Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 744 Postscript Zhao Yanjie (2)
Compared with the excitement in other places, Miss Zhao's boudoir, who is going to be a bride tomorrow, is very quiet, only a few low laughter can be heard occasionally.

Mrs. Zhao Lu Mingxin was busy with the previous work, and remembered that she hadn't spoken to her eldest daughter Haosheng for several days. The eldest daughter would leave her tomorrow, and the daughter she kept in her hands would become someone else's daughter-in-law. Everything is respected by the husband, and it is my responsibility to serve my parents-in-law filially, and I am filled with heartache and reluctance.

But her daughter's family has to go through this experience, so what can she do no matter how sad she is, how can she keep her daughter at home forever, then she is not loving her, but hurting her!

Fortunately, the eldest son-in-law was selected by her personally. Whether it is appearance, character or talent, he is considered the best. The most wonderful thing is that his family background is slightly inferior to her own. Her official career has always been smooth, so it is absolutely impossible for the daughter to suffer any serious grievances in her husband's house.

Thinking about it this way, Lu Mingxin felt a little better in his heart, and signaled his close mother to open the curtain and enter the eldest daughter's boudoir.

In addition to the eldest daughter, there are also some girls who are close friends with the two sisters from the second daughter's family. This is also the local custom in Yuezhou. Before a girl gets married, she must be accompanied by her close sisters. .

Seeing Lu Mingxin come in, Miss Zhao hurriedly led the younger sisters up to salute their mother: "Mom, are you done with your work?" Then she asked Lu Mingxin's close mother, "Madam, have you eaten? Have you eaten some?" What? Why don't you persuade the servant to go back to the house and rest in the middle sleep, the lady is tired enough after the past few days."

The mother who was close to him answered one by one, and Lu Mingxin immediately smiled and said: "Mother is not tired, don't worry, mother just wants to come and talk to you, tonight I have to step on flowers, I'm afraid I won't be able to come here free. "

The flower stepping night is also a local custom in Yuezhou. The more guests come, it indicates that the bride's life will be more prosperous after marriage, so Lu Mingxin said this.

Ms. Zhao Er is also 14 years old this year. She is smart and smart. When she heard that her mother was considerate and told her elder sister, she hurriedly smiled and took all the sisters in the family to her room to joke. Space is reserved for mother and sister.

Lu Mingxin took the elder daughter's hand and sat down on the couch by the window together, caressing the elder daughter's hand and sighing: "When you were just born, because the family conditions were not very good at that time, I didn't care when I was pregnant with you." If you can take care of your body well, you will be no bigger than a kitten, even crying weakly. At that time, I was really afraid that you would not be able to support yourself, and you didn’t even sleep at all during the whole month. If you dare to sleep, I'm afraid of you... Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, you will grow into a big girl, and you will be married tomorrow, maybe by this time next year, I will be able to have a grandson in my arms?"

Miss Zhao couldn't help but get red eyes, and she couldn't help being shy because of her mother's last few words. After a while, she said in a low voice: "After I go, mother must take care of her health, not only my child , even my child's child is still waiting for you to bring it to me!"

Lu Mingxin smiled with tears in his eyes: "Nonsense, in the future your child will be taken care of by his own wife, how can it be my turn? As for the child who is still a child, I can really take care of it. How can I take care of it when I live to that time?" Didn't she become an old hag?"

The mother and daughter were talking, thinking of this farewell, it would be difficult to see each other in the future, it couldn't help but touch their hearts, and couldn't help crying.

After crying for a while, the mother and daughter's mood improved a lot, and then Lu Mingxin carefully taught her daughter the way of being a wife and daughter-in-law, "You know, before I even entered the door, you My grandparents passed away early, and I don’t really know how to be a daughter-in-law, but according to what I’ve heard from Mrs. Han Tongpan and others, it’s just four words ‘respectful and humble’, but I can’t blindly She is obedient and humble, and she should not show weakness when she should be strong. As for the way of being a woman, it is not difficult. To put it bluntly, it is a word "comparing your heart to your heart". This heart is made of flesh. As long as you treat him sincerely, how can he feel it? If I don't, I will treat you with sincerity, the key point is that you have to be weak when you should be weak, men don't like strong women, you have to remember this for me no matter what."

Miss Zhao listened thoughtfully: "Mother, is it because you treat daddy with sincerity and never be strong when you should be weak that daddy has been treating you with respect for so many years? Our family is not like Han Like Tongpan and others’ house, there are so many people in the Houzhai that it almost can’t hold it?”

Lu Mingxin was taken aback by the question, and then laughed at himself. What qualifications did he have to teach his daughter the so-called "how to be a wife" here? Isn't he a failure in marriage? Can you see that you and your husband are "respecting each other like guests"?
But I also know that I can't say this to my daughter. My daughter is going to get married tomorrow. I must be feeling ashamed, happy and looking forward to this moment. How can I pour cold water on her?

Concentrating his emotions in a hurry, he said with a smile: "In short, you should remember my words. I decided on the son-in-law for you after looking at him and comparing them. If you think about it, you won't be wronged."

Miss Zhao blushed so much that she could bleed, she covered her face with her hands and laughed softly: "I don't ask for anything else, I just want him to treat his mother like a father, and I am satisfied."

At that moment, the mother and daughter talked about their own things for more than half an hour, including Lu Mingxin quietly telling her daughter about certain things that will happen tomorrow night, until several mothers in charge came to ask Lu Mingxin to show her, and she ordered Someone went to call the second daughter and others back to continue to accompany the eldest daughter, and went to the front.

Afterwards, there was a lot of busy work, until the second watch drum sounded, and Lu Mingxin dragged his tired legs back to his upper room.

Zhao Yanjie had already come back and cleaned up. He was sitting under the lamp reading a book. Seeing Lu Mingxin come back, he raised his head and smiled slightly: "I'm done with everything? I've worked hard for you for the past few days, and you'll still be busy tomorrow. You need to wash up. So I took a break earlier, don't wait for me, I still have to read a few books."

Lu Mingxin looked at his more and more elegant face under the lamp, and remembered what the eldest daughter said in the afternoon, and suddenly an unknown fire rose in her heart, and she really wanted to ask him: "After all these years, have you really treated me as a fool?" Your wife? Did you treat me so well for me, or did you just treat me as another person, and I was just a pitiful and ridiculous substitute? "

But as soon as the words came to her lips, she remembered that tomorrow would be the big day for her eldest daughter, the envy of the noble ladies in Quanyue Prefecture, and some old things from that year... She swallowed all the words in the end, calmly Responded: "The concubine will rest first, and the master will also rest earlier." He lifted his foot into the inner room.

After freshening up and lying on the bed, although Lu Mingxin's body was already very tired, she couldn't fall asleep when she closed her eyes, and couldn't help but think of her experiences over the past few years.

(End of this chapter)