After Zhou Yanqing heard that, he said with a smile: "How can you ask me to invite you? Even if you just sneeze in this courtyard, you will know immediately that it is your mother. You miss me, and you still have to be upset.
Are you coming here? There is no need for you to send someone to invite him."
As Zhou Yanqing spoke, he leaned over and squeezed into the same chair as the old lady.
He held the old lady's arm affectionately and rubbed his head against the old lady's shoulder blade.
"Go, go, don't worry about the heat."
The old lady was very happy about Zhou Yanqing's closeness. However, she was angry and scolding, and she even tried to push Zhou Yanqing with her hands.
"Oh Mom, I'm sitting on half of my butt just now. Mom, don't you feel bad for throwing your son to the ground? I miss my mother very much, and I won't let you get close to me."
The old lady was extremely happy that Zhou Yanqing was as attached to her as she was when she was a child. How could she really want to drive him away?
The old lady slapped him and said: "You can say some nice words to coax me. Why have you missed me? How many days have it been? You Saturday Master Shenlong has never seen you, and you haven't even shown your face."
.It’s very rare for me to see you, and you won’t come even if I don’t send someone to invite you.”
"How can that be possible? Aren't you just trying to get money for your mother?"
"Your mother is already half buried in the earth, so why do you need so much money? After your mother dies, won't all her money be yours?"
"Oh, mother, what are you talking about? I won't die. Didn't mother promise to bring me a grandchild? I have never forgotten it."
Old Mrs. Zhou laughed heartily: "How could I have said that I would look after your grandson for you? It's good enough to look after your son for you. How can I wait until I can look after your grandson for you?"
"Don't look at it anywhere! Your mother's face is a sign of great fortune and longevity. Not to mention your grandson, you can see it even your grandson's grandson."
The old lady laughed and was very happy to be coaxed by her old son.
After laughing, he said sternly: "Don't talk about things that are so far away. You promised me that you would find a wife who would give me a grandson. Why has it taken so long, but you are not willing to live in peace? You still have to make my mother wait.
how long?"
Zhou Yanqing was not perfunctory this time, and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, you will be able to have your grandson soon this time."
The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Oh, whose girl is she from?"
Zhou Yanqing rolled her eyes and asked instead, "Mom, what kind of girl do you like?"
"You brat, you still don't know what kind of girl my mother likes? However, as long as Qing'er likes my mother, she will also like her."
Zhou Yanqing's eyes lit up: "Mom, are you serious? Do you like everything my son likes?"
The old lady glanced at him suspiciously, thought for a while, and said: "I can't spoil you. Your heart has become wild in the past few years. Of course, it's a girl's family who is stable, generous, sensible and filial. Our family's property is
Well, in the future, a hundred years from now, you and your brothers will have to be separated. It’s best to find someone who can help you, someone your in-law’s family can trust. Someone who can read and read accounts and can help you with the housekeeping. That way
The people are the best.”
The more Zhou Yanqing listens, the brighter her eyes become. She is steady and generous, sensible and filial, literate, knows how to read accounts, and knows how to manage the house. Which of the following does not suit Jin Niang?
Mrs. Zhou took the opportunity to glance at Zhou Yanqing and saw the joy in his eyes. Is there anything else you don't understand?
This son of hers must be someone she loves.
The old lady was happy and said: "The person you like is naturally the best, and he will be with you in the future. If a husband and wife love each other, the family will naturally be harmonious."
"But our family is not an ordinary family after all. Your sisters-in-law's families are either officials or scholars. No matter how bad the family is, they are also well-off families. A family like ours naturally requires a well-matched family."
Zhou Yanqing was speechless after hearing this.
"Mom, our family doesn't lack anything. If we want a good match, as long as the other person has a good character, it will be fine, right?"
Old Mrs. Zhou smiled and patted him and said: "Nonsense, what kind of family is ours? Not only our house, but also the branches and outlying branches are not as good as ours. They all pay attention to being well-matched. Our family has been in Qingchuan City for more than a hundred years.
Yes, you are famous here. Naturally, you want a girl from the right family. Marrying a girl from a small family is timid and you don’t want to make the in-laws of the aristocratic family laugh. If your concubine brothers get married, your mother will
I have found a good match for them, so there is no way you can be careless about the match."
After hearing this, Zhou Yanqing stood up and sat on another chair aside.
He said: "Mom, I don't want to rely on my in-laws for support in the future. I can earn a lot of money on my own. Besides, a small family or a poor family does not necessarily have no good girls."
The old lady watched blankly as her son got up and sat aside.
When the son got older, he stopped being clingy to his mother. The old lady sighed, feeling a little disappointed for no reason.
She collected her thoughts and said: "Mom didn't say that there are no good girls from small families. It's just that their upbringing is different from that of families like ours, and the environment they grew up in is also different. How can they integrate into a family like ours? In the future, you will be divided into
Naturally, I will help you host the banquet when you go out, and I will also help you socialize with relatives and friends. If you don't do it well, it will not only lose your face, but also the face of our Zhou family."
"Mom, what do these mean? If you don't understand, you can learn them later. No one is born with this knowledge."
The old lady said angrily: "You can't be careless. The knowledge here is profound. Even those raised in wealthy families are different. The concubine and the legitimate daughter, regardless of whether they come from the same family, are very different in their bones.
.The upbringing of the two is different since they were young. The eldest daughter has been learning to be a housekeeper since she was a few years old. Mother is determined to find a daughter of the right family for you to be your wife. Mother does not want to humiliate you."
"Besides, with our family's status in Qingchuan City, where can't we find a good one? Even if you are looking for a capable girl in Wangmen in Beijing, our family can find one for you."
Zhou Yanqing looked surprised after hearing this.
The old lady glanced at him, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Qing'er, could it be that you...could it be that you have taken a fancy to the wrong person?"
Zhou Yanqing frowned and said, "Mother, what kind of inappropriate person is this? Didn't mother say that I would like to find someone to my heart's content this time? Don't talk about being a wealthy family, no matter how good they are.
It's lovely. This time I will definitely find someone to come back to."
The old lady laughed after hearing this.
He said: "How can Mom not let you find someone you like? Even if you find ten or eight people you like, Mom won't say anything to you."
Zhou Yanqing grinned and leaned over: "Did mother agree?"
"What's wrong with this? If the person you are looking for is not qualified to be your first wife, then allow her to be a concubine. Any concubine can be a concubine. My mother will not object to you doting on her, but your first wife must be a girl of the same family.
.Mom, I can’t let you be inferior to your concubine brothers.”
Zhou Yanqing said with a bitter look on her face: "Mother, why bother? Don't you like the person you married and let her occupy a vacant position? Besides, if you neglect her after you marry her, isn't this a bitch? Besides, it's okay for her to be a bitch.
I don’t want my loved one to feel wronged.”
The old lady glared at him and said: "If you don't neglect her when you get married, why don't you? Which man these days doesn't have three wives and four concubines? Do you think your sister-in-law is awesome? Doesn't your eldest brother still have four rooms of concubines in his room?
?Now that your eldest brother has moved into another two-bedroom apartment in the north, your sister-in-law can still stay at home and take care of her mother, and help your brother raise his children?"
The old lady Yuan paused and then said: "My mother won't stop you from taking a concubine. If you like someone, just take it. But you can't do it casually. You can't do whatever you want without mother's permission. This lady
The first wife represents our family and your face."
The old lady looked at his frustrated face, with a hint of forlornness in her eyes: "You can't do whatever you want! My mother can do whatever you want, but my mother must agree to this important matter of getting married. Your sisters-in-law have
They were hired by my mother. Even though they all have shortcomings of one kind or another, they dare not act in front of their mother. Qing'er, what kind of family does the girl you fancy come from? What's really wrong with her?"
"No, there's nothing wrong with it."
He added: "Mom, I really like her. She is steady and generous. She is literate and knows how to read account books. She is also very good at abacus. I am afraid that even our accounting office cannot be as good as her. She is also sensible and polite, and is filial to her family.
, I will definitely be filial to my mother in the future."
Zhou Yanqing had a pleading look on her face.
The match her mother mentioned was definitely not from an ordinary farmer's family like Jin's mother.
He hasn't said that Jin Niang is married and has children. He originally wanted to take it slow, win Jin Niang's heart first, and then slowly reveal it to his mother bit by bit.
Once you accept Jinniang, everything will fall into place.
It's not like he didn't know that it would be difficult for her mother to accept Jin Niang's identity.
But after waiting for so many years, he finally found someone who was compatible with him. And it was someone he really wanted to marry, so how could he let it go so easily?
The old lady glanced at Zhou Yanqing, the anxiety in her eyes made her inexplicably unhappy.
"Qing'er, I said that I won't stop the person you like from coming back. If you really like it, you can naturally bring her in and let her stay by your side. But the wife is different, she is not only
What you do at the head of the house also represents the face of our family."
"Mom, she is better than anyone else. None of my sisters-in-law can compare to her. In the future, if our sixth room is in her hands, I will feel at ease outside."
Zhou Yanqing's attitude was unprecedentedly resolute.
The old lady frowned, rolled her eyes, and said: "Which girl is it from? If you spot her correctly, bring her back to mother to see. This matter is not urgent. You should not accompany me now.
Mom went to have breakfast? Please come and have dinner with me, an old woman, but I listened to your nagging for a long time."
Zhou Yanqing came back to her senses and thought that she shouldn't be too aggressive about this matter. She had to take her time, as droplets of water can penetrate stone. The more anxious she is, the less likely she is to eat hot tofu.
Then he walked over with a smile and helped the old lady up and said, "Isn't it easy for me to have breakfast with you? From now on, I will come every day to accompany you to have breakfast before going out."
The old lady smiled, patted his hand and said, "You can't coax me."
"No way. It doesn't look like a big talker."
"That's good. Mom will remember it all."
"Don't worry, I keep what I say. I heard that Mom invited someone to make your favorite food today?"
"Well, I've done quite a few..."
The mother and son were talking and laughing as they walked to the small flower hall next to it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
ps: I feel powerless these days. There will be more updates in the next few days.
