Eldest daughter

Chapter 230
Fuquan returned home unscathed, the happiest thing is Mrs. Zhang, although he was also beaten, but after all, he did not have any broken limbs, but came back with full beard and full shadow. What.

The most important thing is that when Fuquan returns safely, Wang Er and the others don't have to take the risk of going up the Laoshizi Mountain, and they can be safe and sound. After Wang Yuaner scolded her severely, she avoided him when she saw Wang Yuaner, not daring to go up to meet her.

Regarding Cui Yuan's silent help, Mrs. Zhang took it for granted, but Wang Yuan'er was full of burdens. She helped a lot, so she always has to do something, right?

After guarding for several days, Wang Yuan'er finally caught Cui Yuan in front of Shibosi's gate.

"Your Majesty Cui is busy with other affairs, and you want to see him, but you have to guard in front of this yamen." Wang Yuan'er saw him, and said angrily.

Cui Yuan laughed: "There are indeed many things to be busy these days."

"Then girl, can I bother you?" Wang Yuan'er looked at him.

Cui Yuan smiled and said: "You have to catch your breath even if you hang yourself, since you're here, why don't you go to a teahouse and have some tea together?"

Naturally, Wang Yuan'er had no reason to say no.

In the teahouse, the fragrance of tea is faint, and the sound of the zither is melodious. In front of the two of them, the blue tea leaves are floating in the tea soup.

In such a quiet space, Wang Yuan'er didn't know what to say for a moment. It seemed too easy to say gratitude and thank you.

She didn't speak, and Cui Yuan didn't make a sound, holding the teacup and sipping tea carefully, it seemed that she was really thirsty.

Wang Yuan'er coughed lightly, saw him look over, and said, "Well, thank you very much."

"Ok?"

"About my cousin." Wang Yuan'er was a little ashamed to speak, and said, "Grandfather and the others all want to thank you personally, but my family owes you favors every now and then, and I don't know how to repay them." gone."

"It's nothing more than a little effort." Cui Yuan smiled lightly.

Wang Yuan'er smiled wryly, pursed his lips, and said, "How much silver is that ginseng, shall we get it back for you?"

"I'm doing this favor, and I don't want to ask you to pay back some favors." Cui Yuan looked at her without blinking: "I'm helping the Wang family just because of you."

Wang Yuaner's heart skipped a beat.

Looking into those eyes, they were dark and dark, with unknown emotions, Wang Yuan'er was a little suffocated for breathing.

"I..." She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and let out a long breath, saying: "I think about it, after so long, you also know the environment of my family and my situation."

Cui Yuan moved his mouth, but Wang Yuan'er waved his hand and said, "Listen to me first!"

"Our royal family has been farming and studying for generations. We were born in a poor family. Now, we are just a little bit better than the peasants who face the loess and their backs to the sky. They don't have to go to the fields. My parents have gone early. I am The eldest daughter, there are three younger sisters and one younger brother, I can't leave them alone."

Cui Yuan looked at her quietly.

"When father and mother first left, life was really sad. The reputation of the eldest daughter who lost her mother was not good, and her fate was hard to control her father and her mother. Therefore, the person who came to propose marriage was either the old widower or the dawdling gentleman. , until now, there is only one you, in other words, you are a person in the sky, who actually looks up to me, probably because I burned a lot of incense in my previous life." Wang Yuan'er laughed at herself, and when she raised her head again, The eye circles are a little red.

"I don't know what kind of son you are, but judging by your grandeur, your status is definitely not simple. Regardless of your family background, just your current status, a high-ranking official, is enough for me to look up to. To be honest Yes, for a nobleman like you, it is really my blessing to see a mother-bereaved eldest daughter like me. I should hurry up. After all, there is no such shop after passing this village. I just want to be your concubine. This kind of identity, in the eyes of outsiders, is also high, but..."

"My cousin, as you know, went to a rich family, and it was indeed a gorgeous birdcage, but so what, it's hard to even see the faces of parents. As a concubine, you will depend on others for the rest of your life. On that day, can you be happy?" Where are you going? I would rather be a wife of a small household than a concubine of a large household. This is my bottom line. I need a status that makes me stand upright, so that my siblings can live well."

As Wang Yuan'er spoke, tears flowed down her cheeks.

"In marriage, I have always paid attention to the right family. I don't have any thoughts of climbing high. I just want to find a man of the same family. I will live a down-to-earth and diligent life. I don't need to be rich, just support and love each other, and have a few more children." Cub, it’s a lifetime. As for you, you are the cloud in the sky, and I am the mud in the ground. How can we be together? Rather than asking extravagantly, it’s better not to ask. Cui Yuan, I’m just a little peasant girl, I can’t live The gate of the big house can't live a life of intrigue, let alone climb a tall branch like you."

She grinned at the corner of her mouth, revealing a smile, but in her heart, it was as if thousands of needles had been pierced into it, and the dull pain was unbearable.

One is a person in the sky, and the other is just an ant in the ground, how can they be together?

If there is no result, it is better not to start.

"Finished?" Cui Yuan looked at her: "Then listen to me?"

Wang Yuan'er wiped away tears with the back of her hand, and smiled reluctantly.

"It's better to be a wife of a small family than a concubine of a big family. This is a good saying. No matter how favored and respected a concubine is, she is still just a concubine. As a dwarf, she not only has to respect the mistress, but also cannot listen to her children. A mother and a mother, a concubine has a son, a bastard, even if he is talented, he can’t hold his head up, sad, right?" Cui Yuan smiled, with a bit of sadness in his smile, and said: "Did I tell you that I am a concubine's son? "

Wang Yuaner was startled, and looked at him blankly.

Cui Yuan showed a wry smile, looked out of the window, and said: "The Cui family is a well-known family, and the current head of the family, Cui Lixing, is the commander-in-chief of the third rank. The concubine's life is poor, and the child will die soon. This son will be recorded under the name of the aunt, and there is no doubt that he is the son of the aunt. But even so, how can he change his status as the concubine? Isn't it the name of the concubine? Not to mention, this concubine's reputation is even worse because of the concubine's obsession with her mother at birth."

"As for me, I am the son of the concubine who killed his mother at birth." Cui Yuan looked over and said, "You see, I am as noble as a cloud, and I am just a bastard on the surface. When I was young, no one said that I Fate is hard, Ke Mu, after a few years, I will still Ke Brother."

Wang Yuaner's eyes widened.

How did you say this?

"I have been in my aunt's name since I was born. My elder brother is five years older than me. Our two brothers have had a good relationship since we were young. My elder brother is very smart. He was called a child prodigy when he was young. He treats me more like a sibling of my mother and loves me. Plus, if you don't say it, outsiders will see that I am his biological younger brother, not a concubine."

Cui Yuan fell into memory, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I will have what my brother has, and he will give me what I want. He treats me really well, very well, better than anyone else." Cui Yuan murmured: "Unfortunately, he treats me well." Well, even God will be jealous and take it back."

Wang Yuan'er looked at the person standing in front of the window, feeling lonely and sad, like the fog on a distant mountain, which suddenly made people out of reach, and made people's hearts hurt even more.

Yes, heartache, Wang Yuaner's heart actually felt a little dull.

"When I was three years old, I was playful and accidentally fell into the lake. I almost drowned. It was my elder brother who saved me, but he..." Cui Yuan clenched his fists, showing pain on his face.

Wang Yuan'er covered her mouth, her eyes widened.

"Brother sank in the lake, but he was rescued later. Unfortunately, he fell into the water for too long. After being rescued, he suffered a serious illness, and his brain...is not working properly!" Cui Yuan's hands were trembling.

Wang Yuaner exclaimed.

"Brother is so smart and such a good person, but because of me, because of me, a bastard, he has become a child who will always stay at the age of eight. Tell me, does this mean that God also dislikes me? As for taking my favor and turning that fairy-like person into an idiot." Cui Yuan laughed out loud, but in Wang Yuaner's opinion, that laugh was a hundred times uglier than crying.

"You...don't say it, don't say it if you feel uncomfortable!" Such Cui Yuan made Wang Yuaner's heart ache and made her feel sad.

"Look, in your eyes, the person who is as high as the clouds is so unbearable. You say you are destined, but I am not? Tell me, are we a match made in heaven?" Cui Yuan looked at her with a gleam in his eyes. Dense, like distant mountains and clouds entangled in it.

Wang Yuaner's throat choked and she shook her head.

"Yuan'er, I'm just a bastard, besides being surnamed Cui, how can I be better than you?"

"Don't say that, you are excellent." Wang Yuaner shook his head vigorously: "You don't need to belittle yourself, you are not a bastard, you are Cui Yuan."

Cui Yuan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, it was clear, and said: "Yes, I am Cui Yuan, so I ask to marry you."

Wang Yuan'er raised her head abruptly.

"I won't let you be a concubine. I won't let my child bear the word concubine like me. Since I asked you, I will let you wear a red wedding dress and sit in a sedan chair for eight people to enter the door in a serious manner. " Cui Yuan is very serious: "You don't want to live in a mansion, you don't want to intrigue, you want to live a peaceful life in Changle Town, I will accompany you, you want to take care of your younger siblings here, and I will tolerate you , how are you?"

Wang Yuaner's heart was agitated, and he said for a while: "Impossible, Cui Yuan, even if you are a bastard, you are still the son of the Cui family. The Cui family will not allow you to marry a peasant girl as a regular wife."

"Can you trust me?" Cui Yuan shook her hand and said, "I know this road is difficult, but can you trust me? Trust me to let you wear the red wedding dress, trust me Let you live a comfortable life, can you believe me?"

Wang Yuan'er looked at the big hand covering the back of her hand, her throat was choked up, but she couldn't utter a word.

"You don't need to do anything, you don't need to think anything, you just wait for my letter of appointment, trust me?" Cui Yuan held her hand tightly and said every word.

(End of this chapter)