After that day, Zhu Qingning fulfilled his promise and often brought his daughter to visit Gu Zhen.
Gu Zhen was naturally overjoyed.
Nie Xun's attitude remained the same, no matter how Gu Zhen tried to please the kindness, he did not mean to soften, which made Zhu Qingning extremely puzzled.
"What's wrong with Cheng Yun?" Zhu Qingning sighed, "Today, she told me what happened in the past, which is really difficult."
Nie Xun was reading a book in the courtyard, his expression was so calm that there was no trace of turbulence, Zhu Qingning approached with a smile, huddled into a ball in his arms.
Disturbed by his wife's childish behavior, Nie Xun could only helplessly hold her and the baby in his arms tightly.
Zhu Qingning spoke slowly what he had heard in a gentle voice, and finally sighed with emotion.
"Cheng Yun, there are all parents in the world, and she really has difficulties, so why don't you soften even a little bit?"
After all, he was the person next to him, and Zhu Qingning knew Nie Xun the best.
There was one thing she didn't understand very well, that on the first day, he still had a tendency to be kind to Gu Zhen, but it became cold after a few days.
"Wu Niang, people in this world are not as simple as you think. You have such a pure and deceptive temperament, how can you rest assured as a husband?" Fatigued, "According to your description, she did have difficulties back then, but telling the truth doesn't mean she didn't hide it. You can take your child to see her in the future, but don't connect me with her again."
Because of his young experience, Nie Xun's temperament is different from ordinary people.
His adoptive father and adoptive mother had no children all his life, and he was grateful for treating him like his own, but this did not mean that he had forgotten his childhood memories.
That memory, I'm afraid he won't fade when he gets old.
When he was dug out of the soil, he was changed hands several times and sold from Dongqing to Zhongzhao.
Someone bought him to ask for a child, and the hostess was irritable and fierce, scolding and kicking him at every turn, because she felt humiliated when she saw him, and his presence always reminded the other party that she could not give birth to a child. In the winter and twelfth month, the woman buried her head in the water. The harder he struggled, the harder she struggled. At the age of three or four, he simply pretended to be dead, and the other party threw him into the water, scolded him and walked away.
Of course, this could not be the end. Not long after he became a beggar, he was spotted by a trafficker who specialized in abducting and selling beggars and sold him to the next family.
He has met everyone, and some people have taken a fancy to his face and bought him into a masculine place. If the place hadn't been burnt down by a fire, Nie Xun would not have been able to escape; , he has broken hands and feet, and the little finger of his right hand is still not flexible. He bears the scars from his childhood experiences, some of which have long since healed, and some of which remain stubbornly to this day.
Nie Xun was a tough man, he didn't want to die, so naturally he couldn't die.
A person is born with parents, and he has them too. Where are his parents
Did they have to sell him because of the poverty of his family, or did he get kidnapped because of a big change
He wanted to figure it out.
This obsession kept him alive.
Probably, Nie Xun never thought at that time that his parents were born so noble and unattainable.
If I had known earlier, maybe it wouldn't have been so hard, and I would have hit my head to death and asked for an afterlife.
"Why?" Zhu Qingning turned his head and kissed him on the cheek, interrupting his memory, and now she is still coquettishly like a girl who doesn't know the world, "Cheng Yun, you have to tell me the reason anyway. You always refuse. Explain, others will misunderstand you as an unfilial son."
Nie Xun smiled bitterly. He just didn't want his wife to know about this, so he didn't say anything.
"You'll know when you pay attention to what's going on on the sister-in-law's side."
Zhu Qingning was puzzled, "What does this have to do with sister-in-law?"
She really doesn't understand, this is obviously a knot between Nie Xun and Gu Zhen, how could it be related to the sister-in-law
Nie Xun lowered his eyes, Zhu Qingning put the child in the sleeping basket beside him, held his right hand with both hands, and kissed his little finger.
"You always-"
Nie Xun felt that his hair was about to go bald. He was the worst at his wife.
"If you don't want to do this, then you can explain it. Explain, you know that you don't explain it clearly, and I sometimes don't understand it."
Nie Xun was helpless and could only whisper a few words in her ear.
The smile on Zhu Qingning's face suddenly stiffened.
"This-"
Nie Xun said, "Wu Niang, if you can... I really want to take you back to see your parents and tell them that Xun'er is married."
Zhu Qingning took a long time to regain his senses and said, "My actions these days... Didn't it make you embarrassed?"
Nie Xun whispered, "As long as it's you, it's not difficult."
As the New Year was approaching, Jiang Pengji asked some people to return to Wanzhou first, and Meng Heng was also one of them.
When he arrived, he couldn't wait to see his wife and children, with a smile more like a child's.
His wife wiped the sweat for him, and said angrily, "You have been through the dust all the time, aren't you afraid of dirtying your child? Go down and wash, and then kiss again."
Meng Heng could only obey the order, take a comfortable bath and put on new clothes.
He asked about the situation at home, and his wife came one by one.
"Is there any care from Cheng Yun?" Meng Heng asked.
Although the two brothers did not recognize their relatives, Meng Heng also felt guilty for Nie Xun.
His wife hesitated, and Meng Heng asked her, "What's wrong? Is there someone in Chengyun's trouble?"
"Not at all, just—"
"Just? Just what?"
Meng Heng looked at his wife with concern while eating pastries to padded his stomach.
The wife was entangled around the handkerchief, "A while ago, the mother-in-law went to the house to see the second brother and younger sister, and the trouble was not very happy."
Meng Heng was not surprised.
"This is in line with Cheng Yun's temperament."
If he recognized his family and friends as soon as he came up, Meng Heng felt that Nie Xun had been taken away.
The wife recounted what happened that day.
She and Zhu Qingning are both close friends and sister-in-law, and some topics are not taboo.
The two sisters were of the same opinion. They were both mothers, and they always felt that Nie Xun was too indifferent.
Meng Heng listened and clicked, "After so many years, she still has an old temperament."
His wife sighed, "My brother-in-law was indeed very bitter in his early years, but why are parents so hard-hearted?"
Meng Heng said, "If mother continues like this, Cheng Yun's heart will only become harder and colder."
The wife was bewildered.
"Mother-in-law treated him so well—"
"It depends on the situation. Mother has been in Maruzhou for a while, not to mention the police, has she asked you and the child?"
The wife was stunned and said, "This, this is not."
Not only did she not, she once brought her child to the palace to ask for her peace, and the maid said that the other party had already fallen asleep.
Later, I went to the house with my younger brother and sister Zhu Qingning. I saw my mother-in-law for the first time. She was so beautiful that she could not tell her age.
Meng Heng sighed, "I told my mother, how long has it been since Cheng Yun was still alive."
His wife still didn't understand, and Meng Heng didn't have the heart to explain.
Is Gu Zhen a good mother
For Liu Xi, she is probably the best mother in the world. This is not only good in words, but also in action.
For their brothers, it always stays on the lips, and her goodness is only told to others.
Before Meng Heng wrote to Gu Zhen, she didn't know that her youngest son was still alive, and she only had Meng Heng as a son.
But what is her attitude towards the eldest son
He lived in the Meng Mansion as a concubine, and was always on guard against his father's concubine's framing.
In order to save himself, he was willing to be a proton and live in Beijing for a long time. The expenses given by Meng's house were basically nothing. He still pawned a few items from his first birthday to barely make ends meet. He studied in private school, and his cultivation was not low. While studying, he sold calligraphy and paintings in private to earn pocket money.
Once he wrote a letter to his mother full of hope, hoping that the other party would have mercy on him and take care of him.
Gu Zhen took care of him and let someone bring him a hundred taels of silver, but there was not a single word except the silver.
At that time, Meng Heng already had a sense of shame, holding the money given by his mother with a burning face.
The book boy said, "Does Madam think that Lang Jun is begging from her?"
Eleven-year-old Meng Heng felt that his self-esteem and face were shattered by his mother.
This money is from begging.
He "begged" for the care and love of his biological mother, and ended up begging for money.
Meng Heng was married at twenty-three, but the elder Meng clan couldn't stand it any longer. The gift generally gave him a side daughter of a poor gentry.
Does the mother have any questions about this
Before Meng Zhan died, it could be said that Meng's family was powerful, so she did not dare to ask for the sake of her son.
Now that Meng Zhan's body has been cold for several rounds, she still ignores her eldest son and treats her eldest daughter-in-law and grandson indifferently.
Such a mother, but she showed her love for her second son who had not met for more than 20 years.
Nie Xun is not stupid, the more Gu Zhen wants to "make up for" the second son and treat the eldest son like air, he will only be more coldhearted.
The eldest son has a mother-son relationship with her, and it is so cool.
So how many pounds and how many taels are there for the second son, who hasn't seen each other for more than 20 years, how can he qualify for her preference
Does she really want to save the child and make up for the lack of maternal love, or does she want to get a word of "forgiveness" to calm her guilt
Meng Heng felt that Nie Xun saw this clearly.
His wife didn't know what Meng Heng was thinking, and sighed with emotion.
"Mother-in-law was not easy in her early years. I heard that I used to be sick in bed, so can't my uncle be considerate?"
It's not easy for the Gu family's direct descendant to come to this day.
"She refuses to take medicine for treatment, so others can force her to fail?" Meng Heng said, "It's not easy? Maybe."
His wife looked dissatisfied.
What does your husband say about this
"Although my mother was the concubine of the Gu family in her early years, her treatment was the same as that of her aunt. Otherwise, she would not have been able to dress up and marry into the Meng family. I have asked some old people how much my aunt treated my mother. It's really good, the dowry people are all her confidants, and everyone has the ability..." Meng Heng said, "After that, I remarried to Liu She, and the Liu family respected her. Now, the lord has earned her a prospective queen mother. position. For those of us who are sons, if it is really for her good, it is best to maintain the current state."
As a son of man, he didn't dare to complain, and he couldn't get close either.