Chapter 33: Wind Chill
Old Lady Zhang didn't speak, and everyone didn't dare to leave, sitting in the west room with big eyes and staring at each other.
There was a greeting outside, Chu Weichen glanced at it, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Chu Weixuan: "Uncle and grandmother are here." ”
Hearing that the old lady had strong steps, she asked Liuyu to help her walk in, and when everyone saluted, she said, "What about the third brother and sister lying down?" ”
He nodded back, and the old lady entered the inner room, and soon, Liuyu and Holly came out, leaving the two old ladies alone to talk.
Only the Western clock swayed in the western room, and everyone was silent and wanted to hear the movement in the inner room, Chu Weilin also listened carefully, but unfortunately couldn't hear any words coming out.
A quarter of an hour later, the old lady Wen slowly walked out.
"As a daughter-in-law, it is inevitable that you will suffer some grievances." After hearing this, the old lady went back without staying long.
He and Li's eyes were red, and they lowered their heads and did not respond.
Chu Weilin secretly thought that this sentence was probably not for the He family and the Li family, but what the old lady said was that the old lady Zhang had been wronged for decades because of the Manniang matter.
Holly and Yu's mother went in to serve, and after a while, Yu's mother came out and passed on Mrs. Zhang's words, so that everyone dispersed first.
Li didn't care about the wolf, and took Chu Weichen and Chu Weixuan back.
Chu Weilin was also about to leave, but she heard Mother Yu and Aunt Xia talking behind her.
"Auntie, wait first, the old lady will call you in."
Aunt Xia responded with a smile and stepped into the inner room first, and Mother Yu glanced at Aunt Xia with a stern expression.
A trace of doubt flashed through her heart, Chu Weilin didn't have time to think about it, Yu's mother urged again, and she followed He and Chu Weiyi out.
Outside, as far as the inside of the house, the cold wind blew, and she couldn't help but shudder, and Baolian hurriedly stuffed a soup woman into Chu Weilin's hand.
In the evening, another doctor was hired in Yishun Hall.
Baolian obeyed the order and hurriedly went to ask, only to know that Aunt Xia was sick.
Chu Weilin leaned on the Luohan bed, holding the book and listening to the reply, but did not say anything for a long time.
She remembered that in her previous life, Aunt Xia's body had always been healthy and she had never been sick, was this change because of Mother Xue's illness?
And Aunt Xia, when I see her during the day, although her face is not ruddy, but she is not sick, how come a few hours later, it is time to ask for a doctor.
In her mind, it was Aunt Xia's mother's stern and terrifying expression when she entered the inner room, and for no reason, Chu Weilin suddenly remembered what Old Lady Zhang said to her.
"In that case, it is better to be happy!"
These words turned in his ears a few times, and Chu Weilin trembled violently, and a thought came to her mind.
Does Mrs. Zhang's words mean something? What she wants is not Mother Xue, but Aunt Xia?
Chu Weilin closed her eyes and pondered.
Kind, kind, low-key, is Aunt Xia's impression to everyone, in addition to serving Mrs. Zhang, Aunt Xia recited Buddha in the house to cultivate herself, compared to Mrs. Zhang, who has a cloudy temper as she grows older, the little maids in Yishun Hall prefer Aunt Xia.
But at the beginning, Aunt Xia was the dowry maid by Mrs. Zhang's side, and it was Mrs. Zhang who opened her face in order to prove to the old ancestor and the third old lady that she was not jealous and intolerant, otherwise, Aunt Xia's current status is probably no different from that of Yu's mother.
As a beneficiary of Manniang's death, since Mrs. Zhang had long suspected Mother Xue, how could she not be suspicious of Aunt Xia.
Originally, she was still struggling not to pierce the last layer of paper, but at this time, Mother Xue confessed, and Mrs. Zhang was ruthless again, and she had no choice but to test and ask Aunt Xia.
As for Aunt Xia's illness, whether she really did it to make Mrs. Zhang scared and sick, or whether she didn't do it and got sick sadly, it was really hard to say for a while.
However, Chu Weilin was more inclined to Aunt Xia to do it.
Mother Xue is an honest person, if someone didn't deliberately guide and instigate, she might not have the courage to conspire with Xia Yue to kill Manniang, if she really had that guts, how could she have been so uneasy in conscience for decades that she was so sick that she even called Xia Yue's name in her sleep?
She thought she was thinking about her master, but in the end she killed Mrs. Zhang.
The maid who accompanies the marriage is single-minded, and she will also go on a business trip, and if she is selfish, she doesn't know which way to be led.
Thinking of this, Chu Weilin raised her eyes and glanced at Baolian.
At this moment, she felt that Baolian was very much like Aunt Xia, and everyone praised her.
What if Pauline has selfish intentions?
Chu Weilin's head was faintly swollen, she couldn't help but raise her hand and pressed her eyebrows, Baolian saw it, hurriedly stepped forward to take it, and rubbed it carefully.
Pauline's hands are white and soft, not like a maid, but like a boudoir girl.
There is a faint fragrance on her fingertips, which is a familiar taste of Chu Weilin, she often appreciates the rouge gouache perfume of the people around her, Baolian has followed her since she was a child, and the things she uses are the same as her.
In my impression, even in her previous life, when she was sick due to a miscarriage and her face was yellow and thin, Baolian's hands were still like this.
Her eyes tightened, and she couldn't be indifferent when she recalled those "past events".
Pauline noticed the change in her and asked tentatively, "Girl, what's wrong?" ”
Chu Weilin didn't answer immediately, and waited for a long time before she said dumbly: "You say, how long will Aunt Xia be sick?" ”
"Didn't you say you had a cold? It's about ......" At this point, Baolian was stunned, even stopped the movements of her hands, blinked her eyes and savored Pin Chu Weilin's words, and muttered, "What does the girl mean, Aunt Xia's illness is not simple?" It's because of Mother Xue......"
It came to an abrupt end.
Pauline's face turned white, and she bit her lip and said nothing.
Chu Weilin glanced at her obliquely.
Pauline's back was cold, and she was thinking about how to deal with it.
"How much do you know about Mother Xue?" Chu Weilin asked calmly.
She asked Baolian to inquire about Aunt Gui, but what Mother Xue recognized in front of Mrs. Zhang that day, Chu Weilin only told Mother Lu that Mother Lu was not a person with many tongues, so she wouldn't say it, and even Baolian wouldn't say it.
Baolian hurriedly took a few steps back, knelt down and said: "That day, the girl and Mother Lu talked about the matter, and the slave maid stayed in the middle room, and I heard some of them, and then I was half-guessed and half-ignorant. The slave didn't deliberately eavesdrop on the girl and Lu's mother. ”
Apologies, sincerity, and the same.
Chu Weilin glanced at the embroidered and rich lotus satin curtain that connected the west room and the middle room, and did not ask if she could hear it, and raised her hand to help Baolian: "If you hear it, you will hear it, you are a person who knows how to measure, these things can be swallowed in the stomach of our master and servant, and they must not be passed on." ”
Baolian nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, girl." ”
Speaking of which, Aunt Xia's illness has not been mentioned again.
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