At noon the next day, Zhou Baolu and his maid personally presented a bunch of earthen rituals to Sang Nuanyue.
Sang Nianyue greeted her at the door of Qiangweiyuan, her eyebrows curved, "Thank you cousin for remembering me and specially sending me something. It's just that the temperature has dropped and the weather is gloomy today, so I can just ask the maid to deliver it. Why bother running there myself?" One trip? Otherwise, if you get caught in the rain and get sick again, you will suffer."
Zhou Baolu held her hand affectionately and walked inside, while looking at the small and remote courtyard with satisfaction, she said with a smile, "There are no valuable things, but they are all local specialties that your brother-in-law bought along the way. Cousin, don't dislike it. good."
He sighed again, "Originally I was planning to bring Rong An over, but your brother-in-law was really worried about the child after not seeing him for a long time, so he just held it in his hands and refused to let go. I wanted Rong An to come over and say hello to you, but your brother-in-law was still worried about Rong An." An will get typhoid if the wind blows. Just like that, holding a child is like holding a baby. No matter what I say, he won't let go. I've never seen him doting on a child so much."
Sang Nianyue smiled gently, "My cousin also said that my brother-in-law has not seen Rongan for a long time and I miss him very much. This is the nature of father and son, and it is a good thing."
Only then did Zhou Baolu look regretful, "It's just that you haven't met Rongan yet. You are still that boy's biological aunt. I feel bad if he is not allowed to come over and give you a gift."
Sang Nuanyue continued to laugh, "The days are long and there will always be opportunities."
The two of them walked into the yard, when Qing'er heard voices coming out of the east wing. Seeing Zhou Baolu holding her sister's hand affectionately, and the two chatting and laughing, Qing'er was obviously so startled that she was stunned for a while before walking up to greet her, "Why are you here, cousin?"
Zhou Baolu smiled and came to touch his head, but Qing'er turned her head slightly to avoid it. The stupid boy couldn't get close to someone he hated, which caused Zhou Baolu's hand to freeze in mid-air, making the scene very embarrassing.
Fortunately, Zhou Baolu was not an ordinary person. She smiled softly and smoothed things over by saying, "You kid, you haven't seen me for a few years, and you have an affair with your cousin, right? But that's right, Qing'er has not liked people touching him since he was a child, and you are the only one who doesn't like it." Sister has this face, Qing'er is willing to let you touch her head and face."
Sang Nianyue: "I can't do it now. He's getting older and has his own opinions. Even if I want to touch his head, he gets anxious with me."
The three of them entered the flower hall, and Zhou Baolu looked after them affectionately. First, he cared about food, drink and shelter, then asked about his health, and then kindly comforted Sang Nianyue, "You have been a filial piety to your brother-in-law for a year, and you have done your best to show your affection. Now the relationship between the two parties has been severed. From now on, we have nothing to do with the Wang family." It doesn’t matter. You are still young, and you should take good care of yourself first. My cousin will take care of what happens next."
Sang Nianyue still chuckled, "Cousin, don't worry about me. I have no other ideas now. I just want to live quietly with Qing'er. He still has some talent in reading, and I want to support him in studying for the imperial examination. As long as he makes a difference. , even if I die, I will still be worthy of my parents underground."
Zhou Baolu's face was full of disapproval, "You are still young, why do you say such depressing words? Besides, you want to live with Qing'er all the time. Since Qing'er has been supporting my sister-in-law, my future siblings must not have any objections?"
Qing'er's fair cheeks turned red, and she opened her mouth to say something, but Zhou Baolu spoke again to stop him, "Cousin knows what you want to say, you two siblings depend on each other, and you will never dislike your sister. But Qing'er, you don't Disgusted, how can your future daughter-in-law not make your sister angry?"
"Instead of letting Nie Yue suffer at the hands of your wife in the future, live by her eyes, and then cause the relationship between you and your wife to be at odds. If you are not good at being a good person, then it is better to give your sister a look while she is still young. A good family has remarried. Cousin, you are not seriously ill. Maybe you can give birth to three or two children while you are young. With your own children and grandchildren, no matter what situation you end up in, your life will never be more difficult than it is now. Cousin, too I won’t have to worry about you day and night.”
Qing'er couldn't listen anymore and stood up suddenly, "Cousin, please stop trying to persuade me. My sister has already said she doesn't want to remarry."
Zhou Baolu said, "Qing'er, you can't be so selfish. You can't delay your sister's lifelong events just because you want her to focus on supporting you to study for the imperial examination. Women have a limited time to bloom, and your sister has been delayed in the Wang family for five years..."
"It wasn't you who did it!" Qing'er roared at the top of her lungs. The flower hall suddenly fell silent, the atmosphere was horribly stagnant, and Zhou Baolu's face suddenly turned pale.
Sang Nianyue scolded Qing'er softly, "Have you finished reading all your books? Are you still wondering what to do here? Go back to the east wing and read your books."
Qing'er panted like an ox, stared at Zhou Baolu fiercely, stamped her feet angrily, and ran out.
A string of tears suddenly rolled down Zhou Baolu's fair cheeks, her whole person was extremely innocent and pitiful, "Cousin, that thing really isn't..."
Sang Nuanyue suddenly said, "Cousin, it's all in the past, what's the point of bringing it up now?"
"But if it hadn't been for this, you wouldn't have married into the Wang family. Speaking of which, I was the one who caused it..."
"Cousin, I believe that you didn't arrange that thing. It can only be said to be God's will. Since God has allowed me to go through this ordeal, I just accept it..."
Because of the mention of the past incident, the two sisters had nothing to say to each other, and eventually broke up on bad terms.
Su Jin and Su Xin wanted to use a rag to wipe all the places where Zhou Baolu had stepped, but the spring rain and winter snow were still there.
But the two of them were really angry, especially Su Xin, who stomped the floor of the flower hall in anger.
She cursed in a low voice, "Why did she still have the nerve to mention that matter? I don't believe that it had nothing to do with her. She must have designed it. If not, it was her and Aunt Zhou and her daughter who plotted against the girl. If not, why did she The girl was forced to wear the same clothes as hers? It was obviously the girl she had arranged to go to enjoy the flowers, so why didn’t she show up from the beginning to the end? Sujin and I were tripped, and the girl ended up inexplicably falling behind us not far away. Water. The two of us shouted "help" and only called the second young master Wang who came to offer a job. However, after the girl was rescued from the water by her uncle, many people suddenly came to the lake..."
Su Xin said "Second Young Master Wang" for a while, and "Sister-in-law" for a while. In fact, she was referring to the same person, Wang Ziwen, Sang Nianyue's deceased husband. He is the second master at home, and outsiders also call him "the second son of the king".
The ancestral home of the Wang family is also in Huizhou, and Wang Ziwen and Zhou Baolu were engaged in marriage since childhood. Later, Wang's father came to Yu County as the chief clerk, and the relationship between the two families gradually became estranged. Later, Zhou Baolu's father passed to the Zhou family's grandfather and inherited the Wan Guan family business. The Wang family became close to the Zhou family again, and the marriage of their two youngest children was also discussed again.
That year, Sang Nuanyue turned eighteen and had just entered the filial piety period for her parents. Zhou Baolu is also eighteen - it's just that she was born at the beginning of the year, and Sang Ningyue is at the end of the year. Although the two are born in the same year, they are actually a whole year apart.
When Zhou Baolu got married, the second son of Wang came to offer her a job. As a result...
The girl and the prince had a physical relationship, and Zhou Baolu burst into tears. Aunt Zhou and uncle Zhou angrily called their niece "inhumane" and "white-eyed wolf", and several cousins also teased and beat Mr. Qing'er to vent their anger.
During that time, the girl and the young man were insulted and scolded, but no matter how the girl explained it, everyone turned a blind eye to the strangeness of the matter.
Then Zhou Baolu stepped forward.
She was so kind. She said that it was definitely not a secret date between the girl and the prince in the back garden. She also said that since the matter had reached this point, she was willing to take a step back to fulfill her cousin's marriage...
The girl married into the Wang family in this way.
But she "offended" the Zhou family, and because she was not the daughter-in-law Wang Xu expected, the girl was not loved by her husband's family, and she was just jumping from one tiger and wolf den to another.
In contrast to Zhou Baolu, it is said that on the second day after the girl was hastily married, she went out to relax and by chance met Shen Tinglan who was passing through Huizhou. Before Shen Tinglan revealed his identity, the two had many contacts. By the time Shen Tinglan became deeply in love, he married Zhou Baolu and entered the Wu'an Hou Mansion.
Look at this drama.
At that time, many people said that Zhou Baolu was destined to be a phoenix and could not fall onto the branch of a tree no matter what. He also said about his own girl: She is living in her uncle's house, she is ungrateful, and she is shameless enough to hook up with the prince of the Wang family. The ancestors of the Sang family were shamed for their bad conduct and dissolute behavior.
