Chapter 7：

Mother Cheng raised her head blankly, watching her daughter-in-law go out, and closed the doors and windows. There were only the mother and son of the Cheng family left in the house, and the charcoal in the gilded copper basin with the head of a chicken and the body of a snake in the middle made a crackling sound.

Cheng Shi let go of his tensed arms, and respectfully helped Cheng's mother sit on the Hu bed, she changed her coldness just now, and said softly: "Mom, you haven't seen your son in ten years, look Look at the child, the appearance has changed."

The gentle tone of the beginning of this sentence Mrs. Xiao has taught him seven or eight times, and he feels that he is quite in place.

Seeing that my son's temples have been dyed with frost, he was a cheerful young man in his twenties when he left, and he came back as a majestic and unfamiliar middle-aged general; There was some kind of pain, and the mother and son said a lot of personal words for a while, but they didn't comfort them, and Cheng's mother couldn't help complaining.

"You are grandma's first-born son, the flesh that fell from grandma's body, why doesn't grandma miss you! You have given all your heart and soul to your mother-in-law, nothing more Leave it to this old woman!" The more she thought about it, the more sad she became, "In the past ten years, you have returned a few bamboo slips, either to remember the fourth lady, or to say something incomprehensible in the fog, you...you know who I am How did it go..."

Cheng Shi grinned: "I want to write a few words to my mother, but she can't read." Having said this, his face sank, "I don't want to ask Ge Shi to dismantle the reading. My words to my mother."

Mother Cheng wiped her tears and said, "You just don't like her so much? Isn't it...that name?"

Cheng Shi said in a deep voice, "She died before she was two years old, but she was good, she gave birth to the second lady and named her, sooner or later, 'Zui'er, Zhi'er', What's your heart?"

Mother Cheng knew about this, and the homophony of the syllable, Ge Shi was stupid, thinking that a man must value his son (actually Mother Cheng also thought so), it was just to poke Mrs. Xiao's heart, who knows the most It was Cheng Shi who was sad.

The little girl's pink makeup and jade cut, both like Mrs. Xiao's beautiful eyes, and Cheng Shi's thick eyebrows After giving birth, he was frail, and there were no extra servants at home. As soon as he was free, Cheng Shi tied the swaddling clothes in his arms and walked around. But at the time of the most difficult time for the Cheng family, there was only enough food and clothing in daily life, not to mention all kinds of nourishing things, many things could not be taken care of, alas—

Mother Cheng has a rough temperament, and it took many years to gradually see the pain in her son's heart, but think about it again, Mrs. Xiao, such a smart person, didn't say anything, and deliberately made Ge Shi's trouble The disaster is not yet known, it shows how powerful this woman is.

"I talked to your wife, but she said that the name is Taigong Ge, so it's not good to violate the elders." I don't like this daughter-in-law, but she is the master of this marriage.

Cheng Shi snorted coldly: "She would only use her old father to block her. If it wasn't for Taigong Ge's honesty and honesty, he would have helped me a lot back then, I would have taught my second brother to divorce her!"

"Hmph, this kind of woman, who does nothing but provokes chatter, wishing she could not find peace in her family, so she felt happy. She wanted to take care of a family, and teach this kind of people to spoil it!" Cheng Shi The more I thought about it, the more angry I became. "I went to see the second brother a few days ago, and I was full of anger, and I didn't care about everything, like an old man..."

Mother Cheng interjected: "Erlang doesn't like to talk, when he was young..."

Cheng Shi interrupted: "It's not that he doesn't like to talk, but he's not dead! Although he was taciturn when he was young, he also came to climb trees and shoot birds. Inferior?!" The so-called eldest brother is like a father, and the younger brothers and sisters are like Cheng Shi's sons and daughters.

"I begged a dejected and long-tongued mother-in-law, and pointed at her nose every day and scolded him. It's not going to be or not. What else can the second brother do?!" Cheng Shi slapped a small boy beside Hu's bed. At the time of the case, the small case made a soft voice, "I shouldn't have coveted the Ge family's wealth and harmed the second brother!"

Mother Cheng looked at the slightly swaying black crane-patterned lacquer wood desk, which was exactly the same as the craftsman in Mrs. Wan Lao's house next door. Every time Mrs. Wan slapped the table a few times, a burly man like General Wan also shrank into a ball and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to his mother. She had seen Mrs. Wan lose her temper several times, and she was envious, thinking that she could handle her son like this. It's a pity that she never had the chance to use the case, and now her son has used it.

"It's all my mother's fault. I was hesitant at first, saying that I wanted to see the character of the Ge family's wife, and my mother responded quickly!" Annoyed, at that time he was just because he married Mrs. Xiao to offend his mother, so he didn't dare to insist too much on the Ge family's marriage.

Mother Cheng felt guilty, and sighed secretly—the eldest son is young and mature, and he is burdened with family affairs at a young age, and he is like the head of the family, but if you have any doubts, you have to ask him for an idea. Tell her how to play the table and play with prestige.

"I know, my mother is to make up for my uncle, and she is interested in the dowry of the Di woman! The Di woman thought it was Yuan Yi's food, hum, I Cheng Shi is in the sky, no matter how bad it is. I will use the dowry of the Di woman to raise the bride!" Cheng Shi began to scold one after another, "For the face of the Dong family, I never broke it, my uncle is proud of him!"

When she mentioned her younger brother, Cheng's mother raised her voice: "Can't you just watch your uncle's family starve to death?!"

The mother and son both have good temperament, and they are also majestic when they roar.

Cheng Shi replied rudely: "On the same field, people can harvest ten buckets of millet, but my uncle only has three or four buckets of grain. Self-employed farming depends on diligence to get a good harvest. Uncle takes care of himself. I am afraid of the weight, and I have to eat refined food every day, and after eating a meal of wild vegetables and coarse grains, I come to find my mother and cry, and my face is strange to others!"

Mother Cheng explained with difficulty: "Your uncle has not worked since he was a child, and he is weak, how..."

"The world is in chaos, the prefectures and counties outside are all eating each other, and my uncle is still expensive! How old are our brothers and sisters working?" Cheng Shi said coldly, "A Xu went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables. When I was only four or five years old, I was almost taken away by the wolf once, and none of the ten fingers were cracked. At night, I had to learn to hold a needle, and the pain was so painful that I couldn’t sleep, but I didn’t see my mother feeling distressed!”

If you don't raise him all the way, you even teach him to study and marry a wife!"

Cheng Shi's voice was also raised: "A Feng was only a few years old when the Xiao family had an accident, she was younger than the third child, at least our family would not be hungry at that time, and I couldn't bear the third child. How old is your uncle and how old is Ayong’s younger brother, so delicious and lazy, I’m afraid you don’t even know the seedlings!”

Mother Cheng swallowed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, that's all, then you are helping to build the Xiao family! What is the Xiao family? The fire is burning, and you have to rebuild it..."

"Mum doesn't need to say anything!" Cheng Shi interrupted neatly, "It must be Ge Shi and you again, this long-tongued woman!"

Mother Cheng turned her head, not looking into her son's eyes. Cheng Shi said disdainfully: "I'm not afraid to tell my mother that I not only helped Ah Feng rebuild the Xiao family's mansion, but also bought back a lot of the fields that the Xiao family sold back then, and all the old servants of the Xiao family that I can find are also available. Redeemed!"

Mother Cheng was furious and pointed at her son: "You, you..."

Cheng Shi said proudly, "Yuanyi said at the beginning that she wants to marry a man who can help her revitalize the Xiao family. I agreed." Thinking of his wife's difficulties back then, Cheng Shi couldn't bear it, and his voice softened: "Yuanyi is pitiful, but the dignified son of the Xiao family is forced to do so."

Mother Cheng hated that iron could not become steel, raised her fist and slapped her son's shoulder hard: "You are not a weapon, such a second-married woman, her family is ruined, her property is sold out, how are you still doing this? Rare! Who else can she marry if she doesn't marry a fool like you?"

"Er is rare!" Cheng Shi covered his aching shoulders and said indifferently, "When I saw her at the head of the Xiao family's mansion when I was a child, I was very rare, except for her , I don't want to marry anyone, it's because the world is in chaos, otherwise I would have such luck!"

The conversation changed, and he said again, "Mum, don't say such cheap words, although the Xiao family is broken, it is not that there are no people who want to marry Yuan Yi. Do you think she is Ah Xi? It was only allowed to go out after posting so many dowries once or twice."

Mother Cheng was also discouraged when she mentioned the youngest daughter, and only sighed.

Cheng Shi continued: "Yuanyi is a hero among women, she is a hero, she has followed her son in the wind and rain, through the wind and the rain, the mountains and the seas of fire, how many times her son's life is hanging by a thread, thanks to Yuanyi for the support. come here!"

"Yuanyi is good!" Cheng Shi said loudly, "Mom looked up and went out to see, seven of the ten generals and marquis who have made great achievements in the past are the tyrants of the original village. The big households are either rich in business or from an aristocratic family. Although the remaining three were born in poverty, they voted for His Majesty early and made great contributions from the Dragon. But what about our family?"

Mother Cheng knew that this was true. The Wanjia next door was originally one of the wealthy families in the local prefecture and county. The general's fortune.

Seeing their orphans, widows, and mothers starve to death, wouldn't it cool the hearts of others? Our family used to be only a farmer with a little surplus food, where can we get it!" Cheng Shi remembered the difficulties at the beginning, and his voice was blocked. Although the village has captured and contributed by wealthy households, it can’t be exhausted. Once its reputation is ruined, how is it different from bandits and robbers?!”

I'm not an ambitious person, I just wanted to quickly find a reliable boss to vote in, and then work hard in the future to make a future. Obviously, my hometown is also beautiful, how can I not take the lead, big brother.

"From the time of Emperor Rui usurping the throne of the world's heroes anyway, to the time he made a friendship with General Wan, in just over ten years, how many people who were fighting the flag were silently wiped out, and they were still drinking and eating yesterday. Flesh, surrounded by beautiful women, today their heads are hung under the city gate or on the flagpole. Wife, children and children were either abandoned in the war, or died of misfortune. Yuan Yi told her that we can't learn the way of banditry, we just want to be happy for a while. There are big and big troubles, and small and small preservation techniques."

Recuperating from injuries, we have to recruit talented people everywhere! Our family doesn’t have a big reputation, so why do heroes and heroines vote? Isn’t it because of a good reputation of being benevolent, cherishing the people and loving soldiers like a son?! Yuan Yi is reluctant to eat it. I can’t bear to wear it, and even the silk and silk brocades I handed in have to be exchanged for food.

Thinking of the eldest daughter, Cheng Shi couldn't help but choked: "In this way, while defending against bandits and the remnants of foreign plundering soldiers, at the same time comforting the village, the wealthy and common people of several counties in the surrounding area will also recognize the child. With this name, Er has gradually established a foundation, and will not end up with the bandit. Mom always thinks that Er has money and refuses to spend it for her, but I don't know how difficult it is!"

Mother Cheng is not really a lover of money, but after Mrs. Xiao entered the door, she saw her son hand over everything to Mrs. Xiao, and she felt jealous. She had heard these rhetoric before, but she always felt that her son was shirking, giving money to the bride so easily, but pushing the old lady to three and four, so she became more and more angry. This time I saw my son's eyes filled with tears, but it sounded like he believed it nine points. Mother Cheng murmured, "Didn't there be a few famous generals to recruit you later?"

"Recruiting?! Hmph, it's just for the dead!" Cheng Shi said coldly, "How many times did I lose before I met General Wan. Those generals who sound famous, know what? He was born in a humble background, so he didn't take him seriously. He was a good-natured person. He would even use gold, silver and jewelry as an 'invitation to discuss important matters'. Go and listen to them!"

Cheng Shi glared at Cheng's mother and said, "Thanks to Yuan Yi's alertness, she has been on guard. She said to her 'it is easy to charge into battle, but it is difficult for a good minister to choose a master', and must not be easily entrusted to the family. Keep your grandmother and you all hidden in the village. If it's not right, Er and Yuan Yi can get away on a light ride. In this way, grandma still complains about Er all day, 'I only bring Yuanyi by my side to enjoy the happiness, but tell my parents and brothers to stay there. The countryside suffers hardships'! Later, I became friends with tens of thousands of generals, didn't I quickly bring you here from the countryside!"

Mother Cheng's thick-skinned face finally turned a little blush, and said embarrassingly: "No wonder why Dalang always settles our family next to Wanjia these years."

"Yuan Yi has a vision, the first few are the 'big generals for thieves', she can't say it without looking at it for a few days. Yes. Only General Wan, although he may not be the best in the world, he is generous and heroic, benevolent, generous, and helps him well. With two strengths, he can always make a way in this chaotic world. If not like this, where can we wait until surrender Your Majesty's day."

Speaking of the benefits of a wife, Cheng Shizhen is very angry and strong enough: "Wanjia is the first noble family in Sui County, not counting the part of General Wan, Mrs. Wan herself has it. There are more than 100 generals and guards in the family, ordinary bandits and thieves can’t get close, and it is enough to protect the daughters. ."

Speaking of this, Cheng Shi paused, looked at Cheng's mother, and said: "The Cheng family can have today, Yuan Yi has made great contributions. With Negative Yuanyi, you can't die!"

He felt that he had made a clear statement. Who would have thought that Mother Cheng had been patient and listened to her son complimenting her bride for a long time, and she could not bear it any longer. Come to press her, even if she is convinced in her heart, she will not be soft on her mouth.

Mother Cheng was so jealous at this moment that even Uncle Dong forgot about it and said bitterly: "You open your mouth, Yuanyi, close your mouth, Yuanyi, and mother, have you ever thought about your mother's life? How are you doing?!"

what.

Mother Cheng almost had tears in her eyes: "Among the five children, I love Saburo and you the most, but after you two get married, you only care about the bride, and you only say anything to the bride, If you ignore my mother again, my mother will be empty under her knees, and her heart will be empty, how can I live?!"

turned into an outsider.

Cheng Shi felt that Cheng's mother's complaint was unbelievable: "It's just like that when a man starts a family. Even a hundred years later, the mother will be buried with the father, and the sons will be buried with the bride. "

After speaking for a while, Cheng Shi saw Cheng's mother's resentful expression, and understood 'very smart' to go elsewhere: "Since my father passed away, my mother has been lonely, and my son is also very lonely. I know. I don't know if my mother has someone she likes, if so, why not remarry?" He thought to himself that as long as his mother liked it, it would be fine even if he subsidized more marriage allowance, and he should make his mother happy in her later years.

Mother Cheng's eyes that were wet into South American rainforest immediately dried into Sahara, and looked at her son angrily.

Cheng Shi also felt that he was very generous, and said: "Mum does not need to be ashamed, Mum has worked hard for the Cheng family, and the children will see it, if Mum wants to remarry, the son and the two will see There is nothing wrong with a younger brother. Besides, the Cheng family has a small population, if the gods protect it, it will be a good thing for my mother to give birth to a new younger brother and sister in the future, and the son will stay with his father!"

Mother Cheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and brought up the small black lacquered wood case several times and smashed it at Cheng Shi: "You son, get out of the old man! If you go first in the future, the old man will give you a bride. Find a good person to remarry, and give birth to a new group of children!"

—This is the last sentence of the heart-to-heart conversation between the mother and son who have not seen each other in ten years.

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In the other side, Qing Li was gently pinching her shoulders for Mrs. Xiao, when she heard vague shouts not far away, and smiled: "The adults and the old lady are both loud, I don't know. How is it, I just hope that the old lady will change her mind, and the family must always be harmonious."

Mrs. Xiao slightly curled the corners of her mouth and said, "On the left are some Chen millet rotten sesame seeds, the first is hard, and now it is time to soften. I ask the adults to praise the hard work of Jun and Gu. , talk more about how mother and son live by each other, and less about me and the Xiao family, what is difficult for mother and son."

Qing Li raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Madam is wise, my lord must have done it this time."

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