"Look, Brother Guang'er will climb!" The old lady was very happy and beckoned to Ning Nianzhi: "Our Brother Guang'er is smart, it's only been eight months, and he can already climb, you have to ask the kitchen people to prepare some delicious food for Brother Guang'er, so that his body can grow stronger." ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing: "Grandmother, you still need to say this, now this kitchen, most of the time is preparing food for Brother Guang'er, what egg custard, fruit soup, meat soup, nothing is missing him, grandmother doesn't have to worry that he will be hungry." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "I'm just telling you in vain, now Brother Guang'er will crawl, and in two months, he should learn to speak, and it's really ......fast."

Before she finished speaking, the little maid hurriedly came over: "The second old man's mansion has come up, and the slave and maid look at it, it seems that they are coming to ......" After looking at the old lady, she said with some trepidation: "Come to report the funeral." ”

The old lady was immediately stunned: "What did you say?" ”

"There is someone from the second master's mansion, wearing filial piety clothes, followed by the third young master, who is also dressed in linen." The little maid said it very smoothly this time, and the old lady didn't have time to ask for details, so she hurriedly asked someone to call the original step-ancestor in.

Yuan Jizu was dressed in linen, his face was dull, he didn't look at all, his eyes were very scattered, and he couldn't see where his eyes were for a long time. As soon as the little guy who led the way in front of him entered the door, he knelt down: "Old lady, our lady and the eldest young lady have passed away. ”

Ning Nianzhi reflected for a while before he reacted, this young lady was not talking about herself, but Xiao Miao in the second room. In the past, when the family was not divided, it was natural to have a ranking, but if the family was divided, the Xiao Miao family should become a big one, and the He family should not be the third young lady, but the second young lady.

Miao and Xiao Miao, dead?

The old lady was also very surprised, because five days ago, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were arrogant and came to the original family to ask someone to take the He family away. At that time, the arrogance on his face seemed to be able to be wiped out in He's affairs, that is, he defeated the old lady and trampled the old lady under her feet.

It's only been a few days, and these two people are dead?

"What's going on?" Fortunately, the old lady has always disliked the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, although she was shocked, she reacted quickly, and hurriedly frowned and asked, "Wasn't it okay a few days ago?" If you are seriously ill, then why didn't you have any news from your house before? ”

The little guy saw that the original step-ancestor was still at a loss, and reluctantly continued to speak for him: "It's not a sudden illness, Mrs. and the eldest young lady heard that there was a god operator in the west of the city recently, and the fortune telling was particularly accurate, so they planned to go and see, and they made a carriage early this morning, but they didn't expect that as soon as they got out of the city, the horses pulling the cart went crazy, and there were many mountains in the west of the city, and the carriage crashed into the mountain wall, and the lady and the young lady were also thrown out, and their heads hit the stone at that time, and they were gone on the spot......"

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but open his mouth wide, this is a lot of luck, he fell off the carriage, and he was able to hit the stone and die. Could it be that God really saw that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were too evil to endure it, so they made a move?

"Didn't the two of them go out with anyone?" The old lady asked, and the little maid nodded: "I brought it with me, but the lady and the young lady said that they wanted to talk together, so the two of them sat in a car, and the maids and women were all behind, and the horses pulling the cart were good and good, and nothing happened." ”

went out to a group of people, only two masters died, and everyone had to mumble in their hearts, isn't it really a bad thing to do too much and be retributed?

"Did your lord inform me? Who is in charge of the overall situation in the current house? The old lady asked again, and the original step-ancestor finally reacted, and stepped forward with a sad look on his face: "Grandmother, I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to my father, and I think that my father will be able to arrive home soon. ”

The old lady nodded, and the original step-ancestor glanced at Ning Nianzhi and said: "Grandmother and sister-in-law also know that the person of the He family is very cowardly and has always had no opinions, and when something like that happened at home, she was afraid that she would not be able to hold it up, and asked her grandmother to call the shots, and asked her sister-in-law to help preside over the situation in our house." ”

The old lady was a little hesitant, she was unwilling to interfere in these matters, but the person from the He family couldn't stand it...... Without waiting for the old lady to think of any reason for refusal, she heard Ning Nianzhi say: "Third brother, if I can, I will definitely help you, but the second aunt is an elder in the end, and I don't dare to interfere too much in this aftermath." Besides, at my age, I have never had any funerals, let alone started to do it, if it is messed up, it is not beautiful, it is better to do this, you go and ask the third or fourth aunt? In the end, they are elders, or they have seen them, and they will definitely let the second aunt settle in the ground. ”

"Yes, your sister-in-law is so young, it's okay to let her take care of the housekeeper, this funeral is too big, I'm afraid she will mess it up." The old lady said busily that the original step-ancestor was also really filial to her mother-in-law, and she also knew that her mother-in-law had always disliked this sister-in-law. Just now, I just thought that this sister-in-law's housekeeper's ability was very good, so I begged to come to the door, but Ning Nianzhi's reason for resignation was also quite reasonable, and the original step-ancestor thought for a while, and then nodded: "What grandmother and sister-in-law said makes sense, then I will go back and ask the third aunt to ask, Ming'er will start the funeral, and please ......" Before the words were finished, the tears began to flow.

The old lady hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Ming'er, I will take your eldest brother and sister-in-law over to give your mother a pillar of incense, people die greatly, hey, this is good, young, why did this happen?" That's a ...... My wife and son are still alive, and the two of them are ......."

was very embarrassed, and when he saw off the original step-ancestor, he said to Ning Nianzhi: "But the world is really impermanent, the two of them came over proudly a few days ago, and today such a thing happened, it was too sudden." However, to put it mildly, the two of them left, and He Shi was a lot easier. ”

After a pause, he sighed again: "These two are gone, but it's easy, the second child's temperament is a grandfather, it shouldn't be able to continue the string, seeing that Chengzong is still young, he must continue the string, this Weiyang, it will not be easy in the future." ”

In the hands of the stepmother, what good life can there be?

"It's good, but they suddenly startled the horses, and it should be their lives." The old lady sighed a few words and told Ning Nianzhi: "When you go out, you must let people check the carriage more, don't be negligent, think more about the child, just for the sake of the child, and you have to live for a long time." ”

The old lady is an elder, so naturally there is no need to attend this kind of funeral. Ning Nianzhi was a junior, and early the next morning, he changed into plain clothes, and took Brother Guang'er to the second master's mansion together. A white lantern had been hung outside the door, and a white couplet had been pasted. The gate was open, and men dressed in white knelt at the door, and when someone came in, they saluted and led them to the mourning hall.

There are two coffins in the lobby, originally, according to the rules, this elder should do the funeral first, and then the younger generation, but these two are considered to be deaths, and they must be buried as soon as possible so that they will not turn into ghosts, so they simply do it together.

It's just that the coffin visits were one after the other, Yuan Chengzong and Yuan Jizu, as well as the He family, all knelt on the left, Yuan Weiyang knelt next to the coffin on the right, Yuan Tingting also came back, crying with a handful of snot and tears, the people who looked at the stomach were terrified, and the eyes of the grandmother behind her never left her stomach, for fear that something would happen to the little master in the stomach.

Seeing Ning Nianzhi coming in, He Shi kowtowed, got up and took a handful of incense, lit it and handed it to Ning Nianzhi. Ning Nian stepped forward to bow down, and Mama Tang behind her also hugged Brother Guang'er and made a gesture, which could be regarded as a salute.

"I hope that the second aunt will ascend to bliss as soon as possible, be free of illness and pain, and enjoy glory and wealth in the next life." Ning Nianzhi muttered a few words, turned around and knelt down to the second master: "Second uncle, please take care of yourself, the second aunt wants to come and make the second uncle sad because of herself." ”

The second master was silent for a moment and nodded: "My nephew and daughter-in-law have a heart." ”

followed by incense to Xiao Miao's family, Yuan Weiyang was only more than five years old, and it was when he was ignorant, that is, his mother passed away, and he also knew nothing. Moreover, he was brought up by a nurse since he was a child, and Xiao Miao sometimes didn't see him once a day, so the child's face was not very sad.

But the atmosphere in the mourning hall was not very good, and the children's faces were full of fear. Seeing Ning Nianzhi coming, he shrank back, and was pushed by the nurse behind him, only then did he remember what he was going to do, and quickly staggered to get up and handed the incense to Ning Nianzhi.

"You want to study hard in the future, you know?" Ning Nianzhi finished worshipping Xiao Miao, touched Yuan Weiyang's head, and was silent for a long time before saying such a sentence, people have a father, even if they look at him pitifully, it is not their turn to say anything.

When I got out of the mourning hall, I saw the third lady and the fourth lady, and I didn't know what the original step-ancestor was planning, these two were actually in charge of things, but one was only in charge of orders, and the other was only in charge of the account book. Seeing Ning Nianzhi come out, the third lady hurriedly said: "After lunch, let's just help us mention something and see what we are doing wrong." ”

The fourth lady is also different from when she was in the mansion in the past, her whole face is much better, and her spirit is even different. That temperament is a lot more cheerful than before, is it this kind of temperament before, or after the separation, there is no layer of mother-in-law pressing comfort, Ning Nianzhi doesn't want to pursue it, anyway, it's already separated, if it's good, it's closer, if it's not good, just hide a little, it's not a big deal.

"I haven't seen him for a few days, but Brother Guang'er is becoming more and more like Dongliang." The fourth lady said with a smile, even if they are separated, they also come to the door once a month to ask for peace, the fourth lady stretched out her hand and nodded Brother Guang'er's cheek, and asked with a smile: "Brother Guang'er remembers the fourth grandmother?" ”

Brother Guang'er is not afraid of life, but the atmosphere is different today, although his children can't speak, but they are the most sensitive, and they are lying in Mama Yang's arms a little unenergetic, seeing that the fourth lady stretched out her hand over, she turned her head directly, unceremoniously.

The fourth lady was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "I haven't seen you for a while, this kid doesn't know me anymore, Brother Guang'er is really cute, if I can have such a big fat grandson, I can wake up with a smile even if I dream." ”

Ning Nianzhi had no intention of staying for a long time, and the old lady had explained before coming that she wanted to go back early, after all, Brother Guang'er was not yet a year old, and it was easy to be frightened when she participated in the funeral, if it weren't for the second lady being an elder, the old lady would have left the child directly by her side.

Now that the worship has passed, Ning Nianzhi smiled and said: "The third aunt and the fourth aunt are virtuous and capable, and the second uncle can get your two to take care of him in this house, and everything must be worry-free." It's just that this funeral took a lot of effort after all, and the two aunts worked hard. ”

The third lady and the fourth lady shook their heads busily: "It's not hard, it's not hard, we don't want to get any good name, in the end, it's a concubine, the second sister-in-law has this incident, we just want to do some modest efforts, after all, it's a family, broken bones and tendons, and the previous things are over." ”

"The two aunts are really kind-hearted, since the two aunts still have something to do, then I won't bother, I'll go back first, the second uncle, and ask the two aunts to talk." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, said goodbye to the third lady, and went out with the child.

The funeral lasted for a total of five days, and he had to eat white rice on the day of the funeral, but this time Ning Nianzhi did not take the child with him, and only went by himself.

I just came back here, and the second master over there came to the door, and he also took Yuan Weiyang with him. Because the old man is also there, the old lady can't say that she can't see it directly, so she can only invite people in, and the second master will give a big gift as soon as he enters the door: "The unfilial son asks his father and mother to say goodbye, the unfilial son is so old, and let the father and mother worry about it, it is really faceless, and please forgive the unfilial son this time." ”

In the end, it is his own son, the old man was ruthlessly divided before, and he already had a little love in his heart, but at this moment, seeing his son's beard and scruffy appearance, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's your daughter-in-law who is not blessed, but finally when it is time to enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren, she ......."

The second old man's eyes were red, and he was silent for a while, then suddenly turned to the old lady and kowtowed a few times: "Old lady, my son came here this time to ask for something." ”

The old lady looked at the old man, and the old man was also a little confused on his face, and the second old man continued: "The Miao family has a thousand bad things, but after all, he raised children for his son, and his son has reached this age, so I thought, I will not continue the string in the future, and Chengzong is also older, and sooner or later Chengzong will be the master of the house, so just wait for Chengzong to hire a famous lady in the future." ”

"It's just that no one in the house is taking care of it now, and He's temperament is like that, and the three of us big men also go out early and return late, so no one takes care of Wei Yang's child, after all, it is the eldest grandson in our house, in case he is taught bad by the slaves, I can't live with the Miao family, so I thought, put Wei Yang next to the old lady for the time being, and don't ask the old lady to take care of it, as long as I can eat and dress warmly."

The old lady's brows immediately wrinkled, and the second old man hurriedly said: "I also know that the old lady is old, I'm afraid she doesn't have much energy to take care of the children, if the nephew and daughter-in-law are free......"

The old lady's cheeks twitched twice, was this made up her mind to stuff the child into her home? But what is he trying to do, in the future, this grandson will be separated from himself, won't he give a child to his own family for nothing?

Moreover, the original family has been separated, and the original family has already fallen into the hands of Dongliang, and it will take at least ten years for this child to grow up, right? What if this kid has a ...... Is that the idea?

"It is said that there is no master in your house, I should help with this matter, but as you said, I am old and a little lacking in energy, although the child of Nianzhi is young, he has a brother Guang'er to take care of, Brother Guang'er has followed Nianzhi since he was a child, and even Mama Tang only takes care of it occasionally, and he can't leave Nianzhi's side." These last few sentences are explained to the old man.

The old man touched his beard and nodded, this thing is true, the old man, he is busy, I am afraid that he really can't spare time, but in the second child's house, there is indeed no one to take care of it.

"The second child is willing to guard for the Miao family, that is the blessing of the Miao family, but the old man, where can there be no one to serve around? It's better to be like this, I'll pick a virtuous one, pour medicine and send it to the second child, one can serve the second child, and the other can take care of the child, how do you say it, old man? ”

The old lady also said again, the old man's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded: "This idea is indeed good, then you have to pick one carefully, don't choose the one who hides the traitor inside, Wei Yang is still young, and he must not let people lead him to the wrong path." ”

The old lady was disdainful in her heart, but she still had kindness on her face: "After pouring medicine, if you have no selfishness, you will naturally take care of Weiyang wholeheartedly." ”

The second old man opened his mouth to say something, but the old lady was busy and said: "You have a lot of thoughts about Miao's family, but she is now dead after all, you are guarding for her, and she doesn't know underground, it is better for you to take care of her mother's family a lot, and besides, it is to take care of your children, so that she knows and is more grateful to you." ”

The old man just knew that the old lady was unwilling to take care of Yuan Weiyang, and he also felt that what she said made sense, so he immediately nodded in response. The second master had no choice but to take the child back, and by the way, he excused the old lady to help him find someone, the old lady found it, it is certain that he can take care of the child, but maybe he has to do something more, he is not very relieved.

When the old man left, the old lady was busy going to see her grandson, and went to Ning Nianzhi to speak: "He was stupid to me, and he sent the child over for no reason, if I don't want it, looking at the poor child, I should look back and say that I am cold-blooded, but if I agree, I don't believe that there is no one in the house to take care of the child, although Xiao Miao is not a good person, but there must be one or two loyal people around her, Yuan Weiyang is six years old, and it is time to move to the front yard to study, No matter how long the woman's hand in the back house stretches out, isn't the front yard the territory of the grandfathers? ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded hurriedly, it's not that they think people too badly, but that people are really that bad, what the Miao family and Xiao Miao's did, is it true that the second master can't notice it at all? There is also the matter of He being beaten, does the second master really not know what kind of temperament his daughter-in-law is?

If the Miao family is a bad person, then the second master is a bad person who is ten times worse than the Miao family.

The words of the second master, it is best not to believe a word.

A few days later, Ho also came to visit. Ning Nianzhi entered the door of the lobby, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, sure enough, his grandmother was right, without the Miao family and the Xiao Miao family, the He family could live a better life, but in a few days, his body was a little rounder, his face was a little bloody, and his eyes were more flexible.

Seeing Ning Nianzhi, He Shi hurriedly got up: "Sister-in-law, I didn't bother you, right?" ”

"No, I can't ask for you to come." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and personally pushed the teacup in front of He Shi: "Look, your face has improved a lot, but please ask the doctor to check the pulse?" Lately, it's okay, right? ”

"Thank you sister-in-law for your concern, the doctor has seen it, as long as I raise it calmly for a few years, my body will not be in any big trouble, by the way, I came here today to have something." He said with a smile, took out an envelope from his sleeve, and stuffed it to Ning Nianzhi: "I was finally able to repay my sister-in-law's kindness, and I would like to thank my sister-in-law for saving her life." ”

That thickness, as well as that size, coupled with He's words, Ning Nianzhi instantly thought of the 100,000 taels of silver, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Your mother's brother, you have already earned silver?" ”

It's only been two years, right, 100,000 taels is enough? What kind of business is so profitable? Pretty fast, right? is the head of her original family, and the silver she saved from her husband in two years is less than 100,000 taels.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt puzzled, and I saw He Shi smile: "Sister-in-law, this money was not sent by my mother's brother, but I found it myself." ”

"Found out?" Ning Nianzhi was a little puzzled, and He's face flashed with cruelty: "Yes, my sister-in-law used to say that I was too soft, and I always didn't take it seriously." Later, I learned that my sister-in-law was talking about Jin Keyuyan. Since I have come to my senses, I naturally will not let those two sluts bully, all these years, they owe me, I should always pay it back. ”

The tone was too gloomy, and the expression was too weird, Ning Nianzhi suddenly felt a chill on his body, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious, could this silver be found from the Miao family and the Xiao Miao family? But the second master and Yuan Chengzong are not such easy to fool people, right?

Could it be that those two would be willing to spit out the meat in their mouths to irrelevant people?

It was probably because the doubts on Ning Nianzhi's face were too obvious, and He Shi smiled hurriedly: "Sister-in-law is a clean person, so I won't talk about those dirty things, so as not to stain my sister-in-law's ears." As long as my sister-in-law knows, this silver is mine, they owe me, and now I just have to pay it back. Okay, I won't delay my sister-in-law's affairs, I'll say goodbye, sister-in-law, it's time to turn back, I invite you to our house as a guest. ”

Saying that, he got up, and without waiting for Ning Nianzhi's send, he turned around and left.

Ning Nianzhi pinched the envelope and hesitated, but still opened it and counted it, only to find that it was an extra 20,000 taels of silver. If calculated according to the interest rate of ordinary private lending, this amount is correct.

But Ning Nianzhi always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the words He Shi said just now, what was wrong? How did she avoid the second master and Yuan Chengzong and get these silvers?