Li Xin didn't forget the matter of finding a painting master for Duchun, and asked people to help inquire before and after, but there was no accurate letter.

After a period of getting along, Twilight has integrated into the life here. Although in his opinion, Guan Wen, as a father, is very indifferent and does not treat his relatives, but seeing that they have almost the same attitude towards his eldest brother, Twilight Chun's heart is much more balanced. And their mother, Li Xin, was very kind to them, strict in some things, but very easy-going in more things.

Gradually, he also figured out how to get along with his family, although he still didn't like to talk, but his smile was more. Especially during the Chinese New Year, he followed his mother back to his parents' house, and after seeing Li Ge, his smile became more and more.

Li Xin saw it in his eyes, and his heart became more steady.

Since these days, Aunt Cui has been living in her small courtyard, staying at home, and eating three meals a day has become more and more light. But when she looked at her, she didn't lose weight, she was plump, and her whole body had a layer of gentle and quiet temperament.

When Li Xin arrived in her small courtyard, Aunt Cui was reciting Buddhist scriptures, and when she heard Li Xin coming, she stopped the scriptures she was reading in her hand and smiled at Li Xin: "Why is Madam here?" ”

Li Xinyan said: "I'll come to you to take a look, I heard that you have eaten lightly recently, is there any discomfort?" ”

Aunt Cui helped Li Xin to the hall, and replied with a smile: "There is no discomfort, but I think the meat is too greasy, not very good, and the light things nourish the body, and it tastes better." ”

The two sat down, the maid served tea, and Aunt Cui asked with concern, "Madam, is Du Chun still sensible?" ”

Li Xin smiled: "Twilight Chun has always been sensible, you don't need to worry about this." I'm here to ask what you mean. ”

Li Xin looked at Aunt Cui and said earnestly: "What do you think about your own business?" ”

Cui Xiaoru is not a stupid person, the Cui family wanted to pick her up earlier, she was afraid of damaging the reputation of the Cui family, so she did not agree, and then the Cui family gave an order to the Guan family, asking them to properly arrange her way out. This way out is undoubtedly to arrange for her to marry.

Although Mrs. revealed earlier that she wanted to be a concubine for Master Guan, she did not agree. One is that he feels awkward, and the other is that he is afraid that Twilight Spring will become a concubine. After all, Duchun was born to her, and the mother-son bloodline is there, and Master Guan is Duchun's uncle no matter what she says, she is barely his brother-in-law, and this kind of thing is not advisable in Cui Xiaoru's opinion.

But she always has to get married......

Aunt Cui was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Madame is the master of the arrangement, I'll ...... I don't have much of an opinion. ”

Li Xin sighed and said softly: "Twilight Chun is very interested in painting, he is very close to my nephew, and it was my nephew who introduced him to the threshold of the art of painting. I have seen his paintings, and although he is still very young, he can be regarded as having two points of talent for painting, and I am going to ask a gentleman to teach him, and if he wants to go further in this area, he will inevitably need to be carefully cultivated. ”

Aunt Cui looked at Li Xin with a burning expression, and Li Xin said: "I said that since Ah Wen has passed him over, I must treat him no different from other children." He is my son, and I naturally plan for his future. ”

Aunt Cui lowered her eyebrows: "Madame is kind-hearted, I don't have anything to worry about......"

"You don't have to worry about the future of late spring, so let's put more thought on yourself." Li Xin said softly: "You are only in your twenties, you are still young, you have been staying at home and chanting Buddha recently, and you like to eat light and fishy food, which always makes me feel that you want to become a monk." ”

Aunt Cui was busy talking, but Li Xin stopped her and said, "I mean you have this feeling for me, not that you are really going to become a monk." ”

Li Xin paused and said, "I always feel that how to make decisions in a person's life should not be interfered with or decided by others. Of course, the influence of parents on their children's future is not counted. If you really want to become a monk and make up your mind to live the life of a green lantern ancient Buddha with the Buddha for the rest of your life, then once you make up your mind, no one can stop you. But if you don't make up your mind, I still have to advise you, and I hope you will think twice about this matter. ”

Aunt Cui was silent, Li Xin glanced at her, and said softly: "Escaping from the world can't achieve the goal of solving all problems, you have to think more about that child in Duchun." You are his biological mother after all, he has no biological father, if you also leave, how will he deal with himself? ”

After a long time, Aunt Cui said in a dumb voice: "I understand what Madame said, it's just ...... That's the best way I can think of it......"

"The methods are all thought of by people, you are still young, don't run out of hope." Li Xin patted her on the shoulder and said, "The day after tomorrow, Yuanguang Temple will give porridge, you accompany me to worship the Buddha, the life of monks and nuns is not as peaceful and indisputable as you imagined." "I'm afraid Mrs. Shen Si has a deep understanding of this.

A trip to Yuanguang Temple really made Aunt Cui dispel the idea of becoming a nun. In the Yuanguang Temple, there is also a battle between nuns and nuns, not like the Dharma preaching, once you enter the Buddha to serve the Buddha, you will have a pure heart and few desires, and there is no dispute with the world.

Aunt Cui sighed: "It turns out that people live in the world, and they really can't escape such hustle and bustle......"

Li Xin said with a smile: "Everyone has selfish desires, and the only one who can really do without selfish desires is really the high Buddha master." ”

Aunt Cui pondered for a night, and found Li Xin the next day and asked her to find a marriage for herself.

“…… A small family, a simple population is good. It's just that I don't want to be a concubine. It is not extravagant to be a person, and it is also possible to be a steproom. Aunt Cui said: "There are not many requirements for a person's height and appearance, I just hope that he has a good temperament and is honest and honest." ”

Li Xin smiled and said: "If you have such specific requirements, it will be much easier for me to find people." ”

Li Xin asked the matchmaker to help with the matchmaker, and because of the specific requirements, the list of men to be married in the matchmaker's hand was screened one by one, and the remaining lists that met Aunt Cui's requirements were put forward. Li Xin secretly investigated, and finally selected a family surnamed Ke Yin Shi, whose home is in the countryside near Hui County, there is only a blind old mother in the family, a man surnamed Ke and his son, and his wife died of a serious illness. The man surnamed Ke also has two sisters, both of whom are married. The population of the family is indeed simple.

The man surnamed Ke is filial and generous, and he is afraid that his wife will bully his son, so he has not continued the string. Although the old mother of the Ke family is blind, she is a sensible person, she was widowed when she was young, raised a son and two daughters, and kept the family business of the Ke family. She was afraid that her son would be lonely, so she put up a name at the matchmaker and asked the matchmaker to help pay attention to the right girl.

Li Xin told Aunt Cui about the situation of the Ke family, and Aunt Cui thought about it and nodded slightly.

Li Xin asked Guan Quan, who could talk, to go to Ke's house and negotiate with Ke Hanzi.

Guan Quan came back and said to Li Xin: "The conditions of the Ke family are two, first, the continuation must be good to the son of the Ke family, even if he has children in the future, he cannot treat the eldest son harshly; Second, Mrs. Ke raised the men of the Ke family to grow up, and she was blind and had difficulty moving, so the bride could not dislike her, and she had to be filial to Mrs. Ke to the end of her life. ”

After hearing this, Li Xin smiled and said: "This Ke family is really strange, this can also be a condition?" "In the eyes of ordinary people, isn't this exactly what the steproom should do?

Guan Quan said with a smile: "The Ke family has also seen such a thing that Xu Xian is not good for the child left by the woman who died in front of him, and it is inevitable that there will be some cups and snakes." ”

Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Does the Ke family have anything else to say?" ”

"Yes." Guan Quandao: "Ke Hanzi wants to meet people first. ”

Li Xin exhaled, she felt that this request was understandable. After all, they are all "second marriages", and if they are not clear, then they are called jokes. Meet first, negotiate after meeting, and it's not too late to talk about family affairs.

made an appointment, and Aunt Cui and Ke Hanzi met

Li Xin didn't go, and asked Qingya to follow Aunt Cui, and Guan Quan also acted as a long-term follower to grasp the first-hand information.

After coming back, Qingya smiled and said, "The two of them have a good chat!" They are all people who have sons, and they can't stop talking when they talk about their sons. The Ke family boy also followed his father, although he had no mother since he was a child, but the six or seven-year-old child was still born lively and active, and the slave maid felt that the atmosphere of the Ke family must be good, and the family's feelings were bound to be excellent. ”

Li Xin thought about it and asked, "What is the attitude of that kid of the Ke family towards Aunt Cui?" ”

"I'm very curious, I asked about it, I heard that Aunt Cui has a son, and asked why Aunt Cui didn't bring him, I heard that Miss Duchun was younger than him, and patted her chest and said that she wanted to play with Master Duchun." Qingya smiled: "Aunt Cui is very happy, and she is also very patient to answer the words of the Ke family. ”

Li Xin nodded and sighed: "That's fine, I'll ask Aunt Cui again tomorrow." ”

Cui Xiaoru had no objections, nodded calmly and said with a smile: "Brother Ke is a good person, although I have only been with him for half a day and said some words, it can be seen that he is a careful and responsible person." ”

"Then are you satisfied with this family business?"

Aunt Cui nodded slightly.

The Ke family quickly got hired, and they were going to welcome the Cui family over a month later. Knowing that Cui's was going to get married, Twilight Chun cried a lot, and sat sullenly on the threshold looking at the square and flat stones in the yard.

Yang'er sat next to him, and Duchun hurriedly looked at him sideways, and said with some panic: "Big, big brother......"

"Thinking about your mother's marriage?" Yang'er said softly: "I should feel lucky. ”

Duchun immediately frowned, and Yang'er turned her head sideways and said, "You can still watch your mother have more happiness, more people love her, and maybe you can add one or two younger brothers and sisters, so that you won't be unaccompanied in this world." You deserve to be lucky. ”

Twilight suddenly remembered that her eldest brother was also adopted by her father and mother, and was not the son of her father and mother.

"What about the eldest brother's father and mother......" Twilight asked in a low voice.

"They're all gone." Yang'er smiled faintly: "My father died early, and I went when my mother gave birth, and I depended on my grandfather for my life, and then my grandfather was gone." If it weren't for my current father, I'm afraid I wouldn't have survived, and even if I did, I would definitely not be the dignified appearance I am now. ”

Yang'er turned her head sideways and patted him on the head: "Boy, you will happily send your mother out in a month, you know?" ”

Twilight with tears in her eyes,