The four uncle's grandsons are all studying in the Yuan family school, and now that he is on his birthday, the grandchildren naturally don't have to go to school. The older ones were all summoned to the front to entertain the guests, and Brother Shan'er was naturally not his turn to assign tasks when he was young, so after being caught and kowtowing three times early in the morning, he let him play by himself. How can a boy of this age not be crazy, relying on a good life and no one will be angry with him, first amused his grandmother's poodle and scared his sister-in-law's Persian cat to walk the beam and climb the tree, and then in a blink of an eye, his cousin Shuxi's Huang Ying'er fell into his hands again.

Shuheng saw that the embroidered pattern on his clothes was a black cat man. In fact, it is the black cat sheriff, but it has changed the shape of a chivalrous man, a hat with a sword, and a series of black cat stories that are sold out, which is probably not the core idea of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, which is very popular with little boys, and parents are happy to make money. Just now, she noticed that in the fourth room today, the children who came and went to celebrate their birthdays, and eight out of ten were wearing the clothes of the Cloud Cutting Workshop, and she couldn't help but be secretly proud.

"Sister Heng? Are you alone? What about honey? Slow down, don't fall, the grass grows thick and slippery. Brother Shan'er touched his head and looked behind her, and lowered his elbow-to-elbow sleeves. Although he is a child, he has a lot of manners in front of outsiders. Shu Heng smiled: "She was left in the house, and the sisters who came today are all sisters by her mother's side." What do you play? Show me. Brother Shan'er was not stingy, handed it to her happily, and took her hand to hide behind the tree: "Be careful, it pecks its fingers, come, hide here a little, don't be seen by my cousin." Shu Heng held a grass stalk to tease the bird, sighed softly, and lowered his voice: "You stole my cousin's" Brother Shan'er also cooperated and lowered his voice: "Brother Shuxi is going to take this bird to send a play, what is it called Taoguan." Sister Yue said that he had healed his scars and forgot the pain, and everyone was angry and crying. I can't see it, so I'll hide it, and I'll be anxious. ”

This little guy still has a sense of justice, Shuheng said secretly. Sister Shuyue did an excellent job of needlework, and secretly used her hands to subsidize the family. Because of the poor conditions of the second room, she often makes some shoes and hats to help Brother Shan, so the sister-in-law said a lot about her: There are brothers of her own who don't take care of them, but take care of other people's families! Brother Shan'er is a sensible child, but it's a pity to meet such a shallow foolish girl.

Shuheng took out a piece of dim sum from his small purse and gave it to him, and while feeding the dim sum to the birds, he began to trick the children: "Brother Shan, do you want to go to our house to play?" "I think so, I like the rabbits, sheep, or something in your garden, but I'm afraid that Grandpa Guo will test my endorsement again." "Ah, that's not good, when you come to our house in the future, I'm afraid that my father will test your endorsement every day, and I will carry it every day."

Brother Shan was a little strange: "This is strange, how can I come to your house every day?" Shu Heng pretended to be surprised: "Didn't Sister-in-law Lian sue you?" She doesn't want you anymore and wants to send you to our house. Brother Shan'er was suddenly stupid, he forgot to chew the snacks, and he stood there in a daze. Shuheng made persistent efforts: "I just said it in the hall, sisters-in-law and aunts all know that your mother thinks that there are too many children and it is difficult to raise, so she wants to give them away." ”

"Why are you going to give it to me?"

Shuheng stomped his feet anxiously: "Did you make a big mistake to make your mother angry?" Why don't you go and intercede? The fourth grandmother must be reluctant to you, if your mother doesn't want you, you can beg grandma. ”

Brother Shan'er was stunned again, and then tears flowed, he didn't even want the birdcage, and ran towards the house. Shuheng looked at his back, lifted the birdcage and whistled in a dashing manner.

In fact, Brother Shan'er was a smart child, and his temperament was not so reckless. But he just recently heard the old gentleman tell a story, a very dark story, it is not him, it is the extremely vicious and cruel "Burying Children and Serving Mother" in the twenty-four filial pieties. After the death of his father, Guo Ju left all his property to his two younger brothers and raised his mother by himself. Later, she gave birth to a son, and the old mother loved her grandson and gave her own food to her grandson. Guo Ju was deeply disturbed by this, and even said: "The son can be again, but the mother cannot be restored." Therefore bury the son and serve the mother. Brother Shan knew that his family was in difficulty, and this story left a deep shadow on his immature mind. Although his family is far from the point where he can't open the pot, his heart is finally satisfied. Today's Shuheng's words happened to poke at his sore spot.

The hall is already in chaos. The house where the fourth grandmother lived has been for some years, the high house and the windows are small, and as soon as the noon sun passes, it is a little dark and gloomy, and the shadow of the sun outside the treasure light window of the pearl hairpin moves indoors, so there are a little pieces of more or less dark shadows falling on the cheeks of everyone's heads, as if these people are talking about less than thirty percent of their spirit. With the exception of Mrs. Yuan, her sideburns shone brightly, illuminating the entire face, like a small light source. This hall is not big, crowded next to a room of people, Mrs. Yuan is surrounded by no one to set foot on it, and there is a bit of a lonely taste of self-appreciation among the guests. Her smile has fallen silent, although her good upbringing has not made her disgraceful in front of her elders, nor has she used her strength to make her ugly, but her demeanor is difficult to hide.

Brother Shan'er rushed in crying and wiping tears, and immediately became the focus of the audience. He didn't care about crashing into the arms of the fourth grandmother, and as soon as he spoke, he said: "Grandma save me, my mother doesn't want me anymore." He whined, crying so much that he instantly wet a piece of the fourth grandmother's clothes, and everyone was so shocked that everyone stepped forward to pull and comfort. Ah, good boy, don't cry on the big day, tell me what happened. "Yes, if you have something to say slowly, why don't I want you." Brother Shan'er cried more and more when she heard this: "My mother is going to send me to the Guogong Mansion." Grandma save me. When everyone heard this, they were first surprised at how this kid knew the news, and then they all looked at the second sister-in-law Lian with the eyes of watching the show. The second sister-in-law Lian's face was flushed, and she became more and more angry when she was embarrassed, she took a step forward and pulled up Brother Shan'er: "What are you talking nonsense, you don't know what to lift, the Guogong Mansion is magnificent, and the grandfather and wife are all bodhisattvas, if you go, it will be a great blessing!" ”

"No, no, no," Brother Shan knelt down and hugged Lian's second sister-in-law's leg tightly: "I know that my grandfather and wife are good people, but I only need my father, mother, and grandmother, and my mother will leave me, and I will study hard in the future and not make you angry, okay?" The people in the room shook their heads secretly when they heard this, and looked at the second sister-in-law Lian with disgust: Tiger poison still doesn't eat children, don't say that it is such a sensible child, it is not sensible, and it cannot be abandoned at will. How can there be such a person in the world? In fact, not everyone in these groups is qualified to criticize others, and they can't stand it when they exchange their sons for benefits, but they are afraid that they will be at a loss when they marry their daughters in exchange for the bride price. It's okay for the son, and the daughter will be someone else's family sooner or later. Just look at the sister-in-law, she pretended to persuade on the side, watched the excitement, and didn't think about whether she was laughing at fifty steps and a hundred steps.

Shuheng came with Shuyue's cousin. She was about to sneak in quietly while there were many people, but she bumped into Shu Yuedong looking for a person to enter the garden. Shuyue is here to find the yellow warbler, everyone knows that this bird is ** in the hands of Brother Shan, in case Brother Shan'er is caught by Shuxi, and the second room of the big house is going to be idle, she wants to take advantage of no one to know, so she can coax it out from Brother Shan'er, which can be regarded as a saving thing. Unexpectedly, this bird was in the hands of Shuheng. When she saw Shuheng, she was a little hesitant and didn't know how to speak. Although she is now sixteen or seventeen is the eldest sister of the old fourth room, she always feels weak in front of the eldest daughter of the little Dingguo princess who wears gold and jade and is pampered.

Shuyue wore a honey-colored small jacket and autumn-colored silk skirt, without any big hairpins and hairpins, and wore a silk flower of the same color on the side of her head, without a sachet or ring, extremely clean and neat, and significantly stable in simplicity. Seeing her fingertips constantly rubbing her sleeves, Shuheng knew that she was a little embarrassed, so he greeted with a smile first: "Sister Yue? Why did you come out at this point? I've been playing in the yard for a while. Shuyue hurriedly smiled: "I was just embroidering a screen, and I'm going to come out to find Brother Shan'er at this time." Big girl, did you see him? Shu Heng saw that her eyes fell on his hand, so he raised the birdcage: "He ran to the hall, this birdcage belongs to Brother Shuxi, do you want to take it back." Shuyue agreed heavily, and hurriedly came up to get it, but when she touched it, she retracted her hand, and was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Big girl, if you like it, take it." The second brother is back, and I will tell him. ”

"Then isn't he angry with his sister?" Shu Heng smiled and handed the cage to her. Cousin Yue is a real person, and Shuheng doesn't dare to tease her. And Shuheng himself knows that this cousin is a considerate, diligent and flexible girl. The children of the poor have long been in charge, and she has bothered a lot for the dignity of the family, and she is a buddy of the Cutting Cloud Workshop in private, receiving the wages of the Cutting Cloud Workshop. This matter was silent, and few people knew that after Mrs. Yuan found out, she secretly added three times her money. Because she is willing to learn and be sensible, now that the development of Qiyunfang is in full swing, Mrs. Yuan has to add her taps, and her life is becoming more and more relaxed. Later, Shuyue knew that the listing of this "childlike series" embroidery was the credit of Shuheng, and she felt that she had indirectly benefited from the big girl.

She originally wanted to talk to Shuheng, but first, she was busy with housework, and secondly, the long house was rich and rich, and she moved forward by herself, and she didn't have the heart to stutter. Today is a good opportunity, she hurriedly sent the maid back to the room to get a puppet, but it was Shuheng's favorite chinchilla shape, a foot high, filled with cotton wool, but the leather bag was embroidered with stitches and threads, and it could be seen that it took a lot of effort. Shu Heng remembered that the first Totoro he got in his previous life was also a biological gift from his cousin, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and hugged Shuyue at the moment: "Thank you, sister, I like it very much." ”

As soon as she took the initiative, Shuyue was not so stiff, and her full feelings of the eldest sister were stimulated: "It's good to like it, it's good to like it, what else do you want to say to your sister, and my sister will do it for you."

Of course, Shuheng couldn't trouble her to do anything else, so he just said, "Don't blame Brother Shan, he deliberately hid it when he saw Brother Shuxi making you angry with this bird." Shu Yue's face flashed again, and then she cheered up again, she looked around, and said the same thing as Brother Shan'er: "Where's your maid?" How is there only one person? Shall I take you to Madame? She lifted the birdcage in one hand and the book balance in the other. Sister Red Sleeves? Shu Heng looked back and smiled: "I'm sorry, you can help Cousin Yue send the birdcage back first." Sure enough, the red sleeves flashed out from behind the pillars, and his face was a little embarrassed. In fact, she is already very cautious, Shuheng will find that one is an inference, and the other is that it is not that she has any special skills, in fact, the level of playing hide and seek is strong enough to start playing hide and seek when she is young.

"It's true that there is no gift to meet the elders with the goods." Shuyue said goodbye, handed the birdcage to Red Sleeves, and still held Shuheng. Shuyue's red sleeves are relieved, and he turned around without hesitation. Shu Heng was held firmly, feeling a thin callus on the tip of her index finger, obviously a sixteen or seventeen girl, but her hands were not as soft as the old lady of Zhongyi Bofu. Cousin Yue is also pitiful. Shu Heng looked up at her, but found that her face was very calm, it was the kind of calm that An Tian knew his fate, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

Shuheng guessed too. Sister-in-law Du wants Cousin Yue to recognize Mrs. Yuan as her godmother, and she also wants to raise Shuyue's value, after all, it is definitely a great honor to be valued by the Duchess of the Kingdom, and then come out to lead a line or something. If you think about it carefully, it is just an ordinary thing to recognize a godfather, a sentence and a gift, and a cup of tea for three rings. There are no words, no evidence, no contract, and afterwards it is up to the soul winner to say it at will. Thinking that Li Xiaohong was accepted as a goddaughter by Wang Xifeng in a word because of her articulate and clever work, and her lover Jia Yun also wrote "unfilial son" on the worship post respectfully because of Baoyu's joke, and Xue Baoqin became Mrs. Wang's goddaughter with a word.

In fact, Mrs. Yuan is quite fond of Cousin Shuyue in her heart, and she doesn't want to care about what she is afraid of is that her efforts are thankless, and what she is even more afraid of is that she is relieved this time, and it will be endless in the future. Her mother is just a mouse, but her brothers are not successful. Especially last time Shuxi got into trouble because of the play, Grandpa Guo helped him clean up the mess, but the fourth uncle turned around and sent a concubine over. This is a taboo for Mrs. Yuan, she has not had a good face when she mentioned the fourth room for a long time, and the sister-in-law did not dare to come.

The fourth grandmother here was already angry and her face turned blue, seeing her daughter-in-law embarrassed and thrown like this, she hated and ashamed, a full cup of tea was blown to the ground, and the sound of porcelain cracking made the room quiet, and the fourth grandmother shouted: "Look at what you look like, you are also a scholarly lady, you don't care about decency at all, don't hurry back and reflect!" Brother Shan, come here! Come on, wait for the second wife to go back! ”

The second sister-in-law Lian was scolded in public, feeling that she couldn't get off the stage, so she let go of her sorrow, pushed Brother Shan, who was smoking, into the arms of the fourth grandmother, covered her face with a handkerchief and rushed out, and threw up the curtain as if she was angry when she went out. Prefer to be coincidental, Shuheng just walked to the door at this time, the curtain was swept up, she sighed, her eyes were dark, Queen Cang retreated, Shuyue was anxious: "Second aunt, what are you busy with, hurt the eldest girl." ”

The people in the room all got up and came over to see, real and fake care, and even the fourth grandmother left their seats. Mrs. Yuan's face was completely cold, and she snorted coldly, "Get out of the way!" "Push away the crowd and hurry over." Mother, I'm fine. Shuheng blinked and left two tears: "It's just that the curtain fluttered, the dust squinted, and the tears were washed away at this time, and even the itch was not itching." Mrs. Yuan picked her up, first looked at her eyes carefully, then pressed her chin, and looked her face left, right, right, up and down several times, and then she put her mind at ease, but her face sank like water, and she looked extremely terrible.

"Sister Shuyue is injured." Shu Heng looked at Mrs. Yuan delicately. Only then did everyone notice that there was a thin cut on Shuyue's left hand. She was carrying a birdcage in her left hand, and when she came in, she hung it on a branch in front of the hall. This scarlet felt-edged bamboo curtain has been pointed out because of the years, and just now she quickly blocked Shuheng's face, but she was slightly touched.