The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 134 Don't Offend Zhao

The day before Lin Xian participated in Chunwei, Lin Zhu couldn't stand Liu's nervous chatter, so he ran to Yanping Hou's mansion to see his niece.

"Eldest sister, you don't even know that Daddy, who is going to take an exam, is like a normal person. Mother is very worried. He was fine at dinner the night before yesterday, but he got a big blister on the corner of his mouth when I woke up this morning. When I went out in the morning, Daddy You're still making fun of my mother." Lin Zhu leaned over on the edge of the kang to tease Cancan, and while teasing, he made fun of his mother to his elder sister.

Ah Ju smiled and watched her younger sister tease her daughter with a rattle drum, bowed her head and sewed two stitches, "Daddy must have made up his mind, mother doesn't understand, of course you are in a hurry. What have you been doing these days, have you gone out to play?" Glancing at my sister, I felt a little complicated.In the past, she was only her younger sister and the innocent and lively little girl in her memory, she didn't care about anything. In fact, her younger sister has grown into a big girl now, with her own careful thoughts, and even her elder sister doesn't leak the slightest bit of information when encountering things.

Lin Zhu's thoughts were all on her niece, and she stood up with Cancan's armpits. The little girl seemed to like playing like this very much, and she was particularly energetic when she kicked the kang hard with her calves.Lin Zhu helped his arms sorely, he simply picked up his niece who was wearing a thick padded coat, went to look in the mirror to play, and replied absent-mindedly: "I didn't go, there is nothing to do in the cold weather, Baozhu said next month When the weather gets warmer, take me to fly a kite, big sister, will you go? Then go with Cancan in your arms, don’t stay at home all day.”

Flying a kite, looking at her younger sister's bright smiling face in the mirror, Ah Ju nodded, "Okay, choose your brother-in-law Muxiu to go on that day." With Zhao Chen by his side, he is not afraid to meet King Rui again.

Lin Zhu chuckled, lowered his head and said to his niece: "Cancan, did you hear that, your mother wants to be with your father in everything, when the time comes, my aunt will take you to fly a kite and let the two of them sit together, okay?"

Cancan was blinking at the girl in the mirror, when she heard the voice she suddenly raised her head and yelled.

Lin Zhu kissed her on the forehead, grabbed Cancan's little hand and pointed at the person sitting on the kang in the mirror: "Cancan, who is that?"

But Cancan grabbed my aunt's finger and stuffed it into her mouth, drooling from Lin Zhu.Lin Zhu hugged his niece to the kang with disgust, and lay down next to Ah Ju to touch her handkerchief and wipe her hands.Ah Ju glared at her, Lin Zhu chuckled, touched the light green skirt in Ah Ju's arms after wiping her hands, and praised: "This material is beautiful."

Ah Ju just finished sewing the last stitch, bit off the thread and tied the knot, handed it to her and said, "Try it, if it suits you, take it home today."

Lin Zhu froze, unfolded her skirt and asked, "Is this for me?"

Ah Ju smiled and nodded: "Keep it for the day you fly the kite." The weather is getting warmer every day. My sister came last winter, and the skirt she brought from home is considered good material in the countryside, but it's not very eye-catching in the capital.Years ago, she gave some pieces of material to her mother and sister. She didn't know if they had made it, so she sewed it for her first.

"Big sister is so kind!" Lin Zhu was so happy that he couldn't wait to jump down and close the door, and hide behind the screen to change.

Ah Ju put away her sewing basket, hugged her daughter who obediently gnawed her fingers into her arms, pressed her forehead and asked her: "Are your fingers delicious?" Both mother-in-law and mother-in-law said that children like to play with fingers at such an age , Tell her not to worry about it, and stop it if she doesn't change when she gets older.

Cancan grinned.Now she can laugh out loud, crisp and sweet, Zhao Chen likes to make her laugh the most when he comes back every day.

Ah Ju nodded her little face, wiped her daughter's saliva carefully with a handkerchief, then grabbed her daughter's small hand and stuffed it into his mouth, as if to bite her.Cancan was in a hurry, and tried her best to fight back, refusing to be bitten by her mother, and kept saying things that only she could understand.Ah Ju looked funny, let go of her hand and put her daughter on the kang, and gave her a light spanking, "You are allowed to eat my hand, but I am not allowed to eat yours, as bad as your father!"

Cancan tilted her head to look at her mother, giggling.

Lin Zhu changed her skirt and came out, looking at elder sister expectantly.

A 14-year-old girl, with a rose-red jacket and a bi-color pleated skirt embroidered with bamboo, is as delicate as a flower bone.

Ah Ju nodded: "Very good, when the time comes, I will change into a light-colored beanie, which will be more attractive than flowers."

"Elder sister praised the beautiful dress she embroidered, right? She's getting thicker and thicker." Lin Zhu went to the mirror and turned around, feeling quite fond of it. Seeing the bright sunshine outside the window, she couldn't help saying: "Eldest sister, let's hug Cancan." Go for a walk in the garden, get out and get some air."

Ah Ju knew that her younger sister wanted to look good, but she still persuaded her: "Go out for a walk, but you should change back first, it's cold outside, don't freeze."

"It's not cold at all, it's so hot." Lin Zhu didn't want to change, so he ran to the door and said, "Sister, hurry up and dress Cancan, I'll wait for you in the yard." After speaking, he opened the curtain and went out.

Ah Ju had no choice but to put on her shoes and went to the ground, put on a thick coat and a cloak for her daughter, and Mammy Jiang led Cuiyu Jinmo to go out together.Lin Zhu also brought out the big red hydrangea that Zhao Chen had ordered for Cancan, and walked beside Aju and kept teasing Cancan, all the way was full of Cancan's cheerful laughter.

At the other end of the garden, Zhao Qing heard the voice, and said to Zeng Wenye: "We've been wandering outside for so long, let's go back to the study and combine work and rest." They had to avoid the elder sister-in-law alone, let alone the second daughter of the Lin family. .

But Zeng Wenye said: "I seem to have heard my cousin's voice. Since we met, let's go meet for a gift. I also want to see Cancan. I heard Xuerou say that Cancan is very cute, but I haven't seen her yet. Pass." Without waiting for Zhao Qing to say anything, he walked over first.

Zhao Qing frowned and stood there for a while before catching up.Just now he said it tactfully, with Zeng Wenye's intelligence, it is impossible not to know that he wanted to avoid the female family members in the mansion, but Zeng Wenye pretended to be confused and wanted to get over it, he was worried.

Zeng Wenye walked quickly, as if he was afraid of Zhao Qing's obstruction, he quickly bypassed a forest and arrived in front of Ah Ju and the others.The person Jiang Nanny saw first was about to remind Sister Aju to go in another direction, but Zeng Wenye had already greeted with a smile: "It's sunny today, my cousin brought Cancan out to play."

Ah Ju turned around, seeing Zeng Wenye and Zhao Qing approaching one after another, she was a little surprised and said: "So it's my second brother's cousin, what are you doing?"

Zhao Qing explained first: "Just now I was thinking about tomorrow's test questions with my cousin. When I was tired, I came to the garden for a stroll. Now I am going back. Sister-in-law, please take your time. We will go back first." On the branch of the peach tree on the side, there are rules and etiquette.

On the contrary, Zeng Wenye secretly glanced at Lin Zhu several times.

Lin Zhu felt it, frowned and said to Ah Ju: "Let's go find you, sister."

Ah Ju also noticed that something was wrong with Zeng Wenye, and it was really Zhao Qing who contrasted it, Zeng Wenye's inappropriate behavior was too obvious.She ignored Zeng Wenye, took care of Zhao Qing, hugged her daughter and led the maid to walk forward, and quickly made a detour, completely blocking Zeng Wenye's sight.

There was a bamboo chair in front of it, and the sun shone through the dry branches on it. Lin Zhu suggested to sit there.Ah Ju nodded, and Cuiyu Jinmo immediately went over to wipe the chair first.Mammy Jiang touched it and found that the bamboo chair was warm from the sun, so she didn't tell them to go back to get the cushion.

After Lin Zhu sat down, she blinked at Mother Jiang.

Mother Jiang was very familiar with the two sisters, so she smiled and walked aside to chat with the two maids.

Lin Zhu put the hydrangea in her niece's arms for her to play with. She held the hydrangea in one hand to prevent it from falling, but she whispered to her elder sister, "Eldest sister, that Zeng Wenye is not a good person at first sight. Baozhu and I ran into him in the garden, he kept pestering Baozhu and wanted to talk to Baozhu, but fortunately Baozhu didn't want to see him, just now he was staring at me again, disgusting."

Ah Ju's heart moved after hearing this, and she stared at her curiously: "You hate him very much? I remember that when we went to the town, you liked to look at those handsome young men. Zeng Wenye is very handsome, why do you suddenly feel disgusted?" Zeng Wenye behaved badly, so she would naturally mention it to Zhao Chen, but more importantly, she should explain some truth to her sister.Mentioning this younger sister for no reason would most likely think of King Rui, but now that Zeng Wenye gave her something to talk about, he was not afraid that his younger sister would lose face.

Lin Zhu pouted, leaning on the back of the chair and said: "I like to look at handsome young men, so it depends on who he is. Last time I met Zeng Wenye, he was focused on talking to Baozhu, and he didn't seem to have me in his eyes. He clearly knew that Baozhu had a good family background." , The dog's eyes look down on people, now that Baozhu is not here, he looks at me, who can't see what he is thinking?"

Ah Ju snickered, it seemed that her sister was not stupid either.She lowered her head to coax her daughter, she sighed, and said helplessly: "Yes, there are not many people in the capital who don't care about their status, especially when it comes to marriage. Zeng Wenye hasn't married yet, and your brother-in-law said that he In addition to coming to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival, I also want to form a good marriage. In the future, I will be promoted as soon as possible by taking advantage of the power of my wife's family. The moon is the first to get the moon, and the only thing he can meet is you and Baozhu. Baozhu is of course the best choice, but Baozhu sees it. If you don't go to him, he will try to win you over."

Lin Zhu was puzzled: "Even if he can't marry Baozhu, he doesn't have to look at me, right? I remember that his father seems to be a fifth-rank official, and our father is an examinee just like him, so we are not as good as him in terms of status." She thought Zeng Wenye He just wanted to take advantage of her eyes because of her good looks, but he didn't think that the other party had any intention of marrying her.

Aju changed the direction of her daughter and hugged her, and said casually: "Our family is not powerful, but your brother-in-law has it. You see, your brother-in-law treats you and Xiaojiu like brothers and sisters. Who will marry you in the future? Your brother-in-law Will you take care of it? In-laws and in-laws, one of them has the ability, and will support the others. Not to mention your brother-in-law, even the concubines of the emperor are not regular wives. Speaking of which, when the emperor was still a prince, he chose concubines and concubines. He also hoped to make more aristocratic families to help him through marriage. For example, Mrs. Tai, why doesn't she like me? It's because our family can't help the Zhao family. She wants to give to your brother-in-law Find someone from a high family."

In the end, I was quite complaining.

Lin Zhu quickly put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and comforted the elder sister, "Don't be angry, elder sister, let her think what she wants, brother-in-law just likes you is enough."

Ah Ju looked up at the sky, and said softly, "Yes, fortunately, your brother-in-law grew up in the countryside, and because of his childhood resentment against taking concubines, he devoted himself to me. If he had always lived in the capital, he might not have He will fall in love with me, look at me at most, see that I am not bad in appearance, and take him home to be an aunt."

Lin Zhu was silent.

If Zeng Wenye first fell in love with Guo Baozhu instead of her and made her feel embarrassed about her identity, then King Rui liked her instead of Guo Baozhu, which made her even happier.However, is there another possibility that King Rui is already married, and Guo Baozhu's status is too high to be a concubine, so King Rui is special to her?

As the eldest sister said, with my family's status, in the eyes of rich people, being a concubine is considered a high priority.

No matter whether King Rui liked her or not, he quietly took her hand because he believed that she would be willing to be his concubine, right?
He didn't look down on her at all.

Lin Zhu suddenly wanted to laugh. She wanted to marry a man who was just like her brother-in-law or even more noble, but she forgot that not everyone was like her brother-in-law. She didn't care about the status of the Lin family and only liked her sister.

Ah Ju kept paying attention to her sister secretly after she finished speaking, seeing her biting her lip and seeing tears in her eyes, her heart ached, and she was worrying about what to say when she suddenly noticed her daughter's face wrinkled.

Aju hurriedly stuffed the hydrangea back into her sister's arms, hugged her daughter to pee under the peach tree, and jokingly said: "Cancan fertilizes it, this year's peach tree must have better flowers than other peach blossoms."

Cancan looked up at her mother, not understanding what she was talking about.

Lin Zhu was amused by the elder sister's thick skin, turned her head and said, "You are just like my brother-in-law, your daughter's farts are delicious."

Ah Ju also looked back at her: "My daughter, that's your niece too. If you dare to despise my daughter, be careful that I will tell her all the things you despise her in the future, so that she won't recognize you as your aunt. Last time I didn't I'm going out to have a look, and I don't care if Cancan pulls you away, is there someone like you who is an aunt?"

She was talking about when she went back to her mother's house.

Feeling guilty, Lin Zhu lowered his head and thought for a long time but couldn't find any words to explain it, so he laughed.

Ah Ju glared at her, got up and said, "Just wait, when you have a baby in the future, don't expect me to take care of it for you."

"I don't need your help either." Lin Zhu muttered softly, and ran to Ah Ju to tease his niece again.

The two sisters talked and laughed, and Lin Zhu went home after lunch.

When Zhao Chen returned home at night, Ah Ju told him about the garden.

"That's good, save Ah Zhu from thinking too much, you're getting smarter." Zhao Chen boasted without hesitation, hugged his wife and kissed her.

In fact, he never worried about his sister-in-law getting into it.Lin Zhu is not the same person as his wife, his wife values ​​feelings more, and Lin Zhu values ​​the benefits a man can bring her.King Rui is a big piece of pie that fell from the sky. The little girl will inevitably be pleasantly surprised at the beginning, but she gradually finds that although the pie is big, it can’t give her the best. Just young.

Once he understands the complexity of the capital city, Lin Zhu is more suitable than his wife to live in a mansion.

As for Zeng Wenye...

In the spring of the next day, Lin Xian set off under his wife's earnest eyes. Zeng Wenye also left the Hou's mansion and entered the examination room calmly.

It's just that not long after the exam started, Zeng Wenye was carried out, but he accidentally ate his stomach and couldn't sit still.

(End of this chapter)