Chapter 5 The Past and the New Day Are as Deep as the Sea
Zheng Wan got out of the Weiming Building, and walked towards the Purple Cloud Pavilion in the direction of his memory. When there were many maids and servants on www.biquge.info the way, she hid behind rockeries and trees, and she didn't want to make any more trouble. About half a pillar of incense, she saw the eaves of the corner of the Purple Cloud Pavilion.
When I passed by a garden, I saw the two people on the table just now, Yan Bin and Li Hongyang, talking loudly. Seeing these two people, Zheng Guan would not have paid attention to them, but at this moment she heard her mother Lan Yu'er appear in their conversation, and she unconsciously stopped.
Yan Bin pondered and asked, "Is the woman in the hall a little familiar today?" β
Li Hongyang had a smile on his face, as if he understood everything, and asked instead of smiling, "Do you remember that we and Brother Yun still had a gambling contract that was not concluded?" β
Yan Bin suddenly realized, "It's the woman I saw in front of the Red Mansion four years ago, it is said that she was kicked out by her in-laws, and she was holding a milk doll at that time." I didn't expect to be in Heyun Villa, seeing this today, I'm afraid that the flesh and bones in the woman's womb are Brother Yun's. β
"Back then, we bet on the woman's sincerity to see if she was dead set on her deceased husband, so we asked Brother Yun to spend three months to see if he could capture the heart of the beauty and bet a hundred taels of gold. Although the woman is in Yunhe Villa today, Brother Yun has violated the March period and deserves to lose. β
"I know that Yunxiang doesn't like other women, and it was really embarrassing for him to make this bet back then?" Yan Bin smiled and said, "But that woman is beautiful, and it is not in vain that it is a beautiful thing." I don't know what that woman tastes like, but I'll have to ask him for a lesson or two......"
Zheng Wan listened to these filthy words outside the garden, and it turned out that his mother's heart was just an indifferent gamble between them, and when he thought of this, tears flowed down. She resented those bad guys who played with others in her heart, and wanted to step forward to theorize, but she was taking a step and stopped, what could she say? What can she do if she is powerless? She bit her lower lip and clenched her fists, trying to force the tears back, she couldn't cry, she couldn't be weak. She wiped the tears on her face vigorously, hating herself for being so weak, and when she finally stopped the tears, her face was red from wiping her tears too hard.
She turned around and walked towards the Purple Cloud Pavilion, but bumped into a person around the corner, and a face was attached to the other party's chest, there was a faint fragrance, as if the afterfragrance on the laurel tree after the flowers had fallen, not sweet or greasy, refreshing. She hurriedly retreated, feeling something fall on the ground, and the corner of her eye swept to the scattered books on the ground, most of the titles she didn't recognize, especially the top one, the handwriting of the title was particularly complicated, but she only thought she didn't know much. She hurriedly squatted down to pick up the book, handed it to the man, and said lightly, "I'm sorry." Her voice was a little dry.
It was a pale, emaciated, delicate boy, dressed in a navy blue robe, whitish in color, he was about ten years old, but he looked extraordinarily calm. He took the book and said nothing.
Zheng Wan saw that his face was not unusual, so he apologized again, and then walked towards Ziyun Pavilion.
The boy glanced at the book in his hand, which was still slightly dusty, he frowned, wiped it off with his sleeve, and then glanced at the position of his chest where he was hit, only to see that there was a slight blood stain on it, his brows furrowed even more, glanced at the distant back, raised his slender white fingers, and brushed the clothes on his chest, at this moment his face seemed to be disgusted.
Zheng Wan came to Ziyun Pavilion, and at this moment there was a maid cleaning. She stepped forward to ask, and when the man saw her, his face changed slightly, and he whispered, "I don't know." Then he stayed away, as if he had seen some evil spirit.
Zheng Wan knew that she was not popular, her mother's identity in the villa was a little strange, and everyone could not provoke without provoking, so she looked for it in the courtyard by herself, and searched for it several times inside and outside, but there was no trace, she sighed slightly in her heart, afraid that she would not find it, and returned to the Weiming Building with a trace of depression.
Before she entered the Weiming Building, she saw several maids guarding the door and stopped her at the door. Through the courtyard, she saw the eldest lady sitting upright, and her mother standing, "Mother," she cried out, with obvious concern in her voice.
Then, the girl named Zhuo'er came out and brought Zheng Wan in. As soon as Zheng Wan entered the door, he ran to Lan Yu'er's side and looked at the eldest lady vigilantly.
The eldest lady took a sip of tea and said with a slight smile: "The owner of the village asked someone to ask, are you really the blood of the Yun family in your belly?" β
Lan Yu'er's face was pale, at this moment this is a time pass, he was so good to her at the beginning, but she didn't appreciate it, now even if he is pregnant with his child, he still has to doubt, thinking of this, she feels sad in her heart, he is just such an ordinary man after all, blame himself for being too naΓ―ve, and he also hopes to deliver the second half of his life here, so what will happen now. At this moment, she didn't want to argue whether the child in her womb was his, everything was meaningless, she pulled the corners of her mouth slightly, and squeezed out a sentence, "Is this my final say?" β
The eldest lady suddenly laughed, "What a person with a clear heart. Then she stood up, "In that case, then I won't say more, Miss Lan will stay in this unnamed building for a little longer." Yunxiang means to wait for the child to be born. β
After speaking, the eldest lady picked up and left.
Zhuo'er pointed to the two people standing in a corner of the room, and said to Lan Yu'er, "This is to serve the girl." "One of the two is Xiaozhu, and the other is an old mother in her forties.
Zheng Wan looked up at Lan Yu'er, only to see that her eyes were red and her face was changing.
"Guan'er, help my mother to lie down in the house." Lan Yu'er said suddenly.
Zheng Wan found that her face was even paler than just now. The old mother hurriedly said, "Girl, don't be too sad, this is not good for the child." β
Lan Yu'er's face showed a sneering expression, and she said coldly: "Aren't they afraid that the children will hear what they say?" Aren't you afraid of being bad? β
The old woman quickly retracted her head and stood quietly.
Lan Yu'er is considered to be under house arrest in the Weiming Building. Since that day, her health has not been very good, and she has to lie in bed for three days, and in a few months, she has lost a lot of weight.
Zheng Wan knew that it was because his mother was hiding something in her heart and was tired. But she is just a child, so her mother can only hold it alone, she feels more and more distressed in her heart, and secretly vows that she must protect her mother and brother.
"Girl", the old mother Liu Ma knocked on the door, but said, "I'm in." After knocking a few times, he pushed the door and came in, holding a bowl of soup in his hand, "Girl, drink this bowl of chicken soup while it's hot." β
Zheng Wan first helped Lan Yu'er sit up, then took the chicken soup, fed her one bite at a time, and then helped her lie down.
"The chicken on the stove is still hot, why don't you go eat it first?" Mother Liu said.
Zheng Guan handed the bowl to Liu's mother, "No, let's eat it at dinner." β
Mother Liu sighed slightly, this child is really sensible. The life in the unnamed building is not good, the food in the kitchen of Xiyuan is not good, and it takes three days to see the next small meat, that is, the food eaten by the next person. If it weren't for Captain Chen's occasional sending some chickens and ducks, I'm afraid that these two girls would all be skinny, one is pregnant, and the other is when they are growing up. Naguan'er didn't want to eat it, she must have wanted to keep more for Lan Yu'er to eat, and it was really difficult for this child.
Liu's mother took the bowl and exited the door. Just as Xiaozhu was standing outside the door, he asked, "What's wrong with Miss Lan?" β
Liu's mother sighed, "I caught a cold a few days ago, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get better." β
Xiaozhu nodded, and then said, "When you go back to the eldest lady's words later, don't say the wrong thing, and don't tell Captain Chen about sending chickens over." β
Mother Liu's face was a little embarrassed, "If we do this, if the eldest lady knows about it, it won't end well." β
Xiaozhu glanced at it, "This is not the first time, since you have to hide it to the end, you have to recruit it now, and there is no good fruit to eat." We are not hard-hearted people, and although we are not capable, we cannot see their lives so sad......"
Xiaozhu said, his voice a little choked.
Mother Liu hurriedly persuaded: "I know, don't shed tears." β
Xiaozhu nodded and urged, "Hurry up and go to the eldest lady." β
Looking at the back of Liu's mother in the distance, the tears on Xiaozhu's face finally flowed quietly without interruption.
"Squeak" the door opened.
Xiaozhu hurriedly wiped away her tears, turned around, saw Zheng Wan staring at her, and said softly, "Sister Xiaozhu, thank you." β
Xiaozhu pretended to be puzzled and smiled: "What are you talking about?" β
"Although I am young, I know that my sister is kind-hearted and can't bear to suffer with my mother and me, and I understand that I want to help us." With that, she knelt down. Although she knew that Xiaozhu and Wang Ma were serving them, they were actually looking at them, but it seemed that it was true to treat her well, and now that she was kneeling, she wanted to kneel into her heart and let Xiaozhu take this thank you first. Of course, she is also really grateful to them, but living in this villa, she has begun to learn to think more and more complex than before.
Xiaozhu hurriedly went to help, and said angrily: "What is this doing?" β
"I just want to thank Sister Xiaozhu."
Xiaozhu gently hugged Zheng Wan and said with a wry smile: "As long as you are good, it will be fine." β
Zheng Guan snorted lightly, in fact, there was still one thing in her heart that she hadn't said, Xiaozhu was kind, but in this complicated villa, she was not kind enough to help their pair of down-and-out mothers and daughters to offend the eldest lady, the housewife, just like she would be respectful to herself in the beginning, it must be because of some people in this villa. And what is her intention in treating their mother and daughter like this now, Zheng Guan doesn't understand, but she will take this to heart. Because she could feel that Xiaozhu was not malicious, it was enough for her.
As night approached, Liu's mother came back with a food box. After eating, Lan Yu'er felt a little comfortable, but walked to the courtyard. Xiaozhu waited very carefully, for fear that Lan Yu'er would catch a cold again.
Suddenly, white snowflakes fell from the sky, and it began to snow this winter.
Everyone was a little happy.
Lan Yu'er stroked her bulging lower abdomen and said, "It's almost the New Year, and it seems that the child will be born in the spring." β
Xiaozhu also wanted to reach out and touch it, but after looking at Lan Yu'er's face, and seeing that she was fine, he touched it, and said with a look of surprise, "It's moving."
Mother Liu was coming out of the house and said, "It's been seven months, it seems that she will be born in early spring, which is a good sign." β
"Xiaozhu, help the girl in, the girl's illness is not cured, and it is not good to get cold again." Mother Liu said to Xiaozhu again.
Xiaozhu responded, and helped Lan Yu'er into the house.
Zheng Wan looked at the crystal that fell from the sky, and there was joy in his heart, but when he glanced at it, he saw that the corner of Xiaozhu's eyes reflected the candlelight in the house, faintly flashing, as crystal as the snow, and he didn't feel that the joy in his heart was gone.
It's almost the New Year, and the villa is lively, but this excitement can't extend to the unnamed building. On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Chen Yi secretly took some ingredients, plus some meals received in the kitchen of Xiyuan, and put them on the table. Lan Yu'er beckoned Mother Liu and Xiaozhu to sit down together, they didn't want to, but they couldn't resist Lan Yu'er, so they sat down together.
After the meal, Liu's mother boiled some boiling water, took out some stone honey, and soaked it into sweet water to eat. The crowd opened the windows and waited for the fireworks at night. Every year on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, a fireworks are set off. Sure enough, when the hour came, with the sound of "bang", the dazzling fireworks rose into the sky, shattered into beautiful sparks, and fell in style. The fireworks were set off for a long time with a pillar of incense, and when everyone came back to their senses, they found that Lan Yu'er and Xiaozhu were in tears, and Liu's mother hurriedly asked what was wrong.
Lan Yu'er smiled: "It's just that I feel that such a beautiful thing is too short-lived, and it's a little sad." β
"I think so too." Xiaozhu should also be along.
Mother Liu muttered a few more words, not knowing what to say, probably saying Xiaozhu, what do you have to be sad about, and then she probably felt that this should not be said in front of Lan Yu'er, so she packed up the things on the table and went out.
Xiaozhu also began to turn around and walk into the back room to make a bed for Lan Yu'er.
In the middle of the night, Lan Yu'er suddenly felt pain in her abdomen, thinking that it would get better after a while, but it became more and more painful, so she woke everyone up.
Mother Liu is a person who has given birth, and when she saw it, her face changed, and she said, "Could it be that she is going to be born prematurely?" β
Xiaozhu was a little flustered at this time, and she didn't know what to do at all, so Liu's mother beckoned: "Xiaozhu, hurry up and find the doctor." β
When Xiaozhu heard this, he came to his senses and ran out of the door.
Mother Liu told Zheng Guan to see Lan Yu'er well, and she went to boil the water.
About half an hour later, Xiaozhu still didn't come back. Mother Liu was a little anxious, and Lan Yu'er was sweating profusely in pain.
Lan Yu'er suddenly stared at Mother Liu, the pain made her eyes a little hideous, "Mother Liu, you help me." β
Liu's mother was a little frightened and didn't react for a long time. Zheng Wan grabbed Liu's mother by the hand and pulled her down in front of Lan Yu'er, and she came back to her senses.
Mother Liu hurriedly took a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Lan Yu'er's mouth, her voice trembling a little, "The girl has also given birth, be careful, don't bite your tongue." Then he said to Zheng Guan: "Guan'er, you go and boil some water again." β
Zheng Wan glanced at Lan Yu'er, knowing that the meaning in his mother's eyes was also to let him out, although he was worried, he also knew that it was useless for him to stay here, so he went out.
Mother Liu had just boiled the water, and the fire on the stove had not yet been extinguished. Zheng Wan added water to the pot and began to add firewood. There was a crackling sound in the stove, and Lan Yu'er's cry could be clearly heard in the distance, Zheng Wan felt that his heart was constantly beating, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do. When the water boiled, she took a wooden basin, scooped up the water, and sent it to the room, the wooden basin was already heavy, although it was not filled with water, but it was difficult to bear for sending Dongguan, she stumbled all the way, and took it in.
Inside the house, Lan Yu'er was full of big men, and Liu's mother looked flustered and shouted, "Girl, this ......, I can't do it, the fetal position doesn't seem to be right, I can only wait for the doctor to come." β
When Zheng Wan heard this, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, pulled Liu's mother's sleeve and said, "Grandma Liu, you must save my mother and brother." β
Mother Liu hurriedly pulled Zheng Guan up, "It's not that I won't save it, it's that I won't......" She raised her neck and looked out as she spoke, "This Xiaozhu is really, why hasn't he come back yet?" She thought to herself, calculating the time, even if she walked slowly, she should also go to the courtyard where the doctor lived, even if she had to ask the eldest lady to invite the doctor, it would be enough time, and a bad thought suddenly appeared in her mind. She then shook her head and threw out this thought, if the eldest lady didn't want this child to be born, she wouldn't wait until today.
"Grandma Liu, tell me where the doctor is? Shall I go find it? Zheng Guan looked sincere.
Grandma Liu hesitated for a moment, "This Xiaozhu goes, the doctor will come." In the end, the voice gradually became inaudible, comforting Zheng Guan, but it was more like comforting herself, and suddenly a firm light flashed in her eyes, "Guan'er, you go to Steward Yun, you go in the direction of the kitchen, go to the end, turn right and keep walking, and see a small forest, Steward Yun lives there, you go and beg him to come over." β
Zheng Guan was puzzled, why did she want to find a cloud housekeeper, but she must be anxious at the moment, and she didn't have time to ask carefully, since Mother Liu said it, she naturally has a reason, maybe this cloud housekeeper knows how to use medical skills.
She ran all the way according to Liu's mother's instructions, and met a few night guards on the way, she couldn't think clearly what would happen if she was discovered by the night guards, so she just deliberately avoided it, near the Weiming Building was the corner of Heyun Villa, and there were not many night guards.
"All the way to the end, and then turn right", she thought silently in her heart, and saw the high wall in the distance, "Turn right in front, keep walking, and you can see the grove, where Steward Yun lives." β
"Plop" fell, she saw two oncoming guards with lanterns, only to hear one shout: "What person? βγ
Ignoring the pain, she hurriedly got up and tried to hide in the grass beside her.
The guard jumped lightly, came behind Zheng Guan, grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up, and asked angrily: "What kind of child is it, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" β
"I ...... I live in the Weiming Building in Xiyuan, and my mother is sick and has to go to the cloud housekeeper. She only said that she was sick, but she didn't dare to say that she was going to give birth, and her intuition told her that it would be troublesome to talk more.
When the guard heard this, he shouted again: "When you are sick, you go to Dongyuan to find a doctor, why do you want to find a housekeeper?" The butler is not a doctor. β
When Zheng Wan heard this, he chuckled in his heart, is it useless to find the housekeeper? Thinking that her mother was in danger, tears flowed down her eyes, and she read: "It was Mother Liu who asked me to come and go to the doctor, but the doctor never came." β
"What's going on?" Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him.
"Captain," the two guards shouted together.
Chen Shirt walked in and found that the guard was carrying Zheng Guan, he knew that this kid had always been measured, and he would never cause trouble if something didn't happen, so he asked, "Guan'er, what's going on?"
Zheng Wan knew that Chen Yi had been silently caring about them, and when he heard his question, he cried even more fiercely, and the intermittent shirt also understood what she said, saying that Lan Yu'er was about to give birth, and the doctor never came, and Mother Liu asked her to come to Steward Yun.
When the guard saw that the captain recognized the girl, he let her go.
As soon as Zheng Wan landed, he knelt down in front of Chen Shan, choked up and said an incomplete sentence, and could only hear, "Help...... Rescue ...... Mother".
Chen Shan hurriedly pulled her up, he also heard that this Yun steward had some special skills, and he had cured a seriously injured guard in an instant, and Liu's mother was also an old man in this villa, and she had heard of it, so she asked Zheng Wan to beg him, but he Chen Shan had experienced a lot of things, so he naturally didn't pay attention to these rumors, thinking that everyone exaggerated the rumors, the most important thing at the moment was to bring the doctor to Weiming Building, but thinking of Lan Yuer's identity in the village, and worried about what accidents would happen to only one doctor, So he said to Zheng Guan: I'll go to the doctor to go to Xiyuan, don't cry, continue to find the housekeeper, your mother will get better. Then he said to one of the guards, "You continue to patrol," and pointed to the other: "You accompany her to find the cloud housekeeper."
After Chen Shi finished speaking, he swept towards the way he came, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zheng Wan sobbed, raised his head to look at the guard who was assigned to lead her to the housekeeper, only to see that the man frowned slightly, as if he was a little unhappy.
Another guard patted him on the shoulder and said, "Be careful." β
Zheng Wan was very surprised, and suddenly felt that the guard's eyes were cold, she made up her mind to avoid it, and then heard the footsteps of the distance, so she hurriedly followed.