Chapter 24: Questioning
Old Mr. Qin didn't speak, and Mama Hu took the first step to blame Uncle Hu: "What are you crazy about? Sister Sang is still here, and you don't care about what you say." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Uncle Tiger smiled and patted the dust on his sleeve that didn't seem to exist: "What's this? The lord just doesn't want to be public, but there is no reason why the wicked woman is rampant at home in order not to be publicized. According to me, the master should call the second master back and explain it to him. People like ours have always had rules, and the second grandmother didn't follow the rules when she entered the door, and she didn't do anything good after entering the door. Even if it is for the sake of his brother, he doesn't care about her, and there is no reason to connive at it again and again, otherwise it will be a black face for the ancestors. ”
He approached Mr. Qin and solemnly persuaded: "Master, it's not that Mohu doesn't know how to be proportional and criticizes the master's affairs without authorization. In theory, this time the second master is really excessive. His brother is gone, and he doesn't come back to mourn, just send his wife and children back. The second grandmother had a death at home, and the old man sent Brother Yong to send a letter to inform him, as long as he is a sensible and filial person, he should hurry back to make amends to the master and his wife, and kowtow to the uncle and grandmother. But he hasn't moved yet, what is this? Could it be that he really wants to ignore his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law for the sake of a woman?"
Mama Hu hurriedly said: "Brother Yong'er went to deliver the letter, and he has been gone for more than half a month, and the second master is already on his way home, but he hasn't arrived home yet." Don't make a mess here. The lord has his own ideas. ”
Uncle Hu smiled: "The master naturally has an idea, I'm just afraid that the master will be soft-hearted." ”
He walked up to Qin Hanzhen, reached out and touched her little head lovingly, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, the master will call the shots for you." That Cui'er girl is the daughter of a tenant farmer, not a slave of our family, our family can't kill her, and we can't sell her, and we have to leave her at home to recuperate from her injuries, so as not to have a good and bad thing, ruin the reputation of the Qin family, and scolding people is not painful, what's the use? Keeping her is an eyesore. But sister, don't think that if you let her go, she will really be better. Her family was originally extremely poor, and she relied on tenants of the Qin family's land to plant, and her daughter worked as a maid in the Qin family, so she saved some family business. Now her family is no longer our tenant farmers, and the stolen property has been returned. When her family returns to the village, they will definitely be despised by the villagers, it will be difficult to accommodate them, and it will become a problem to make a living, and their lives will definitely get worse and worse, but outsiders will only say that our master is merciful. ”
Qin Hanzhen hurriedly asked: "Then what if Cui'er's family doesn't live in the village?"
Uncle Hu smiled mockingly: "Where do they have that silver? As I said, no one will buy his house or belongings with Cui'er's reputation, and no one will hire his family of three to do the work." If they leave their family business behind and go elsewhere to make a living, they will not have any travel expenses, and the government will not give them guidance, and they will not be able to go far. In Mizhi County, our lord is highly respected and admired by everyone. If it is known that his daughter was driven away after a mistake in our house, there will be no place for them wherever they go!"
Qin Hanzhen suddenly realized, and suddenly felt that this kind of revenge method of cutting flesh with a blunt knife was quite relieving. Cui'er and her parents will not have a good life in the future, they have enjoyed happiness, and after they lose, they will become more and more precious. They will be immersed in remorse for the rest of their lives, and maybe there will be rifts between the family. Qin Hanzhen thinks about it now, but feels that Cui'er's family can't move away, so they can only stay in the village to live, which is a good thing. The Qin family watched the enemy suffer and suffer under their noses, and the people around them only praised the Qin family, which was much stronger than a beating with a board, only for a while. Let Cui'er also taste the despair that Guan once felt, probably the best punishment she deserves, right?
Qin Hanzhen no longer pays attention to Cui'er, she can find out about the bleak fate of Cui'er's family at any time in the future, and now she is more concerned about another question: "Grandfather, will you really punish the second aunt? Brother Zi'er was born to her, and the second uncle likes her so much......
Old Mr. Qin smiled and touched her head: "Grandfather knows it in his heart, you just have to rest assured." But he refused to say more.
Qin Hanzhen bit his lip, knowing in his heart that he shouldn't ask any more, anyway, he made his grandfather unhappy and cheapened the enemy in minutes. She still has to pretend to be well-behaved. After thinking about it, she decided to find another topic: "Grandfather, who are the old marquis and the old lady that Uncle Hu just said?"
Old Mr. Qin smiled and pinched his granddaughter's little nose: "The spirit of the big night." Because of the arrival of a guest, you have been delayed for half a day, aren't you sleepy? Ming'er has to get up early to offer incense to your grandfather. Go to sleep!" After saying that, she gave Mama Hu a look, and Mama Hu stretched out her hand to pull Qin Hanzhen away: "Sister, go to sleep, the master is going to rest too." ”
Sent her away so lightly again!
Qin Han was really angry, but he could only pretend to be well-behaved and returned to the room, and looked back at Mr. Qin with some reluctance, seeing that the smile on his face had disappeared, and his expression was very serious.
Uncle Tiger approached him and asked softly, "Master?"
Old Mr. Qin raised his head and glanced at him: "Sleep, this is someone else's house, if you have something to say, you will talk about it when you get home." Uncle Hu understood, made a gesture, turned around and went to close the door, tidy up the couch for Mr. Qin, and then lay the floor for himself.
Everyone seemed to fall asleep quickly, except for a light left in the outer hall, and it was pitch black all around.
Qin Hanzhen slept with Mama Hu, she looked at the latter's face through the moonlight that came in through the window, and knew that she was not asleep, so she asked her in a low voice: "Mama, who are the old marquis and the old lady?"
Mama Tiger opened her eyes, looked at her helplessly, and replied in a low voice: "Don't sleep yet?" ”
Qin Hanzhen has been through for so long, and she is familiar with these people around her, so she is a little bolder, so she shook her arm and coquettishly: "Mama, if you know, just tell me, I won't tell others." ”
Mother Tiger smiled dumbly, patted her a few times, and then said: "What is this?" Although it is rarely mentioned at home, you have also seen the tablets of the old marquis and the old lady, when the ancestors were worshipped on Chinese New Year's Eve. You have to kowtow every year, how do you not know who you are kowtowing?"
Qin Hanzhen blinked, if it was the tablet when worshipping ancestors, it was naturally the ancestor of the Qin family. Her voice was a little quieter: "Is it grandfather's parents? or grandparents?"
"It's the old man's parents. Mama Tiger yawned and patted Qin Hanzhen a few more times, "Okay, go to sleep." Mama was also sleepy. ”
Qin Hanzhen got the answer and wanted to continue asking, but when he saw Mama Hu close her eyes, she had to close her mouth and suppress the doubts in her heart.
When I woke up the next day, it was dawn. Qin Hanzhen didn't sleep well all night, his eyelids drooped, and he looked listless, but his sick appearance was even more obvious.
The Guan family's house is not far from the Wang family's small courtyard. Their ancestors and grandchildren took a few servants, and they didn't need to take a car, they just walked over. There were still people along the road who greeted Mr. Qin, Qin Hanzhen was held in the arms of Mama Hu, because the illness was too obvious, and many aunts and aunts asked Mama Hu with a worried face: "Sister has been sick for so long, is it still not healed?" Mama Hu smiled all the way, didn't want to say more, only replied vaguely: "It's much better than before, but it needs to recuperate a lot." ”
When I came to the street where the Guan family was located, there were even more neighbors who cared about and inquired, and most of them were people who knew a little bit of the inside story, and sighed again and again: "Sister is really blessed and has a great life, and she will definitely get better soon." ”
"If you don't die in a great disaster, there will be a blessing in the future!"
"The daughter that Second Grandma Qin brought in front of her, why is she so vicious at such a young age?"
"That is, she is not the daughter of the Qin family. The Qin family is kind, so they will raise her kindly, how can she have the face to push the benefactor's niece?!"
Qin Hanzhen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard it, it turned out that the rumors that were not favorable to He's mother and daughter had already spread in the county. When I came back, there were no such voices.
Without waiting for her to think about it, the Guan family arrived.
Although the auspicious time has not yet arrived, the front yard of the house is already crowded with many people, including clansmen, relatives and friends or neighbors, as well as husbands and coolies who have been hired to perform the ceremony. Uncle Guan brought two elders from the clan to greet him, and Mr. Qin politely greeted him, then took his granddaughter from Mama Hu's hand, and under the guidance of Uncle Guan, he went to the mourning hall.
The mourning hall is in the main room in the front yard, white and dark blue cloth flags are arranged everywhere, there are monks chanting scriptures in the left and right rooms, and the coffin placed in the middle of the mourning hall is also very high-grade at a glance. Qin Hanzhen remembered what he had heard at home, the funeral of the old man Guan, Wu Shaoying paid for it, and he was very generous, it seemed that it was not a lie.
Under the guidance of Mr. Qin, she kowtowed to Mr. Guan, put incense on him, and asked Mama Hu to carry him to the backyard. Mrs. Guan still lives in the north house of the West Wing and has not moved back to the main house. Qin Hanzhen was sent directly to her, she hugged her granddaughter, and screamed heartily.
Today, the people who accompany Mrs. Guan are all the daughters of the family, or the sisters-in-law who have married. Surprisingly, Guan Yunniang also appeared today!
She was wearing a linen white cloth skirt, combing a simple oblique bun, inserting a white silk flower, no powder, with a small yellow face, in good spirits, sitting in the kang house, talking to the elders softly, not at all able to see the previous willful and reckless appearance.
Mama Hu entered the door and saw Guan Yunniang, and her face showed a hint of surprise, but she quickly returned to normal, politely saluted Mrs. Guan, and complained to her on behalf of the hostess Niu, explaining that Niu's was bedridden because of a serious illness, and still failed to come to worship her in-laws, and said that Qin Hanzhen's condition was really good, although he was much better, his body was still very weak, and he got motion sickness on the way yesterday.
As soon as Mrs. Guan saw her granddaughter's face, she knew that she was uncomfortable, she only had pity in her mouth, and she would never blame, and she repeatedly said to Mama Hu: "The child is very sick, don't bring her reluctantly." If she is sick again, the old man will not be at ease under Jiuquan. ”
Mama Hu smiled lightly: "The in-laws love the heart of their granddaughter, and our lord and wife also understand, but the etiquette is like this, how can you not keep it?"
Mrs. Guan sighed: "Your family is too polite. She glanced at her youngest daughter, "Yun Niang, take Sister Sang to your house to rest." There are a lot of people here, don't smoke her. ”
Guan Yunniang responded gently and gently, and came to hug Qin Hanzhen in person, and Mama Hu took the lead: "I'll come, don't bother the second girl." Guan Yunniang didn't insist either, and led them to the South House.
Before entering the door, Guan Yunniang put down the curtain and saluted Mama Tiger with a sad face: "I was dizzy that day and was rude in front of Mama, Mama don't be surprised." I'll make amends for you!" he said as he crouched down.
Mama Tiger was still holding Qin Hanzhen in her hand, and she didn't have time to stop it, and she was suddenly startled.