Chapter 118

Nearly three days before the flower-viewing banquet, the old lady sent someone to pick up Shen Lin from the grange in the countryside.

Shen Ying was also lifted from the grounding because of this.

These days were under the scorching sun, and when Shen Lin came back, he was already tanned, and Li Shi felt distressed for a while.

took Shen Lin to meet the old lady.

Her face was distressed, she lost her previous flexibility, and she shook off Li's hand unkindly: "Why don't you go to see me!" I waited for a long time, but no one came, mother, do you remember me? ”

It was the most painful ten days for her.

Helpless, like trapped in a cage, she kept hoping that the Li family would take her away, but she waited day after day, and no one came.

Li Shi broke her head in a hurry, and she hurriedly grabbed Shen Lin's arm: "Lin'er, how could my mother forget you, these ** are tired in the Grange, and my mother is not happy!" She gently dragged Shen Lin: "When you go to Fuhua Courtyard in a while, you are not allowed to throw face at the old lady." ”

At the mention of the old lady, Shen Lin's face became more and more stiff.

She didn't say a word.

When she arrived at Fuhua Courtyard, although Shen Lin saluted the old lady, she did not get close to the old lady as soon as she entered the house as in the past, but she became a lot stranger with the old lady.

"Sister Lin, do you complain about grandmother?" The old lady asked word by word.

Shen Lin pulled the corners of her mouth with a smile: "How dare Lin'er, if you dare to complain about you, don't you send me to the Grange again." ”

"Lin'er!" Li Shi snorted and said, "Mother, Lin'er is talking angry, don't take it to heart." ”

The Li family was also afraid that the old lady would be angry and send Shen Lin to the Grange again.

The old lady waved her hand indifferently: "Take Sister Lin down and have a good rest." ”

After the Li family left with Shen Lin, the old lady let out a long sigh of fatigue and said leisurely: "Qingmei, you said that I was too harsh on Sister Lin?" ”

Mama Liu mentioned it in her heart, pinched her throat and said: "You are also thinking about the fifth girl, the fifth girl is young now and ignorant, and when she grows up, she will naturally understand that you are good for her." ”

The old lady's expression was gloomy, and Zhuyu's round fingers gently slid over the rosewood handle, as if muttering to herself: "If it weren't for Sister Rong'er being too shrewd, I wouldn't have to ...... Sister Lin like this."

When Mama Liu heard the old lady say this, she immediately whispered: "Old lady, the third girl is filial, the slave maid said something that should not be said, the slave maid looks at the third girl is the most brilliant among the many sisters." ”

The old lady smiled: "Sister Rong, in fact, among the many sisters, she is the most like me, but she has never been raised by my side, so she is not close." At this, he sighed softly.

If Sister Rong had grown up under her knees since she was a child, maybe she wouldn't have to bother so much now.

When the old lady thought of this, she thought of her two daughters who had been married, so she said to Mama Liu: "I will send someone to Linzhou Du's family and the Han family for a while. ”

"Eh, slave and maid." Mama Liu bowed her head in response.

In the Xinuan Pavilion in the Fuhua Temple, it is full of coolness.

Even though there is plenty of sunshine outside, it is still very comfortable to stay in the Xinuan Pavilion.

Shen Lan half sat on the soft couch, and said in her heart that it was no wonder that the other sisters were looking forward to living in the East and West Warm Pavilion for a period of time on a summer day and counting nine days, it was indeed very good here.

Shen Lan rested for a moment, and through a thin layer of green curtains, the sound of small and broken footsteps came in.

"Second girl, Miss Cousin is here." Bai Zhi glanced out and whispered.

Shen Lan panicked for a few seconds, then calmed down, pretended to be happy and got up to greet him.

saw Wang Chan's thin figure and crossed the threshold in plain clothes.

She gave birth to lotus step by step, and every step was very steady.

"Aunt Chan." Shen Lan shouted softly, picked up Wang Chan with a smile, and instructed Forsythia: "Go and prepare some tea and snacks." ”

"Don't bother, it's all your own family, what's polite, Aunt Chan is just idle, come and talk to you." Wang Chan doted on Shen Lan's forehead: "Come into the house and sit for a while." ‘

Shen Lan said: "Aunt Chan, I have nothing to do, Ah Rong is not here, finally there is Aunt Chan who can accompany me." “

As soon as Wang Chan heard this, she relaxed even more, and entered the inner room with Shen Lan, and Bai Zhi served new tea, and then retreated.

Wang Chan had already inquired before she came, Shen Lan was different from Shen Rong who grew up next to the Zhao family, but she was very estranged from the Zhao family, so Wang Chan begged the old lady to let Shen Lan move to Xinuan Pavilion.

She said: "Sister Lan, I heard that my second cousin-in-law once left you in the house, so I left, hey, if I have my own children, where can I bear it." While whispering, he glanced at Shen Lan cautiously.

Seeing Shen Lan's expression, he immediately gently took her into his arms: "Look at Aunt Chan's mouth, it's really a pot that can't be opened, Sister Lan, don't worry, Aunt Chan likes you tightly, whoever dares to bully you in the future will talk to Aunt Chan!" ”

Shen Lan nodded seriously and said, "Thank you, Aunt Chan, except for my grandmother, you treat me best." ”

Wang Chan pursed the corners of her mouth proudly, "This is natural, I don't hurt you, who will hurt you, wait for the future...... Aunt Chan has a chance to help you. ”

She smiled meaningfully.

Shen Lan felt a little clue from it.

Before, she only listened to Shen Rong talk to her about Wang Chan, but today she saw it with her own eyes.

She reluctantly curled the corners of her mouth and smiled with Wang Chan.

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The wind is light and the clouds are light, the sky is blue and the grass is green.

Taking advantage of the morning break in the house, Ruyi hurriedly sent the letter in his arms.

When it was delivered to Zhang Ji'an, it was already nearly dusk.

He was packing his luggage, planning to leave Yong'an City early tomorrow.

Seeing Wang Chan's letter, Zhang Ji'an's delicate face smiled, and he immediately returned to the room with the letter.

He tore up the letter, cautiously, and with a little reluctance to read it, reading and reading, his slender eyes suddenly widened, "What! Chan'er is pregnant with my child! She was pregnant with my baby! Zhang Ji'an jumped up happily as if he was a child who had received candy: "She is pregnant with my child!" I'm going to be a dad! ”

He secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said in his heart that if his mother knew that Chan'er was pregnant, she would definitely agree.

In his ecstasy, he hurriedly wrote a few letters, rushed to the Shen Mansion, and delivered the letter to the Shen Mansion.

Then after the letter reached Cuilian's hand, it was directly handed over to Shen Rong.

Shen Rong opened it without scruples this time, and after reading one or two, he burned the letter.

Ruyi and Sang Zhi watched from the side, exclaimed, and only saw a moment of effort, and the two pages of paper were burned to ashes, and the fire hissed and hissed.

Ruyi pointed to the letter and said, "Girl, why did you burn the letter, how can you send it to Miss Biao like this." ”

Mulberry nodded in the same way.

At this time, Dongmei stepped into the house softly, and after shouting "girl", Ruyi and Sang Zhi were all silent.

She had noticed that something was wrong, but she had refused to face it.

She was aggrieved in her heart, but she never asked Sang Zhi, and now, even Ruyi is always with the girl, talking about things she doesn't know.

Thinking of this, Dongmei couldn't help it anymore, her eyes were red, and she knelt on the ground with a "bang": "Girl, do you think that the slave maid is not doing things well." ”

Sang Zhi and Ruyi were also embarrassed.

Sang Zhi hurriedly said: "Dongmei, it's not what you think. Ruyi should also be in harmony: "Sister Dongmei, how can the girl dislike you?" ”

"If you don't tell you everything, but you hide it from me alone, girl, you can't trust the slave." The more Dongmei said that the more aggrieved she felt in her heart, she had endured it long enough for so many days.

When Dongmei said this, Sang Zhi and Ruyi were silent.

Shen Rong sighed secretly, personally helped Dongmei up, and said calmly: "Dongmei, you are the most stable of the three, and today ** can startle me." I kept the mulberry branch and Ruyi, not because I didn't believe you, but since you didn't know, I didn't want to involve you again. ”

Dongmei looked at Shen Rong with red eyes.

Shen Rong continued: "Dongmei, you are steady, and Ruyi is still young, and you are complementary, Sang Zhi, but you are more careful than you, the three of you are the most important around me, and they are indispensable, so what is the difference between them." ”

knew that she had been busy with Wang Chan's affairs these days, and excluded Dongmei from the outside, which made her feel uncomfortable.

It's just that Shen Rong didn't expect Dongmei, who has always been steady, to have such a big reaction.

"Girl......" Dongmei sniffed: "It's all the slave maid who has a bad mind to make such a joke, girl, don't be angry with the slave." ”

Mulberry branch and Ruyi stood next to Dongmei on the left and right, smiling closely.

Shen Rong didn't drive Dongmei out.

directly instructed the three of them: "During the flower-viewing banquet, Sangzhi, you can follow Wang Chan at any time, don't let her make any moths." Ruyi and Dongmei, the two of you will stay by my side. “

Ruyi nodded: "But girl, what about that letter, will Miss Biao be suspicious?" ”

Shen Rong shook his head and smiled: "I sent this letter, where will she receive it." ”

The content of Zhang Ji'an's letter is to ask Wang Chan to meet him at the old place tomorrow.

Shen Rong guessed that Zhang Ji'an knew that Wang Chan was pregnant, so he wanted to take Wang Chan back to Jianghang.

And Shen Rong just wanted Zhang Ji'an to be anxious because he couldn't receive a reply.

As long as he is in a hurry for three days, he will ignore it

As the night deepened, there was silence in the Shen Mansion.

Occasionally, I could only hear the buzzing of the trees and the sound of birds flapping their wings.

In Cheng's house in Jinyi Yuan, there is still candlelight.

On the soft mahogany bed, Cheng Shi lay on his side, propped up half of his head, and said to Shen Pingshi, who had his eyes closed: "Husband, I heard that the coal stack has been very profitable recently, why don't we talk to my mother, mining coal mines, maybe there will be some achievements, there are not many people in Yong'an City at the moment." ”

Shen Pingshi turned over and said in a daze: "What coal stack, coal mine, I still take up my job." ”

Cheng Shi pushed Shen Pingshi, glared at him and said, "As long as your half-year-old official position, how much can you earn in a year." Do you know that opening a coal stack is an endless amount of money! ”

Shen Pingshi didn't make a sound, and continued to fall asleep, not as much as Cheng thought. Cheng looked like he hated iron but not steel, and said angrily: "Anyway, I don't care, this matter is settled quickly, it doesn't matter if you don't donate this official back then, maybe we would have become the richest man in Jiangbei!" ”

Cheng turned over and looked, a slight snoring suddenly came into her ears, she pushed Shen Pingshi angrily, pulled the quilt sideways and went to sleep.

From the early morning of the second day, Zhang Ji'an sat at the table near the window of the restaurant, waiting, from early to noon, and from noon to dusk, but no one came, even Danzhu Danniang did not see one.

His heart became more and more anxious.

But people like Shen Mansion didn't just say they would enter, he let out a bad breath, so he had to go back to his room, and took advantage of the night to send another letter over.

Still this letter still came to Shen Rong's hands, and Shen Rong burned the letter after reading it, and did not reply.

The content of the letter is still begging Wang Chan to go to the old place to meet Zhang Ji'an.

However, the letter did not reach Wang Chan at all, but even if the letter was passed on, Wang Chan was afraid that she would not go to the appointment.

So the next day, Zhang Ji'an waited from day to night, and on this day, no one came.

He was even more anxious, and asked if Wang Chan had said something.

But it was useless for him to be in a hurry, so he had to stay in the restaurant and stay overnight, this time, he changed the time and waited until he got up early to deliver the letter to the Shen Mansion.

There was great expectation in my heart.

As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

After waiting for three days in a row, there was no news from Wang Chan at all, Zhang Ji'an was already anxious and had no choice.

He returned to the restaurant dejectedly, dragging his tired body to the room.

"Brother!" Qian Xiao shouted in surprise, walked over quickly, pulled Zhang Ji'an closer, and said happily: "Brother, I didn't expect to see you here, I thought you should go back." ”

Zhang Ji'an smiled bitterly: "Brother, you came just in time, accompany me for a drink." ”

Qian Xiao gave up his hand: "Accompany you to the end!" ”

So, Zhang Ji'an dragged Qian Xiao to sit at a table casually, and said loudly: "Little Er, come to drink!" ”

"Brother, what? Haven't gotten a beauty yet? Is there something wrong, you and I are fated to help, just give me an order! Qian Xiao drank a glass of wine and spoke proudly.

Although Qian Xiao didn't know why the girl asked him to appear at this time, presumably the girl wanted her reason for doing this.

"Brother, you don't understand! I...... I...... You can't help me. Zhang Ji'an sighed worriedly.

Qian Xiao slapped the table hard and roared: "Brother, you don't look down on me?" Don't look at me and I don't have anything to do, but my woman works in a big family, and I haven't seen anything in the world, have you heard of the Shen Mansion! It's the new ...... in Jiangbei Forget it, you're not a local either, so you won't know. He shook his head: "It seems that brother, I can only drink with you to kill your sorrows." ”R1152