Chapter 13 The New Year
The days are so busy and fulfilling.
It rained last night, and the yard is wet today.
After greeting his wife and leaving breakfast, He Xinmu returned to his room and began to practice calligraphy.
A few strokes fell, looked at the crumpled word "He" lying on the paper, nodded, and was quite satisfied.
But if you look at the "Xin" and "Mu" on the other side, they are still clustered together, and you can't see what they are.
Sigh, it turns out that practicing calligraphy is such a difficult thing.
But this piqued her interest even more.
He Xinmu's overboard accident and the changes in her own personality and style, the people in the house began to say a few words. But in the past, no one cared about her, but now that the end of the year is approaching, the house is busy with a pot of porridge, who cares about her.
Zheng Xiuniang was also busy with the work of the embroidery room, and had no time to teach her again, so she only came over once a few days to arrange some embroidery tasks.
He Xinmu has more freedom than before.
Compared with female celebrities, He Xinmu prefers to write.
No matter how much she practiced, the embroidered things were still crooked, and they didn't suit her at all.
After practicing a few more words, I heard the sound, looked up and saw Qingyin coming in with flower tea and snacks, so I put down my pen and ate dim sum.
He Xinmu asked softly, "What about Xiaoluo?" β
Nearly two months after waking up, He Xinmu has been paying attention to observation, and he knows everything about the house, and he couldn't speak before, except that the communication was not very convenient, but he didn't feel anything. Now I can say it, but I deliberately don't say it, I only feel uncomfortable, and it has caused inconvenience to myself.
In addition, he also drank the medicine for his throat regularly, and he gradually "got better" and began to speak.
The feeling of being able to communicate with people normally, the feeling of being able to communicate with others for a long time.
After whispering for a long time, not knowing what to answer, He Xinmu knew what she meant.
Xiao Luo has been depressed for several days since that day, and when she saw that everything was normal, she gradually became bolder, but sometimes she wanted to make some small movements, and she always saw that the third lady would glance at her inadvertently, which was much more restrained than usual, but in private she still threw all the work to Qingyin.
This Xiaoluo is either cheating and cheating, or lazy.
He Xinmu thought that he had to find a chance to treat her.
Thinking so, he pulled up his light voice and went to the table and asked her for instructions on writing.
Over there, Mrs. He Zhou had just seen off the guests, and she was pacing back and forth in the room with her handkerchiefs in her hands.
Qinghuan stood on the side, not daring to squeak, Madame was annoyed, who dared to touch the moldy head, but his eyes were paying attention to the door curtain.
At this time, Qingyuan lifted the curtain and walked in, and Madame's eyes immediately nailed to her, and she suppressed her anger and said, "Where is the master? β
Qing Yuan shrunk his shoulders, so angry, and replied, "Master...... Busy with official business, Fulin went in to report, but the lord said that he would wait until he was done......"
"Smack!" Zhou shook his sleeves and lifted the teacup to the ground, and the tea spilled all over the ground. "When is it, he has to be ridden to the head by his subordinates, and he is still busy with his."
Qingyuan Qinghuan didn't dare to interject, and stood aside with his hands retracted.
When the guests came, they greeted each other with a smile, but after a while, when they went in to serve tea, the lady had already changed her face and smiled reluctantly. This send-off guest began to be furious, and asked Qingyuan to go to the front office to find the master back.
The old man sent a message forbidding the female dependents to go to the front office to walk.
But when Mrs. spoke, Qingyuan had to bite the bullet.
If you commit the taboo of the master, you have to suffer from the lady.
Qingyuan glanced at Qinghuan on the side, why didn't Madame let her go.
After a long time, Zhou's breathing calmed down, sat on the chaise longue, and waved his hand to signal the maid to go out.
Qingyuan Qinghuan lowered his head and stepped back.
But suddenly with a "sigh", Qingyuan just bumped into He Bing, who came in with the curtain.
Qingyuan's face turned red, then white, and he hurriedly bowed his head and retreated.
When the main lord came, the Zhou family didn't have to take irrelevant anger anymore, and when the maid retreated, she pulled her husband's sleeve and shouted angrily: "If you dare to sell your daughter, I won't be done with you." β
He Bing's face was uneasy, which one is this singing?
Pulling back his sleeves, his voice low but dignified, he asked, "What's wrong?" β
Zhou snorted coldly: "You are busy with official business, where do you dare to delay at will, but this person has entered the mansion with great fanfare to propose marriage to me, don't you know at all, master?" β
He Bing was surprised and hurriedly asked his wife for details.
Zhou Shi saw that he really didn't know, so he slowly explained.
It turned out that it was Zhen Fucheng's insider, Lu, who came to visit her early in the morning.
Lu is only twenty-five, still like twenty-eight years old, delicate skin, charming eyes like silk, Zhou every time he sees her uncomfortable, but he dare not excuse himself.
To say that this Lu's husband, Zhen Zhi, used to be just a nameless little official who no one cared about, once passing by the slums, he saw an old father selling his daughter along the street, he met the young Lu at that time, and fell in love at first sight. Unwilling to buy and sell in the name of business, but used all his savings to buy a dowry that satisfied the other party and carried it home.
Lu was rescued by Zhen Zhi, and he no longer had to worry about being sold to a place where he was in a bad place, and Zhen Zhi was quite respectful and considerate to her, and the husband and wife were ten years apart, but Qin Se and Ming.
No one expected that a few years later, another daughter who was sold by the old father, the younger sister of the Lu family, would fall out of the country and the city, and the person who bought her dedicated her to Lord Zhizhou.
Xiao Lu's family is quite happy with the state.
will not only serve the master, but also flatter the wife, and mix like a fish in water in the Zhizhou Mansion.
It can be said that one person has attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.
Xiao Lu often thinks about his family.
She does not hold a grudge against her father who sold her, nor does she envy her sister who escaped the fate of being sold and can marry safely.
No matter what hardships she has endured, she is now the one who is finally proud, but she often takes the opportunity to help her family.
Zhen Zhi learned that his sister-in-law ascended to the sky in one step, as if he was hit on the head by a big pie falling from the sky, until he followed the Lu family to thank Xiao Lu's family, he was still dizzy, and when he saw Xiao Lu's family, he was even more dizzy.
He used to think that he had married the most beautiful daughter-in-law in the world, but he didn't expect Xiao Lu's beauty to be even worse than her sister......
He Bing sipped tea and listened to his wife explain Lu's intention.
It turned out that the Lu family did come to be a matchmaker, but it was not someone else, it was her biological brother - Lu Wei.
Zhou gritted his teeth and repeated Lu's words.
Lu is delusional about her only baby daughter, what a delusional thought!
But the master's performance appraisal was pressed on Lord Zhizhou, and the direct refusal stiffened the relationship, which affected the future of the master, and the master knew that he would not pick her skin.
Her poor Xingzhu was so worried about that child.
At first, Lu was just going around and around, and Zhou didn't understand what she was trying to say, and he didn't think about it at all. It wasn't until later that Lu's face showed urgency, and he understood a little.
Lu's meaning is that he wants to marry the concubine of He Mansion for his younger brother.
How could she agree, it would be good if she didn't scold away immediately, she barely smiled and politely refused, but Lu Shi showed a look of surprise, half-covered her mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, it's not too late to discuss with Lord He and refuse." If you really don't become a little sister, you won't be annoyed by it, just if there is no such thing, our sisterhood can't be broken because of this. β
At that time, Zhou almost wanted to tear her face.
If it weren't for Xiao Lu's family, they were still crawling in the mud, how could they be qualified to sit with them. What kind of thing is Lu Wei, although I haven't seen it, I have heard a lot, what kind of good thing can it be to be raised by a man who sells his daughter to support his family. wants to rely on her He family's daughter to raise the faΓ§ade, it's really a lazy toad who wants to eat swan meat!
Zhou was still snorting.
The tone has softened, with a somewhat aggrieved look.
I hope the lord ...... Able to handle the matter properly.
He Bing really didn't expect that the Lu family would dare to have such thoughts. After thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong, where did the Lu family get the courage and confidence to think that he would agree to this marriage.
In more than half a year, his term of office will expire, and he will return to Beijing to report on his work with the performance appraisal given to him by the upper peak.
Could it be ......
If he refuses, the Lu family will find Xiao Lu's eye medicine, and Xiao Lu's will find Lord Zhizhou to blow the wind.
Could it be that Lord Zhizhou would listen to Xiao Lu's words because of this idea and draw a big red cross for him?
Regarding Lu's self-confidence, He Bing didn't dare to pack a ticket, saying that Xiao Lu's did not have such a big influence. If he fails to pass the performance appraisal, although it is not a difficult matter for him to solve, if he has an unpleasant quarrel with his boss for the first time, what others should think will have a more or less impact on his future development.
But it was too much for the Lu family to want Xingzhu, he was such a girl, and he planned to go back to Beijing to be promoted and then pick a good one for his daughter, so he kept pressing his wife to see Xingzhu too early.
But if the Lu family had to threaten him with the performance appraisal,
Wait, He Bing's mind flashed.
asked Zhou again: "Mrs. Zhen wants to go to the beads by name?" β
Zhou nodded, and shook his head again: "She clearly knows that I only have one Xingzhu, doesn't she mean Xingzhu if she wants a concubine......"
Speaking of which, Zhou also felt that something was not quite right.
When Lu Shi talked about his daughter-in-law, he accentuated his tone,
She only thought that the Lu family was prompting Xingzhu, and she was only annoyed, but she forgot that the concubine could not only be Xingzhu, as long as she was willing.
Zhou's eyes rolled slightly, and he and He Bing looked at each other, and the two thought of the same place.
In addition to the fact that the girl born in the main room is a concubine, there is another kind of "acting as a concubine", that is, the main room raises the daughter born to the concubine to his own room and hangs it under his own name. Although he enjoys the same treatment as his concubine, in fact, everyone knows what is going on, but when he marries a concubine, he can raise his value, it sounds better, and his husband's family also has a bright face.
But seriously speaking, in the capital, there is no one who recognizes the person who "acts as a concubine", in the eyes of those ladies, the concubine is the concubine, even if she is dressed in a layer of gorgeous clothes, she is still a humble concubine inside.
But this is Jiangyin, which is far away from the capital.
What the Lu family wanted was not He Xingzhu, but the name of a concubine.
A prop used to elevate the status of the younger brother.
Nothing more.