"If the eldest sister is still here—"

Old Madam Xiao felt a pain in her heart.

Her eldest daughter, Xiao Meng'er, once married into the former prince's mansion as a side concubine, which was the peak of the old lady's life and the highlight of the Xiao family.

And Xiao Meng'er's death has become a scar engraved in my heart forever.

"Hmph! If Meng'er is still there, and the Earl's Mansion is in a hurry, I won't agree to Miao'er marrying her. ”

The old lady glanced at Second Mrs. Xiao, "With Miao'er's talent and appearance, if you were born in the Xiao family in your heyday, your father-in-law is the general judge of the sixth grade, and Meng'er is the prince's side concubine, even if the sixteenth prince comes to the door and asks Miao Er to be his side concubine, I have to think about it." ”

The sixteenth prince and the former prince are the same mother, but they are born weak, and their condition is good and bad, and I heard that they have been taken care of and regulated by Wei Wangchu.

It's just that no matter how bad her health is, after all, she is a dragon, and it is a great honor for a daughter of a six-pintong judge to be his side concubine, and she even said that she still needs to consider it.

It shows that Xiao Meng'er's position and authority in the old lady's heart are high.

It's just that in the end, things are right and wrong, and his father-in-law Xiao Li donated his life to the court with the post of Liupintong, and Xiao Meng'er, the former prince's concubine, died in that rebellion case, and I don't know where she was buried.

"But now, the Xiao family is no longer in the officialdom, your mother's family is weak, and she can't help one or two, Miao'er can negotiate with the second son of the He family, which is already a blessing for her. ”

The old lady was slightly displeased, her daughter-in-law couldn't help her with anything when she got married, and she worked hard to get a family affair, but she was still disgusted by her daughter-in-law.

"Yes, my mother is right. ”

Second Mrs. Xiao softened in time, changed her head, and said faintly: "Ping'er sent a message a few days ago, saying that her son-in-law always wants to beat her dowry——"

Xiao Ping'er is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Xiao family, and last year she married Xuezheng of the state capital Zhouxue - an old man who forced his wife to death, in exchange for the name of Xiao Wen, the eldest son of the Xiao family.

The interests of the big house, why should he ask the young lady of his second room to change it?

Speaking of her eldest granddaughter, Mrs. Xiao immediately breathed sluggishly.

This matter was also promoted by her, in order to pave the way for the men of the Xiao family to enter the court and become officials.

The big room has two sons, and the second room only has a daughter.

The girl naturally wants to contribute her own strength to her son, the so-called family is prosperous, and the woman can only be expensive in her husband's family.

Moreover, among all the daughters of the Xiao family, Xiao Ping'er gave birth to the most unsightly.

Although it is also an apricot-eyed goose egg face, she always feels weird on her face, and it doesn't look like a lining.

Therefore, she has no regrets, a good knife looks at the blade, and a defective knife can only be used to cut tofu.

Of course, this cannot be said.

Moreover, it is understandable that there are complaints in the second room.

"Ping'er's dowry is thick, and it doesn't hurt to subsidize her son-in-law occasionally. In the final analysis, you still have to have confidence in your mother's family, you don't have a son in the second room, and you still have to look directly at Wen'er and Wu'er to support Ping'er in the future. ”

Second Mrs. Xiao did not speak.

The old lady was silent for a while, and said slowly: "He Shishi's brother has now been promoted to a five-rank Beijing official, if it weren't for the lack of money, I am afraid that He Shishi would not look down on our Xiao family." ”

Seeing that his daughter-in-law nodded, he said again: "With Master He's help in Beijing, and with the support of our Xiao family's money, the future of the second young master of the He family is bright, Miao'er marries him, and there are many good days." ”

"Yes, everything is arranged by my mother. ”

Second Mrs. Xiao didn't want to rebel against the water, but she saw that such a local girl as Yaya could enter the Earl's Mansion as a daughter-in-law, but Miao'er, who was good everywhere in her family, could only marry into He Shi's family, so she couldn't calm down how she thought about it.

Think about the body of the third young master in the Earl's Mansion-

Forget it, let's find the young master who has experienced the family, at least he is healthy and polite in life.

Old Madam Xiao nodded and stopped looking at her.

The two sisters and brothers are still arranged in Chunxiao Courtyard.

This is the courtyard where Xiao Die'er lived before she got married, she married a farmer, so naturally she would not bring any maids, and the maids who used to serve her were scattered and arranged in other yards.

On weekdays, only one janitor, Chunzhi, is left to be responsible for cleaning on weekdays.

Yaya and Amber came alone this time, and Second Lady Xiao dialed a second-class girl, Xia He, to come over to serve temporarily.

"Miss Cousin, Young Master Cousin, this is a snack sent by the second miss, and they are all your favorite food. ”

Yaya nodded and thanked her with a smile: "There are Lao Xia and my sister, just put it over there." ”

Xia He hurriedly said with a reserved smile: "Miss Cousin, you are polite, don't call it a slave like this, let the second lady hear it, I'm afraid it's not going to pick my skin." Just call me Xia He. ”

"Okay, Sister Xia He, I don't want to serve here, you just go and rest, if your grandmother or uncle and aunt have any orders, just tell me." ”

Xia He naturally had to be polite, and in the end, he "couldn't resist" the bud brother and sister, so he had to go down to rest "reluctantly".

Amber watched Xia He go out and walk away, and walked up to the bud.

"Sister?"

Bud Ya put a finger to her mouth and shhh

"Whisper, leaning on the ear. ”

Amber obediently lowered her voice and asked quietly, "Sister, didn't you say that the eldest aunt was not in good health?

Before leaving, my father and mother specially explained that when I came to Xiao's house, the first thing I wanted to visit my grandmother, and the second was to visit my sick aunt, and I would send my sister-in-law's care in a timely manner.

Yaya squinted and glanced around, and didn't know if anyone was eavesdropping, so she leaned on Amber's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Do you see the second cousin going to see the eldest aunt for the first time when he goes home?"

Amber shook his head, Cousin Xiao Wu first accompanied Brother Wei to see his grandmother, and then accompanied Brother Wei to settle down, but he never mentioned going to see his own mother.

It's strange, Xiao Wu's cousin has been out for a month, don't you miss your own mother? Not to mention that her mother is still sick.

If it was him, he would have rushed to his mother's room to see his mother as soon as possible.

Yaya smiled and said, "Second cousin is not in a hurry, what are we in a hurry?"

In the past, when I was young and couldn't understand it, this Xiao family was really strange everywhere.

My aunt didn't know if it was a real illness or a fake illness.

Amber doesn't seem to understand, anyway, he just follows his sister.

"Sister, do we all have to talk so quietly in the future?"

Yaya remembered the cattiness of the Zheng family's Fengxiang Courtyard, and snorted, "Well, it's so safe." ”

Needless to say, standing in the same room through a wall, he can't hear what we're saying.

The two sisters and brothers whispered for a while, and then sat under the porch to look at the flowers in the yard.

Xiao Die's old home when she was a child, as its name suggests, is full of all kinds of spring flowers, not a precious variety, nor planted in a pot, just a cluster, a cluster of long on the ground, dry and dormant in winter, sprout and bloom again in spring, day after day, year after year, the flowers that are self-extinguishing are the most wanton, and the posture is more beautiful than the flowers carefully served in other yards.

"Sister, I miss my mother. ”

On weekdays, he goes to private school during the day, and it's almost time to get out of school at this time, and his mother must have cooked delicious meals waiting for him.

Bud nodded, she thought too.

Before he could comfort his younger brother, there was a knock at the door.

Haruka, the janitor, answered the door and opened the door.

"Doctor Wei, please come in, Miss Biao has been waiting for you. ”

Wei Wangchu.

Bud Ya pouted, when did she say she was waiting for him?

Wei Wangchu just said in the courtyard of Old Madam Xiao that he needed to treat Ya Ya's eye disease, and now the janitors in this deserted courtyard have received notices and reminders.

It can be seen that the rules of the Xiao family are strict.

The man changed into an older and more plain gray robe, carried a medicine box, and walked in with a smile.

"Brother Wei!"

Amber greeted him with a smile.

Yaya rolled her eyes secretly, and she didn't know when the two of them were so familiar.

Wei Wangchu touched Amber's head and led him over.

"Acupuncture. ”

Bud Bud has a slight headache.

Although she changed to a very thin silver needle, she was still a little stunned by more than a dozen needles.

The man took a packet of sour plums from the medicine box, "I ate sesame salted fruits again at Mrs. Xiao's place, fried ones, not too greasy, clear mouth." ”

The sister and brother reached out at the same time and took the plum and put it in their mouths.

Prunes are sour, and ordinary people will put a lot of sugar in pickling to make sweet and sour preserves.

This plum is different, the sweetness is very light, and it has a medicinal fragrance, which is particularly refreshing.

"Who did you listen to?"

Yaya asked seemingly casually. She had just eaten the sesame salted fruit, and he knew that the Xiao family had big rules, and ordinary maids did not dare to nag strangers at will.

Wei Wangchu raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, she was really an alert girl.

"A few girls from the Xiao family got together and whispered, and when they talked about you, they mentioned a few words. ”

How many girls from the Xiao family?

Now there are only Xiao Shuangshuang in the big room and Xiao Miaoer and Xiao Xianger in the second room.

Naturally, they would not have anything nice to say about her, a peasant girl.

It's nothing more than making fun of her for being dirty, poor, gluttonous, and uneducated.

Very good.

Ya Ya grinned, swallowed the plum in her mouth in a few bites, and suddenly remembered, "Hey, this is not the bag you kicked to beat Xiao Wu's cousin in the afternoon, right?"

"Exactly. ”

Among this thieves—

Bud Ya saw that Amber didn't care at all, so she forgot it.

"This plum can help digestion, you eat more. If you don't eat more at Mrs. Xiao's reception dinner, won't the afternoon play be in vain?"

Well?

Amber ate plums one by one, and listened to the chat between Dr. Wei and his sister by the way, and then he realized that his sister was deliberately playing a foodie in the afternoon, but why?

If he remembers correctly, the last time he came to Xiao's house, Yaya also told him that he must control his eyes and mouth, and he can't look indiscriminately, let alone eat indiscriminately - no matter how much he wants to eat, he can only eat one or two chopsticks, don't leave a handle for the Xiao family to laugh at and embarrass his father.

Why this time?

The girl finished eating the dried plums in her mouth, took a handkerchief and wiped her hands, and said, "Tie it." ”

"Open your mouth. ”

Wei Wangchu stuffed a round candy into the girl's mouth, and then began to light a candle and burn a silver needle.

"I changed the place temporarily, which is not conducive to the recovery of your eye disease, I changed the prescription today, if you have any discomfort, just tell me. ”

As he spoke, he inserted the silver needle in his hand into the back of the girl's neck, "Relieve the pain." ”

Then a dozen silver needles burned through the buds one by one, and the top of the head and cheeks of the buds.

He ordered the medicine roll again and inserted it into the silver needle.

Everything is a habitual movement, familiar and natural to do, and very smooth.

Next to the corner gate, the old lady who was hiding in the bushes and observing from a distance tilted her head and said a few words to the little girl next to her, telling her to go out.