After Guo's mother finished speaking, she dragged Fangsi and left, and suddenly saw a little girl come in and said, "Mrs. asked my mother to go to the room." When Guo's mother heard this, she only got Aunt Song's bedroom, and when she entered the door, she saw that Aunt Song had gotten up, her face was flushed, and she had just woken up. Song Ke sat on the left hand chair, Song Tanchai sat on the right side, and Xianglan stood aside to serve tea.

Guo's mother beat the drum in her heart when she saw it, and said with a smile: "Why don't you say when your wife wakes up, there is a freshly boiled summer soup in the kitchen, and my wife wants to use a bowl?" ”

Aunt Song waved her hand, as if she didn't dare to look at Guo's mother, and her eyes only looked at her son's face. Guo's mother said in her heart: "It's broken." Seeing Song Ke speak, he said: "It's not interesting to come today, I just feel that Fang Si is old, and serving in front of his wife for so many years is considered hard work, and it's time to release him out of the house to match people." Although the family is not as good as before, they can't treat her lightly, and when she turns around, her mother goes to the account to pay fifty taels of silver, and there is a set of gold and silver hairpin ring jewelry and two rulers, which is considered to be a reward for her hardships over the years, and the Song family will give her another dowry if she marries in the future. ”

Although Aunt Song had vaguely expected this step, her heart was still tight when these words came out of Song Ke's mouth, and she begged: "How can the eldest brother say such a thing, no matter how bad my daughter is, please teach her more from the wives and masters, don't kick her out, thinking that I have served my wife faithfully all these years, so as to leave me a decent face!" ”

Aunt Song couldn't bear it, so she glanced at Song Ke again, and saw that his face was sinking like water, so she moved her mouth and hung her head without speaking.

Song Tanchai said coldly: "Now that I have invited her out decently, it is already for the sake of my mother's face, and my mother only needs to ask Fangsi what she has done, and she will know why I said this." "It turned out that Song Ke had just told Song Tanchai about Fang Si's fuss with Miss Lin's family, Song Tanchai had read "The Collection of Virtuous Ladies" and "The Biography of the Daughters" since he was a child, and he hated this kind of slave who did not lose his face. No matter how well Fangsi treats her on weekdays, she has also turned into ashes because of this one, and at this moment she is only looking forward to driving Fangsi out, so she speaks very politely.

Aunt Song knelt down and said: "The girl has to say a good word for my daughter, from childhood to adulthood, she combs your hair, makes a purse, and accompanies the girl to talk and relax, when she was a child, the girl reads and writes, she stands next to the pen and ink, makes a thick mattress for the girl when it is cold, cooks sour plum soup for the girl when it is hot, and the girl looks at the love of the past......" said and choked up, although Fang Cai's words were said to Song Tanchai, but every word alluded to Aunt Song.

Sure enough, Aunt Song couldn't sit still, she was a soft-hearted person, and Mother Guo's words reminded her of Fangsi's dedication to serving all these years, and she couldn't help but be moved, and said, "Ke'er......"

Song Tanchai said slightly angrily: "This is her duty as a maid, even if she doesn't do it, she is at most a lazy paw and not diligent, why let the master's family drive out?" Mom went back and asked her what good things she had done! ”

Before the words fell, I saw that the curtain was lifted in the next room, and Fang Si ran in like a gust of wind, knelt beside Guo's mother, burst into tears, and cried and begged in a dumb voice: "I know I'm wrong, please don't drive me out, if you want to get me, I might as well hit my head and die...... "Kowtow again and again."

Song Ke saw that Aunt Song's eyes were also red, so he hurriedly said, "Mother Guo, please get up, this is not to drive Fangsi out." It's that she's getting older, and as the saying goes, 'women don't stay', seeing that she is thinking more and more, she should also let her go out to marry, and if she wants to be a wife in the future, she will come back to see it. Mrs. Fang Cai is still talking about giving Fang Si a decent set of jewelry for future marriage, and you also want to thank Mrs. for this love. ”

These words made Guo's mother speechless again. Yes, people didn't drive Fangsi out, but accompanied her to send things out of the house. And Fonse has long reached the age when it is time to talk about family affairs.

Fang Si sobbed: "I am willing to serve my wife and never marry for the rest of my life!" ”

Guo's mother hurriedly said: "Yes, the daughter of Hengzhu has not yet decided on the family, so she will serve her wife for a few more years, and it is not too late to leave the house after the family affairs are decided." ”

Song Ke had a headache, Guo's mother is an old man with a head and face, because of his deep relationship with his wife, he is still respectful, and it is not easy to send Fang Si away, he originally wanted to take some property to send Fang Si this Buddha away, who would have thought that this mother and daughter were dead skinned, and they did not leave. When he raised his eyes, he saw that his mother had a unbearable look on her face, and his sister had a tense face, as if someone owed her eight dollars.

At this time, Fang Si was already crying and kowtowing: "Don't drive me away!" I've changed everything after x! ”

Song Tanchai stood up angrily and said, "You change?" Talking about the world, for selfishness, if you don't leave, it's better for me to leave this house and settle down! ”

Mother Guo beat her chest and cried: "Why did Sister Tan say it so harshly, how can we live." The master who worked hard to serve him for a long time finally became an enemy, God is really blind and black-hearted......"

Seeing that this situation was not like this, Xianglan pulled Song Tanchai and said, "Girl, sit down." Seeing that there was worry in Song Ke's eyes, knowing that he took care of his mother, he couldn't say it too clearly, so he thought to himself, and glanced at Song Ke, Song Ke understood when he came, and said, "Xianglan, you tell me for me." ”

Xianglan stood up and said, "Mom, put away the tears, take Fangsi out first, and then come in to reply, what is this place?" This is the wife's bedroom, how can you let the screaming and crying of the heavens and the earth, isn't this adding to the blockage of the wife? Mom is old, and she has been serving her wife for so many years, so she has forgotten this reason? Besides, let Sister Fangsi go out to marry, it was the uncle and the girl who combined, and the wife also nodded, the mother had a big face, and directly refuted the wife's idea, the uncle repeatedly explained that it was not possible, and he actually sold the old face, and the mother repeatedly said that she was loyal, but now she is thinking about her own daughter, and she doesn't even care about the wife, can this be called loyalty? ”

These words were like a series of cannons, and her voice was crisp and articulate, which made Guo's mother stunned.

Xianglan took another step forward and said: "The second thing, although the uncle has long wanted to let Fang Si go out to get married, why did he mention it today, there is a reason. I think my mother also heard that there was a lot of trouble in the study this morning, who caused this incident, and I will go back and ask Fangsi. Uncle just wants to save face for his mother, so he hasn't made it clear, but my mother picks Uncle and doesn't save your face! He looked at Fang Si again and said: "You did such a thing at the beginning, and you broke the rules and system, you should have expected the consequences, but now that the uncle has spoken, the wife has nodded, this is not where you should stand for a long time, mother, please bring someone back." ”

Song Ke's heart was bright when he said this, and he nodded at Xianglan again and again, and even Song Tanchai showed appreciation.

Mother Guo secretly hated in her heart, and sneered with a tear: "The girl is so big, even the eldest brother can't afford to talk to me in this tone, can you afford it?" This is also known by the rules? ”

Xianglan said: "Although I don't understand the rules, I also know that I shouldn't instigate trouble behind my back for my own selfish desires. ”

Guo's mother wanted to say more, but Song Ke cut off: "The old house in the capital has always lacked a proper person to see, my mother is old, she should have gone to take care of her old age, I will let the account pay another fifty taels when I go back, and send my mother to the old house in the capital to recuperate!" Ming'er packed up and went out of the house, with her own carriage at the door. ”

Mother Guo seemed to have a thunderbolt on her head, and went to see Aunt Song in disbelief. Aunt Song kept her eyes closed, holding beads in her hands and holding a spell.

Song Tanchai stepped forward to pick up Aunt Song and said, "Mother, you can stay with me tonight." Ignoring Guo's mother and Fang Si who were kneeling on the ground, the group went straight away.

Behind the back, Guo's mother cried: "Mrs., Mrs., you say something, you say something!" ran out, but was dragged by the mother-in-law who had been guarding the door for a long time and pulled back.

Izumi Xianglan sighed and said, "Fangsi is certainly a hateful, but Mother Guo has been serving for so many years......"

Song Ke said: "You don't have to pity her, my mother is a generous heart, she has been serving all these years and I don't know how much silver and jewelry she has stolen." Once I saw a Huasheng wearing a pearl and gold jade on Fangsi's head, it was obvious that my mother had a birthday a few years ago, and I asked people to build it outside and take it back to be honored. I quietly asked my mother, but I gave the jewelry to people, and my mother said no, but the thing was gone. My mother said that she wanted to settle the matter, and this matter was over, and I paid attention to it since then, and found that Guo's mother was not clean hands and feet. Now I took this opportunity to catch her up. ”

Saying that, when he arrived at the door of Song Tanchai's boudoir, Song Ke stepped forward in a few steps, and helped Aunt Song to sit down on the bed with Song Tanchai. Song Ke said respectfully: "Mother, I have discussed with my sister, there is a shortage of people around my mother, and in the future, my sister will give her mother the juanhua around her...... If my mother doesn't like Juanhua, I'll pick someone else. It turned out that this Fang Si was the dominant one in Aunt Song's room, and she refused to train the little girl, lest a new girl squeeze her seat, and now that she has been expelled, Aunt Song doesn't even have a usable girl in her room.

Aunt Song's face was tired, and she waved her hand and said, "You guys are decided, now that I'm old, I can't be the master anymore, and the people around me say that I can catch up, what else can I say." He closed his eyes as he spoke.

Song Ke said: "Mother, Mother Guo's hands and feet are not clean, and Fangsi is too ......"

"I know." Aunt Song opened her eyes and looked at Song Ke, "But what do I want to live to this age, isn't there someone around me who can coax me to talk, let me be happy." How much can she take away if her hands and feet are not clean? Can't I just buy a happy one with huā money? ”

Song Ke hurriedly knelt down, and Song Tanchai also quickly knelt down. Song Ke gritted his teeth and said: "The child is not filial, which makes the mother uncomfortable." Just ......"

Aunt Song waved her hand again, closed her eyes and said, "Forget it, you have a set of big truths, I can't talk about you, I just want to be pure." You treat their mother and daughter well, just find a proper person to send them away, so that we can serve them, we can't be ungrateful. ”

Song Ke said again and again that Aunt Song didn't like to take care of him, so he had to withdraw, and gave his sister a look to take care of him, and then withdrew.

Nothing happened for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, I only heard a scream in the main house, and then Guo's mother cried loudly: "My son, why can't you think about it, leave me, how can you tell me to live!" ”

Xianglan hurriedly followed Song Ke's side to take a look, this Fang Si actually committed suicide by hanging from the beam, only to see the embroidered shoes at the bottom of the skirt slightly exposed, dangling in mid-air.