Chapter 71 Nursing Home
The Gu family is a big family in Pingyang City and a scholarly family. Many of their ancestors have entered the court to become officials.
Unfortunately, each generation is worse than the other.
Nowadays, only the master is an official in the frontier, and he is still a fifth-ranked person. The second master claims to be literary and elegant, but unfortunately he is not satisfied with his talent. After failing the spring exam three times in a row, he gave up the imperial examination and cultivated his character at home. He either asked a few friends to go out for a trip or have fun with his delicate concubines. He never asked about his family business, but spent money like water. It was all thanks to the second wife's hard work to help him barely support a beautiful storefront.
The most promising one is the aunt Gu who married into the same city.
At that time, Gu did not dislike the decline of his fiancé Jiang Yushu, who had been engaged since childhood, and did not listen to his brother and sister-in-law's wishes to remarry, and insisted on marrying. Later, the couple was in love, and Gu gave advice to the outside world, took care of her husband and children, and soon helped the Jiang family make a comeback. The couple lived a smooth life. The only disadvantage was that they had only one girl for many years of marriage. Fortunately, Jiang Yushu was not dissatisfied with this. He treated his daughter like a pearl in his hand and educated her step by step.
When he was named for one year, Jiang Yushu knew that his wife liked to watch the moon, so he named his daughter Linyue and Jiang Linyue.
When his daughter was fourteen years old, Gu was diagnosed with a pregnancy again. Jiang Yushu was overjoyed and went to the temple to fulfill his wish. Unexpectedly, when he returned, he was hit by heavy rain and the hillside collapsed. Jiang Yushu could not escape the disaster.
When her husband left, Gu was heartbroken and relied on the child in her belly to hold on. The next year, she finally gave birth to a child, but her health was in great pain. She was sleeping for several months and passed away. She was reluctant but helpless and left behind her daughter who was married for a good time and was hungry.
There are also coveted property.
The eldest master is honest and has a good character. When he heard that his sister had gone, he only wrote to ask his second brother to take good care of the Jiang family.
The second master only cares about his own freedom. He often leaves the second wife with all the big and small matters at home to the second wife. When he returns home, his wife doesn't mention it, and he rarely asks for money.
The second wife was already in a tight position, so she put her calculations on the Jiang family's property. She thought that it was inconvenient for her niece to go out as a woman, and her nephew had not yet learned to walk, so she, the elder, had the full responsibility to take care of them. After Gu was buried, she held Jiang Linyue's hand and said gently and kindly that the siblings would move to the Gu family, so that they could just live in peace and peace. All things in the inner courtyard were left to her aunt, and the outside business was handed over to her cousin Gu Yi.
Jiang Linyue took his hand back and refused politely. Dao's father taught her to do business, and her mother had already entrusted the affairs of the inner house to her. She could raise her younger brother to grow up.
The second wife was blocked so much that she couldn't say it, but she didn't agree with it. She felt that her niece was showing off and made up her mind to "help" when she was in trouble.
But Jiang Linyue didn't give her a chance to help.
Inside, Jiang Linyue hired two wet nurses to take care of her younger brother. Outside, Jiang Linyue often went to the Jiang family shop to check. After finding a big shopkeeper bullying her for a fake account, she immediately changed the person. Since then, no one has ever treated her as an ignorant girl. After a year of filial piety, Jiang Linyue bought a shop in the most prosperous area of Pingyang City, and changed it to a teahouse, and handed it over to the big shopkeeper hired from Jiangnan. The shopkeeper was proficient in tea ceremony, and the Jiang family had good friends in the south, so he quickly managed the teahouse business.
The second wife's eyes were so greedy that she turned red.
She could not be greedy for money in the name of her elders, so she had the idea of marrying her niece's dowry. As long as she let her niece marry her son, those things would become dowry, wouldn't it be hers? Even if she couldn't enjoy it, when her niece died, the dowry would be left to her grandchildren. In short, the fat water would not flow to her outside family.
She has two sons. The second son is too young and doesn't have to consider it. The eldest son Gu Yi Dajiang Linyue is five years old. When Jiang Linyue showed filial piety, Gu Yi was twenty-three years old, but she was spreading the message now, saying that the elders of the two families had discussed the marriage and only waited for Jiang Linyue to get married after the filial piety period. In this way, others will not make up for Jiang Linyue. As for what her niece thinks... Humph, she can't control her business. When she is the aunt in the marriage, she should make the decision for her niece.
Jiang Linyue did not clarify those rumors, but did not show much closeness to the Gu family, and only maintained the courtesy exchanges between ordinary relatives.
The second wife thought that her niece had made a promise. After all, Gu Yi had an outstanding character and was easily liked by girls. But she never expected that when the two children finally became filial and she mentioned the marriage, Jiang Linyue, an 18-year-old girl, actually disagreed!
She persuaded her again and again, and Jiang Linyue was firm in her attitude and said that she would not marry and just wanted to take care of her younger brother and grow up.
Then don't blame her for being ruthless.
At the Dragon Boat Festival family dinner, after the second wife called Jiang Linyue to the inner room to talk. Jiang Linyue knew what she was going to talk about. Although she was impatient, she still asked the two maids to stay outside. She followed her in and prepared to make it clear at once. Because it was the second wife's room, she did not take much precautions.
The second wife put medicine in the tea, but Jiang Linyue had no intention of drinking it. When the second wife was hesitating whether to find something to knock her niece out, the eldest son Gu Yi came in drunkenly. Jiang Linyue got up and wanted to leave. The second wife heard her son's wink, and knew it well. She pretended to ask her niece to help take care of her cousin. She went out to call for someone. When she went out, she saw that her niece's two maids were tied up by her son's people. The second wife was cruel and took her to the door with her backhand, drank and left, and guarded her outside in person.
Jiang Linyue is rich and beautiful, and she doesn't need to be matched by her mother. Gu Yi has been thinking about it himself. She didn't do anything before, because she thought that her cousin would definitely obey the wishes of her elders after she became filial. He maintained a gentlemanly style in front of her, and the two of them would live a harmonious life after marriage in the future. Now Jiang Linyue rejected him on the grounds that she did not intend to get married, so why should he treat her gently?
Then let’s force her to be drunk. After seeing that she becomes his man, will she dare not marry?
Seeing that his innocence was not guaranteed, Jiang Linyue took off his jade hairpin from his head and threatened him with death.
Gu Yi could not catch anyone anyway, and he didn't want to cause a death to make Jiang Linyue die tragically, so he had to pretend to be impatient and take the opportunity to step down.
After Jiang Linyue returned home, she chose to remain silent about the matter because it was reported that it hurt her more than the Gu family, and since then she has not had any contact with the Gu family.
The second wife refused to give up.
She conspired with Gu Yi and privately bribed several beggars to go to Jiang's house to make trouble in the middle of the night. During the day, she played a good person and advised her niece to marry into the Gu family as soon as possible, implicitly threatened. Jiang Linyue knew it. She guessed that the beggars must have been instigated by others, so she decided to recruit a few strong men to guard the house. Before the guard was recruited, the beggars saw that she was beautiful and malicious, so they ignored Gu Yi's advice and wanted to attack Jiang Linyue. The incident happened suddenly, Jiang Linyue could not bear the humiliation and jumped into the lake to seek death.
Seeing that someone was killed, the beggars fled overnight. One of the bold ones used this matter to threaten Gu Yi before the escape, and wanted to blackmail a sum of money. Gu Yi sent someone to catch him and sent him to the government, saying that he was killed by money. Of course, the beggar had to bite him back, but unfortunately he was not guilty and was found to be slandered by the county magistrate, and was convicted and imprisoned after being punished.
The servants of the Jiang family caught Jiang Linyue, but they were not dead yet, but they were unconscious. The doctor decided that they would not live for three days.
When things turned like this, Gu Yi was overjoyed. As long as Jiang Linyue died, the Gu family should take care of Jiang Linfeng, who was just three years old. What does such a young child know? What will he become if the Gu family teaches him? Although there are rumors outside that the Gu family murdered their niece and were greedy for the Jiang family's property, the most affordable thing is to get the money, so what if someone says a few words.
But his dream was still vain because his good cousin couldn't bear to die and came back alive.
Gu Yi didn't believe it, so she went to visit Jiang's house in person. Tang Huan ordered his servants to entertain him, and the Gu family was never allowed to come to visit again.
Gu Yi left in a panic, and Tang Huan officially took over the Jiang family.
The Jiang family has a simple population, and the servants are convinced by the original body and mind. Tang Huan is very skilled in discipline, and the only two things that give her a headache.
First, her cheap brother is too clingy. She has to go in and out with her during the day and sleep in the same room with her at night. Tang Huan doesn’t have much patience with children, but this brother looks seventy-sixth-similar to her. Every time she sees Jiang Linfeng blinking her big eyes and crying at her, Tang Huan is like seeing herself pretending to be pitiful in front of her master, and she can no longer be cruel.
She couldn't make up her mind, so she could only feel the feeling of being a sister and a mother.
The second thing is naturally that guy Song Mo. She coaxed the child for a long time, but she didn't even see Song Mo'er's shadow.
After finally coaxing her brother to sleep, Tang Huan took her maid to go shopping. There was no Song Mo in her memory, and Song Mo would not take the initiative to send him, so she had to go out as much as possible and try her luck.
She wanted to go to her own teahouse first.
On the way, I received strange looks from others.
Although the original body is the victim, this is the way of the world. If a woman’s reputation is damaged at all, she will bring gossip, let alone the original body is arrogant. Some people have long said that she is not a wife’s moral character.
But they said it was useless. The original body didn't care, and Tang Huan didn't care even more.
In the corner of the first floor of the teahouse, two men in thick clothes were talking, with a simple and honest face chattering endlessly. The other was sitting upright, with their eyes always falling at the door.
Zhang Wu talked for a long time, and saw that his little boy was stunned to look at the door, he couldn't help but stab him: "Song Mo, have you listened to me?"
"No, what did you just say?" Song Mo finally glanced at him.
Zhang Wu's face was flushed with anger. Seeing that Song Mo was about to stare at the door again, he quickly repeated: "I said we should just wait in the inn and go to Jiang's house to choose a nursing home tomorrow. Why do you have to come here for tea? Even if Miss Jiang comes, do you still want to go up and chat with him? I tell you, the rich ladies all follow the rules, and you will not be able to make such a rash move."
A pot of tea costs half a month of wages he used to work for people. Although it was paid by Song Mo, Zhang Wu still felt sorry for him. Now they have not become a guard, so they spent some money first! Song Mo, who is a prodigal, really thinks that it is too much money. Giving him a cup of tea is better than a cup of tea. It’s boring and a waste!
Song Mo didn't say anything.
This is his first time to come to Pingyang City.
In this life, he was the son of a blacksmith in the village. For his previous years, he had been the top scholar and enjoyed luxury and wealth. At first, he also thought about studying for the top scholar or doing business to make money and improve his status, but he did not dare to change his destiny in this life without authorization. If he changed, he was afraid that he would not meet her. Perhaps, if he was honestly a blacksmith, she would come to him like in his previous years, when he should appear.
He is a butcher, he lives alone, and the Narcissus married his neighbor, and the two met.
He is the top scholar. He went home to make lanterns. Xiaowu came to learn from his master and learned from his skills. The two met.
He was a businessman, and he went to teach his younger brother a lesson. Haitang was attracted by his younger brother and the two met.
He remembered nothing in those three lives, and lived step by step, and she appeared beside him. He was the young master in his previous life. He remembered and struggled, but he chose to wait for her patiently, and finally she appeared.
She was destined to be his person.
So in this life, as long as he has patience, she will still appear.
Even after twenty-five years of waiting.
He told himself not to worry. When he first met Xiaowu, he was a few years later than now.
But he missed her so much that he was almost desperate.
At this moment, Zhang Wu, the neighbor who was working in the city, suddenly came back and told him that the Miss Jiang family wanted to recruit a garrison and asked him if he wanted to try it. Although he was a servant, it was easier than a blacksmith and his salary was higher.
Miss Jiang’s family?
Song Mo felt hope in his heart and asked him who the Miss Jiang family was.
The orphan girl is like a daffodil. She does business regardless of the world's eyes, like a daffodil.
Is it her?
Song Mo decided to go to the city to see her. It was her best, no, after staying in the village for so many years, he didn't believe that he would miss her if he had just entered the city for two days.
A sudden voice came from the door.
"Miss, are we going to the private room directly?"
"No, just find a table below to sit down, it's lively."
It's her voice!
Song Mo held the teacup tightly and forced himself not to be impulsive, just staring at the front.
When Tang Huan entered the door, he used to glance around first.
When her eyes met Song Mo, she was slightly surprised. She stared at him for a while, and a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes. After realizing that the two had been looking at each other for too long, Tang Huan's pretty face slowly turned red. She turned around and ordered the maid to change her previous decision and headed to the private room upstairs.
How could this rogue keep staring at the girl? No matter how bold a woman is, she will avoid her under normal circumstances when she is stared at her like a wolf.
If you don't avoid it, it only means that you are interested in him.
She doesn't know him now, so where does it come from? Give him a blushing face to cover up the flaws that appeared when the maid first met the young master last time.
Song Mo, when you look at you, you should only remember the Narcissus. Now you like me, I wonder how you can do it?
Standing on the second floor, Tang Huan turned around, looked at him in confusion, and walked straight to the private room.
Song Mo's eyes followed her until he couldn't see it, and he smiled bitterly.
She really doesn't remember it.
But like in her previous life, she must have some feelings for him.
It doesn't matter. Since he found someone, he can still make her fall in love with him.
play hard.
The author has something to say: Thank you for the mines I mentioned, Momo~
Ahem, I was in a bad state last night, and I felt something was wrong after 3,000 words. I deleted and changed it, so I have fewer ones today.
Chapter completed!