66, before dawn
When Xin Yi woke up and saw Xin Yan, she knew that she hadn't hidden her stomach trouble.
Xin Yi listened to Xin Yan's old-fashioned lesson all night, and said that she shouldn't hide it, fortunately it was just a stomach trouble, what if it was something else?
"Little brother, you are so verbose, what should your wife do in the future." Xin Yi screamed.
Xin Yan rolled his eyes, lay there lazily, yawned, and touched his tender chin.
"Do you think I'm willing to talk about you, look at the fifth sister, who will say her?"
"My wife, you don't have to worry about it. I plan to pick a suitable year to be admitted to the top prize within five years, and then go home to marry a wife, and wait until I have an eldest son to raise for a few years, and then I will be in my twenties and thirties, and then I will go out to be an official and break through, and support the ......court."
Xin Yi felt that he was not in his stomach, but in his brain, Xin Yan was only ten years old this year, and he was already thinking about things that seemed very far away, such as 'having a child' and 'adopting a child'.
Her little brother is obviously still the child who quarrels with her, and the baby fat on his face has not faded.
She blinked, and blinked, and her brain was dizzy.
It took a long, long time to react and stammer, "You...... You're a kid yourself...... Do you know what it means to have a wife and have children? ”
She couldn't even look at her little brother directly.
Xin Yan leaned back on the back of the chair with his hands and sneered, "Do you think everyone is the same as you, I have already taken a fancy to the candidate......
Xin Yi almost fell out of bed in surprise, he was already optimistic about the candidate, the candidate, the candidate......
"Which girl is it?"
Xin Yi asked sneeringly.
She is already fifteen years old, and she has never thought about which family she should look good at.
Xin Yanba clicked his mouth, "I won't tell you, I saw it when I went out with my husband when I was seven years old, she looks white and cute, her voice is the same as that of glutinous rice dumplings, glutinous, she looks old at the age of three, presumably as long as there is no accident in the future, she will not be ugly!" ”
Xin Yi couldn't accept this fact, she felt that her brain was a good thing, she had grown too little, and she needed a few more brains to digest her little brother's thoughts of crying ghosts and gods.
Xin Yancai didn't care what his sister thought, he was eating a plate of pastries with goat's milk slowly.
Eat the same, just like the comments, "This is too sweet...... "This is too salty......" "Oops, this hair cake is not fluffy at all......"
Xin Yi clenched his fists and shook it towards Xin Yan, "It's the same root, why is it too anxious, Xin Xiaogongzi, be a man and leave a line!" ”
Xin Yan glanced at her, and slowly wiped the crumbs from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, "Yes, it's the same root, why are you in a hurry, why don't you want to think about how anxious I should be when I know." ”
"I'm telling you, I've sent a letter to my grandmother to see what she will do with you!"
If it weren't for the fact that his body was still weak, probably Xin Yi would have grabbed Xin Yan and beaten him violently.
She didn't say it, wasn't she afraid that everyone would worry? But one or two are dog noses, and they smell it.
Thinking that after her grandmother received the letter, she didn't know how to be anxious, so she couldn't help but stare at Xin Yan fiercely.
Just when she felt that she should say something to show her sister's majesty, the steps outside were hurrying, and Jin Chun was reporting at the door,
"Girl, little boy, the old lady is back."
As soon as the voice stopped, he continued to report,
"The eldest lady, the eldest lord, and the third lady are here."
Xin Yi was stunned, she couldn't help but pluck her ears, old lady? Is that the old lady? Her grandmother?
Before she could get up, the curtain was lifted, the old lady had a calm face, her steps were vigorous and steady, and she rushed straight inside, Mama Qin's face was pale, nervous, and she followed behind.
The old lady looked at Xin Yi, who was sitting on the couch in shock, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug her.
"How? Are you okay? What the hell is going on? Why don't you let someone tell me about it? ”
Xin Yi didn't have time to be surprised, so he was hugged by the old lady's warm embrace.
She raised her head, revealing a pitiful expression, and looked at the old lady with wet eyes,
"Grandmother, I'm hungry ......"
When Xu followed Luo's in, he happened to witness the scene of Xin Yi's coquettishness, which was delicate and soft, which made people full of love and pity when they saw it.
There is also a coquettish spirit, and then look at the complexion, the old lady who came back all the way knew that she was fine, and she was a little relieved, but she still asked where she was uncomfortable.
Xin Yi raised a smile, "Grandmother, don't worry, I'm just a little upset, take some medicine, just sleep and recuperate." ”
"Grandmother, why did you come back, it's all my fault for the little brother, I scared you."
The old lady's calm face slowly eased, and Mama Qin beside her immediately said,
"The old lady received the letter sent by the little boy, and she was in a hurry at the moment, but the person who sent the letter didn't know, the old lady was in a hurry, and immediately prepared a horse to rush back, and she didn't take a carriage, but rode back."
Xin Yi saw that the old lady was wearing the homely clothes she wore when she recited the scriptures on weekdays, and the cloak covered with wind and dust had been removed.
The bun was not as neat as usual, and strands of hair fell out.
She buried her head in the old lady's arms, knowing that she was very worried, and on weekdays she went to Dongyue to listen to the scriptures and lectures, and she was dressed very neatly.
Where would a noble lady go out in her homely clothes?
"Grandmother, I'm fine, it's really just a stomach upset."
The old lady touched her face, "You can't be sloppy about getting sick, and if you're not careful, it will become a big problem." ”
Her voice was a little lamenting, and when she saw Xin Yi's self-blame, she immediately laughed,
"Grandmother is just worried about you, you're fine."
Xin Yi knew that she was really worried, otherwise how could a person who had trapped herself in the other courtyard for decades and not crossed the thunder pond for half a step easily enter the city.
Xin Yan didn't expect him to alarm the old lady with a report, and he didn't say anything in the letter, only that the seventh sister was a little upset, but now it's fine, don't worry.
The purpose of his letter was only to ask his grandmother to reprimand her next time she saw her sister, and told her not to tell her family about anything.
Obviously, he had already made it clear that his sister was fine, why did his grandmother rush back from outside the city with a frightened look?
This shows that my sister is really important in my grandmother's heart.
Xin Yan's heart was a little sour, but he was more happy for Xin Yi, God closed the window that his sister called his mother, but opened more windows for him.
Xu Shi has been stunned since she came in, Yun Gu next to her couldn't help but push her, the old lady who hadn't been in the city for decades heard that the girl was sick, and hurried from outside the city.
From the moment I entered the door, Mrs., the mother, didn't ask a word, what kind of system did she become!
Xu suddenly came back to his senses, "Weiwei, how are you now?" Are you comfortable? Didn't you say anything, did you eat a bad stomach? ”
"If there's anything you want to eat, I'll let you do it."
"The doctor said don't eat three meals, thank you mother, let my mother worry." Xin Yi curled the corners of his lips at Xu.
Xu Shi's illness was not yet fully recovered, and he couldn't stand it, so he shook his body and leaned on Yun Gu's body.
Yun Gu sighed in her heart, Madam will know that she is sad, why didn't she know to be kind to the girl before?
Xin Yi didn't seem to notice the gloom of Xu's expression and his weak body, so he just smiled and said,
"It's just a stomach upset, and the tired grandmother, mother, and aunt made a special trip, it's mine."
"It's good to know that you're wrong, and you have to be careful next time." The old lady nodded her forehead, hugged her lovingly, and said angrily.
Xin Yi nodded like pecking rice, "I took medicine in the academy, and I will take it again in the evening, and it will be fine about tomorrow." ”
"Grandmother, you rode back on horseback, running all the way, tired, you don't have to accompany me here, you can save yourself from illness, otherwise it will be my sin."
Now I don't know why I have a stomach problem, maybe I will pass it.
The old lady told her a few words, and called the doctor from the other courtyard who came with her to check Xin Yi's pulse, and after knowing that she was fine, she got up and said,
"Grandmother is relieved that you are fine, I will go back to the other courtyard, and when you are well, I will go to the other courtyard to accompany my grandmother when you are resting."
Luo was originally listening to the housekeeper's mother-in-law, but when he heard the porter's hurried report that the old lady was back, he was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
This mother-in-law, from the time she knew about the Xin family and was ready to discuss marriage with the Xin family, she had already lived in another courtyard, that is, she and the eldest lord got married, and the mother-in-law only saw them in the other courtyard.
I have never set foot in the capital.
This will come back, and it will simply shock the jaw of Manfu.
She thought of the old man who was also shocked outside, and suddenly stepped forward and bowed steadily, looked at the old lady and said respectfully,
"Mother, it's already dark, the road is difficult to walk in the dark, and the horseback riding is bumpy, why don't you rest in the house now?"
"The main courtyard is empty now, but the daughter-in-law has people sprinkled and swept it every day, and the father has ......"
Xin Yuanchun, the eldest lady who was waiting outside, didn't know if he heard the old lady inside say that he was leaving, and suddenly didn't care that this was his niece's inner room, and strode in, looking at the old lady sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Mother, if you have something to ask your son to go to another courtyard......"
Xin Yi blinked, can this uncle speak? is also a great official and will inherit the Xin family in the future.
How can you say stupid things in front of your grandmother?
"Tell my son to go to another courtyard ......"
What are these words? It makes people listen to it, that is, not to let my grandmother go back to the city.
The smile on the old lady's face gradually disappeared, and she didn't raise her eyelids, but waved her hand impatiently.
"Get out, go out, I'm just coming back to see Weiwei, I can't find you, you all go out."
Xin Yuanchun pounced and knelt on the ground, "Mother, the child is too excited, the mother has not set foot in the capital for twenty or thirty years, and the child said the wrong thing." ”
"What the mother said is that the mother is the mother of the child, and if she does not tell the child to go if she does ...... something."
The old lady patted Xin Yi, who seemed to be frightened, turned her face away, raised her eyebrows, and smiled,
"Da Lang, you should know my temper, get up, you don't have to lose face in front of the juniors.
It's useless for you to kneel through two knee sockets today, don't worry, I won't stay here, your father won't do anything to you. ”
Later, I saw Xin Yuanchun kneeling down, and his knees were slightly bent, kneeling was not, not kneeling.
Although she didn't get along with this mother-in-law, she just went to the other hospital on the fifteenth day of the new year to ask for peace, and after so many years, the time for the two to get along together added up to less than a month.
She didn't dare to make a mistake in front of this mother-in-law, who was known as a 'fierce woman' and 'little Zhuge outside'.
Xin Yuanchun is the old lady's child, how could he not know her temper, hearing this, he had to get up from the ground and smile,
"The son really wants to kneel through the two knee sockets, it's not that it hurts in the mother's heart, the mother is going to the other courtyard, the child will send you back, don't ride a horse, let the child and his mother make the carriage thicker, and the carriage will be slower......"
As he spoke, he gave Rocky a few looks.
Luo's understood, hurriedly agreed, turned around and walked out.
The old lady looked at her son in the prime of life, who would stand beside her like a child, waving her hand to stop Luo,
"Don't be that troublesome. I'm not old enough to see that old thing, okay, so be it. ”
"Mother......" Xin Yuanchun called.
The old lady looked unmoved at all, and interrupted him, "Okay, you're going to be the sect master, and you're still such a mother-in-law, what are you doing slimy." ”
As he spoke, he stood up from the couch and touched Xin Yi's head, "Good girl, you take good care of your body, if you want to go to live in another courtyard, you can go over, and the Qingshu real person is also talking about you." ”
With that, he turned and walked out.
Every step she took was firm, and with her steps, a slight breeze came out.
Xin Yi looked at the old lady's back, slightly in a daze, and couldn't help but think of the words she heard by chance in an old lady's mouth a few days ago.
Grandmother will go to the other courtyard, or related to the fourth uncle's biological mother, originally grandfather and grandmother were in love, but one day, grandfather actually brought a woman with a big belly back.
Grandmother had an awkward quarrel with her grandfather because of this, but in the end, after many years of husband and wife, the two later reconciled, but I didn't expect that after the woman gave birth to the fourth uncle, she suddenly died.
At this time, the maid next to the woman rushed out and said that her grandmother had killed the fourth uncle's biological mother.
That time didn't make a lot of trouble, but my grandmother lived alone in another courtyard for decades, and never set foot in the mansion for half a step, this time, if it wasn't for Ah Yan's letter, it is estimated that until death, grandmother would not have returned.
She heard the Qingshu Zhenren chatter, saying that her grandmother had even prepared the lotus position after her death, and she was just waiting for the dead to be painted, and then it would be stored in Dongyue Temple!
Xin Yi let out a long breath and was silent for a moment.
When the old lady went out, she passed by Xu Shi and glanced at her, "Weiwei is your own flesh and blood, let the subordinates serve carefully, now it's just a small illness like a stomach, if the minor illness becomes bigger, you won't be able to cry at that time!" ”
Xu's mouth was bitter, he lowered his hand, moved his lips, and slowly spoke,
"Mother, Weiwei's marriage, if it wasn't for the previous delay, it would have been decided a long time ago, and now that she has reached the brim, a few days ago, many people asked me about Weiwei."
Speaking of which, the Xu family is suffering again, the mother and daughter are now the same as enemies, she just wants to discuss with her daughter, but she can't discuss.
Even the nephew of the mother's family, who said good last time, now he doesn't dare to speak, and the old man is a mountain chief in the academy, and he has a break for ten days.
The old lady lifted her eyelids, and her tone was a little cold,
"Weiwei marriage, you don't have to worry, even if I don't make the decision, that old thing will also call the shots, so you don't have to bother."
Marriage is a big event, the parents' orders matchmaker words, the old lady is not worried about Xu's mother, if she really decides, the ghost knows what kind of family she will marry Weiwei.
Before, because the Leng family was there, no one was worried, but now the Leng family's marriage has long since retired, and it is already in time, so it should look like each other.
Xu Shi shuddered at the coldness of the old lady's words, she pursed the corners of her lips,
"The daughter-in-law doesn't mean that, the daughter-in-law is a candidate here, I want to tell my mother about it, and in the end, it is naturally up to you to decide."
The old lady glanced at the uncomfortable Xu with interest, "Which one?" ”
Let's see what she can pick.
Xu said cautiously, "It's the nephew of my daughter-in-law's family, this child has passed the township test last year, and he is Xie Yuan of Shandong." ”
"The elder is also a talent, mother ......"
She wanted to say that the old lady had seen it, but the old lady had been in the courtyard for so many years, how could she have seen it.
The Xu family is also a big family in Shandong, and the nephew is impeccable in terms of character, family background, and ability.
Xin Yuanchun on the side interjected at this time,
"Mother, Weiwei's marriage is indeed a top priority, although there have been several marriages in this house, but the son doesn't seem to be very satisfied, it is better for the mother to stay in the house, and when the time comes, I will be more optimistic about the son, and if I don't give my mother a palm, my son feels that something is wrong."
"When you look at each other, it's always hard to let the man go to another hospital, it's okay to get along, it's not a good match, a family, what do others think of our family, how do you look at Weiwei?"
Rockwell, "......"
What she did before the relationship was useless? Still not very satisfied, who took the hands of several sons-in-law and ate wine and ate drunk?
He wasn't afraid that those girls and sons-in-law would have opinions about him?
The old lady stopped, turned her head, looked at Xin Yi, and was silent.
Xin Yi's heart was entangled, of course she wanted the old lady not to be trapped in the cage in the other courtyard alone, she could leave her whatever she wanted.
On the other hand, she is resistant to marriage, Taoism advocates solitary penance, and she doesn't know how dangerous the road to Qingqiu will be in the future, and there is no need to pull another person into the whirlpool.
What's more, after getting married, she can't have a lot of freedom, and she can't go to see the fifth brother.
Thinking that he would not be able to see the fifth brother at will in the future, Xin Yi's heart was very uncomfortable.
After a while, the old lady finally said,
"Well, I'll stay for now."
"If it weren't for Weiwei, I wouldn't have stayed in the mansion and seen that old thing."
After a pause, she said again, with a strong emphasis in her tone, and she didn't know who she was specifically talking to.
Xin Yuanchun was full of joy from head to toe, and said with a smile,
"Naturally, Weiwei wants to get married, how can you, a grandmother, not check it?"
The old lady glanced at Xin Yuanchun's appearance, suddenly snorted angrily, grabbed the deadbolt by the door, and hit Xin Yuanchun several times.
"You bastard, you know I'm your mother? When did you say a word for your mother? Done one thing? ”
"I'm your mother, no matter what, can't you help your mother first? Have you helped? ”
"You want to coax me now?"
"Get out!"
The more the old lady talked, the more angry she became, the bolt smashed on Xin Yuanchun's back, hit it a few times, and finally threw the bolt on the ground with a 'clang' sound.
Luo's eyes widened, and he stood stunned, stunned to see the old lady who had been elegant for decades suddenly angry.
It was the first time she had seen the old lady angry.
That deadbolt...... Didn't Weiwei just use her to break Ming Yujue's legs?
Luo looked at her husband, who had always been immense, and it would be like a shorter body, and it hurt a little.
Mama Qin stepped forward to help the old lady to get her air, and sighed secretly in her heart, the little thing that the husband and wife closed the door, which one was wronged, which one was hard-hearted, others only looked at the surface, and how did they know the inside?
It's just like a person drinking water, knowing his own warmth and coldness.
Xin Yuanchun bent down to pick up the door bolt, supported it with both hands, and said to the old lady with a smile on his face,
"Mother, if you don't hit enough, come a few more times, and my son won't hurt at all."
The old lady snorted coldly, turned around, sat at the table, raised her hand and pointed at Xin Yuanchun and said,
"Get out, get out."
Xin Yuanchun carefully put the door bolt on the table, made a long gesture, motioned for Luo Shi and the others to join him, and respectfully lowered his hand and exited Xin Yi's room.
"Come back." Before they could reach the door, the old lady stopped them again.
Xin Yuanchun turned around in surprise, swallowed his saliva, and asked cautiously as he spoke, "Mother, what else do you have to tell your son?" ”
The old lady stroked the rosary in her hand, "You don't need to clean up the main courtyard, just clean up the courtyard on the edge of Weiwei, move everything out, and let Ah Qin go to the other courtyard to carry things in tomorrow." ”
"I'll just stay in the courtyard of Weiwei today."
Although it is said that the affairs of the family and even the affairs of the clan are in charge of the Luo family, but in the end, the old lady has not reconciled with the old lady, and she is still the hostess of the house, even if she does not live in the main courtyard, she actually wants to live in that small courtyard.
Moreover, do you want to stay in the side of the courtyard of Xinyi tonight? It's going to make people laugh out of their teeth.
"Mother, how can this be done? The small courtyard on the side is too small, where can I live? ”
The old lady looked at Luo Shi with a smile, picked up the deadbolt on the side, and checked it, "Which courtyard in this house is as spacious as another courtyard, why don't I go back to the other courtyard to live." ”
Xin Yuanchun saw that the old lady was going to repent, so he hurriedly stopped Luo's,
"What my mother said is that the yard on the side can be lived, but it really can't be lived, and there is a yard in the back, and when the time comes, it will be put together in one place and used as a place for people to live."
The old lady said noncommittally, put down the deadbolt in her hand, got up, turned her head and instructed Mama Qin,
"You ask people to move something, and you don't need too much, just use it for daily use, and use the rest later."
Xin Yuanchun hurriedly stepped aside, accompanied by a smile on his face, stepped forward, and said courteously,
"Yes, yes, yes, all new, all new."
……
The Xin family has a four-bedroom main courtyard.
"The person who sent the thing said that it would take seven hundred and forty-nine days in a row, and it would be able to make the monster lose its power and show its original form."
"I don't know why, it made the seventh girl vomit and vent."
In the living room of the main house, the doors and windows were closed, and the white grandmother beside Zhao attached to Zhao's ear, suppressing the sound to the minimum.
"In the past few days, because of two heavy soups, people have put medicine in the bowl, which has covered up the past, but you can't keep serving thick soup, the tea maid in the academy has bought it, but then the New Year is coming, and the academy is on holiday."
"You can't still do it at home, you can find out as soon as you check it."
Zhao sat on the chair, lowered his eyes and didn't speak for a while, and he didn't speak for a long time, and he bit and spit out word by word.
"I sent a message over there, saying that I don't want her to eat talisman water for the time being, and I will find a way to send other talismans over, so that I can find a way to post them in a secret place in her yard."
Zhao twisted the handkerchief in his hand and thought for a while, and said,
"Mama, you said that if you really had a thousand-year-old Taoism, you would have harmed us people a long time ago, so why bother to sneak into the house every day?
Do you say that there is such a kind of ghost, who has not fulfilled his wish before his death, refuses to go to the underworld to be reincarnated, and accidentally enters the body of the dead when he wanders around the world. ”
"But what do you say about her forehead?"
Zhao Shi was a little divine, "Could it be that because of the constraints of the physical body, this ghost can't do evil and harm people, but it also has some yin energy and demagogic skills, otherwise why do you say the old lady was fascinated by her?" ”
"There are also brothers and sisters of the Ming family, but they were all driven out because of her, could it be that she is taking revenge? You said that you want her to know that I said those words in Ming Yushan's ear, so that the Xu family doesn't like her, will she come to take revenge on me? ”
"I don't know who is invited over there, do you say that she spit it out is that the runic water is useless? That's why they are repulsive? ”
Mama Bai also shivered, and subconsciously moved her foot to the charcoal basin in the house.
"No, madam, what does this have to do with you, but if the Xu family wants to have a motherly heart, they will not treat their children like this, and it is impossible for the Xu family to find out that she is not their own child, so they will become more and more powerful."
"I used to be eccentric and eccentric, but it wasn't that powerful."
Zhao's brows furrowed even deeper, "Yes, yes, it has nothing to do with me." ”
Before the words fell, I heard a shout outside, and a young maid screamed outside,
"Mrs., Mrs., no, the old lady is back, and now she has gone to the third room!"
"I heard that it was because the seventh girl was sick and the old lady was worried, so she came back. Ma'am, shall we go over? ”
Then there was a flurry of footsteps outside, followed by a flurry of calls.
It can be seen that the return of the old lady surprised many people.
When Zhao heard this, he exclaimed,
"My God, how did the old lady come back with the idea of coming back? Why is there no movement at all, which the old lady knows? ”
She walked around the room, and suddenly raised her voice, "Someone, go and ask the master to come back." ”
Mama Bai grabbed Zhao and hurriedly said, "Madam, you forgot, yesterday the master went to the Zhuangzi below to check the harvest, and he was not at home." ”
"No matter, you go to the third room to greet you first, this is a matter of etiquette!"
When the mother-in-law who has not been in the house for many years comes back, as long as there is still a breath left, she should go over to see each other.
Zhao stomped his feet, angry and ruined,
"I said at the beginning that I wouldn't marry or not marry, but my family wanted me to marry, what a bullshit family, it's just a mess."
"When it's time for a man to come forward, he doesn't know where the man is dying."
Mama Bai didn't care about Zhao's scolding, sat down with her, helped her comb her hair, and then looked at the clothes on her body.
"That's it, don't change it, so that you can show that you are anxious."
As he spoke, he pulled Zhao and walked out.
When they arrived at Xinyi's courtyard, Luo and the others were about to come out.
"Sister-in-law, I heard that the old lady is back, I ...... The road was a bit far from me, and I didn't have time to prepare the sedan car, so I ran over. ”
Zhao wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and said with a pant.
She turned a corner, turned to the door, lifted the curtain, and when she saw the old lady, she immediately stepped forward and said,
"Mother, why did you come back? Why don't you let people say it, so let's go to the door to greet you, sister-in-law, my father has gone down to the office, why haven't you returned home yet? I don't know how happy I am to see my mother come back. ”
Luo's endured it before swallowing the scolding words back, her mother-in-law had just returned home, and it was not good to scold in front of her.
She said in a cold voice,
"Brother and sister, shut up if you can't speak."
Zhao subconsciously retorted, "What did my sister-in-law say, I asked my mother to say goodbye, why did you shut me up." ”
Luo sneered, "Don't think that you are a smart person, others are fools, can you listen to what you say and don't have points?" ”
The old lady sat there quietly, looked at Zhao, and said slowly,
"You can know that you came to say goodbye, but it also means that you still know the etiquette, as for the latter words, you really shouldn't say them."
"However, I haven't taught you either, so I don't blame you."
Her voice suddenly became stern, and she said lightly,
"However, the tea girl of Dieshan Academy, we still need to talk about it."
Zhao's face turned pale, and he clutched the handkerchief in his hand tightly, "Mother, son...... Daughter-in-law...... Don't know what you're talking about. ”