Chapter 22: The Visitation
Shen Yanping is the second master of Dongning Bofu.
By the time he returned home, it was already dusk at night, and the sky was getting dark, and the afterglow of the slanting sun was shining all over the ground.
When he walked in the door, he saw a girl in a light green shirt standing on the side of the road.
The girl was Shen Fengxu, she should have also seen Shen Yanping, so she stepped forward and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the second uncle, I was about to go to Xiangmei Courtyard to see Min'er, do you want to come with the second uncle?"
Shen Yanping was about to refuse.
Shen Yumin is his daughter is good, but Shen Yumin is a concubine, and she is stupid by nature, he is very disliked, but before he could say the words of refusal, he heard Shen Fengxu open his mouth again.
"A few days ago, Min'er suffered from rash, and I don't know if it's okay now, but it's really worrying. ”
Shen Yanping glanced at her: "In that case, I'll go and have a look with you." ”
In the end, I still relented.
A child as young as Shen Yumin must have been restless when he suffers from rash.
So the two walked one after the other on the way to Xiangmei Temple.
"Why hasn't anyone mentioned Yumin's illness to me?" Shen Yanping frowned slightly.
Shen Fengxu smiled modestly: "This ...... It was probably because the second aunt was afraid that the second uncle would be worried, so she didn't tell the second uncle. But if I think the second aunt is kind and kind, she will definitely take good care of Min'er. ”
Shen Yanping nodded.
The two walked all the way along the bluestone road, but Shen Fengxu stopped him.
"Second uncle, wait a minute, why don't we go this way. Shen Fengxu pointed to the tree-lined path on the side, "There are no people here, and the distance is closer." ”
Early this morning, Aunt Su just wanted to take advantage of the small number of passers-by and hidden, and secretly went to visit Shen Yumin, but she didn't want to be caught by the second lady, and she was still kneeling on the road.
Shen Yanping didn't care, he walked the same everywhere left and right, so he listened to Shen Fengxu's words and walked into the tree-lined path.
However, after walking for a while, I saw Aunt Su's thin and desolate back, kneeling on the road.
After kneeling for about a day, Aunt Su was pale and bloodless, half of her body was paralyzed on the ground, and there was a maid standing restlessly on the side, but she didn't dare to step forward to help her, so she could only watch from the sidelines.
Shen Yanping suddenly frowned: "What's going on?!"
Shen Fengxu was also in a trance for the first time, and asked in surprise: "Why is Aunt Su kneeling here?" Not far in front is Min'er's residence, if Min'er sees it, wouldn't it be sad?"
Aunt Su suddenly heard the voice, so she looked back and saw that it was Shen Yanping, and suddenly a grievance came to her heart, and she opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't get a drop of water all day, her throat was dry and hoarse, and she couldn't say half a sentence.
Only a puddle of autumn water in his eyes.
Silence is better than sound at this point.
"You get up first. Shen Yanping stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Aunt Su.
Aunt Su took Shen Yanping's hand and barely stood up, but her feet were weak and unstable, and she fell into Shen Yanping's arms, Shen Yanping also took advantage of the situation to hold her, turned her head and asked the servant: "You say, what's going on today?"
"Yes...... It was Aunt Su who ignored the instructions of the second lady and came to visit the seventh girl, and the second lady was angry, so she made Aunt Su kneel here and ordered the maid to come over and look at Aunt Su. ”
When Shen Yanping heard this, he frowned and asked, "Why don't you let Mei'er visit Yumin?"
Mei'er is Aunt Su's maiden name.
The second lady would not tell him this kind of backyard trivialities, and Shen Yanping naturally didn't know.
Aunt Su leaned softly in Shen Yanping's arms and sobbed in a low voice: "It's all because the concubine is not good, if you don't come to Xiangmei Courtyard, you won't make Mrs. angry." ”
When Aunt Su first entered the house, she was still quite popular with Shen Yanping, at that time, Aunt Su was not only young and beautiful, but also delicate and soft, comparable to the spring color in the south of the Yangtze River, full of water, so Shen Yanping stayed at Aunt Su's place for more than ten days in January.
It's just that Aunt Su became pregnant, and Shen Yanping rarely went to find Aunt Su, and after giving birth to Shen Yumin, Shen Yumin was born stupid, and Shen Yanping was bored, so he didn't want to see Aunt Su anymore.
It's just that now he is holding the delicate and pitiful Aunt Su in his arms, which can't help but evoke Shen Yanping's memories.
So he reassured: "You are Yumin's biological mother, and it is a matter of course to come to visit Yumin." ”
Aunt Su knelt down in front of Shen Yanping, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes." ”
"Go back, tell your wife, you must not do it again. Shen Yanping waved his hand to the servant, and then bowed his head to Aunt Su in his arms and said, "She is a lady after all, you will follow her in the future, you will make her happy everywhere, and she will naturally not punish you." ”
Aunt Su had tears in her eyes, extremely aggrieved, but still nodded: "The concubine knows." ”
The second lady is Shen Yanping's wife, and it is a matter of course to take care of the concubine's room, no one can blame anything, although Aunt Su is wronged, she knows better than anyone else in her heart.
"Aunt Su also wants to visit Min'er. Shen Fengxu said gently, "The front is Xiangmei Courtyard, why don't you go and see Min'er first." ”
Shen Yanping nodded.
This place is only a wall away from Xiangmei Courtyard, Shen Yanping took Aunt Su in his arms and stepped into Xiangmei Courtyard first.
A servant has already informed Shen Yumin.
Shen Yumin hurriedly walked out of the house, and when she saw Shen Yanping coming with Aunt Su, she was stunned, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
How long had she not seen this?
"Father. She bit her lip and stood timidly in place, only calling in a low voice, but did not dare to step forward.
Aunt Su hadn't seen Shen Yumin for a long time, so she immediately stepped forward to hug her, hugged her in her arms, and couldn't cry anymore, just hugged her like this, without saying a word.
Shen Yanping looked at Shen Yumin and asked, "Is your illness cured?"
"It's already good. She was held in Aunt Su's arms and was very well-behaved.
It was rare for Shen Yanping to see such a well-behaved and lovely Shen Yumin, so he stepped forward and rubbed her head, very pleased: "That's good." ”
It's not that he hates his own daughter, it's just that Shen Yumin is stupid by nature, he only feels bored when he looks at it, if he can't see it, he won't come to Xiangmei Courtyard, he thought that Shen Yumin was still as stupid as ever, but he didn't want to be so quiet and cute now, which made people feel pity.
"Can my father let my aunt come often in the future?" Shen Yumin raised her head and pulled the corners of Shen Yanping's clothes, a little crying, "Only Min'er is alone in Xiangmei Courtyard, no one is willing to accompany Min'er, and even my aunt refuses to come to see Min'er......"
Aunt Su is not unwilling, but she can't.
Shen Yanping naturally had no reason not to agree: "Don't worry, Mei'er can come here every day in the future." ”
"Really?" Shen Yumin was full of joy, "Min'er will be able to be with her aunt in the future?"
"Naturally. ”
The corners of Shen Fengxu's lips curved up slightly.
The reason why Aunt Su fell out of favor was nothing more than because of Shen Yumin, and now that Shen Yumin has recovered from her illness, it is not certain what the days will be like in the future.