reason that this marriage should not have us to worry about, but this Jin'er's vision is too high, and he can't look down on the young lady of the dignitary family that the emperor chose for him, who can he fancy when you say we are here?" I really don't know who stipulates the marriage matter, it is the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, I really don't want to be the master. ”
Even the eldest lady looked at Leng Yue sympathetically, and said with a smile on her lips: "Then you can rest assured, what kind of girl you choose for Jin'er, Jin'er will listen to you, don't be embarrassed." ”
This man marries not like a woman marrying a husband, he regrets it for life if he doesn't marry well, a man, it's normal to have three wives and four concubines, it's a big deal that Yueniang chooses Jin'er He doesn't like it, and then slowly find what he likes in the future, and then marry.
"It's easy to say, just because you always say this, I feel more pressure." This marriage event, how can you choose one at random.
Jin'er didn't follow because his mother was going to his uncle's house to discuss his marriage, and when he returned home, he wanted to go back to his room to sleep, but he couldn't sleep in bed, so he simply got up and went to talk to Xiu'er.
After knocking on the door twice, he pushed the door in, Jin'er saw Xiu'er embroidering in the room, leaned over to look at Xiu'er's embroidery patterns, and boasted: "Who taught Xiu'er's female workers?" It's so well embroidered. ”
"Who else, our grandmother, otherwise you still expect your mother to teach me." Xiu'er wiped the sweat on her palms with a sweat towel and smiled.
Jin'er was amused by Xiu'er's answer, "Yes, our mother asked her to do other things are all good hands, but embroidery workers don't know at all, when I was a child, we all bought clothes, and my mother never made a dress for us, and she didn't even touch a close-fitting dress." ”
Xiu'er got up from the embroidery stand, poured a cup of tea for her brother and said: "Brother, you can be content, how poor the family was at that time, my mother cared about earning money to support the family, how could she still care about making clothes for us, and one day my mother was not busy and her feet did not touch the ground." ”
"Yes, if my mother hadn't taken care of our brothers and sisters, she wouldn't have suffered so much." Jin'er thought of when she begged her mother to give Wan Baofang a hundred taels of silver when she was a child, and her mother stayed for him, and she is still moved.
"Brother, when you come back this time, do you really plan to go back to Beijing after becoming a relative at home?" Xiu'er sat down and asked.
"My mother will marry me if I want to get married, and I can't disobey my mother's wishes." Jin'er took a sip of tea, looked at his sister who grew up, and smiled gently: "By the way, my brother hasn't asked you yet, which family did my mother find for you, are you still satisfied?" ”
Xiu'er blushed and said: "What's not satisfied, it's also my own idea, brother, you also know, it's the eldest son of Uncle Zhou's family, Zhou Yuan, my mother and Uncle Zhou have been partnering in the cosmetics business, Zhou Yuan and I are also childhood sweethearts, we are familiar with each other, Uncle Zhou is a kind of person, Zhou Yuan is angry, my mother said that I married Zhou Yuan, it is a good blessing." ”
"It turned out to be the child of Uncle Zhou's family, that is rest assured, so can you choose the day of marriage? Brother, it's better to make arrangements for you to marry as soon as possible. ”
"It's still early, my mother said that I was only sixteen, so I discussed with Uncle Zhou that it would not be too late to wait two more years to get married, saying that it was too early for the girl's family to become a biological child, which was not good for the body."
"My mother feels sorry for you, and I can't bear you." Jin'er really envies Xiu'er, she grew up beside her mother since she was a child, not to mention, her mother still thinks about Xiu'er everywhere, and has always kept it by her side.
Xiu'er sighed again when she saw her brother, patted her brother and said, "Because I was born to my mother, you are not, no way, who made you have a memory, always remember the past." ”
A woman like Wan Baofang is not worthy of being her brother and sister's mother at all, and only her brother still remembers her from time to time, and she came back this time to pay respects.
"Who made me a man, my mother is a woman over a man, you see that Pingping and An An are like this, Pingping has never slept with his mother since he was a child, An An is still squeezing bed with his mother, didn't your mother always pestered her to sleep with her mother when you were a child? I want my mother to hug it, it's a luxury, it can't be compared. Jin'er didn't want to talk about Wan Baofang in front of Xiu'er, after all, Xiu'er had never recognized Wan Baofang as her mother since she was a child, so why did he bother to destroy Xiu'er's mood.
"That's right." Xiu'er thought about sticking to her mother when she was a child, and she smiled very sweetly.
At night, Leng Yue pillowed on the crook of Lian Hao's arm, and said with a sad face: "Lian Hao, what do you say about Jin'er's marriage?" I discussed with my aunt for a long time, and they all said that they wanted me to take the idea, how could I get the idea, this is about Jin'er's lifelong happiness, or you take it, then Jin'er will hate you. ”
Lian Hao didn't shirk at all, and replied directly: "Okay, I'll take the idea, I'll take the idea, what's so difficult to choose, just go to the granddaughter of Master Du's family who helped our family make a house in the front village, I think that the child is good, his hands and feet are quick, and his temperament is a bit similar to you, I will like it when I look at Jin'er." ”
"Why are you so casual?" Leng Yue refused, sat up and said: "What kind of hands and feet, temperament is similar to me, Jin'er will like it, how do you know what kind of girl Jin'er likes, Jin'er can't compare to others, you can stuff what kind of girl you want to stuff him, Jin'er is coaxing me with words, you are still serious about you." ”
"Didn't you tell me to make up my mind? Anyway, I chose the wrong one, and the person Jin'er wants to hate is also me, and it's none of your business. Lian Hao couldn't cry or laugh, this month's mother said that she wanted him to take an idea, and she was more anxious about Jin'er's marriage than anyone else.
"What kind of bad idea do you have, you can decide at once, forget it, forget it, I'd better think about it." Leng Yue lay down with his back to Lian Hao, thinking about how to choose a girl he liked for Jin'er.
Lian Hao was used to being snubbed by Leng Yue, every time Yueniang turned her back to him, he would stick to her and hug her, and he slept well.
"Lian Hao." Leng Yue pushed Lian Hao with his elbow and asked, "Is Uncle going to celebrate his seventieth birthday next year?" ”
"Well, what's wrong? Now that the uncle's 70th birthday is still far away, you are thinking about how to hold a birthday banquet for the uncle? Lian Hao's hands began to become restless.
"That's what I thought." Leng Yue turned over, didn't bother to care about Lian Hao's restlessness, and said with an idea in his heart: "Why don't we take advantage of Jin'er's home, just make a seventieth birthday for the uncle in advance, let those who come to celebrate the birthday bring their daughters to participate, and let Jin'er choose how to do it herself, so that we parents don't have to be embarrassed." ”
"Then what if Jin'er can't be selected?" Lian Hao really felt that Yueniang had an idea, and this matter also made her think of it.
"I don't believe it, so many girls are gathering together, and Jin'er can't find a favorite one." Leng Yue thought it was a very good idea, so he decided.
"Okay, Jin'er's matter is settled, you should let me settle my matter." Lian Hao took the opportunity to bully him.
"Old husband and wife, why are you still so bad."
Leng Yue wanted to push Lian Hao away, but Lian Hao pressed Leng Yue's hand and said in Leng Yue's ear: "You'd better not move, otherwise An An will knock on the door again when he hears the movement, so as not to embarrass the two of us." ”
"Necrotic." Leng Yue was frightened by Lian Hao, and he really didn't dare to make a big move.
Even the boss's 70th birthday, not only did the people in Zhongshan County get the news, but even the Linxian County also got the news, Yueniang intended to release the news, and naturally many people felt that their daughters were good and came to the door with gifts.
Everyone knows the identity of the Lian family, although the Lian family has a royal identity, but they never put up a shelf outside, on the contrary, the Lian family is approachable, Yueniang is taking care of the villagers in these ten miles and eight towns, if her daughter marries into the Lian family, even if she is not favored by Jin Gongzi, then she will be blessed when she enters the door of the Lian family, and she does not want such a blessing.
Leng Yue knew that she was letting go of the wind, and there were a lot of people coming, and she was ready to open a water banquet in the village, but there were still too many people coming, all of them exceeded her calculations, I originally thought that there would be hundreds of girls, but I didn't know that there were thousands of girls on this day, isn't this to pick Jin'er's eyes?
"Brother, my mother has good intentions for you, you can't live up to your mother's kindness, there are so many girls, which one you like, just choose one." Xiu'er was simply frightened by this battle, this warbler Yanyan's, not to mention that his brother didn't know how to choose, she looked at dozens of faces, and she thought it was very good.
"I have my own way to choose one of these many girls to get married, don't worry." How dare Jin'er live up to his mother's kindness, just choose, it's not difficult.
"That's up to you." Xiu'er didn't want to worry about her brother's affairs, her brother had more ideas than her.
"Yueniang." Zhou Yuan took Zhou Yuan outside, carrying a bunch of gifts, and asked Zhou Yuan to give Yueniang, "It's so lively today." ”
Leng Yue took the things, casually called someone to put the things home, and whispered to Zhou Yuanwai: "I don't like this lively scene either, but isn't Jin'er's age, I can't make up my mind as a mother, I don't have to put some thought into it, my father-in-law, you can also help me take a look, which girl is good, I can't see it with these eyes." ”
Zhou Yuanwai looked at the thousands of girls who were all cunning, shook his head and said, "Yueniang, don't ask me, I can't pick on this matter." ”
"Brother Yuan." When Xiu'er saw Zhou Yuan, she happily stepped forward to say hello, why didn't she care if her brother picked a daughter-in-law.
"In addition to your brother Yuan, you also have your Uncle Zhou in your eyes?" Leng Yue changed his name to Zhou Yuanwai early because of the relationship between Xiu'er and Zhou Yuan, he used to be called Brother Zhou, but now he is simply called his father-in-law, "Father-in-law, Xiu'er, this child is spoiled by me, and when she enters your Zhou family in the future, she can't be neither big nor small." ”
"Mother." Xiu'er's face was red when she was taught by her mother, and she saluted Zhou Yuan, and shouted shyly: "Uncle Zhou." ”
"Don't listen to your mother, when Xiu'er comes to my house in the future, I will treat Xiu'er as my own daughter, talk to your brother Yuan, I don't need your mother to accompany you here."
"Daddy, I'm leaving." Zhou Yuan brought a gift to Xiu'er, naturally he wanted to give it to her alone, but when he heard his father's words, he ran away with Xiu'er.
"This kid." Zhou Yuanwai shook his head, his eyes touched Jin'er's body, and asked Yueniang: "What are Jin'er and the children muttering there?" ”