six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 304

In the summer of the 29th year of Jiahe, the emperor appointed the four princes as lords, and the subjects celebrated together.

Changping and Su Garden were in a mess, the servants were busy running around, packing and moving cars with all kinds of salutes, as if the whole family was moving, yes, this was the whole family moving the capital.

The emperor appointed the four princes as the crown prince, and at the same time called Ning Guang, who had been "rehabilitated" for five years, to return to Beijing to take up his post, so the whole family had to move to Beijing.

The servants were busy packing and saluting, but in the flower hall of Su Garden, Su Liu and the others were drinking tea and talking leisurely, while the children were sitting on the snow-white carpet and playing.

"It's also fortunate that our mansion shipped some luggage to Beijing early, otherwise, it would have been really busy." Chen said with a smile.

As early as two years ago, the prefect of Song had already returned to Beijing to take up the position of secretary of the household department after his term of office expired, so the Song family had moved back to Shangjing a long time ago, and because most of the Song family's business was in Gyeongju, Song Fei and Cao Mingzhu and his wife will stay temporarily, and in the past two years, they have gradually moved the focus of their business to Shangjing and its surrounding areas.This trip back to Beijing, they also returned together.

And Chen Ye won the first prize in 27 years, and temporarily entered the Imperial Academy in Beijing. Su Xiao, as his wife, naturally married a chicken and followed the chicken, and went to Beijing early.

Now, Su Liu and the others are leaving too. All these familiar relatives are in Beijing, so Chen is naturally reluctant, so Cao Kui simply moved his family to Shangjing, and the education in Shangjing is good, and it is relatively good for Cao Xiaobao's future. It is better than a small place like Changping.

"Has the house over there been furnished?" Su Liu smiled and said, "There are servants, no matter how busy you are, you won't be able to go anywhere."

"It's easy to say, in such a big mansion, what to take away and what to keep is also a headache." Mrs. Chen snorted. It will not be sold, but will remain as an ancestral home.

"I really have to leave, but I feel a little bit reluctant." Chen sighed again.

She has lived for decades, and she has been to Gyeongju even if she is far away, and she has never been to far away places. This time she moved to Shangjing, and she doesn't know when she can come back and have a look!

"Mother, if you think about it, ask your father to accompany you back for a walk when you have time. This is just a matter of the distance." Su Liu said: "It's not like you can't come back for a lifetime!"

"That's right, when I get old in the future, I'm afraid I'll come back here to take care of the elderly." Chen smiled and glanced at Xiaobao who was playing on the carpet, and said, "It's just hard for Xiaobao. .”

Su Liu followed her gaze, and saw a few little Douding sitting together, not to mention how happy they were, and said with a smile: "It's better to walk thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and it's better to run more."

"Mother, brother is cheating." Three-year-old Ning Er suddenly ran over and complained with a bright red mouth.

"No, it's because soldiers never tire of cheating." Four-year-old Ning Xiaochi said loudly with his arms akimbo: "It's also said in the Art of War."

They were playing the game of officers and soldiers catching thieves. Obviously, Ning Xiaochi was an official and Xiao Ning Er was a thief.

"Have you learned how to be a soldier? What else?" Su Liu raised her eyebrows and asked.

"There are also the three caves of the cunning rabbit, the plank road is built openly, and the Chencang is crossed secretly." Ning Xiaochi said loudly.

Su Liu chuckled, and said, "How dare you use your idioms to play games?"

Ning Xiaochi scratched his head, pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "Practice what you have learned."

Su Liu chuckled, looked at Ning Xiaoer who was not reconciled and said, "Since my brother is not tired of deceitful use of troops, you can also build plank roads to cross Chencang secretly, the three caves of the cunning rabbit!"

Ning Xiaoer's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, but Ning Xiaochi wrinkled his pretty face.

The younger ones went to play together again, Chen looked at them dotingly and said: "Brother Chi has also grown a lot."

Ning Xiaochi was enlightened at the age of three, and Su Liu always thought it was too early, but Ning Guang said that he was the eldest son and grandson, and he had to work harder than the younger siblings. Just listened.

But in fact, Ning Xiaochi is talented and intelligent, and he does do well in his studies. Su Liu is pleased with this, after all, it will be easier for him to study this way.

At this time, Mr. Su, who came to report to Da'ao Village, came.

It's Mr. Su, but it's actually Su Yindan. Now Su Yindan is 14 years old. He has been an apprentice in a shop in Suliu these years, and he is doing decently. He will come to visit whenever he is free. Yaya, that's why the servants call him Mr. Su.

This time to move to Shangjing, Su Yindan should come to see Yaya, so Su Liu asked someone to invite him in.

Hearing that her brother was coming, Yaya stood obediently beside Mrs. Chen, waiting quietly. Over the past few years, she has been receiving continuous treatment and taking medicine. Although Yaya's mind is not bright, she is not as stupid as she was when she was a child. , It's just that the intelligence can't be raised.

Su Yindan soon followed the servants. What surprised Su Liu and the others was that there was an old woman behind him. Looking closely, who is it if it's not the Huang family?
Su Liu has never seen Huang since bringing Yaya back that year. When Ning Xiaochi was one and a half years old, Mr. Su also passed away. At that time, Huang and the others also sent someone to report the funeral. Su Liu and the others are granddaughters, and they were asked to go back for a ride, but Su Liu didn't go, and only asked the servants to send the silk gold.I haven't seen you for a few years now, why is Huang so old?
Mrs. Huang wore a gray skirt with patches, her gray hair was gathered into a short bun, and there was no decoration on her head, only two silver hoop earrings on her ears. It's long.

She bent her back slightly, and pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands. She didn't know whether it was because of panic or other reasons. She lowered her head slightly, looking a little embarrassed.

"Big sister, aunt." Su Yindan stepped forward to salute Su Liu and the others respectfully.

When she was young, when Mrs. Chen was Su Changsheng's wife, Su Yindan also called her Da Niang. Now Su Liu is still his eldest sister, but Mrs. Chen has remarried. It seems inappropriate to call her Da Niang again, so she calls her Aunt .

"Sindan is here, sit down, Yaya, and greet your brother." Mrs. Chen gently glanced at you, Yaya, who was standing beside her with a double bun.

Yaya hummed, stepped forward slowly, showed a pure smile, and called sweetly: "Brother."

Su Yindan let out a hey and also showed a smile.

Yaya looked over his shoulders to look behind him, Huang just raised her head, Yaya looked intently, suddenly her face changed slightly, she exclaimed, and quickly ran towards Chen with horror on her face.

"Your Majesty, she hit, hit Yaya."

Chen pulled her into his arms with distress, patted her on the back and said: "Ya Ya, be good, no one here dares to beat Ya Ya, be good."

Yaya arched into her arms like a small animal, maybe it was Chen's gentle voice that made her calm down slowly, and secretly revealed one eye to peek at Huang.

Huang was also stunned, she hadn't seen her for many years, this child who looked like a noble lady in silk and satin and gold and silver jewelry, turned out to be that fool back then?her granddaughter?

Looking at Su Liu and Chen Shi again, Huang Shi's turbid eyes shrunk again, and his eyes changed a few times. The two women sitting on top of them, the older one was wearing purple and red dresses, gold hairpin plugs, and green jade jade rings on both hands. The bracelet is full of grace and luxury, who is it if it is not the Chen family?
And that young one, Huang would recognize until death, wearing a long Hunan-colored dress, with high temples, swaying steps, and a touch of extravagance, who is it not the Su Liu she cursed every day?

Seeing Su Liu's eyes glanced over, Huang was startled, and then lowered her head again.

"Yin Dan, how did this happen?" Su Liu picked up the tea and took a sip, looking at Huang's but asking Yin Dan.

Su Yindan was a little embarrassed, now that he is older and has seen a lot in the shop, how could he not understand Su Liu's meaning?
Slightly glanced at Huang's beside her, Su Yindan was a little helpless, after so many years, why can't Grandma stop resting?Don't make a fuss about coming.

Su Yindan sighed in her heart, and said with a smile: "I heard that big sister and you are going to move to Beijing, so I just wanted to see Yaya, otherwise I don't know when I will see you again." After a pause, He said again: "Grandmother hasn't seen Yaya and eldest sister for many years. Hearing that I'm coming, I thought of coming to see you too!"

Only then did Huang raise her head again, and looked at Su Liu with some embarrassment, but couldn't hold back a word, so she could only look at Yaya, and said enthusiastically, "Yes, Yaya, I'm Grandma, come here and let me Take a look, Grandma, Grandma Keer misses you, come here quickly."

Seeing Huang's moving steps and beckoning again, Yaya let out a soft cry, and kept pushing her head into Chen's arms: "Don't, don't."

Huang was so embarrassed that his face turned dark.

Mrs. Chen and Su Liu looked at each other, and the former said to the mother-in-law who was standing beside her: "Nurse Rao, Fourth Young Miss should take medicine too, you take her down to eat, she is used to eating sweet-scented osmanthus-flavored candied fruit." If it's gone, go back to Mrs. Cui and get some."

Nanny Rao bowed her knees to agree, and immediately stepped forward to take Yaya down.

Seeing this, Huang pursed her lips, lowered her eyelids, and her appearance became more and more mean.

"Yaya hasn't been off her medicine all these years, and she also admits she's born. Don't be surprised by Yaya's milk." Chen said with a smile this time: "Sit down, I haven't seen you for some years, your old man is in poor health." good?"

Huang-shi did not expect that Chen-shi would take the initiative to talk to her, let alone Chen's tone would be so peaceful, but in the peace, but with a thousand kinds of alienation, looking at her carefully, she saw a smile on the corner of her mouth, her skin was fair and round, She looks like someone in her early thirties, how can she be a grandma?

But she didn't know that the more peaceful and kind this person is, the younger his face will be, plus maintenance, there are many good supplements to support him, and his children and grandchildren are full of wealth and wealth, so it doesn't matter, can he not be young?
If it is said that the Chen family will be brooding about the past?In fact, this person can't get along with him, that's why he's always brooding over the past. Now that Mrs. Chen has both sons and daughters, her husband loves her, and she's rich and prosperous, how can she always be obsessed with the past?

Therefore, to her, Mrs. Huang is just an ordinary old lady who is familiar with her. Speaking of a close relationship, that is, her former mother-in-law, this greeting is also a matter of personal cultivation.

It's a pity that Mrs. Huang didn't think of this. She only thought that Mrs. Chen was just showing off, so she said eccentrically, "I've already stepped into the coffin with half of my foot. What's the point? I can't die either way." .”

Chen paused, her smile froze at the corner of her mouth, she coughed lightly, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it on her nose, and fell silent.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and Su Yindan frowned and called softly: "Grandma!"

Huang frowned, turned her head away, and after a while, asked again: "I heard that you are going to live in Beijing? Are you not coming back?"

Seeing that Su Liu bowed her head and said nothing, Mrs. Chen sighed slightly in her heart, and said warmly: "The husband and son-in-law married by the two sisters are all in Beijing, and I'm afraid they won't be back for a long time when they go back."

"Then how can I do it?" Huang was a little anxious when she heard that, seeing Su Liu looking over, she hurriedly changed her words: "Then I won't be able to see Yaya?"

Su Liu lowered her eyes, put down her teacup and said, "I don't know that the old lady misses Yaya so much. After so many years, she can bear not seeing each other."

Mrs. Huang was so choked by her that she couldn't get off the stage, so she stabbed: "You treat me as if I don't want to see her, aren't you guys guarding against thieves?"

"Auntie!" Su Yindan's face was hot, and she hurriedly said to Su Liu and the others: "Big Sister, we have met Yaya, so I will go back with Auntie. After I have money, I will go to Beijing." Visiting you."

Su Liu didn't want Su Yindan to look bad either, so she said, "Go ahead, work hard, learn more and see more, I can see that you are doing well, and I can't treat you badly."

Su Yindan agreed with a smile, helped Huang Shi up and was about to leave.

"I just came here, my buttocks are not hot yet, what's the hurry?" Huang pushed him away, looked at Su Liu and said, "Yindan calls you big sister, now our family members are dying and scattered, he He is also your only younger brother now, since he is working in your shop, let him be the shopkeeper anyway, what's the use of being a small apprentice? There is no hope."

As soon as she said this, Su Yindan's expression changed, and she hurriedly looked at Su Liu, trying to explain, but it was too late.

"Presumptuous!" Su Liu slapped the table, and the teacup on the table trembled a few times. She glared angrily at Huang, and reprimanded: "What is the only brother? The one born to my mother is my only brother. Silver egg If I admit him, he is my younger brother. If I deny him, he is nothing. What are you, dare to curse my younger brother?"

Huang was stunned in place, unable to recover for a long time.

"Big sister, don't be upset, grandma didn't mean it." Su Yindan hurriedly apologized with a shy face.

"Yindan, you are Yaya's real brother, I welcome you to come to see her, but you have to be modest, don't bring all cats and dogs in and still dare to make big jokes." Su Liu sternly said.

"Big sister, I won't do it next time, let's go back now." Su Yindan tugged Huang Shi hard, and said, "Grandma, let's go."

Mrs. Huang regained her composure, saw Su Yindan dragged her, struggled a few times, and said, "Forget that I lost my mind and forgot that you have a younger brother, but I'm not wrong, Yindan is also your younger brother." , He is almost at the age of marriage, and he is worried about not being able to find a good girl to marry him to be a shopkeeper? You are also powerful, so what's the point of being a shopkeeper for him?"

Su Liu pursed her lips and looked at Su Yindan: "Yindan, you think so too?"

Su Yin's face turned pale, and she shook her head vigorously and said, "Big sister, I dare not, I don't have the skills to be a shopkeeper."

"Did you hear that?" Su Liu looked at Huang Shi coldly, and said, "Wear as big a hat as your head has. How long has he been in the shop? How many people do you know? How much knowledge do you have? I'll just give him a shopkeeper." Do it, can he manage it? It’s so high, it will only hurt more. You don’t know that the road has to be taken step by step, and if the steps are too big, it’s easy to pull the balls?”

Huang's face was blushing from the training, and when she wanted to say something, Su Yindan said angrily: "Grandma, do you still want to go back and live with Second Uncle? If you do this again, you can go live with Second Uncle."

Huang's body froze, and the circles of her eyes turned red. She glanced at Su Liu and the others unwillingly, and muttered, "I'm not doing it for your own good. Do you still want to marry a wife?"

"Big sister is good enough to me. If I have the ability, after a long time, I will definitely be the shopkeeper. Grandma, let's go, can you make me unable to do errands?" Su Yindan's tone was pleading .

Mrs. Huang squeezed her fists, lowered her head, and let Su Yindan pull her out without saying a word.

"What's the matter? The old lady doesn't live with the second child now?" After they left, Chen finally calmed down and asked suspiciously.

Su Liu said lightly: "I heard that Luo Shi gave birth to a son later, and was protected by Su Fusheng. In the past two years, he has become more and more angry. With the conditions I mentioned before, wouldn't it be impossible to go later? The couple resented in their hearts. I didn’t want to see her, and co-operated to bully her, and then she lived with Yindan.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen sighed: "It's really a crime. I think she has been majestic all her life, and she will end up like this when she is old. The second child is also the same. It is really useless to love him."

"I said earlier that you can't live without self-inflicted crimes. She asked for it herself, and she can't blame others." Su Liu snorted, and said: "Looking at it now, Yin Dan can calm her down a little bit, and she can still listen to his words." .Presumably, she has nothing else to rely on except Yindan."

The son is not waiting to be seen anymore, Yindan, the grandson, is the last straw of the Huang family, she can only hold on to it firmly, otherwise, no one will know when she is really old when she dies.

And the Huang family who walked out of Su Liu's house also tightly grasped his grandson's hand, wiped his tears and said in a mouthful: "Yindan, don't you want to learn from those unfilial people, grandma can only rely on you , if you ignore Grandma, Grandma will only have to wipe her neck!"

Su Yindan looked at her old appearance, sighed for a long time, and said: "The left and right grandchildren will take care of you to the end, it's just grandma, you shouldn't have said what you said just now, and you can feel at ease in the future and don't think about other things." Now, if there is a mouthful of food for the grandson, you will be indispensable."

Huang opened her mouth, lowered her head dejectedly, and said quietly: "Grandma just listens to you." Then she muttered to herself: "Otherwise, what else can I do?"

Does Huang regret it?Naturally, she regretted it. In such a field today, many things have her own shadow, how can she not regret it?The son who has always loved her also thinks she is in the way in the end, how can he not be sad?All her life, she has been a failure.

Many years later, until Huang's old age, she was also supported by Yindan until her death, and she never saw Su Liu and the others again. Before she died, she held Yindan's hand and kept chanting: "Yindan, grandma's heart Sorry, I'm sorry!"

(End of this chapter)