CHAPTER XXV
The sky was bright, and as soon as the birdsong outside sounded, He had to open his eyes and sit up slowly. Outside the tent, a big girl came over to hold up the curtain, and the rest of the little girls knelt aside, holding washing utensils.
"The master has just passed, and he said that he would let the lady go later." Yuehuan stood behind He's head, deftly coiling his hair in a bun, and did not forget the instructions in the front yard.
He Shi rubbed his temples and said tiredly: "There is such a big thing, I heard that there are still dead people, how can I not go over, no matter how I say that the family can't write two Meng characters." ”
"Madame is right, it's just girls and young masters...... Need a call? Moon Ring said uncertainly.
He Shi thought about it and waved his hand and said: "No need, it's useless for them to go to juniors, so it's better to stay at home and not make trouble." ”
When Yuehuan thought of those dead people, her heart trembled a little, and she couldn't help but respond.
The full moon came from the side to wash He's face, and He took some balm and smeared it on his hands, and the faint fragrance of flowers made people sober a lot.
With a wave of his hand, all the girls faded away like water, and the room immediately became wider.
"You will prepare some reward money in a while, the master has already invited people from the yamen to come over, and these favors are indispensable." He stood up and let the moon ring and the moon full wait, put on a dark dark coat with plain lines, turned around and patted the arms of the two and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder, you should pay more attention to adding clothes." ”
The two big girls were naturally full of gratitude, and bowed their heads to thank them.
Waiting for the He family to go to the second room, Master Meng was already standing in the courtyard and talking to the second master, there was a crying sound in the house, and the loudest one was the old lady.
As soon as the two little girls with curtains outside the door saw He's, they quickly wrapped the curtains around, and the sound in the room was louder than just now.
As soon as He stepped in, he heard the old lady sitting inside patting her thigh and crying: "Those who have suffered a thousand cuts! This is the life of our family, so much money, so many things can be stolen? Are you not afraid of losing your life? Retribution to the children and grandchildren! ”
Aunt Mei just sat down and cried, it was really sad, and she didn't even have her usual pretentiousness.
"If you want me to know who stole them, I'll have to kill them!" At a young age, with a look of anger, Meng Gaopeng pinched his fingers and said fiercely.
He sighed slightly in his heart, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to her, he opened his mouth to ask the old lady for peace: "I know that something happened, my nephew and daughter-in-law came over quickly, and the old lady should take care of herself." ”
As soon as the old lady saw that it was her, her face felt panicked, she had never liked Kyoto here, but felt that Yanzhou was her home. The relatives in Kyoto are all from high-ranking families, not to mention her hateful daughter-in-law who has no sons, it is these wives and ladies who have come down from a family that make her feel uncomfortable, as if she is constantly reminding her of where she came from, and how incompatible she is with these people.
She hates being pressed the most, and she is vain in her heart and likes to show off, otherwise her son would not have been on the side to give advice when her son was pestering the Guan family, who knows, but it didn't help at all, but it made people laugh.
Looking at the niece and daughter-in-law in front of her, who was obviously from the Xungui family, the old lady just had the intention to put on a score, and she was a little inferior inside. The mood was irritable, and the old lady didn't want to talk more when she moved her hands, and she looked unwell and didn't want to say more.
He Shi stood up straight with an expressionless face, for this old lady, as long as she has good rules on the face, others can't talk much.
Turning his head slightly, He didn't notice Guan's figure, and he was relieved.
"What the hell is going on, how did I hear that there are still dead people?" He sat on the other side of the old lady and didn't look at Aunt Mei.
Aunt Mei had the heart to reply and was also blocked so much that she could only cover her face with a handkerchief and turn her head.
There was no way, the grandmother beside the old lady came over and said: "Madame is here, but there is a big incident at home, and the old lady's private treasury was flooded due to continuous heavy rain, and it is moldy and rotten." Helpless, the old lady moved her things to the yard of the eldest young master, who knows, and I don't know if it was remembered, and the thief came in in the middle of the night. As a result, the things were gone, and there were many thieves dead at the gate of the abandoned courtyard that had not been used for a long time in the west. ”
He took the tea from the villain, didn't drink it, put it directly on the coffee table in his right hand, spoke very slowly but with a soothing warmth, she said: "You can still earn money if you lose your property, as long as people are okay, it's a good thing, our master has invited someone from the yamen to come over, presumably it should be here at this time." ”
"It's not your family's money to dare to love, it's a good thing! I'd rather die a few useless things that can be left to my eldest grandson! The old lady was the rarest of her stocks, and when she heard this, she didn't care whether it was good or bad, and she shouted directly.
He Shi frowned very quickly, and wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief, the so-called dead few useless, you don't need to guess who it is.
"Hey...... I encountered this kind of thing on the way here, and now I come again, and I don't know if our family has hit an evil star. This bad luck! Aunt Mei wiped her tears and said this at the right time.
The old lady was angry at the beginning, and patted the soft couch hard and said angrily: "Isn't it an evil star, the big one cries and cries every day, and the crying family is depressed." The little ones don't know how to respect and humility, they don't know etiquette, both of them are declining money-losers, and our family is tired of those three! Get it out early, and you might not lose it. ”
"Don't say this old lady, human life is more important than money at all times. What's more, they are all descendants of the Meng family, and it will make people laugh when they say it. He turned his head to look at the old lady, his eyes so deep that he couldn't see the bottom.
The old lady wanted to be angry, but when she saw He Shi holding the white hosta on her head, her voice was hoarse in her throat. That thing is said to have been given by the nobles in the palace, no matter how this is the daughter-in-law of Ding'anbo, and her mother's family also has a title, how can she be such a house-filler, saying that it sounds good is an aunt, and it is difficult to say that everyone has divided the family, and then it can go to Ding'anbo's mansion?
After snorting twice, the old lady didn't have the courage to do so, so she had to sulk on the side.
At this time, the curtain was raised, and the first to run in was the eldest girl Meng Ruoyi, she was dressed newly, and she couldn't tell that she was going out in a hurry, and she wore the whole head on her head, and she didn't know if she could carry the autumn breeze or not, but she felt delicate and easy to break, and she was pitiful.
"Old lady, my granddaughter heard that something was wrong, and she came over quickly, how are you, have you been frightened?" Meng Ruoyu sat on the couch with a worried face.
The old lady was so angry that her chest hurt, and when she saw that Meng Ruoyi could be regarded as angry, she scolded: "You just want me to die!" What do I have to worry about you mothers, you want to take my life, and you want to block me every day! Look at who your false virtues are for! Hurry here, dressed so neatly, look at that head...... You just want to me off. I lost something, and you're all valuable. Since you are so worried about me, take off all those on your head and ears and give them to your third sister to use, even if my old man is worried. ”
Meng Ruoyu was taken aback, she is the same character as the old lady, can't asking for her things be the same as digging her flesh? She first pretended to find He, so she pinched the handkerchief and whispered, "Aunt ......"
He just watched, but didn't speak.
Meng Ruoyu was secretly ruthless, turned his head and pointed behind him and said, "Where is my second sister good, she ......"
At this time, Acacia slowly walked in, dressed in plain clothes, which looked like the old clothes worn at home in the yard, with a bun on his head at will, not to mention his head, but his hands were bare and nothing.
When the old lady heard Meng Ruoyao's words, her heart was still moving, but seeing Acacia like this, she slapped Meng Ruoyao's back and scolded: "Let you give, it is to make you filial, who else do you expect?" If you don't want to give it, just say it, the old lady can't call you anymore! ”
Acacia didn't care whether the old lady heard it or not, so she bowed properly, and then walked in front of He Shi and folded her hands and bowed her head.
Just now Meng Ruoyi entered the door, He just watched coldly, this time the lovesickness came, she showed a little smile and said: "So early in the morning, you have arrived, you are really filial." ”
Where did Acacia dare to respond, she was afraid that the old lady would go crazy on the spot, so she said modestly: "After all, it is a major event in the family, how can you still sleep." ”
Aunt Mei covered her eyelids, and Meng Guizhi was still asleep in her yard because her hair was so scarce that she couldn't see anyone.
He Shi pulled Acacia's hand, pursed his lips, shook his head and said: "Where is it going to be so rushed, the hands are cold, the girl is young and doesn't understand, if she doesn't take care of it when she is a child, she should suffer when she grows up." ”
After listening carefully, Acacia responded one by one.
The old lady only felt that these two people were really eye-catching, and because of He's identity, she could scold Meng Ruoyi so hard, Meng Ruoyi originally just wanted to pretend to be pitiful and fight for He's sympathy, who knew that in the end she was really scolded and cried, only to feel full of grievances, it seems that in this family, grandma does not love her uncle and does not love, and she has become a lonely person. On the contrary, it was the little firecracker that he used to look down on, and he unconsciously had a bad heart, which won the love of the He family, how much benefit did he have to take from it?
scolded in his ears, thinking about how much money his sister got from He's family, Meng Ruoyi's tears couldn't be wiped clean.
He endured it again and again, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, she stood up and said, "I'm afraid that the people from the yamen have already seen it at this time, and the old lady is tired all morning, but she wants to eat?" ”
The old lady rubbed her head and said angrily: "Whatever you eat, people will be angry to death." ”
He didn't care about her, he just turned to the children in the house and said, "Then the children go to the flower hall next to me to use some together, it's not a way to keep watch here." ”
Acacia just followed obediently, and Pomegranate followed behind, sweating palms.
The belongings had been taken to a private house by her maiden cousin, and if they were discovered, no one including the girl would want to live.
Just thinking about it, the curtain was opened by someone outside, and Second Master Meng beckoned to Acacia, and said with a stern face: "Acacia, you come out." ”