Chapter 116 My mother-in-law is here
In the afternoon, Xiao Cui came in and said that Sun Shaozu had sent Hou Pu. Yingchun knew that there must be something wrong with Houpu, so he asked Xiao Cui to call Houpu in.
Houpu entered the house and saluted and replied, "Madam, the master asked me to tell you that the master just received the letter, and the old lady is scheduled to leave for the capital tomorrow and will be here in about five days. The old lady took the second master, the fourth master, the eldest master, the eldest daughter and the second girl, and asked the lady to clean up the residence.
When Sun Shaozu came back in the evening, Yingchun asked Sun Shaozu, "The old lady came back to live a permanent residence. Should I find someone to paint the East Courtyard again?"
Sun Shaozu stared at the book in his hand and raised his head: "I don't need it. My mother still knows her. Maybe she was happy for a while. After living for three or two days, I was about to pick her up. She didn't come. She always said that her hometown was difficult to leave. I think I'm married now, and my mother hasn't seen you. I'm busy and can't take you back. Naturally, my mother will bring the whole family. Everyone is familiar with each other and will not be separated in the future.
Yingchun put the Song Ci in his hand on the case and turned to Sun Shaozu and said, "You tell me what my mother, second brother, and younger brothers and sisters like, so that I can back up gifts."
Sun Shaozu put down the book: "My mother's favorite is me. As long as you treat me well, she will naturally be happy."
Yingchun whitened Sun Shaozu: "Speaking about it, you come to please the cleverness again."
Sun Shaozu laughed and said, "I'm telling the truth. Of course, my mother will be happy. However, I also want to tell you something about my family.
Sun Shaozu said, came over and took Yingchun's hand. The couple sat on the kang together: "My eldest brother is from my mother, but he died when he was a child. The second brother was born to his aunt and has married and had children. I'm the third. The old man on my mother's side still calls me the third master.
Sun Shaozu hugged Yingchun: "I still have a younger brother who was born to my aunt, but I am not the same aunt as my eldest brother. I have two sisters. My eldest sister is about the same age as you and was born by my aunt. She and my eldest brother are the same aunt. After my father died, she volunteered to go to the temple to practice. My little sister was born to my mother, and my mother loves my little sister the most. Chengpu, you also know that he was born by Aunt Jiang, but he grew up with his mother.
Yingchun nodded: "It seems that to please your mother, I will first please your second sister and Pu'er. How old is the second sister?
"It seems that Huiying should be 16 years old after the Spring Festival."
"Haven't you married at the age of 16? Can I have a marriage?"
Sun Shaozu shook his head: "I don't know if my mother came to help my sister choose a better family this time. As a sister-in-law, you should also help me inquire more.
Yingchun smiled and said, "Master Sun, don't you know what kind of business I do? Fertilized water does not flow to outsiders' fields. Naturally, it is important for your own talents to have a good marriage.
Sun Shaozu also laughed.
Five days passed in a flash, and it was the day when Mrs. Sun was coming.
The spring was well packed early, and Sun Shaozu did not go to the government. Aunt Chen and the two girls were also waiting around. Even Yuling also changed into new clothes. Everyone was waiting for Mrs. Sun and her party to come.
Near noon, Xiao Cui picked up the curtain and came in and replied urgently, "Mr. Wen Yuan came back and said that there would be another cup of tea, and the old lady would arrive."
Sun Shaozu listened and took Yingchun, followed Aunt Chen, Luo Yi, Shuisi and Yu Ling to the front of the house.
Not long after the couple arrived, there was a sound of horseshoes and carriage shaking outside the door. Sun Shaozu took a step forward and walked out of the house first. The curtain of the carriage in front was picked up and the next girl walked. The girl got out of the car first, and the other two women got out of the car and walked to the carriage to serve.
The girl who came down first smiled and said, "Madam, the third master is here to welcome you."
In the carriage, another girl helped out a rich-looking old woman with silver hair. Yingchun knew that this was Sun Shaozu's mother. Sun's mother was wearing a big cloak with wild duck hair, a small jade-inlaid jacket, a long silver skirt, and a beaded flower in her silver hair. Her face was like jade, and her eyebrows were trimmed. Although there were wind knife frost marks of years on her face, she knew that she must be extremely beautiful when she was young.
Sun Shaozu hurried forward, personally helped Mrs. Sun, and asked attentively, "How's your mother's journey? Please come to the house."
Mrs Sun looked down at Sun Shaozu, with a smile on her lips and nodded slightly.
When Yingchun saw Sun Shaozu coming forward, he also followed Sun Shaozu and saluted Mrs. Sun: "Your mother has been working all the way."
Mrs. Sun held Sun Shaozu's hand, glanced at Yingchun, looked back at the carriage behind him, and said to the two women behind her, "Ash, ask your second master and others to come down." After saying that, Mrs. Sun turned around and complained slightly to Sun Shaozu: "I'm really tired along the way. Zuer, just help me in."
After saying that, Mrs. Sun didn't look at Yingchun. She took Sun Shaozu's hand, walked past Yingchun and walked in with the girls. Sun Shaozu looked at Yingchun, who was frozen on one side, and frowned very quickly, but he still helped Mrs. Sun walk inside.
Yingchun was a little stunned. Mrs. Sun actually threw herself a soft nail. It seemed that the old man didn't like himself.
Yingchun didn't say anything more. He helped Si Zhu, followed Mrs. Sun and walked in.
When he arrived at the inner courtyard, Sun Shaozu took Mrs. Sun and his party to the east courtyard. Sun Shaozu helped Mrs. Sun sit in the main seat and stood aside with a smile and chatted with Mrs. Sun. Yingchun lowered his head slightly and stood behind Sun Shaozu.
After a while, the group entered the main hall. Mrs. Sun waved her hand and said, "I'm almost sitting down. I'm tired enough all the way. Now I'm finally home. I won't care about it today."
Everyone smiled and sat down in turn.
Mrs Sun said to Sun Shaozu again, "Zu'er, ask someone to move everything here."
Sun Shaozu smiled respectfully: "Mother, what are you doing with so many things? I have everything here, even if I don't have it, I'll just buy it for my mother.
Mrs Sun was angry with Sun Shaozu: "Zu'er, let me tell you, we won't leave again on this trip, and I will naturally bring everything with me. Zuer, I will disturb you in the future. Mrs. Sun stared at Sun Shaozu and didn't look at Yingchun.
Yingchun smiled and immediately fainted in surprise and continued to listen to the conversation between the mother and son. Yingchun thought to herself, why didn't this old lady say this beforehand? Now that I'm not prepared at all.
Sun Shaozu also felt very sudden. He hesitated and immediately smiled again: "How can the son afford this? The whole family comes without the separation of flesh and blood, which is naturally the best."
Sun Shaozu looked at Yingchun, bowed forward and said to Mrs. Sun, "Mother, this is my wife Jia's Yingchun."
Yingchun saluted Mrs. Sun again.
Mrs. Sun looked up and down at Yingchun, nodded, and said nothing. At this time, Yuling stepped forward and saluted Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun said with surprise, "Is this Ling'er? They are so tall. When you first left, Ling'er was still young.
Everyone laughed as soon as they laughed.
Aunt Chen came forward to salute Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun nodded slightly, and Aunt Chen stood aside.
Sun Shaozu led Yingchun to introduce others in the hall: "This is the second brother and second sister-in-law."
A man in his thirties and a young woman in her twenties stood up. Yingchun saw that the man was beautiful and did not look like Sun Shaozu, but his behavior seemed to be shrinking and did not have the momentum of a big family. On the contrary, the young woman, about the age of the plum, had a pair of eyes flashing shrewd and wit in her exquisiteness.
Yingchun hurried to salute. The young woman quickly took Yingchun's hand and said with a smile, "The third sister-in-law is polite. They are all a family."
Yingchun also nodded with a smile. The young woman brought two boys from behind, one was 11 or 12 years old and the other was only 5 or 6 years old. The young woman smiled and said, "Three sister-in-law, these are my two sons," the young woman said and looked at the older boy. "His name is Cheng Tao, 11 years old this year," and then looked at the little boy. "His name is Chengji, six years old this year."
After introducing Yingchun, the young woman quickly pushed two boys: "This is your third aunt, Cheng Tao and Cheng Ji. Why don't you call her third aunt quickly?"
Sun Chengtao saluted shyly and called "third aunt", but the smaller boy shouted "third aunt" crisply. Yingchun laughed, quickly called Sizhu, and took the meeting gift for the two children. Both children thanked for the Spring Festival again.
Sun Shaozu led Yingchun to a 15- or 16-year-old teenager. The teenager blushed first, saluted, and called "Third Sister-in-law". Yingchun knew that this person must be Sun Shaozu's younger brother. Sun Shaozu smiled and said, "This is the fourth brother Shaoyi." Yingchun sent another gift to Sun Shaoyi.
At this time, the two girls have already walked to Yingchun. When they saw Yingchun, they were about 20 years old, Shaoxiu and smiled amiablely. The other is about a jasper age, born with a beautiful appearance, which is very touching.
Both girls saluted the Spring Festival and called their third sister-in-law. Yingchun hurriedly held the hands of the two girls and called her sister. Yingchun knew that the older one must be Sun Shaozu's concubine's sister, and the younger one was Sun Shaozu's direct sister.
Sun Shaozu said to Yingchun with a smile, "This is Huiyan and Huiying." Yingchun gave two girls another gift.
Everyone was recognizing each other. A woman outside went into the hall and replied to Mrs. Sun, "Old lady, the second son won't get out of the carriage."
Mrs. Sun was not angry and shook her head with a smile: "It's all because I spoiled Pu'er. Go and coax him down and just say that I miss him."
Sun Shaozu stood aside and couldn't help frowning his eyebrows.