marry a weak waist

Chapter 63

The sun was shining like fire for days, and finally it was until the golden crow fell that there was a heavy rain.Before Dong Mo went out at home, he simply started writing family letters.

When he left Beijing, the family that the old lady mentioned was not sure about the marriage with the Tai family in Baoding Prefecture, so naturally there was nothing about retiring the engagement in the letter.It's just talking about a daughter of Meng's family. He is determined to marry her as his wife, and he hopes that the elder will agree.

The letter was handed over to the man in Xiechun and sent to the posthouse. Dong Mo seemed to feel relieved that something important had settled down.So he got up from his seat and went to the verandah to watch the rain.There were two thunderclaps in succession, a lot of bamboos fell in front of the cave, water gathered in the yard, and some loess washed down near the fence, forming two muddy water channels.

"Zhang Ping, come in!" Meng Tiao called out to him from the window of the bedroom, called him in, and happily gave him the handkerchief that had just been stitched, "I made it for you, you will change it in a while." A handkerchief, Xiechun complained that it couldn’t be washed. I’m idle anyway, so I’ll make you some more, do you like this pattern?”

Dong Mo didn't care about the pattern, he just held it in his hand and looked at it. The cloud pattern embroidered was not quite the same as the ones she embroidered that year. He smiled, "Has your needlework improved or regressed? How is it the same as before? Are the lines different?"

Meng Yuan suddenly recalled the past, laughed and fell into his arms, "Those back then, most of them were made by the daughter-in-law who was sewing under the needle, and I did it when I coaxed you, you fool, you didn't even notice."

"Well, if you use other people's coolies to pay off your debts, you'll be able to figure it out." Dong Mo pulled her up, touched the tulle on her body, and patted her buttocks, "Go put on your clothes, this will be fine." It's getting cold."

It was only for lunch, and Meng Tiao was still wearing a sandal-colored thin silk long gown pajamas, which had to be tied with a belt on the front, a peach-pink tube top inside, and a Jia gray skirt underneath.With a messy bun and no makeup on his face, he jumped up and down on the couch with bare feet.

She was too lazy to take off her shoes, so she shook her head, "I'm not cold."

Dong Mo touched her feet, went to the cupboard to get a pair of Silla socks, came back and saw her holding the cat on her feet and covering her feet, with a crooked smile, "I have never raised people who eat nothing, and cats Just use it to cover my feet!"

"You make the best use of everything." Dong Mo sat down, bowed his waist and put socks on her, "I wrote a letter to my family, and I will arrive around next month. If all goes well, we will get married when we return from Hebei. "

"What did your letter say?"

"I said that there is a daughter in Meng's family who agrees with me. It is God's beauty. I hope that my grandparents will approve of this good match."

"that's it?"

"That's it." Dong Mo straightened up, asked for tea outside the curtain, put one arm around Meng Tiao, and both of them leaned on the window sill, "It's not good to talk too much. My old man and old lady don't have the time to take care of me I have put all my energy on my brothers and sisters in my private affairs, marriage and marriage, otherwise I would not have been unmarried. In fact, the young lady came from a poorer background, so they might not agree. They didn't expect me to be involved in the marriage If there is any great achievement above, as long as..."

He didn't say the latter words, but Mengyu guessed, "As long as the young lady is innocent."

She rested her face in her arms and looked at him sideways, feeling that he was a little lonely and pitiful, but also a little lucky.If he were to be favored at home, there was no hope at all.

But the current situation is not necessarily any better. She has nothing to do with "innocence". Other people's houses are barren, and the walls of her house are full of thick and dirty history.Besides, she was married before, and she was someone else's next wife.

After checking, it is inevitable to be discouraged.Fortunately, she didn't have any hope, but instead comforted Dong Mo, "Then let's wait for the reply in peace. If we get married, I don't know if your mother will come back."

"I don't know." Dong Mo squinted and smiled, "I don't even know if she's alive or not. Even if she's alive, she might not be able to hear the news that I'm getting married."

Mengyu cast her eyes into the Xiao Xiaoyu, and the gloomy sky brought her a kind of inspiration. She raised her clear lips, and there was a trace of rainy coolness in her smile, "I'm not comforting you, your mother may not be running away with someone." , she probably escaped,"

"Escape? How do you say that?"

"You once said that your father was very kind to her. Perhaps it was because of his kindness that she wanted to run away. Some of us ordinary people have "grass bellies". Some people died of dysentery after running around their stomachs. Some people are used to living a hard life, so they can’t enjoy the sweetness.”

Dong Momo was silent for a moment, then slipped his arms to her waist and held her tighter, "I made you want to escape, didn't you?"

Meng Yu squinted and smiled, "Occasionally, but I can't bear it."

She tilted her head on his shoulder and said in a clear tone, "Hey, you go in and out of the chief secretary's yamen. Do you know a clerk surnamed Hong there? I ordered the colorful clothes for him, and I was going to meet for a while." His, who knows that such and such things have been delayed."

Dong Mo Ning frowned and thought about it, "When you said it, I remembered, he is a good person. A while ago, I used the bookkeepers of various yamen to check the accounts. He is the most careful in handling things among the group of people, and he is not afraid of trouble. More courageous than others."

"I'll invite him to come to my house tomorrow for a meeting. If it's good, we'll set a date. Caiyi is also at this age, so he can't stay with me forever."

"It's up to you, I'm not at home anyway."

The rain was gradually pattering and pattering, and Meng Yuan rested his chin, feeling a little sleepy.Dong Mo carried her to the bed, twisted the cat and threw it in her arms, told her to take a nap, and said that when the rain stopped completely, he would take her out in a car and take her out for a walk.

Meng Yu blinked and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I wrote to see my family. He sent someone to send a message, saying that he had something to discuss with me."

Dong Mo got down the tent and went to read in the small study outside, while Meng Tiao hugged the cat and stuffed it under the quilt.The cat didn't want to be under the quilt, so it jumped out several times, and was pushed back and hugged by her, rubbed its face against its head twice, and closed its eyes contentedly.

In the afternoon to go to Liu's house, the road was still flooded with potholes, the creaking sound of the carriage was not as dry as in the past, it was muddy, like a crying voice.Vendors and shopkeepers have returned to Orchid Street, and there are more hawkers selling lotus pods and lotus flowers, full of lotus fragrance.Meng Tiao bought a handful and told her mother and Mei Qing to take them.

He didn't want Mei Qing to be away, so Liu Chaoru and the old lady were at home.The courtyard door was open, and when Meng Yuan entered, he saw Liu Chaoru talking to the old lady through the window in the porch of the East Wing.Liu Chaoru's Qingjun face rarely had a soft smile on it, the old lady was leaning on the window, sucking on a cigarette bag, pouting at him, her winking eyes were like a web of silk.

Meng Tiao held Dong Mo's hand, holding her skirt in the back half and wading across the small puddle on the stone pedal.She was wearing a pair of flat-soled embroidered black soft satin shoes, matched with the black sourobi armor on her body, the green long gown inside, two small cloak sleeves exposed, and the half of the crab shell green skirt, the colors perfectly complemented each other.

The embroidered shoes are the easiest to get soaked in water, and the newly made ones are put on the feet, so be extra careful, walk on your feet, and pull Dong Mo's hand, "Slow down, you're treading water..."

Looking up and seeing the two people in the corridor, I was shocked!She was very familiar with her mother's look, it was a kind of charming provocation, and this kind of look should never fall on Liu Chaoru.

When the two saw them coming in, they hurriedly suppressed their expressions.The old lady sat back in the window, and Liu Chaoru bowed to her.

Dong Mo returned the gift, turned around and took an exquisite brocade box from the servant, and entered the east chamber together with Meng Yao, greeted the old lady, and put the brocade box on the kang table, "I brought something for the old lady, I hope the old lady is in good health."

The old lady sat on the couch and flicked her skirt with a cigarette stick, not very enthusiastic, "Zhang Ping is polite, come as soon as you come, don't worry about it."

"This is etiquette, and the younger generation dare not forget it." Dong Mo smiled faintly, bowed his hands and resigned, and talked with Liu Chaoru Wang in the main room.

Meng Yu stayed in the east chamber, sat opposite the old lady on the couch, pushed the brocade box in front of her, and glanced over, "Why don't you open it to take a look, old man? Don't pretend, I'm afraid I can't wait to see it." Chew this box and eat it. Can you hide it from others, can you hide it from me?"

"You girl." The old lady clicked her tongue, forced a smile, put down her cigarette pouch and opened the brocade box, "Let me see, let me see, what does this big family in Beijing give to honor their mother-in-law... Ouch!"

It was a bun made of gold thread, and the edge was made of a piece of gold weighing two taels, embedded with eight rubies the size of fingernails, and several Western beads of the same size were strung on the gold thread.

The old lady couldn't hide her joy anymore, she held it in her hand and looked at it with a smile on her face, "Don't tell me, although this Dong Zhangping doesn't treat me with much respect in his attitude, he is still sensible in his ceremony. He usually gives gifts. Are you so lavish?"

"How can it be? If you give it like this, even the emperor's treasury won't be able to withstand the toss." Mengtiao saw the needle and helped Dong Mo say something nice, "It's a gift for my mother, of course he meant it with his heart. Mother, please don't do it again." Remember to hate him, he is really the usual cold face, there is no other meaning."

In terms of amiable attitude, Meng Yuqiang is better.The old lady made a comparison in private and didn't tell Meng Yu, because of the bun, she didn't say anything wrong with Dong Mo in front of her face.

She put down her legs, put the brocade box into the cage and locked it, bowed her waist and told Meng Tiao, "Give me this gift today, don't tell Mei Qing. When you come here, give it to me but don't do it to her." The girl gave it to her, she was somewhat unhappy; secondly, let her know that I have these things, and then hold back my money, how much money do I have? I have to keep it for the elderly. You guys, It's unreliable."

"Mother is here again..." Meng Yu glanced behind his back, turned his head to look out the window, "Why didn't you see Mei Qing?"

"Oh, I borrowed a pair of shoes from Mrs. Lian's family, and she returned them for me."

"Oh, on a rainy day, she's willing to run." Meng Tiao answered casually, keeping her head out of the window, facing Dong Mo on the window of the small study in the main room, and forgot to put it back.

Dong Mo smiled at her from the window, and turned his hand towards her, which meant to ask her to put her head in, and he turned around and sat on the chair.When the tea was served from Tongshan, Liu Chaoru was too busy to eat, so he sorted out a stack of confessions and handed them to Dong Mo for a closer look.

They are all written by Pang Yunfan himself, and there is no shortage of signatures and drawings.Liu Chaoru sat on the chair and rapped on the desk, his voice sounded like a loose drumbeat, "You expected it well, these days he ignored him, but he couldn't hold back, and he was willing to take the initiative to say .”

Dong Mo held the pile of papers and looked up, "He is afraid that the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious service will fall into the hands of a few merchants in Tai'an Prefecture. At home, there are parents, brothers and sisters, and a pregnant wife, so he can't hold back."

"With his confession and a few points of the original deed, the evidence is solid. When will someone be sent to Tai'an Prefecture to copy his deed? Are those businessmen brought back together?"

Dong Mo hesitated, "These days, there has been no movement from Meng Yu's side. I don't think he is so stupid. Pang Yunfan has not been sitting in Tai'an Prefecture for several days. Isn't he vigilant?"

"Hiss..." Liu Chaoru frowned, "I didn't hear any movement from Meng Yu's end. I have to wait for Shao Wan to arrive, and then ask him about the situation of the salt farm."

It is said that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived, and Tongshan is leading Shaoyu in.Shao Wan saluted Dong Mo, and turned to bow to Liu Chaoru.After taking his seat, he took a closer look at the confession handed over by Dong Mo, and raised the stack of papers, "So, now I have the certified confession, and I copied Pang Yunfan's deed here in Tai'an Prefecture, which is considered physical evidence. If there is another account from the household department, Meng Yu can be nailed to death in the hall. Good thing, good thing!"

Dong Mo's brows furrowed, and he was a little suspicious, "It's been so long since I handed in the account here, but there's no news from the household department. It's really hard to rest assured."

Shao Wan leaned back slightly on the chair, "Master Lou is in charge of the household department now, so he won't protect Meng Yu, right? He has nothing to do with Meng Yu, so why bother to protect him? Besides, Meng Yu is convicted, check it out When he wakes up, he can kill Chu Pei, isn't that just what Lord Lou wants? What else could be wrong?"

Dong Mo remained silent for a long time, then leaned on the armrest with one hand, and slowly shook his head, "I don't know Mr. Lou very well, and we only exchanged letters when we were investigating a few cases in Shanxi. But in terms of seniority, he still needs to Call my grandfather a teacher."

"Then what doubts do you have?" Liu Chaoru walked out from behind the case, leaned on the case, and folded his arms, "But I also have some doubts. Although I don't know those people in the court, I do know about Meng Yu." One or two. At this time, there is no movement from him, so he must have some plans. Brother Shao, is there any unusual movement at the head of the salt field?"

"That's not true, it's just the usual way of producing salt."

Looking at each other for a moment, I saw Dong Mo sitting up and pacing around in a small area inside the screen, "I don't think we can wait for the account from the Ministry of Accounts, so let Pang Yunfan go back to Tai'an Prefecture first. Master Shao, you follow him too." Let’s take a trip, one is to copy his deed, and the other is to let him draw a line again so that Meng Yu can do business with those merchants again.”

"Your Excellency, you want to use salt as a dirty card?"

Liu Chaoru had another concern, "At this time, does Meng Yu still dare to do this business?"

"Don't forget what kind of person Meng Yu is." Dong Mo looked back and smiled, "This person is insatiable and calm. Last time he stood up to the wind and gave salt, this time as long as the temptation is greater, he will be the same." Dare to do it. Master Shao, you accompany Pang Yunfan back to Tai'an Prefecture, and as long as Meng Yu signs a contract with them, he will withhold his salt at the salt field. Even if there is no account from the Ministry of Accounts, he has no way to deny these things."

Later, it was agreed that Liu Chaoru would go to discuss with Pang Yunfan, and Shao Yun and Pang Yunfan went to Tai'an Prefecture the next day.Shao Wan was ordered to go, and when it was time for dinner, Liu Chaoru kept money again and again, and privately handed Tongshan three qian, so that he could buy food and drinks outside.

The three men ate in the main room, while Meng Tiao and the old lady used themselves behind closed doors in the east wing.Picking up the bowl and not seeing Mei Qing returning home, Meng Yao couldn't help thinking about the past, "Mother, I seem to remember that the old year of the sentence connected to Mei Qing had some meaning for Mei Qing, it's not appropriate for her to stay in his house for such a long time, right? "

Upon hearing this, the old lady raised her lips and sneered, "Oh, you have completely changed your sex, and you are so concerned about these things. You worry too much. Oh, you are a manly woman when you walk on the street. After squinting for a while, maybe you won't go out? He has his own thoughts, so you go your way. Meiqing probably asked Mrs. Lian to stay for dinner, what's so strange about that?"

Meng Tiao put this matter aside after being exposed to this scene, but brought up another matter in his mind, "Mother, where's that hippie-smiling husband-in-law you fell in love with earlier? Why haven't we seen each other?"

"Who?" The old lady frowned and thought for a while, then waved her hand lightly, "Oh, you said him. Didn't I move here? The place is small and it's inconvenient to move around. Gradually, I stopped moving around."

Meng Yu lightly lowered his chin and glanced at her, "I don't ask about Mei Qing's affairs, but you are my mother, so I have to ask about your affairs. I just entered the door, you looked at the book like that, It doesn't look like a serious mother-in-law. Mother, I don't want to talk too much to control you, I know you like a young husband with tender skin, but Shuwang is your son-in-law, you should also know how to restrain yourself. "

The old lady was embarrassed when she said it out of the blue, she thought that she was the daughter she had taught, and she really knew everything about the way of men and women!

Now that she bumped into her, she simply didn't hide it anymore, and said indifferently: "You are wrong, it's not that I'm indiscreet, it's that he has bad feelings for me in his heart."

Mengyu was so shocked that he was dumbfounded, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that Shuwang has other meanings?"

"He has no other intentions, what are you doing to flatter me?"

Mengyu couldn't help but recall that Liu Chaoru was indeed a bit too gracious to his mother-in-law.Holding a bowl in her hand, she was stunned for a long time, stroking the old lady's eyes with her chin, "Does Mei Qing know?"

"Telling her to know what to do for no reason, why bother to find these things?" The old lady put the bowl down, glanced at her, with a little impatient face, "Don't worry, I didn't do anything to him, but he saved him. I'm living my own life. Your mother won't lose her morals to this point, so she doesn't care about anything else except Mei Qing's face."

Mengyu's mind was buzzing, full of unreasonable tangled threads.Originally, she was extremely unwilling to hang out with her mother all day long, and she would just ignore her mother's complaints about how bad the place was and how unfilial her daughter was.

At this moment, a strong uneasiness popped up in my heart, and this uneasiness gave rise to another thought, it is better to take her mother back to her side, so as to avoid the disaster of these three people.

By the time I got home, it was already evening, and the cool breeze brought a cool breeze, which made people feel a little clear.Meng Tiao had to think about this matter carefully, lest sitting in the carriage wobbled and his mind would become more and more confused, so he proposed to go home.

"Alright, I just had dinner, let's go for a walk." Dong Mo sent the boy back home first, and led Meng Tiao out of the alley.

In the evening, the sky is fine, the sky is blue, and the days are long and the nights are short, the streets are still bustling.The shops along the street are not closed. Occasionally, people in the shade squat at the door with their rice bowls, greeting children and talking to their neighbors.Walking the streets and alleys carrying burdens, shaking rattles and shouting, the voice is different from the tone of speech, but like singing.

The sunset is like a dream, reflecting the distant towers and mountains, the people in the market suddenly become small, and the rolling red dust is suddenly so insignificant.

Dong Mo led Meng Tiao into an alley, but there was no one around, so he held her hand, and squinted at her, "What's on your mind? Are you arguing with your mother again?"

Meng looked at him and saw that he was wearing a peacock blue robe, and the red light of the sunset reflected a clear shimmer in his silky chest, clear and shining.It was hard for her to tell him about those nasty men and women, so she curled her lips, "It's nothing, it happens often."

"Does the old lady still hate me after accepting my gift?" Dong Mo smiled with a touch of contempt.

It was even more difficult for Meng Tiao to open his mouth, he murmured: "My mother is greedy for money, but she doesn't hate you, it's just that she doesn't know you well, so she is a little distant."

Dong Mo neither refuted nor argued, just smiled lightly.

Meng Tiao pondered for a while, then tentatively said: "My mother, she has no parents, no siblings to take care of her, only me and Mei Qing. No matter how we have quarrels, we can't leave her alone, don't you think so?"

"This is nature. The grace of childbearing is greater than the sky."

"Then, I want to bring her to live in the garden for a while, what do you think? It's good that she follows Mei Qing, but the yard of Shuwang's house is a bit small after all, the couple plus her, facing each other back and forth , there are always some things that are not cheap. You read that Shuwang and Mei Qing have been married for so long and have never had a child. Shuwang is your good friend, so you should make some plans for him, what do you think?"

Dong Mo glanced at him and smiled, and caught up with a tofu seller pushing a cart that creaked and rolled over.The alley was cramped, the stone slabs were pitted and uneven, half dry and covered with moss. The peddler tried his best to hold the handles on both sides, but still couldn't hold it, and spilled some of the remaining water in the bucket.

The water swaying left and right with bean curd dregs threatened the two knives under the sun.However, Dong Mo, no matter what high-ranking official or aristocrat, couldn't do anything about the vulgarity of the market, so he had to put Meng Yao on the wall to cover her.

Fortunately, the peddler looked at the clothes and knew that he couldn't afford to pay for it if it was dirty, so he paid special attention and pushed it over carefully.

After falling behind, Dong Mo cut off his arms, held Meng Tiao's hand behind his back, and rubbed it gently, "You are right, it's just the same, I told you, don't be angry. Your mother is greedy for money. Loving money is a trivial matter. I see her as a little tricky. In short, I think she is weird, and I can't tell. It is not good for you to be with her all the time. Naturally, the benefits of a family are too powerful. But I think, people go to high places, water flows to low places, you can't live under her shadow all your life."

As the two walked leisurely, Meng Tiao let out a sigh of relief, "Aren't you happy with that?"

"Let's find another way. Find another house for her. You can rent or buy it. I'll pay for it and buy two more rooms for servants to serve her."

"If she was willing to do this early in the morning." Mengyu sighed with a smile, "Perhaps the elderly are most afraid of loneliness. Do you think she doesn't have the money? She has money, but she can't live without others. I or Mei Qing, she must be next to each other."

But everyone has their own home, she used her rationality to think about it, the old lady's charming and charming face was like a cloud of treachery, shrouded her head for half of her life, and she could not spend the rest of her life as well. Stored in her shadow.

So she shook her head herself, "You're right. Forget it, let's leave her alone for now, and when she and Mei Qing can't get together again, she will naturally agree to this idea and move in by herself. house to live in."

Dong Mo raised his face slightly and smiled towards the sunset.Meng Yu looked up at him from the side, "You are busy with big things all day long, and I still bother you with these little things that are trivial to parents."

"Why is your matter a trivial matter?" Dong Mo lowered his eyes and teased, put his arms around her shoulders and rubbed her, "After being a husband and wife, your matter is also my matter."

Meng Tiao grinned and muttered, "They're not husband and wife yet."

"It's already a husband and wife, don't you admit it?"

Just walked out of the alley and turned onto the street.People's voices rushed to the face, and chariots and horses choked.Meng Tiao was startled, fearing that people might hear him, he hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, not wanting to draw more attention from passers-by.

She immediately blushed with embarrassment, and took two steps forward.Dong Mo caught up one step at a time, teasing with his face crooked, "It's rare that you also have a time when you feel embarrassed."

Meng Tiao raised his hand to hit him, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a silk and satin shop across the street, piled up with red flowers and willow greens, and just by looking at the shop, he could tell that it was not an important good.But women's eyes are always easily attracted by the brilliance on the face.She wanted to go and have a look, and Dong Mo followed in. After touching the material, he thought it wasn't good enough, but he couldn't let go of the colors.

But Dong Mo came up with an idea, saying that since Caiyi is going to leave the court, it is better to set some money for her dowry.This method not only satisfied Mengdiao's desire to spend money, but also eliminated Caiyi's decency.

Meng Tiao couldn't help but love him a little more, looking at him with his eyes in those colorful lights, and the sparkling water was full of splendid flowers.

The author says:

The next book will be "Slim and Petty", please collect it~