Because he was going to get married after the New Year, Liu Fu started to prepare a dowry for the third lady Liu Mei and the fourth miss Liu Ying before the New Year.

Naturally, this matter is handled by the eldest wife of the housewife, the Chen family, and the sixth and fourth aunts who gave birth to willow eyebrows and willow faces can only watch from the sidelines, without them

For the sake of speaking. All they can do is help their daughter with some needlework.

Although they are both married daughters, although they are all the biological daughters of Master Liu, although they are all the same dowry, it is nothing more than embroidered quilts, embroidered pillows, embroidered clothes, embroidered belly pockets, embroidered shoes, the sixth aunt's red mud building everyone is happy, the master and servants laugh constantly, Liu Mei shyly sat on the side of the kang, while accompanying the mother to fly the needle and walk the line, while looking forward to the upcoming new day in her heart, the girl's heart is like hitting a deer, I can't help but imagine the appearance of the beloved, tall or short, handsome or vulgar, gentle and considerate to the lady or rough and reckless, she doesn't know now, the boudoir is too deep, and the daughter who has not yet left the pavilion, can't get out of this small living space, can only rely on imagination to make up for it. However, occasionally, there was still a rumor coming in through the wall, saying that the official was born tall and mighty, treated people and things in a measured manner, and won the respect of the government officials, and wanted to have a good future.

If Liu Mei can still have a good dream about the future, then Liu Yan has long since lost the mind of self-deception, fifty-year-old Zhang Hanlin, older than his father, I heard that when he was young, he was a fat man with an average appearance, and now he is very blessed in old age, can he still be expected to be handsome? Liu Yan thought of this man who was about to marry and share the bed with him, and he thought of Steward Liu in his own family, with a fat body, a shiny face, and he couldn't wait for every inch of skin to exude oiliness.

Such a person asked a young girl to match, and used this tender body to accompany him to live, including day and night, thinking of these willow faces and wanting to vomit.

Liu Yan didn't know that someone was actually talking about her marriage this night.

This kind of talk is different from others.

All the people in the house, except for Liu Yan's mother-in-law Zhang, everyone said that this family business was good, this kind of good person, everyone said it casually, and they didn't go through it from their hearts at all, and they didn't care about it, so everyone was a theater watcher, and no one would really put themselves in the shoes of this fourteen and a half-year-old girl to think about what was unreasonable in it.

Only one person raised the question.

"Lancao, you can make it clear, which aunt's wife is Liu Yan's daughter, who are you going to marry? There are so many aunts and wives in this house, there are so many young ladies, I sometimes can't tell the difference, and I can't remember it. ”

Being able to provide her master with some information she knows is something that Lancao is very willing to serve, and she can't wait to pull out all the information she knows and give it to her little grandmother.

"Liu Yan is the fourth lady, the daughter of the fourth aunt Tai Zhang, the fourth aunt gave birth to such a daughter, but she was pregnant with three male fetuses, all of whom had miscarriages. From the point of view of the slave maid, these four young ladies are not bad, they have a cold personality and are quick to talk, but unlike the fifth lady, they bully people at every turn. ”

Lancao is taking the opportunity to announce her personal vendetta, and she has not forgotten the hatred of being bullied as a living target in the garden.

"Oh," nodded the dumb aunt in the dark, "so she's not the one who pressed me to the stone and kowtowed." Her biological mother, Aunt Jiu, was present during childbirth, and the woman who helped me say a word in front of my lord. I remember, their mother and daughter, it's okay. ”

Lancao listened in a daze, she found that since she began to express her inner thoughts by means of writing, the little grandmother's ability to speak seemed to be much worse, the speed of speech was slow, and there were many sentence breaks, as if speaking was a very laborious thing, and she needed to think slowly while being able to express it slowly. Moreover, sometimes the words are very vague and will not be explained to you, and some words are confused, and you need to put them in your mouth and analyze them slowly for a long time before you can suddenly understand.

Their mother and daughter, it's okay. Naturally, it refers to the fourth aunt and the fourth lady's mother and daughter, so what does it mean to be okay?

Lancao didn't dare to ask.

Since the orchid came, Lancao knew that she was no longer the most proud person in front of the little grandmother, she silently did her own work, not to compete with the orchid for the limelight, she had already thought about it, as long as she could do her part of the work for a long time, there was a bowl of rice to eat, why care so much? The little grandmother wanted to be good to the orchid, so she was good to the orchid.

Although it is still accompanied by the little grandmother every night, the two of them still sleep on a kang, but there are few words, and there are no jokes, most of them are the little grandmothers asking, the blue grass is answering, what to ask and what to answer, and when the little grandmother is interested, she closes her eyes and sleeps.

Between them, they were still called little grandmothers and slaves, and Lancao didn't dare to call her name directly, and she didn't come to stop her.

It was as if the wall of friendship between them was cracking and getting bigger and bigger.

Tonight, the little grandmother seems to be in good spirits, and she has more to say.

"Isn't the fourth young lady the master's biological daughter, is the old man willing to marry his daughter to an old man who is older than him?

Lancao rushed out: "Little grandma, the children of big families, don't look at the snacks and dress well, enjoy the wealth that we can't get in our lives, but sometimes there are some things, they are not as free as us lowly people, just like these four young ladies, why do you have to marry Zhang Hanlin, I listened to the sisters-in-law in the kitchen, saying that the master is to stabilize the status in our house, saying that the master Hanlin is in the dynasty, and if there is anything in our house in the future, it will definitely be able to use that kind of relationship." In fact, there is any profound truth in this, the slave and the maid don't understand, the slave and the maid are just gossip to hear, and they should be laughed and talked about to the little grandmother. ”

The dumb aunt stared at the darkness of the roof above her sight, Liufu can be regarded as a high-ranking family, in order to consolidate her status and power, she needs to make friends with a high-ranking family that is more powerful than herself, what kind of friendship do you take, power or gold and silver?

Naturally, he was willing to sacrifice his daughter.

And it's just one of many daughters.

The family affairs have been decided, and the dowry has begun to be prepared, so it seems that there is really no room for recovery.

Lancao felt that the dumb aunt was just silent, and suddenly felt uneasy, did she say something wrong? Or maybe she said too much?

She felt the need to remedy, and considered the wording, "Little grandma, in fact, according to the slave maid, the fourth lady is really a good life, I heard that as soon as she marries, Master Hanlin will immediately take her to the post, although there are wives and aunts and wives above, but our young lady went out with her, I can't stand a little grievance, the fourth miss is smart and kind, Lord Hanlin will definitely treat her as a person on the tip of her heart, and she will enjoy endless glory and wealth in this life." ”

After saying that, she herself might have felt that this statement was too far-fetched, and she didn't see the dumb aunt talking, so she closed her mouth and didn't dare to say anything more, and the two of them woke up sullenly.

"Actually, it's not impossible. ”

The dumb aunt seemed to think for a long time, and suddenly spoke.

Lan Cao's heart lit up, in fact, she heard that the fourth lady had been washing her face with tears every day recently in order to resist marriage, she was very sympathetic to the fourth lady, and she had long hoped from the bottom of her heart that there would be a way to save her.

However, she didn't chase and ask, just waited quietly. She has already figured it out, and she can't be in a hurry to talk to this little grandmother, especially in a situation like this that seems to be gossiping about other people's big things. If the little grandmother is willing to say it, she will say it herself, if she doesn't want to say it, you can only ask for bad things, and she may not say more.

Sure enough, the dumb aunt's voice sounded leisurely in the darkness, "She can get sick, postpone the marriage, and delay one more day is one day, she is still young, she can afford to drag it out for three or five years, and that Zhang Hanlin can't afford to drag it out, and she is getting older and older day by day." ”

Lancao secretly stroked her heart, to be honest, this idea sounded very good at first, but when you think about it, it's not appropriate. You can't drag it out for the rest of your life, if you miss Zhang Hanlin, there may be Li Hanlin and Wang Hanlin, you can't never marry for the rest of your life; also, how can it be so easy to pretend to be sick, this disease is not to say that you can pretend to be able to pretend, when the news comes out, the lord will naturally ask the doctor to ask for pulse medicine, one doctor can't do it, please another one; when the time comes, the doctor will take the pulse, won't it be clear whether there is a disease or not, and when the matter is revealed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to say.

Therefore, it is not feasible to pretend to be sick.

"You, are you thinking, this idea sucks?"

She asked.

Lan Cao shuddered, how did she know what was in my heart?

Guess?

Either way, it's accurate.

Lancao didn't dare to speak.

She suddenly chuckled, "You, why don't you ask, there is another idea?"

Lancao said pitifully: "The slave is stupid, I can't think of any more useful way." ”

The astringent voice gently retorted, "Lancao, if Miss Liu Yan suddenly fell ill and died on the eve of her marriage, would the Zhang Hanlin family still marry?"

Lan Cao was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Dead? If he dies, then he will naturally not marry, what's the use of him marrying a dead man?"

"That's it. ”

Lancao reflected on her words, including every word, the tone of voice when she spit out each word, and the state of mind wrapped in the depths.

Little grandma, what do you mean? Do you want the fourth lady to die?

What kind of useful idea is that?

If death is the best way, then it is better to marry alive, even if it is an old man, how can he still live in the world. If even his life is gone, is this death still necessary?

Lan Cao's heart was cold for a while, she felt that the small body beside her was becoming more and more unfamiliar, she couldn't touch her heart, and it was even more difficult to understand her heart, and even the words that came out became more and more difficult to understand.

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