Harue Kagetsu

Li Mu went out without saying where he went. Luoshen is at home.

According to the rules, the first meal of the mother-in-law must be cooked by the bride on the next day after marriage, which is the so-called "washing hands and making soup".

How could Lu Shi let Luoshen touch these? As usual, he and Ah stopped cooking.

Although Aju disliked the Li family very much, after seeing the Lu family this morning, she had to secretly admit that although Li mother's status was reduced, she had gone through hardships, and now she is still blind, regardless of her demeanor, conversation, or When dealing with people and things, there is not the slightest bit of the air of a small family in a poor street. On the contrary, everyone's demeanor is everywhere, not inferior to those noble ladies she is used to.

Moreover, although the little lady absolutely cannot be wronged, she naturally cannot turn a blind eye at such joints when she is in the Li family for a day.

Aju brought the cook with her dowry to cook, invited the Lu family out, cooked a meal by herself, and finally brought it out by Luoshen, which was the occasion.

Li's mother was very happy and called Luoshen to eat together, Luoshen asked A Ting to sit with him, and A Ting accompanied him at the last seat. The three of them happily ate this first meal. After noon, Mrs. Shen and the women from the neighbors came to the door one after another to "stop the bride".

The so-called "stop" means that the bride will show up on the day after the wedding for the guests to watch. In fact, this opportunity is used to let the bride know the elders, relatives, and friends of her husband's family, and the husband's family also considers the bride's virtue.

If the bride is married to a large family with a strict family, she will stay for three dynasties as usual.

The Li family's population is simple now, and there are no clan relatives, and Luoshen has the title of "Gao's daughter". How dare Shen Shi and the women in the neighborhood criticize her? Come here today, just for a walk. Just fun.

Lu Shi was afraid that Luoshen would not be used to this kind of situation, so she asked her to rest.

Although Luoshen has always been smiling, he has tried to lower his body as much as possible, but he can also see that among these people, except for Shen shi who is also generous, the rest of the neighbors are all restrained, saying a word, laughing, and wanting to Pay attention to her look and reaction.

Not to mention them, even myself, I felt tired and panicked.

In addition, I didn't sleep well last night, and I got up early in the morning. By this time, I was indeed a little sleepy. Since Mother Li spoke, she didn't intend to stay any longer, so she nodded. Just as he was about to say goodbye to Shen shi and others, he suddenly heard voices from outside: "Amu, I'm late, no wonder!"

This is the voice of a young woman, but it has a rare refreshingness, and the lingering voice is laughing, and you can hear it from a distance.

When Lu Shi heard this voice, a smile appeared on his face, A Ting's eyes lit up, and he quickly got up from her side and greeted her happily.

Luo Shen couldn't help being curious, stopped and turned to look.

A young woman in her early twenties came in through the door. She was dressed in purple, and a blue silk was tied with a headband. At the end of the headband, a plain silver hairpin inlaid with beads was exposed. She had an oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows. She had an outstanding appearance and a typical figure. The tall and well-built women in the north will not be compared even if they stand in the middle of ordinary men. Ziyi makes her white and black, and her talents are extremely outstanding.

This young woman and Luoshen are completely different types of beauty.

"Three ladies!"

Ah Ting ran to her and called out.

The woman nodded with a smile, and called out A stop.

Shen shi and others were obviously very familiar with her. When they saw her coming, they greeted her and greeted each other.

The woman smiled and said: "Yesterday, my brother got married, and I should have come to help, but I couldn't get rid of the matter over there. Thinking of the Jiang family's aunt and many neighbors, I was lazy and didn't come here. Stare at people to rectify the food and drink that will be brought to the banquet. Eminem won't blame me, will he?"

As she spoke, people came to Lu Shi.

Lu Shi smiled and said: "How did you talk? Yesterday there were a lot of guests. Thanks to you and the other two restaurants in town for your help, the wedding banquet went smoothly without any problems. I'm still too grateful. Besides, you are a girl. My son, I came here yesterday, and I don't allow you to be caught in the middle."

The woman also laughed: "I'm doing this for a living now, and I've shown myself early, and I'm using myself as a half-man! It's just that Eminem loves me! When others see me, who still treats me as a daughter's home!"

This amused everyone.

Shen shi smiled and said: "Yes! Yes! You deliberately said these things in front of us to make us jealous, so mad at us! Whoever does not know your third wife in Jingkou, no man can compare to you. If you still feel so self-pity Ai, we people don't have to live anymore!"

Luo Shen had an epiphany.

It turned out that this young woman was the third lady Xie that Ah Ting had mentioned to him in the morning.

In the laughter, Madam Xie looked at Luoshen who was still sitting beside Lu Shi, took a slight look, and still smiled: "This must be Brother A's bride, I should call A-sister-in-law."

Lu turned to Luoshen and stretched out his hand towards Luoshen.

Luo Shen took her hand, Lu Shi held it gently, Fang turned to Mrs. Xie San and smiled, "She is the bride your brother just married."

Madam Xie moved her eyes slightly, greeted her with a salute, and called out with a smile "Sister-in-law".

Lu said: "Ami, Sanniangzi's father has a relationship with our family. She also came down here with us back then. Now she runs a restaurant in Zhennanguan, and everyone in the town knows her. She often comes to help at home. , I am very grateful."

Luo Shen got up from the couch, returned a salute to Sanniang Xie, and said with a smile, "Thank you Sanniang for taking care of Ajia and A Ting."

Before meeting the daughter of the Gao family, in Xie Sanniang's expectation, the daughter of the Gao family should carry the arrogance that was unique to those noble ladies of the Southern Dynasty that she had seen, or at least not inhumane.

Needless to say, the beauty of Gao's women. I just arrived at the Jingkou Wharf yesterday, and my face has not been fully revealed. Today, the good name has spread to all Jingkou people.

Not only that, but elegant, gentle, and the manners are naturally noble, without the slightest sense of arrogance.

Madam Xie looked at the young girl in front of her, and there was a wisp of emotion in her heart that she didn't even know. Treat Amal as your own family."

Luoshen has an intuition. Although this third lady Xie has a spring breeze and decent words since she came in, she seems to be rejecting herself.

Xie Sanniang was the first person to feel this way since she arrived in Jingkou yesterday.

But Luoshen didn't care, and he didn't have any other doubts.

This thought just passed by in a flash.

After greeting everyone who came to the door, Xie Sanniang, Shen shi and others started chatting and laughing again, Luoshen was bored.

Lu Shi said with a smile: "The bride had a hard time on the road a few days ago, and she got up early this morning. She is fragile and I'm afraid she's tired, so I'll sue a few people on her behalf and tell her to go back to her room to rest first. .It will grow later, and I will talk slowly next time."

Shen shi and the others nodded hurriedly, urging Luoshen to go quickly.

Luoshen thanked Mrs Lu, and with a smile, pleaded guilty to everyone, then left with the company of A Ju beside him, and returned to the house.

She did feel a little tired, and was served to wash her hands, change her clothes, and climb into bed. Aju put down the tent for her and softly told her to sleep. She closed her eyes.

…

Outside, everyone accompanied Lu Shi to continue talking.

The topic naturally praised Gao's daughter, and envied Li's mother for marrying a good daughter-in-law.

Lu Shi always smiled and thanked him. In the end, Shen shi and others said their goodbyes one after another.

Xie Sanniang was the last to leave. Mrs. Lu treated her kindly and personally led her out on crutches. Xie Sanniang held her by the arm. The two walked slowly, chatting gossip, and heading towards the hanging flower door leading to the house.

"Now Eminem is most concerned about your marriage."

Lu Shi smiled. "The third brother Sun who married Mu Er also came to me a few times before. His temperament is a bit rough, but he is also a good guy. He also talked to me a few times before, interested in you, and wanted me to replace him. Ask your mind. Sanniang, what do you think of him?"

Xie Sanniang stopped slowly.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.

Xie Sanniang said in a low voice, "Amu, you always know what's on my mind. Now Jingchen is married to the daughter of the Gao family. She is beautiful and gentle, and her family is high. She can help Jingchen. Mu Huan...other, I didn't think much about it..."

Her tone finally choked slightly.

Lu Shi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "You child, how many years have you been, why are you still so determined? I didn't know what Mu Er was thinking, and I originally thought that you could be my daughter-in-law. He is sixteen years old. , that time when I mentioned this to him, he said he didn't have a career, he didn't have a family, and he regarded you as a sister. I thought he was just talking about it, and it would be fine to think about it for two years. In two years, he will be in the army. Come back, let me mention it again, he still said that, I just realized that he really regards you as the same as Ah Ting..."

Lu Shi sighed again: "Since he is like this, as a mother, I can't force him to do something. Therefore, in the past few years, I have often urged you to get married, just for fear of delaying you. Married a daughter of the Gao family, if you do this again, how can I bear it? After all, it will be delayed by my family!"

"Amu! I have nothing to do with my brother, it's all my fault. You must not blame yourself, let alone worry about me!"

Xie Sanniang knelt down.

"I am alone now, and it is also very good! Eminem does not dislike me, I am already very grateful! From now on I will recognize him as my adopted brother, Eminem is still like my mother. Just ask Eminem, don't be because of me in the future. Xiao Xiang and I have something to say!"

Lu hurriedly helped her up from the ground and sighed: "Don't worry, I have long regarded you and Ah Ting as my daughter. If you are all well, then Eminem can rest assured."

Xie Sanniang wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile, "Amu, I'm fine, so you don't have to send it. I'll go first, so be careful."

Lu shi stood there with a cane in both hands, and listened to the sound of her going out, riding the horse and whipping away. After a long while, she sighed deeply.

…

Luoshen squinted and woke up, refreshed, lying on the pillow, looking at this unfamiliar bed that he slept in the night before, stretched out, got up, lifted the curtain, stuck his head out, and found that he was in front of him. No one was there, just as he was about to call someone out, he heard the voices of A Ju and a servant girl named Ding coming from outside the door.

The two seemed to be afraid of waking them up, so they kept their voices low, but faintly, Luoshen heard "Li Langjun" and "Sanniangzi", and seemed to be talking about something related to the two of them. He got on the bed, put on his shoes, got closer, and listened carefully.

Outside the door, the servant girl was learning from Aju what she had heard before.

"...The old lady has a good ear, I'm afraid of being found out, so I don't dare to get too close. I only heard a few words, and the old lady seemed to say, Li Langjun has married Gao's daughter and has become a family. Timely delaying San Niangzi. She meant to tell her to find someone to marry earlier. But the San Niangzi knelt down and said that she didn't want anything else now, and only regarded Li Langjun as her righteous brother. I think This woman is quite maverick, she came on horseback like a man, and went back on horseback..."

Luo Shen coughed, and the voices at the door stopped immediately.

Aju and the maid pushed in the door and were startled when they saw Luoshen.

"Little lady woke up so soon? But I woke up? Don't wear a coat when you wake up. It's cold, so be careful to freeze."

As Aju muttered in her mouth, she immediately brought a thick satin cloak and put it on Luoshen's shoulders.

"What did you two just say?" Luo Shen frowned slightly and asked.

Aju and the servant girl looked at each other, motioned for the servant girl to go out, took Luo Shen and sat back by the bed, while putting on socks for her, she whispered: "Xie Sanniang who came at noon, I feel wrong when I look at it. , so I kept an eye on it, asked people to follow a few steps, and paid attention to what she and the old lady said. Sure enough, I heard something."

"The little lady must have listened to it just now. It seems that the old lady always regarded her as a daughter-in-law, but she didn't want Li Langjun but..."

Aju stopped.

Luoshen also guessed it.

Li Mu and this Xie Sanniang should have intended to get married in the past, and Li Mu also regarded her as a daughter-in-law.

Her heart was suddenly blocked and uncomfortable, as if she had swallowed a few flies out of thin air, her eyes were fixed on the socks she had just put on her feet, and she was motionless.

Aju showed pity and held her hand comfortingly: "Forget it, it's not what you want, little lady, it's just God's will. The eldest princess doesn't know about this..."

She hesitated.

"Or write a letter and ask your brother to take it back..."

"Don't let Aye Aya know about me! I just got married, so why would I immediately break up with him for this reason? Aye Aya knows, but it's just adding to her troubles!"

Luoshen immediately shook his head and decisively refused.

Aju looked at her and felt extremely distressed. She took her into her arms and sighed deeply: "Injustice! How could you meet such a person!"

Luoshen leaned in her arms, dazed, Qiongshu came in and said with a smile: "Little lady, Li Langjun is back, Daodalangjun has woken up from a hangover, he is going to visit, if you go too, I will ask you to come here. Come out, he'll be waiting for you."

Luoshen suppressed his disturbed mood, combed his hair, changed his clothes, and put on a long warm jacket, and came to the main room.

Seeing that Li Mu had just returned from outside, with a horsewhip still wrapped around his wrist, he stood quietly under the steps in front of the hall in the main hall, his back condensed. Seeing her coming, he hurried up to meet her.

"I've already told my mother, let's go." He said softly.

Luo Shen stared at him, turned around, left him and walked out.

Less than a day after they got married, Li Mu seemed to have gotten used to her disgusting attitude towards him, looked at her back, smiled and shook his head, and followed.