Chapter 148 Grandchildren Watching the Play
PS: The second update. I have to attend the wedding these two days. We have a good relationship. We have to go to other people's homes to help. They all code words when they are free. Please support us! Happy holidays to all of you!
Two days later, the custoon of the Cheng Xiao family came to the Mo family and said that the Cheng family had prepared the wine and vegetables in the evening. He invited the Mo family to go over and discuss who needed to invite on that day and the specific matters of that day.
The Mo family is very happy. The Cheng family attaches so much importance to the matter of marriage, which also shows that they attach great importance to Molan. How can they not be happy? They all changed into new clothes one by one, prepared gifts, and arrived at the Cheng family together.
The Cheng family is elegant in the village, with red walls and gray tiles, several floors of yard, and the yard is also paved with green bricks. There are a lot of flowers planted, which looks elegant.
The stoman greeted everyone in the living room. Cheng Juren had been waiting there. Cheng Xiao came up to see the ceremony, and the men stayed in the living room to drink tea. The woman of the Mo family was led to the inner courtyard by a woman.
Entering the inner courtyard, Molan looked at the two ladies sitting in the living room. They were eating tea. When she saw the Mo family, she stood up with a smile on her face and whispered, "Aunther, the two younger siblings are here. Come on, please sit down. It's really rude that my concubine Xu didn't go out to greet her.
Molan looked at her and thought that this should be Cheng Xiao's mother.
She wears sauce-colored brocade, purple makeup, buns, red gold hairpins on her head, red gold earrings on her ears, white face, round face, smiles very amiable, and looks very rich.
And the other lady didn't get up at all. She was about the same age as the Xu family and dressed very richly, but she looked more beautiful than Xu's, but she showed arrogance between her eyebrows, and she obviously looked down on the Mo family.
Wang and Xu said a few polite words and led the two daughters-in-law to sit down. Mo Mei and Mo Lan stood behind Qiu.
"Who is this?" After a polite meeting, Wang asked Cheng Juren's wife, Xu, the identity of the sitting lady.
"That's my sister-in-law. She took my niece to see me this time. My mother's brother is an official in Zhongyang Town, so her sister-in-law didn't salute her aunt. Don't blame your aunt. Xu explained with a smile, but there was a trace of arrogance between her eyebrows, obviously proud of her mother's family.
"How dare you! It's my wife's fault, and my niece is actually an official's wife. It's really rude. Don't be surprised." Wang said politely and did not get up to salute Xu's sister-in-law.
Xu and her mother-in-law looked at each other, but the other party did not get up and salute. Shouldn't they be afraid of the officials?
After the politeness, a woman came to report that the meal was ready and invited everyone to the table.
There were two tables at the banquet, and the Xu family and her sister-in-law and the Wang family sat at the same table.
The other table is a Mohist, and there are two sisters-in-law invited by the Xu family to accompany him. Cheng Yueqing and Xu's niece did not come out to accompany the guests.
While eating and chatting, Xu's topic did not mention the matter of Mo Lan and Cheng Xiao's marriage, but kept asking about the Mo family, listening to the three princes of the Xue family, and also talking about his mother's family.
Wang raised her eyebrows. The Cheng family did not invite outsiders for the banquet today. It is said that it is not so common to discuss the marriage of two children with your own family.
She was thinking about it when she suddenly saw a woman running over. He said a few words in Xu's ear.
Xu's smile was a little stiff. She waved her hand and let the woman retreat.
After a while, Xu said to Wang with a smile that she had eaten too much wine. I was going to make it convenient, and then led the maid to retreat.
"Mother. You are eating, and I have drunk too much water. I'll go." Mo Lan blushed slightly and said to Qiu Shi.
"Go ahead, why don't I go with you?" Qiu was chatting with a Cheng woman in Zhuang, and she couldn't help laughing when she looked at her daughter.
"No, I'll go by myself." Molan nodded to the crowd and retreated.
"Dad, grandma is going too. You can help me with me." Wang also stood up and stretched out her hand to Molan. She was afraid that her granddaughter would run around alone and suffer losses.
"Mom, I'll go with you." Liu stood up and went to help Wang.
"No, you can talk about yours. Girl Lan and I will be back in a minute." Wang waved his hand and asked Liu to sit down.
A maid came forward to show the way for the two.
When Liu and Qiu saw someone leading the way, they were also relieved and continued to talk.
Molan and Wang followed the maid. Molan looked at the road. She felt in her heart that this should not be the way to the toilet. The girl was afraid to show them something. She didn't expose it. She wanted to see what the other party was going to do!
"You traitor, do such a thing. What do you want me to explain to your uncle? How can you be worthy of your cousin? I'll beat you to death."
A fierce and deliberately low voice came, and the maid stopped. Wang and Molan looked at each other. The voice seemed to be Xu's, and the reverse in her mouth was Cheng Xiao. The maid leading the way was gone. They stood just so that they could see the source of the sound clearly. The other party lit the lantern, and the people there could not easily find them here.
Wang held his granddaughter's hand tightly. That's true! She guessed correctly. The big house likes to use this method. I don't want to get married with her family. I just refuse it clearly. Why do you make so many twists and turns? Yes, I refused. I was afraid that Cheng Xiao would make trouble, so I specially set up today's play!
"Mom, I was wrong. I didn't know my cousin was here. I didn't mean it! I didn't want to be rude to my cousin. Mother, I really didn't do anything." Cheng Xiao's voice of pleading came.
Molan closed her eyes. No wonder she always felt something was wrong. It turned out that she was going to sing a play for their family! This play is too old-fashioned and nothing new!
"Auntie, don't blame Brother Xiao. It's Yan'er's fault. Brother Xiao really didn't do anything. He just hugged Yan'er. Yan'er doesn't blame him. Auntie, don't blame Brother Xiao. It's cold on the ground. Let him get up." A delicate female voice came, thinking that the owner of this voice was Cheng Xiao's cousin.
"You are a rebellious son! Yan'er has to plead for you, that's all. For Yan'er's face, I'll let you go this time, but you'll apologize to your aunt tomorrow and marry Yan'er, otherwise I won't spare you!" After Xu finished speaking, he asked Cheng Xiao to get up.
"No! Mother. You can't do this. I want to marry Lanlan! Hasn't my mother sent someone to propose marriage? Aren't you going to get married in two days? I can't marry Yan'er. I've always regarded Yan'er as my sister. I can't marry her!" Cheng Xiao listened to Xu's words and looked unbelievable. How could his mother let her marry her cousin? He and Lan Lan were going to be married. He argued hard.
After listening to Cheng Xiao's words, Xu Shi pointed to his nose angrily and scolded, "You rebellious son! Are you going to angrily kill me? If you want to marry Molan's girl, what should your cousin do? Now that you have defiled your cousin's innocence, how do you ask her to be a man, and how do you explain it to your uncle and aunt for your mother?
"I didn't mean to. It was my cousin who didn't walk steadily. I helped her, and I didn't do anything deviant. Mother, don't force the child. I won't marry Lanlan!" Cheng Xiao had no blood on his face at this time, and he couldn't accept what happened at the moment.
He was supposed to have a drink with the Mo family in the front hall. A servant came to report secretly, saying that Lanlan was waiting for him in the backyard. He had something to say to him. He didn't think much about it and came.
When he arrived in the backyard, he found that the backyard was very dark. There was a woman standing in the flowers. He stepped forward and shouted Lanlan.
The woman shouted shyly at Brother Xiao. He heard that it was his cousin Xu Yaner. He had a good relationship with his cousin, and his cousin was good to him. He chatted with his cousin. After a few words, he was anxious to find Molan, but unexpectedly, his cousin said, he hurried to see it. His cousin said that he had a In his arms, my mother brought someone here at this time. He, he really has a mouth and can't tell!
"Auntie, don't blame your cousin. Since he doesn't have that kind of heart for Yan'er, Yan'er doesn't force it. Just let him marry his Lanlan. Yan'er's fate is thin. We will see each other in the afterlife. After Xu Yaner finished speaking, she was about to run out, which meant to be short-sighted.
"Had her!" Xu Shi shouted to hold Xu Yaner. Then he stared at Cheng Xiao fiercely.
Looking at Lihua's cousin with rain, she actually wanted to be short-sighted. It was all because she was not good. She was sorry for her. Cheng Xiao's heart flashed with guilt and heartache.
"Reverse son! Your cousin is looking for you. Does your heart let the dog eat it? Have you forgotten how your grandfather and grandmother loved you when you were a child? Well, since you have to marry that girl, my mother won't stop you. I will accompany your aunt and Yan'er back to your ancestral home. You can make any noise here. After saying that, Xu looked disheartened, as if she was angry with her son.
"Mom, don't! You can't leave. If I marry my cousin, why don't I marry my cousin as a wife? Cheng Xiao hurriedly knelt forward and hugged his mother's legs to keep her from leaving.
"A flat wife? Haha, Xiao'er, what is your uncle's identity? How could he let his precious daughter allow us to be ordinary wives? You dream!" Xu laughed angrily, and her teeth were itchy with hatred in her heart. The girl gave her son some ** soup, and how could she let her son do so for her!
"What's good about that? I must get married to Lanlan. I must give her the wife's seat. I can't wrong her." Cheng Xiao said firmly.
"Auntie, let Brother Xiao marry Sister Lan. Yan'er doesn't expect to enter the door. If her father blames her, Yan'er will hang her hair to be her sister-in-law. Xu Yaner's face was sad, and her little appearance looked so heartbreaking.
With a "pop", Xu slapped Cheng Xiao and scolded, "You are so cruel. I raised such a rebellious and unfilial white-eyed wolf for thousands of days. You don't want your mother, you don't want your cousin, and you want that bitch, right? OK, my mother went with Yaner. Just marry that bitch.'s it. Mother, just think you didn't raise your son. After Xu finished speaking, she pulled up Xu Yaner to leave.
"Mother, the son is wrong, and the son is unfilial. I'm going to marry Yaner's cousin, but I'm also going to marry Lanlan. How about giving Lanlan Ping's wife? Mother, please!" Cheng Xiao hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake. The charge of unfilial piety was so great that he could not afford it.