Early in the morning of the second day, Grandma Luo asked the housekeeper Zhang Luo to bring gifts back to her parents' house. As soon as I finished lunch, I loaded the car and prepared to go to Cui's house.

Just about to get into the car, I heard the sound of horses' hooves coming slowly. Grandma Luo San followed the prestige and saw a delicate carriage slowly coming. It is said to be exquisite, because there are very fine carvings on the eaves of the roof, the corners are slightly upturned, and the tassels of lotus lotus are falling, and the brocade curtains of the same color are lined with them.

When the car stopped in front of Luofu, a little girl in green jumped down from the front of the car, raised the curtains, and shouted "Grandma beware" while helping a pregnant woman down.

This pregnant woman has a body of about five or six months, with a round belly, a ruddy complexion, wearing a Baifu embroidered gold cheongsam, and a little emerald and ruby-inlaid beaded flowers on her head.

Grandma Luo San greeted her and said with a smile, "Grandma is back?" ”

This pregnant woman is Luo Yuqing, the sister-in-law of Grandma Luo, who is two years younger than the third master. The late ancestor of the Luo family had three sons and a daughter, and this only daughter was not obtained until her early forties. When it came to getting married, the procession of sending relatives was lined up for two streets, and the red makeup was ten miles away, which can be described as a scenery.

Luo Yuqing also greeted with a smile, "Third sister-in-law, are you going out?" ”

Grandma Luo San sighed and said, "I haven't been back to my parents' house for a long time, go see my mother." My aunt and grandmother also came to see the old lady? ”

As he spoke, he asked the housekeeper to go to the court, but he and the maid helped Luo Yuqing to walk slowly into the house.

Luo Yuqing lowered his head and watched his feet, carefully stepped over the threshold, and only after walking down the steps did he breathe a sigh of relief and said, "I have long wanted to come back to take a look, but it is not convenient to take my body with me." Kiyoyuki always said that the first three months were unstable and he wouldn't let me ride in the car. But this time I heard about my eldest brother, I couldn't sit still, and I finally got him to answer me. It's not easy. As he spoke, he turned his head and said with a smile, "I also called so many mothers-in-law to follow, what can happen?" ”

Grandma Luo San looked back, and there were two or three old women behind her, who were looking at Luo Yuqing's feet nervously, as if she was afraid that she would fall.

Grandma Luo San also smiled, patted the back of her hand and said, "This is my aunt who feels sorry for you, and our little aunt and grandmother are blessed." ”

Luo Yuqing smiled slightly, suddenly remembered something, frowned again, and asked, "How is the eldest brother now?" He regards merit and fame very seriously, and I am really afraid that he will not be able to stand this blow. ”

Grandma Luo San shook her head, "We only heard about this yesterday, and when we looked at him last night, I was a little sullen." You should be close to him when you are young, and it is good to persuade and enlighten him. ”

Luo Yuqing nodded. As he spoke, he went to the old lady's courtyard. Grandma Luo San said that she would go back to her parents' house, and she saluted the old lady, so she quit. Leave the mother and daughter to talk.

After getting into the carriage, it was another bumpy ride. Grandma Luo San closed her eyes and recalled the situation at her mother's house.

There are two brothers in Cui's house, and they have never been separated, and there are no old people above. The eldest is Cui Xian, the father of the third grandmother, who is edited by the Hanlin Academy, which is not a big or small clerical job. The second Cui Ming is now working as an errand in the household department, and the household department is in charge of land endowments, tariffs and other projects, which can be regarded as a fat difference.

Cui Xian has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Cui Wenhan, who is married to Jia Shi, the daughter of Cui Xian's fellow science and technology scholars. The second son, Cui Wenyuan, married the daughter of the head of the ministry, Han. The person Luo San's grandmother is going to ask for this time.

And Cui Lingsu, the youngest daughter of the big house, is the third young grandmother of the Luo family today. But because there were four daughters in front of the second room, no one called her by her scientific name, only called her five girls. When she arrived at her mother-in-law's house, Mrs. Luo was used to calling her five girls because she grew up, but she was also kind.

Besides, Cui Ming in the second room, it was not until the year of establishment that the aunt in the first room gave birth to a pair of twin boys, Cui Ming was overjoyed, and immediately helped this aunt to be a flat wife. The original wife of the second room, the Li family, is naturally unwilling, but there is no way, after all, this aunt is also expensive for mother and son.

After another two years, Li finally had a body again, but he was still a girl when he was born, so angry that Li went on a hunger strike at that time. Although he was persuaded to come back later, he was angry during the confinement, but he still hurt his body and became ill all day long. Yu didn't care about the discipline of his daughters, and Cui Ming became more and more alienated from him.

Grandma Luo San sighed in her heart, such a thing is actually still happening a hundred years later. The difference is that a hundred years later, most financially independent women have begun to awaken their minds, no longer regard themselves as machines for giving birth, and begin to live for themselves. But in this sad era, how many women can understand that having a boy or a girl is not their own problem? How many women don't treat their husbands and sons as heaven, completely forgetting that they are also independent individuals?

Actually, from the point of view of the evolution of species. Succession is just a false proposition. Natural selection, survival of the fittest. There is always a part of the gene that will be eliminated, and if it is not preserved, it is probably natural selection. And why force it?

While he was thinking, the coachman stopped the carriage. Qiu Wen cautiously pushed her, "Third grandmother, it's here." ”

Grandma Luo San opened her eyes and nodded. Autumn Moon jumped down before her, and stretched out her hand, ready to help her.

A Cui Mansion servant heard that it was the fifth aunt and grandmother who came back, so he hurriedly went in to pass the ceremony. The old Wang of the concierge stood at the door with his neck stretched, and when he saw the person who came, he smiled so much that his old face was wrinkled, "Fifth Miss is back!" It's back! The eldest lady is always talking about you! ”

Grandma Luo San also smiled and said hello, Lao Wang nodded hurriedly and replied, "Okay, okay, thanks to Miss Five, everyone in the family is good!" ”

When I entered the courtyard, there was first a shadow wall, on which was engraved a picture of a hundred children, among which was a big blessing character. Behind the shadow wall is the hall of the hall, which is used to entertain guests on weekdays. Further inside, there is a big house in the east courtyard, a second room in the west courtyard, and a few juniors who have become a family live in the small courtyard in the back.

Grandma Luo San walked outside the door of the big room with her memory, but she looked quiet, and there was no voice. Just thinking strange, I saw the little guy who had just gone to Tongyu hurriedly walked out, followed by an old woman.

If you take a closer look, it turns out to be the mother of Wang, the roommate next to her mother.

Grandma Luo San was about to speak, but she saw Mother Wang raise a finger and shush. whispered, "Madame hasn't slept for a few nights, so I said that I agreed to invite Dr. Sun to come and see today, and I just drank the medicine and just fell asleep, my aunt and grandmother don't trouble her, come with me." ”

Grandma Luo San frowned, and looked back at her mother's door. hesitated for a moment, but still followed Wang's mother. When she arrived at the flower hall, Wang's mother said with a greeting while holding tea, "Why didn't my aunt come back without saying a word?" Madame was still talking about you. Today is a real coincidence. ”

Grandma Luo San looked at the foam in the teacup, and felt a little worried in her heart, "What's wrong with my mother?" But sick? Why didn't anyone come and talk to me? ”

Mother Wang sighed, brought her the teacup, shook her head and said, "It's not that I'm sick, but I'm afraid this illness is not far away......"

Grandma Luo San became more and more surprised, she knew that this Wang's mother was a girl who grew up with her mother, and later married into the Cui family with her mother, and later, although she was assigned to the steward of the Cui Mansion, she still served by her mother's side. But there is nothing she does not know about her mother. So, he stared at her and asked, "What's wrong?" Mom, don't tell me to be in a hurry. ”

Mother Wang looked at her, but before she could speak, she wiped her tears first. After a while, he trembled his lips and said, "Madam...... She...... It's hard to ......"