No one told them how to walk when they entered the door, but as soon as they entered the door, they naturally had a chill down their backs, their thighs were weak, their necks hung low on their chests, and they stumbled forward with the footsteps of Steward Liu, and the vastness of Liufu was far beyond their imagination.

Since their daughter was carried away by a small sedan chair, in the past two months, they have imagined Liufu countless times, freezing and hungry at night, and when they can't sleep, they open their eyes and say about their daughter, guessing what their dumb aunt is doing in Liufu at this time, is she full of food, is she dressed gently, where she sleeps at night, will she be like them, there is no charcoal fire to burn the kang stove, and she is freezing?

Of course, they quickly overturned this conjecture, and they confidently believed that the dumb aunt would not be living a hard life like they did, but had already lived a good life, and had eaten enough, and sat in a warm room in a soft and thick cotton jacket, and did needlework.

If you want to eat meat, you can eat meat, if you want to eat rice, you can eat rice, and if you can't eat enough in one bowl, you can add another bowl.

In their minds, this is the day when the rich are happy, and they really can't imagine anything more blessed than to be fed and clothed.

Sometimes, they worry for no reason, after all, the dumb aunt is a mute, born with a cripple, even if the child is very sensible and obedient since childhood, no work can be difficult for her, but after all, there are defects, what if this is not good to serve the young master of Liufu? What can I do if I don't please the wives of Liufu? Will I be dismissed and returned, if people withdraw their daughter and ask to take away other people's three hanging money, then it will be troublesome, they have already caught the medicine and spent it, what will they take to compensate others?

Now, they've finally walked into a place they've imagined so many times.

Tian Tenant vaguely noticed that the courtyard of Liufu was very large, so big that it made people dizzy, there were more houses, and one after another doors floated past him, and he had long lost count of how many houses there were. There was a layer of white snow on each eaves, and the snow covered the roof and ridge, and he felt a little regretful that he couldn't see what kind of shape the ridge of Liufu was. Through the thin layer of snow that had just swept and fallen, he saw that the yard was paved with green bricks, and the shape of flowers was spread one by one, like flowers blooming on the green brick floor.

The swept snowdrifts were piled up like hills, and a few men were shoveling snow and transporting it outside in a small wooden cart.

The eyes of the tenants' wife caught them entering the two gates, and now they were standing in a suddenly open patio, a begonia tree was standing quietly, covered with snow hanging, and a few red plums were budding, just like someone took the red silk thread and wound out one after another red and bright small round thread and hung it on the plum branch, in the white world of the world, the red of the little star was particularly eye-catching.

A big woman with a rich face and brisk steps walked over quickly, but she didn't speak, just nodded at Steward Liu, who was leading the way, and Steward Liu quietly withdrew.

The two of them followed the woman again, and the wife of the tenant family suddenly beat wildly, and she wondered in her heart whether this woman was the eldest wife of the Liu family.

But when they didn't speak, she didn't dare to speak rashly, and she followed her to a curtain, and before she could see the curtain, someone had already gently raised the curtain by a corner.

The big woman reached out and made a gesture to invite in, and then she ducked and waited by herself.

The tenants almost fell on their heels, but their son was dumb-eyed and helped his father.

Seeing that her husband suffered a loss, the wife of the tenant household was extra careful, and raised her legs high, who knew that when she landed, her feet shook, she stepped on the void, and she stabbed and slipped, and she planted a big horse on her stomach.

There was a woman's thin voice laughing secretly.

She forgot to get up quickly, looked up and followed the laughter to secretly look up, and saw several beautiful girls in new clothes standing by the door, Tian Tenant's wife was really stupid, and said in her heart Where is such a beautiful girl, is it the fairy daughter of heaven who has descended to earth, Master Liu's family is different from our ordinary people's family, these girls are all characters in paintings.

Tian Tenant suddenly raised his foot and kicked his wife, and his wife realized that she was still lying on the ground, and before she could get up, a voice said steadily in her ear: "This is the eldest lady of our Liufu, the mother-in-law of Brother Wan, and the mother-in-law of your dumb aunt." ”

Shocked that the tenant's wife pounced and knelt down again, and dragged her husband with her hand, and the tenant also knelt down, and the two of them kowtowed to the ground, and the tenant heard that it was not Master Liu, but his wife, and he knew that now he was a man who was not good at talking, and at this time he needed a woman to talk and greet him, but his wife was usually a person with sharp teeth, but now she was so nervous that she brushed and trembled, knocked her upper teeth and lower teeth, and stammered: "Thank you, Mrs., thank you, thank you, Mrs. ”

"I've already made a relative, I'm a relative, why are you so polite to my in-laws, isn't this an outside," Tian Tenant heard a low and low temperature and full voice in his ears, and said slowly and clearly, "Mama Li, help yourself up and speak, you kneel like this, it's really tormenting me." ”

The tall woman responded and made a false posture to help, where did the tenant's wife dare to let the family really support, and hurriedly stood up with the help of the tenant's arm.

Only then did he dare to slowly look up in front of him.

A fair, pure woman with full facial features sat upright on a square wooden chair, with a hot smile floating on her face like a full moon.

This is the eldest lady of Liufu, the wife of the tenant family feels that she is really walking in the clouds, her body is light and fluttering, her heart is fluttering, she actually saw the best woman in the legend, the wife of the main house of Liufu, she is the first-class blessed woman who is talked about by many women in the countryside, wearing silk and satin, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, living a life of brocade clothes and jade food, where are the country women like them, doing hard work in the wind and rain all year round, and living with rough skin and rough flesh and hard work.

Mrs. Liu slowly took out a soft handkerchief from the left placket, pressed it on her eyes and slowly wiped it, and when she wiped it, it got wet, and she choked up and cried.

The woman hurriedly knelt down again, and said again and again that the dumb aunt had done something wrong, and that it was wrong to do something wrong, and that it was not in line with the wife's wishes, and the wife could beat her, scold her, and teach her a lesson, but the wife must take care of it, the child is still young, only eleven and a half years old.

Mrs. Liu wiped away a handful of tears, cleared her throat, and squeezed out a little laugh with tears," It's rare for my mother to be so reasonable, always thinking about our difficulties, in fact, why don't we have such a heart, but the dumb aunt this child is easy to say, it's too naughty, since the call likes to climb high and low, chasing cats and dogs, it's just trouble, we also know that the children who grew up in your township, naturally and our house is very different, we have never been sorry for the children, but who knows that yesterday morning, she took advantage of everyone was busy and no one paid attention, quietly ran to the rockery in the backyard to catch a carrier pigeon, ran and ran a foot slipped, and hit a rockery, you knowOur rockery is piled up from Taihu Lake to transport Taihu Lake, this Taihu Lake stone is strange and rugged, sharp and sharp, the child covered his head and hit it, and hit it firmly, and he fainted. We hurriedly called a doctor to treat us, but—"

When these words came out, the two tenants were dumbfounded, staring at the eldest lady with their eyes, hoping to say a word from her mouth that the child was safe and sound, but they clearly saw that the woman's full and round face shook, "The doctor said that there is no cure, maybe, maybe the child will never wake up again." Mother-in-law, you just happened to be here today, even if you don't come, I'm about to send someone to invite you, and you can come to see the children for the last time - we are all parents, children are the hearts and minds of parents, and my daughter-in-law is a good daughter-in-law, who doesn't like it in the whole house, but it's so hard and blessed......"

We wept bitterly.

The mute man had been standing behind him since he had followed his parents through the door, looking left and right with a pair of eyes, as if he had entered a huge labyrinth, and he could not get enough of the beautiful scenery. Hearing this, he suddenly grabbed his mother's clothes, and let out a whimpering secret cry, it seemed that he understood the words of the adults and knew that his sister was not good.

The tenant's wife's body was soft and phlegm, like a puddle of mud, she wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, she covered her mouth, and only a deep sorrowful sound came from the depths of her throat.

The eldest lady twisted the handkerchief in her hand and dipped her eyes, exhaled softly, didn't look at the two who were crushed by grief, and only looked at Mama Li, "Our house will not treat our in-laws badly, the child is gone, and we will naturally arrange the funeral coffin properly, and then wrap two taels of silver to see a doctor for the in-laws, alas, a relative, I thought that I would come and go for a long time, but who knew that this fate would be broken-"

Tian Tenant is a man after all, and he still retains a little sobriety, Leng Leng stands, thinking about these words in his heart.

He is not a fool, he can hear it, this big lady's words are soft and hard, don't look at the appearance of kindness, and seem to be sad, but her words put all the fault on the child, and left Liufu clean.

The child likes to mess around, naughty, running around, and he is unprepared to run to the rockery, he lost his foot, he hit the rock, and after the collision, Liufu hurriedly invited the doctor to take a look. Then, the matter has little to do with Liufu.

Whether she is dead or alive seems to be a matter of luck.

In addition, the dumb aunt's posthumous affairs Liufu will still be in charge, and she will also give two taels of silver, but the words can't be clearer, take two taels of silver, and we have nothing to do with each other at all.

Liufu is full of benevolence and righteousness.

After all, the wife is a woman, and when she heard that her daughter couldn't survive, she knew that crying, as if crying could save her daughter's life.

The tenant bent down deeply, and in this short time, he felt that the sickness in his body suddenly became heavy, so heavy that he was overwhelmed, and a pair of knees trembled against each other, and a chill swept through his body.

It's really a hard life, I finally entered a good place like Liufu, and became a daughter-in-law of Liufu, even if it is a child, it is also hopeful, and when I round the house in the future, I will raise a man and a woman, and his mute daughter will be able to be bitter and sweet, who knows that it will be a bitter life after all, and she will not survive that day.

This man, who was bent over by his livelihood, quickly blamed his own experience on an object at this moment, that is, God, if this is their poor life, it is an inescapable ending, then the only one who has the ability to arrange this ending is God. Do you want to blame God for being too cruel? No, he doesn't dare to blame, he can only accept the arrangement of fate obediently.

The room was silent, and three or four maids stood silently, except for the crackling sound of the charcoal fire burning in the hearth.

"Mother Li will take them to the corner courtyard to have a look, so that they can see each other for the last time, give birth to a child, and say goodbye to the last is also human nature. ”

The eldest lady gave the order.

Li's mother left with someone.

The house was finally empty.

Mrs. Liu looked out the window and walked quickly in the snow, two tall and one short, and suddenly sighed, pulled out the cluster of lilies in the vase that had shown a defeated appearance, and sniffed, "Lanxiang, take it out and change it." I see that the red plum in the yard is budding, go and fold a few branches to insert a bottle, the water is raised for two days, it is estimated that it will open earlier than the outdoors, let's also catch up early to see the rarity. ”

Lan Xiang peeped and found that a smile appeared on his wife's face.

It seems that the death of the child daughter-in-law is really nothing in her heart, and after seeing her family, this page has been revealed.

As soon as Lan Xiang took the lilies out of the yard, she heard the voice of the eldest lady, probably giving instructions to another old mother, "Sue sù Steward Liu, and when you lose your breath, you will immediately collect the funeral and send it out, it is just that you are born so cold, and you are a short-lived person, where is the blessing worthy of enjoying a good coffin, ask Steward Liu to send someone to the coffin shop to order a thin wooden coffin, two taels of silver to the Tian family, and then tell them by the way that this is met in Liufu, if you change to another family, there will be no such a good thing." In short, the two of them met a good person - the funeral of the cold day and the cold moon is really unlucky!"