17. 017: Beaten
Li Shi glanced at Xia Ruan, and his heart moved.
Over the years, I have been treating her as a child who is ignorant of human accidents.
In the past, Xia Ruan had always been bad at words.
After a serious illness, his temperament changed greatly, and his tongue was given.
Now it looks like it's a bit more like it's going on day by day. In less than half a month, Xia Ruan is much more sensible.
Speaking and doing things, it is not as omission as in the past.
It is time to pay attention to the child and teach her to behave in a way.
It is precisely because of this that the Li family will reveal some things in her heart to let her know.
"Go to the main house and wait for your father." Li Shi listened to the voice not far away and the quarrel became more and more intense, and sighed softly: "Let's go." Xia Ruan nodded and helped her mother away.
She could faintly hear her father's crying in the distance, and her mother would leave to save her father's face. Just now, my father wanted to borrow some money from my uncle, but my uncle said that his family was short of food and clothing. He only threw five taels of silver to his father, as if he was sending flowers by the roadside.
A man has gold under his knees, and he kneels to heaven and earth, and to his parents. She never thought of her father, like a bereaved dog wagging his tail and begging for mercy. It is really sad to kneel for a mere five taels of silver.
"Mademoiselle, ma'am. The slave has been looking for you, the second lady and the young master of the Zhao family are here, waiting in the house. Cuiliu greeted her, and there was a rapid gasp as she spoke. It can be seen that she must have been in a hurry just now.
Li Shi smiled: "How can you let Qingya and Nan Ke wait, I'll go over right away." β
Xia Ruan was a little surprised, and only then did he think of Zhao Nanke, but he didn't want people to come to the door.
What's even more ridiculous is that in order to make amends to the Wen family, the eldest uncle said that Xia Qinghe, who had already been beaten, could not land for half a year. Now it's only been a month, Xia Qinghe can walk around, and it is estimated that he was just talking at that time.
It's just that since these words have been released, the whole set of dramas should be done. Xia Qinghe came out to swagger around, wasn't he slapping his uncle in the face? Xia Ruan just smiled slightly and followed behind Cui Liu.
Some people are always idle and want to do something. I don't know if Lu Dao is really stupid or too naΓ―ve.
As soon as Xia Ruan stepped into the courtyard door, he heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground in the house.
"Phew, you wild thing that no one wants." The girl's voice sounded like a cat with its tail trampled: "I can't talk about you yet." Zhao Nanke, what do you think you are? β
Li frowned, and hurriedly entered the house.
I saw Xia Qinghe wearing a begonia red floral cotton coat, looking arrogant. The blue and white porcelain vase that should have been placed on the table had already broken at her feet.
"What's going on?" Li asked softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man who was sitting stood up. smiled innocently at Li: "I've seen the second aunt." β
Zhao Nanke finished the salute and stood firm. Xia Ruan was also thorough, and saw him clearly in front of him.
He wore a beautiful robe made of blue-gray satin, embroidered with snow-white piping with an elegant bamboo leaf pattern. A hairpin made of mutton fat jade ties up the long black hair, giving it a suave feel.
What a clear-eyed teenager.
"Hello third sister." The young man's voice was as warm as jade.
Xia Ruan smiled faintly and did not answer. Xia Qinghe stepped forward, and after spitting her in the face, he slapped her hard in the face. made such a fuss that the people around him were stunned.
"Today, I will teach my second aunt a lesson about you, a thing that you don't know how to do, and you dare to provoke the feelings between my father and mother." Xia Qinghe said coldly, his eyes gloomy.
Xia Qinghe looked at Xia Ruan's appearance, and couldn't wait to raise her hand and slap her again.
Zhao Nanke looked at Xia Ruan in some surprise, only to see that after Xia Ruan received such a slap, he didn't mean to be angry, just pursed his lips and said nothing. Could it be that this slap made her stupid?
"Ridiculous." Li shivered angrily: "This is where you make a fuss?" Qinghe, don't go too far. β
Xia Qinghe's eyes were cold: "Am I excessive? Why didn't the second aunt ask what your good daughter had done. She dared to suspect that the child in my mother's womb was not my father's, tell me what you raised. What's wrong with me, my sister's lesson, if it spreads, I think our Xia family's tutoring is not strict. β
Xia Qinghe saw that Xia Ruan didn't resist, and the anger in his heart burned even more, isn't this just not a self-confession?
Li Shi held Xia Ruan's face at this time and looked at it, and wiped the things off Xia Ruan's face. Xia Ruan's originally fair-skinned right cheek was now swollen, and Li's heart was distressed.
Xia Qinghe's words made Li even more angry. She turned around and glanced at Xia Qinghe, and suddenly slapped back the slap just now. "I know better than anyone what kind of person a girl is. Today, I have struck you because you have distorted my son's words. Li Shi was really angry this time, and the gentle smile on his face on weekdays also rose: "If this word spreads, how will the eldest sister-in-law behave." Although the root of this tongue is soft, the rumors it tells can kill. You are the second lady of the Xia family, don't you understand this truth? . β
Xia Qinghe was stunned when he was beaten.
Li sneered: "Nan Ke is your eldest brother, and you have a reason to say that your brother is not your sister as a sister." Even if it's Nan Ke's, you don't dare to insult him like this. If this were to be heard, how ugly it would be. The Wen family's affairs don't make you have much memory. β
Li couldn't answer half of Xia Qinghe's words.
After relieving for a while, Xia Qinghe could only cry aggrievedly.
Xia Ruan will understand what Xia Qinghe and Zhao Nanke were arguing about just now. She was slapped by Xia Qinghe, and it was naturally impossible to return it. It's just that she never thought that her mother would beat Xia Qinghe so hard and say those words.
If Xia Qinghe slapped her in the past, she would definitely not be as calm as she is now. In the past, I borrowed to live with my aunt. Xia Qingya and Xia Qinghe didn't know how many times Lu Dao had beaten her. In particular, it is numbness, but it is better to understand some truth.
It's not worth getting too angry about anything, and it's your own loss to be angry and bad. But it is the ability to let others eat and sleep badly for their own words.
The more people who pretend not to care, the more they care in their hearts. The more you care, the more angry you will be.
Xia Ruan found that Zhao Nanke was looking at her, so he smiled faintly at Zhao Nanke.
Her friendly attitude towards Zhao Nanke surprised Zhao Nanke even more. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, fleeting.
Some people ate this dinner with relish, and some people didn't know the taste.
Zhao's face turned pale, and seeing Xia Fugui eating sweet and sour carp made her even more angry.
Her husband didn't say anything, so what could she say?
Because no matter what she said, she was wrong first, if she explained, who would dare to guarantee that Xia Ruan would not say what she and her husband doubted.
Over the years, Xia Fucheng has always believed in her eldest sister-in-law. But that man is willing to be told that his wife cuckolded him? So she could only swallow it.
It's just that Zhao feels that something seems wrong today, and the second brother and daughter-in-law, who are gentle and virtuous on weekdays, will actually do something to Qinghe. In this family, not only Xia Ruan has changed, but even the second brother and daughter-in-law.
Zhao pursed his lips, no matter what was going on, he also hurriedly asked Xia Fucheng to agree and marry Xia Ruan to the Xiao family. She was reluctant to return this silver to the second master of the Xiao family.