The eldest master still knew that the eldest lady had secretly given Duan Haoshou a girl, and the girl was pregnant with a child.
No one went to tell the news or something. It was this girl who was seen by the old man when he was out of the house. If the old man saw her two months ago, he would not care about it, but suddenly he saw a fat man in his yard. For a woman who is out of shape, I can't help the master not to think about it too much.
After this girl entered the door, the eldest wife thought that she was going to give birth to Duan Haoshou, and she wanted to make up for her when she saw her look like a disheveled look. She was also able to eat like this for the first time. She couldn’t stop eating. When the doctor diagnosed that she was pregnant, she ate even more. As a result, the child was less than three months old, and she became a big fat man, looking like a pregnant woman. As if for a month, the whole person was blowing up.
When the old man went back and asked the old lady, she told him everything, because she had already greeted the old lady, she was not afraid of the old lady being angry, and she thought he wouldn't be angry at all. Dong Fangyun can't give birth, but Duan Haoshou can't have only two sons, they are too few, and there are not too many sons.
But the eldest man pointed to her as if she was irritated for a long time and could not speak for a long time. She was also scared when she saw him like this, and asked, "Master, is there something wrong? I didn't follow this matter. You can discuss it first, but don’t worry, my mother already knows about it, and nodded. Besides, there are two people in Haoshou’s fourth brother’s house. Dad didn’t say anything. It’s a good thing for Haoshou to have more sons. You are... Master!" Before she finished speaking, the eldest master had already gone out. She wanted to pull it and didn't hold it, and she was stunned in the house.
The old man walked away in a hurry, and went straight out of the gate into the street. The streets are bustling with people coming home and coming out to set up stalls at dusk. It is very lively. He walked for a while and turned into a teahouse next to him, sat down and ordered two small dishes and two taels of wine, and drank slowly.
The woman and child in the south, he had never talked to the old lady in detail. That is to say, when he wanted to bring two people back, he only mentioned it vaguely. At that time, the lady was afraid that he would never go back, so she didn't dare to ask more. He also felt sorry to bring a woman and a son back. The eldest lady, don't want to make her upset by speaking too carefully, but it's not good for the mother and son to live in later.
Later, the woman took the child'lost', and he didn't even want to mention it after he came back, except to talk to Duan Haofang once over the wine, half of which really wanted to talk to someone, and the other half wanted to remind him. Later, he buried the woman and child's affairs to the bottom of his heart, even if he didn't even think about it, he couldn't help it for a long time.
So the eldest wife did not know that the old lady could not accept the surnames of the children born by concubines or girls. Erfang Duan Haofeng, the girl born to the Xu family, had never been taken out, nor did he say that he would be taken to the old lady to ask for a red envelope for auspicious words during the holidays.
The old man sat there drinking and went home until the door was closed. The old lady was still waiting for him in the house. He cleaned up and washed up and lay down to sleep when he entered the house without saying anything.
The eldest lady was upset all night, and when she saw him back in the middle of the night, she still looked like she didn't care about her, and she couldn't let it go. All night, she couldn't sleep. In the morning, she was still "fascinated" and "stumbled" to see that the old man was already up. She was so scared that she hurriedly got out of bed and said, "Why did the old man get up so early? There is something outside today? Me. Just let someone cook breakfast."
She dressed in a panic and called people, but the elder said: "No, I have an emergency in the morning, so I won't eat at home. You don't have to be anxious."
Seeing that he was leaving, the eldest wife came out to chase her before she had time to comb her head. Standing in front of the door, he threw down a sentence: "That girl will either send it away or the kid in her stomach can't take it. You can do it."
The eldest lady was silly all of a sudden, and watched the elder stride out, and everyone was gone. Her mother-in-law came in with something to wash in hot water and saw that she was standing in the middle of the house so stupidly and came to help. She asked, "Why is my wife standing at the wind vent so early in the morning?"
The old man came out early in the morning and sent a cart to a nearby famous temple. He found the abbot there and donated 20 taels of silver and said that he wanted to pray for the two people. He sighed, "Bless them all. …"
The old monk received the money, made a note, and said with his hands together: "The Buddha will bless the donor, and the donor's kindness will be rewarded."
The old man shook his head and smiled. He really can't afford the word'kindness'. He knelt in front of the Buddha and read the scriptures several times, knelt all the Buddhas in the temple, and ran to ask for two lotteries. After finding someone to solve the lottery, he still couldn't feel at ease. The old monk asked him to go to the meditation room to relieve him. After talking for a long time, he asked him to'let go of his obsessions'. He put it down in the meditation room, got in the car and went home and regretted that he shouldn't have given the monk so much money. In fact, it has been a long time since he was just a moment. I didn't want to drive, but I ran over and threw out twenty taels of silver.
The elder sighed. Sure enough, what the master said was right, it was all his'obsession'.
When he returned home, the old lady was still waiting for him. When she saw him come in, she waited for him to change clothes and wash, and then let people go out. She sat down and begged him with a sad face, "Master, why on earth? What if the girl gave birth? Let’s send the girl out, but if we give birth to a boy, won’t Haoshou have another son? We can also have more grandchildren."
The elder was not angry anymore, and slowly explained to her: "Send it off as soon as possible. A girl gave birth to it. If it’s a daughter, it’s better to give it away for two. What if it’s a son? "Daddy won't want it, how do you want to end it then?"
The eldest lady's face turned pale, and she did not believe, "Here, isn't Haoshou's fourth brother okay?" It was because the Xu family gave birth to a girl who could still raise her eldest wife at home that moved her mind.
The elder became impatient, and said: "Xu's is a foolish account, you can't count it seriously! Don't get into the devil! That girl hurriedly sent it back! Neither can the child in her stomach! The family won’t recognize it! If you really give birth to a boy who refuses to name him, I see what you do!"
The eldest lady wanted to beg again. The girl was already pregnant with a child. The women around her said that she was a boy. She was looking forward to holding another grandson. She didn’t believe it. She was born as a boy. deny
She sat in the room worrying, but the old man refused to pay any attention to her. A few days later, she asked Dong Fangyun to discuss with her, and no one else could talk about it. She pulled Dong Fangyun away and said with tears: "Look at this matter now, the children are there, but your father said he wanted to send the people back. , I just want you and Haoshou to have more sons. You didn’t see that the second sister of the third family gave birth one after another! Last time, two sons were born for three consecutive years. It’s not counted. This stopped for seven or eight years. I gave birth to one, and I am still a son all his life! You said, Hao Shou has only two sons, Changxing and Changlong, how can this work? You look like you can't give birth, and I didn't say anything, but now let your girl I can't live for you, what can Haoshou do?" The big lady said, covering her face and crying.
Dong Fangyun sat stiffly. What the eldest wife said was that she was not as good as the second sister to give birth to a son, so Duan Haoshou was compared. But is this because she doesn't want to give birth? If she could have another son, she would be willing to lose her life!
The eldest wife wanted to drag, and then persuade the elder. She felt that this matter could not be so simple to let go. One is that Duan Haoshou is the eldest grandson, and the Duan family will be handed over to him in the future. Only by his son can the Duan family be more prosperous. The old man also wants Duan's family to be good, and he also wants Duan Haoshou to be good. Now the three-bedroom Duan Haofang is standing there. It is for the Duan family's sake. The old man also wants to be more tolerant of Duan Haoshou's son. His younger brothers can't look at it the same way. This matter may not be recognized by his other younger brothers, but it should be recognized by him.
Dong Fangyun didn't say a word, she didn't "put in" this mouth, just echoed the words of the big wife.
The second sister has been helping her to copy books recently, and she is so tired that she shrinks her eyes and hurts. Seeing her face has darkened again in the past few days, she has to ask.
The second sister "kneaded" her wrists and stopped, asked Mama Zhang to bring some food, and said to Dong Fangyun: "Sister-in-law, let's rest a while, I think you have a bad appearance these days, I'm afraid you are tired. This work is never finished. The bones are my own. Let’s rest and eat before doing it."
Dong Fangyun is a boring gourd, and it is impossible for her to tell her herself. The second sister can only guess. The two of them each carried a bowl of rice wine and poached eggs and ate slowly. Dong Fangyun was not thinking about eating at all, so he stirred with a spoon for a long time without sending it to his mouth, but the second sister finished eating in a few bites. See In this way, she took the bowl in her hand and gave it to Honghua: "It's cold, take it to warm it up, and then take it again."
Dong Fangyun came back to his senses, and said embarrassingly: "No, no, it's good to be warm, it's too hot to put it off."
The second sister waved her hand, the safflower still went down, and there were no others in the room. The sadness on Dong Fangyun's face was even more unconcealable. She sat there with her shoulders hanging down, watching her death with the man in the family. There seems to be no way to survive.
The second sister didn't try to persuade her, she turned her head and took out a small round paper box on the dressing table, lifted the lid to reveal the pink rouge inside and put it under her nose: "Sister-in-law heard it, Isn't this fragrant?"
Dong Fangyun asked her to see the rouge in front of her when she interrupted, the bright pink "color", and the light fragrance. She temporarily forgot what she was thinking about. She took it over and took a closer look, and then touched her finger a little in the palm of her hand. Faint, not astringent at all, extremely delicate.
"Sure enough, it's a good thing." She praised, and the second sister said quickly: "Sister-in-law? I think it's good to use this without mixing with other tunes. This color is very light."
Before Dong Fangyun could react, the second sister pushed her to sit in front of her dressing table. The rouge was newly bought and no one had used it. She gave Dong Fangyun a thin layer on her cheeks, and then pushed her. Looking in the mirror, he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I see you look like that seventeen-eighth girl like this!"
"You girl is talking nonsense again!" Dong Fangyun saw that the face in the mirror really looked better, and he heard the second sister's words just as he was in the mirror. She was too embarrassed to beat her and be avoided by her. The two had a fuss for a while, and Dong Fangyun was about to wash the rouge off, and the second sister pressed her hand and said, "Why do you want to wash it off? I think it's good!" Then he stuffed the rouge into her hand. Said, "Sister-in-law, take this back and use it. Don't push it!" She pressed her hand to her ear and whispered, "Sister-in-law, there is such a thing in the house now, you also want to..." , The second sister pushed Dong Fangyun a bit and winked.
Dong Fangyun naturally knew what the second sister meant, and asked her to fight Duan Haoshou with that girl. But she always feels that this is not what she should do, even the rouge on her face feels inappropriate, as if she has lost her eldest son and daughter-in-law's dignity when she is dressed up and looks frivolous.
But that day's wife's words came to mind again. In the eyes of the eldest wife, she didn’t give birth to another son as if she had violated the rules of heaven, and her "hard work" over the past ten years would not count, and the fact that she gave birth to two sons for the Duan family was not counted. What else does she have now? Changxing hasn't gotten married yet, and the eldest wife is pressing on her head. She and Changxing are not usually affectionate. In fact, her son doesn't listen to her very much.
Who else can she rely on
Thinking like this, Dong Fangyun clenched the rouge box in his hand.
When Duan Haofang came back in the evening, the second sister changed his clothes while telling him about Dong Fangyun's visit today. She sighed and said, "I see, sister-in-law is not having a good time at home. These days, people look thinner and thinner, and they are "fascinated." It's getting worse."
Duan Haofang sat down to change his shoes and said, "It's been only a few months before that? What will she do when the child is born? The sister-in-law has been a family for the rest of her life, so she is not capable of this?" He didn't tell the second sister. The old lady would definitely not recognize the children, and now she thought that he didn't pick up the two children back then, not because the old lady didn't recognize them at all.
He is thinking about waiting for a few more months, waiting for this child to be older before stabbing the matter out, fearing that this child will not stay for that long...
Thinking of the great master, he thought he should let people pass this word out sooner? In case the girl is sent away, the child is gone, and his calculations will be frustrated.