He Linwan took the two children to go up to greet the old lady, and called the second aunt again.

The second wife, Cao Shi, glanced at He Linwan, bowed her head slightly, and then lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.

The old lady didn't pay attention to Xiao Mu and Xiao Huzi, but looked He Lin up and down at night, she hadn't seen her great-granddaughter for several years, and she didn't have a little closeness on her face, and the two nasolabial folds on her face were a little deeper.

"Didn't you say that Donglin is a bitter cold and remote place? I look at you like this, as if you are going there to enjoy happiness! No wonder those who are invited three or four times do not want to come back!"

He Linwan's temperament has changed a lot now compared to five years ago, as if the dusty pearl and jade brushed away the layer of floating soil on the surface, at first glance it is a little dazzling, no wonder the old lady has such a remark.

He Linwan lowered his head and listened, and did not refute.

The old lady snorted coldly and said, "Since you are back, you will stay at home, you are not young now, I will find a good family for you for a while." As for the other things that you don't have, you don't have that life, so don't have that delusion!

He Linwan pondered in his heart why the old lady said this, but he still didn't make a useless argument on his face, and only said flatly: "Understood, old lady." ”

The old lady seemed to be a little satisfied, and finally turned her gaze away, she glanced at Xiaohuzi, then at Xiaomu, and asked He Linwan suspiciously: "Which one is this?"

He Lin later told the origin of Xiao Mu's weaving, in her mouth, Xiao Mu's father was a wealthy gentleman in their local area, but he died of illness, and Xiao Mu came to Yinggu with his family's ancestral property.

When the old lady heard that this was a rich young master, she didn't say anything, and the world still respected a gentleman like Aunt Ying, so she said coldly: "In this case, you can arrange it yourself." ”

Seeing that the old lady had the intention of sending off guests, He Linwan consciously said goodbye.

She originally thought that the old lady would ask about the cousin who went to Donglin, but she didn't expect the old lady to mention it, so she couldn't help but wonder a little.

At this time, the second wife also got up and said, "Grandmother, I'm going back too." ”

The old lady nodded, and when she spoke to her, she was much kinder, "Don't worry, I'm not dead yet, it's not their turn to call the shots for juniors' marriages!"

He Linwan and his second wife went out of Yannian Hall together.

The second wife rarely took the initiative to greet her: "The eldest girl is fifteen this year, right?"

"Yes, second aunt. ”

The second wife glanced at He Linwan and praised: "The longer it is, the more water is spirited." ”

He Linwan lowered his head and smiled.

The second wife asked coldly, "Do you want to enter the palace?"

He Linwan pretended to be surprised when he heard this, "Enter the palace?"

The second wife nodded, with a little tiredness in her eyes, "There are two draft spots in our house. You are outstanding, smart and sensitive, and it is a good way out to enter the palace, and Mrs. Bo must have this intention when she asked you to come back this time. ”

He Linwan asked curiously: "Since there are two places, one is given to me, and the other should be given to the fourth sister, right?"

He Zhen, the fourth lady of the He family, is also the only daughter of the Cao family. He Zhen has always been raised by the Cao family, and rarely comes to the old lady, and she is not very close to the sisters of the He family.

The second wife did not have joy on her face, but said vaguely: "Your fourth sister is stupid and stupid, and she is not suitable for entering the palace." ”

He Linwan suddenly understood the reason why the second wife came to find the old lady this time, presumably for He Zhen, it seems that the Cao family did not want He Zhen to enter the palace.

"By the way, don't let the old lady talk about my eldest brother Cao Da in the future, I asked the second master to discuss it with my father before, and my father also came to the He family to talk to the old lady, and the old lady should not be embarrassed for your father and mother because of this matter. Cao Shi remembered something and said to He Linwan.

Only then did He Linwan understand why the old lady didn't ask about the cousin of the Cao family just now.

"Thank you, Second Aunt. He Linwan said gratefully.

Cao's face was a little sarcastic, "My family knows my own family, my eldest brother is greedy, and he has a low eye, and in the end, he brought it all his own fault, where can he blame others? My mother's aunt originally wanted to encourage my father to come to the old lady to make trouble, but my mother restrained her, and she thought that she was the same as I had seen thirty years ago, thinking that if she cried in front of my father, she would ask the stars not to give the moon, but I don't know that my father has never looked at people without looking at feelings, only by color. ”

He Lin didn't know how to answer for a while, she didn't expect this second lady to speak so ...... Upright.

Just when He Linwan wanted to reply a few words, a voice sounded not far away.

"Mother!"

He Linwan thought that He Zhen was coming, but he didn't want to turn his head and see the person who came but was stunned, and the person who came was also stunned when he saw He Linwan.

Cao Shi's face softened a little when he heard this voice, and he said to the visitor: "Is it a sister-in-law? Didn't you say that you were unwell? Why did you run out?"

Cao's daughter-in-law, Pan Wenchang, avoided He Linwan's sight, lowered her head and walked over quickly, she handed over the cloak in her hand and said softly: "Daughter-in-law has sent you a cloak, it's still cold, you are thinly dressed, don't catch a cold." ”

Cao's maid took the cloak and put it on Cao's.

Cao Shi smiled and said to He Linwan: "This is your second sister-in-law, haven't you seen it yet? ”

Hearing this, Pan's gaze at He Linwan was a little nervous.

He Linwan pretended not to know, and greeted Pan's family, "I've seen the second sister-in-law." ”

Cao didn't know, in fact, she and Pan Wenchang had met.

He Linwan recognized Pan Wenchang at the first sight, that time she went to Xue Xingyi to ask the identity of the military division of Pingjiazhai, and the woman with filial piety who met at the door of Xue Xingyi's house was this one.

Pan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, curts, and bowed back, calling "big sister".

Cao Shi sighed and said to He Linwan: "Your second sister-in-law is also a pitiful, she has no one she knows in the capital, since you have been in Donglin for many years, she must be closer to her than others, so let's take her to play more in the future." ”

Before He Linwan could reply, Pan interrupted: "Mother, Sister Zhen'er was looking for you just now, let's go back first?"

When Cao heard this, he thought that his daughter was looking for something to do, so he said goodbye to He Linwan and led Pan away.

He Lin watched them off in the evening, and she noticed that Pan glanced back at her as he walked around the corner. Because of the light on his back and far away, He Linwan couldn't tell the meaning of Pan's glance.

However, He Linwan didn't care, to her, Pan was just an insignificant stranger, she didn't have the slightest interest in why she went to Xue Xingyi, and what had anything to do with Xue Xingyi.

As long as Pan doesn't get in the way of her.