Chapter 4 Shen
When Qin E came out of the east wing, she heard Dongmei, who was covered with ash, complaining that Nian Xi was clumsy, and Qiu Ju counted her bullying Nian Xi's young age, and urged her to quickly clean up the wood that had been scattered on the ground. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Qin E watched under the eaves for a while, smiled knowingly, and beckoned to Nian Xi.
"Your little sister is alone in the house, you go and accompany her. ”
Nianxi had always listened to Qin E's words, nodded and ran to find Qin Yan.
Qiu Ju greeted him and complained: "Although Nianxi is only three or four years old, but to be a subordinate is to understand the rules, the second miss is the second miss, how can you call the little sister? ”
Nian Xi was the abandoned baby they picked up on the way to Liaodong Mansion, and it was Qin Yan who found her who was left in the grass and wrapped in red swaddling clothes on the window of the carriage. I don't know if it's fate, Nianxi has been sticking to Qin Yan since she was a child, and she listens to her in everything. In these bleak three years, it brought a lot of happiness to Qin Yan.
Nianxi is more than two years old and still can't speak, and they all think she is mute. As a result, one day Qin Yan fell, and she shouted "little sister" in a hurry. But until the age of three, he could only speak simple words. And Qin Yan is only called Little Sister, and she refuses to call Second Miss.
Qin E thought of Nian Xi who accompanied her to death in the fire, and her heart softened into a puddle of water.
"She was saved by Yan'er, the two of them have fate, and Yan'er really treats her as a sister, she likes to call her little sister, so she is called. Qin E said with a smile: "Nianxi is young, we are in such a place, the rules are important, but the warmth of everyone helping each other is the most important." Speaking of this, his expression darkened. "If it weren't for you and Dongmei, as well as the second grandmother who loyally guarded us, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to survive today. ”
Qiu Ju hurriedly said: "Miss, you have tormented us, this is our duty." ”
Qin E didn't say anything anymore, turned around and went to the main room.
Dongmei, who was working on the side, muttered: "The eldest lady has been a little different recently, she used to be always depressed, but now she looks more energetic, but sometimes she feels very sad." Once, she looked at me and didn't blink her eyes for a long time, and I shouted a few times, and she came back to her senses, looking very relieved, so that I didn't know what to say. ”
Qiu Ju twisted her face and said angrily: "As long as you talk a lot, don't go to work soon." ”
Here, Qin E walked quickly to the main room, and as soon as she lifted the curtain, she saw the second grandmother wearing a brown cardigan jacket coming out of the back room with a basin of water.
Qin E stepped forward to take the basin and said, "Second grandmother, take a break, I'll do this kind of little thing." ”
The second grandmother went to grab the water basin and said, "The eldest lady is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can she do such rough work?"
Qin E said: "Second grandmother, you are your mother's nurse, your mother's health is not good, thanks to your care inside and out, I respect you as an elder like my grandmother in my heart." ”
The second grandmother had red eyes, choked up and shouted "Miss". Qin E's eyes were also red, and she lowered her head and poured the water.
On the day of Qin Yan's accident, the body of the second grandmother was found in the river outside the village. A hole was smashed in the ice under the bridge, and it was from there that the second mother fell in. When he fished it up, the whole person was frozen into an ice lump, and he was still holding the herbs he had grabbed for the Shen family in his arms.
When Qin E came back, the second grandmother had already packed up her emotions and said kindly: "It's almost noon, I'll go to the kitchen to help." ”
Qin E watched her go out, calmed down for a while before lifting the thick cotton curtain and entering the back room.
Shen was wearing a short garbish yellow jacket and a quilt and leaning on the big pillow. The jet-black hair was tied in a bun, with a plain silver hairpin, and the white face was tired from a long-term illness, and when he saw Qin E coming in, he showed a gentle and gentle smile.
Qin E stood at the door, tears welling up again.
Seeing that she didn't move, Shen smiled and said, "Silly boy, what are you doing standing there, come and sit." ”
Qin E hurriedly walked over, hugged Shen's arm tightly, and snuggled into her arms.
Shen smiled even more happily, stroking her black hair and laughing: "Why are you like Yan'er, holding my arm and being coquettish." ”
Qin E felt her mother's gentle embrace, bit her lip hard to prevent herself from crying, and said angrily: "Is it only my sister who can be coquettish, but I can't? ”
Shen laughed and looked down at her. "Our Yuan Niang is actually jealous, it's really strange, let me see. ”
When Qin E came out of the east wing, she heard Dongmei, who was covered with ash, complaining that Nian Xi was clumsy, and Qiu Ju counted her bullying Nian Xi's young age, and urged her to quickly clean up the wood that had been scattered on the ground.
Qin E watched under the eaves for a while, smiled knowingly, and beckoned to Nian Xi.
"Your little sister is alone in the house, you go and accompany her. ”
Nianxi had always listened to Qin E's words, nodded and ran to find Qin Yan.
Qiu Ju greeted him and complained: "Although Nianxi is only three or four years old, but to be a subordinate is to understand the rules, the second miss is the second miss, how can you call the little sister? ”
Nian Xi was the abandoned baby they picked up on the way to Liaodong Mansion, and it was Qin Yan who found her who was left in the grass and wrapped in red swaddling clothes on the window of the carriage. I don't know if it's fate, Nianxi has been sticking to Qin Yan since she was a child, and she listens to her in everything. In these bleak three years, it brought a lot of happiness to Qin Yan.
Nianxi is more than two years old and still can't speak, and they all think she is mute. As a result, one day Qin Yan fell, and she shouted "little sister" in a hurry. But until the age of three, he could only speak simple words. And Qin Yan is only called Little Sister, and she refuses to call Second Miss.
Qin E thought of Nian Xi who accompanied her to death in the fire, and her heart softened into a puddle of water.
"She was saved by Yan'er, the two of them have fate, and Yan'er really treats her as a sister, she likes to call her little sister, so she is called. Qin E said with a smile: "Nianxi is young, we are in such a place, the rules are important, but the warmth of everyone helping each other is the most important." Speaking of this, his expression darkened. "If it weren't for you and Dongmei, as well as the second grandmother who loyally guarded us, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to survive today. ”
Qiu Ju hurriedly said: "Miss, you have tormented us, this is our duty." ”
Qin E didn't say anything anymore, turned around and went to the main room.
Dongmei, who was working on the side, muttered: "The eldest lady has been a little different recently, she used to be always depressed, but now she looks more energetic, but sometimes she feels very sad." Once, she looked at me and didn't blink her eyes for a long time, and I shouted a few times, and she came back to her senses, looking very relieved, so that I didn't know what to say. ”
Qiu Ju twisted her face and said angrily: "As long as you talk a lot, don't go to work soon." ”
Here, Qin E walked quickly to the main room, and as soon as she lifted the curtain, she saw the second grandmother wearing a brown cardigan jacket coming out of the back room with a basin of water.
Qin E stepped forward to take the basin and said, "Second grandmother, take a break, I'll do this kind of little thing." ”
The second grandmother went to grab the water basin and said, "The eldest lady is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can she do such rough work?"
Qin E said: "Second grandmother, you are your mother's nurse, your mother's health is not good, thanks to your care inside and out, I respect you as an elder like my grandmother in my heart." ”
The second grandmother had red eyes, choked up and shouted "Miss". Qin E's eyes were also red, and she lowered her head and poured the water.
On the day of Qin Yan's accident, the body of the second grandmother was found in the river outside the village. A hole was smashed in the ice under the bridge, and it was from there that the second mother fell in. When he fished it up, the whole person was frozen into an ice lump, and he was still holding the herbs he had grabbed for the Shen family in his arms.
When Qin E came back, the second grandmother had already packed up her emotions and said kindly: "It's almost noon, I'll go to the kitchen to help." ”
Qin E watched her go out, calmed down for a while before lifting the thick cotton curtain and entering the back room.
Shen was wearing a short garbish yellow jacket and a quilt and leaning on the big pillow. The jet-black hair was tied in a bun, with a plain silver hairpin, and the white face was tired from a long-term illness, and when he saw Qin E coming in, he showed a gentle and gentle smile.
Qin E stood at the door, tears welling up again.
Seeing that she didn't move, Shen smiled and said, "Silly boy, what are you doing standing there, come and sit." ”
Qin E hurriedly walked over, hugged Shen's arm tightly, and snuggled into her arms.
Shen smiled even more happily, stroking her black hair and laughing: "Why are you like Yan'er, holding my arm and being coquettish." ”
Qin E felt her mother's gentle embrace, bit her lip hard to prevent herself from crying, and said angrily: "Is it only my sister who can be coquettish, but I can't? ”
Shen laughed and looked down at her. "Our Yuan Niang is actually jealous, it's really strange, let me see. ”
As the eldest daughter, Qin E is very strict with herself, she is steady and generous in her words and deeds, and rarely acts as a little daughter, so Shen is very surprised.
Qin E was also a little embarrassed, and lowered her head to prevent her from looking. The mother and daughter were laughing in the warm afternoon sun, warm and quiet.
Qin E lay in Shen's arms, and lazily talked for a while before reluctantly leaving. The second grandmother came in with food and quipped: "The eldest lady is really a panacea, every time I come to see Madame, Madame's illness is much better." ”
Shen smiled: "Yuan Niang's temperament has been much more lively and softer recently. ”
The second grandmother said: "That's good, in the past, the eldest lady was too heavy-minded, and if she was too heavy-minded, it would hurt her longevity." The little girl's house is all about being happy. ”
Shen sighed gloomily: "It's my fault, if it weren't for my lack of strength, how could she be a director at such a young age." If I hadn't been framed by the Fang Clan, why wouldn't the dignified daughter of the young lady do it, and follow me to this cold mountain col to suffer. Shen's eyes were full of tears: "It's useless for me to be a mother, and I've affected the children!"
The second grandmother regretted it, secretly hated that she couldn't speak, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Madame, don't cry, your eyes are just right, if you cry, it will hurt for a long time, and the two young ladies will feel distressed again." The second lady's illness is not cured yet. ”
Thinking of his second daughter, Shen's tears were even greater, but he couldn't bear to cry anymore.
Shen took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, and his eyes as clear as water revealed a determined gaze. "Second grandmother, you polish ink for me, I want to write a letter. ”
The second mother was startled, but she quickly prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Shen rolled up his sleeves and bowed his head to write a letter, and the dignified and beautiful hairpin flower Kai quickly filled a page. After about half a cup of tea, the letter was written. Shen sealed the envelope, was silent for a few breaths, and wrote "Qin Yun personally opened" on the envelope.
The second grandmother sighed silently in her heart.
Madame wanted to write a letter, but she thought that Madame had figured it out, and was ready to retreat into advance and give in to the master. Unexpectedly, the whole letter was written, only saying that the two children were older, and the eldest lady was even older than the eldest lady, so that the lord remembered that she was the eldest lady, and it was not good to stay in the ancestral house of Liaodong Mansion with her, so he asked him to send someone to take the two children back.
but did not carry himself back.
In the end, the lady still refused to forgive the master, and even the husband refused to call him.
The second grandmother glanced at Shen, who was so tired that she couldn't speak when she wrote a letter.
Madame has been struggling to hold on, but only because the two young ladies are still young. If the ladies are taken back to the house, the lady is afraid that she will not be able to hold on.
The second grandmother was secretly sad with the letter, and Shen opened her eyes and smiled: "What does Mama think?"
The second grandmother hesitated and said: "Madam, why do you bother? Just be soft with the master, although you are wronged, but as long as we go back, are you afraid that you won't be able to clean up that slut of the Fang family?"
Shen shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Mama, if they wanted me to go back, they wouldn't have sent me here in the first place." The Qin family would not want a wife whose mother's family was beheaded all over the house. Shen sneered coldly: "All these years, they have been waiting for me to die." If I die, they can not only preserve the good reputation of the poetry and calligraphy family, but also quickly connect with a good family and stabilize the century-old foundation of the Qin family. Or go one step further and seek a shortage of more than three grades. Maybe there will be a chance to visit the prime minister and enter the cabinet again. They've been thinking about that position for a long time. ”
The second grandmother didn't know this, but she couldn't calm down after all. "But madam, did you get the Fang clan cheap like this?"
Shen's eyes were slightly closed, and his face was fixed.
"I don't care anymore, whether Qin Yun believes that I will harm people or not, whether he still has feelings for me, whether the Fang clan is framing me or not, I don't care about these things. From the moment he decided to send me out of the Qin Mansion, and didn't even want Yuan Niang and Yan'er, my heart died. ”
Shen Shi looked at the second grandmother: "I am very sorry for the grandmother, that day the grandmother resisted all the planting in order to save me, and hung herself on the beam of the house with a rope." There are also Chunlan and Xia Zhu, who have followed me for more than ten years, but in the end I couldn't keep them, and I don't know where they were sold by my wife. Tears welled up in Shen's eyes. "What I hate the most is actually myself, and it is my ignorance and incompetence that have harmed them. ”
The second grandmother cried and held Shen's hand: "Madam, it is the Fang family who is plotting to harm you, how can you blame yourself? You treat the slaves and maids so well, and the Shen family takes the slaves and maids so well, what does it matter if you die." Eldest sister, Chunlan, Xia Zhu, they are just for this duty to protect you, you must not give up on yourself like this!"