Sixteen. Eldest

Wan Lan lowered her head across half of the inner garden, and walked quickly towards the embroidery building, Wan Tian came out of the house, and saw her sister passing by like a gust of wind, the old injury on her foot had not healed, her back seemed to be staggering, the long skirt was dangling at her feet, and she almost tripped over several times. ”

Wanlan's figure stopped, paused for a moment before turning around, and smiled at Wantian, but stood where he was and didn't come over, only asked, "Ah Tian, what's wrong?" ”

Wan Tian saw her red eyes at a glance, and her delicate willow eyebrows furrowed, and she walked to her side in a few steps, with concern: "What's wrong with Sister?" ”

Wanlan's movements froze, and she sighed deeply: "It's nothing, it's just that my father allowed Huaichang to go abroad, and I ...... I wanted to go along, but I wasn't allowed. ”

Wan Tian was a little surprised: "Uncle persuaded my father?" Why don't you send the eldest brother and the second brother out together? ”

Wanlan said: "Huai'an is the eldest son after all. ”

Wan Tian nodded clearly, looked at her sister's face again, and smiled softly at her: "Sister, don't be discouraged, now that my uncle and they haven't set off yet, I will go with you to ask my father again, maybe he will be allowed to soften his heart?" ”

Wanlan was a little surprised, and gently raised her eyebrows from Yuanshan: "I thought you would persuade me to die and stay in the house honestly." ”

Wan Tian pursed her lips happily and smiled, with a somewhat cunning appearance: "Look, my sister who has been my sister for more than ten years doesn't know me so much, but your sister never does anything to persuade people to die." ”

"What's the high point?" Wanlan's affection calmed down, and she smiled at her: "Go to your tearoom, let me see if your skills have improved recently." ”

"You should know that I don't like you to visit the teahouse the most in this house," Wan Tian looked at her aggrievedly: "You don't like to drink tea by nature, and you have ruined my good things." ”

Wanlan laughed for a while: "I've been your sister for more than ten years, why can't you even drink tea?" ”

"Drink well," Wan Tian opened the door of the tea room for her, made a "please" gesture, and smiled in a mocking tone: "Even if our Miss Lan wants to drink the water of the Queen Mother Yaochi, someone should go up to heaven to bring it for you." What is a mere bowl of tea? My sister only hates that her craftsmanship is not perfect, and she can't bring out fairy tea for her sister to taste. ”

Wanlan couldn't help laughing, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and laughed: "Monkey spirit, just your mouth is sweet, it's strange that my father always falls in love with this when he encounters something." ”

"Why not say nice things to please others, and you can be happy with them?" Wan Tian lit the tea stove, put the spring water into the purple casserole and boiled it, and glanced at her sister tactfully: "You don't have to say something good and obedient against your will to please others." ”

Wanlan's smile faded, and she lowered her head to look at her nails: "Ah Tian didn't ask for it, so naturally he didn't have to say anything against his heart." ”

"Sister Lan has asked for it, but I guess that what you said against your will will definitely not help you in your request," Wan Tian looked at her with a smile, and thought about it thoughtfully: "Let me guess...... You must have told your father that if you don't go abroad, you won't go, and you'd rather serve your parents in the house, right? ”

Wanlan was taken aback, her eyebrows were held high, and she looked at her in surprise: "How do you know?" ”

"How could I not know about your habits?" Wan Tian looked at her with smiling eyebrows and eyes: "He has always been a good hand with thin mud, he can wronged himself, and he will never trouble others, if you beg your father well, maybe he will agree?" ”

Wan Lan moved her lips, and before she could speak, Wan Tian clapped her hands: "But even if you know that he may agree to ask for it, you won't ask for it, because he didn't agree directly, and the process of begging him may anger him, right?" ”

Wanlan looked at her dumbfounded, and laughed in surprise for a while: "Yes, yes, you said it all." ”

"You are really a model of a family and daughter, serving your parents and caring for your younger siblings." Wan Tian sprinkled a handful of tea powder in the boiling water, and the room soon filled with a refreshing fragrance: "As a result, everyone is happy, but what about yourself?" What is the difference between putting all your hopes in miracles and putting your life in the hands of someone else? ”

"The husband is the only one who can't fight, so the world can't fight with it," Wanlan said: "Isn't this what you love to talk about the most?" ”

"But this is about not fighting, not giving up." Wan Tian looked at her with disgust: "Life is too short, you should do more things that can make you happy, shouldn't you?" You just want to go out to the ocean, one doesn't kill anyone, and the other doesn't set fires, what can't you do? Sister, I advised you to pay attention to the house before, because at that time, even if you wanted to go out, you didn't have a chance, thinking so much was just asking for trouble, but now my father has been persuaded by my uncle, sending one is also a send, sending two is also a send, you can't stay in the house, why don't you go and ask your father to fight for it? He may not refuse. ”

Wanlan's eyebrows wrinkled into the word "Chuan", the smile disappeared, and the whole person looked extremely strict, her already heroic spirit, now that she sank, she actually added a sense of killing. Who would have thought that this woman, who was born and grew up in a deep house, would have a heart that does not belong to the deep house.

When Wanlan returned to the long room, only Mrs. Qin herself was left in the room, she paused on the threshold, raised the corners of her mouth, and stepped in with her skirt lifted: "Mother." ”

Mrs. Qin was having breakfast, and when she heard this, she looked up and saw her, her eyes were a little complicated: "Ah Lan, sit down." ”

Wanlan sat down in front of her and looked left and right: "What about my father and uncle?" ”

"Your father has gone to the Yamen," Mrs. Qin hesitated for a moment, and said, "Uncle should not go to the clan to study." ”

"Okay," Wanlan nodded: "Mother, I want to go abroad with Huaichang, please be gracious, fulfill my daughter's wish." ”

Mrs. Qin was stunned, smiled bitterly, and put down the porcelain spoon in her hand: "I know." ”

Wanlan suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of her: "The daughter knows that the lady of the house must not give birth to such a ridiculous idea, but the daughter is not filial and insults the lintel, this idea is not born in the daughter's heart for a day or two, before she suffered from no chance, now the opportunity is at her fingertips, the daughter can't turn a blind eye, beg the mother to fulfill the daughter, and persuade the father for the daughter." ”

Mrs. Qin was startled by her movements, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to help her, but as soon as she stretched it out, she paused her palms, opened and clenched her palms, and finally slowly retracted them: "Since you know that this shouldn't be the idea of a lady in the house, why don't you try your best to suppress it, and bring it to me?" ”

Wanlan raised her head when she heard this, and looked directly into Mrs. Qin's eyes without fear: "My mother has loved me since I was a child, and I can't bear to make my daughter endure heart-wrenching pain day and night." ”

"Heart-eating pain?" Mrs. Qin repeated, her brows furrowed: "How could I raise a daughter like you, and why are you a daughter." ”

Wanlan said gloomily: "Providence is like this, it's not the fault of the child, I just ask my mother for mercy." ”

"I should really listen to your father's words and marry you off as soon as possible," Mrs. Qin said angrily: "It was I who selfishly wanted to keep you for a few more years, so I delayed not proposing marriage for you, and now it seems that this has encouraged your unruly thoughts, but has harmed you!" ”

Wanlan immediately said: "Please ask the mother to propose marriage for her daughter!" If the daughter is fortunate enough to go to Liuyang, she is willing to get on the sedan chair immediately after returning home, so that she can teach her husband and children in the inner garden with peace of mind, and no longer let her mother worry and work. ”

"You!" Mrs. Qin held the table with one hand, and raised her hand rudely to point at her: "You are my most obedient daughter on weekdays, how can you ...... How can you have such a thought, are you threatening me with marriage? ”

"Daughter doesn't dare," Wanlan hurriedly bowed her head and touched the ground with her forehead: "The daughter knows that she is not filial, and she only asks her mother to fulfill it, and her daughter is willing to make a horse for cattle in the next life, and tie a grass ring to repay the grace of her parents." ”

Mrs. Qin stopped talking, she slowly withdrew her hand, pulled it into her sleeve, and after a while, she picked up the cold soup bowl in front of her: "I can't persuade your father, you have been a father and daughter with him for nearly twenty years, you should know his temperament, I can't persuade him." ”

Wanlan heard that she was relieved, hurriedly took two steps to her, and said earnestly: "I don't ask my mother to persuade my father, I just ask my mother to do her best to speak well for her daughter, if it doesn't work, it is her daughter's life, but if you don't try your best to fight this experience, your daughter will never be reconciled." ”

Mrs. Qin no longer looked at her, and only took a spoon to stir in the soup bowl: "You get up, tidy up your appearance, what does Miss Shijia look like with such a dead face." ”

Wanlan slowly stood up, first confessed to Mrs. Qin, and then turned out of the inner room, went to Mrs. Qin's invisible outer curtain to tidy up her makeup, and brought duck egg powder to even her makeup, and when everything was taken care of, she went into the inner room again: "My daughter is out of shape, please forgive my mother." ”

"What will you do again," Mrs. Qin still didn't look at her: "Go and get busy with you, I know what you said, and I will find an opportunity to mention it to your father." ”

"My daughter is not busy, my daughter is here to serve her mother," Wanlan said, and reached out to serve the soup bowl in front of Mrs. Qin diligently: "Does Mother still need another bowl of soup?" ”

"Stand down," Mrs. Qin's hand holding the bowl turned, and Wanlan fell into the air: "Don't get in the way under my nose, go talk to your uncle." ”

Wanlan was stunned, looked at Mrs. Qin in disbelief, a look of ecstasy gradually appeared in her eyes, she took two steps back, and curtled to Mrs. Qin: "Daughter, thank you mother for her fulfillment!" ”