Chapter 5: Rejoicing in the Family
Eight years in the blink of an eye, in the spring, the flowers are budding, and the wind is warm.
In the cold house, two mothers and daughters sit in the house while enjoying the scenery and telling stories.
"A long, long time ago, there was a fairy palace in the sky, and in the fairy palace lived the supreme god king, the Jade Emperor, and his wife, the Queen Mother, who had ten sons, seven daughters, and many, many fairies and immortals who were their courtiers......"
The woman who tells the story, with high temples and delicate facial features, just like the goddess who does not eat the fireworks in her story. With a smile in his eyes, he is as smart and charming as a peach blossom in March, and the corners of his mouth are lightly hooked, adding a touch of quiet and kind beauty. The voice is gentle and beautiful, like the spring water flowing in the mountains, plucking the heartstrings. She is the lady of the cold mansion - Dongfang Rong, she is twenty-eight years old this year, but she has a flower-like appearance that is better than that of an eighteen-year-old girl.
On her lap was a little girl with her head tilted up, and she was fascinated by the story, she was the second lady of the Leng Mansion - Condensation Moon. Although she is only an eight-year-old girl, she has perfectly inherited her mother's beauty, and she will surely become the first beauty in Suzhou like her mother in the future.
Dongfang Rong is not only the first beauty in Suzhou City, but also the first talented woman, who knows all the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and poetry and songs. A native of Beijing, he was born in an official family, and his father was a bachelor of Hanlin Academy and a scholarly family. She has been familiar with poetry and books since she was a child, and is known as the first talented woman in the capital. Coupled with the appearance of flowers and moons, there were children of high-ranking officials when they were teenagers, and high-ranking officials and nobles kept coming to the door to propose.
Dongfang Rong is the fourth daughter in the family, and there is a third sister who is unmarried, and her father and mother are not in a hurry, but they just pay attention to finding a son-in-law candidate for her. But who knew that this daughter was quite assertive, when she was sixteen years old, she met a merchant's son - Leng Lie, his appearance in the wind and his chic and generous conversation, which made them fall in love at first sight and make a private contract for life.
This matter was rejected by Lord Dongfang, but Dongfang Rong was desperate for love, and would rather choose to cut off contact with her mother's family from now on, but also spend her life with Leng Lie. Married from the capital to Suzhou without a decent dowry. Fortunately, the Leng family is also a big family in Suzhou, so they don't care much about these.
Husband and wife are in love, living happily and happily, in the second year of marriage, Dongfang Rong added a son to the Leng family - Junyan, and it took another four years to have a second child, named Ning Yue.
On the same day, the wife of Duane, a gardener in the house, also added a son to him, named Qianjie. This is a predetermined encounter, and it is also a fateful fate.
"Mother, do you say that there is really a fairy palace? Is there really an immortal?" Ning Yue asked after listening to the story told by her mother, dragging her little chin in her hand.
Dongfang Rong chuckled, thoughtfully, and then replied softly: "Maybe there is! It's just that ordinary people don't have this opportunity, so they can only live a dull life." ”
"Then I'm going to look for this opportunity, I'm going to be a fairy. Xiao Ningyue stood up excitedly and pulled the ribbon draped over her shoulders.
The ribbon was pink, palm-wide, soft and long and dragged on the ground. Xiao Ningyue pulled up her hands and threw them into the air, her eyes wandering, as if this ribbon would also take her to the distant sky. It's a pity that the ribbon fell powerlessly again and again, and there was no expected ascension.
sighed helplessly, pouted, and his expression became more and more cute.
Dongfang Rong couldn't help but smile when she looked at her daughter's little expression, and said softly: "Yue'er, why do you want to be a fairy?"
Xiao Ningyue blurted out without hesitation. "Because being a fairy is the most beautiful, always beautiful. ”
Dongfang Rong pursed her lips and laughed, and asked again, "Just for this?"
Xiao Ningyue thought for a moment before replying: "There are beautiful palaces in the sky, and there are many rare birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish and insects that are not in the world...... I want to check it out. ”
"Then after you become an immortal, can you miss your father, mother, brother, and little sister?" Dongfang Rong looked at Ning Yue, whose eyes were shining, and asked with a smile.
"Hmm——!" Ning Yue thought for a moment, pouted, and nodded. "I want to, I want to, I want to. ”
But I thought in my heart, 'I don't ask these mothers, I really haven't thought about it before, I just want to be happy and happy in heaven.' ’
In a flash of inspiration, he immediately replied excitedly. "However, I can take my father and mother, my brother, and everyone to the sky to play!
Dongfang Rong smiled even more, stretched out her hand to hug Ning Yue in her arms, patted her little back, and said softly: "Yue'er's method is good, but it's just ......"
When Ning Yue heard this, she hurriedly broke free from her mother's embrace, her eyes widened and she asked seriously, "Mother, what else is going on?"
Dongfang Rong looked at her, and the corners of her mouth hooked slightly. "Yue'er, have you forgotten the story of "Seven Fairies" that your mother told you? She was originally the daughter of the Jade Emperor, but she didn't want to stay in the fairy palace, and would rather marry a mortal in the lower realm. ”
Ning Yue frowned slightly, shook her head and replied after thinking about it. "I'm not her, so I don't know her. ”
Listening to her daughter's vague words, Dongfang Rong nodded and said, "Yes, you are not her, I don't know her, but Yue'er, you are still young, when you grow up, maybe your mind will change." In fact, there are many beautiful and beautiful scenery in the world, which are not found in the sky. As long as your heart is beautiful and your eyes are beautiful, then you are the most beautiful person. ”
"Don't!" Ning Yue replied stubbornly without hesitation. "I just want to be a fairy, fly in the sky, fly!" As he spoke, his two little hands grabbed the pink ribbon draped over his shoulders and danced up and down, circling around Dongfang Rong.
Dongfang Rong's gaze also kept turning with her daughter's small body, smiling lovingly.
"I'm being stupid again!" a magnetic male voice came in with a smile.
Before Ning Yue could turn around, another boy's voice said, "Yue'er has fairy dreams all day long. ”
"Nasty!" Ning Yue naturally heard the mockery and disdain in it, stopped, turned her head back, and struck her lips at the mocking voice: "Brother villain!"
"Hehe!" the boy laughed. He is none other than Ning Yue's elder brother Junyan. Dressed in a blue shirt today, his fair face was more jade-like with a warm luster, his eyes were like bright stars, his nose was straight, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and the twelve-year-old boy looked better than the girl's family. His appearance was completely carved according to the smiling man standing beside him, the male owner of the Leng family, and the appearance of Leng Lie. Holding a book in his left hand, his right hand behind his back, and looking at his sister with a few teasing smiles in his eyes.
Leng Lie behind him was also in the same green shirt, and his jet-black hair was tied up by a cyan ribbon, clean and neat.
The two fathers and sons stood together, one big and one small, one tall and one short, but they had an average temperament.
Ning Yue glanced at her brother with disdain, and threw it to him with a cold snort.
Jun Yan also glanced at the white sister.
Ning Yue turned her head and ignored him. Push him and pounce on Leng Lie behind him.
Leng Lie grew tall, Ning Yue could only hug his waist, lean her head on his abdomen, and said coquettishly: "Dad, I don't follow, don't allow my brother to laugh at me anymore!"
Leng Lie smiled, stroked Ning Yue's head dotingly, and said, "Okay, don't let him laugh anymore." ”
"Daddy——!" Junyan called out dissatisfiedly.
"Junyan!" Leng Lie looked down at his son beside him and said: "What's so funny about Yue'er wanting to be a fairy, this is the dream of many daughters' families!
"Huh?" Ning Yue listened to her father's words, turned her head to look at her brother, and chuckled. "Brother is the same, and he laughs at me, shame!" he said, gesturing with shame on his face.
Jun Yan's face was flushed with red clouds, and he lowered his head slightly, but he argued again: "I just think about it, you are sick there." He pointed disdainfully at his head.
"You're sick!" Ning Yue was furious, and she raised her small fist to fight.
"Hey, little girl, you're crazy, you dare to hit me?" Junyan hurriedly dodged to the side and easily dodged.
Ning Yue missed a punch and continued to chase.