Ajiu

Chapter 44 Taihu Stone

Although the eldest sister is not very old and doesn't remember much, the scenes on the boat are impressive and she will never forget: Ajiu laughing and running on the deck, her father and brothers followed behind her, "Ah Jiu Nine, slow down!" A-Jiu often disembarked with her parents to play ashore, her father hugged her, and she had a bright smile on her face...

"I've never been hugged by my father." The eldest sister lowered her head sadly.

Zhao Zhen sat for a while, and said a few vague words about family matters, "Mother-in-law is urging me so hard, I can't do anything about it, and I know it's abrupt... I presume that I will leave everything to my elder brother, mother-in-law." I have nothing to say..."

Lin Youhui let her drink tea with a smile, quite disapproving of the sadness in her brows.Nan Xionghou is her half-brother, he doesn't treat her harshly, knowing that she was bullied by her husband's family, he is willing to take her back to her mother's family to raise her.She can at least raise her eldest sister An An in the Nanxiong Hou Mansion, so that her eldest sister does not have to live in fear.

"The big sister's round face is much more beautiful, the child is still chubby and cute." Lin Youhui smiled and Mimi looked at the big sister and praised.

Zhao Zhen nodded submissively, "Yes, I am also happy to see that my eldest sister has gained weight."

Zhao Zhen sat for a while, got up to say goodbye, Lin Youhui personally sent her to her door, and said with a smile when parting: "As long as my daughter is good, we mothers will be satisfied and have nothing to ask for." Don't worry anymore, Don't meddle in your own business anymore, it's serious to take care of your own daughter.

The eldest sister was hugged by the nanny, and she gave Lin Youhui a grateful look.

Zhao Zhen sighed, "She's a little girl, I won't be able to rely on her in the future. If it's a son, I'll have hope, and I'll be full of energy." Seeing that the elder sister has become fat and strong, Zhao Zhen is also happy and contented , that's out of the question.

With no son and only one daughter under her knees, Zhao Zhen always felt hopeless and hopeless.

Lin Youhui smiled, "If you have something to hold in your arms, why is it a man?" Zhao Zhen smiled wryly, "You are a lucky person, you already have two sons under your knees, so you don't know my difficulties." Lin Youhui said something out of kindness , seeing her like this, smiled, and politely sent her out the door.

As the eldest sister got into the carriage, she looked back fondly.

Lin Youhui sent Zhao Zhen's mother and daughter away, went back to the room, washed and dressed again, looked in the mirror with satisfaction, walked out of the West Garden with a cold appearance and beautiful shadow, walked through a long narrow road, and went to the main house where Mrs. Lin lived .

"Poor little Ajiu, my cousins ​​are all in school, and there is no one to play with you." Ajiu sat on a chair eating snacks, and Mrs. Lin looked at her lovingly, feeling that she was lonely and had no one. It's so pitiful to play with.

Ajiu giggled, "Grandmother, Ajiu is not pitiful." Beautiful grandmother, with so many elders loving me, if I still feel pitiful, it would be too hypocritical.Besides, it's not that I have no one to play with, there are little girls.

Not to mention that Ajiu doesn't have any concept of hierarchy, even a native of the ancients, who can understand anything at the age of four or five, is quite happy to play with children of different identities and similar ages.

Mrs. Lin's eyes became more loving, "Little Ajiu is really sensible!" Look, the child is sitting alone drinking tea and eating snacks, not at all uncomfortable, but also talking and laughing with his grandmother, what a wonderful child.

Ever since the youngest daughter's family returned to the capital, Mrs. Lin was always smiling and happy.Especially seeing the lively and lovely little Ajiu with a smile like a flower, Mrs. Lin felt even more distressed, and she didn't know how to love her. "Little Ajiu, you and your mother were really alike when they were young." Mrs. Lin saw her granddaughter, and she was filled with tenderness when she thought of her little daughter's childhood.

Ajiu met her grandmother's doting eyes with a happy smile on her face.

"Look at the affectionate appearance of the grandfather and grandson, as if they have never met each other in eight lifetimes." The little girl opened the curtain, and Lin Youhui walked in lightly, joking, "Should I turn around and leave? stay in the eyes."

Mrs. Lin frowned, smiled and pushed her away, "Let's go, I don't have anything to do with you here, I have little Ajiu with me." Lin Youhui took out the handkerchief and pretended to wipe her eyes, "Oh, I still have nothing to do with you. Have a wink, let's go, don't be offensive."

Ajiu cleverly got off the chair, grabbed Lin Youhui's hand, and pulled her to a rose chair, "Mother, sit down, don't leave, I miss you."

Lin Youhui took his seat gracefully, with a smile on his mouth, and deliberately asked: "Ajiu, you miss your mother, what do you think?" Ajiu returned to the chair and sat down again, sighing like a little adult, "One day I don't see you, it's like three autumns. We haven't seen each other for a long time since morning, right? It's like a half autumn."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, like half an autumn, I miss you so deeply." Ajiu shook her head.

The beautiful grandmother and the beautiful mother were all laughing and trembling.

When it was time to eat, the first aunt Feng and the second aunt Wu came to serve.Mrs. Lin smiled and ordered, "You two go back to your room to eat freely, I have your sister-in-law here to take care of you." Both Feng and Wu laughed, "How can I work for my sister? My sister is a guest." Lin Youhui had already washed his hands with water. , holding a snow-white cloth veil in his hand, with a few pairs of bamboo chopsticks wrapped in the veil, he said with a smile: "I, it's rare for me to have a chance to put a chopstick and a cloth with a dish. My mother-in-law loves to be clean, and she always eats when she eats. Let us go back to our respective houses, so we don't have to serve her old man."

Lin Youhui showed off with a smile while placing the chopsticks, "Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, your mother-in-law is not as good as my mother-in-law." Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Feng, and Mrs. Wu all laughed. Mrs. Lin not only laughed, but also pulled Lin Youhui to beat her twice. down as a punishment.

Feng and Wu are still very humble, Lin Youhui smiled, "It took me so much effort to learn this back then! It turned out to be good, I learned it with great effort, and heroes are useless! Let's go back, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, let me let you go today I'll show off." Seeing this, Feng Shi and Wu Shi didn't insist anymore, they said a few homely things, and left.

How could Mrs. Lin really let her youngest daughter Bu Cai, it was just for fun.Mrs. Lin, Lin Youhui, and Ajiu sat down at the dining table and began to eat.

Ajiu usually eats in a very serious manner, and doesn't need to be coaxed or troubled.Today, she turned her big eyes around, it took a long time to pick up a grain of rice, and she ate it carelessly.

"What's wrong with Ajiu?" Mrs. Lin looked at Lin Youhui suspiciously.

Lin Youhui thought about it for a while, and then understood what little Ajiu was struggling with. He pursed his lips and smiled, and told her softly, "Ajiu is still young, as long as she plays happily every day, there is no need to think about anything else."

Ajiu nodded obediently.

After dinner, Ajiu went out to play, and Lin Youhui said amusedly: "She, she doesn't know what to think in her little head all day long, but she is clever. She must have listened to me just now, thinking that she will also be detained in the future." Learn the rules and serve your mother-in-law, I'm afraid."

Mrs. Lin frowned, "Good boy, how precious and spoiled he was in front of his parents and relatives when he was a child, but when he grows up, he wants to marry and live with the face of his husband's family. Thinking about it, I am really unconvinced."

Lin Youhui smiled, "Grandmother treats you so well, she never said a harsh word to you. I am inferior to you in other things, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are just like you, they are excellent. Mother, a good man and a good mother-in-law are still Yes, it doesn’t have to be.”

Mrs. Lin agreed, "Yes, there are still many good people in the world."

Mrs. Lin let go of her worries, but Lin Youhui looked sad, "Mother, Ajiu is most afraid of being restrained, and always wants to be free. It's nothing when I was young, but what to do when I grow up."

Women want to be unfettered, where can they be.Not to mention women, even men who are the masters of the house often have too many times when they can't help themselves.

Mrs. Lin gave her a blank look, "What will happen when you grow up? Our little Ajiu will be free and happy when he grows up! Who dares to make Ajiu feel uncomfortable, hmph, Ajiu's father, uncle, and brothers will go together Get rid of him!"

"Three fathers, eight older brothers, and two uncles, is that enough? If not enough, add three cousins."

At this time, Mrs. Lin was very childish.

Lin Youhui looked at his angry mother and laughed heartily.

Second Master Pei came home very late that day, and he only got home when it was dark.Ah Jiu ran over to greet her, "Daddy, you came back so late, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Second Master Pei picked her up with a smile, put her on a high stool, and looked at her with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Ajiu looked at him curiously.

"The palace is going to choose a companion for the ninth princess. The ninth princess is six years old this year." Second Master Pei said slowly.

The Nine Princesses were born out of Concubine Xian. She was born clever and clever, and she was the emperor's favorite daughter.When she reached the age to go to school, the emperor personally asked her to choose teachers and study companions.

Second Master Pei looked at Ajiu meaningfully. Ajiu was really a little scared at first, but she tilted her head and thought for a while, and said decisively: "Daddy, you are a sixth-grade editor, this matter has nothing to do with me. .”

The princess chooses to read with her, depending on her status.

There was a smile in Second Master Pei's eyes, and he said slowly: "But, you are ranked ninth just like Princess Nine, and it is said that you are talented and intelligent, far superior to ordinary children."

Ajiu frowned, and said with a sad face: "I was wrong, I shouldn't be smart, I should be stupid."

Second Master Pei originally wanted to tease his daughter, but he couldn't bear to see her small appearance, so he stretched out his hand to pinch her little face, and said with a smile: "Daddy told Your Majesty, 'Although my daughter is smart, she is too spoiled and has a temper. Unruly, hard to get selected'."

Ah Jiu became excited, "Then, what does His Majesty the Emperor say?"

I'm already so savage, so don't want me, okay?
Second Master Pei couldn't help pinching her pink face again, and told her about the palace with a smile.

Second Master Pei said that Ajiu was "too spoiled and savage", and the emperor laughed, "Pei Kai's granddaughter, how could she be like this." Prefect Pei, she was a famous founder.His granddaughter should be well-behaved.

Second Master Pei told the story of the day Ajiu was born, and the emperor laughed, "Three sons, eight grandsons, and finally a little granddaughter, no wonder he is like this."

Ajiu looked at Second Master Pei happily, "Then, companion reading has nothing to do with me?"

Second Master Pei smiled and nodded, "It's a great honor to accompany you to read, and you have no part."

With a cheer, Ajiu threw herself into Second Master Pei's arms, and happily kissed him, "You are my real father!"

I was afraid that my daughter would be restrained and wronged in the palace, so I pushed away the "beautiful thing" of being accompanied by the princess, you are really a dear father.

"When will I stop kissing my father?" Second Master Pei couldn't help laughing when he saw her beaming expression.

Ajiu said excitedly: "When you forced me to practice calligraphy, you were..."

Swallowing the word "stepfather" that was on the verge of her lips, Ajiu rolled her eyes and said happily, "You are a strict father! Now, you are a loving father!"

Second Master Pei hugged the smiling little Ajiu, smiling all over his face.

How many people have dreamed of accompaniment, but when they come to Pei's father and daughter, they can't avoid it.

"Have you found a companion for my junior brother?" Ajiu asked cheerfully.

The junior brother she was talking about was naturally the tenth prince.

"The Ministry of Rites selected ten disciples from famous families for him, and he chose them himself." Second Master Pei said slowly.

Regardless of what His Majesty the Emperor did to Empress Zhang, he still loved the Tenth Prince very much.I originally said to let myself pay attention to the companion reading, but now let the ten princes choose by themselves.

"That's right." Ajiu Sha nodded in a serious manner.

Second Master Pei looked at his little daughter's serious and cute appearance, and felt that the lotus was extraordinarily fragrant, her style was cool, and her mood couldn't be more comfortable.

Half a month later, the tenth prince gave Second Master Pei a piece of Taihu Lake stone that is exquisitely carved, thin and wrinkled, and has a strange shape, "I heard that my junior sister is very good at appreciating it, so I gave it to her to play with."

Ah Jiu is good at appreciating Taihu stones?Why don't I, a father, know.Second Master Pei was puzzled.

(End of this chapter)