The spring breeze in March is warm and warm, the sunshine is like a girl going out to go out with joy in the brightness, and all things are reborn, so that countless people who believe in fate see hope, as if life can really be reincarnated, and all evils have the opportunity to reshuffle the cards. So the good people continue to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, because they firmly believe that sowing good causes good results, and ugly people continue to do evil because they also believe in the power of benevolence, believing that God will forgive their faults at the moment of their death.www.biquge.info Small goodness becomes great good because of hope, and small evil becomes great evil because of hope. Hope is sometimes like a poison that can anesthetize people's nerves, making people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves, until they are slowly corroded by their minds and are willing to sacrifice their lives.

Luochun put on a newly made plain floral dress, knelt under an early-blooming pear tree in the pear forest, and prayed secretly, hoping that the fourth lady could grow up happily. Two heroic yellow warblers make swords with their long beaks on the branches of the pear tree, dedicating a dance of life to their beloved lovers. The two birds were too engrossed, and the pear blossoms on the branches were like fragrant snow fluttering one after another, sprinkled on her embroidered shoes, and she laughed silently, lying on her back in the quilt paved with pear petals.

Bai Qiao, who had just woken up, picked a carved white hosta from the jewelry box on the mahogany dresser at the head of the bed and walked to a basin of clear water. After looking at herself for a while, the beautiful shadow in the water smoothed the broken hair on her sideburns, and the flower hairpin pressed against her scalp and curled up a clump of hair obliquely.

Bai buckwheat's appearance is very in line with the aesthetic standards of the literati class of that era, the kind that has been interpreted by the empty conjectures and wonderful brushstrokes of many literati: jade hands and cherry lips, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes. Born in the beautiful mountains and rivers of Shunan, she still retains the living habits of heaven and one, dressing up near the water, even if there is no lake and stream, at least a few pots of well water should be put in the courtyard, eat flowers and drink dew, make tea with rain and snow, make all kinds of delicious cakes with flowers, and even play with carp in the pond of the park with no one in front of everyone.

She is a spirit born in the mountains and rivers, and has a pure heart that is not stained by the world. However, in Chu Yilian's view, these pure and natural girl nature fell into the mouth of the Lu family, but they became savages in Shudi, and there were foxes who were born by their mothers and raised by their fathers.

Luo Chun came in with a hand on his back, and saw Bai Qiao sitting on the edge of the bed while humming the folk tune of his hometown, while sewing a flower dress worn by a little girl in summer, and from time to time tilting his head and scratching his hair with a needle nose.

A pair of small hands quietly hugged her waist and pulled her belt, she was afraid of itching, and "giggled" laughed and avoided it.

Chu Yunxi excitedly opened a pair of sparkling eyes, ran into Bai Qiao's arms with a smoke, hugged his mother's neck, and said with a smile: "Mother, mother, you heard Luo Chun laugh, Luo Chun is not dumb, Luo Chun will laugh." ”

Bai Qiao pulled down the soft arm around her neck, hugged her daughter's small waist, nodded at her white and greasy nose, and said with a smile: "It's really the reincarnation of the monkey spirit for half a moment." ”

Chu Yunxi is a monkey, three years old this year, is Chu Yilian's fourth child, she is smart and naughty, sensitive and studious, and is quite loved by the Chu family. She is the treasure of Chu Yilian and Bai Qiao, and since she came into the world, she has brought a lot of joy to the Chu family.

Luo Chun squinted his eyes with a smile, walked up to her, and grimaced at her with a pout. Chu Yunxi was amused by her strange appearance, and she suddenly conjured a fragrant pear blossom from behind her, and Chu Yunxi screamed loudly.

She took the pear blossom in Luochun's hand, leaned to the tip of her nose and smelled it, Bai Qiao lowered her head and did not let go of every small movement of her daughter, and her beautiful face was full of mother's love. Chu Yunxi stroked the petals of each pear blossom with pity, picked the one with the largest bloom and the fullest flower shape from the middle, and twisted his body to insert it on his mother's sideburns.

Bai Qiao loves pear blossoms the most among the hundred flowers, she prefers the noble and light beauty of pear blossoms, loves the joys and sorrows hidden behind pear blossoms, and prefers the sentence in He Zhu's "Midnight Song": "In the third month, the atrium is just shining on the pear blossom snow." Pear blossom snow, overwhelmed with sadness, cuckoo crying blood. "Where does the young Chu Yunxi understand the complex meaning of this, she just thinks that her mother is wearing a pear blossom on her head, and she looks beautiful, like the Luo Shen Niangniang that her father told her.

Chu Yunxi, who won the favor of her mother, proudly wanted to pass on the beauty of this pear blossom to more people, and the first thing she thought of was her close playmate, the second miss of the Chu family, Chu Yunyi.

She shouted: "Mother, you look so good with this flower, the second sister also loves flowers, I will give this to her." She jumped out of her mother's arms and wanted to run to the inner room, but Bai Qiao took her back, hugged her in her arms, and stopped her: "Don't bother your second sister, you forgot that your second sister is sick, and you will see her when she is well." ”

"Oh." Chu Yunxi bowed his head in response with some frustration.

Luo Chun was afraid that she would be unhappy, so he took out a pom-pom from her embroidery bag and dangled it in front of her eyes, as if teasing her to grab it. This trick really worked, her attention was quickly attracted, she grinned and showed a mouthful of open teeth, "hee" smiled and reached out to grab it, and the two of them grabbed me and grabbed the ground and played in the house. Bai Qiao sat on the sidelines and watched the battle, commanding the "battle situation" and being her "behind-the-scenes military advisor".

Chu Yunxi played away, rushing headlessly, carelessly, and plunged into the arms of the person. The man smiled and stroked her little head, squatted down and picked her up and placed her on the bench. She raised her face, blinked her big eyes, smiled sweetly at the man, pulled her sleeve with a twisted face, and said: "Erniang hasn't been here for a long time, it's so easy to come this time, did you bring something delicious for Yun'er." ”

Jiang Mulan replied with a smile in an official dialect with a slight Yangzhou accent: "Little gluttonous cat, good nose, do you smell it?" ”

Bai Qiao walked over, patted her daughter's head, and scolded with a smile: "There are no rules, and I don't bow when I see Erniang, so I know that I want to eat." As he spoke, he bowed respectfully.

Jiang Mulan's cheeks were red, she dragged her hand, dragged her up and said, "What are you doing so politely, if you do this again, I will be embarrassed to come in the future." The two looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and sitting next to each other intimately.

The little maid who followed behind Jiang Mulan put an open food box on the table. Jiang Mulan diligently said to Chu Yunxi and Luo Chun: "This is the local pastry in Yangzhou that my mother's family entrusted to bring it, it's not worth anything, it's fresh." We can't buy it here, so I'll give you a taste. ”

Chu Yunxi was so happy that she grabbed it, and Luo Chun hurriedly pulled her out to wash her hands.

Seeing the two of them leaving, Bai Qiao turned his head and said, "Although I said that, no matter how cheap the things at home are, they are more precious than the gold and jewelry outside." By the way, the second sister is unlucky, Yun Yi has already fallen asleep. ”

Jiang Mulan said apologetically: "I've worked hard for you these days. If it weren't for my bad place, it was hot and humid. And my body is not angry, I was infected with peach blossom ringworm a while ago, so I don't have to move Yunyi out. You have to take care of Yunxi and Yunyi, and let you take care of two children at the same time, I really can't help it. ”

Bai Qiao comforted her and said, "My sister thinks too much, and she will see the outside world when she says this." If you believe in me, put your heart in your stomach, and I will take good care of Yunyi. ”

Jiang Mulan sighed resentfully: "If my tide is still there, I won't worry about being sick for a hundred." Pity my son, who was only three months old, fell ill and died. If this one is bad again, I'll go find my tide as soon as possible. When it came to the wound in her heart, Jiang Mulan couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes, and tears wet her clothes.

Bai Qiao took out a square handkerchief from under the pillow, wiped her tears, and comforted her: "Don't think like this, you are still young, and you will have a son in the future." ”

Jiang Mulan shook her head and said mournfully: "What kind of person I am, my lord has some friendship for me, I am very clear." I can't compare to you, the eldest sister is from a big family in Luoyang, and her status is prominent. Although your Bai family is not famous, your brother is famous all over the world, even the emperor admires his talent, you are proficient in poetry and books, and you are deeply favored by the master. And I am just the daughter of an ordinary family in Yangzhou. When I was forced to marry by a bully, my lord had to save me and marry me. Now I have lost my son. If you say something that shouldn't be said, I'm afraid that after a hundred years of the master, it will be difficult for the Chu family to have a place for me to stand. ”

is also a woman, Bai Qiao knows Jiang Mulan's difficulties in the Chu family, without the support of her mother's family and without the favor of her husband, she has suffered from white eyes, she has experienced the warmth and coldness of human affection, and her wife cannot become a wife, and a concubine cannot become a concubine. Thinking of this, I can't help but tear tears of sympathy.

Jiang Mulan wiped her eyes and said in a low voice: "I just want you to give birth to a son for my lord in the future, I'm afraid that my life will be better......"

Someone knocked on the door frame of the false door, and Bai Qiao recognized that it was Luochun who knocked on the door, so cautious that an outsider must have come. She is like a well-trained soldier who reacts quickly when she hears movement from the outside world, and all thanks to Lu's harsh training. She restrained the Qi on her face and glanced at Jiang Mulan, Jiang Mulan stopped knowingly, consciously sat in front of Bai Qiao's dresser, straightened her clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and touched up her makeup.

Luo Chun led a very tall girl, wearing a lake-green skirt, like a slender bamboo pole. Bai Qiao was a little surprised to see that it was Wanting, the eldest girl beside the Lu family. Jiang Mulan was afraid that her crying red eyes would be seen, so she sat with her back to everyone in embarrassment, and quietly looked at the situation in the room through the mirror in front of her.

Wanting first saluted the two respectfully, and then slowly relayed Li's mother's instructions: "Gui Zhi beside Madame is not good, I will bring her to pass on a message, and the master will return with him." It happened that the second lady was also there, so I invited the two ladies and the fourth lady to eat in the dining room together. ”

Bai Qiao heard that Chu Yilian was back, and she smiled with joy, and Jiang Mulan also smiled when she was reflected in the mirror.

Chu Yilian returned two days earlier than originally planned, and although the Lu family was indifferent as usual, he still had more snacks about family affairs. instructed his subordinates to clean all the halls, and even secretly bought a lot of furniture. After her careful care, the entire Chu family immediately took on a new look.

Although Chu Yilian is difficult to match many of the practices and ideas of his original wife, he still recognizes her excellent management and housekeeping skills. Lu Shi accompanied him all the way, although he didn't specifically mention it, but he also saw the changes in his family, and he was still grateful in his heart, and said softly: "It's hard for you." ”

Even though Lu Shi has a hard mouth, as a woman, she also longs to be loved by her husband, and Chu Yilian's casual words can still make her smile a few more smiles.

Chu Yilian ate with his wife in the side hall, but saw that the seats at the long table in the room were complete, the dishes, chopsticks and spoons were neatly placed according to the direction of the seats, the girls stood in a row with their heads down, and Mother Li waited there with Chu Yunlian, everything seemed orderly, solemn and polite. But this kind of respect made him feel very restrained, and he lost some family harmony.

"Daddy, Daddy." Chu Yunxi couldn't suppress his thoughts and excitement when he saw only a vague figure, and shouted loudly across the corridor.

Chu Yilian heard his little daughter's delicate call, and his frozen face finally had the warmth of March, and his smile was as bright as the sun outside the window. He left the group to walk briskly out of the dining room and run in the direction of his daughter. But the moment he left, it was like a loud slap to Lu Shi in public, which turned her enthusiasm into ice water. And Chu Yunlian's pale face was faintly full of hatred.

Laughter seeped into the dining room like the wind, Chu Yilian hugged Chu Yunxi in his arms, the two of them bit their ears and spoke, and occasionally his daughter said a child's unscrupulous fairy tale, he would always laugh out loud. Bai Qiao, who was following behind, couldn't help but rejoice when she saw her husband smiling innocently like a child, she talked to Jiang Mulan in a low and cordial voice, and when it came to happiness, the two covered their mouths and laughed.

After everyone had met the ceremony, lunch officially began. Chu Yilian hugged Chu Yunxi and didn't let go, and shouted again and again: "Come, Yun'er, sit with Dad." ”

This made the Lu family feel uneasy, the rule of the Lu family has always been that only the head of the family and the wife can sit and eat, the concubines and maids can only serve standing, and the children must at least wait until their parents finish eating before they can use chopsticks. This made the Lu family, who was sitting with Bai Qiao, feel humiliated.

But Chu Yilian didn't like these rules, for him, home was a warm place for him to relax and rest, why did he move the red tape in the court to his home. These things that seemed to him to be trivial things violated Lu's taboo, and it was precisely these small things that made it difficult for their husband and wife to be together.

Chu Yunxi was arranged by his father to sit down on his left hand, and the Lu family was the main mother, so he naturally sat on the right next to Chu Yilian. The child sat with his mother, and Bai Qiao should sit next to Chu Yunxi. Bai Qiao had already noticed Lu's displeased expression, and in order to avoid causing Lu's greater unhappiness, she gave up her position to Chu Yunlian amicably: "Let the two children sit together." ”

The happy Chu Yunxi kept talking non-stop, reciting a few newly learned Tang poems to his father as if showing off for a while, and whispering a few interesting things about himself and his mother for a while. Chu Yilian, who was overwhelmed by the major events of the court every day, smelled his daughter's innocent and childish words, as if he heard the most beautiful natural voice in the world.

The Lu clan was very dissatisfied with Chu Yunxi's endless Luo Qi. In Lu's family education, the way a father and his daughter get along should be solemn and serious. A daughter may be coquettish and willful with her mother, but she must look up to her father as if she were a god. But the resentment in her heart was soon dispelled by her daughter's dignified appearance, and she looked at her daughter's graceful and elegant sitting posture and nobility with a smile in her eyes, as if admiring one of her own proud works. It's a pity that her husband is so blind and eccentric, and he doesn't care about such an excellent daughter-in-law, and only pounces on Bai Qiaosheng's cheap seed.

She pretended to drink water, her sleeves shifted, and she sneered without a trace.

The maids brought out plates of delicate and delicious dishes from the kitchen, and Bai Qiao and Jiang Mulan did not sit down but stood to help cloth the vegetables and pass the rice. Lu sat there motionless as a statue of a bodhisattva enshrined in a temple, enjoying the same service as her husband. The last dish is fish, in order to place the plate smoothly, Jiang Mulan flicked it casually, and the fish head slid from in front of Chu Yunlian to in front of Chu Yunxi.

After cleaning up, the two sat down, and everyone first raised a glass of wine to Chu Yilian, Jiang Mulan's body had just recovered, and it was not suitable to drink, so she made an exception to replace wine with tea. Chu Yilian put down his wine glass, thinking that he was negligent to Jiang Mulan, he apologized slightly, and said kindly: "Mulan, you are haggard." You have to have a good rest, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, we just have to be parents with all our hearts, and we must not overexert ourselves and hurt ourselves. Yunyi is in good health, and with buckwheat to help take care of it, you can also worry less about snacks. ”

Jiang Mulan didn't expect Chu Yilian to speak to her at the beginning of the banquet, and it was the first time that he persuaded her so gently in front of so many people. Her cheeks flushed with shame, and she didn't know what to do. Bai Qiao secretly squeezed her hand and replied happily for her: "Don't worry, master." Jiang Mulan gave her a grateful look, knowing that she was the only one who was genuinely happy for herself.

The harmony between the two made Lu's back cold, and the crisis hung above her head like a sharp sword, forcing her to put down her body, and half reluctantly flattered: "Master, you try this fish, this is the best sturgeon in the northern glacier that my nephew bought with a lot of money." ”

Chu Yilian raised his chopsticks and put down the chopsticks, and the chopsticks nodded along the plate and said, "Hey, it's not who the fish head is facing and who eats first, Yun'er eats first." But before that, Daddy wants to test you and recite a poem about fish for all of us. When he got together with his daughter, he couldn't hide his deep affection for licking calves and refused to let go of any opportunity to get close to his daughter. His whims, however, inadvertently annoyed the other two.

Father's "difficulty" Chu Yunxi was relaxed, she shook her head and recited half to show off and half to be complacent: "There is Jiayu in the south, and it is covered with a cover." The gentleman has wine, and the guest swallow is happy. There are Jiayu in the south, and Shanshan is blazing. The gentleman has wine, and the guest Yan Yiyi "She recited a passage from the article "Nan Youjiayu" in "The Book of Poetry Xiaoya", which is a banquet poem that describes the joy of the guests and hosts. It is both appropriate and joyful, and naturally wins the praise of his father.

During the banquet, only the Lu mother and daughter had gloomy faces, and Chu Yunlian bit her lip even more, like a thorn in her back, and her hatred was hard to dissipate.

Chu Yunxi originally hoped that her father would live a long life, her mother would be happy, and the family would be harmonious, so she said happily: "Since Dad let Yun'er eat the first bite first, then Yun'er decided to give this first bite of fish to Daddy." As he spoke, Chu Yunxi took a large piece of tender fish meat from the belly of the fish and handed it to his father's bowl. Her generosity and sensibility surprised Jiang Mulan and Chu Yilian very much, while Bai Qiao on the other side kept making eyes at her daughter nervously.

Chu Yunxi is a big ghost, she understood the meaning of her mother asking her to dedicate the second piece of fish to the Lu family, but she already had a specific distribution plan for fish and meat in her heart: "The Book of Rites says that being a man must be filial, I must first honor my father, and then I will learn from Kong Rong and respect my sister." This second bite of fish should be given to the eldest sister. Her self-inflicted cleverness had made a mistake, and Bai Qiao wanted to warn her, but it was too late. This mistake seems to be a crack in the porcelain vase, which makes the already fragile sisterhood even worse.

Chu Yunlian has a slight allergic reaction to seafood, she never eats seafood, and this point happens to be beyond the scope of Chu Yunxi's common sense.

"I don't eat fish." Chu Yunlian instinctively blocked the fish sent by Chu Yunxi, and the hidden disgust in her heart prompted her to unconsciously increase the strength in her hand. Chu Yunxi's little hands couldn't withstand the strength of the eldest sister, so the fish fell into a bowl of hot soup halfway, and the soup splashed on the back of her hand, and she threw down her chopsticks and cried.

This change made everyone stunned on the spot. Chu Yunxi's heart-rending cry made Bai Qiao react, she took a handkerchief to wipe the soup on her daughter's hand, and Chu Yilian also held her daughter in her arms and coaxed and hugged her.

Chu Yunlian knew that he had fallen into a catastrophe, and slowly stood up, his face purple and tears in his eyes. Everyone only cares about whether something is wrong with her sister, but no one pays attention to the grievances in her heart: all this is just an accident. But such a sentence that seemed to be a quibble for mercy was something that she could never say with a high heart.

Actually, it's nothing. Bai Qiao and Chu Yilian, as elders, will not worry about a junior, Chu Yunxi is still young, and he will naturally forget it in a few days. But the strict requirements and harsh punishments of the Lu family made Chu Yunlian develop a habit since she was a child: whenever something went wrong, even if it was insignificant, she seemed to have a feeling that the sky was falling. The fear and fear in her inner body, who is calm on the outside, puts her under a heavy pressure all the time, she must stand upright, without the slightest slackness, and her every appearance must be flawless, otherwise her life will be ruined.

Lu's simple and rude handling was even more unexpected, she walked up to Chu Yunlian indifferently and shook her hand and gave her a loud slap. Half of Chu Yunlian's face was red and swollen, she knew that this was the result, and she did not resist to defend herself. She knelt on the ground in resignation, and said clearly in a soft but loud voice: "My daughter accidentally injured my sister's hand for a while, please punish my father and mother." Stubbornly, she forced back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, no matter what punishment she would suffer, she just wanted to preserve her dignity at the last moment.

Bai Qiao couldn't stand it anymore, she couldn't help but intercede for Chu Yunlian: "It's just a trivial matter, eldest sister, there is an unintentional mistake between children, why should you do this?" Yun Lian hurry up. ”

Jiang Mulan kindly went to mix Chu Yunlian, but as a result, she shook off Jiang Mulan's hand and still knelt straight and stubbornly.

The corners of Lu's mouth curved up like a scorpion's tail thorn, and he snorted, and secretly thought: My daughter can only listen to me alone.

With a "bang", Chu Yilian slapped the table heavily and shouted, "Enough." Everyone was taken a few steps back, Lu Shi trembled, his heart was shocked, and he stood in place without saying a word. Chu Yilian suddenly reprimanded her sharply: "What are you doing beating the child, what evil fire is spreading at me." Children are not sensible, and they are not taught by adults. I know you don't like Yun'er, you can't get used to looking down on Buck'er, and you look down on Mulan, who else do you have in your eyes besides yourself and your Luoyang family? You open your mouth to the Lu family and close your mouth to the Lu family, don't forget that you have married into my Chu family, and your surname is Chu now. In a few years, I'm afraid I won't be able to get into your eyes. In this case, we will all go, and from now on we will all be in different places, so that we will not be happy to meet. Qiao'er, I'll go back to Liyuan with you to see Yunyi, Mulan, you are not in good health, go back and rest. It's all gone, it's all gone. ”

Lu was completely shocked, and stood there like a defeated rooster powerless to stop her husband's resolute departure.