Chapter 242: Recognition

At this time, all the relatives of the Dou family had arrived. There was a lot of noise and bustle outside, but there was no one in the bride's room.

Dou Zhao had a leisurely breakfast when Ji Yong came over.

He asked Dou Zhao: "Are you really going to marry Song Mo?"

Dou Zhao nodded seriously this time and said, "I think he is pretty good!"

Ji Yong suddenly became furious, glared at him and said, "I don't want to bother with you", then walked away with his sleeves swung.

Dou Zhao smiled.

Ji Yong, at least he didn't punish Song Mo indiscriminately.

Of course, she didn't think Song Mo would suffer any loss, but she was still very happy that Ji Yong could respect her decision.

Zhao Zhangru ran in and asked, "Aunt Shou, can I come to see you later?" She looked a little sad.

Dou Zhao recalled the time when they were little, squatting under a tree and watching ants.

"Of course!" She put her arm around her cousin's shoulders and said with tears in her eyes, "Didn't you say you wanted to take a good look around the Duke of England's mansion? I heard that the back garden of the Duke of England's mansion was built to imitate the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. It draws water from the Taiye Lake to form a lake. You can row boats in the summer, skate in the winter, and fish in the spring and autumn. It would be a pity if you don't go and see it with your own eyes!"

Zhao Zhangru laughed and said, "You lied to me again! In spring, the fish are only as big as green beans, how can you catch them?" But he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Dou Zhao suddenly felt sad and started crying.

For a while, the room was filled with the sound of the two sisters crying, and there was a sense of despair in the air.

After a lot of effort, the two of them stopped crying, and Dou Zhao gave Zhao Zhangru two sets of red gold head ornaments that he had never used.

Zhao Zhangru refused and said, "When you get married, I should buy you some boxes. How can I take your things?"

"Didn't you embroider the horse-faced skirt for me yourself?" Dou Zhao insisted on giving it to her, "I also want to give you something as a token of my remembrance."

From now on, Dou Zhao will be someone else's daughter-in-law, serving someone else's food and being under someone else's control. How can she do whatever she wants like she does at home?

Zhao Zhangru thought about it and started crying again while holding the red lacquer and gold-painted box that contained the head ornament.

"My little ancestor," the aunt who came in to talk to Dou Zhao couldn't help but laugh and cry, "The bride didn't cry, but you kept crying! Those who know you think you can't bear to leave your cousin; those who don't know think you are getting married! Stop crying, let Su Jun help you wash your face, and go and help your cousin entertain the guests happily!"

After lunch, the hairdressers, face washers, and Quanfu people all came, and she had no chance to say anything to Dou Zhao.

Zhao Zhang burst into laughter and whispered, "It would be great if I could get married."

My aunt didn't hear clearly, and asked angrily, "What are you mumbling about?"

"Nothing, nothing." Zhao Zhangru blushed slightly.

Dou Zhao heard it clearly.

She couldn't help but feel moved.

I didn't expect that my cousin wanted to get married so much. Can I be a matchmaker for her?

Don’t worry about past lives. There are many things that have changed after rebirth, and this one is not a big deal.

While Su Silk helped Zhao Zhangru to comb her hair and wash her face, she listened to her mother telling Dou Zhao what she should pay attention to after getting married. When Dou Zhao was about to marry into the Wei family last time, her aunt told her about the wedding night but did not have time to tell her these tips on socializing. She was regretting her negligence, but she did not expect that Dou Zhao would marry again, which made up for her regret.

The Duke of Ying's Mansion is full of twists and turns. Song Yichun is not a father-in-law in the usual sense, and Song Mo is not a husband in the usual sense. It is estimated that she will not be able to use any of what her aunt said. However, Dou Zhao still listened with a smile, nodding from time to time, looking very well-behaved and obedient.

My aunt was very satisfied. She talked for a full hour and drank four or five more cups of tea before she stopped talking as if she had not finished.

Su Xin has been in and out of the house three or four times.

Dou Zhao calmly stood up and went to make tea for his aunt.

Su Xin hurriedly followed.

"What happened?" Dou Zhao whispered.

Su Xin said anxiously: "The master and the mistress are arguing!"

Dou Zhao was stunned.

Yesterday afternoon, Wang Yingxue suddenly vomited blood for unknown reasons and passed out. Madam Hu hurried to report to Dou Shiying, but she happened to see Dou Shishu scolding Dou Shiying behind closed doors. Gao Sheng naturally couldn't let anyone in, and was afraid of disrupting Dou Zhao's wedding, so she took the initiative and quietly asked a doctor to come in through the back door.

The doctor said that it was anger that attacked her heart. He prescribed several medicines and shook his head, saying that heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. If Wang Yingxue doesn't relax, her illness will not only be difficult to cure, but it will also easily become a long-term illness and she will be bedridden.

Gao Sheng became anxious when he heard this.

How could he make the decision on such a big matter?

He came to ask Dou Shiying for advice, but it turned out that Dou Shiying was playing chess with Dou Zhao in high spirits.

Gao Sheng was afraid of upsetting Dou Shiying's mood, so he endured it until the two of them finished playing chess, had a midnight snack together, and took a half-day walk in the back garden to digest the food. Dou Zhao returned to his room, and then Gao Sheng reported the matter to Dou Shiying.

Dou Shiying hurried over to visit Wang Yingxue.

No one knew which maid or old woman had angered Wang Yingxue, or whether Wang Yingxue was sick. Dou Shiying was nowhere to be seen. Wang Yingxue was venting her anger on the servants around her, and even Madam Hu was not spared.

Dou Shiying was the most affectionate person. He would reward the maids and servants who had followed him for a long time, such as when they got married or were sent out to work. He also had a good temper, and was therefore the most appreciated by the servants. As long as it was Dou Shiying's business, everyone would rush to help him and love him sincerely. Also, because these people were carefully selected by Gaosheng, in Dou Shiying's heart, these maids and servants in the house were stable, reliable and very considerate.

Seeing that Wang Yingxue's lecture was unreasonable, he felt unhappy at first, but thinking that tomorrow was Dou Zhao's wedding day, he suppressed his unhappiness and went in to ask a few questions about the condition.

After Dou Shiying's words of advice, Wang Yingxue gradually calmed down, and Dou Shiying went back to his room to rest.

When Dou Zhao heard about this this morning, he vaguely thought of the two boxes of banknotes.

If Wang Yingxue heard that the two boxes of banknotes originally prepared for Dou Ming were given to her personally, she would be so angry that she would vomit blood!

Dou Zhao couldn't help but ask: "Why did those two quarrel?"

Su Xin whispered, "I heard from the servants around Madam that early this morning, when the old man went to visit Madam, Madam complained in front of the old man, saying that it had not been a month since the fifth young lady married into the Jining Marquis's mansion, and the aunt of the Jining Marquis's mansion had instigated the wife of the Jining Marquis's mansion to ask the fifth young lady to take charge of the reward, but there was no money in the account. She said that the fifth young lady was having a hard time now, and asked the old man to think of a way to not let the fifth young lady use her dowry money to subsidize the Wei family. The old man did not say anything at the time and went out to entertain the guests. . Just now, the Seventh Madam kept complaining about heartaches, and wanted to call a doctor and to call the old man to tell her will. Madam Hu did not dare to neglect it, and asked the old man to come over. The Madam brought up the matter again. The old man got angry, saying that today was your big day, and she couldn't be quiet. He also said that a daughter who is married is like water spilled out, so how could she instigate her daughter to be unfilial to her mother-in-law... When the Madam heard this, she became more and more out of control. The Fifth Madam and others heard the noise and rushed over. "

Dou Zhao sneered.

My father grew up reading books about sages. The Dou family had married daughters and married daughters-in-law. They had to treat their married daughters the same way they would treat other families' daughters-in-law. How could they tolerate their married daughters doing something that was against filial piety and brotherly love?

Whether in her past life or this life, Wang Yingxue seemed to be very impetuous. She married her father with great care, but she never understood her father's temper, and her life was not satisfactory.

But it had nothing to do with her.

Wang Yingxue's affairs are taken care of by her biological daughter Dou Ming.

She instructed Su Xin: "Tell everyone not to peek into the backyard, or we might be discovered by our father. Let me take care of this matter." There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone when she said the last sentence.

Su Xin thought it was possible.

He responded "yes" repeatedly and retreated.

But they were talking to each other for a long time, how could my aunt not notice it?

After Su Xin left, I asked her what happened.

Dou Zhao did not hide the news from his aunt and told her the news he heard.

My aunt couldn't help but sarcastically said, "How can you raise a good daughter if you can't even figure it out yourself?" Then she stopped paying attention to the matter and asked my sixth aunt, "Did she go over there to persuade them to stop fighting? Why hasn't she come over yet?"

Dou Zhao thought about the conversation she heard last night and wondered if her sixth uncle and his family had decided not to attend her wedding in order to avoid suspicion?

As soon as she thought of this, she saw Sulan running in: "Fourth Miss, Fourth Miss, Sixth Madam is here. Twelfth Master has sprained his ankle and can't carry you to the sedan chair!" She was very frustrated.

My aunt and Zhao Zhangru were shocked and asked in unison: "You sprained your ankle? How badly did you sprain it? Is it serious?"

"I don't know." Su Lan blushed. She got anxious when she heard that Dou Dechang couldn't carry Dou Zhao to the sedan chair. She ran over without asking clearly, "The twelfth master is using a cane!"

Dou Zhao stood up quickly and said, "I'll go take a look!"

My aunt and Zhao Zhangru each responded, saying, "Let's go over and take a look together!"

The group went to the flower hall.

Relatives and friends of the Dou family were surrounding the Sixth Madam and Dou Dechang, asking about their injuries.

Seeing Dou Zhao, Sixth Madam's eyes dimmed slightly. She pulled Dou Zhao apologetically and sighed.

Dou Dechang turned his face away uncomfortably.

Dou Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Dou Dechang was not put on the clamp or anything like that.

My aunt then asked about Dou Dechang's injury.

Mrs. Six said vaguely that she accidentally fell while taking a bath.

Dou Zhaoze kicked Dou Dechang's injured foot without saying a word.

"What are you going to do?" Dou Dechang jumped up and took several steps back quickly.

Dou Zhao looked at Dou Dechang with a smile, and glanced at Dou Dechang's injured foot.

Dou Dechang was shocked to realize that he had retreated several steps without using his crutches in a hurry.

His face immediately turned red.

"You kid!" Seeing this scene, the Sixth Madam looked at Dou Zhao, sighed with mixed feelings, and didn't know what to say.

Dou Zhao took Sixth Madam's arm and said with a smile: "I don't care about those messy things. You are like my mother. Eleventh and Twelfth brothers treat me like their own sister. No matter it is food or other things, they always give them to me first. Now I am going out to work. Eleventh brother has to take care of his sister-in-law, so I won't force him. But Twelfth brother has to carry me out the door himself!" These words made Sixth Madam, aunt and others burst into tears.

Dou Dechang even threw away his crutches and said proudly, "I told you not to use this thing, but my fourth sister made me laugh for nothing." Then he patted Dou Zhao on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I promise to send you to the sedan chair safely!"

Dou Zhao's eyes became sore after hearing these words.