Jin Nanxue remembered that her mother must have misunderstood when she came back suddenly this time, and hurriedly explained: "Mother don't worry, today the old lady ordered me to go to the Jin'an Bofu to attend the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Bofu, and when I saw that it was still early, I hurried back to see you, my daughter misses her father." ”

"That's good, that's good, come in."

Only then did An put his mind at ease and nodded repeatedly, taking his daughter's hand and walking towards the courtyard.

An's pulled his daughter into the main room and sat down, and then he was busy asking the girl to make tea. Incense is An's personal girl, and Agarwood and Shang Lu have grown up in the Jin family, and Incense is very happy to see her own girl and Agarwood come back, and after tea, she took Agarwood to talk outside.

An's hadn't seen his daughter for a long time, and now he looked at his daughter standing in front of him, his complexion looked good, his clothes were also delicate and luxurious, and the smile on his face didn't seem like something bad had happened, and he was a little relieved.

"Why didn't you come back and ask someone to carry a letter in advance? Your father and your brother are not here, and there is no food you like at home, you sit down for a while, I will go to the kitchen to have a look, and ask Sister-in-law Tian to go out to buy some meat and vegetables and come back. ”

After saying that, An Shi was in a hurry to go out, Jin Nanxue hurriedly grabbed her: "Mother, don't be busy, I'm taking the time to come back today, I have to go back before dinner, I can't eat at home, my mother doesn't have to be busy, just talk to me." ”

An Shi was a little unhappy when he heard this: "It's not easy to stay a little longer when you come back, so you can stay for a meal, and it's not too late to see your father and brother and go back." ”

An said so, but she also understood that it was not easy for her daughter to marry into the Hou Mansion in the past few years, otherwise she would not have been able to return to her parents' house for a long time, and it was not easy to come back today.

Jin Nanxue hurriedly pointed to a few packs of dim sum that she brought on the table and said: "Mother, this is what I bought on the way back, I remember that my mother loves to eat this lotus paste crisp, as well as the kidney bean rolls and chestnut cakes that my father and younger brothers love to eat, this crispy duck was bought at the Wang's shop at the corner of the street, it is still hot when it comes out of the oven, my mother try it." ”

Jin Nanxue put the big bag of food she bought on the road in front of An Shi as if offering a treasure, and An Shi smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait for your father and younger brothers to come back and eat together." ”

Then he said, "They didn't know that you would come back today, or I would send someone to come over early and tell them to come back early." ”

Jin Nanxue said with a smile: "No need, my father and younger brother rarely stay outside, and they will definitely come back after a while, and my daughter naturally has to wait until my father and them come back before leaving." ”

An Shi was happy again, pulling his daughter from top to bottom to see that it was not enough, and she couldn't stop asking this and that, Jin Nanxue obediently cooperated with her to answer all questions, and only said nice things on her lips, and didn't say a word about the difficulties in the Hou Mansion.

Jin Nanxue is the eldest daughter in the family, An and Jin Changqing have loved this daughter very much since she was a child, and the two younger brothers also like her as an older sister.

When he came out of the Bofu family, because Jin Changqing was just a concubine, he only got this small courtyard and some silver taels, and the family's financial resources over the years only relied on Jin Changqing's meager money to support the family, and after a long time, it was overstretched. So the Jin family's life is just average.

But An's knows how to be diligent and thrifty, and takes care of the family's daily life in an orderly manner, and lives a fairly stable life, except for the rare sight of his daughter.

The two of them were talking happily, and the girl raised her voice at the door and said, "Mrs., Aunt Tian and the fourth girl are here." ”

Only then did An Shi restrain the expression on his face, sat down and said, "Call them in." ”

The Jin family has a simple population, Jin Changqing and An have three children together, in addition to the eldest daughter Jin Nanxue, there is also a pair of twin sons, fourteen years old this year, studying in the family science, this time it is not yet the time to get out of school, Jin Changqing did not disperse, so at this time there are only the mother An's family, as well as Aunt Tian and sister Jin Ling who live in the west courtyard, in addition to a few people.

Soon a plainly dressed woman came in with a twenty-eight-year-old girl, these two were Jin Changqing's concubine Aunt Tian and her daughter Jin Ling, after the two came in, they walked in front of An and Jin Nanxue, bowed their heads and saluted the two of them in a proper manner, and An called them up to talk.

Aunt Tian spoke the same as An's, and she was also gentle and gentle: "The concubine heard that the eldest girl was back, so she brought Ling'er over to greet the eldest girl." I haven't seen her for a long time, the eldest girl is becoming more and more dignified and noble, and she wants to have a good life in the Hou Mansion, so my wife should rest assured. ”

Jin Nanxue smiled faintly: "Aunt Tian is very polite." ”

She doesn't have a good impression of this aunt and the sister behind her, but she doesn't have any grudges, when her mother was pregnant with her, the Bofu had not yet separated, and her father's mother-in-law, that is, the current Mrs. Wenxuan Bofu, gave the girl around her to her father to make a room, which is Aunt Tian.

The father is a concubine who is cautious and never dares to disobey his mother, and his mother is also the concubine of the ordinary official eunuch family, and the husband and wife have a very difficult life under the hands of the mother-in-law, but the two have a very good heart-to-heart relationship, and the father is not keen on the mother-in-law's house, and later when the mother was pregnant with the two younger brothers, the father spoiled Aunt Tian under the pressure of the mother-in-law for a period of time, and there was a sister-in-law Jin Ling, so Jin Ling was only a few months younger than the two younger brothers.

At that time, Aunt Tian relied on Mrs. Youbo's support to show off her strength in front of her mother for a while, but unfortunately her father always had a weak feeling for her, and Aunt Tian slowly jumped up and couldn't get up and became honest, and later her mother gave birth to a pair of twins, and then she split up and went out alone. Aunt Tian recognized the situation, and then gradually stopped, and became respectful and obedient in front of her mother.

After Jin Nanxue married into the Hou Mansion, Aunt Tian was expecting to find a good family for her daughter through the identity of the eldest girl, Mrs. Hou, and her daughter could live a rich life in the future, but unfortunately the eldest girl rarely came back after marrying, and the few times she returned to the door were also sad, and even hid in the house and cried with An's opposite. Aunt Tian watched for a while, and this little hope in her heart was gone.

But after all, it was the concubine and the identity of Mrs. Hou, Aunt Tian knew that she couldn't be easily offended, and when she heard the maid say that the eldest girl came back suddenly, she hurried over with her daughter.

Jin Nanxue beckoned to Jin Ling and called her to come to her, Jin Ling walked over a little reluctantly and called "eldest sister" in a low voice

Jin Nanxue looked at her and said: "I heard my mother just now that your family affairs have been decided, and you will marry in the New Year, while you are still in your own family, you have to be more filial to your father, mother and aunt, and you will have few opportunities when you marry in the future." ”

Jin Nanxue said a few words as the eldest sister, and then glanced at the agarwood standing at the door, and the agarwood understood, and walked over and took out a delicate purse embroidered with ginkgo biloba from her arms.