Mama Ruan bowed her head and turned around and entered the courtyard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Xie Shi sitting in front of the hall, holding the soles of her shoes stitch by stitch, as if she hadn't heard any movement outside, and she immediately hated it.

Not to mention the sound of horses' hooves and carriages, just the discussion of the villagers behind the carriage can set off the entire small village, and the Xie family is still sitting here pretending, why is this family so annoying.

It's just that she has a request, and she can't have a seizure yet, so she has to suppress the anger in her heart, and walks forward to greet Xie with a smile: "Second Mrs. Xu, good morning." ”

Xie Shi pretended to be very hard, and almost pierced his fingers with the awl needle. Hearing Mama Ruan's voice at this time, she breathed a sigh of relief, put down the soles of her shoes and stood up, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mama Ruan." As she spoke, she glanced outside.

Mama Ruan also turned to look outside and said, "The second master and second lady of our house are also here." She glanced at Xie Shi meaningfully, "There are also the five girls in the house." ”

She smiled: "Oh, I forgot, it's time to call the sixth girl." Our old lady said that Miss Xi is one month older than Miss Yu, and she ranks fifth among the girls in the house, and she will be the fifth girl in the future. Miss Yu moved back one place and became the sixth girl. ”

"Six, six girls are here too?" Xie Shi had a worried expression on his face.

To be honest, as the wife of the Xu family, she naturally wanted to see her sister-in-law's biological daughter. It's just that when she came back to her senses last night, she suddenly didn't want to see her again.

Miss Houfu, who was raised by Jin Zunyu and noble, where can she look down on their peasant relatives? I may have hated them for causing her trouble and lowering her status. They came forward to admit their relatives, but people probably didn't welcome them, and they were bored.

Now Mama Ruan said that the sixth girl was here, and she came with her adoptive parents, she really didn't know what attitude to use to treat her.

"The second master and the second lady are also here?" Xie Shi showed a stiff smile to Mama Ruan, "But my head is not here, and Sister Xi will also go to the county together." Why don't you come back another day? ”

"Went to the county?" Mama Ruan's face changed, and she frowned, "What is she doing in the county?" ”

Xu Xi told Xie before leaving that she was worried that the Hou Mansion did not want her to go to the academy to study, so she privately found someone to make her stumble, so that the academy deliberately did not admit her. So let the Xie family not talk to the Hou Mansion about this. I was afraid that Xie Shi didn't know how to lie, so he even helped her find an excuse.

Xie said: "My brother and sister-in-law have left a house in the county, and Sister Xi has to clean it every once in a while." Yesterday you came, she was a little uneasy, and this morning begged my head to take her to the county, she wanted to stay in that house for a while. So the two of them and my daughter Xiaoxue set off early in the morning. ”

"And when will she be back?" Mama Ruan's brows furrowed even tighter.

Xie shook his head: "I can't say. She went to the house, sometimes for a day; Sometimes I come back in half a day. ”

I was afraid that Mama Ruan and the others would really have to stay here for a long time, and when Xu Xi came back, Xie Shi made up again: "But looking at her mood last night, it is estimated that she will have to stay there for a day." When she was in a bad mood, she stayed there for a long time and didn't come back until it was dark. ”

Mama Ruan turned her head to look outside and said, "The second master and the second lady are here in person, and it is definitely not okay not to see Miss Xi." In this way, you follow the carriage of the Hou Mansion into the county and go to pick up Miss Xi back. The county is only five or six miles away from here, and it doesn't take half an hour to go back and forth, and the second master and the second lady are waiting here. ”

Xu Xi is a thoughtful person. She also expected this situation, and also told Xie what to do.

Xie Shi was embarrassed for a moment, and finally said, "That, that's okay." ”

Mama Ruan asked her to wait a while, ran out and reported the situation to Zhao Yuanliang and Wei, and told the two of them her proposal.

Zhao Yuanliang naturally wanted to meet his own daughter who was exiled. Even if his mother-in-law didn't ask for it, he would take her back to the house, not to mention that he knew very well the impact of letting this daughter go out of exile on the reputation of the Hou Mansion. So naturally, he had no problem with this proposal.

Wei wanted to turn around and leave, but Mrs. Hou's ear was still in front of her, and she didn't agree with Mama Ruan's suggestion, she couldn't explain it to her mother-in-law, so she had to agree.

"Tell her to sit in the car behind her, and let the driver hurry up and not waste time. Don't forget, the old lady is still waiting for us to go back. She said.

"Yes." Mama Ruan agreed, instructed the maid to wait for the two to get out of the car, and went to the car behind, asked Zhao Ruyu to get out of the car, and instructed the coachman.

Wei got out of the car and looked at the dirt road in the village and the old and mottled dirt on the earthen wall of the Xu family, a group of hens with chicks wandering around the yard, and when there was chicken poop in the yard, she quickly lowered her eyelids to hide the emotions in her eyes.

Zhao Ruyu looked at the scene in front of her, her expression was very complicated.

"Girl......" Fu Shu wanted to comfort his master, but he didn't know what to say all of a sudden, and he was worried that Zhao Yuanliang and Wei, who were walking in front, would hear it, so he had to say, "Be careful of your step." ”

As soon as Zhao Ruyu lowered his head and saw the on the ground, he was so frightened that he took a step back, and subconsciously lifted the skirt in his hand.

Fu Shu hurriedly lifted the hem of her skirt on the other side and said, "Girl, go slower and avoid it." ”

In fact, Xie is a very diligent person, the yard is cleaned every day, and the house is cleaner than other farm yards. However, the farmer raises chickens, and they are free-range, and there will inevitably be some dry in the yard, and it is impossible to flush the yard with water all day long.

But such a courtyard is a disaster in the eyes of Wei and Zhao Ruyu.

The situation of the Xu family's house, Zhao Yuanliang naturally saw it. But he didn't feel the same way as the two women.

He also frequents the Zhuangzi of the Hou Mansion, and he knows very well what the farmhouse courtyard looks like. Therefore, he didn't feel much when he looked at this dilapidated scene. Just thinking about his daughter, who should have grown up in the Hou Mansion with dignity and dignity, but now she is suffering in this kind of place, and she is still under the fence, and she doesn't know what kind of difficult life she has lived, his heart is very unpleasant.

Remembering that all this was caused by Wei, he turned his head and glanced at her coldly, just in time to see Wei's face full of disgust and impatience; Seeing Zhao Ruyu walking forward silently with his head down, but his steps were cautious, looking like he was afraid that his skirt would be stained with mud and, Zhao Yuanliang almost didn't catch his breath.

Zhao Yuanliang doesn't take care of family affairs very much, but he still loves his children very much, especially Zhao Ruyu has been sweet since he was a child and will please people, so Zhao Yuanliang has always loved Zhao Ruyu.

can think that this is not his own daughter, but he enjoys the glory and wealth of the Hou Mansion instead of his own daughter, but his own daughter suffers here because of her biological parents. Zhao Ruyu didn't have the slightest guilt, and made a gesture of a young lady, and the little love in Zhao Yuan's conscience disappeared all of a sudden, replaced by an indescribable complex emotion.