The three grandmothers suspected they had heard wrong and turned their heads in unison to look at Song Si.
“Yes.”
With one word out of Song Si’s mouth, Song Shu stood up in a tentative manner, feeling his legs and stomach shaking as he fell back into a sitting position.
Liu Cui Lan was no better than him, her mouth grew so large in shock that she could have stuffed an egg.
Only Grandma Song looked better, but her voice was unsteady, “Ding, Ding, the young lady from the Ding Guo Mansion?”
Song Si nodded again.
“My goodness ……”
Grandma Song stood up excitedly and walked back and forth around the house several times, her mood not calming down.
The Duke of Determination, how big an official must that be, they had to kneel down when they met, how was this marriage going to be fixed?
“It’s time to let big brother come.”
Song Shu’s legs and stomach were not shaking now, they were going to cramp up. He had never even met a county princess, let alone an imperial relative, in all his life.
Looking at the reactions of several people, Song Wan Yue covered her mouth and laughed, “Grandma, second uncle, second aunt, Gu Yi and I have followed big brother to the Ding Guo Gong Mansion, they are all very easy going, not that scary?”
“Even if it’s not that scary, but how are we going to arrange the betrothal gift?”
The 10,000 taels of silver she had in her hand might not even be enough to buy a bracelet.
Song Wan Yue got up and helped her sit back down, “People know we are from the countryside and won’t care about that.
“That said, but we are the male side after all, the betrothal gift should not be too simple, lest your big brother be talked about by others in the future.”
“That’s their business, I don’t care. Miss Xiao and I have already discussed it, and everything will be done according to our countryside rules.” Song Si answered.
He had already spent a lot of money on the purchase of the mansion, and he would not let his family spend a lot more on the betrothal.
“Just listen to big brother.”
Seeing that Grandma Song was about to say something else, Song Wan Yue said with a smile, “Grandma see that shop in front, I plan to open a pastry shop and give it completely to Sister Xiao to take care of, as a compensation to her.”
“Listen to you guys.”
If the betrothal gifts were to be done according to the capital, I’m afraid that the family’s silver would be tied up in the whole thing, which was reserved for Yue’er.
……
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. In her sleep, a woman sat at the table and gently beckoned her hand, “Wan’er, come and see, this is the headdress your grandfather sent for you, do you like it?”
She walked over and the woman opened the box on the table and the red coral headdress caught her eye.
“It’s beautiful!”
“Your grandfather bought a whole coral plant, had it polished into beads, and had the best jewellery masters work for six months to create it. Your grandfather even said that if you like it, when you get another good coral in the future, he will build you more sets.”
“Do you want to try them on?”
She nodded joyfully and the woman put them on her herself, holding up a bronze mirror for her to see.
The young girl in the bronze mirror had bright eyes, white teeth and glowing skin, and her skin was like snow, and she looked a little like herself.
Xu’s eyes snapped open and she sat up quickly, covering her chest and gasping for air.
The room was deadly silent, the sunset light shone through the window paper and shone brightly on the box.
Xu slowly stretched out her hand again, her fingers touched the box, she still subconsciously shrank back a little, but did not withdraw it, then her fingers fell on it little by little, her body also leaned forward, slowly took the box over, hugged it in her arms, opened it little by little, and the red coral head face reflected in her eyes was exactly the same as the one in her dream.
She closed the lid with a snap, her head aching vaguely, something about to burst out of her brain.
“Yue’er, go and see if your mother has woken up, if you sleep any longer, you won’t be able to sleep at night.”
Grandma Song’s voice rang out in the courtyard.
What was in Xu’s head receded instantly.
When Song Wangyue pushed the door in, she saw Xu sitting frozen in bed, looking as if she had just woken up.
“Mother.”
Song Wangyue walked in, her eyes sweeping over the jewellery box without a trace.
Xu forced out a smile and patted the seat beside her, gesturing for Song Wan Yue to sit down, “Mother’s health is really failing, both came here by carriage, your grandmother and second aunt are fine, but Mother can’t hold up.
“You don’t know that when I told grandma and second uncle and second aunt that big brother’s match was Sister Xiao from the Ding Gong Mansion, they were all scared silly.”
Xu was surprised, “A young lady from the Duke of Ding’s house?”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head and told them about Xiao Yao saving Song Si.
After hearing this, Xu smiled and said, “This is really a destiny arranged by the heavens.”
“Who says it wasn’t? But I didn’t tell Grandma and Second Uncle and Second Aunt about this, and Mother shouldn’t let it slip, lest they worry.”
“Mother knows,” she said, her eyes fell on the jewellery box, after pursing her lips, she didn’t say anything, but raised her hand and rubbed her forehead, “Mother has been feeling some headaches again recently, go get the silver needles and give Mother a few stitches.”
“Mother is waiting.”
Song Wangyue went to get the silver needles and returned, Xu was already lying down again, Song Wangyue skillfully stuck the silver needles in several of her acupuncture points.
Xu’s eyes were closed and she asked, “Yue’er, what kind of illness did that doctor Xu have?”
Song Wan Yue finished the last stitch, looked at the wavering end of the needle and replied, “The First Lady has a daughter who has been missing for many years, and she has become sick with longing, and her body has run out of oil.”
Xu’s eyes snapped open and met Song Wangyue’s gaze, and she clearly saw her own panicked expression.
“Mother, have you remembered something?”
Xu’s lips twitched, “I ……”
“I saw your portrait in Old Master Xu’s study that day.”
Something exploded in Xu’s mind, and a picture of the scene came to life.
“Wan’er, grandfather told you, this word is pronounced wan, the wan of wan’er.”
“Wan’er, come quickly, grandfather had someone make your favourite lasagne.”
“Wan’er, from today onwards, you must practise your big words for two hours a day and also read all the books in this house.”
“Wan’er, ……”
“Wan’er, ……”
……
Xu’s tears rolled down in large streams, she clutched Song Wangyue’s hand, her lips opened and closed for a while before she let out a choked voice, “Yue’er, mother, mother remembered, I am the daughter of the Xu family, my name is Xu Qingwan, the First Lady is my mother, the old gentleman is my grandfather, I want to see them, I want to see them!”