Xue Jiao saw that Mrs. Li and Mrs. Cai were chatting hotly, so she picked up the good apples on the noodles and washed them, peeled them and cut them into small pieces, put them on the plate, and served them.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard Xue Yao say that there was something to do with the Li family, and after a look, I saw Xue Yao standing in the room, her eyes were red, her face was pale, and she no longer had the same look as before, and it seemed that she was crying. When I looked again, I saw that she was holding a big red wrapper with flowers and embroidery in her hand, and her half-inch-long nails were dyed red and tightly clutched the wrapper.

Li Shi pulled her to sit down, but she refused, lowered her head and bit her lip, and quietly glanced at the two old ladies with her eyes. The two old ladies have lived so long and are so transparent that they can know what Xue Yao is thinking about at that glance. This is for fear that if you have something to say to the Li family alone, it will not be good to say it in front of them.

"Old sister, thanks to you, you sent a set of noodles, and my granddaughter didn't shudder at the third baptism." Mrs. Cai took Mrs. Li's hand with gratitude, "Look at me here to talk to you, I should go back and see if my granddaughter is crying." ”

Mrs. Li took Mrs. Cai's hand back, and then got up and responded with a smile: "What did the eldest sister say, okay, I am also half of the grandmother of the third room, and I shouldn't send my face, go, I'll go with you to see Sister Yan'er, listen to what Xue Jiao just said is white." ”

The two old ladies were disgusted with the two-room furniture, and walked out of the door of the north wing holding hands in harmony. Mrs. Chen happened to sit at the door of the upper room basking in the sun, she heard Xue Yao say that after the pomp of the old lady of Dingfu, she now loves to play more and more, and her daughter-in-law must follow her when she goes out to bask in the sun, and from time to time she hands tea and water to beat her legs and pinch her shoulders, and Zhao and Zhang are standing behind. One pinched the shoulder and the other thumped the back. Seeing the intimacy of the two old ladies of the in-laws, I was full of taste, took a sip of tea, withdrew one leg and stretched out the other to Zhang's and said: "It's better to have a son, and when you get old, there will be a daughter-in-law to serve, what can you do if you give birth to a girl, and no one will serve you if you want to drink saliva." ”

This is a terrible thing to say, Cai's son has just died. She said this over and over again no less than ten times a day. The return is rooted in Cai's heart. When Mrs. Cai arrived at her daughter's house, she secretly didn't know how many times she had fought with Mrs. Chen, and at this time, she was angry when she heard this. Chen Zifu heard this every time. are all depressed, even if Chen Zifu does not have the disgusting heart for a long time, he was provoked by his mother. The Cai family has no son, and this point has already been lost. This is a refutation, and it is not easy to refute.

The partial-born Zhao family didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and then answered: "Mother's blessing is great, and she gave birth to three sons in a row." If I give birth to three daughters in a row, my four brothers and sisters and I will not be blessed to stand together and serve my mother. ”

Sweet smile, honey-like words, Mrs. Chen listened comfortably. Mrs. Cai gritted her teeth angrily.

Mrs. Li patted Mrs. Cai's hand with a smile, and said: "It doesn't matter if you are a daughter, as long as you are intimate and filial, if you have such a son who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and worries his parents everywhere." What's the use of having more sons? What do you say, old sister? ”

As soon as these words came out. Old Mrs. Chen and the Zhao family both turned purple, and these words obviously pointed directly at Chen Zichang.

Mrs. Cai smiled and blossomed, but she could be regarded as moving back for a while, and said to Mrs. Chen: "In-laws, the old sister of the Li family is right. I said in-laws, I come to take care of my daughter every day, and I am not a guest for a long time, but the old sisters of the Li family don't come much. ”

Mrs. Chen closed her eyes angrily, stopped beating her legs and knocked her back, and went back to the room with a pair of small feet.

In the north wing, Xue Yao saw that Mrs. Li and Mrs. Cai were walking away, so she sat sideways on the kang. Xue Jiao didn't know what medicine she sold in her gourd, she had always looked down on the big house, except for the day Qi Lin went home and found Jing Hao to embroider the wedding dress twice, she came to the north wing twice, and she didn't talk much when she saw it, let alone set foot in it.

"Auntie, I heard that you have a cold, I have a bottle of medicine here, which is medicine from the West, just put it under your nose and smell it." Xue Yao took out a small bottle depicting Qingbi mint from her baggage with a smile, and handed it to Li, "I only have one bottle here, I usually don't want to use it, and the eldest aunt is not an outsider, I don't feel sorry for you." ”

"I'm all right." Li Shi waved his hand at the bottle that exuded a cool smell, this was the first time Xue Yao had given her something, and it was still such a precious thing from the West. Li's thoughts are usually simple, and he knows that Xue Yao will not give her things for no reason.

Xue Jiao sniffed her nose, the cool smell that filled the room, she knew that the bottle contained the cool oil she was familiar with in her previous life. Everyone in the courtyard knew that Li was cold yesterday, and she didn't come to deliver medicine when she was strict yesterday, but she came to deliver medicine when she was good today.

Seeing that Li didn't accept it, Xue Yao put it on the table, and took out a few hairpin rings from the baggage and handed them to Xue Jiao: "These hairpin rings are inlaid with gold and silver, and there is a jade on them, which is the most beautiful for Xue Jiao, come and put them on for you." ”

Holding the hairpin inlaid with green jade in his hand, he moved towards Xue Jiao, and raised his hand to insert it between Xue Jiao's hair, but Xue Jiao gently avoided it.

Xue Yao smiled lightly: "What? Dislike? ”

Looking at the big house, the child's eyelids are shallow, those hairpin rings look old, the face is blue, the white silver gold is only plated on the outside, there may be some broken copper and broken iron inside, and the jade is just an ordinary stone.

Xue Jiao's eyes showed a slight trace of disdain, and she lowered her head and flicked the beads polished with walnuts in her hands.

I don't know the good guys. Xue Yao scolded secretly in her heart, this cousin doesn't look at her young age, but the oil and salt she has experienced are not in, and last night Xue Miao also said that she was the most greedy for money, and she had to pick up the beans when she farted, and she thought that these worthless hairpin rings could impress her, but she didn't even raise her eyelids.

Gritted his teeth, was ruthless, took off the jade bracelet on his hand, and put it on her wrist without waiting for Xue Jiao to react: "Give this bracelet to my sister to play with." "The bracelet is green and transparent, it was given to her by the old lady of Dingfu, she has worn it for so many years, and it is not distressing to take it off and give it to Xue Jiao at this time, but she is reluctant to let the child can't trap the wolf, who let her have something to ask for in the big house.

Xue Jiao's heart was alarmed, such a valuable bracelet was given to herself so lightly. Does this cousin have something to ask for?

Xue Yao lowered her head at Xue Jiao.

Li Shi hurriedly took off the bracelet on Xue Jiao's wrist and put it on Xue Yao again: "What are you doing?" You don't need to give it to your sister, you're going to go out, these are your dowry, how can you give it to others. ”

"Auntie, it's you who love me the most and know my heart the most." Xue Yao listened to Li's words, and suddenly choked up and knelt down.

Which play is this, let alone the Li family. Even Xue Jiao was stunned at this time.

Li hurriedly went to pull her. Words popped out of his mouth: "Xue Yao, what's wrong with you kid, why are you still kneeling." ”

Xue Yao couldn't pull it up even if he didn't let the Li family pull it up. I just hung my head and cried, and my throat was choked and I couldn't make a sound. Xue Jiao put down the half of the orange she peeled off in her hand, didn't care about wiping her hands, and went to pull Xue Yao. I can't bear to pull it.

Xue Jiao saw that the doors and windows were open for ventilation, and through the windows, she could see Qi Ping and Big Egg playing in the yard. You can see the outside of the house, and you can see the inside of the house from the outside, and she looks like a pear blossom with rain, in case it falls in the eyes of the people in the upper room. Maybe they will say that their big house bullied Xue Yao, and they won't be able to figure it out at that time. With that in mind, jump out of the rocking chair. Keep the doors and windows closed.

Xue Yao saw that the light in the room had dimmed, and raised her eyes to glance at Xue Jiao. Holding Li's hand, he stood up and cried, "Auntie, only you can help me with this matter." ”

"How can I help you? You said? The Li family was soft-hearted, and when she saw Xue Yao crying like this, she had long forgotten about the fact that she had given the Zhao family the idea to exchange Xue Jiao's relatives.

Xue Yao originally wanted to hide it from Xue Jiao, but seeing her sitting firmly on the chair, holding oranges in her hands and peeling off the white lines on her head one by one, she didn't raise her eyelids, and she didn't want to hide it from her when she knew this.

"Auntie, do you want me to marry well?" Xue Yao's tears rolled down.

Li didn't like Xue Yao in his heart, but he never thought of pushing her into the fire pit. In her heart, Ding Mansion relied on his great wealth, and Xue Yao committed herself to being a concubine, even if she jumped into the fire pit. Although Xuzhou Mansion is not richer than that of the south of the Yangtze River, it can be smooth every year, and you can live on farming and work, so as not to starve and freeze. At the beginning, in order to pay off gambling debts and help Qi Lin have a good future, Chen Zichang led Xue Yao and Yazi into Ding's mansion, thinking that Xue Yao had earned some silver over the years and signed a living deed, and it was easy to get out of the house, but she didn't expect that she would be a concubine in her life. Today, Xue Yao cried and knelt down and pleaded, and Li couldn't help but think that she regretted going to be a concubine.

If so, if you don't help, you have to help.

"Of course the eldest aunt wants you to marry well." Li Shi spoke, and the sentence "Why should we go to Dingfu to be concubines" swallowed into his stomach. With Li's words, Xue Yao calmed down slightly, wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said: "Uncle Niang still remembers Qingbi, she was raised by the uncle of Dingfu in the outer room, you know her and my father's holiday, there are still days when I will enter Dingfu, I am afraid that she will stumble ......"

Li Shi was stunned in surprise, and Xue Jiao almost fell off the chair in shock, as if she had swallowed a fly and wanted to vomit. Xue Yao couldn't care about Li and Xue Jiao's expressions, and poured beans into a bamboo tube: "Grandma Ding Fu has weak bones and is sickly." It turned out that I was the second room, although I nominally bear the name of a concubine, but everything is compared to the grandmother of Dingfu, and I am a serious wife. I'm afraid that Qingbi will make trouble in the middle, Uncle Ding Fu is a soft-eared person, if I listen to her, my position will not be guaranteed, and it will also have an impact on the family affairs of Xue Ruxuejiao's sisters in the future. ”

Xue Yao said in the end, tears rolled down in strings.

It's a good thing to say, just like grandma, why don't you wear a red wedding dress. Can a pink wedding dress compare to a bright red one? It's not just a matter of name.

She brought out Xue Ru and Xue Jiao's family affairs, and Li Shi panicked and blurted out: "You say, how can I help you." ”

Xue Jiao glanced at her mother, and was coaxed by Xue Yao with just a few words, and couldn't help but say: "How can my mother help you in this matter, my mother is not familiar with Uncle Ding Mansion and Qingbi, Sister Xue Yao has found the wrong person." ”

Xue Yao gritted her teeth and said: "I see that the relationship between my cousin and my eldest aunt is good, and my cousin lives in the Chen family, so I want to ask my eldest aunt to follow the path of my cousin and help pass the word to Qingbi." ”

The cousin in her mouth is Qingyu, the last time Qingbi came to the house to make trouble, she was persuaded by Qingyu to go back, presumably Qingyu's words worked for Qingbi, so she begged Li to entrust Qingyu.

Li didn't immediately agree to Xue Yao, she thought that Qingyu had broken away from the door, and it was not good to go to her former sisters and sisters, and last time because of Qingbi's matter, she received a lot of gossip, how could she go to trust her.

Xue Jiao looked at Xue Yao with sparkling eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Sister Xue Yao, this matter actually has nothing to do with our family at all, who you marry will not affect me and my sister, my mother can only help you ask, as for whether the matter can be done, it is not my mother's responsibility." ”

Xue Yao heard this and was silent for a while. Xue Jiao knew that if this matter was done well, she would not be half grateful, and if it was not done well, she would win her jealousy. When he released such words, he was also beating Xue Yao. Whether she goes to Dingfu to be a concubine or not, it is her own choice, and she can't complain about others.

For her begging, Xue Jiao is willing to help her. If she doesn't go out early and stays at home for a long time, she doesn't know what kind of moth she will have with the Zhao family. (To be continued)