Glory all the way

Chapter 124
It was late at night, and in the inner room of Qing'an Hall, the lamps and candles in the corners were still persistently emitting light. Old Mrs. Bai was sitting on the side of the bed in pajamas, under the brocade quilt. Mrs. Bai sat up and put on a thick jacket.

"What's the matter, you can't do it when you wake up tomorrow, you have to say it at night, you are not in good health, and you should cough again when you catch a cold."

Said reproachfully, Old Master Bai stretched out his hand to wrap the thick coat on Old Madam Bai's body tightly, and then tightly wrapped the quilt around her.

The smile on her face was unusually soft, and the old lady Bai said angrily: "It's warm in the room, why is it so delicate? As long as you open your eyes during the day, there will be no rest around you. How can you be so quiet like now?" Let's talk."

"What's the matter? What happened to the second child's room again?"

Nodding his head slightly, the old man Bai frowned, looked up at the old lady Bai and asked.

Last month, a maid in the second room was killed with a cane. The reason was that she stole the banknotes from the second wife's room. She was caught by the second wife's mother Yang and led by others, and she got all the stolen goods.

The amount of banknotes is huge, if it wasn't for the second wife's whim, she might have been taken out of the mansion long ago.

The second lady's face turned black immediately, and the maid was dragged to the firewood room by the mother-in-law covering her mouth, where she was beaten with [-] boards and left to dry overnight, and the next morning, she was carried out of the mansion with a straw mat Throw it on the mass grave.

It wasn't until later that a woman cleaned up the mess that she realized that there was a huge pool of blood on the ground. It didn't look like blood from a stick, but a miscarriage.

Although no one has mentioned this matter, the servants in the mansion have passed it on and off, and everyone knows it.

Although the Second Master was a little too lewd and out of his wits, he didn't even spare the maids in the room, but the second lady's move was really vicious, which makes people shudder when they think about it.

Knowing what old master Bai had thought of, old lady Bai's complexion also darkened, and immediately, she let out a long and helpless sigh.

"It's not the second room, it's Sister Luo."

When she came back to her senses, remembering what she was about to say, the old lady Bai reached out and patted the hand of the old lady Bai.

His eyebrows twitched, and Old Master Bai's eyes tightened, "What's wrong with Sister Luo?"

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, not as calm and breezy as usual, the old lady Bai laughed dumbly, "Don't be surprised, how old are you, and you still look like a child?"

Old Master Bai smiled, got up and walked to the brocade table, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

Seeing that the water temperature was suitable, the old man Bai took another tea bowl to make tea, and handed it to the old lady Bai.

After taking a sip, the old lady Bai said: "Sister Luo met a family outside the mansion. A few days ago, that family was in trouble, so Sister Luo came to ask me to let the daughter of that family come into the mansion to serve her. Sister Luo's words were cryptic, but I could understand that she wanted to have more of her own people around her, and she would have reliable people to use when she got married in the future."

The old man Bai listened seriously, and his expression became serious.

"Hey……"

The old lady Bai heaved a long sigh, "I thought that we would be right for Qi Shiming and his wife if we loved Sister Luo more, but when Sister Luo said that day, I realized that we had neglected her too much. In the next year, Sister Luo will be fourteen, and it is imminent to find a good marriage for her, but right now, let's not mention marriage, we have to raise her for two more years to see each other well, but the dowry and companion house... , We have to discuss and prepare for these.”

"Well, you're right."

Echoing Old Madam Bai's words, Old Master Bai hesitated and said, "When the big girl was this old, she started to learn to take care of housework with her mother, right?"

It was Bai Yingping who said it.

The old lady Bai nodded.

"Then, it's time to get ready."

Old Master Bai said with certainty.

"These are secondary. I see that Shizhong's wife is also affectionate with Sister Luo. Turn back and ask Sister Luo to go to Mingya Garden more, and then tell her to take care of the things in the inner house. Sister Luo said, that child is extremely intelligent, and she will definitely learn it quickly. As for the people who will accompany her when she gets married in the future, it will be easy to handle. In our village, several households were brought by my natal family. Or follow you all over the world, the most loyal one is, if it's not possible, give her all those families, that's all."

Talking on and on, the old lady Bai hesitated.

Having lived together for nearly 50 years, Mrs. Bai's hesitation, Mrs. Bai's unclear, immediately asked bluntly, "You mean, you want to prepare more dowry for Sister Luo?"

Rubbing the edge of the tea bowl, the old lady Bai discussed: "The year Shi Zhong took the title of Prince Jing'an Hou, we said in front of the three brothers that when we go, the property of the Jing'an Hou Mansion will be One is divided into four, and each of the four rooms occupies one of them. Although they didn't nod their heads, they didn't raise any objections. I was thinking, now, let's divide it up early, and the third room's share is for Sister Luo son's dowry."

Old Master Bai's complexion became more and more serious.

After thinking for a while, he said with some embarrassment: "Sister Luo is someone else's family after she gets married. Although the dowry is more, the in-law's family will treat her better, but if it is too much, in case you want to marry us People, they came here for Sister Luo's dowry, wouldn't that hurt her? Besides..."

After a pause, the old man Bai raised his eyes to look at the old lady Bai and said: "Now, we are old and don't think about those things that we don't bring with us when we are born or die, but have you ever thought about it? No objection, his wife has no objection, and Jinyuan has no objection, the second child, fourth child, and their daughter-in-law can also agree to let Sister Luo marry with a quarter of the property of the Jing'an Hou Mansion. Going to someone else's house? A broken house is worth tens of thousands, not to mention that the Hou Mansion has accumulated wealth for several generations."

"What you said, why haven't I thought about it? But the share of Sanfang belonged to Shiming. After he left, his things were passed on to Sister Luo. Isn't that justified?"

Although she knew in her heart that it was impossible, but thinking of her beloved son, the old lady Bai still argued hard.

Old Mrs. Bai sighed deeply, took the teacup from Mrs. Bai's hand and put it back on the brocade table, and said soothingly, "Let's put this matter aside for now, let's think about it carefully, and make good plans for Sister Luo, After all, she is still young."

Speaking of being young, Old Master Bai was slightly taken aback. For more than a year, Bai Yingluo has been wandering in front of his eyes every day. Whenever he sees her, she always has a bright smile on her face and sweetly calls herself "grandfather". , and hugged his arm affectionately.

Among the children in the mansion, even Bai Jinyuan, the oldest, was slightly afraid when he saw him. It seemed that she was the closest to him. He thought that she was only an eleven or twelve-year-old girl. , the little girl has grown into a girl the age of cardamom, and it's time to get married.

"Sister Luo's marriage, what are your plans?"

He was planning to blow out the candles and go to bed, but the old man Bai walked to the corner, turned around quickly and asked.

Hearing this, the old lady Bai shook her head in embarrassment, "It's okay to be high or low, we think it's good, people despise Sister Luo as an orphan, and they are afraid that if we leave, Jing'an Hou Mansion and Sister Luo will become more and more estranged Yes. It's not easy for someone to fall in love with Sister Luo's temperament, and I feel that he is not good enough for my Sister Luo, hey..."

Parents feel that their children are the best in the world.

The young and promising Bai Shiming was the most beloved son of Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai. His untimely death caused great trauma to the hearts of the two elders.

As for Bai Yingluo, she has been extraordinarily well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she can't fault a single thing. Let me ask, in the huge capital, there are not one thousand, but eight hundred young ladies in everyone's big family, and Bai Yingluo has won the queen empress. And the favor of the sixth princess, and in the end, I got that pair of calligraphy that makes people envious and jealous when they mention it.

Therefore, when it comes to Bai Yingluo's marriage, the old lady Bai finds it even more difficult to make a choice.

"Sister Luo has no father and no mother since she was a child, and she has to look at people's faces everywhere in the second room. After so many years, it is not easy. I think that the identity and background of the man's family can be ignored. The important thing is to feel pity for Luo. Sister's heart, this is what matters most."

Turning around, walking back to the side of the bed and sitting down, Old Master Bai talked about his views.

"That's exactly the reason. But even if you see each other, you can only see each other for a few times. How can you tell what kind of temperament is Na Lang? If we don't get along? So, the request you mentioned sounds like Although it is simple, it is extremely difficult to implement.”

Old lady Bai said.

It seemed that he already had some thoughts in his heart, and old master Bai showed a trace of hesitation on his face.

The old lady Bai noticed, and tentatively asked: "In your heart, do you already have someone to choose?"

After a moment of hesitation, Old Master Bai did not deny it.

There was a vague figure shaking in his mind, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while, Old Master Bai hesitated, and after a while, he shook his head and said: "I think, why don't we keep Sister Luo for two more years, and wait until the year after next? We've tried it, let's pick someone from the Xinke Jinshi who has a clean family background and a simpler family. After all, he can be regarded as a young talent. As long as he makes progress on his own, he may not have a good future. We can rest assured that my sister is married. As for the Hou Mansion, it will be up to Sister Luo at that time. If she is willing to handle the relationship between her husband's family and her mother's family well, the Hou Mansion will naturally be her support. If not, the man's family should be mentally prepared before marrying, and they will definitely not make things difficult for Sister Luo, what do you think?"

Slowly digesting the old lady Bai's words, a comfortable smile appeared on the old lady Bai's face, "Okay, I will do as you say."

With a sigh of relief, the old lady Bai got up with a smile, and blew out the candle. In the darkness, the old lady Bai muttered like a child, "The exam will be over next year. Sister Luo is 15 years old, and it is too late for her to get married." It hasn't been decided yet, if it spreads out, people will laugh at it again, my poor sister Luo..."

Laughing dumbfounded, Old Master Bai knew that she was just complaining, so he muttered something to comfort her.

There was silence between heaven and earth. In the Lanxin Pavilion, Bai Yingluo had already fallen asleep. She certainly did not expect that a short while ago, her life had roughly settled down.

(End of this chapter)