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Chapter 53
In terms of style, the house of Marquis Jingyang is far better than other homes of equal honor in the golden capital. At that time, the first elder Lord Marquis followed the founding emperor to conquer north and south, and made great contributions. After the court was stabilized, the first ancestor emperor remembered that Fu Family had a large population, so he specially rewarded a big house.
It's a pity that it has been passed down for several generations. Now Marquis Jingyang's power is not as good as it was at the beginning. Even the people have decayed. The three Fu Pinchuan brothers, the third child, died early. Fu Pinyan has not returned for many years, and the huge house appears empty.
But fewer people is also a good thing. There is a big place with fewer people, so I'm not afraid of nowhere to live.
After Fu Pinyan was promoted to the prefect of Ji Zhou, Fu Pinchuan felt that Fu Pinyan would be transferred to the city sooner or later, and that the official position was still too small, so he discussed with the old lady and renovated the East and West courtyards. The east courtyard is reserved for Fu Pinyan's family. The five-entry large courtyard is the future where Fu Chen and Fu Guan brothers will marry a wife and have children. The West House logically said that there were only widowed three widows, mother and daughter, and no repairs were needed. Fu Pinchuan had other plans. Now that there are few males in the family, will look at it in the future. If there are more males in the grandchildren, be sure to adopt one to support the three houses.
It costs money to repair the house, the old lady is unwilling, and the eldest lady Mrs. Lin disagrees in her heart, but Fu Pinchuan has become more and more majestic after inheriting the title. This matter takes up the truth, and the two of them can only listen to his arrangements. When the work started, Fu Pinchuan sent a front yard housekeeper to keep an eye on him. Anyone who cut corners would play the board.
So Qiao and others entered the east courtyard of Marquis Residence, and they saw an almost brand-new house.
Fu Ding followed the crowd into the hall and said to Qiao: "Grandma said that my aunt and my sisters worked hard all the way, so you don't need to rush over."
Qiao smiled and said, "My aunt still loves me like this for so many years. Okay, let's go back first. We will go back soon after we change clothes. We haven't seen you in more than ten years. Go directly to the main courtyard."
Qiao is the niece of the old lady, although she is a concubine, after Qiao got married, she still shouted from her aunt to show her closeness.
Fu Ding responded with a smile and turned to leave.
Fu Chen and Liang Tong went to see him together.
After the two came back, the Qiao family said to Liang Tong: "You live here first, what's the matter? You two will have company together. Buying a house is not in a hurry. You are not familiar with the place in Beijing. I was deceived, and I will ask someone to ask someone to help you pay attention."
If the prospective son-in-law has made up his mind to seek a job in Beijing, she must have a decent place to live. It is impossible to live in her own home all the time. She doesn't care, because she is afraid that others will gossiping about the prospective son-in-law, and the Liang family does not want to take advantage of her family. The bank note was given to Liang Tong. And this house will be the home of the young couple in Beijing in the future. Of course, the Qiao family must do their best.
Liang Tong laughed. On the way, his mother-in-law treated him and Fu Chen the same, and he felt very comfortable.
After setting a meeting time, Qiao asked Sister Fu Rong to go wash and change clothes. The old lady said it nicely. In fact, she didn't want to see her so she didn't rush to call her over. The Qiao family is really slow to go. Tomorrow the capital will have to tell her frivolous and disrespectful mother-in-law.
Two quarters of an hour later, the group of people met in the hall, and Qiao looked at them one by one, and saw the two teenagers, one handsome and clear, the other tall and steady, and their daughters were also well-dressed, so they set off. At the main courtyard, Fu Chen Liang Tong went to visit Fu Pinchuan where holiday was at home, and Qiao led his daughters to Wufu Hall of the old lady.
In Wufu Hall, everyone in Marquis Jingyang was almost there.
The old lady was sitting on the couch, and on the embroidered stool in front of the couch was a little flower-like girl talking to her, "Grandma is happy today. The second aunt brought two granddaughters back to honor you. No wonder you eat more in the morning. Half a bowl of porridge."
The old lady smiled kindly, touched her granddaughter’s head, and looked at the two granddaughters who were sitting next to her mother: "Suddenly two sisters came, and you have company. They are both coming to Beijing for the first time. You must be good. Entertain, spend more time together, take them to the fun places in the capital when you have time."
The fourth girl, Fu Bao, tilted her head and looked out, and said cheerfully: "As long as I like them, I will take them to play."
Fu Mi, the fifth girl in the third room, just nodded.
Both were only eleven years old, but their temperaments were completely different.
Fu Bao laughed since he was a child, and likes to wear bright materials. A small face is white and red, like a rose blooming brilliantly. It can attract everyone's attention wherever he goes. He is lively and straightforward. Popularity. Fu Mi is different, perhaps because of the early loss of her father. She usually doesn't go out, but always practice calligraphy and painting with the third wife. When she was a child, Fu Bao forced her out, but when she was there, Fu Mi didn't like to talk. He sat alone and seldom took care of her. The more times, Fu Bao didn't bother to ask her again, which made Fu Mi more withdrawn.
The two granddaughters moved silently, but the old lady's favorite junior was Shen Qing. The old lady had two sons and a daughter. The daughter went away just a few years after she got married. The son-in-law was young and kept married for a year. The old lady was worried about her granddaughter being bullied. She sent someone to Marquis Residence. She started at the age of five have been raising it by side, and the cost of food and clothing is only better than that of Fu Family's daughter.
Talking and laughing, the little maid outside walked in and said while pulling the curtain: "Second lady, please, the old lady has been looking forward to it for a long time!"
Everyone in the room looked up.
Mrs. Lin even clenched the cuffs unconsciously.
Qiao came first, wearing a red treasure phoenix hairpin on her head, wearing a bright orange embroidered peony, and the embroidered double phoenix and yellow palace ribbon hanging from her waist gently swayed, setting her graceful and graceful. A casual glance made people feel complimented to praise the beauty. Looking up, she saw her charming face as if she was in her early twenties, and her watery eyes were full of red lips. Only then did she understand that the word beauty is not enough to describe her beauty.
A gloom flashed across Mrs. Lin's eyes.
The old lady's dry lips were also pursed imperceptibly.
As if he hadn't seen him, Qiao walked quickly to the old lady's couch and knelt down, buried in the old lady's knee and wept bitterly: "Auntie, Su Niang finally saw you again. You don't know how much Su Niang missed you these years. Xianggong transferred to Ji Zhou two years ago. After she became pregnant, Su Niang was unable to take care of Guan. Now she can finally come to you to show her filial piety, aunt..."
Fu Rong hurriedly knelt down with Fu Xuan, Fu Rong took the handkerchief to wipe his tears, Fu Xuan was not as close as his sister, but bowed his head.
The old lady also picked up the veil and nodded her eyes, and patted Joe's shoulders and said: "Okay, okay, get up soon. They are the mothers of five children. They have not changed at all for so many years, crying like a little girl. , I am not afraid to make a joke of the junior."
"Aren't you all used to it!" Qiao stood up crying and laughing, and turned around and told his two daughters: "Call your grandmother, poor child, you can only see your grandmother when you grow up so old."
Fu Rong Fu Xuan raised his head and shouted "Grandma" in unison.
The old lady smiled and asked the sisters to get up. Fu Rong wore light green embroidered orchids, Fu Xuan wore a cute pink summer dress, standing side by side, such as peony and pink chrysanthemum. It is rare to recruit students. The old ladies praised one by one, and asked Fu Rong more: "Why did Rong girl think of Dai Huatian? Could it be that Xin Capital is fashionable? No one in Beijing is dressed like that."
Fu Rong smiled and said, "No one wears Xin Capital. My mother said that she would take me to visit my grandmother in Beijing. I was very happy. After I stopped at night, I dreamed of an old lady wearing Huatian, kind-looking, like a Buddha. During the day, I described the appearance of the Bodhisattva to my mother, and my mother said that it was you. I recalled that in my dream, the grandmother Bodhisattva wore the flower tin, which looked very beautiful, and I found it on a whim."
After finishing talking, she looked at the old lady's forehead timidly, and whispered: "Grandma lied to me to wear it in her dream, but she didn't wear it now. Are you afraid it's teasing me?"
The old lady laughed from ear to ear: "Like your mother, her mouth is like wiping honey, she almost compares Qinger to her."
Shen Qing hid her mouth and smiled, looking at Fu Rong and said, "It's sweeter than the third sister, I'm willing to bow down."
Fu Bao snorted softly over there. There was originally a flatterer in the house, but now another one came.
Next, everyone recognized their relatives.
Hearing Fu Bao's reluctant call of "Three Sisters", Fu Rong was secretly funny. It seems that the relationship between people and people has been set long ago. Fu Bao didn't like her in the previous life, and he didn't like her in this life. As for her, she went back when Fu Bao provoked her in her previous life, but now she doesn't have that kind of interest. She just feels that Fu Bao is still a child and it is not worth worrying about.
Not long after, Fu Chen Liang Tong walked over with Fu Ding.
It was a lot of fun again.
After acknowledging her, Fu Rong went to see Fu Pinchuan with her brother.
Fu Pinchuan was nearly 40 years old. He practiced martial arts in his early years, and later went to Dali Temple to hear criminal cases. He did not laugh at all. After staying in Dali Temple for a long time, he was not angry or presumptuous. The old lady did not dare to confront her son. Credit. Seeing Sister Fu Rong, he glanced at Fu Rong more, and sent them back with a few words of concern.
Fu Rong didn't deal much with this uncle, so he teased his younger sister on the way: "See you, your eyebrows follow our uncle."
Fu Xuan felt the same way in his heart. Fu Chen said on the side: "Xuanxuan is like me, and his eyebrows follow my grandfather."
Fu Rong touched his eyebrows: "I don't look like my daddy or my mother. Could it be my grandmother?"
Fu Chen and Fu Xuan were silent. They all knew that the grandmother in Fu Rong's mouth was not the old lady in Wufu Hall, but the father's biological mother Aunt Du. But my father almost can't remember Aunt Du's appearance, and usually never mention it. How do they know?
Regardless of what everyone thinks in their hearts today, only oneself knows what everyone is happy with.
In the evening, the old lady held a banquet here, and everyone was here, except for Fu Pinchuan.
The old lady asked the eldest daughter-in-law, "Where is Lord Marquis?"
Mrs. Lin got up and said, "My father-in-law invited Lord Marquis to drink. Lord Marquis asked me to talk to my mother and told us not to wait for him."
The old lady nodded: "Then open the table."
Joe sits at the bottom right of the old lady, and skillfully prepares vegetables for her, all of which are eaten by the old lady.
Opposite Mrs. Lin looked at him and admired Qiao's methods from the bottom of his heart. She knew that the old lady didn’t like this elder niece, and even hated her, but after Qiao passed the door, he put on a niece who was very popular with an old lady in her natal family. She acted like a coquettish and pleased her. The whole government felt that the old lady was real. Spoil her, can the old lady take down her countertop? Qiao's Jiao returned to Jiao, but he didn't make any mistakes, and the old lady couldn't make any difference.
After the banquet, Mrs. Lin led Fu Bao back to the main courtyard.
"Mother, I like Sister Six, but I don't like Fu Rong. Just like my second aunt, I will only flatter." When his mother was sent back to the house, surrounded by his own people, Fu Bao finally said what he had been holding back for a long time.
Mrs. Lin nodded her forehead: "They are really smart. You will learn more from now on. If you can learn 50%, then your mother will be satisfied."
Fu Bao curled his lips. People had always persuaded Fu Mi to learn from her, but today his mother told her to learn from her. The little girl didn't listen, she got into the bed and ignored people.
Mrs. Lin reluctantly covered his daughter's quilt, softly persuaded a few words and left.
When the curfew was approaching, Fu Pinchuan came back, breathing with a strong alcohol.
Mrs. Lin looked at her husband's face, and tentatively asked: "Did you have a drink with your father-in-law last night? Why did you ask you to go again today?"
Fu Pinchuan paused when he rolled his sleeves, "I don't know, but the table threatened me again, not to let us wrong his daughter."
"Really...Thanks for your hard work." Mrs. Lin couldn't help but laugh, and the light under the light was quiet, although not as beautiful as Joe's, but still charming.
Fu Pinchuan just bowed his head and washed his face.