The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 35 Marrying a wife is like fighting a war (1)
Ah Ju didn't expect that he would really meet Mrs. Zhao.

The mother said that she was stunned when she saw Mrs. Zhao for the first time, thinking it was a fairy descending from the earth, and her sister was full of praise for her.Seeing it with her own eyes at this time, she was also shocked that there is such an orchid-like woman in the world, who is fresh and elegant when not smiling, and bright and soft when smiling.But these were later thoughts, the first thoughts that really came to her...

How could that man have such a mother?

One is a jackal and the other is an exile.

She looked at each other in disbelief, and suddenly saw Mrs. Zhao smiling and pointing behind her, Aju turned her head unconsciously, and saw Youyou was sniffing a cluster of orchids.Aju was taken aback, and hurried over to stop her, Yoyo immediately fled to one side, and was hugged by Lin Zhu's neck.Yoyo is already very heavy now, Lin Zhu wanted to carry it into the fence by himself, and Mrs. Liu hurried over to take Yoyo, "I'll come, I'll come, you two sisters, go wash your hands, tidy up and then come to see Mrs. Zhao."

Lin Zhu was delighted, and said with a smile to Ning: "Then auntie, go sit in the room first, and we will talk to you later."

Ning nodded with a smile, and her eyes fell on Ah Ju.

Ah Ju couldn't show any hostility towards her, so Fuli called "Auntie", pleaded guilty and left.

After entering the wing room, Lin Zhu leaned over to the eldest sister and whispered, "How is it? I didn't exaggerate what I said last time, right?"

Ah Ju looked at her helplessly, and urged her to clean up quickly.

In fact, there was nothing to clean up, so I washed my face and cleaned up my messy bun, and the two sisters went to the room together.

Liu's family and Lin Zhu had met each other last time, and Ning's family called Ah Ju to him, looked at the girl who was pretending to be calm but her eyelashes were trembling slightly, and asked softly: "I heard that you were not feeling well last time. Are you better now?"

Her voice was as gentle as water, and Ah Ju raised her eyes to look at her, and thanked softly: "Aunt Lao misses her, she's done." No matter why the other party came, she must not lose etiquette.

Ning nodded, and waved to Wenmei. When Wenmei came over, she pointed to the pot of orchids and said, "Azhu Xiaojiu has a meeting ceremony. I know you like orchids, so I prepared a different one for you. You Take a look first, do you recognize what kind of Lan this is?"

When Ah Ju entered the room, she caught a glimpse of the orchid flower in the hands of the maidservant in Tsing Yi, she didn't look at it because of the rules, but the faint fragrance in the room distracted her attention from time to time.At this time, the orchid was brought to her body, and the fragrance was even stronger. She resisted the urge to turn her head immediately, thanked her first, and then turned around.

This orchid blooms as a tree-shaped flower, green and white in color, shiny and fresh like jade, and the petal color is pure and free of impurities.

Lin Zhu followed, looked at it curiously, and said in surprise: "I haven't seen this last time... Oh, I see, my aunt is hiding her secrets and only shows it to my elder sister, right?"

The little girl has a cute tongue, and Ning explained with a smile: "That's not true. The last time A Zhu went, it hadn't been opened yet, so I didn't ask anyone to bring it out."

Liu Shi taunted the second daughter from the side: "You don't understand anything, even the best orchids are useless to show you!"

Lin Zhu muttered softly: "Yes, yes, only my elder sister can't see it in vain, she can see orchids with her eyes!"

Ah Ju felt ashamed when she heard this, because she didn't know this orchid.

She looked up at Ning Shi, and Ning Shi looked at her encouragingly: "Have you guessed it? Tell me, if you guess right, Auntie will give you a gift. how?"

Having said that, Ah Ju turned to the orchid again, and said hesitantly: "The shape of the flower looks like the golden sand tree chrysanthemum in the lotus petal orchid, but the color is not so pure, and the golden sand tree chrysanthemum blooms in spring, and the flowering period is not right."

Liu's Linzhu couldn't understand these words at all, but Ning's was shocked that this peasant girl was so familiar with orchid varieties. If she didn't really love orchids and had a way to know each variety, it would be impossible for her to know Sand Tree Chrysanthemum.But it's true, the two girls of the Lin family, apart from the simplicity and naturalness of the villagers in their temper, they are also able to read and read, and they change their clothes, and they are almost the same as ordinary official girls.

Under Aju's questioning eyes, she smiled and shook her head: "It seems that I can win an orchid back today. Aju, this is Jianlan, which is also produced in Sichuan, but outsiders rarely hear about it. I got two by chance. , kept it by myself, and didn’t spread it. I named it Jade Peony, do you think it’s good?”

Jade Peony?

Beautiful flowers, even more beautiful names.

Aju was so admired that she didn't know what to say, she declined softly: "Auntie, this flower is too expensive, you still..."

Ning held her hand, looked into her eyes and said, "Don't you think that flowers are classified as noble or humble? They were originally born in the mountains, and it is sacrilegious for us to forcibly pick them back home. Only by taking good care of them can we barely atone for our sins. What qualifications do you have?" Then mark them with high or low? Aju, I gave it to you because I heard that you like orchids. If you raise it well, I will give it to the right person, don’t you think?”

Ah Ju was speechless and nodded in shame.

Ning held her hand and said, "Go, take Auntie to see the orchids you raise, and see if I can learn anything."

Ah Ju naturally accompanied her.

The two went out of the house, Wenmei followed behind.

Liu patted her head and didn't follow, seeing that Lin Zhu hadn't gone either, she wondered, "Why don't you go?"

Lin Zhu stuck out her tongue: "I don't understand anything, why don't you join in the fun."

Mrs. Liu snickered, and called people to the kitchen, where the mother and daughter prepared lunch together.Thinking of something while scooping rice, Mrs. Liu wiped her hands, and went over to ask Mrs. Ning if she told Zhao Chen to come here for dinner at noon.Ning said with a smile: "I told him, he said something happened in the county, and he will leave after teaching Xiaojiu in a while, we don't need to worry about him."

"This child, he insists on teaching Xiaojiu after being so busy. It's okay to stop for a day." Liu said a few words politely, then turned and continued to prepare meals.

Ning looked away, seeing Ah Ju pretending not to hear Hua, smiled, and asked her in a low voice: "Are you relieved to know that Cheng Yuan won't come?"

Ah Ju was stunned.

Ning sighed softly, and comforted her: "He told me everything about you, it's not convenient to talk now, let's go to the study after dinner?"

Ah Ju lowered her head again, she doesn't dislike Ning Shi, and even likes to get along with her very much, it's just...

"What does Auntie want to tell me?" No matter how difficult she was to ask, she asked first. If Ning Shi wanted to persuade her to marry that person, she might as well not go, lest it would be more embarrassing to refuse in person.

"Don't worry, I won't force you to marry him, I just want to talk to you." Ning explained with a smile.

Ah Ju looked at her and nodded slightly.

After the meal, Ning went to Lin's study with her on the grounds of explaining how Ah Ju raised orchids.

Ah Ju poured a cup of tea for Ning Shi, put down the teapot, stood aside, lowered her eyes and waited for Ning Shi to speak.

Although Ning only said that she wanted to talk to her, Ah Ju felt that even if the two really hit it off, they just met after all, so there was nothing to talk about, probably they would still mention marriage, right?She really couldn't figure it out, maybe Zhao Chen wanted to marry her for the sake of sex, how could Ning Shi be willing to let him mess around?The family backgrounds of the two families are so different, Ning shouldn't want a daughter-in-law like herself?

"What are you doing standing up, come here and move the chair to my side, so that we can have a private conversation." Ning said familiarly.

She is an elder, so Ah Ju naturally obeyed, and sat down under Ning's head, with a distance of a chair between them.

The study room was quiet, and the bright sunlight in the afternoon came in from the window, illuminating the open space in front of the two of them.Ning turned her head, looked out of the window, and heard the faint noises of children playing outside. Those memories that seemed to have been forgotten slowly surfaced, but because the time interval was too long, there was no mood swing at this time, as if that Just what happened to other people.

"Aju, do you know that you are a bit like me in the past, so my aunt likes to talk to you, and she has a kind of pity for you." After a moment of silence, she turned around and said to Aju.The voice is low and soft, it sounds very comfortable, it makes you want to sleep comfortably, but you are curious about the trace of emotion inside.

Ah Ju raised her eyes, wanting to hear what she had to say.

Ning Shi motioned her to sit a little closer to her, then took her hand, and said calmly: "When I was fourteen or fifteen years old, I liked someone very much. That person was my cousin, who was two years older than me. , due to family changes, I have lived in my house since I was a child. My childhood sweetheart, I believe you understand, and my childhood sweetheart with him will only be more beautiful than you and Meng Zhongjing. He was born with a gentle and elegant jade tree, and he will accompany me to plant orchids and appreciate orchids. At that time, I thought that marrying him would be the happiest thing for me. But I failed to marry him after all, do you know why? "

Simple narration, Ah Ju felt a pain in his heart, his lips moved, his voice didn't sound like his own, "He, did he like someone else?"

Ning shook her head, held Ah Ju's little hand in one hand, and gently stroked her soft long hair with the other, "No, but he gave me to someone else with his own hands, and exchanged my future with others, and I, because I was young The object sent by Wuzhi fell into the hands of a foreigner, and because of his reputation, he had to marry. Ah Ju, do you think we are very similar?"

That's right, the childhood sweethearts have all changed their hearts, one for people and the other for power.

Ah Ju didn't want to cry, but the tears fell by herself, and she could restrain herself and pretend not to care in front of her mother, but she couldn't control it when she was in front of this woman who had a similar experience with her.

Ning didn't persuade her, and she wiped her tears by herself, "Have you always wanted to ask why Meng Zhongjing treated you like this? Me too, I was full of unwillingness and just wanted an answer, and then I really saw him. His face didn't change. He But he is no longer as gentle as jade before, he dare not look at me, he apologizes to me, tells me his difficulties, and even resents my father for not helping him..."

Because of the experience just now, Ah Ju can fully imagine the scene at that time, sobbing and asking: "What did Auntie say?"

Ning looked down at her with calm eyes: "No, I left without saying anything. Because I found out that he was not my childhood sweetheart at all. The person I like would not be so cowardly and unresponsive. He decided to give up on me. He died in an instant, and later this one had the same appearance as him, but it was not him. My sadness and tears were all for his death, and the new one was just a person I looked down upon, and had nothing to do with me anymore. Then why should I ask him again?"

Ah Ju was stunned, suddenly a little confused in her mind.

(End of this chapter)