Foster son and husband

Chapter 234 Determination
238 determination
In the main room of the Xianglanxie courtyard, the servants and maids were dismissed, and the two sisters of the Luo family were sitting together crying. Luo Zhaoying sobbed and wiped away her sister's tears with a handkerchief. Luo Zhuang stood in front of them, distraught and desperate Pointing at Luo Xiangying firmly, she cursed in a low voice:

"How many times has the mother told you? Walk with eyes, take small steps and walk slowly. You are a lucky life. You are a young lady, not a girl who works hard to run errands! You are 16 years old, and you still have to do this. Crazy, laughing, you say this is in Tong County, Jiangning, playing with your senior brother! This is in the Hou Mansion of the capital, talking about marriage with the sixth master, but bumped into the eldest son-in-law, and let him hug him , It’s hard to make people look! So ignorant? I’m really mad at me!”

Luo Zhaoying said tearfully, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have played around with my sister, causing her to rush out of the house. That's why!"

Luo Zhuang looked at her and sighed: "You are a dignified person, the least you can worry me about on weekdays... But today, you are going to go to the Jinhua Hall to say hello, but the elder uncle has already returned. It's a good thing he didn't bring anyone with him, otherwise your sister would have jumped into the Yellow River and it would be difficult to clear it up. You must know that the Hou Mansion has the most strict rules, and there are still three girls who have not left the cabinet. Outside men are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard. You have to be accompanied by many people, if you are walking alone in the garden like the eldest son-in-law, if you are seen by the mother-in-law who patrols the courtyard, you will have to report to him for reprimand!"

"That's none of my business! It's him who doesn't obey the rules..."

Luo Xiangying cried: "Doesn't he know how to dodge it? Seeing such a big man running out, what's wrong with giving way?"

Luo Zhuang said angrily: "Why do you insist on running away? Learn from your sister, behave elegantly, do everything without rushing, this is the appearance of a lady, I can't complain that the old lady loves her, and she will be settled at once... you give Sixth Master Napazi, the old lady found out that although she was angry, she was hidden because of your sister, and she brought me to scold me. The six languages ​​communicate with each other and have mutual affection, so the old lady nodded and said that she asked the sixth child that you are allowed to be a common wife, but you have to follow the rules and wait until your sister is married for a full moon before marrying you in."

Luo Xiangying stopped crying, raised her head to look at Luo Zhuang's family: "Let me be a flat wife? No!"

"Then what are you going to do?"

Luo Zhuang said viciously: "Do not obey the rules, give and receive privately, the sixth master is an official of the court, a noble son in waiting, and has learned a lot of rules since childhood, how can he not understand these? If the sixth master likes you, it's okay , if he wins and abandons you, doesn’t abide by female virtues, and lacks upbringing, it will be difficult for you to be a concubine! Your sister has finally met this good opportunity, and I have made up my mind this time. No matter whether you succeed or not, you must protect your sister first. Married, once the Sixth Master doesn't nod to want you, let Mrs. Zhou send you back to Luojiazhuang outside the city, and wait for your sister to marry the Sixth Master, and then find another marriage for you!"

"Mother!" Luo Xiangying was frightened by Luo Zhuang's face, grabbed her sleeve and cried: "Mother can't treat me like this, I really love Liu Ye! Sister, she loves senior brother, she doesn't have the same level as me." Participate..."

With a sound of "pa", Luo Zhuang slapped Luo Xiangying on the left side of the face: "If you talk nonsense again, watch me sew your mouth shut, so as not to ruin your sister Qingyu!"

Luo Zhaoying heaved a sigh of relief. There were no tears in her eyes. She looked coldly at her crying sister covering her face, got up and went back to her room, lit up the oil lamp on the table, sat down and picked up the needlework on the table. , embroidered carefully, the cotton cover embroidered with pandan flowers on the bed was finished long ago, the old lady couldn't put it down, she praised her again and again, she knelt on the mahogany floor mat to knead the leg bones for the old lady, seeing the old lady's feet A silk thread came off the embroidered shoes she was wearing, so she stretched out her hand to gently touch the uppers, raised her head and smiled and said to the old lady, "I will embroider two pairs of new uppers for my aunt, one pair with beautiful lotus flowers, and the other pair with rich peonies!"

Following her gaze, the old lady also saw the embroidery thread that had been taken off from her shoe, she nodded her head and said joyfully, "What a good boy, he is careful and filial! You go to embroider, when you finish embroidering two pairs of shoes, My aunt also has a gift for you!"

She just knew that the marriage was settled, and the gift that my aunt mentioned should be the gift of thanking tea to the elders after the wedding!
There was a little excitement in my heart, which was caused by desperately suppressing it, and I had to suppress it, every time her good deeds were publicized, they would always be destroyed in a short time, and in the end it was nothing but joy.

She will definitely not be happy this time!She wanted to grasp it, and after two years of chasing it, her dream finally came true, and she couldn't lose at the last moment!
Since she was a child, she has not been a vulgar fan who is willing to be content with the status quo. She deeply understands the truth that people go to high places and water flows to low places. Women can't take part in scientific examinations to become officials, so they must be officials or rich people. Wife!In order to climb high, she abandoned her childhood sweetheart, her senior brother who was sincere to her, because he was not good enough, his reading qualifications were not good enough, and he failed the exam twice. In terms of family background, he was just a wealthy family with a little land in a small county town, and he was good at painting. so what?Is it possible to support his wife and children by selling paintings to make money in the future?Without hesitation, she urged Luo Zhuang to make up her mind to leave Tong County, but her senior brother's tears could not stop her brisk steps.

At Jiangning's mother's uncle's house, the Zhou family and Li family in Jiangcheng came to discuss their relatives. They were all wealthy and noble families. When they met her, they sincerely asked for marriage. She also thought that such a family background would be fine. The family wanted her to be a good concubine, and the reason was that the girl from the family who had proposed to marry her agreed to marry, and the young master of the Zhou family had a relationship with that girl... However, the Li family was ruined by her own sister, and she was very angry. Gritting her teeth, she persuaded her mother to give up her father's bones and return to her hometown in the capital. There were so many nobles in the capital, but she didn't believe that with her talent, appearance and character, she couldn't marry a noble family!
Younger sister Xiangying's eyes are indeed vicious, and she can tell that Master Liu is not her favorite type, but the younger sister is only half right, she admires Master Liu, he is an elegant and noble son, talented and profound, even with fame Modesty and gentleness, it is completely different from those rich and wealthy dudes in bright clothes and angry horses who look sideways at people on the street. Only such people are truly magnanimous and capable. She seems to have seen Liu Ye's bright future, In front of your son-in-law, she didn't hurry to catch her, and let her sister do bad things, she is really a fool!
The fragrant scene under the orchid tree in the academy over there is vivid in her mind, and her heart beats faster and her breathing is unsteady when she thinks about it. She is a little worried about that jade ring. Why the hell did she listen to her senior brother and wear it every day, and it became a habit. Now I can only hope that a good piece of jade ring will roll down to a blind corner, so that no one can pick it up. Even if she finds it, no one will know that it is hers if she doesn't say it. Without noticing it, who would have thought that a jade ring would fall from the sky?

The younger sister was moved first, and impressed Liu Ye with her chess skills on the grounds of her sister's painting skills. She watched them talking and laughing, sitting and moving chess pieces relative to each other, and did not move for a long time. Maybe Liu Ye also has feelings, so what?She is the eldest daughter, and if she wants to marry, she will marry first, and her status has been agreed. It is impossible for Xiangying to surpass her, and it is impossible for Xiangying to become an equal wife or concubine!
How could she allow her husband-in-law to have a relationship with another woman?Not even my own sister!

The mother was going to accompany the sisters to the Jinhua Hall to pay their respects, she was the one who went out first, and saw a man walking down the corridor with his head bowed from a distance, he was not a man from the waiting mansion, but a cousin-in-law from the Yuehua Courtyard next door!He is not with his cousin, without his wife and servants, and he dares to come here alone!

Her heart was pounding, her mind was spinning rapidly, she immediately turned around and ran into the courtyard, met her sister and poked her armpit, Xiangying jumped up in shock, and immediately laughed and played with her, annoyed, She intentionally let Xiangying pinch her, and then chased Xiangying out of the door, saying: "Damn girl, watch me catch you so I can beat you!"

Where did Xiangying think of anything else?Another playful one, giggling, and ran out like that, exactly as she expected, met her cousin-in-law, not only that, Xiangying fell into his arms, the cousin-in-law reached out to hug him, and the two embraced The scene was watched by the mother-in-law, servant girl, and mother Luo Zhuang who came later!
Things have come to this, if Xiangying can still marry Liu Ye with her, then the elder sister has no choice but to admit it!

In Jinhuatang, the old lady had done a lot of acting in front of Xu Junxuan, seeing him standing aside in panic, she thought about letting him go first, then waved her hand, as if she was sad and didn't want to see him again, and let him go , the sixth child still dawdled for a while, and finally saw that his grandmother ignored him, and then left sadly.

Mrs. Xu only had two sips of tea here. The second grandma Bai Jingyu came, and after paying respects, she winked at Ji's mother. Ji's mother hurriedly asked Ruiyu and the girls to hide in the back hall. Bai Jingyu reported the matter in full, the old lady His face darkened, and he suspected that Bai Jingyu couldn't get used to Luo's cousins. After several times to find fault with them, he asked Ji's mother to call the wives who followed the two girls to ask. What Xu Xiaomin's teaching mother said almost didn't Make the old lady mad.

"Returning to the old lady: This is true! The servants don't know what to do, and they are going to report to the eldest grandma. After walking a few steps, they see the second grandma... It is too late to avoid it. Seeing it, the eldest son-in-law is holding Xiangyingbiao girl of Xianglanxie just like that... The two girls are frightened and ashamed, and the fourth girl is crying! If it weren't for the second grandma's persuasion, the two girls would not be here until now It’s okay, I just saw things that I shouldn’t have seen, and I couldn’t explain it, I was ashamed and depressed, and I didn’t have the face to come to Jinhua Hall to serve the old lady for dinner! It turned out that the slaves should be damned, but I didn’t expect such a thing to happen Happened, the shadow of the mother-in-law patrolling the garden is gone!"

The old lady pointed at the women and servants kneeling on the ground with trembling fingers: "Delicious food and drink are offered, and the monthly money is handed over to you, and the girls hand it over to you. Is that how you carry it? Which way the girls are going, which way are they going? You don’t send someone to check in advance, but you teach the girls to go ahead. What kind of evil spirits and ghosts have happened, and you can’t let them block you? Come on! Drag this itchy slave out and beat him to death!"

The wives were scared out of their wits. We must know that the old ladies usually don't say harsh words, and insist on doing as soon as they say it. They immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Seeing that Bai Jingyu deliberately made things bigger, the old lady still refused to focus on the main point, and only talked about other things, so she couldn't help feeling even more suffocated: Just protect the Luo family sisters like this?Why?Because they are the granddaughters of the Zhuang family, what are the descendants of the Xu family?Wasn't it born by an old lady surnamed Zhuang?The reputation of the girls is not as good as her determination to control the marriage of the sixth child?
　One watch, and the second watch after eleven o'clock. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)