Chapter 5

After Hu Shi returned home, his face was full of exhaustion, and he said, "Mother Liu, you are also tired for a day, go back and rest first." ”

Liu's mother twisted the hot cloth towel to Hu Shi, "The old slave is not tired, and the old slave will press his wife for a while." ”

Hu knew that Mother Liu couldn't rest assured, so he didn't persuade him again, "Danqiu went to Sister An's to take a look, I'm afraid she hasn't rested yet." ”

Danqiu complied, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard Hu Shi shouting, "Forget it, I'll go over and have a look." ”

I didn't think that as soon as Hu came out of the yard, he saw Mo Shu'an coming over with two maid rings, Hu's heart warmed, and as soon as his daughter came over, he took her hand and walked into the house, "How can I come out when it's dark, what if I bump it?" Qiu Shi and Dong Qing don't persuade the two of you to do it. ”

Mo Shu'an took Hu's arm and said coquettishly, "People can't rest assured that they can't leave their mother, and they want to sleep with their mother tonight." ”

Hu Shi stretched out his hand and poked Mo Shu'an's forehead, "Naughty, can I still drive you away when you're here?" ”

Mo Shu'an smiled and leaned her head on Hu's shoulder, and after entering the house, she personally served Hu's clothes, Liu's mother brought hot water, Mo Shu'an wanted to wash her mother's feet, but was stopped by Hu and Liu's mother, so she sat next to Hu's, watching Liu's mother press Hu's feet, Mo Shu'an asked, "Mother can see Mrs. Zhao?" ”

Hu sighed, "I saw it, it's just Mrs. Zhao...... It's like I'm ten years old, and my spirit is gone. ”

Mo Shu'an leaned on her mother's body.

Hu touched his daughter's head, "Children are the lifeblood of their mothers, and the eldest young master of the Zhao family took away half of Mrs. Zhao's life." ”

Mo Shu'an asked, "Mother can see the eldest sister?" In fact, what she wanted to ask was whether the eldest sister had bullied her mother, but if she asked directly, her mother would never tell her.

Hu said, "No, Mrs. Zhao said that the eldest girl was sad and overhauled, and she took medicine to rest." ”

"Huh?" Mo Shu'an asked with some doubts, "Does the eldest sister know about being pregnant?" ”

Hu Shi didn't react to Mo Shu'an's meaning for a while, but Danqiu said, "The slave maid heard that when the eldest girl returned home today, she privately invited a doctor, and she was the one who gave the young lady a happy pulse." ”

Mo Shu'an pursed her lips, if this is the case, I am afraid that Mo Jingying was determined to be pregnant before learning that her husband died, so why did she go back to her parents' house so mysteriously and invite a doctor?

Hu Shi frowned and said, "Since the eldest girl knows that she is pregnant, how can she be careful, this is the only bloodline of the Zhao family." ”

Mother Liu wiped Hu's feet dry, took the basin outside and handed it to Xiao Yahuan, and carefully washed her hands before coming back and said, "When Madame went in to talk to Mrs. Zhao, the old slave was invited to the ear room to rest, but I listened to Xiao Yahuan say a few words, as if the eldest girl had a quarrel with her uncle, and smashed her uncle's study, and my aunt will go to the suburbs today to relax and run horses." ”

"This ......," Hu didn't know what to say.

Danqiu said, "No wonder those subordinates of the Zhao family are not eyes to us, noses are not noses. ”

Mo Shu'an was also a little speechless, the Zhao family was generous for not driving their family out, "What are the rules of the Zhao Mansion?" ”

Hu Shi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that those words were specially explained by Mrs. Zhao and told Mother Liu to know." ”

Mo Shu'an wanted to say more, but Hu Shi pinched her face and said, "Don't think about it, it's time to rest." ”

"Yes." Mo Shu agreed.

Hu Shi instructed, "Mother Liu and Danqiu should also go down to rest, there is no need to leave people in the house to keep vigil." ”

When the mother and daughter were both lying on the bed, Mo Shu'an rubbed into her mother's arms like she was a child, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, father and eldest brother are to blame?" ”

Hu said softly, "No, don't worry. ”

"I don't believe it." Mo Shu'an bit her lower lip and said, "They will definitely blame their mother for not seeing the eldest sister and saying ugly things." ”

Hu Shi said, "Your father means to invite the old lady to the Zhao family tomorrow." ”

"Then let my grandmother go." Mo Shu'an whispered, "I always feel that the Zhao family's attitude is a little strange, and it is better for my mother not to participate." ”

Hu Shi didn't speak, Mo Shu'an persuaded, "Mother thinks more about my brother, my brother will take the township exam in two months, if something happens to my mother, how can my brother take the exam with peace of mind?" ”

"I see." Hu Shi sighed and said, "Thanks to Brother Ting and Sister An's competition, otherwise my reputation would be ...... for the Zhang family."

"Mother." Mo Shu'an interrupted Hu's words, "I don't like to listen to my mother talk about myself like this, and my mother hasn't done anything wrong. ”

Hu finally spit out in his heart, "If it weren't for me to drag me down, my sister An deserves better." ”

Mo Shu'an's eyes were red, and Hu Shi gently patted her back and said, "Sister An, listen to me." ”

"Yes." Mo Shu'an stretched out her hand to put her arms around her mother's waist and said, "Mother will tell me if she has any grievances." ”

Hu Shi chuckled lightly and said, "Where is there any grievance, I voluntarily married your father at the beginning, how can I not know that it is difficult to be a stepmother?" In fact, Sister Chang is a very gentle person, but unfortunately she died too early, if she sees a pair of children being raised to be what they are now, I am afraid that she will be sad. ”

Mo Shu responded.

There was a little melancholy in Hu's voice, "Your grandmother is also from a scholarly background, and her original temperament was not like this, but she has suffered the blow of losing her daughter and son one after another...... The most painful thing in this world is that the white-haired person sends the black-haired person. ”

Mo Shu'an didn't have the slightest affection for her grandmother, and her heart was even full of disgust, and when she heard her mother talk about it, she couldn't help but retort, "Mother, you think your grandmother is pitiful, but what about you?" What about my brother and me? How can you not be pitiful and innocent? It was the grandmother's decision to marry the mother and the father as the stepfamily, and the death of the eldest uncle was not caused by the uncle, and the choice of the uncle as the son was determined by the grandfather, just because these grandmothers put hatred on us, is it fair? ”

"Where is true fairness in this world?" Although her daughter is smart, she has few things to see when she is young, and the boundaries in her heart are too clear, and Hu has suffered a lot of losses to save experience, she wants to break it down and tell her daughter, "People are destined to be unfair since birth." ”

Mo Shu'an wanted to refute, but heard Hu Shi continue, "Concubine, concubine, but because of the different people born, the identity of the child is very different, although there is the same father, what can you do?" ”

"Sister An, do you think you are the same as Xia Guo?" Without waiting for Mo Shu'an to understand, Hu asked again, "Xia Guo was sold into slavery because of three taels of silver, and Qiu Shi and Dong Qing didn't even know who their parents were. ”

Mo Shu'an had never thought about this.

Hu said, "Sister An, things in this world are not right or right, wrong is wrong so simple, the same thing may be right you think, but in the eyes of others it is wrong, I don't mean that your grandmother is right, but from your grandmother's side, her daughter died, but I occupied her daughter's original position, her son died, but it was your uncle who benefited, so in the eyes of your grandmother, we are a thorn in the flesh." ”

Mo Shu'an was silent, but instead of agreeing with Hu's words, he was thinking carefully about how to refute it.

Hu Shi continued, "Of course, from our side, your grandmother naturally did something wrong, and she was very wrong, because she was in pain, so she used us as an outlet. ”

"Although my mother said that it was destined to be unfair, but it was also a girl ring that was bought, why can they come to me to be a big girl ring in Qiushi, and some can only be rough girl rings? Isn't it because they are better in the autumn fruit? Mo Shu'an asked, "The eldest brother and the elder brother are also the sons of the father, and the father has always invited famous teachers to the eldest brother, and the elder brother relies on himself whether he is apprenticed or enters the Yan Academy, and now the eldest brother can only wait for the family to dredge up the silver, and the elder brother is only sixteen and is already a Xiucai, so the daughter feels that her efforts are more important." ”

Mo Shu'an said a little slowly, but Hu Shi didn't interrupt but listened carefully, and then said, "Then Sister An, has you ever thought that in fact, these people's goals are different from the beginning?" Want something different? ”

"Huh?" Mo Shu'an didn't understand what Hu meant.

Hu explained, "What your eldest brother wanted from the beginning was to inherit the title, so he felt that he didn't need to work hard in his studies, let alone excel, because his father helped him arrange everything. ”

Mo Shu'an didn't say anything, she already understood what Hu meant in her heart, and she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, but it was for her brother, when she was full of pride in such an excellent brother, she didn't think about why her brother would work so hard, fight so hard, and be so ...... Hurry to grow yourself.

Hu Shi was proud and distressed in his heart, "And what about Brother Ting?" ”

Mo Shu'an cried and said, "Because my brother has no one to rely on, he wants to become my dependence." ”

"It's us." Hu Shi also shed tears, but his voice was very steady, "Brother Ting wants to become our dependence, so he must be outstanding, your eldest brother only sees a mansion, but your brother sees farther." ”

Mo Shu'an gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously.

Hu Shi slowly exhaled, "Sister An, why aren't you like this?" No one is born to know how to be polite and sensible, you just know that you can't be willful, and you can't make trouble for me and Brother Ting, so it's clear that the eldest girl is the sister, but you let her do everything and wronged yourself. ”

"My daughter is not aggrieved." Mo Shu'an said with a crying voice, "My daughter never feels wronged. ”

Hu Shi chuckled and said with doting, "I still remember when you were nine years old, you saw that the eldest girl could go out every day, visit the garden and enjoy the flowers, but you could only cry secretly when you didn't even have a talking partner in the house." ”

Mo Shu'an was stunned for a moment before remembering, "No wonder my mother suddenly took her daughter to the peony banquet." "When she was a child, she couldn't go out because of her poor health, but then she was better when she was older, and her mother didn't take her out for a walk, she never understood what was going on, but she understood when she came back from that trip to Peony Garden.

Mother took her out behind her father's back, and the post was also obtained by her mother after looking for her aunt, and then her grandmother and father got the news, and before the peony banquet was over, her grandmother asked people to take them back, and her grandmother scolded her mother that day, if it wasn't for her uncle calling her grandfather back in time, I am afraid that my grandmother would have beaten my mother, Mo Shu'an was frightened at the time, and she didn't understand what her mother had done wrong with herself, she only remembered that her mother had been covering her ears with her hands.

After returning home, her mother asked Liu's mother to take her to the house to rest, Liu's mother thought she was asleep, so she explained that Xiaoyahuan took care of her, and left in a hurry, Mo Shu'an opened Xiaoyahuan and ran out secretly, and saw her angry father, and her brother standing in front of her mother, she always remembered what her father said to her mother, "You are just a little woman, don't go out to embarrass me in the future!" ”