Famous Doctor Woman

Chapter 137 A Letter From Home (5)
"No way?"

Mo Yan opened the outer envelope, and inside there was a large stack of papers with different colors and ink marks. It seemed that it had been written for several hours, or several days.

"Yan Yan, you read it to Wei Niang, what did your father say?"

Lu asked her maid, Mo Li, to pour a cup of tea. Mo Yan took a sip, cleared her throat, and spread out the letter paper on it, "Ma'am, I miss you..."

Isn't this too straightforward?How does this look like a dumb dad?Usually, my father scolded corrupt officials like a dog, and he was meticulous in life. I never thought that he would have such interest. Sure enough, after Mo Yan finished reading, Lu's face immediately blushed.

"Ahem, are you and Yanyan safe on the way? Did you buy a lot of cloth and satin again? There is no shortage of these in the house, and the warehouse is piled up like a mountain. When we return..."

Mo Yan was embarrassed, her father looked like a miser, only the first few words were the main point, and the second sentence mentioned the issue of money, sure enough, Lu's complexion was a bit uneasy, she grabbed the handkerchief with her hands.

Or father understands mother!During the shopping along the way, Dad knew it well, maybe he was feeling sorry for the money, so he advised mother, the sea of ​​bitterness is boundless, turn back to the shore, and skip it on the return journey.

"Continue reading."

After calming down, Mrs. Lu waved her hand at Mo Yan. After being married for many years, she knew Mo Zhongchen's temperament very well. On the one hand, he was stingy and stingy, and this living habit affected Lu Shi. Sometimes she really felt that she had no money at home.

"The empress passed away, and the emperor was in a bad mood. As a subject, he was very worried. As a husband, he was loyal to the emperor. The world can learn from the sun and the moon..."

Mo Yan was reading in high spirits, matching her father's rigorous appearance in her head, and felt more and more heroic in her heart. She was about to show her speech skills, but was cut off mercilessly by Lu, "This paragraph is cut off, continue."

Mo Yan's face was full of black lines, this part is pinched?She looked back hastily, and there were two pieces of letter paper where her father was expressing his loyalty to the emperor, worrying about the victims of the flood in the south, and so on, the rhetoric became more and more gorgeous, like a parallel essay.

"Gone?"

Lu frowned, knowing that her master would definitely say something useless, but she didn't expect to make up words like this, what's the use of loyalty to the emperor and her?It's not because he is worried that the emperor will send someone to check the letters, and he is always ready to flatter him.

"anything else."

It was only two and a half pages just now, and there are still several pages to come. Mo Yan felt relieved and continued to read, "How is the family? We have a new house at home. Parents should keep the books that my husband used when he was studying. What will happen?" The family is poor, and the brushes, ink, paper and inkstones are all gifts from the kind people in the town shop..."

Next, there is a story about Chen Zhima and rotten millet. Back then, Mo Zhongchen often went to the shop to help others write letters. The shopkeeper saw that he had no money, so he gave away pens, inks, papers and inkstones that were not in good condition. The inks were all small. It is easy to grind like this, and he still remembers the kindness of that person. Unfortunately, when he wrote a letter to his family before, the shopkeeper of that shop has returned home.

"Skip this paragraph, continue."

Mrs. Lu rubbed her forehead, she knew it would be like this, her master could recite this past event at least twenty times, no more than that, Mrs. Lu could memorize it all, she really didn't want to continue listening.

"Madam, I am strict with myself as a husband, and I have not drunk alcohol. Madam, please rest assured that Mo Qing will serve you by your side. She will guard herself like jade and wait for Madam's return."

Mo Yan blushed, dad's letter jumped back and forth too much, what a mess!Sure enough, Lu's face turned red immediately, and she said angrily, "Your father was just joking, talking nonsense!"

There are no concubines and aunts in Yushi’s mansion, and there are no other houses. Some colleagues once joked that Mo Zhongchen’s wife is strict, and they insisted on sending a few delicate women to be concubines. Lu Shi didn’t say anything. He sold several girls to another colleague, and bought a gold hairpin for Mrs. Lu with the money. Speaking of which, this was the only time Mrs. Lu received a decent gift after being married for more than ten years.

"Mom, otherwise you'd better read it, I'll listen."

Mo Yan was also a little embarrassed, she was afraid that her father, who didn't play cards according to common sense, would say something bold, after all, she was a girl who hadn't left the cabinet, so something was wrong.

When Mrs. Lu heard the words, she thought it made sense, and if she saw Mo Zhongchen talking nonsense, she would take him there.But the content of the letter below almost made her fall backwards with anger.

There are about ten pages of letter paper, on which is the account book, which was copied by Mo Zhongchen. The expenses of Yushi's mansion, including the silver taels used to buy toilet paper, are clearly recorded on it, and the date and time are clear at a glance.

"Mom, could it be that daddy made you angry?"

Seeing that Lu's complexion was not good, Mo Yan hurriedly served tea and water, wondering if her father had said something, which made her mother's expression so angry that it kept changing.

"Here, look, this is your father's letter from home!"

Mrs. Lu has already decided that after returning to Beijing, she must teach her master a good lesson, and ask him to write more family letters, not to say that what is not needed is to copy the account books. From the beginning to the end, there are only a few sentences that can be read, and the rest are just counting words. Fortunately, she was very satisfied with the thickness of this book!
"Hey, Mom, there's a piece of paper sandwiched here, it doesn't look like Daddy's font."

Mo Yan's hand trembled, and a piece of rice paper fell from the middle. Mrs. Lu picked it up, looked at it carefully, and couldn't laugh or cry. It was written in Mo Qing characters, which she recognized, and recorded Mo Zhongchen's daily drinking time and alcohol consumption.

Mo Yan didn't know why mother was angry, she stretched her head forward, and when she saw the clear record on it, she immediately covered her mouth and snickered, just now her father was still swearing that she didn't drink alcohol, who knew that Mo Qing had betrayed her by the note hidden by Mo Qing, no wonder mother His complexion is not good.

Hearing that the second son sent a letter from home, grandpa and grandma were very happy, they came back from outside one after another, both of them were illiterate, they smiled at Yan Yan, "Yan Yan, read to grandma, what did your father write? "

Mo Yan wants to cry but has no tears, why is it her again?But seeing his mother's wink, he had no choice but to accept the letter and bite the bullet, "Father and mother, the words are as good as the face, how are you and the old man, I miss you and the two elders."

In fact, there is also a section of greeting grandma in the letter, but the letter is written to Lu Shi, so the greeting at the beginning is Lu Shi, but Mo Yan changed it to grandma.Sure enough, the second elder smiled so much that he squinted his eyes, nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, okay!"

Seeing Lu's admiring eyes, Mo Yan knew that she understood her mother's meaning correctly, and continued to fool around, "Floods in the south, I heard that Yingchuan was affected, I don't know how the family's harvest is, my son is far away in Kyoto, and I miss him very much."

"It's good that we rely on the mountain village. We have enough food for the family, Yan Yan, remember to tell your father when you reply, don't worry."

Grandpa and grandma are simple people, and they repeatedly emphasized that they were afraid of hindering their son. Mo Yan nodded solemnly, and read out the nonsense of daddy alone, and the two elders also recalled the past.

"Grandma, Daddy's letter is the last one, inviting the whole family to the capital to celebrate the New Year."

This was Mo Yan's own idea, she wanted the whole family to be reunited, she had told her mother before, she also had this intention, and wanted to go back to surprise her father.

(End of this chapter)