Chapter 147: Entering the Ling Mansion (2)
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Sitting in a sedan chair all the way, Li Xin couldn't lift the sedan curtain to look outside, so he had to sit quietly.
I don't know how far the sedan chair went, but it finally stopped. Before she could make any moves, Aunt Fang told her outside, saying that she had arrived at the second gate. After a while, the sedan chair moved again, and he was sitting in the sedan chair all the time, and Li Xin really couldn't see the layout of the Ling Mansion.
However, after sitting in the sedan chair for a long time, I arrived at the second gate, and when I think about it, the area of the Ling Mansion is very large.
The sedan chair walked for a while before it really stopped, and Aunt Fang opened the sedan curtain and helped Li Xin get off the sedan chair.
"My cousin has arrived?" Li Xin got off the sedan chair when a seventeen or eighteen-year-old pretty maid greeted him.
"It's Miss Begonia! Miss Cousin has arrived, but let the old lady wait for a long time? Aunt Fang said with a smile. In the house, the old lady is the oldest in the family, although she doesn't care about the affairs of the house, but the prestige has always been there. What's more, the eldest man is very filial to the old lady, and the people in the house are naturally more respectful to the old lady.
It's the maid next to the old lady, and it's not comparable to the people around other people.
"I've met Miss Table, Miss Cousin and the slave maid will go to see the old lady together!" Begonia saluted Li Xin, with a light smile on her face, which made people look very comfortable.
"Thank you sister for leading the way." Li Xin also responded with a smile. She came to the Ling family, and it didn't matter if the rest of the Ling family couldn't see it, mainly to come and see Old Madam Ling. Thinking of Ling Ziye's expression when he talked about the old lady, the old lady Ling should be a very kind old man!
Aunt Fang retreated and left first, and Haitang helped Li Xin all the way inside. Only then did Li Xin see the appearance of the Ling Mansion, which was not gorgeous or solemn, but with a somewhat warm feeling, like a real home, not a gorgeous empty house. Walking slowly, you can see that the scenery everywhere is well arranged, because the capital is built in the southeast, so with the unique architectural style of the south of the Yangtze River, most of the people in the capital are also small bridges and flowing water to arrange the scenery, but in the twilight of autumn, there is no willow pile of smoke, there is no lotus full of ponds, so in the end it seems a little sluggish.
The eaves of the house are high, the carved beams are painted, the blue bricks are ethereal, and the qiē is very exquisite, and there are some elegant rhymes everywhere. It is not splendid, but this does not mean that the ancestral house of Lingfu is really low-cost, most of the beams and the like are made of precious wood, and the furniture is mainly made of mahogany, which is the main hardwood.
Mrs. Ling's yard is deep in the backyard, because in the past two years, Mrs. Ling's health is a little bad and she needs to recuperate, so she moved the yard. In the affairs of the backyard, Mrs. Ling has not interfered for some years, and now the housekeeper is the wife of the eldest master of the Ling family. The courtyard where the old lady lives is really deep, and there are few maids walking around, but it is quiet and elegant, and it is also suitable for recuperation.
Li Xin had just entered the courtyard where Mrs. Ling lived, and someone reported inside. The courtyard is a courtyard, but it is a two-story attic, which is different from the courtyard houses in the north. There is a cloister in the courtyard along which you can walk. If it rains, there is a corridor to walk around, which is more convenient.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, there was a small screen in front of me, the shelf of Huanghuali, on which was a large piece of white marble, and there was a natural landscape pattern on the white marble, which looked very beautiful. White marble is not very rare, but it is still rare to have such a beautiful natural pattern.
Standing such a large screen obscures the view. Bypassing the screen, I saw the scene in the courtyard. The area of the courtyard is still very large, and it seems to be very open.
Flowers and trees are planted in the yard, and it still looks beautiful at this time. There are also a lot of chrysanthemum potted plants, with various colors and changing flower postures, but it is a scene of flowers.
There are a few maids dressed in red and green sitting out of the corridor, of different ages, some are in the prime of life, and some are just flowers and bones. Some are frolicking, some are quietly doing needlework, but it shows a very warm feeling. It seems to feel just right, not too noisy, not too silent.
"O you! I haven't all come here to see Miss Table. Begonia said with a smile. The maids all came over to salute, and they were all good-looking people! It seems that being a maid in a rich and noble family, ordinary people are really incompetent! Thinking like this, Li Xin smiled a little.
"Sisters, don't be polite."
"Miss Cousin is too polite, please come inside! The old lady has been waiting! Someone stepped forward with a smile and lifted the curtain and let Li Xin walk in.
After entering the inner room, Li Xin asked about the faint smell of medicine, and the smell of traditional Chinese medicine was mild. It doesn't smell bad, it's a unique medicinal fragrance! It seems that Old Madam Ling is really sick, I'm afraid she drank too much medicine! This inner chamber smells of medicine. In comparison, in such a house, it is impossible for the person who serves to boil medicine directly in the master's house.
Just drinking medicine can make the house smell of medicine, it must be a long time to drink medicine.
"Kid, come here." On the edge of the bed in the inner room sat a woman in her thirties, dressed very luxuriously, and looking a little majestic. This kind of dress should be a serious master in the house, looking at the age, this person is afraid that it is the wife of Master Ling, Ling Ziye's mother Wang.
Li Xin walked over, and there was an old woman in her fifties lying on the bed, thinking that it should be Mrs. Ling. Li Xin thought that what he saw would be a gray-haired old man! Unexpectedly, she was wrong.
"My poor boy is finally back." The young woman took Li Xin's hand, rubbed it gently, and looked Li Xin up and down with a smile. "It's really like my sister! Good boy, come and meet your grandmother. ”
"Hello aunt." Li Xin bowed and saluted. She once went to live in Sun's house, and she also knew a little about the etiquette of these rich and noble families. Moreover, on the way here, Aunt Fang specially taught her for half a day. In that case, she can't be too ashamed.
"Good boy."
After saluting the Wang family, Li Xin carefully observed the people on the bed. The man on the couch was awake now, but he seemed to be in poor spirits. The body is also very thin, the skin is covered with bones, and there are not many taels of flesh on the body, and it seems that the time of illness is really not short. It's just that I don't know what the disease is, as long as it's not a terminal illness, it can be recuperated, and there is a possibility of getting better.
"It's Xin Yao! O my poor child! Old Madam Ling struggled to reach out and grabbed Li Xin's hand, tears already flowing from her somewhat cloudy eyes.
"Grandmother." Li Xin shouted. She really didn't know what to say for a while, and in this moment, she remembered a lot of things. In her previous life, the days when she lived with her grandparents were really her happiest days. In front of people who love themselves and care about themselves, they can be coquettish, willful, and even unreasonable.
Because the people who really care about you, no matter what you are, will always spoil you, love you, and tolerate you.
Thinking of the days when my grandmother lingered on the sickbed for the last time, her tears also flowed. She watched her grandmother's life pass by little by little, but she couldn't do anything, and the powerlessness of being powerless really made her hate herself. She couldn't do anything but cry.
If she could, she really wanted to give some of her life to her grandmother, but unfortunately, it was just wishful thinking for a while. There is no way to transfer the lifespan, and my grandmother will not live again.
At that time, my grandmother was also very thin and thin from the pain, and my grandmother's hand had almost no strength, but she struggled like that, holding her hand tightly, so reluctant and worried. She knew that her grandfather had passed away, and her grandmother was her last relative. After that, she was alone, and no one would ever love her again.
At that time, she didn't have a job and no home, which was what my grandmother was worried about! Grandma couldn't speak, but just looked at her quietly, as if she wanted to carve her appearance completely and engrave it in her heart.
"Poor boy, you're back at last. My poor Qingyao still has your blood after all. Old Madam Ling took Li Xin's hand and tears rained down.
"Mother, don't be too sad, now that Xin Yao has been found, you should be happy. Even Qingyao's sister Quanxia has knowledge, and she should rest assured. Wang persuaded on the side.
"Yes, yes, Xin Yao is back, and she should be happy." Old Madam Ling said as she wiped the tears that flowed out, but the tears couldn't be stopped, and they seemed to wipe more and more.
"Yes! Xin Yao has returned, so don't be sad about your grandmother. Li Xin smiled, took his own handkerchief and gently wiped it for Old Madam Ling. Looking at the old man in front of her, she felt a little more admiration in her heart. My grandmother used to be so rare for her, but since then, no one has loved her like that.
The so-called parents had also looked for her many times and wanted to take her back, but that feeling really made her feel very strange. Is that really her blood relative? But why can't she feel it?
Or, since her grandparents died, her family affection has dried up. She will never be so attached to someone again, never again, because no one can make her so attached anymore.
Old Madam Ling cried for a while, and then she was tired, so Li Xin served her and fell asleep. Seeing that Old Madam Ling was asleep, Wang ordered the maid to serve her well, and he took Li Xin out.
Leaving Old Madam Ling's courtyard, the Wang family took Li Xin all the way to the main courtyard. (The novel "The Fragrance of Rice Flowers" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be 100 lucky draw gifts for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )R1152