concubine leisurely

Chapter 66

Another bright spring day.After some tenderness, Huang Xin put on her clothes, sat by the window and stared blankly out of the window.

Meng Lai was surprised, put on his clothes and followed.

"What's wrong?" Meng Lai took Huang Xin into his arms and asked softly.

"It's okay." Huang Xin shook her head weakly, and leaned weakly in Meng Lai's arms.

What happened to her?In the past few years, the two of them have met outside. Although she has been wronged, she has never complained a word. Today is too abnormal.Meng Lai was worried, and asked softly, Huang Xin said sullenly, "Our daughter is already 15 years old."

Meng Lai felt relieved, so it was because of this. "Don't worry, I know about my daughter's marriage." She thought Huang Xin was worried about Leisurely's life.

"Not for that." Huang Xin shook her head again, "Daughter's marriage is nothing, anyway, the master is not the one to marry his daughter indiscriminately. Do I still believe in the master? It's just that the daughter is getting older, and her temper is getting different from when she was a child, so I don't care about it." me."

In the past, You Ran was still willing to let her kiss and hug her, but insisted on sleeping by herself at night, but now she can't even kiss and hug her.Leisurely refused.

After Meng Lai figured it out, he almost burst out laughing. "What's the matter. She wouldn't give me a hug. Hmph, this little girl has no conscience, she despises her parents so quickly. Fortunately, Ayou is about to get married. When she gets married and has a child, Let's hug our grandson instead of her."

When there is a small one, who cares about the big one.The more Meng Lai thought about it, the happier he became.

Huang Xin didn't think so, "I just like my daughter." There is only one child in her life, and her life is the same.

"You, you don't have a grandson. You will know when you have a grandson." Meng Lai passed on his experience without reservation, "You will know when Ah You has a child, a white and tender child, a little older, It's really painful."

Yue Ran already had a son and a daughter, but the Meng family had never seen each other, and they were still in Guangzhou. Anyway, they knew that the eldest daughter was fine and lived a comfortable life, so Meng Lai felt relieved; Meng Zhengxuan also had a son. One daughter, Meng Zhengxian had only one son at the end of his marriage, and Meng Lai's heart melted and hurt to the bone every time he saw his innocent grandchildren.

"When sister Hao was born, her small face was only as big as a pear. Her small nose and small mouth are very similar to Yueer's when she was a child, and she loved her to death." Meng Lai laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth.

Huang Xin looked at the smiling Meng Lai angrily. That's not my granddaughter, and I can't see her!I can't hug again!

unscrupulous man.

Youran, who was being babbled by these two people, was taking a bored nap at the moment.Since Meng Zhengyu got on track with his homework two years ago, Youran has been doing nothing. As he gets older, he can no longer go out and play wildly, and his life is getting more and more leisurely, but it is really a bit boring.

The former friends are all married, Shui Bingxin is married to the "beauty" Zhong Xie, and Thirteenth Sister is married to Mr. An. They are all at home serving their parents-in-law, managing housework, and managing men. No one can find it.

There are still not enough friends.Leisurely sighed.Spring sleepiness and autumn fatigue, let's talk about it after sleeping.Leisurely threw down the notebook in her hand, turned over and fell asleep.

"Girl, girl" Mo Tao shouldered the heavy responsibility of waking You Ran up, "It's hard to sleep anymore, my wife sent you over there."

Leisurely moaned, what's the matter in the middle of the day.But she could only sit up with her eyes closed, and was carried by Mo Huai Moli to the dressing table. Several girls packed her up after busy work, took Mo Li Mo Li with her, and set off.

Leisurely now takes Molly with her wherever she goes.Safety comes first. If you grow up like this, you must be more vigilant.

Now You Ran has grown into a big girl, with picturesque features and beautiful looks, standing out from the crowd of girls like a chicken, very eye-catching.

In Zhong's house, Yan Ran, An Ran, and Xin Ran have all arrived.Yan Ran's face was a little pale.

For the past three years, her life has been very unsatisfactory.Three years ago, Aunt Ding suddenly raised an issue and instigated the old lady to make her a wife, which almost made Zhong feel angry.At that time, You Ran was quite surprised: Aunt Ding is usually a successful person, how could she do such an unreliable thing?The law only recognizes monogamy. Except for the wife, other women, no matter how formal or important they are, are legally just concubines; According to folklore, the law does not recognize it, so what is Aunt Ding trying to do?
The promise came out soon: it was not feasible to be an equal wife, and this was rejected; as compensation, Meng Lai and Zhong agreed to the request of "recording Yan'er as a legitimate daughter" put forward by Mrs. Meng. On the screen, put Yanran under Zhong's name.

What's the point?You Ran shook her head disapprovingly, she had the title of a so-called prostitute, but she couldn't be treated like a concubine, which only added to her troubles.

Using this method to force Zhong Shi, it's no wonder she can treat Yanran kindly in the future.

Sure enough, after Yan Ran was promoted to a prostitute, her treatment dropped quite a bit: Mrs. Zhong would not take her out, would not allow her to go out unless she had to, and a young girl of cardamom age would be locked up at home, so what would she do? At the same time, the Zhong family lowered Yanran's actual living standard to the same level as Anran and Youran's under the pretext of "unified education of daughters-in-law and concubine daughters".

Before, because she was raised in front of the old lady, Yanran still received a lot of preferential treatment in terms of property, and all of them have been cancelled.

Seeing that it was self-defeating, Aunt Ding cried to Meng Lai in desperation. Meng Lai said gently, "You have big ideas, and you never discuss things with me. You always make up your own mind. If that's the case, make up your own mind."

Aunt Ding knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, crying until she was about to lose her breath. Meng Lai sighed and said, "My own daughter, don't you care about her? I don't know what you are thinking! What about a concubine, what about a concubine? What's the use of an empty name! You think you are a smart person, but you haven't figured out the truth."

Aunt Ding knelt and crawled to Meng Lai's feet, weeping and saying, "I was originally a concubine who couldn't get on the stage, and then I became an aunt who couldn't get out. What kind of knowledge can I have! The master only pities me with my love for daughters." Bar."

Meng Lai smiled wryly and helped Aunt Ding up, "Why are you so ignorant? Yan'er has transformed into a daughter-in-law, so of course the marriage should not be too bad, and the dowry shouldn't be too bad. You are very calculating."

As long as old lady Meng is still around, with Yanran as a daughter-in-law, if the marriage is bad, if the dowry is bad, it will be troublesome, and old lady Meng alone will not be able to pass this test.Aunt Ding understood exactly this.

It's just that Aunt Ding still doesn't know the Zhong family well enough.Originally, Auntie Ding thought that since the matter had come to this point, the Zhong family could only admit it, and then quickly find Yanran a decent in-law's family, buy a decent dowry, and settle the matter.I don't want Zhong to have a disregarding temper and let go of it, as if there is no such daughter as Yanran, but Auntie Ding can't help it.

It was useless for Mrs. Meng to come forward, Zhong just said to death, "We are women's family, and only men's family come to beg. Is it possible to ask the man's family instead?"

Mrs. Zhong's appearance of "no one came to ask for marriage, and I can't help it" really stumped Mrs. Meng.

Old lady Meng had no way to deal with it.

Zhong's heart is happy.You are a prostitute, okay, I admit it.

And then, nothing, nothing.There is no more text.

Aunt Ding panicked, and Yan Ran's hateful eyes made her heart palpitate even more.After all the calculations, it's not for the happiness of her daughter, who would have thought that it would harm her instead.

Aunt Ding can only beg Menglai.

"I have an old friend who just came back to work in Beijing from another place. He has a son from a concubine. He is a first-class talent. He will come to visit him in a few days. You will serve by the old lady's side that day. Take a look at that child. "Meng Lai said slowly.

Aunt Ding wanted Yan Ran to marry a good family, she had to let her see the son-in-law with her own eyes, so that she could rest assured.

Han Chi was famous all over the world, and the officials repeatedly called him to the capital. Just as his first wife died, Han Chi brought him and Tang'er's only son, Han Yuan, to the capital.

When old friends meet, they are very affectionate.After drinking a lot of wine, Han Chi repeated the old saying, "Your five girls, please give my wish." Han Yuan blushed beyond the ears, and his eyes were shy and hopeful.

Meng Lai paused for a moment, and said with difficulty, "My fifth girl is already a promise."

The air was a little stagnant for a while.

"Didn't you say that fifth girls don't discuss marriage under the age of 15?" Han Chi didn't believe it.Back then, when they proposed marriage, they said they had to wait until Ji, but now they have promised someone before their 15th birthday?
"It's hard to say." Meng Lai picked up a glass of wine and drank it down. "The situation at that time, I couldn't help but agree. Brother Han, I'm sorry for you as a brother."

Han Yuan turned pale.When Uncle Meng took the fifth girl to pass by Yu'an, the father and daughter ran to the fields to visit their father and son.The cute appearance of the fifth girl of the Meng family laughing and running in the fields is fascinating. In addition, she is also a maidservant who loves each other in the same disease. The uncle said, the child is still young, so wait until Jiji.

Now she has not yet reached the age of Ji, but the marriage has already been decided.Uncle Meng only said that there was something unspeakable.What is the unspeakable secret?

Disappointed, Han Chi also wanted to pay a visit to Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Zhong, and to see Meng Lai's other two concubines by the way.

This kind of comparison is actually very difficult.Tang'er was a concubine, and the Han family had no female relatives to show up. In the end, Han Chi had to order the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, to come over.

Mrs. Zhao is the daughter-in-law of the eldest son, and she doesn't care much about seeing her daughter-in-law for the son-in-law of her father-in-law. She just sits in the hall casually and looks at the girls of the Meng family at will.

The girls in the Meng family are all very good-looking, and the one who ranks fifth is especially good-looking, and she can be called a stunning beauty.It's a pity, it's a pity, the family already has a master, Zhao thought happily, fortunately, she has a master, otherwise, with such a beautiful and outstanding sister-in-law, wouldn't she be inferior to herself?

The daughter-in-law of the concubine is not as good as the daughter-in-law of the concubine, so what?
The third girl and the fourth girl are all good, and it is good to marry any one.Mrs. Zhao smiled.

After returning home, he reported to Han Chi, and Han Chi heaved a sigh of relief.They are all Meng Lai's daughters, and the third and fourth girls must be similar to the fifth girl.

Yan Ran's face turned pale, and her lips were almost bitten.The maid gave birth to a child!In the future, I will serve a mother-in-law who was born as a maid!Might as well be dead.

Aunt Ding also felt wrong.Master Han is an upright official, what kind of family business can he have, if Yan Ranruo marries Han Yuan, she will be poor in the future, and she will have to serve concubines and mother-in-law, it is too hard.

Euphemistically expressing her reluctance to Meng Lai, Aunt Ding heaved a sigh of relief.Meng Lai patiently explained that the Han family was a big family, and Han Yuan was good in appearance, but he didn't want to because he was a maidservant who gave birth to a child?Do not ask the source of the hero, Han Yuan is already a juren at a young age!If Chunwei wins the Jinshi next year, he will have a bright future!

Aunt Ding and Yan Ran were just unwilling.Even if he becomes a Jinshi, how many years will he have to survive, Yan Ran doesn't want to suffer all these years, she just wants to marry someone who can enjoy the blessings.

The twisted melon is not sweet, and Meng Lai is not reluctant.

In the end, Han Yuan settled on sister Ling from the mynah family.Mynah has gained a lot from opening a bookstore in Beijing in the past few years. Han Chi and Han Yuan met Mynah and Sister Ling when they went to the bookstore to buy books, and both of them were very satisfied.Starling wants his beloved daughter to marry a kind scholar, and the Han family wants a girl with a simple nature who can treat Tang'er, who was born as a maid, kindly in the future.

Myna's house is in Sitong Hutong not far from Meng's house.On the day of the next engagement, Mrs. Zhong came back from Sitong Hutong excitedly, counting the betrothal gifts in detail, Aunt Ding turned pale, the betrothal gifts are so generous!Isn't Mr. Han an upright official?

Meng Lai's ignorance towards Aunt Ding is really speechless. Han Chi is the son of the Han family in Runan.
Aunt Ding felt a little regretful.

She regretted it even more when Han Yuan became the top [-] top Jinshi in the spring of the following year.But that's all for later

On the day of Leisurely Jiji, Meng Lai didn't make a fuss, but just had dinner with his family.It's just that the hairpin inserted for You Ran dazzled everyone's eyes.It was a five-color golden phoenix hairpin with a white jade background and the title of Dongzhu hairpin. The white jade was moist and the Dongzhu was gorgeous, extremely rich and beautiful. "Did he give it to you?" she asked leisurely.

In the past few years, during the four seasons and eight festivals, countless gifts have been sent to him on his birthday, no matter how stupid he is, he will know who it is.

Besides him, who else would be so uncomplaining and regretless.

Meng Lai nodded slightly.

To this prospective son-in-law, Meng Lai has complicated feelings.Thinking that he is sincerely kind to her daughter, she thinks he is good; thinking that he will snatch Ayou away one day, she feels resentment in her heart.

Time flies.Another year has passed.

The good news at the border has been constant for the past few years, and this spring is even different from previous years.

The army of the Celestial Dynasty has wiped out the main force of the Tartars. The Tatars were defeated and asked for peace, and they were willing to pay tribute. This war ended with the absolute victory of the Celestial Dynasty.

The army returned triumphantly.

Is he coming back soon? Youran's heart is pounding.

An unusually tall man appeared in front of him, and he leisurely stopped breathing.

(End of this chapter)