Gu Qing has seen many bear children, and she has also come into contact with a lot of this kind of self-centeredness.

A terminally ill child in the hospital sometimes goes to two extremes, one is so well-behaved and obedient that you will sobbed when you see his back; There is also an insecurity and a feeling that everything will be absent but is extremely self-centered.

Gu Qing didn't know what the living environment of this child was like, but if he didn't change his concept, it would only become more and more annoying, to the point that no one could accept it at the end.

He is still young and can be forgiven, but when he is older, this self-centered paranoia cannot be changed.

So Gu Qing immediately lowered his face, "Li Zhao, why do you think your brother will definitely listen to you?" ”

Li Rui and Li Ming glanced at each other, and their hands clenched into fists excitedly.

Coming, coming, grandma's wrath!!

"When I was at home, he listened to me for everything...... Li Zhao said as a matter of course: "My mother said, my aunt is the slave of our family, and the son she gave birth to is the slave of our family, and the slave of our family is my slave, isn't it natural for the master to want the slave to do?" ”

As soon as they said this, Li Rui and Li Ming also felt that what he said was correct. It should be said that this is the most normal view of the world. For those who have a generous mother-in-law, the concubine room and the concubine may have a better life, but in most people, the main mother is pressed by the concubine, not to mention that the concubine has a son who has not been hugged to the main house.

If you don't treat him as a slave and a slave, maybe he will really climb on the head of the master's mother.

Gu Qing didn't want to say anything to this kid, "everyone is the same" or "slaves are also people". This is the ancient times, not the modern times in which she lives, and the huge chasm is like a moat to remind herself, this is your life now, this is what everyone thinks, you are not right.

But she just wanted to change something.

"What if, he doesn't want to be a minion?" Gu Qing looked at Li Zhao and said seriously: "What if others are unwilling to be slaves and unwilling to be slaves?" Li Zhao, there are many people in this world who are willing to be slaves, and some people have to be slaves, but there are still some people who will not bow their heads when they die. ”

"You will be amazed at this kind of person if you still treat him as a slave."

"I don't know how far you can go in the future, but for now, your brother Li Jun is the one your family has gone farthest. A person who is willing to be a slave will not go so far. Gu Qing glanced at Li Ming and Li Rui again: "For those who dare to resist fate, we must give him respect, no matter what the outcome is." ”

"Your brother doesn't want to be a minion, so he's not a minion now, and you can't take a minion to see him anymore. Contempt for court officials is punishable. Gu Qing touched Li Zhao's head, "He is no longer a slave of your family now, he is the emperor's courtier, and he is the official of the imperial court who is about to accept his position." ”

"Because he became an official, do the people in his grandmother's family have to protect him?" Li Zhao said gloomily: "It's the same as my family, because my brother became an official, my grandmother asked my aunt to live in a courtyard alone, and there was no need to weave." ”

"Are you not convinced?"

Li Zhao nodded.

"Then you will be a greater official than him. When you become an official who is bigger than him, you will know how ridiculous it will be for Lu Daoqiang to ask someone who is not willing to be a slave to be a slave. Gu Qing knew that Li Zhao couldn't listen to any big truth now, a certain concept is not formed in one day, relatively, if you want to shake it, it will not be shaken in one day.

"Grandmother Cousin does not deny your words. Anyone who can become an official through his own efforts is worthy of the respect of others. ”

Gu Qing sat with the child for a while, and was about to start busy with various household chores at home. Li Ming and Li Rui dragged Li Zhao to visit their house, Li Zhao was pulled by his cousins in the family, walking in various gardens in a daze, thinking about Gu Qing's words all the time.

"What if he doesn't want to be a minion? What if he is not willing to be a minion? ”

Can he not do it if he doesn't want to? He's a minion!

Not long after Shen Shi, the family at the door came to report that Li Jun had come back and was walking to the West Garden, Li Ming and Li Rui were overjoyed to go in his direction, and when they looked back, Li Zhao was still standing there, Li Ming immediately ran back, took his hand and walked to the door.

Li Jun is not a saint, when he was at home, there were many moments of knocking out teeth and swallowing blood, when he studied hard, it was also because he wanted to get rid of such a life and let his grandmother see, in fact, he didn't care about any family business or property.

And for this younger brother, his feelings are very complicated.

When Li Zhao was very young, he was also very cute. will also softly call him "brother", and then ask him to do this and that, just like Li Ming now. But since he began to understand what his "brother" represented, he gradually went from anger to contempt, and then from contempt to contempt......

But he couldn't retreat.

Because the more motivated and excellent he is, everyone will tell Li Zhao

- "Look, your brother is working so hard just to steal everything from you in the future!" “

But he didn't want to give up on himself just by proving that he didn't care.

So he has been growing up in a variety of contradictory mentalities, and for this younger brother, he can only try to show tolerance and concession to show that he doesn't actually want to fight for anything.

Hearing his mother-in-law say that he sent it to Beijing in order for the child to gain fame, he actually didn't believe it. His mother-in-law was the daughter of a small family, but during the war, the family was ruined, and she and her widow were the only ones who died, and the dowry and family property originally prepared for the three daughters in the family were brought into his family as a dowry.

His father once told him that his mother married into his family because she was afraid that her relatives would share his family's property, so she took advantage of the power of his cousin Li Shuo to enter his family. When my cousin went to propose marriage, it was because he had an old relationship with her father in the army and was afraid that her orphan daughter would be bullied, so he let the matchmaker go to the door, not because he valued her family's dowry.

But this kind of thing, my grandmother doesn't believe it, she has been covered with thorns in the faces of the orphans and widows who are going to bully her family, and she has always been sneering at her father.

Because of that net worth and background, my mother-in-law is in the house, but she doesn't need to rely on anyone, and her dowry can make his father shut up in front of him. And her background can be seen by everyone.

Only him and his mother are the biggest stains on his mother's life. It's the evil cause that makes her unable to raise her head in the middle of the concubine.

At this point, his mother was indeed at fault, so he endured it all the time.

After all, his grandmother only has an eccentric personality, but she is not vicious, and she has never harmed him.

For that alone, he was grateful.

Li Jun stepped into the weeping flower gate of the West Garden, only to see Li Rui taking the lead, bringing Li Ming and his younger brother Li Zhao over.

He pulled out a smile and shouted: "Brother Rui, Brother Ming,...... Brother. ”

Li Zhao's face wrinkled suddenly. What does the last one mean by calling him? Is it to look down on yourself?

"Congratulations, our Li family has finally come out with a rumor, my cousin and my grandfather saw it in the spirit of heaven, and I don't know how happy Lu Dao is!" Li Rui said with a smile. At that time, their family took the path of martial arts, and although his father was outstanding in learning, he was directly awarded to the official, but he did not pass the exam.

He is really the first child of the Lao Li family to be born in the imperial examination for so many generations.

"Luckily, I just did the question of this palace exam." Li Jun scratched his head. "Thank you Mr. Qi and Mr. Du, I have to send some gifts tomorrow."

"You don't have to worry about this, Daddy has already prepared it for you. I'll let someone send it to the yard where you live, so you can watch it yourself. Li Zhao said loudly: "My aunt asked me to bring two pairs of shoes, my mother said that you are now an official master, and you should wear court boots and soap boots, and the shoes should not be sent." I secretly brought the shoes later, and you have to thank me. ”

Hmph, when the time comes, the official will wear coarse cloth shoes, and see that others don't laugh at you!

As soon as Li Zhao said this, Li Rui, Li Ming and Li Jun were all surprised. Because this kid really doesn't look like someone who would do such a kind act in particular.

Li Jun immediately arched his hand at his younger brother with a grateful face: "Thank you brother for worrying, this is really an unexpected surprise." ”

Li Zhao nodded like an adult. "I think that although I am an official, I can't just dislike the shoes I wore before, don't you say?"

"What my brother said is very true."

Well, you think I'm right, remember to wear those shoes!

Li Jun was flattered by his brother's good face, and couldn't wait to look up to see if there was red rain in the sky. Li Ming ran to Li Jun and walked around left and right, and said in surprise:

"I can't see what's different about you, why did you get the first place in the second class? It seems that this imperial examination is not difficult, and when I study for another two years, I will also pass the exam, and maybe I can come back with a champion to make my father happy. ”

As soon as Li Ming's words came out, several people laughed.

Li Rui and Li Ming took the two brothers Li Jun to see the courtyard prepared by Gu Qing for Li Zhao. The courtyard is in the south of the West Garden, far away from where Li Jun lives, leaning on Li Ming's small building in the clouds, there are two main rooms and four secondary rooms in the courtyard, and there are servants' rooms, corner rooms, and kitchens.

Li Jun arrived at Li Zhao's house, carefully looked at the thickness of the quilt and mattress, and looked back and forth, there was nothing wrong, and then said with confidence: "Grandmother has always loved the juniors, I'm afraid that my younger brother is young and small, so I prepared this low bed......"

"You're small!" Li Zhao, who was really not tall, said angrily.

"That's not why my grandmother prepared a low bed!"

Damn, it's definitely not the reason why my room is a low bed! Li Ming shook his head into a rattle.

Only Li Rui was on the side, facing the wall and snickering.

Li Jun didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about, and his words would make his two younger brothers excited like this, so he had to scratch his head embarrassedly and say no more.

In the evening, Li Mao did not return home, Gu Qing set up a banquet in the banquet hall of Zhiyun Courtyard, and specially asked someone to invite the Fang family to Jinxiu Courtyard. Li Ming heard that his mother was coming, so he quickly ran to the second gate to pick him up.

"Your cousin is pregnant and is raising a baby in the house, so she doesn't come out to see people much. If you have any trivial matters, just ask the girl next to you to come to the Yunyuan newspaper, or talk to your cousin and cousin. Gu Qing said with a smile.

Li Zhao nodded.

Fang Clan walked in surrounded by several maids. Li Zhao saw that this aunt's face was thin and pointy, and her figure was also very thin, only the belly bulged out widely, and hurriedly ran out to meet her.

Is having a baby such a hard thing to do? Didn't you eat all the food for the children!

Li Zhao suddenly felt that his mother's mother was really not easy!

Li Rui and Li Jun have seen the Fang family for the first time since the Chinese New Year, especially Li Rui, who once kowtowed in the side courtyard and said that he would never recognize this aunt again, so the situation was even more embarrassing.

Gu Qing saw that the family had become like this, and she was really emotional. Before the matter of witch Gu, Li Rui could still maintain the politeness of the other party's face. Now that the Fang clan has made a witch Gu, Li Rui later learned that the Fang clan was related to his mother's death, although he no longer cares about it for the sake of family harmony, but there is always a knot in his heart that cannot be solved.

So at this time, Li Rui only twisted his head in other directions and stood there with his neck crossed, she could understand.

Gu Qing beckoned, pulled Fang Shi to her side and sat down, looked at Fang Shi's face and eyes, and said unhappily, "Don't sleep at night?" You have to take care of your body! ”

"Back to the old lady, I'm a month old now, and I get up a lot at night, so I can't sleep well." In fact, Fang could see Zhang Jing standing at the head of the bed every night, and now she could gradually see it even awake during the day, and she realized what her sister-in-law said, "I will always watch you". But for the sake of her son and the younger child in her womb not to be punished, she has always endured not to say anything, and only needs to get up all night to explain.

Fortunately, she had been pregnant before, Li Mao knew that it was normal for her to keep getting up in the middle of the night, but most of them were the last month, and after asking the Hu family doctor, he said that some pregnant women had this situation when they were young, and Li Mao was relieved.

Gu Qing looked at Fang's stomach.

Could it be that the fetal position is wrong, the child just pressed the bladder, and kept kicking the mother's bladder as a ball at night? Then this Fang clan is a little too miserable, right?

Gu Qing stretched out his hand and touched Fang's stomach. Although she is not an obstetrician and gynecologist, she has also been in the obstetrics and gynecology department, and the basic head position is still felt.

Fang and all the children watched inexplicably as Gu Qing stretched out his hand and touched her belly.

Hey? The fetal position is positive, and the head is underneath!

Is it not possible to touch it when you sit and touch it?

"Don't leave when you're done eating, go to my room." Gu Qing saw that everyone was looking at her like a strange mother-in-law, and hurriedly laughed.

"I'm more excited to see that a child is going to be born, I'm more excited, hehe......"

"I also like to touch my mother's belly, sometimes he kicks me!" Li Ming also showed his missing teeth and smiled happily.

Seeing that his grandmother didn't show any disgust for his mother, he was relieved!

Fang Shi smiled with relief, but there was a quiet voice in his ears.

"Do you think the old lady has forgiven you? No, the old lady is just concerned about the child in your belly. When you give birth to the child, the old lady will take your child and lock you up again. At that time, you will realize that everything you think you have now is just an illusion......

Fang's face stiffened with a smile, and he turned his head to look.

Zhang Jing was standing behind Li Rui, looking at her with a mocking expression.

"You always have to pay back the sins you have done."

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Qing patted Fang's hand. "Why are your hands so cold?"

Gu Qing hurriedly said to the smoke cloud beside him: "Go and pour a cup of hot water for Madame." ”

"No, old lady. My hands and feet are cold all the time. I'm used to it. ”

yes, she's used to it. If you are used to being cold, your sister-in-law will come out and stab her.

Fang Shi didn't see Zhang Jing, smiled and gave the meeting gift to the new cousin, and asked him if he had good food and good accommodation.

This child is about to live in someone's house, so naturally there is nothing bad to say.

"Do you think this kid respects you? People just went to Beijing to join your family, so they want to slap you. Once he finds out that you don't have the right to be a housekeeper at all, and you haven't been in the Fairview Courtyard, he will ignore you and treat you as just a word called 'aunt'. Zhang Jing still had the same sneering expression, "The old lady invited you to come, not to forgive you, but to be afraid that this child would feel that he was not taken seriously, and after he came, neither the cousin nor the aunt would come, and he was upset." When Li Jun came, you came forward, but your cousin and nephew came, but your aunt ......"

'Enough! Fang Shi pinched the skirt on his thigh, and shouted in his heart:

'Sister-in-law, you said you wanted me to live! ’

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you live. Didn't I let you live well? I also said I would always look at you, did you forget? Zhang Jing wrapped her hands around her son, "I will watch you well, you don't want to touch my son's finger again." Do you think that if you do something wrong, everyone will forgive you, and you can continue as if nothing happened? ”

"No, Fang Wan. As I said, willfulness alone will not survive the rest of your life. ”

Fang took a deep breath and told himself that his sister-in-law was going to force himself to go insane, and he lost his temper in the public court, and hurriedly lowered his head and picked up the bowl, but tears fell uncontrollably.

Gu Qing, who was sitting on the side, watched Fang Shi look in Li Rui's direction for a long time, and Li Rui's eyes flashed left and right, he just refused to confront Fang, and even deliberately talked to Li Jun on the side, as if he couldn't see Fang's ......

Then Fang lowered his head and burst into tears.

Gu Qing didn't know what it was like to be in her heart. In her heart, she has always regarded the Fang family as a strange eldest sister next door, and even Li Mao, she feels that she is more familiar with him and has a better appetite. At least occasionally Li Mao sells stupidity, she thinks it's cute, not disgusted.

But at this moment, she really felt that the Fang clan was changing for the better and wanted to turn back.

But the damage has already been done, and even if you want to turn back, there is still a lot to do.

Gu Qing picked up a chopstick fish and put it in Fang's bowl.

"Eating more fish and fruit is good for your body and your children. Don't push yourself too hard, huh? ”

Fang snorted, swallowed, and nodded.

Sister-in-law, I know that you won't let me go. My husband has received the title of your husband, and I have received the decree of the Duchess of your country. I can have a second, third, or fourth child, but you'll be lying in a cold grave forever. You said you wouldn't kill me, so what else can you do but sneer at me?

If I don't break myself, you can't break me. I'll prove it to you, I really want to get better, and I'll take good care of your son. When you're relieved, you'll be able to leave with peace of mind, right?

I'm waiting for the day you're gone.

Zhang Jing snorted coldly and slowly disappeared.

Seeing that Zhang Jing had disappeared, Fang's strong support was suddenly unloaded, and he could barely hold the bowl.

She finished the meal with a smile, and accompanied Gu Qing to send off the three children, and then followed her mother-in-law back to her bedroom.

Gu Qing let her lie on the bed, touched her stomach everywhere, and pressed it a few more times. Fang was scared because she didn't know what Gu Qing was doing.

'Well, the fetal position is very good. This Fang clan is so bad, and he doesn't move around much, and the fetal position is so normal, this can only be said to be really lucky. I don't know what the fetal heart sound is. I really can't do it, so I can go back and ask the craftsman at home to make a wooden earpiece that specializes in listening to the sound of the fetus. ’

Gu Qing withdrew his hand, smiled and said to Fang Shi: "The position of the fetus in your house is very correct, the head is below, and it should be easy to give birth when it comes to the month." I know that there is a way to hear the child's heartbeat, and I will think of a way to make that instrument when the time comes, and then I will help you listen to it. ”

Fang heard her mother-in-law say that her fetal position was very normal, and she couldn't hide her excited expression.

"Old lady, are you telling the truth?"

But when a woman gives birth, the most feared thing is that the fetal position is not correct, and the child is stuck underneath, and there are two lives in one corpse. Her mother-in-law said it so categorically, her heart felt like a big stone had been put down.

She has always felt that she had spoiled the child so much in the past few months, and this child must be bad.

"Well, but the fetal position can also change. You have to move around a lot, otherwise the child will easily turn around. Gu Qing didn't dare to pack the ticket for this fetal position all the time, "In the future, I will go to you once every half a month, and you will live in my Zhiyun Courtyard a month before giving birth." ”

If it were a delivery, she would too. From her point of view, even if the stable woman is unreliable, there is a guarantee.

"Our mother-in-law, when did she have this ability?" Zhang Jing appeared next to the bed of Old Taijun Qiu's bed, leaned her head next to Fang's side, and said quietly, word by word

"She. Be. Lie. You. Target. ”

"She wants to reassure you. She's afraid you'll do it to her grandson again. She doesn't trust you to take care of the kids. Fang Wan, you are so pitiful, even an old lady like our mother-in-law, you can't coax it, you said that you have been a daughter-in-law for so many years......"

"What my mother said is that my daughter-in-law is very happy, and my daughter-in-law has thanked my mother for her concern first." Fang Shi tugged at the corners of his mouth, "It's just that my mother is too tired." ”

'Zhang Jing, I don't care what others are thinking now, the last thing I worry about now is how good others are for me. What kind of person the old lady is, it's not your turn to say. You are also her daughter-in-law, have you forgotten? She treats you better than she treats me, but how can you treat his son? We're all the same, so let's stop comparing like this. ’

Zhang Jing glared at her and disappeared with a strange smile.

"Don't work hard, don't work hard. It's also boring for me to sit in the temple every day. Gu Qing saw that the Fang clan did not insist that she was going to harm her as before, but instead showed that he trusted her very much, and he was also surprised and inexplicable, and agreed repeatedly.

"That's it. When I turned around, I called my servants to get a delivery room here. ”

Ahh

Sterilization! Disinfect! Crib! Incubator!

Little grandchild, wait for grandma to pick you up!

Fang slowly propped himself up and sat up. With the support of Gu Qing and other subordinates, he got out of bed and walked towards the outside of the house.

Gu Qing was not worried that the Fang family would go back to the Splendid Courtyard alone, so she hurriedly called Mama Hua and Mama Sun to send each other.

She walked through the familiar doors of her home, and suddenly felt that the scene of walking through like this seemed to be a lifetime ago.

Originally, she could walk around the house at will, and wherever she went, all the subordinates would come and salute, but now that she walked around like this, even the old servants of the house only bent slightly over her in place.

Zhang Jing is right in one sentence, they are not looking at her, but a word called "Duchess of the Kingdom".

"Fang Wan, do you think they don't know what you've done? During the Chinese New Year, there was such a big fuss, Mama Liu next to you was tied up and never sent back, and you were robbed of the right to be a housekeeper, anyone with a discerning eye can guess what is going on. Do you want to know what they think? Zhang Jing's voice came from nowhere.

"The subordinate who was lighting the moon gate was thinking: 'Oh, isn't this the lady who did something wrong and was locked up?' I heard that I'm already crazy, how can I let a madman go out and walk around, and I won't beat people, right? ’……”

"The mother-in-law who gave you the curtain just now was thinking: 'They all said that the lady wanted to harm the eldest young master, but the old lady knew that she was locked up, is it true?' I can't see that Mrs. is such a femme fatale, and she used to praise her for being a kind person, but it turned out to be fake, phew! ”

Zhang Jing learned these words in her heart vividly, but her shadow was nowhere to be seen around.

At this time, it was already night, and it was completely dark, and the people were carrying lamps to lead the way, and the halo from the lamps made the originally familiar scenery look strange. And the people who were walking towards a place where there was no one in front of them suddenly did not look like living people walking, but like people leading the way on the Yellow Spring.

No one spoke, just walked through the garden as quickly as possible. Hua Mama held a wind lamp in her hand, turned her head, and showed an eerie and terrifying face, and she said faintly:

"Madam, why don't you leave?"

Fang was dizzy, feeling that he would fall down at any moment. Her feet seemed to be stuck in the mud, and she couldn't pull them out. Not to mention continuing to move forward.

Mama Hua leaned over to look at her with concern, but Fang felt that Mama Hua's face had never been so terrifying.

What's going on in her mind? Do you think she's vicious? Did she greet her with concern and reach out to push her?

She just watched as Mama Hua stretched out her hand and slowly passed it over her shoulder......

She closed her eyes, and could only make a faint □□ sound.

"Madam, it's windy, let's put on the cloak." Mama Hua took the cloak from the subordinate behind Fang's family, put it on her easily, and said with a sigh and a pun.

"Madam, no matter what, the road still has to go. If you don't leave, you'll never get home. ”

Fang couldn't listen to anything, she felt that everyone was looking at her with a gloating expression.

The people leading the way in front of them are still like the messengers of Huangquan, why don't they turn their heads for nothing? Do they think that turning their heads and not turning their faces will scare her?

The deep path to the East Garden no longer resembles the familiar path, but a dark entrance that will swallow people.

Fang Shi looked ahead in shock, only feeling that it was safest to stand here.

Suddenly, a bright spot appeared in the dark distance, and the bright spot was not high, so it slowly moved over.

Fang's pupils suddenly shrank to a very small size, almost going limp.

Who's coming? Zhang Jing? What the hell?

She said she wouldn't kill her!

"Mother, why are you so slow? The descendant who came back from Zhiyun Temple said that you had already come out. Li Ming, who came out to find her mother with a small lantern, gradually appeared in front of her.

"I was waiting in my room for a long time, my father didn't come back, and you didn't come back. Cousin Jun and Cousin Zhao left together, and the elder brother said that he was going to wait for his father in front......"

Li Ming looked at the sweaty mother, put the lantern in his hand into the hands of the subordinate next to him, and hurriedly ran over to grab her and look around.

"Is it a headache? Or do you have a stomachache? ”

Fang felt his son's hand touching her like a flame, and fished her whole person out of the cold and desperate nether. She grabbed her son's hand with her backhand, drawing strength and courage from him, and shook her head gently.

"Neither. My mother hadn't walked at night for too long, and she was suddenly afraid of getting dark. ”

Li Ming looked at his mother and grinned.

"Mother, don't be afraid, isn't there still a lamp?"

Fang nodded.

yes, isn't there still a lamp?

West Garden, Small Cross Courtyard.

Li Jun, who sent his younger brother to the place, looked at Li Zhao for a while, only squeezed out a "good rest", and was about to turn around and leave.

Suddenly, he felt something grab his sleeve, so he had to turn his head to look at his brother.

Li Zhao grabbed his sleeve, hesitated for a long time, and asked:

"Don't you like being a minion?"

Li Jun chuckled when he heard this mindless question.

"Brother, I'm not a minion."

Li Zhao let go of his hand, turned around and entered the house.

What my cousin said was not right, his cousin was not unwilling to be a slave at all.

He never thought of himself as a minion at all!

The author has something to say: without Zhang Jing's ghost, Fang's suffered from slight schizophrenia because of pregnancy + depression and insomnia for a while + medication. Zhang Jing was her fantasy and her inner demon.

No matter how dark it is, there are still lights.