C227 What do you intend to do
When Mian Niang returned home, Mrs. Song was sewing at the moment. Mian Niang went in to take a look at his mother, but seeing that she had no need for it, she went back to work.
She did not tell her mother that she had met Gu Wu. It was not easy for her to live a peaceful life for two days.
She was truly afraid of him, even if he said that she would avoid him or be weak.
She had a different plan in her mind. She wanted to live a few days in peace.
But she had never thought that the Gu family would come back to pay their respects to their ancestors, or find someone in the village to repair the old mansion. This matter couldn't be hidden from Madame Song.
At that time, Madame Song Li did not ask further, but after that she called Mian Niang over and asked him directly: "Gu Xin is coming back?"
Mian Niang was caught off guard, and panicked a little, then nodded her head: "En, probably."
"What else should be, Gu Wu is definitely the one leading the charge, Gu Yue is definitely coming back. Didn't they say that he and Gu Wen were there specifically to follow Gu Xin?"
Before Song Zhixiao came back, he had talked about some things, so Madame Song could be considered to have a rather basic understanding of the Gu family. She knew that their servants would not easily change masters, so Gu Wu naturally followed Gu Xin.
Mian Niang's silence confirmed her guess.
Madame Song Li looked at Mian Niang, holding onto her Qi, she raised her hand.
Mian Niang bit her lips and did not make a sound, showing an attitude as though she could get beaten up or scolded at any time.
Madame Song Li looked at Mian Niang whose eyes were sunken because she was too thin, and thought of her husband who had suddenly passed away, and her eldest son who had accompanied the army, and felt a sudden wave of grief.
She didn't know that his daughter, whom the Mei Family detested, had actually caused so much trouble just because he felt that Gu Xin was fine.
It was as if her heart was bitten by an ant. If Mian Niang had a beautiful appearance like Mei Wu, or if Gu Xin had a change of heart because he saw her beauty, then it would be fine. But no matter how weak she was, to be as straightforward and spicy as Mistress Yun, being attracted by her personality was something that was understandable.
Why did it have to be Mian Niang?
It was her family's Mian Niang who had such a delicate and pretty face.
She blamed her daughter for luring her, but she herself also understood how Mian Niang could be such a luring butterfly.
But she didn't blame her own daughter, who else could she blame?
Gu Xin was the young master of the house of the Marquis, and Xiao Zongxian was a member of the imperial family. Forget about how powerful and influential these two people were, even if one were to talk about the Mei Family s, they would not be able to move even if they wanted to.
She hated him in her heart, but could not bear to do so. All she could do was vent this hatred onto her daughter.
She pointed at Mian Niang and said: "Tell me, tell me, what are you thinking?"
Mian Niang raised his head, looked into her eyes and said: "I will make him give me an explanation."
I will also give an explanation.
Mian Niang silently swallowed down the rest of her words.
Madame Song raised her hand and laughed coldly: "Haha, an explanation? Do you know, the best thing to do is for you to stop looking for him, and he will no longer look for you. You two will die cleanly, and not let your dead father, your brother who is in charge of the army, your crippled mother, and your younger brother who is currently studying, be cursed along with you! "
These were indeed the things that Mian Niang cared the most about.
Her every word was like a knife stabbing into Mian Niang's heart, causing him to feel excruciating pain and wish that he could die immediately.
Mian Niang used her hands to support the windowsill behind him in order to truly stand firm.
"Mother, don't worry. This time, I will definitely explain everything clearly."
She had been touched and seen by Gu Han before, and she had no face to say that she and Gu Xin were innocent.
That was all she could say. He felt ashamed and shameless after saying those words.
Madame Song Li didn't want to see her, so she chased her out. However, she called out to someone through the window, "Remember what you said."
There was a layer of window flowers on the window, and only a hazy figure could be seen outside.
The mother and daughter pair could not see each other's expression. Mian Niang nodded and made a sound of agreement, her tone especially solemn.
At night, when Song Zhien returned home, he noticed that something was wrong during dinner. He did not dare to ask Mother about it, and could only pester his sister to talk.
Mian Niang also did not owe her a favor and dismissed her with a few words.
The 20th day of the lunar month was probably the coldest day of the winter. It was so cold that no one wanted to leave the house.
In the morning, Bao Sheng came over to take the tofu. When he got off the car, he was so cold that he started stamping his feet, and followed Mian Niang: "Those dandelions, Master has already been drinking them for three days, and still could not find any effect, but Steward Zhou followed the doctor and asked around, saying that this thing is indeed useful to treat cough."
Mian Niang replied with a smile: "As long as it's useful. When it's spring, our entire mountain will be filled with those things. When that time comes, I will get a little more and you can give it to Master Zhang so that he can drink more. "
Bao Sheng responded with a smile, then said: "Steward Zhou said, you are a newcomer, he and my master did not see wrongly."
Mian Niang carried a plate of tofu towards the carriage, and after hearing his words, she smiled slightly, "What do you mean by not having any intentions, it's just doing what you can. Whether it's the Steward Zhou or the Master Zhang, they aren't only doing business with me.
After Bao Sheng heard her words, he felt that this person was very close, "You are indeed a kind person. I look at you now and I feel that you are more and more compatible with me.
He reached out to grab Mian Niang's shoulder in a "Hello brothers" manner, but Mian Niang quietly dodged him.
"How can it be as good as you say? We'll be in contact for a long time, and we'll have to argue with each other. At that time, you just have to hate me in your heart."
"How could that be?" Bao Sheng looked at the tofu brain in the bowl as if he had heard a joke, and said: "Without mentioning anything else, just aunty's everyday bowl of tofu brain would be treating me like this, even if there's anything angular and slanted, it would still be flattened. Remember, I am older than you, so no matter what happens in the future, I will definitely let you win.
After sending Bao Sheng away, Mian Niang sold a circle of tofu in the Tian Jia Wan, and saw the Chen brothers working in the courtyard, driving the donkey cart past the Chen family's residence. Ever since that time, the Chen family had never bought tofu again.
Chen Erniu lifted his head, staring at Mian Niang's figure that was walking further and further away in a daze.
Chen Daniu found out and slapped his leg with the shovel: What are you looking at, it's not enough yet. Take back your heart, don't make trouble for Mian Niang.
Chen Erniu moved a little further away from his brother, lowered his head and started to work, and did not make a sound.
Chen Daniu thought for a while, then stood there with the shovel, and spoke to his brother sincerely: "What I said was true, your brother has been helping people outside for the past few years, so he has some experience. Let's not talk about your fiancée, your father-in-law, and his brother as the butler, is really not someone easy to deal with. Even if we don't die, I'm afraid we will at least shed a layer of skin. "
Chen Erniu's face became ugly: Since that's the case, what do I need to do with this marriage?
"Pah! You actually spoke bullshit! This matter was decided upon at the beginning, so how can you change it midway? Where are your parents going to put their faces? How are you going to make that lady feel?"
Chen Erniu turned his head and asked, "What does it have to do with me? "I didn't ask for my opinion when we were betrothed."
He didn't wait for his brother to give him an answer. He threw down the shovel in his hand, turned around, and left.
Only Chen Daniu stood on the spot and called out to him. He called him a few times, but he did not call him back.
"Who am I doing this for, and not you?" Chen Daniu was also discouraged, he threw the shovel in his hand to the side and was not willing to do it.
After breakfast, Mian Niang went to sell tofu.
Song Li and her youngest son were preparing to go to Song Youfu's grave.
The few of them went out together.
Mian Niang dragged her mother and brother to the foot of the mountain. In one hand, Song Zhien carried a steamed bun used as a offering, white wine and paper money, and the other hand supported her mother as she walked up the mountain step by step.
He silently drove the car over the hill to sell his tofu.
At the Gu household's old mansion, butler Gu Baifu instructed the servants to clean the place again and again just so that he could welcome the Third Young Master and his new grandma into the house.
The Gu family head, together with a few other clan elders, followed outside the door and waited. Even though a layer of ice formed on their beard due to the hot air, they refused to go back.
Gu Wu saw that he was really too old, and was worried that something might have happened to him.
He raised his longevity eyebrows and asked, "This number three, after he marries the daughter of the prince, will he be able to have a change of heart in the future?" It can't be that you're fooling around anymore, right? "
Gu Wu didn't know how to answer this question, and was disgusted that he had exposed his Young Master's weakness in front of so many people.
"Not bad at all." The old man was seventy-six years old, his crutch still trembling as he said, "My prince's daughter, your future is boundless. Ah, there's still hope, you don't know … but when I saw him like that in the summer, my old bones really broke out in cold sweat. I was afraid that my family would be destroyed by him."
He had heard of the matters in the capital before. In the previous generation, not a single one of the Gu family members had good prospects. In this generation of three, the eldest was a sickly son, and the second was a concubine.
With their backs against the big tree, they could enjoy the shade. No one wanted the big tree that was the Gu Hou to fall.
But when you came here in the summer, you heard that young master had offended the Prince Rong's Mansion, but didn't have any contact with him. If it wasn't for him coming back this time, who would know that there were other clan elders in this big clan.
Gu Wu was furious in his heart. He knew that they were more worried about the future of their own clan than the future of Gu Xin. In an instant, he was somewhat unwilling to pay any attention to them.
The few of them stood outside for an entire hour, until the elderly men were on the verge of freezing. Only then did they vaguely see the silhouettes of people.
The Patriarch took a few steps forward and a red horse appeared in front of him. The young nobleman in fine clothes reined in the horse's reins, and with a long life of 'whoosh', he slightly raised his head. His handsome face shone under the sunlight, and he looked high-spirited!
She did not tell her mother that she had met Gu Wu. It was not easy for her to live a peaceful life for two days.
She was truly afraid of him, even if he said that she would avoid him or be weak.
She had a different plan in her mind. She wanted to live a few days in peace.
But she had never thought that the Gu family would come back to pay their respects to their ancestors, or find someone in the village to repair the old mansion. This matter couldn't be hidden from Madame Song.
At that time, Madame Song Li did not ask further, but after that she called Mian Niang over and asked him directly: "Gu Xin is coming back?"
Mian Niang was caught off guard, and panicked a little, then nodded her head: "En, probably."
"What else should be, Gu Wu is definitely the one leading the charge, Gu Yue is definitely coming back. Didn't they say that he and Gu Wen were there specifically to follow Gu Xin?"
Before Song Zhixiao came back, he had talked about some things, so Madame Song could be considered to have a rather basic understanding of the Gu family. She knew that their servants would not easily change masters, so Gu Wu naturally followed Gu Xin.
Mian Niang's silence confirmed her guess.
Madame Song Li looked at Mian Niang, holding onto her Qi, she raised her hand.
Mian Niang bit her lips and did not make a sound, showing an attitude as though she could get beaten up or scolded at any time.
Madame Song Li looked at Mian Niang whose eyes were sunken because she was too thin, and thought of her husband who had suddenly passed away, and her eldest son who had accompanied the army, and felt a sudden wave of grief.
She didn't know that his daughter, whom the Mei Family detested, had actually caused so much trouble just because he felt that Gu Xin was fine.
It was as if her heart was bitten by an ant. If Mian Niang had a beautiful appearance like Mei Wu, or if Gu Xin had a change of heart because he saw her beauty, then it would be fine. But no matter how weak she was, to be as straightforward and spicy as Mistress Yun, being attracted by her personality was something that was understandable.
Why did it have to be Mian Niang?
It was her family's Mian Niang who had such a delicate and pretty face.
She blamed her daughter for luring her, but she herself also understood how Mian Niang could be such a luring butterfly.
But she didn't blame her own daughter, who else could she blame?
Gu Xin was the young master of the house of the Marquis, and Xiao Zongxian was a member of the imperial family. Forget about how powerful and influential these two people were, even if one were to talk about the Mei Family s, they would not be able to move even if they wanted to.
She hated him in her heart, but could not bear to do so. All she could do was vent this hatred onto her daughter.
She pointed at Mian Niang and said: "Tell me, tell me, what are you thinking?"
Mian Niang raised his head, looked into her eyes and said: "I will make him give me an explanation."
I will also give an explanation.
Mian Niang silently swallowed down the rest of her words.
Madame Song raised her hand and laughed coldly: "Haha, an explanation? Do you know, the best thing to do is for you to stop looking for him, and he will no longer look for you. You two will die cleanly, and not let your dead father, your brother who is in charge of the army, your crippled mother, and your younger brother who is currently studying, be cursed along with you! "
These were indeed the things that Mian Niang cared the most about.
Her every word was like a knife stabbing into Mian Niang's heart, causing him to feel excruciating pain and wish that he could die immediately.
Mian Niang used her hands to support the windowsill behind him in order to truly stand firm.
"Mother, don't worry. This time, I will definitely explain everything clearly."
She had been touched and seen by Gu Han before, and she had no face to say that she and Gu Xin were innocent.
That was all she could say. He felt ashamed and shameless after saying those words.
Madame Song Li didn't want to see her, so she chased her out. However, she called out to someone through the window, "Remember what you said."
There was a layer of window flowers on the window, and only a hazy figure could be seen outside.
The mother and daughter pair could not see each other's expression. Mian Niang nodded and made a sound of agreement, her tone especially solemn.
At night, when Song Zhien returned home, he noticed that something was wrong during dinner. He did not dare to ask Mother about it, and could only pester his sister to talk.
Mian Niang also did not owe her a favor and dismissed her with a few words.
The 20th day of the lunar month was probably the coldest day of the winter. It was so cold that no one wanted to leave the house.
In the morning, Bao Sheng came over to take the tofu. When he got off the car, he was so cold that he started stamping his feet, and followed Mian Niang: "Those dandelions, Master has already been drinking them for three days, and still could not find any effect, but Steward Zhou followed the doctor and asked around, saying that this thing is indeed useful to treat cough."
Mian Niang replied with a smile: "As long as it's useful. When it's spring, our entire mountain will be filled with those things. When that time comes, I will get a little more and you can give it to Master Zhang so that he can drink more. "
Bao Sheng responded with a smile, then said: "Steward Zhou said, you are a newcomer, he and my master did not see wrongly."
Mian Niang carried a plate of tofu towards the carriage, and after hearing his words, she smiled slightly, "What do you mean by not having any intentions, it's just doing what you can. Whether it's the Steward Zhou or the Master Zhang, they aren't only doing business with me.
After Bao Sheng heard her words, he felt that this person was very close, "You are indeed a kind person. I look at you now and I feel that you are more and more compatible with me.
He reached out to grab Mian Niang's shoulder in a "Hello brothers" manner, but Mian Niang quietly dodged him.
"How can it be as good as you say? We'll be in contact for a long time, and we'll have to argue with each other. At that time, you just have to hate me in your heart."
"How could that be?" Bao Sheng looked at the tofu brain in the bowl as if he had heard a joke, and said: "Without mentioning anything else, just aunty's everyday bowl of tofu brain would be treating me like this, even if there's anything angular and slanted, it would still be flattened. Remember, I am older than you, so no matter what happens in the future, I will definitely let you win.
After sending Bao Sheng away, Mian Niang sold a circle of tofu in the Tian Jia Wan, and saw the Chen brothers working in the courtyard, driving the donkey cart past the Chen family's residence. Ever since that time, the Chen family had never bought tofu again.
Chen Erniu lifted his head, staring at Mian Niang's figure that was walking further and further away in a daze.
Chen Daniu found out and slapped his leg with the shovel: What are you looking at, it's not enough yet. Take back your heart, don't make trouble for Mian Niang.
Chen Erniu moved a little further away from his brother, lowered his head and started to work, and did not make a sound.
Chen Daniu thought for a while, then stood there with the shovel, and spoke to his brother sincerely: "What I said was true, your brother has been helping people outside for the past few years, so he has some experience. Let's not talk about your fiancée, your father-in-law, and his brother as the butler, is really not someone easy to deal with. Even if we don't die, I'm afraid we will at least shed a layer of skin. "
Chen Erniu's face became ugly: Since that's the case, what do I need to do with this marriage?
"Pah! You actually spoke bullshit! This matter was decided upon at the beginning, so how can you change it midway? Where are your parents going to put their faces? How are you going to make that lady feel?"
Chen Erniu turned his head and asked, "What does it have to do with me? "I didn't ask for my opinion when we were betrothed."
He didn't wait for his brother to give him an answer. He threw down the shovel in his hand, turned around, and left.
Only Chen Daniu stood on the spot and called out to him. He called him a few times, but he did not call him back.
"Who am I doing this for, and not you?" Chen Daniu was also discouraged, he threw the shovel in his hand to the side and was not willing to do it.
After breakfast, Mian Niang went to sell tofu.
Song Li and her youngest son were preparing to go to Song Youfu's grave.
The few of them went out together.
Mian Niang dragged her mother and brother to the foot of the mountain. In one hand, Song Zhien carried a steamed bun used as a offering, white wine and paper money, and the other hand supported her mother as she walked up the mountain step by step.
He silently drove the car over the hill to sell his tofu.
At the Gu household's old mansion, butler Gu Baifu instructed the servants to clean the place again and again just so that he could welcome the Third Young Master and his new grandma into the house.
The Gu family head, together with a few other clan elders, followed outside the door and waited. Even though a layer of ice formed on their beard due to the hot air, they refused to go back.
Gu Wu saw that he was really too old, and was worried that something might have happened to him.
He raised his longevity eyebrows and asked, "This number three, after he marries the daughter of the prince, will he be able to have a change of heart in the future?" It can't be that you're fooling around anymore, right? "
Gu Wu didn't know how to answer this question, and was disgusted that he had exposed his Young Master's weakness in front of so many people.
"Not bad at all." The old man was seventy-six years old, his crutch still trembling as he said, "My prince's daughter, your future is boundless. Ah, there's still hope, you don't know … but when I saw him like that in the summer, my old bones really broke out in cold sweat. I was afraid that my family would be destroyed by him."
He had heard of the matters in the capital before. In the previous generation, not a single one of the Gu family members had good prospects. In this generation of three, the eldest was a sickly son, and the second was a concubine.
With their backs against the big tree, they could enjoy the shade. No one wanted the big tree that was the Gu Hou to fall.
But when you came here in the summer, you heard that young master had offended the Prince Rong's Mansion, but didn't have any contact with him. If it wasn't for him coming back this time, who would know that there were other clan elders in this big clan.
Gu Wu was furious in his heart. He knew that they were more worried about the future of their own clan than the future of Gu Xin. In an instant, he was somewhat unwilling to pay any attention to them.
The few of them stood outside for an entire hour, until the elderly men were on the verge of freezing. Only then did they vaguely see the silhouettes of people.
The Patriarch took a few steps forward and a red horse appeared in front of him. The young nobleman in fine clothes reined in the horse's reins, and with a long life of 'whoosh', he slightly raised his head. His handsome face shone under the sunlight, and he looked high-spirited!