In the afternoon of the same day, the eldest aunt and the second aunt, who had already married, also returned to the Zhao Mansion with their two cousins. Li's mother hurriedly asked the maid to go to Zhiting Courtyard to invite Zhao's mother and daughter. It just so happened that Dr. Lu, who had just sent away to diagnose the pulse, heard that Bao Zhi was fine, and Zhao sat on the couch to drink tea.

Although it has not been removed, but it is not good to wear filial piety clothes in the guest house, Zhao's tooth pigment flower brocade gown, can be able to pull a falling horse bun, wear a silver hairpin, treasure in the moon white silk skirt, comb double bun, look very delicate and cute.

I turned a corner along the verandah, and happened to meet Toshihiko, who was also rushing to the main house, and walked slowly towards Anjutang together.

A maid stood at the door and opened the curtain and said, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, young master, Miss Cousin has arrived." Baozhi stepped into the door with his mother, and in the middle sat his grandmother, two richly dressed women sat on one side, and behind him stood two girls who were laughing.

Baozhi recognized a woman with a rich body and sharp eyes should be the eldest aunt Yan Zhao, and the other white and fat woman, with a kind face, and a look similar to her mother should be the second aunt He Zhao.

Grandmother beckoned to Baozhi, "Come and meet your aunt." He pointed to Aunt Yan: "This is your eldest aunt." Baozhi and his brother stepped forward to salute, and Aunt Yan pouted her head with a pair of big eyes, let the maid take two purses, and said, "Don't let your mother worry." The grandmother pointed to the second aunt to let her see the ceremony, and the two saluted, and Aunt He touched Baozhi's little face lovingly, "Poor Jian'er, such a small person, so sensible and well-behaved, when your cousin is so old, the two grandmothers can't stand her." Let the maid take two purses and hand them to the two, and then took off a red gold skein bracelet and put it on the hand of the treasure, "Good boy, you can wear it and play with it." ”

Aunt Yan saw that Aunt He had taken off the bracelet and gave it to Baozhi, looked down at the ring on her hand, and then looked at the lone red gold bracelet on her wrist, closed her eyes and said nothing.

My grandmother smiled and said, "These are your two cousins." ”

Standing behind Aunt Yan was a cousin Jiying who was dressed in goose yellow gauze, white and clean, with a pair of big eyes and gentle and gentle, and a slightly dark complexion in a cigarette and water flower skirt on the side, and a pair of Danfeng eyes was Aunt He's cousin Xingchen. I met my cousins, and although Toshihiko was not very old, it was a man who was not very convenient in the inner courtyard and retired first. The eldest aunt and Luohua's cousin came late.

When Aunt Yan saw Junyan go out, she pointed at Zhao's head and scolded: "You are useless, if your husband dies and you don't go back to your mother-in-law's house, you know that you will run to your mother's house, and those two children are not from their family?" Even if you want to come back, you should send the child to them! ”

"Eldest sister, Lan Jun can't help it, he has already come back, and he can't send the child back, he has no father and no mother, and he won't let his aunt eat it alive." Aunt He hurriedly came up to play the round, and waved her hand to let Mama take Baozhi and a few girls to play in the warm pavilion.

The eldest aunt snorted and scolded, "So I said that she was useless, and I knew that I was crying at my mother's house!" ”

Old Madam Zhao hugged Zhao, who was crying, and said sharply, "Shut up, shut up, you came back just to count your sister?" When both of you marry us, what has it not happened that I have taken care of your father? Now that your sister is in trouble, you all hate her one by one! The hand holding the handkerchief also pointed to the three people standing below.

My aunt took a few steps forward and said with a smile on her face: "Mother, you are angry, I have never hated my sister-in-law coming back, and I am happy with my lord when my sister-in-law comes home." Besides, my sister-in-law has her own dowry and eats her own, so we have nothing to worry about. "Hmph, my sister-in-law came back with two children, this is used for eating, drinking, chewing, and the two children will ask for silver when they get married in the future, even if the mother-in-law takes the silver, isn't that the money given to Brother Ting to her children? That's not going to work! She's going to say it first!

Old Madam Zhao was angry when she heard this, this was another small abacus, and the teacup in her hand slammed it on the table: "I naturally know that you are happy in your heart!" I'm afraid you're happier if I'm dead! ”

My aunt's smile froze, and then she smiled and said, "What did my mother say, your old man's life is a hundred years old, and it is our blessing to be our children and grandchildren." The daughter-in-law is welcoming the sister-in-law back. ”

Zhao said while crying: "As soon as I came back, I made my mother and sister and sister-in-law sad and angry, and I blamed me, it was useless to live a miserable life..."

Aunt He also cried, and Aunt Yan hurriedly said when she saw this: "Where do I dislike you, I am angry with you, you lived a good life in the past, and your brother-in-law is responsible for big things, and now in such a field, if you don't improve yourself, who can help you?" ”

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, her face turned slightly pale, and she said to Zhao slowly: "What your sister said is reasonable, you have to stand on your own, your father and I can't take care of you, Brother Yan still has to marry, and Bao Yatou will marry in the future, you always cry like this, and it's not good for children." ”

Zhao listened to the grievances in her heart even more, she also wanted to be self-reliant and self-reliant, wasn't she strong enough along the way? Walking so far alone with her children, but she couldn't have imagined it before. Why is her life so miserable...

Seeing Zhao's crying bitterly, after all, the mother and daughter sisters were connected, and for a while, the female relatives in the house cried together, and Aunt Shan didn't sit or sit, so she had to use a handkerchief to block her face, mourning and pretending to cry.

Aunt He hid her face, "Don't cry, Lan Jun, you can live in your mother's house for the time being, and if you don't have anything, just send someone to me." ”

"Sister, don't worry, it's not bad, my sister-in-law is very well prepared." Zhao said with a sigh of relief.

Aunt He secretly rolled her eyes, yes! This stupid sister said this, as if she didn't think her sister-in-law was ready for her sister, and her sister-in-law didn't know how to arrange herself.

My aunt stroked the corners of her clothes and said slowly, "Auntie, grandmother, second aunt, don't worry, no matter how difficult the family road is, if we stutter short, we won't be short of my aunt and grandmother." ”

Mother Li saw that the old lady was about to get angry again, so she hurriedly stroked the old lady's chest and asked the maid to clean her face. He beckoned to serve tea again and served snacks.

Aunt Yan sneered: "The family road is difficult? Hum! Who doesn't know that Zhao Shilang's family in the Ministry of Industry is rich in silver, and although his father was poor when he was in Hanlin Academy, is it possible that the family business left by his grandfather will be lost in the past few years? ”

The eldest aunt shrunk her neck and stopped talking, she was not afraid of anyone, she was afraid of this sister-in-law who didn't know a few big words, as the saying goes, the poor were afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal was afraid of not dying, and their aunt and wife were afraid that they would not die.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Aunt He and the sisters started gossiping and telling the stories of the past few years.

Aunt Yan glanced at Mrs. Zhao with her eyes, dialed an orange and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Mother, I thought that Bao Yatou had just arrived, and it was a little lonely to have only one sister Hua as a companion, and Sister Hua was much older than Bao Yatou, so it was better to let Sister Ying come over to accompany her." One is that there is a girl in my family, and they have a companion with their sisters, and secondly, you also know that I don't know a few words for a few sisters, and my sister is better at following you than with me. ”

The eldest aunt grew up with her grandmother since she was a child, and this grandmother Liu is the daughter of a merchant who has never learned to read and write, and thinks that a woman's lack of talent is virtue, so the eldest aunt who brought up has become the straightforward and impulsive appearance she is now. After getting married, because of this character, the mother-in-law did not like it, and Aunt Yan was known for his filial piety, and he was ordered by his mother to be Tianyin, and the relationship between the husband and wife was not very harmonious, and they only had one daughter after many years of marriage. The Yan family has also fallen slightly in recent years, how can the eldest aunt not find a way back for her daughter.

Mrs. Zhao has always had a bad temper with her eldest aunt, and she wanted to refuse when she heard her say this, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, she felt a little indebted to her daughter, so she nodded and agreed. Let Mother Li clean up the west wing of the main courtyard and wait for Yan Jiying to move in.