Chapter Twenty-Six: Sisters and Kindness
The old lady's face changed slightly, and she sank a little, if Shen Pingcheng hadn't told her about the Qi family today, this matter would have passed in the past.
"It doesn't matter? Sister-in-law, do you have a conscience when you say this, I will not allow Sister Lan to marry into the Qi family! Zhao roared at Yang.
"Conscience, brother and sister, you left Sister Lan for decades, and now talk to me about your conscience!" Not to be outdone, Yang glanced at Zhao.
Zhao's face turned pale, and he looked down at Sister Lan in his arms, and he was unconfident.
The old lady fell over again with a teacup, and there was a moment of silence.
Zhao hugged Shen Lan and cried in a low voice, Shen Rong squeezed behind Zhao, and their mothers were close together, and she also cried.
The old lady looked at their mother's crying headache in the Luohan bed, and hurriedly recruited Mama Gui to come over to help her, and said to Zhao: "You lead the two children back first, in the middle of the night, Sister Lan, you put your heart in your stomach, and grandmother will call the shots for you!" β
When they came out of Fuhua Courtyard, Shen Lan also cried, wiped her eyes and stopped her voice.
The night was hazy, the shadows of the trees on the bluestone pavement were speckled, and the moonlight was scattered on the triple eaves.
The Zhao family led one with his left hand and one with his right hand, and Jinlin Courtyard was very quiet.
The Zhao family settled Shen Lan first, and then sent Shen Rong back to the house, and then returned to the outer courtyard physically and mentally exhausted.
Shen Lan was sitting on the edge of the bed, and Forsythia was using ice cubes for her to reduce swelling.
The two girls Xi'er and Xiang'er outside were talking, and they were somewhat worried about the people in the room, so they lowered their voices.
"What do you say is wrong with the second girl, when she comes back from outside, she cries like a tearful person, and she doesn't let us serve you closely."
"Who knows, anyway, let's do what is in front of us well. We don't have to worry about those trivial things. Xi'er smiled and took out a bean-sized jewel ring from her cuff, "Look, how is this color." β
Xiang'er snatched it away, grabbed it lovingly, and said with a smile: "You little hoof, where did you steal this?" β
"Phew! You go and steal one, this is the big girl's reward for me, do a good job, this reward is indispensable. β
"What are you two talking about, there's nothing to do!" Mama Li suddenly opened the curtain and entered the house, and glanced at the two of them: "What about the second girl?" β
She peeked in through the screen.
"The second girl seems to have cried, and Forsythia is waiting inside." Xi'er said.
Mama Li muttered in her heart, these two girls must have been scolded by the old lady, and she cried with red eyes because she was thin-skinned.
She walked around the screen into the house, walked up to Shen Lan, and piled up her face: "Girl, what's wrong with you?" β
Shen Lan's blood-red eyes swept towards Mama Li, "It's okay, you don't need to serve here, just go down." β
"But the slave ......"
"Get out!"
Shen Lan's tone was a little stiff, Mama Li paused, as if she was frightened by Shen Lan, the gentle second girl on weekdays was too angry, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.
Shen Lan stayed in her room for a while, and finally couldn't help but go to Shen Rong.
When Dongmei spoke, Shen Rong still didn't believe it, and when she came out of the east room, she saw Shen Lan sitting outside.
When Shen Lan saw her come out, her face stiffened a little, and she forced a smile.
"Sister!" She broke the original embarrassment first, shouted Shen Lan closely, and led her into the east room: "I am very happy that you came to me." β
"Why did you help me?"
"Because you are my sister, I said before, we are relatives who have broken bones and are still connected, I was ignorant before, but now that I have grown up, I don't want to be separated from my sister." She grabbed Shen Lan and said coquettishly.
Shen Lan smiled awkwardly, as if she didn't expect Shen Rong to answer like this, she stared at Shen Rong with her eyes, looked at it for a while, and suddenly said, "So that's the case." β
"Although grandmother is facing us this time, what she cares about is always the faΓ§ade of the Shen family, sister, I only ask you, you are in line with the big and young ......"
"Nope!" Shen Lan immediately opened her mouth to deny.
Shen Rong breathed a sigh of relief, then pulled her and said, "Then sister, don't worry about this, my father and mother will take care of it, sister, stay here and sleep with me tonight." She spoke childishly.
Shen Lan hesitated for a while, but finally agreed.
Early the next morning, the two sisters went out of the inner courtyard together.
Seeing the two sisters like this, the Zhao family was a lot more relieved.
Hearing Shen Lan call her "mother" first, her heart seemed to be melted.
When I arrived at Fuhua Courtyard, the long room and the third room had already arrived, and after everyone asked for peace, the old lady first asked a few little brothers about their studies, and then asked the sisters about the female red embroidery, and then let them retreat.
Yang stayed and didn't leave.
Seeing that the Yang family was not leaving, the Zhao family asked Mama Fang to take Shen Rong and Shen Lan back first, and she also stayed.
"I didn't make enough trouble yesterday, why do I want to make trouble again today?" The old lady said impatiently, and the emerald ring on her left hand turned again and again.
Because her face was rubbed with rouge and gouache, and her neck bun and earrings were dazzling, her stern face was even more gloomy and scary.
Before Yang could speak, the doorkeeper outside preached: "The eldest master is here!" β
Shen Pingyuan wore a dark blue brocade robe, walked in a hurry, and just rushed back to the house from outside, he entered the house and looked at the Yang family and the Zhao family, and saluted the old lady again, "Mother, what's wrong, is Huan'er upsetting you?" It's not good for your body to be angry, you see, the people of the Hu family will come in a while, how can they meet guests. β
"Master, the people of the Hu family are coming?" Yang glanced at Shen Pingcheng excitedly, unconsciously raised his hand to stroke his sideburns, looked down at his body, and said in a hurry: "Mother, the people of the Hu family are coming, I... I need to go back and change my clothes..."
"I didn't keep you!" The old lady didn't look at Yang and said coldly.
"Mother, I'll go and change my clothes first, and then I'll come to you to ask for sin." She went out in a hurry
The Zhao family stood there, watching them happy and anxious about Shen Hui's marriage, and their hearts became more and more uncomfortable.
It was not appropriate for her to stand there, so she found an excuse to go out.
Shen Pingyuan was left in the house, and he asked, "Mother, what's wrong with Huan'er and the second brother and sister, they came over early in the morning to ask for guilt." β
"It's not your good daughter-in-law, forget it, the Hu family is here today, I don't want to lose my interest because of this, when will their carriage arrive, the people outside will be waiting at any time, don't slack off others."