Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 113

My surname is not Hua. My original surname is Mei. This is a surname unique to the Wu Dynasty.

The Meilan nationality is a very ancient nation, much older than the Wu Dynasty, and is famous for being rich in beauties. Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors migrated from remote mountain villages because they yearned for the prosperity of the Central Plains. Bad luck began, Mother said, and grandma told her that many of our clan members disappeared inexplicably.

When I was young, I thought that they might have returned to a remote mountain village and lived a carefree life again, like the Taohuayuan of Wuling people. However, when I was 16 years old, I suddenly realized that they might not have returned. , but were hidden or persecuted to death.

My mother is the safest woman of the Meilan tribe to stay in the capital, because she married a prince of the opposite sex, she is the princess, and I was originally the princess.

When I was three years old, an elder sister who said she was a relative of the clan came to my mother. My mother recognized her at a glance. She is a descendant of our clan. I asked my mother why?
She said: "The women of our family are as beautiful as butterflies, and we will have red marks on our faces, either behind the ears, between the eyebrows, or on the forehead."

I know this, mine is behind the ear, I looked carefully, this sister is between the eyebrows.

Mother said, ordinary men can't protect us, the daughters of our clan must marry the most powerful man in order to have a safe life, but the sons and daughters of our clan are used to being sloppy, and they will die if they enter the palace.

The mother married the daughter of that family relative to the Wu Mansion, the most powerful and noble family in the capital, and the foundation of half of the literati's world is clinging to their ground.

At that time, I was thinking, who will I marry in the future?

However, my mother has no chance to choose a son-in-law for me who is powerful in the world in her eyes, because the prince fell in love with my mother, my father was inexplicably accused of treason for colluding with the enemy.

The prince doesn't want my father, my mother is dead, he just wants to get my mother.

In the process of fleeing, my father asked the guards to send me and my mother away first, and he cut off the rear by himself.

Then never came back.

Mother never believed that he was dead, and looked for him for many years. Not long after father left, mother found out that she was pregnant again. Fortunately, mother had a loyal servant named Hua who lived in the countryside for the elderly, and he took us in.

My mother's face and forehead were dusty all day long, and she was no longer as beautiful as before. I cried and said that my mother is not beautiful anymore. My mother said: "Our Meilan girl is a delicate flower. When it is not cared for, it will wither."

But the unbeautiful mother still died, under the provocation of a peasant woman.

When my younger brother was almost two years old, Uncle Hua found out the whereabouts of his father, and my mother took my younger brother to look for it. Later, Uncle Hua said that my mother took my younger brother into the water.

Washed away with the current.

Uncle Hua and I set up a tomb for my mother. From then on, I lived with Uncle Hua. Later, Uncle Hua took in another little girl, recognized her as his daughter, and named her Huayi. There must be a servant girl to take care of her, from now on, Hua Yi will follow Miss!"

After my mother left, we moved. I later found out that Uncle Hua is very powerful. Uncle Hua is not alone. He has many underlings. One of them is the abbot of a remote temple, and we lived in seclusion there. At the foot of the temple, someone taught us to read, write, paint and embroider, but Huayi learned more than me, and she wanted to practice martial arts with Uncle Hua.

I thought I would live at the foot of this mountain for the rest of my life, but when I was 14 years old, Uncle Hua said: "Miss, you look more beautiful, this is probably not your permanent place!"

Uncle Hua asked me to go back to the capital. He said that my mother had made a verbal marriage contract for me a long time ago. That family and our family are close friends. My father once saved the life of the head of that family on the battlefield. His family will take good care of me.

But I don't believe that people who need my father's help are more powerful than my father?Even my father can't protect my mother, can his family protect me?
Facing my question, Uncle Hua's eyes turned red, "Miss, this old slave is getting old, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Miss anymore, the Yunfu is at least stronger than this old slave!"

Yes, Uncle Hua already has gray hair on his temples. He is the host master on the mountain. Recently, he seldom goes down the mountain because of his bad legs.

They have protected me for more than ten years, I can no longer let them live in fear, they should enjoy their old age in peace.

Then there was the son of the Yunfu who went out to study, was plotted against by thieves at the foot of a mountain, and was rescued by the daughter of a farmer's family. When he woke up, he fell in love with this woman at first sight and was determined to marry her back home.

The truth is, when I was 14 years old, Yunyang Hou sent his eldest son Yunfan to pick me up. I have long been accustomed to his surprise when he saw me, but I didn't expect that the first sentence he said was: "Sister Mei, Brother Yun is here to pick you up!"

This sentence is so familiar, like many years ago, wherever I came home from, a little boy would tell me: "Sister Mei, wait a few days, Brother Yun will pick you up!"

My mother ordered Brother Yun for me!
He is the eldest son of the Hou family!
Before I got married, I asked Brother Yun to take me to Shuiyang Village. I thought, this time, I might never go south again. Maybe this was the last time I saw Dad.

The mother is gone, the younger brother is gone, and the father was not a father more than ten years ago, but Uncle Hua said, "Miss, you can't hate him, he thought you and your mother were dead, and the peasant girl saved him! For your mother's sake, he no longer has the status of a prince, but has become a married son-in-law! Let him spend his old age there quietly!"

It was already dusk when I arrived in Shuiyang Village, and the farmers just finished their work and went home. Brother Yun and I hid on a tree with dense branches in front of his house, and saw him walking slowly from a distance. return.

His figure was bent a lot, and he was also a lot older, just like the farmers who really grew up in this village. The door was opened by a very thin peasant woman. She held a little girl in her arms and opened the door for him with a flattering expression. Taking the farm tools in his hand, he yelled: "Ah Zhi, quickly bring your father washing water!"

Brother Yun said, "Including that little girl, there are four children in total, and there are three boys among them!"

Heh, I still have four brothers and sisters in this world who are half blooded.

I stayed in the tree and never wanted to leave. He raised four children here, so what about me and my mother?
"Brother Yun, tell me, does he remember me and my mother? He was willing to save us with his life! Why can he have so many children with other women?"

Brother Yun said that he was repaying his life-saving grace.

The grace of saving lives, he also has the grace of saving my mother.

I finally couldn't help crying, why my father became someone else's father, why I became an orphan, but my father is still there!

The door opened suddenly, he looked at the tree with cold eyes, Brother Yun asked me, "Sister Mei, shall we go down?"

I said: "No, I don't want to go down, you go down! You tell him, I am Mei Mei! His favorite baby girl Mei Mei!"

Brother Yun didn't go down either, because I yelled too loudly, and he under the tree had already heard me, maybe he would have heard me if I didn't yell too loudly, because martial arts practitioners have always had better ears than others.

"Meier, is that you?"

When the trembling voice came through, I was thinking of rushing over to call daddy desperately, but the woman yelled from the courtyard, "Qianer, go and call your dad in for dinner!"

I just said: "I'm fine, I'm getting married, don't hang up!"

At the age of 15, I officially married the eldest son of the Yunyang Hou Mansion as his wife and became the wife of the eldest son. The name on the family tree of the master is: Huamei!
After more than ten years, the remaining members of the Meilan clan have disappeared. I remember that Mrs. Wu from the Wu family in the capital is my elder sister. My mother said that her stability for 20 years is no problem, as long as she It is good that my daughter does not inherit her beauty.

The eldest daughter of the family sister is also nine years old. It is widely rumored in the capital that this girl is gifted and intelligent, and can speak beautiful and beautiful things since she was a child, but there is no news about her appearance and the Meilan tribe.

This girl is only famous, and she was summoned by the Queen at a young age. When I heard the news, I was shocked for a few days. I was afraid that the saint would see the shadow of the Meilan people in her.

However, the saint and the queen only rewarded her with some gold and silk items, and no other news came out.

I never doubted the depth of my father's love for my mother back then, just like I never doubted how coveted my mother was by the prince back then and the saint now.

The days of ease have not passed for a few years, even though my mother-in-law said that I am a country woman, behaved recklessly, and had to learn the rules before taking me out, the saint still spied my existence.

But the matter of Wu Mo'er made me relax my vigilance. Maybe the saint just has a special liking for my mother, and he doesn't covet all the girls of the Meilan tribe.

I relaxed my vigilance, and started to dress up and go out shopping and temple fairs with Brother Yun. Even though the wives of the families still haven’t seen my face, in private, there are many rumors that the wife of the eldest son of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion is very similar to Mei Mei back then. The princess of the Lan clan.

The in-laws heard the news and found out that my husband and I had sneaked out. The two elders were so angry that their hearts ached. The husband stiffened his neck and said with dissatisfaction: "Father, why can the emperor do whatever he wants? Could it be that Mei'er You have to keep your name incognito and stay in this house for the rest of your life, but raise a puppy and take it out for a walk!"

In the sixth year of my marriage into Yunfu, as the first wave of strangers started following Yunyang Houfu, Brother Yun knew that he was wrong. The imperial power is a sharp sword on top of our heads. It can take our glory, wealth, and even our lives.

I was infected with Gastrodia elata, and soon died in a stormy night. Brother Yun cried for half a night, and the personal servant girl thanked her master for her kindness, and hung herself on the beam of the house. In the cemetery, I will also bury my personal maid beside me.

Brother Yun's love is too heavy, and he has been unwilling to remarry.

And I, actually, on the night when the imperial doctor confirmed my death, Brother Yun arranged for me to leave the capital early in the morning and go straight to Tongtai County. When I come to the capital, someone who is interested in that place will be able to find out after looking it up.

Huayi and I settled down in Tongtai County. Brother Yun's bodyguards were hidden in the mansion as guards for protection. It was rumored that I was the concubine of a big family in Taizhou.

I have nothing to do, I took Huayi to Shuiyang Village once, but I haven't been there for a few years, that woman's attitude towards her father is very strange, without the previous fawning, the two of them are like passers-by who don't know each other, I don't know what happened to them before, could it be because of my appearance back then?

The children at that time have grown up, and even the third son married a 15-year-old girl. I paid special attention to her because the whole family seemed to be bullying her. Embroidery work to buy subsidy household.

She didn't know that later, I bought many of her embroidery work.

Later, the third son of the Zhao family was going to divorce her. When I heard this, I couldn't help laughing out and left. For this girl, it would be like rebirth!

After I heard that this girl returned to her natal family, I stopped paying attention.

I was very surprised when we met in Tongtai County the next year. I sent Huayi out to investigate and found out that the girl had remarried shortly after returning home. The couple got along very harmoniously. months pregnant!
She wanted to buy a house to start a business, so I asked Huayi to play tricks on this Yaman surnamed Liu, and asked Yaman to coax her into buying the unused restaurant in front of my house.

I specially cheapened 300 taels of silver.

West Street has always been a gathering place for rich households, how could the prices be cheaper than East Street, fortunately they didn't know the prices in Tongtai County just after they came here.

In the end, her family bought this side of West Street, and unexpectedly opened a women's school in the end!
It is very lively every day, and I like it very much. I often go to see it, and finally I couldn't help adding it!
Perhaps the fate of people is so wonderful!
A few years, enough for Brother Yun to arrange. I estimated the time and wanted to come back. No one stopped me, so I knew that Brother Yun acquiesced. I was afraid that my in-laws were worried and wanted to wait a little longer!

In the second year after I came back, the emperor passed away, and the new emperor was supported by Brother Yun, who was much younger than me!
He later accepted Wu Mo'er, the daughter of a criminal eunuch, into the palace as his concubine. Within a few years, many concubines died inexplicably in the harem, including many unborn children.

In the eighth year of the new emperor, Wu Mo'er was thrown into limbo for murdering a royal heir.

And a stone in my heart fell to the ground!
This girl doesn't seem to know my mother's kindness to her mother, or she knows it, but she doesn't take it seriously at all, and makes trouble for me everywhere. I'm not afraid of her, but if my son wants to marry Fufu and come to Beijing in the future Come on, I'm afraid Fufu's life will be difficult!

After all, not to mention my feud with her, Wu Mo'er is also somewhat jealous of A Mu and A Ling, no, they also have a feud!
It was only after the new emperor ascended the throne that Lord Ming wrote a letter, and I found out that the Wu family in Taizhou had secretly known about the Wu family's intention to rebel in the capital early in the morning, so A Ling's father wanted his wife to reconcile with him. Unexpectedly, The wife died of depression!
But I heard from Amu that after Aling's father was released from prison, he didn't go to look for them. I heard that he went wandering around!

When my son was 16 years old, I told him that it was time for Fufu to go to Beijing!

The boy's eyes immediately went to Tongtai County.

I secretly said to my husband: "Your wife is so smart, I knew how to let them cultivate their relationship more than ten years ago! Look now, your son begged me to do this!"

(End of this chapter)