Chapter 5: Greetings
The housekeeper led the people in the house to basically clear the thick snow on the road except for most of the day's snow.
Qiaoci only came here in the afternoon, and she didn't rest all night, and she wanted to sleep for two hours, but she didn't expect to sleep for a long time.
On the way here, I was very uneasy.
"Miss, the slave and maid got up late, and missed the time for you to see the lady, the slave and maid are at fault, and I ask you for forgiveness." Qiaoci looked down like a child who had done something wrong, and said.
Jin Zhao didn't mean to blame her, and said to her: "Don't worry, it's just right to go to see your mother at this time, besides, you haven't slept all night, it's normal to sleep until this hour."
Qiao thought that Jin Zhao would scold her a few words, but in turn comforted her, Jin Zhao said this, Qiao Ci was even more unhappy, she whispered: "The slave maid should accompany you to see Madame."
Jin Zhao nodded.
Mother likes to raise fish, there is a pond in Yinghua Pavilion, there are a lot of fish in it, mother will feed those fish food when she has nothing to do, she has seen many times in private, but only from a distance.
Qiao Ci accompanied Jin Zhao to Yinghua Pavilion soon, looking at the word "Yinghua" that caught his eye, Jin Zhao was full of thoughts. This is the courtyard named after her mother, I think she insisted on entering the palace despite her mother's opposition, and she has not stepped into this place for many years, and every time she can't bear the thoughts in her heart, she just stands quietly outside and has never entered.
Qiao Ci saw Jin Zhao's expression change for a while, and stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Jin Zhao calmed down, shook his head, and said lightly: "I'm fine, let's go in."
Qiaoci answered and led her way ahead.
When the maid who was sweeping the snow outside saw her coming, she immediately stopped, stood in a row one by one, and saluted her in a regular manner.
Standing at the front is called Ximei, is a first-class girl around Fu's side, won the trust of the master, this girl was originally called Luomei, Fu felt that the name was not good, so it was changed to Ximei, which means cherish.
The maid who can get the name of the Fu family is also the first one in the Su family. Therefore, compared with ordinary maids, Ximei is somewhat different.
Ximei stepped forward and said respectfully: "The eldest lady is here by coincidence, Mrs. will already get up, and Mother Tong will accompany her to talk in the house."
Mothers love to take a lunch break, a habit that has been cultivated over the years.
Jin Zhao nodded at her, she was a clever girl, she didn't have to open her mouth to ask. Then Ximei went to open the door for her.
The door opened, and somehow, thinking that the person in the room was what she had been thinking about for many years, and she couldn't see each other, but Jin Zhao suddenly became a little nervous.
She hadn't seen her in years, and she couldn't remember what her mother looked like.
"Miss, please." Ximei said softly, making a gesture in front of her.
Jin Zhao came back to his senses at this time, stabilized his nervousness at the moment, and stepped into the house.
At this time, Fu Shi was sitting on the warm collapse, looking at the things in his hand with a focused expression, and Tong's mother was by his side.
Ximei saw that Jin Zhao suddenly stopped and didn't leave, so she stepped forward and replied to Fu Shi, "Madam, the eldest lady is here."
As soon as the words fell, Fu Shi raised his head to look at Jin Zhao, and the next moment the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a smile.
"My Jinzhao is here." Fu beckoned to her.
Jin Zhao was stunned, the scene in front of her was what she had been looking forward to for a long time. Without thinking much about it for a moment, she immediately walked over and held her mother's hand, holding it tightly, for fear that her mother would let go of her hand in the next second, probably because she was afraid of what her mother said back then, and her emotions were even more excited than Fang Cai, and her eyes looked red.
Seeing her like this, Fu Shi asked her inexplicably, "What's wrong with your child today?"
Jin Zhao took a breath, smiled at his mother and said, "It's nothing, I just miss you mother too much, and I haven't come to greet you for some days." The person she has been looking forward to for many years, how can she not want to.
At the beginning, she thought that Fu's mother's love had come to an end, and she couldn't imagine that God would treat her well, and she would be able to see her mother again in her lifetime.
Fu Shi was stunned when he heard this, he still had a smile on his face, stretched out his other hand and touched Jin Zhao's head, and said with a smile: "You kid, you stay in the house every day and still think that if you get married in the future, you will not have to run to your mother's house every day, and you are not afraid of being laughed at by others."
As soon as these words came out, Tong's mother and the others were amused, but Jin Zhao didn't laugh, she said: "Then I won't marry in the future, stay with my mother, and serve you for the rest of my life, okay?"
This is what Jin Zhao said in her heart, she thought so at that time, Fu Shi heard it but thought she was joking, so he waved his hand and said: "Why did you say stupid things, how can there be a reason for the girl's family not to marry when she is old, and her mother is still thinking about helping you say a good family matter." As he spoke, the smile on Fu's face deepened.
Jin Zhao felt uncomfortable when he heard this, he thought that her entry into the palace would make the Su family glorious, and her mother should be happy, but she thought that she was strongly opposed. Later, she realized that her mother, who had always been far-sighted, just hoped that she would marry a man who was in the right place, love her for a lifetime, and love her all her life, and did not want her to be involved in the battle of the harem.
Compared with the so-called glory and wealth, the life of the child is good, and it is not what the mother expects. It's just that she didn't quite understand these things at that time.
Jin Zhao pursed his lips lightly and said, "Then my mother has to choose this family affair for Jin Zhao."
Fu Shishou paused slightly, and then said: "The sun is coming out in the west today, I thought you would say that you want to choose it yourself, my Jin Zhao doesn't want to make my mother happy to say this, but my mother is also for your good."
Jin Zhao smiled: "How could it be."
As he spoke, his eyes inadvertently fell on the thing beside Fu's side, and he pointed and asked, "What is Mother Fang looking at so attentively?"
Fu picked up the thing that was casually placed beside him and said, "This is your brother's handwriting, and he was praised by Mr. Teaching today, you see, your brother's handwriting is getting better and better."
Speaking of her younger brother Su Chengye, Fu's eyes were full of spoiling, but who would have thought that the younger brother who was carefully cared for by his mother would be used by Su Jinling again and again, so that he later fell into disrepute.
She clearly remembered that Su Chengye appeared in front of her with a depressed appearance, looking extremely thin, but she didn't expect that the son whose mother was proud of her life was so smart at the beginning, but in the end he ended up in such a field.
But at that time, she was not as beautiful as before, and she couldn't help her younger brother, and she watched the Su family fall into the hands of others step by step.
Thinking of this, Jin Zhao reached out and took the things in Fu's hand and looked at them carefully. Su Chengye is only eleven years old this year, and his writing looks a little old. The writing is really good, no wonder my mother can't help but praise it.
"My brother's handwriting is getting better and better, and my father will be happy if he knows it." Jin Zhao said.
Fu Shi nodded, looking at Jin Zhao in front of him, he only felt that it was a little different from usual, and he seemed to be a lot more sensible.
She wanted to take Jin Zhao's hand, but after thinking about it, she gave up again.
After a while, Fu Shi raised his eyes, looked at Jin Zhao and said meaningfully: "As long as your sister and brother are well, mother will have nothing else to ask for."