Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 82

[Chapter 81 13]

The father and daughter spoke a few words. Qiao Ping saw that it was late at night, afraid of being tired of his daughter, and told her to go into the room to rest.

Although Little Joe had countless words in his heart to say to his father. Since only people have finally arrived home, they are not in a hurry to this time. Nodded obediently. That night, I fell asleep in the bed before I got married, and my heart fluctuated and I couldn’t sleep for a long time. I woke up early the next morning. As she had done before she was yet married, Chunniang came in with a smile on her face and served her to get up and get dressed. After freshening up and having breakfast, I went to the big room accompanied by my father and Adi.

The sooner Qiao got up in the morning, he heard the news of his niece Guining. At first, I was startled. The first reaction was that the niece had offended the Wei family, or the Wei family wanted to break the marriage contract, and then suddenly send the niece home, so it was extremely bad! Thinking about it again, Yang Feng, who had been sent to make friends last time, came back, listening to what he said, the Wei family was thoughtful for several weeks, treated each other as in-laws everywhere, and did not slacken off, it was only a few months, and there was no offense on his side, how could he suddenly break the contract and send his niece back? When he sat still and was worried, he heard that Qiao Ping had brought his daughter to meet him, and he was busy calling in, and Fang accepted Xiao Qiao’s meeting gift, and the first sentence asked: “The niece has only been married for one year, and the north-south road is long, why did she return to The East County at this time?”

Little Qiao saw what this uncle was thinking at a glance, and said, “There is nothing else to do.” Only last month I received a letter from Adi’s family, and when I learned that my aunt was bedridden, I was worried about my heart, so I asked my grandmother for a favor and came back to visit my aunt’s condition.

Qiao Yue was relieved and said disapprovingly, “Your aunt is no big deal.” It’s just that the diet is not adjusted, and the body is restless. The family doctor asked for medicine without interruption. There is no need for you to return home at this time, delay in serving Weng Gu, and cause idleness. The

daughter went far away to Ningning, the brother was not happy, the tone was reproachful, Qiao Ping was not happy, and said: “Where is the barbaric filial piety.” The Wei family is not a small household. How can this be strange? Brother may have thought too much!

Qiao Yue was refuted by his brother, who was originally unhappy. Looking at her niece and seeing her standing in front of her, she suddenly remembered that after the emissary Yang Feng returned, she said that Lady Xu, the grandmother of the Wei family, seemed to value her niece quite a bit. If this is the case, then the peace of the family will be tied to her.

At this thought, his face eased and he nodded, “It’s better to come back.” Now that you’ve returned home, go visit your aunt. I think she’s missed you for a long time too.

Little Joe really didn’t have a good feeling for this uncle, and he naturally wouldn’t be relieved about anything he said. Only to see his father, who had always been friendly, did he open his mouth to confront his eldest brother, just to protect himself, his heart was warm, he smiled and nodded at his father, turned around and went to Madame Ding with Qiao Ci.

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When Mrs. Ding woke up in the morning, there were servants and women who told her, and Xiao Qiao returned to Ning last night.

Qiao Yue had several concubines. In addition to the daughter Big Joe raised by Mrs. Ding, she also had other children in the early years, but she did not support them later and died in the middle of the way. Now Qiao Yue is only less than fifty years old, but a few years ago, due to an accidental fall of a horse outing, he injured his lower body, although he was treated in many ways, he hurt his kidney water, and since then he has not come out again. Qiao Yue gradually could only give up the idea of heirs and raise Qiao Ci as a son. As for the relationship with Mrs. Ding, the husband and wife originally had little to say, and there were few rooms in these years, plus last year’s big Joe incident, Qiao Yue was more and more angry with Mrs. Ding, and the relationship between the husband and wife was even more cold.

Mrs. Ding had long held out no hope for her husband. Only I secretly missed and worried about my daughter, and gradually I didn’t think about tea and dinner, and I couldn’t sleep at night, plus a few months ago, I accidentally contracted a wind chill, which was entangled in the bed, and I couldn’t afford to be sick. And until Qiao Ci returned from Youzhou last time, one day quietly saw her, saying that Sister Xiao Qiao let him pass on the message on his behalf, Big Qiao is now safe, so that she does not have to worry, Mrs. Ding only then knows that Xiao Qiao and her daughter have some transportation, although the hanging heart has been put down, the condition has improved slightly, but still miss it.

At this moment, hearing Xiao Qiao go home, Mrs. Ding was pleasantly surprised, and the spirit of several months was not strong, as if she had mentioned a lot at once, she was busy asking people to dress and comb their hair, and before anyone had stayed, they heard a footstep outside the door, and turned their heads to see that Xiao Qiao had entered.

When they met, Mrs. Ding tightly grasped Xiao Qiao’s delicate pair of soft and soft hands, looking up and down. Seeing her face full of qi and blood, her eyes bright as paint, wearing a Xiang color skirt inside, and covering her with a small shawl of home-made begonia red cotton brocade, she is more and more delicate and moving, like a branch of a branch in March with buds. Hearing her call her aunt, Mrs. Ding couldn’t help but think of Big Joe again, shouted “Brute me”, her eyes were red, and she hugged her tightly in her arms.

When Little Qiao first came to East County in the first few years, Mrs. Ding treated her like a daughter, and if Big Qiao had it, she would certainly not fall behind, and she would care everywhere. My heart has always been grateful to her. After a year of not seeing her, seeing her described as haggard, people aged a lot, and her heart was also sad, let her hold her arms and listen to her ask how she was living in the Wei family, read a few words, gradually wiped away her tears, knew that she must think of Big Qiao, so she asked Qiao Ci and the others to go out, closed the door, sat up from Mrs. Ding’s arms, and whispered: “Auntie, Adi must have told you that my sister is okay now.” Some time ago, I also received a letter from My Sister.

She picked up and told Mrs. Ding the contents of Big Qiao’s letter, omitting the matter of Bi Yan’s self-reliance, and finally said: “Sister Ah is pregnant now, everything is fine.” The letter said that he often remembered his aunt, and because he ran away behind his parents’ back, he was afraid that he would not be able to forgive his uncle, and he did not dare to come back to visit his loving mother, and his heart was also guilty. When I went home this time, I not only visited my aunt, but also sent a message on behalf of my sister, asking my aunt to rest assured that I did not have to worry about my sister’s stomach anymore. In the future, when there is a chance, Sister A will definitely come to visit her aunt, and then she will personally plead with her aunt to forgive her for her sins of filial piety that day. The

previous time Qiao Ci brought a word, but it was just a simple sentence or two, Mrs. Ding wanted to ask again, and Qiao Ci also did not know the details. Little Joe said this time in great detail. When Mrs. Ding heard that her daughter was pregnant, she was stunned for a moment, and her heart was happy and slowly sour, even if the last trace of resentment in the original was immediately dissolved, she said: “Although I still can’t figure out why she left her parents that day and actually eloped with a manu.” Only now, listening to you say this, I understand. As long as she herself is willing to be willing, that is better than treating her, I, as a mother, what else can I not let go? The next time you correspond with her, remember to help me carry a word, tell her to be good and nurture, as long as I am good to her, I will be fine. Don’t worry about me, and you don’t have to come back at this time. In front of her father, I still can’t mention her half a sentence.

Xiao Qiao took Pa to wipe away the tear marks on Mrs. Ding’s face, and said in his ear: “Auntie, I really don’t want to hide it, since I have gone south, if it is cheap, I will probably think of meeting with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.” If you have anything you want me to carry, you can prepare it in advance. If I can make the trip, I will help my aunt to bring it to my sister.
Madame
Ding reacted with a shyness, was surprised, and nodded her head busily: “Auntie is quietly preparing to go!” Mrs. Ding’s

heart was depressed, and she knew that her daughter was already pregnant, and her illness was better for the most part, so she immediately got up.

When the servant woman saw that she woke up in the morning and was still sick, she saw Xiao Qiao who had returned to Ning, and she was in good spirits, and she did not want to be supported when she walked, and she was stunned.

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Little Joe returned from exploring Mrs. Ding. I learned that my father was still in the study and did not go out. I know that he should have something to say to himself. And it passed.

In the study, Joci was also there. Father and son were talking about the military affairs of Juye Castle. Little Joe knocked on the door and entered. Qiao Ping asked his son to go out temporarily, “What, your aunt is better?”

Little Joe smiled and said, “Auntie is much better.”

Qiao Ping nodded, “That’s fine.” She used to treat you like a woman. Your cousin is not there, you are home on this trip, and it is better to accompany her and forgive her.

Little Joe agreed. The father and daughter duo said a few more words of homeliness. Qiao Ping then took out from the case the letter that Xiao Qiao had asked Qiao Ci to bring back that day, put it on the case, and said, “Your letter has been read by the father.”

His look was a little dignified.

Little Joe knew he was going to get to the point and stared at his father.

Qiao Ping slowly paced a few steps in the room behind his hands, and suddenly said, “Brutal, you tell the truth to your father, Wei Shao is abusing you?”

Little Joe shrugged, “No.” He…… He treated me well.

Qiao Ping seemed to be in disbelief, his eyes fell on her face, and he frowned: “Brutal, if you are really abused by Wei Shao in private, don’t hide it.” Although the Father is incompetent, he will not sit idly by and let you be bullied! His tone sounded rather heavy.

Little Joe knew that it should be his own letter that made his father suspicious. Busy said, “Father, there is no such thing!” The Prince treats me… Etiquette at every turn. I’m doing well in the Wei family now.

Qiao Ping looked at her for a moment, and finally slowly exhaled: “That’s fine.” Yang Feng came back to your uncle on the same day and said that during the trip to Youzhou, the Wei family received them with in-laws’ courtesy, and Lady Xu was lenient. What Ci’er said was not much different. Therefore, when I saw the letter you asked Ci’er to bring back last time, I could not avoid doubts. Since the Wei family is now a relative of my Qiao family, and the son-in-law is not abusive, why are you so worried, daughter, and urge your father to take precautions to prevent the Wei family from being unfavorable to my Qiao family in the future? Could it be that you heard some wind noise? ”

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The shock caused by xiao qiao’s letter coming two months ago was actually not small.

Although before, he also knew that marrying his daughter in the past might not really be able to resolve the Wei family’s resentment towards himself. But he never really thought about whether there would come a day when Yanhou Wei Shao would ignore the existence of the marriage covenant and exert revenge on the Qiao family.

He was awakened by his daughter’s letter, which, in particular, contained a solemn and unusual tone.

Qiao Ping pondered carefully, and when he thought of Wei Shao’s eighteen-year-old encounter with Li Su, another enemy who had fallen into his hands, he shuddered.

At that time, Li Su was beheaded on the coast of the East China Sea, and Li Su himself was killed, and after a thousand knives, he was chopped into minced meat and fed into the belly of the fish.

Ten years ago, although Wei Jing’s father and son died directly at the hands of Li Su, at that time, the Qiao family could not escape the blame.

Since Wei Shao hated Li Su so much and made such a terrible cruel move, there was no reason to turn Him into a jade warrior just because the Qiao family had married a daughter.

The daughter is Wei Shao’s pillow person, who is relative day and night, and knows his people, so naturally there are more outsiders.

Not only did she have hidden worries, but she also warned herself that she was not just worried, she must have been aware of something.

From the first day after receiving the letter, Qiao Ping had been thinking about it repeatedly in his heart. At this moment, the daughter returned home and naturally asked.

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Xiao Qiao said: “Father, daughter in the heart, father and Adi, can not be abandoned.” Therefore, I no longer dare to hide my father, and the night before my daughter got married, she had a nightmare. The nightmare is real and unusual, just like the daughter has experienced the rest of her life. In the dream, his husband Wei Shao would dominate the world in the future, but he was still grumpy about the resentment between the Wei and Qiao families, and he retaliated, and the fate of the Qiao family was almost the same as that of Li Su. The daughter woke up from the dream, terrified, and had the feeling of having a lifetime in a dream, and felt like a revelation in the dark. At that time, I did not dare to tell my father. After marrying into the Wei family, since this year, her daughter has been trembling all the time. Although the grandmother of the Mengwei family loved and had a lot of support, the grandmother was also in the arms of Tzu Chi and let go of the old affairs of the two families. Only my daughter looked at my husband, but his hatred was profound, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to completely resolve it, not to mention that when he first married me, it was not out of his original heart. In the future, if the grandmother is a hundred years old, what the situation will be, it is really unknown. The more her daughter thought about it, the more worried she became, lest she dream about his nightmare that day. That’s why I made up my mind to write this family letter to my father. It is intended to remind my father that even if the Wei family does not hate, my Qiao family must also take precautions and take more precautions, there is always nothing wrong with it.

Qiao Ping looked at his daughter sheepishly, saying that his heart was like a shock at the moment, and it was no exaggeration.

He never expected that his daughter, who was not yet sixteen years old, would have such a heavy heart and say such a thing.

Like an empowerment, he was there on the spot.

“Father, in today’s chaotic world, you should know better than your daughter that only a strong soldier is the only way to protect yourself.” Other things, such as covenants, are short-lived. As for the marriage contract, it is even less worth mentioning. I am a wife in the Wei family, and naturally I will do my best to form a good relationship between the two families. But from now on, my father should find ways to recruit talents and soldiers, strengthen soldiers and horses, so that if there is a change in the future, he can also seek a future strategy, and will not let people be fleshed. Qiao Ping’s

eyebrows furrowed, and he paced again in the room, his footsteps heavy, landing on the ground and making a sound.

Little Joe held his breath and stared closely at his father’s figure.

He paced for a long time, then suddenly stopped, turned around, and said word by word: “Daughter, what you said is extremely true!” Whatever your nightmare, no one has far-sighted worries, but will have near-term worries. My Yanzhou Qiao family once dominated one side, but now it has fallen to this point, so that it is necessary to send a daughter to marry to seek graviduation and steal peace, because whenever my father thought of it, he felt that he had no place to look at himself. Awakened by you today, awakened by a great dream for the Father. Daughter, you don’t know, yanzhou my Qiao family’s many departments will be officials, not all of them are not all unenterprising people. However, once upon a time, your uncle was in peace with the status quo, and he did not strive for the father, and the people’s hearts were scattered day by day! Know what to do for the Father! Little Joe finally

breathed a sigh of relief.

“Father! Son finally waited for you to say this! I don’t know how long I’ve been waiting! The

door to the study was suddenly pushed open.

Little Qiao looked back, saw Adi rushing in like a whirlwind, extremely excited, ran straight to the front of Qiao Ping, and knelt down on one knee.

“Father! The son is willing to serve first! Recruit talents, strengthen soldiers and horses, revitalize Yanzhou for me, if it is useful, but by command!

Qiao Ping snorted, “I’m talking to your sister, how do you eavesdrop outside?”

Qiao Ci sighed, and only then did he have an epiphany, and he was busy squeezing his eyebrows at Xiao Qiao on the side.

Little Joe smiled and stepped forward to let Adi get up. He said, “Father, I am only afraid that my uncle will block him again, and my father will tie his hands and feet.”

Yanzhou had been weak for a long time, and his uncle Qiao Yue’s side, except for those doormen and strategists who usually did not do practical things, often poured him the soup words he loved to hear, in fact, they were already unpopular. It’s just that Qiao Ping has always been confined to Qiao Yue’s status as both a brother and a family master, and it is not easy to get out of the way.

Qiao Ping said, “He is in favor of the best.” If you don’t approve of it, the Father will never blindly obey this time! Word by word, the voice was deafening.

[End of This Chapter]