Chapter Eighty-Four: Cousin
Xu had been ruthless in disciplining He Ningxin before, but now seeing that she has been much more alert and agile since she fell into the water, but she is also much more reckless than before, so she feels that she can't do it. - In the past, she was not good, and she would only be in the nest, and she was honest outside, and she would never cause trouble. But now that she is sensible, she has begun to launch a threat outside, and this wind must not last. As soon as it grows, there will be the scourge of dragging the family and losing the household, and it is not as good as the shortcomings that were confused before, at least the shortcomings that are still understood, and will not be messy outside.
He Siping listened to Xu's words, and what happened at the ceremony of filling the house in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion today, he couldn't help but praise Xin'er and said that he didn't expect Xin'er to have such knowledge, and he said it well - if he is uneven, he will be chivalrous, and he is the daughter of He Siping."
After saying that, he laughed a few times, and He Siping was angry with Xu Dao, who was about to have a seizure. Today, don't you also say that you are cheering for what Xin'er said? Why, then, did we punish our daughter alone? - It's so unfair. If you want to be punished, we will be punished together as a family" is praising and praising his daughter for being "nosy" in the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, but secretly bluntly saying that the rumors of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion are just some people making waves for the title.
Hearing He Siping say "righteous indignation", Xu just pursed his lips and smiled. The two got up and went to the Buddhist hall together to pick He Ningxin out.
He Ningxin also knelt for an hour, and her legs were really numb. followed Xu and Master He out together, Xu found a mother-in-law who knew how to massage, and asked her to go to He Ningxin to invigorate blood and push the stasis, and put dinner for her in her yard alone.
When it was time for dinner, everyone in the He family looked at her endlessly, so they looked at her endlessly. Even Mrs. He brought a few pieces of tiger skin plaster made by her, and carefully instructed her maids to let them get the fire and roast it, and then stick it on He Ningxin's knees.
He Ningxin couldn't cry or laugh, and she couldn't refuse, so she had to promise to respond.
Mrs. He thought that He Ningxin was still worried that her mother would blame her, so she sat on the edge of her bed, took her hand, and comforted her Xin'er, don't be afraid. Grandma will make it clear to your mother that she will be punished in the future, and you will be punished for copying books, but don't kneel in the Buddha hall again. In this cold day, the ground is icy, and the kneeling breaks the legs, and it will be hard to get old in the future. ”
He Ningxin was busy for Xu, Grandma, there are futons. Besides, there are earth dragons and fire walls in the Buddha hall, which is not cold at all. ”
Mrs. He smiled and said that it would be good. Don't be angry with your mother, it's not easy for your mother. ”
He Ningxin Xu is eight years old, and he is rich in five cars, while Mrs. He can't read a single big word. Such a completely different mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along very well.
Mrs. Xu Jinghe is poor and does not fall into her ambitions, is simple and righteous, and can think about others, she is a respectable mother-in-law. And Mrs. He likes Xu Zhishu and is open-minded and generous, and she does not look down on this poor man in the slightest. No matter before or after, they are all the same, with the same character that Mrs. He values the most.
Such a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, He Ningxin really feels that it is very rare.
Mrs. He sat for a while, and when she saw that it was not early, she asked He Ningxin to rest early and go back to the cultivation and reading hall in the back garden.
The second wife of the second room, Li, gave a mustache before dark and said some beautiful words, and He Ningxin pushed her up without pain.
When Li came out of He Ningxin's courtyard, his face was very ugly.
Her eldest maid saw that the second wife had eaten a lot of rows at the eldest girl's place in the past few days, and she secretly wondered in her heart, and it was difficult to persuade her, so she followed the second lady all the way back to the courtyard of the second room.
"Where did the second girl go? I'm about to turn over the lamp and I don't see anyone, you are all on errands? The second wife blocked her chest in one breath, and it was not pleasing to the eye.
The mother-in-law who served in the second room hurriedly stepped forward and said that the young master had just sat for a while, and the second lady said no, and the second girl sent the young master out. ”
This cousin young master is Nie Wei, the nephew of the second wife Li. The second wife, Li's sister-in-law, was originally married to a family surnamed Nie Xiucai, who knew that Nie Xiucai fell ill soon after he was lifted, and returned to the west, leaving only orphans, widows and a few properties. The Li family didn't understand the matter of crops, and happened to encounter several famine years, and soon exhausted the family property. Now he only relies on his mother's family and a few in-laws, and he lives in autumn everywhere.
This Nie Wei didn't like to study, so he had to gamble, determined to be the new copper coin god of the Great Qi Dynasty. Li's Aunt Nie cried and froze, but she couldn't let him study well. Fortunately, the gambling house in the Daqi Dynasty is also a serious business, and if you can go to the gambling house to be a dealer, you can also support your family. It's Aunt Nie who thinks that the Nie family is a scholarly family, and she can't pull this face, so she would rather go into debt to get by, rather than let Nie Wei go to the gambling house to get a serious errand.
Nie Wei hadn't been to the He family for several months since he said goodbye last time. This time he borrowed silver, and the second wife was upset when she saw him, so she asked her to take five taels of silver and send him away.
The second girl, He Ningyu, had always had something to ask her cousin, and when her second wife went to visit her sister He Ningxin in the lobby, she hurriedly chased after her.
He Ningyu and Nie Wei are relatives and have known each other since childhood. At this time, the maid was still followed behind, and the two of them slowly walked to the second door, gossiping casually while walking.
He Ningyu saw that the maid behind him fell a lot, probably because he couldn't hear and his cousin, so he lowered his voice and asked Cousin, where have you been for a while? Never seen all the time? My aunt was so worried that she looked for my mother several times, and you cried when she talked about it. ”
Nie Wei smiled bitterly, listlessly folded a willow stick, hit it on the ground, and said sullenly that I went out to avoid the limelight. - Your mother and my mother asked me to do that, I always felt that it was not authentic, and they didn't listen to what I said, so I had to hide. ”
He Ningyu stopped, stood under the tree, slightly tilted his head and glanced at the maid behind him, and saw that they had all stopped, waiting two feet away from here.
"Cousin, you really don't want to take Sister Lobby...... Walk? - Don't you like her very much, don't skip words. He Ningyu asked softly, his face was a little crimson, what was the girl's family, and he was still embarrassed to say the word "elopement".
Nie Wei glanced back at He Ningyu deeply, then turned his head again, and threw the broken willow branch far away over the wall of the inner courtyard.
"Cousin, don't you?" He Ningyu asked.
Nie Wei turned around with his hands behind his back, and half of his angular side face was reflected in the afterglow of the evening sunset, like a layer of gold edges, even more handsome and moving.
He Ningyu's face turned even redder.
Nie Wei looked at He Ningyu's big eyes steadily, and only after a while did he turn his head away, look at the pavilions in the distance, and sighed softly, "It's me." When my aunt asked me to approach your lobby sister, I should have refused. - I don't want to hurt others and myself, and mistake the two of us for a lifetime. The last sentence was said by looking back at He Ningyu.
He Ningyu's heart was pounding hard, and after a long while, He Ningyu blamed him in a little panic and said Even if you don't want to take her away, you don't want to push her into the water. - Nearly killed her. ”
Nie Wei was very surprised, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, is this going on? I didn't come to your house at all that day, but went straight to the gambling house and hid for a few days, and I pushed her into the water? ”
He Ningyu's heart sank, he took two steps back, and even his voice was a little hoarse, you said? On that day, not ...... Didn't you do it? ”
Nie Wei took two steps forward, wanting to reach out and grab He Ningyu, but his hand reached out in mid-air, and fell down again, quickly explaining that it was not me, it was definitely not me. After settling down, Nie Wei squinted his eyes and looked at He Ningyu's maid in the distance, and said in a deep voice, My mother and your mother were originally planning to let me ...... took your lobby sister to elope, and after this trouble, she had to marry me. But when I thought about it, I felt that this kind of thing could not be done. If you do it, you will harm your lobby sister for the rest of your life. I don't have any interest, I have to drag an innocent woman into the water together, I can't do it. ”
He Ningyu pursed his lips and muttered, Sister Lobby, maybe she was willing. It's not like you can't see that she ...... you."
Nie Wei smiled slightly. He is also twenty-two years old this year, and ordinary men of this age have already married wives and had children, but he has not been able to reach high or low, which makes his mother have a headache.
The second wife of the He family, Li, is his aunt, but she is no better than Aunt Nie. For the orphans and widows of the Nie family, if they want to take care of them, they are more than willing but not enough. By chance, when He Ningxin was messing with his second wife in the second room, he met Nie Wei once and had a good impression of him.
The second wife, Li, had an idea and felt that they were just a match made in heaven.
Nie Wei's family has no silver, but the big house has silver. If you can let your nephew marry a girl from a big house, not only will the embarrassment of the Nie family be solved, but also in the He family, Xu will live with a face that he will see from now on.
In addition, He Ningxin has been married to the eldest son of the Jian family since she was born. The Jian family was later taken away from the people, and the second wife thought that the daughter she wanted to give was looking for another family business, so she started He Ningxin's idea.
It's just that the Nie family's family is too far behind, and the second wife Xu and Master He will definitely not agree, so they came up with a way to cook cooked rice with raw rice. Who knew that Master He and Xu were both trustworthy people, and they had been dragging on and did not find another family for He Ningxin.
waited like this, and actually waited until the Jian family was restored.
Two years ago, when Jian Feiyang, as the Duke of Zhenguo, visited Master He and Xu in the He family, the second wife Li was also fortunate to meet him. Only then did the eldest son of the Jian family not only give birth to a talent, but also be very capable, and his character was not good. Moreover, he was in his twenties and had a high and powerful position, and at that time He Siping was still a noble and leisurely scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the He family could not be compared with the noble Jian family. Jian Feiyang did not mean to choose another noble girl, but must abide by the previous covenant and marry the He family, and the girl who is not from the He family will not marry.
The second wife, Li, had always been the only one who looked forward to the horse, and she had always revolved around Xu, and she had also heard Xu mention Jian Feiyang's things over the years.
It turned out that Jian Feiyang's family had a great change when he was eleven years old, and after returning to his ancestral hometown, his ancestral property was also encroached upon by the wealthy families in the township, so he had to follow the farmers in the township to farm. Although he used to be a family, in the four years of his ancestral hometown, he was no different from a footman.
It's just that he is young and weak, and he still can't support his family with the food he gets from the field alone. In order for his family to survive, Jian Feiyang left home to join the army at the age of fifteen, and only then did he use the money from his life to support his family. Later, he killed countless enemies on the battlefield before he fought for his life. At the age of twenty-four, Jian Feiyang emerged in the war against the Qiang people, his prestige was greatly enhanced, he was awarded the title of General Zhongjie, and he was restored to the hereditary title of Zhenguo Gong.
Now he is twenty-six years old, and in order to wait for He Ningxin, he has not even been connected to the maid, and he has always been single. On weekdays, he lives in the study of the outer courtyard, and there are only two old men around him to serve, and even the later portable servants are allowed to give them.
Such a good man actually wants to be rationed to He Ningxin, a foolish worm - the second wife, Li, feels that heaven is unfair when she thinks about it.
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