green bamboo dream

"Go and see your elder brother. ╔26nbsp;╗" After everyone had seen him, Shi pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, his eyes turned red, "I miss you all."

Yu Zhu lowered her head and followed Mama Yu out obediently.

The distance is not far, and it didn't take long to arrive at Lin Zongshou's courtyard. Compared with the tranquility of Shi's place, the air here is a bit depressing, with a strong smell of soup and medicine.

Followed Mama Yu in, came to a very steamy room, stepped on the thick red-bottomed longevity flower pot blanket, could not hear any sound, only the slight sound of tassel beads on someone's head colliding and the breathing of the crowd.

The windows in the room were all covered with thick dark brocade curtains, and it was gloomy. There was only a small shade lamp placed in the corner far from the bed. Shaking slightly, it made people feel eerie.

"Master is afraid of light." Yu's mother explained softly. After lying down for so long and sleeping all day long, she was so weak that she couldn't even sit up. The maidservant mother who was serving her close by was afraid of death, afraid that something might happen and she would be implicated...

Yuzhu shook her head to indicate that it was okay, and approached the canopy bed with four cloud patterns of huanghuali.

The servant girl by the bed whispered: "Drinking the medicine and falling asleep." While carefully hanging up the heavy red brocade silk bed curtain, revealing the pale and thin man lying inside.

I haven't seen him for several years, Lin Zongshou has almost lost his human form, his face exposed to the quilt is covered with bones, and he is weak and paralyzed on the bed. Although the room is scorched by the fire wall, he is still covered with a thick quilt. The slight rise and fall of the lower chest indicated that this was a living person.

Cheng Xunxun reached out his hand to stop the servant girl, turned to Yuzhu and said, "Let's not disturb elder brother."

Yu Zhu nodded hastily. In fact, she and her elder brother Lin Zongshou only met once, so it’s really not enough to talk about feelings and concerns, but...she still prayed silently in her heart——

If there is an afterlife, I wish him to stay away from disasters and illnesses, to be healthy and peaceful, to have a lovely wife and son, and to live a happy life.

Cui Shi and Lin Yuanzhi came a bit late, after Yu Lan and Lu Ying both came.

"Your second sister-in-law is a little unwell today, so I'll find a doctor to show her, and it will be delayed." After meeting Shi Shi, Cui Shi smiled and pulled Yu Zhu aside to talk.

"Why is it uncomfortable?" Yu Zhu asked urgently, Deyuan is very peaceful now, how could something happen to Tang?

Cui looked at Yuzhu's complexion carefully, she was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, the doctor saw that there is something wrong with the stomach, it's not a serious problem, maybe it's about to give birth soon, I feel a little uneasy."

"Let your second brother stay with him in Deyuan, and only bring your sister-in-law and Rui Geer." He said and pointed to the fat baby in the hands of the nanny behind him.

Yuzhu immediately cheered up, cheered "Brother Rui", hugged the little chubby dun'er and kissed him.

Cheng Xunxun stood aside, smiling slightly.

After the aunt and nephew smeared each other's faces, Cui pulled her away and said, "Be careful too... By the way..."

asked softly.

Mrs. Du took Rui Ge'er and rubbed his round forehead. The mother-in-law must be worried about Yu Zhu's stomach this time. The Cheng family is not very peaceful, so it's better to have a child by her side... She frowned slightly, and then Thinking of a news I heard recently, I feel worried.

Yulan knew that the Cui family didn't want to see her, so she just led Lu Ying to come closer to Lin Yuanzhi, just as Lin Yuanzhi and Cheng Xunxun's son-in-law were chatting harmoniously, Lu Ying stood by the side a little timidly, letting Yulan do whatever she wanted. Even winking refused to step forward to intervene.He still remembered how his aunt Li scolded her, never allowing her brother to step forward when he was talking to his father... The scene before him was really similar.

"Sister-in-law, hurry up." Yu Lan was in a hurry, it was not easy to go out with her husband, why didn't he seize the opportunity, although the mother-in-law was gentle, courteous and even dull in front of the great-grandmother, but she was very difficult to the concubine Very, don't give the concubine a chance to get ahead at all, if he doesn't fight for himself, when will he be able to get ahead?

The voice got louder, Lin Yuanzhi looked over, "What are you doing so loudly in front of your husband-in-law?"

There was already displeasure on his face, Yu Lan's so many frivolous actions, even his fatherly heart was wiped out.

Yulan didn't care too much, and immediately walked forward...

Cheng Xunxun went back and told Yuzhu, "...let my father-in-law find a job for my brother-in-law in the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"She really dared to think about it." Yu Zhu sighed, and wondered that her father had a bad face at that time. At that time, she thought it was because of being unhappy when she saw her uncle, but she didn't expect it to be such an oolong incident.

"Oh?" Cheng Xunxun became interested, sat casually on the armchair beside the mirror, and asked, "Maybe my father-in-law has softened his heart?" Before the family separation, those old aunts did not seldom push their father to give to the concubines' brothers They find a way out.

After all, it was a so-called sick visit, so Yu Zhu specially asked Hua Ruo to comb a bun, piled up with dark clouds of blue silk, decorated with small flowers and hairpins, making her look much younger than before.

"Father is not stupid." Yuzhu let Hua Ruo lightly help remove the comb and hairpin from her head, and said lightly: "If sister Yulan married a non-babe, then father will definitely not let her go, but now Now that he is the concubine of the Hou family, how can father not consider the face of the concubine, so it is naturally inconvenient to intervene."

"From now on, brother-in-law Lu will probably have to fight for sister Yulan's glory."

The bun was completely loosened, and the black silk-like black hair hung down smoothly on the back of the head - after being washed with monk Zhiyuan's medicine powder, each strand was smooth and black, with a faint luster, which made people love it every time.

Yu Zhu turned her head to Cheng Xun Xun and gave a sly smile, her eyes were dark and she was full of air.

Both of them are descendants of the first wife, and some things are tacitly understood.

Cheng Xunxun laughed loudly, shook his head and said angrily, "You little liar."

Yu Zhu rushed over with all her teeth and claws, and was hugged by Cheng Xunxun.

Hua Ruo hurriedly bowed his head and retreated.

"... Sister Yulan has only one mother-in-law on the surface, but in fact there is another one in secret... The mother-in-law is a concubine, and it is instinctive to fight for favor... If she can fight for a man, she will naturally fight for a son." After the two laughed and quarreled for a while, Yu Zhu Lying in Cheng Xunxun's warm arms, breathing calmly.

Suddenly he stretched out his hand and poked the man's hard chest, said quietly.

Cheng Xunxun patted the back of the girl in his arms, pecked lightly on her soft earlobe, and said with a smile, "Don't think about it, I've already agreed to you."

Yu Zhu buried her reddish face into his chest, secretly depressed, how could this man be so much smarter, he could even hear the beating of his own edge.

Holding that soft and petite body tighter, Cheng Xunxun sighed contentedly: "This is good..."

Yu Zhu raised her hand... and patted him on the back lightly, "Hey, it's all right."

"You know?" Cheng Xunxun's body stiffened slightly.

Yu Zhu said a few times, "I guessed a little bit." Anyway, it can't be said that I heard it from my grandmother.

"Sister did it." After thinking for a while, she couldn't help but stroke the scar at the junction of his shoulder and back, and gently rubbed it through the clothes.

Cheng Xunxun inserted his hands into Yu Zhu's hair, and remained silent.

"What else?" Yu Zhu didn't mind if he didn't speak, and continued to say softly, "It must be very painful..."

Lifting her head and kissing his eyes, staring at those eyes painted with ink, Yu Zhu suddenly felt uncomfortable, she really couldn't turn a blind eye to someone who was nice to her.

Cheng Xunxun was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to caress Yu Zhu's cheek, "Why are you crying?"

Seeing the drops of water on the man's long fingers, Yu Zhu came to her senses, as if she had been bewitched, she murmured: "My heart is sour..."

"Silly boy." Cheng Xunxun's heart was full, and he took a deep breath as if he couldn't breathe.Gently wiped away the teardrops on her face, and said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's fine if the sword cuts you on your body, and that little injury is nothing."

But Yuzhu seemed unable to stop, she couldn't help crying, tears fell down in strings, "You are a big liar, it must be in pain..."

"It doesn't hurt..."

"painful"

……

The meaningless conversation continued for a long time, but the smile on the corner of Cheng Xunxun's mouth became softer and softer, hugging Yuzhu as if he was hugging his own heart.

Wiping away her tears, Yu Zhu was a little puzzled by her emotions just now, shook her head, and went out to pour tea.

"I don't remember much about my childhood..." Cheng Xunxun quickly snatched the cup of tea from Yuzhu's hand, drank it all in one gulp, and showed a boyish mischievous look at the dumbfounded Yuzhu.

Yuzhu lowered her head to hold back, took another teacup and poured water, and heard him say: "...I don't remember the pain... I just remember being afraid, and the look on my eldest sister's face...I always remember it."

"why?"

Cheng Xunxun looked down at Yuzhu's serious expression. Although she didn't say the whole thing, the meaning was clear—why did she help Cheng.

"...When I was seven or eight years old, I remember one time I overheard the servant girl saying that the eldest sister was ridiculed every time when she went to the Zhixin meeting." A scene never happened, "No matter how brilliant she is in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and singing, the result is the same."

"It's jealousy." Yu Zhu blurted out, since the Cheng family is so good in other areas, it will naturally attract the attention of others, and they must be eager to talk about her appearance... It's not surprising at all.

Cheng Xunxun stared at Yuzhu's face, and his expression softened a little: "...there are a few sisters born from concubines, all of whom are good-looking."

"They probably won't be able to enter the main courtyard where you live." Yu Zhu was stunned, and then she was speechless. If they did, they would be the ones who would be unlucky.Although there must be something wrong with Cheng's spirit, if there is a beautiful concubine daughter, Cheng Xunxun should not be angered.

"Wrong is wrong no matter how you say it, and the excuse is wrong." Yu Zhu looked Cheng Xunxun firmly in the eyes, and paused every word.

Taking a long breath, Cheng Xunxun looked up at the roof of the carved beams and painted buildings.

It's been a long time since he took the initiative to think about these things - every time he thought about these things before, he thought he saw through them.

The fear and grievance of childhood, the anger and resentment of the eldest brother, the indifference of the mother, the hot and cold of the father... But that's all, what's the point of bringing it up again, she can't hurt him anymore, just do what she wants That is.

But after listening to Yu Zhu's words just now, he suddenly realized...he didn't care about it, at least, when he saw his little wife crying and said: "It must have hurt at that time."

He has never been so happy (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation.)

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