The second master gritted his teeth, simply got up and knelt down towards the old lady, and said with a resolute expression: "Ask the mother to fulfill her son once!" ”

"What do you say? Fulfill? The mother trembled with anger, and said word by word in her heart, "I will fulfill you, who will fulfill me, an old woman?" You bastards who are not angry, do you really want to defeat this Jiang family in your hands, are you satisfied? ”

The second old man clenched his fists and stalemate with the old lady, he couldn't back down anymore, he had been back down for fifteen years.

"Okay! You want to divorce your wife, even if you are angry with me, you will divorce your wife! You should, you should! If you divorce your wife, don't call me mother, don't kneel to me again, don't worship me again! The old lady said excitedly, holding her heart and gasping for breath.

Mother Hu, who was outside the screen, heard that there was a quarrel inside, and the old lady seemed to be a little difficult to speak, so she spared the screen and walked in to see.

Sure enough, the old lady was so angry that her face turned red.

Mother Hu hurriedly stepped forward to caress the old lady's heart and comfort her, turned her head and frowned at the second master: "Second master, if you think about the old lady a little, don't mention it again!" ”

As he spoke, he called Okra to help the old lady go back to her room.

The second old man looked at the old lady's back anxiously and sighed heavily.

Mother Hu took two steps, turned around and glanced at the second master, lowered her voice and said, "Second master, don't worry about this matter." If you are in a hurry, you can't do it. ”

Mother Hu originally wanted to say that in fact, the old lady was also becoming more and more disgusted with the second wife, and waited for the second wife to toss some things out, without waiting for the second master to speak. The old lady will kick the second lady out of the house by herself.

But the second master didn't think so much when he heard this. I thought it was Mother Hu who was comforting him again.

There is no hurry. More than 10 years have passed.

He sighed, worried in his heart, and wanted to follow up to take a look, but Mother Hu stopped him and shook his head: "The second master should not go in at this time, let the old lady rest earlier." ”

The second master thought about it, nodded as well, and instructed Hu's mother: "Take care of your mother, if you feel unwell, go and call Su Xue immediately." I...... I'll see my mother tomorrow. ”

Mother Hu nodded.

It wasn't until the second master was far away that Hu's mother went into the back room.

Although the old lady had calmed down a lot, she was still angry.

Mother Hu sent away the okra that was waiting on the side, took the white horn comb that Su Xue gave to the old lady in no hurry, sat on the side of the old lady's bed, slowly took off the forehead and hairpin on the old lady's head, and gently combed her hair.

"Old lady, in fact, you can think about the second master......" After a while, Mother Hu said softly.

In the face of Mother Hu, the old lady was not so irritable. With a long sigh, he closed his eyes and said, "Others don't know my embarrassment." Don't you know yet? ”

Mother Hu also lowered her eyebrows helplessly.

"Although the Cao family likes to play tricks, I have also seen it in my eyes for more than ten years, and she is really ......sincere to my two sons," the old lady said slowly.

Mother Hu smiled bitterly and nodded: "Rao is no matter how powerful the scenery is on the surface, a woman is a woman after all, and she has to rely on her husband after all." ”

"Yes......," the old lady replied with a sigh.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, fighting back and forth, isn't she just a husband who loves her, her children are filial, and she is happy in her later life?

She has also fought all her life, what kind of grievances have she not suffered? What kind of sourness haven't you endured? She could understand the qiē that Cao did in order to win the favor of the second master.

"In other things, I can still use my mother-in-law's identity to press Cao's lesson, but the second son is the backbone of Cao's family, I can't touch it, I will jump when I touch her!"

"If the second son really divorces her, the Cao family will definitely not hesitate to tear his face with me, and when the time comes, that incident will not be hidden......"

Speaking of this, the old lady's face was solemn.

Mother Hu also sighed deeply when she heard this, looked at the old lady's anxious face, suddenly blamed herself, and choked up: "It's all because the old slave has such a mouth, so I will let the Cao family listen to it, otherwise the old lady, you don't have to be in such a dilemma as today......

As Mama Hu spoke, her hand holding the horn comb retracted, and she covered her mouth with her cuffs and sobbed softly.

The old lady sighed and patted the back of her hand: "Don't say those words, don't look at it, I'm here, but you're the only one left." ”

"Which is? The old lady is full of children and grandchildren, and she wants to enjoy great blessings! Mother Hu wiped away her tears and comforted with a smile.

The old lady shook her head: "Where is happiness, it is clearly a toss." Look at this bastard thing, when will you stop blocking me? Hey, I just hope that the prefect can dissipate his anger, and don't tie up from now on......"

The red glazed carved lampshade reflected a warm light in the room, and the old lady's eyes gradually became deeper: "As for that side...... I can control her for a while, but I can't control her for a lifetime, if the Cao family really has a little bit of a sign, I will never let her have a chance to speak! ”

Suddenly, a gust of wind rose and slipped in through the crack in the unclosed window, and the candlelight flickered in fright, reflecting the old lady's countenance.

The next day, when Su Xue got up in the morning and went to the old lady's courtyard to say hello and returned, she heard the maid in the house muttering in a low voice.

Xixiang was first subjected to fifty boards here, and then sent to the prefect's mansion to be disposed of.

But she was soon carried back, and the prefect's wife didn't do anything to Xixiang anymore, because she had already been beaten into a waste.

The second wife, who had been cruel to Xixiang in front of everyone before, suddenly became merciful again, and took out the money to ask Qin's mother to send Xixiang out of the house and rent a remote old house to settle down.

I heard that I secretly asked an old mother to take care of Xixiang, after all, Xixiang was injured, she couldn't get out of bed and walk, and there were many inconveniences in food and clothing.

Su Xue couldn't help laughing when she listened to these deliberately spread gossip in the house.

The second wife is a slap in the face and a candy to eat, it is clear that she has become a wicked woman, but she still tries her best to show her kindness to save her virtuous image.

It's just that the old mother invited by the second wife took care of it too dedicatedly, and in less than three days, Xixiang died in less than three days.

I thought that the second wife would take the opportunity to be sad for a while. Further reveal her bodhisattva heart. Who expected that the fragrance over there had just swallowed. The second wife ran to the old lady and said hatefully that the dead girl had always been bad-hearted, but now retribution has arrived.

Su Xue secretly glanced at the second wife while roasting the fire, and just listened quietly.

After these days, the rash marks on the second wife's face have disappeared a lot, but after this, no matter how much makeup is put on to cover it, it can't hide the fact that she is old and yellow.

Mother Hu stepped forward and added two small pieces of silver carbon, and said softly, "Third Miss, don't get too close." No matter how good the silver carbon is, it will inevitably be a little dry when burned. ”

Su Xue nodded, retreated to the side of the small stool and sat down, Qianrou handed over the warm honey water: "Miss has been roasting the fire for so long, drink some to moisten your mouth and remove dryness." ”

Su Xue took it, lowered her eyebrows and took a sip.

The other ladies in the room also received the honey water brought by Hu's mother, and the room was warm, and the second lady was still standing beside the old lady and muttering non-stop.

The indignant look seemed to want to cover up something.

Come to think of it. If the second wife does this, it can be regarded as completely breaking off the friendship between master and servant with Xixiang, but Fan Xixiang is still a little hard. He would never accept the second wife's alms again. Even, I will hate the second wife.

The second wife naturally wouldn't keep a cheap slave who held a grudge against her, not to mention that this cheap slave might turn back and say something unfavorable to her.

Silence is the most straightforward way.

The old lady did not say a word about this.

When the old lady was in Jizhou, she often remembered the old house in Jiangnan, and a few days after returning to Jiangnan, she began to talk about Jizhou again.

The schedule to go back was set on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and early in the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, the old lady led the girls and young masters in the house to Jingning Temple to offer incense.

Jingning Temple is a large temple located in Nanshan, but it is a long way from the ancestral home. But the old lady was not afraid of the long way to ask for Buddha, and still insisted on going to Jingning Temple.

Everyone was jolted for a while, and finally arrived at the foot of Nanshan. When I got out of the carriage, I saw that all sides were full of people, and the ladder leading to the main hall of the temple was even more crowded.

Su Xue couldn't help but be surprised, why did all these people run towards this Jingning Temple in a pile? And they all look gorgeously dressed, and they don't look like ordinary people.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that I will have to toss it for more than half a day when I get to the gate of the temple.

Su Xue was thinking about it, when a tall and thin nun walked through the crowd and walked up to the old lady, and saluted the old lady with her hands folded.

The old lady smiled happily and hurriedly clasped her palms in return.

"I learned that Mrs. Jiang would come, so Mrs. Shi arranged it, please come with the poor nun."

The old lady respectfully replied: "There is Mrs. Lao who bothers like this." ”

Accompanied by nuns, they went up the stairs, and one after another dull bells rang overhead, as if coming down from the clouds, and everyone looked at each other in solemn awe.

Through the shrouded morning mist, a wide golden temple door finally appeared.

Su Xue's hair was covered with a layer of mist, but fine sweat broke out on her forehead.

Raising his eyes and glancing at everyone, they were all a little panting.

Because of the large number of people who offered incense on this day, the nuns took them to the back hall of the Buddha hall to rest for a while.

As soon as the old lady rested for a while, a female monk in Tsing Yi led the two little nuns over, clasped her hands together and said, "Amitabha, I haven't seen you for a long time, but Mrs. Jiang is still in good health." ”

The old lady and everyone also stood up and saluted the female monk, and the old lady smiled and said: "Let Jinghe Shi bother too much, the old body is rare to come back, and when he sees that he is about to leave, he will lead the girls to offer incense to ensure the safety and smoothness of this year." ”

Mrs. Jing and Mrs. Jing quickly glanced behind the old lady, was slightly startled, and said, "Second Mrs. Jiang didn't come with her?" ”

When the old lady heard this, her face changed, she was worried about the second wife, and she was thinking about being born to ask for advice from Mrs. Jinghe, but now that all the juniors are there, the old lady has some words that are inconvenient to say.

Seeing that the old lady hesitated, the eldest lady stepped forward and said with a smile: "Our second wife is ill and it is inconvenient to come, although no one came, there will be no shortage of incense money!" ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Jinghe frowned, lowered her head slightly, and said: "My Buddha is merciful, purifying all sentient beings, and Mrs. Jiang sincerely worships the Buddha, so it doesn't matter whether she comes in person or not, let alone the incense money." ”

The eldest lady sneered, thinking that she said that it didn't matter about the incense money, if there was really no incense money, what could the monks in the whole temple do to live?

When the old lady heard this, she smiled movingly, and stepped forward and said: "What Mrs. Jinghe said is very true, the so-called worship of the Buddha is all sincerity and spirit, the Buddha is everywhere, and the worship of the Buddha is not confined to the form. ”

Mrs. Jinghe raised her face and said with a smile: "Amitabha, Mrs. Jiang is really deeply rooted. ”

The eldest lady pursed her lips in embarrassment.

Although he said that he did not stick to the form, he should still do the same, which is the reverence for Buddhism.

Everyone put incense on the incense in turn, donated incense money, and arranged to do a ritual before being led to the backyard by Mrs. Jing and Shitai. (To be continued......)