A few months later, Liu Yong welcomed Tang Yanghe and his wife, An Lan and An Jiang at Shiliupu Pier.
An Lan and An Jiang have changed a lot. They have become lively and laughing, and they have grown a lot taller. There are no traces of leaving home on their faces.
Liu Yong thanks Tang Yanghe and his f
Alice learned from Tang Yanghe to Liu Yong that this time Tang Yanghe married Alice, a rich French girl, and they were already married. Tang Yanghe smiled and said: This is all Alice's credit. I am looking for business opportunities everywhere in France, and I am not here all the time.
At home, the two little brothers are taken care of and taught by Alia.
Liu Yong thanked Alia again and again. Alice is also a cheerful woman. She smiled and said: Chinese men love their wives, so I found a Chinese man to be my husband. Now I am going to be a mother soon, and I understand that as a mother
How to treat children.
Only then did Liu Yong realize that Alice's belly had swelled and she looked like she was about to give birth.
Liu Yong said happily: Yingran, after two years in France, it seems that you have gained the most. Not only do you have a beloved wife, but you also have a child. Congratulations.
Tang Yanghe smiled and said: Today I return An Lan and An Jiang to Zhao intact. Fortunately, I have honored your request and will not go to Beijing in the future. I will take Alice home by the way. My son, I hope he can land in his ancestral home.
Liu Yong and Tang Yanghe agreed that when Alice returned from giving birth in the capital, they would stay at the Liu family's new house in Nanxun.
Liu Yong said goodbye to Tang Yanghe and his wife, and returned to Nanxun with An Lan and An Jiang. When Liu Yong's mother saw her two grandsons, she was so happy that she held them in her arms and kept shouting "darlings, darlings".
Liu Yong specially invited Mr. Hu to the government for An Lan and An Jiang to give them lectures. One day Mr. Hu asked An Lan what "wealth" means.
An Lan replied: Wealth is wealth, and nobleness is connotation, cultivation, and character. Being rich but not noble is poor. The answer surprised Mr. Hu. It is rare to have such a state of mind at such a young age. He said to Liu Yong privately: This boy can
Teaching will become a great tool in the future.
Liu Yong leaned on a chair in his room, squinted his eyes, and considered how to train his two sons. He hoped that they would be able to pursue official careers in the future, and also to honor the Liu family and their ancestors.
I heard Xiaoju calling from outside: Brother Ayong, come quickly, someone from the Jiang family is here.
When Liu Yong heard that someone from Dongmei's husband's family was coming, he quickly got dressed and went out to meet the guests in the living room.
The visitors were the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the eldest son of the Jiang family. On behalf of their parents, they came to discuss with Liu Yong the time to marry Dongmei. The Jiang family hoped that the good day would be on the first day of March next year.
Since it was the day chosen by the Jiang family, Liu Yong naturally agreed. He was marrying his daughter, so he didn't need to worry about anything else, as long as he prepared the dowry.
After the Jiang family left, the Shen family from Gui'an came one after another. The two families followed suit and set the wedding date in the spring of next year, only half a month later than the Jiang family.
The two daughters had already set a date to go out, so they had to prepare dowries for them. Yu Hui was gone, so Liu Yong naturally refused to wrong his daughter. He wanted Hong Ying to take care of it, but he was afraid that she would not come.
Xiao Ju came up with an idea: You don't have to wait for the new house to be completed. You can hire a matchmaker now, and when you move to the new house, you can hold the wedding together. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
Liu Yong thought Xiao Ju's idea was good, so he asked Matchmaker Wang to go there. Matchmaker Wang happily agreed. Anyone would be willing to be a ready-made matchmaker, and the Liu family was rich, so a matchmaking gift was indispensable.
Matchmaker Wang happily hired a green cloth sedan and rushed to the Song family in Jili Village. Unexpectedly, she was turned down. The entire Song family was not at home, so she asked her neighbors, who said they went to drink at Wu Ming's relative's house by Taihu Lake.
It's a wedding and I won't be back for a few days.
Matchmaker Wang did not give up and went back a few days later. She saw Hong Yingniang in the house. She rushed into the house excitedly and was about to speak, but Hong Yingniang stopped her with a smile: "Mother Wang, if you are here for my daughter's marriage, please
Stop talking, she doesn't want to get married anymore.
Mother Wang clapped her hands and said with a smile: I know that Hong Ying has three virtues and nine virtues. If someone else asked me to do it, I would naturally not be interested. But Boss Liu asked me to be a matchmaker. I thought that was a good thing. It is called reunion after breaking the mirror.
Hong Ying's mother said: As a mother, I naturally hope that they will get back together. After all, they are husband and wife, and it is difficult for them to let go. But Hong Ying has suffered too much and her heart has become cold. Now she is at home.
While reciting the Buddha's name, she won't listen to anything I say. If I push her too hard, I'm afraid she'll get tonsured. What should I do?
Wang's mother still refused to give up and said: What about Hong Ying? It doesn't hurt to let me see her.
Hong Yingniang reminded: If you want to see her, I will just call her out, but you must not mention that matter.
Hong Yingniang shouted out, and she saw a baby under one year old in her right hand, and a girl about three years old in her left hand, slowly walking out of the back room.
Matchmaker Wang said: Oh, you are helping your brother take care of the children at home.
Hong Yingniang said: Where are they? It’s Hong Sheng’s child. It’s an abandoned child she picked up on the road. Seeing how pitiful they were, she had to take them home and raise them.
Matchmaker Wang tentatively said: Oh, Hong Ying, everyone knows that you have a good heart, and Boss Liu is also kind-hearted. If you take the two children there, Boss Liu will definitely treat them kindly, don't you think?
Hong Ying said categorically: Mother Wang, I committed evil in my previous life and have suffered so much in this life. Go back and tell him that I have seen through it. From now on, I will worship Buddha devoutly and cultivate for the next life.
Matchmaker Wang couldn't understand what Hong Ying meant by "seeing through", so she could only reply to Liu Yong with doubts.
Liu Yong sent Wang Matchmaker away, feeling a chill in his heart. He had thought about several reasons why Hong Ying might not want to return to the Liu family. He also made various countermeasures, but he did not expect that Hong Ying would not.
The reason is that I have seen through it.
Others may not understand, but Liu Yong understood in his heart why Hong Ying saw through. She didn't see through anyone, but saw through life. Looking back on Hong Ying's life, when she first came to Nanxun as a teenager, she was still an innocent and lively person.
The little girl is not afraid of anything and everything. She just wants to control her destiny in her own hands, but what does destiny give her in return? In the Liu family, she works hard to take care of the housework and raise several children, but she relies on her most.
After Yu Hui passed away, the heavy responsibility of the Liu family was entrusted to her. When Qiu Xiancha, a talented man and a beautiful woman, came together, she did not marry, but chose to be the stepmother of four children. In order to rescue the Liu family from King Du's prison
Liu Yong and her children, she went to Shanghai Shiliupu Pier to buy arms alone. In order not to injure the Liu family, she asked for a divorce letter, but was misunderstood by the Liu Yong family. After the exposure incident, she stepped forward and risked her life to save her. In
While she was in prison awaiting trial, she must have imagined herself going to Lingchi Terrace thousands of times. She must have woken up from a nightmare and suddenly felt cold. She said she felt cold, but actually she understood.
There is no relief from the sufferings of life. Today it seems that all the sufferings are gone, the flowers are blooming, and the oil is cooking in the fire. But who can predict what will happen in the future?
Liu Yong covered his face and cried alone in the study. He deeply realized the impermanence of life and felt compassion in his heart. He decided not to force Hong Ying to return to the Liu family. Even if he loved her deeply, he would still let her go.
She is free and determined to care for her and love her secretly.
Liu Yong asked Song Hongsheng to bring money to Hong Ying, and asked him to tell Hong Ying to live a good life at home and not have to worry about the Liu family's affairs. If the Liu family owes her anything she can't pay back in this life, she will pay it back in the next life.
Hearing that Dongmei and Qiumei were about to leave the court, Hong Ying asked: Who will arrange dowries for them?
Hong Sheng said: He said, let his aunt and Xiaoju take care of it for you, you don't have to worry.
Hong Ying felt a little sad. She had wanted to personally arrange dowries for the two sisters and send them off to get married, but now she couldn't do it.
That night, Hong Ying dreamed of Yu Hui. Yu Hui touched her face with her hand and said with a smile: Sister, you have suffered a lot these years...I know it all. But the two daughters are getting married. , you still have to take care of it.
Hong Ying cried and threw herself into Yu Hui's arms, but she was in vain and Yu Hui disappeared.
Hong Ying woke up, her pillow wet with tears. She looked at the two children beside the pillow, put on her clothes and walked to the Buddhist hall, knelt down to the Bodhisattva and chanted sutras silently.
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Liu Yong was doing the accounting in the shop when Liu Qing came in and said: I saw Brother Hong Sheng yesterday and he said that his sister Hong Ying had adopted several refugee orphans one after another and was very busy.
Hearing Liu Qing mention Hong Ying, his heart was touched. He asked: When did Hong Ying start adopting orphans?
Liu Ting shook his head and said: I don’t know the details.
Liu Yong was also thinking about Hong Ying, so he just found this excuse to go to Jili Village to see her. He bought a basket of lotus orange cake, brown sugar, peanuts, etc. and walked to Jili Village alone. This chapter has been completed!