concubine leisurely

Chapter 68

Late spring.Bingmasi Hutong in the north of Beijing.A secluded three-entry small yard.

Gu Qingluan leaned over to look at her sleeping little daughter, Sister Lin. The little girl who was only a few months old had slightly opened her eyebrows and eyes, and she was very cute. Gently wiped away sister Lin's sweat, with infinite tenderness in her eyes.This is her own flesh and blood, the closest person in the world.

The door curtain was lifted lightly, and a neat little girl came in, and whispered back, "Uncle is here." Just as the words fell, a capable man in his 30s came in, and asked with a smile, "Is your niece awake? "

Gu Qingluan reproached softly, "Brother, please keep your voice down, don't disturb Miss Lin." Gu Qinglin smiled and lowered her voice, "Little girl just sleeps all day long. I don't even know when uncle is here."

"She's so young, what does she know?" Gu Qingluan found it funny, and Gu Qinglin also laughed.The brother and sister watched around Lin for a long time before they came out to talk.

"I heard that my aunt will be here in a few days?" Gu Qinglin sat on the grand teacher's chair and asked leisurely.

"Yeah, I said I'm here for a wedding." Gu Qingluan poured out a cup of tea for his elder brother and brought it over, and replied casually.

Gu Qinglin was a little worried.My aunt, before Qingluan married, didn't realize that ever since Qingluan and Meng Zhengkuan got married, accidents happened one after another, and it never stopped.First, he said that he wanted Qingluan to go back to the mountain county to serve his in-laws, and then he gave Meng Zhengkuan's personal servant more than once, and once almost sent Hu Xiaoli to the capital.This time she came to the capital to see her off, wouldn't my sister have to make trouble again?

Gu Qingluan didn't care, "What's the matter? Brother, did you forget when we were young, that's when life was really hard. It's much better now."

Qinglin and Qingluan's biological mother is a woman from a lowly nationality. Although her status is lowly, she is a natural beauty. This made the young Mr. Gu be troubled by love, so he recklessly married and returned home, and he really doted on him for three to five years.It's just that after giving birth to Qingluan, she hurt her body and became thinner day by day, and she passed away within a year.Master Gu already had a new love, but it was just a few tears shed.The two brothers and sisters who lost their biological mother had a hard time living in Gu's family, with no one to take care of them, and sometimes they didn't even have enough food and clothing.

Fortunately, the two brothers and sisters are very competitive.Qinglin studied and made progress since childhood, while Qingluan was cautious since childhood; Qinglin would only appear in the school, Qingluan only hid in the house to do needlework; the brother and sister were like invisible people in Gu's house, and had no sense of existence; Gu Qinglin was 14 years old That year when he was admitted as a scholar, Mr. Gu praised a few words at the time, but he didn't care much afterwards, he was just a scholar; when it came to Qiuwei, Gu Qinglin didn't even have the travel expenses to go to the provincial capital, and it was Gu Qingluan who drove out an embroidered door without sleep. The screen coincided with the birthday of a rich businessman's mother, and she was very satisfied when she saw this exquisitely embroidered and profoundly implied Fu Lu Shou embroidered screen.

After that it went well.Master Gu was overjoyed when he received the good news of his son's Zhongju, Juren, Juren is already able to be an official.The son of this lowly woman was born, but he is promising!In the following spring, Gu Qinglin won the top three and Jinshi.

The top three is an unspeakable ranking, it is really embarrassing.The folk sayings put "Tong Jinshi" and "Mrs. Ru" together, which shows how popular Tong Jinshi is.

Gu Qinglin's beautiful biological mother inherited good looks from her brother and sister.Gu Qinglin has clear eyebrows and handsome demeanor, so he was selected as a pedestrian in the Pedestrian Division.Although Pedestrian is an eighth-rank official, his main job is to receive the will, send it to various ministries, and then report the travel situation.Gu Qinglin can often see the emperor.Although accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, Gu Qinglin is not afraid, like a fish in water, he is quickly appreciated by the emperor, and he is promoted from a pedestrian to the head of the Ministry of Punishment.

Now, he has been promoted to a fourth-rank bachelor's degree attendant, and is highly valued by his superiors. Gu Qinglin's official career is very bright.Now, Gu Qinglin has some regrets: If he had known that he could rise so quickly with a Jinshi background, he should not have promised Qingluan to Meng Zhengkuan earlier.Meng Zhengkuan is still an honest boy, but on the one hand, he lacks talent, and on the other hand, he is in awe of his mother, so that Qingluan has to suffer and suffer anger when he marries him.

Gu Qingluan shook her head, "Brother is thinking badly. Even if my brother is promoted, can I wait until this time? I was not young when I married Brother Kuan. Besides, with my background, I can marry Brother Kuan. It’s actually pretty good.”

The deceased biological mother's low status may not have much influence on men, but it has a great influence on girls.When talking about marriage, once they asked about Gu Qingluan's background, many people would back down.

Who would want a girl born to a lowly woman to be the head of the house?

Gu Qinglin was dissatisfied and said, "He is not good enough for you!" My younger sister is first-class in appearance, although she is a concubine, she is generous, and she treats people well, but she is stronger than that honest but useless Meng Zhengkuan too much.

With a peaceful smile on Gu Qingluan's face, he handed a snack to his brother, and he picked up a snack and ate and drank tea slowly, feeling peaceful and satisfied.It is enough to be able to sit in such a leisurely way in the yard of my home, drink tea, have snacks and chat with my brother, what more can I ask for.As for the mother-in-law, as for the husband, Gu Qingluan didn't care.They will never be more vicious and ruthless than the members of the Gu family. With such a miserable childhood, Gu Qingluan has nothing to fear.

"My aunt is here this time, so she won't bring Hu Xiaoli here." Gu Qinglin couldn't help but worry about his sister.

"No." Gu Qingluan was sure, "She said she sent Hu Xiaoli here to scare me." It was just a dissatisfied mother-in-law who saw that her son and daughter-in-law were having a good time, and deliberately found it unpleasant.Don't take her words too seriously, it's stupid to take her seriously.

Seeing Gu Qinglin's angry expression, Gu Qingluan comforted him, "Brother, you don't have to worry about Hu Xiaoli. I would rather have such a person. Otherwise, mother-in-law might not greet me for everything? With Hu Xiaoli, I can save a lot of trouble. Brother Don’t think too much.” These words are not all about explaining to brother Xie, it’s true.It's really thanks to Hu Xiaoli who shared a large part of the grievances with my mother-in-law, so that I can live more comfortably.

There is only one daughter-in-law, so of course everything is directed at her alone; now there is more than one, and the surname Gu can take advantage of it anyway, and get angry at the other one first, and then it is my turn.Gu Qingluan is really lucky to have Hu Xiaoli.

"I always feel that something will happen when my aunt comes." Gu Qinglin asserted.

"It's okay." Gu Qingluan chuckled, "She doesn't live here when she comes. She doesn't think my place is decent. She lives at the second uncle's house." Let the second uncle suffer, it's better to be poor or poor.At this time, Gu Qingluan was glad that his house was not big enough, and the decoration was not rich enough to attract Gu Shi to live there.

Meng House.

Mrs. Gu, who came from afar, met with Mrs. Meng and Wei Ran and sighed a lot, "The old lady is getting old again, and it's because her son and daughter-in-law are unfilial." Gu said with a sob.

"You are all filial, don't you think I don't know. It's just that when you are old, you are old. There is nothing you can do about it." Mrs. Meng felt sorry for her eldest son, and even her eldest daughter-in-law.In other words, she still has a sense of superiority in front of her eldest daughter-in-law, so she doesn't make things difficult for her eldest daughter-in-law at all, on the contrary, she likes her.

"My uncle was promoted to the county magistrate of Dong County. Dong County is rich and prosperous, and he always said that he would take the old lady there, but he never had time."Mrs. Gu expressed her loyalty at the right time: You see, our life is a little better, so we want to pick you up.Just not available.

The old lady is used to enjoying life in Beijing, so how could she be willing to leave.But I was very happy to hear the eldest daughter-in-law say that, and said with a smile, "Okay, come and pick me up when you are free. I'll go to Yun'er Ren to take a look."

Mrs. Gu smiled slightly, "Okay." Then she changed the conversation, "Sister Yan and Sister An are all settled at once, but hurry up."

The old lady Meng agreed, "Who says it's not? These two girls are procrastinating. Sister Yan is eighteen and still can't find a son-in-law. I'm anxious. This time it's really going well. Lu Shangshu's family is a good family." My younger brother has a good family style, and my son-in-law is a talented person, so he is a perfect match for Sister Yan." Yan Ran has been picking and choosing for the past few years, and it is really a surprise for Mrs. Meng to have such a good match when she is older.

For a while now, Mrs. Meng has devoted herself to forcing Zhong Shi to marry Yanran as a dowry, forcing Zhong Shi to pay the dowry of a pro-daughter, Zhong Shi is very bleeding.

Old lady Meng was even happier.

"Hey, the two nieces and daughters have a good home. As an aunt, I can only be happy for them. I just feel sorry for my sister Wei, who is also 17 years old and has not yet been settled." Gu wiped the corners of her eyes.

"What did mother say?" Wei Ran scolded, blushed, and lowered her head to play with the hem of her clothes.

The old lady Meng also looked at Wei Ran lovingly, "Miss Wei is not young anymore, what are your plans with the boss?" The marriage of this girl is always up to her parents.I mentioned it to my second child a few times, and the second child always said, "With my elder brother and sister-in-law, how can I, the younger brother, do it for me?" It makes sense.

"What plans can we have? Don't you know us? How can there be a good family in such a remote place?" In fact, Meng Yun showed Weiran several families, but Gu didn't like it, so he didn't want to.We must find a good one in Beijing.

Gu's dependent gaze made old lady Meng feel elated. This eldest daughter-in-law is honest and knows how to rely on her mother-in-law.Old lady Meng was very satisfied.

It's just that what old lady Meng can do is not to force Meng Lai.She has no other choice but this.

"Your own daughter is settled, so don't worry about your niece." Old lady Meng said coldly.This second child, why doesn't he care about the overall situation and only cares about his own, isn't the niece's surname Meng?
Meng Lai was furious.Here comes a niece's marriage. The niece has a father and a mother, so she should take care of it herself?The marriage of the concubine, the marriage of the niece, one after another, it is a headache.Originally, the concubine's marriage was supposed to be taken care of by the wife, but his wife, how could she take care of the concubine's daughter, so she had to come forward in person.Yanran's mother and daughter have been picking and choosing for the past few years, An Ran, who has always been docile, also bluntly said that she does not want to marry a scholar, and the daughters are all worried about bad people.Until the conquering army returned to the court, two suitable son-in-law candidates suddenly appeared, and they were quickly settled. Meng Lai wondered if Zhang Bing was playing tricks again: Why didn't he come early or late, but why did he run out at this time? Two so suitable?

Thinking about Zhang Bing's idea of ​​leisurely, Meng Lai was so angry that his liver hurt.This stinky boy, my Ayou is just so young and he took aim at him!
Thinking of how many times this brat begged others, and wanted to make a decision early and let You Ran pass through the door earlier, Meng Lai was happy again.It's impossible not to marry, it's all forced to this point.But, let him wait, he must wait until Ah You!Meng Lai thought fiercely.

"You're talking, niece, do you care?" Old lady Meng pressed.

"Whatever you ask me to do, you say, I will do whatever you say." Meng Lai really convinced his wife.Big brother and sister-in-law are here, you are forcing me to ask about my niece, okay, I will take care of it!Just tell me what to do, I will obey you!

The old lady Meng said angrily, "What do you do? If you find a good husband's family for Sister Wei, it will be over!"

Meng Lai Khan was about to come down. "What is a good in-law's family?" Please tell me a standard first, what kind of in-law's family is called a good in-law's family.

The old lady Meng stared at Meng Lai, "Why are you pretending to be stupid! Naturally, the family is well-off, the family style is upright, the children are motivated, the population is simple, and the parents-in-law are easy to serve!" Old lady Meng counted them one by one, full of longing .

If this is easy to find, my Yan'er and An'er still have to wait until this year?Meng Lai's face was covered with sweat.

"I'll invite an official media tomorrow." Meng Lai promised.Man Jingcheng searched to see if he could find a suitable husband's family for Miss Weiran.

After finally leaving Xuan Ruitang, Meng Lai went back to the study as usual.

The time to go to the main house has become less and less, and Mrs. Zhong has gradually accepted it, and Mrs. Zhong has a new sustenance in recent years: grandchildren.Mrs. Zhong now keeps her good sister by her side, she is in pain like something, coaxing her to eat, hug her to sleep, and give her what she wants.

Meng Lai also likes her good sister very much, and every time she goes back to the main room, she always teases her.Both the husband and wife revolved around the granddaughter, and the topic was always on the granddaughter, and they gradually became like an old married couple.

In the days when Zhang Bing returned to the imperial court just now, Zhong Shi made fun of Meng Lai about this matter: Look, you didn't agree with it at the beginning, let's see how promising he is now!Do you regret it?
Meng Lai just smiled and didn't speak.

Seeing that Meng Lai hadn't been stabbed, Mrs. Zhong was unhappy, so she hummed, and turned to tease her granddaughter.

Seeing Yuxue's cute little granddaughter, Zhong's heart melted, her face melted, and her whole body melted. This good sister, this little baby, makes people feel pain.

Just don't think about anything else.

Lei Ran saw Meng Lai entering the study with a dark face, and her heart shuddered.This man must have menopause too. Recently, his father always has a dark face, moody, and is becoming more and more elusive and difficult to serve.

To be honest, I don't blame Father Meng for this.Father Meng looked at his beloved daughter who was smiling like a flower, so slim, so charming, and he was happy and pleased, "My family has a girl who is just growing up", and the pride of being a father arises spontaneously. At this time, he would laugh When he thinks that she will leave him soon and marry happily, and when he thinks of his daughter being taken away, he will be angry.

Today, Father Meng was even angrier when he thought about what would happen tomorrow.

Leisurely laughed and coaxed him for a long time, and used eighteen martial arts, but Father Meng didn't laugh.Tomorrow that brat is coming to the door, thinking about it makes him panic!
The next day, the Meng Mansion grandly entertained two guests: Ge Shoufu and Ping Beihou.

The Zhong family grew up in the Marquis Mansion, so there was no problem with dealing with people. After warmly entertaining the two guests with long sleeves and dancing skills, she was a little unable to react to the next thing.

Zhang Bing knelt on the ground and saluted.Zhong was a little taken aback: why is he being so polite?

Meng Lai looked at Zhang Bing with a sullen face, hating him to death.

When Zhong gradually realized that Zhang did not come to propose marriage, she was dumbfounded: So they are still a couple because of the twists and turns?

Is it really destined to be a marriage?
Not only Zhong Shi was stupid, but also Gu Shi was dumbfounded at the same time.

The daughters of the second child's family, three in a row, all three are concubines!One is better than one married!Why, my sister Wei is worse than others.

Gu's keenly captured a useful piece of information "Ping Beihou is destined to marry the fifth woman".

The fifth woman?Gu's heart beat violently.

(End of this chapter)