Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Pinger's face-to-face questioning

Yang Ruoqing is still in disguise, Pinger washes off the disguise on her face and restores her original appearance, Yang Ruoqing accompanies Pinger to Gu's house as a woman from the same village.

"Mother-in-law, why are you free to come here in the freezing weather? If you send a message, let your son-in-law Zhihua pick you up!"

Gu's mother warmly greeted Ping'er and Yang Ruoqing into the main room to sit down, and ordered the maids to make tea and greet them with snacks.

Ping'er smiled slightly, "You are welcome, Zhihua is so busy studying, how can you bear to distract him? Besides, I came to the county with my sisters from the same village to buy new year's goods, so I stopped by to say hello."

Gu's mother nodded repeatedly, took the tea into Ping'er's hand herself, and called Yang Ruoqing to drink tea.

Yang Ruoqing took the tea and smiled, then sat quietly at the side, giving up the home court to Ping'er.

Ping'er took a sip of tea, looked up and looked around, and asked, "Where are my father-in-law and Zhihua? Are they not at home?"

Gu's mother said: "The eldest daughter's house has guests for dinner, and the eldest son-in-law came over an hour ago to take Zhihua's father to have a drink. Zhihua is reading in the study in the backyard. I will ask the servant girl to call him over?"

Ping'er nodded: "Okay, then call over, I just have a few words to ask him face to face."

Gu's mother froze for a moment, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across her eyes, and then she returned to normal.

She ordered a maid beside her to go to the backyard and call Gu Zhihua over.

Ping'er drank tea, chatting with Gu's mother about the household chores.

Gu's mother said: "Today is twenty, and there are six days before my good daughter-in-law Hua Hua will come in. I am so happy that I can't sleep these days, I just hope that it will be faster. My daughter-in-law came in , the family is lively, and there are people around me who will accompany me to talk to me."

Ping'er took a sip of tea and smiled faintly.

Seeing Ping'er's lukewarm attitude, Gu's mother continued to praise Huahua for being generous, decent, virtuous and dignified.

Hearing these words a few days ago, Ping'er must be happy in her heart, and she is also very grateful to Gu's mother.

But now, Ping'er listened absent-mindedly, and even sneered in her heart.

Gu's mother gradually stopped talking, and everyone drank tea and ate snacks face to face. The atmosphere in the main room suddenly became a little awkward. Fortunately, the maid who went to the backyard to call Gu Zhihua came back at this time.

"Returning to Madam, the young master is not in the study. I heard from the servant who cleaned the backyard that the young master received an invitation letter from a classmate half an hour ago. It seems that he is going to a poetry meeting."

Gu's mother looked surprised, and asked the maid again: "When will he come back?"

The maid shook her head.

Mother Gu dismissed the maid with a wave of her hand, then turned around and smiled apologetically at Ping'er.

"Mother-in-law, look at what a misfortune this is. He was even called out by his classmates. Why don't I send someone outside to get him back?"

Ping'er put down the tea bowl in her hand and waved her hand: "No need, the young people have their young people's social life, so don't bother."

Mother Gu smiled and nodded: "Hey, my mother-in-law will be considerate, so what, my wedding room and all the furniture in the wedding room are complete. Mother-in-law, may I take you to the backyard to have a look?"

Gu's mother left half of her body from the chair, but Ping'er sat there firmly and did not intend to get up.

"Mother-in-law, don't be in a hurry to see the wedding room. I originally wanted to ask Gu Zhihua face-to-face. Since he 'coincidentally' isn't at home, I can ask you as well. "

Hearing this, Mother Gu sat back again and said with a smile on her face, "What's the matter, you ask."

"When I came to the county this time, I heard something about your Gu family. I just want to ask. Your son Gu Zhihua clearly said that there are three relatives. The first one is the daughter of Ma Xiucai in Wanghai County, and the second one is Baiyan Town Bao. The niece of the eldest family, the third door is the only daughter of Chen Yuanwai's family who runs a rice and grain shop in the county, especially the marriage of Chen Yuanwai's family is only a few days away, why is it suddenly so yellow again?"

Mother Gu's face changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ping'er continued: "And when our two families discussed marriage before, I asked you plainly, why Zhihua is so good, why hasn't he married yet in his early twenties? How did you answer me at that time? You said that he was only studying, Unintentional marriage!"

Mother Gu's eyes flickered, and she had a smile on her face.

"Mother-in-law, you are overthinking. I admit that it was my fault that I concealed the three marriages before. Here, I will take care of the family on our behalf and apologize to you."

Ping'er frowned slightly, unmoved.

Mother Gu went on to say, "I concealed those three marriages without the slightest malice. After all, none of the three marriages came to fruition, so naturally there is no need to make a precondition in front of your real in-laws. Isn't that an insult?"

"Besides, the male college should be married and the female college should be married. A family adopts a daughter from hundreds of families. Zhihua's father and I asked a matchmaker to find a marriage for him. But before your Huahua met Zhihua, didn't you marry another man? Have you ever been on a blind date?"

Ping'er was annoyed by Gu's mother's words, but she still couldn't see any clues on her face, but her eyes were colder.

"According to what you mean, you are reminding me that our two families have each discussed marriage with others before discussing marriage, so the turtle should not laugh at bastards, and no one should find fault with anyone. Is that what you mean?" Ping'er asked.

Gu's mother knew that Ping'er was annoyed, so she changed her tone and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, you are overthinking, how can I mean that? But to be honest with you, we are all parents Yes, the marriage of our children is the rock in our hearts!"

"Our Zhihua himself really didn't intend to get married. To put it bluntly, his father and I found the three marriages for him in private. As soon as the red thread is pulled, Zhihua meets Huahua and immediately plans to start a family, this is fate!"

"So mother-in-law, don't believe what those people outside gossip about. Our two families are destined for each other. I fell in love with Huahua the first time I saw it. When the children get married, we will be a family. One family does not speak two languages. , don't be provoked by outsiders."

Ping'er also raised the corners of her lips: "Yes, the family does not speak two different languages. The mother-in-law, I heard that you have a widowed niece who lives at home? Since they are all relatives, can you call me out and let me see? I didn’t even recognize them when I met them on the street.”

Hearing Ping'er's call to see her niece, Gu's mother's expression was obviously a little unnatural.

"Hey, speaking of my niece, it's really a poor fate. She lost her mother when she was three years old. My brother-in-law is ungrateful. If he marries a bride, the child will suffer."

"I took her to my house to raise her, and grew up with my two girls. She was treated as my own daughter. I finally bought a dowry for her and married her. Unexpectedly, my uncle was short-lived. He brought a four-year-old His son was a widow and was kicked out by his husband's family, so we had no choice but to take them back and give them a bite to eat, it's all about doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

(End of this chapter)