Chapter 15 Section fifteen

"Le Jun may be surprised, but the old concubine is actually Chen Tang's mother." She bowed at the table and said humbly. I was still taken aback. At first, I was surprised that it was Zigong’s house that she brought me into, and I never expected that she was his mother.I went to Zigong's house not too often, but not too often, but I never saw her.Of course, I haven't searched my son-in-law's home, maybe she doesn't like to show her face.But before, I always thought that the son-in-law's mother was no longer alive. "Auntie greeted my concubine, what's the matter?" My voice trembled.

She suddenly left the table and kowtowed: "I'm afraid only Le Jun can help me with this matter. Wang Le Jun must promise this old concubine that my old concubine is about to die, and there is nothing to repay her. After death, I will definitely weed and untie the ring." Her snow-white hair was just under my eyes, and I felt a little sad, so I hurriedly stood up and helped her up: "Auntie, no matter what, as long as I can do it, I will go through fire and water. Besides-- me and Zi I used to be very familiar..." "Because of this, this old concubine dared to ask Le Jun for help." She paused, and then continued: "I must rescue my Tang'er, if he dies, I can't live alone. I don't regret my death, But I can't see him live well, and I won't die in peace." She swallowed hard.

I felt very sad, and said: "I also want to save my son, but I can't do anything; I begged my father, but the old man is also helpless!" She glanced at me: "Of course he can't do anything." She seemed to feel that there was something wrong with her tone, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, at first, I thought I was desperate, but the heavens have eyes and sent this old concubine This is a chance for this old concubine to save Tang'er, but without Le Jun's help, this matter would still not be possible. Therefore, this old concubine must ask Le Jun for help without presumptuousness."

I hastened to say: "If you can save Zigong, I will not begrudge you anything, please tell me clearly." She smiled happily, and the wrinkles on her face spread out in all directions like running water, washing away into thin gullies.She is so old, a piece of skin is hanging on her face almost casually, I am afraid that the wind will blow it away. "Do you know who I am? Well, I might as well just say it. I don't know if you've heard that a few days ago Chang'an came to arrest a rebellious old woman." She sighed, her face showing Sad look. My body trembled: "I heard, could it be that that old woman is you!"

She nodded: "Le Jun, you are so smart. I am Li Zhongfu. It would be great if my Tang'er could really marry you. Your children will definitely excel - Tang'er is also a very smart child .” I blushed and almost wanted to tell her that I was pregnant with my son-in-law's child, but I knew it was a big secret and I must not tell anyone.Not even his mother could tell.In this world, the only people you can trust are your parents. "I know my family is poor and I'm not worthy of marrying your family. Of course, my Tang'er is worthy of you, believe it or not?" She looked at the courtyard blankly and said thoughtfully.

Just as I was about to answer, she denied it as if awakened from a dream, "No, he is too unworthy and not worthy of you. Perhaps, the root cause is that my family is too poor. If I can afford to let him travel to Chang'an Eunuch, why did it come to this? It was I who harmed him. If I didn't teach him to read, he wouldn't know that there are so many new things in this world, and he would honestly stay at home farming and managing production." "So you taught Zigong all the books?" I blurted out.I used to wonder how Zigong's family had so much money to buy books, and who taught him. I didn't expect his mother to be so talented.But how could such a woman marry a cripple like Chen Hei?

She seemed to see what I meant, nodded and said: "You must be wondering why I married Tang'er's father. In fact, I was very reluctant at first, but Changyi is the hometown of my ex-husband Chen You. I fled from Chang'an Where can I hide if I don’t go back to his hometown? Chen You committed suicide because of me, and I hid in the house of his younger brother Chen Hei. I am very grateful to him. In the second year of Yuanfeng, when the imperial court gave me an amnesty, I lied about being a refugee, went to the county court to re-register, and married Chen Hei in a legitimate way."

"I married Chen Hei and gave birth to Tang'er a few years later. He is so smart, I teach him anything, he will. I used to work with Master Gai. I have no other hobbies except reading books. So I fled, and I didn’t forget to bring some books with me. Now it seems that these books really hurt my Tang’er, making him so ambitious and unrealistic.” Her voice was bitter. I only now recall that I saw a few volumes of silk books at Zigong's house, some of which had seals in seal script, and the words "gaihou's family collection" could be vaguely seen.At that time, I didn't know who Gaihou was, but now I understand everything at once.

"Maybe, this is fate. God gave me a chance to save him, and this is fate. Maybe God just wants to use this to tell him that his achievements have not been accomplished." She took a breath, and whispered: "The son of the yak, Qin Qijiao Even if you want to use it, don’t use it, but let the mountains and rivers leave it alone?” I know she was chanting the words in "The Analects of Confucius Yong Ye", which was said by Confucius to his disciple Zhong Gong. Zhong Gong was a man of low birth, but Confucius admired him very much, thinking that although his father was mediocre, he Is a great talent.I don't know what it feels like, this old woman is confident enough, but in the eyes of parents, there is no wrong child, besides, the son-in-law is indeed excellent, so there is nothing wrong with her words.However, after all, I didn't come here to listen to her bragging. I can't stay here for too long. Today is the day I go back to my husband's house, and the family is still waiting for me to go back and pack up.So I replied: "Auntie, let's continue talking about what you said. How do you want to save Zigong?"