It's the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and the home is naturally not as lively as the previous New Year, and the house doesn't even have red lanterns, couplets, and door gods, which looks extremely deserted.

Although it is not suitable to be lively in filial piety, the family always has to reunite during the New Year. Besides, the eldest uncle's family has decided to go back to Beijing after the Lantern Festival.

The host is the eldest aunt Mrs. Fang, and the person in charge of the reunion dinner is Ma and Du's concubines. There are five girls in the family, so naturally nothing happens to them. Except for the young Rong Sheng, everyone gathered in Rong Xiao's room to talk.

Rong Yun is sitting on the kang and playing against Rong Xiao, where Rong Di is gagging next to him. Rong Zheng sat on the carved lacquer chair below, knocking melon seeds, silent.

Rong Di watched playing chess for a while, and felt that it didn't mean much, so he sat in front of Rong Zheng and talked to her.

"What's the matter with you, you haven't even said a word after coming in for so long. My sister and I are leaving, don't you want to take advantage of the opportunity to get closer to us? ”

Rong Zheng said with a smile: "I don't talk much, I don't know what to say." Anyway, it's in your own home, so you don't need any constraints. ”

Rong Di pursed his lips and said, "You have really changed, you didn't do it before." ”

This is what Rong Zheng has heard the most in recent times, can she succeed if she doesn't change herself? She didn't want to go back to the same old ways.

"And what was I like before?"

"You used to like to be lively, and you liked to hang out with my sister and me. Have you forgotten? When we first returned to Bianliang, you listened to an interesting story about Beijing in our room for one night. ”

Rong Zheng was a little uncomfortable and said: "That was a thing of the past, and the nurse said that when you grow up, you should have a stable appearance." ”

"Hmph, you're pretty boring."

Because Rong Zheng doesn't like to take care of people, Rong Di is not happy, she is also a competitive person, she likes everyone around her to revolve around her, and the little girl's family doesn't know how to hide her feelings. always felt that Rong Zheng had scorned her, so he quarreled with Rong Zheng, and said angrily: "It's so boring, I talked to you so lowly, and you ignored me." ”

Rong Zheng was slightly stunned, her cousin was so similar to her before, when she was at home at that time, she always felt that everyone had to revolve around her and hold her. There was nothing in the Rong family, it was originally her own maiden family, and her stepmother was extremely tolerant and generous to her, and never criticized her for anything. The subordinates are disciplined by her to be obedient, and whoever does not flatter her will be up to her. The days are very comfortable and smooth, and they are indispensable. But after arriving at Liao's house, the people around him are no longer the ones they used to be. She was covered in thorns, and she couldn't stand her mother-in-law's torture of her, which time was not a single injury.

Now that Rong Zheng saw her former self, she had to get up and say, "It's useless for you to quarrel with me during the New Year." The words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, they are not in tune, and they just walk away from each other. Why writhele. ”

Rong Di saw that Rong Zheng was teaching himself a lesson with a straight face, and he couldn't get off the stage at that time, so he sneered at each other a few words. Rong Yun and Rong Xiao, who were playing chess on the kang, were busy persuading each other.

"Okay, why are you arguing again? They are all their own sisters, what is there to make a noise? Rong Yun is their eldest sister, usually the most gentle and kind, she pulled the two apart. Rong Di pouted, and without looking at Rong Zheng, he threw the curtain angrily and walked out.

Rong Zheng sat there calmly and drank tea, making Rong Xiao a little dizzy: "You are so calm now, don't you argue with others?" ”

"What am I fighting for here, I'm not a child anymore."

Rong Xiao looked at Rong Zheng and smiled, and secretly thought, her three cousins were not like this a month ago, they didn't want to compete for everything, this illness was so strange. Rong Zheng is completely different.

Mrs. Fang had already asked people to prepare sacrificial utensils and offerings. Portraits of the ancestors were also hung.

After the preparations were complete, Rong Hai led the descendants of the clan into the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

Ronghai is the main priest, Rongjiang accompanies the sacrifice, the lobby brother Rong Chun holds incense, and the second cousin Rong Bin drinks wine.

Rong Zheng stood behind Rong Di and knelt and bowed.

After the ceremony, everyone rushed out. Rong Di, who was walking in front, suddenly took two steps back and stepped on Rong Zheng's foot.

Rong Zheng screamed in pain, causing everyone's eyes to look at her. She blushed, pretended nothing had happened, and walked slowly with her head down.

Rong Di sneered in his heart, I'll just watch you pretend, see how long you pretend to be stable, and when you lose your face in front of people, it will look good.

Ma Shi heard the little maids talk about the quarrel between Rong Zheng and the second lady in the long room, and she sneered.

In addition to the ancestral hall, everyone dispersed first, and then went to the Shenxin Hall to eat after an hour.

"Sister Zheng, you come with me."

Rong Zheng didn't know why his stepmother had to follow obediently.

When he arrived at the banquet room in the upper room here, Ma said, "What happened when I left the ancestral hall just now?" ”

Rong Zheng didn't want to make trouble, so he said, "It's nothing, suddenly I stumbled." ”

Ma Shi took Rong Zheng's hand distressed and said, "Good girl, don't have any grievances in your heart." If something doesn't go your way, sue me, and I'll help you think of ideas and let you get ahead. ”

Rong Zheng thought, it was just that the juniors accidentally mixed up two sentences, and it was not a big deal, what happened, so he said: "Too much heart, it's really nothing." ”

Ma Shi wanted to instigate Rong Zheng to make trouble and make something, so he fanned the flames next to him and said: "Don't hide it, I saw it." The second girl in the long room is disrespectful to you, and she doesn't look good in front of so many people. You're still like a stupid kid, and you're being bullied. ”

In the past, the stepmother was like this, 'maintaining' her everywhere, indulging her, and getting used to her. Now Yu Rongzheng seems to be just a cup of sweet poisonous wine, she looked at Ma Shi with a smile, and deliberately asked: "She is my cousin, what should I do with Mrs. Yi?" ”

Ma's "kind-hearted" help come up with an idea: "People live in this world more than the word happy, what is happy, everything is happy when things go well, and others respect you everywhere is happy." That second girl dares to tease you in front of people, just to embarrass you. I should not have taken care of your children's affairs. But since you've asked about me, I'm going to have to give you an idea. In the future, when you seize the opportunity, you will return the other way to the other side, so that the girl will not dare to underestimate you again. How about you get angry too? ”

Rong Zheng said in his heart, what is this saying. When the housewife doesn't want to worry about home and everything, how can she instigate her to make trouble and form grievances with others. She is not a child now, so naturally she will not be instigated by her stepmother, and only praises Ma for her cleverness with a smile.

Ma Shi saw that she was very teachable, and he liked it very much.

She will end up in such a bleak end, and the people around her are detached, so it seems that it is not for no reason. For the first time, Rong Zheng felt that he had seen the true face of this stepmother.

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