Chapter 47

Zhen Tingyun's return this time can be described as the attention of the whole family.

However, this matter still has to start from Zhen's father——

It was Father Zhen who quarreled with Mrs. Pei last night because of Zhen Tingyun's matter, and moved to the study to sleep. This morning, he went out of the house feeling frustrated and worried about his little daughter. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the mansion, only when he asked, did he know that his daughter had led the horse out early in the morning and has not returned yet.

Zhen's father was a little annoyed when he heard this, but he still resisted the fire and asked his daughter where he was going.

Pei Shi originally thought that her daughter was going out to relax, thinking about her stubborn appearance, so she didn't ask any more questions. In addition, there is a caring and caring daughter like Zhen Yiyun talking by the side, so naturally, she is more lazy to care about it. She just wants to cool the little daughter and polish the child's temperament. Therefore, when Father Zhen suddenly asked about this, Mrs. Pei naturally also asked three questions.

After all, Zhen Tingyun led a horse when he went out in the morning and didn't let anyone follow him. This man added a horse, and his six legs spread out, and he was able to run around the capital. So, how could Mrs. Pei know where she ran to?

Seeing Pei's appearance, Zhen's father became even more annoyed, and couldn't help but quarreled with Pei again: "Your daughter was born to you too, why don't you care about your mother? She just suffered like this yesterday. The big grievance is when you are uncomfortable. You, the mother, don't comfort and take care of her, so you just watch her go out alone. Now that your daughter is nowhere to be seen, how can you sit still?!"

In Father Zhen's eyes, although Mrs. Zhen has many problems, her love for her children is no longer there. When I was a child, my family was poor, and Mrs. Zhen would rather endure hardships and suffer herself than make Father Zhen feel wronged. Therefore, Zhen's father always felt that his mother should be like this, that she loves her children. However, Pei's is not like this.

Perhaps it was the huge conflict between ideals and reality that was like a gulf that made Father Zhen feel so disappointed and annoyed. It's just that, after many years of being a husband and wife, he cared about the relationship between husband and wife, and he couldn't say anything too cruel. Otherwise, he wanted to directly point at Pei Shi and scolded her for doing things that his own mother could not do!

Last night, Mrs. Pei and Father Zhen had a quarrel over Zhen Tingyun's exam certificate. Originally, Mrs. Pei had been told by Zhen's father that she was a little guilty, and she felt that she didn't think about the certificate. As a result, Zhen's father quarreled with her again today about Zhen Tingyun's affairs. Mrs. Pei was also the youngest daughter in the family. Mrs. Pei grew up petting her. Blame, a little fire in her heart rushed, and she was somewhat angry with her daughter, who had not returned so far - she and her husband and wife are in love, and she has never blushed in these years, but now she is arguing about her daughter! Thinking about people saying that her daughter is her mother's little padded jacket, the eldest daughter Yiyun has always been sensible and obedient, but this little daughter, I don't know if she was born to restrain herself. After a lot of hardships, I have been able to live a relaxed and happy life in these years. Who would have guessed that as soon as my daughter arrived and there was no good thing, I was so tired that I and my husband quarreled twice in a row!

When people are angry, their thoughts are always easy to go astray, and Mrs. Pei was only angry with her little daughter as a nemesis. Seeing that Father Zhen's anger did not change, she wiped her tears with a veil, and choked up: "What does it mean to not care? Is it because you are so busy that I have nothing to do and can only look after your children at home?!"

"Yes, when you first came to the capital and became an official in the DPRK, you were indeed busy and tired. But am I not busy or tired? You only have a small salary in total, and there are so many people in the family. I'm really pointing at this to live, I'm afraid that the whole family will go to drink the northwest wind. Now, the family can have such a situation, isn't it because I open source and reduce expenditure, and manage it little by little?! Also, since you went to Beijing, colleagues and friends The communication between the two, the entertainment and the gifts of the happy events, aren't they all done by me behind the scenes?"

"There are so many things at home and outside, shouldn't I, as a mother, put all these things away and just stare at her?! She is such a big person, and her legs are long on her. If you really want to go, where are you going? Can you stop it again?"

As she spoke, Mrs. Pei couldn't help gripping the handkerchief tightly, and gritted her teeth again: "I have something wrong with the exam certificate, can't she tell me well, she has to be so stubborn and stubborn. Yes?! Early in the morning, I would go out without saying a word, not even a word, and the girl would not bring me with me, but I would go out with a horse on my back—ask all over the capital, which girl is like her? This is going to be spread out, and I'm shameless as a mother! Fortunately, I didn't sleep all night because of her. This morning I was thinking about her in the house, and the concierge came to report that she was holding her. Go out, I asked someone to look, but she didn't know where she ran away... but you still told me! Tell me, is this also my fault? I am really repairing such a worry-free evil. When people sit in the house, disaster falls from the sky!"

As he spoke, Mrs. Pei became more and more sad, lowered her head, and began to whimper and cry.

Zhen's father also became red with anger at her crooked reasoning: "What are you talking about?! If you didn't do something like that, how could Sister Ting lead the horse out of anger? Besides, is her daughter missing? If you are a mother, you just sit at home and scold her? Don't you know how to send someone to look for her? If you sent someone to chase her when she went out in the morning, they would have been able to chase her back. Why don't you even know where to look for it now How far?!"

"What did I do to me? Isn't it just an exam certificate? What kind of girl would have such a big temper like her, even her own mother would turn her face if she dared to turn her face, and if she was angry, she would lead the horse away..." Said As he spoke, Mrs. Pei also said harshly, "Such an unfilial daughter, even if she is found, is also here to anger me!"

Before the words fell, a crisp sound of "pop" was heard.

Pei was stunned, and even Zhen's father was stunned - these days, "unfilial piety" is a big sin, and Zhen's father couldn't listen to it anymore, so he couldn't hold back for a while, raised his hand and slapped Pei.

Pei's has always been good at maintenance, even though she is a mother of three children, she still looks white and snowy and beautiful like a girl. Because of this, Father Zhen's slap landed on her fair and delicate cheek, and immediately there were red and swollen palm prints on the cheek, with distinct fingers.

This is the first time that Pei has been beaten since he was sensible.

When she was at home, she was a young daughter. Mrs. Pei gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and she was very fond of this young daughter. It was Mrs. Pei. When he was dismissed from office, the eldest son was already engaged and married, and the second son was sensible, only the young daughter. He was still young but had to suffer from Beijing because of him, and he felt ashamed and hurt for his daughter.

Even if she is married, Madam Zhen is such a cunning mother-in-law and makes things difficult in every possible way, but she never touches a finger in the care of the Pei family.

Therefore, Mrs. Pei never thought that the first person to beat her was her husband who had loved her for many years. For a while, she was just in a daze, and even forgot to shed tears. She felt anger in her chest, and she was almost crazy. She stared at Father Zhen with red eyes: "You! You actually hit me?!"

"Zhen Dongping, do you still remember what you said when you married me?!" Mrs. Pei's face was red and swollen, her hair was messy, her eyes were red, and she could not wait to slap Zhen's father.

Zhen's father was also in a hurry for a while, and regretted it after he did it. Seeing this, he quickly comforted his wife in a soft voice.

Pei became stronger when he was weak, and became more and more reluctant.

As a result, the couple quarreled even more. Anyway, it was an open flame, which even disturbed the old lady Zhen in the courtyard.

It was only at this point that Mrs. Zhen knew that Pei's handed over Zhen Tingyun's certificate to Pei Mingzhu.

So, Mrs. Zhen started to cry too, she simply sat on the ground, beating her chest and crying, she almost rolled, shouting, "My poor second girl, what is this life?! Such a black-hearted mother!"

Mrs. Pei was originally very angry with Zhen's father. Seeing the rambunctious appearance of Mrs. Zhen again, she only felt a tightness in her chest.

One is the old mother and the other is the wife. Father Zhen is also in a dilemma, so he has to be patient. While talking about his wife, he comforts his old mother, and half of his heart is worried about his little daughter who doesn't know where to go. White hair.

But when Mrs. Zhen heard about her granddaughter's disappearance, she cried more and more and sat on the ground beating her feet and breasts, scolding Pei as her stepmother.

How could Mrs. Pei stand this? Seeing that Mrs. Zhen behaved like this, she couldn't help but think about the old things, and became even more annoyed. Because she couldn't sleep all night last night, and she had been arguing and arguing with Zhen's father just now.

Mrs. Zhen has been with Pei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for many years, and she has rich experience in fighting with her mother-in-law. At this time, seeing Pei's dizziness, she couldn't help rolling her eyes secretly, and she simply cried: "Poor see, where is this mother?! Even the stepmother is not. So cruel!"

After all, Mrs. Zhen rolled her eyes and fainted neatly.

Who won't get dizzy? To be dizzy with dizzy!

On the left is the suffocated wife, on the right is the old mother who is crying and crying, and Zhen's father is also sweating, and he is almost exhausted by tossing. Thanks to his many years as an official abroad, he has seen more and more, and he can handle household chores better than when he was young. Therefore, he only paused for a while, and immediately raised his voice to ask someone to help his wife and old mother into the house, and go to invite the doctor to enter the house to see a doctor.

Then, Zhen's father sent people to look for his daughter all over the capital. At this time, he didn't want to be ashamed, because his daughter's safety was the most important thing. As a father, Zhen's father can't imagine what would happen to a fourteen-year-old girl like his own daughter... If you can't find it again, you must go to Pei's house to see Mrs. Pei, and ask him to ask the soldiers and horses of the five cities. manage.

The Zhen family was in chaos, and at this moment, Zhen Tingyun got off Mrs. Chu's carriage and led the horse back safely.

The old concierge who was guarding outside saw his second girl, and he really cried with joy. He trotted and led his girl in, and couldn't help but say, "Where is the girl going? The master was so worried that he had already sent someone to go outside. You are looking for the girl. And the old lady and the wife, they were worried about the second girl, and they all cried..."

This is really what Zhen Tingyun didn't expect.

Zhen Tingyun also calculated the temperament of Pei and Zhen Yiyun. When she wanted to come: Pei would definitely be unhappy if she went out at this time, plus Zhen Yiyun was adding fuel to the fire, it would add to the fire. I don't want to take care of myself. Therefore, when I go out in the morning, come back after the exam, and go straight to the old lady Zhen's courtyard, I can naturally assume that nothing happened.

It's just that Zhen Tingyun didn't know what it means to be inferior to heaven until now. She consciously thought it through, but she didn't consider that there was another Zhen father who was worried about her.

Thinking of the cold-faced father Zhen in the dream, who said that he would send him back to his hometown, and then look at the father Zhen who looked at him with a worried look in front of him.

Zhen Tingyun suddenly didn't know what to say.

Zhen's father was surprised and delighted when he saw his daughter come back. He hurriedly called his daughter to come, and looked at it carefully, his eyes were turning red. Thinking of his daughter's grievance, he didn't even ask Zhen Tingyun where he was going today. He only took a long breath and said, "Just come back, just come back!"

The joy and concern are beyond words.

Seeing Father Zhen's appearance like this, Zhen Tingyun felt a little remorse in his heart, and lowered his head and said, "It's because my daughter is not good, and my elders are worried about my daughter."

"Nothing," Father Zhen shook his head, pointed to the inside, and said softly, "It's your grandmother and mother who are so worried about your affairs that they're still dizzy. Would you like to take a look?"

Zhen Tingyun was also worried about Mrs. Zhen - Mrs. Zhen was already old, and this was startling, what if she really hurt her body? Thinking of this, she also sped up her pace. She walked hurriedly into the room, and she saw Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Pei lying on the couch side by side, both of them dying.

When such a thing happened at home, Zhen Yiyun and Zhen Hengzhe were naturally there too. Seeing Zhen Tingyun, Zhen Yiyun frowned and said with restraint: "Second sister, next time you go out, even if you don't want to come to your parents, you should bring a few people with you. Otherwise, not only the family will be concerned about your business. Worry, it's not good for you..."

"What's wrong?" Zhen Tingyun was worried about Mrs. Zhen and didn't want to pay attention to Zhen Yiyun, but she couldn't stand it because of her yin and yang.

Zhen Yiyun bit his lip, his eyes were quite meaningful, looked at Zhen Tingyun, and said softly: "You are young, I don't know there are local gangsters in Beijing, you are a girl's family, and you go out alone, if something happens... It's not going well."

"Big sister, stop talking!" No one expected that it was Zhen Hengzhe who interrupted Zhen Yiyun this time.

Hearing what he said, both Zhen Yiyun and Zhen Tingyun were surprised and looked up at him.

Zhen Hengzhe respects and loves his mother and eldest sister the most on weekdays, and he has never said such a thing again, so at this time, he is struggling with his face, and the words are difficult: "Since the second sister has come back, the eldest sister said these things again. What's the meaning?"

Zhen Yiyun looked at his younger brother in disbelief.

Zhen Hengzhe subconsciously avoided Zhen Yiyun's gaze, and his immature face seemed to be struggling and hesitating, but he continued: "The reason why the second sister is going out today is not because her mother passed her exam without saying a word. Did you give the voucher to cousin Pei? When something like this happened at home, the second sister felt uncomfortable, what happened when she went out for a walk? Big sister, how can you fall into trouble here? "

In fact, if it were an incident, Zhen Hengzhe would never have said that. But Mrs. Pei exchanged Zhen Tingyun's exam certificate for Pei Mingzhu. Zhen Hengzhe couldn't stand it any longer. He studied and learned Chinese characters since he was a child in order to enter the imperial examinations. Naturally, he also values ​​exams and grades. In this way, Shi exchanged Zhen Tingyun's examination certificate.

Zhen Hengzhe couldn't see such an excessive thing, but he didn't say anything to his mother, so he had to say a fair word, then turned around and left.

Zhen's father was standing outside, listening to what his children said inside, but he didn't reprimand his son when he came out, he just sighed and said, "It's okay, your mother and grandmother are fine, now your second sister is back too. Now, you don't have to stay here, you should go back and read the book." The son can understand right and wrong, and he is not confused by personal feelings, and it is naturally gratifying to be a father.

Zhen Hengzhe wanted to say something, bit his lip, but still didn't say anything, only bowed to Zhen's father, and then went out.

Zhen's father watched his son go out, but a thought came into his mind: Fortunately, he taught his son very strictly, so he asked his son to enlighten him early, and then moved to the front yard. Still haven't been raised with a crooked temper, and still understand right and wrong in heart...

This thought had just arisen, but it was suppressed by him, and he felt that he should not think so. After all, over the years, he has been an official, and the backyard has always been peaceful. He has always been a filial wife and son, and the family is happy. Pei has never done anything evil.

Father Zhen's heart turned back and forth, and he was pressed down for a while, and he carried it into the inner room. He saw that the eldest daughter was guarding Pei's side, and the younger daughter was guarding Mrs. Zhen's side. He couldn't help but sigh again.

Seeing this, Zhen Tingyun said: "Father, it's my fault today, I should have confessed to my mother. But now my mother and grandmother are both dizzy, why don't you ask me to help my grandmother back to the hospital first, and come back tomorrow to admit my mistake and apologize to my mother. ?"

Zhen's father thought for a while, and felt that Mrs. Pei was afraid to see Zhen Tingyun now. He didn't want to hurt his daughter's feelings. Say a few soft words to soothe your feelings. So he said: "Well, ask someone to help carry your grandmother to her yard. When the doctor comes, I will let him go over and take a look. As for admitting mistakes and apologies, it's not your fault. No need, just take good care of your grandmother."

Zhen Tingyun also understood Father Zhen's intentions, and was quite grateful in his heart, and nodded in response.

After a while, someone came up to help carry the couch, and carried Mrs. Zhen back all the way.

After Mrs. Zhen was carried into the house, Zhen Tingyun sent someone to fetch water again: "I see my grandmother's face sweating, I'm afraid it's very uncomfortable. You guys hurry up and get some hot water, and I'll wipe my grandmother... "

After all the people in the room had gone down, Zhen Tingyun came close to Mrs. Zhen's ear and whispered, "Grandmother, it's time to get up, it's not like pretending anymore..."

Actually, Mrs. Zhen wasn't completely dizzy, she was just angry for a while, and she turned her back. Now she has recovered, but she didn't want to make Pei's better, so she had to close her eyes and pretend. After being exposed by her granddaughter, she didn't blush, instead she opened her eyes and glared at him: "What white-eyed wolf is this all for?!"

Zhen Tingyun quickly coaxed her: "I know my grandmother is for me."

Madam Zhen wiped her face with her hand and said, "Hurry up and wipe me with a handkerchief! You blind girl - where is the sweat on my face, all the tears I cried for you!"

Zhen Tingyun was amused by Mrs. Zhen's smile, and quickly nodded in agreement: "Okay, it's tears, not sweat."

While talking, the girl poured a pot of hot water. Zhen Tingyun personally took the veil, wet it and wiped Mrs. Zhen's face, and said softly, "You are so old, you should take good care of yourself, how can you toss yourself like this?"

"I'm not doing this for you!" Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhen recalled the fact that her granddaughter's exam certificate was replaced, she couldn't help but feel anxious for a while, gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Your mother is partial, how dare you dare to Give your certificate to her niece! The stepmother is not as ruthless as her."

Zhen Tingyun was actually a little surprised, "Actually, my aunt didn't take it for nothing, she bought a shop in exchange. I thought my grandmother would think the shop would be more affordable..."

"I'm not your mother's shallow eyelids!" Although Mrs. Zhen was greedy for the cheap, she was really worried about her granddaughter and said, "It's not that I can't see how serious you are all these years. Besides, now It's not a country either, it's different in the capital. Although I haven't seen those daughters and daughters outside, just looking at your sister - every day she goes out to go to girls' school, her eyes can't grow to the top of her head! I can understand it. Now, if you don't study, don't go to women's school, those people in Beijing will look down on you..."

Listening to Mrs. Zhen's words, Zhen Tingyun's heart was sour and soft, but since Mrs. Zhen was too old to be angry, she had to persuade her to calm down first: "You are at this age, so don't be angry about these things. Besides, this certificate has been given, and it is useless to ask for it back."

The old lady Zhen was so angry that she wanted to hit her: "You stupid girl, you have to let this kind of thing go, your mother thinks she is in charge! If something happens in the future, your mother will definitely ask you to let it go, just take it as it is. Of course. But, it is difficult for you to let your life be for the affairs of their Pei family's seven aunts and eight aunts!"

Zhen Tingyun listened to this, but didn't respond - she thought: It's only this time! Next time, she will never give Pei Shi such a chance, never again!

But Mrs. Zhen thought her granddaughter was still stupid, and she was even more angry that her granddaughter didn't live up to its expectations: "You too, you only know that you are holding back and aggrieved by such a thing! Why don't you tell me - you should tell me earlier, I Even if you don't want your old face, you have to go to Pei's house to get your certificate back! This is our responsibility, we asked for the certificate in the past, do they dare not give it?! The Pei's family is shameless?! "

In fact, what Mrs. Zhen said was not rude. It's just that this is the capital, not the countryside. Some principles work in the countryside, but not in Beijing.

"Grandmother, please listen to me first," Zhen Tingyun sighed, knowing that he had to explain this to Mrs. Zhen, and she mustn't let Mrs. Zhen go the way she dreamed. She held Madam Zhen's old tree-bark-like palm, rubbed it gently, and said warmly, "If we go to the door to ask, the Pei family is also a face-saving family, and there is no reason not to give it. But such a commotion, the Pei family will If you lose face, the relationship between the two families will probably fade away... Think about it, Mr. Pei is not only his father's father-in-law, but also a teacher who preached to his father, and his father regarded him as his father. I'm annoyed at our family, my father should feel bad..."

When Mrs. Zhen heard this, her expression changed.

Zhen Tingyun continued: "Furthermore, everything is difficult at the beginning. Now my father came to the capital for the first time. It was a difficult time, and it was thanks to a family like the Pei family who took care of him, and his life was smooth. If you leave early and return late, if you are annoyed with the Pei family again, wouldn’t it be harder for your father to work in the officialdom alone? Although we can’t help my father a lot, we can’t hold him back, right?”

Therefore, with such a commotion, the Pei family is not happy, and Zhen's father must not be happy either. Father Zhen couldn't be happy, even though he knew that both his wife and daughter were arrogant, he might not be happy in his heart—sometimes, it didn't matter how things started, what matters was the outcome, the stakes.

Madam Zhen felt sorry for her son, so she stopped talking when she heard the words. After a while, she whispered, "Girl, what you said makes sense. But, but what are you going to do about this..." The more she thought about it, the more she felt guilty, and the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. It's useless and can't help my granddaughter, so I can only watch my precious granddaughter suffer this grievance.

Zhen Tingyun thought about it for a while, and didn't want to make Mrs. Zhen worry, so she didn't hide it from Mrs. Zhen, got close to the other person's ear, and whispered about her exam today.

Madam Zhen was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked, "Are you serious?"

Zhen Tingyun blinked, innocent and innocent: "When did I lie to my grandmother?"

Mrs. Zhen: "Fuck! You lied to me with red eyes last night!"

Zhen Tingyun had a straight face: "I said last night about today's exam, isn't that the truth?"

Mother Zhen was choked by her granddaughter's words and jumped up in anger to beat her granddaughter. She jumped halfway, and came out to report that the doctor was coming. Madam Zhen hurriedly lay back, although her eyes were still open, her face was full of anger.

Zhen Tingyun secretly said: Even if you don't take the pulse, just looking at your old man's red face, the doctor knows that you are pretending to be sick!