Chapter 139
After seeing her aunt, He Dani saw her cousin Yang Jian, cousin Xiao, cousin Yang Ce and cousin Yang Zheng in turn, her cousin was one year older than her, her cousin was three years younger than her, but her cousin Yang Zheng was less than ten years old, about the same age as He Xiaojie.
All the relatives have met, Yang Jue led He Dani to the top of the warm collapse, and let her sit next to her grandmother, across the couch is the old man, and the other family members sit around in accordance with the order.
The maternal grandparents first asked He Dani about the situation in the palace, whether she was doing well, and when she heard her granddaughter' say that she was often beaten and scolded by her aunt before becoming a doctor's apprentice, everyone couldn't help but sigh again.
"My poor son, I have suffered, I have suffered, but fortunately, now I have suffered all my sweetness, and the good days in the future will be yours." The old lady took He Dani's hand and kept rubbing it.
"With my son's ability, I will not worry about a good life in the future, in recent years, there have been matchmakers from the capital in the city to inquire about you, we think it is a good thing for you to be able to marry in the capital, after all, you are familiar with the capital, and in recent years you have been serving the powerful figures, and you are a palace maid, know the rules and know how to advance and retreat, and the big families in the capital like such daughters-in-law 'women'.
Your brother of the loser has never done anything good, but the matter of quitting his relatives is right, and we are willing to 'spend' money to buy back the 'jade' of *** relatives. "Old man Yang glanced at the girl next to him.
The girl quickly brought a red cloth tray and put it on the small table in front of the couch, there was a small wooden box and a long wooden box on the tray, He Dani was curious that she looked at these two boxes and didn't know what they were for.
The old man picked up the square box first, and opened it to see a palm-sized round 'jade' pendant, warm as water' color, with two bats carved in the middle, and a red silk spike hanging under the 'jade' pendant.
"Grandfather, this 'jade' pendant ......" He Dani felt a little familiar when she saw the 'jade' pendant.
"This is the dowry 'jade' of *** relatives back then, if it weren't for your stepmother's greed and 'selfishness', she wouldn't be able to return it to us now." The old man put the box on the collapse table and pushed it to He Dani, "Come, take it, this is the relic left to you by *** relatives, it is your dowry, and it will be returned to Zhao today, you have to put it away, don't let people 'get' it anymore." ”
"Grandfather, this is too valuable, since it is a relic of your mother's relatives, you should keep it for a thought." He Dani didn't dare to accept this gift at all, so she hurriedly excused herself.
"Nier, accept it, you will always ask for a few decent dowries when you go out of the pavilion in the future, your uncle has dealt with many merchants in the capital in recent years, and he knows some of the rules of weddings and funerals in the capital. When encountering a marriage where the family background of the two families is too different, the man's family will often generously say that the 'female' family is in difficulty, and the 'female' party does not want a dowry, as long as the girl enters the 'door'. Tell you, this is all a nice politeness on the mouth, not to mention the swagger all the way through the market, the new daughter-in-law 'wife' entered the 'door' to worship in the church, and there is not even a good piece of jewelry on her body, even if the in-laws don't say anything, how can the guests and neighbors who come to eat and drink not talk about it? Don't you talk about it? People's hearts will change, after a long time, I have heard a lot of this kind of talk, and the daughter-in-law can still have a comfortable life at home? The old lady made a big call, and then picked up the rectangular box and opened it to show He Dani.
"Look, this is the old pit jade bracelet prepared by your uncle and aunt for the day of your wedding, I haven't seen you for so many years, and I don't know if you are big and small now, come and come, try it, and choose which pair is suitable. The sleeves of the big red wedding dress 'revealed' two points of emerald green, hey, the most eye-catching. ”
He Dani was completely dumbfounded, staring at the five pairs of emerald green bracelets in the box and speechless, all of them were delicate, pure and flawless, and the emerald green 'color' was pure, bright, rich and uniform, and there was only a slight 'color' difference in comparison, and each pair of singles was the best 'color'.
"Here, put it on and try it and see if it fits." My aunt came forward with a smile and tried on the bracelet with my grandmother.
He Dani was indescribably moved, by the two elders to put bracelets on herself, she knew that her grandfather's family really loved her shell, and there must be another reason why she couldn't take care of her granddaughter instead of the deceased 'daughter'.
After a while, He Dani picked out the bracelet, and the elders let her wear it on her wrist like this, and let the girls take the rest.
"Well, how beautiful, the girl's family still needs a few pieces of jewelry." The old lady took He Dani's hand and looked up and down, smiling happily.
"Thank you to my grandfather, grandmother, uncle and aunt, so that my grandchildren' know that they still have family love." He Dani took out a handkerchief and pressed it on her eyes, and sincerely thanked her grandfather's family on behalf of the real He Dani.
"Ouch, my heart, liver and 'meat', your hard-working mother is the youngest 'daughter' in the family, she has been loved since she was a child, and you are her only 'daughter', we don't hurt you." The old lady hugged He Dani and cried for a while, and her aunt and cousin-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to comfort He Dani, which made the old lady feel better again.
"Our Nier is a capable person and can earn a dowry by herself, but at such an old age, you have to marry as soon as possible, how can you have time to earn a dowry by yourself, your family is so poor that even eating is a problem, so we have to help you and make your in-laws not despise you." Come, good boy, take your things and go home and hide them, and don't let your father and stepmother know. "The old man took over at this time, put the 'jade' pendant into the box, closed the lid, and gave a piece of the box to He Dani.
He Dani looked at the box, and then at her two wrists, knowing that she couldn't touch the hearts of the elders, but if such a valuable thing was taken home, it would be dangerous.
"Maternal grandfather and grandmother, uncle and aunt, thank you for taking care of Dani, but I can't take such valuable things as the 'jade' pendant and bracelet home, and I ask you to put it away for me, there is really no place to hide such a valuable thing at home."
"What? Are you so poor that you don't even have a cupboard? Everyone was surprised.
"Alas, don't talk about the cabinet, when I got home, the whole family in the room I slept in was surrounded by four walls, and there was no 'bed' and broken bedding, so I had to go out temporarily to buy it. It was also my good fortune that I got a 'bed' and a new quilt that the poor girl was forced to withhold, and in the afternoon I bought two tables and a basin rack from the carpenter, so that there were a few things in the house, and my own clothes could only be stacked on the kang, and even the 'doors' and windows were repaired together that afternoon, otherwise I would have slept all night in such a leaky room, and I would not have been able to get up at dawn. Ho Dani lightly told the elders about the scene when she first came home.
"Retribution, it's all retribution, let them give birth to such a good son, let them bully you at will, look at what life they live, it's all retribution!" The old lady gritted her teeth and said.
"Grandmother, don't be too angry, those days are over, and now I'm fine." The old lady's emotional 'waves' were too great, and He Dani hurriedly relieved.
"What's good, aren't you just getting better after becoming a doctor apprentice, and you completely turned over after taking the Chinese medicine exam. What would happen to you if you didn't take the TCM exam? The old lady asked a question that the whole family wanted to know, but didn't bother to ask for a moment.
"If you don't take the Chinese medicine exam, according to the rules of the palace, you will be an ordinary palace maid, and you will have to work until you are fifty years old before you can leave the palace." He Dani's tone was still indifferent.
"Ouch yo, God bless, God bless, my son is back early, good boy! When you went to the capital, your uncle got the news late, and he didn't catch up all the way, and we didn't even see the last face before you entered Beijing. The old lady was 'excited' again, and her cousin-in-law hurriedly helped to stroke her 'chest' and back.
"How can you make such a fuss?!" He Dani was surprised.
"That's a long story, and that's why we didn't care about you during the saddest years of your life. At that time, I was already too busy to take care of myself, and I didn't care enough about you, but if we knew that you were abused like that by that vicious 'woman', we would snatch you back to raise you even if we were sad, so we didn't care what kind of face he had. The old man picked up the teacup with a heavy heart, and the hot air blocked his expression.
"Is the cocoon on my aunt's hand just grinding out of the housework in those years? What happened to the family? He Dani asked with concern.
"Oops, how does Niel know that her aunt has calluses on her hands?" Yang Fang's asked curiously, and his family was equally curious.
"Auntie, when we just gave you a gift, didn't we shake hands and 'touch' it like this. Once the cocoon grinds out, it can't fade off, at most it becomes thinner and softer, but there is still a layer of crust in the place where the cocoon has been born, and the nephew 'girl' has also done rough work, and there are also such cocoons on their hands, and the cocoons have gradually become thinner after not doing rough work in recent years. He Dani explained with a smile.
"So that's the case, Nier is right, the family has been going through a few difficult years, so I can't take care of you, I don't even have the heart to inquire about your situation, I just think about how the family is doing. Your aunt is also a delicate lady who doesn't touch the 'spring' water with her fingers, and it really hurt her to pick up all the things at home and outside the house in those years. The old lady remembered the past and reached out to take the hand of her daughter-in-law', "Fortunately, all the hardships have come to an end, and our Yang family has risen again." ”
"Grandmother, can you tell me more about it, I want to hear it." He Dani felt that the Yang family's accident might not be smaller than the He family.
"Let me tell you, it all starts when your stepmother walks through the door." Uncle Yang Jue took over the conversation and continued.
"Uncle, please speak." He Dani sat upright and listened attentively.
"After *** passed away, your father once sent you to the house to take care of us for a while, until your stepmother entered the 'door' and took you back, when you were still young, I am afraid that I have no impression of these things."
He Dani nodded, "Indeed, I have a vague impression of what happened when I was a child. ”
"In the first year of your stepmother's entry into the 'door', we often visited you at the 'door' and saw that she was okay with you, and we didn't ask her to treat you like a mother, as long as you lived well, we were satisfied. After your eldest brother was born, we also went to see you a few times, and your situation had not changed at that time, and we also thought, fortunately, you are a girl, and you can't hinder her son, as long as she has the same attitude towards you, it is 'good', since it is a stepmother, we don't force her too much. ”
Yang Jue took a breath and continued, "But after that, our family encountered an accident, and you also know that it is very risky to make antiques. Your grandfather encountered such a thing, or a series of scams set up by old friends for many years, using two antique 'jade' incense burners to defraud your grandfather of a large sum of money, which became a big joke in the industry for a while, and the account immediately failed to turn, and the shop almost closed the 'door', but fortunately, there was still some spare money at home to eat. ”
"After this incident, your grandfather fell ill all of a sudden, and in order to save the shop, I mortgaged the deed of the house and borrowed a loan from the money bank and began to run around, often going far away, and the affairs outside the family were all on your grandmother and aunt. When your grandfather's body is a little 'colorful', you don't think that your grandmother will fall on the 'bed' due to fatigue and worry, so that the burden on your uncle's shoulders will be heavier, and she will have to take care of the second elder, take care of the two cousins, and also 'handle' the housework, but the result is also '' overwork, the six-month-old fetus has been lost, and there is no time to recuperate, so you can only force yourself to continue to take care of the housework. At that time, in order to save money, the family quit all the subordinates, leaving only a few old people such as Uncle Gui, and in addition to the shopkeeper and the account room, only one old man was left, and the three of them barely supported the shop. Yang Jue was sad and uncomfortable when he talked about the past, and the juniors even bowed their heads and wept.
He Dani got up and came to her aunt's side with a serious expression, carefully checked the pulse of her two hands, and felt that there was no problem before relenting and returning to her grandmother.
"At that time, we were already too busy to take care of ourselves, and we didn't have time to see when we occasionally thought of you, and at that time your family medical clinic changed its address, and it was far away from us, and at that time I only remembered the situation in which you were treated at home before, and comforted myself that your stepmother has been treating you like this since she entered the 'door', and it may not change much in the future, after all, you are the eldest 'daughter', and the relatives and neighbors are watching it." The old lady continued.
“…… In this way, we have not been able to see you for a few years, and when we finally relented, we paid off all the money we had borrowed in those years, including the principal and interest, and hired someone to clean up the house, so that your uncle brought gifts to see you and wanted to take you to live at home for a few days.
As a result, you were not at home, and your stepmother said that you went out to buy something, and said that it was only right for the younger generation to see the elders, and made an appointment with your uncle to send you to the house in two days. Speaking of which, Mrs. Yang took a short break, He Dani picked up the teacup and 'served' her grandmother to drink tea, and her grandfather picked it up and went down.
"Your uncle walked back happily, and when he passed through the market, he wanted to buy something to eat and entertain you tomorrow, but he heard the neighbors talking on the street, saying that your family sent you to the palace to do ***, and left in the carriage of the post house early in the morning. Your uncle was taken aback, and hurriedly stopped a cart on the street to chase you, all the way to the post house outside the city, and the post soldier said that the carriage had gone for more than half an hour and could not be chased. When it came to the past, my grandfather was also sad and angry, but he still held back his emotions and continued to finish.
"Your uncle hurried home and told us that we were so angry that we brought someone to your house to theorize, and your arrogance also called a group of people to fight with us, and the two families almost fought in the street, and never interacted again. And not long after that, a big medical hall was opened opposite your family medical hall, and your family's business was crushed in just one year, and your family was in a slump until the good news of your Chinese medicine doctor came to the county, and they saw the hope of turning over, and sold you to the Lu family without thinking too much. Then, humming...... "The old man is too lazy to mention it again, drink tea to moisten his throat, the room is temporarily silent, and everyone is immersed in memories."
Entering the 'Door'