Chapter 011 Civil Strife

The scorching sun of late spring, bright and warm, like a golden brocade, gently wraps the courtyard. The green trees are swaying, the flowers are blooming, and the colorful butterflies are staggering.

The air is sweet, and so is the wind.

Erniang Lu Su stepped on the mottled shadows of the trees and arrived on the steps in front of the main courtyard gate.

When her sister was not yet out of the cabinet, the two sisters lived here. The grass and trees in the main courtyard are very familiar to Erniang.

A peach tree outside the courtyard gate, which was planted by her mother when she got married, is now lush and pavilion-like. Every year in early spring, the peach blooms full of beautiful flowers, but unfortunately, it has not borne fruit.

It's too old.

The steps at the entrance were also broken in two and replaced with new stone bricks. The new brown and yellow are strong, and the old one is covered with moss, and you can see the difference from afar.

Even if it is pieced together, it is incompatible, just like Erniang's home.

Then, her sister got married, the eldest aunt and the third aunt moved in, and she moved the place. Obviously, she just changed the yard, but it made her feel adrift.

All that belonged to her was usurped.

The door of the main courtyard is still old, has not been replaced, and is a little dilapidated. Erniang stood at the door, took a deep breath, and then knocked lightly.

"Second girl, it's you." A maid in a green blouse answered the door. She is not tall, petite and delicate, with big eyes and a smile.

"Sister Nuan Xue." The two mothers addressed each other politely.

This maid was brought to Beijing by the Wen family, called Nuan Xue. Nuan Xue has round cheeks and big eyes, looking delicate and innocent.

After Nuan Xue entered the house, he was bold and enthusiastic, and he had already mingled with the maids and ladies in the kitchen and the pulp washing room, and often gave people some small favors.

Erniang felt that this girl was deliberately making friends with people and doing eyeliner for Wen's family, so as to find out the situation in the house as soon as possible, so she also paid special attention to Nuan Xue and knew her name.

"Second girl, please come in." Nuan Xue is really enthusiastic, her eyes are crooked when she smiles, and it is easy to gain the favor of others.

Erniang stepped into the main courtyard.

The window lattice in the east room is ajar, and you can see Wen's demure and gentleness, nodding to Erniang.

Wen's face, melted into the golden sunlight, porcelain white and exquisite, is still the same as before. It's been seven years since I went to Huzhou Mansion, and Wen's appearance hasn't changed.

Wen is very beautiful, with long and oblique Danfeng eyes, adding a charming posture. However, there is never any frivolity and flamboyance in her, but more wisdom, calmness and dignity.

Erniang was afraid of her.

In the past, Yuan Niang said to Er Niang: "The Wen family and the Ming family she brought over are all foxes. It's just that Wen is a very ruthless fox, and you have to be careful of her. ”

Erniang will also ask Yuan Niang: "Who said this?" ”

"Aunt Jane told me." Yuan Niang replied.

As soon as the Wen family entered the door, the eldest aunt provoked the relationship between Yuan Niang and the Wen family.

Erniang followed Yuan Niang, and since she was a child, she hated and feared Wen's family. Suddenly goodbye, in a corner of my heart, I was still afraid of her.

After entering the east room, Erniang gave Wen's salute: "Mother"

"Sit down." Wen Shi was not surprised by the arrival of the second girl, and his voice was calm and gentle, "Spring Butterfly, pour tea for the second girl." ”

"Second girl, you sit here." Nuan Xue asked Erniang to sit on the kang and opposite Wen's.

Chundie also quickly poured tea.

Erniang took the tea and held it in her hand, but she was surprised that her hands trembled slightly.

Wen was doing needlework and didn't look up at Erniang. In the small basket in front of her, there was a pair of shoes. The water-red upper, embroidered with folded branches and begonias, should be Wu Niang's.

"The daughter thought, the weather is fine, come and say hello to her mother." Erniang first understood her intentions.

Wen's threaded the needle, did not deliberately look at Erniang, his eyes were flat, and his voice was still gentle: "You didn't come to greet me, you came to thank Luo'er." ”

Lu Luo came back with the ointment yesterday and sent some to Erniang, Wen Shi knew.

Lu Luo refused to say, so Wen pretended not to know.

Erniang was inexplicably suffocated.

"She's still taking a nap, wait a minute, I've already asked the maid to shout." Wen finally raised his eyes, and his eyes swept over Erniang's face.

Wen is neither stern nor kind, and he is steady and unangry.

Erniang subconsciously swallowed her saliva.

"Yes." Erniang replied, holding the tea carefully, and didn't take a sip.

Lu Luo had already woken up from a nap, but he had nothing to do, and the house was not as disciplined as in Huzhou Mansion, so he was too lazy to get up, lying in the bed and reading.

Although Jingli is the mansion of the official eunuch, it is more loose and casual than the old mansion of Huzhou Mansion. This mansion has not had a hostess for seven years, and it is full of concubines and concubines, and it has long been out of form.

Lu Luo and Wen didn't plan to set rules for them, so they simply acted more recklessly than them.

Erniang came, and the maid told Lu Luo, and Lu Luo got up, changed his clothes and combed his hair, and went to see Erniang in the east room.

Erniang put down the teacup and got up to greet Lu Luo.

"The ointment given to me by the fifth sister is very effective, and I came to thank the fifth sister." Erniang said to Lu Luo.

"It's just a gadget brought from Huzhou Mansion, it's not worth anything," Lu Luo said with a smile.

Lu Luo was going to chat with Erniang for a few words, and wanted to start with the weather.

She was still organizing her language when the door rang again.

The maid went to open the door, and this time it was Liuniang Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi wore a green gown, a white Lan skirt, and entered the door petite and graceful. She carries a pearl grate on her head, and the finest pearls can glow with white and warm light in the sun, reflecting her skin like clotted fat, which is particularly beautiful and delicate.

"The second sister is also here, this is a coincidence." Liuniang is lively and cute, first give Wen's courtesy, and then talk to Erniang.

Liuniang is not afraid of Wen's family, and she doesn't have any specific impression of Wen's, so she is very casual.

"It's really a coincidence, I didn't expect the sixth sister to come too." Erniang said, but her voice was cold, and there was a faint hatred.

Erniang hates her aunt very much. It's not just that the eldest aunt maliciously misled the Erniang sisters when they were young, but also because the eldest aunt made Erniang's marriage yellow.

Otherwise, it would be Erniang who married into the Jiang family, not Sanniang, the daughter of the eldest aunt.

Liuniang is also the daughter of the eldest aunt, and Erniang naturally hates her.

"How can the second sister be angry, didn't I offend her?" Liuniang giggled. She didn't say this to Erniang, but to Lu Luo and Wen.

Lu Luo looked at Erniang seriously, and then said with a smile: "No, I look at the second sister very well, but the sixth sister deliberately smeared her."

Liuniang choked, she really didn't expect Lu Luo to be so sharp and ruthless.

As soon as Lu Luo helped like this, Erniang also came back to her senses, calmed down a lot, and said: "Usually a greeting, the sixth sister can also hear that I am angry, I am deeply impressed by this ability." If you want to pick bones in the eggs of the sixth sister, it is easy to cook. ”

Liuniang didn't expect Lu Luo to help Erniang, but she was blocked back for a while, and her face changed slightly.

Wen Shi was silent, looking at them quietly, with no smile or blame on his face, calm and unwavering.

Liuniang was about to fight back, when the courtyard door rang again.

This time, it was Siniang and Qiniang who came.

"As soon as the second sister arrived at the main courtyard, the eldest aunt and the second aunt sent spies, and sure enough, we were very prepared." Lu Luo thought to himself.

Siniang wore a silver-red folded branch begonia gown, and she was coquettish. She has thick green silk, neatly combed her hair in a bun, and has thick bangs, the bangs are draped with willow eyebrows, and the eyes are extraordinarily black and rich, and the folds are shining.

Qi Niang is not yet young, and she is still a child. Although it is not as good as Siniang, it is also a beautiful embryo.

Compared with the plain light of Er Niang and Liu Niang, the four Niang sisters are luxuriously dressed, shining in the sun, surrounded by beads, and are more like the daughters of the official eunuchs.

"Everyone is here, it seems that the eldest aunt and the second aunt are always staring at us." Lu Luo thought to himself, his eyes lit up slightly.

"What a good day is today?" After Lu Luo waited for Siniang and Qiniang to give Wen's gift, he said to them with a smile, "The sisters are here, why don't we touch the cards?" ”

The girls looked at each other.

"The old lady just touched the cards." Qi Niang immediately objected, "Fifth sister, can you tell us interesting things about Huzhou Mansion?" ”

Lu Luo thought about it, and said "It's okay", so he cleared his throat and immediately spoke.

She greatly praised the luxury of Huzhou Mansion. The large number of servants, the spaciousness of the houses, the extravagance of use, the freedom of coming, etc., made the eyes of the girls straighten.

They were born and raised in the capital, and never left. What Huzhou Mansion looks like, they don't know, it's all up to Lu Luo.

After talking for a long time, Wen Shi spoke: "I'm also tired, you all disperse." ”

Erniang, Siniang, Liuniang and Qiniang got up, saluted Wen's family, and left one after another.

"Girl, what are they all doing here?" Lu Luo's maid leaned on the bamboo and was stupid, and she didn't understand today's lively scene.

"It's nothing more than the second sister is here, and the others want to know if we and the second sister will join forces to bully them, so they sent spies to explore the truth and observe the truth." Lu Luo explained with a smile.

"Yizhu, you are really a nerd, when will you be smarter and share your worries with Wu Niang?" The wind and smoke around Wen's side laughed and joked.

The people around Wen's family are very affectionate in private, and they call Lu Luo "Wu Niang".

"I'm protecting the girl, and I'm not making an idea." Yizhu said blankly.

Yizhu has learned kung fu. In their village, there is a person who specializes in teaching children martial arts, collecting meager rice grains, and Yizhu follows suit.

At first, it was for physical fitness.

Later, when their hometown was hit by a disaster, and all the fields and houses were flooded, Yizhu followed her parents into the city, where they were sold to the Lu family by their desperate family, where they were sold for 20 years.

Yizhu is good, so Wen accepted her and asked her to follow Lu Luo, always protecting Lu Luo.

"As soon as Erniang came, Ming's and Jane's sent a girl. It seems that we will have to be more careful in the future. Wen Shi thought of those children and sneered slightly.

The eldest aunt and the second aunt sent people to monitor the Wen family, and also sent people to keep an eye on the second mother Lu Su, just because they were afraid that the second mother would take advantage of the Wen family's power and oppose them.

The second aunt is still investigating the matter of the second mother's fall into the well.

That night, Lu Qijun still returned to the second aunt's West Cross Courtyard. But somehow, two hours later, Lu Qijun went to the third aunt's South Cover Courtyard in a hurry.

"It should be for the sake of the Buddha beads," Lu Luo thought to himself.

Sure enough, the next day, Nuan Xue inquired that Lu Qijun asked his second aunt for the Buddha beads that Lu Luo gave to Qi Niang last night.

The second aunt said "lost".

Lu Qijun was so angry that he sent someone to search the second aunt's box on the spot.

The second aunt cried angrily, saying that she had followed Lu Qijun for so many years, and no outsider had ever searched her cage.

Siniang Lu Rui and Qiniang Lu Qian also came to persuade.

Lu Qijun didn't care, he had to search. As a result, the Buddha beads were not found, but the five hundred taels of silver tickets hidden by the second aunt were turned out.

The second aunt went crazy to rob it, and was almost beaten by Lu Qijun.

"How dare you hide money under my nose!" Lu Qijun was very angry and felt that the second aunt was not sincere and considerate enough to him.

He took the money and went to the third aunt's side.

The second aunt cried. She felt sorry for the money, the five hundred taels had been saved by their mother and daughter for several years, and they had only gone to exchange for silver tickets not long ago. If you know that you won't change it, it's still safe to break silver.

At the same time, the second aunt was also embarrassed, her house was turned upside down by the maids, and there was no dignity at all. Only the cage of the subordinate can be turned over casually, who dares to turn over the master's?

Lu Qijun doesn't respect her!

A string of Buddhist beads made Lu Qijun and the second aunt make such a fuss, and after Lu Luo heard it, he smiled slightly.

After the second aunt and Lu Qijun fell out, the eldest aunt and the third aunt took the opportunity to fall into the well, and the family was in chaos, and their three aunts, who had nothing to do with each other before, fought completely.

The more chaotic it was, the more pure Lu Luo and Wen were.

At the same time, the matter of Erniang Lu Su falling into the well can no longer be investigated, because Lu Qijun neither believes in the eldest aunt, nor the second aunt, let alone Wen's and Lu Luo.

He wanted the third aunt to check, but the third aunt avoided it. This is a hot potato, if you find it out, there is no credit, if you don't check it well, you will definitely be scolded, let it burn the second aunt, and the third aunt will not be a good person.

Erniang will be completely safe.

The second aunt Ming also stopped checking and let it go. Lu Qijun found five hundred taels of silver, and he could get away with it for another month or two, and he didn't care about anything falling into the well.

It's all over.

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the fourth month, which was the birthday of Lu Luo and Siniang Lu Rui.

On the same day, Lu Qijun didn't mention it, he was still angry with his second aunt and daughter.

Lu Luo sent a piece of his own writing to Lu Rui, saying: "The courtesy is light and affectionate, and my father said that the family should be honest", and sent Siniang away.

Siniang was worried about losing her father's favor, and she was in no mood to worry about Lu Luo.

Wen cooked longevity noodles for Lu Luo, and the maids and ladies in the main courtyard ate them.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days came.

On April 18, Lu Luo's uncle, the eunuch Wen Lexi, finally arrived in the capital.

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