Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 129: Promise Shuer to Sanlang

The carriage entered Chaozhou. Li Ling ordered Liang Jin and Zhou Jin to take the troops to Guanyi to rest. He and Jing Shu followed Jiang Youchen to Jiang Mansion.

The Jiang family received a message from Jiang Youchen last night. Early in the morning, the whole family was waiting outside the house to welcome Jing Shu and her new son-in-law.

 Before the carriage and horses reached the gate of Jiang Mansion, Jing Shu saw her grandfather's family from a distance, so she stopped the carriage driver, got out of the carriage, and ran towards her relatives impatiently.

Jiang Youchen looked at the childish Jingshu, smiled and said to Li Ling: "It seems that my cousin is really homesick."

Li Ling replied: "Isn't that right? In order to come back, I suffered a lot from eating and sleeping in the open air, and I never heard her complain about the hardship."

When Jiang Youchen's mother, Jing Shu's aunt Tian, ​​saw Jing Shu, she hurriedly came up to her. She pulled her niece from head to toe, then from feet to head, and kept looking at her. Before she could say anything, The tears couldn't stop flowing down.

 Tian has been very close to Jingshu's mother since she married into the Jiang family. After her sister-in-law passed away, Tian personally raised Jingshu during the more than ten years she lived in Chaozhou. Although Tian had three sons, she did not have a daughter. From the bottom of her heart, she regarded this smart and beautiful niece as her own daughter.

 Having not seen each other for five or six years, how could we not think about it.

While talking, Jiang Youchen and Li Ling also walked up to the crowd. Jiang Youchen politely introduced everyone to Li Ling one by one and said: "This is my father, this is my mother, this is the eldest sister-in-law, this is the second sister-in-law, these children are My nephews and nieces.”

“My eldest brother is on duty in the camp. I’ll see you when he comes back later.”

Li Ling met everyone one by one as a gift from his new son-in-law.

Jingshu's uncle Jiang Zhao was delighted to see his nephew-in-law's handsome appearance and extraordinary gifts. After everyone exchanged greetings, Jiang Zhao enthusiastically led Li Ling and his son Jiang Youchen to the front hall to talk.

Jingshu followed her aunt and two sisters-in-law to the backyard to visit her grandfather and grandmother.

As soon as everyone stepped through the door of the second courtyard, they saw their octogenarian grandmother walking out hurriedly, leaning on a cane in one hand and being supported by her grandma in the other. The old man murmured: "Jiaojiao is really back, really Jiaojiao is back." It’s amazing that Jiaojiao is back, my baby girl misses me so much.”

Jiaojiao is the diminutive name of Jingshu’s mother.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was confused again, Mrs. Tian hurriedly greeted her: "Mom, if you are not waiting in the house, why did you come out?"

Before Jingshu left Jiang Mansion, her grandmother would only get confused occasionally. She didn't expect that she was already so old after just a few years. She walked forward to greet her with tears in her eyes and threw herself into her grandmother's arms.

The old man took Jingshu's hand, squinted his eyes and looked at her carefully: "Jiaojiao, why did you come back? I wonder how much my mother misses you."

The old man is getting old now and is often confused. He can't explain it to her. Tian only coaxed her and said, "Yes, Jiaojiao is back. You can rest assured this time."

The old man said with tears in his cloudy eyes: "Jiaojiao is back by my side, so naturally I feel relieved."

Jingshu and Tian helped the old man back to the house. Only then did Jingshu see her grandfather lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

Mrs. Tian handed the old lady to the serving nun, pulled Jingshu and said: "Your grandfather has been ill recently. He coughed and stayed up for half the night last night. He just took medicine and let him sleep more. I will take care of him tomorrow." Come visit."

 Coming out of her grandfather's yard, Tian personally took Jingshu to the cave.

Although the Jiang clan is not as powerful as the gentry clan in the capital, it has been a household name in Chaozhou for generations. The Shen Mansion is naturally the most prestigious family in Chaozhou.

As Tian took Jingshu away, he murmured: "The year before last, your uncle ordered people to renovate all the places in the house. My aunt still kept the yard where you used to live, but she just left your small back garden. Expand it a bit." As he said that, Tian took Jingshu to the cave.

Walking to the door of the courtyard, Jing Shu looked at the plaque hanging on the door, pointed at the three characters "Jingnu Garden", and suppressed a smile and said, "This is the name of the courtyard mentioned by Cousin Chen."

Hearing this, Mrs. Tian raised her eyes and looked at the plaque and said, "Isn't that right? You were six years old when you left me and lived in this courtyard alone. Sanlang was only eight years old at that time. I heard that you had your own courtyard. , I must make a fuss and give you a plaque."

Tian stared at the word and couldn't help but smile and said: "Look what the name of this courtyard looks like. A while ago, your uncle and I invited a gentleman from our family school to a banquet. When we passed by this courtyard, the old gentleman looked at it carefully. I looked at this plaque for a long time, and I was stroking my beard and thinking about it for a long time, but I didn't have the nerve to ask, 'What does this mean?'"

Such names as Qingfeng Garden, Anxitang, Bitangju, and Lanyaxuan are just like the names of the courtyards. This "Jingnu Garden" is indeed nondescript, but it is just written by an eight-year-old child, which makes it a bit more Childlike.

Jing Shu stood next to her aunt, looked up at the three words, and said, "At that time, my cousin was reading the Book of Songs, and when he read 'Jing Nu Qishu', he said that this sentence corresponded to my name. , so he gave my courtyard such a name, and even told me in a serious manner that the name of this courtyard has a lot of meaning."

Recalling the silly things she did when she was a child, Jingshu suppressed a smile and said, "I was young back then. I would believe whatever he said."

Ms. Tian also laughed. She patted Jingshu's hand and said, "You have all grown up in a flash. Hey! Now I really think about the days when you were children and played around me all day long."

 Tian accompanied Jingshu into the house and asked the little girls to help Jingshu take a bath.

Jingshu lived in this house at her maternal grandfather's house when she was a child. At that time, everything in this house was managed and arranged by her aunt Tian. Although she lost her mother when she was young, her aunt really took care of her in every possible way. Be thoughtful and meticulous.

After bathing, a message came from the front yard, saying that a banquet had been prepared, and asked Tian to take Jingshu there.

The two came to the banquet hall, and everyone was already there. Even the eldest cousin Jiang Youan who was on duty had returned early.

 Tian took Jingshu to her seat.

After a while, Grandma supported Mrs. Jiang and came over tremblingly.

Mrs. Tian and her two daughters-in-law quickly stood up and went to greet her. Mrs. Tian worriedly said, "Why did you let the old lady come out again?"

Mammy replied: "Now I understand it again. I heard that my cousin is here, and I remembered that she is my cousin. I want to come over and have a look."

Jingshu stood up and helped her grandmother, and asked with a smile: "Grandma, do you remember me?"

Mrs. Jiang sat down on the soft chair and stroked her granddaughter's face with a sweet smile: "You are my sweet granddaughter, how could my grandma not remember you?"

Jiang was happy to take care of his mother, and he was also happy in his heart. He said to Li Ling: "The old lady is old. Now she sometimes understands and sometimes becomes confused. When she understands, she always likes to talk about Shu'er."

As people get older, their minds are indeed not clear-headed. Mrs. Jiang, who was still clear just now, became confused again after only half a cup of tea.

Hearing her son mention "Shu'er", the old lady muttered: "Didn't I say that Shu'er will be promised to Sanlang? Is this a wedding banquet?"

 (End of this chapter)