Rong Hua and Brother Hong took a carriage to Tao's house. Tao's second wife, Wang's, Tao's third wife, Liao's, etc., were at the door of the Hanging Flower Gate.

Rong Hua couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the second wife.

The second wife wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and the whole person was a little haggard because of the long journey, so she reached out to help Rong Hua down from the carriage, and saluted Rong Hua with the third wife, and then said: "Thanks to your second uncle, I can't rest assured that your grandmother wants to come back and see, and I just heard about it when I entered the house......"

Rong Hua hurriedly asked, "How is grandmother now?" ”

The second wife said: "After taking the medicine, my spirit has improved, and I am waiting for you." ”

Rong Hua, Brother Hong, the second wife, and the third wife entered the house together, the old lady's room was already full of people, the eldest lady was supported and stood aside, and the old lady was talking to the second uncle Tao Zhengqian.

The old lady's voice was weak, her voice was quite clear, and she took Tao Zhengqian's hand, "I can enjoy your blessings thanks to you coming back to see me." ”

Tao Zhengqian has already cried, "My son is not promising, and he has been worrying his mother." ”

The old lady sighed, "I'm leaving, and I didn't leave anything for you, I said that it was up to you to be your own in the future." ”

Tao Zhengqian couldn't cry anymore, "The mother's kindness in raising her son over the years, the son has not reciprocated half a point." ”

The old lady's eyes became kind, "You don't like to talk for a long time, I think you are a coward, I didn't think about it in my heart, I was originally donating a petty official, you can only have such an opportunity if you do well, you can't miss it." ”

Tao Zhengqian said with a straight face: "Mother rest assured, her son must work hard." ”

The old lady nodded, "But there is one thing. After all, our Tao family is a family of poets and books, and our ancestors also have a good name, no matter what we do, we must think about our ancestors, and we must not do anything that disgraces the clan. ”

Tao Zheng'an, who was behind, trembled when he heard this, and was busy comforting him: "Mother rest for a while," turned around and took the ginseng soup from the eldest aunt's hand, "The son serves his mother and drinks a bowl of soup." ”

The old lady didn't raise her eyes and only shook her head, "I have time to rest." ”

Tao Zhengan's face stiffened, so he had to return the ginseng soup to his aunt.

The eldest lady's face was even more ugly, and the old lady was seriously ill until now, and she had not asked Tao Zhengan to come forward to talk to her.

It was the second wife Wang who stepped forward first, "Mother, the eighth aunt and grandmother are back." ”

The old lady turned her head sideways and looked into the crowd, Rong Hua stepped forward, and the old lady asked Rong Hua to sit on the edge of the bed, "Just come back." "I was about to say something, but I heard my mother-in-law come in and say, "There are people from the clan." ”

Everyone in the room listened and hurriedly greeted them.

Tao Zheng'an walked out of the courtyard and saw the second old lady, the third old lady and the uncle of the clan come forward to salute.

The eldest uncle just had a cold face, the third old lady also looked unkind, and the second old lady slowly opened her mouth, "How is your mother?" ”

Tao Zhengan said: "The spirit is much better than last night. ”

A few people entered the house and went to the old lady's bedside to talk.

The rest of the people sobbed quietly below, and after a while, Chun Yao led the imperial doctor in to check the pulse.

The imperial doctor only shook his head at everyone after a diagnosis, and said in a low voice: "The old lady's pulse is not good, so you have to guard against it." He said and prescribed a simple prescription.

The second old lady read it, and saw that ginseng, wheat dong, salvia, red peony and other herbs were written on the recipe, all of which were useless for tonifying the heart qi, and she knew that the imperial doctor was also helpless.

The Imperial Physician is gone.

The old lady remembered Rong Hualai again, and stretched out her hand to beckon, "Although you are not a man, your mother has earned glory for our family with you." "Talking about the second old lady, the third old lady and a few uncles.

The second old lady and the third old lady nodded.

The old lady proved Rong Hua's identity in front of the clansmen. The elder has said that no one can casually mention Rong Hua is identity in the future.

The eldest lady held Chen's mother's ** hand and suddenly tightened, but the concubine born in the outer room earned such a big face in front of the clan, not only must it be recorded in her name, but others are not allowed to discuss it in the future. Serious concubines are not so elevated in front of the clansmen.

The old lady said, "I don't have anything to give you," after a pause, she raised her eyes and looked at the crowd, "Brother Hong, let Brother Hong come over." ”

Hearing the old lady call Brother Hong, Mrs. Hong's eyes showed a glimmer of hope, after all, it was the son and grandson who didn't look at the monk's face and looked at the Buddha's face, and they couldn't let them lose face in front of the clan.

Brother Hong stepped forward, and the old lady looked at Rong Hua, "It stands to reason that you are the daughter of a marriage, and the affairs of your husband's family are the most important, but Brother Hong is not less taken care of by you, and it is inevitable that he will entrust you in the future." ”

Tao Zhengan looked at the people in the clan and smiled awkwardly: "Mother rest assured, my son will definitely teach him well." "Where is there a reason to let the son not entrust the granddaughter.

But the old lady didn't seem to hear.

Everyone's eyes fell on Tao Zhengan, Tao Zhengan's face tightened, and his complexion was as if he had been soaked in ice water.

The old lady took Brother Hong's hand, "You have to fight for it." ”

Brother Hong nodded.

The old lady looked at Rong Hua again, "I won't give you anything else, it's just that your great-grandmother gave us a makeup dowry, you can take it" Saying that, she looked at Rui Qing, Rui Qing hurriedly went into the inner room to get it, and the old lady nodded, "Open it and let them see, there is nothing common, just leave a memory for the eight girls." ”

Rui Qing opened the makeup, and sure enough, there was nothing.

Tao Zhengan lowered his head and clenched his fists, cold sweat kept coming out, soaking through his heavy clothes. The old lady gave an empty dowry to her granddaughter, so that the people thought that the old lady had nothing to do before she died. The old lady was going to slap him in front of his people.

The old lady said a lot of things, and for a moment she tightened up again.

The second old lady hurriedly said: "Go and invite the board out to show the old lady, so that the old lady can rest assured." ”

The eldest lady asked Chen's mother to support her and go out to ask for the board in person.

The mothers-in-law moved the board out, and Tao Zhengqian hurriedly went over to take a look.

The board had been stored for a few years, but it was still as good as new, and now it was hung up, and everyone wept sadly when they saw it.

After a while, the old lady woke up, opened her eyes, and said, "It's hard to see that you are all waiting here." ”

The old lady saw Rong Hua and instructed again, "Everything must be done in the husband's family, you are the eldest daughter-in-law." ”

Rong Hua nodded.

The old lady thought of Yaohua again, "The most hateful thing is Yaohua, I hurt her in vain, I got married in a hurry, and now I can't come back, I thought she could fight for me, but it made me uncomfortable in vain, such a child is really hurting my father." ”

When the eldest lady heard this, she felt like she was burned all over her body, and her chest was full of breath, and she trembled for a while before she said: "Yaohua can't help it, she will come back as soon as she gets married." ”

The old lady snorted coldly, "What is there to say about it so far?" Since she is married, I don't have her as a granddaughter, and I don't need to let people tell her, and I didn't send her when she left, just to not see each other is pure. In the future, you will also remember my words, and it is useless to keep them without filial piety. ”

The eldest lady knelt down with a weak leg, "Mother, this is all the daughter-in-law's fault, Yaohua is also on the orders of her parents." ”

The old lady made an iron face, "Naturally, it's your fault, how much effort I have spent with her all these years, but seeing that I am useless, they all show their sincerity, don't you know what I think, how can I die too quickly and delay her business." ”

Everyone knows the meaning of these words, and the second and third old ladies have seen it with their own eyes before Yaohua got married, and the old lady's illness so quickly is inseparable from the granddaughter who grew up around her.

In front of everyone's eyes, Tao Zhengan and the eldest lady could no longer hold their faces.

After the old lady finished speaking, she gasped and lay on the bed, her mouth empty and she couldn't say any more, but she held Rong Hua's hand and refused to let go.

The second old lady said, "Let's go and sit next to it for a while, let my sister-in-law rest." ”

The second old lady said this, everyone did not dare to object, and went to the side room one after another, the eldest lady knelt on the ground and refused to get up, and Tao Zhengan also stood aside motionless.

It wasn't until the person was almost gone that the third old lady walked up to the eldest lady and said coldly, "What is the eldest daughter-in-law still doing here?" Let's take a break next to it."

Only then was the eldest lady helped to her feet.

Before leaving, the second old lady instructed Rong Hua, "Let your grandmother close her eyes for a while, and when you wake up in a while, you will give the prepared medicine to your grandmother, and listen to what your grandmother has to say." ”

Only Rong Hua and the old lady were left in the room, the old lady really closed her eyes and slept for a while, and when she woke up, Rui Qing had already reconciled the medicine, and Rong Hua fed the medicine to the old lady.

The old lady slowly opened her mouth, "I didn't want Yaohua to get married, but who knows that she refuses to repent, since it is the path she chose herself, let her go," her originally dull eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed to the makeup, "You go back and take a look, there is a pawn ticket inside, you go and redeem the things." ”

Rong Hua nodded in response.

The old lady said: "I already know about your father, and he should have had a result of losing his conscience all these years." Hou Ye finally had today's situation, if he was affected because of this, you would not be able to raise your head in your husband's family in this life. ”

Such a gentle voice made Rong Hua's nose sour and tears fell. Rong Hua held the old lady's hand, tears fell on the old lady's arm, and Rong Hua rubbed the tears with his hand.

The old lady said, "As long as you can gain a foothold in your husband's house, it's better than anything." Hou Ye didn't take a concubine, so you don't have to worry about giving birth to a son in the future. Your eldest sister is unlucky, and her fault lies in the fact that your parents have no grudges with others. Your second sister married to Chang Ning Bo Mansion, Chang Ning Bo has no long-term affection, and he is not decent, sooner or later, he will ...... sooner or later."

Rong Hua nodded.

The old lady said, "Don't call your parents, the others will come in one by one, and I'll see you again." ”

Rong Hua got up and went to the side room, and everyone came in order to talk to the old lady.

Tao Zheng'an and the eldest lady were nervous when they didn't see the old lady's summons, and in the end, the old lady still called Rong Hua and Brother Hong into the house.

The old lady leaned on the pillow, Rong Hua stepped forward and stood beside the old lady and waited for a long time, before the old lady opened her eyes and said in an extremely weak voice: "I saw your grandfather just now, he stood in front and waited for me to pass, but I didn't see your fifth sister coming to pick me up, she must be complaining that I didn't want to come to see me, and I can't feel at ease when I go......"