Foster son and husband

Chapter 143
Ji's mother nodded and said: "There are people from the Zheng family. When entering the second gate, Mrs. Yu followed. The woman in the Zheng family only said that she wanted to see his wife, but she didn't say anything else. It's our mother Lin who has a lot of eyes, and quietly followed in through the second gate. , Pretending to go to Qiuhuayuan to search for someone, heard the eldest lady cry, and saw Chunyue running out and shouting: "Where is mother He? Find mother quickly, the wife has passed out! The servant girl brought hot water in, and when she came out He covered his mouth and whispered, "Miss Biao is gone!"

Except for the old lady, Xu Junying and Mei Niang, everyone in the room was stunned. Zhuang Yulan's expression changed, she looked at Xu Junying, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, closed her eyes and began to cry.

The old lady Xu glanced at Zhuang Yulan, then at Ji's mother, Ji's mother hurriedly walked over to pat Zhuang Yulan gently, and whispered: "Girl, don't cry... This is our Jinhua Hall, the old lady is here! "

Zhuang Yulan suddenly stopped crying, lowered her head, and remained motionless.

Mei Niang looked at her, bit her lip, groped in her sleeve for a long time but couldn't find the handkerchief, then remembered that she had given it to Heng Er to play with on the road, so she had to raise her sleeve to cover half of her face, everyone thought she was very Uncomfortable, in fact she is indeed uncomfortable, but she endured it with a smile.

Cousin Zheng died, and the eldest wife was not good, Xu Junying naturally couldn't sit still, so she got up and left, and wanted to go to stay with her mother.

The old lady Xu had a sullen face, and she said after a long while: "The matter has come to this, so what can you do if you go? Your cousin Yu just has a cold, and it can be cured with three or five doses of medicine, but the Zheng family is so dilapidated. What a girl, she died only two days after being sent back! Qiuhuayuan is not feeling well right now... You are an important minister of the imperial court, and you have to go back to the Ministry to handle official business tomorrow, so there is no need to go! If you are worried, let Meiniang go Take a look, serve some more, live a day or two, your mother is better, you go again!"

Zhuang Yulan loosened her grip on the cuff a little bit, and when she heard Xu Junying's words, she became nervous again.

Xu Junying said: "Grandmother said that Qiuhuayuan is really not very good now, but as the eldest son, grandson has to go and take care of him. Please rest assured, grandma, grandson is strong and will be fine. Otherwise, the grandson will have to send people to the medical hall to invite two imperial physicians to come over, one to diagnose the mother's illness, and the other to prescribe a prescription to eliminate evil and impurity, pick up some herbs and smoke them in various courtyards in the mansion, it should be it works."

The old lady nodded and said: "This is the most appropriate! Your mother doesn't care about everything now, Mei Niang looks like she doesn't understand, it's just hard for you, you are busy with business outside, and you have to take care of your family when you come back... Sigh! This is why the older generation always tells you to marry a wife who is able and talented! It will be easier after a while. Then Yinger will do it, be careful, tell your mother, let her Rest at ease, over there at the Zheng family, the mansion will send someone to take care of it for a while!"

Xu Junying bowed to her grandmother after she finished speaking, and turned to look at Meiniang: "Take Heng'er back to Tsinghua University, my cousin Yu is gone, and my mother must be very sad. She was not in good health, and now she has no strength to take her with her. Heng'er, you just need to take care of her!"

The old lady hurriedly echoed: "Heng'er can be taken by his mother herself. After Qiuhuayuan has passed this period of anger, your mother-in-law is still willing to take him, let's talk about it again!"

Mei Niang pretended not to care, and responded with lowered eyebrows, "Yes, my grandson listens to my ancestors!"

After Xu Junying left, the sisters-in-law sat with the old lady for a while, only talking about light and funny topics, and tried not to mention Zheng Meiyu as much as possible. Ruiyun served hot tea again, and the old lady asked Ruiyu to take it again. Some melons and fruits come out, a large blue and white plate, divided into eight grids, each grid is filled with pine nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, red melon seeds, black melon seeds, and some preserved fruits, sugar grains, placed on the At the round table, the grandparents and grandchildren sat together, talking and laughing, drinking tea and eating snacks.

While chewing, she suddenly heard the cry of a child from outside, Meiniang was startled for a moment, put down the melon seeds in her hand, stood up and wanted to go outside, but she saw a figure swaying behind the screen of flowers and birds blocking the door. It was Ruixue who carried Heng'er out, but this time it was Xia Lian who carried her in. Xia Lian looked a little flustered, while Heng'er had her mouth curled up, her face was stained with tears, and her eyes were also filled with tears. Holding each other together, seeing Mei Niang, she opened her mouth and cried again.

Meiniang took him over, gently shook and patted him, Heng'er seemed very aggrieved, and cried louder and louder as she coaxed him, Meiniang had never seen him like this before, took the handkerchief in Xia Lian's hand, and wiped away tears Wiping his nose again, and coaxing him softly, he was in a hurry, and sweat was about to break out.

Seeing this, the old lady grabbed a piece of dried peach and handed it to Zhuang Yulan: "Child, just coax her with candy and fruit, go and help her!"

Zhuang Yulan came over, took a handkerchief and put Tao'er on it, stretched it out in front of Heng'er, smiled and said softly, "Do you want Heng'er to eat fruit?"

Heng'er's tears had just been wiped away, and she could see clearly that she stopped crying. She reached out and grabbed the piece of dried peach, and brought it to her mouth to bite. Mei Niang said, "Oh, Heng'er, you haven't washed your hands yet." Woolen cloth!"

Bai Jingyu hurriedly stood up and asked the girl: "Go, bring hot water and a clean handkerchief!"

The old lady smiled and said, "Child, what's the matter? Let him stop crying first!"

Zhuang Yulan stretched out her hand: "Come here, Heng'er, I'll take you to eat sweets, there are a lot of them over there!"

Heng'er let go of Meiniang and let Zhuang Yulan carry her away. Meiniang said: "Cousin Lan, be careful, he is very heavy, don't fall!"

Zhuang Yulan hugged Heng'er, very happy: "It's not heavy, I can hold it!"

Walking to the old lady, the old lady gave Heng'er another candy, and Ji's mother brought Ruiyu in with hot water and said with a smile:
"Brother Heng, come and wash your hands. I was just grabbing the flowers and plants carved on the stone railing in the yard. Xia Lian accidentally slipped and fell, and fell with my brother. This little hand turned red when it was slapped on the ground. painful."

The old lady withdrew her smile and looked over with cold eyes. Xia Lian immediately went to the open space and knelt down, lowered her head with tears in her eyes and said, "It's the servant's fault, I fell down!"

Zhuang Yulan asked Jin Suo to come over and hold Heng'er, twisted a hot handkerchief and wiped Heng'er's hands, and exclaimed, "Oh, the skin is peeling here! No wonder Heng'er is crying like that! Xia Lian, why are you so careless, girl? This is still under our noses, you can knock my brother down, if you don't watch him on weekdays, you may fall into what kind of way he is, and you won't say anything when you come back of!"

Xia Lian cried and turned to Mei Niang's side, and kowtowed: "Your servant is wrong! Please be punished by grandma! The servant is just negligent today, and she is well dressed on weekdays, and I didn't let my brother fall!"

Mei Niang said indifferently: "Heng'er's hand is peeling off a little, I saw it, it's not a big deal. As long as the child is learning to walk, the fall is much heavier... You take care of it very well, Heng'er will leave it to me Don't worry, get up!"

Xia Lian was about to get up, but when she looked up and saw the old lady's face darkened, she lowered her head and knelt again, not daring to stand up immediately.

The old lady said: "Grandma is kind and weak and easy to talk, you can't just ignore it like this! Brother Jingui, if you don't have a long memory, if you bump into each other, you will not be spared. No matter which brother you are in the future My son, the mistress is the same mistress, if you don’t take care of her well, she can arrest you and question you, remember?”

Xia Lian stayed for a long while before finally understanding the old lady's words, she hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your servant remembers!"

"Get up!"

Xia Lian got up, bowed her head and retreated behind Mei Niang. Zhuang Yulan breathed a sigh of relief, with a gentle smile on her face, looked at Heng'er who was being held by Jin Suo, and handed him two pieces of dried peaches. One piece for the left hand and one piece for the right hand, and it was the time when the long teeth wanted to bite hard objects, so he gnawed very happily.

Mei Niang looked at it coldly, snorted secretly, ignored her, let her play with Heng'er there, although the older one was a little afraid of drunk tea, at least it was settled, and they would get married in a few days, and the younger one took a few candies Just want to buy?It's not that easy!

Bai Jingyu said to Fang Shi: "Brother Shen, have you felt better these two days?"

Fang smiled and nodded: "It's much better, just don't let it touch that place, and it will hurt if you touch it a little bit!"

The old lady said: "Let them work harder, apply the medicine a few more times, and they will recover faster. Don't let the children suffer for too long!"

Fang bowed her head and said: "Yes! The granddaughter-in-law follows the teachings of the ancestors, and let them apply the medicine several times a day when they go back!"

Mei Niang looked at Fang Shi, and Bai Jingyu knew she didn't understand what was going on, so she smiled and said softly: "Brother Shen can run and jump, but he ran too fast the day before yesterday and fell on his knee!"

Mei Niang Fang Shi smiled: "It will be fine soon, Brother Shen, you can remember to slow down when you run in the future."

Fang laughed: "That's right, if he fell down there, he would always remember to go around and go far away!"

Bai Jingyu said: "When my eldest sister was just learning to walk, she didn't fall at all, and now she can walk steadily."

The old lady nodded and said: "Girls should be like this. They should be more delicate since they were young. They behave dignifiedly and elegantly. They can learn the rules well in the future. Like Lan Er, she was brought up like this! It's a pity that her nanny died. Good morning, or let that nanny help take care of the eldest sister, you will really be relieved!"

Bai Jingyu smiled: "What a pity!"

The old lady said again: "every lady is different. You are virtuous, filial, reasonable, and good-natured. I know that Lang'er has neglected you recently, and your mother-in-law is also confused. Don't worry, when Wei'er grows up, you still have to let go." Raised by your side, you are the mother-in-law, no matter how many aunts give birth, they will only respect you as the mother, the old ancestor is here, if you have anything to say, just ask your mother-in-law to come and tell me!"

Bai Jingyu lowered her head: "Thank you, old ancestor, for being the master of grandson's daughter-in-law! But grandson's daughter-in-law has a big sister, so it's fine!"

"The elder sister is a girl, and she will marry after all. If you can't give birth to a son, you have to rely on Weier. She was raised by your side since she was a child, and she will be your own son in the future! As for the aunt who gave birth to him, she was pampered by the master when she was young. , After a few years, why can't you get rid of your love? I told you before that you are fighting, crying and making noise like that, you don't have to bother, and you make people laugh!"

Bai Jingyu blushed: "It's the granddaughter-in-law who is ignorant and troubled the ancestors!"

The old lady sighed: "You are still young, take your time!"

Mei Niang was too lazy to listen to what they said, watching Heng'er biting and spitting out the candied fruit, making it all over the table, Zhuang Yulan and Jin Suo took care of him carefully, Xia Lian didn't dare to approach him, she was impatient Now, Xu Junying took advantage of Mrs. Zheng's illness and gave Heng'er to her. She was happy for a while and asked Cuixi to pass on the message that she would not go to Ziyun Hall this morning, and wanted to sit with the old lady for a while, but the present is not what it used to be. She no longer had the same thoughts as before, mobilizing all the funny cells in her body to cater to the old lady and make her happy. On the contrary, the longer she sat in this room, the more unbearable the dull air inside was.

　Second night. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)