"Miss? Is there something wrong in the house? Ru Niang glanced at the room vigilantly and asked softly.

Zhang Hanqiu shook his head lightly and stepped into the house.

Ru Niang hurriedly untied the thick big coat and hung it up, helped her young lady to sit by the copper stove, and went to make hot tea.

"Ru Niang, I don't have anything to do here, you go get busy."

Ru Niang didn't leave immediately, looked at Miss worriedly with her hands twisted, and said softly: "Miss, is there anything wrong with you?" It's too cold, if you feel unwell, don't put up with it, lest you become seriously ill. ”

Zhang Hanqiu's heart was sore and swollen.

At this time, her mind was at its most unstable, and reality and dreams that were too real alternately haunted her, and she wanted to be quiet and sort out.

But listening to the words of this woman who guarded her like a mother, protected her, and did everything around her, the ghost sent the gods, Zhang Hanqiu said: "Ru Niang, I miss my mother." ”

Ru Niang's face changed, and she couldn't help but be glad that this was no longer a place to be noticed, and there were only a few servants and maids, so she didn't have to worry about being listened to.

"Miss, you will put this in your stomach in the future, don't say it again, be careful that the wall has ears, now the Zhang family is in charge of the Wu family, you haven't allowed the family yet, and it won't be good for you to have an unpleasant quarrel with her."

Zhang Hanqiu kept staring at Ru Niang, and drew the answer from the change in her face.

Ru Niang's maiden name is Ru Lian, I heard her say that this name was taken by her mother, she was only six years old when she was sold to her grandfather's house, and her name was called by rank like Ah Jiu.

In the twenty-eighth year, she had a marriage with a family member in her grandfather's family, and then the man disappeared before she got married, so she simply coiled her hair and followed her mother to Zhang's house.

Mother trusts her, and after she was born, she asked Ru Niang to concentrate on taking care of her, and there was no need to wait by her side.

But even so, she didn't believe in her mother's affairs, she didn't know anything about it.

Thinking about it carefully, Ru Niang's changes are obvious, when she was young, Ru Niang was not so cautious, and a little wind and grass could make her unable to close her eyes all night.

Pursing his lips, Zhang Hanqiu patted the open space beside him, "Ru Niang, you sit here." ”

Ru Niang was afraid that she would say something inappropriate, so she shook her head and said, "Miss, the old slave will not sit, you can only tell me if you have anything." ”

"You also heard it just now, I want to go to the temple on my birthday to do a ritual for my mother, my mother has passed away for too many years, no one has ever told me about her, I don't know how she is, whether she is a gentle person, sometimes I think, if she is still alive...... Ru Niang, can you talk to me? I don't want to forget her. ”

Ru Niang turned her back and wiped the corners of her eyes, and knelt beside her with slightly red eyes.

Zhang Hanqiu didn't look at her either, her eyes narrowed slightly and stared at the charcoal burning in the stove, "In this family, I'm afraid that the only person who still remembers my mother is you, even me, and I have forgotten it for many years." ”

Ru Niang finally shed tears.

She always hoped that her young lady would be wary of the rest of the Zhang family and not be easily deceived by the mother and daughter.

But she also hopes that her young lady will still live as simply as before, and not know too much about the filth of the world.

From the beginning to the end, she never thought to tell Miss what she had suspected for more than ten years.

It's not that she's disloyal to her wife, and it's not that she's blinded by the wealth of the Zhang family, she just thinks that Miss won't be happy if she knows that.

She just wants the young lady she grew up holding in the palm of her hand to find a wishful husband and live her own small life, and the bad things of the Zhang family have nothing to do with her.

But the young lady who she has always been ignorant seems to have grown up overnight, and she is wary of people, but her mind is also heavy.

She was relieved and saddened.

Forced growth is never pleasant, it hurts too much, and she can't bear it.

Ru Niang didn't speak for a long time, and Zhang Hanqiu didn't urge.

Silently drank a cup of tea, kneeling and sitting a little uncomfortable, simply not getting along with himself, legs together and diagonally to the side, leaning on the side of the body, not rude, but a little lazy.

Her actions woke up Ru Niang, and she hurriedly stepped forward to help her, seeing that the teacup was empty, and went to make another cup.

After sitting down again, there was no more silence.

"Miss...... Want to know what. ”

Zhang Hanqiu lowered his eyebrows, knowing that the other party couldn't see it, but he still didn't want his anxiety to be too visible.

Ru Niang is too familiar with her, and when she hasn't figured anything out herself, she can't let Ru Niang find out that something is wrong with her.

"Say whatever you want, I'll listen."

Ru Niang thought for a while, and said slowly: "Mrs. has a very good temperament, or should I say that it is too good, gentle and kind, not long after she married the master, she learned from others that the master has a cousin, and the feelings are very good, she feels that she has blocked the good marriage of the two people, so she made the decision to accept the person into the house, in fact, where is she blocking the marriage of the two, their marriage has always been asked by the master himself, if the woman really wants to blame, she can only blame the man for being negative, what does it have to do with the lady?" ”

"Wu is Daddy's cousin?" Why has no one ever mentioned it?

"Yes, the age difference between the second lady and you is only a few months, whose wife can be soft-hearted to this extent? Back then, the old slave persuaded Mrs. that it was very likely that the old man had someone deliberately pass it on, do you know how Mrs. answered? ”

Ru Niang is still full of anger when she thinks about it now, and asks herself a question: "Madame said that she knows, but the master treats her well, and she also wants the master to be happy, but it is just one more sister, she can tolerate it, but ......"

Ru Niang closed her eyes and didn't continue, Miss is still too young, there are some things, what can you do if you say it?

"How did my mother pass away?"

"It is said that he died of illness."

Zhang Hanqiu's heart tightened, and he turned his head sideways to stare at her, "It is said? ”

"Yes, it is said that a few days before that, you suffered from a cold and high fever and did not go away, the old slave made a wish in front of the Bodhisattva, and after you got better, you went to the temple to make a vow, but it was only two days, and the lady who came back was already ......"

Twisted her hands together, Ru Niang swallowed the breath that was choked in her throat hard, and continued: "People have good and bad luck, Mrs. is blushing and dying, no one is to blame for this, the old slave didn't think much about it at the time, just thinking that Mrs. loves beauty, no matter what, the old slave also wants her to go beautifully, but the old slave didn't see Mrs., the old man said that Mrs. is suffering from an emergency that will contag people, not only Mrs., but even the people waiting around Mrs. are all gone, for the sake of the whole house, Mrs.'s body must be burned immediately, So as not to harm more people, the old slave is powerless to stop it, and the old man even asks the old slave to take you to avoid it on the grounds that the young lady is young and can't see such a scene, so the old slave can only say that it is said, because the old slave has never seen it with his own eyes. ”

Zhang Hanqiu suddenly realized that Ru Niang's change was because she suspected that her mother was killed by her father and the Wu family!

This matter has been pressed in her heart for too long, for a long time, so that Ru Niang does not vomit and is unhappy, even if she repeatedly admonishes herself that Miss is still young, it has not allowed her to suppress the resentment in her heart.

But when she really said it, she didn't feel happy at all, but her mood was even heavier, her young lady was still so young, she cut off contact with her family, and the Zhang family coaxed her around, even if she knew these things, what could she do?

Pinched the tiger's mouth hard, and the pain calmed her down.

Kneeling in front of the young lady, Ru Niang kowtowed heavily, "The old slave doesn't know why the young lady suddenly remembered his wife, the old slave just wants to remind the young lady, your surname is Zhang, this is in the Zhang Mansion, your father who doesn't love you, there is a stepmother and stepsister, everything you can't help yourself, no matter what ideas you have in your heart, please think twice, the old slave can give up his life to protect you, but the old slave has no ability, I am afraid that I can't protect you even if I give up this life." ”

Zhang Hanqiu helped the person up, face to face, so that Ru Niang could see the coldness in her eyes clearly.

This surprised Ru Niang, when did her always gentle and kind young lady have this appearance?

"Miss, you ......"

Zhang Hanqiu shook his head slightly, "I'm fine, it's just ...... I accidentally learned something, Ru Niang, I need some silver, do you have it? ”

"Yes." Such an idea-stricken young lady made Ru Niang overjoyed, and whispered some words that should not have been said now, "Yes, after you were born, Mrs. divided the cash in her hand into two parts, one handed over to the old slave, saying that the silver should be left to you as a dowry, and it must not be moved, after the death of the lady, the Xia family will quietly send some silver over every year, and the old slave will save for you, adding up to about seven thousand taels, and it should be enough for you to do something." ”

The Xia family, her maternal grandfather's family, Zhang Hanqiu's eyes moved slightly, "So much? ”

Ru Niang smiled bitterly, "The Xia family is just a lot of silver, when the lady got married, not to mention the dowry, even the silver ticket has a box, if the Zhang family didn't marry the lady, how could they have today, but in the end they were not disliked?" Miss, do you remember what your grandfather's family looked like? ”

Zhang Hanqiu was silent, Shinong industry and commerce, business is the cheapest, even if there is more silver, it will always be looked down upon.

The relationship with her mother was obviously asked for by her father, but she never looked at it in her heart from beginning to end.

"Has my mother's dowry ever been touched?"

"Don't worry about this, those are yours, no one in the Zhang family dares to fight the idea of marrying a lady, if anyone is so shameless, your grandfather's family will definitely not care, when the Zhang family still has the face to stand in Wuyang City? This kind of thing that is lost because of small things, the master will not do. ”

Thinking of Ru Niang's protection of her like a mother beast over the years, Zhang Hanqiu grabbed her hand tightly, forcibly told the truth that Niang might still be alive, and squeezed out a voice from her throat: "Zhang Qiao'er will definitely be able to convince the Wu family, and then you will bring more silver with you to go out of the mansion with me." ”

Ru Niang's heart was uneasy, "Do you have any plans?" ”

"Don't worry, I won't put myself in danger." Intend? If she doesn't first determine whether her mother is really alive, how can she make plans?

The life or death of her mother is the key for her to verify whether the dream is a dream or a reality.

After making sure that the dream was real, she could make a plan.

Thinking of the almost tragic things he experienced in his dream, Zhang Hanqiu covered his heart, it used to be so painful here.

If it was, how could she stop.

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