A few days later, the carriage that Du Fu came to pick up Du Mingxin arrived. The wooden wheels were ringing, she opened the curtain, looked at Songshan Mountain farther and farther away, and covered her heart with the warm jade pendant, but she didn't know how sour and apprehensive it was.

The carriage swayed all the way and entered Kaifeng City before dark.

The ancestors of the Du family have been Kaifeng people for generations, and their ancestors are just a few acres of thin fields, and then they are tenants with no surplus funds. Just because of the sudden green smoke from the ancestral tomb, Du Mingxin's grandfather was a jinshi at a young age, and before his death, he became the left attendant of the Sanpin Military Department, so the Du family became one of the top eunuchs in Kaifeng City.

The eldest master of the Du family inherited his father's smart head, and his career in the imperial examination was smooth sailing, and now he is the official residence of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Originally, the Du family lived in the capital, but the death of the Shen family was a little unclear, and the old lady Du punished the second son to go back to his hometown to think about it behind closed doors and concentrate on studying. But the second master read and read, and read that his father was dead, and the eldest brother was resurrected after keeping filial piety, and he was still a lifter.

"Father." Du Mingxin dragged his body that was about to fall apart, and knelt on the ground of the main room uprightly.

Before entering the house, Mama Cui whispered in Du Ming's ear for a long time: "Back then, the old man didn't like his wife's hard temper and collided with him...... You must remember to admit your mistake with a good voice. Although this time the matter is big, it is in Zhuangzi, and no one knows. If the old man blindly shouts and kills, it will make everyone know. The lord will definitely not be like this, after all, there are still two young ladies in this mansion......"

As Mama Cui expected, Second Master Du's mood has calmed down a little, but he still has to give it when he gets off the horse.

"You still have the face to come back?" The second old man said sadly, "There are so many hemp ropes and wells on Zhuangzi, otherwise you can't even find a sweat towel and a pair of scissors?" ”

"The daughter is not filial, although she has the will to die, she still wants to see her father again, and she has been a father and daughter all these years." Du Mingxin said very earnestly, but he couldn't stop feeling a chill in his heart.

"Clever words!" The second master snorted coldly, looking up and down at his only concubine.

For the Shen family, he has some hatred, and he can't even like this daughter. When I heard that my father told me about good family affairs, the second master also looked forward to it, thinking that this young lady from a wealthy family must be beautiful like jade and magnificent.

This is indeed the case, but this beauty often has arrogance in her eyes, and her eyes glance at herself, which is full of contempt and disdain, and she only scolds herself for being a straw bag and a flower thief.

"Father," Du Mingxin turned around and took the big burden that Xia Ye was carrying, raised his hands above his head, and presented it to the second master, "My daughter has not served in front of you all these years, and she has made these clothes, shoes and socks while missing her father...... After my daughter leaves, I should leave you a thought. ”

Aunt Liu, who was standing on the side, took it and handed it to the second master, and said with a sweet smile: "The second lady still has a heart, and she knows that good steel has to be on the blade!" On weekdays, the steward went to Zhuangzi and didn't see what you sent back, but today it is a big bag, this filial piety is really ......" left a blank between the words very skillfully, and asked the second master to think about it himself.

The second master's attention was not on the burden. He looked at his daughter's face, and in another three or five years, she would definitely be a woman of special color like the Shen family. It is really not difficult for such a talent to be matched with a competent in-law.

Thinking about the family affair that the Shen family set for Du Mingxin through the Shen family, the second master became more and more hesitant. Although the Shen family was raided, the Cheng'an Hou Mansion broke off contact with his family, but after all, he did not want to return his relatives. If you ask the eldest brother and come to the door with a token, Cheng'an Houfu may not necessarily refuse. Even if he has a relationship with the prince, there are always other sons in his family......

Aunt Liu has been with the second master for many years, and she also gave birth to the eldest daughter before the Shen family, and she is a person who knows what he thinks when she raises her eyebrows.

She changed her mind and said with a smile: "The master feels sorry for his daughter, but the reputation in the house is not a joke." The old lady spent half her life pulling the family up. The second miss is the Du family, and she should think about the family......"

The voice fell for a long time, and the second master was still noncommittal. Du Ming was disheartened, kowtowed, straightened up and said: "My daughter invited herself to the Buddhist hall at home to chant and pray for her grandfather, grandmother, and father. ”

The second master is not a decisive person, and it is really difficult for him to come up with an idea immediately. He thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with what Du Mingxin said, so he waved her hand and let her go down.

Do you want to enter the Buddha Hall? Aunt Liu smiled secretly, okay, leaving you alive is a blessing for my daughter. When the time comes, I will ask you to become a fake monk and become a real monk, and I am not afraid that the marriage of Cheng'an Hou Mansion will not fall on my daughter's head!

That night, Du Mingxin took people to live in the Buddhist hall. It's just that because the old lady lives in the capital, no one in the Du family often comes to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and there is a layer of dust in the cold house and cold kang inside.

Xia Ye instructed people to burn the kang and sweep the dust, and asked, "Where is Qiulin's hooves?" Why didn't you see her just after leaving the main courtyard? ”

Dongzhi, a little girl who had just turned ten, replied cautiously: "Sister Qiulin said that she hadn't seen her father and mother for a few years, and she turned around when she came out of the main courtyard. ”

Xia Ye gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay to be lazy in Zhuangzi, and I don't know how to pretend to be a girl when I come back!" ”

"Well, let her go." Du Mingxin smiled, "Isn't following me to Zhuangzi like being sent into exile?" It's easy to get out of prison, and people should want to go to see their parents. ”

In this life, although Du Mingxin is good to Qiulin, his attitude is a little alienated. If you want to find out the origin of the bowl of poison in your previous life, you can't do without the key of Qiulin. But Du Mingxin asked himself if he didn't have the ability to hide a knife in his smile, so he only kept Qiulin by his side, but didn't use her much. Qiulin couldn't help but be discouraged, and he became less and less attentive to doing things. Who knew that Du Mingxin never cared about her, but made her develop a lazy temper.

"Chuncao, you can go home tomorrow to have a look, after being away from home for so long, your father, mother, brother and sister-in-law must be thinking of you......" After saying this, Du Mingxin secretly envied Chuncao. Anyway, her family still has her in their hearts, but she only has these few around her.

At night, Xia Ye was serving Du Mingxin to rest, but there was a gentle knock on the door outside.

"Who is it?" Haruka asked alertly.

"Sister, open the door." It seemed to be a sound coming from the crack in the door.

Du Ming thought about it and smiled: "It's about the third sister, please come in." ”

With a squeak, the door opened, and a little girl in her early teens stood outside, with a maid who was younger than her.

"Second sister," the little girl looked left and right, stuffed a burden into Du Ming's heart, and said hurriedly, "I heard that you are coming back, my aunt rushed two pairs of cotton shoes to you overnight." Because I don't know your size, I'm afraid the shoes are a little big, my aunt said to put some cotton in them, I'm afraid it can be warmer......"

Du Ming's heart was warm with this burden.

The second master has no sons, only three daughters. The eldest daughter was born by Aunt Liu, named Du Mingyan, who was only three months older than Du Mingxin. The third daughter, Du Mingshu, was born to Aunt Geng. Because the second master dotes on Aunt Liu, and there is no one to control her, she is used to walking sideways in this mansion, so both Geng's mother and daughter live carefully.

Du Mingxin saw her like this, and knew that he didn't plan to come in and sit, so he smiled and said: "It's late, I won't leave my sister in vain, go back quickly, so as not to worry about my aunt." ”

Du Mingshu blushed and whispered: "Second sister is not strange, my aunt also wants to come and see you, but it's really ......"

Du Mingxin touched her bun and said softly: "I know, you go back quickly, it's cold and the road is slippery, take care of your step." ”

Du Mingshu answered, and after saluting her sister, she hurriedly left with the little maid.

Cui Mama stayed in the house and didn't come out, and when Du Mingxin went in, she took the burden, looked at the two pairs of shoes, and sighed very emotionally: "After all these years, Frangipani's needlework has not fallen at all......"

This Aunt Geng was originally the Shen family's dowry maid, and was looked at by the second master. The Shen family obstructed in every possible way, but the second old man was stubborn, and he directly forced her one day. The Shen family had no choice but to give the Geng family a wine and raise her aunt, but she didn't expect that her life would be so thin, and she died at a young age, leaving these people in the house who wanted to rely on her for protection.