The night before leaving, Yue Zhongyao still begged Qiao Mingjin to stay and talk to him.
Qiao Mingjin did not refuse.
However, what depressed Yue Zhongyao was that Wan'er was also guarding him in the room with an excited look on his face, following suit every step of the way and not pulling him to say nonsense.
Maybe because he thought his father was leaving, the little guy clung to Yue Zhongyao and followed him everywhere.
Yue Zhongyao had no choice but to hold the little girl in his arms, talk to her, and play with her...
Before returning to the room, Qiao Mingjin handed Yue Zhongyao a purse.
"This is……"
"Take it. I know you don't have any money left. When you go out, you always have to socialize..."
Yue Zhongyao glanced at Qiao Mingjin and pushed his purse back.
"My father-in-law gave me a thousand taels of silver. I dare not refuse the gift from the elders. I can ask for my father-in-law's silver, but I cannot ask for my wife's. It is my responsibility to support the family. Your silver is your dowry, so you can keep it slowly.
Slow flower. I don’t have much money to spend in Beijing. When I save the money, I will get it back to you. Our family’s life will be better in the future.”
Qiao Mingjin looked at the purse he pushed back intently.
This purse was a decision she made after thinking about it for a long time. Most men seemed unwilling to accept money from their wives.
Qiao Mingjin pushed the purse back again: "Even if I lend it to you, you can take it and see if there are any suitable shops or farms in the capital. You can buy it to earn interest. Or there are some suitable small yards that you can buy.
Come down here and have a place to stay. It might as well be left to Wan'er in the future."
After hearing what Qiao Mingjin said, Yue Zhongyao took the purse and stuffed it into Qiao Mingjin's sleeve.
"I said that it is my responsibility to support the family. I should also prepare Wan'er's dowry in the future. I will earn money for you, madam. Don't worry."
Qiao Mingjin saw the firm look on his face. After thinking about it, she had no choice but to forget it.
It's just that this time, Father Qiao and Mother Qiao gave her too much dowry. She had this money in her hands, but it was dead money. She had to think about buying some real estate and shop to earn interest, and she couldn't just rest on her laurels.
But there’s no rush, let’s wait until after the New Year to explore slowly.
The next day, Yue Zhongyao got up at Yinshi. After kissing his daughter who was sleeping beside him, he tiptoed out of bed.
After he finished packing, Qiao Mingjin asked his servants to move his luggage out.
After the two packed up, they went to Lan's courtyard to say goodbye. Father Qiao, mother Qiao and their entire family were waiting for him there.
Yue Zhongyao knelt down and kowtowed to Mr. Lan and his father and mother Qiao, and then solemnly entrusted his wife and daughter to his father and mother Qiao.
Mother Qiao said angrily: "It's none of your business. She is my daughter. I treated her badly before, and now I want to make up for her properly. Wan'er, don't worry, this child is sensible. No one dislikes her."
Yue Zhongyao felt relieved and got some advice from Father Qiao before he went out.
The whole family came to see him off.
Before leaving, Yue Zhongyao endured the sourness and the urge to hold his wife in his arms, and whispered into Qiao Mingjin's ear: "Wait for me, I will pick you up soon."
After saying this, he saluted Father Qiao and Mother Qiao, said goodbye to everyone, and got into the car.
Qiao Mingjin recalled what he just said in her ears, and stared blankly at the car driving away...
After Wan'er woke up and found that her father was gone, she cried a lot.
This child rarely cried loudly like this. Qiao Mingjin held her and walked around the yard several times before coaxing her to stop crying.
The little girl languished for several days.
Fortunately, there were many people visiting the ancestral home during the year, and there were also many children of similar age to her, so the little thing slowly recovered. Mingjue and Mingheng would also take her to the market when they were free.
Shopping and shopping made her happy again.
The Lantern Festival will come soon. The little girl is even more excited.
Before sunset, I had to drag Mingheng and Mingqi to the street.
The folk customs in Yizhou are relatively open. On the Lantern Festival, men and women are not restricted on the streets. Everyone walks on the streets to watch the lanterns and enjoy the entertainment.
Even Lan Shi was a little moved, and was finally encouraged by Qiao Mingjin and others to go out. She also knew that if she didn't go out, Qiao's mother would have to stay at home with her.
Mother Qiao had never experienced such a festival, and she was curious about the Lantern Festival in Yizhou. With Wan'er and Mingqi talking about it in her ears every day, Mother Qiao had long wanted to go out and see it.
Since she returned to Yizhou, she has been busy every day and cannot go to the market like the Qiao Mingjin sisters.
On the Lantern Festival, the family had dinner early and went out surrounded by the mother-in-law and maids.
Father Qiao was also in high spirits. He had never seen such a festival in more than 20 years. Occasionally, he only recalled it in his dreams.
It's just that Father Qiao is not with Qiao Mingjin and the others. He has his own circle. He was invited to talk at the tea house early.
Also following Qiao Mingjin's family were Huang and her three children.
Thanks to her, I met Qiao Lanfen's family by chance. With the guidance of these two people, which lanterns are the most beautiful, which restaurant has the best cakes and snacks, which teahouse can book a seat, and where is it?
The best place to watch fireworks... These two people casually mentioned it, which saved Qiao Mingjin's family from many detours and had a great time.
On the Lantern Festival, Yizhou City is crowded with people and bustling with activity. Various lanterns fill the streets and alleys, and the entire Yizhou City is as bright as day.
The few little ones were having fun and not thinking about their childhood.
Even Ming Jue, who usually looks mature and steady, seems to be a different person. With a few little ones, he wanders around the merchant's lantern stalls, guessing lantern riddles to win lanterns, and with a few little ones running around, he is so lively.
When Qiao's mother saw him, she thought she had recognized the wrong person.
When Qiao Lanfen saw Qiao Mingjin following a few kids, she didn't look around, she just stared at the kids with a smile on her face, looking dignified and generous. Qiao Mingjin was already good-looking, but now she looked even more...
Somewhat dignified and decent.
I couldn't help but say pity to Lan.
Naturally, Mrs. Lan knew what the pity meant by this concubine.
She also felt a pity for her eldest granddaughter. She had raised her by her side since she was born. She taught her how to read and write, play chess, calligraphy and painting, become a needlewoman, become a businesswoman, run a business... she taught her a lot of things.
Naturally, I was a little reluctant at first.
She and her son were already like this, living in such a poor village, and even let her son marry an illiterate farmer's daughter. She was not willing to accept it.
Therefore, from the time Qiao Mingjin was born, she took her and raised her personally. The sons and granddaughters she taught could never be worse than the children and grandsons of those people.
Although she and her son left there, she must train her granddaughter to be a wife of the clan and a lady of aristocratic family...
But later, the son married the granddaughter to the most ordinary farmer's family, and also let the granddaughter be rubbed by those country women...
Lan's heart was full of resentment, but she was just incompetent. Her upbringing was such that she couldn't do anything to let her granddaughter and Li Da return...
Fortunately, this granddaughter later became stronger and became more and more independent, which also made her parents' family live better. If Jinniang hadn't bought a house in the city later and provided for her two younger brothers to study in the city, maybe they
The family is still in Yunjia Village in Qingzhou...
Jinniang's younger brothers and sisters will never marry worse than her. Even Mingyu, who is engaged, has married into a better family than her.
That Zhou Yaozu is good at reading, and with the help of the Qiao family, he will be able to have a good career in the future. Mingheng will be even better in the future.
How could the daughter of the head of the Qiao family be so poorly married? Many people have come to ask about Mingheng's marriage this year.
Mingheng will be 12 years old after the New Year, and his actual age will be 13. This is the perfect time to get engaged.
I only wronged Jin Niang...
Now their family has returned to Yizhou. Life is very different from before. In addition to compensating Jinniang with money, they will naturally become Jinniang's best support in the future!
Lan's eyes followed Qiao Mingjin.
In fact, Qiao Mingjin's calmness and generosity are just because she has seen too much in later generations.
Unlike Mingheng and Mingyu, she saw this kind of lantern festival for the first time. Although the lanterns now looked very good, they were still a little worse than what she saw in later generations. She just took a glance and went
There are several people following Wan'er.
There are a lot of people on the street. If a few little ones are abducted by kidnappers, where can they go to cry?
Qiao Mingjin was walking forward when she heard a loud shout from the front: "Damn girl, I took a fancy to that palace lantern first! Put it down quickly!"
A wealthy young man aged fourteen or fifteen wearing a golden crown was holding the lantern in Mingheng's hand.
"What do you like? Whoever gets it first is the winner! Why don't you get what you like first? Guess who's to blame if you can't solve the crossword puzzle!"
Mingheng has always been fierce, and he is dressed richly, so she is not bad at all, so she is afraid of him!
The young man saw that the lantern in his hand was taken away by the girl in front of him. He gasped with anger. He clenched his fists and stared at Mingqi, wishing he could pounce on him and take a bite.
Where did this wild girl come from? How dare you laugh at him for not being able to guess the crossword puzzle! He just doesn't like studying. What's wrong with liking sticks? Where did this bratty girl come from and dare to laugh at him! Does she want to eat her fist?
He just liked the lantern, but he couldn't solve the word puzzle, so he just ran away to find someone for help. He ran back panting, but unexpectedly the lantern he was interested in was taken away by a smelly girl!
Huh, if you don't have some sense and send the lanterns over, I'll see if I don't take care of you for a while!
"Bring it here!"
"It's ridiculous, we won this, why should we give it to you! Who are you!"
This lantern is what Wan'er likes. The little girl has been wilted for several days after seeing her father leave. Today I finally saw her laughing again. How could she give her favorite thing to someone else?
!
The young man was very angry when he saw Mingqi turn around and leave after finishing speaking.
"Stinky girl, you didn't hear me when I asked you to bring it over! Go and grab it for me!"
The young man roared, and when he saw that Ming Qi was actually in his arms, he turned around and left. He was so angry that he gave orders to the few boys who were following him.
Ming Jue saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Ming Heng.
When Qiao Mingjin saw it, she also squeezed in with her two wives.
The young man saw that there were many people in the other party, his eyes rolled, and he was thinking quickly.
Is it better to order people to go up and snatch it back now, or to follow them to a remote place and have someone carry a hidden stick through their pockets, and then snatch it down?
I don’t know where these people came from, and I have never seen them in Yizhou City before.
Humph, if you hit someone who has no name or surname, you'll just hit him.
Just as I was about to tell my subordinates to come forward and rob me, I was shouted at: "Stop!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.
