The little girl of the general’s house [I want to eat fish]
In the evening, on the most prosperous section of the street on the East Street of Yanjing City, there was a servant standing on a ladder hanging white cloth at the gate of a wide house. It was obvious that there was a funeral at the house. Everyone passing by the door caught a glimpse of this scene, walking quickly, and vaguely heard the heart-wrenching cry of the child coming from the house.
followed the sound and realized that a girl about four or five years old was dragged by a group of servants. The little girl cried and struggled desperately in the opposite direction, but she still couldn't break free and gradually disappeared at the corner...
The direction where the little girl struggled was the mourning hall set up in the mansion for the newly mourned people.
Looking at the little girl who was taken away, the servants and maids in the mourning hall felt relieved. Two maids in mourning clothes were kneeling on the left and right in the mourning hall. One of the round-faced little maids knelt on the left and took a deep breath, added some paper money to the brazier, and said in a low voice, "It's considered to be sending the big girl back."
"Yes," another little maid who was guarding said in a low voice, "Although our big girl is young, the noisy is too troublesome. I just went up and stopped her. Look, I've been caught several holes in my hands."
Hearing this, the little maid with round-faced head turned her head and looked at the shocking blood marks on her arm. She couldn't help but take a breath, but she persuaded her mouth. , "Okay, you can say a few less words. The lady is gone, and the eldest girl is sad and troubled. "
"I understand this truth, but I just miss the eldest girl who has lost her mother at such a young age, and there is no one to support her in the future."
"You are saying this badly. The wife's family is the Shangshu Mansion. Are the people in the Shangshu Mansion so provoked?" The little maid looked around and lowered her voice, "When they get the letter, I'm afraid they'll make a fuss."
"It's okay to make a fuss. The Xu family made a fortune by relying on her wife, but now they are for the sake of a child. The lady was so angry that Lord Shangshu could let the old lady go? "The round-faced little maid muttered angrily, "I heard that Sister Xiangqiao left the mansion, I'm afraid she went to the Shangshu Mansion to complain."
Another little maid gritted her teeth, "I'm just an outdoor room, and the mansion was already in trouble before the mansion could not be safe. It's such a disaster! Madam is so pitiful..."
"The eldest girl is the master, and even if the woman and child enter the mansion, she can't be more noble than the girl's status. What's more, the eldest girl's grandfather and uncle are all among the people and hold important positions. That is, the lady didn't understand for a moment. If she hired these people to pass the mansion, she would not be as noble as the girl's status. What's more, the eldest girl's grandfather and uncle are all among the people and hold important positions. That is, the lady didn't understand for a moment. If she hired these people to pass the mansion, she would not understand for a moment. , see if the master dares to move the thought of bringing the person back. "
"Who said it was not?"
"Enough, stop talking about it." As soon as an older servant lady approached, she heard the voices of the two little maids and scolded in a low voice, "Madam was not bad in the past, but now she is still here, so you dare to argue about the right and wrong of the master like this. Keep your mouth tightly closed and keep your soul for the wife."
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and landed their eyes on the woman in the coffin. They felt numb all over, and kept silent obediently, and kept their soul for Mrs. Xu with a solemn expression.
Mrs. Xu died just today. The Xu family invited many doctors to shake their heads and said they were helpless. Mrs. Xu's husband Xu Mingda and Mrs. Xu stayed for a long time before accepting the death of Mrs. Xu.
Xu Mingda was afraid that someone from his uncle's family would take his anger and immediately hid out of the house. Mrs. Xu had to bite the bullet and send someone to buy funeral supplies and organize the funeral of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Xu is quite strong and has fainted several times in just a few hours, and even her hair is getting much whiter.
A servant came hurriedly and stopped in front of an old lady Xu. Before he could salute, he heard the old lady speak anxiously, "Butler, are you done?"
"Yes," the butler responded, "As the old lady said, he ordered the servants to go to report the funeral tomorrow morning. The mourning hall has been built, and the girl who guarded the spirit has also made a reservation. The girl made a fuss in the mourning hall first, and now she has taken it back to her room to rest.The chefs, fruits, etc. needed at the funeral banquet have also been ordered. "
Mrs. Xu died in Shen Shi, and then asked the doctor to buy funeral supplies to build a mourning hall. After this delay, it was already Xu. Going to report the funeral again may affect the rest of the nobles, so he went to report the funeral tomorrow as the old lady said. Although he felt that going to report the funeral early in the morning would easily make the nobles feel bad.
The old lady nodded and asked, "Where is the master? "
" The master packed up some things and went out at the age of You and never came back. "The housekeeper said it tactfully, but there was a bit of disgust towards this master in his eyes.
His wife didn't dare to face it because he died, and she ran away secretly. It's really despised. But that's right. If you can do something about raising a child in the outdoor room, you can't be much more open-minded.
"Bastard! "The old lady couldn't help but curse, pointed to the maid beside her and ordered, "Go and call me back. If something big happened at home, he thought it would be enough to hide out?" ! "
The maid opened her mouth in a little embarrassed and swallowed the words. She was just a slave, how could she know where the master went?!
But now the old lady was angry, how could she dare to talk back?
Madam Cui, who was serving the old lady, saw the little maid wanting to speak but stopping, quietly walked to her and said a few words. The maid immediately relaxed her face, thanked Madam Cui, and was anxious. He hurried out of the house.
After the housekeeper left, the old lady raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, feeling her head hurt so much.
Madam Cui sent all the maids in the room, walked quietly behind the old lady, and carefully pinched her shoulders and relaxed.
The old lady looked a little relaxed, and sighed silently, as if she was talking to herself, "Do you think the child outside should be taken back? "
Madam Cui's eyebrows were beating and she thought to herself why the old lady mentioned this again, and she lowered her eyes as if she didn't hear it.
"There are so many concubines in the mansion, why can't she give birth to a carriage? If there was a brother, the matter wouldn't have been like this..."
Madam Cui tugged her lips, "The master is still young, always..." Before she finished speaking, a loud voice outside heard a loud sound outside. The old lady frowned slightly and was a little unhappy. She was about to scold her twice, but she heard a familiar voice vaguely, and her face changed.
A servant girl ran in panic outside the door, "The people from the Minister of Revenue Mansion are here. "
" Why is it so fast? "The old lady couldn't help but be shocked and walked quickly to the second door. The servant followed closely and carefully looked at the old lady's expression, "When Lord Shangshu came just now, the servant looked at Xiangqiao who was serving his wife behind him. "
The old lady's footsteps paused slightly, cursed "slut", and she felt even more frightened, and her pace couldn't help but speed up. That girl was originally a dowry from the Shangshu Mansion, but who knew what Xiangqiao would say in front of Wang Hongsheng!
The mansion suddenly received the news of his daughter's death, and the Shangshu Madam fainted when she heard the news. The Shangshu Master Wang Hongsheng was so sad that he was anxious that he was barely steady at the persuasion of his son and daughter-in-law. He ordered his daughter to settle his wife, turned around and rushed to the Xu family with his two sons and a group of servants.
Wang Hongsheng regretted it on the way to the Xu family. Why did he marry his daughter to such a false benevolent and righteous person at that time!
At that time, Wang Hongsheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was blind and married to such a false benevolent person!
At that time, Wang Hongsheng Sheng was also a minister of the Ministry of Revenue who was a third-rank official. The mansion held a banquet to entertain guests. Her daughter accidentally fell into the lake and was rescued by Xu Mingda, who was invited to attend the banquet.
His daughter's body was touched by a man in front of everyone. Even though Wang Hongsheng was unhappy, he wanted to poke Xu Mingda's eyes blind, he had to suppress his anger and thank him with gratitude. The next day, he sent someone to inquire about Xu Mingda's family situation and lifestyle. Seeing that Xu Mingda was honest and honest, he was the only son in his family, and there was no conflict between sisters-in-law in the future. Because Xu Mingda was a brave man, he sent someone to propose marriage within a few days. Wang Hongsheng had no choice but to marry his daughter to Xu Mingda.
However, Xu Mingda was just an idle scholar at that time. Although there was some money in his family, it was not a long-term solution to just go out and not go in. Wang Hongsheng couldn't bear to bear his daughter's hard work, so he asked him to find a free job in , the Ministry of Rites, .
Fortunately, Xu Mingda has made progress for several years, and another father-in-law like Wang Hongsheng paved the way for him, but in just a few years, the official position has been promoted to the Governor of the Ministry of Rites. But who knew that Xu Mingda was even more arrogant in recent years. After knowing that a head of the Ministry of Rites was about to retire, he came to him and wanted to fill the gap with Toto.
Wang Hongsheng knew Xu Mingda's son-in-law's ability very well. He was not competent in the position of the head, so he didn't help him. Unexpectedly, he would hold a grudge against him. Xu Mingda secretly stuffed a lot of silver and trusted other relationships and actually took the position of being in charge.
Wang Hongsheng later learned that the silver was exchanged by Xu Mingda with his wife's dowry, and he became even more disgusted with him.
So when Xu Mingda was showing off in front of him with complacent pleasure, Wang Hongsheng also preached to him. Xu Mingda didn't say anything on the surface, but after returning home, he got angry at Mrs. Xu and he didn't like to run to the Wang family in the future.
and his group arrived at the Xu family and saw the Xu family mansion white cloth. The servants back and forth were all wearing mourning clothes. The last expectation in the hearts of the Wang family was gone.
Wang Hongsheng's face was cold as ice, and he went to Xu's mansion step by step.
The butler of Xu's mansion trembled when he saw Wang Hongsheng and hurriedly came forward, "Sir Shangshu..." Before the butler said that, Wang Hongsheng ignored him and went straight to the mourning hall. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed and waved his hand to call the little maid not far away, "Go and invite the old lady."
The outside family must be seen before the big funeral. Therefore, the coffin of Mrs. Xu has not been sealed yet, and the Wang family and his group quickly walked to the coffin. Looking at the woman lying quietly in her eyes, she couldn't help but feel sad. Especially Wang Hongsheng seemed to have become ten years old in an instant, muttering "My son..."
Wang Hongsheng was heartbroken, and suddenly remembered something and turned his head to ask the servant lady who was so scared that she dared not stop him. "Where is Yiyi?"
Wang Hongsheng's "Yiyi" was the gone Mrs. Xu, the only blood left by Wang. His name was Xu Jiayi, and his nickname was "Yiyi". Now Xu Sui is only five years old.
Facing Wang Hongsheng's scarlet eyes, the servant was frightened and explained, "The old lady feels sorry for the big girl's body, so she sent the big girl back to her room to rest."
In fact, Xu Jiayi just came over and made a big fuss, and she kept raising the wooden board of the coffin and crying so hard that the old lady was forced to take the person away.
Wang Mingyuan was silent when he heard this, raised his eyes and gave Xiangqiao a wink. Xiangqiao immediately responded, "Young Master, come with me."
"Why are there only you maids here to guard the spirits, Xu Mingda? Why don't he come? And those concubines, let them all come and guard me." Wang Mingyu saw his brother's actions, so he was not worried about Xu Jiayi at this time. After helping Wang Hongsheng stand firm, he scolded angrily.
There are only a few little maids in the mourning hall where the mistress of the house are guarding the spirits. Is it really bullying their Wang family? ! Even if Xu Mingda, a big man, is not suitable, can't his concubines come?
"The second girl is clingy. Aunt Lin cried so hard as soon as she left, and she couldn't get out of it. Aunt Hua had just given birth to a third girl, and it was inconvenient for her to be confinement. Aunt Mei and Aunt Yun happened to have Yuexin, so we have to avoid such things..."
The little maid whispered. Every time she said something, Wang Hongsheng and Wang Mingyu's faces became gloomy. At the end of her face, her face was so gloomy that it could almost drip. She was so scared that the little maid was stuck in her throat but couldn't speak.
"That's a coincidence..." Wang Hongsheng snorted coldly, gritting his teeth word by word.
What a Xu family!
Wang Hongsheng's eyes were slightly shaking, "Come, go and tie Xu Mingda to me."
A servant who followed the Wang family heard this and immediately turned around and left.
Mrs. Xu knew that she could not hide anymore, so she quickly walked out from the corner and said, "In-law, what are you doing."
"Who is your in-law!"
Mrs. He was stunned and had to change his name, "Sir Shangshu, you calm down, what are you saying, maybe there is any misunderstanding? Wang's incident was indeed an accident. We hired a lot of doctors, but..."
"Mrs. Wu's misunderstanding?! Where did the misunderstanding come from?!" Wang Mingyu glared at Mrs. Xu fiercely, "You begged our family to marry the girl. Now in just a few years, you have wasted your life. Bah! We blamed us for seeing it and marrying our sister into this jackal land. "
" At the beginning, we said that we respect each other as much as Qin and Jin. Look at which concubines in Yanjing City are like yours. The mistress's funeral is like that, and she doesn't cry. She left a few maids and mothers here to guard her. Do you think there is no one in my Wang family?!"
Although Wang Mingyu was extremely angry, he was still a little rational after all. "How did my sister die? The old lady should know the best, right?"
The old lady's face changed, and her lips stammered for a while. How did
die?
This matter really has nothing to do with her.
The daughter-in-law and her son have been married for so many years and have only one child and are still a girl. She has been feeling unhappy. That day, my son came over to her and told her that he had a room outside to pick him up. She was so angry that she wanted to slap him twice. But after hearing the reason for her son, although she complained that her son was inappropriate in doing things, she was so happy that she smiled.
Boy!
Her first grandson!
Although Mingda has also taken several concubines over the years, those who are not lucky can only give birth to daughters if they are not happy. Now there are only three sisters in the mansion, and no one is carrying a man.
If she didn't leave a single one for the Xu family, how could she meet the ancestors of the Xu family after she died? !
What's more, she has already made a step back and just take the child back. In the future, this child can also be raised under the name of Wang, which is nice to say.
Who knew that Wang was so arrogant that he not only contradicted her in public, but also beat and scolded her son. The couple started to fight, and Wang was so angry that he couldn't recover for a while, so he went there.
"You carry the girl's coffin and let's go!" Wang Hongsheng closed his eyes, pointed to the servant behind him, and ordered coldly.
The servant looked at each other and nodded and walked towards the mourning hall. Mrs. Xu stepped forward a few steps forward and blocked the servant, shouting coldly, "I see who dares to move!"
Seeing that the servant stopped because of his scolding, Mrs. Xu turned his head and looked at Wang Hongsheng, "Sir Shangshu, I respect you as the father of Wang. You are a white-haired man and a black-haired man. I feel sad in the Xu Mansion shouting loudly and screaming and not scruple with you. What are you doing? Since Wang married our Xu family, she is us. The people from the Xu family will enter my Xu family's tomb even if they die. How can you take it away? ! "
Wang Hongsheng's eyes were terrible red, but he was too lazy to talk to her. With a "swish", he drew the sword in his servant's hand and pointed directly at Mrs. Xu. The old lady Xu was so shocked that she took several steps back. She patted her chest in fear. She raised her eyes and saw Wang Hongsheng holding the sword towards him step by step, and her face turned pale.
"Father!"
Wang Hongsheng turned his head to look, and saw his eldest son Wang Mingyuan walking over with a pink little girl in his arms.
This look made Wang Hongsheng calm down a little.
When Wang Mingyuan approached, Wang Hongsheng saw Xu Jiayi's appearance clearly and his eyes were almost bursting out of fire.Before he could say the words of cursing, he could hear the low roar of his second son Wang Mingyu, "That's how your Xu family takes care of people?! At least one is the legitimate daughter of your Xu family. My sister is still here, so you dare to treat her only child like this!"
The old lady glanced at Wang Mingyuan's girl who was asleep or fainted in her arms. Seeing that her clothes were wrinkled and her hair was messy, even her face was unrecognizable, and she could see two lines of tears. She looked no different from the beggars on the street, so she had to swallow the words she was about to say.
Actually, this is really no wonder of the Xu family.
Xu Jiayi was crying so hard that the maids and servants couldn't hold on. After Xu Jiayi fainted from crying, she was relieved to take the person back to the room. She sent someone to hire a doctor and then fetched water and returned to the room to wash Xu Jiayi and let her sleep. Wang Mingyuan rushed in and took the person away angrily, but they couldn't even catch up.
Wang Hongsheng was immediately angry and wanted to raise his sword to kill people. The servants rushed forward to stop him. He chased me and stopped several servants who were scratched by the sword. Wang Mingyuan frowned slightly, and his hands tightened his arms holding Xu Jiayi a little.
When I saw Mrs. Xu's face pale and dizzy, Wang Hongsheng snorted lightly and let his second son take down the sword in his hand.
The little dumpling in his arms moved. Wang Mingyuan immediately lowered his head and saw that Xu Jiayi had woken up. At this time, he looked at him with a vague voice with a crying voice.
Wang Mingyuan felt a little painful in his heart. He felt a little uncomfortable. He said thousands of words to his mouth but didn't know what to say. He just raised his hand and touched her head, and nodded stiffly.
"You let me go! Are you treating your son-in-law like this?!" Xu Mingda's cursing voice came, and Wang Hongsheng's eyes instantly became sharp. He turned his head to see Xu Mingda being tied up by their people and pressed over.
Mrs. Xu was heartbroken when she saw her baby son being tied up by Wuhuada and was held in the mansion. She quickly came over and loosened her ties for him. She secretly suppressed her voice and warned Xu Mingda not to make things worse.
"You are a son-in-law of any kind? My Wang family does not have a son-in-law like you!" Wang Hongsheng glared, "Xu Mingda, since you want your outer room, that's fine, I won't make things difficult for you. If you bring a letter of Li Shu, I will immediately leave your Xu family with my daughter and Yi Yi!"
people are dead and still want to share Li Shu? !
Xu Mingda couldn't help but stare at Wang Hongsheng with wide eyes. Seeing his seriousness clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned. "This Wang family is dead, Heli..."
Before Xu Mingda finished speaking, Mrs. Xu had already pulled his arm on his arm, and he stopped in pain. "What is the father-in-law saying? Wang is my wife. Now she has died. How could I do such a thing as abandoning my wife and children?"
Xu Mingda wanted to continue saying something, but found that the eyes that fell on him seemed to see through him. He pulled the corners of his mouth and silenced.
Wang Hongsheng turned his gaze on Xu Jiayi, and there was a little warmth in his sad eyes, and he tried to make a smile, "Yiyi, do you want to go back to the Shangshu Mansion with my grandfather?"
Xu Jiayi's gaze fell on the coffin in the hall, his mouth flattened, and tears fell again, "I want to be with my mother."
"Then let's take my mother back to the Shangshu Mansion?"
Xu Mingda originally thought that Xu Jiayi would not agree. After all, Wang was dead, and his father was her closest person. Unexpectedly, he heard Xu Jiayi's breasts voice and said softly.
"One!" Xu Mingda couldn't help but exclaim.
Although he was a little afraid of this in-laws, Mrs. Xu still stood in front of Wang Hongsheng, "How can this be made? One is the child of our Xu family, how can we send him to the Wang family to raise him?"
If this is spread, who dares to deal with their Xu family!
"Xu Mingda, what do you say?" Wang Mingyuan asked coldly.
Wang Hongsheng sneered coldly, "No matter how he said it, it's useless. What do you care about him? Mingyuan, you can carry Yiyiyi back first.Mingyu, let’s take your sister home. "
" Yes! "
The Wang family and his group came and went in a hurry, but in just a quarter of an hour, everyone had retreated. The servants of the Xu family looked at each other and sighed.
Looking at the Wang family's back without any nostalgia, Xu Mingda couldn't help but shrank, and the cold air quickly spread from the soles of his feet. He vaguely understood that today he offended the Wang family to death, and even in this in-laws relationship, he would not rely on it again. .
It was already midnight before my eyes, but the lights were still bright in the Minister of Revenue’s Mansion, and several owners were waiting for news in the hall.
The wife of the Minister of Revenue, Su, sat weakly on the chair, and his eyes looked out of the house from time to time. The two daughters-in-law next to him accompanied him, and the eldest daughter-in-law Zhao said softly, "Mother, go back to the room first to rest. Just wait here. If there is news, I will send someone to report to you immediately. "
" Mother, the doctor said you want a good rest. Don’t worry, a good friend will have a good appearance, and you will definitely turn bad luck into good luck. "The second daughter-in-law Qian handed over a cup of hot tea. Su reached out to take it but didn't drink it. She sighed and put the tea cup on the table.
Xiangqiao couldn't say it clearly when she came, and just said that Wang was not good, maybe she couldn't stand it anymore, so she hoped that the master and his wife would go quickly. She wanted to comfort Su, but it was hard to speak up. If Wang had any more...
"My heart has been uneasy, and I always felt uneasy, and I was still more at ease waiting here. "Su stood up, stretched her head and looked out, walked back and forth for two steps and said, "No, I'll go to Xu's Mansion to take a look. "
"Mother..." Qian and Zhao wanted to persuade him a few more words, but they heard the sound of the trumpet suona playing from near to far, as if they were coming to their house. They couldn't help but pale. They turned their heads to look at Su, but saw Su's tears flowing, and their lips squirmed for a long time without saying a word.
"Mother, hold on. "Zhao and Qian helped the old lady to stabilize, but found that the old lady could not stand up, so they quickly helped her to sit on the chair beside her, patting her chest to calm her down.
How can a white-haired man sending a black-haired man to give her a heartless person?
After a while, the old lady took a breath and wanted to go out to greet her in person. She was weak and weak all over. She turned her head and told Qian, "Go outside and take a look. "
Qian responded, and before he turned around, he heard his husband's voice.
"Mother. "
Wang Mingyuan hugged Xu Jiayi and went back to the house first. He knew that the old lady was worried about her sister, so he asked the old lady's location as soon as he returned to the house and rushed straight to him.
Even though he was mentally prepared, the three of them still burst into tears when they saw Wang Mingyuan's filial clothes. The old lady cried particularly miserably, with her eyes blurred, "Mingyuan, your sister..."
"Mother, please mourn... sister... is gone. "Wang Mingyuan choked and finished speaking.
Qian took the lead and his eyes were swollen because of crying. Xu Jiayi, who was pursed with his lips seriously, and his heart stinged. Wang Mingyuan knelt in front of the old lady and said everything about the Xu family.
After hearing the cause and effect, everyone couldn't help but curse Xu Mingda in his heart.
The old lady's head was buzzing, and she felt dizzy, and she was about to faint again. Wang Mingyuan hurriedly supported the old lady and eased her voice, "Mom, hold on, don't be scared. "
He knew that his mother was sad, but he also wanted to take care of her health. He just hoped to cheer up for Yiyi's sake.
"Yiyi," the old lady's confused head became clearer, nodded repeatedly, and hugged Xu Jiayi in her arms with her body, "Yiyi, my poor granddaughter, you will live in the Shangshu Mansion in the future. Grandmother and your uncle and aunt will be nice to you. ”
At this time, it was already late, and Zhao placed Xu Jiayi in the Jiaxi Garden specially arranged according to Xu Jiayi's preference. This yard is usually vacant, and only Xu Jiayi stayed in it for a few days when she came to Shangshu Mansion to play. When no one lived there, there were also maids and women cleaning, so they could move in directly.
Zhao cleaned his hands with the warm water brought by the maid, twisted the veil and gently wiped Xu Jiayi's face, and then put a hot veil on Xu Jiayi's eyes.
cried hard today. If you don’t apply it properly, you will be afraid that your eyes will not be able to open tomorrow.
When Zhao did these, the old lady sat on the edge of the bed with moist eyes, holding Xu Jiayi's hand and rubbing it, "I'm pitiful..."
Seeing the old lady crying again, Zhao quickly persuaded warmly, "Old lady, I've been tired for a day, I'm afraid I'm sleepy now, so let her rest for a while first."
The old lady looked at Xu Jiayi's little face, and the eyebrows and eyes that were similar to her daughter, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and nodded. "Okay, let's take a rest today."
Xu Jiayi shook her head slowly, looked up at the old lady's eyes, and after a while, he said, "Grandmother, uncle said that my mother went to a very far place, so when will she come back? Why didn't my mother take her together? And I clearly saw my mother, but she didn't leave, so she just lay in a box."
's tender voice was full of confusion. For her, the word "death" was too far away, and she would never believe that her mother would die.
The few people in the room couldn't help but moisten their eyes as they listened to the sound of their breasts.
It took a long time to coax Xu Jiayi to fall asleep. The group of three quietly left Jiaxi Garden and went to the mourning hall temporarily set up in Shangshu Mansion to visit the last side of Wang who was placed there.
Wang Hongsheng brought his daughter back to the Shangshu Mansion to hold the funeral. Wang Mingyuan, who arrived at the mansion first, has already said that. Although the sister-in-law who was already out of the house took her back to her mother's house to hold the funeral, Zhao and Qian, who were in charge of the funeral, had no grudges at all.
When they married into the mansion, Wang had not yet gotten married and had been with them for more than a year. This sister-in-law is understanding, gentle and generous. She often makes handkerchiefs and clothes to give them to them, or comes to the yard to chat and talk with them. They all like it very much.
I just didn’t expect that things in the world would be impermanent, and such a vivid life passed away in the blink of an eye.
From then on, yin and yang are separated.
From the beginning of entering the mourning hall, the old lady cried so hard that Zhao and Qian persuaded each other and did not faint.
Zhao's family is in charge of the feeding, and the funeral must be handed over to her. Qian assisted from the side, from sending servants to various government offices to report their demise, to receiving the visitors of mourning, and to doing all the food and snacks during the funeral.
Just when Qian's sister came to pay condolences, she secretly pulled her to ask if Wang didn't want her husband to take a concubine. When he hanged himself, Qian couldn't help but get angry. After some questioning, he found that the rumors were actually coming from the Xu Mansion, and his face became even more gloomy.
Qian snorted coldly, his face full of anger, "All nonsense!"
"Don't be angry, I didn't mean to offend your sister-in-law, but this incident was spreading badly to Wang's reputation. Although she is no longer here, she still has a daughter."
With such a mother, who dares to marry her daughter in the future?
Seeing that Qian's face was not good-looking, the lady advised her a few more words.
Qian's face then calmed down a little, thanked her sister, and said, "I know your personality. We will definitely handle this matter properly."
The sorrow and joy of Shangshu's Mansion rang for three days. During these three days, Xu Jiayi went to keep a guard every day, and she cried several times a day. After a few days, her face lost a lot and she was completely haggard.
Three days later, it will be the day when Wang’s funeral is held.
After the funeral of Wang, Zhao and Qian sister-in-law, two sister-in-laws, came to Jiaxiyuan, who were worried about Xu Jiayi, who had never appeared today. After entering the yard, I found that the whole yard was quiet. Even the maids who were cleaning were doing cautiously. When they saw the two young ladies coming over, they hurriedly leaned over to salute.
The two looked at each other and walked into the room. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Xu Jiayi hiding in the corner of the bed.
Xu Jiayi sat in the corner of the bed with her knees in her arms, her chin resting softly on her knees. Her eyes, which were shining in the past, did not have a trace of spirit, as if she had entered a state of meditation.
Qian could not stand aside her gaze. After having a child, she would be most disgusted by the child. But I thought in my heart that if my sister-in-law saw Yiyi like this now, would she still die for the unscrupulous Xu family?
Zhao observed Xu Jiayi's face while tentatively speaking, "Yiyi?"
"Grand aunt, Yiyi will not have a mother in the future."
Before going to bed yesterday, the old lady specifically reminded her not to cry anymore.
She is a good kid and must be obedient.
Xu Jiayi opened her eyes wide and looked up at the sky, tears kept spinning in her eyes.
But, she just couldn't help it...
Xu Jiayi's nose felt sore, her eyes quickly wet, but she bit her lips tightly and forced herself to hold back and not cry. It’s so sad that he pretends to be relaxed, but he is more distressing than crying.
"Cry, cry, just cry, just cry." Zhao stretched out his hand and hugged Xu Jiayi into his arms and sighed lightly. No matter how strong he is, he is just a child.
Feeling the warmth of touching the palm of her head, Xu Jiayi felt a little warmth in her body.
But after blinking his eyes, tears fell down silently.
Seeing Xu Jiayi falling into Zhao's arms and crying sadly, but he kept biting his lips and refused to make a sound. Qian's nose felt sour, and he hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with a brocade squid, and forced the tears back.
The old lady became ill after her daughter's funeral and was bedridden for three or four days.
"Madam Su, is it better all over?" The old lady lay weakly on the bed and asked.
A few days ago, she fell ill and didn't want to let Yiyi know. I don't know where the child heard the news and forced himself to come to see her, the old woman. He heard that he fainted when he went back, which made her worry for a long time.
Thinking of Xu Jiayi's thin appearance that day, the old lady sighed and reminded, "Send the old ginseng in the warehouse to Jiaxi Garden, and then let the kitchen do more body-replenishment, so that she can take good care of her body."
"When I went to visit my cousin today, I saw that my cousin was much more energetic. The cousin also said that I would come to pay my respects to you in person when I was better in two days. The lady has sent a lot of supplements in the past few days, and also reminded several brothers and sisters not to disturb my cousin's rest in the past few days. You can rest assured."
The old lady closed her eyes and sighed softly, "The only old woman in this child can be fucked by her in the future. How can I feel relieved?"
The male lead is outside, the female lead is inside.
My husband and two sons are busy with court affairs every day, so I don’t have much thought to spend it in this back home. Although the two daughters-in-law Zhao and Qian have a good personality, they also have their own children after all. It would be nice to be able to do a good job of serving them in a bowl of water. How could they be biased?
If one day there is friction or conflicts in interests with their biological children, who can guarantee that Zhao and Qian will stand on the side of Yiyi?
She naturally understands the relationship between relatives and distant people and the choice of interests.
"The cousin is still young, and the old lady is reluctant to keep her by her side. She also keeps her many people who speak. In the future, the cousin reads and reads, gets engaged and gets married, and there are many things that the old lady has to worry about. Old lady, you must take good care of your health now."
"You are right, I will keep my health well and teach you personally. My one is smart and agile. Even if I have no parents, everyone in Yanjing City will want to marry in the future. Girl. "
Thinking of the Xu family, the old lady gritted her teeth with hatred, "It's all my fault that I misjudged. I thought that Xu Mingda was a good person, but I didn't expect that she was also a person with a beastly heart. I don't know how many grievances Nannan and Yiyi have suffered in his family over the years. Let's wait and see, my Shangshu Mansion will never let the Xu family go easily."
"Old lady, just think it's fine." Madam Su took the medicine bowl handed over the maid and tried the temperature with her hands, "Old lady, it's time to take medicine.""
After taking the medicine, the old lady was about to lie down and rest when she suddenly thought of something and called "Madam Su".
"Soul is here. "
"You go to the eldest lady's side for me..."
After Wang's funeral, Zhao took a break for two days before he recovered. As usual, Madam Zhao around him reported the situation in the mansion today. At this moment, the voice of a maid guarding outside the door came, "Madam Su." "
Hearing this, Madam Zhao fell silent and went to greet her, "Madam Su, why are you here? But what about the old lady? "
"Madam Zhao,"Madam Su said hello with a smile, then leaned over to salute Zhao, and greeted politely, "Madam, I'm sorry to disturb you so late." "
" is still early, so it's okay. "
" It's about to fall. The old lady saw that the sky was getting colder, and she was afraid that the clothes brought by her cousin would not be enough to avoid the cold at that time. She wanted to ask the eldest lady if she could move the days of cutting autumn and winter clothes forward and ask the embroiderer to drive out a few clothes for her cousin to respond to the emergency. "
Madam Su didn't take any more turns, and she said her intentions clearly in the future, "There is also the cousin who is just Xiang Qiao serving her alone now. Once there are too many things, she will inevitably be in a hurry. "
" or the old lady is thoughtful, but I have forgotten this. "After I passed the words of Madam Su in my mind, Zhao understood what the old lady meant.
It was not only a matter of taking Xu Jiayi to the Shangshu Mansion to live for one or two days, but she would have to be kept in the Shangshu Mansion in the future. In fact, even if the old lady didn't say this, she guessed it, and was not surprised.
Although the Wang family is a powerful family, the old lady is also a person who is wise and puts his heart in mind. She and her second brother After the sister Qian entered the house, she was not stuffed with a girl in the room during her ten months of pregnancy, and she was very grateful.
There were often banquets, and the head mistresses of famous families were envious of them. When they held their hands to tell the care of the concubines in the mansion, they were very grateful.
Thinking about this, Zhao's heart warmed, "Please rest assured, the old lady, I will do these two things tomorrow. "
" has been brought to you, and the old lady cannot live without people, so I won't bother you. "Seeing that the matter had been done, Madam Su leaned over and bowed and said goodbye. After seeing Madam Su off, Madam Zhao lowered her eyes and thought for a while, "Go and invite both the girl and the young master over." "
Zhao now has two children, the eldest son Wang Lin, twelve years old this year; the second queen, Wang Yunxiu, is eight years old this year.
After both children arrived, Zhao sent all the girls in the room, leaving only Madam Zhao to serve. Zhao carefully told the two children what happened at home today, regardless of whether they could understand it or not.
"Don't worry, if my cousin needs help in the future, I'll tell you. My aunt passed away, and we are my cousin's relatives. "Wang Lin is already very young, so he understands what his mother called them tonight and said this.
Wang Yunxiu also asked, "Do you have to live in our mansion in the future?" "
" Yes, she lost her mother and the old lady left her in the mansion because she felt sorry for her. You are her sister, so go and talk to her more in the future. "Zhao nodded, just as he wanted to give her a few more words to avoid feeling uncomfortable, but when he saw her daughter smiling so much that her eyes were filled with joy, he clapped his hands with joy, "That's great,"
She had long wanted to let Yiyi come to the mansion to play with her.
Zhao gave a few more words and checked the homework of the two children. Seeing that it was getting late, he asked them to go back and rest first.
"Xu'er, please keep it. "After saying that, Zhao looked at Madam Zhao, Madam Zhao nodded slightly and stepped out, closed the door with her backhand and guarded the door.
Wang Yunxiu glanced at her brother strangely. After he left, Wang Yunxiu stepped forward to Madam Zhao, tilted her head and said in confusion, "Mother, do you have anything else to say? "
" Xiu'er, you and your mother are the only ones here, you tell your truth to your mother. Are you happy when you move to the mansion one by one? Zhao asked in a soft voice, holding Wang Yunxiu's hand.
The little girl is sensitive. She is worried that her daughter is saying nothing is wrong on the surface, but when she returns to the room, she secretly hides from someone crying.
"Happy."
Zhao looked at her daughter's expression carefully. Seeing her bright eyes as bright as stars, she couldn't help but feel at ease and laughed, "You are now the only daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, and everyone spoiled you. If Yiyi comes, you will not be. The love between father and mother and grandparents will be given half of it in the future. Don't cry at that time."
"How could it be?!" Wang Yunxiu shook her head and said seriously, "Yiyi has no mother, everyone thinks it loves more. As long as the mother does not have Yiyi in the future, just forget her daughter."
Zhao raised his hand and touched Wang Yunxiu's hair, pursed her lips and smiled.
The old lady is still old, and this illness is coming in a fierce manner. At the beginning, I was just a little weak and coughed. I asked the doctor to prescribe some medicine. Although it didn't get better, it didn't worsen.
Who knew that on the evening of the third day, when Madam Su was watching, she heard the old lady's voice. She thought it was the old lady who woke up and couldn't sleep. When she walked into the room, she realized that it was the old lady who was sleeping and talking nonsense.
reached out and touched her forehead. The hot tentacles made her frightened. She called out a few times and didn't even wake up. She couldn't help but feel a little panicked. She quickly sent the little girl to invite the doctor overnight, and then invited the maid to invite Zhao and Wang Mingyuan over.
After Zhao and Wang Mingyuan hurried to Wan'antang, they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the old lady's condition. Zhao twisted a veil inside to wipe the old lady's cheeks to try to cool down. Wang Mingyuan paced back and forth in the room in a hurry, asking from time to time, "How long will the doctor be here?"
It took half an hour before the doctor came with the medicine box. When I arrived in the room, I saw the old lady's condition, and then carefully took the pulse and said, "It's not good." "The old lady's condition is a bit bad. I just asked the maid to boil some antipyretic medicine first, feed it to the old lady first, and then lower the temperature first."
waited for the medicine to boil it, and Madam Su fed it to the old lady himself. It was not until dawn that the old lady's temperature dropped. Zhao and Wang Mingyuan didn't sleep all night. Seeing that the old lady's condition was a little stable, Zhao looked at Wang Mingyuan and said, "There is still some time left. Why don't you go back to the room and take a look."
Wang Mingyuan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. After using breakfast, you can also take a rest. Don't let the child quarrel at you."
"What's the matter? It's what I should do." Zhao pushed Wang Mingyuan out of Wan'antang, and when he returned to the room, he was by the old lady's side, afraid that the old lady would have a fever again and dare not be careless.
When the old lady woke up, Zhao was already asleep on the edge of the bed.
Seeing that the old lady woke up, Madam Su was so surprised that she wanted to speak out when she saw the old lady shook her head slightly. Madam Su knew her intentions and stood quietly aside.
During the day, Qian and Wang Mingyu also received news and came to visit the old lady early in the morning. However, the old lady was still asleep at that time. Wang Mingyu didn't see anyone, so he had to go out of the government to do business first, while Qian stayed in the yard to guard.
Not long after, the doctor came to take the pulse again and said that the old lady's condition had improved. Just be careful not to have fever anymore, and it would be even better if you eat some warm and tonic things.
When Zhao heard this, he thanked him repeatedly and asked the little girl to stuff a purse to the doctor.
Despite this, Qian and Zhao did not dare to relax. In the next few days, they sent various nourishing and health supplements in the warehouse to Wan'an Hall. Under this care, the old lady's health gradually improved. The old lady was afraid that several children in the mansion would get sick, so she refused to come to see her.
When the old lady was getting better, she thought about having a reunion dinner together and led her to recognize people one by one. Although I often came to the Shangshu Mansion to play in the past, everyone in the mansion knew each other. But once and forth, she, as her grandmother, naturally had to have a long face for her granddaughter.
The Zhao family and Qian family arrived first. After talking with the old lady for a while, several children in the mansion arrived in Wan'an Hall together.The four children lined up, including Wang Lin, the eldest son of Zhao, Wang Jing, the eldest son of Qian, and Wang Bai. In the middle is Wang Yunxiu, the only daughter of the Wang family's grandchildren.
"Give me a greeting to my grandmother, I wish my grandmother good health and everything goes well."
"Get up quickly."
Wang Yunxiu sat next to the old lady with a smile, "Grandmother, I heard that I would have a reunion dinner at my grandmother's place tonight. I went out to buy my grandmother's favorite auspicious wish rolls. Grandma, please try it, can you taste it?"
As he said that, Chu Xia, the maid behind Wang Yunxiu, took out a plate of pastries from the food box and respectfully held it in front of the old lady. The old lady raised her hand and picked up a fresh and delicious Ruyi roll and put it in her mouth, and said with a smile, "It's delicious. After eating the Ruyi roll that Xiu'er bought for her grandmother, everything will go well."
"I just said that this girl was secretly protecting the food box along the way. I couldn't even touch it as a mother, and I thought it was a treasure." Zhao laughed at the side.
Qian teased and patted Zhao's hand, "You said that you are a slut, how could you be a maid who can dismantle your daughter's table? The snacks you buy in the future are not as good as you."
"Grandmother, look, your mother and second aunt even eat your jealous for a plate of Ruyi rolls." Wang Yunxiu collapsed in the old lady's arms with a smile. The maid and the old lady in the room couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
"You girl, even your mother and second aunt dare to arrange it, and you are not afraid of making people laugh." The old lady reached out and poked Wang Yunxiu's cheek, laughing and crying.
Wang Bai, the youngest grandson of the Wang family, is only three years old now. When everyone smiled, they blinked strangely and looked at Wang Yunxiu, "Sister, have you bought plum blossom fragrance cakes and rose crisps for your mother and uncle?"
"You talk too much." Wang Yunxiu looked at Wang Bai with some dissatisfaction, stuffed a piece of Ruyi rolled it into his mouth, and took the rose crisps and plum blossom fragrance cakes to Zhao and Qian, and said coquettishly, "I remember them all!"
Zhao pinched Wang Yunxiu's face, full of warmth.
"Old lady, cousin is here." The little maid guarding outside the door walked in with a smile and leaned over and saluted.
The old lady immediately laughed, stood up and watched a little girl walk in from outside pretty, with a smile on her lips, as if she brought in the sunlight outside the house. Looking at the person in front of him, a layer of mist instantly spread in the old lady's eyes.
It’s like seeing the Nannan who remembers every time she comes to the house to pay her respects, she will hibernate into her arms and call her “mother”. The figure slowly overlaps with the one in front of her. Su’s family can’t tell who it is. It’s not until the call of “grandmother” that she wakes up like a dream.
"Yiyi." The old lady took Xu Jiayi's hand and went up to the main seat. Madam Su put a low stool at the old lady's feet. Xu Jiayi smiled gratefully to Madam Su, saluted Zhao and Qian, and then sat down with the old lady.
"What did grandmother and aunt say so happy? I heard laughter from afar."
Madam Su told Xu Jiayi what had just happened, and Xu Jiayi was so happy that she laughed. There are many people in the room, and I don’t feel bored when you say anything, and I’m laughing and joyful.
Not long after, the maid outside the door heard the full voice again, "Uncle and second master are here."
Looking at the soft and glutinous little girl, the girls and young men in the mansion were all looking at her intently, wanting to come forward to say hello, but they were a little shy and dared not be the first to go up. Then they watched Wang Mingyuan coming in from outside and hugged the little girl.
When Wang Mingyuan picked up Xu Jiayi, he realized that she was lighter than before. He couldn't help but frowned, "Why are you lighter again? 11Are you picky food again and can't eat well?"
Shi Zhao picked up Xu Jiayi as soon as her husband entered the door. Her son and daughter didn't even look at her. She was afraid that the children would feel uncomfortable and wanted to explain a few words, but she found that the children were staring at Xu Jiayi seriously, but she didn't see the jealousy and displeasure.
Wang Yunxiu, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, is only eight years old this year. She is sitting upright and looking at Xu Jiayi's pink and tender little face seriously. She couldn't help but feel moved. It's so cute, it must be very comfortable to pinch it.
"No." Xu Jiayi's body suddenly flew into the air and shocked her. When she realized that she saw her uncle's face. She just wanted to greet her with a smile, she heard Wang Mingyuan's words. Her smile froze on her face. She buried her head in Wang Mingyuan's chest with a very embarrassed voice.
Seeing the old lady staring at her nervously, fearing that he would throw the person in his arms, Wang Mingyuan smiled at the old lady, put Xu Jiayi on the ground, raised his hand and touched her head, "Uncle bought some small things, and he has already sent it to Jiaxiyuan. You can go back later to see if you like it."
"Thank you uncle." Xu Jiayi raised her hand to sort out her hair, and her eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said happily.
"I have a gift to give to Yiyi, too." Wang Lin suddenly spoke, took out a piece of graphite from his arms, stuffed it into Xu Jiayi's hand, met his father and mother's teasing gaze, coughed lightly, and stood aside shyly.
Xu Jiayi held graphite and looked left and right, her watery eyes were filled with joy, "Thank you cousin."
"Yiyi, I bought you a lantern, I wanted to wait for dinner before giving it to you. Please wait, I will let Afu take it to show you." When Wang Jing saw that his brother was snatched the first, he immediately refused to be outdone and quickly ordered his servant Afu to go back to the yard to get the lantern.
The youngest Wang Bai also ran to Xu Jiayi, raised his hand and hugged Xu Jiayi in full arms, then took a step back, staring at Xu Jiayi seriously and said, "Cousin, I forgot to prepare a gift for you. Is this hug just treating it as a gift? I will definitely remember it next time."
"Bai'er, your gift is too perfunctory."
"Whoever asked the brothers to prepare the gift wouldn't say to me..."
Wang Yunxiu was embarrassed and blushed, standing there awkwardly. She didn't expect that her brothers and younger brothers would prepare gifts tonight. She didn't prepare anything. Will Yiyi feel that her cousin is not good?
Seeing that Wang Yunxiu's face was ill, Xu Jiayi hurriedly retreated from the crowd of quarrels, walked to Wang Yunxiu and turned her face over, teasing, "Cousin, you have been staring at me. Do you also want to pinch my face like my grandmother? You don't have to be embarrassed to say, here, pinch it for you."
Seeing the pink face that came to her, Wang Yunxiu reached out and pinched it in a daze, and the touch was as tender as she imagined, tender and smooth, making people unable to let go.
Xu Jiayi blinked at Wang Yunxiu, and Wang Yunxiu reacted and pursed her lips and smiled secretly.
This cousin is so cute.
After saying hello, Wang Mingyuan and Wang Mingyu both called their son to take the school exam for today's homework. Zhao and Qian's two sisters-in-laws spoke with the old lady, and occasionally glanced at the situation of their husband and son. Xu Jiayi and Wang Yunxiu were sitting aside and playing with flower ropes.
When Wang Hongsheng arrived, the old lady ordered someone to have dinner first.
Wang Hongsheng and the old lady sat in the head seat. The old lady pulled Xu Jiayi to sit next to her. Later, there were Zhao, Qian and Wang Yunxiu. Sitting opposite Xu Jiayi were her two uncles and several cousins.
Wang Family does not pay special attention to whether to eat or sleep or not. In the past, he would occasionally say a few words during the meal. Today, everyone is in a good mood and speaks a little more homely.
"One, look at how much do you like these dishes?" Wang Hongsheng looked cold and serious in front of him, and looked at Xu Jiayi's eyes with a hint of love. "If you don't like it, let the kitchen make a new one."
Xu Jiayi nodded repeatedly, "I like it."
Xu Jiayi was extremely supportive when she ate a meal. Nothing else. As long as her eyes stayed on the dish for a while, several pairs of chopsticks would pick the dishes into her bowl in the next second. After a few times, Xu Jiayi would not dare to look around again, otherwise her stomach would definitely be broken.
"I'm telling you to be greedy. "Watching Xu Jiayi moving over on the chair with discomfort, the old lady couldn't help but poke Xu Jiayi's forehead, "Madam Su, go to the room to get some hawthorns for digestion. "
Xu Jiayi held her hand and acted coquettishly, "I knew my grandmother still had fruits for digestion, so I couldn't help but eat more, just waiting to use my grandmother's fruit. "
One sentence made the old lady smile and raised her hand and pinched her face.
Seeing the little girl beside her smiling happily, the old lady couldn't help but curl the corner of her mouth. The big rock hanging in her heart finally put down a little. After all, she was just a child, and I don't remember it.
I really used dinner too much. Xu Jiayi walked in Wan'an Hall several times before she felt her stomach felt a little more comfortable.
After dinner, Wang Hongsheng called his two sons to the study room to speak. Zhao and Qian's two daughters-in-law talked with the old lady for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, they both took their children away.
When Zhao took Wang Yunxiu away, Wang Yunxiu looked back from time to time. When he was about to step out of the room, he suddenly stopped and turned his head to say to Xu Jiayi, "Yiyi, I'll come to your yard to play with you tomorrow?" "
Before Xu Jiayi could answer, Zhao frowned, "Yiyi's serious illness has just recovered. Xiu'er, be obedient. Wait until Yiyi's body is well-behaved before going to accompany her sister..."
Wang Yunxiu's face collapsed instantly, obviously unhappy. Xu Jiayi hurriedly said, "Auntie, my body is already well, and I really want to play with my cousin." "
Seeing the two sisters' deep brotherhood, the old lady couldn't help but smile, "Okay, it's a good thing for the two girls to get close to each other. Don't be restrained. Xiu'er goes there if she wants to. "
Hearing this, Wang Yunxiu's face raised another smile, and he secretly thought that he must bring these gifts when he went to find his sister tomorrow.
was worried that he wanted to go to Xu Jiayi to play. Wang Yunxiu woke up early in the morning. After dressing neatly, he looked around in his boudoir, and from time to time he took out some gadgets that Wang Mingyuan and others had given her.
The maid Lan Xue followed Wang Yunxiu around. When the room became more and more messy, he couldn't help but ask, "Girl, what are you looking for? "
" Lan Xue, what do you think Yiyi likes? "
Lan Xue opened her mouth but didn't know what to say, and said with a smirk, "I don't know either..."
"Well, I knew that asking you was in vain. "Wang Yunxiu curled her lips in dissatisfaction, turned around and searched again, "Hey, the jadeite that my elder brother gave me was good last time. I wonder if I would like it..."
When Zhao came over, Wang Yunxiu was looking at the pile of things he had turned out on the table and looked embarrassed. When he entered the door, he saw that the room was in chaos. Madam Zhao said in surprise, "What's wrong? Why is the room so messy? "
Lan Xue respectfully saluted Zhao, glanced at her girl, and replied, "The girl is watching what is better to send her cousin. "
"Mother," Wang Yunxiu looked around his room, her cheeks were slightly red and she felt embarrassed, "I'll ask Lanxue to clean up the room later. "
Zhao looked at Wang Yunxiu up and down, and saw that her hair was disheveled and her clothes were in a mess, she wanted to laugh. She saw Wang Yunxiu rubbing her hands awkwardly, and then she couldn't help laughing.
"Mother..." Wang Yunxiu was coquettish.
"Now you know how to be ashamed? Lanxue went to get a basin of water to wash the girl's face. "Zhao took Wang Yunxiu's hand and sat down, "You are Yiyi's sister. No matter what you give, it is your intention, Yiyi is happy in his heart. "
" Daughter understands."
"Be good," Zhao touched Wang Yunxiu's head, "Yiyi just lost her mother and she is in a bad mood. If there is anything wrong, as a sister, you should naturally be more tolerant and teach. "
" I know that I won't be angry no matter what I do. "
" is wrong. The state has national laws and the family has family rules. If you make a mistake, you must follow the rules. When you made mistakes in the past, would your mother punish you? "Zhao shook his head and taught, and sighed when Wang Yunxiu seemed to understand, "Forget it, you are still young, you will know when you get older." "
Zhao asked Madam Zhao beside her to lead the maid to clean up the girl's boudoir, and she dressed up her daughter by herself.
"Madam, three women came outside the door, saying they were relatives in the house. "
" Which relatives are they from? "Zhao was a little surprised. What kind of relatives came to the house and didn't tell her to introduce herself. The house and the second house in the mansion were not separated. Now there is another niece living at home. How could she guess which family they are?
I know that the old lady is sick. Someone from the Su family came to visit?
is wrong. Zhao shook her head. Although the old lady is the legitimate daughter of the Su family, after the old lady's father passed away, her brother inherited the title. The titles in the back house are controlled by the old lady's sister-in-law.
Her sister-in-law is a petty person. When the old lady leads them to the Su family for a visit during the holidays, she always looks like she ignores her. Fortunately, my father-in-law took the position of the Minister of Revenue, and the two children were both successful in the court, so they looked better.
The old lady also knew that the Su family's sister-in-law was not welcomed. Later, during the holidays, she only sent someone to send some gifts to her. She sent some back there, and the two families did not interact.
Zhao frowned and thought for a while, and a possibility suddenly popped up in her mind. Could it be that someone from the Xu family came to take them back one by one?
This thought went around in her mind, and Zhao immediately turned cold, "If it were from the Xu family, just send it away in the future, and there was no need to report it. "
I never came to visit my wife's funeral. Now I want to send a few servants to take my daughter back. How could that be so good? If Xu Mingda came to pick her up in person, Zhao would not be angry. I am afraid that the old lady would not even be able to leave the Wang family's door if he knew that if he came.
" These people are not from the Xu family. I don’t know which relative he is in the mansion. I have never seen these people before. Look at their clothes and dressing like people from Yanjing City. "The servant of the gatekeeper answered respectfully outside the door, quite a bit embarrassed.
Zhao frowned, "Since I don't know you, just drive you away." "
"This..."
Seeing the servant hesitant, Zhao raised his voice a little and nodded slightly unhappy.
" The woman in the lead said that she was from the grandparents' sister's house and came from Yunzhou. "The concierge reported in a low voice, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said in surprise, "By the way, the woman also held a jade hairpin in her hand, saying it was a token. "
The Shangshu Mansion was later started after Wang Hongsheng was promoted to the Minister of Revenue. Most of the servants in the mansion were repurchased later, because they were not familiar with the Wang family's personnel.
If he hadn't seen the woman's swearing look, he would have driven the person directly away. He originally wanted to take the hairpin in and let the wife see if she knew him, but the woman seemed to be afraid that he would embezzle him and would not let him touch him. She looked down on others. He was so angry that he almost drove the person away on the spot.
Zhao frowned slightly, and handed the comb to Mama Zhao who was beside him to continue combing Wang Yunxiu's hair. He walked to the door and asked the servant, "Where is the hairpin? "
" In the hands of the woman, she refused to hand it over to the slave. "
Zhao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and ordered the maid beside him, "Xiaoyu, go and invite someone in, don't come to my room and take it to the old lady's room. "
Xiaoyu took the order and took the concierge out.
" Mother, is he a relative of his grandfather's family? "Wang Yunxiu turned her head and looked at Zhao, who was stunned at the door of the room, and asked curiously.
"Mother doesn't know," Seeing that Madam Zhao had already dressed up and down, Zhao looked up and down and saw that there was nothing wrong with it. "Xu'er, you don't have to go to the old lady's room to greet her today. Go directly to Jiaxiyuan."
After Wang Yunxiu left, Zhao sat in her room for a while, expecting that Xiaoyu would almost arrive at the door of the mansion before going to Wan'antang.
She walked while recalling the family situation about the master.
The father of the master is the old man, but he is a romantic figure. He has few abilities but he has many wives and concubines in the mansion. There were four sons and seven or eight daughters in total. Wang Hongsheng was the youngest legitimate son, and there was also an older brother of a mother and a compatriot, but unfortunately he died of illness when he was young.
In addition, there are two sons born to a concubine. Because their mother is quite beautiful, the old man is very fond of these two sons. In contrast, the old man is much more alienated from his only surviving legitimate son. Therefore, after both of his parents passed away, Wang Hongsheng entered the imperial examination and became an official in the court, and only brought his wife and children to move out of Yunzhou.
Yunzhou is far from Yanjing City, and its relationship with the tribe has almost been cut off in the past ten years. Moreover, Zhao felt that her father-in-law and mother-in-law were not very happy with the Yunzhou family, so she would only occasionally talk about the past in Yunzhou.
She only vaguely knew that the old man had several brothers and sisters, but she didn't know which sisters the ones who came out of the door today were.
arrived at the gate of Wan'antang. Xiaoyu stopped and said to the Cui family who followed him, "Several people. Wait here first, I will report it."
"I'm working hard." Cui nodded repeatedly, but after Xiaoyu left, she couldn't suppress the joy in her heart and laughed out loud, muttering in a low voice, "I didn't expect that the dead old lady would have such a capable brother. If I had said it earlier, she would have said it. If we come out, we won’t have been having such a hard life for so long.”
A young girl who looked seven or eight years old behind her held Cui’s sleeve in fear and called out cowardly, “Mom… Is this really my grandmother’s home?”
“Of course, otherwise why would they bring us in!” Another girl older than her eyes were full of envy and joy, and she said confidently.
"Qing'er is right. From now on, this will not only be your grandmother's home, but also your home." Cui touched the head of the older girl with a smile, and felt happy. But suddenly I thought of something and the smile at the corner of my mouth gradually disappeared, and my brows were furrowed.
What if this Shangshu refused to recognize them? !
In order to come to Yanjing City to find relatives, they sold all the houses in their hometown for money!
Cui was a little nervous and followed Xiaoyu's figure. Seeing her reaching the door of the house, she said something to the girl in green at the door of the house. She saw that the girl in green looked in the direction of them, then nodded and entered the room.
After a while, the girl in green came out and nodded to Xiaoyu, and then saw Xiaoyu walking towards them, "Old lady, please come into the house."
Cui nodded quickly and followed Xiaoyu in.
Xiaoyu walked in front and took Cui and the others into the door and bowed to salute and reported, "Old lady, madam, these are the ones who are going to see you."
The old lady glanced at the people standing under the hall, nodded slightly, and raised her hand to let Xiaoyu go back to Zhao to serve.
After entering the room, Cui stood in awkwardly, looked around the room with his eyes, and finally landed on the old lady sitting at the upper seat. Cui thought about it in his mind and guessed that this was his mother-in-law's sister, Mrs. Su, the wife of Shangshu.
This wife of Shangshu looks so young. She just heard the servant call her "old lady". Sigh, is it already an old lady who is so young?
When I heard my mother-in-law talk about it, Su's family should be in their thirties or forties. Now they have been away from home for more than ten years, and they are still in their fifties. This Su family looks like they are only in their thirties and still have charm. It turns out that rich people are well maintained.
Think about it again, my mother-in-law is two or three years younger than Su. She is in charge of family affairs and is worried about her livelihood all day long. Her wrinkles on her face are incomparable to the one in front of her.
If the mother-in-law is not dead yet, the two of them will never think that they are sisters, but they are like mother and daughter!
If the husband had not died accidentally, the mother-in-law would not be able to bear the blow and would have regretted that she had done something wrong and believed in the slander when she was dying. If I listened to my brother's advice, I would definitely not live like this in this life.
It was at this time that Cui learned that he had a relative who was an official in Yanjing City from his home.
After learning about it, Cui's mind was active and occasionally touched on Cui's information about this brother.
After Cui Wang die and took Cui Wang's funeral, Cui took his two daughters all the way to Yanjing City to find relatives.
is just that Yanjing City is vast and it is not easy to find someone. Yanjing City is full of officials, and you can tell you about the situation of well-known officials in Yanjing City.
Fortunately, Wang Wanwan passed away not long ago. The funeral was done at her mother's house. Although this incident did not cause any major storm, it once became a topic of conversation for the people after dinner.
Because Cui did not endure much, he said the name "Wang Hongsheng", and successfully found the gate of the Minister of Revenue's Mansion.
When she saw Xiaoyu, the maid who came to pick them up, she thought she was the girl in the mansion. She was about to salute and heard her smile at their doorman, "Sister Xiaoyu, why are you here? Are you going to go out of the mansion to buy it for your wife?"
"No, it was the lady who asked me to lead these people into the mansion," Xiaoyu replied with a smile, quickly walked to the Cui family and the other two, paused but did not salute, and nodded slightly, saying respectfully, "I am the maid of the eldest wife of the mansion. The eldest wife specifically asked me to welcome some of them. Please come with me."
Seeing this, Cui quickly pulled her two daughters into the mansion with Xiaoyu. As I walked along the way, I saw that the mansion was full of carved beams and painted buildings, and the ground was covered with fine marble slabs, and it was the Shangshu Mansion. When I heard that it was a rich and powerful family!
As long as they please the person in front of them, they will be able to live in such a house in the future and will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
Cui suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked up at the woman on the head seat, with a flattering smile on his face, and guessed, "I guess this is Mrs. Shangshu, right?"
"Old lady, you may not know me. I am the master of your mansion, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Cui Wang, the elder sister of Lord Shangshu. My name is Cui Yu."
Cui originally had a good plan in his heart, but he looked timid when he saw someone completely ignored him.
"It's not that I praise you. Old lady, you don't look like your mother-in-law's sister. At most, you are only in your thirties. I, Cui, have seen so many people, and you are the only one who is so blessed. Not only do you have both children, but the children are also very capable, they are all brothers with a bright future!"
Cui originally thought that everyone likes to listen to praise, and she must be happy to praise the old lady first, but she didn't expect that the old lady seemed to not like people to praise her.
I don’t know if she read it wrong, but the old lady seemed a little angry.
"Old lady, did I say something wrong? If I say something wrong, don't be angry with me. I'm just from the countryside and don't understand the rules, you..." Cui said awkwardly, and finally his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped his voice awkwardly.
The old lady looked unhappy and sat there without saying a word, staring at the three people in the Cui family and scrutinizing up and down. The Cui family and the others felt a sudden sensation in their hearts. They only felt that the old lady's eyes were similar to those in the county magistrate in the county town, which was very terrifying.
Cui couldn't help but lower his head, and was scrutinized by his master like a slave. The two girls following her also looked around with panic and looked around, then reached out to pull Cui's cuffs, asking her to say a few less words.
"Okay, don't praise me for now." The old lady asked after hearing this, "You said your mother-in-law is the master's sister, but what proof is there?"
"Of course there is."Cui said quickly as soon as he heard this, carefully took out a fine plum blossom glass hairpin from his arms and handed it to the old lady, "This hairpin was specially handed over to his daughter-in-law as a token when his mother-in-law was dying. "
This hairpin is indeed from Cui Wangshi, but it was not handed over to her by Cui Wangshi, but she owned it after Cui Wangshi's death.
But these are not important, and no one will know anyway.
As long as the old lady believes it, Cui's mouth unconsciously raised upwards.
The old lady took the hairpin and looked carefully.
This hairpin is indeed to thank my sister-in-law. Yi Zhiyan, she personally chose it and gave it to her sister by the master.
Although so many years have passed, the hairpin is still well preserved, which shows how much care the master has for it.
Not long after she first married into the house, the concubine of the old man's family became tempted by her. In broad daylight, she pulled and tugged at her in the garden and was seen by the servants when she was seen by the servants. She made a fuss in front of the old man.
The old man is a confused and The biased one, not only did not say that his son's words were bad, but he was harsh and almost asked the master to give her a divorce letter to divorce her. Everyone just thought that no one would help her when watching the fun, but at this moment, the master's sixth sister stood up.
was obviously a weak little girl, and I don't know where the courage came from to block her from speaking for her, and even angered the old man and scolded her family law.
The concubine in the mansion Wang Hongsheng knew very well what kind of virtue it was, so he didn't listen to the old man's sophistry at all. Instead, he threw the call and took her away directly, but unfortunately he had implicated his six sisters.
The old lady's thoughts gradually drifted away. After a while, she came back to her senses. She raised her eyes and looked at Zhao and nodded slightly, and recognized this relative.
got the old lady's meaning. Zhao then laughed, "Several people came from afar, but what important things happened in the clan? "
Cui looked embarrassed, and he said with tears in his voice and added fuel to his tragic experience, which made several maids in the room sympathize and wiped their tears silently.
Zhao sat quietly beside him without saying a word, siping a sip of tea from time to time, looking at Cui with his side.
Cui claimed to be a relative from the master's house. Although she, the daughter-in-law, is in charge of the gifts from the Shangshu Mansion, she can't take this matter. I made up my mind and could only leave it to the old lady.
From Cui's long discussion, Zhao summed up her meaning, just one sentence.
The husband was dead, and my mother-in-law and father-in-law were also dead. I couldn't live in my hometown anymore and wanted to come and ask for help. Everyone is relative, so I need to help each other.
After Cui paused, the old lady spoke out, "Are these two little girls beside you your daughter? "
" Yes," Cui saw the old lady ask, raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face, and laughed instantly, pulling the two girls behind him and introducing, "Old lady, these are my two daughters, Qing Jie'er and Xin Jie'er. I have forgotten to introduce it after talking for so long. Old lady, don’t blame me. Hurry, please pay tribute to the old lady. "
Cui Qing had great eyesight and immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud, respectfully bowed, and then stood up and laughed, "Qing'er greeted the old lady, wishing the old lady good health. "
" pays homage to the old lady. "Cui Xin turned around and looked at Cui Shi, and saw Cui Shi urging her face, she turned around and did it like her sister.
Compared with that, Cui Qing's greetings were considered generous.
"Hmm. "The old lady nodded lightly, but unexpectedly it made Cui feel like she was injected with chicken blood. She quickly asked her two daughters to serve the old lady, one to pinch the shoulders of the old lady and the other to massage the old lady's legs.
No one paid attention to her, Cui didn't feel embarrassed. She opened her mouth and said nothing, and praised the old lady for her spirit and outstanding appearance, and praised Zhao for her virtuous and filial piety. Even the layout of the mansion was endless.
The maid in the room was stunned when he heard it, wondering where this woman learned so many words to praise people. He didn't pause for a moment.
Zhao also didn't understand. At this time, Chuchu met and said a few words. Where did she tell from her that she was virtuous and filial. Such a flattering look in
is really unfair.
But seeing that the old lady didn't say anything, she naturally endured it.
The old lady gave Madam Su a look behind her, and saw Madam Su turn around and enter the inner room. Soon after, she carried a mahogany box out and handed it to Cui, "You come all the way, this is the old lady's wish."
"How can you be so embarrassed..." Although Cui said embarrassed, his hand tightly took the box and hugged it in his arms. He felt the heavy weight in the box so happy that he smiled, and resisted the urge to open it on the spot.
Zhao also called Cui Qing and Cui Xin in front of him and praised him. He took the hands of both of them and put the bracelet on his wrists on their wrists. "You came in a hurry and didn't get any news in advance. I didn't prepare anything either. This bracelet is just a gift for you. Don't dislike me."
"Thank you aunt."
"Cui, in addition to some silver jewelry in this box, There are also house deeds and land deeds from the house that you enter one by one on East Street. Fortunately, there is a place to stay in Yanjing City. "
at the end, and the old lady turned her head to Zhao and said, "Finland, you send someone to clean the house so that it will not be convenient for the house of Cui and the women."
The old lady's meaning is very obvious. Although she recognized these relatives, she did not let people live in the mansion. She just wanted to give some money to settle the house.
Although the courtyard that enters is not big, it is more than enough to live in three people.
"Old lady!" Cui was immediately panicked when he heard this. The box in his hand was like a hot potato. "Please give us mercy on the old lady, so let's leave us in the Shangshu Mansion. If our three orphan daughters and widows leave the Shangshu Mansion, how can we survive in this Yanjing City?"
Cui fell on the old lady, wanting to make the old lady change her mind, but found that the old lady closed her eyes and rested after she finished giving the order, as if she had not heard what she said.
Just as Zhao was about to speak, he saw Cui, who had been standing next to him, swaying, and staggering for a few steps before falling softly to the ground, which shocked everyone present.
Cui Qing and Cui Xin were so tears were almost falling. They rushed over and pushed Cui's body, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
The old lady and Zhao also stood up and hurriedly asked someone to invite the doctor.
Cui was pretending to be dizzy, but at this moment, he was pushed by his two daughters and almost showed a flaw. So he secretly pulled Cui Qing's clothes with his hands while the house was in chaos.
Cui Qing's eyes were tearful and fixed on his eyes. When he saw Cui pulling his clothes and trembling, he instantly understood what his mother meant.
