Seeing that it was about to enter summer, the peonies in the yard finally hit the flower bones.

The grass and trees were lush, and Li Shi was also in a better mood when he saw it.

During these days, the house was also calm, but Xia Ruan was still busy and her feet did not touch the ground.

My mother is now seven months pregnant, and she has so much to prepare.

Early in the morning, Xia Ruan loosened the soil for the flowers in the yard, and Du Ruo, who was standing on the side, was so frightened that he almost softened: "Miss, it's good for these slaves and maids to come." ”

"It's okay, this peony is about to be opened, and my mother should like it." Xia Ruan didn't mind doing it, even if she married into the Hou Mansion in the past, she still had to do it herself when necessary, "Is it good-looking?" ”

Du Ruo nodded and said very sincerely: "It's good-looking." ”

Xia Ruan was satisfied and continued to loosen the soil for the flowers, but her heart began to be a little distracted.

She will transplant peonies in her mother's yard at a high price, just to let her mother know something.

Peony, also known as Lihua.

She calculated that her grandfather would last another three months at most, and if her mother didn't untie the knot, the result might be terrible. She hadn't personally experienced these things, so she didn't know how to comfort her mother. Thinking of this, Xia Ruan felt that she should not persuade her mother more.

"Miss, what do you say......" Du Ruo glanced around, and said lightly when he saw that no one was talented, "Young Master Xiao Jiu these days, why do you keep sending those things over, he is too ......"

Xia Ruan stood up and looked at Du Ruo's appearance, and couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Jiu has been sending mulberries over these days, she likes to eat mulberries, yes, but the mulberries sent by Xiao Jiu-

Xia Ruan didn't know that Xiao Jiu sent these. What is the intention? Because the mulberries he sent were all green, and they were not ripe at all.

Such mulberries can neither be eaten. It's a pity to take it off, why did Xiao Jiu send it for Lu? Initially. Du Ruo thought that this Young Master Xiao Jiu didn't understand that mulberries were ripe when they were dark and black, but the mulberries sent yesterday had changed from green to red, which made Du Ruo even more unclear about what Xiao Jiu was thinking.

Not only Du Ruo didn't know, even Xia Ruan didn't know very well.

Xiao Jiu, like in her previous life, did a lot of things that people didn't understand, just like the picture of the pond heron in the past, if she didn't know what kind of person Xiao Jiu was, she wouldn't understand the meaning of the painting. But now that the unripe mulberries were delivered, she really didn't understand what it meant. If it weren't for the fact that she sent it with mulberries and a few pots of beautiful flowers and plants, she would really have asked Lao Zhong to return it.

Seeing that Xia Ruan didn't speak, Du Ruo couldn't help but ask again: "Miss, are you...... Do you think Young Master Xiao Jiu is bad? ”

Xia Ruan looked at Du Ruo and couldn't help laughing: "No, he's fine." ”

This sentence came from her heart.

Ever since she knew that Xiao Jiu was actually Xiao Shaocheng in the future, she was impressed by Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu was just a concubine in the abandoned branch of the Xiao family, but he came to such a high position at the end of the year. In the later period of Emperor Jianguang, he simply trusted Xiao Shaocheng as an internal minister. Such people. Whoever talks about his birth can't believe it.

She is the person who knows how brilliant Xiao Jiu will be in the future, so she will not deny this person's excellence, but-

"Which miss, you ......," Du Ruo thought about it and cut off the words. Changed his tune stiffly, "You're right. ”

Xia Ruan knew what Du Ruo wanted to say.

Since Du Ruozhi said that Xiao Jiu is the third young master of the Xiao family, he is also the person who has proposed to her. once said to Duran in private that they were a good match. Du Ruo doesn't understand this. Xia Ruan really didn't blame her, because Du Ruo was smart. But after all, I have been growing up in Zhuangzi, and it is normal for the Xiao family to know what to do.

No matter how good Xiao Jiu is, she can't be tempted.

Xia Ruan didn't believe that feelings could be buried in his bones from the beginning, and this thing was still done by Xiao Jiu, and there was a reason why this person did everything.

From the beginning, she didn't plan to enter the Xiao family, this family is too complicated, not to mention, what is even more terrifying is ......

Xia Ruan didn't dare to think about it, she just wanted to live a plain life in her life, to be by her mother's side. Therefore, Xiao Jiu's family business, even if he is Xiao Shaocheng, she will not agree.

"He's fine, but no matter how good he is, it has nothing to do with me." Xia Ruan smiled and explained to Du Ruo, "I don't like that place in the Xiao family very much, so I won't have anything to do with him, it was, is, and will be." ”

These words can show Xia Ruan's position in every sentence. No matter how sluggish Du Ruo was, he understood the meaning of Xia Ruan's words, so he could only nod his head and stop speaking.

These days, Du Ruo clearly understands the third lady in front of him, although she looks kind when talking to people, joy and anger will not appear on her face. But in fact, if she is determined to do something, even if it requires vicious means, she will not hesitate to do it.

Du Ruo admires Miss San, this woman who is only one year older than her, but she is much more introverted than her in dealing with people.

Xia Ruan didn't continue to speak, and when the soil was loosened for the flowers, he entered the house.

Li was drinking the decoction sent by Cuiliu, and when he saw Xia Ruan coming, he laughed: "Come here." ”

Xia Ruan walked over with a smile: "Mother, I heard something again today, so happy." ”

Since my father's legs were not cleaned because of the 'poison' and he couldn't walk on the ground, he could only go anywhere in the house every day. Father actually thought about going out, but now that my father wants to leave, it is unlikely. The month of the child in the mother's womb is gradually getting older, and the work in her hands is handed over to Xia Ruan, and the father wants to run away depending on whether she agrees.

Xia Ruan felt that this was fine, at least his father could be by his mother's side, and sometimes he couldn't keep his heart, so it was better to keep this person than to send him away. Mother naturally likes it, so she must help her mother do it.

Moreover, she was also worried that her father would fall into the trap of the Xiao family.

The second master of the Xiao family is a concubine, but the father of Yang Chenlu, the wife married by the second master of the Xiao family, is a Cheng of Qingyang County. It stands to reason that daughters generally do not marry low, especially in an official family like the Yang family, why would they marry their daughters to a concubine? What is the reason for this, no one knows Lu Dao, everyone thinks that Xiao Shaowen is too good, so the Yang family will take a fancy to him. No matter how good it is, he is a concubine after all.

It's just that Xia Ruan knows that Xiao Shaowen, the second master of the Xiao family, is not an easy person to deal with.

Xiao Shaowen wanted to split up some time ago, and he wanted to find a weak wife for his third brother, so he fell in love with her. What Xiao Shaowen thought about was nothing more than the Xia family's property, and he also wanted to get a piece of the pie. That's why Xiao Shaowen found the eldest aunt, and from the day she came back, the eldest aunt almost tried all means to let her marry into the Xiao family.

It's ridiculous to say, just for three hundred taels of silver.

In the past, when she didn't know that Xiao Jiu was Xiao Shaocheng, she hated this person a little bit in her heart, and felt that a man was so cowardly and incompetent, was it too useless. But now, she knew that Xiao Jiu was Xiao Shaocheng, and after meeting this person once, she realized that many things can't just look at appearances.

Especially this teenager.

Since he had the ability to make Dong Xiao be beheaded all over the house back then, now he is afraid that he also has the ability to make Xiao Shaowen regret it.

"It's nothing, it's just ...... a few days ago" Li Shi was a little hesitant, not knowing whether Lu Dao should tell Xia Ruan about this matter, "Your cousin ...... her"

Xia Ruan's brows furrowed slightly: "Yue family? They're here to do what you do. ”

For the Yue family, she really can't have a good impression in her heart. Mother trusts them so much, but if it weren't for the fast turn of her brain that day, the Zhuangzi in her mother's hands would have fallen into the hands of the Tang family. These people are like leeches, as long as they stick to people, if they are not removed in time, they will never let go if they are not 'fed and drunk'.

Moreover, the Yue family in the coming day is going to be opposed to the third uncle, Xia Ruan doesn't want her mother to have contact with the people on the Yue family's side, so don't want such wolf-hearted relatives.

Seeing that her daughter's reaction was somewhat unexpected, Li didn't dare to speak, and lowered her head to drink the decoction.

Cuiliu, who was on the side, saw the Li family's side, and only then helped the Li family take over: "The young master of the Yue family is the young master of Cheng'an, he is going to get married." ”

Xia Ruan was stunned, is this Xiao Xuelan really going to marry Yue Cheng'an?

"Whose lady is it?" Xia Ruan pondered and asked lightly, "Have I ever heard of it?" ”

"No, I didn't." Cuiliu poured tea for Xia Ruan while explaining, "It's Xiao Xuelan, the seventh lady of the Xiao family in Huai'an, it is said that this family affair has been booked, but it is just ......"

Cuiliu didn't say anything, Xia Ruan also guessed a few points.

"Is it just that they invited their mother to dinner?" Xia Ruan's face straightened, and her voice was a little displeased, "Mother, you must not go this time." You're not in good health now, and it's too hard to work long distances. ”

After Li Shi drank the decoction, he wiped the corners of his mouth before saying lightly: "But...... I ...... her after all."

"Mother takes care of this kindness, but has my cousin ever taken care of it?" Xia Ruan's face was pale, sometimes her mother just didn't understand this, "Mother won't have anything to do with the Yue family in the future, can your cousin treat you sincerely?" Doesn't the mother know best? Now that they invite you to eat and drink, they must say that they are apologizing to you, but in fact they are just asking you to give gifts. If you give less, they will say that you are still angry, and if you give enough, how much money will you lose? If my mother has this thought, it is better to make a few more new clothes for the younger brothers and sisters in her belly, and we still won't go to this Yue family. ”

Li Shi thought about it, and nodded after half a while: "Then listen to Ruan Yatou, Cuiliu, you can ask someone to bring a letter, saying that the child in my belly is also a month old now, and it is really not suitable to travel far." ”

Cuiliu heard this, and glanced at Xia Ruan again before replying, "The slave maid knows the way." ”

Li Shi didn't speak anymore and concentrated on needlework, but Xia Ruan's heart was a little uneasy.

If Xiao Xuelan really married into the Yue family, would the second cousin also marry Xiao Kangwen?

What are the eldest uncle and the Xiao family planning this time? She had to figure out how to deal with it in advance.

Xiao Kangwen is a difficult person. (To be continued......)