Beautiful step by step

Chapter 60

When Wei Wei cleaned Webster's cemetery, the hand cut by the thorns helped her a lot.

The two wounds, which were neither painful nor itchy, established her in the hearts of the Yan family as an image of being approachable, hard-working and hard-working.When it was time to move the grave, a few young men from the Yan family who were about the same age as Yan Heng and of the same generation were carefully selected. The uncle of the Wei family, who had always been uneasy about dealing with major issues in life, was relieved a little after listening to the boys of the Yan family chattering about what Wei Wei was doing today.

Then, after Uncle Wei was pulled aside by Aunt Wei and stretched out his hand to show how horrible the scar she had seen with her own eyes, and how polite his nephew and daughter-in-law were talking to her, Uncle Wei was completely relieved.

He also wanted to take care of his younger sister's difficult life after marrying into the Yan family.Reluctantly, after he became a prisoner, he had no money and no power, which annoyed Yan Baihu when he was thrown into prison, and he almost lost half his life.After that time, the younger sister almost cried and knelt in front of her mother's bed, telling them to pretend that she had never been born in the family, and live a good life behind closed doors, leaving her alone.

But that was his own sister who grew up with him, how could he really think that she didn't exist.Not only him, but everyone in the family felt bad.Mother even wrote a letter on the back of her sick body, asking him to find a way to trust someone and hand it over to his grandfather's colleagues in Beijing.But before he left the village, he was blocked by people, and the love letter that Feng Niang wrote with painstaking efforts was crumpled up by Yan Baihu and thrown into the cow dung pile by the roadside.

Since then, soldiers under Yan Baihu's banner have been haunting near the house, keeping an eye on them.The mother who was originally in poor health did not survive that winter under depression.And not long after the beginning of spring, news came that my sister was seriously ill, and my nephew was enlisted in the army to replace the patriarch's soldier for the money for medicine.Before he could react, his sister had died.The funeral was hastily finished, and Qiyan's family was about to hold a wedding before it was too late.He remembered it clearly, that day happened to be a hundred days after his mother passed away.As soon as he tore off the incense case and went to Chongxiao, he heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the entrance of the village.

He couldn't bear it anymore, and went to Yan Shisan's house with a kitchen knife on his waist.

He knew that he was powerless, but this kitchen knife was not for cutting people, it was for threatening.He knew that the Zhou family was not afraid of killing people, but he was willing to go all out. If they didn't give an explanation today, he would splatter three feet of blood on the wedding hall.

Sure enough, although the Zhou family had no face, the Yan family wanted some face anyway, and Yan Shisan didn't want a homicide to happen on the happiest day of his life.With the last trump card, he finally managed to win a small benefit for the two nephews: in the future, they will have their own marriage, and the Yan family will not be allowed to intervene.

He had worked so hard to win the promise of coming to the Yan family, of course he didn't want his nephew to marry a daughter-in-law casually.He even thought that his nephew could get married two years later, and then with his ability, he would definitely be able to make it through the Northwest Army, and the marriage would be decent.

"My sister is going to be buried, why are you standing there?"

Aunt Wei poked Uncle Wei and looked at the coffin about to be buried with pity.

She was originally the daughter of a military family, and although she was a bit poor when she married into the Wei family, her mother-in-law understands that her sister-in-law is easy to get along with, and these years have passed smoothly.But sister-in-law... such a good person, why is life so hard.

Uncle Wei had read some books when he was a child, and knew quite a lot about these etiquettes.Although the things that the Wei family took out were a bit crude, but with his single-handed handling, the whole grave-moving ceremony was simple and solemn.There were a few children from the same village watching the excitement, and it was a little noisy at first, but after a third of the ceremony, even they fell silent.

After the ceremony, it was almost dark.Yanjia Village is very close, although the half-grown clansmen don't understand what's going on, but being so big is the time to lose face.In the morning, I apologized with the elders of the clan, but now they still feel guilty, and hurried back without even drinking a sip of tea.

Wei Wei looked at the sun in the sky, the setting sun was setting, making this cemetery extremely desolate.In front of them, Webster's new grave was nestled next to the big one next to it, the small earthen earthen and the big earthen earth, showing warmth for no reason.

If they are in a hurry, they can go back before the curfew.Even if the hour is delayed, with Yan Heng present, he can pass through regardless of the curfew, but Wei Wei can tell that Yan Heng wants to stay here for a longer time.

She was happy to see the result, and she took the initiative to ask: "Ah Heng, it's getting late, we might have to disturb uncle's house today."

After hearing his words, the heavy-faced Uncle Wei stretched out his face: "The whole family said something to bother you, if you don't mind the poor conditions, you can stay for as long as you want."

Wei Wei shook her head, that's why she was happy to see the result.With her emotional intelligence, it is natural to see how Uncle Wei looked at her at the beginning.But from the beginning to the end, he looked at Yan Heng with the kindness of an elder. She only felt that kind of kindness from Wei's mother.

Nephew and uncle, no matter how poor this kind of relative is, she will not dislike her at all.

"When I was in Beijing, Ayun often said that I like to come to my uncle's house the most. My aunt treats him the best. We wish we could bother uncle for a while."

Speaking of Ah Yun, Aunt Wei smiled: "Why didn't brother Yun come today, he stayed at home alone?"

It was only then that Wei Wei noticed that Aunt Wei was nearly a head taller than her. She was tall, and she stood next to Uncle Wei, who was a little thinner. Looking at her back, she looked like two brothers.

But she did not forget Aunt Wei's neat movements when she presented the fruit offering just now.The fruit offerings she prepared were bigger and fresher than those of Yan's family. Liangzhou fruits are so expensive, and she has been able to prepare them to this extent in the past few days. She definitely attaches great importance to this matter.

Aunt Wei's voice was loud and fast, but her words were clear.Especially when it comes to Ah Yun, the intimacy that is unintentionally revealed is something that no one can pretend.

"Auntie, Ah Yun stayed in the capital, and my mother took care of him."

Aunt Wei was taken aback, and then stuffed a purse towards her: "Our family is poor, and we can't afford any decent money for correction. This bit of ink was left by Brother Heng's great-grandfather, and it is said to be a high-quality piece of Hui ink. I don’t understand those things, but this ink is not smelly at all, and the Spring Festival couplets written with it will not fade when blown outside for a whole year.”

Isn't this focus a bit crooked... Wei Wei looked at Yan Heng, and took it over with a shy face after he nodded.Without opening it, she could smell the faint fragrance through the purse, it was a refreshing and pure ink fragrance.

"It smells really good, thank you Auntie."

Turning his eyes, he saw Uncle Wei who was staring at the purse with distressed eyes, Wei Wei raised his lips and smiled: "Thank you, Uncle too."

There was a hint of admiration for a junior in her voice, and she walked while talking, without any pettiness in her demeanor.

Seeing such a niece and daughter-in-law from the corner of the eye, Uncle Wei was very satisfied, and no longer entangled in the little ink left by his grandfather, using one piece of ink that was less than one piece.

What matters to him now is why Brother Yun stayed in the capital.According to the Yan family, Brother Heng is now a high official, so he should be able to take care of Brother Yun, why did he leave his hometown.

Of course, he asked more tactfully: "Brother Heng's daughter-in-law is also getting old, she should stay at home to take care of her grandson, how can she have the time to take care of Brother Yun?"

As soon as Uncle Wei asked, Wei Wei knew that he was worried.

It is human nature to stand in the position of a pro-uncle, and she was not annoyed, but explained in a calm manner: "Ayun loves to read, and he can learn everything quickly. When he was in the capital, Yishan Layman took a fancy to him. I personally accept him as a disciple. In our house, my mother has only given birth to me these years. Now that I am not at home, there is only one Ayun in the family, and she will take good care of her."

Uncle Wei has lived to this age, and he can only think more deeply. He immediately understood Wei's mother's intentions.It's true that Brother Yun relieves loneliness, but the point is that a single girl is worried about marrying far away in the northwest.But he has always been reasonable, and he has his own daughter, so he understands that this is human nature.

"Scholar Yishan? But the surname is Liu?"

How could he know that Yishan Layman's surname is Liu? Although Wei Wei was puzzled, he still admitted it.

"Yishan Layman is very talented and learned, but there are some quirks in accepting apprentices. Not only must he be talented, intelligent and good-looking, he must also have been in school for no more than five years. Thanks to Ayun's following his mother, he was born very well despite being intelligent, so he can be accepted Choose to be the only disciple."

Hearing "the only disciple", Uncle Wei estimated the age of Xia Yishan Layman.He once heard his mother talk about how the highly educated offspring of the Liu family back then gave birth to their only son when they were convicted of crimes, seeing that their knees were empty at the age of forty.When he was happy, the man named his only son Yishan, and the child Xisanshi Niang went to refill the pot on behalf of the Wei family in person.Now in the past four or fifty years, he has only accepted his first disciple, and he will probably have a second one in the future.In this way, he will teach the only brother Yun all his money.

"How could he accept Brother Yun?"

Uncle Wei was quite puzzled, and looked at Wei Wei suspiciously.

Just as Wei Wei wanted to say a few words of modesty, Yan Heng rushed to her and said, "It's all thanks to Ah Mao."

"Aheng, I don't have much business."

Uncle Wei realized that Ah Mao should be the name of Brother Heng's daughter-in-law, which is a good name.Although he still doesn't know the specific word, the letter from Brother Heng only said to marry his wife, Wei Shi.But judging from this pronunciation, no matter which one it is, adding it after the surname "Wei" is an excellent name.

It seems that Brother Heng's daughter-in-law's family is unusual.

With this realization, he winked at his nephew and asked him to continue talking.

Yan Heng never let go of any opportunity to praise his wife, and immediately said neatly: "The Yishan layman temporarily lives in the house of Mr. Jijiu Liu in the Guozijian. Ah Mao and Liu Jijiu are old, and they are loved by Mrs. Jijiu and his daughter. , Yishan Layman specially recommended to Ah Yun."

Wei Wei said modestly: "Lay Yishan has been accepting disciples, it is actually not difficult to meet him. The key is Ayun's fighting spirit, which has nothing to do with me."

What she said made Uncle Wei very happy.Wei Wei has already praised his mighty nephew, so the rest of his job is to praise Wei Wei.

"How can you say it's okay, Yishan layman can't see everyone."

Aunt Wei is not the kind of person who can't see the good of others. She is really happy to see her little nephew who has always been so pitiful.

"That's not right. If anyone can see that layman, then he should not do anything in his life, and just treat people who worship him. In my opinion, the reason why Brother Yun suffered so much before is for Let him meet Brother Heng's daughter-in-law and enjoy the blessing."

Wei Wei lowered her head slightly, and the eldest aunt praised her incomparably in a clear voice, she was really embarrassed.

"It's not that exaggerated, layman Yishan really..."

Halfway through the talk, the Wei family and his wife cast that "Oh boy, don't be modest, we all know you are good to brother Yun" eyes, which made her silence automatically.

Well, it won't hurt anyone anyway, just let them misunderstand like this.

"It's home. After a busy day, both of you come in and have a rest."

Uncle Wei opened the door, Aunt Wei warmly invited them, and then said into the courtyard with a loud voice: "Brother An went to boil some hot water, sister Tong made tea, and brother Heng came with his wife."

The guard looked at the small courtyard through the gate. Several low houses were surrounded by low earthen walls, and the corn that was stringed from the eaves had been threshed to the ground.Whether it's the wall or the house, the small courtyard is much simpler than the Yan Baihu's house they visited a few days ago.But there was no trace of weeds along the courtyard wall. Corn piles were piled up in the small courtyard, and a wooden cart was placed next to the corn pile. The small courtyard was kept very clean, which made people feel bright.

Following Aunt Wei's cry, two figures stood up behind the corn pile.The man was Uncle Wei's eldest son, his cousin Wei An who was one year older than Yan Heng.Wei An has a lion-nosed and tiger-faced face, and most of his looks follow Aunt Wei's.Beside him, a girl in a blue and white gown with plaited braids was holding half-grown corn in her left and right hands, and looked this way curiously.Looking at each other, Wei Wei noticed that the ordinary facial features of this cousin named Wei Tong suddenly became vivid, and the more she looked at her, the more beautiful she became. The more she watched, the heart was involuntarily peaceful, which was somewhat similar to Uncle Wei.

"Cousin."

After throwing down the corn, Wei Tong ran over and looked at her with a smile.

Wei Wei took out a gold hairpin from her bosom, the whole body was made of gold, and on the head was a simple big peach blossom.This hairpin was chosen by her from Tongyuan Trading Company, and it is the most popular style in Beijing this year.Although the overall style is simple, any young girl, as long as she is not so ugly that she is so ugly that she will cry ghosts and gods, will be simple and elegant after wearing it.

The hairpin is very thin, but one tael of gold is almost worth ten taels of silver, and such a thin hairpin is almost worth two big silver bracelets that she gave to Ah Ci that day and were thrown back.The reason why the two are so different is that on the one hand, closeness and distance are placed there, so naturally they cannot be treated equally.On the other hand, even if she gave exquisite gold jewelry, Ah Ci's situation would not keep her.On the contrary, Ah Tong, although the Wei family is poor, the whole family is happy. Uncle Wei and Aunt Wei are definitely not the kind of unscrupulous parents who would greedy their daughter's money to subsidize their son.

"A Tong is a child of the Wei family. He is good-looking. It looks so good with this hairpin. I happen to have a mirror here. A Tong has a look."

Wei Wei conveniently put her on her head, took out the mercury mirror from her purse, and handed it to her to take a picture.Although Ah Tong was dressed plainly, she had fair skin, and with her unique temperament, the nobile's atmosphere was fully displayed.

"Biao sister-in-law, it's too expensive. It's not easy for you and cousin Heng to make money, so I can't have it."

Ah Tong is really well-bred, and when she saw the beauty in the mirror, a joy flashed in her eyes, but soon she restrained her desire, and pulled out the golden hairpin very naturally.

Wei Wei glanced at Yan Heng, and the latter looked at Ah Tong with a straight face: "Your sister-in-law gave it, you can just take it with you. By the way, uncle, I am here this time to ask for something."

Uncle Wei's expression became serious.

"This time when I entered Beijing, I was honored by the sage Shang Long and promoted to the governor of Liangzhou Wei, but I didn't have anyone available under my command. I know that it would be a bit humiliating for me to be a swordsman with my uncle and cousin's talents. But now it's really I can't help it, please help me."

Uncle Wei was full of excitement, but he still had concerns: "But I'm the one who treats the crime."

Aunt Wei glared at her husband and son-in-law in disapproval. What kind of shit is guilty of a person, and a person as good as his parents-in-law would be wronged if he committed a crime.

"Ah Heng, don't listen to your uncle. The mountains in the northwest are high and the emperor is far away. Nobody cares about Zhou's thousand households killing people and stealing goods. Your uncle will help you take care of things, so what can you do?"

Uncle Wei stared back in a rare way: "No..."

Before he could say something hurtful, Yan Heng quickly interrupted: "Auntie is right, I've already thought about it before I came here. Uncle will carefully recall the will of the year?"

It's not that Uncle Wei doesn't want to be an official. He has read a lot, but he can't lift his shoulders or lift his hands. He can't even beat Yan Shisan, who is like a white chicken.Useless is a scholar, thanks to his daughter-in-law for supporting his family all these years.Seeing that his sons and daughters were about to get married, he didn't want sister Tong to repeat the mistakes of his younger sister because of his poor family.

And as long as you are an official, even if you are a low-level low-level official, everything will be solved easily.

However, he still remembers the imperial decree enshrined in his family that three generations are not allowed to be official.The nephew managed to make it through, if someone made a fuss about it, it would really hurt him.

"Uncle, I remember that the three generations were not allowed to serve as officials. Great-grandfather, grandfather, uncle, and my cousin is already the fourth generation. My cousin went to help me and take care of my elderly parents and younger sister. Who would dare Say what?"

Uncle Wei was stunned: "Three generations can be counted in this way?"

Yan Heng nodded resolutely: "Shouldn't this be the case? Who would say that this calculation is wrong?"

Uncle Wei staggered back, tears flashed in his eyes, and his words were a little crazy: "Yes, that's the way it should be, and it should be like this."

Seeing that he was approaching, Aunt Wei quickly supported him: "Look at you, how crazy you look in front of the child."

Uncle Wei grabbed Aunt Wei's hand: "Mother, I can finally let you live a good life."

Brothers and sisters Wei An and Wei Tong didn't understand what was going on at first. From what their parents said, it seemed that Cousin Heng, who has become a high-ranking official, also let their father be an official. This is a great thing.

Yan Heng took a step back and stood beside Wei Kui. The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, leaving space for the weeping family.

Wei Wei sincerely appreciates Yan Heng's arrival, one hero and three gangs, now is the time for Ah Heng to employ people.Even if Pao Ze in the same camp can betray him, there are very few people who can be trusted.However, the Wei family is a special case. The credibility of this family is no worse than Wei's mother, and they have a high level of education.With their help, it's like a tiger with wings added.

(End of this chapter)