From the next day, Gu Tingye moved to the inner room to sleep; Minglan silently prepared a jade leather mat and bedding for him, more thoughtfully equipped with a soft gauze tent embroidered with azure turmeric and grasshoppers, and two white jade mugwort incense burners.
, good at repelling mosquitoes.(·~)
Gu Tingye stood at the side of the room, looking at the neat and thoughtful furnishings in the room, and became even more angry.
Strictly speaking, this is not a normal couple quarrel, but one spouse gets angry unilaterally, and the other spouse listens honestly, even crying in fear, but the result is very normal, a quarrel - a cold war.
The most troublesome problem in the world is knowing what the problem is but not being able to solve it.
Faced with her husband's cannibalistic expression, he asked her to express her sincerity like a debt collector, Minglan suffered a headache.
If Gu Tingye was an ordinary man, Minglan was confident that he would be able to pass the test if he sang and cried. However, this man had rich experience and was used to knowing people. In the past two years, he had figured out ten of Minglan's sexual characteristics and could not be fooled.
If Minglan had gone to express her heartache and said, "Ah, I have realized my mistake, please forgive me, in fact, I really love you," I don't think anyone would even raise their eyelids.
Minglan understood the meaning of Gu Tingye's words that night, but couples who are close friends and distant relatives cannot always tell the truth. Otherwise, she would have said, "I actually came here in disguise." She felt that she had been too comfortable recently.
I lacked the careful consideration in the past and even ignored my husband's mood. This is really wrong.
She decided to reflect.
One requires the other party to understand the root of the mistake and be sincere to oneself, which is an emotional issue;
One person feels that there is nothing wrong with the relationship, but there is a flaw in the method and the strategy needs to be improved, which is a technical problem.
The former feels that his wife is not sincere and is always trying to be clever;
The latter thinks that her husband is too troublesome, and her wife can live a normal life, isn't it over? I'm so sincere, can I be used as food...
Gu Tingye refused to come back voluntarily, and Minglan couldn't think of a solution. She could only take care of the housework and take care of the children as usual. The couple sat across from each other and finished the meal in silence. If the man's face was so ugly that it affected his appetite, Minglan would
Have another meal after dinner.
As time went by, Ming Lanran felt very hopeless and felt that life like this was not very sad. It would be great if she could have more children, but it was a pity that the man refused to come back to sleep.
Seeing this situation, Gu Tingye became even more angry and refused to go back to the house to sleep; but he missed his son again, so he often took his son to his room to sleep at night. Now that he was very familiar with coaxing the baby to sleep, it was not difficult for him.
If he comes back late, he will wake up the sleepy Minglan in the middle of the night, wrap Brother Tuan out of bed and carry him away, and then Minglan will lose sleep; if he has an early morning meeting the next day, the room will be dark before leaving.
Minglan would be pushed awake again after she tucked the baby back into her bed, and then she would hold the sleeping ball of flesh in her arms until dawn.
For this kind of life where he sleeps with his mother in the first half of the night and sleeps with his father in the second half of the night. When he closes his eyes, he is his mother when he opens his eyes. Xiaopang doesn't have any discomfort. Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night and can play with Gu Tingye for a while. Tired
He just happened to sleep until dawn - touching his newly shaved and bald head, Minglan sighed feebly.
——Do you know that your father has been taking revenge on society late at night recently?
The husband and wife have been having a cold war these past few days, and there is not a lot of turmoil in the house.
On the third day of the cold war, Qiuniang was ready to make a move. She wanted to go to the room to 'visit' Gu Tingye with a cup of bird's nest, but she didn't know what she said, which made Gu Tingye unhappy. She even threw the bird's nest and the disc outside the door. Qiuniang went back and burst into tears.
field.
On the fifth day of the cold war, Cuiwei severely punished a woman who often brought things to Caihuan in the village, as well as her goddaughter. No one hit them twenty times, and then they went to the village together.
On the eighth day of the Cold War, Wang's natal family came to Beijing.
Uncle Wang has been away from home for several years, and now his term has expired. He will return to Beijing to report on his duties in the near future. His family will come back first. Mrs. Wang has been thinking about her family very much, so she came to inform Minglan early. He said that Mrs. Wang would be settled in two days.
After getting well, the whole family went to meet the elders. Minglan was embarrassed for a while, so she could only go and tell Gu Tingye, and then looked at him eagerly.
Gu Tingye pretended to be indifferent and said: "I will come back early the day after tomorrow and we will go together. Brother Tuan is too young to go there first."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
Minglan was waiting for his words. She didn't want to hug Brother Tuan, but she didn't want to be a bad person. This was the best thing for him to say. After thinking about it, she happily went to hug him.
With his arm, he touched his head. ~
Gu Tingye looked at her for a while, turned his head, and sighed in his heart: She is like a child, she admits her mistakes sincerely, and is punished honestly. She is very cute and well-behaved, but she doesn't know what is wrong in her heart, and she doesn't even know what she is doing wrong.
Willing to make corrections.
The soft fragrance on his shoulders and arms, her smiling face, he liked it very much, and unconsciously put his arms around her waist. Suddenly, he thought in a vain way - this is fine, let's live like this, what's more real?
Woolen cloth.
The day after tomorrow, Minglan went to invite Shao again as usual, and she shook her head as before, smiled apologetically and said, "You and your second brother can go and wait until the two young ladies come back from school, and the three of us will have dinner together."
Maybe Xiao Qin is used to living a low-key life, or she is well aware of the old grudges between the Gu Tingyu brothers. The Shao family is very responsible in Chengyuan. The young widow has a lot of troubles. She almost never leaves the house except for her natal family.
The second door was not open. In addition, she did not help Minglan on the day she gave birth. After that, she was even more worried when she saw Gu Tingye and his wife, and became more humble and cautious.
Minglan sighed and said softly: "I'll leave those two girls to my sister-in-law."
In fact, she didn't blame her. There were a few selfless people in the world, and most of them only considered themselves first.
Gu Tingye changed out of his court clothes, and Ming Lan specially chose a dark blue Sichuan brocade robe embroidered with dark patterns of begonias for him. Then he also dressed up exquisitely before the couple went out.
Although the Wang family's old house is not big, the location is better than that of the Sheng family. It is only half an hour away from the imperial city, so it arrived very quickly. The old servant at the door hung his neck and waited for a long time. When he saw the people on the carriage,
With the black lacquer emblem, he knew that he was the uncle of the Sheng family from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and he quickly and respectfully welcomed the couple in.
When I entered, I found that everyone in the Sheng family had arrived. Mrs. Sheng was sitting next to a white-haired old woman. Father Sheng Hong stood by respectfully, talking with a smile on his face. There was a circle of people sitting or standing around.
After coming forward to kowtow and salute, the old woman quickly raised her hand to tell Minglan and Gu Tingye to stand up. Mrs. Sheng smiled and said: "Speaking of which, this is the first time for me to see Liu Yatou."
Mrs. Wang who was standing aside moved her toes unnaturally. Mrs. Wang didn't take it seriously. She pulled Minglan to her side and took a closer look: "Yeah, she is indeed a neat child. My sister is really lucky."
In fact, Minglan had never seen anyone in this so-called maternal grandfather's family. This was the first time she met her. When she turned her face and took a closer look, she realized that although Mrs. Wang was old, she had a straight nose and dignified features, which was very similar to Aunt Kang's.
For example, I think she was a beautiful woman when she was young. In comparison, Aunt Wang next to her was much inferior, with a serious look and a serious expression.
Cousin Wang, whose only name is Yiyou, is quite similar to the Wang family. He has four square faces, a broad mouth and nose, and is an honest and honest young man. Naturally, there is also an old acquaintance of Minglan, cousin Kang Yuan'er who is married to the Wang family.
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At this moment, she was criticizing Minglan's dress with arrogant eyes. From the lapis lazuli double-ring jade bracelet on her wrist, she could see the white jade inlaid with gold wire partial phoenix hairpin on her head. This phoenix hairpin was made from seven or eight pieces of sheep.
The fat white jade is made of red gold wire. Regardless of the value, the craftsmanship is very important. The whole piece of fat white jade needs to be polished as thin as a cicada wing. It is said to be a lost skill of the previous dynasties.
Kang Yuan'er's heart felt sour for a long time before he tried hard not to speak.
Minglan ignored her, turned to Yuner and said, "Cousin, have you returned to Beijing?" Sheng Changwu was such a good husband, and he didn't know how to find an excuse to get his wife back from his hometown.
Kang Yun'er looked at Aunt Kang in front of her, stepped forward to hold Minglan's hand, and whispered with shame: "Good sister, what happened years ago... was all my mother's fault, you, you... don't go there
It’s all gone in my heart.”
Minglan smiled slightly and said, "Why didn't Brother Wu come today?"
Yoona said: "He is currently deployed to the western suburbs camp and can only come back once every half month." When she saw that Minglan refused to accept her words, she knew that she was still angry and felt very sad. But no matter how wrong her biological mother was, she would still be wrong.
biological mother.
"Fifth sister can't come either." Minglan knew what she was worried about, but she didn't intend to forgive Aunt Kang because of Kang Yuner, so she brought up another topic, "Recently, an uncle of the Wen family passed away, and she went to the countryside to express her condolences.
"Wen Yanjing's release date has basically been decided. Ru Lan has been very obedient to her husband's family recently, but she is afraid that something unexpected will happen and she won't be able to leave.
Mrs. Wang said softly to Gu Tingye: "I asked you to call me my grandson-in-law, and from now on I will be my uncle. [Ye*] [*]"
Gu Tingye sat sideways and hugged her gently with both hands: "The old lady is well."
Mrs. Wang was slightly unhappy. When she was just greeting him, he called Mrs. Sheng 'grandmother', but when he saw him, he called her 'old lady'. She was clearly showing off. He looked sideways and saw his daughter-in-law's eyes flashing, and then he looked at his eldest daughter.
I took a look.
Aunt Kang was standing there angrily.
Mrs. Wang sighed secretly in her heart. She naturally knew about the entanglement between her eldest daughter and the Hou family. From the time they came in until now, Minglan and Gu Hou had never called her "aunt". She really didn't understand her daughter, who had no blood.
Relatives who are related to each other are the ones who are more angry. Otherwise, why would they bother to pay attention to you?
Sheng Hong was very excited over there and said with a smile: "May I ask my mother-in-law, when will my uncle come back?"
When he first went to the Wang family to propose marriage, no one thought highly of him. However, his mother-in-law treated him very kindly, and his uncle and brother Wang were also kind. During the first few years of his official career, they took special care of him.
Mrs. Wang looked lovingly at her satisfied little son-in-law: "A month at most, and half a month at the earliest. The things at hand must be clearly entrusted before you can leave. I just thought of you. I haven't seen my old sister in many years, so I came here early.
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Mrs. Sheng smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Brother Bai and his wife will soon return to Beijing to report on their work. Then our family will have a reunion dinner."
Aunt Wang's eyes flashed and she said with concern: "Brother Bai is trying to live up to his expectations. At a young age, he has become an official for one of his parents, but my brother You is still studying. By the way, didn't he say that he had a wife last time? Now he can have a baby.
Already."
Old Mrs. Sheng became even more happy: "Those born on the second day of March, their mothers are safe."
Mrs. Wang was also very happy and couldn't help boasting: "The women who came back to report all said that he is a fat little boy who can eat, sleep and is very energetic! He also has a lucky mole on his chest, which will last a lifetime.
Smart and rich!"
Aunt Wang joked and said, "Congratulations to the old lady! You are now blessed with a male grandson, and your family is full of children and grandchildren." Although she didn't mean a word, Kang Yuan'er and Aunt Kang were already restless.
At this time, Hua Lan came in from the door, smoothing his rolled-up sleeves as he walked, followed by a group of children, and said: "...Now that I have eaten the fruit, I have to wait and see..." Looking up,
He smiled and said, "Hey, Sixth Sister, Brother-in-law, you are here."
"Eldest sister, how are you?" Minglan stepped forward and said with a smile. Gu Tingye also stood up and bowed, "How are you doing, elder brother-in-law?"
"Okay, everything is fine at home."
Minglan deliberately said something happy: "I heard that the racecourse has been very prosperous in recent years. Now many people are waiting for my brother-in-law's horse."
"He!" Hua Lan waved her hand, unable to hide her pride, "These past few days, I have gone out early in the morning and come back at midnight. I can't rest at home, and there are people coming every day."
Aunt Wang pointed and said with a smile: "I wonder if you came early this morning. It turns out you came here to take a break!"
Hua Lan stood next to Aunt Wang and smiled flatteringly: "Hey, from this morning to now, I have helped my aunt move and lift, but I have never had a moment of leisure. There is hard work without credit, my aunt said so, but I am afraid that I will have to do it.
Wages?”
Aunt Wang pretended to think for a while and then said, "Okay, I'll share the fruit with you later."
Hua Lan bit her lip, turned around and said with a smile: "Grandma is so talented, but I don't know where I found my aunt. Tsk, tsk, with such a good daughter-in-law, won't the Wang family prosper day by day?"
All the female relatives in the house were laughing so hard. Mrs. Wang was especially laughing happily. She pointed at Hua Lan and cursed: "Monkey, monkey! Elders dare to have fun! I'll tell you to beat you!"
Even a few men couldn't help but smile. Old Mrs. Sheng, and even Wang and Sheng Hong looked at Hua Lan with loving eyes. Only Aunt Kang, Kang Yuan'er and her daughter had uncertain expressions on their faces. Seeing Zhuang
Sister led Sister Hui to stand aside dignifiedly, while brothers Quan and Shi were staggering next to Mrs. Wang and making out.
Aunt Kang suddenly turned to Minglan and said, "It's such a happy day today, why don't my niece bring your brother?"
Minglan was slightly stunned. She hated Aunt Kang very much, but she looked at Gu Tingye with an embarrassed look.
Gu Tingye answered for her: "The child is still young. We will take him out when he is older."
Aunt Kang had a sneer on her face. Kang Yun'er saw something was wrong and went to pull her mother's sleeve worriedly. Unexpectedly, Aunt Kang refused to give up: "The Duke of the Marquis is rich in money..."
"Whose children are not valuable?" Mrs. Wang suddenly interrupted, "Why bring a child under one year old?" She then lectured in a deep voice, "You have given birth to several children, so this is not true.
don't know?!"
Aunt Kang closed her mouth unwillingly.
Minglan stood at the back and looked at Mrs. Wang coldly - she had been away from home for many years, but she knew the age of Tuan Geer's teeth so well.
After everyone had lunch, they left one after another. Aunt Kang said that she had no mother-in-law and wanted to live with her biological mother for a few days. Uncle Kang threw up his sleeves and left. Wang wanted to do the same, but asked Sheng Hong to drag him away. Mr. Wang
When people said they needed a lunch break, they asked Aunt Wang to go and do her own business. Then they went back to the back room with Aunt Kang, and then shut out the others and started talking privately.
"When will you be able to change this bad habit of yours!" Mrs. Wang sighed, "You know that Gu Hou is so powerful now, why bother to provoke that girl!"
Aunt Kang pouted disdainfully: "What's the big deal? He was just born to a cheap servant..."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Wang yelled, "You don't care how she was born. Now that she is higher than you and more beautiful than you, you have to respect her, give in, and be angry, otherwise, you will suffer!
"
Aunt Kang was not convinced: "It's just that she is young and beautiful now. When Gu Hou stops pampering her, she will suffer a lot! But... haha, it's going to be soon. Recently, this bitch and Gu Hou have had a falling out, and Gu Hou has
We moved to our room to sleep. Looking at today, the two of us are indeed not as close as before..." He laughed as he spoke.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang didn't care, and instead scolded: "I told you to stop doing evil things, but you just didn't listen. Where did you get this? Gu Hou is not close to her, how can he be close to you?! What are you happy about?
, haven’t you seen the way Gu Hou looks at you today? What on earth have you done to make people despise you so much?"
Aunt Kang pursed her lips and refused to reveal her original conspiracy with the Xiao Qin family, feeling a little pity.
Although Caihuan asked Minglan to go to the village as punishment, she managed to win over a woman in the mansion whose goddaughter worked as a sweeper in the Jiaxi outer courtyard. As soon as Caihuan got the letter, she quickly informed her. Unfortunately, it was only passed on once.
The words made Zhuangtou aware of it.
Then the line broke.
Aunt Kang was suspicious that Minglan had long suspected that her surroundings were not clean, so she deliberately waited there, otherwise it would not have been such a coincidence.
Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered something and said: "I heard that a concubine girl in your family was given to Prince Anyang as a concubine? The old prince is already seventy this year, and the child is only ten years old. How can you do it?"
"
This time Mrs. Kang really laughed: "Mom, it's not me this time. It's your good son-in-law who has the intention of clinging to King Anyang. I just gave him an idea."
"Aren't you afraid that the girl will get favored and come back to control you?!"
Aunt Kang said with a proud smile: "That girl's mother and brother are both in my hands, what are you afraid of!"
"No wonder you are so confident. It turns out you hooked up with Prince Anyang."
Mrs. Wang kept talking, but when she saw that her daughter was still stubborn, she couldn't help but feel discouraged and sighed: "Come on, I'm old, and I can't take care of your affairs. But I want to talk about Yuan'er's affairs. What is it?"
A major event for the succession of the Wang family."
Aunt Kang's heart was tight. Her daughter had not given birth yet. Aunt Wang had been dissatisfied for a long time. She said in a trembling voice: "Mom, Yuan'er is your biological granddaughter. You can't..."
"Brother You is also my direct grandson!" Mrs. Wang said angrily.
"... Yuan'er contradicted my mother-in-law, disobeyed my father-in-law, and even dared to beat the mother next to me. She was so crazy that she almost stabbed someone with a knife! If she hadn't been my granddaughter, do you think I would have allowed her to this day?!"
Mrs. Wang took a deep breath and said, "One year, I will wait for another year at most. If Yuan'er is not pregnant yet, your sister-in-law will have to marry Brother You. Don't worry, after the baby is born
, it’s the same if it’s recorded in Yuan’er’s name.”
Aunt Kang screamed: "My eldest uncle's eldest brother is the eldest nephew of the Sheng family's brother-in-law. His wife has not been pregnant for many years, but isn't she waiting for her?! Now she finally gave birth to a baby..."
"That's because we have two brothers!" Mrs. Wang said clearly, and then said earnestly, "But we only have one brother You, and he is weak, so we can't take this risk. What if something happens to me?"
Be worthy of your dead father!"
Aunt Kang's sharp teeth almost bit into her lip, and she finally said harshly: "Okay, one more year. If it doesn't work, we can have a marriage, but -" She stared at her biological mother intently, "I want to keep my mother!"
Mrs. Wang's heart was shocked. Seeing her daughter's face that looked exactly like hers, her heart softened again and she nodded slowly.
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After returning home, Gu Tingye saw Minglan coming in excitedly holding a small yellow clay jar with a childish giggle on his face. He could not pretend to be indifferent: "But the local products brought by Chengde? What good things? I am so happy.
."
Minglan raised her head and smiled: "It's an auspicious vegetable." Seeing that the man didn't understand, she added, "It's bracken."
"Do you like this?" Gu Tingye was surprised.
"It's not me, it's Mrs. Weibei Hou, sister of the Zhang family."
Minglan slowly opened the oilcloth and looked at the salted young bracken inside. The salt water was clear and clean. She suddenly felt fond of Aunt Wang. She and Xiao Tao just took a few bites. Although it was very salty, it was still very clean.
Really crisp and refreshing.
"Usually bracken is dried in the sun, and each family boils it with water before eating it. It is good, but unfortunately it lacks some freshness. Although this jar of bracken has been pickled, it looks like it was picked fresh not long ago.
, go back and get the spring water to dilute it, and then you can eat it."
Gu Tingye was so excited when he saw what she said, he couldn't help but smile: "I'm so hungry for what you said."
"There are two jars. Let's keep one jar for ourselves." Minglan smiled and said, "How do you want to eat it? I'll make it for you later. Whether it's soup or stir-fry, oh no, it's best served cold right now."
Gu Tingye smiled slightly.
She has a cheerful and optimistic temperament, healthy and upbeat, as if big things can be solved and started over, every sunrise is hope, and every tomorrow has happiness waiting in front.
"Give me the altar, I'll send it over quickly!" He suddenly felt that he was also young.
Minglan wrinkled her nose and said with a naughty smile: "What about the 800-mile rush? Don't make people laugh, let's keep the Marquis's fast horse. It's still early, I'll drive over, and then follow the Zhang family
Sister, say a few words."
Mrs. Zhang is about to give birth, so I will give her some of her favorite food and give her some advice. Even if it is the last psychological counseling before giving birth, I hope she will give birth smoothly. It is also a way to repay Mrs. Zhang for taking care of her several times.
"Go quickly and come back quickly." Gu Tingye smiled.
Minglan nodded vigorously, and two small smiles popped out of the corners of her mouth: "We'll have dinner when we get back."
The fragrance of crabapple flowers filled the courtyard. The man was sitting in the big wicker chair on the porch, rocking the ball of meat in his arms, and watched her go out with a smile - he could never stay angry with her for a long time.
Unfortunately, she didn't come back until it was time to light the lamp. She looked tired and there were a few faint drops of blood on the corners of her skirt.
The author has something to say:
Extreme joy brings sorrow, that is to say, for people like me.
As a southerner, I like to eat parallel imports, whether they are seawater, freshwater, farmed, with shells, or without shells. I went to the border for three months this time, and I only saw beef, mutton and meat every day.
Dairy products, I'm so greedy that I can't even dream about them.
Since I have been undergoing medical treatment since I came back, I didn’t think much about it. As a result, there was a pot of wild river eel on the table last night. It was tender, fragrant, and had thick fat. It was steamed and dipped in soy sauce. At one point, my eyes turned green when I looked at it. Others
Colleagues were toasting, and one person ate most of the bowl alone.
Then my skin, which had improved a few days ago, started to feel itchy and allergic again, with patches of red rashes appearing, so I had to go to the hospital again.
Old Chinese medicine doctor: Don’t take it while taking medicine!
Guan Guan was angry: You didn’t say anything!
Old Chinese medicine practitioner: River eels are not something that can be bought at any time in the market, especially wild river eels. Besides, it doesn’t matter if you eat a little, as long as you eat as much as you like!
A certain level: This is not the point! Tell me what to do now?!!!!
Old Chinese medicine practitioner: Take medicine again, apply medicine again, and refuse any parallel imports.
A certain level: Do you want me to be a vegetarian?! Do I have any humanity?!!!!
Old Chinese medicine doctor: You can eat beef, mutton, and milk.