Old Madam Zeng frowned and was about to ask carefully, but Old Aunt Wu, who was sitting on the side, had already stood up and rushed to Hongliu, reaching out to pull her arm: "What did you say?" The boat your second master was on crashed? What about your second master, and ......"

Hongliu is also the big girl next to the Zhao family, it is rare to encounter such a rude thing, I want to shake it off but I dare not shake it off, and said in a low voice: "Auntie, this matter, the senior management is still inquiring at the dock, send a letter to the house first, so as not to ......"

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Wu screamed, and Mrs. Zeng looked up, but Aunt Wu's eyes only plugged in, and she fell to the ground with a grunt. Although it was only for a while, Mrs. Zeng's brows furrowed even tighter, Yanran had already taken the maid to help Aunt Wu up, and the Zhao family helped Aunt Wu to the bed in the upper room to lie down, and asked people to hurry up to ask for a doctor. After these things were finished, Zhao said to Mrs. Zeng: "Mother-in-law, Hongliu still hasn't said a word, saying that the second brother and the second brother and sister are just afraid that it will be very dangerous." ”

Old Madam Zeng sighed, and said to Zhao: "This is also fate, when the imperial doctor comes, let him take a good look at Aunt Wu, prescribe medicine for her, and then send it back to her room when she wakes up. ”

The Zhao family should be, Mrs. Zeng thought for a while and said: "This is a big deal, you can't just let the people be there, you let the third child take someone to the dock quickly, and finally live to see people, and dead to see corpses!" ”

Mrs. Zeng's voice was not loud, and Aunt Wu, who woke up slowly, still heard the next few words, she wanted to see people in life, and she wanted to see corpses in death. I have stayed in the backyard of this Hou Mansion for a lifetime, and I have served respectfully for a lifetime, and I have survived it when I see it, but I got this result. Is it that the sky is not long-sighted, or is the sky punishing itself?

Aunt Wu opened her eyes, and it was Yanran and Xiaochan who were waiting by the bedside, Yanran saw that she hurriedly asked Xiaochan to come over with medicine, but Aunt Wu took Yanran's hand, and her voice was desolate and panicked: "Sister Hongyu, you persuaded me at the beginning, every sentence was right, I was wrong, it was all my mistake." Sister Hongyu, I didn't know until today that I was wrong! ”

Zhao heard the movement inside, knew that Aunt Wu had woken up, and was about to come in to say a few words, and then let someone help Aunt Wu back to her courtyard, but when she heard these words, the whole person was stunned, and subconsciously went to see Mrs. Zeng.

Old Madam Zeng turned the Buddha beads in her hand, muttered and chanted in her mouth, without looking at Zhao, but there were faint tears in the corners of her eyes. This must have been the matter of Old Madam Zeng when she was young, these entanglements, Zhao couldn't ask and didn't dare to ask, so he hurriedly raised the curtain and walked in.

Yan Ran was slammed by Aunt Wu's hand, and then heard her call her Sister Hongyu, she was shocked, and she probably guessed a little when she heard the words behind, and when she was in that embarrassment, she saw Zhao walking in, and hurriedly said to Zhao: "Grandma is awake." ”

Zhao snorted and walked to Aunt Wu's bed, bent down and asked, "Auntie, are you awake?" Mother-in-law said, when you take the medicine, let someone send it back to your room! "Aunt Wu looked at the furnishings in this room, how could she not understand where she was.

As an aunt, you can't even sleep in the main house, even if it's your own daughter-in-law, you have to call someone else a mother-in-law first, call your aunt. Do you really think that glory and wealth are so good? How did you answer at that time? The main house is a partial room, don't they all sleep like this? Even if my daughter-in-law doesn't call me mother-in-law, she is still my daughter-in-law, and she can only listen to me when I say a few words to her. Without glory and wealth, what is the point of going to be the main house of a poor family?

Old Aunt Wu let out a sigh of relief, let go of the hand holding Yan Ran, and said to Yan Ran: "Fang Cai, I seem to have seen your grandmother, Sister Hongyu, she is a good person, a smart and good person, but it's a pity that I understand too late!" ”

Yanran responded, brought the medicine in Xiaochan's hand, and served Aunt Wu to drink it. Aunt Wu drank it dry in one gulp, the bitterness of the medicine was still in her mouth, Xiaochan had already brought a cup of tea for her to rinse her mouth, and after rinsing her mouth, she sent another piece of dim sum to press.

In this life, it's like drinking medicine, it's always bitter, then it's bland, and then it's sweet, that's just it. After Aunt Wu drank the medicine, the Zhao family had already asked people to carry a small bamboo sedan chair, Yanran and Xiaochan served Aunt Wu to get on the sedan chair, and when Aunt Wu left, Yanran sighed faintly.

After sighing, Yanran continued to go back to serve Mrs. Zeng, Mrs. Zeng left earlier than Aunt Wu, when Yanran entered the door, the room was very quiet, only the small incense burner on the table, there was a little fire.

"Yanran, you're here, Fang Cai, didn't scare you, did you?" Old Madam Zeng waved her hand to let Qingdang retreat, and when she looked at Yan Ran, her tone was so gentle. Yanran said respectfully: "No, but I never knew that Aunt Wu and my grandmother were so ...... in the past."

"Ruby is one of the most popular people around me. A-Ying, that is, Aunt Wu, was thin and small when she came to me, and the big girls bullied her, but only Hongyu didn't bully. Gradually, A-Ying and Hongyu are getting better and better, saying that they are like sisters, but their age is a bit like sisters. All of this was more than 40 years ago! ”

Yanran gave Mrs. Zeng a beating on the back, listening to her chatter about the past, remembering the past, a smile appeared on Mrs. Zeng's lips: "I had some difficulties in giving birth, the first one was a daughter, but she died only three days after birth." I haven't been happy in the back, although my mother-in-law is generous, this kind of thing is also in a hurry, so I want to pick someone from my side to serve, regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, I can also bring down my younger brothers and sisters! It was Hongyu who quietly passed this news back to my mother's house, and my father brought my younger brother to find my mother-in-law in person, saying that the inheritance of the Hou Mansion always requires an heir, and both sides are only in their early twenties, and if they want to take a concubine, they will always wait until after thirty! The mother-in-law agreed. Hongyu listened to the incense spirit, so she went to burn incense and kowtow to ask for a son for me. When I was twenty-five years old, I gave birth to Hou Ye! ”

Saying that, Mrs. Zeng patted Yanran's hand: "So, I am very grateful to Hongyu, she treats A-Ying well, then I will treat A-Ying with green eyes, and later Hongyu got married, A-Ying became the big girl by my side, but I didn't think of it, I didn't think of it, I didn't think of ......it."

Mrs. Zeng didn't speak, but Yanran could already guess that it should be Aunt Wu who climbed the old marquis's bed later, whether it was the old marquis's business or A-Ying's seduction, in short, A-Ying was pregnant, and then she would be a little low, and Mrs. Zeng already had a grudge against Aunt Wu. This resentment may have affected his grandmother.

"Glory and wealth, glory and wealth!" Old Madam Zeng repeated it twice before saying, "I didn't expect to hear her regret it with my own ears today." It's been almost forty years, and I thought that I would never hear her say regret it for the rest of my life. ”

"Old lady!" Seeing that there were tears in the corners of Mrs. Zeng's eyes, Yanran hurriedly called out to her, and brought another bowl of tea: "You drink some tea, settle down!" ”

Old Madam Zeng took a sip of tea from Yanran's hand before saying, "People are not as good as heaven." Yanran, I have seen it all these years, thinking that she wants to be prosperous and rich, I give her just those things, for me, there are not many things. But unexpectedly, she was still unlucky. Yanran, you are very much like your grandmother, very good! ”

"How can I compare to my grandmother?" Yanran's words made Old Madam Zeng smile: "It's time to slap your mouth." I can't say these words for decades, for fear that if I say them, I will be laughed at for not being virtuous! Actually, if A-Ying didn't do things behind my back, Master Hou came to talk to me, and if I fell in love with her, how could I not be fulfilled. It's good to have more heirs! ”

At this time, taking concubines and giving birth to children, and the brothers help each other when they grow up, which is also a common thing for rich and noble families. What Mrs. Zeng couldn't let go of was that Aunt Wu and the old marquis touched her behind her back, right?

Although Yan Ran doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, she feels that the answer should be this, not jealousy, after all, Mrs. Zeng is Mrs. Hou, and her status is something that her aunt's famous family can never catch up. Yan Ran listened silently as Old Madam Zeng continued to talk about the past. I should be like my grandmother and not be a concubine.

Zeng San went to Tongzhou Wharf overnight, and the specific news also came on the fifth day of the first bad news. The boat that the second master Zeng was on was not the only one that was hit, the original ship was heavy and would not capsize, but who knew that the ship of the second master Zeng was hit and then hit a ship full of goods next to it, both ships were very heavy, and they were hit by each other.

The second master Zeng was taking his wife and eldest son to watch the scenery at the bow of the boat at that time, and the second master Zeng and his wife and eldest son were knocked off the boat with such a collision. When everyone on the boat was shouting salvage, they hit the cargo ship again, so the one who shouted salvage was also hit into the water, and the goods on the cargo ship happened to fall into the water, and the scene suddenly became a pot of porridge.

By the time the goods and people were scooped up, the second master and his wife and eldest son had already had more gas and less gas, and when the doctor arrived, they were already exhausted. The rest of the family were Miss Zeng and her younger brother, who did not come out of the cabin at that time. Many people also fell into the water, but a few people were rescued, and a few were injured by bamboo poles and goods, and they are being treated in Tongzhou.

When the third master saw his niece, he also wanted to comfort him, but Miss Zeng was frightened, she was a delicate lady in the boudoir, and she got sick with her younger brother. Seeing this, the third master Zeng asked people to send Zeng's sister and brother back to Beijing first, and as for the coffins of the second master and his wife, they came back later.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zeng sighed again before saying to Yan Ran: "You ask people to invite Aunt Wu and talk to her well, when the eldest lady comes to Beijing, it is better to put it by my side first." "Although Aunt Wu is her own grandmother, there is a difference in reputation, and it is natural for Mrs. Zeng to ask Miss Zeng to be by her side, so she should let people invite Aunt Wu.