Chapter Eighty-Eight: Unraveling
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I'm struggling all the way, should I take the initiative to ask her? Or let her speak to me herself?
But she looks like she is now, it doesn't look like she wants to take the initiative to explain.
I had to take the maid Xiangqin next to her to "open the knife".
I pretended to be evil and asked Xiangqin, "How did you behave like a maid?" Don't you know that your own lady has been wronged? ā
Everyone was stunned, and their eyes swept towards me......
Maybe it's because in their hearts, I've always been a kind lady, and they were all surprised that there was such a sudden change today.
Xiangqin turned to his senses and suddenly knelt in the narrow carriage, looking at me with mournful eyes.
I don't know why, after coming to the Southern Song Dynasty for so long, it is still difficult for me to accept such humble etiquette.
I raised my hand, motioned for her to get up, and said, "Sensei knelt down, and said yes." ā
Xiangqin refused to get up and looked at Liangyuan on the side.
Liangyuan suddenly threw herself into my arms, hugged my arms tightly, and cried, "Cousin...... Why is my life so miserable......"
Her sudden howl made me stunned.
I stroked her back a little helplessly, and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
She wept for a while, then fell into my arms and sobbed.
I winked at Tsuki-ying and motioned for her to sit across from her.
Yueying understood, went to the opposite side, and sat next to Xiangqin.
I picked Liangyuan up and shifted her position to sit down.
Liangyuan wiped her tears with a handkerchief, hung her head, and sobbed sadly one by one.
After calming down a little, she raised her swollen eyes like peaches and looked at me, and said, "Cousin, cousin-in-law...... Treat you, no, he ...... Like you? ā
When chatting at home before, A-Niang and Liangyuan talked about my relationship with Lan Sheng.
I thought to myself, the reason why she asked me this is because she heard some gossip about the eldest brother from the third brother?
If I tell her frankly that Lan Sheng and I are in love, won't it make her sad again?
After thinking about it, I said, "Feelings are cultivated, and they can be cultivated or allowed to fade naturally. Liking now doesn't mean you'll always like it in the future, and conversely, disliking it now doesn't mean that you won't like it in the future. ā
Liangyuan blinked in confusion.
I added, "It's not really important to worry about whether people like you or not. ā
Liangyuan twisted her handkerchief and whispered: "But a woman, if her husband doesn't like her, then how can she live in this family?" ā
I said lightly, "Just leave him." ā
"Huh?" Liang Yuan raised her voice in surprise.
I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized that my idea seemed a little deviant to people of this era.
In a patriarchal society, the status of women is extremely low. Regardless of whether the husband's family agrees or not, even if the husband's family throws a letter of divorce, how the divorced woman should live in the future is a big problem.
That's why Zhu Shuzhen in her previous life fell into this quagmire and finally lost her life.
Thinking of this, I suddenly had a little fear of marriage.
Liangyuan looked at me with a shocked expression.
I retracted my thoughts and explained to her, "I mean, it's better not to marry him in the first place. ā
Liangyuan continued to blink at me and said, "Can you have the final say in such a thing?" ā
"Okay......" I said with some weakness. He added: "Negotiable." ā
Liangyuan's tears began to pop down again, and she said intermittently: "But when I came...... My mother told me......"
Say what? Could it be that Liangyuan already knows that the people of the two families intend to point her to the eldest brother as a wife? That's why now Liangyuan has that idea about her eldest brother in her heart? It turned out that the eldest brother didn't like him, so he made himself tremble and cry?
This...... Isn't this a pit baby?
I sighed and comforted her, "There are some things that have not yet been decided, and it is useless for you to think about them. He patted her on the shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, my cousin will never let you be wronged in this matter!" ā
Liangyuan looked at me with tears in her eyes and said sadly, "Cousin...... I don't know...... What to do......"
I caressed her shoulder, not knowing what to say.
After calming down, I thought about it for a while. Liangyuan only has a little hazy affection for her eldest brother now, and she can't talk about any deep-rooted feelings. It's not impossible to pull her out of that love triangle at this time.
Looking at the third brother's careful thoughts, I estimated that he was very interested in Liangyuan, and it was not easy to express his love on the surface, but he didn't want Liangyuan to suffer, so he told Liangyuan about the eldest brother.
After sorting them out, I decided to match them.
But before I, the matchmaker, could come up with a way to match, the third brother came to the door and brought a letter, saying that he was here to ask Liangyuan for his guilt.
Of course, Liangyuan didn't see him.
The third brother thought that he would be closed, so he asked me to give the letter to Liangyuan.
This was unexpected, I originally thought that according to the third brother's temperament, he must be entangled, but he walked away neatly.
I looked at his departing back, and suddenly I felt that he had matured a lot.
I heard that love will teach people to grow, is this the rhythm of growth for the third brother?
After Liangyuan got the letter, she put it aside. I silently felt sorry for my third brother in my heart.
Since returning from enjoying the snow in West Lake that day, Liangyuan has been very cautious and alienated from her eldest brother and third brother.
I don't think that's a good sign. Sure enough, Liangyuan proposed to me that she wanted to go home.
Fortunately, she told me first, if she told Daddy and Auntie directly, the two old men would not faint sadly.
This blow is like the saying goes, "The duck flies." Of course, this proverb doesn't seem appropriate here.
After Liangyuan told me that I wanted to go home, I comforted her for a while, and told her that the New Year was coming soon, so I would have a good time first, and the rest would be after the beginning of spring. She didn't talk about it again.
After a few heavy snowfalls, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived.
The house is full of lights, and there is a joyful atmosphere. This is especially true of the Shili Royal Street outside, where Qiantang City gives full play to its prosperity and extravagance in this grand festival.
Xu is because of the festival, Liangyuan's mood looks much better than before, and she is the little girl with a sweet smile and a pleasant laugh again.
I was very happy about this, and I felt that she could discuss the matter of going home again.
Lan Sheng wrote at the end of the year saying that he would go to Fuzhou to be on duty after the beginning of spring next year, and then come to Qiantang to see me at that time.
I held the letter in my arms and watched the fireworks in the night sky of Qiantang through the attic window, hoping that time would pass faster, faster, so that Lan Sheng and I could meet as soon as possible.
Good evening --------~