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Shujie said: "You just said something very right, 'Filial piety comes first', and it was decided by my grandfather and my father to set up another branch, how can we, our children and grandchildren, act against their wishes?" ”

"......" Xia Ruoxue's smile froze on her face.

Shujie didn't seem to see it, and continued: "As for going to the capital, it's really unnecessary, the three of us are doing well here, with Mother Liu, Aunt Mei, and so many neighbors who take care of us. My aunt also said that she would take us to Lucheng, but we didn't agree.

Although my aunt loves us very much, she is already a member of the Zhang family after all, how can we bother us for a long time? Just like you, you are also a member of the Sima family now, so it's not good to always take care of the Xia family's relatives, right? ”

Xia Ruoxue This is also the first time she has seen Shujie, but she didn't expect that the silent second brother Xia Linxuan would have such a talkative son. Shujie's tone was flat and his attitude was respectful, but his words were all detached and polite. The meaning of his words was obvious, Xia Ruoyun was an aunt who loved them, and they didn't go with them, and he was just a clan relative in their eyes, or a clan relative who met for the first time, how could they follow him to the capital?

Shuqing saw Xia Ruoxue's embarrassed face, and hurriedly stepped forward to help: "No matter how good the neighborhood relationship is, after all, it is just an outsider, how can I support you at a critical time?" Brother Jie, relatives are always relatives. ”

Shu Yao defended with a "puzzled" face: "What is the support of 'critical time'? Our parents were buried with the help of uncles and aunts in the neighborhood, and everyone helped with the funeral. The utility room and latrines were burned, and the neighbors also helped to build them. ”

Xiao Shuwen frowned, and said in a surprising voice: "That is, last time the uncle and the third uncle went to the county government to accuse us of the secret recipe for stealing tofu, it was the neighbors who went to testify for us." ”

The words of the Shu Yao sisters and brothers made Xia Ruoxue and Xia Shuqing a little unbearable on their faces, one of them is the wife of the princess of the Guogong Mansion, a serious celebrity, and the other is a boudoir girl, naturally they can't be as greedy and shameless as the Zhou family, and they don't have the cheekiness of Xia Linyu's brothers.

Xia Ruoxue secretly scolded her mother and brother for being stupid and stealing secret recipes? What do they think of? It even hit the golden tongue's hand!

As soon as she arrived in Yulin, Lu's mother said about it, and Xia Ruoxue was so angry that she scolded "a group of people who don't use their brains!" ”

At this time, Mother Liu came in with the eldest girl and the second girl with a few bowls of mung bean soup: "Young master, girl, you accompany the guests to drink some mung bean lotus seed soup to go to the summer." ”

Xia Ruoxue's eyes widened: "Mama Liu, you ...... It's really you! How did you end up here? Listening to Lu's mother say that Shu Yao's mother was the palace grandmother who came out of the emperor's **, and when her surname was Liu, Xia Ruoxue basically guessed who it was, but she couldn't believe it, now "seeing is believing".

"Second Mrs. Sima's memory is really good! I am now Sister Yao's nurturing mother. "Mama Liu's ability to recognize people is very strong, and anyone who has seen it once can remember it, not to mention that before coming to Yulin Town, she really spent effort to understand everyone in the Xia family. Xia Ruoxue was very fond of the Duchess of the Kingdom, and she followed her into the palace several times, and also met with Mama Liu a few times.

Xia Ruoxue shouted "It's a pity" in her heart: How good would it be if she went to the Guogong Mansion to be a mother for her daughter Sima Yan, but wouldn't she envy a large number of people? There are so many girls in the house, and the youngest niece of the grandfather of the country, Sima Yan, who is eight years old this year, has a palace grandmother by her side, which is rewarded by the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager Niangniang remembered that Sima Yan's father and brother-in-law died on the battlefield and sacrificed their lives for the country, and also saved her favorite son Prince Qi, and specially named Sima Yan, the widow of the Sima family, as the "Lord of Yan County", and often went to live in Cining Palace.

Therefore, although Sima Yan has no father and brother to rely on, she has the Queen Mother to rely on, and the favor of the Grandpa and the Duchess of the Kingdom, and she can really be called the most noble girl in the Guogong Mansion.

Thinking of the Duchess of the Kingdom, Xia Ruoxue suddenly thought about the "task" of this trip, and was just about to open her mouth, when she heard Mother Liu say: "Young master, girl, the patriarch sent someone to send the Xia family rules and tomorrow's rituals, you must hurry up and study it to ensure that there are no mistakes tomorrow." ”

Shujie swallowed the mung bean lotus seed soup in his mouth, took the handkerchief handed over by the big girl and printed the corners of his lips, nodded and said, "Mom, don't worry, we will go to the study to study in a while." ”

Is this an eviction order? Xia Ruoxue frowned almost invisibly.

After the eldest girl and the second girl took the bowl and went out, Xia Ruoxue glanced at Mother Liu and said softly: "Brother Jie, my aunt still has something to discuss with you." ”

Shujie looked at her: "Please say, our family has never avoided Mother Liu, and we discuss everything with her." ”

Xia Ruoxue was helpless, she didn't dare to offend Mother Liu on the bright side, that was the queen's most trusted grandmother.

Mother Liu said with a smile: "I'll go and feed some mung bean lotus seed soup to Xiao Liang and Huohuo, on such a hot day, they will also drop fire, Huohuo's temper is getting more and more urgent, it's all hot." ”

Looking at the back of Mother Liu's departure, Xia Ruoxue breathed a sigh of relief: "That's the case, you wrote a letter to Jin Gongzi, saying that your aunt came to visit you, and Zhilu said that he was very grateful for your care." When my aunt returned to Beijing, she went to visit him with her uncle to express her gratitude. ”

Shujie sighed in his heart: This is the real purpose of her coming here, right? The people of Xia Mansion are really unprofitable and can't afford to be early! His father is so pitiful, he has such relatives.

Shuwen pouted: "Uncle Jin said that he is just a friend of his father and mother, and has nothing to do with Xia Mansion, by the way, Mama Liu from the palace said the same thing, they saw the third uncle and the third uncle coming, so they left, just like Uncle Jin." ”

Of course, Xia Ruoxue knew that Jin Xida would not give her or Xia Mansion face, or even the face of the Guogong Mansion, he had always been a maverick and did his own thing.

But now the Duchess of Guo's most beloved nephew hit Jin Xida's hands, and the Duchess didn't dare to let the Duke of Guo go to the emperor to intercede, and I heard that Jin Xida especially cherished the three of Shujie, so she found Xia Ruoxue.

Xia Ruoxue was ordered to come back, originally wanting to make friends with Jin Xidatao through the children, and also planned to take them to the capital to live in the Guogong Mansion, as long as Jin Xida came to visit them, she could create an opportunity for her sister-in-law to have more contact with Jin Xida. If this family affair is really achieved, Grandpa Guo and Duchess Guo will not look at her higher? Her position in the house will be more stable, and her life will be more comfortable.

There is another important thing, it is said that the tofu they make is not only delicious, but also beautiful and skinny, if you do it in the capital, not only do these people live without her breaking the bank, maybe they can also make a lot of money for her.

Now that Shujie is determined not to go with her, she can't annoy them anymore at this time, and Mama Liu is here, she doesn't want to become a joke in the whole city or even the whole capital like the Zhou family, so she can only retreat to the next best thing and ask for a letter that proves that she and Shujie are close.