Chapter 031: Comfort
The house was clearly burning with a dragon on the ground, and a brazier was lit in the ventilated area, which was as warm as mid-spring. But at this moment, Xie Shuning was shivering from the monstrous cold.
The scene in front of me is terrifyingly familiar!
It seems that it was also on such a day that she held the puppet that was soiled by the seventh cousin in the second room, and came to look for her mother crying, and she saw the same when she broke into the door. Mother lay there, her shoulders swaying, criing in a muffled voice. She didn't know why, so she threw herself at her mother with the puppet of the famous dream, crying and asking her mother to teach her seventh cousin a lesson. But her mother only hugged her at that time, crying breathlessly, and the words in her mouth were indistinct.
Xie Shuning tried her best to think about what her mother was crying in her ear that day, but she never remembered it at all.
It's just that not long after that, the original stalemate in the third room of the Xie family collapsed instantly, and the mother became a concubine inexplicably, and she never resisted at all.
Later, things fell apart day by day, and finally became irreversible.
Thinking of this, his heart tightened, Xie Shuning took a few deep breaths before he mustered up the courage to approach the Song family a little bit, and shouted in an excited tone: "Mother, mother, Ah Man helped the nurse to send all the rewards!" ”
It seemed that only then did she notice her coming in, and Song's figure with his back to her froze obviously, and then stopped choking.
- Don't cry!
Xie Shuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her worried appearance finally disappeared. When that scene happened in the previous life, it was already a year later, and now it has only been a few days into the lunar month. Besides, when she went out with Gui's mother before, her mother was fine. No one else has come to Zhilan Zhai at this time, and her mother's crying like this must not be the same as her panic.
Sure enough, Song turned his back to her, quickly took a handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face, then turned around with red eyes and said with a forced smile: "Aman is back." ”
Xie Shuning replied loudly, and then climbed onto the kang with her outstretched hand, and approached the kang to take a look.
The neatly spread paper on the kang table was still the same as the one she had seen before, a few blank sheets of paper, and a few letters with dry ink. The letter was addressed to Mama Jiang, and a few more words were added to it according to Xie Shuning's meaning. When Song put pen to paper, he only thought that those words were said and played by Xie Shuning, although he coaxed her to write them truthfully, he didn't care. But every word that Xie Shuning asked her to write down actually has a hidden meaning behind it, and with Mama Jiang's sophistication, you should know it at a glance.
Xie Shuning quickly scanned the contents of the letter and put her mind at ease.
At this time, Song suddenly reached out and grabbed the letter paper, folded it in three or two and was about to stuff it into the envelope, and said to Xie Shuning: "When the letter is sent to Yanling, if Mama Jiang sees that she is in good health, she will definitely step up her entry into Beijing." Then someone will be able to descend on you. ”
Xie Shuning grabbed Song's arm and asked quietly, "Mother, why are you crying?" ”
"Mother, I just suddenly miss your uncle." Song smiled bitterly.
And so it was!
Xie Shuning couldn't help but be stunned. After thinking about everything, she never thought that her mother would cry because she missed her uncle so much. But if my mother misses her uncle so much, then why didn't she contact her uncle until the end of her previous life? Thinking like this, she opened her mouth and proposed: "Since my mother misses my uncle, why don't you also send a letter to my uncle?" If my uncle still thinks that we are in Yanling, what should we do? My brother and I haven't seen Cousin Shu Yan yet. ”
Song Shi laughed and said, "Your uncle is thousands of miles away, and it will take a long time for this letter to come and go, so why bother with this." Saying that, she couldn't help but lower her voice and muttered, "If he knows, he won't force me to be weird with your father and divorce." ”
Fortunately, although the voice was soft, Xie Shuning, who had sharp ears, still heard it.
She also knew her uncle's temperament, and he would definitely do that kind of thing. Not to mention, the Chen family is a concubine, but I am afraid that my uncle will not want my mother to continue to stay in the Xie family. From his point of view, his mother is the girl who should be held in the palm of her hand, even if she has become a child's mother, she is still just the little girl who follows him to ask for candy. So he definitely couldn't see his mother stay in the Xie family to live this kind of life.
It's no wonder that my mother wanted to keep it a secret.
However, if this matter is concealed, it will not be beneficial to them at all!
Xie Shuning grabbed Song's hand holding the envelope, shook it a few times and said coquettishly: "My mother lied, my mother and mother cried, I guess I couldn't help myself, and I thought about my uncle so much." In this case, this is the time when I should write a letter to my uncle and send it. ”
"After reading a few books, you can make a chapter." Song shook his head and chuckled twice, disagreeing with her words, "Your uncle has a bad temper, and he doesn't like the affairs of Kyoto the most. ”
Xie Shuning was speechless, and only held back a few words to persuade her in the middle of the ring: "But that's uncle!" If he can't find us, won't he be in a hurry? Besides, although my uncle has a big temper, doesn't my mother always say that my uncle is the most sensible person? Speak well, how will he not listen? My mother refused to tell my uncle the truth, what if he was in a hurry? ”
Song Shi paused, then looked at the pen on the inkstone, and said, "In this way, it is really time to write......
"It's nature!" Xie Shuning looked at her and nodded heavily.
Song picked up the pen and sighed, "These days, Ah Man seems to be a lot more sensible. ”
When the two of them wrote a letter in the house, the news of the big reward in Zhilan Zhai began to spread in the house.
In previous years, the government also gave out rewards, but there were many things in the month, and the amount of silver that would be issued was not comparable to the amount that could be received when kowtowing on Chinese New Year's Eve, so everyone did not pay much attention to it. But who knew that this year has changed dramatically! Originally, no one was happy to go to Zhilanzhai on an errand, but they felt that it was a chore, and they couldn't please the Chen family and the three old ladies, so many people tried their best to refuse to go.
It's good now, those people will regret their bowels!
The master in Zhilan Zhai was very generous, and even the reward received by the mother-in-law who watched the courtyard gate was comparable to that of the first-class maid in the Jade Tea Courtyard.
As soon as these words spread, the hearts of the servants who were hungry for money were enveloped. For a while, everyone wanted to change to Zhilanzhai as an errand. There was even the bold one who begged directly in front of Chen, erasing the reason why he was unwilling to go to Zhilanzhai again, and changing his earnest appearance.
Chen was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth, didn't mention it to his face, and scolded everyone behind his back, "A group of things that see money!" ”
As early as the father of the third old lady, the Chen family's family background was not good. The Chen family has never enjoyed the days of wealth, and after arriving at the third old lady, although the life is better, they have never tried to spend money like the Song family. Suddenly, her eyes turned red with anger. Turning around, thinking about it, she stared coldly at the floor tiles, and said word by word: "If you want to put a decent room with a few stinky money in your hand, I will reward you with a chance!" ”