Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 43

Wu Ling came here in the evening, wearing a dark blue straight-fronted gown, the neckline and cuffs were embroidered with flowing cloud patterns edged with silver silk, and the clothes draped very well.A black brocade belt with auspicious clouds and a wide border is tied around the waist, and a piece of transparent jasper is hung on it, green and rippling like water waves.Ding Erye glanced at it, then stroked his beard and smiled: "You boy, this time you have tasted the taste of the rich and noble nest! Why, do you not want to go away?"

Wu Ling ran in a hurry, and his face was still blushing. Hearing this teasing, those noisy days in Ding's shop jumped before his eyes, and his heart warmed up, and the anger of the past half month subsided a lot. , smiled and said: "Father, seeing you come to see me from so far away, I will stop bickering with you!" I took a look at the daughter-in-law standing behind my mother, and saw that her eyes were full of water that was about to fall. Guang, this moon-white cotton skirt was still a few days after the wedding, and I took Amu to the store to pull the cloth. It should have been lined inside, but it was bulging, and it seemed to be much bigger. Wu Ling's heart tightened. , walked quickly in two steps: "Amu, why have you lost so much weight?"

Zhang Mu felt warm in his hand, and Wu Ling was already holding her hand.Finally seeing someone, Zhang Mu wanted to smile but felt that the muscles on his face were stiff. He had been away for more than a month, which gave her a good taste of "if you want lovesickness, you will hurt lovesickness".After a moment of silence, he said: "It's just that the clothes are made a little bigger!"

In Wu Ling's eyes, seeing his daughter-in-law trying hard not to shed tears, she felt a little more distressed for no reason.He squeezed his daughter-in-law's hand and stopped talking. He was thinking in his heart that when his grandmother got better, he would take his daughter-in-law back to make up for it. He still likes a soft daughter-in-law, and it is warm and peaceful to hold her to sleep.

Ding Erniang had been holding back her laughter early in the morning, and seeing the two standing there in a daze, she said with a smile: "Old man, let's go to the next room, and give these two villains a good heartfelt confession!"

Second Master Ding was about to step out, but Wu Ling grabbed him by the arm, and said with a bitter face: "I have to go back later, I have to talk to my parents about the matter quickly, so you can help me get it." Charter!" Although the Zheng family has treated him very kindly these days, he still misses the hut with Amu, the new house burned down, and he has to build a new one when he goes back. It's going to be cold this day, and he doesn't want to be left alone Xue is still living in the shop, so she can't hug her daughter-in-law properly!
Ding Erye and Ding Erniang stopped laughing when they heard this, and several people in the room sat down around a table. Zhang Mu picked up the teapot and made tea for the three of them. , Immediately, there was white smoke, and Wu Ling touched the boiling hot teacup with one hand. It was still October when he left home, so there was the chill of early winter.

"Father, you also know that I don't have a good impression of that family, but my grandmother still loved me when I was young, and my biological mother has always been filial. Now that she is sick in bed, I can't bear to let her old man see me once." Wu Ling thought of the past when his mother only carried him back to Zheng's house with a little smile on her face, and couldn't help feeling sour!
For a moment, Wu Ling thought of the room with carved window grilles, the vase on the table under the window had to be replaced with a few bright flowers every day, and the smiling girl standing beside him every day, and couldn't help feeling a little bit in his heart. sudden!
The second aunt asked his cousin to serve beside his grandmother every day, and the cousin always chatted with him from time to time, and she didn't grow up together. Whenever he felt awkward and refused to speak, the cousin would act like a baby and tell his grandmother that he was His face was cold, and he wanted to say a few words to his parents. He glanced at his daughter-in-law who was sitting on the side and looked at him. Wu Ling finally swallowed the word "cousin" and said only one sentence: "Second uncle waits for you." I'm afraid I have some thoughts!" The daughter-in-law ran all the way to see him, it would be bad if she misunderstood, let's find a chance to talk to her slowly!

Hearing Wu Ling's words, Ding Erye fell silent for a while, and asked, "Are you planning to go back with us?" Seeing the overwhelming wealth, he didn't dare to be completely sure that Ah Ling was not Will be tempted, then all the property of the Wu family belongs to A Ling.

Taizhou Zilai is a rich town of fish and rice. Not to mention rice and fishery products, even the amount of silk tea shipped to various places is staggering. As the only imperial merchant in Taizhou, the Wu family has been involved in every industry, even the salt industry. There is also some connection, the richest family, not to mention the first one in Taizhou, even the Wu family in this dynasty is very few.

As long as Ah Ling is willing to go back, mountains of gold and silver are waiting for him!

The heat of the teacup slowly dropped, and the lingering heat became much thinner, like a stick of incense that was about to burn out, giving off its last aftertaste. Wu Ling took a sip of the tea, and saw his daughter-in-law's fingertips slightly holding the teacup. A little pale, and said with a smile: "Of course I want to go back with my parents, I'm still thinking about asking for a few taels of silver with my parents to build a new house!"

Hearing what Wu Ling said, Zhang Mu couldn't help but nodded: "I told my mother about this!" He looked at Wu Ling with burning eyes, so she still wanted to go back and continue to complete the great cause of farming and raising children with her husband. of.

Ding Erniang laughed, tapped Zhang Mu's forehead, and sighed in a tone of voice: "Oh, I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect that you would help A Ling move my old couple's money!" This is really not easy to joke about, not to mention the adopted son-in-law, even the daughter-in-law of one's own son, it would be embarrassing to say it, but since Wu Ling and his wife are willing to be so rich, the joke of these few taels of silver is also right. It was a joke.

Zhang Mu got Wu Ling's promise, and his heart relaxed. At this time, he was teased by his mother-in-law, and he could only bear it with a smile. If he really wanted to enter that wealthy family, he would have to torture her to death. She would rather stay in the house for the rest of her life. In a small town in the countryside, he and his husband will work hard, buy more land in the future, and just be a leisurely landlady!
"Tomorrow, Amu, accompany me to Zheng's house to meet my grandmother. I'll pick you up in the morning. Father and mother will take a stroll in this city. I heard that there are some beautiful scenery, and mother hasn't come out to see them in half her life. Look, father has to take mother for a while." Wu Ling turned to Ding Erniang again and said, "I heard that there is a Qingliang Temple outside the city, and the signature is very effective. Why don't mother give it to her in a few days? Ah Ling ask for a good lottery?"

This sentence was right in Ding Erniang's heart, she was a little hesitant to ask her to go out for a stroll, she came here to help A Ling, if she went out, A Ling couldn't find anyone to help her if she had something to do, but Ask for a lottery for a child?Ding Erniang turned her heart once, and said with a smile: "Okay then, your father and I will go out for half a day, and I will also ask you young couple about the fate of children."

Zhang Mu's face flushed, and he said angrily: "Mother, she just likes to tease me!" After saying a word, he lowered his head.After careful calculation of the days, it has been four months since we got married, and the average in-law's family should also be reminded.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's shy face, Wu Ling was surprised, why did he think it was the first time he saw her?Seeing the daughter-in-law lowered her head and only slightly exposed a smooth forehead, she felt extremely satisfied in her heart.

Wu Ling came to pick up Zhang Mu at the inn early the next morning, and Ding Erniang went to the tailor shop to buy a suit of clothes for Zhang Mu last evening, and asked Zhang Mu to try it on, and changed his waist a little by candlelight.

When Wu Ling came in, he saw that his daughter-in-law was wearing a very well-fitting gold-embellished white butterfly jacket, and she couldn't help but be amazed to see that her daughter-in-law was brighter than her wedding day.I made up my mind to buy more beautiful clothes for my daughter-in-law in the future.

Ding Erniang and Ding Erye sent the young couple to the door of the inn, and Ding Erniang took Zhang Mu's hand early in the morning and said: "Since Ah Ling has no intention of staying here, you should go to your uncle's house for a while. Relatives are fine. If the Zheng family treats each other with courtesy, you should respect them. After all, they are the elders of A Ling's mother's parents. If his family looks down on us from a small family, you don't have to bear it. You will come back after seeing your grandmother. !"

Zhang Mu responded one by one. Since A Ling took her to see her grandmother, she had some affection for the old lady in her heart. This was the only relative A Ling recognized in her heart. She couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Finally, there is a scene where the ugly daughter-in-law meets her "in-laws".

Wu Ling held his daughter-in-law's hand, feeling that her hand was slightly wet, knowing that she was nervous, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to be thick-skinned, and this time she really acted like a little daughter-in-law.Still comforted: "Don't worry, lady, I mentioned you to my grandmother, she has long wanted to see you, if you don't come, I will go back and pick you up."

Zhang Mu grabbed Wu Ling's arm, bit his lip, and said, "Then tell me about grandma's temper, so I can have a good idea."

This is hard for Wu Ling. The old man has not seen the blood left by Yao Nu for more than ten years. This meeting, he is satisfied with everything and cares about everything. Although he is lying on the bed, Wu Ling's basic necessities of life are not enough. Nothing was not taken care of by the old lady. Seeing that the old lady was so caring, the people below did not dare to sneak around and play tricks at this juncture. Otherwise, if they made trouble in front of the old lady and made her angry, there would be no good results. Not to mention that the old lady can't get around them, even the uncle will not punish them lightly!

In the past ten or so days Wu Ling stayed in Zheng's house, nothing bad happened, except for his cousin who also stood in the grandmother's room every day.Thinking of this, Wu Ling couldn't help but secretly glanced at his wife, wondering if she would be jealous if she found out.

As soon as the Zheng family concierge saw Young Master Biao coming back, he immediately came forward to greet him, and opened the side door to let him in. Wu Ling didn't take it seriously, and took Zhang Mu's hand and walked into the grandmother's room in the backyard.

There was a sharp-eyed young man over there, seeing Young Master Biao leading a woman in, he quietly ran to the second room.

(End of this chapter)