married daughter

Chapter 20

PS: **It is really useful, and I made a lot of little friends, haha~ Continue to beat, and ask for tickets along the way, meow! (=^^=)
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, the old lady ordered everyone to leave, and told Ruan Yunting to come to Pine Age Hall after lunch, so that Han Bin's family could take advantage of this time to prepare.

Ruan Yunting was very depressed, her face was wrinkled into a bun all the way, but it matched her today's outfit very well.Seeing her like this, Luo Shimin only thought she was cute, and said sympathetically, "Hey, Sister Ruan has to grit her teeth and get over it, after all, it's too late to start footbinding at the age of 12."

"Why do you have to bind your feet?" Ruan Yunting pouted and stomped her feet, looking down at Tianzu wearing red cotton boots: "I don't think a pair of small feet are so beautiful, but I want to make them crippled. It is also very inconvenient to move, if you encounter any crisis, you can't even run fast."

Seeing her angry look, Luo Shimin not only smiled, "Look at you, I can't remember where you got that cautious look in front of the old lady."

Ruan Yunting was stunned for a moment, and sighed helplessly, "I was also forced to be helpless, my temperament is just like this, I am not pleasing, what can I do if I am not cautious?"
"I don't think your nature is unpleasant anymore. You are cheerful, generous, and easy-going. What are you talking about?"

Ruan Yunting was very moved when she heard that, she smiled and pulled Luo Shimin, but when she lowered her head, she saw that Luo Shimin also had a pair of natural feet: "Sister Luo, you don't have feet bound?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid of pain, and every time my feet are bound, I cry and make noises. My parents are reluctant, saying that even if a girl in a house like ours doesn't have feet bound, she might not be unable to get married, so let's just let it go."

Ruan Yunting said sincerely: "Your parents love you very much."

"Yes." Luo Shimin nodded, and then remembered that Ruan Yunting had no father or mother, so she quickly took her hand to comfort her.

Ruan Yunting saw her like this, her smile became brighter, and she took Luo Shimin's hand and said sincerely: "Sister Luo, you don't have to be so cautious. Actually, I have already seen these things, everyone has their own destiny, how can I not If you don’t allow others to have it? Your parents love you, and it’s too late for me to be happy for you, why would I think so much?”

Looking at her big bright eyes, Luo Shimin saw that sincerity was clear without any hypocrisy, she smiled cheerfully and nodded.

The two returned to the Jingsi Garden together, chatted for a while and had lunch together, Ruan Yunting looked at the time, and hurriedly went to the Pine Age Hall anxiously.She had thought that whether to bind her feet or not was entirely up to the old lady.If the old lady shook her head, the third wife couldn't force it.

But how was she going to convince her?The matter was urgent, and there was no room for her to think about it, so she could only take one step at a time.

When I arrived at Songling Hall, I saw that the maids were waiting outside instead of inside.Ruan Yunting was a little strange.

"Sister Huamei, is there a guest in the old lady's room?"

I don't know if it was her illusion, but Huamei's face turned a little red, her face was full of spring, her eyes were filled with spring water, she glanced into the room and nodded, "That's right, I'll pass it on to you."

"Thank you, Sister Thrush."

Ruan Yunting was very contradictory. It is reasonable to say that the old lady has guests, so she should be sensible not to disturb her, but her matter is imminent, and her mother will wrap her feet into rice dumplings when it is late.For the sake of her feet not being wronged, she could only bite the bullet and be ignorant once.

Not long after, Huamei came back and said with a smile, "Miss Ruan, the old lady invites you in."

"Thank you sister."

After Ruan Yunting thanked her, she lifted the curtain and entered the room by herself, and walked around the screen to the inner room.

The old lady changed into a khaki brocade and plain jacket, her hair was still combed meticulously, her big bun was fixed with a big hairpin, and she sat on the Arhat bed.Besides Han Bin's family, there is no one to serve her
Looking down, I saw a young man in a light blue brocade robe and a silver crown sitting on an armchair.The man has a handsome face, thick eyebrows, deep and rough facial features, not really exquisite, but he has a masculine air, a pair of narrow and long oval eyes are very bright, giving people a sense of knowledge and wisdom, and there are some hanging on the corners of his lips. With a light smile, people feel that he will say something teasing in the next moment.

Ruan Yunting was very shocked. She thought that the old lady's guest must be a certain lady, the wife of a certain family, but who knew it was a young man?
While in a daze, the old lady smiled and said, "Ting'er."

"Ting'er greets the ancestors." Ruan Yunting was troubled in her heart, she came to beg the old lady for mercy, she didn't want to bind feet, but foot binding is a private matter of her daughter's family, how could she say it in front of a strange man?Wouldn't it be a breach of etiquette if I said so?
Seeing that Ruan Yunting seemed to be hesitant, the old lady smiled shrewdly: "Is there something wrong with Tinger?"

"Old Ancestor, I... I'm fine." Ruan Yunting hesitated, pondered for a while before shaking her head, her heart was really torn.The matter of foot binding is not explained, what if the old lady asks Mother Han to take her down for "sentence" in the next second?

Today she wears double buns, thick cotton-padded clothes and trousers, and a red brocade skirt over her head. She is round and round like a doll in New Year pictures, and her delicate little face is flushed red because of anxiety, and her expression is also tangled. Very rich.The old lady, Han Bin's family and the young man all found it very interesting and laughed.

"Just talk about it." The old lady was in a good mood.

Ruan Yunting pursed her mouth and shook her head, "No, it's okay, that, it's really okay."

The more she kept silent, the more curious the old lady wanted to ask, "Say it quickly, don't dawdle, there are no outsiders here." She smiled lovingly at the young man.The young man also smiled back, appearing to have a very close relationship with the old lady.

Ruan Yunting pouted, thinking that you ordered me to say this, it's not that I don't follow the rules, and you can't pick me if you want to pick a mistake.

"Old ancestor." The voice was soft and soft, "I, I don't want to bind my feet."

"..."

Everyone was speechless.Hearing this, the handsome young man and the old lady looked at each other, and burst out laughing.

The old lady's eyes flashed. Since she closed the woodshed that day, Ruan Yunting seemed to be a different person. The originally naughty girl now has a pair of big eyes with aura, which is almost the same as that of Xu Cailing back then. exactly the same.How can a person change overnight?The old lady was curious about what she could say.

"Well, if you can give a reason, it doesn't matter if this foot is not bound."

"Really?" Ruan Yunting was overjoyed, her big eyes were brighter than before.But when she thought of the reason, her face became bitter again.She didn't think about the reason at all. Could it be that she directly talked to the old lady about the equality of men and women, and that binding feet is a feudal thought that harms women?
(End of this chapter)