"Grandmother has already decided to live in Xingcheng in the north. There are relatives from my grandmother's natal family there, and it will be closer to the place where your father was exiled, so that we can take care of him. Ze'er, you stay in Bocheng to take good care of your health. , is the greatest filial piety to your grandmother, the Holy One is merciful, there will be a day when your father will be forgiven, and then our family will be reunited..."
The old lady had a resolute and serious expression when she said these words, and she did not allow Qiao Yingze and Gong Zhuoliang to refute at all. Although the Qiao family was defeated, the old lady was still the person with the highest status in the family, so once she decided to Everyone can't object to it face to face.
Qiao Yingze and Gong Zhuoliang resigned and left helplessly. When only the old lady and Mrs. Qiao were left in the room, Mrs. Qiao gritted her teeth and forced a smile on the old lady.
"Mother-in-law, since Ze'er is filial and bought us a house in Bocheng, why should we go to Xingcheng to live with others? If you are worried about the master, send the two younger sisters to take care of it... ah!"
Before Mrs. Qiao could finish her sentence, she was hit by the teacup that the old lady casually picked up. She jumped up in fright, and wiped the water stains on her body with a handkerchief in a panic, her eyes were shocked and angry.
"You still know that Ze'er is filial? Who wanted to drive him to death back then! Now you want Ze'er to support you, do you still want this skin on your face!"
The old lady glared at Mrs. Qiao viciously, grabbed another teacup and wanted to continue throwing it, but was stopped by Qiao Yuanyin's mother who rushed in after hearing the sound. Standing at the door with his son in his arms, he looked at them thoughtfully and coldly. There was also a concubine frantically coaxing the crying baby, Qiao Yingran, and the room suddenly became a mess.
"Anyone with a discerning eye can't tell that we are relying on our sisters and brothers from the Gong family for food and shelter. Even Xuan'er in the capital depends on their family to get a good future? It was so good back then. Daughter-in-law, you look down on me anyway, so you have to beg a lady from a rich family, what happened! They cared about their relatives, and how much wronged Xuan'er suffered!"
The old lady slammed the table loudly. If it wasn't for the reputation of Qiao Yingze brothers, she really wanted to drive this selfish and stupid woman out of the house. Doesn't this woman have any sense of shame
"Woo... ah..."
Being scolded by the old lady in front of several concubines, Madam Qiao blushed, and simply covered her face with a handkerchief and burst into tears, but she pretended to be miserable, but in fact she was full of hatred and anger in her heart. The one who hates it is the old lady who is so stubborn, let Bocheng live a good life, but if she insists on going to some Xingcheng to ask for trouble, she doesn't care what that old bastard is doing! And the one who was angry was the ungrateful and ungrateful cousin of his cousin, who treated her, Xuan'er, mother and son like this without any regard for family affection.
"You have also read Xuan'er's letter. What is his situation in the capital now? If you want him to have a morally unscrupulous mother who abandoned her husband and family, ruined his career prospects, and could not hold his head up for the rest of his life, then you Just stay in Bo City and enjoy your blessings!"
How could the old lady fail to see that Mrs. Qiao was pretending to be crying, so she sneered and hit her sore spot hard.
"This... woo..."
Mrs. Qiao pinned all her life's hopes on Qiao Yingxuan, her son. After hearing the old lady's words, she was really cold. What's more sad, all of this was true, so Mrs. Qiao felt sad for a while, covering her eyes. Face crying and ran back to her room.
"Listen, all of you, the matter of going to Xingcheng is settled like this. When you see Xuan'er, you will leave. Let's all go down."
Clutching her sore forehead, the old lady drove the three aunts out, and then she leaned on the couch and sighed. In fact, she was never willing to go through such troubles, but with Qiao Yingze's body, she had to take care of it easily, so how could she support their family? With the current situation of the granddaughter-in-law, the old lady really didn't want to drag them down.
Besides, it's time for these people in the family to suffer a little bit, otherwise they will never be able to tell good from bad, and don't know how to be grateful for the rest of their lives.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Grandmother is almost sixty after all, how can she stand the bumps along the way, besides, they are all used to enjoying the blessings, and they can't stand the cold when they go to the north..."
From the moment he left the old lady to the time he entered the house, Qiao Yingze's brows were not smooth, and he kept thinking about how to persuade the old lady to change her mind.
Because of the sufficient preparation at the beginning, apart from the property under Gong Zhuoliang's name, there are tens of thousands of taels of property transferred from their family. It is not difficult to let the family live well, so Qiao Yingze really doesn't want to let The old lady went to the north to suffer.
"Yingze, I know you are filial, but after all we are separated, and in name we are next-of-kin relatives separated from our family. If the old lady really stays here in Bocheng and takes care of us, then Ying Xuan The position is too embarrassing... "
Supporting Qiao Yingze to lie on his lap, Gong Zhuoliang massaged and stretched his brows while comforting him in a gentle voice.
In fact, in Gong Zhuoliang's heart, he didn't want them to stay in Bocheng. To be precise, he didn't want Mrs. Qiao to stay here. At the same time, he had to think about how to squeeze Qiao Yingze to help Qiao Yingxuan, and he couldn't say a good word about Qiao Yingze. Gong Zhuoliang didn't want Qiao Yingze to hurt his heart again.
Besides, in case the old lady objected to them being together in the future, it would be difficult for them to violate it openly if they got close, all these had to be considered.
"I understand this, but even if you're not in Bocheng, it's good to live in the capital. Let's buy some land for them in the name of honoring grandma, so that they can't be better than Yingxuan."
Qiao Yingze understood what Gong Zhuoliang meant. All the preparations he had made before were all in the old lady's private name, and the house he bought for Qiao Yingxuan in Beijing was also Qiao Yingxuan's private property. Qiao Yingxuan was afraid of giving people the impression that Shi En belonged to his family.
As for how the old lady and Qiao Yingxuan will deal with these private properties in the future, that's not up to Qiao Yingze.
"Ying Xuan is a sensible person. When he comes back, you will go to persuade grandma together. You have been tired all day today, so don't think about these troublesome things. Take a good rest."
Gong Zhuoliang looked at the sky and knew that it would be too late for him to stay any longer, but he was really worried about leaving Qiao Yingze alone, what if he didn't sleep well at night
"Let's go after dinner. You've been busy going in and out for the Qiao family these days. It's only right for me to keep you for dinner. There's nothing to shy away from."
Seeing Gong Zhuoliang's movements, Qiao Yingze knew that he was worried about him, so he stood up and kissed his lips, laughing at how fragile he thought of himself.
Although Qiao Yingze felt very sorry for not being able to fulfill his filial piety in front of his grandmother, it was not enough to be depressed because of this. Qiao Yingze had already ordered Qiao Ming to pick out loyal buyers after the incident happened. After they got down, Qiao Yingze could feel at ease with them serving in front of the old lady, even if they were far away.
"okay."
Being licked by the tip of Qiao Yingze's tongue on his teeth, Gong Zhuoliang hooked the corners of his mouth, leaned forward, and pressed him down on the couch and kissed him deeply.
No wonder people in the world say that a new marriage is better than a little goodbye. This feeling of nostalgia really does not have a lingering taste... Gong Zhuoliang thought a little playfully, that he and Qiao Yingze are now in love with the premise of marriage, right
At the same time, in a small village outside the city of Bo, a few rough men, led by a ruffian-like figure, acted fiercely in a small family's house, turning the originally clean and tidy house into a mess, and even He beat the male master who wanted to stop them to death, and asked about the whereabouts of the women and children at home, but the simple-looking male master gritted his teeth and refused to reveal a word. I had no choice but to scold and search and go back, but there are still two people watching nearby, wanting to wait for the woman at home to come back so that I can catch the 'runaway concubine'.
Because the wife of the Gong family only said that she wanted to bring back the young master's escaped concubine and son intact, so they naturally didn't have to hold back the adulterer in the house, although those rascals who got to know the young master doubted whether he could give birth The son comes, but they only care about earning money, how can they control the doorways of those big families.
After those people left, the man who had already broken an arm and a leg climbed up reluctantly, half-crawled into the kitchen and opened a secret tunnel entrance, fell into it and completely lost consciousness until a young woman Crying and burning their home, and then dragging him out of the exit of the secret path in the wild, he woke up faintly, but his breath was obviously weak.
"Master, how are you, Mr. Mr. Mr...."
Ignoring the cries of the newborn child, the young woman hugged her husband and wept bitterly. That beautiful face covered with tears was 80% similar to Gong Zhuoliang's appearance in women's clothing, but more It's just cute.
"Yan... I'm sorry... you follow... I... suffered... go... go find... second master... he is... good... good man..."
The simple and tough man is reluctant to look at his wife, and wants to hug her and his son again, but finds that he is unable to raise his hands at all. He can only look straight at the woman he loves the most, and die with regret …
"No, I'm very happy, my husband, you've always loved me so much, and I'm always bullying you, my husband... Mother, how can you be so cruel, how can you treat me like this!"
Gong Zhuoyan hugged her husband until she lost her voice. All that came to her mind were the moments when they were together. The stupid man who elopes and is overbearing, who has clearly agreed to be a couple for the rest of his life, how can he just leave her like this!
"Sanggong, you wait for me, you wait for me over there, I won't let her get Xian'er, our son will grow up healthy and healthy, you must wait for me, don't go first..."
Gong Zhuoyan leaned on the man's body, kissing his already cold thick lips tenderly, her domineering words revealed deep sorrow, she wiped away the tears on her face, and forcefully untied her clothes to feed her breasts Then he buried her husband’s body in the thatched hut they had built before, and she smeared her face and carried the child in her arms and walked towards Bocheng...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Two days later, Qiao Yingxuan finally rushed back to Bocheng, because with Gong Zhuoliang's current status, it was inconvenient to get involved in their family affairs, so he did not accompany Qiao Yingze and his brothers to see the old lady, but he He was still in mourning for his short-lived elder brother, so it was inconvenient to hold a banquet for Qiao Yingxuan at home, so he decided on a restaurant next to his bookstore.
Chatting with Shi Kang as soon as he rode out the door, he saw a dirty figure staggering and fell on the road ahead. Hearing the cry of a baby, Gong Zhuoliang hurriedly tightened the reins, and looked at the man on the ground in surprise. The figure of the woman, beside the clever Gong Liu, had already run over to check, but was avoided by the woman who barely got up.
"Second master... Liang'er..."
The woman raised a dirty face that could not be seen clearly, weakly called Gong Zhuoliang twice, and looked at him with complex regretful eyes.
"You are...Brother Shi, find a carriage."
Gong Zhuoliang looked at the woman on the ground suspiciously, suddenly his heart was shaken, he carefully identified her appearance, jumped off the horse, walked quickly to her side and knelt down, fortunately, there were no outsiders at the door of his house, so Gong Zhuoliang He simply half helped and half picked up the woman, and he didn't mind if she stained his white clothes.
"Master, where are you going?"
Shi Kang was also surprised when he saw the woman's outline, he hurriedly got into the carriage and helped the two of them in. After getting the answer from Gong Zhuoliang to go to 'sister's house', he drove the carriage to the place that Ye Er was looking after alone. The little house.
"Sister... how could you..."
After getting into the carriage brought by Shi Kang, Gong Zhuoliang looked at the haggard Gong Zhuoyan suspiciously. Seeing the child in her arms crying pitifully, he hurriedly hugged her and coaxed her skillfully. Gong Zhuoyan's pretty and arrogant appearance when she was young.
Although she was born as a woman, she has a staunch temper no less than that of a man, and she is the only relative in the family who has ever protected Gong Zhuoliang, although the way she protects others is also so domineering.
So Gong Zhuoliang didn't blame her for the substitute marriage, it was all Mrs. Gong's fault, and even Gong Zhuoliang admired Gong Zhuoyan, she had the determination and perseverance to fight for her own happiness that few women in this era have, so Seeing her miserable appearance now, Gong Zhuoliang was really shocked. His first reaction was that she was deceived by the elopement partner. After all, there are too many heartless men in this era.
"Liang'er, sister, I'm sorry..."
Gong Zhuoyan looked at the younger brother who skillfully coaxed the child to wipe his face and hands, his eyes that had already cried dry were filled with tears again, and slowly told him about his life in the past two years.
It turned out that after Gong Zhuoyan eloped with her lover, because of her wild nature, she disguised herself as a man and ran to many places with her husband. With her excellent business skills, she lived a very chic and happy life.
It wasn't until more than half a year ago when she heard Gong Zhuoliang's name in the north that Gong Zhuoyan knew that he had such a great reputation. At that time, she was very happy that her cowardly younger brother had achieved something. She thought that Gong Zhuoliang was influenced by Gong Zhuoliang. Xiang's care, after all, she can clearly see that cousin's care for Liang'er's brother, but after careful questioning, she heard that he borrowed the light from his sister-in-law, and said that his sister was from the magistrate's family. Daughter-in-law, Mr. Juren's wife Yun Yun, Gong Zhuoyan realized that something was wrong, and secretly went back to Bo City with her husband to investigate.
At that time, Gong Zhuoliang and the others had already separated and lived alone. Gong Zhuoyan asked her husband to observe secretly for a long time, and deduced the truth of the matter according to the clues. Only then did she feel relieved, but at this time she was pregnant, and her body was injured because of the worry and anxiety in the early stage, and the fetus was not stable. Madam Gong discovered her whereabouts, and sent someone to the door to capture their mother and son in the name of arresting the escaped concubine. Thanks to the neighbors who reported to her, she hid in a secret passage and escaped unharmed, but her husband was beaten by those people. died…
"Sister, I don't know about you...you have to mourn."
Gong Zhuoliang looked at the pink and cute little nephew in his arms, and then at the calm and sensible Gong Zhuoyan in front of him, feeling a strong premonition in his heart.
Regarding Mrs. Gong's desire to snatch the child, Gong Zhuoliang guessed that it was because Gong Zhuoyu died and the Gong family lost blood, so she wanted to raise her grandson as a grandson to inherit the family, but Gong Zhuoliang never imagined that she would treat her own daughter Under such a cruel hand...
Could it be that in Mrs. Gong's heart, the daughter who had been given high hopes and could be named with the same word "Zhuo" as her son, would be nothing but shame and sin after elopement? But this way of forcing his own daughter and son-in-law to death is really too vicious. Is that woman really crazy
When he arrived at the house where he was an "abandoned woman", Gong Zhuoliang asked Ye'er to take good care of Gong Zhuoyan's mother and son, and asked Shi Kang to help find Gong Zhuoyan's husband's body and bring it back. After a long time, she rushed to make an appointment with the brothers of Qiao's family.