It wasn't like this in my last life

It took eight days for the entire Song family to be ready for dispatch before the old lady led the troops all the way into the city.Song Qianqian took a group of sons to wait at the gate of the front yard. As soon as the carriage stopped, Song Qianqian went over to help the old lady down.

"Thank you, mother."

The old lady is about 50 years old, with a brown forehead wipe on her head, simple wooden hairpins around her ears, her hair is meticulously combed, and although her face is hard to hide the fatigue, her eyes are still full of energy.Her eyes wandered among the children and grandchildren around her, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "The boat goes slowly, it's not hard, it's not hard." Putting her hand on the back of Song Qianqian's hand, she said slowly: "Let the children Go back and rest, and come to talk to my old lady in the afternoon."

Song Liudai went forward and held the old lady's hand coquettishly and refused to leave. The old lady smiled indulgently and stopped chasing them away.A group of people chatted and laughed and entered the inner house, where Mrs. Li was waiting with her daughter and aunts.After the two teams made a round, the gate of the courtyard was immediately blocked.It was Mrs. Li who was careful, and asked her daughter and auntie to leave first, and with another look, Song Liudai took his two younger brothers away in embarrassment.

After lunch, the old lady took a nap and woke up feeling much better, so she called her son and daughter-in-law over to talk.

"Mother's complexion looks much better." After Li Shi finished speaking, she turned her head and motioned for the red sweet potato beside her to bring a small enamel bowl, "I got some high-quality official swallows before, and it is said that their appearance is not as good as those sent to the palace. Not leaving. There are not many things, the master is reluctant to eat, and said to keep it for mother to replenish her body."

The old lady's complexion became more gentle. At her age, there are few things that can catch her eyes, and all she cares about is that thought, "You have a heart. When people are old, no matter how much they eat, they can't make up for it." , but Xi Niang and Mo Niang, seeing that they are growing up day by day, it's time to talk about others. The daughter's family should be more pampered, and I will give the two girls according to my share in the future. If it is not enough, I will take the blame."

"Look at what mother said, why use mother's things." Li Shi smiled.

Song Qianqian also agreed, and the old lady was not polite to them. After thinking for a while, she changed her voice and said, "What do you two say about the big girl's marriage?"

Li Shi's face tightened, for fear that the old lady would make a random promise to someone in Beijing.Song Qianqian completely trusted her mother, "Mother is the one who decides."

The old lady squinted her eyes, nodded her head, and said: "This matter really needs to be let go. The big girl has just reached her age, so she can afford to wait a year or two."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shi's face changed slightly, and even Song Qianqian was not calm anymore.He had a quick mind, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly got a clue, his eyes were amazingly bright, "Mother, but is there any news from Beijing?"

Seeing Li's nervousness, the old lady slowed down her voice, and said slowly: "The Patriarch of the Song family in the capital just got the title of Lu Guogong. From the first rank, the title can be hereditary."

Mrs. Li was confused, and Song Qianqian frowned, "Mother, we were originally in the same breath, so we should only be happy if they got promoted. It's just that the relationship is far away. People are afraid that they will also regard us as the poor relatives who beat the autumn wind."

The old lady sighed in her heart, she was born in a scholarly family, and married into a merchant's family by accident.She was already proud and arrogant, and the rich have always been sad for three generations. How could she watch the Song family decline like this.The opportunity this time is great, if handled properly, their team may not be inferior to the so-called orthodox sons and grandsons of the capital.

"Lu Guogong has only one son, who died in the battle, and has only one golden grandson under his knees, who is riddled with many diseases." The old lady said this without any emotion, and Li's ears only felt icy cold.Song Qianqian instantly understood what the old lady meant, and he thought further than she did.

"I'll listen to my mother on this matter." He made a decisive decision, Li Shi glanced at him, and swallowed the words silently.

The old lady smiled with satisfaction.Turning around, I will leave this article alone, and talk about the anecdotes of what I have learned in Beijing these days.Not long after, someone came to report, and several grandchildren came to pay their respects.

"Grandmother, my grandson misses you so much." Song Liudai leaned over affectionately, pampering the old lady's lap.The old lady smiled, "Grandmother misses you very much too, come and show grandma, have you lost weight? Did you not eat properly?"

Song Badai's face froze, and he tried to find Song Liudai's neck between his chin and chest, but he couldn't find it—how could he tell that he was thinner?

In his previous life, the relationship between Song Badai and this grandmother was mediocre. He was dull and had low self-esteem. He confined himself in the fourth aunt's small courtyard all year round, and could not speak, let alone flatter him.Once again, he felt that he couldn't sit still and wait for death, so he walked over and looked at the old lady timidly like Song Liudai did, "Grandmother, my grandson misses you too."

The big wet eyes looked at the old lady innocently.

This is what Song Badai realized from the cat that ate it secretly in the yard.Generally, as long as he stares at someone so pitifully for a while, his wish will probably not come true.Sure enough, I saw distressed emotions appearing on the old lady's face.

"This is San'er, right? Come to grandma." Stretching out Song Badai's hand, the old lady sighed lovingly, "It has grown so big in the blink of an eye. I will often visit grandma in the future, and grandma has sweets here." With a wave of his hand, the servant girl understood and immediately offered a lot of things.

As soon as the first box was opened, there were colorful candies covered with snow-white icing. Song and Six Dynasties drool when they saw it. This box was divided among the three brothers.Song Qidai only twisted one and put it in his mouth for a while, and stuffed the rest to Song Badai.

The second box is the beaded flower jewelry that is popular in the capital, with emerald green hairpins, gold inlaid buds, enamel colored flower hairpins...all of which are rare treasures.The old lady didn't care much, she looked at the two granddaughters and said, "I've prepared your mother's and aunt's separately, this is yours, share it for fun."

Song Mo Niang's face couldn't hide her joy, Song Xi Niang's mouth curled up, and she said respectfully but affectionately: "Thank you grandma for the reward." Turning to look at Song Mo Niang, "I got a lot of things from my son and Jili, but my sister didn't have any. My sister chooses first."

Song Momiang declined briefly, but couldn't resist the temptation, first picked out the gold inlaid step Yao and two mutton fat jade bracelets, and said a little embarrassedly: "My sister is also here to choose, there are so many things, I'm dazzled." Song Xiniang was not pretentious, so she chose a few.The two were almost evenly divided, but in terms of value, Song Momiang's choice was more expensive.

Song Badai shook his head inwardly. In this comparison, Song Xiniang's bearing would surpass Song Momiang's by several blocks. It's fine at home, but if it's outside, it will be a joke.Adhering to the principle that the enemy of an enemy is a friend, Song Badai hesitated whether to remind her in private.

Come out from the old lady, Song Badai and Song Mo Niang are in the same direction.

Song Mo Niang held the jewelry box and couldn't put it down, she didn't even give Song Ba Dai half of her eyes.

It doesn't matter, if the mountain is not mine, I will be the mountain. Song Badai gave an exaggerated admiration, "The jewelry chosen by the second sister is so beautiful, even the big sister's can't compare." Don't be too obvious about it!Song and Eight Dynasties thought that the reminder was more obvious.

Song Mo Niang laughed, "It can't just be said that the big sister didn't choose well, everyone has different visions, it can only be said that everyone has their own eyes."

Yo, I'm still talking about it.Song Badai was speechless, and his small eyes clearly expressed the meaning of hating iron but not steel.

It's just that people don't look at him at all.

As if she was not satisfied enough, Song Mo Niang suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, "San'er, you also think I chose better? The second sister won't tell you any more, go back and show my aunt."

Looking at her cheerful back, Song Badai walked towards the yard silently.

Seeing him, Xinghua greeted him with a smile. Song Badai took out the candy wrapper from his sleeve and handed it to Xinghua, "Share it with Ah Fu." Children's things are still insensitive.Xinghua was quite happy, holding the candy and was very moved, "Master has grown up, he will really be considerate of people."

Not long after, the old lady sent someone to bring some trinkets for fun, such as Cuju, cricket cage, a pair of jade and stone chess, and many ornaments, it seems that every yard has them.After Song Badai let Xinghua accept it, he wondered what to do to express his heart when the old lady was on her birthday.

Obviously there are more than one people who have the same idea as him, and the most eager one is Second Aunt.

The next morning, Xinghua listened to the gossip, and learned from Song Badai vividly. "Second Aunt paid a lot of money this time. The first thing she bought was a fox fur shawl. It is said that it is pure white without any stray hairs. It costs 100 taels, right?! But is the old lady such a shallow-sighted person? , she refused on the pretext of being allergic to fur."

Combined with what he heard at the time, Song Badai guessed that the second aunt probably wanted to use her strength with the old lady.Being a parent is really exhausting.Thinking of his biological mother, Song Badai had a feeling for a while.

Xinghua didn't notice his abnormality, so she went on to say, "I heard that the second aunt cried when she came out. The servant girl had a good sister who happened to be serving outside at that time, and she said that she heard the old lady scold the second aunt, saying, 'What about the Zhao family? The Li family, it’s all nonsense. You, an aunt, can’t care about the eldest girl’s marriage, you are really merciless in scolding."

Song Badai's expression turned pale, "Grandmother really said that?"

Xinghua nodded again and again, "I don't dare to talk nonsense."

Song Badai rubbed his chin, this is really strange, before that, the Song family did deliberately choose a son-in-law from those families, not to mention hearing what the second aunt said that day, even if he was a servant, he would occasionally gossip , but did not see Li's action to rectify, it can be seen that it is indeed intentional.Now hearing what the old lady said, do you want to change your mind?

Is the old lady planning to pick one from Beijing?

It's just that although the Song family is rich, it is a merchant family. Although Song Badai didn't know much about it, he also knew that any family in the capital was a wealthy family. It is a dream for a prostitute to marry to be the head of the house.If you want to talk about being a concubine, don't talk about Song Daddy, I guess Li will be the first to object.

If Mrs. Li doesn't object, then this matter is worth considering.

As for Li's attitude, Song Badai quickly saw it.