Chapter 39 A New Piano

Speaking of this, Mrs. Pei was also with Yourongyan, and said with a smile: "I originally thought: It is a blessing for Sister Yi to follow Mingzhu to Xishan for a banquet. Seeing the Regent..."

Zhen Yiyun also lowered his head at the right time, and there were still two faint halos on his cheeks, as if embarrassed.

When Father Zhen saw this, he couldn't help but smile: "Yeah, Sister Yi'er really hit it off this time." It was he who was an official in the court, and because his rank was not high enough, he stood a little bit in the court. From a distance, it was only a few glances at the Regent from a distance, and I didn't dare to look at it more. In general, the eldest daughter is really lucky.

Pei Shi said that he was more and more relieved, looking at Zhen Yiyun's eyes that were soft dripping water, and he was very happy. When she thought about it: what kind of life a person can lead in this life also depends on the fate, luck and feng shui. It's really lucky to be like your own parent and daughter, otherwise you can always run into nobles? First Mr. He, then the little county master, and if there is a regent... that would be amazing!

It is said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are enemies. This time, Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Pei thought of one thing. Mrs. Pei sighed in her heart about the good fortune of her parents and daughter, and Madam Zhen also sighed: "Oh, that eldest girl is really lucky!" Of course, Madam Zhen was still very sorry in her heart: why is her little granddaughter not having such luck? Woolen cloth? !

Zhen Tingyun listened to these people talking on the side, and kept silent, but couldn't help but glanced at Zhen Yiyun.

Zhen Yiyun naturally noticed Zhen Tingyun's gaze, which she classified as envy, jealousy and hatred. Her dark eyebrows were lowered, hiding her pride, but her face was even more embarrassed.

At this moment, Zhen Tingyun really felt that he couldn't spit out his stomach full of grooves: Zhen Yiyun's lying is too much, right? Isn't it just walking around in someone's yard, this is called seeing the regent? I really have to say that, if I have been to the Prince Regent's courtyard and seen Yuan Hui, a close official of the Prince Regent, wouldn't that be considered to have seen the Prince Regent?

Hehe, she has seen many shameless people, but Zhen Yiyun is the only one she has ever seen in her life!

Of course, the above are all slanders in Zhen Yiyun's heart, she is not stupid enough to expose Zhen Yiyun's lies! Moreover, listening to Pei's and Zhen's father talking about this, Zhen Tingyun didn't even want to talk about Yuanhui, who might be a close minister of the Prince Regent - saying this, maybe there will be any trouble, it's better not to talk about it, to save money trouble.

For Zhen Tingyun today, the most important thing is the women's school entrance examination in June. The second most important thing is her birthday in April.

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Father Zhen and Mrs Pei naturally remembered the birthday of Zhen Tingyun, the youngest daughter.

Zhen Tingyun's birthday was on the 12th day of April. In previous years, when Mrs Pei thought of this day, she would inevitably also think of the hardships and hardships she had when she gave birth to her daughter. Her mood was always very complicated, even when she prepared a birthday ceremony for her daughter. perfunctory a lot. Now that her daughter is in front of her eyes, Mrs. Pei has a rare mother's heart. Tete called Zhen Tingyun to come and said to her in a warm voice, "It will be your birthday in a few days. Well, this year's birthday is not a big deal. First, our family is usually a newcomer to the capital, so we should keep a low profile. Second, the entrance examination for women's school will be held in June, and you have always worked hard, no matter how bad Let these chores divide your heart; the third is that you will be ready for marriage next year. When the time comes, mother will give you a big wedding ceremony, and I will never feel wronged! This time, I thought: Or it is our family. Sit down and have a good meal, the family is reunited and happy, better than anything else!"

Zhen Tingyun had no objection to this, and said, "Daughters listen to their mothers."

"Good boy, I knew you were sensible." Pei was also happy, holding Zhen Tingyun's hand, and asked her in a warm voice, "Good boy, this is your first birthday after going to Beijing, what is there? want?"

He also promised: "Our mothers are not polite, but if there are any mothers here, you just need to speak."

Zhen Tingyun blinked: "Everything is possible?"

At the moment, Mrs. Pei felt a little guilty for not being able to celebrate her daughter's birthday, and she really wanted to make amends for the young girl. Hearing the words, she immediately responded: "Everything is possible..."

Zhen Tingyun looked at Mrs Pei and said tentatively, "Then, the Zhuangzi I mentioned earlier..."

When speaking, Zhen Tingyun kept looking at Pei's complexion. Seeing that her expression seemed to change a bit when she heard about Zhuangzi, she knew that Zhuangzi's shop was probably beyond the bottom line of other people's hearts. Zhen Tingyun secretly said in his heart: I am not willing to do this, and I am not willing to do that. Can it be called "everything is possible"? However, such a half sentence can be regarded as a test of Pei's bottom line - such a big deal as Zhuangzi's shop is impossible.

Of course, Zhen Tingyun also understood in his heart: with the Zhen family's background, they really didn't want to have a Zhuangzi or a shop on their birthday. So, she quickly changed her words and said with a smile: "The Zhuangzi I mentioned earlier, my mother promised to give it to me when I was admitted to the women's school, so I don't have to ask again."

Pei didn't realize that Zhen Tingyun was able to get into the women's school this time, but her expression softened when she heard this, thinking that her youngest daughter is also a sensible one, at least she knows the proportions.

Zhen Tingyun's eyes rolled, but he remembered something good: "Last time, my eldest sister showed me a gold-encrusted jewelry-pointed emerald hairpin, and the emerald-pointed emeralds are calyxes, and the red treasures are like stamens. It's exquisite. Especially the ruby, whether it's fine or fine, I've never seen it again..."

When Pei Shi heard this, his face was a bit unnatural.

Zhen Tingyun showed a happy look, came up to hug Pei's arm, and said coquettishly: "Mother, I heard that you picked out that gold-encrusted jewel-pointed emerald hairpin for your eldest sister, so you have a good eye. Pick a similar one for me too." After speaking, Zhen Tingyun also put on a talkative look and smiled, "It doesn't have to be compared with the one from the big sister, it's almost done."

As said, can usually give the eldest daughter a gold-encrusted jewel and a green hairpin, but now that the younger daughter has mentioned it, it is not good for her mother to give a worse one than that when the younger daughter celebrates her birthday.

At that time, Mrs. Pei gave the eldest daughter the hairpin. First, because the eldest daughter was wearing a hairpin, it was time to buy some expensive jewelry. Second, because the eldest daughter wanted to interact with the daughters of the little princess, she must have one or two good things. lost face. Of course, although she has reasons, but this is only for the eldest daughter, not for the younger daughter, she is still a little embarrassed, and she doesn't say it very much, she just hopes that the younger daughter doesn't know about it.

As a result, now that Zhen Tingyun suddenly picked it up like this, Mr. Pei felt uncomfortable, and after a while, he said reluctantly, "What's the matter, I will definitely prepare a better one for you on your birthday. "

"That's good." Zhen Tingyun blinked his eyes, feeling that it was really not a loss this time, and his smile was very sweet, "Then I will thank my mother first!"

Pei Shi knew that he was going to bleed a lot this time, and sighed inwardly, with a smile on his face, reached out and stroked the top of Zhen Tingyun's hair, and said warmly: "What's the matter. Your little girl's family is originally It's time to dress up... I only have your sister and your two daughters, and those good jewelry are naturally close to you."

Zhen Tingyun got cheap and still behaved well, so he went back to talk to Zhen's father, and then said, "Father, what about the birthday present you prepared for me? My mother said that she wanted to give me a good hairpin, you can't be worse than my mother. !"

In the past, both Zhen Yiyun and Zhen Hengzhe were quite in awe of Zhen's father, and the birthday ceremony or something was just a sidekick, and they didn't dare to discuss it face to face. Now that there are more scumbags like Zhen Tingyun begging for things face to face, he actually feels a little close and likes in his heart. It's just that he likes it in his heart as a father, and he has to say to her with a straight face: "Since it is a birthday ceremony, it is natural to give it on the day of the birthday. How can you ask for it several days in advance."

Zhen Tingyun was not afraid of his cold face, and smiled: "I just came to warn you."

As she said that, she turned around and ran away as if she had bowed, her skirt moved slightly, like a swirling butterfly, lively and bright.

Father Zhen looked at his daughter's lithe back, and couldn't help laughing. He turned his head and said to Mrs. Pei, "This kid Tingyun is very lively, just like when you were young..."

Zhen's father really liked his daughter's vitality. Every time he saw it, he couldn't help but think of when he was young, when his wife was a little girl. When got up and opened the window, could hear the laughter of Pei's little junior sister from outside.

Crisp and crisp, like a rattle blown by the wind, a cool breeze brought a burst of cool breeze, which seemed to dispel the heat all over the body.

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But Mrs. Pei didn't have as much thought as Father Zhen. She was also in charge of the family. She was thinking about how much it would cost to add a good hairpin to her daughter, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Seeing Pei's appearance, Father Zhen sighed, reached out to hold her soft weed, and said actively, "Ting Yun is born like you, I can't help but think of you when I look at her so lively and cheerful appearance. Back then, I was very happy.”

Pei Shi was startled, and raised her eyes to meet Zhen's father's gentle and deep gaze, but she forgot how careful she was, her eyes were also sour, she hurriedly lowered her head to cover up the past, and whispered angrily to him: "My daughter is so old, I You're old, and you still say things like that! Are you ashamed?!"

Zhen's father smiled: "Yuanjun, no matter how many years, in my eyes, you are still the same as before."

Pei Shi couldn't help lowering his eyes, his face was hot, but he couldn't say a word.

Zhen's father held her hand and reminisced with her in a warm voice: "I still remember that when we first met, it was in your backyard. It was summer at that time, and it was very hot in the afternoon. The bluestone slabs on the ground were scorching hot. You were the only one hiding under the old jujube tree in the yard to steal the cold, holding a fan in your hand and wearing an emerald green dress. You looked cooler than the others... …”

To this day, he can still recall the girl hiding under the elm tree, half covering her face with a fan, and inadvertently looking up at him.

The sun shines down through the treetops and shines on the girl's emerald green skirt. The thick green seems to drip out of water. The color is even better than the green of all trees in spring, which makes his heart follow the greenness. abundant.

At that time, he was just a humble peasant boy with only a widowed mother and not very knowledgeable. He was really worthless, and he should not have delusional thoughts. But when he saw it, he couldn't forget it, and he never forgot it.

Who knows, the two can really get along in this life. At that time, he secretly swore in his heart: He must treat her well and live up to her in his life.

Thinking of this, Father Zhen held Pei's hand even tighter.

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On the day of Zhen Tingyun's birthday, Guo received a lot of gifts.

Even Zhen Yiyun, the elder sister, knew how to put on a pretence, so he pulled up the younger brother Zhen Hengzhe, and the two sisters and younger brother bought a pair of earrings for Zhen Tingyun, both of which were jade carvings. The little Pantao looks exquisite, which is quite suitable for the occasion.

Pei Shi prepared a silver-pointed emerald sapphire hairpin for Zhen Tingyun.

Compared to Zhen Yiyun's delicate, swaying gold-encrusted jewelry-pointed emerald hairpin, Zhen Yiyun's hairpin is a silver-white hairpin with a three-layer dotted green lotus receptacle on the head, a layer of covered lotus, and a second layer of upside-down lotus inlays. With a thumb-sized pearl, the third layer is a multi-layered lotus holder, and an oval sapphire is embedded on it. The sapphire is as big as a lotus seed. Extremely.

Indistinctly, it was really better than Zhen Yiyun's.

Zhen Tingyun was taken aback when she saw it - she thought it would be a big hemorrhage for Pei's to find one that was similar to Zhen Yiyun's, but she didn't think that it would be better for Pei to find such a bottle for her. of. She also knew the Zhen family's family background, but I was afraid that Pei's own hairpins did not have a few such good hairpins, but they ended up giving them to herself...

Thinking of this, Zhen Tingyun looked at Pei Shi with a bit of surprise.

Pei Shi was actually a little distressed.

It's just that these days, she and Zhen's father and husband have reminisced about the old days, and they really have some sweetness. Thinking of what Zhen's father said, "Ting Yun was born like you. When I saw her lively and cheerful appearance, I couldn't help but think of you back then, and I was very happy." As a mother, she was also very emotional for a time, and her heart, which had been hardened by the years, seemed to soften a lot. Thinking about her husband's consolation from time to time, thinking that her daughter is also so old, and it is the first time she is a mother to celebrate her birthday... Pei Shi was really excited and guilty for a while, so she turned her head to the youngest daughter. I found a better hairpin than Zhen Yiyun.

Of course, that's something done with passion. When the time passes, Mrs. Pei doesn't care about money. It's just that when she met her daughter's surprised look at this time, Mrs. Pei couldn't help but smile bitterly, knowing that she and her daughter might have had some life... Thinking of this, she raised her hand and stroked her temples, and explained to her daughter softly. : "Speaking of which, this is also the first time for me as a mother to celebrate your birthday. I will give you a good gift."

With warm words and a motherly heart, Zhen Tingyun didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

However, such a warm scene did not last long.

The main reason is that Zhen Yiyun couldn't see it, and acted like a spoiled child: "Mother is really partial, such a good thing only thinks about my sister, but forgets me..."

I don't want to, today's father Zhen was on the side, listening to this, he turned his face and said to the eldest daughter: "What is this?! Since the spring, your clothes and jewelry have never been broken, and your mother is thinking about your girls. Home loves novelty, and you have already reached the age of marriage. When you want to interact with people, you will have more good things for you. However, your sister never pays attention to these things, she is thrifty..."

Zhen Yiyun almost choked on her face: "Your sister never pays attention to these things." If she were not, would she ask Pei for such a precious hairpin? !

It was Mr. Pei who made a round of rounding on the side: "Okay, okay, it's rare for a family to sit and have a meal, can't we talk well?" Then he changed the subject, "Would you like to go see my mother? It's not that I haven't been to the kitchen in the past, but now my mother is now at this age, what if the old man is tired?"

Generally speaking, Father Zhen didn't bother to teach his eldest daughter a lesson, and he was worried about his mother-today was Zhen Tingyun's birthday, and Mother Zhen had to roll up her sleeves and go to the kitchen to make longevity noodles for her granddaughter, but she couldn't stop her. Although Father Zhen knew that Mrs. Zhen was also used to doing it, but when Pei said this, he couldn't be relieved: Mother is old and doesn't do this often, and there is a lot of oily smoke in the kitchen, if you bump into it But how good...

Thinking of this, Father Zhen couldn't help but look at the kitchen.

Fortunately, it's just cooking some longevity noodles, so there's really no trouble, and it can't be difficult for Mrs. Zhen. After a while, they saw Mrs. Zhen come with a big bowl of noodles.

Mrs. Zhen didn't ask the maid to help, she brought the bowl of noodles on her own with a tray, and she was very excited when she spoke: "It's just right, today is the second maiden's birthday, and you all have a taste of me. craftsmanship.”

Seeing that Mrs. Zhen was refreshed and not in serious trouble, Father Zhen could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, seeing the bowl of noodles in Mrs. Zhen's hand, he couldn't help but move his index finger: "I haven't tasted it for a long time as a son. Thanks to my mother's craftsmanship, today I'm in the light of Sister Ting."

"Go, go," Mrs. Zhen was cheered by her son, and said to him, "You have been picky since you were a child, and you have never liked to eat this."

Zhen's father said, but he felt a little sentimental: "I was ignorant at that time, and I didn't think it tasted good when I ate too much. When I left my hometown and lived outside, I haven't tasted this taste for many years... Alas, I am I really think, even if I smell this coldly now, I feel very greedy - how can you make those things outside with your own hands?"

When Mrs. Zhen was told by her son, how could she bear it, if she could, she would be willing to cook for her son for the rest of her life. She didn't say much, she quickly put down the bowl, and gave Zhen's father a bowl first.

Zhen Tingyun protested from the side: "Grandma, this is my birthday noodles."

Madam Zhen glanced at her: "There's not much more, you can do it yourself."

Zhen Tingyun: "..." Can't I eat the first bowl after my birthday? !

Even so, for Zhen Tingyun, this was indeed a very good birthday. Especially after the meal, Zhen's father also gave him the birthday gift: "I heard your grandmother say that you suffered a lot when you learned to play the piano, and even the piano was bought from someone else's old piano. I thought at that time. Here, I must buy you a new piano."

In fact, even though Father Zhen and Mrs. Pei were outside, they often brought money and things to their hometown. It's just that Mrs. Pei has some grudges against her mother-in-law, and she is also afraid that Mrs. Zhen has nothing to do, so she usually asks people to bring money back. After all, silver is the most difficult to pick wrong, and it is also Mrs. Zhen's favorite. Mrs. Pei was too lazy to think about it, thinking that Mrs. Zhen loves gold and silver, and she has silver in her hand, so she naturally buys what she likes and what she lacks.

Who knows, Mrs. Zhen is stingy all her life, and when she gets money, she locks it in the cabinet and refuses to use it, and even the girl refuses to ask for it. She just feels that her body is tough, and she doesn't need to waste money like those landlords and masters. Wait for her After supporting for a few years and raising a granddaughter, there will be a granddaughter who can share the burden. Therefore, Zhen Tingyun suffered a lot when he was a child, but when he grew up, he could gradually talk to Mrs. Zhen. Mrs. Zhen also knew how lazy her granddaughter was, and knew that she was afraid that she would not be able to enjoy this granddaughter's blessing, and she was getting older, so she paid for the girl and invited her mother-in-law. better.

But this is the case. Zhen Tingyun wanted to learn qin and calligraphy. Mrs. Zhen did not agree with it at first. She felt that a farm girl knew a few words and could cook with a little needle and thread. Naturally, she refused to do it again. spend money. Zhen Tingyun suffered again for this. Of course, when Mrs. Zhen looked back on it now, she regretted it very much, and felt that she had treated her granddaughter badly. It's just that Mrs. Zhen has always wanted face. Although she knew that she was bad in the past, she couldn't bow her head to her granddaughter. After thinking about it, she whispered to her son, thinking that she would also be called a father and know her daughter's hardships and make up for it. The second is.

Since Father Zhen found out about this from Mrs. Zhen, he felt more and more guilt and pity for his daughter, and after thinking about it, he prepared a new piano for his daughter.

Saying that, Father Zhen asked someone to bring up the newly bought xylophone.

In terms of value, this qin is really not as valuable as Pei's silver-point emerald-inlaid sapphire hairpin, but compared to Pei's gift, Zhen's father's gift was really troublesome. He really wanted to make up for the years when he was not by his daughter's side and the days he owed her.

Zhen Tingyun looked at the piano, and suddenly forgot his words. It took him a long time to remember, and he whispered, "I've switched to the flute now..."

If this qin had come a few years earlier, she would have been elated, maybe even moved to tears. But now, looking at what he once dreamed of, Zhen Tingyun felt a little uncomfortable.