Chapter 31 The Past 2
Liu Yu took the teacup from the old lady's hand and put it down, listening to the old lady slowly talking about her past experiences again.
At that time, not only the Chen family disagreed, but the Lu family did too. The parents of both sides began to look for partners for the two of them. In less than half a month, the Lu family decided on the Qi family, the third-ranked merchant in Dajin, for the old lady. When the old lady thought that was it.
The night before the engagement, it rained heavily, as if there was a hole in the sky, and the rain poured down onto the ground. The old man knelt at the gate of the Lu family...
Liu Yu looked at the old lady in front of him. Who could tell that she was the daughter of a merchant? She was truly generous and decent, and the nobility she exuded from her bones was incomparable to that of Qiu, the real noble lady from Yanjing.
Today, the Chen family has been able to reach this height, and Mr. Chen San has achieved such success, but how much has the old lady contributed to this?
He begged great scholars for help on behalf of the old man, helped him get into official circles, printed books and pamphlets to spread his propaganda, and even dug rivers and diverted water from the remote areas where the old man was exiled, turning the desert full of yellow sand into paddy fields.
It also laid the foundation for him to be promoted to the third rank official after he reported on his work and returned to Beijing, which was the highest official position in the Chen family for several generations. Later, the descendants of the Chen family could directly enter the Hanlin Academy.
The fact that Mr. Chen San could serve under the current Deputy Prime Minister Zhou Zheng was not only because he was a man of extraordinary talent, but also because of the old man's life-long achievements.
Otherwise, there are so many talented horses in the world, and if they can become truly famous, they must have a Bole to discover them.
I think this is also the reason why the old lady is not restrained by her younger generations and is particularly lenient to all of them.
She is truly an extraordinary woman.
The old lady patted Liu Yu and her daughter's hands:
"So, Yu'er and Yao'er, although our identities are destined and cannot be changed, if we accept our fate, then what we want and what we want to protect will eventually be lost."
Liu Yu stared at the kind old lady in front of him, and asked for some unknown reason:
"What if we know the result?" Then what's the point of working hard? We can only walk the same path!
"Do you know the result?" The old lady didn't understand why Liu Yu asked this question. Although she was only in her teens, her eyes seemed to have experienced many things and were as silent as death.
But her intuition was that the child in front of her was getting stuck in a dead end.
She touched Liu Yu's head at her feet:
"Silly child, when you know the result, it proves that it is not the result. We can take another path. It may be full of thorns, but it must be different from the previous path. What we need to do is to expand the territory on this path and make the future smoother. We don't repeat the result of the previous path, and it is worthwhile for us to get the opportunity to choose again."
It’s worth the opportunity to choose again.
The fog that had been covering my eyes since my rebirth was slowly dispelled because of these words.
Liu Yu smiled: "The old lady is right, I think too much."
"Mother, I don't understand what you are talking about with Yu'er."
Chen Xiyao couldn't bear it anymore, so she squeezed to the other side of the old lady's foot and lay down, resting her head on her legs.
The old lady poked her head and said, "You! You are so old, but you are still like a child. Hurry up and get up. I am old and will fall apart if you lean on me any more."
"The old lady doesn't look old. She looks less than 40 years old." Liu Yu smiled.
Chen Xiyao also thinks so:
"Mother looks younger than my sister-in-law..."
They helped the old lady into the inner courtyard, helped her onto the couch, and sat beside her bed, chatting, and before they knew it, the afternoon had passed.
When Nanny Feng lifted the curtain and entered the room, she saw this happy scene.
"Madam, the Third Master has returned from the government office. Shall we set up the dinner?"
The old lady sat up:
"Well, let's set the table!" He then ordered the two maids outside the room: "Take the young lady and Aunt Liu to change their clothes."
When she came out, Mr. Chen San was already sitting at the table. Liu Yu then remembered that she hadn't seen him for some time.
He had changed into the blue robe he usually wore at home, and in his hand was the same string of sandalwood Buddhist beads that he always kept in his hand, but he looked thinner and a little haggard.
The collapse of the Xunjiang River dam has not yet ended? I still remember that in the last life, although the selection of people to provide disaster relief was delayed for a few days, it was over at this point in time. It seems that Yang Shizhong, the Minister of Personnel, was sent to Lingnan.
However, Yang Shizhong was unlucky and died on the way back to Beijing.
Mr. Chen San's eyes fell on Liu Yu, but after a moment he looked away, stood up and saluted to the old lady in the front:
"Mother, why did you call me here?" He took the old lady from Liu Yu's hands and helped her sit down at the table.
The old lady glared at her son and grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Why, you didn't come when I didn't ask you to?" Looking at her son's thin face, she couldn't help but feel distressed:
"I know you are very busy at work, but you should also take care of your health. Yu'er is considerate and gentle, and she is considerate. I feel more at ease knowing that she is taking care of you."
Liu Yu did not expect that the old lady would know about what happened between her and Mr. Chen San in the bedroom. It seemed that she knew that she had been getting along with Mr. Chen San recently. The old lady knew about it, and her cheeks flushed slightly. Would the old lady know that although she and Mr. Chen San had slept on the same bed for many days, they had not taken that step?
On second thought, Liu Yu felt that the old lady should not know about the handkerchief or how good she was to her. It seemed as if she didn't know about it.
She suddenly felt a little guilty.
I'm wondering if I should be more proactive?
"Yes, mother is right, and I will remember it." He didn't look at Liu Yu and sat down next to the old lady.
Chen Xiyao was unhappy. On the left of the old lady was Liu Yu, and on the right was the third brother. So where should she sit? She immediately accused him.
Seeing this, Liu Yu gave up the first seat on the left. Master Chen San glanced at her, mounted his horse, lifted his robe and sat down. Liu Yu sat below him.
Smelling the faint fragrance on her body, he didn't even notice it, and felt inexplicably happy. While eating, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
After dinner and rinsing her mouth, the old lady, supported by Chen Xiyao and Liu Yu, returned to Shou'an Hall. The old lady told Mr. Chen San that Liu Yu would go back to Pingnan Marquis Mansion for a few days and asked him to take her back.
Mr. Chen San did not refuse. After pondering for a moment, he agreed to send Liu Yu back tomorrow, but he had to wait until he left the court.
After hearing what her son said, the old lady became tired and left the young people behind and went back to the backyard.
Chen Xiyao read all the way and still couldn't understand it. She was stupid.
It seemed that the third brother was really interested in this concubine. As a girl, she naturally would not stand here doing nothing. She bowed and went back to her Wutong Courtyard.
"Third Master, I see that you seem very tired. My technique is quite good."
Walking in the corridor back to the east courtyard, Liu Yu walked beside Mr. Chen Sanye. After hesitating for a while, he still made the invitation with a blushing face.
"Hmm?" Mr. Chen tilted his head to look at her, very surprised that she would say this.
His eyes fell on her. Her long black hair was tied up and fixed with a green jade hairpin. It fell on her soft and fair neck. She looked so delicate and soft.
These words and this person are very thought-provoking.