The beauty of the lady

Chapter 49
On September 29, after the family got together to celebrate Mrs. Zhao's 28th birthday, the mother and daughter slept together at night.

"Mother, our family has more than one hundred thousand taels of silver now. Is there anything you want to buy?"

Mrs. Zhao looked sideways at her daughter's little face that was gradually opening, and pursed her lips and chuckled when she heard her words, "Mother only asks that you and Tang'er are in good health, and that you can marry a good family and live happily ever after, nothing else can be extravagant." It's gone."

"I'm only 11 years old this year, and there are at least three years before we say goodbye. Don't worry, mother thinks I'm an eyesore at home."

"Don't talk nonsense." Mrs. Zhao hugged Zhou Mei into her arms, stroking her smooth black hair, "There is no girl who doesn't marry. You are still young, so you will stay with your mother for a few years. When she reaches Jiji, my daughter will marry a good man."

"How did mother marry daddy in the first place? For a good person like mother, it is no problem to marry an official family and be a young mistress. How could she choose daddy?" She was very curious about this question.

Mrs. Zhao paused slightly while stroking her daughter's hand, then smiled and said: "Mother has happened a lot here, it's too early to tell you now, back then the family also talked about a marriage for Mother, that family has a very high status , but that person is not good, I heard that he treats his daughter worse than his subordinates, as for your father, apart from his low status, there is nothing wrong with it."

Zhou Mei remained silent immediately, she didn't know how high that high-status family was, but in her heart, Zhou Zhouzhuang was still a good person, although he was a bit foolish and filial, but he really had a relationship with Zhao and his children. He is still very principled and knows how to resist things that are not beneficial.

The first snow that fell in that winter, whitened the vegetation in the courtyard, the house, and the distant scenery.

Early in the morning, Zhou Tang was playing with his neighbor Chen Shuo in the yard, while Zhou Mei was collecting bills in the front shop. Over the past few years, customers who often come to Zhou Ji Noodle Shop know that there is a very A beautiful little girl, she would occasionally come to the front shop to help out during meals, which made the diners feel that their appetite improved a lot when they saw this cute and playful little girl.

After breakfast in the backyard on Wednesday, Zhuang came to the front to pick up his daughter's shift.

"Sister Mei, leave this to Dad, you can go to the back and have breakfast with your mother."

Zhou Mei tidied up the silver coins at hand, took a copper plate from a guest, and nodded.

"Shopkeeper, your sister is really juicy. Fortunately, she doesn't look like you." The man standing in front of the counter took the change that Zhou Mei found, and smiled at Wednesday Zhuang.

Zhuang Wenyan on Wednesday was not angry, but nodded with a smile.

Zhou Mei raised her small face and smiled at the guest: "Uncle, everything I look like is the advantage of being like my parents."

The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Zhouzhuang, and the two laughed together, "Yes, yes, what my sister said is, you should be busy, I am leaving."

"Uncle, go slowly."

After finishing the work at hand and handing it over to Zhou Zhuang, she went to the backyard to find Mrs. Zhao for breakfast.

As long as they are in the shop, Zhou Mei will let Wednesday Zhuang finish his breakfast first, and Mrs. Zhao will slow down and wait for Zhou Mei to join him.

When they came to the front hall, Mrs. Zhao greeted Zhou Mei, "Mei'er, you are hungry, hurry up and have dinner."

"Where's Zhou Tang?" It's snowing outside, and he hasn't played enough yet?
"He's gone to Mrs. Qu's house, and he will listen to Mr. Shuo's lectures with Brother Shuo these few days." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.

Zhou Mei raised her eyebrows slightly, "He is only four years old this year, can he understand?"

"I don't understand, but Tang'er is fine anyway, as much as he can listen to, he will be enlightened next year, five years old is not too early." She also followed her mother to listen to her when she was very young. Read books for myself, teach myself to write, and slowly talk to her about various things in books or my own experience.

"Then Enlightenment will find a better husband. Later, we will go to the capital to find a better one for Tang'er. Then I will ask the senior brother to help me find out. After all, we are not familiar with the place there."

When that sensitive word came into his ears, Zhao couldn't help but shuddered, and his face turned pale.

"Mother, are you uncomfortable?" Zhou Mei glanced at her expression and asked worriedly.

Mrs. Zhao pressed her brows and shook her head, "It's okay, maybe I didn't have a good rest last night, let's eat quickly, I will go to rest for a while after eating, we will go back to Zhoujiazhuang in a few days, and we have to prepare something to bring back. "

"I know, mother, don't worry, I'll pack the things myself. I prepared it the year before last, so you just have to rest well now." Zhou Mei was a little worried about her, and said that the things she went back to pack were nothing more than writing materials and For food, no other people in Zhoujiazhuang can use it.

"That's fine." Mrs. Zhao nodded.

After breakfast, Mrs. Zhao went back to her room to rest. Zhou Mei looked at her slender back and frowned deeply.

There should be no discomfort. After all, my mother was fine when I came to eat just now. Could it be because of what she said just now?But there was nothing else, which sentence made my mother change her face.

These days, she has prepared two pieces of cloth and some meat such as sausages, and bought a lot of snacks, and she will take them away when she goes back. After all, there are many children there. I'm pregnant, and I should be able to crawl now. I don't know if I need to prepare some materials suitable for children.

They set off on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. After all, that house is the memory of Zhou Zhuang and his wife. Although for the family, as long as the relatives are around, it’s the same everywhere, but obviously Zhou Zhuang doesn’t think so. It’s good to stay for a few more days. of.

After arriving home in the afternoon, Zhou Zhuang ordered his servants to pack their luggage, while Zhou Mei followed Zhao to the room.

After leaving home for four Spring Festivals, Zhou Tang only came back once, this is the second time, but children are sensitive, he doesn't need others to tell him, he knows in his heart that people in that family don't like his mother, even his father and himself , although I don't know why, I feel that I don't really want to go to the old house.

"Mom, why don't we go there during the Chinese New Year?"

Mrs. Zhao naturally knew what her son was thinking, took his hand and squeezed it, and said with a smile: "Let's go and sit for a while and then go home. Those are your grandpa and grandma, so don't be rude."

"Tang'er knows, she won't be rude." Zhou Tang wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao's soft smile, he swallowed his thoughts.

What he wanted to say was, anyway, that family was only happy when they saw money, and they didn't like their own family, so why did their parents go there every year.

Zhou Mei didn't say anything along the way. What made her curious was that the family seemed to be very afraid of her. As long as she was around, the old Zhou family would always be very honest.

(End of this chapter)