Chapter 52
The He family has a rule that the lunch for two people can be enjoyed separately in their own yard, but breakfast must be eaten together.
Chen Jiao had just dressed up and Brother Lin cleaned up and ran over. The five-year-old boy still relied on his mother's age, so he stuck to Chen Jiao when he entered the house.
Brother Lin’er’s appearance is very similar to Chen Jiao in this world, and she is very beautiful.
Chen Jiao couldn't dislike this son who came from halfway through. She liked him and had a headache.
If she wants to change her fate, she cannot continue to be a widow and must remarry. If she is alone, Chen Jiao can abandon the identity of the He family clan wife without any nostalgia and find an opportunity to ask her to go out by herself. But now she is a mother, and the elders of the He family will not let her take Brother Lin away easily. If Brother Lin is left, the He family will also have a second master, He Jinrong, who is kind and unkind.
It's really a headache.
"Mom, I'm hungry." Chen Jiao lowered her head, and Brother Lin was staring at her.
The world is big, and the food is the biggest.
Chen Jiao smiled and led her son to Songhetang in the front yard.
Turning to the door of Songhe Hall, Chen Jiao looked up and found that there were already all the people inside.
Chen Jiao's stepchildren were sitting on the two chairs on the left. The eldest girl He Mingzhu is fourteen years old this year, with white skin and red lips, dignified and beautiful. The eldest young master He Wei is twelve years old, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes. He probably knew that he fell into the water because he was killed by his stepmother. As soon as Chen Jiao appeared, He Wei glared at him angrily, like a little tiger.
Chen Jiao was a little scared. She was just a weak woman.
Looking at the right, there were three people in the second house of the He family. The second master He Jinrong was in his thirties. The men in the He family all practiced martial arts since childhood. Although He Jinrong was not as famous as the dead Lion King, he was also a good lion dancer. His eyebrows were raised, his eyes were slender, and his smile was full of sharpness and majesty.
The second wife, Guo, is a kind and gentle woman. She does whatever her husband says, and takes care of her husband and children in a modest way.
The couple has a nine-year-old son named He Feng, who looks like his father, the second young master of the He family.
Chen Jiao is the most senior. After coming in, everyone stood up, calling her sister-in-law, mother, or aunt.
"Sit all." Chen Jiao said with a smile.
The origin of the Duke's Mansion gave Chen Jiao a good upbringing and had experienced it in the previous two lives. Chen Jiao was not afraid to be the wife of the He family.
There was a greeting before the meal. Guo asked Chen Jiao with concern: "Sister-in-law is so big? She scared us last night."
Chen Jiao sighed: "Last night, I dreamed of the master, and I was sad. I went to the lake alone to relax. I didn't want to fall into the water clumsyly, which made everyone not sleep well, which made my brother and sister laugh."
Guo believed it and comforted him with kind words.
He Jinrong glanced at Chen Jiao.
The eldest girl He Mingzhu sat quietly with her eyes down, and the eldest young master He Wei's eyes were almost glaring on Chen Jiao's face.
Chen Jiao pretended not to see it, but Brother Lin was unhappy and complained loudly to her mother: "Mom, brother glared at you!"
He Wei snorted heavily.
Chen Jiao smiled and coaxed her son: "Brother's eyes are big, and she looks like she is glaring at someone. She is actually caring about her mother."
Is that true? Brother Lin looked at his brother in confusion.
He Wei whispered: "Who wants to care about you?" After that, he turned his head.
He Jinrong glanced at Chen Jiao again.
Chen Jiao was not afraid of him, so she would definitely not continue her domineering and vicious style. This time she fell into the water and gave her a reason to change her mind.
"Let's have a meal." Chen Jiao ordered the maid.
Logically speaking, Ho Ying should have come here, but since He Jinchang passed away, Ho Ying has given him a small hospitality unless he has something to call him.
The dining table was very quiet. Chen Jiao was eating by herself while taking care of Brother Lin beside her.
Chen Jiao is beautiful and her voice is even more beautiful, and she is soft and delicate. Not to mention that Brother Lin enjoys her mother's care, even He Wei, who had just suffered a great loss in the hands of the vicious stepmother, was uncontrollably attracted by the sound and secretly glanced at Chen Jiao several times.
In fact, Luo left early, and He Wei didn't have much memory of getting along with his mother. When Chen Jiao first came to marry, He Wei fell in love with this fairy-like stepmother at first sight. At that time, because of her husband, Chen Jiao did not dare to show her viciousness. She usually pretended to be polite with He Wei and gave him some food to make clothes. He Wei was so moved that she was so moved.
After He Jinchang passed away, Chen Jiao began to be careless. Ho Ying and He Mingzhu all warned He Wei to beware of his stepmother. He Wei didn't believe it and still regarded his stepmother as a good person. It was not until he almost drowned a few days ago that He Wei finally believed it. He was sad, sad and angry, but the young man's hatred probably hated his stepmother's deception even more.
Chen Jiao noticed that He Wei had very little food, so she picked up a big meat bag and handed it over, and said softly: "It's time for Brother Wei to grow up, eat more."
He Wei was stunned.
He Mingzhu looked at the buns that Chen Jiao was holding with chopsticks vigilantly. Before her brother could speak, she rushed to pick up a bun and put it into He Wei’s bowl. She said to Chen Jiao politely: “Mother, take care of my third brother. Brother Wei is old, you can pick it up by yourself.”
Chen Jiao understood, is this big girl afraid that the bun she picked up would hide the poison?
But thinking of what the original body did, Chen Jiao couldn't blame He Mingzhu for being too careful, so she lowered her head and ate it herself.
After the meal, Chen Jiao left behind He Mingzhu and his brothers.
The siblings looked at her for no reason.
Chen Jiao asked the maids to go down, and then she looked at He Wei and said sincerely: "Brother Wei, my mother was confused before and did a lot of bad things. She almost drowned last night when she fell into the water. Thinking of you having suffered the same kind of suffering, my mother felt very guilty. After thinking about it all night, my mother decided to refresh herself and never do anything against her conscience again."
He Wei stared at her blankly.
He Mingzhu had no expression on her face.
Chen Jiao didn't expect the brother and brother to believe her immediately. She sighed and smiled again, saying, "Whether you believe it or not, I will treat you brothers and brothers as their biological children in the future. If you encounter trouble, just come to find your mother."
After saying that, Chen Jiao lowered her head and told Brother Lin: "Brother is good at kung fu, you should learn more from Brother."
Brother Lin leaned against his mother and looked at his brother with his head. He used to like to play with his elder brother, but his mother refused. Then, these days he secretly ran to find his elder brother, but his elder brother was unhappy to pay attention to him.
He Wei was in a complicated mood and kept his lips pursed and said nothing.
After leaving Songhe Hall, He Wei whispered to his sister: "Did you think she has really changed?"
He Mingzhu said hatefully: "You haven't suffered enough losses yet, are you? She is pretending. Don't believe her if she looks beautiful."
He Wei's heart was divided into two halves, half of which felt that his sister was right, and half hoped that his stepmother had really changed.
The siblings did not live in the same yard. After they separated from their sister, He Wei led his close servant to the east courtyard of the He family's mansion.
The entire He Family East Courtyard is related to lion dance.
The main room is the hall where the He family holds various ceremonies, such as collecting disciples, worshiping ancestors, pre-game worship and post-game celebrations, etc. There are two secondary houses on the left and right of the main room, one store the lion head and lion tail that have won the championship in previous years, and the other is a study room, introducing the He family's long history of lion dancing.
The east wing room is where the descendants of the He family learn to tie the lion's head and sew the lion's tail. The west wing room is for the descendants of the He family to study, and the large courtyard in the middle is the martial arts training ground for the descendants of the He family.
In the middle of the martial arts training ground, there are five rows of wooden stakes of varying heights.
The essence of lion dance lies in imitating the lion's rolling and jumping vividly. Various movements on the ground are just basic skills. A real lion dancer can do everything to go up the mountain and down the sea.
He Wei's basic skills in stepping on plum blossom stakes are almost done. Today, Ho Ying will teach him the skills of lion dancing on the stake. After all, a person jumps on the stake with empty hands, and there is still a long way to go with the lion dancing on the stake holding the lion's head in his hand.
Lion dance requires two people in a group. Ho Ying’s partner is named Zhao Xiong. The He family, whom they almost entered together, practiced martial arts and danced lions together since childhood, and had developed a tacit understanding.
Ho Ying held the lion's head and Zhao Xiong held the lion's tail. The two of them seemed to have just raised their feet casually. Both of them had landed on the plum blossom stake and made a move of a lion yawning after going up the mountain.
He Wei laughed and jumped up with his partner.
Next, He Wei learned whatever moves Ho Ying did. He looked at one side and his feet were piles rising from the ground. He might get hurt if he stepped on the air, so he would not be distracted.
On the main room, Brother Lin knew that his brother was going to learn to dance lions on the stakes today, and he wanted to see the boy doll with the blood of the He family in his bones.
"Mom, I want to see my elder brother dance lion dance." Brother Lin came obediently to ask his mother for approval.
Chen Jiao was also very curious about the lion dancer in the He family. In addition, she wanted to improve her relationship with He Wei, so Chen Jiao took Brother Lin to go together.
At midnight, at the martial arts training ground, Ho Ying, who had taught a set of movements, jumped to the ground with Zhao Xiong and guided the two boys' subtle movements on the ground.
"You blink faster, and you're slower like a woman!" Ho Ying shouted loudly with a small stick in his hand.
The lion's head's eyes could move up and down, so He Wei quickly accelerated.
After a set of actions, the two young men were still very unfamiliar.
"Brother Ying, do it again." He Wei took off the lion's head, leaned on his knees with both hands, and said sweating profusely.
Ho Ying winked at Zhao Xiong.
Zhao Xiong immediately walked over with their red lion heads.
The two of them danced onto the stakes, and when they were halfway through the dance, Chen Jiao and Brother Lin arrived.
The lion dance was in a fierce situation, and the two drummers on the side continued to wave the drumsticks without distraction. On the stake, Huo Ying saw Chen Jiao and his eyes froze. He accelerated his pace and followed him tacitly. When he reached the edge of the plum blossom stake, the lion's head raised, and the big red lion pounced straight towards Chen Jiao!
Brother Lin threw himself into his mother's arms, and Chen Jiao subconsciously covered her son's head, but it was too late to hide at this time.
Amid the sound of drums, the red lion fell in front of Chen Jiao. The lion's head was almost against Chen Jiao's face. The huge lion's eyes painted green seemed to be alive, staring majestic at the little woman who dared to trek into his territory.
The expected collision did not come, and Chen Jiao raised her head with lingering fear.
At the same time, the huge lion's head was also taken off by the man inside, revealing a cold face.
The twenty-three-year-old lion king stared at her with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.
Ho Ying, Ho Ying, is as famous as his name, and is extremely heroic.
Chapter completed!