When Xiao Yan and Song Tangning arrived at the Qian family, the Qian family was in a state of chaos.
Qian Baokun's training for women was particularly unique. When Qian Qiyue knelt pitifully on the futon and her stomach growled with hunger, the three brothers of the Qian family knelt behind her with bruises and swollen faces.
The second brother of the Qian family's knees were numb. He had just moved half an inch when Qian Baokun turned over the ledger and it was as if he had eyes on his forehead. A stack of ledgers flew over: "Are you covered with insects? Are they crooked?" What are you doing? Straighten your back for me!"
Brother Qian covered his forehead: "Dad, it's not me who lied to you!"
If you punish the little girl, then punish the little girl. Why drag them on?
Qian Baokun looked at him: "What's your last name?"
"Money."
"What did Ah Yue call you?"
"Second brother..."
"Then you accept it, the elders and younger ones are in order, the debts of sisters and brothers are paid, and you have to kneel down!"
The second brother of the Qian family: "..."
The third brother of the Qian family watched the second brother being scolded and rolled his eyes. He had known for a long time that his father was partial, and the second brother just took it upon himself to scold him. He turned around and saw that he and his second sister-in-law were standing outside the door and facing each other. Looking at the newlywed wife who was looking over here, he quickly winked and asked her to help him intercede.
The little girl with a woman's bun and a somewhat childish look on her face had just moved when she was pushed back by the older young woman standing next to her.
"Second sister-in-law?"
Weng had just married into the Qian family not long ago, and she was not very familiar with anyone in the Qian family. When she was held by her hand, she couldn't help but whispered: "Father is very angry and wants to go in, why don't we go in and try to persuade him?"
The second sister-in-law of the Qian family, whose surname is Zhou, smiles as warmly as a magnolia orchid: "I can't persuade you. This is not the first time that we have favored a girl in our house."
Seeing that Weng's eyebrows were obviously confused, she quickly explained: "Don't think nonsense, father and others are not just partial to A Yue, but to all the girls in the house, including you and me who have married in."
Seeing Weng's eyes widening, Zhou took her aside and talked about the "family rules" of the Qian family. In the Qian family, women are "heaven". It's not that the men of the Qian family are henpecked, it's just that Qian Shangshu had brought his wife to endure hardships in his early years. , so he loves his wife and daughter very much, and he especially dislikes his son who bullies and neglects his women.
In the Qian family, whether it is the daughter-in-law or the daughter-in-law, as long as she does not commit an unforgivable mistake, neither the father-in-law nor the mother-in-law will ever punish the daughter-in-law.
When the wife and daughter make mistakes, the husband is punished.
If the husband and wife are not harmonious, the husband will be punished.
The house is restless, and the husband is punished.
Qian Shangshu is exceptionally "fair and impartial". No matter what the problem is, the first person to teach him a lesson must be his son. According to his words, if everything goes well for a good husband, if everything goes wrong for a husband, there must be something wrong with the son-in-law.
The Qian family did not have the habit of keeping concubines. Qian Shangshu loved Mrs. Qian very much. The husband of the family was so influenced by her that he almost acquiesced in this set of "family rules" over time.
Zhou said with a smile: "Don't look at how loud Qingyu and the others are, but have you ever seen any resentment on their faces? Don't worry, it's all a joke..."
If the father-in-law was really angry, he would not just kneel down.
Hearing this, Weng couldn't help but look towards her newlywed husband. Sure enough, she saw that although Sanlang of the Qian family was mumbling and looking resentful, he looked more like a child playing around. The eldest brother, who was very serious, also allowed his superior Qian Baokun to teach him a lesson, with a helpless smile in his eyes, as if he had long been accustomed to it.
"Have they...always been like this?"
"always like this."
Zhou's answer shocked Weng. She was the legitimate daughter of Uncle Enyuan's house, and she was also highly regarded by her parents. Before she got married, she was dignified and respectable at home and abroad, but compared with her elder brothers and sisters in the house, she was always inferior. of.
She also knew very well that she was favored by her parents, and she also knew that they would protect her under certain conditions, but the condition was that it did not matter about her future in the family. Once she really had to make a choice, she would never be put before the men of the Weng family.
She is like this, and the sisters-in-law who married into the family are even more so. Even if her mother is not a mean person, the Weng family is considered a tolerant family, but there are common quarrels and occasional disputes. Once something goes wrong, they are always blamed. He will always be the sister-in-law, not the brother.
Who in the capital doesn't care about his son? Most powerful people are like this, but it is unheard of for people like the Qian family to be like this.
Mrs. Zhou glanced at the "bustling" inside the ancestral hall and said to Mr. Weng next to her: "The Qian family is different from other families. It is a blessed place for women. You will know it after you stay for a long time."
"Don't blame Ah Yue for what happened today. She is a good girl with a sincere temper. And if you and I encounter the same thing one day, my father and the others will not hesitate to stand up for us."
Weng's heart skipped a beat, and her face was at a loss for a moment: "Second sister-in-law, I didn't..."
The second sister-in-law of the Qian family looked at her with understanding. She was also a woman and had experienced Weng's state of mind when she first married into the Qian family. She naturally knew what a bride like Weng would think.
She did not expose Mr. Weng, but said softly: "No, no, I just said casually, don't let trivial matters affect the relationship between you and your third brother."
Someone came outside. When he looked up, it was Mrs. Qian. Mrs. Zhou patted her hand and said, "Mom is here."
Weng quickly raised his head.
Mrs. Qian, wearing a lake green gown and skirt, arrived and said, "What's the punishment?"
Zhou smiled and said, "Father hasn't vented his anger yet."
"He saw A Yue being wronged and rushed to the Lu family regardless of it. Now he blames Qing Ran and the others." Mrs. Qian glanced at the two daughters-in-law, stepped into the ancestral hall, and said towards the inner room: " Stop kneeling and get up."
Qian Baokun frowned: "Madam, they haven't admitted their mistake yet..."
"They are going to admit their mistake. Are you going to kneel down too?" Mrs. Qian glared at him and said, "Headmaster Xiao and the Lord of Yiyang County are here. Hurry up and entertain the guests."
Qian Baokun stood up instantly: "Xiao Yan is here?"
The joy in his tone was visible to the naked eye, and the account book in his hand was rolled up.
After Qian Baokun returned home, he always felt that there were some gaps in the previous conversation with Xiao Yan in the palace, and there were many things about the Lu family that he wanted to ask him.
It rained heavily outside. He originally regretted that he could only go see Xiao Yan tomorrow, but he didn't expect that his new year-end friend would be so considerate and come to see him in person despite the wind and rain.
Qian Baokun didn't bother to teach his children a lesson and straightened his sleeves: "I'll give you an advantage today."
He hurriedly turned around and left the ancestral hall. The three brothers of the Qian family breathed a sigh of relief. Qian Qiyue also stood up holding the ground with joy: "Tang Ning is here, I will go too..."
"Kneel down."
Qian Qiyue froze: "Mother..."
Seeing Mrs. Qian glance at her, she obviously didn't say anything, but Qian Qiyue, who had just glared at Qian Baokun without fear, knelt back in a cowardly manner.
Mrs. Qian then turned to the three brothers of the Qian family and said, "You three should go back and pack up your clothes first. It looks like you rolled in the mud."
"Boss, have you made arrangements to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to report on your work? If not, do it earlier so that the family will not trouble you and get stuck in your case. Second brother, you can find someone to look at the injuries on your body and bandage them if they need to be bandaged. , but I did it too quickly, so as not to fall into the trap of others, your father might still be able to use it later."
The Weng family outside looked surprised when they heard this, but the three Qian brothers had long been accustomed to it.
After the three of them agreed, Qian Qingran, the elder brother of the Qian family, said: "Mom, Ah Yue has realized her mistake today. Don't punish her by kneeling for too long."
Qian Qiyue was suddenly in disbelief, staring and muttering: "Are you my brother..."
Snapped--
Mrs. Qian received a blow on the forehead. Seeing Qian Qiyue holding her head and shouting with her teeth and claws just now, Qian Qingran's eyes were filled with smiles: "Mom, please do your work first. My second and third brothers, I and I will leave first."
The second brother of the Qian family was full of sympathy: "Mom, don't beat her too hard."
The third child of the Qian family: "Just make dozens of prototypes and teach them a lesson..."
"Qian Qingyao... Ouch!"
Mrs. Qian pinched Qian Qiyue's ears and said "Yeah" very calmly amidst her cries of pain: "I know."
Qian Qingran turned around and left, followed closely by the second brother of the Qian family. The third brother of the Qian family gave Qian Qiyue a look of gloating and pity before following him out.
Qian Qiyue was so angry that she wanted to curse, but as soon as she glared, she was picked up by her ears and spun around.
"It hurts...Mom, my ears are about to fall off..." Qian Qiyue screamed in pain.
Mrs. Qian clutched her hand and said, "Do you still know it hurts? I think your courage is incredible. You are a little girl and you don't have to use your innocence to fool your father. Do you know that you lied to your father and his wife?" How much trouble will brother and the others cause when they go to the Lu family?"
"If the Lu family hadn't already been in trouble, and if His Majesty wanted to liquidate the family, you would have killed your father's head!"
Mrs. Qian became angrier as she spoke, and she squeezed him hard before letting him go.
"Have I told you before that you should not get involved in the affairs between Song Tangning and the Lu family? You can just interact with her privately. I never stopped you, but I actually dragged your father and several brothers into it. In this muddy water.”
The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and her tone became heavier: "Qian Qiyue, you are being too silly this time!"
Qian Qiyue covered her ears and looked at Mrs. Qian who was angry. She knelt on the futon and lowered her head: "I know I was wrong..."
She was angry at what Lu Zhinian did and wanted her father to stand up for her, but she was already afraid after the incident with the Lu family came out.
Qian Qiyue tugged at the hem of Mrs. Qian's skirt: "I just wanted to protect Tang Ning and teach Lu Zhinian a lesson. I didn't think so carefully at the time."
Her voice was dull: "I just thought that if I didn't say it more seriously, my father wouldn't go to the Lu family to bring trouble. Then Governor Xiao might not be willing to do that for Tang Ning. She doesn't have her parents to protect her. What if she doesn't? If someone stood up for her, she would have been bullied by Lu Zhinian for nothing."
"You and Song Tangning are so good friends?" Mrs. Qian was puzzled: "It hasn't been long since you became familiar with her, right?"
Qian Qiyue whispered: "She is the little sister."
Mrs. Qian was stunned for a moment, seeing her little daughter's eyes were red, and it took her a moment to realize who the little sister she was talking about was: "You mean she was the little girl who protected you from fighting in Beijing? Did you come from Lingnan earlier? Is she the one who comes back to find you?"
Qian Qiyue said "hmm".
Mrs. Qian was a little shocked. Her little daughter was born with abnormal hip bones. Because one foot could not bear strength, she walked with a slight limp when she was a child. At that time, Qian Baokun was still a low-ranking official, and Qian Qiyue was bullied by children in Beijing because of her abnormality. , it was a little girl who saved her and took Qian Qiyue to "play crazy" in Beijing for a long time, so that the little daughter who had always had extremely low self-esteem could smile again.
When Qian Qiyue was sent back to the Lingnan tribe for treatment, Mrs. Qian was with her. She watched her daughter's broken bones being reattached. She cried in pain all night long, but she still wanted to go back to the capital. Looking for her little sister, she finally managed to walk as usual after raising her for several years. She returned to the capital with great joy, but gradually stopped mentioning it.
Mrs. Qian only thought that it was due to the nature of youth, or that the little girl was not in the capital for a long time. After asking several times and Qian Qiyue changed the subject, she never asked again, but she did not expect that the little sister her little daughter mentioned , turned out to be Song Tangning.
"But she..."
"She doesn't remember me." Qian Qiyue puffed up her face angrily: "Obviously she made an appointment with me, saying that when my legs healed and I returned to Beijing, she would take me to ride a horse and pick the persimmon trees from Taifu's family. She She also said she would take me to her grandma and her secret base, but she forgot about me!"
She deliberately approached Song Tangning several times and took the opportunity to mention the past to her, but her face was always blank, as if she didn't remember anything.
Mrs. Qian frowned. Qian Qiyue was similar in age to Song Tangning. Qian Qiyue was almost six years old when she was taken back to her old home for leg treatment. The little sister in Beijing still sent her some things from time to time the year she first returned. They were children's playful objects, and most of the accompanying letters contained scrawled strokes that they could not understand. However, those things accompanied Qian Qiyue through the first year when her bones were broken, and it was only in the second year that the letters came out. Suddenly it broke.
In other words, Qian Qiyue and Song Tangning lost contact when they were about seven years old. Children of this age should not remember anything.
Mrs. Qian had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't think about it deeply. She just thought that Song Tangning remembered things later. She looked at her daughter: "So it was because of her that you attacked someone in the palace earlier?"
"Who told them to have dirty mouths..."
"How dare you say that!"
Mrs. Qian pointed her finger at her forehead: "I'm surprised. You always get into trouble and get into trouble with other girls, but no one ever files a complaint against you every time you make trouble in front of the Queen. The relationship is because Song Tangning is the Lu family’s daughter-in-law.”
"I'm not stupid." Qian Qiyue muttered, covering her forehead: "They insulted the nephew-in-law appointed by Empress Lu in public, coveted her fiancée, and even looked like they admired the third son of the Lu family and wished they could replace him. If they had the face, I'm afraid they won't be able to tell it in front of others."
Although she beat people, she was doing so because of people's excuses. Those girls were not even married yet and all of them regarded their reputation as their fate. She didn't believe that those girls who talked nonsense dared to shamelessly take the reason for their dispute as the reason. Lu Queen and those in the palace speak out.
"Are you still proud?!" Mrs. Qian suddenly glared at her angrily.
Qian Qiyue quickly shrank her neck.
Knowing the reason why Qian Qiyue protected Song Tangning, Mrs. Qian was not so angry about today's incident. She knew her little daughter's temper all too well, so she sighed.
"You, don't act like this next time."
Mrs. Qian said earnestly: "Your father's position is not easy. How many people are staring at him. The position of the household department seems to be powerful, but a slight mistake can kill people and affect more than one or two people. Besides, you hold your name." Jie Ji, your father, if even a single word of your words get out today, how will you get married in the future?"
Qian Qiyue lowered her head: "I know I was wrong."
Seeing that her little daughter's ears were red, Mrs. Qian reached out and rubbed her ears: "Does it still hurt?"
Qian Qiyue shook her head: "It doesn't hurt."
She was wrong and deserved to be punished.
Seeing that she was kneeling upright and admitting her mistake easily and neatly, Mrs. Qian was dumbfounded and a little soft-hearted: "Okay, now that I know I was wrong, I will go back and copy the Ksitigarbha Sutra fifty times. It just so happens that the death anniversary of your sister-in-law is coming soon. Send it for blessing.”
The eldest brother of the Qian family had married a wife in his early years, but his wife died of illness not long after her death. Qian Qingran was both sad and had to go out to take office, so he never remarried and kept the "wife mourning" to the outside world. Just this year. After three years.
Qian Qiyue felt like she was struck by lightning: "Mom, you'd better hit me."
Fifty times, her hand was broken after copying it.
Mrs. Qian glared at her: "Stop talking nonsense, are you going to copy the scriptures or be put in solitary confinement? You have caused such a big trouble this time, there is no way you will go unpunished."
"I……"
Qian Qiyue was just about to say confinement when she heard Mrs. Qian say: "I originally thought that Song Tangning would come and ask you to meet her, but if you want confinement, then just half a year."
"It happens that the weather is getting hotter. If you haven't been complaining that it's too hot in Beijing, then you can stay at home to cool off. You don't have to go anywhere."
When Qian Qiyue heard that she couldn't leave the house for half a year, she kept smiling: "I'll copy the scriptures, copy the scriptures!"
Compared with not being able to leave the house, if her hand is broken, it will be broken. Anyway, she still has a maid...
"You are not allowed to let people write for you." Mrs. Qian looked at her: "If you dare to let people copy it for you, copy one page and add it ten times!"
Qian Qiyue: "..."
The tail that had just been raised suddenly drooped down.
…
Song Tangning was a little nervous when she first came to the Qian family. She always felt that Qian Shangshu might not look good when he saw her. After all, Qian Qiyue dragged the Qian family into the muddy waters of the Lu family because of her.
But who would have expected that when he saw Qian Baokun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue not only wasn't angry at all, but was also very enthusiastic and spoke in a friendly manner, treating Xiao Yan as if he were a relative who had known him for a long time.
Xiao Yan put the food box on the table: "After returning home, I always felt sorry for what happened in the palace today. I asked you to block His Majesty's censure for me. Tang Ning also felt guilty and uneasy about Miss Qian's affairs. I and I Tangning still owes you an apology."
"Originally I wanted to prepare some gifts, but I think the court is looking at you and me. If you bring something valuable, it will taint the integrity of Minister Qian, so I specially prepared some drinks and snacks. I hope Minister Qian will not ask for it. dislike."
Qian Baokun felt warm in his heart when he heard Xiao Yan's thoughtful words.
There were many people who wanted to give him gifts over the years, and there were countless people who wanted to win over him because they were thinking about his position as Minister of Revenue. He had never seen any precious things, but they were not as considerate as a few plates of snacks.
He looked at the exquisite snacks and drinks in the food box. He knew at a glance that Xiao Yan had specially asked the house to prepare them. He sighed in his heart that this man was too honest and could remember every little thing. He couldn't help but complain a little. .
"You, I've told you a long time ago not to take things in the palace to heart, and don't always worry about the kindness of others to you. I can't stand what the Lu family does, and what the palace does is just to go along with the flow. But how can such a trivial matter be worth a special trip for you and the Lord of Yiyang County?"
"It took a lot of effort and effort to prepare these things specially."
Song Tangning: "..."
Little things?
She blinked in shock. Did she hear wrongly, or was Qian Shangshu too worried? How could such a big thing about the Lu family become such a trivial matter when it fell into his mouth?
Moreover, isn't this snack from Xijue Tower? They just went there once and brought it over...
Xiao Yan didn't feel guilty at all, and praised him with a serious face: "Qian Shangshu is righteous."
Qian Baokun laughed: "Aren't you the same?"
At first he thought he was vicious, but in fact he cared about his family and country. The more Qian Baokun saw this old friend in front of him, the more he felt attracted to him.
"Well, although you and I are in the same court, there are no outsiders at the moment. Don't call me Shangshu or Shangshu. My name is Bohong, and I am older than you. If you don't mind calling me Brother Qian, Or Brother Bohong will do."
As soon as Qian Baokun finished speaking, he saw his little daughter in the distance looking out of the hall to come over. He smiled and waved:
"Ah Yue, come here, just in time to meet your Uncle Xiao Shi."
Qian Qiyue: "..."
? ? ?
Xiao? Uncle Shi? ! !
Xiao Yan: "..."
The originally calm smile suddenly froze. Seeing the pretty girl next to him with shock in his eyes, Governor Xiao was silent for a moment, rarely taking the initiative to lower his head.
"This junior has admired Qian Shangshu for a long time and dare not call him by his first name. It is a blessing to be able to call him uncle."
He is only in his twenties.
Uncle Xiao Shi who has seen a ghost! !
