Chapter IX: Substitution
Xie Wenxing walked out of the house, waved his hand at the maid in the courtyard, and shouted again.
He called for someone, but the maids and servants hurriedly retreated out with their heads down, and they passed by a dozen guards from outside the door, surrounding the courtyard.
Xie Wenxing turned around and walked into the house again.
In the room, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie sat facing each other.
"She can't jump." Mrs. Xie said again, her hand on the table clenched tightly, "What is she, what is she." ”
"Then I don't care, you can discuss the matter of March 3." Old Madam Xie stood up and said, "Huihui jumps or you jump, you can do whatever you want." ”
As she spoke, she raised her feet and walked, and Xie Wenxing hurriedly stopped her.
"Mother, mother, let's discuss such a big matter." He said.
"What's negotiable? How is this negotiable? Mrs. Xie said hurriedly, "How can she jump?" This is the third day of March, a festival that only Dan women can participate in. ”
"But now Dannu can't jump." Xie Wenxing said, looking at Mrs. Xie, "Ayuan, now is not the time to argue, but to think about how to solve this problem." ”
He took a few steps back and forth.
"I'll ask you." He paused and said, "Do you dare to make Megumi jump?" ”
Mrs. Xie didn't speak, her body trembling slightly.
"You don't dare, I don't dare, Ayuan, we don't dare, this is a matter related to the reputation of the Xie family, we can't be willful." Xie Wenxing continued, "Don't let Huihui jump, it's not bad for her, but for her good, do you want her to fall in front of the people of Manbashu and the emperor's messenger on March 3rd?" ”
"But, but it was March 3rd, it was her first March 3rd." Mrs. Xie stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and tears fell from her eyes.
It was March 3, and a Dan girl would have many March 3s in her life, but this time there was no substitute.
Old Madam Xie looked blank, and when she was about to say something, she moved her lips and stopped, looking out of the door.
Xie Wenxing gently patted Mrs. Xie's arm.
"Yes, yes, I know, we all know." He whispered, "But it's not that there is no way now, but fortunately, God treats our Xie family well." ”
Is this still called God's treatment of the Xie family?
"Yes, God also gave Megumi a replacement." Xie Wenxing said.
Substitute.
Mrs. Xie looked at him.
"Why is she?" She said.
"She has the exact same face as Megumi." Xie Wenxing said, "I think that's why God sent her." ”
He shook Mrs. Xie's hand.
"Now, it's time for Megumi to need a replacement."
"Ayuan, she is just a substitute, Huihui will always be Huihui."
Mrs. Xie looked at him for a moment, then let go of her hand and sat down weakly.
The sunlight shone in through the tent, and someone tiptoed up the tent slightly, colliding with Xie Rouhui's sight, and the little girl was scared.
"Miss... You're awake. She stammered.
Awake? She hadn't slept all night, who could sleep at this time.
Xie Rouhui sat up.
"Get out." She said.
The little girl trembled.
"Miss, you should take your medicine," she said.
"What medicine do I take!" Xie Rouhui looked at her and said, smiled coldly, and glanced at the girl, "Bring the medicine." ”
The girl was overjoyed and turned around and brought the medicine bowl.
"Miss." She said respectfully.
Xie Rouhui stroked her hand and looked at her.
"Drink it." She said.
The girl was stunned for a moment and looked at Xie Rouhui.
"Drink." Xie Rouhui said, "I think you need to take medicine, and you can't understand what I'm saying." ”
The girl looked panicked, tears rolled in her eyes, and she knelt down with the medicine bowl in her hand.
"Hurry up and drink." Xie Rouhui said, "Do you want me to feed you?" ”
The girl shed tears but didn't dare to cry loudly, holding the medicine bowl and slowly bringing it to her mouth, she closed her eyes tremblingly and drank it.
Xie Rouhui watched her finish drinking.
"Look, that's good, you can understand me." She said, smiling and reaching out to wipe the corners of the girl's mouth with a handkerchief, "Go down." ”
The girl didn't dare to say a word, and wiped her tears in a panic.
"Thank you, Miss." She said with a trembling voice.
Footsteps outside.
"Big lady." With the gifts of the girls, the curtain was lifted.
The girl on the ground hurriedly wiped her tears, picked up the medicine bowl and retreated, Mrs. Xie walked in, glanced at the girl and looked away.
"Let's all get out." She said to the girls who followed.
The girls retreated.
Xie Rouhui stood up and saluted Mrs. Xie.
"Mother." She said, raising her head to look at Mrs. Xie's red eyes, "You haven't slept again." ”
As he spoke, he knelt down and prostrated upright.
Mrs. Xie hurriedly reached out and grabbed her.
"What are you doing?" She said, "Hurry up. ”
Xie Rouhui kowtowed.
"It's all daughters, so it's a mother's hard work." She said, raising her head and tears flowed down her eyes, "It's all daughters, so that the mother is ridiculed, and she can't sleep at night." ”
Mrs. Xie hugged her.
"Megumi." She choked up and said, "You're the one who suffers, not me." ”
Xie Rouhui leaned on her mother's arms.
"Mother, have you discussed what to do?" She said.
Mrs. Xie's body stiffened, and Xie Rouhui's hand hugged her arm.
"Mother." She looked at Mrs. Xie and said seriously, "What you do is for me, for the Xie family, if this decision will hurt me, it is not as hurtful as you are, mother, don't care about my feelings anymore." ”
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to caress Mrs. Xie's face, tears falling like rain.
"It's you who really hurt."
Mrs. Xie hugged Xie Rouhui and burst into tears.
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"So let her come to the sacrifice in my place?" Xie Rouhui said.
At this time, she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, and Mrs. Xie was combing her hair.
Mrs. Xie stopped her hand and looked at the girl in the mirror who was very similar to her face, her tears had been wiped away, white and white, and when she heard her decision, there was no sadness or anger on her face, and there was no fluctuation at all.
"Just a substitute." Mrs. Xie said, "It was Xie Rouhui who participated in the sacrifice. ”
Xie Rouhui.
It's a name, not a person.
Xie Rouhui looked at the person in the mirror and smiled slightly.
"So, am I going to wear that mask and become Miss Roujia?" She said, reaching out and touching her face, "Then go to Yushan?" ”
Seeing her say this with a smile, Mrs. Xie couldn't bear it anymore and threw the comb in her hand.
"No, no, how can it be, you are Xie Rouhui, you will always be Xie Rouhui, and you will always stay at home." She said hurriedly, grabbed Xie Rouhui's shoulder, and choked up, "Huihui, if you feel sad, just cry." ”
Xie Rouhui looked at her, and big tears rolled down her eyes.
"Mother." She shouted, reaching out to hug Mrs. Xie's waist and crying loudly.
Mrs. Xie also hugged her and cried.
"My son, you have been wronged."
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In the early morning, the cold fog of the mountains and forests has not dissipated, and the sound of rushing water comes from the wooden house, accompanied by the steaming water.
"Looking for me?" Xie Roujia asked in surprise as she leaned through the door.
Jiang Ling hurriedly waved at her.
"It's still cold, don't probe." She said.
Xie Roujia looked at the two carriages parked outside the courtyard gate and retracted her head, and soon she changed her clothes and walked out with her hair rubbed.
"Who?" She asked.
Jiang Ling pushed her towards the house.
"It's the old lady." She said.
Xie Roujia had already seen the old woman sitting in the room, she smiled, stepped into the room, and tossed her wet hair away.
"Old lady, it's rude, I'll listen to you while I smoke my head." She said.
Old Madam Xie looked at the girl in front of her, although she had just finished bathing, she had already put a mask on her face.
This kind of strict obedience to the rules that have been said is actually a kind of stubbornness.
"Smoked your hair, I'll take you back to Pengshui." Old Madam Xie said.
Xie Roujia sighed.
"What are you doing back to Pengshui?" She asked.
"You'll find out when you get back." Old Madam Xie said.
"Can I not go?" Xie Roujia thought for a while and asked.
Old Madam Xie looked at her and smiled.
"What do you think you have to say no?" She asked, "I'm here to invite you, you have to go, I don't come to invite you, people have pulled you, you have to go, what's the point of you asking?" ”
Xie Roujia raised an eyebrow.
"The meaning is that I asked." She laughed, "At least those who listen know that I don't want what she says." ”
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"Young master, young master."
Shui Ying shouted loudly and waved at Shao Mingqing in the mine.
Behind her stood an old servant.
Shao Mingqing recognized it from a distance that it was the old servant in front of Mrs. Xie, and he immediately put down the cinnabar in his hand and walked over.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
The old servant saluted him.
"The old slave gave Miss Roujia a message to her son." He said.
Miss Tiroja.
Shao Mingqing's brows jumped, and he reached out and grabbed the placket of the old servant's clothes.
"What did you do to her?" He said through low gritted teeth.
The old servant's expression was indifferent.
"Young Master Cousin, the third day of March is coming, the sacred land of Yushan, so the old lady asked Miss Roujia to change places to live for a few days, and after the third day of March, she will come back." He whispered.
Shao Mingqing loosened his shirt.
"Yes." He said, smiling slightly, "I hope that after March 3, everything will be as usual." ”
The old servant turned and left.
"Young Master." Shui Ying said hurriedly, "Will Miss Roujia come back if she is taken away by them?" ”
Shao Mingqing took a deep breath and nodded with a smile.
"Of course." He said, "Yes." ”
He nodded as he spoke.
"Yes."
He repeated it again, with a smile on his face, but without the slightest joy, and the hand hanging at his side was clenched tightly.
Yes, definitely.
But this feeling of having to wait is terrible.
The horse neighed, and Ange galloped his horse, looking at the little red horse on the distant mountain road, he stretched out his hand and put it in his mouth and whistled.
The little red horse turned around and raised its hooves and let out a neigh, and the people around the carriage and horses also turned their heads to see Angobi following behind.
"Hey, you stop." One of the guards shouted at him.
Brother An heard it as if he hadn't heard it, and urged the horse to gallop.
The shouting guards waved their hands, and the guards on either side turned their horses' heads, took their longbows, and aimed them at the men.
"Brother An!"
Xie Roujia poked her head out of the car and waved her hand at Brother An.
"Go back."
Ango reined in his horse and looked at her.
"Go back, I'll be back in a few days." Xie Roujia smiled at him, "You take a good look at the mine, and when you come back, I want to see if you have grown." ”
Ange looked at her.
"Hmm." He said.
Xie Roujia smiled at him again, waved her hand, and lowered the curtain.
"Let's go." The guard said, putting away his bow and arrows, and turning his horse's head.
A crowd of people gathered in a crowd of chariots and horses galloped away.
An Ge Yu stood on the mountain road for a long time and did not move.
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