Chapter 42: Returning Home (Part II)
After the two sisters Shen Miaolan returned to the Yongning Marquis Mansion, they went to greet the old lady and the third lady successively. So they went back to their own yards to settle down.
Yun's mother felt that this was simply a rebirth after a catastrophe. In order to sweep away the bad luck, he ordered someone to burn the clothes and accessories that Shen Miaolan was wearing when she was in distress.
Shen Miaolan hurriedly stopped her, "Why does mom make such a big move, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at us in this yard." If you want to hide it, you have to act as if nothing happened. ”
Mother Yun thought about it for a while, but it was also the truth. It's just that people in this era are always a little superstitious. In the end, Shen Miaolan's clothes and other things were put in the warehouse and sealed in the dust. I burned incense for several days before I would stop.
The second room has been quiet, Chunlan came to visit Miaolan a few times, and Guerlain also came to Miaoxian Pavilion to sit once, which is considered a visit. The sisters gave each other some fashionable gadgets and discussed the current fashion patterns together. The days were uneventful.
Cousin Han Li in the princess's mansion did not send any more letters or invitations to Miaolan, and the matter of returning to her grandmother's house was put on hold for a while.
The weather is getting warmer, and the kapok is full of trees. After Yongning Hou was sent to live in Beizhuang, news also came that his condition was improving.
Master Shen San was promoted for merit, and the reward was quickly sent to the Yongning Marquis Mansion. Gold, silver and jewelry are not rare, but Liangtian and Biezhuang made the second room red-eyed. This is all a holy reward, not the property of the Yongning Marquis Mansion, when the old lady wants to divide the family property after a hundred years, this part has nothing to do with the second room.
The second lady felt that her eyes were red and she was about to go blind. In the past, she despised the military attache who danced and cut the gun the most, but now she thinks that the second scholar who can't get the official title and the reward is a scum.
The love of his youth is gone, and the relationship between the husband and wife gradually cools. The plan to have a son is basically in vain.
And the three-room Shen Mo's wife, Li, is already close to giving birth. The third lady is strictly guarded, and the third room is like an iron wall, and even a fly can't get in. The second room is just a heart, and what you want to do is also powerless.
Aunt Bai has been with the old lady since she was a child, although she was born as a maid, she has never done any hard and tiring work. Later, he was loved by the second master in the house in every way, and he was even more petted, and his ten fingers did not touch the spring water, which was more privileged than that serious lady. After being suddenly beaten into Zhuangzi, the food and clothing were not as good as before, sleeping in a hard bed at night, and often having to fight snakes, ants and mosquitoes. After some torture, the person gradually lost weight and fell ill.
The third girl, Shen Jiaolan, held the letter sent by Aunt Bai in her hand, her knuckles were white, and her thin lips were tightly pursed. There was a trace of ruthlessness in the originally coquettish eyes. Burning the letter with the candle flame, looking at the jumping candle flame, Shen Jiaolan gritted her teeth. She must make Shen Miaolan pay.
Ziying, the personal maid on the side, saw it and knew that her girl must be angry. So he stepped forward to persuade him. "The girl doesn't have to worry about it now, it's better to ask Second Master Bai to walk around and visit her aunt. ”
Aunt Bai had an accident, how could Shen Jiaolan not go to her uncle for help. But when she thought of Uncle Bai's indifference at that time, she felt cold. The glory of my uncle's family was all obtained by my aunt who was wronged in the Yongning Marquis Mansion. Now that his aunt is in trouble, he has stood by and watched. This world is really cold.
Shen Jiaolan snorted coldly, "It's better to ask for others than for yourself." If you want to save my aunt, I always have to plan it myself. ”
Ziying saw Shen Jiaolan's gloomy expression, and her heart slammed suddenly.
The candlelight put Guerlain's shadow on the wall, and she stared in a daze. After a while, he suddenly thought of something, and slowly asked, "Third Aunt's family, is it coming soon?"
Shiso often deals with servants and maids in various courtyards. The news was the most well-informed, so he replied, "I heard from the people in the old lady's house that the third aunt and grandmother seem to have arrived in these two days. ”
Shen Jiaolan nodded, a smile on her lips. This time, she will definitely not let Shen Miaolan escape easily.
Shen Miaolan, who was being remembered, was gently turning over in her sleep at the moment. The lark on night heard the sound, got up and carefully re-covered the quilt for Shen Miaolan. Lay down and slept again.
Early in the morning of the second day, just after the first moment of Maozheng, Shen Miaolan was called up by Yun's mother.
"Girl, get up quickly. I just got the news, the third aunt and grandmother arrived today with their brother and sister. ”
As Mother Yun's voice sounded, the moire curtain on Shen Miaolan's carved bed was pulled apart from left to right and hung on the gold-inlaid phoenix hook. The tassels on the bed curtain swayed, making Shen Miaolan, who had just opened her eyes, feel even more dizzy.
One of the cloud warblers and larks lifted the large peony brocade embroidered on Miaolan's body, and the other stroked Shen Miaolan, who was still in a hazy state, and got up.
Immediately afterwards, someone handed her a handkerchief with warm and cold water to alternately wipe her face. Shen Miaolan woke up at this time.
"Mom said, the third aunt is coming?" Miaolan got up and went to pick up the mouthwash tea.
"Yes. Mother Yun was obviously very happy, "I got the news last night, and the girl had fallen asleep, so she didn't wake up." ”
"Oh. Shen Miaolan answered, and said, "Skylark, you go to the library to pick out some fashionable jewelry." ”
Aunt Shen's grandmother brought a pair of children back this time, and I heard Yilan say that the little cousin of my aunt's family was only twelve years old, and the sisters always had to give each other something when they met.
Mother Yun naturally knew Shen Miaolan's plans, and stopped the lark with a look. said to Shen Miaolan, "Girl, this is the first time that the third aunt and grandmother have taken her cousin back to the Yongning Hou Mansion, and it would be better for the cousins to send something with a heart." ”
The Jianghuai He family is a century-old family, and now the third uncle in charge of the family is weaving in Jiangnan, and the glory of Manfu is no worse than the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion who has been attacked for four generations. Besides, the little cousin from the third aunt is very favored, and Mrs. He gave her almost everything good. I'm afraid that ordinary things can't get into the eyes of the little girl.
Shen Miaolan was indeed a little inconsiderate. After listening to Yun's mother's suggestion, she asked, "What does Mom think it's good to send?" ”
Pleasing the little girl, Mother Yun is not good at it. Then he bricked to look at the two sisters Yunying and Skylark who were choosing clothes for Shen Miaolan's dressing box.
Yunying is the most clever, "Most of the gadgets that the girl makes on weekdays are ingenious, so it is better to pick one or two things and give them to the cousin." It is not precious, but it also seems very thoughtful. ”
Shen Miaolan first came to ancient times, there were no entertainment projects, she had devoted herself to studying female red products, and she had done a lot of things in order to pass the time. Hearing Yun Ying say this, it was like an empowerment.