When this batch of sunflower seeds is also harvested, the fragrant period is still to pick out the full grains of the seeds, and the rest of the fried part is left for Su Xiaoniang to eat slowly, and it is inconvenient for her to continue to delay in the grange, she has to go back, first, she plans to establish diplomatic relations with the second room, and then she has to find a way to ask for Yan Chi's forgiveness.

The first step is to establish friendship with the sixth sister Fang Xu.

It's easy, the sixth sister was originally an innocent little girl, although she was also pampered, but her temperament was not arrogant at all, in the past, Fang Qi was not very close to her, because Fang Qi could only obey Qin Fangzi, Qin Fangzi was not happy to interact with the cousins in the second room, and she didn't let Fang Qi interact with them, but Fang Qi can now completely ignore her second sister.

Half a catty of sunflower seeds is enough to make Liuniang smile.

I had to take Fang Qi to visit the Gulou Garden, on the boundless floor, I paid out of my own pocket to let the servant woman go out to buy glutinous rice flowers, as well as the fried fake puffer fish of Li Shouzi's house, saying that today's lunch was her treat, and naturally invited Qin Fangzi, who couldn't be invited, and Wu Niang Fanglian, who came tremblingly, lacked Siniang Fangfei, not uninvited, not invited - this day the second lady led the fourth niece to the Ge family to visit the door.

This combination is a bit strange, because in fact, the lady of the Ge family chose to look at Siniang at the beginning of today, Mrs. Wang and the Ge family had a falling out, so naturally they were unwilling to do their best, Zhou Xiaoniang was a concubine after all, so she went with her, and she couldn't be allowed to socialize with the Ge family alone, so she had to come forward by the second lady, the aunt, so as not to seem to be against etiquette.

Although the sixth sister is delicious, she is a generous person, and she did not forget to give Wu Niang the sunflower seeds that Fang Qi gave her, but as Fang Ji expected, Wu Niang was so busy that she refused to ask for it.

Fang Qi is not a stingy person, not that she is only willing to envelop Liuniang, a concubine, because she thinks of Wuniang and refuses to accept it.

The few little ladies in Xiangdi said that Wu Niang was the most cowardly, and she never refused to be close to her sisters, and Fang Qi didn't even listen to her say a few more words.

At this time, she spoke: "The sixth sister is sincere and wants to give the fifth sister a fresh taste, that is, the fifth sister is not happy in her heart, and she should also think about Liu Xiaoniang, it's not me who says big things, this sunflower seed can be the only one for me, not to mention the shops on the street, even the palace is afraid that there is none, but it is not a rare object for me, the sixth sister has finished eating, and she will come to me to get it again, and the fifth sister is the same." ”

As soon as she said this, Wu Niang would not be able to excuse herself.

How do you know that in the evening, as soon as Fang Qi finished dinner, Wu Niang came to find it.

"Third sister, I still don't want these sunflower seeds, the third sister will keep them herself."

How weird is that? But Fang Qi is not surprised.

Because there are a lot of weird things that happened to the fifth sister, not to mention these two things? For example, in the New Year, the second lady gave the fifth sister a purse of silver as New Year's money, but the fifth sister was scared and cried; Another example, Fenghe, the servant and maid in the second lady's courtyard, smashed the cold water presented to the fifth sister due to heat stroke, and Fenghe hurriedly pleaded guilty, but the fifth sister was scared to cry again; For another example, Mrs. Li came to visit the door, saw the five sisters' exquisite sachets, and asked who embroidered them, or scared the five sisters to tears.

The fifth sister is like a crying bag.

Fang Qicai refused to recycle the sunflower seeds: "I gave the melon seeds to the sixth sister, and the fifth sister who was voluntarily distributed by the hands of the sixth sister, the fifth sister is not wanted, and the sixth sister should be returned, what is the reason for returning it to me?" ”

Wu Niang dared to return the gift that Liu Niang gave her, but she didn't dare to say this, and the whole person became even more cramped.

Fang Qi knew that her second uncle was in this room, and there was only one Wu Niang, and the rest of the two sons and one daughter were all born by the second aunt, Wu Niang's biological mother passed away, and Wu Niang was still an infant at that time, but Mrs. Li's eldest son Qin Yuan was naughty, Mrs. Li had no time to take care of Wu Niang, so she gave Wu Niang to Concubine Liu's upbringing, Liu had no children, it stands to reason that Wu Niang would be regarded as a parent, Mrs. Li later gave birth to Fang Xu and Qin Han two children, the more she didn't care about Wu Niang such a unique concubine.

Speaking of which, Wu Niang is in a much better situation than Fang Qi, but her temperament is so cowardly that it is almost eccentric.

Fang Qi took Wu Niang's hand and sat on the couch and asked her: "The fifth sister is afraid that she will offend the sixth sister, but it will make the sixth sister annoyed, right?" ”

"The sixth sister is a kind-hearted ...... How dare I live up. ”

"The fifth sister knows that the sixth sister is kind, why don't you accept it?"

Wu Niang was silent again.

"It's Liu Xiaoniang who doesn't allow the fifth sister to accept it, right?" Fang Qi asked guessingly.

As a result, Wu Niang was almost scared to cry.

"Fifth sister, don't be so nervous, what you say in my room today, I promise that not a word will be leaked."

Wu Niang still cried in the end, sobbing and choking, and didn't dare to say a word.

Fang Qi could only ask her: "Did Liu Xiaoniang tell you that my mother-in-law must be uneasy and kind?" Even the sixth sister will have malicious intentions towards you? Did you tell you that even the death of your little mother was a plot of the second aunt? ”

Wu Niang hurriedly shook her head, Fang Qi was worried about whether she would throw off her neck.

"Xiao Niang didn't say that, Xiao Niang only said that I was stupid, don't look forward to being able to please my mother like the third sister to please my mother, and said that my aunt and mother hate, I wish to use me to suppress my mother, if I fall into the trick and embarrass my mother, my mother will not pity me more and more. The little lady warned me that as a concubine, I should know my duty, don't go to my concubine all day long, in case something happens to my sixth sister, I am the biggest suspect. The little lady is for my good, for fear that I will make my mother disgusted......"

Fang Qi slapped Wu Niang's palm hard: "Listen to Liu Xiaoniang for everything, the fifth sister is afraid that she forgot that Liu Xiaoniang is not your biological mother after all, right?" It is indeed difficult for the mother-in-law to regard her concubine as if she were a parent, but not all of them are like snakes and scorpions. I'll tell my fifth sister directly, I also live carefully, and now I have indeed become a thorn in my mother's eyes, but my situation is very different from yours. ”

It's not that Fang Qi has forgotten to be cautious, but if she wants to persuade Wu Niang, she can't hide it anymore, she has to win Wu Niang's trust first.

"The eldest lady can't please at all, in the past, she looked at me and treated me as conniving, but in fact she wanted to use me to suppress the fourth sister, the more I fought with the fourth sister, the happier she was, I saw through the eldest lady's mind, and the eldest lady also knew that my brain was still active, so she didn't plan to let me get a good marriage at all, so that I had to obey her control all my life, and she treated me with tolerance on the surface, and I could earn a good reputation.

But I look at the second aunt, the temperament is not the same as the eldest lady at all, I am three years older than the fifth sister, what the fifth sister experienced when she was a child, you have no memory of yourself, but I remember. When the fifth sister was only two or three years old, she had a pox, Liu Xiaoniang was afraid of being infected, and she was unwilling to take care of the fifth sister. Later, the fifth sister completely improved, and the second aunt intended to sign a long-term contract with the servant woman and let her stay as the fifth sister's nanny, saying that she was the fifth sister's lucky star nobleman and would be able to ensure that the fifth sister grew up safely, but Liu Xiaoniang cried and disagreed, saying that the second aunt blamed her for not taking good care of the fifth sister and invited herself to go to the Grange. ”

This is not a fabrication.

"The reason why I know about this is because I actually envy the fifth sister, and at that time I thought that although the two of us are concubines, the second aunt still treats the fifth sister as the flesh and blood of the second uncle, and is willing to worry about the fifth sister, which is like the eldest lady...... If I had a pox, she wouldn't have wasted her mind. Moreover, Liu Xiaoniang was able to satisfy her heart that time, and she had the help of the eldest lady, forcing the second aunt to compromise. ”

Fang Qi sighed: "I was also young at that time, I don't know why Liu Xiaoniang didn't want to keep that woman as the fifth sister's nanny, and when I got older, I vaguely figured out the name behind the point. Fifth sister, it's not that Liu Xiaoniang treats you badly, it's that she is not your biological mother after all, she loves herself more than she loves her fifth sister. Liu Xiaoniang has no children of her own, although she later regarded the fifth sister as the only hope, but her selfish desires were further inflated because of this idea, she didn't want the fifth sister to be close to the rest of the family, and only regarded her as the only relative, only listened to her, everything was for her sake, I am afraid that when the fifth sister is out of the cabinet, she still wants to continue to control the fifth sister. ”

"Little lady, she is indeed the only one of my relatives."

"How can a real relative only think about controlling you? The marriage of the fifth sister still depends on the second uncle and the second aunt, according to the temperament of the second aunt, the husband chosen for the fifth sister will not be worse than Ge Erlang, this is not to say how much the second aunt loves the fifth sister, speaking of which, the second aunt has the idea of comparing with the eldest lady in such a matter. This is beneficial to the fifth sister, but it may not be beneficial to Liu Xiaoniang. ”

Wu Niang was already stunned: "What do you say?" ”

"Because of such a family like the Ge family, how could Aunt Weng, the fifth sister's future sister, tolerate her daughter-in-law being controlled by her mother-in-law? In Liu Xiaoniang's view, the most suitable marriage for the fifth sister is the child of a poor family, the bet is that the son-in-law will be able to take the middle/fame into the official in the future, although the fifth sister is cowardly but the husband's family must of course follow the Xiangdi, the fifth sister can not only be the master of the house, but also obey Liu Xiaoniang's words, although she married another wife, but still in Liu Xiaoniang's control for the rest of her life. ”

Fang Lian breathed a sigh of relief: "There is nothing wrong with poor people, it is nothing more than saving money to spend the day, in addition to relying on me for life, the little lady has no parents and no children, even no brothers and sisters, the little lady is in the mansion, there is no worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, there is no need to use me to seek financial benefits for her." ”

Liu Xiaoniang's attempt to control the fifth sister all the time is indeed not because she wants to make money, in the final analysis, it is just to satisfy her desire to control and gain a sense of security for herself. But if the future fifth brother-in-law gets an official and a half position, if he doesn't take a concubine, Liu Xiaoniang will ask the fifth sister to take a concubine for the fifth brother-in-law, and if the fifth brother-in-law wants to take the initiative to take a concubine, Liu Xiaoniang will inevitably let the fifth sister stop it. In short, what the fifth brother-in-law wants to do, Liu Xiaoniang will not let him get his wish, because Liu Xiaoniang still wants to be the most important person in the fifth sister's mind, so she can't tolerate the harmony between the fifth sister and the fifth brother-in-law.

When the fifth sister has children, Liu Xiaoniang will be even more worried, because the mother's love for her children is indispensable, and the fifth sister will of course put her children first. ”

"This, this, this is all the imagination of the third sister."

"It's my imagination, but the fifth sister hasn't heard anything about precautions? I don't want the fifth sister to do anything to Liu Xiaoniang, after all, Liu Xiaoniang raised the fifth sister, and of course the fifth sister can't behave unfavorably against her. But the fifth sister, the second aunt didn't raise you personally, so she didn't have the grace to raise you? The second aunt is the mother of the fifth sister, and she does not have the intention of abusing and harming the fifth sister, and the fifth sister should also be close to the second aunt.

And the fifth sister should also let Liu Xiaoniang understand, although you respect her as a concubine, but not a puppet in her hands, you have your own ideas, you will repay her, but you will not obey her, you have to let Liu Xiaoniang understand that this is the case, she may only regard the fifth sister as the only family, but the fifth sister has parents, siblings, and will have her own husband and children in the future, you can't only focus on Liu Xiaoniang and ignore the rest of the relatives. ”

After saying this, in the end, Wu Niang brought back the cloth bag of sunflower seeds.