Li Yuejiao kept looking at Du Day's expression, and when she saw him showing sadness at this moment, she was still strange, and then she heard him mention his deceased wife, and a trace of astonishment flashed in her eyes.

She thought he was thinking about how to deceive himself, but why did he mention his dead wife?

I heard Du Tian say softly and slowly:

"If I see you, I'll like you. She is three years older than me, and although she is also a scholarly daughter, she likes all kinds of skills, from tea and embroidery to gardening."

Li Yuejiao didn't want the cousin she had never met to have the same relationship with her mother, and at the same time, she had some nature.

She's a listener.

"But her family didn't like her very much, especially her grandmother, who hated her so much that they didn't want to see her."

"Why is that?" Li Yuejiao said strangely, "Although it is a scholarly family, isn't it a good thing that my daughter's family knows more such things?"

Du Yan smiled.

"Originally, in the troubled times, where can there be a lot of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, poetry and songs?" He said quietly, "Although her mother's family is still famous, it is difficult to produce in such troubled times, and the men in her clan either can't devote themselves to it, or die early in the war, and by her time, the family has already fallen, and the men are only her two brothers who are away, and then there are a few large boxes of books and an ancestral house, if it weren't for the support of Du Jiannian's friendship in the world, their family is afraid that they can't even leave that little book and ancestral home."

When talking about this distant story, Du Day's eyes kept looking at the volume of "Xuangong Collection".

Li Yuejiao listened quietly, she couldn't see his eyes, she couldn't see his expression, so she couldn't be sure if he was making up a story to deceive her, but his tone made her feel that what he said was the truth.

"Such a family is a female dependent, and she always has to find a way to live, she doesn't like to live dependent on others, so she makes money from what she knows." Du Yan said, suddenly laughed, turned his head to look at Li Yuejiao, "But your cousin's craftsmanship can't be compared with your niece and daughter-in-law, you are good at carpentry, but she is good at everything, everything is loose, all because the craftsmen in the small people in the countryside have not seen much of the world, she told those craftsmen what she knew, and then the craftsmen made it."

When Li Yuejiao heard this, although she felt funny and smiled, she felt that she admired her cousin very much.

Although she is also a person born in troubled times, the world is still not settled, but until today, she has never experienced chaos, nor has she really suffered poverty, and she has not traveled thousands of miles like her mother.

Put yourself in the cousin's place, and she will definitely do no better than her.

"It's great to be able to earn money on your own." Li Yuejiao smiled and said, "Besides, I haven't done it myself, it's hard to explain clearly, my cousin is not like I was born in a craftsman's family, but I can explain it to people just by reading books, which shows that my cousin is extremely intelligent and talented."

When Du Yan heard her praise his deceased wife, the light in his eyes flashed, and his eyes couldn't help but have more true kindness.

It's just that this kindness is fleeting, and then it is replaced by a disguised gentleness and indifference.

"But that's why her grandmother didn't like her." He remembered what happened to his deceased wife when she was at her mother's house, and sighed.

Li Yuejiao was stunned for a moment: "Why is this?"

The corners of Du Day's mouth hooked up a mocking smile: "Because the woman who showed up lost the face of the scholarly family."

「……」

After all, Li Yuejiao was born and raised in the market, even if she grew up and married in the Hou Mansion, peaceful people such as the lord of Xiaohui County did not stop her from going out, let alone restrain her.

The door does not go out, the second door does not step out of the eight big characters, although she has heard and learned, but she has not really experienced it.

She has been showing up since she was a child, wandering around the streets and alleys, listening to others tell the short stories of her parents, listening to her mother tell the story of the world's greatness, although she has not walked the world, but she has also visited the capital and the suburbs of Beijing.

Therefore, Miss Li really didn't expect that the reason why the cousin was rejected by her grandmother turned out to be this.

It's all time to get porridge on credit and rely on people to save them

It's ridiculous to be disgusted with the only girl who can support the family for this boring thing.

"It's really, it's not fair." She muttered, grieving for the man she had never met.

Du Yan smiled, but his emotions were no longer wavering:

"But I'm very happy, if it weren't for this, I'm just a side boy of the Du family, how can I be worthy of being a Langjun with their daughter?"

Li Yuejiao was already embarrassed in her heart, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said: "My cousin was born in the right way in the imperial examination, and my cousin is such a person who can do things, you are a match made in heaven and a destined marriage."

Du Yan obviously liked to hear this, and a smile spread out from the bottom of his eyes, but because his eyes touched Li Yuejiao, it turned into jealousy and hatred suppressed in his heart.

Yes, Ah Qiao and I are a match made in heaven.

And now, Ah Qiao left me because of those people's calculations, why do you have a fateful marriage with Xue Zhen?

It's just that his voice is softer: "That's why I said that if she sees her daughter-in-law, she will definitely like you. Especially since you're skilled in carpentry, she'll definitely ask your daughter-in-law about it."

Li Yuejiao pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't speak again, and it was difficult to answer this.

Du Yan looked down at the "Xuangong Collection" in his hand again.

"I also know that if I want to compile a book, I shouldn't spend my energy on this volume of Xuangong Collection, but this book is what she mentioned and she wants to read. Now that she could not see it, I thought of borrowing it, and when I dreamed back at midnight, I borrowed my eyes to read the book for her."

Li Yuejiao vaguely guessed the reason when he told the story, and now that it has been confirmed, she is not clear in her heart, but even more sad.

Du Tian really loved that cousin, she thought, but the hatefulness behind the poor person made her even more cold.

The room was quiet for a moment, only the sound of running water pouring tea for the two of them, soft, slow, flowing in the hearts of two people who both had other thoughts, one was thinking about whether he could deceive her, and the other was thinking about the feelings he showed to him, some of which were true and some of which were false.

But she hopes that there will really be more.

"Uncle Cousin," after a long time, Li Yuejiao asked first, "Don't think about these sad things anymore, Aunt Cousin will be sad if she knows."

Du Yan looked at her, his face was tired, and nodded:

"Well, okay, I'll mourn. Thanks to my niece and daughter-in-law for this book, I asked Lan Nu to send it to the house two months later. I'm a little tired, so let's go back first."

Li Yuejiao hurriedly got up and said, "Yes, I have disturbed my cousin for a long time, my cousin will rest first, and my daughter-in-law will leave first."

Du Tian nodded, didn't speak, just looked at her back as she left the room.

He looked at it for a long time, and with a bloodless face, he looked back at the volume of "Xuangong Collection" in his hand without much expression, opened it, and took a closer look at it.

But Ah Qiao, will you ever go back to my dreams?

*

Lan Nu sent Li Yuejiao out of the room.

The rain outside is much lighter, and it is not in a hurry, so you have to identify it carefully to confirm whether it is still raining.

Li Yuejiao stood for a moment, feeling a little depressed, and felt that she was so angry that it was unreasonable.

The clouds had already come from the kitchen, still holding the snacks the cook had given them.

"Miss, would you like to try this sugar cake?" She laughs.

Li Yuejiao came back to her senses, glanced at the snack in her hand, and sighed:

"This girl, why are you here begging for food?"

"It's the princess who is going to give it to the slave," Yun Tuan said with a smile, and said to the blue slave, "Sister Lan Nu, you can also taste one."

Lan Nu smiled and said, "Madam, Nu told Aunt Wang last time that when Madam comes back in the future, she must make some good snacks. Because the general said that Madame loves to eat these."

Li Yuejiao paused and looked at her curiously, "The general told you about my preferences?"

Didn't you say that the blue slave was rescued by Chang Feng and entered the mansion not long ago? Why did Xue Zhen still tell her this.

Lennu didn't know

Xue Zhen nodded truthfully at the details made up by Li Yuejiao:

"Yes, the general and the slave said that Madame loves sweets, and Aunt Wang's dim sum is quite delicious, so if Madame comes to see Master Du in the future, by the way, let people prepare some good dim sum. The general also said that he loves to listen to stories and has a chivalrous heart, and now he saw his wife and listened to Master Du's story, and he believed it."

She meant something by saying this, but she was as smart as Li Yuejiao, and she was distracted by her first half of the sentence, so she didn't realize the meaning of the second half of her sentence.

Why did Xue Zhen mention his preferences to Lan Nu?

Xue Zhen, how could he remember his preferences so clearly? Or do you want people to prepare?

Yes, he always remembered his preferences very well.

Especially Ai Tian, he has always known about it, and he didn't hide it from himself.

Li Yuejiao's heart, which had finally stabilized before, suddenly became chaotic again.

Really, he was.

She pouted.

Now, she was even more depressed.

However, she would not send her sullen anger towards Xue Zhen to others, especially the innocent blue slave, so she said with a smile:

"In that case, thank you for having a heart, and thank Aunt Wang for me. clouds."

Yun Tuan understood very well at this time, and immediately took out the money bag, grabbed a handful of money and gave it to Lan Nu:

"This is the young lady's reward for you, it's all yours, and I gave it to the kitchen."

Lan Nu did not refuse, took the money and said, "Thank you Madame, thank you Sister Yuntuan."

Li Yuejiao didn't say anything more, just left Du Day's foothold with Yuntuan.

*

At this time, it was already the time when the lights were on, Li Yuejiao was sitting on the side of the car, holding the half-eaten sugar cake in her hand, and she was still sulking in her heart.

For a while, I was thinking about the cousin who died early in Du Tian's mouth, and for a while, I was thinking about Xue Zhen who was too considerate in Lan Nu's mouth.

Thinking about the end, she didn't know what she was thinking.

「…… It's boring." She suddenly muttered, feeling that the remaining half of the sugar cake in her hand was not sweet.

Yun Tuan felt that it was still wet and cold outside, afraid that her hands would freeze, so he took out his sleeve and wanted her to wear it, when he suddenly heard this sentence and said strangely:

"What did the young lady say? What's wrong?"

Li Yuejiao impatiently put the sugar cake back in the food box and complained:

"Who do you want to show in an affectionate way? Who can see it? It's fake, it's annoying."

"Huh?" Yun Tuan couldn't understand it anymore, "Who is Miss talking about?"