Chapter 2 Two Little Guesses
Old Mrs. Shen doesn't like those delicate and weak flowers, so Nanyun Courtyard has more rockeries and various well-trimmed shrubs. Yangzhou and Xijing are really different, at this time, the trees in Xijing have long been bare, but Nanyun Courtyard is lush and green.
When she arrived at the courtyard, Liu's mother really put Xu Qirong down and let her go by herself.
Xu Qirong looked at the scenery around him, which was completely different from Kyoto, and slowly walked to the upper room with clogs.
Mother Liu looked a little anxious, and she stopped talking. Xu Qirong has been paying attention to them, and Mother Liu's expression has already fallen into her eyes, but she doesn't speak. Sure enough, Mother Liu still didn't hold back, and said: "Sister Rong, that Mother Han is a wife after all, even if it is not in a thousand ways, it should be taken care of when you go back." Do you want to allow your sister to ask Mrs. Shen for a favor? ”
Xu Qirong had heard that Han's mother was called by her grandmother for questioning before, could there be any details in this?
Before Xu Qirong could speak, Yu Qiu's face turned cold and said, "Mother Liu, you are also very sexual, Mother Han looks down on the Shen family and refuses to let Miss wear the clothes prepared by the Shen family. Old Mrs. Shen took pity on her own granddaughter, shouldn't she punish a subordinate? If it was in the Xu family, Han's mother would probably have been beaten out by now! ”
Only then did Xu Qirong understand why he was lying in bed groggy before, it turned out to be hot and dizzy?
It's freezing on this day, and it's a miracle that you can get hot and dizzy!
Xu Qirong touched the skirt of the appropriate thickness on her body, which should be the clothes prepared for her by the Shen family.
Although Mother Liu is old, she also has sharp teeth that are afraid of Yu Qiu, and she said: "Mother Han is a member of our Xu family after all......"
"The Shen family is still Miss's grandfather's family, what is Mother Han's intention to provoke the relationship between Miss and the Shen family like that?" Yu Qiu interrupted Liu's mother with an expressionless face, and then said to the little Xu Qirong: "Miss, Mrs. Shen really cares about you, Mrs. is gone, if the master marries a stepfamily in the future, you can only rely on your own grandfather's family, don't break up with them." What's more, this time it was Han's mother's fault. ”
Xu Qirong listened to it in her ears, and secretly praised Yu Qiu for being smart and loyal, she used to dislike the Shen family as a defeated merchant and refused to come and go, but now that she thinks about it, she is really stupid, a girl who doesn't interact with her grandmother's family and has no mother, others don't want to bully how to bully!
It was on the eve of her being married to Yun Lan, who was still the son of the world at that time, that the second cousin of the Shen family came all the way to the Xu family in the capital to ask to marry her as a concubine. It's a pity that he was deceived by Yun Lan's reputation at that time, and misunderstood his kindness in vain.
Later, after tearing his face with Yun Lan, Xu Qirong learned from Yun Lan that as soon as his second cousin left Xu's house, he was beaten by his eldest uncle and thrown into the yamen, and then tortured in prison and thrown out of the capital.
At that time, she realized that although her grandfather's family was a defeated merchant, she was really worried about her. At that time, the only one who was willing to save her regardless of gains and losses was the Shen family.
Yu Qiu's words were both soft and hard, and Liu's mother also understood this truth, she interceded for Han's mother because Han's mother had begged her for rheumatism medicine, and she returned the favor. As for Han's mother's approach, she herself disagrees.
Xu Qirong opened his mouth and said: "Yu Qiu is right, the Shen family is my mother's maiden family, if anyone neglects the Shen family again in the future, he will be beaten and driven out." ”
After drinking the honey water, Xu Qirong's throat was also relaxed, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was soft and glutinous, and he couldn't say it was good. But what Xu Qirong said made everyone look awe-inspired, and wondered in their hearts, Miss is still young, where do you understand these truths, who must have said this. It's just that this makes sense, and the young lady is the master again, and everyone can only nod their heads when the words come out.
Seeing that everyone nodded yes, Xu Qirong added lightly: "It's good to keep it in mind." ”
Mother Liu took everyone to give Xu Qirong a big gift this time and showed her loyalty.
Compared with Liu's mother's surprise, Yu Qiu was very happy. She was only twelve years old, and in her heart, although her master was a six-year-old girl, she could read and write, and she was always smarter than her subordinates. Therefore, when Xu Qirong said such a thing, she took it for granted.
When I arrived at the upper room, a big girl was pulling a little girl to ask, and when she looked up and saw Xu Qirong coming, her face was a little uncomfortable, but she smiled and said: "Miss Cousin is here, the ancestor was still talking about you just now, and I don't know if Miss Cousin is comfortable?" ”
Xu Qirong glanced at Yu Qiu, and Yu Qiu smiled at the big girl and said, "Sister Zhuyun, Miss is fine, just got out of bed and shouted to say hello to the old ancestor!" ”
Xu Qirong knew that this big girl's name was Zhuyun, and it seemed that there should be a head and face next to Mrs. Shen, so he smiled and said to Zhuyun: "Sister Zhuyun, what is grandma doing now?" I went to talk to her. ”
Seeing Xu Qirong like this, Zhuyun was surprised, and Xu Qirong looked silent in his eyes. Zhuyun said with a smile: "The second young master, the third lady and the fourth miss are playing in it, and the fourth miss just sent the maid to the Shuangpu Courtyard to find Miss Table to come over and turn over the flower rope, and the ancestor said that Miss Table will come over in a while, so that's it." ”
Xu Qirong chatted with Zhuyun for a few more words, and then took Yu Qiu into the house, Pearl and Jade handed over the things in their hands to Yu Qiu, and were taken to tea by Zhuyun with Liu's mother.
The room was warm, and an old lady with an autumn-scented forehead was crooked on the couch watching two little girls turn over the flower rope, both of whom were eight or nine years old, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy was sitting at the feet of the old lady and helping her beat her legs.
The maids and women around are all amusing each other, so it's not lively!
Xu Qirong brought Yu Qiu in, the young man's eyes were sharp, and he shouted: "Sister Rong is here, Sister Rong is coming, there are chestnut cakes full of fragrance, and they are still hot!" ”
Everyone looked at Xu Qirong, and the old lady also looked at Xu Qirong with a smile, but there was a little helplessness in that smile.
Xu Qirong found that the people in this room, even the maid standing behind the old lady, she had a sense of déjà vu, not like the strangeness of Yu Qiu and them.
Xu Qirong stepped forward with a smile, and without saying a word, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old lady: "Grandma, Rong'er has asked you to say goodbye." ”
Old Mrs. Shen sighed, helpless and distressed, and hurriedly said: "Good boy, don't hurt, get up quickly!" ”
Only then did Xu Qirong get up and salute the boy and the two girls: "Second cousin, third cousin, fourth cousin." ”
When Mrs. Shen saw Xu Qirong like this, she was both happy and distressed, and hurriedly beckoned Xu Qirong to sit next to her, but the fourth sister, Shen Yahui, said with a smile: "I'll just say that Sister Rong is not that stingy person, but just a person who made a mistake, can Sister Rong still be unhappy because of this?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces became unnatural.
Old Mrs. Shen looked at Xu Qirong's pink and tender little face, and said, "That's it, it's just to punish her to go to the Buddha Hall to kneel for a day, if Sister Rong is unhappy, let Ruizhu let her out!" ”
Did they think they had come to intercede for Han's mother? No wonder Old Lady Shen was full of helplessness, no wonder Zhuyun looked so weird!
Xu Qirong hugged Mrs. Shen's arm, and the whole person stuck to it. It is rare to see Xu Qirong so coquettish, Mrs. Shen is even more convinced of her guess, and she can't help but feel a little sad, she is a grandmother, and she can't compete with a confused subordinate.
Who knows, Xu Qirong raised a big smile and said: "It's just a subordinate, since she made a mistake, she should be punished." If you want me to say, my grandmother is still merciful, and if she were a different person, she would have been beaten and driven out a long time ago. ”
Seeing Xu Qirong say this, everyone was surprised, only Shen Yahui looked proud: "I'll just say that Sister Rong is sensible!" ”
The second brother, Shen He, was so happy that he danced for a while, and then suddenly said to Mrs. Shen: "Sister Rong is so good, will you be my daughter-in-law when you grow up in the future?" ”
The Shen family is a merchant in the end, not as disciplined as the official family, and the second brother Shen He grew up in front of Mrs. Shen, so it is inevitable that he will be indulged a little. So I said it without thinking about it.
At this time, not only Mrs. Shen, but even Shen Yahui looked at Xu Qirong with a changed face, for fear that she would turn her face.
Old Mrs. Shen looked at Xu Qirong worriedly and said, "Your second cousin is fast-mouthed, and there is no malice, when the spring begins, send him to the school and let Mr. take care of him!" ”
The third sister, Shen Yaru, also followed: "That's it, Sister Rong, don't be annoyed, go back and let the second uncle beat the second brother!" ”
If it had been before, Xu Qirong would have been really annoyed, but now seeing everyone like this, he couldn't help but be a little funny, and said, "Second cousin is just joking, where will I be angry?" Then he said solemnly to Shen He, who was worried, "Second cousin, it's nothing for our own people to joke, this kind of thing, if it is heard by outsiders one day, I am afraid that there will be a lot of incidents." ”
Shen He felt that something was wrong as soon as he spoke, and now when he saw the six-year-old girl reasoning with him, he was ashamed and apologetic, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I was open-mouthed, and I will never say such things in the future." Sister Rong, when spring comes, I will go to the school, and the next time you come to our house, you may see a knowledgeable second cousin. ”
Xu Qirong nodded with a smile and said, "Okay!" ”
Seeing Xu Qirong like this, Mrs. Shen was so happy that she didn't know what to do, so she only hugged Xu Qirong and said, "Good boy, good boy!" ”
Xu Qirong was lying in Mrs. Shen's arms, feeling like she was being held by her mother when she was a child. In her heart, she thought that in her opinion, the Shen family was indeed very wealthy, and it deserved to be the richest man in Yangzhou. It is said that a hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, why did the Shen family fall overnight to the point that even the descendants of the Shen family had to go to work as long-term workers to beg for food?
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