Chapter 213: Yangzhou Tang Family
Mrs. Tang listened to Tang Shaoqing's words, but instead of being happy, she was worried, worried about her daughter's happiness
She has been a treasured daughter since she was a child, and now she has joined the Hou Mansion, those dignitaries and nobles in the capital, who does not have three wives and four concubines in the family. When Mr. Tang was an official in the capital, although he did not have three wives and four concubines, he raised an outer room outside, this matter, Mrs. Tang knew, although she had been hindered by women's morality, she did not pick it out, but this matter, like a thorn, pierced in her heart, after so long, it will hurt to think about it.
The reason why Master Tang didn't take the outer room home back then, Mrs. Tang understood that it was her husband who was hindered by the love between husband and wife and didn't want to hurt her heart, but these things between husband and wife couldn't be hidden, and people outside had long known about the existence of this outer room, and Mrs. Tang naturally knew about this matter from the mouths of these outsiders.
However, she didn't ask her husband, and she pretended not to know, until Master Tang was tired of life in the capital, dismissed the outer room, and took the family back to his hometown, and this matter was understood.
Mrs. Tang has always been unaware that Mr. Tang had confessed this matter to her when he was dying after he was seriously ill, but Mrs. Tang was generous, but Mrs. Tang still followed the teachings of women's virtues, pretended not to know, and comforted her husband not to talk about it, and not to feel guilty, she forgave him.
However, the same thing, she didn't want her daughter to go through!
A woman can guard a man for a lifetime, in Mrs. Tang's heart, this is the happiest thing.
Now that Ma Xiaotian's official position is getting bigger and bigger, it has long surpassed the official rank of Old Man Tang in his heyday, so Mrs. Tang's worries are not unreasonable. Back then, Master Tang would still estimate his wife's feelings, and did not take the outer room home, after all, the relationship between husband and wife is still there, and the two still respect each other as if they did not see each other, I don't know if the relationship between Ma Xiaotian and his daughter can be as good as that of Master Tang back then?
Mrs. Tang was worried that if Ma Xiaotian was a thin lover, he would inevitably not be able to resist the temptation outside, and soon married a concubine and went home.
Tang Haitang's character is an honest character who doesn't like to compete with others, and he is afraid that when the time comes, he will be wronged, and he will bear it alone, and he will not resist violently at all.
Seeing his mother frowning with her eyes closed in pain, and her hand touching her heart, as if she was very uncomfortable, Tang Shaoqing didn't have the happy appearance just now, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her mother with concern and let her lie down and rest.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Is the old problem coming back again? He thought that his mother was too excited because of happiness, and caused the old problem of chest pain, so he helped his mother to lie down with concern, and then he was going to find a doctor.
"Qing'er, wait a minute."
The old lady grabbed the corner of Tang Shaoqing's shirt with her right hand and dragged him down.
Tang Shaoqing watched his clothes being dragged by his mother, and he also stopped, came back to his senses, squatted in front of his mother, and looked at his mother worriedly.
Tang Shaoqing except for marrying Wang Ying'er and marrying his sister to the Ma family, listening to Wang Ying'er's instigation, he did not listen to his mother's opinion, and went against her old man's wishes.
Since Tang Haitang jumped into the river on the way to send off his relatives to escape marriage, his life and death are unknown, Mrs. Tang is in a hurry, seriously ill, and her health is deteriorating, Tang Shaoqing has also reflected on his mistakes, knowing that his mother is sick by himself, so he now comes to see his mother every day and takes care of his mother personally, and has begun to alienate the Wang family and no longer be bewitched by her.
Mrs. Tang also understands her son's character, and knows that her son is instigated by the Wang family, so he will do two foolish things, so the complaints against her son have long been dispersed.
She lay on the couch, stretched out her hand to support her son's face, looked at her son with a kind face, and was silent for a long time before telling him the sorrow in her heart.
"Qing'er, when you were in the capital, your father's official position was not low, right?"
"It's not low, what does mother do when she talks about this?"
Tang Shaoqing didn't understand, why did his mother suddenly mention his father today, could it be that his mother missed his deceased father, so the old illness recurred?
"Ah......" lamented Old Madame Donald, and continued:
"Back then, your father and I were husband and wife and friends. I and your father are also childhood sweethearts, dating since childhood, when he entered Beijing as an official, I followed him into the capital, and then I had you and your sister. ”
As she spoke, Mrs. Tang recalled the scene when the husband and wife were in love, and her eyes were filled with peace and sweetness, and she still missed the beautiful memories of that year.
"When I gave birth to your sister, I had a difficult birth, and I hurt my vitality, and my body has always been like this, and I am sick every day, although your father is still very good to me on face, he doesn't dislike me for not being able to regenerate, or let me be the wife of Tang Mansion."
When talking about this history, Mrs. Tang's eyes suddenly dimmed because of the light of recalling the good moments. The tone of the narrative also took a sudden turn, and he said not without resentment:
"However, he has another outer room outside, which you brothers and sisters don't know......"
As she spoke, Mrs. Tang paused for a moment, thinking back on that unpleasant history, she still didn't have the courage to face her son and uncover this gloomy day.
"Your father also has a heart for me, afraid that I will be in poor health and will be sad if he knows, so he has been hiding it from me, but where in the world is there an unventilated wall? I still know. I didn't mention this matter in front of your father, and I couldn't show it in front of your sisters and sisters, you were all young back then, and you couldn't understand your mother's mood at that time. ”
"Mother, in fact, my son knows about this matter, but I am afraid that you will be sad, so I have never dared to mention it to you." Tang Shaoqing didn't expect his mother to mention this past today, he had long known about his father's incident, and the reason why he didn't mention it in front of his mother was because he was worried that his mother would be sad if he found out.
Unexpectedly, his father hid it from his mother, and he pretended not to know, hiding it from his mother, in fact, his mother already knew. Tang Shaoqing stretched out his hands distressedly and held his mother's hand on his cheek, these hands were very cold at the moment, and he felt a heartache in his heart, and wanted to use his own temperature to warm up his mother.