After Mrs. Zhou and the two children rested, Zheng pulled Lan Yi into a side room on the west side of the main house.

"This is the place where my mother and your Aunt Yao are resting in the house, and it is your Aunt Yao who is taking care of Young Master Wenxuan in the house, and she and her mother are sisters who have grown up together since childhood. Peach, you can't remember it at all? Zheng pulled Lan Yi to sit on the couch, hugged her in his arms and asked.

Lan Yi shook her head, not thinking of it at all.

"Mother, you and Aunt Yao are so beautiful." Lan Yi is telling the truth, Zheng and Fangcai's women are both in their thirties, full of charm, with beautiful facial features, if you just talk about appearance, Aunt Yao is a few points better than Zheng, but she has a blank face, her eyes are waveless, like a wooden person, less angry than Zheng, and she looks a lot duller.

When Zheng heard his daughter praise her beauty, she smiled and patted her on the back: "Silly girl, how old is my mother, and she is still beautiful!" Among the several sisters of my mother's generation, there are several daughters-in-law who stay in the Wang family, and your aunt Yao has the best appearance, and your mother can't compare. However, the mother's peach is wide open, and her appearance and temperament are all good. ”

The daughter-in-law refers to a young married servant woman, and Lan Yi has also heard this title for the first time.

In the eyes of her mother, her own daughters are perfect, Lan Yi breathed the warm breath of Zheng's body, remembered her mother who was far away, and her nose was sour.

"Peaches aren't pretty, Peaches aren't as beautiful as their mothers, and they're not as beautiful as the many maids I've seen today."

Zheng listened to her muffled voice and pulled her up: "Who said that!" Our peaches are the best. Come, my mother will comb your hair and change it back to the girl's hairstyle. Lan Yi is now combing a simple woman's partial bun, only a silver hairpin is inserted horizontally, and her head is wrapped in a cloth towel, a typical peasant woman's dress, although she has long been used to this look, but Zheng is very sad in her eyes.

is a good yellow flower daughter, and she was a peasant widow for two years in vain.

Although Chun Tao is a descendant of the Wang family, Wang Chengde is the housekeeper of the Wang family, and has a face in front of the master, Zheng is also a celebrity in front of the old lady, Chun Tao has been held in the palm of their hands since she was a child, and after the age of seven she was a little maid in Wang Mingzhe's room, after Wang Mingzhe got married, Chun Tao was sent to the eldest lady Yao Yirou to be a first-class maid. Yi is easy-going, and it is also excellent to treat Chun Tao, where did she suffer a little grievance.

Zheng pulled her daughter to the bronze mirror and let her sit down, spread her hair in a bun, and slowly combed it with a peach comb, Chun Tao only sat quietly, she felt that her knee and thigh muscles were sore for the past two days, after all, kneeling and bending her knees were all about pulling muscles, and she was no longer used to these movements.

Zheng divided Lan Yi's hair in the middle, tied a bun on each side of the head with pink, and drew a lock of hair in the bun to hang down naturally. Zheng took two more strings of pink strains for her to bring, with pearl-inlaid earrings in both ears, Lan Yi looked at her obviously beautiful and young self in the mirror, and was a little unaccustomed.

"Put on this set of clothes, this is what my mother made for you a few days ago last year, my mother didn't expect my peach body to rise again, I'm afraid this dress is a little short." In the past two years, although Wang Chengde and his son have been locked up in prison, the Zheng family can at least bring them food every day and get one or two points of news from them. But Chun Tao is nowhere to be found, and Zheng is anxious day by day, so he can only prepare clothes for the child to express his strong thoughts, and every stitch and thread is sewn with a mother's love for her daughter.

Lan Yi put on the pale pink jacket and blue and white dress made by Zheng, touched the smooth and fine stitches of the clothes and said, "Mother, your needlework is so good, Tao'er can't do it so well." ”

Zheng saw that the skirt was the right size, nodded with satisfaction, and said with tears in his eyes: "Tao'er used to learn needlework from her mother, and now she is not afraid, let's pick it up again, Tao'er looks much more comfortable wearing this body, and after two days, my mother will make two thicker ones, and it will be cold after the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Lan Yi looked at herself embarrassedly dressed as a girl: "Mother, is this color too bright?" ”

She has been dressed as a widow since she crossed over, and the color of her clothes is mainly dark, and she is not used to changing to such a fresh color.

"What's this, Tao'er, now that you are no longer a descendant of the Wang family, you are a serious girl to be married, so you should dress like this." Being able to get rid of slavery for his daughter and no longer have to wait for his master to be an inferior person for a lifetime is the happiest thing for the Zheng family.

Zheng pulled Lan Yi back to sit on the couch again: "Tao'er, tell your mother the truth, have you suffered any grievances in the past two years?" Tired or not? ”

Lan Yi shook her head: "Mother, don't be sad. Although my daughter is in the countryside, she is living freely, my second uncle's family treats me as my own family, Wang Linshan's parents died early, and I don't have to serve my in-laws, I live in a big yard with two children, and I can pour it as I want. The people in Beigou Village are simple and kind, treat me and my two children very well, and my daughter also has a few things, and often do needlework together, not boring at all. ”

After listening to this, Zheng touched her hair and said, "Mother's peach has grown up and can take care of things." ”

Lan Yi had long wanted to know about Chun Tao's birthday, and took the opportunity to ask, "Mother, what year is my birthday?" ”

Zheng looked at his daughter's curious appearance, suppressed his sadness and said: "You were born on June 18 of Gengchen year, the peaches in our yard grew well that year, and the peaches were ripe when my mother gave birth to you, and there was a tree hanging on it, which was very good-looking." Your father named you Chun Tao. ”

"Gengchen Nianniang, this year is the seventh year of Jiawu Puhe, so how old am I?" Lan Yi is very helpless about this Heavenly Stem Branch Chronology, although she understands the principle of chronology, but when it comes to which one is next to which, she can't figure it out if she doesn't check the yellow calendar.

"Silly girl, you have passed your fourteenth birthday this year, and you will be fifteen years old in June next year. Zheng patted her on the back and said.

Lan Yi muttered to herself: Fourteen years old, it's really so young, looking at Chun Tao's body development, she thought she would be a year or two older.

"Peach, it's time for your Kwai Shui to come, right?" Zheng asked her again, concerned about her daughter's physical development.

"Hmm. It's coming in the first month of this year. Mother, don't worry, I know how to clean up. ”

"That's good, does your stomach hurt when you come? You have to be careful in the small days, you can't eat raw and cold food, and don't touch cold things" Zheng whispered, reminding Lan Yi of the first time she came to her period, her mother also hugged her a little bit and told her, she couldn't help but shed tears in a daze, Zheng hugged her and didn't find it.

"Peach, it's supposed to be time to find you a good home. However, your brother was in a prison cell last year, and his relatives were also dismissed. My mother wants to find a family affair for your eldest brother first, and then my mother will pick it for you. Zheng said that Wang Chunrong is two years older than Lan Yi, sixteen this year, and has also reached the age of marriage.

The ancients got married early, twelve or thirteen, fifteen or sixteen is a normal thing, Lan Yi thought of Wang Chunrong's immature appearance, but he didn't expect him to get married, although I don't know which family's daughter he originally ordered, but since this family quit because of the Wang family's suffering, it is not a good family to think about it, and it is good to leave early.

"Mother, the eldest brother's family affairs are yellow, and they will be yellow. People see that we are in trouble and withdraw from our relatives, and they are not sincere in their interest in the character and ability of the eldest brother, and it is also a good thing to break off with such a person, so as to save the mother in the future. ”

Zheng slapped her: "Just your little mouth can say!" But that's what your father said when he came back from prison. "For more than a year, Zheng feels uncomfortable when he thinks about it, I really don't know how I survived, and now the family is finally reunited, and Zheng cherishes it very much.

Lan Yi thought of the pale faces of Wang Chengde's father and son, and asked worriedly: "Mother, for the sake of my daughter, my father and eldest brother suffered in prison, and my daughter felt uncomfortable. Are they okay now, but have they been raised? ”

Zheng is also worried about the health of her husband and son, but she doesn't want her daughter to worry about it: "Don't worry, Tao'er, the old lady sent someone to take care of it, except for the stick when she first entered, and then she didn't suffer in prison, and her mother often sent food to their father and son." After coming out, I also asked Lang Zhong to diagnose the pulse, but it was a little weaker, and it was good to recuperate. ”

"Mother, you go buy a dairy goat and come back, drink goat's milk every morning and evening, this thing is very replenishing. Yu'er and the baby drink every day, and their bodies are very strong. Lan Yi said that she really thinks goat's milk is a good thing.

Zheng nodded when he heard this, but still persuaded: "Tao'er, Young Master Wenxuan is not your son and baby, he is our master." You have to distinguish clearly, and don't break the rules. ”

Zheng said this because he was afraid that she would suffer a loss for this. Lan Yi felt uncomfortable, the baby will have her own life in the future, and she is getting farther and farther away from her, she wants to take him with her, but she doesn't even have a chance to speak, everyone believes that the baby wants to stay.

"Mother, I want to beg the old lady to get rid of the slavery for you, my father and my eldest brother, and our family will go back to Beigou Village in Huangxian County to live, although it is harder, but there is no need to look at people's faces." Lan Yi said that no matter how rich the Wang family is, it is also a matter of others, what good can it be to be scary, and it doesn't all depend on the attitude of the master.

Zheng shook his head, "It's a great grace to get rid of your citizenship." Now that the old lady of the big house is old, and the young master Wenxuan is still young, your father will not leave. If there is a chance in the future, my mother will also want to go with you, watch Tao'er get married, and have children. ”

Lan Yi thought that it was time to talk about herself and Zhou Weiji, she sat up and said, "Mother, my daughter wants to tell you something, don't be angry." ”

Zheng smiled: "How could my mother be angry with Tao'er, what makes you so serious?" ”

"Mother, in fact, my daughter has promised Zhou Weiji to marry him." Lan Yi said directly.

"What! Weekly shift leader? Peach, what's going on, you're married? Zheng was very surprised and asked repeatedly.

Seeing Zheng's anxious appearance, Lan Yi quickly took her hand and said, "Mother, don't worry. Listen to me slowly. Brother Tuesday was my neighbor when I lived in Beigou Village, and he was very respectful and caring for his daughter on weekdays, and ...... daughter was killed this time."

Lan Yi told her and Zhou Weiji about everything they did. After listening to this, Zheng's face softened a little, she thought about Zhou Weiji's appearance yesterday, and she did have a lot of respect for her and Chun Tao's father, and she looked like she was also a well-behaved and capable person, but she didn't look young.

"Hearing you say this, Zhou Bantou is really sincere to you, but he should be twenty-five or sixteen, why hasn't he gotten married yet?"

Lan Yi nodded: "Brother Tuesday just returned to his hometown from the border pass a few years ago, so the family matter was delayed. ”

Zheng nodded, still a little worried: "Daddy never thought of letting Tao'er marry into a big family, and it seems that people with many rules will look down on you even if you are out of slavery, but the fact that you have become a lowly family will also make them look down on you." My mother just wants to find an ordinary family for you, the population is simple and the best is the best, you will be in charge of the house when you pass the door, and you will make your own decisions to live. It is said that Zhou Bantou has no choice, but he is working in the yamen, and catching fast is also a cheap business, if you marry him, the three generations of children and grandchildren will not be able to participate in the imperial examination. Mother is reluctant to let you become a cheap citizen again. ”

Lan Yi's mouth was open enough to swallow an egg: "Mother, you said that catching fast is cheap?" "How is this possible? The iron hand of the six doors chases his life, and the dynasty Mahan next to Bao Qingtian is a lowly member? It's incredible! R1152