The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 39

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第39章 拿捏好幺儿

肖氏大族的事儿赵明华并不清楚,但是他算是真正见着了正主。

一回家就往亲娘院子里跑。

“儿子见过娘亲。”

“哟,今天太阳打西边出来的?”赵太太抬头看了一眼快要落山的太阳:“落下的地方也不是东边呀?”

“娘,什么意思?”

“什么意思?你这大忙人,怎么有空跑到我这里来了?说吧,是惹上你大哥了,还是被你爹揍了?”

除了避祸外,他怎么可能主动跑到自己面前来请安?
而且,谁家好幺儿天快黑了才来主院请安?

“没有啊?”赵明华不好意思的摸了摸鼻子,示意在旁边伺候的婆子和丫头退下去。

等下人一退,赵太太就是一声叹息。

“说吧,又闯了什么祸了?”

无缘无故的,怎么会来求助她?
都说无事不登三宝殿,她这个好幺儿无事不会来主院。

“真没有,娘亲,儿子真的没闯祸,而且,儿子乖得很,祖父看了儿子送去的药材赞不绝口,还说以后要让儿子多和肖姑娘合作。”

“等等。”赵太太总算想起了一件事要问:“你说的那个肖姑娘多大年纪?长得如何?品行怎么样?”

“娘,您想干啥?”

赵明华瞪大了眼睛。

“我不想干啥,我怕别人想干啥?”

赵太太有点想不明白,安南镇这么大,那位肖姑娘怎么独独就认识了明华?

“娘亲,那肖姑娘大约十五六岁的年纪,长得特别特别好看,品行也是一等一的好……”

不对,娘亲这样看着他干嘛?
“你被迷住啦?”

吓,赵明华眼睛瞪得更大了!

“娘亲啊,你可真敢想?”赵明华乐了:“您当您儿子貌似潘安,情如宋玉,才胜子建?”

“咋的,你未必还配不上她?”

赵太太最不喜欢的就是别人说她儿子不好。

是的,她可以说她儿子不好,但是别人不行。

“娘亲,您是没见过那肖姑娘……算了,我给您说这些干嘛,人家肖姑娘的事儿岂容我们背后蛐蛐。”赵明华差点将正事给忘记了:“娘亲,那个肖氏大族那边的亲事没谈了吧?”

“怎么,后悔了?想谈了?”

“别别别,没谈最好了,娘亲,您是不知道,儿子今天见到真人了,我的个天……”

“什么叫见到真人了?”赵太太气笑了:“未必还有假人?你和春兰不是见过面的吗?”

“啥呀,啥时候见过的?儿子发誓我是没见过就算是见过也不知道她是谁,我更不想知道她是谁。”赵明华反应相当之激烈:“娘亲,可千万别让我娶她,我宁愿去庙里当和尚也不娶她!”

“你这孩子,人家又怎么了?”赵太太皱眉:“那可是肖氏大族族长的嫡长孙女,配你绰绰有余,你还嫌弃?”

老爷说不让谈,他也是满脸的嫌弃,这父子俩都是什么眼神啊?

那么好的家世那么好的姑娘,怎么就不行了?

“明华哥哥,明华哥哥……”

“你是着魔了还是鬼上身了?”赵太太错愕的盯着儿子:“好好说话不行?”

“对对对,就是这样的,她就是这样喊我的,半句人话都不说,害得我鸡皮疙瘩掉了一地,娘亲,这样的媳妇要是娶回家,我保证路都走不稳。”赵明华咽了一记口水:“真的,她一开口说话就吓死人。”

“你是说……”

“是啊,就是这样的啊,我甚至都不知道她是谁,她就上赶着喊我”赵明华真是受了惊吓:“所以,儿子就跑来找您了,娘亲啊,您可千万做主,一定要稳住,千万不要给你自己娶一个这样的儿媳妇!除非你受得住!”

“你这孩子……”赵太太听得那娇滴滴的声音也是一身的鸡皮疙瘩:“肖春兰我也结识过几次啊,看着挺端庄贤淑的样子,怎么会如你说的这般不堪?”

“娘亲,您怕是不知道,有一种人就爱装!”赵明华直接点破:“要么在你面前装,要么在我面前装,见人说人话见鬼说鬼话,反正就是让人看不到她的真实模样,和这样的人要过一辈子,想想就可怕。”

说完还打了一个冷颤。

“你这孩子,行了行了,我知道了,我已经明确回复肖家了,这门亲事作罢了。”

赵太太也不喜欢妖揉造作的女子,在她看来儿媳妇就是要落落大方,可以不要有好的容貌也不必要有多高的才华,但一定要温柔贤良,好媳妇旺三代,她可不想要天天作妖的儿媳妇。

“那就好,多谢娘亲,儿子告辞。”

得到了想要的答案,赵明华转身就跑。

“你给老娘站住。”

“娘亲,还有何指示?”

“都到饭点了,留下来陪我用晚饭。”

“啊?”抬头看了看天:“时间还早吧,那个,爹爹不是在家吗?他会回来陪您的,儿子还是回自个儿院子去吃吧。”

“你敢跑,我明天就去让媒婆上肖家提亲。”

“娘亲,做人要厚道!”肖明华整个人都不好了,感觉自己的软肋被亲娘拿捏了:“您都说了回绝了的,怎么又要改主意啊?”

“儿子不孝顺,不愿意陪老娘吃饭,老娘就找一个愿意陪着的儿媳妇。”赵太太慢条斯理的说道:“我记得那肖春兰还是蛮喜欢与我亲近的,想必当了我儿媳妇也会按时请安,陪我用一日三餐……”

“娘亲,儿子陪,儿子也愿意陪。”赵明华连忙投降:“娘亲,您快把刚才的话收回去,咱是君子一言即出驷马难追。”

“你娘我是小人,是女人。”赵太太好不容易才摸到能拿捏的他的事儿,自然是不放过了:“再说了,婚姻大事,父母之命媒妁之言,你听父母安排也是应该的。”

“娘亲,娘亲,您是好人,是最最好的娘亲,才不会让儿子娶一个看着就讨厌,听着声音就厌烦的人为妻的,对不对?”赵明华直接绕到了赵太太身后捏起了肩膀:“娘亲,您辛苦了,儿子给您捏捏。”

“天不怕地不怕的人,居然怕娶媳妇。”赵太太气笑了,她的好幺儿可从来没有这么孝顺过:“放着这样的人你不娶,那你倒是给娘说说,你要娶个什么样的?”

(本章完)

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

落魄药女养家日常
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The renowned imperial physician, Doctor Xiao, was embroiled in a case of false pregnancy involving a concubine and was executed. Men over the age of twelve were exiled, while the female relatives and young children were granted the benevolence of the Empress Dowager and returned to their ancestral home in Shu. Unexpectedly, the relatives who had been protected by Doctor Xiao turned away a group of women and children, occupying their ancestral property and expelling them from the family. A group of pampered women and children, having nothing to depend on, found Xiao Chunuan, who loved reading and grinding medicine, to be the pillar of the family. She taught her family to wash clothes and cook to survive; she taught her younger sisters to forage for wild vegetables and prepare medicinal herbs; she taught her younger brother to learn business and practice martial arts to strengthen his body, while ensuring that they studied literature and literacy despite three generations not being able to take the imperial exam; she worked hard to earn money and also wanted to help their exiled relatives; her grandmother arranged a marriage for Chunuan, only for the clan leader's daughter to come knocking and cause trouble. Good people are often bullied, and those who are kind are taken advantage of. Old grudges and new enmities are all accounted for. Xiao Chunuan was never one to go easy on others; she was ready to engage in both literary and martial contests!

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