pastoral wedding

Chapter 41 Aunt Rong

Su Tang followed Han Chen into the inner room. As soon as she entered, she realized that the atmosphere was not right. When she looked again, she found Aunt Rong, mother and daughter standing beside her. Aunt Rong's face was very red and swollen. Even the third girl Han Zhenniang's eye sockets were already red and swollen from crying.

Mrs. Sun's expression softened a bit at this time, and she took Han Chen's hand to ask for warmth. He heard that he had just returned from Su's house, so he gave Su Tang a quick look and hurriedly asked the maid to pour herbal tea, and then went to the ice storage to bring more ice. Come over and talk about Su Tang, "Small households are not willing to use a few pieces of ice, look at my son's hot head sweating."

Su Tang knew that she was angry at this moment, so he didn't bother with her too much, and just responded with a low eyebrow.But Han Chen couldn't bear his mother being so domineering, and wanted to defend her, so he smiled and said: "Mother, my Yue's family may have been a small family at first, but now the family business is not small, so Su Ji Restaurant has long been This is the biggest restaurant in our Qingshi Town. My Yue family’s family background is not weak. You can tell by looking at Tang’er’s dowry. Who in our town has so many dowries for their daughters? Such a rich dowry can be obtained even in Beijing If you can count, you should stop being prejudiced against her."

Knowing that her son was protecting her daughter-in-law, she didn't want to make him unhappy, but she couldn't help but curled her lips and muttered: "It doesn't matter how rich the dowry is, and it didn't give much to our family. Why don't you hold it in your own hands?" Not showing it at all.”

Su Tang was so ashamed and indignant at what she said, he just pursed his lips tightly, never willing to take out his dowry easily just to look good.Standing behind her was Xia Mo, who was impatient. When she saw that her girl was silent, she was eager to tell her the difference. With a steady spring, she hurriedly grabbed her hand and shook her head secretly, telling her not to cause trouble for her. .

Han Chen took all of this into consideration, thinking that he would go to Beijing for the exam soon, and he was really worried about letting Tang'er stay with his mother, so he said, "Mother, do you have any prejudice against Tang'er? She really She is a good girl, maybe she is a little uncomfortable when she first came to our house, if she does not do well in something, you can teach her well, she will definitely be a good daughter-in-law."

After saying that, he gave Su Tang a wink, and Su Tang hurriedly took two steps forward with a smile, holding Sun's shoulders, "Mother, what is wrong with your daughter-in-law, you can just teach me a lesson, as long as you don't dislike her clumsiness."

These were all taught by Han Chen on the way back, saying that Mrs. Sun likes sweet-talking juniors.

Seeing the husband and wife singing together, even if Sun was not happy, she couldn't do it in front of her son, she just smiled and nodded.

Han Chen said again: "Mother, I will get up and go to Beijing the day after tomorrow. You must take good care of Tang'er for me. I don't want her to have anything wrong when I come back. If there is something wrong, mother, I will I will really blame you."

"You child, why didn't you tell your wife to take good care of your mother?" Sun sighed, "I married a wife and forgot my mother. I think I raised you for nothing!"

Han Chen didn't answer the words, knowing that she had just written it down, and most of her thoughts were gone, so she was in the mood to look elsewhere. "Hey, why are Auntie and Third Sister here? Why don't you sit down? I didn't see them standing there."

Seeing Mrs. Sun staring at her, Aunt Rong didn't dare to show her grievances at all, she just saluted and forced a smile on her face, "Hello, young master, hello, young mistress, I just brought the third girl to pay my respects to the madam. It's nothing, I didn't bother to greet you just now, don't blame me."

"It's all from my own family, so don't be so polite." Han Chen glanced at his mother, knowing that she had taught Aunt Rong, mother and daughter again, and it was a headache, but this was a matter between parents and their elders, and he was really a junior. It's not good to talk too much, besides, he can't even protect Tang'er well now, and he doesn't have the heart to think about others, so that's all.

Sun made a fuss about asking Han Chen and his wife to stay for dinner, but she didn't say anything to tell Aunt Rong, mother and daughter, to leave. Aunt Rong naturally didn't dare to leave, and just took Han Zhenniang to stand below and wait.

Seeing Han Zhenniang's trance-like appearance, Su Tang couldn't bear it, so he called her with a smile, "Come and sit with Zhenniang too." Strictly speaking, Auntie is a half-servant, but her daughter belongs to the master. The biological daughter is the master, the aunt can't sit down, but the third girl can sit down.

Han Zhenniang glanced at her gratefully, and seeing that Mrs. Sun hadn't spoken, she shook her head, "Thank you sister-in-law, I'll just stand."

Han Chen looked at his mother, Sun understood, coughed and said, "Mother Zhen, please sit down." Then Han Zhenniang sat down next to Su Tang.

"Mother, I want to go to Yunchan Temple to offer incense in a few days, and I want to ask Zishu for a peace talisman." During the dinner, seeing that Mrs. Sun was in a good mood, Su Tang carefully raised his request .

"Alright." Mrs. Sun had just picked up a chopstick dish for her son, and raised her eyelids to look at her, "It's rare that you know that for the sake of Zishu, you also go to pay homage to Guanyin, so that we can add a big brother to our Han family as soon as possible." Fat grandson."

Hearing that Su Tang didn't say a word, he knew that he had already thought of it when he said it, so he nodded, lowered his head to eat and didn't mention it.

The next day, Han Chen packed up his luggage and went to Beijing. Su Tang wanted to go to the gate of the city, but Mrs. Sun refused to let her, saying that the daughter of a good family should never leave the gate, so Su Tang could only follow When Mrs. Sun delivered it to the door of her house, she watched Han Chen leave with the two servants close to her.

A few days later, it happened to be the end of the month, Su Tang got up early and went to Sun's yard, only bringing the end of summer, and Chunyi stayed in the yard to pack up the things to go out.As soon as the two masters and servants walked to the gate of Songbaiyuan, Sun's courtyard, they saw Aunt Rong and the third girl, Zhenniang, coming to greet Sun, so they smiled and walked forward and said, "Is there anything good for Auntie today?" Why are you so happy?" Turning to look at Han Zhenniang again, "Why is the third sister dressed so plain today? My mother often said that young girls should dress up beautifully, otherwise they will not think about it until they get married. But I can't."

Han Zhenniang's eyebrows look a bit like Mr. Han, and she also looks a bit like Han Yu. I heard that Han Yu has a good relationship with this younger sister.

Aunt Rong smiled and replied: "Today I also want to entrust your blessing to the eldest young mistress, no, the other day I heard that you were going to go to Yunchan Temple to offer incense, and the third girl told me that she wanted to go out for a walk too, so I told you I begged Madam, I came to Madam's place today because I want to wait for the young mistress to go out with me."

Su Tang was a little surprised, why did Mrs. Sun let Aunt Rong go out with her so easily?What she didn't know was that Aunt Rong said it in front of Mr. Han, and it was natural for Mrs. Sun to disagree.

"That's good. Auntie and the third younger sister go together so that we can be companions. However, I also made an appointment with my natal mother and two younger sisters. Let's go to my house to pick them up later."

Aunt Rong and the third girl can only say yes, if it wasn't for Su Tang going out, they wouldn't have such an opportunity to go out with her, I heard that the second young master of the Yang family brought a worker from Beijing to Going to Yunchan Temple to visit Master Yunming, this is the news she bought from the servants at a huge price.It is impossible for Zhenniang's marriage to completely point to Sun's marriage, and he has to take care of himself. If any worker really takes a fancy to Zhenniang and comes to propose marriage, he will not be able to beg the old man again. That's it, it's better than letting Mrs. Sun randomly point out someone who doesn't know the details.

The three entered Mrs. Sun's room back and forth, Mrs. Sun inevitably had to give some advice, and looked at Su Tang specially, saying that Han Chen was not at home, and asked her to be more conscious, not to wander around and lose the face of the Han family, etc. .Su Tang didn't bother with her in order to go out. Besides, Han Chen was not at home, and she didn't want to provoke Sun Shi, so only she would suffer.

The three of them each brought their own maids, and there must be no room for one carriage, so they went to two carriages.Went to Su's house first, Mrs. Liu and her two daughters had already packed up and waited for Su Tang.

Su Tang had already sent someone to notify Liu Shi, saying that Aunt Rong and the third girl were also following. In order not to embarrass Su Tang, Liu Shi also spent money to hire a carriage.Missing their eldest sister, Su Shuang and Su Jin strongly demanded to get into Su Tang's carriage, and their two maids stayed at Liu's side, and squeezed Xia Mo over, leaving only Chunyi to wait on her. They are three sisters.

Yunchan Temple is not far from Qingshi Town, just a few miles away from Qingshi Town.Yunchan Temple is the only big temple near Qingshi Town, and because the gate is only open on the fifth and tenth of every month, there are many people every time.

Mrs. Liu walked in front with her three daughters, and the three sisters chatted and laughed around their mother.Aunt Rong and the third girl followed behind. Seeing that the sisters of the Su family were in such a good relationship, Han Zhenniang stared closely at her with eyes full of envy. Aunt Rong pulled her a bit, and said in a low voice, "Mom, what are you doing?"

Aunt Rong glared at her, "Don't forget what we are here for? After entering the temple, let's ask for a marriage lottery first, then find an excuse to separate from the Su family, and then go to the second young master of the Yang family. "

Han Zhenniang nodded, turned her eyes away from the Su family sisters, and started looking for someone.

After entering the main hall and worshiping the Buddha, Mrs. Liu first took Su Tang to pay homage to Guanyin, and Aunt Rong took Han Zhenniang to go first on the pretext of asking for a marriage lottery.Su Tang wanted to say that his two younger sisters would also go later, and asked them to wait a little longer, but before he could say it, Su Jin pulled him back.After they left, Su Jin looked at the direction Aunt Rong's mother and daughter were leaving as if watching the excitement, and said with a smile: "Elder sister, you are really careless, you didn't realize that the request for a lottery is fake, is it true to leave with an excuse?"

Su Tang was puzzled, "What can they do in this temple?"

"I heard that the second young master of the Yang family is here today." Mrs. Liu is used to inquiring about these gossips. Although it is not as accurate as Aunt Rong's knowledge, she has heard some rumors, "Then the second young master of the Yang family, you I've seen it before, although it's not as good as Zishu, but it's rare in our Qingshi Town." Liu Shi said and looked at Su Tang, "His eldest brother is much better than him, I heard that he has gone to other places now He went to be an official, because you have never heard of it, his first wife is the second daughter of the Qi family, who was born to Mrs. Qi, because of what happened to the Qi family back then, the Yang family forced him to Divorce her, the Qi family is gone, and the second girl of the Qi family has gone to nowhere, what a crime!"

(End of this chapter)