Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 42

The good news of Ah Zhu Zhongbang dispelled a lot of the haze brought by the fire. Ding Erniang went back to the town the second day after Ding Erye came back. Zhang Mu was thinking about Wu Ling, but seeing Ding Er Master didn't spit it out, and it was not easy to chase him every day to ask questions, so he wanted to go back to Zhang's house for a few days.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang heard her daughter said that she would come back to live, she immediately nodded, wiping her tears, "Girl, you come back to live, mother is very happy!" On the second day of the fire, the family knew the news and asked Da Lang to go to the town to see, Seeing that Amu went back to the village with Uncle Ding and his son, Mrs. Zhang felt relieved when she saw that her daughter was well.

Tao Zi also nodded at the side, and said with a smile: "It's all right now, I have to learn from my sister-in-law, and your nephew pesters me every day to make jujube cakes for him to eat!" Even if the sister-in-law is good at craftsmanship, she doesn't have those things to toss her about. So, each person has his own luck.

The house on the west side is intended to be lived in by Xiao Shui in the future, but Xiao Shui is still young and still lives with his parents. Zhang Mu's house is the same as when he got married, with the same bed, and two old boxes still on the corner. There were still many rags in the bamboo basket on the small table under the window, but Mrs. Zhang covered the basket tightly with an old cloth to prevent dust from falling.Zhang Mu recalled that time when Wu Ling came to deliver the cabinets, she stood under the window and quietly lifted the gauze curtain a little. At that time, looking at the thin back, she also felt very at ease.It's only been a few months, but unexpectedly, here, she really fell in love with someone.

A Zhu stayed at home for three days, and Ding Erniang spent the whole day in the kitchen cleaning up the soup and water. The son is greedy and loves to play, so he must be fed well, otherwise he won't be thinking about going home in the future!So in three days, Azhu drank black-bone chicken stewed with Codonopsis ginseng, old duck stewed with Cordyceps, and pig's trotters stewed with melon and mushroom. Face said: "Mother, your son is not tall, if he drinks like this, he will become a little chubby!"

Ding Erniang glared at her son, and scolded: "You son of a bitch, you can enjoy yourself if you eat some! You can't stop nagging!" Then she took a large piece of pig's trotter from the pot and poured it to Ah Put it in the bowl where the bamboo has just gone down.

Azhu glanced at his father for help, but saw that his father was drinking the wine without looking sideways, without even glancing at him, so he had to keep his head down and continue eating!I really miss the little green vegetables in the academy!

In the evening, after Ding Erniang and Ding Erye washed up and were about to fall asleep, Ding Erye looked at his wife whose wrinkles could be seen clearly by the candlelight, and sighed: "Miss, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Ah Zhu has already obtained his fame." !"

Ding Erniang smiled while loosening her hair, "No, I really thought I couldn't raise a child at that time! I didn't expect to have Ah Zhu! Speaking of which, Ah Ling is really the little lucky star of our family! It's really old, these days, why are you talking about this when you have nothing to do!"

Seeing that her husband didn't answer, Ding Erniang leaned over and said, "Sister, tell me, did something happen to Ah Ling? I think the fire was very strange. Besides, Ah Ling valued Ah Mu so much. , How could I know that my house was burned, and I hurried back!"

Ding Erye looked up at the lady with piercing eyes, and said with a wry smile: "My lady is also much smarter than 20 years ago. I only knew about pearl flower hairpins before!"

"Okay, stop mocking me, what's wrong with women's love of beauty!" Ding Erniang snorted quite casually when her husband mentioned this.

"I'm afraid it's not easy for Ah Ling to come back!" Second Master Ding let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing his wife frowning at him, he had to explain: "His uncle's family came here and said that his grandmother was lying on the bed and waiting for him to come back." Let's see Ah Ling for the last time!"

"Will Ah Ling come back after seeing it?"

"I reckon his uncle's family won't release him easily. Ah Ling is the first son of the Wu family! The gold and silver caves of the Wu family belong to A Ling!" Ah Ling, who grew up in the middle of the world, can be sincere, if he is rich and charming, he will follow Ah Ling to climb a high ladder!

"It's your fault too. Why take A Ling to interfere with the business of the county government! If you don't go to the county government to file a record, can the family find A Ling! When A Ling takes my family's surname, give them a place in the sea. Look for a needle in the hole! Now it's over, Ah Ling won't come back, and my daughter-in-law is still looking forward to it!" Ding Erniang felt a little bit unbearable when she thought of her daughter-in-law's hopelessness, that rich family would not accept a To be a daughter-in-law with a divorced woman!

Seeing that his daughter-in-law loves her so much, Second Master Ding couldn't help laughing and said, "You are stupid, didn't we give A Ling a genealogy before we left, as long as A Ling refuses, he will still be my Ding family!" But, if The old lady of the Zheng family begged Ah Ling to go back, but Ah Ling wondered if he could hold on!
When Ding Erniang saw that her husband's eyes flickered, she knew that he had no idea in his heart!It's just Amu...

"Master, we still have to clarify this matter with Amu. We hide it like this for her own good, so as not to make her worry. But what if, I said, what if A-Ling is really willing to enter the Wu family's genealogy?" Even if the master of the Wu family let go, that concubine and concubine of the Wu family would not let Ah Ling get what he wanted!

Ding Erniang thought of Amu's constant situation because of the man again and again, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why should a woman's marriage have to wait for the man to decide whether to marry or leave! "I don't think this is fair to Amu, you can take Amu there! Let's not underestimate Amu, I see her mind is very clear!"

Ding Erye nodded silently, and he also thought about taking Zhang Mu away early in the morning. The fire should be aimed at Amu, and he didn't know whether it was the Wu family or the Zheng family!

The Wu family and the Zheng family are both in Taizhou.The ancestors of the Wu family used to follow the Emperor Taizu. Now the family of Wu Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites in the court, is the direct branch of the Wu family, and the Wu family in Taizhou is a side branch. As the saying goes, if there are people in the court who are good at handling things, they should come to the Wu family in Taizhou. It couldn't be more appropriate.The Wu family in Taizhou relied on the relationship of the Wu family in the capital to earn an imperial merchant. It has been three generations since Mr. Wu's generation.

When Mr. Wu was young, he obeyed "the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker" and married the eldest daughter of the well-known Landlord Zheng's family in Taizhou.The newlywed wife is both knowledgeable and courteous, gentle and dignified, and Mr. Wu has also been lingering with his lovely wife for a period of time, but all of this disappeared after the colleague presented a well-trained lean horse.

, when the carriage arrived in the county, Azhu was let off. Looking at his son's thin body, Ding Erye couldn't help but told him: "Don't eat the food in the academy all the time, go out with your classmates to eat in two or three days." Done! When you come back at the end of the year, if you don’t grow any meat, I will ask your mother to stew pig’s trotters for you every day!"

Ah Zhu has black lines on his face, the older he gets, the younger he becomes!He could only smile and said, "Got it! Daddy, don't worry! You must bring Brother A Ling back!" Then he waved his hand to the carriage.Watching the mother and sister-in-law put down the curtains, they followed the carriage away.

Tongtai County happens to be the only place to go to Taizhou, and it is also a more prosperous county below Taizhou. Even if you are sitting in a carriage and just listening to the bustling shouts and curses outside, you can imagine the excitement of the market, but Zhang Mu In the carriage, I didn’t even bother to lift the curtain and look out. When I went to Taizhou, it was said that there would be concubines, bastards, and old people lying on the bed in the rich families with carved beams and painted buildings and painted gold powder. ancestors!Didn't she come here to carry her husband to farm and give birth to a baby?

She thought that as long as she and Wu Ling had a baby, her time-traveling life would be complete!Unexpectedly, what was waiting for her turned out to be the gate of a big house!

Ding Erye and the driver sat outside, and Ding Erniang and Zhang Mu sat inside. Originally, Ding Erniang didn't plan to come, but thought that many things would be inconvenient for the father-in-law and his daughter-in-law to go out alone. Let Uncle Ding take a look at the shop. At this time, Erniang Ding saw Zhang Muan sitting there quietly with her head down, afraid that she would be worried about A Ling, so she comforted her: "A Mu, you don't have to worry too much. I won’t ignore you and Ah Ling!”

Zhang Mu's heart warmed, and he said with a smile, "Mom, you and dad will accompany me this trip, I'm sure!" Anyway, Wu Ling's current household registration is still in the Ding family, and Ding Erye is his rightful name. Her father, as long as the Ding family recognizes her identity, she will still be the wife of Wuling Mingmei!

At the third quarter of Shenchu ​​in the afternoon, they finally arrived in Taizhou. Ding Erye took them to an inn first, and planned to go to Zheng's house tomorrow, and had to prepare a door-to-door ceremony!Otherwise, in such a hurry, I thought they were here to play the autumn wind!
The first floor of the inn is a restaurant, and the second and third floors are guest rooms. At this time, there are still some people sitting on the first floor drinking tea and chatting.Zhang Mu listened to two people at a table closer to the counter say:
"Hey, have you heard? The son of the Wu family is back!" said the big man in a blue coat while chewing peanuts.

"Hasn't it been lost for more than ten years? How can I find it again? Wu Tan of his family will not give up this time!" It was a dark-skinned uncle who said this.He was holding a teacup and blowing the tea foam.

"That's not right, such a big piece of fat is about to bite into the mouth, so let it go out so abruptly, you don't have to cut his flesh!" The big man in the blue coat said gloatingly.

"Oh, there must be something exciting to watch. Brothers turn against each other, but it is the root of disaster!"

"What brother! That little concubine killed Miss Zheng, and the son born to that lady can be siblings with the enemy's son?..."

Seeing that Zhang Mu was fascinated by what she heard, Ding Erniang pulled her back calmly. Zhang Mu came to his senses and saw that Ding Erye had already booked a room, so he followed Ding Erniang to the second floor.After entering the room, Ding Erniang smiled and said, "Amu, don't worry, Aling has to come tonight! I said this kid is smart! He has figured out that we will come to him, just now the shopkeeper said, A-Ling left messages in several inns early in the morning, if someone with the surname Ding from Shuiyang Village comes to stay, send Xiao Er to inform him!"

Zhang Mu was so absorbed in listening to the two chatting just now that he didn't notice what the shopkeeper said. Hearing what Ding Erniang said, he immediately stood up and asked, "Mother, is it true? Are you really coming here in a while? "

Ding Erniang saw that her daughter-in-law was so anxious, thinking that they were newlyweds after all, and they hadn't seen each other for more than a month, but she kept it in her heart every day, and said with a smile: "It's true, come here in a hurry all the way, I'll let Xiao Second, bring some hot water over, so you can freshen up!"

"Thank you, mother! It's a good thing I came with your elders, otherwise I don't know what to do by myself!" Zhang Mu sincerely thanked the elders of the Ding family. Since she married, they have always cherished A-Ling as a parent and child. Her daughter-in-law was also hurt by being a half-daughter. This time when Wu Ling came to Taizhou, the first thing they thought about was Wu Ling's isolation and helplessness.

(End of this chapter)