Chapter Eighty-Four: A Preliminary Exploration
(Yesterday the chapter name was wrong, this chapter is chapter eighty-four)
Sister Yu was rewarded by Lao An for her filial piety, and she had to invite her sisters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
said that he was going to set up a small banquet in the fourth room, and specially ordered He Yu to invite Zhang Lingxi. actually gave Zhang Lingxi enough face.
Thinking about it, Zhang Lingxi casually mentioned Sister Yu in front of Lao Anren, and Sister Yu remembered it.
Zhang Lingxi racked her brains to go into the fourth room to have a look, not wanting her to "plant flowers without blooming, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into the shade", by chance, this matter was easily as she wished.
The fourth grandmother has always avoided guests, so that the door of the four-room courtyard is never opened. It must have taken a lot of effort for Sister Yu to persuade the fourth aunt to agree to this matter.
Zhang Lingxi deliberately wore a conspicuous red dress and brought Peihuan and Peiyu to the banquet.
The door of the four-room courtyard was hidden, and the little maid guarding the door leaned on the door and dozed off.
The fourth grandmother asked her to wait outside for visitors, and when people came, they opened the door.
Peiyu was familiar with her, and mischievously untied the tassels wrapped around her hands to tickle the little girl's itch.
The little maid was sleepy, just thinking it was a flying insect or something, so she snorted and waved her hand to catch up. The eyes are still closed.
made Zhang Lingxi and the others laugh, and the little maid woke up sleepily and was busy saluting Zhang Lingxi.
"Miss Nine, you're here so early."
"They haven't arrived yet?"
"Yes."
After opening the courtyard door, the little maid was annoyed by Peiyu's teasing, and reached out to twist Peiyu, and did not let go until Peiyu begged for mercy.
The two of them are indeed good, if it weren't for Miss Jiu's presence, the little maid would definitely pull Pei Yu Haosheng to say something.
I haven't seen Peiyu in a few days, and I don't know what she's up to.
Peiyu gave the little maid a look knowingly, and while everyone was not paying attention, she blinked and whispered to the little maid, "When I have time, I'll come over to play with you." ”
The little maid nodded, reluctantly watching Peiyu walk away.
The job of guarding the door is boring. It used to be Mrs. Wang's doing, but once Mrs. Wang didn't pay attention to it, so Sister Zhao and a few of them broke in, and the fourth grandmother punished her to do something else.
So she was replaced to guard the door, and the young man is not easy to slack off.
The maid who came forward to lead the way signed up for Qu Shui. She gave birth to a pair of Danfeng eyes that were extremely high, which was unforgettable.
"You're the one who served by my fourth aunt, aren't you?" Zhang Lingxi thought about the word flowing water, and laughed at the corners of her mouth.
Qu Shui said, "I was originally serving at the fourth grandmother, and later the fourth grandmother assigned the slaves and maids to the fifth lady's house." ”
Miss Fifth is talking about Sister Yu.
"Take me to visit the fourth aunt first." Zhang Lingxi said.
I should have visited my elders first.
Qu Shui's face was embarrassed, and within a breath, he had already changed his face twice embarrassedly, and said with difficulty, "Fourth grandmother, she is not in good health, and she has never seen guests. ”
"It is precisely because the fourth aunt is not in good health that those of us who are juniors don't visit again, won't we fall into the name of unfilial piety." Zhang Lingxi retorted.
Probably because Zhang Lingxi's sincerity moved Qu Shui, or Qu Shui couldn't find an excuse to refuse, she said, "Then Miss Lao Jiu will wait a while, let me ask the fourth grandmother." ”
Zhang Lingxi had an idea and said, "We're waiting here, you still have to run back and forth." Why don't you take me to wait outside the fourth aunt's house, and if the fourth aunt wants to see me, I'll go in, if not, you just take me to Sister Yu's place, and it won't delay any effort. ”
If she waited outside the house, the fourth aunt would have to see her. I heard my mother say that when the fourth aunt first got married, she had the closest relationship with the fifth room.
Listening to Qi's words, because the fourth uncle was not the son of Lao Anren's relatives, he was soft-spoken in the family when he was young. After Lao An married Xiao Ji to him, he became less wary of him, and he gradually had some space to survive at home.
Xiao Ji's temperament is not bad, and he comes from a dilapidated side branch family of Lao Anren's mother's family. With the help of Lao Anren's mother's family, Xiao Ji's mother's family was able to recover. Today, people like Zhao Ji, the old lady of the Zhao family, are going to tie up with Xiao Ji's mother's family.
Lao Anren made such an arrangement, and he may not have the intention of letting Xiao Ji's family monitor the fourth uncle.
Fortunately, Xiao Ji's family is deferential to Lao Anren, and he respects the fourth uncle like a guest, and it is a good thing to spread it outside.
It's a pity that a few years ago, Xiao Ji suddenly got a strange disease, and no matter how many doctors he hired, he still couldn't diagnose and treat it. Xiao Ji was afraid that he would drag down the fourth uncle, so he cried and begged him to divorce his wife, but the fourth uncle remembered the relationship between husband and wife for many years and insisted on refusing. In addition, Lao An has been persuading, so Xiao Ji didn't mention it.
It didn't take long for Qu Shui to come out of Xiao Ji's house with a smile and say, "Fourth Grandma let you in." ”
Xiao Ji's house was a little dim, thinking that she didn't want to see the light, and there was a pungent smell of medicine everywhere, so everyone called her a medicine jar behind her back.
Even if you don't get sick, you're going to get sick all these years, right?
Zhang Lingxi looked around at the layout of the house, old-fashioned and lifeless.
Everything is dusty.
Liuyu took a bowl of thick decoction, helped Xiao Ji up, and fed it into Xiao Ji's mouth one by one.
The soup that flowed to the corners of his mouth, and he carefully wiped it with a handkerchief.
The movements are familiar, as if they have been repeated countless times.
After drinking the medicine, Xiao Ji lay down, tugged the quilt for her, and settled everything down.
"Is Sister Xi here?" Xiao Ji was lying on the bed, rolling his eyes, his eyes were empty.
Zhang Lingxi was taken aback. When she was young, she had seen her fourth aunt once or twice, and at that time she was also sick and unenergetic, but she didn't have this feeling of dying.
It may be that the rotten question that occasionally floats into her nose gives her such an illusion.
The fourth aunt's bloody cry sounded in his ears.
Zhang Lingxi's heart sank little by little.
Could it be that the fourth aunt knew that she couldn't do it, so she was willing to agree to Sister Yu and let her hold a small banquet in the fourth room.
Zhang Lingzhe didn't seem to mention when the fourth aunt died, is the fourth aunt still alive and well, or is there no mourning?
Medicine, yes, medicine! Did the fourth aunt become like this because she took the medicine that can pretend to be sick?
Would the same be true of mothers?
It looked like it was dying, and then suspended animation without breathing.
Zhang Lingxi's uneasy heart suddenly settled, she leaned on Xiao Ji's pillow and said, "Fourth aunt, it's me." ”
Xiao Ji rolled his eyes mechanically, "Sister Xi has grown so big." ”
"Yes." Zhang Lingxi leaned closer, wanting the fourth aunt to see her clearly, "Hello, take care of yourself." ”
A tear suddenly slipped down the corner of the fourth aunt's eye.
"Okay."
The fourth aunt's tone was slow and solemn.
"You rest, I'm going to find Sister Yu." Zhang Lingxi retired.
Liuyu sent her to the door.
"Isn't the fourth uncle here?" Zhang Lingxi asked.
Liuyu said embarrassedly, "The fourth master is in the study during the day. ”
The fourth uncle did not have a concubine.
Listening to the meaning of Liuyu's words, the fourth uncle may not rest in the fourth aunt's house at night.
The nose was tickled by the pungent smell of medicine, and Zhang Lingxi thought again, the fourth uncle would definitely not rest in the fourth aunt's room.
Waiting to go back, she had to ask Zhang Lingzhe if there was anything wrong with Sifang in her previous life, and when did the fourth aunt disappear.