palm river mountain

Chapter 26 I'm Too Late
Duan Yi blushed slightly, lowered her eyes, "Mother!"

Gu Xing pursed her lips, grabbed the wine jug on the table, poured herself another glass of wine, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Of course I don't agree. If Mingrui is still a good person, and your grandfather has this intention, everyone will be happy. We will be more intimate. With your grandfather around, your aunt would not dare to judge you."

"But...but Mingrui..." Gu Xing said, her eyes flushed, she reached out her hand, trying to grab Duan Yi's hand.

But the two sat opposite each other, too far apart to reach.She shrank back as if she had been scalded.

"You are my daughter who was conceived in October, how can A Niang have the heart to watch you jump into the fire pit? It's all because A Niang is useless and doesn't please your grandfather. Back then, in order to marry your father, the same family quarreled." We broke up unhappy."

As Gu Xing said, she became a little anxious, "I passed by the small garden that day and heard your grandmother talk about it. She said she wanted to marry you back home. In this case, not only will the relationship between the two surnames be restored, but also... you On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, I can still spare time to offer incense to my ancestors."

"Otherwise, otherwise..."

As Gu Xing said, she stood up, hurriedly walked to Duan Yi's side, and grabbed her shoulder, "Yi'er, otherwise, I'm afraid of your grandparents, because what Mr. Chu said, I want you to comb... ..."

Gu Xing spoke anxiously on this side, while Duan Hao on the other side also nodded anxiously.

"After overhearing this, Auntie has been having trouble sleeping and eating, worrying about her sister..." Duan Hao coughed violently as he spoke.

She coughed badly and was out of breath, as if her throat had been choked by a stab, and she couldn't say anything.

When Gu Xing saw it, she hurriedly let go, and tremblingly took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve pocket, poured out a red pill, stuffed it into Duan Hao's mouth, and anxiously patted it on her face. back.

"Good, good!"

Duan Hao coughed for a long time, and finally recovered, she blushed, patted her chest, and smiled at the crowd, "Don't worry, Auntie, the weather in Jiannan is wet and cold, coughing Some did."

"Sister", Duan Hao's ears turned red, he stretched out his hand, and gently held Duan Yi's hand, "Sister, I don't know what you think, if it were me, it would be a day I can't bear the absence of A Niang."

"For so many years, Auntie has been ignoring my sister because of my dilapidated body...I really feel sorry for you. I have an idea that even Aniang never said..."

Gu Xing looked at Duan Hao blankly, "What?"

Duan Hao shook his head at her, and continued to look at Duan Yi, "Sister, if Grandpa insists on repairing the relationship with the Gu family and marrying a granddaughter, why not let me marry her instead."

Seeing Duan Yi's surprised face, Duan Hao smiled, "Sister, don't think so well of me. I'm not a reincarnation of a Bodhisattva. I just want to be a good person. I don't know if I can survive a few years with my body and get married. In other people's homes, it is inevitable that they will be looked down upon, and there is nothing good to do."

"If you marry into the Gu family... Sister, just treat it as me and find a quiet place for yourself."

With tears in her eyes, Gu Xing began to cry.

Duan Yi, who was on the side, finally spoke again, "But, I seem to be a bit late, Brother Mingrui has already engaged in a kiss."

Gu Xing and Duan Hao were stunned, "What?"

Duan Yi smiled, "Brother Mingrui is already engaged, and he is talking about a relative of my aunt's family. My cousin's family runs a medicine shop. She has learned medical skills from her father and brother since she was a child, and she is very good at taking care of others. When the Spring Festival begins , they will be married."

"Grandfather and aunt are very satisfied with her."

As Duan Yi said, she looked at Gu Xing with some embarrassment, "Auntie doesn't want anything to happen, so she keeps it a secret. Don't tell others, Auntie, lest Auntie blame me."

As soon as Duan Yi finished speaking, Duan Ming, who had been sitting on the sidelines sullenly drinking his soup, suddenly burst out laughing.

Seeing that all three were looking at him, he lowered his head timidly.

Being interrupted by him, Gu Xing came back to her senses, she patted Duan Yi on the shoulder, and let out a long breath of relief, "You child, you scared Auntie, so good, so good. Wait When Mingrui gets married, why don't we prepare a generous gift for him...your grandfather..."

As she spoke, she looked at Duan Yi inquiringly, with hope on her face.

Duan Yi smiled, and patted it back comfortingly, "Don't worry, Auntie, my grandfather was only a moment of anger back then. After so many years, blood is thicker than water, so what's the problem?"

As she said, she squinted her eyes and looked at Duan Hao. With a shy face, Duan Hao playfully stretched out a finger, poked Duan Yi, and then covered her face with a handkerchief, "Today I If I say it, sister will treat it like I'm drunk and talk nonsense, otherwise if it spreads, I'll be so ashamed to face people!"

"Haha, then I've caught Fifth Sister's pigtail! Brother Mingrui is about to marry a wife. If it's according to what A Niang and my sister heard, then my grandfather probably wants me to groom my own ancestral grave!"

"There are a lot of mosquitoes on the mountain, they are always buzzing and screaming, and I am annoyed to death, so I punished the people in my sister's house and made some insect repellent sachets for me, so that I can drive away those annoying spirits."

Duan Hao was taken aback, and his expression became complicated, "That's fine, after I die young and be buried in the ancestral grave, I can still listen to my sister talking to me. A Niang often said that I like to be petty, like a child .”

"I can't help it. I'm just afraid of being alone. My mother also said that I was afraid of being alone, so I refused to be born alone. I just recruited my younger brother to come to this world with me."

When Gu Xing heard this, she broke her guard.

She sniffed, grabbed a piece of meat for each of the three, and said in a crying voice, "It's rare for our family to get together. Why do you say these bad things? Give me a good job and marry someone like your father." Good looking man."

"Ming'er is the same, well, he will live a long life and give birth to many beautiful grandchildren for Aunt."

Duan Yi raised her eyebrows, picked up the wine on the table, and the four people at the table got together in a rare way.

Gu Xing was overwhelmed with alcohol, and after a while, her eyes became blurred. She stood up and looked out at the sky, "Your father should rest, so Auntie will go back first. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we will Mother and daughter, we went out to visit the silver building."

Duan Hao grabbed her arm and staggered a few times, "Aniang, my grandfather is going to open Qingyun Academy, and my grandmother is going to hold a banquet in the next two days, I'm afraid you forgot."

When Gu Xing heard this, she hurriedly nodded her head, "If that's the case, we'll go another day!"

While speaking, a group of servant girls rushed in, supported the mother and daughter, and walked towards the door.

Duan Yi put down the chopsticks, stood up and saw off Duan Ming, looking at Duan Ming who was sitting still, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you going back, little brother? But someone will follow, if not, I will ask Zhiqiao to pick up the lamp to see you off." .”

Duan Ming stood up slowly, he looked so shy that he couldn't lift his head, not to mention his ears, but his entire neck was red, and when he spoke, he sounded like a mosquito.

"Third...Third sister, I'm sorry..."

He said, as if there was a poisonous snake chasing after him, he ran away in a panic, and when he came to the door, he almost bumped into the door frame.

Duan Yi picked up the lantern, stood at the door, and watched the three of them leave. When they could no longer see her, she threw the lantern into Zhilu's hand, "Good Zhilu, your girl, I ate an iron steamed bun and drank it again. A bowl of mutton soup."

"That steamed bun looks like it's turned into a watermelon in my stomach. I'm so overwhelmed! Just now I couldn't hold back and punched on the spot!"

(End of this chapter)