Chapter Ninety-One: As Before
"What then? Our Chu family was entangled in this incident, and we will never be able to live forever? Chu Ping's palms were cold.
The old lady said: "It's not like that, in the early years, we inquired about something, and our Chu family may have a better way out."
I don't know if your grandfather told you, but the court is already negotiating the opening of the sea ban.
Although the discussion has been going on for almost ten years, there is no certainty, but it is not completely hopeless.
So at the beginning, you said that you wanted to study and enter the government, and your mother and I agreed, thinking that maybe you could be like your great-grandfather, who was also a high school champion, and could also enter the court as an official, and help the court open a decree, maybe, our Chu family's predicament can be solved. ”
Chu Ping's eyes also lit up with a glimmer of light.
The old lady said: "Your father is timid, and he has been talking about it all these years, otherwise he will break his wrist and ignore the life and death of those embroidery workers, so he will cut off his contacts with the Chu family in Panyu, open a small shop, do a small business, and support the family."
But I, with your mother, always feel that there is a way to solve this matter, and it is not necessary to go down, and if you go up, there will be a way out. ”
The old lady thought of something, and suddenly patted Chu Ping's hand with a smile and said, "Hey, but over the years, grandmother has also known you, it is not easy to do business, and it is easy for you to study and take the imperial examination." Your diligence and hard work are also seen by your mother and I, so I don't want you to carry such a heavy burden on your shoulders.
After all, this matter is very big, and the matter of opening the sea ban is also very big, and it may not be something that you can control as a little doll who has just entered the officialdom.
It still depends on the will of God, you just have to read your books with peace of mind, if you can be lifted, it is naturally the best, if you can't, it will not be in the way.
Your children will be safe for a lifetime, and we can still protect a few old things. ”
"Grandmother......" Chu Ping wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start. I only accompanied the old lady for a while, afraid that the old lady would be tired, so I helped her back to Jiale Hall.
Chu Ping slowly walked to the east wing where he lived alone, but he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he had never really understood the situation of the Chu family so truly, he always thought that the Chu family was kind and safe, but it turned out that this big ship that could shelter him from the wind and rain had actually been drifting in the waves, leaning on his father, mother, and grandparents, who looked like they were weightless in front of him, and it was difficult to maintain.
It turns out that life is not just about finding someone to be with her, but to find someone who can be with you through thick and thin.
For some reason, Chu Ping gradually let go of Tao Yao in his heart, because he couldn't bear it, and he was reluctant to involve her in such a stormy situation, she should have a stable and happy life.
But on the second day, Chu Ping still came to the door of the Purple Silk Pavilion as promised.
It's just that Tao Yao had to wait there earlier than him.
Tao Yao heard the neighing of the horses, slightly opened the curtain of the carriage window, and looked at Chu Ping, who was riding on a tall horse outside, with a deep dark green in his eyes, slightly tired, and he didn't sleep well last night.
Chu Ping was just about to say something, but another girl's head suddenly poked out of the carriage, it was not someone else, it was Wu Yan who was curious about what Tao Yao was looking at with the curtain.
Seeing that there were still people in the carriage, Chu Ping was surprised for a moment and stopped what he said.
Or Tao Yao opened his mouth first: "Didn't you say that today, you want to go to the workhouse and teach the children how to needlework?" ”
Chu Ping only felt in a trance, as if everything last night was just a nightmare for him, and now that he woke up from the dream, nothing had happened.
Chu Ping nodded and said, "Yes, I will lead the way for the girl in front." ”
Tao Yao saw that he was talking to himself so casually, and he felt as if he was in a dream, he actually liked to get along with him every time, so relaxed and natural, as if it should have been like this.
Tao Yao was also in a trance, whether yesterday's events were true or not.
Wu Yan saw Chu Ping for the first time, and she didn't know what the relationship between him and Tao Yao was, so she originally wanted to ask, but seeing Tao Yao's unruly appearance, she finally closed her mouth.
When the group arrived at the Chu family's nursing home, they heard the sound of children running back and forth and playing.
When the housekeeper saw Chu Ping coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Chu Ping, and said with a smile: "Uncle is here so early today?" ”
Chu Ping nodded slightly, and told him about Tao Yao coming to teach the girls in the orphanage to learn needlework, and Steward Liu was very happy and grateful, and called a housekeeper to summon the little girls to come over and arrange a place for them to learn needlework.
On the side, Tao Yao also instructed Wu Yan to take out all the things they had prepared for the children, and went over to settle them with the mother-in-law in charge.
Chu Ping looked at Tao Yao standing there, and originally wanted to come over and talk to Tao Yao, but as soon as he came, he was entangled by the children in the nursing home, and when they saw him from afar, they ran towards him and called him "Brother Chu Ping", innocently asking this and that, as if they were full of curiosity and enthusiasm for everything in the world.
Tao Yao stood far away, looking at a few old people sitting in the yard basking in the sun and blowing the wind, their faces were also full of loving smiles, looking at the children running all over the yard, and Chu Ping who was surrounded by children, his face was tired, and finally recovered a little smile between the lingering of these children.
The corners of Tao Yao's lips couldn't help but evoke a shallow smile.
Is it, maybe it is really as Liu Yunjin said, those big events in the sky are just clouds in the sky, sunny or rainy, out of reach, and here and now, in front of you, is your own day.
Tao Yao didn't know how to get along with children, and she felt that it was an extremely difficult thing to do. Both the old and the young will like her, but only the children don't seem to like her very much, even the children of her relatives, so Tao Yao doesn't like children either.
She always felt that the child's eyes were too clean, and she could see the deepest bottom of Tao Yao's heart, something that was not so bright and beautiful. Or maybe it's because she has too many rules and dogmas and faint alienation, so that children can't get close.
Therefore, Tao Yao brought Wu Yan over today.
When it was time to teach needlework, Tao Yao just pushed Wu Yan out, although Wu Yan was caught off guard, but she also knew that Tao Yao was in a bad mood yesterday, so she could only teach it by herself.
Tao Yao found a chair and sat silently at the end, watching Wu Yan teach well, but the students were too bad, and some of the children were still young, so they couldn't listen to what she said at all, so they pricked their hands with needles and cried there.
When the mother-in-law on the side saw this, she stepped forward and took out the young ones who couldn't hold the needle to play, and only let the older ones learn needlework inside.
But I never thought that the little girl who was pricked and cried as if she was only four or five years old was carried out, but she ran back, she was not interested in needlework, but she gathered around Tao Yao, who was dressed beautifully, her little hand grabbed Tao Yao's delicate clothes, and looked up at her: "Sister, you are so beautiful." ”