Xie Yinghui was probably in a very sad mood, so she only talked about the death of Duchess Chengen and the words and deeds of everyone in the Cao family in the letter, and did not talk about anything else, even Xie Yingrong's illness.

But everyone in the Xie family is not good at complaining about anything, and Xie Yinghui's sadness seems to have infected each of them through the letter. Even Mrs. Xie, who had always gloated over Duchess Chengen's illness, didn't laugh anymore, but just muttered: "What's the use of being beautiful in life?" I only think about harming people all day long, and I don't teach my children well, and when I die, I will be punished, even if I regret it, it's useless! ”

Xie Xianzhi lowered his head and wiped a handful of tears, choked up and said, "Grandmother, the letter of the eldest sister...... That's all I have to say. Her body is already delicate, and she has been sick in front of her grandmother's bed for more than a month, and if she kneels in the mourning hall for a few more days, I am afraid that her body will not be able to bear it. Don't blame her for forgetting to greet you in the letter, she's so dizzy that she can't care about anything for a long time. ”

Old Lady Xie gave him a blank look: "Look at what you said, am I such an unreasonable person?" Who doesn't know that the wise girl is sad? It would be nice if she could write letters! That's it, let her live in Beijing with peace of mind. The old wife of the Cao family died of illness, and those who served her attentively around her must be too tired. Tell the Hui girl to just keep it at home with peace of mind, and don't pay attention to the messy things of the Cao family. When the spring flowers bloom, our family will send someone to bring their sisters back, and everyone will live a quiet life, and there is no need to watch the Cao family make a fool of themselves!

"As for your mother, she has already lost her shame, she doesn't want her own flesh and blood, her brother doesn't care if she dies, and now that her mother is dead, she won't come back to see her last. Such a cold-hearted person, what do you still want her to do? Just think she's dead! Wouldn't it be much more decent for people to know that your brother and sister had a mother who died early than if you had a mother who ran adulterously?! ”

Xie Xianzhi's tears couldn't help but bubble up again. Mrs. Xie's words, although she was comforting him and her eldest sister, were actually pouring salt into the wounds of their brother and sister. However, Mrs. Xie has always had this temperament, what can Xie Xianzhi say? He could only bow his head and silently wipe away his tears.

Xie Jinzhi was still generous and helped speak: "Old lady, the letter has been read." It's cold today, the front yard is not as warm as the back house, why don't we send you back to the house with a few brothers and sisters? ”

Mrs. Xie hugged the small hand stove in her arms, and said casually: "I'm dressed warmly, I'm not afraid of the cold at all, I don't need to worry about a few of you, I have your mother waiting for me." With that, he stood up with the help of Pearl.

Wen hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed one of her arms, quickly glanced at the children, and helped Mrs. Xie back to the back house.

Seeing this, Xie Mulin sighed and looked back at Xie Xianzhi: "Big brother, don't be sad, let's go to your yard to talk?" The eldest sister has been tired these days, and she is in a sad mood, I am afraid that it will have an impact on the body. We've got to figure out a way. ”

Xie Xianzhi nodded tearfully, put the letter in his arms, and was about to get up to leave, but he heard a plop, Aunt Wanqin's legs were weak for some reason, and she fell to the ground, with a blank expression on her face, as if she had suffered a major blow.

Xie Hanzhi screamed and ran over: "Auntie, what's wrong with you?!" ”

Wanqin looked at him in a daze, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

Xie Yingfen was very downplayed, she said to Xie Mulin and others: "Auntie is fine, maybe I heard that Duchess Chengen died, the Cao family wants Ding to be worried about filial piety, and the emperor also reprimanded the queen mother and Pingnan Bofu." She didn't expect such a change to happen to the Cao family, and she would inevitably worry about her family. I'll comfort her. ”

Xie Mulin's brother and sister were skeptical of the little sister's statement. Is Wanqin really just worried about her family? Isn't it because I saw the Cao family, who was once extremely reverent, stepped down from the altar and was rejected by the emperor, and the future was bleak?

Xie Huizhi sneered and said to Xie Yingfen: "Fourth sister, you should persuade your aunt well, don't be too sad." Her family doesn't have much affection for her, and only one sibling, Ye Jinrong, is not bad. Shopkeeper Mao said before that Ye Jinrong is now working with Shopkeeper Jin and is quite important. On the last trip to the south of the merchant ship this winter, he came back with the golden shopkeeper, preparing to transport another batch of new goods to the north next spring, so this time Ye Jinrong lived in the mansion of Pearl Bridge in the capital, and he was very happy. If something happens to Pingnanbo's Mansion, the Ye family will be unlucky, and Ye Jinrong will always take care of one or two. However, the Cao family cheated him a lot at the beginning, and if someone in the Cao family was unlucky, he probably wouldn't be able to take care of it. This kind of thing, presumably Aunt Qin won't care? ”

Wanqin came back to her senses, her eyes flickered away from the sight of Xie Huizhi and the others, she leaned against the wall and climbed up again, bowed her head and whispered, "The third young master said that he was laughing." I'm worried about my loved ones at home. In any case, they are the flesh and blood of our brother and sister. Pingnan Boshizi is the most domineering and unreasonable, and when his heart is not good, he often takes people out of anger. Now that he has suffered a big loss, he may not be able to torture the people in the house, so I am worried about my relatives. ”

Whether her statement is true or not, in fact, no one cares. Anyway, she can't get out of Xie Jiajiao, and she can't even communicate with her younger brother. However, Ye Jinrong once asked the guy he worked with to bring a letter to her sister, and what he wrote was nothing more than to report safety, or how much he was reused by the gold shopkeeper, and how much reward he received from the old man Xie Pu. Wanqin was quite happy when she read the letter, but she was just worried about wanting to reply.

Xie Yingfen walked over and grabbed Wanqin's arm: "I'll send my aunt back to the yard." Let's go back and write a letter to Jingli and write to Ye Jinrong. If my aunt has anything to explain, just say it, and I will write it in the letter. Even if you can't send the letter out a year ago, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will always be people going to Beijing. ”

Wanqin showed a surprised expression, hurriedly took one of Xie Hanzhi's hands, and took a pair of children back to the yard.

Xie Mulin watched them leave, and sighed secretly: "It's not easy for the fourth sister. Thanks to her being able to control Aunt Qin, otherwise I don't know what Aunt Qin is going to do. ”

Xie Huizhi pouted: "Fool who can't see the situation clearly!" The fourth sister and the fourth brother have such an aunt, it is really bad for eight lifetimes! Fortunately, the fourth sister and the fourth brother were not raised by her, and they are all sensible and reasonable. Although Cao is not a good person, he occasionally has bad intentions and good deeds. ”

Shermulin gave him a look. Xie Huizhi reacted suddenly, felt speechless, hurriedly shut up, and secretly looked at Xie Xianzhi's expression.

Xie Xianzhi was a little distracted, and he didn't seem to notice what he said at all. Xie Jinzhi coughed and called his younger siblings: "Let's leave quickly." ”

The four brothers and sisters went to the Cedar Courtyard where Xie Xianzhi lived, and only sat down for a while, Jiang Pu finished the tea worriedly, and before the person exited, Xie Xianzhi opened his mouth first: "I plan to ...... After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I went to the capital in person to bring the eldest sister and the third sister back! ”

Everyone was taken aback.

Xie Jinzhi immediately said: "This is not appropriate, right? The old lady had already said ......"

"The old lady said yes, but now the situation is different." Xie Xianzhi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then interrupted him, "I'm not here to mourn my grandmother, but to worry about my eldest sister." She was struck by this, and people were sad, and she was not sure what she would become ill like. If it weren't for the approaching New Year, I really couldn't get out, and I really wanted to rush back to the capital to see her immediately. In the past half a year, she stayed alone in Beijing, not only to take care of her third sister, but also to take care of so many things at home and abroad, and to go to the Chengenhou Mansion to serve the sick and kneel down, which was really difficult for her. I can't accompany her for the New Year, I feel guilty and uncomfortable, but I can't let her travel alone anymore! ”

He looked at his younger siblings with a determined gaze, and he had already made up his mind in his heart.

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