There is Room For the Poor Daughter

Zhongzhou provincial capital, post station.

Li Xingchang and Li Xingnian are saying goodbye to Yan Zhigao and his party.

Li Xingchang looked a little regretful: "The time I came here is too tight this time, and I couldn't go to the house to sit down." Then he looked at Daohua, "You haven't met your cousins ​​and cousins, this time. It's not a coincidence that the one from your hometown celebrated his birthday, and your two aunts took them to celebrate his birthday."

Daohua wondered: "The one from my hometown? Who is it?"

Yan Wenxiu knew about the grandfather's family, so he immediately pulled Daohua and motioned her not to ask again.

Seeing that Yan Wenxiu kept winking at Daohua, Li Xingchang smiled: "Go back and ask your mother." After speaking, he went to talk to Yan Zhigao.

Daohua immediately pulled Yan Wenxiu and asked, "Brother, who is the uncle talking about?"

Yan Wenxiu didn't want to say anything, but Yan Wenkai leaned over and said, "It's our grandmother, but the latter."

Daohua's eyes widened: "Grandmother is still alive? How come I never heard it from my mother?"

Yan Wenkai: "It's all said to be the last one. Big sister, let me tell you, that old woman is bad. Back then, I wanted to marry my mother to a bad old man."

"Fourth brother!" Yan Wenxiu glared at Yan Wenkai, "What are you talking about, that's an elder after all."

Yan Wenkai pouted: "What elder, my mother has never admitted it, I don't recognize it anyway."

Yan Wenxiu was a little helpless: "It's good that you know some things in your heart, so why say it? Isn't it fair to leave a tongue behind?"

Yan Wenkai said confidently: "Isn't that what the eldest sister is asking? Of course I have to say it."

Yan Wenxiu moved his lips, wanting to say that such a thing is not suitable for talking to the girls in the boudoir, but seeing Daohua looking at them with great interest, he sighed and said, "My mother is a married woman, and it has nothing to do with the other side. , we only have the eldest uncle and the second uncle in our foreign family, don't care about others."

Daohua nodded, then looked at Yan Wenkai with bright eyes.

Yan Wenkai didn't care about Yan Wenxiu, and he muttered in a low voice while pulling Daohua.

"In order to prevent the old woman from marrying her mother to a bad old man, the uncle and the second uncle voluntarily gave up the family business left by their grandfather, and then took their mother away from the hometown to go out. Now the uncle and second uncle's family business belongs to them. A little bit of accumulation."

"Afterwards, I saw my uncle and second uncle getting up, and I didn't know what method they used, so I got in touch again."

Daohua listened silently, thought for a while and then asked, "How did mother marry father?"

Yan Wenkai: "I don't know exactly what happened, but it seems that my mother was the first to see it."

At this time, Li Xingchang, Li Xingnian and Yan Zhigao also said almost the same.

Yan Zhigao: "Two uncles and brothers, we're leaving now. I'll send you a letter when I settle down in Xingzhou. Then, if you have time, you can go and sit down."

Li Xingchang nodded with a smile: "Absolutely."

"Uncle, uncle, goodbye!"

Daohua said goodbye to Brother Li Xingchang, and then the group boarded the carriage and drove quickly towards Linyi County.

Watching the carriage go far, Li Xingchang and Li Xingnian turned around and walked back.

Li Xingchang's eyebrows were a little sad: "The bigger the senior officials are, the bigger the gap with us is. In the future, we will not be able to help the little sister, the concubine in the backyard of Yan's family."

Li Xingnian smiled and said, "Brother, put your heart in your belly, our little sister has given birth to some amazing children, Wen Xiu is a serious boy, Wen Kai is lively and straightforward, and that girl Dao Hua is even more eccentric. Yes, the eldest sister can't stand bullying in the Yan family."

Li Xingchang's worry did not diminish: "It's not that you don't know the virtues of men. If Zhigao's heart is biased, can the little girl live better?"

Hearing this, Li Xingnian didn't take it seriously, and said with a light smile: "As long as our brother-in-law is not stupid, he should know who's honored him for his promotion this time."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Xingchang interrupted: "You haven't said this to Daohua, have you?"

Li Xingnian said angrily, "Brother, you think I'm stupid!"

Li Xingchang breathed a sigh of relief: "There is a rice flower factor in the appreciation of Gao Neng, but more importantly, he can do practical things for the people. Men are proud, and you can't show that kind of thinking just now, otherwise, It will ruin the father-daughter relationship between Daohua and Zhigao."

Li Xingnian disagreed: "It's not so serious. If I have a daughter like Daohua, I can wake up laughing in my dreams."

Li Xingchang: "That's what I said, but who doesn't want to improve because of their own efforts."

Li Xingnian: "Okay, don't worry about it here, little girl is not stupid, Daohua girl, I also see that she is not one who will swallow her anger, and she will be bullied by a concubine. , that's what they deserve."

In the carriage, Yan Zhigao drank the tea prepared by Daohua while thinking about the experience of coming to Fucheng to report his work this time.

Master Xiao poured himself another cup of tea and said with a smile, "The tea this time is better than the last time. I heard that the eldest girl got up early in the morning to make it. Her filial piety is commendable."

Yan Zhigao retracted his thoughts: "That girl does have some talent in cooking."

Master Xiao nodded: "I heard that the cooking skills of the eldest girl are taught by the old lady. As the old saying goes, there is a treasure in the family. Without the guidance of the old lady, we would not be able to drink such good tea. The journey can't be that easy either."

Hearing this, Yan Zhigao's expression moved, thinking that if it wasn't for his mother's insistence this time, he might not bring Daohua to Fucheng. If Daohua doesn't come, then his promotion

Although he didn't want to admit it, he knew in his heart that the reason why he was able to get promoted was directly related to the son that Daohua saved.

"Master is right. Having an old man at home is like having a Dinghaishen needle."

While talking, the two heard laughter from the carriage behind, and their faces couldn't help showing smiles.

"Where there are big girls, there seems to be no shortage of laughter."

"That girl, love to laugh!"

"No wonder the old lady is so precious, and the child's bright and carefree smile will make her mood better."

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Yan Zhigao was in a hurry to return to Linyi County to take over, and was in a hurry to go to Xingzhou to take up his post, so the speed of going back was much faster than when he came.

In the bumpy carriage, Daohua looked at the pale eldest brother and said, "Brother, you will have to do some exercise when you get home this time." After speaking, she handed him the water hyacinth with rice soup.

Yan Wenxiu didn't say anything, it wasn't because he didn't want to say it, but it was really uncomfortable to be beaten by the carriage. Fortunately, the eldest sister prepared the glutinous rice soup in advance. After drinking it, he felt better.

Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao, who were on the side, didn't need to pass the rice flowers. After Yan Wenxiu had drunk it, they immediately hugged the water hyacinth and started drinking.

Daohua hurriedly stopped: "You drink less, save more for big brother."

Yan Wenkai wiped his mouth: "Big sister, why don't you cook more rice soup? I haven't had enough." No matter how simple the food that big sister makes, it seems to be very delicious.

Just this rice soup, after drinking it, he was full of cleanliness, who had been sitting in the carriage and was completely weak.

Daohua ignored the big eater, lifted the curtain of the car, and looked at the scenery outside the car: "Should we be there soon?"

A coachman's voice came from outside the carriage: "Miss, you will be in Linyi County in half a day."

Daohua nodded and looked at Yan Wenxiu: "Brother, keep going, we'll be home soon."