Chapter IV

When Mo's father sent someone to call Hu's, Mo Shu'an was staying with his mother, he pursed his lips but didn't say anything, Hu sighed and asked someone to take her clothes and wait for her to change, and the ornaments on her body were also taken off, and the color was more plain, Mo Shu'an took a thin cloak and handed it to Danqiu, and sent her mother to the gate of the courtyard, Hu Shi said softly, "Sister An rest early, I'm just going to take a trip." ”

Mo Shu'an responded, "It's almost autumn and the night is cooler, so mother should pay more attention to her body." ”

Hu patted his daughter's hand, didn't say anything, and walked to the front yard with his mother-in-law.

Chunhua carried a glass pumpkin lantern to show Mo Shu'an the way, "Girl, watch your step." ”

"Yes." The courtyard where Mo Shu lived was very close to the Hu family, and he only needed to walk through a corridor, although the Hu family was Mo's father's wife, he had never lived in the main courtyard. Because Mo's father misses his original partner, the eldest son and eldest daughter also remember their mother, and they don't want to let their mother's original residence live in others. In addition to the annual Chinese New Year, Mo Jingying would invite her mother's tablet to come out, in order to let the Hu family perform a concubine ceremony in front of the original tablet.

In fact, Mo Shu'an felt very ironic, if he really missed his original partner, why did he marry his mother just after his death, saying that it was to take care of a pair of children, but it was just an excuse.

Xia Guo saw that no one around complained in a low voice, "Girl, you said that they can't think of Madame, but they can't forget Madame every time for such a thing." ”

Mo Shu'an sighed, why didn't she think like this, I don't know if the eldest sister will make excessive demands when she goes to Zhang's house this time. Now she only hopes that the eldest sister will not get into trouble with the Zhang family, so that it is her mother who is angry inside and out.

Xia Guo continued, "On weekdays, I see that the young lady is very intimate with the eldest girl, and the eldest young master is always worried about the eldest girl, why don't you see the young lady visiting the eldest girl today?" ”

Chunhua snorted coldly and said, "Of course, the belly is more precious." ”

Mo Shu'an's eyes flashed, and he said, "Xia Guo, let your uncle go to Yan Academy to deliver a letter to his brother as soon as it is dawn tomorrow." "Although Mo Shu'an has two brothers, the one who can be called a brother by her like this is the brother Mo Junting, "Tell him about the eldest brother-in-law, let him think of a good excuse, don't go home for these two months, even if you go to the hometown for the eldest brother-in-law, go back to the academy quickly, and I will let people send the clothes on time." ”

Xia Guo is younger, although his temperament is a little lively, he is a person who knows the importance of it, and after writing down Mo Shu'an's words, he said, "The slave maid knows." ”

The yard where Mo Shu lives is not big, not even half of Mo Jingying's courtyard, even if Mo Jingying gets married, the yard has always been left for her, and the maid-in-law cleans it every day, even if Mo Jingying suddenly comes back one day, she will lose her temper when she sees the dust.

However, Mo Shu'an's yard was carefully arranged by the Hu family, from the furniture to each flower and plant carefully selected according to Mo Shu'an's preferences, and even made a small kitchen in the corner of the yard on the grounds that Mo Shu'an needed to learn to feed, although it couldn't be too complicated, but it could also allow Mo Shu'an to eat some hot meals at any time.

After returning to the house, Qiu Shi brought warm water, and Mo Shu'an took a sip and said, "I'm a little hungry, let's get a bowl of somen noodles." ”

Akimi said, "Yes." ”

Mo Shu'an commanded, "More down." "The girls around her are not very old, and they are easy to get hungry.

Qiu Shi smiled and agreed.

Who did Chunhua bring to serve Mo Shu'an to change clothes and freshen up, Xia Guo and Dong Qing made the bed neatly, Qiu Shi brought noodles, only some small vegetables were placed on the noodles with thick hair, Mo Shu'an said, "You guys can also go down and use it." ”

"Thank you, girl."

Chunhua and Xia Guo went down to eat first, and Qiu Shi and Dong Qing were left in the house to serve, Mo Shu'an saw that they had discussed it properly, so they didn't say anything more, and ate slowly, because it was late, there were not many noodles in the bowl, after Mo Shu'an ran out, Qiu Shi brought water for Mo Shu'an to rinse his mouth, Chunhua and Xia Guo also ran out, and Qiu Shi and Dong Qing took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen.

Mo Shu'an walked around the house for a while, and then found a random travelogue and sat on the chair to look through it, her mother had not returned, and Mo Shu'an could not rest in peace.

Chunhua lit the candle again, covered the glass lampshade and carefully placed it next to Mo Shu'an, took the needle and thread and sat on the round pier and embroidered, Qiushi and Dongqing also took the unfinished work to do, Xia Guo's embroidery is not as good as Chunhua's, but they are good at tying the delicate double butterfly knot and forming it little by little, with small beads underneath, just enough to match the girl's new flower skirt.

Mo Shu'an's mind was not on the book, and he couldn't read it after turning a few pages, so he simply put the book aside, stared at the glass lamp in a daze, and suddenly asked, "Chunhua, how do your parents get along at home?" ”

Chunhua's mother was originally the eldest girl around the Hu family, beautiful and capable, no one thought that she would eventually marry Chunhua's father, not that Chunhua's father is not good, but not good enough, honest and even a little wooden, even if he suffers a loss, he doesn't care about it, and now he is in charge of a Zhuangzi under the name of the Hu family, and every month Chunhua has a holiday, he will drive the donkey cart to the back door of Mofu early to wait for Chunhua.

Chunhua didn't expect Mo Shu'an to ask this, so she thought for a while and said, "The slave doesn't know how to say it, but she thinks that her father has a good temper, and the slave and maid have seen her father blushing once when she is so old." ”

"Uncle Zhang still has a tantrum?" Xia Guo and they have also seen Chunhua's father, and they are full of surprise when they hear this, unlike Chunhua, Xia Guo is raised by her uncle when her parents died, and her uncle and aunt's family are not rich, but they treat her like a daughter, and her cousin has always regarded her as a sister, but a few years ago, her cousin was sick, and the uncle and aunt sold all the land in the family and it was not enough for the cousin to buy medicine, or a mother-in-law in the same village saw that their family was pitiful and came to the door, saying that there was a way to sell Xia Guo to a big family to make a maid ring, and she could also get some silver to see her cousin.

The uncle refused, the aunt cried non-stop but did not speak, but Xia Guo, who was eavesdropping on the side, took the initiative to run out and agreed, and knelt down to ask the uncle for permission, and finally the uncle nodded, Xia Guo still remembered the appearance of the uncle with red eyes and promised to redeem her when the family was free.

And Qiu Shi and Dong Qing were both bought into the house by the Hu family since they were children and cultivated, and they don't remember where their home is or who their parents are.

Chunhua thought for a while and said, "Grandmother is partial to the uncle, the grandfather just died and drove the father out, the father's life is willing to endure hardships and gradually get better, after marrying the mother and was promoted by the wife, I don't know where the grandmother and the uncle found out about the father's situation and came to the door, at the beginning it was just to take some advantage, the mother thought that it was the father's elders and gave it, who knows later...... Because my mother has been married to my father for six years, only one of them was born to me, and my uncle has three sons, the eldest is eight years old, and the youngest is just a full moon, and my grandmother wants to pass on the eldest son of my uncle's family to my father. ”

"Damn." Dong Qing said angrily, "If you are really sincere, why don't you follow the younger son, the eldest son has already remembered, this is obviously trying to occupy your family's property." ”

Chunhua said, "My father didn't agree, he only said that he didn't have a son and gave me all the family property as a dowry, and at first my father hid these things from my mother, but I didn't want my grandmother to give up and take my uncle, aunt and cousin to find my mother while my father was away, who knew that the neighbors had long been blind, and sent a letter to my father, and when my father returned home, I happened to see my uncle and aunt blocking the little girl at home, and my grandmother and brother were beating my mother and me, and my mother was ......protecting me."

Thinking of what happened at that time, Chunhua's eyes were red, and she paused for a moment to calm down before continuing, "Grandmother has always said that she wants to divorce my mother for my father, because I was protected by my mother, and I didn't see what was going on, but I heard my father's roar and my uncle's screams, and when I was let go by my mother, I saw that my father was pressing my uncle to the ground and beating him, and my aunt only screamed next to me, and my mother rushed over and grabbed my aunt and started fighting." ”

Xia Guo and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they couldn't imagine Chunhua's mother beating people.

"The little girl and I beat my cousin together, my grandmother came to arrest me, and the two of us ran away, and as long as my grandmother went to beat my father, we came back and beat my cousin." Chunhua said with a smile, "My father said that in the future, as long as my grandmother comes to make trouble once, she will beat my uncle once, the eldest brother is like a father, and the elder brother should teach the younger brother a lesson." ”

Mo Shu'an was just curious about how husbands and wives get along in ordinary families, who would have thought that after hearing such a thing, people should not be soft-hearted from the beginning, and they should repay grievances with straightforwardness and morality.

Dong Qing said, "I think Uncle Zhang did something wrong at the beginning, and he shouldn't have let them into the house at the earliest." ”

Chunhua shook his head and said, "If it's really like what you said, I'm afraid that the neighbors should say that it's my family's fault, even now, my mother will prepare a New Year's gift for my grandmother during the New Year's holidays, and let my father send it in person." ”

Mo Shu'an's eyes flashed and asked, "I don't know what Aunt Zhang prepares every year?" ”

Chunhua pursed her lips and smiled, "The girl asked about the point, and my mother would send my grandmother two clothes with silk fabric and cotton and some fresh vegetables every year. ”

Mo Shu'an couldn't hold back her laughter, and Dong Qing asked, "Aunt Zhang is too generous, those vegetables are very valuable in winter." ”

Xia Guo reacted, "We all know that the price of vegetables is high in winter, but like Chunhua's grandmother's house, I am afraid that it is more real to replace those vegetables with meat of the same price, where will the farmer lack vegetables, I am afraid that there are a lot of Chinese cabbage stored in the cellar." ”

"And that's not all." Mo Shu'an said, "Aunt Zhang made clothes for her with satin, and the size, color and pattern were naturally made according to the old lady. And the material like silk is the most squeamish, how does Grandma Chunhua wear it? I'm afraid that only the guests will be willing to go up when they see guests in the New Year, according to Aunt Chunhua's character, I'm afraid she has to make clothes, even if she can't wear it, what about her mother? What about the cotton in the clothes? Can the clothes be dismantled and made into something else? And how could Chunhua's grandmother agree, I am afraid that the family will not be peaceful. ”

Mo Shu'an also felt that he had learned a lesson, no matter what he did, he couldn't fall into the hands of others, it was best to make people suffer losses and not be able to speak, and he also had a good reputation, like the Chunhua family, I am afraid that now outsiders will only say that Chunhua's grandmother is unkind, and will not say that the Chunhua family is unfilial.