Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 56

Lin Qingran turned her head to look at Shao Ziyu, "The steward said that this house has been around for decades. Who do you think used this piano?" Ran stretched out her hand and fiddled with the strings, the sound was dull, as if it was about to break.

Shao Ziyu came over to take a look, and reached out to touch the two characters engraved on the underside of the piano, "This should be my grandmother's piano. My grandfather once said that when my grandmother was not married, she ranked tenth in the family, so she was called Shi'er."

The place where Shao Ziyu touched is already a little blurry. If you look carefully, it is the word Shi'er. Before Lin Qingran got married, she heard a lot about the Shao family. When Hou Ye came back from the war, he was already with the current Mrs. Tai, so how could he have time to bring grandma here alone.

"This should be the place where grandfather and grandmother came when they first got married." Shao Ziyu went to the bookshelf and found a few books, one of which was like a memorabilia. However, after writing for a month, I didn't continue to write. Presumably, I returned to Luodu City.

"Look at this, Mr. Lin Qingran." Lin Qingran raised the book he found on another shelf. The handwriting on it was beautiful, and it didn't look like Master Shao's handwriting. Shao Ziyu took it and said, "This is grandmother's handwriting, little When I was in my grandfather's study, I found a few books like this, hand-copied by my grandmother, but after a few years, these books disappeared." Shao Ziyu paused, "It should be said that it is very difficult to read books in my grandfather's yard. Find Grandma's stuff."

"I think grandfather should have put everything here." Lin Qingran pointed to the two bookshelves, many of which were written by Madam Shao during her lifetime.

At that time, Madam Shao was born in a scholarly family, and her ancestors had high school champions, and her grandparents and parents also held high positions in the court. Madam Shao was very talented.

Their grandchildren's stories were all told by their elders. In these books, Lin Qingran seemed to see Mrs. Shao like that, gentle and beautiful, delicate and gentle.

There was the shyness when the relationship between Master Shao and Lord Shao warmed up when they first got married, and there was also the longing when Lord Shao waited at home when he went out to fight. Later, when Lord Shao came back with Mrs. Tai, Lin Qingran only I saw Mrs. Shao's handwriting in the corner of the bookshelf, revealing disbelief and sadness.

"Grandmother didn't start writing for a few years before she passed away." Shao Ziyu also heard this sentence from an old mother who served her grandmother a few years ago, and now the old mother has passed away.

From ancient times to the present, marriage has been a woman's second life. Even in the relatively open modern age, Lin Qingran sees that women are still at a disadvantage in marriage. If the person with the second life is not good, the result will be very sad.

She has no right to judge whether the elders are right or wrong, but she has some speculations about the purpose of her grandfather giving this house to her, "Tell me, does my grandfather want us to keep these things?" In the future, when Master Shao passed away, the things in his hands might not be divided according to his final wishes.

Shao Ziyu handed her a brocade box that he took off from the antique shelf. Inside the box was a hairpin. The hairpin was inlaid with carved jade flowers. Seems to be the same, Shao Ziyu picked up the hairpin, "This should be from the same piece of jade."

"Why didn't grandfather give this house to the second uncle." Lin Qingran always felt that there were too many things in the study, like a secret, and they didn't see all of them, but only part of them.

"The second uncle will probably burn this place with a torch." Shao Ziyu took her out, closed the door, and explained with a surprised expression on Lin Qingran's face, "The second uncle has experienced a lot more than my father. It was also because of my grandmother that I was a civil servant, but I didn't follow my grandfather to join the army. They couldn't get along with each other. Seeing all this, the second uncle will probably only be angrier."

Regardless of his identity or the grievances Mrs. Shao suffered, Second Master Shao hated Master Shao Hou as a matter of course.

The two walked into the inner room. There was nothing in it, it was a residence for them. Shao Ziyu pulled her to sit down, "I don't really hate grandpa."

It should be said that Shao Ziyu couldn't hate Master Shao. He hadn't experienced those things back then. Mrs. Shao had passed away when he was born, and what he heard was far less intense than what his eyes saw. Boben wanted to keep me by his side, but my grandfather took me by his side directly. During the three years from the age of seven to nine, my grandfather was afraid that I would be overwhelmed if I kept my mouth shut. He took me with me whenever I went out. That's why the Holy Majesty was so familiar with me. Me, every time the Holy Majesty summons grandfather to enter the palace, he will bring me with him, Qingran, in fact, the person my grandfather loves the most is my father." Shao Ziyu sighed softly, "It's just that in my memory, the They've become a bit blurry."

"Are you conflicted in your heart?" Lin Qingran held his hand instead, "There is nothing wrong with knowing how to repay kindness. The things between grandfather and grandmother are not clearly explained by these things in the study." Maybe the previous The final evolution of the grievances is the current situation in the Hou Mansion, and the battle for titles that will soon come.

Shao Ziyu shook his head and held her in his arms, "I don't hate my grandfather, but I have blamed him."

Lin Qingran patted his hand, and said in a relaxed tone, "Okay, let's not talk about this, you brought me to Sangjiang, you don't want to remember the past, do you?"

"It's my husband's fault." Shao Ziyu smiled, "Let's take the lady out now."

After taking a nap after lunch, Shao Ziyu took her to Sang Lake. Sang Lake is so big that you can’t see the side at a glance. On one side are the fishing that Lin Qingran saw on the way here, and on the other side are some restaurants and restaurants. Anecdotally, the restaurants along the lake are doing very well in this season, so Shao Ziyu took her to charter a boat and boarded the boat with a cook on board.

When the boat sails to the middle of the lake, the boatmen on the boat will directly come to the drag nets in the lake, one by one, there are fish and shrimp in the nets made into baskets, like a live feast.

Lin Qingran looked at the lively river prawns in the basin in surprise, and asked the boatman, "Master, how do you cook these?"

It was the first time for Lin Qingran to see such a trading method. He fished out a whole basket-shaped fishing net, and the sections in the middle seemed to be separated by extremely tough bamboo. The boatman pulled one. How many things were there? It is purely based on the luck of the guests. The cook cooks the food for the guests on the spot. If you can’t finish eating, you can take it away. The price is negotiated before boarding the ship, and it has nothing to do with the harvest.

As night fell, lights were lit in the cabin, and lights were hung on the deck. Looking around, there were quite a lot of such ships dotted on the lake, and soon a helper cook delivered the dishes. It's not a small clay pot, it's full of deep-fried river prawns, there is no beautiful presentation of noble dishes, it's just a full pot, and it still has a fragrance.

Steamed braised soup, but the cook cooked all the dishes that could be made, and there were still a few fish left in the end. Lin Qingran saw a boat floating nearby, and it was similar in the cabin. , raised his head and asked Shao Ziyu, "There are lobsters here. Wouldn't it be ugly to eat without peeling the shell?"

Shao Ziyu scooped up a bowl of fish soup for her, "I just came here to enjoy this food, so why would I care about it? Here at Sanghu Lake, this is the only way to enjoy the food. If you are ashamed to do this, you can do it in a restaurant." Order food and watch the lake view.”

Lin Qingran was already [-]% full, but she still couldn't get enough of the soup, "Have you been here before?"

"Many years ago, my father and mother brought me here." Shao Ziyu put down his chopsticks, "I was only four or five years old at that time, I don't remember clearly, I just remember that I also chartered a boat."

Before Lin Qingran could speak, Shao Ziyu put the topic aside, "I'll take you to the famous fish market in Sangjiang tomorrow."

"Okay." Lin Qingran smiled and put a large piece of fish into his bowl, "I'll cook it for you."

The cool autumn air at night by the lake was very strong. After washing, Shao Ziyu entered the room and saw Lin Qingran reading a book. When he got to the bed, Lin Qingran made room for him, and then leaned on his arm , Shao Ziyu glanced at it, it was the grandmother's notes.

"I don't want to read it, why did I pick it up again?" Shao Ziyu stroked her hair, and Lin Qingran pointed to a page, "Grandfather gave us the house and approved of us coming here so much, he must have hoped that we Understand the things in this house, no matter how you understand it.”

"Then what did you learn?" Shao Ziyu looked at what she was pointing at, and found that it was about what happened when his grandfather came back with the pregnant Mrs. Tai.

"Why would grandma write about grandfather's helplessness?" Lin Qingran pointed to the four words, "Didn't grandpa marry Mrs. Tai voluntarily?"

Shao Ziyu shook his head, "Grandfather never mentioned it."

Lin Qingran continued to turn down, her expression became a little strange, after a while, she closed the book and took a deep breath, "Master, Mrs. Tai also knelt down to her grandmother and begged to be with her."

Shao Ziyu's eyes also changed, the husband and wife glanced at each other, and then asked someone to light up the study room, and tied the books on the shelf.

When Lin Qingran regained consciousness from the book, the sky outside the window was almost dawn, and she didn't feel sleepy at all, but she was so worried about Mama Li outside the house. The uncle is also arguing with the young lady, how can he not sleep and read all night.

Lin Qingran shook her neck, and stretched out a pair of hands behind her back to pinch for him. Shao Ziyu hadn't been reading it for a long time, but was sorting out the contents of the book she took out after reading it, and wrote a lot scatteredly.

"You didn't even hear me when I called you just now, you were fascinated by watching." Shao Ziyu looked at her with a funny face.

Lin Qingran snorted, it was a habit of two lifetimes, "I stayed up all night and read medical books." After being glanced at by Shao Ziyu, Lin Qingran booed and lowered her head, staying up late to read, isn't it worth it Something to show off.

I was busy until dawn, and only finished reading part of it, but Shao Ziyu had already sorted out a basic overview. The couple looked at what he wrote, and Lin Qingran muttered, "So, grandfather married Mrs. Tai back then, didn't he? Was it really forced?"

(End of this chapter)