Chapter 118: Advance Planning
Ren Yaoqi listened to Apple's words and pondered for a moment: "You mean that Aunt Kang is deliberately making Eighth Sister angry?" β
"This ...... Slaves and maids are not easy to judge...... The slave maid just felt that if Aunt Kang didn't say anything, today's conflict might be avoided. Apple bowed his head.
Ren Yaochi nodded, leaned on the kang table halfway and didn't speak, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.
Apple broke the silence and muttered with some confusion: "Miss, why do you say she is this?" She is still pregnant, what if she really angers Miss Eight, what if Miss Eight makes a move? Aunt Kang's side is only followed by two maids at most, and none of them dare to come forward to persuade ......"
Ren Yaoqi blinked when he heard this, glanced at the apple with a smile, and was about to say something when someone knocked lightly on the door outside.
Seeing Ren Yaochi nodded, Apple walked out of the door quickly, and came back after a while: "Miss, it's Sister Xiangqin next to Miss Three, Miss San asked if you are free now, she is waiting for you in the main room." β
Ren Yaochi nodded, and slowly got up and got off the kang: "Let's go to the main room." Apple hurriedly stepped forward to squat down to serve Ren Yaoqi and put on his shoes.
When Ren Yaoqi went to the main room, Ren Yaohua sat alone in the east room and drank tea.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi coming in, Ren Yaohua raised her eyes: "You looked for me before, there is nothing wrong, right?" β
Ren Yaohua asked about the previous incident when Ren Yaoqi asked Apple to find her to flutter butterflies.
Ren Yaochi shook his head and sat down beside Ren Yaohua: "It's nothing, it's just that the seventh sister suddenly wanted to flutter butterflies on a whim, so I asked you and the fourth sister if you want to come over together." β
Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi and snorted lightly: "Do you want me to listen to you say bad things about me?" β
She remembered what Ren Yaochi said jokingly last time, but Ren Yaochi didn't say anything, and asked the parsley girl standing aside to bring her tea.
Ren Yaohua glanced at her and said, "I don't like her, if this kind of thing happens in the future, you won't have to call me." β
After she refused before, she remembered that she was afraid that Ren Yaochi had used that excuse to come to her for something, and when she saw that Ren Yaochi was back, she came to her to ask.
Ren Yaochi replied helplessly. I talked to her about the conflict between Aunt Kang and Ren Yaoyu again.
I didn't want Ren Yaohua to hear it, but she was not surprised at all: "The eighth sister was fine when she first came back from the Lin family, but then her temper gradually couldn't be hidden, and now every time she sees Aunt Kang without scolding a few words, she is uncomfortable." β
When Ren Yaoyu was at her maternal grandfather's house, she should have been warned by someone not to have a head-on conflict with Aunt Kang. Ren Yaoyu tried her best to restrain herself at first, but she couldn't bear it after all.
Ren Yaoqi also told Ren Yaohua what Apple saw, and Ren Yaohua frowned when she heard this: "If that's the case, what does this Aunt Kang want to do?" β
Parsley came in, followed by a little girl with a red lacquer carved garden tray, on which were two small bowls.
"Fifth Miss, Mrs. has prepared almond syrup for you and Third Miss. Your tea slave will serve it to you later? Parsley pulled the bowl out of the tray. Gently placed on the kang table between Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua, and said with a smile.
Ren Yaochi opened the bowl, and the rich and fragrant almond and flower fragrance overflowed, and he couldn't help leaning over slightly to smell it, and then smiled and bent his eyebrows: "Well, I like almond dew the most." β
Xiangqin covered her mouth and smiled, Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi with a little disdain, and slowly lifted the lid of the bowl in front of her.
When the little maid with the tray stepped back again, Ren Yaochi picked up the almond dew at the right temperature and took a small sip. Her eyebrows and eyes stretched: "Aunt Kang seems to be deliberately trying to provoke the eighth sister." β
Ren Yaohua paused his hand and put down the bowl next to his lips again: "What's the benefit of this?" β
As Apple said before, Aunt Kang is still pregnant, and the fetus is less than three months old. There is really no need for her to provoke the impulsive Ren Yaoyu at this time.
Ren Yaoqi also put down the bowl in his hand, maybe he was really thirsty, and drank most of the almond juice in the bowl.
"For the time being, I'm not sure what she wants to achieve, but she probably wants to start with the eighth sister." Ren Yaoqi said casually.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi still had some guesses in his heart. For example, Aunt Kang doesn't care so much about the child in her belly.
But this idea is a bit bizarre. When Aunt Kang first came in, she wondered if Aunt Kang was really pregnant because the timing was too coincidental.
It was only later that she learned that the old lady called a few familiar women to see Kang's shortly after Kang's entry into Ren's house. The results showed that Kang's was really pregnant, and the timing was roughly in line with the time she met Ren Shimao.
Since Aunt Kang's pregnancy is true, how could she not care about her child? If it was just to help Aunt Fang, the price paid by the Kang family would be too great, what benefits did Aunt Fang give her?
Because Ren Yaoqi couldn't figure out these joints, she didn't say anything specific to Ren Yaohua.
But she could feel that Aunt Kang really wanted to start with the impulsive Ren Yaoyu.
Ren Yaoqi slowly drank all the almond syrup in her bowl, but Ren Yaohua was thinking about this matter with a deep frown, and the worry and solemnity in her eyes on her slightly immature face made her look much more mature than children of the same age.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Yaohua, shook his head and sighed secretly, and deliberately interrupted: "Third sister, do you drink?" β
Ren Yaoqi smiled and pointed to Ren Yaohua's bowl of almond syrup that had not been touched, with a look of unfinished business.
Parsley looked at it and covered her mouth and snickered.
Ren Yaohua came back to her senses and looked at Ren Yaoqi, and when she looked at her appearance, she guessed that she was greedy. She glared at Ren Yaoqi, and under Ren Yaoqi's disappointed gaze, she picked up her bowl and drank two sips, the smooth and sweet taste filled her mouth, which made her mood feel a lot better.
Ren Yaoqi deliberately showed disappointment on his face, and complained in a low voice: "I thought you didn't want to drink, and I want to help you drink." β
Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi: "Thank you for your kindness!" No more work! β
Ren Yaohua drank all the almond dew, and Parsley cleaned up the bowls of the two of them, and quietly retreated.
"What are you going to do?" Ren Yaohua thought about it and asked. seems to have forgotten the last unpleasantness between the two.
Ren Yaoqi also thought about it this time before answering: "We can't face Aunt Fang head-on now. Seeing Ren Yaohua open his mouth to speak, Ren Yaoqi hurriedly continued, "I'm not afraid of her." I inquired that Aunt Fang's brother's wife would come back to Yanbei to participate in Brother Cen Er's full moon after a while, and I was afraid that there would be something else that caught us off guard. So for now, it's better to keep this enemy in the light and I'm in the dark. β
"Will the Fang family let Fang Yacun's wife come?" Ren Yaohua was stunned for a moment and asked.
Ren Yaochi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Although Fang Yacun's official position is not high, he is a person who is good at drilling camps, and he is also good at handling affairs, so he is very respected by his superiors. You also know the situation of the Fang family, and now I am afraid that Fang Yacun is supporting the faΓ§ade of the Fang family...... Although the old lady of the Fang family is our grandmother's own sister, according to his grandfather's temperament, he will never have a fight with Fang Yacun. So our real troubles are yet to come. β
Ren Yaohua listened quietly and did not refute Ren Yaoqi's words, although her brows wrinkled a little.
Seeing Ren Yaohua's appearance, Ren Yaoqi knew that she must have felt very aggrieved in her heart, so she said, "But...... Just because we don't do it ourselves doesn't mean we'll watch the enemy's machinations succeed. β
Ren Yaohua immediately looked up when she heard this, although she didn't ask in a hurry, but she looked like she wanted to hear what was going on.
Ren Yaoqi beckoned to Ren Yaohua, and Ren Yaohua hesitated for a moment before coming over.
The two sisters whispered across the kang, Ren Yaohua couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, thought about it and frowned and asked Ren Yaoqi, "Does this work?" β
Ren Yao didn't pack a ticket when he arrived, so he just smiled and said: "If it works, you can try it." No stratagem is guaranteed to work. And what I just told you is only based on my own speculation. β
Ren Yaohua didn't get angry when she heard this, but said after a moment of silence: "Well, you're right. There is no guarantee that you will succeed in doing anything, so let us do our best. It's really not good, it's a big deal to face it head-on, I'm not afraid of her anyway, so I don't care what Fang Jiayuan and Yuan families are standing behind her! Ren Yaohua's words are the highest, although they are still a little murderous, but they are faintly comforting.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but smile.
A few days later, the second wife of Dongfu, Su Shi, came with Ren Yaoting.
In less than ten days, the Duanyang Festival is coming, and the Su family sent the Su family's post to Xifu.
Every year for the Duanyang Festival, Yunyang City will prepare a dragon boat race, and the Su family is the initiator and organizer of this event.
Therefore, every year when the Duanyang Festival is approaching, the Su family will send invitation stickers to large families in Yunyang City and surrounding towns.
Generally, the invitation post outside Yunyang City was originally sent in early May, but because of the Su family, the Ren family was able to send it in April.
When Su came, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua happened to be in Ronghua Courtyard.
Since the last time the county lord visited Ren's house, Ren Yaoqi was often called by Mrs. Ren to talk, and the frequency of coming and going in Ronghua Courtyard was obviously a lot more. Ren Yaoqi has always been a low-eyed and pleasing appearance, and he is always there. It's just that unlike Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin, Ren Yaoqi rarely speaks in front of Mrs. Ren, and she doesn't please much, she always asks and answers, which seems a little wooden and cowardly.
Therefore, although Mrs. Ren will remember to piggyback on her for anything, and her attitude towards her is a lot kinder, but compared to Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin, who grew up beside her, they are still different after all.
Because of this, her sudden "favor" did not let the eldest wife and the fifth wife take it to heart, and Ren Yaoyin's attitude towards her was as friendly as ever, which made her worry a lot. (To be continued.) )