That evening, after Wei Nian returned home, he went to his room and asked Chen Xuan, "Why are they here?"
Chen Xuan couldn't help feeling guilty and whispered, "I don't know either. He said he came to see me."
Wei Nian couldn't help but utter a disdainful "tsk" and took off his scarf and handed it to Chen Xuan. Seeing her dejected and bullied face, he couldn't help but say to her, "I'm talking about them, not you. Why do you look so guilty as if you made a mistake?"
Chen Xuan first poured a glass of water for Wei Nian, then sat down beside him, looking down at her toes, her ten fingers twisted into a knot, and whispered, "I feel really sorry for your family, Brother Nian."
Wei Nian reached out and held Chen Xuan's chin and lifted it up. Chen Xuan looked into Wei Nian's serious and beautiful eyes. Wei Nian reminded her, "I've told you so many times that you should look at the person when you speak. Why are you looking at the ground?"
Chen Xuan's face turned red with shame. Wei Nian asked, "You also know that they don't treat you well, right?"
Chen Xuan nodded.
"It's their business if they're not doing well. Why are you acting so sorry to the world? Cheer up. I can't stand seeing you looking so depressed." After Wei Nian criticized her for a few times, Chen Xuan felt better. Chen Xuan thought that it seemed that Brother Anian didn't hate her. Although she felt very guilty, she still reminded Wei Nian, "If my uncle and aunt ask to borrow money or something, Brother Anian, don't lend them any money. They have more than a hundred acres of land in the countryside, so they are not poor."
"I know what's going on." Wei Nian is not a sucker.
Chen Xuan stuttered and passively raised her neck to negotiate with Wei Nian, "Brother Anian, can you let me go?"
The hand that Wei Nian was holding on Chen Xuan's chin felt slippery, so he couldn't help but rubbed it twice with his fingertips. He reluctantly let go of it, and added, "Next time I see you looking so listless, I'll pinch you again, okay?"
"I know, I know." Seeing that Wei Nian was not angry with her, Chen Xuan said, "I'll go to the kitchen." Then she ran to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner with Li. She felt a little embarrassed, thinking that it was a new era now, and the rules of men and women not touching each other seemed to be no longer followed. However, although Chen Xuan also yearned for modern people, she was from the old era after all, and her personality was still shy, especially when Wei Nian pinched her chin, which was not the handshake etiquette outside nowadays, Chen Xuan blushed with shame.
As early as the first time Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen saw Chen Xuan when they came to the Wei family, they knew that Chen Xuan's life in the Wei family was really a blessing. Now, when the men of the Wei family come home, Uncle Chen is even more affectionate when talking. At dinner, seeing Chen Xuan also eating at the same table with the Wei family, he felt that Chen Xuan had completely established herself in the Wei family. In the countryside, many families with daughters-in-law do not cook dinner. It's not that the family really doesn't eat dinner. In fact, everyone eats in their own room. The sons and grandsons go to the old lady's room to eat the small stove. As a daughter-in-law, if your mother's family has it, you can bring some dry food and snacks from your mother's family back to your husband's house to make up for it at night. If your mother's family doesn't have it, you have to go hungry at night. Looking at the Wei family, it is really a wealthy family. Both daughters-in-law eat at the table, with two large shallow white steamed buns, which they can eat as much as they want.
What a style!
rich!
The Chen family's uncle and aunt ate very happily. Aunt Chen ate four big steamed buns in one meal. Uncle Chen didn't treat himself as an outsider and ate six. The Wei family looked a little silly. Chen Xuan was so worried that she couldn't even eat half a steamed bun.
Uncle Chen smiled naively, wiped his mouth, and showed a bit of embarrassment, "Where can we get these big white flour steamed buns at home? We only have steamed corn bread during the Chinese New Year, and usually they are mixed with bran. When I first saw such delicious food, I couldn't help but let my in-laws laugh at me."
"No, just eat more. Eating more is a blessing." Old Master Wei seemed to recall something and laughed, "When I was an apprentice with your father, we also ate four or five steamed buns for a meal."
"I've often heard my father talk about it before." Uncle Chen said with a smile.
Wei Jin interrupted, "I still remember Uncle Chen. At that time, you and Uncle Chen often drank together. Every time Uncle Chen came to our house, he had a bag of maltose in his pocket. He would give it to me when he saw me and asked me to divide it among Ah Shi and Ah Nian. Well, Ah Nian and Ah Xuan were engaged at that time, right?"
"Well, at that time, our two families lived in the same alley, and you took the two brothers to your uncle Chen's house every day. Ah Nian and Ah Xuan fell in love at that time, and the two often played together." Old Master Wei smiled, "Your uncle Chen and I felt that they were of similar ages, so we decided on a marriage." Therefore, Wei Nian refused to agree to the marriage, which made Old Master Wei very angry. The main reason was that the two families had already decided on it, and the Chen family was considered to be ruined after the death of the Chen family's grandfather and the eldest uncle. Although his family is not a wealthy family, he still has to keep his word. Can he refuse to recognize the marriage just because the family is not as well off as before? Old Master Wei can't do such a thing. Anyway, no matter how he was forced, he finally married Chen Xuan. When he saw Chen Xuan for the first time after so many years, Old Master Wei was also quite surprised, thinking about how the girl who was very pretty when she was young grew up like this? Old Master Wei started from scratch, and he could understand it after a little thought. In the mind of the old-fashioned old man Wei, let alone Chen Xuan's appearance, as long as Chen Xuan's character is fine, since the engagement is made, he must marry her. Unexpectedly, Chen Xuan knows how to make a difference. She has only been in Beijing for a year, and she has learned a little about dressing up. She is not as stout as before. She is especially close to her second son. Every day, she cooks whatever the second son likes to eat. She is a very honest girl. She coaxes the second son, who is so obedient that he is always happy and no longer kicks his feet for no reason.
Thinking about it this way, Old Master Wei felt that his original vision was correct.
Wei Nian knew that he often played with Chen Xuan when he was a child. It was not because he had a magical memory that he could remember the time when he wore open-crotch pants, but because he had heard his mother nagging him about it 1,800 times when he resisted marriage. Now he heard his father say that Wei Nian glanced at Chen Xuan, who was also looking at him in shock. Wei Nian wanted to laugh when he saw Chen Xuan's silly look. He smiled and teased Chen Xuan, "When you were a child, you would always shout behind me, 'Anian Guo, Anian Guo.'"
They were having dinner in front of so many people, why did Brother Nian say such a thing? Chen Xuan felt embarrassed, but she didn't dare to lower her head. Wei Nian told her not to lower her head all the time, so Chen Xuan glared at Wei Nian, and everyone laughed.
Wei Jin glanced at the Chen family's uncle and aunt's grim expressions, and said, "I remember that Axuan was not this dark girl when she was a child. She was very fair and clean-looking when she was a child. When she was with my second brother, she looked like a pair of porcelain dolls. Oh, when Axuan walked in, I was shocked. She was so dark and strong, and she didn't look like a child at all."
Wei Jin's words were meant to stab the Chen couple, but they hit the nail on the head. Aunt Chen sighed, "Since my great grandfather passed away, and my uncle and sister-in-law followed him, our family has not been as good as before. If life was good at home, I, as an aunt, would be an outsider, and we, as the second uncle, would be the real uncle. How could we let our niece down? My great grandfather and uncle had two illnesses, and they used up all our family assets. Fortunately, we still have a few acres of land to live on. We go to the fields before dawn and go home after dark, and we never see the sun. Xuan'er has a bad fate. She has suffered with us for more than ten years. Fortunately, she is still blessed. Look, she became beautiful in a few days after she came to my in-laws' house. If our uncle and sister-in-law knew that Xuan'er was living a good life in the underworld, they must be as happy as we are."
Uncle Chen also said, "My in-laws love their daughter-in-law. Xuan'er is enjoying a better life in your home than in our own."
Chen Xuan didn't say a word from beginning to end.
At night, Aunt Chen was curious and whispered to her mistress in bed, "Xuan'er is still the same dumb person as before, not even saying a word to help us."
Uncle Chen tapped his pipe on the edge of the kang, smoked a bowl of tobacco, and sighed, "She has been like this for a long time, you know that."
"How is it the same now as before? Haven't you seen that she has only been in Beijing for a year, and she is already prettier than the daughter of the landlord in our village? I think the second master of the Wei family cares about her very much. If she can say a word for us, our trip will not be in vain." Aunt Chen's eyes are not vegetarian. They are three times brighter than the big light bulb above her head. During the meal, she noticed that Wei Nian was close to Chen Xuan. Aunt Chen sighed again and again, "It's hard to say who is blessed. I advised you at the beginning that our eldest girl is not smarter than Xuan'er, but you refused. Now that she has climbed up the social ladder, can she pay attention to you? If she were your own daughter, why would we waste our breath on her?"
Uncle Chen took a deep puff of his pipe and exhaled his anger. "You know that the second master of the Wei family was very reluctant to cancel the engagement. If we change people and the Wei family finds out, it will be a double-edged sword. Tomorrow, tell Xuan'er about the difficulties at home and ask her to talk to the Wei family. It won't be good for us to intervene."
"become."
The couple discussed it for a while before lying down on the warm kang and going to sleep. Before going to sleep, Aunt Chen couldn't help but sigh again, "It's really hard to predict who will become rich."
Chen Xuan, who was admired for her prosperity, was studying every evening. Originally, she was a little uneasy and could hardly concentrate on reading. But Wei Nian couldn't stand her like this and said to her, "What's the point of worrying? Worrying about such people, they don't even read books or learn foreign languages. Do they deserve it? Look at your low level of ability. You are worried to death over such a small matter. I don't think you need to think about becoming a first-class professor. With your current status, there is no hope!"
Sometimes, when you are at a loss, you need someone to say something like this. Even if Wei Nian's words are a bit harsh, they are reasonable. When Chen Xuan thought of her ideal, she took a few deep breaths and calmed down. She took out the book from the drawer and asked Wei Nian to continue teaching her foreign language. She also corrected Wei Nian, "Brother Anian, it's not a first-class professor, it's a first-class professor."
"Hey!" Wei Nian glared at Chen Xuan. This girl came to correct his mistake.
Chen Xuan couldn't help but smile, put the matter of her uncle and aunt behind her, and continued to learn foreign languages with Wei Nian.
She knew that Wei Nian looked down on her uncle and aunt, not on her.
Alas, with her uncle and aunt’s little calculations, not to mention Wei Nian, even Chen Xuan in this life would look down on them.
Brother Anian was right. Since she had set her goal to become a first-class professor, she couldn't be frowned upon or depressed about such a small matter. She had to find a way to solve this problem instead of just worrying about it.
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The second update in the afternoon~~~~~~~~~~~~~~