Xiaoqi

Chapter 483

"The old lady has extraordinary eyesight, Wen Chang admires her!"

Li Li smiled and nodded, and said with a smile: "My lady guessed right. I am from Xiliang, and I came to Yangzhou for a special trip to study. It is really a great fortune for me to meet good people with bodhisattva hearts like Madam and Miss!"

"Oh, Wenchang knows about Bodhisattvas, doesn't it mean he also believes in Buddhas?" Bu Mu asked with surprise on her face.

"Eh?" Li Li looked shocked, and after a little hesitation, he said with a smile: "I have heard of Buddhism, and I have also made a special trip to Xuzhou to worship Buddhist temples. I am not a Buddhist believer. The Buddhadharma is vast, and it can save all living beings. It is right to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. If you don’t seek goodness, you will get good rewards, but you should be ashamed of yourself. However, in troubled times, there are many things that have to be done. Buddha, it is obvious that this kind of argument is not feasible at present. Therefore, to disappoint my wife, Wenchang knows Buddhism, but he does not believe in Buddhism, and he cannot do it himself."

As he spoke, Li Li murmured in his heart: "What's the matter! Xuzhou Ruo Rong is also very knowledgeable about Buddhism. His real purpose of constructing Buddhist temples and temples is to earn money and food, and recruit young and strong people to plot evil. I have no good intentions. Besides, do I, Li Li, have anything to do with Buddhism?"

"Well. Wenchang doesn't have to care. It doesn't matter whether you believe in Buddhism or not." After Li Li finished speaking, Mrs. Bu's expression remained unchanged, and her face was still filled with a kind smile.Then she laughed and said: "I don't know why, I am very happy to see Wenchang today, this time Wenchang must stay in the humble house for a few more days. If Wenchang doesn't mind, call me aunt in the future, so as not to be too harsh Points. I don't know what Wenchang wants?"

"Okay, okay, that's great!" Li Li agreed with a smile.Then he said with a smile: "Auntie doesn't know something. In fact, I had this intention long ago, but I was worried that it would be too abrupt and impolite, so I didn't dare to speak. I don't want my aunt to think of going with my nephew. This is Fate. It can be seen that my aunt and I must have been relatives in the previous life, and we will see each other in this life, and feel very close. Hehehe!"

"You're really good at talking, I've said everything in my heart." Mrs. Bu looked at Li Li with joy on her face.The look of love in the eyes is the same as that of a mother looking at her precious son.

After holding back her laughter, she smiled and said to Li Li: "Wenchang, Auntie, no matter who you are or what your status is, I will recognize you as a nephew from now on. What do you think?"

Obviously.Mrs. Bu's ability to say these words shows that she has truly recognized Li Li.So she speaks freely.go straight.Not as humble and polite as before.

When Li Li heard that Stepmother wanted to recognize him as his nephew, the smile on his face gradually subsided. He immediately got up and walked to her side, bowed down and knelt down: "From today on, Wenchang is Auntie's nephew, you should take care of yourself in the future." ah!"

"Auntie?" Stepmother was slightly startled.But there was no hesitation in the movements of his hands, he stood up and helped Li Li up.

After Li Li got up, he sat beside Stepmother, and said with a slightly sad expression: "Auntie doesn't know. My nephew's parents have passed away for many years. I didn't say it just now. My nephew was afraid of being rude, but now I don't have to worry about it." .Auntie, please don’t blame me.”

"Stupid child, how could Auntie blame you!" Stepmother couldn't help her eyes getting wet after hearing the words, and then she gently stroked Li Li's hair, and said softly with love on her face: "Wenchang is observant and calm. When I was eating, I noticed that there was worry in your eyes. You must have seen that I have been ill for a long time, and the days are numbered? That's why you called me aunt to show respect for me, a terminally ill person. Am I right?"

"En." Li Li pursed his lips and nodded with a heavy expression, then grinned, and comforted him: "Auntie, don't worry, my nephew's family has two world-renowned doctors, and then my aunt moved to my nephew's house to live. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to allow my nephew to serve him sooner or later."

"Wenchang got married?" Stepmother asked with a slightly changed expression.

Seeing the difference in Stepmother's expression, Li Li didn't hide anything at this time, and nodded bluntly: "Yes, my nephew got married two years ago. My nephew and younger brother grew up in the military camp since childhood. It has been six years since I joined the army at the age of six. In the past six years, my nephew has been running on the battlefield, earning some fame, setting up a family business, marrying a wife and having children, and living a pretty good life. This time I came to Yangzhou, one Have a look at the study tour to increase your knowledge; secondly, do some private affairs along the way for future needs."

After listening to Li Li's story, Stepmother was very pleased and said: "Wenchang's parents died young, and he went to war at the age of 15, but he should start a family and start a career as soon as possible. The sky has eyes, Wenchang has a great fortune, and he not only won a lot of fame, You still earn a family business, auntie is happy for you!"

After a pause, Stepmother pushed some meat dishes on the table in front of Li Li, and said with a smile: "Since Wenchang is a military commander, I'm afraid he didn't have enough to eat just now! Come on, you must eat and drink enough today. If you don't have enough, let The trainer will do it for you again!"

Step mother's words reached Li Li's heart, most of the roast chicken is not enough to eat, at most it fills the belly.So he started to eat again, and said while eating: "The dishes on the table should be enough, don't bother Miss Bu to make it again."

After hearing the words, Stepmother immediately became unhappy, waved her hand and said, "Wenchang, what are you talking about? You are my nephew, and the trainer is your sister. Why not ask her to cook you some food!"

"Oh, by the way, look at my memory!" Before the mother finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something again, and then said: "Wenchang is still living in the east wing, after dinner, you can move to Go to the main room in the front yard. Well, that's it!"

After finishing speaking, Stepmother supported the round table and stood up, and said with a smile: "Wenchang eat slowly, Auntie is a sick child, go back to the room to rest first."

"Oh, auntie, I'll help you go back to your room to rest!" Li Li immediately got up when he heard this, stepped over to step mother, and said, holding her arm.

Stepmother waved her hand and said, "No need, just have a trainer help me, Wenchang, sit down quickly, you haven't taken a sip of this jar of wine yet!"

Immediately, the step trainer walked out of the side door slowly with the step mother, and disappeared from Li Li's sight.

So he was left alone in the lobby to eat a big piece, and he was very comfortable while eating and drinking.

The inner room of the back hall.

Stepmother lay on the bed with a thick brocade quilt on her back, took the water glass handed over by Bu Lianshi, and took a sip of water to moisten her throat.Then she sighed with joy on her face: "I didn't expect that my mother can accept such an excellent nephew when she is old. This life is not in vain!"

"Mother, you trust people too easily!"

The step trainer stood at the head of the bed, Qianqianyu clenched her hands into powder fists and tapped her mother's shoulder lightly, and said in an annoyed tone: "You and him have only met once in total, and it took less than half an hour to see him coaxing you What a joy! This guy is eloquent, sweet-talking, and he picks out nice words, he's so good at deceiving people!

You see, just such a short time has coaxed you so dizzy that you don't even care about your own daughter, wishing to treat him as your own son.What if he was a liar?Just because he makes you so happy, I'm afraid you will give him whatever you want.Mother, is your daughter right? "

"What are you talking about, kid! Is your mother really so easy to deceive?"

The step mother raised her hand and grabbed the step trainer's hand, signaling her to stop, then pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, looked at her daughter with pity, and said softly: "After all these years, when did my mother miss you? It was intentional to help the refugees and those down-and-out scribes before, in order to leave a good name for my Bu family, so as to elevate our Bu family, so that we can find you a good family in the future. In Yangzhou, our Bu family is after all He is an outsider, and is out of tune with the Yangzhou gentry. If we don't have a good reputation, how can we gain a foothold in Yangzhou!

However, when the good reputation of our Bufu spreads, we can stop as soon as we see it, enough is enough, and we stopped it last winter.I didn't expect you to show kindness today and take in another group of people. At that time, my mother didn't agree, but now it seems that your vision is more accurate.My daughter has finally grown up and can be on her own! "

"Mother, what exactly are you trying to say? Why does my daughter become more and more confused the more she listens?" Bu Lianshi asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hehehe!" Stepmother smiled happily: "Silly boy, the identities of the guests you took in this time are not simple! Especially Wenchang, because of his conversational temperament, calm demeanor, and his gestures and gestures. Do you think he is a down-and-out traveling scholar?"

The step trainer shook his head with a blushing face and said: "Of course he is not a scribe, just because he is so tall and strong, he doesn't look like a frail scholar. Besides, didn't he just say that he is a general, and he is fighting He has been a general for many years. Judging by his conceited expression when he speaks, he should be doing well, at least he should be a commanding general, not a low-level general. Otherwise, how could he have so much money to buy a family business, marry a wife and have children!"

"Hehehe!" Seeing the angry look of the step trainer pouted red lips, the step mother couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said: "My good daughter is right, Wenchang is not very old, but he has already married a wife and had children. It's a little early. Trainer, what do you think?"

Bu trainer Gu Zi lowered his head, twisting his skirt with Qianqianyu's hands, and didn't see Stepmother's playful smile.Therefore, after she heard the words, her expression was quite upset, and she continued: "Isn't it! Look at how old he is this year, he is only 21 years old, and he already has a child! It's too early, according to me Look, he is a womanizer, impatient, with a little money, he is eager to find a beautiful woman to marry!"

Chapter 484

Chapter 484

After speaking, Bu Lianshi's face was covered with red clouds, but he was afraid that his mother would see him, so he kept his head down, not daring to look up at his mother.

Knowing a girl is like a mother.

Seeing her daughter's shy appearance, Stepmother naturally knew what her daughter was thinking.

My daughter is about to become a big girl, and she is in the prime of her love life, but she meets a handsome man like Wen Chang. If she says that her daughter has no ideas at all, Stepmother will never believe it.

Although Stepmother is old and in poor health, she used to walk step by step from a young girl.She knew that no matter which girl met such an outstanding and handsome man as Wenchang, she would have a good impression of him. If conditions permit, and contact him a few times, maybe the good impression will be sublimated into admiration, and then it will naturally become a relationship between a man and a woman.

Thinking of this, Stepmother couldn't help but be filled with thoughts, a little regretful, a little helpless, and a little hard to let go.

Then she asked softly: "Trainer, do you know how old a girl in the north can get married, and how old a man can get a wife?"

"Huh?" Bu Lianshi looked up at his mother in astonishment, but found that there was no abnormal expression on her face.So she said softly: "This daughter knows that the daughter of a commoner can marry after the age of 14, and the family of officials and gentry usually waits until the age of 16, which is no different from my southern states and counties. As for men, generally after the age of 16 You can marry a wife and have children, but a man from a noble family can only marry a wife after he reaches the crown, and he cannot marry a wife before, but he can take a concubine."

"Well." Stepmother nodded slightly, and said softly: "You are right, but you didn't say the whole thing. There is another situation, that is, if the man's parents are dead and the man in the family is weak, with the permission of the elders of the family or the famous After the elders bestow the word, they can reach the crown in advance, so that the man can take over the family business as soon as possible. Of course, he can also marry the main wife in advance, start a family and start a business."

"Oh, yes, my daughter has heard of such things, but she has never seen it." The step trainer nodded happily.

Stepmother smiled slightly and said softly: "Wen Chang said just now that his parents died early, he grew up with his younger brother in the military camp since childhood, and joined the army at the age of 15. This means that Wen Chang's ancestors were not from the noble family, but from the common people. Because now No gentry family would send a 15-year-old child to the battlefield. Even if it was a false name, it would not start at the age of 15. Doing so would be easily criticized. On the contrary, it would affect the child's future even more if it was based on facts.

so.Wenchang was not from a noble family.They are not the children of officials and eunuchs, but they are from a family of common people, at most a wealthy family.Therefore, it is normal for him to marry a wife and have children at the age of 21. If not, it would be abnormal; it only shows that he has not yet made a fortune and his future is bleak.down and out. "

"Mother, why are you telling your daughter these things? It has nothing to do with your daughter." The step trainer looked at his mother in bewilderment and said in surprise.

Stepmother smiled wryly and shook her head.Said: "Trainer, don't you understand yet? I mentioned his name repeatedly, but didn't mention his name. Don't you understand?"

The step trainer shook his head suspiciously, and said softly, "Is there anything wrong? He was just recognized by his mother as a nephew. It is reasonable for you to call him by his name."

Seeing that her daughter, who was originally extremely intelligent, has become so dull today, Stepmother knows that her daughter's affection for Wenchang is not as simple as that, it is obvious that she has already taken a fancy to him!

As a person who has experienced it, Stepmother knows that only a woman who falls in love will become stupid. She puts aside all her due ingenuity and wisdom, and her mind is full of the shadow of her lover, unable to think rationally at all.