Chapter 116 Returning home to see parents

After some goodbyes, Zhen Tingyun said goodbye to Fu Changxi and got off the carriage to return to Zhen's house.

Father Zhen and Mrs. Pei are both in the main courtyard at the moment, and they were waiting for their daughter to return home while talking. When they saw her coming to say hello, they couldn't help but smile with relief.

Seeing that, Mrs. Pei has lost a lot of weight. Although her hair is still black and her face is fair and beautiful, her cheeks that used to be round and plump have been thinned, and they are no longer as rosy and shiny as they used to be.

I still remember that when Zhen Tingyun and Mrs. Zhen first went to Beijing, they saw Pei Shi's beauty, tenderness and graceful figure. Even after more than ten years, they didn't seem to be old, but they added a bit of charm, like a famous flower. graceful. In less than a year, Mr. Pei's face now shows signs of the passing of years.

Zhen Tingyun saw it in his eyes, and there was something unpleasant in his heart for some reason.

It's just that she still remembers the things that Pei Shi did in the past and what happened in her dreams. She didn't say more or ask more questions. She was still respectful and polite to her parents. Get close to nature.

Instead, it was Mrs. Pei who gently called Zhen Tingyun to her, holding her little hand, and while looking at her face, she spoke to her in a soft voice: "It's hard to wait until the girls' school is on vacation, I have already Ask someone to prepare dinner, and the family will have a reunion dinner tonight."

Father Zhen also said, "Yeah, your mother always misses you at home these days, and thinking of you makes me have a headache."

Pei Shi gave Zhen's father an angry look.

Father Zhen's expression softened slightly, and he reached out to hold his wife's hand, holding both hands together, looking at the same love as before.

It's just that Zhen Tingyun was so close that he could see the fine lines at the end of Pei's eyes. He knew that Pei's face would not be easy these days. However, given her mother-daughter relationship with Pei's, she just sighed slightly at this time, and then said, "In that case, I will go to the grandmother's courtyard to greet my grandmother first, and come with my grandmother later. ."

Pei's face smiled, then nodded, and said calmly: "Alright."

With Father Zhen on the side, he said warmly: "Hurry up, I even asked someone to make asparagus chicken soup, which your grandmother loved to eat in the past. I have sent someone to tell you about your brother, and he will be here later. ."

Zhen Tingyun saluted after this.

Seeing her daughter walking away, Mrs Pei suddenly felt her eyes sore and turned her head slightly.

Father Zhen held her hand and comforted her in a low voice, "Take your time, let's take it slow..."

Before the words were finished, Pei's tears fell down.

Zhen's father quickly reached out his hand to wipe her tears, but Mrs. Pei avoided his hand. She raised her hand to take the handkerchief and wiped it slowly. Her eyes were slightly red and her eyelashes were wet, but her voice was sober and direct: "It can't be better. Two daughters, I gave birth to them and raised them. I took one, and left one. Now I watch them leave me... all of them can't be kept..."

"Probably also retribution!"

Pei murmured to himself, and smiled sadly, his face was pale without a trace of blood.

When Father Zhen heard the words, he couldn't help but feel sour, but he didn't respond.

At the beginning, Zhen Yiyun was sent back to his hometown. Although Pei's mother was grief-stricken, she had to brace herself to deal with the following matters, such as dropping out of school for Zhen Yiyun, explaining to Zhen Yiyun's mentor, Mr. He, and going back to her parents' house with Pei. Everyone in the family explained... In short, after finally clearing up the rest of the matter, she fell ill.

Sick and unconscious, groggy.

Zhen's father had to ask someone to rush the letter from his hometown, while gently comforting his wife and taking care of him carefully. Fortunately, Pei's heart was suffering for a while, plus the days of hard work, the two added up, and then he became ill. invited a doctor to prescribe medicine, drank the decoction for a few days, and had Zhen's father as a husband to persuade him, and gradually he became more energetic.

Later, when there was news from the hometown, the elders in the clan sent a letter saying that Zhen Yiyun had arrived, and that according to Zhen's father's wishes, he would find a proper marriage for her locally, and take the child early before the end of the year. married.

At that time, Pei's illness was not fully recovered, and he was still lying down, sick all day.

Zhen's father persuaded Mr. Pei to get up and pack the dowry for Zhen Yiyun: "Just think that she is married to go out, and it will be the heart of our parents."

When Mrs Pei thought of her eldest daughter, she felt both pain and grief in her heart. In the past, don't know how many people came to ask for mercy. She had high vision and high spirits. Pei Rusong was so outstanding, she couldn't see it for a while. Now that the eldest daughter has been sent back to her hometown, she is no longer innocent, and she is in such a hurry to say kiss, what kind of in-law's family can she talk about?

I'm afraid it's just an ordinary family in a rural household.

Back then, when Pei married Zhen's father, the Zhen family had already improved. Pei and Zhen's father were very affectionate to each other. Moreover, Mrs. Pei was the teacher of Zhen's father. Excessive... For this reason, Pei shi suffered a lot after marrying, and now feel lingering fears in retrospect, and have never regretted it.

Now, the eldest daughter has to take this old road again, an old road that is even harder than her.

Pei knew very well what her eldest daughter would be like if she married that ordinary rural farmer. The people in the village could not understand even a single sentence; in the past, Zhen Yiyun loved to play the qin, with ten slender fingers, not touching the spring water, but the villagers could not support the girl, and most of them had to ask her to do the work by herself; These grandmothers are considered vulgar, but rural peasant women are the most tricky and aggressive. It is impossible to say that the mother-in-law that Zhen Yiyun meets is more tricky than Mrs. Zhen...

Marrying like this, I am afraid that the future life will be more difficult than death.

Every time she thinks of this, Mrs. Pei feels sad and unspeakable, but during her illness, Father Zhen also carefully opened it up and told her about it. Pei is not stupid or someone who doesn't understand. She is also very clear in her heart: the eldest daughter has done those things, and Zhen Tingyun can save her life. It is indeed really generous, and she should not ask for more. .

So, Mrs. Pei didn't grieve anymore, and didn't stay in bed to recover. Instead, she cheered up and packed up a slightly modest dowry, and asked someone to send it to her hometown to Zhen Yiyun.

Zhen's father was still a little worried that Pei's would be confused, thinking that if Pei's proposed dowry list was too thick, he would reduce it. Unexpectedly, Mr. Pei really understood, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved. Not knowing what Father Zhen was thinking, Mrs. Pei couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I know that she is in the country now, and a dowry that is too generous is not good."

Having said that, after giving the dowry and going out, thinking that the eldest daughter is about to get married, it is still sad.

Zhen's father comforted her again: "And sister Ting, she is young and can stay for another two years."

Thinking of her little daughter, Mrs. Pei cheered herself up, and laughed at Zhen's father, "How can there be two more years?" She couldn't help but sigh again, "It will be her wedding next year. The regent is so old again, only I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for a long time..."

Seeing that she was gradually turning around, Father Zhen also persuaded her to cheer up: "No, next year's wedding ceremony will have to be handled by you as a mother, but it's not good to be sick like this."

Pei Shi gave the eldest daughter a dowry, remembering that the younger daughter still needs to take care of the wedding ceremony in the coming year.

Zhen's father was naturally very pleased. The husband and wife both put their minds on their little daughter, thinking that when she comes back, the family will have a good year.

But now, it's hard to wait for the little daughter to come back, but she doesn't have the parental love she imagined, her daughter Rumu.

It is still cold and indifferent, and estranged is also polite.

Although people valued their sons more at the time, Father Zhen and Mrs. Pei also loved their daughters very much. They were just two daughters. In the end, he was sent back to his hometown and got married in a hurry. I don’t think we’ll see each other again in this life; the youngest daughter, who was left in his hometown since childhood, and who finally saw each other after more than ten years, has unknowingly become a parent with them. I'm estranged, and I'm going to get married in less than two years...

Two daughters, they can't keep it.

This is the worst thing about being a parent.

Zhen's father's eyes were slightly wet, but just like Pei's, tears followed.