pastoral wedding

Chapter 147 The So-Called Cousin
When these four carriages suddenly appeared at the entrance of Liushu Village, almost everyone in the village was alarmed. Seeing that the villagers had gathered around, Su Wenshan took Su Wenhai out of the carriage to greet the villagers. Seeing that his home had caused such a big commotion , Xiao Lu was naturally very proud of it, and she talked endlessly. Su Cui couldn't bear it, and she stopped after a few sarcasm.

Someone had informed Mrs. Lu early on. Mrs. Lu is a person who cares about face, seeing her son so proud of her, she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear, so she asked Su Ran to help her to the door and wait.

Jiang Run was not from the Su family, he had left on horseback long before entering Liushu Village, and now all the people who got off the carriage were from the Su family.Especially Dafang's family, dressed luxuriously and served by maids, some envious people looked straight at it.Liu's vanity was also greatly satisfied, but Su Jin couldn't stand these things, so she let Wisteria and Hongxing, who were holding Changsheng and Xiaoqiao'er, follow her into the yard, and Dahe, Xiaohe and Liuli also had their own He took his luggage and went into the house.

Su Jin went back to her yard familiarly. It wasn't that she wanted to get married or something, but that there were so many people coming back this time. The second uncle and the others had their own house, where did the third aunt live?Naturally, they can only live in the house they used to live in. I have a lot of family members, and even the servants and maids should be separated to save trouble.

The house has not been lived in for some time, and when the door is opened, the dust blows into the face, Su Jin sighed, and asked Douzi to bring a carriage, and asked Hongxing and Wisteria, who were holding their children, to wait in the carriage first. A small stove was lit in the carriage, which was much warmer than the freezing day outside.

"Dahe is going to light the fire, Xiaohe and Liuli are going to sweep the floor first, and then we'll clean the tables and chairs after Dahe boils the hot water." Su Zhen immediately assigned people to prepare for work, and this time she didn't bring any more girls. She only brought her three maids along with Hongxing, Wisteria, and Douzi, so she was too busy for a while. After Liu Shi and Su Cui came to help, she was busy for an hour or two before the house was completed. The house is packed enough to accommodate people.

The old house finally sent away the folks who came to see the excitement. It was already afternoon, and these people who had been bumping in the carriage for more than a day were already exhausted, so Lu asked Su Ran to cook. Su Ran was too lazy to move, a woman came out from the room where the eldest room lived, about thirties, although she was not young, but she looked weak and pitiful to me, followed by a woman For children of average age, they are all about the same age as Su Jin.

Seeing this person, Su Wenshan, who was sitting on a chair drinking water with a tired face, stood up suddenly, "Sister Ting, why is it you? Why are you here?"

The woman called Tingmei showed a sad face, everyone thought she was going to say something, but she didn't say anything, she just lowered her head and said to Lu in a low voice, "Auntie Don't embarrass Miss Ran, I'll cook." Saying that, he called his son and daughter to the kitchen to cook.

Here, Su Wenshan inevitably wanted to ask Mrs. Lu about her situation, and Mrs. Lu said, "Didn't she marry a peddler a few years ago, and that peddler didn't know who offended anyone anyway, anyway, he never came out after entering the prison. He died in it, and even the house he lived in was taken away by the government. It was said that the shopkeeper owed him a lot of money, so he used his house to pay off the debt. This orphan and widow have nowhere to go, you two Isn't my uncle gone long ago? Your second aunt got married again, and the family can't accommodate her, and she doesn't have any real brothers or sisters, so she came to our family."

Su Wenshan didn't speak for a long time, and when Lu saw this, he smiled and said: "You almost married her at that time, but it's a pity that she told the shopkeeper first," and continued in a low voice, "Ms. You didn't think about it because you didn't think so, and it didn't mean that she took advantage of her Liu Qingcui in the end."

Seeing his mother bring up this matter again, Su Wenshan was so restless, seeing him like this, Mrs. Lu stopped talking.Not long after, Lu Ting prepared the meal and brought it out, with a gentle smile on her face, "I thought that my first cousin and second cousin were in a hurry to eat, so I didn't do those complicated things, I just made something simple Noodles and some green vegetables, let’s eat some padding first.”

Naturally, Mrs. Lu greeted her two sons for dinner, and Su Wenshan got up to leave, but Mrs. Lu naturally stopped her, and Su Wenshan said helplessly: "Mother, you didn't see that the second younger brother and sister are also eating here with their children, I have to go back and ask Qing Cui and the children to eat together." Come and eat."

"Isn't there a maid serving over there? What's the difference?" Mrs. Lu pulled him to sit down. Su Wenshan thought that what Mrs. Lu said was right, so he sat down.

Lu Ting was a little curious when she heard it, and asked with a smile while giving face to everyone, "Isn't my eldest cousin running a restaurant in the town? Did you also hire maids and servants at home?"

Xiao Lu said quickly: "My eldest brother has long since left the town. He went to Zhuque City and earned a lot of money. Naturally, there are maids and servants at home. We have also gone to the city now..."

"Second sister-in-law, I can't stop you from eating!" Su Cui gave her a white look, and called Brother Xu and Xiao Di, "Brother Xu took my younger sister's hand and went to ask Auntie and the others to come over for dinner together."

Xiao Di counted with her fingers, "Sister Jin'er, Brother Shuo, Xiaoqiao and Brother Xiaochang, and..." Before she could finish counting, she saw two maids coming in with With two food boxes in hand, he rushed over immediately, "Sister Dahe, sister Xiaohe?"

Da He and Xiao He couldn't hug her because they were carrying food boxes in their hands. Su Cui hurried out and hugged Xiao Di when she saw it, and asked, "I really want Brother Xu, Xiao Di, to call you guys." Come to eat, where is my sister-in-law? Why didn't you come?"

Da He smiled and opened the food box and put it on the table, "Our wife asked us to deliver the food. We just cleaned up the house and there was nothing to eat. Fortunately, we bought some in Qingshi Town when we came." The dishes in the box were brought out one by one, mandarin duck tofu, braised pork ribs with pumpkin, steamed taro, braised fish, a fragrant chicken soup, and a large bowl of rice.After taking them all out and saluting, they were about to leave, Su Wenshan hurriedly said: "It's all here, what do you eat?"

Xiao He said quickly: "We have our own food, master should go over early after dinner, our girl wants to talk to master."

Looking at the dishes on the table, and at the rough meals I made, it was obvious that they were inferior, and looking at the figures of the two maids, Lu Ting and her sons and daughters were full of envy. And jealousy, even the maids are dressed so well, how did the lady and the girl dress up.So after eating and packing up, she went to Su Cui, "Cui Niang, I should go ask my cousin sister-in-law, but it's not good for me to go so recklessly, why don't you take me there?"

Su Cui knew something about her and her elder brother back then, and seeing that she came here this time still acting like she was when she was young, she was not happy, and she was not very willing to talk to her, so she just said: "My sister-in-law and the others are tired. It's been a few days, and I'm afraid they are all resting, so don't bother me, there will be opportunities if you want to see her in the future."

Unexpectedly, this person would not listen to persuasion. Seeing that Su Cui refused to take her there, she went to see Mrs. Lu. She took her there.The two went around to the back yard, and saw that there was no one in the yard, so they pushed open the door and walked in.All the way into the main room, there was no one left or right, and was about to go into the inner room, when Su Jin, who heard the noise, came out from the side room and blocked them, "Second Aunt, why don't you go back and rest and come to our house?"

Xiao Lu has always been very courageous, but she is afraid of Su Jin's Su Shuang, because these two girls are not recognized by their relatives when they get angry.So seeing her hesitant expression, she hurriedly explained: "Jin'er, she asked me to bring her here, and said she wanted to say hello to your mother."

"Who is this?" Su Jin had been sizing up people curiously for a long time, but after only one sizing, she lost her liking for the woman in front of her. She looked soft and delicate, but her eyes flickered, it seemed that she was not a woman. People who look the same on the inside and outside, besides, if the young girl's family is like this, it will be endearing. It is unavoidable that it is a bit artificial to still be like this at such a long age.

Seeing her asking Xiao Lu hurriedly replied: "It's your grandmother's niece, your father's cousin."

"Oh." Su Jin replied pretending not to care, and asked seemingly casually, "Since she is a relative, my mother naturally has no excuse to see her, but my father and my mother are resting now, so it's really not good to leave them alone." They quarreled, they were all relatives anyway, so it’s not too late, cousin, don’t you think so?”

"Yes, yes, that's it, then I will go back first." Lu Ting didn't ask for favors, and hurried away. The little Lu was about to follow, but was stopped by Su Jin, "Second Aunt , I have some snacks in my room, would you like to sit with me?"

The little Lu family was naturally going, so she followed Su Jin to her room and sat for a while. After just a while, Su Jin found out Lu Ting's background, including the relationship between her and her father. past.It seems that Mother has met a match. This cousin is clearly a bad visitor. I'm afraid it's not as simple as just staying for a while. What if she wants to join Dad?Now that my family's situation is so hot, I don't know how many people are jealous, and the only father is my mother. This cousin can't be playing this idea, right?

Lu Ting really had such an idea, but she just thought about it, but her two children are very realistic.Her daughter, Sister Lian, was full of envy and jealousy, "Mother, have you seen my cousin? What kind of person is she?"

Lu Ting shook her head, "I only saw her third daughter, she looks really beautiful, so it can be seen that her mother is not bad."

"It's not bad, but where can we see it? Mother, don't underestimate yourself. Forget that you were famous in our village for being good-looking. I saw how rich this uncle's family is. If we can climb up to him, our mother You don’t have to live so hard any more.” Sister Lian snorted coldly, “Mother, please please your uncle first, and test whether he still has old feelings for you. If so, we can take advantage of it. When the time comes, follow him to Zhuque City, and I heard from my aunt that he has everything in his house, including a lot of maids and servants."

After hearing what her daughter described, how could Lu Ting not be moved, she also wanted to live a good life, otherwise she would not have married the peddler who could afford a large betrothal gift regardless of her relationship with Su Wenshan. After so many years, so what if he could remember the relationship back then?After all, he has already married and established a business as a father.He just sighed, "It's easier said than done?"

Sister Lian didn't think so, "Mother, don't be discouraged. At that time, you were playing tricks and the rich man wanted to accept you as his aunt. If it weren't for the fact that his wife is too tough, why would we be ashamed?" We were kicked out, but mother, this big cousin is different, no matter what, he won't drive us out of the house, because even if it doesn't work out, you are still his cousin." He snuggled into his mother's arms "Mom, no matter what, we have to try, otherwise, will we live in this dilapidated house for the rest of our lives? My daughter can't find a good marriage and can't help her mother's family, and my brother can't go to school to study and get a good reputation." gone."

That's right, I'm still young, so I can't just pass my whole life in a daze like this, can I?Lu Ting thought about it and decided to give it a try according to what her daughter said. Even if she failed to become Su Wenshan, she would never dare to throw herself out. She was sure of this, because Su Wenshan was an honest and honest person.

The next day Lu Ting implemented her plan thoroughly, and she happened to appear wherever Su Wenshan went.Su Wenshan got up early to carry water, so she took a handkerchief and stood in front of the water tank waiting, and said with a charming smile: "My cousin got up really early, look at the sweat on his head, don't catch a cold, I'll wipe it for you Wipe it off." Either when Su Wenshan went out to meet his friends and got drunk, she took the opportunity to help him to rest in her room, and was caught by Su Cui several times, and she didn't feel ashamed when she scolded her head and face.

Mrs. Liu didn't know about it in her own yard, because she was busy taking care of the two children, and because she didn't want to show up at the old house at all. She knew that as long as she went, there would be troubles, so it was better not to go.No, she didn't know until Su Cui pulled her to see it, and remembered her daughter's warning some time ago, she didn't take it to heart at all, but now it seems that she has to guard against it!
In the evening when Su Wenshan came back from the old house, Mrs. Liu sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him. Except Mrs. Liu, even the child was taken out of the room.Su Wenshan didn't care, just sat down on the chair next to the stove, felt the water glass was warm, took a sip, looked at the fire in the stove, remembered being stopped by Tingmei at the gate of the old house just now The question I asked reminded me of when I was young with her. At that time, she was only 16 years old, just like a flower. I and her were childhood sweethearts. Think about it, the sunshine at that time was extraordinarily beautiful...

'Snapped! The sound of ' interrupted Su Wenshan's thoughts, he suddenly looked up and saw Liu's angry face, suddenly felt a little guilty, what happened to him, no matter what happened with Tingmei, it was all in the past, Now it is Qing Cui who is by her side to accompany him through the wind and rain, and he cannot let her down.After figuring it out, he leaned forward and laughed with him, "What's the matter? Do you think I don't have time to accompany you these two days?"

Mrs. Liu sneered, "I thought you forgot about our mothers? Those who carry water wipe sweat, and those who drink drink water and wash their faces. Is this kind of treatment good? I'm still here for you. You don't know anything about raising children, Su Wenshan, tell me, do you want to get a concubine back?"

"Concubine?" Su Wenshan was shocked. Although he still had some feelings for Tingmei in his heart, he had never thought about taking her as a concubine. There are a lot of things, how can I think about those things again.

"What? If you don't want to be a concubine, you have to replace me, Liu Qingcui, as the main wife. Even if you want to and I do, it depends on whether my children are willing!" This time, I will talk about my children, not our children. .

Su Wenshan shook his head amusedly, "Where are you thinking? How could I take a concubine? I'm already so old. Don't make trouble anymore. Let people hear the joke."

"You are not afraid of being laughed at because you do this kind of thing, but I am afraid of being laughed at? You are heartless, you must tell me clearly today! What is the matter between you and her?" Liu Qingcui pinched her waist and twisted Su Wenshan's ear, "If you don't tidy up in a few days, you will go to the house to expose the roof tiles, right? Let me tell you, if Liu Qingcui is with me for a day, you, Su Wenshan, will be an honest man with your tail between your legs, otherwise I want you to look good!"

How could such a tough woman be the one I had set my eyes on and insisted on marrying?Su Wenshan had no choice but to cry out in pain, "It hurts, ouch, it hurts, Qing Cui, let go, it hurts..."

"Do you still know it hurts?" Liu Shi let go, still pinching his waist and pointing at his forehead, "Quickly tell me, what's going on with you?"

Su Wenshan covered his ears and sat down on his chair that was about to fall apart. He wanted to reach out for the teacup, but was glared at by Mrs. Liu. When he touched the celadon teacup, he retracted and honestly confessed, "I It really has nothing to do with her." After seeing Liu Shi's disbelieving expression, she drooped her head, "If I have to say something, it was when I was young, and I... made an agreement with her to get married, But later she married a peddler, maybe because she thought I was poor, I couldn't afford the dowry money, but the peddler was generous, so she married, and I never saw her again after that, and then I met When we get to you, we'll be married, that's all."

"Then you didn't know she appeared out of nowhere?" Mrs. Liu sat down by the stove, and flicked the charcoal fire in the stove to make it burn hotter.

"Of course I don't know about it." Su Wenshan hurriedly said, "I just think their mother and child are pitiful. A woman with two children has no place to go. Anyway, we are also considered relatives. My mother asked them to live at home. It can be regarded as doing the best of the love between relatives, not to mention that there is only my mother in the family, I am thinking, thinking..."

"You don't want to take your mother back to live with us, do you?" Liu's eyes widened immediately.

(End of this chapter)