Chapter 41: Sister-in-law and Sister-in-law
The small courtyard in front of Xia Lily is also unclosed, and there is no shadow wall to cover it, so it can be said that it is clear at a glance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The courtyard is more than ten square meters large, the main house has three left and right side rooms, the roof is covered with thick thatch, and the building materials of the house itself are brick houses.
To be honest, the living environment here is even stronger than Xia Lily expected, and she even thought that the house might be dilapidated to the point of leaking, or there would be no house at all, and everyone would live in broken tents.
"Excuse me, this is Master Xia's mansion? We are from Jiangdong. Mama Lu said loudly.
The door of the main room in the middle opened, and a woman appeared at the door, and Xia Lihe stepped forward and called, "Sister-in-law, it's me." ā
The person standing at the door is the Xia family's daughter-in-law You Shi, she has been in the door for ten years, Xia Lianxin has been married to Xia Zhong, and she has been in charge of marrying a wife, so she naturally recognizes Mama Lu and Ruizhu, who heard in the house just now that they came from Jiangdong, and she also thought of Xia Lianxin at once, but how could it be Xia Lily with Mama Lu and Ruizhu?
The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, especially Xia Lily lost her mother at a young age, and You Shi, who is exactly ten years older than Xia Lily, did bring up her sister-in-law as a daughter, so even if Xia Lily didn't take off her hat, she recognized it as soon as she heard the voice.
"Why did you come here together?" You Shi was surprised with a sense of foreboding.
"Second sister asked me to bring something to see you......" Xia Lihe motioned for her to look at the convoy outside.
Looking at the four carriages and a group of dart masters, You Shi's heart is not so worried, being able to mobilize these items and people is enough to prove that Xia Lianxin still has the final say in the Protector's Mansion, that's good, Xia Lianxin must have strength, and she will definitely not let Xia Lihe be wronged.
"Sister-in-law, what about my father?" Xia Lily asked first.
"Dad and your eldest brother are working in the fields," You Shi said, turning his head and shouting from inside, "Yaya come out, it's okay, it's your aunt who is here......"
As soon as You Shi finished shouting, no one in the house came out, but there was a baby's cry in the main room on the right, and Xia Lihe was surprised and happy when she heard it: "Is it the second sister-in-law who ......?"
"Well," You Shi nodded happily, "At that time, she was really pregnant, and she suffered a lot of sins, but fortunately, the mother and child were safe." ā
"Mother...... "Mother" Xia Lihe's five-year-old niece Yaya came out of the house, and there was also fear and timidity in her eyes that did not belong to children.
"This is the third aunt, do you still remember?" You Shi said softly to her daughter, pointing at Xia Lily.
Xia Lily's hat hadn't been taken off yet, she bent down and picked up Yaya: "Yaya, do you remember the little rabbit that the third aunt gave you?" she asked as she carried Yaya into the house.
When she was first picked up, Yaya couldn't help but be surprised, but then she felt that this embrace was cordial, warm and familiar, and when she was carried into the house to see Xia Lily take off her hat, she suddenly remembered: "Third aunt!" The little girl hugged tightly and didn't let go.
"Third sister ......" You finally saw Xia Lihe's appearance at this time, she was much thinner and darker than when she left the Xia family, but her spirit looked fine, but her hair was still dressed up in the pavilion, didn't the Cao family marry her?
"Sister-in-law, the Cao family is not good, I don't want to marry us when I see that the Xia family is in trouble, I am the second sister who went to find it first, the second sister's family depends on her to stabilize the situation, she can't come for a while, I will wait for my father to come back and tell you in detail, let the outside dart master put things in first, they don't know my identity." Xia Lily said simply.
You is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xia family, and Xia Lily's biological mother was carefully selected according to the standards of the future clan wife, You Shi's personality is to be able to calm down and not panic when encountering major events, and at the same time, a few short words from others can analyze a lot of extraneous meanings, and now listening to Xia Baihe, she immediately understands that not only the Cao family has a problem, but even the Sun family is not insured.
But fortunately, Xia Lihe stood in front of her alive, and Xia Lianxin could also stabilize the people of the Sun family, so she nodded immediately: "Listen to the third sister, I will take you to your second sister-in-law's house first, and then collect things with Mama Lu and Ruizhu, and then go to ask my father to come back." ā
Xia Baihe's second sister-in-law Huang and the child were lying on the kang, and she panicked when she heard the movement outside, because there were thick curtains in the house, she only heard the movement and didn't hear Mama Lu shouting clearly, but fortunately, You led Xia Lily in, which made her surprised and happy.
"Third sister...... Huang struggled to get up, You Shi hurriedly helped her, leaned the quilt against her, and then said softly, "Third sister brought a lot of things, you and her talk first, I'll go and collect them and then call my father and them back." ā
The Huang family was even happier when they heard it, Xia Lily could still bring things, which proved that the Cao family did not treat her badly, and they were really right to send the third sister away in the first place.
The relationship between the original owner and the two sisters-in-law is very good, so much so that they still remember it before they die, but now that Xia Lihe has seen it with her own eyes, she also feels that You and Huang have real feelings for her, and they really look at it as a family.
Xia Baihe put Yaya at the end of the kang, then put the burden on the side of the small table, took out a food box from it and opened it, first took a piece of dim sum for Yaya, then poured a bowl of water and took a piece of dim sum to Huang: "Second sister-in-law, let's talk while eating." ā
It's been a long time since the Xia family has seen such a delicate snack, not only did the maid take it and send it to her mouth, but the Huang family couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and her hands trembled a little when she took it.
Xia Baihe was not busy talking, she saw that although Huang was weak, she could still drink water and eat snacks with a bowl, so she poured another bowl of water, paying attention to Yaya, afraid that the little girl would choke if she ate in a hurry.
As a result, she found that she was thinking too much, whether it was Huang or Yaya, although they were all hungry when they looked at it, and they ate one bite after another, but they were all eating in small bites, maybe because they were eager to chew carefully, but they couldn't choke on such small bites.
This is the result of the education of the ancient big families, right? Xia Lihe sighed, because since she crossed into this body, she also felt that she couldn't help but take small bites when she ate, and no matter how hungry she was, she couldn't eat a wolf, thinking about the days when she grabbed the battle and stuffed compressed biscuits into her mouth, it was really a lifetime.
Huang's piece of dim sum was in her stomach, and she was more energetic, and she sat steadily, thinking about the way she ate just now, she was still a little embarrassed, so she asked in a low voice: "The third sister came by herself, uncle, are they good to you? Do you know what happened to the crown princess and the second sister?"
"The eldest sister in the capital has not changed for the time being, she and the prince are still under house arrest, I came from my second sister's side, the Cao family has nothing to do with me, people have never thought of continuing to be relatives with the convicts!"
The Huang family was already very surprised by these few sentences, and she only noticed that Xia Lily was still dressed as a girl: "Third sister, the Cao family is sorry for you?!"
Huang was excited, his voice was not well controlled, and the child, who had not slept peacefully, suddenly cried again, and Huang hurriedly hugged him and coaxed in a low voice: "Little stone don't cry, my mother loves you......"
The child was still crying, but the voice was not loud, such a young child actually couldn't control his volume, so Xia Baihe understood that the child didn't have the strength to cry loudly.
"My brother is hungry...... Yaya handed over the second half-eaten snack in her hand, "Second aunt, give my brother a snack, you won't be hungry if you eat it." ā
The child who is not yet a full moon can't eat this kind of stuffed dim sum, otherwise she wouldn't have eaten it herself just now, but unfortunately she won't have milk immediately after eating, Huang wanted to explain to Yaya, Xia Lihe got up again: "I brought milk cake for the child." ā
Xia Lily had already thought about the various conditions that would occur in the mother and the baby, so she brought everything she could bring, and the reason why she didn't take it out for the first time before was because the child was asleep, and she didn't expect the child to wake up so quickly.
It's not too late to take it out now, the milk cake melts with hot water, Huang's surprise intersection takes it, blows it cold with a small spoon and feeds it to the child one by one, the familiar and attractive milk flavor makes the child drink it one bite after another, and after a while, he is full, winking and smiling sweetly.
"Brother laughed! Brother laughed!" the girl cried out happily, "It's the first time I've seen my brother smile!"
Huang Shi became more and more sad when she heard this, she looked at the child with pity, and thanked Xia Baihe in a low voice: "This child has had little milk since birth, and he has been starving, and today he is full...... Dad and eldest brother and sister-in-law they take good care of me, they eat rough bud rice ballast, millet specially left for me to eat, we here in the field is actually not out of millet, it is the sister-in-law who takes her own silver hairpin to let your second brother walk two miles away, and exchange it with others, and the sister-in-law has such a piece of jewelry left. ā
Afraid that Xia Lily would misunderstand that she was complaining that the Xia family was treating her badly, Huang was busy explaining a few more words, she knew how to be grateful, the whole family had done everything they could to take care of her and the child, even the two children in the big house were eating coarse grains with adults, she really wanted to complain, she could only complain that she was pregnant and gave birth at too bad time.
Xia Lily nodded in understanding, looking at the current environment at home, she could speculate that the Xia family was having a hard time.
"Originally, the second uncle exchanged the hairpin for a few catties of snacks, but unfortunately they were all stolen. Yaya complained to her aunt aggrievedly, although those snacks were not as good as those brought by her aunt, but they were already rare in Xixi, and her mother said that she would leave them for the second aunt to make up for her body, but the second aunt always quietly gave her and her brother snacks to eat.
She and her brother also knew that the second aunt needed to eat well if she wanted to give birth to a little brother, so they were reluctant to eat it, but when her brother went to the ground and her mother went to the river to wash clothes, a bag of dim sum on the table in the hall house was gone, but fortunately, You Shi didn't put the millet in a conspicuous place, otherwise the loss would be more serious!
Xia Lily raised her eyebrows, seeing that Yaya and the Huang family were indignant when they talked about this matter, she patted the back of Yaya's hand and comforted: "The third aunt brought a lot of snacks to Yaya this time, as well as a locked box, I won't lose anything again!"
Yaya suddenly smiled, Huang's brows were also relieved, and Xia Baihe said again: "Second sister-in-law, I also brought you a lot of tonic medicine this time, but the medicine needs to be symptomatic, I'll check your pulse first." ā