3. Return to Ningfu
Arrived at the flower hall with the two cousins, Ning Xi had some doubts in her heart, Ning Miao turned around and explained: "Grandfather is entertaining guests in the hall, and now it is inconvenient for our daughters to go over, so I will take you to see grandmother first." ”
Ning Xi nodded, he and this step-grandmother Da Qin have not seen each other for seventeen years, the grandfather's continuation is from the Lin'an Mansion, it is from the middle of the house, it is not the concubine but the heart of Miss Yan is higher, after marrying into the British Mansion, he took over the power of the backyard of the Mansion, and replaced all the people left by the former lady with his own people, but he didn't have the ability to restrain the next person, the British Mansion was once smoky, but fortunately, the wife of the prince entered the door, and the British princess gave an order, and the person in charge of the feed was replaced by the lady of the prince, Da Qin's heart was angry but he didn't dare to send it to the British duke, so he had to frequently find the stubble of Mrs. Shizi, Mrs. Xu, who came from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, had a gentle temperament, and did not leak anything, but Da Qin had never been picked out by Da Qin, but Da Qin had always hoped that his son could inherit the title, so he had never been unkind to the people in the big house and the second room.
In his previous life, Ning Xi didn't like the Da Qin clan to be stingy and speak harshly, and in order to avoid this grandmother, the Da Qin clan wanted to leave a lot of good things in her eldest princess's mansion, very good, today is finally goodbye again, the corner of Ning Xi's mouth slowly showed a smile, she is no longer the weak and bullying girl she was back then.
Walking into the flower hall, Da Qin's stopped a little girl who looked to be about eight or nine years old and chatted with the lady beside her, not knowing what she was talking about, Da Qin's mouth was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and when she saw Ning Yu and Ning Miao sisters coming in, she frowned unabashedly.
"You're not out to greet guests, what are you doing here?"
Ning Yu didn't like the Da Qin clan in the first place, but when she heard the Da Qin clan say this, she immediately retorted: "My second sister and I have been greeting guests outside for a long time, why didn't we see the fifth sister come out to help our sister?" After speaking, he glanced at the woman in the arms of the Great Qin clan with disdain.
The woman in the arms of the Da Qin clan shrank slightly when she heard this, the woman was the daughter of the third room, her name was Ning Yan, the fifth in the ranks, because of her lively personality and how to please people, she was quite loved by the Da Qin clan, and under the favor of the Da Qin clan, her temperament gradually became domineering, and she was even more arrogant in the house, but for some reason she was a little afraid of Ning Yan.
In addition to Ning Yan in the third room, there is also a sister-in-law and a concubine, the sister-in-law Ning Qin is the second oldest in the house, three years younger than Ning Hua, and now sixteen, and the concubine Ning Qiao is now eleven.
Feeling the change in his good grandson's feelings, the Great Qin clan felt a little unhappy in his heart, and his tone was a little unkind: "What the hell is the matter with you?" ”
"The two sisters accompanied my sister to visit her grandmother." The crisp voice sounded behind Ning Yu and Ning Miao, and the Great Qin clan saw Ning Xi who had been standing behind the two of them, although she felt a little strange for a while, she still guessed her identity after listening to Ning Xi's words just now.
"Are you Ning Xi?"
Ning Xi walked up to Ning Yu and nodded with a smile.
"Why are you here?" As soon as the words came out, Da Qin's family was shocked to realize that he had said the wrong thing, today's grandfather's birthday, Ning Xi came to congratulate her on his birthday, it seemed that he didn't welcome her like this, although he didn't welcome it, but he couldn't say it, only blamed Ning Xi for not coming back for several years, so he was so surprised.
"Look at grandmother, I'm so excited to see you that I can't even speak clearly, come forward and let grandmother take a look." The Great Qin Clan was busy playing a round for himself, and as he spoke, he let go of Ning Yan and beckoned to Ning Xi.
Ning Xi didn't break it down, and walked up to the Great Qin Clan, and let the Great Qin Clan pull him to look at it.
Ning Yan on the side didn't recognize Ning Xilai, pouted unhappily, and asked, "Grandmother, who is this, why did you ignore Yan Er as soon as she came." ”
Da Qin's family smiled and patted Ning Yan's head: "This is your third sister, she hasn't been back for a long time, you may not remember her when you are young." ”
Ning Yan glanced at Ning Xi, then turned his head over, it was really rude, but the Great Qin Clan did not blame, but said with a smile: "This kid is shy." Then he looked at Ning Xi, and then said, "Xi'er, you haven't returned for many years, you can stay with your grandfather for a while today, he often talks about you." ”
Since she came in, the Great Qin clan has mentioned that she has not returned for many years, is this to label her as unfilial. Ning Xi thought secretly in his heart, but his face was not obvious, but he smiled and followed the words of the Great Qin Clan: "Xi'er has indeed not come back for a long time, since grandmother misses Xi'er so much, Xi'er will live in the mansion, by the way, grandmother doesn't have to worry, Xi'er lives in her father's yard." ”
Hearing this, Da Qin's face changed, she was just polite, but she didn't expect Ning Xi to climb up the pole, the yard left by Ning Xi's father has not been lived in for a long time, and because Ning Xi's parents occasionally come back to live for a few days, they have been keeping it for them, but then they both went, and Ning Xi will not come back, and the yard where her son lives is smaller than that yard, she has already had the idea of giving that yard to her son, but she has not mentioned it to her grandfather, Now she is reluctant to agree to Ning Xi's request.
The Great Qin Clan was thinking about how to refuse, so Ning Miao opened her mouth first: "If the third sister comes back to live, I will be extremely happy to think that my grandfather will come, and I will immediately call someone to tell my mother and ask her to tidy up the yard of the second uncle." ”
Da Qin's frowned: "That courtyard has not been inhabited for a long time, I'm afraid it won't be cleaned up for a while, Xi'er should live in another place, why don't you live in the lotus first, the scenery there is good and nurturing, it is very suitable for you girls to live." ”
Ning Xi blinked, the Lotus House was indeed not bad, but it was impossible for the Great Qin Clan not to know that it was just a guest house, which was the place for the master of the British Mansion to live, it seemed that the Great Qin Clan did not welcome him back, after all, he returned to the British Mansion not only to occupy a courtyard, but also his own identity was extremely beneficial to the big house.
"Grandmother, how can Xi'er be the granddaughter of this British mansion and live in the guest house, I heard the eldest aunt say that she has always asked someone to take care of her father's yard, and it won't be too messy, and grandmother doesn't have to worry."
The Great Qin clan wanted to say something more, but walked in a small house, it turned out that the British duke heard that Ning Xi was back, so he asked him to go to the study.
Ning Xi smiled and said goodbye to the Great Qin clan and walked out, and the two sisters Ning Yu and Ning Miao also left the flower hall on the pretext of greeting guests.
The sisters of the Ning family sent Ning Xi to the door of the study and left, Ning Xi took a few deep breaths, and then told Erui and Tanqing to stay outside the house before walking in.
When Ning Xi first stepped into the study, he saw his grandfather's slightly hunched figure, and when the British Duke heard the sound and turned around, Ning Xi found that his grandfather's temples in his memory had turned gray.
The British Duke looked at Ning Xi's eyes, his expression was in a trance for a moment, Ning Xi thought that his grandfather was thinking of his father, his father was extremely handsome, especially a pair of bright eyes, although he looked more like his mother, but these eyes were very much like his father.
"Grandfather." Ning Xi screamed, and the British Duke came back to his senses and said lightly: "Is your body okay?" ”
Ning Xi smiled: "After the age of ten, my body has improved, and with these years of recuperation, my body has improved a lot." ”
The British Duke nodded, looked at Ning Xi for a moment before he said, "I have always asked the Xu family to keep your father's yard for you, and when you want to come back to live, just move over." ”
Ning Xi was stunned, she was still thinking about how to talk to her grandfather about it, but she didn't expect her grandfather to open her mouth first, grandfather, he actually wanted to come back to live, why didn't he notice it before?
Ning Xi nodded: "Then Xi'er will live here today, and then go back to the eldest princess's mansion tomorrow to ask someone to move things over." ”
The British Duke was stunned, he didn't seem to expect Ning Xi to agree so easily, Ning Xi was also a little at a loss, and asked suspiciously: "Grandfather, but there is something wrong." ”
The British Duke shook his head, looking a little lonely: "I'm happy that you came back to live, but I thought that you still complained about your grandfather and didn't want to see your grandfather again, after all, if it wasn't for my recommendation, Zhiyi would not have died on the battlefield, and the eldest princess would not have gone with Zhiyi." ”
Ning Xi was like an initiation, it turned out that her grandfather had always thought that she didn't return to the British Mansion because she resented him.
In her previous life, when she got married from the eldest princess's mansion, her aunt and others came to attend her wedding, but only her grandfather was missing, she thought that her grandfather thought she was unfilial and disgusted with her, and now she knew that she had misunderstood her grandfather, and her grandfather was afraid that he would not be happy to see him so he did not show up, no wonder the dowry from the British government was so heavy, and it was also the meaning of grandfather.
Thinking of this, Ning Xi felt that his nose was sour, it turned out that his grandfather had always cared about him, in this clumsy and deep way.
"Xi'er has never complained about her grandfather, never." Ning Xi's eyes looked directly at her grandfather, and she wanted to use these eyes similar to her father to tell her grandfather how much she and her father respected him.
The British Duke was stunned, and only after a while did he say, "I thought too much." After a pause, "You go out and gather your cousins, and I will ask someone to clean up the yard." ”
Ning Xi responded with a smile.
After Ning Xi left, the British princess reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, Zhiyi, you gave birth to a good daughter.
After Ning Xi walked out of the study, she looked at the bright blue sky, which was really similar to the sky on the day she died in her previous life, but from today on, she will walk out of a completely different path from her previous life, Shu Heng, Ouyang Ling, I hope we will never see each other in this life.
Ning Xi took the two of them to the water pavilion where they had seen Ning Yu's sisters before, but they didn't want to see a snow-white dog with only two palms of her sitting on the rockery on the way, looking straight at her. This made Ning Xi immediately think of the dog next to her when she passed away, the dog suddenly appeared in her yard, because she had been refusing to leave, she already liked animals, so she took it in, and now I think about it in those days, but it was not bad to have that dog with her.
Xu is because of this, Ning Xi also has some liking for the current dog, so he reached out to hug it, not wanting this dog to recognize it, and directly ran to her body, Ning Xi was even more rare in his heart, rubbed its head, and teased: "I don't know which family raised it, but it is very clever." ”
"Xiaoshio?" A warm male voice sounded from behind Ning Xi, and Ning Xi turned his head to look, and felt a little dazzled for a while.
The man looks handsome and has excellent facial features, especially the facial contours that seem to be carved out by a knife, but what is shaking Ning Xi's eyes is the shallow smile like a warm sun on the man's mouth, which is exactly the same as what Ning Xi glimpsed back then.
Shu Heng! How did he end up here?