In the house of the Lu family, the eldest lady died early, the second wife followed the second master Lu to Shanghai to take up her post, the eldest lady had already married, the second lady was a wooden man, and the remaining fourth lady was still young, and the housekeeper could only come to the old lady to help the second aunt in the big house, but the old lady was old and did not have enough energy in the end, so most of the time the second aunt was in charge.

The second lady in Qian's mother's mouth is not Lu Yalan's biological mother, but Lu Erye's marriage after the death of his ex-wife.

Everyone says that the second lady is good-natured, and she does her best to treat the original child, and every time she goes home, more than half of the gifts are brought to the second lady, if the second lady and the third miss have a conflict, no matter who is right or wrong, the second lady always protects the second miss first.

Everyone who has seen it praises the second lady for her kindness.

But this matter, only the person concerned knows it.

There are many gifts given by the second lady, but none of them are practical, if Lu Yalan wears the new clothes such as cheongsam, riding clothes, and lace dresses, she will definitely be deducted from the hat, and she can only be placed in the corner to fall into ashes. But this is the intention of the elders, or a novelty in Shanghai, Lu Yalan can only be grateful to Dade for accepting it.

There is also the third lady, who seems to be hostile to her by nature, and every time she comes back, she takes the fourth lady to trouble her, and when things get big, the second lady rushes over to make a move, and inexplicably becomes the second lady's small temperament and can't tolerate her own sisters.

In the Lu family, a house with rules that are bigger than the sky, a word of unfilial piety and disobedience to the elders can crush people to death. Without the protection of her parents, Lu Yalan can only endure it.

After suffering a lot of such a secret loss, Lu Yalan became well-behaved.

Mother Qian is in charge of Yilan Garden, these things are naturally clear, and when she mentions the second lady at this time, Lu Yalan only feels disgusted.

She suddenly didn't want to speak, and saw what Qian Ma could say.

Qian Ma took the handkerchief and nodded at the corner of her eyes, waiting for the young lady to comfort herself, she didn't hear any movement for a long time, and raised her head to face a pair of black and white eyes.

There was no longer melancholy and flattery in those eyes, and they did not turn away when they looked at each other, and there seemed to be something different about the young lady who used to be submissive.

Mother Qian subconsciously looked away first, and then turned back to teach me confidently the next moment: "Miss is too willful, why don't you tell me when you're sick, and go to trouble the eldest young master, where is Miss putting me?"

Qian Ma selectively forgot that when Lu Yalan was in a high fever, there was no one around her.

Lu Yalan frowned, and Qian Ma turned a blind eye and continued to say the purpose: "There is also the little slut Hongxing, chasing Ah Xiang to the death, and daring to reverse black and white in front of the eldest young master, Miss Mingjian, such a big garden in Yilan Garden needs manpower everywhere, naturally it is impossible to serve in front of Miss all the time, and it will not be possible to close the firewood room if you are negligent for a while......"

Lu Yalan had just recovered from a serious illness, and her heart fluctuated, so she didn't have the usual endurance, so she only felt that there were flies buzzing in her ears.

She directly interrupted Qian's mother: "If I'm not mistaken, Ah Xiang, it should be my close maid." ”

The close-quarters maid is equivalent to a first-class maid, and she is the most paid among the subordinates except for the housekeeper, but Ah Xiang leads the salary of the big maid and never serves in front of Lu Yalan. The so-called Yilan Garden has a lot of work, and no matter how much it is, it can't be more than Qian's mother's own granddaughter.

"I'm thirsty. Seeing that Qian's mother frowned and was about to speak again, Rourou added: "I haven't drunk saliva since I woke up." ”

Qian's mother was stagnant, and finally resisted the words that she wanted to say and turned around to pour water, and only came back with a glass of water after a while.

Lu Yalan sat up, took the cup and took a sip, it was too hot to swallow.

In fact, this tea was changed by the eldest young master after he saw that there was no hot water in the second sister's room, and da was furious.

Mother Qian was a little cramped when she saw this, she was a subordinate in the end, she was usually able to fight the second lady's young age and soft temperament, and no one supported her, so she made some small moves, but when she met the eldest young master, the person in charge of the Lu family's future who was sure of the future, she was naturally intimidated.

"The water is hot, but it's good to drink some hot if you're sick. Seeing that Lu Yalan was always expressionless, Mama Qian was not sure if she would sue the eldest young master.

"Isn't it that you are sick, you are busy, we don't have enough people here, Ah Xiang is still locked up in the firewood room, and the remaining one person is doing the work of several people, Miss is considerate and considerate of them." Qian Ma said and sat on the edge of the bed to help Lu Yalan press the corner of the quilt, looking like she was thinking about others.

Yilan Garden is the master of Lu Yalan, and she is so busy that she can't even drink saliva, which makes outsiders don't know how much of a joke to make when they hear it, but Lu Yalan has been listening to this kind of talk for more than ten years, and she doesn't bother to pursue it.

She didn't answer, only asked, "Where is the red apricot?"

Mother Qian's face was a little ugly, I didn't expect Miss to embarrass her one after another today, but after thinking about it, this time it was indeed a bit excessive, if no one paid attention to Miss, she might not wake up, and it was normal to be a little resentful when she encountered such a big thing.

But she felt uncomfortable in the end, and her tone became tougher: "That cheap hoof, carrying a weapon to fight privately and bully, there are no rules, it will simply lose our Yilan Garden's face when it is passed out, and if you hit the hands of the eldest young master, you will lose your skin if you don't die." Miss is the most well-behaved person, but it is good to distinguish between the important and the important. ”

Lu Yalan couldn't sit still anymore, so she stood up and was about to go to find Lu Yabai.

Qian's mother was in a hurry.

Lu Yabai locked up Ah Xiang's firewood room, and then detained a group of people, but they didn't deal with it for the time being, and they will be sent back when the second sister wakes up, after all, she is the owner of Yilan Garden.

Seeing that Hongxing was indeed loyal, she didn't care about her behavior of chasing people all over the yard, and only asked her to take good care of her second sister.

Qian's mother hated Hongxing and stabbed the matter to the eldest young master, seeing that her granddaughter's life and death were still unknown, after the eldest young master left, she led someone to tie Hongxing and beat the board.

Qian's mother has a lot of power in Yilan Garden, and the next generation is worried that the eldest young master will know about it afterwards, but they are even more afraid that Qian's mother will find trouble, and the eldest young master still gives Qian Ma face, so that the next people think that Qian Ma will be fine if she begs Miss or the second aunt, so no one hesitated to tie up Miss's maid.

According to Qian's mother's idea, she should beat Hongxing's little cheap hooves half to death, and then pour medicine and throw them in the beggars in the backstreet, so that she can't die if she wants to, even if she knows that Hongxing is gone, she can fool her with a random reason, and the masters will not bother with her for a nameless little girl.

But in the end, I was afraid that the young lady would make trouble and affect my granddaughter, so in the end, I just let people beat the red apricot twenty boards and throw them into the firewood room.

Mother Qian knew how good Lu Yalan was to Hongxing, and now that Miss wanted to ask the eldest young master, she was in a hurry, originally she thought that the matter would be over long ago when Miss was well. Without Hongxing, Miss can rely more on herself, and she never thought that she would rather drag her sick body to protect Hongxing.

If the young lady goes this time, how can the eldest young master let himself go.

"Miss, what are you going to do, you can't stand the wind if you don't get well yet, Miss, my good miss, for the sake of Mother Qian, we can't do it if we don't go. ”

"If you have a good or bad thing, all the people in Yilan Garden will be unlucky, and miss, you can also pity and pity the others?"

Lu Yalan was unmoved, and in her heart, everyone in Yilan Garden was no match for a red apricot.

Seeing this, Qian Ma was ruthless, and began to howl as soon as she sat on the ground.

"My good lady wow, nurse, I pulled you to such a big point with a handful of and urine, and I couldn't resist a girl who broke the rules, why are you so ruthless, miss......"

Lu Yalan was stopped by Qian's mother and couldn't get out of the door, and her body that had just recovered from a serious illness couldn't withstand such a toss, so she would sit on the edge of the bed and pant for breath.

Mother Qian sat on the ground dancing with her hands, her eyes were wandering, saying that she was crying, without a single tear, Lu Yalan actually felt that this scene was a little familiar, she thought about it, and turned out one thing from her memory.

When Lu Yalan was eleven or twelve years old, the winter was very cold, the charcoal prepared by the Lu family was insufficient, and the charcoal sold on the street was also priceless.

The amount of charcoal distributed to everyone was sufficient, but it was less than half of others in Lu Yalan's hands, of course, Lu Yalan didn't know it at the time.

Qian's mother often told her that she couldn't trouble the old lady, otherwise she would be unfilial, and the old lady would not like her; she had to listen to the arrangement of her second aunt and could not disobey her elders; when others asked about daily life, she must report good news and not bad news, and others don't like children who play right and wrong.

Lu Yalan was full of dependence on her nurse, and she took everything she said to her heart.

But that winter was too cold, and she didn't have enough charcoal in her room to spare, so every night Hongxing slept first, covered the quilt hot and then let her go up, and put her hands and feet under her stomach to warm up.

Later, it was too cold, and Hongxing had chilblains, and she mustered up the courage to ask the old lady for charcoal, but was stopped by Qian's mother.

Qian Ma said that the amount of charcoal for each master is the same, she is cold, others must be cold, if she goes to the old lady, the old lady gives her charcoal and she will have to be frozen, which is unfilial. If the old lady doesn't give it to her and lets her continue to freeze, it will trap the old lady in unkindness. So she couldn't go.

She hesitated for a long time, saw Hongxing's swollen hand, and finally decided to ask her brother to borrow some.

At that time, Qian's mother was so sprinkled and rolled around and pulled her not to go, and finally said that she would borrow it herself, and she must not let the young lady suffer.

Lu Yalan was very moved at that time, and told Hongxing that she should honor her nurse.

As a result, she later stumbled upon Qian's mother's granddaughter who was still open for heat dissipation for 39 days......

Lu Yalan's eyes narrowed, Qian Ma stopped herself like this because she was afraid of being found out if she lied?

She tensed suddenly, her hands clutching the sheets unconsciously.

If Hongxing is in front of her brother, she is actually not too worried, and her brother will not lynch her maid at will, but if Hongxing is in the hands of Qian's mother......

Thinking that Hongxing might die quietly in a place she didn't know, Lu Yalan couldn't sit still anymore.

Thinking of the past, thinking of Hongxing, thinking of the wanton girl in her memory, and seeing the face of Qian Ma, Lu Yalan's unsettled emotions began to roll, and her tears had fallen like beads with broken threads when she didn't know it, she directly picked up the cup that was placed aside and smashed it.

Mother Qian was still chattering and crying about her life, but she didn't want a cup to fall head-on, she jumped up and dodged with a scream, but she was still splashed with boiling hot water.

Since she became a young lady, Qian Ma has never been treated like this, and now her first reaction is to cross her waist and point at the other party and scold back, and when the national scolding is about to come out, she remembers that it was her master who splashed her water, and she couldn't get in and out of her breath, so that her face turned red.

For a while, except for the sound of the two of them breathing, Lan Air was quiet.

"Where's the red apricot?"

Lu Yalan's tears fell, and she looked weak and bullied, but her voice was cold, and Qing Lingling's eyes stared straight at Qian's mother, and Qian's mother shuddered.

It's like a basin of cold water being poured on the fiery red red iron, and Qian's mother died down at once. It was only then that she realized that the young lady was very different from her usual days.