"So in the end, he was always anxious?" Ou Mengmeng nodded and patted her gently, "I was the same way four years ago. No one in the whole family was reliable. Even Zhou Ruina's son-in-law told people outside that we The pockets in Jia's house are all gone, but they are nothing more than centipede insects, dead but not stiff. At that time, extraordinary things were done. The eldest man sold more than a hundred people in one go. Even the chess player next to the second girl was accompanied by his family without knowing that he was being sold. Where did it go? And at that time, we couldn't care about others. I think your father must be the same. At that time, he should be very anxious about what to do with you."
"It seems I can't remember what my father looked like." Meng Yin thought about it and shook her head gently.
"Go and have a look over there." Ou Mengmeng pointed to the small table next to her.
Meng Yin went over to take a look and saw several pieces of cardboard with several portraits drawn with charcoal on them. There were pictures of her parents there, and Jia Mu tried her best to draw out the few scenes she had in her memory.
"Is this my mother?" Meng Yin saw her father's portrait and knew that she had never forgotten what her father looked like. This was what her father looked like. When she saw the young woman timidly standing beside her father, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"This is how they came in to kowtow after getting married. I haven't seen your mother very often. She is a girl from a good family. Your grandfather is also a scholar, but his luck is bad. So it's not bragging that you are a scholar." Ou Mengmeng smiled.
"So what?" Meng Yin looked indifferent.
"I like this attitude very much, that's right, so what? Whether you are a girl or Mrs. Meng's granddaughter, you are yourself first." Ou Mengmeng smiled and nodded. Sure enough, the books in the past four years have not been in vain. Read, she is the person who has been with me the longest. She is her real student in this book.
"Thank you, old lady." Meng Yin bowed down.
Ou Mengmeng shook her head and waved her hand gently. She didn't have any good intentions in drawing this, and planned to show it to Master Meng. I don’t know him, but I have really heard about him. Now, look at his portrait, and his daughter is standing here very pretty. Does the old man think a lot about the eldest son and his eldest son’s mother? . Knowing that he was depressed, Ou Mengmeng felt much better.
Meng Yin stood up, picked up the portrait and said "Huh".
Ou Mengmeng chuckled, this girl is really too smart. When she first took the portrait, she also discovered that Meng Jie was very similar to Master Meng, so the first child would have a very good appearance, and Meng Jie inherited many advantages from Master Meng. She even wanted to see what Master Meng's legitimate son looked like. Does Mrs. Meng know that this grandson is so much like his only son? Now that I have painted them, I painted a few for Meng Yin. As a result, this girl could tell the clues at a glance.
"old lady……"
"Tell me a story!" Ou Mengmeng gently patted the place beside her bed, and then gently told Master Meng's bloody story. Of course, it did not say why Meng Jie sold himself into slavery, nor why he entrusted her to himself instead of to Master Meng.
"There are many problems in the middle." Meng Yin tilted her head and thought about it, feeling that it was illogical.
"Nothing in the world is completely logical. Unreasonable is right!" Ou Mengmeng shook her head. She leaned on the big pillow and looked at Meng Yin, "Do you understand?"
"So, am I real?" Meng Yin looked at the painting and looked up at the old lady.
"What's true and false? The most boring thing in this world is truth and falsehood. Understand? Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter. You have to recognize your ancestors and return to the clan. Tomorrow you will be the granddaughter of Scholar Meng. If you don't understand something, go back and ask him. He is your granddaughter. Even if you turn the Meng family upside down, he won't dare to do anything to you."
"Then is it okay if I don't recognize him?" Meng Yin hesitated and looked at the old lady.
"I don't care. There are a lot of scholars named Meng in the world." Ou Mengmeng smiled, "Yes, yes, we forgot to ask you again. By the way, the old man wrote me a letter about your marriage. I have the final say, so you can rest assured on that. As for the rest, you can talk about it yourself."
"Is he still a high official?" Meng Yin looked at Ou Mengmeng.
"The eldest one has resigned, but his status in the world is still there." Ou Mengmeng nodded, this girl is really smart.
Meng Yin thought about those unlucky officials who came to greet them, and also knew that the old man’s power was still there.
. She was full of questions now, but looking at the old lady, she also knew that there were some things that it was impossible for the old lady to answer him.
"He has lived in our house for four years. There is nothing to be afraid of in the first place." Ou Mengmeng still liked Meng Yin and patted her gently, "Then he asked you to be your granddaughter, not you. Him, what are you afraid of?"
Meng Yin sighed softly: "I'm afraid that if you think about it, you will be cheated and lose money to death. I gave you all these years' monthly money and clothes for the four seasons in vain."
"Hey, don't imitate him. The chief minister personally pointed out that five hundred taels was too cheap. Later, our school will raise the price. This is where we have lost the past four years!" Ou Mengmeng rolled her eyes. The monthly payment for four years , sixteen sets of clothes cost only a few dollars. But five hundred taels per student was a bargain.
Meng Yin burst into laughter, "Well, now I believe that the eldest master is really your biological child. No one can take the blame for this against you."
Ou Mengmeng sighed softly. She actually didn't say a word. When the matter spreads, people in the world won't think that the Jia family wants to take advantage of the Meng family, right? This was a miscalculation. Who would have known that this poor man was actually the first assistant to take office.
No, he is the chief assistant of the former old saint, and the chief master who studied before the new emperor. I don’t know if the new emperor hates this person? If he was from the old saint, he would really push Meng Yin into the fire pit this time.
And the three big guys from Liangjiang and Liangjiang were all his students. She looked at the roof. This time, the new emperor would be the happiest, right? Regardless of whether he can marry Xiong Er or not, the Jia family has trapped Old Meng. In other words, Jiangnan was trapped. The Jia family can't even say no, and it's really hard to live this life.
"Old lady!" Meng Yin saw that she was distracted and said hurriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay." Ou Mengmeng patted her gently, "Speaking of which, you are my real student! In the past four years, I actually like teaching, but boys don't allow me to teach, and I disdain girls' three obediences and four virtues. Teach. You have been with me for these years, good and bad, but you have learned everything, so I am not worried about you. You will be fine no matter where you are."
"Then let me ask, have you chosen someone for me?" Meng Yin asked for the second time.
"No, I haven't chosen someone for you yet. But I asked Master Meng to pick out a few of his students, and I will choose one from them. In principle, I still prefer that you find a scholar. The children of our Jia family, Try not to get involved with the military. Now that you have got involved with the Meng family, you can't get involved with the military." Ou Mengmeng smiled at her, "Listen to me, your marriage, I They will seriously consider it. If they want to marry you, they will have to wait until you are eighteen."
"Yes!" Meng Yin still didn't hear what she wanted to hear. She was a little helpless and struggled for a moment, "Not Xiong Er?"
