Chapter 208. Outsmart oneself
At this moment, Bai Xiannan, who had left in a daze before, had already arrived in the courtyard of his biological mother, Aunt Xie.
Aunt Xie couldn't help but feel bitter when she saw Bai Xiannan's face, she knew that Wei Lang of the Wei family came to the Bai family again today, and her daughter Bacheng went to see Wei Lang again, and now it ended like this, it is estimated that Wei Lang finally rejected Bai Xiannan clearly.
"Nan'er, listen to your aunt, give up, if that Young Master Wei really has a heart, how can he not see your heart for him, and if you say this today, don't think about him for a while. That's fine, tomorrow I will go with you to beg the eldest lady, although the young master of the Wang family is not good and then turn back, but the eldest lady can always find a proper marriage with you. ”
Despite Aunt Xie's painstaking persuasion, Bai Xiannan was always indifferent.
Aunt Xie was distressed, stepped forward and took Bai Xiannan, who was sitting still, into her arms, caressed Bai Xiannan's back with one hand, and said softly: "It's okay, my aunt is here." ”
Bai Xiannan suddenly raised her head and met her biological mother's eyes: "Really...... Are you okay? ”
Her voice was a little hoarse, but there was more fear in it.
Aunt Xie subconsciously frowned suspiciously, obviously feeling that something was wrong with Bai Xiannan, if it was just that the girl Huaichun was rejected by the cold reception, and she was angry and sad, how could she be afraid? Could it be that she is thinking about it?
So Aunt Xie said solemnly: "Nan'er, you tell your mother what happened!" ”
Bai Xiannan's eyes were a little evasive, but in front of her biological mother, she finally told Aunt Xie what happened by the pool before, including the careful thinking that she wanted to calculate Wei Lang and the eldest lady, but she somehow hid the fact that Bai Jiyi fell into the water in order to rescue her, only saying that the situation was chaotic at the time, and she regained her strength and stood firm, but Bai Jiyuan and Bai Jiyi fell into the pool for some reason.
“…… Mother, do you think my mother and second aunt will blame me, I didn't mean to, I really didn't want to involve the sixth and eighth brothers. ”
Bai Xiannan actually knew that she was pretending to be confused, she knew in her heart that some of them would fall into the water at that time, and she would definitely not be able to get out of it, but she couldn't say anything!
Even the more she said this, her own heart gradually forced herself to admit what she said, she was innocent!
To deceive oneself and others, the first thing to do is to deceive oneself.
At this time, Aunt Xie's face had gradually sunk.
The worries in her heart are no less than Bai Xiannan, Bai Xiannan is just worried that the eldest lady and the second lady will settle accounts with her, but Aunt Xie clearly understands how taboo the Bai family is about "falling into the water"!
Especially today, it is the only two remaining sons of the Bai family who fall into the water!
"Xian Nan, you are too reckless today." After pondering, Aunt Xie first reproached Bai Xiannan, and then continued: "Fortunately, according to what you said, the sixth young master and the eighth young master falling into the water actually have no major relationship with you, but only caused by it. Besides, they shouldn't be in trouble...... In fact, the eldest lady is okay to say, but the second lady doesn't know what she will do, falling into the water is really an overly sensitive matter in the Bai family, especially for the second lady. ”
Saying that, Aunt Xie pulled Bai Xiannan away from her arms, and looked at Bai Xiannan with a very serious look.
"In addition, the wisteria around you hasn't come to look for you yet, and you have to be prepared that she has turned her back on you!"
Bai Xiannan's face was bitter: "Mother, what should I do?" ”
"Leave it to my mother...... Leave it all to your mother, but Nan'er, you have to suffer a little. ”
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That night, Bai Jiyuan and Bai Jiyi, who fell into the water, didn't have anything to do, but Bai Xiannan started a high fever.
Aunt Xie begged the eldest lady, found a doctor overnight, asked for a doctor, took medicine, and took care of her all night, Bai Xiannan was able to get rid of the fever in the early morning of the second day, but she was too weak to do it.
Bai Xiannan was very sick, and also alarmed the old lady and the old lady, the old lady sent someone to the blessing house to question, Aunt Xie Ai Ai only said that Bai Xiannan was careless, and she was already a little cold, and yesterday she accidentally dropped her cloak, and she fell ill after blowing the cold wind.
After this word was transmitted back to Yanhe Hall, it didn't take long for it to reach the eldest lady and the second lady.
The eldest lady sneered and ignored it, but the second lady was instantly angry.
As soon as she heard the news of Bai Jiyi's fall into the water yesterday, she instantly felt that the sky was about to fall, and her eldest son was lost because of the falling water!
If it weren't for her personal maid's quick reaction and timely grabbing her, she was afraid that she would have fallen into the flower garden in her yard at that time.
When she hurried to Zhining Courtyard and saw Bai Jiyi, who had just finished bathing and was still covered in moisture, the second lady was completely relieved, but she was so scared that she hugged Bai Jiyi and cried on the spot, and finally returned to her yard with the support of the maids.
When she returned to her place, the second lady naturally asked Bai Jiyi about the reason for falling into the water as soon as possible, but Bai Jiyi only said that it was because he was too close to the edge of the pool, his feet slipped and fell into the water, and Bai Jiyuan rescued him in time to save his life, not mentioning that he fell into the water to save Bai Xiannan, who deliberately died.
That's right, not only Bai Jiyuan and Wei Lang noticed Bai Xiannan's small movements at that time, Bai Jiyi also saw Bai Xiannan's contrived performance as true, but at that time, he thought that everyone's surname was a "Bai", and he also shouted the fourth sister for so many years, Wei Lang dodged, seeing that Bai Xiannan was about to be unstable under his feet, he subconsciously went to pull Bai Xiannan a hand, but he didn't want Bai Xiannan to be saved, but he got in, and even affected his sixth brother.
In fact, if Bai Jiyi knew from the beginning that the result of his rescue of Bai Xiannan would be him and Bai Jiyuan soaking in cold water, he would not have said anything to rescue Bai Xiannan.
It is also for this reason that at the last moment yesterday, Bai Jiyi was so persistent and forced Bai Xiannan's cloak to Bai Jiyuan.
What he didn't expect was that after only one night's work, he didn't think about looking for Bai Xiannan's stubble, but Bai Xiannan bit him back.
Bai Jiyuan covered the bed and said to the second lady angrily: "Mother, are these fourth sisters thinking about men and crazy in their heads?" Yesterday, the weather was cold, it was a little cold, but that was for people like me and Sixth Brother who were dripping with water all over their bodies, Fourth Sister, I think her contrived cloak is just trying to get right with Brother Wei, even if I ask her to borrow it for Sixth Brother, she can't be cold, how many people in the entire Bai family wore cloak yesterday. ”
Bai Jiyi complained first, seeing that although his mother also pretended to be the same enemy as him because of his attitude, he could see at a glance that his mother obviously didn't listen to him, or didn't take Bai Xiannan seriously.
"Mother, she said this to imply that she was completely cold and feverish because of me."
The second lady frowned and said inexplicably: "What do you care about her doing so much?" I just listened to the letter and talked to you casually, why are you still holding on, I think you better take care of yourself first, you can fall into the pool when you walk, how dare you rest assured that your mother should be reassured of you, you should really talk to your grandfather and grandmother when you look back, everything in this house near the water should be equipped with guardrails, and your own brother is ......"
The second lady chattered, and when she talked about her eldest son, she couldn't help but take out her handkerchief and wipe her tears.
"It's not ......" Bai Jiyi interrupted, seeing that his mother was very immersed in sadness, Bai Jiyi sighed and said: "Mother, in fact, I am very careful on the shore, and you have not told me anything else since I was a child, but I am often talking about it when I am far away from the water, how can I not listen to it at all." ”
"And what about you?"
"Because I saw that the fourth sister deliberately slipped and wanted to pull Brother Wei into the water, but Brother Wei dodged it, and the fourth sister became even more unstable, so I couldn't look at it and pulled her from behind......"
Before Bai Jiyi finished speaking, the second lady let out a "whoop", stood up, and pointed to her son tremblingly.
"You! Are you stupid? You fell into the water yourself, but she didn't do anything, and even made things to threaten you overnight, and even smeared you! ”
Seeing that his mother finally focused on the right thing, Bai Jiyi hurriedly made up the knife and said: "I didn't expect it either, so I said that the fourth sister is not stupid for thinking about men, I don't plan to worry about her, but she is the first to worry about it, and the eldest aunt is also not bad for the fourth sister on weekdays, the fourth sister's cloak is estimated to be still in the Zhining Courtyard, mother, as soon as the fourth sister's words come out, if someone sees her cloak in the Zhining Courtyard, maybe there will be some bad rumors......
"I really didn't expect my sister-in-law to teach such a white-eyed wolf over the years, no! I can't swallow this! ”
Seeing that his mother was about to rush out of the door, Bai Jiyi hurriedly shouted: "Mother, why are you going?" Do you want to go to Zhining Temple to find your aunt? If you're like this, it's not good for the eldest aunt to think you're looking for trouble with her! ”
"Is that all there is to it? If you don't ask her Bai Xiannan to know her kindness, at least she can't take revenge like this, I have to let everyone know the inside story of this matter, is it just a dumb loss. ”
Bai Jiyi smiled and shook his head: "It's not my character to suffer losses, especially such a secret loss. But according to what my mother said, it is not necessary to explain this matter to everyone clearly, my sixth brother and I are okay now, even if we make it clear that we are clinging to the water, what can we do? Apology? Grounded? What's the meaning of these, not to mention that I also volunteered to save her, the fourth sister didn't squeak, and this matter just passed, but she herself spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, afraid that me and the sixth brother would hold her in this matter and simply preemptively strike. ”
After a set of rigorous analysis, the second lady can be regarded as regaining her senses.
The second lady asked, "Is Yi'er going to do that?" ”
"What can I do, is that my fourth sister or my fourth cousin in the next room, my young cousin, what can I do?"
"It's just that mother, since she is so anxious about her marriage, why don't you help? I remember that you complained before that the wife of the Zhou family wanted to marry the fourth cousin for her son-in-law, but at that time, she and her cousin still had a verbal marriage contract, so she politely refused Mrs. Zhou, but now that the oral marriage contract is gone, Mrs. Zhou should naturally be able to get her wish. ”
The meaning of Bai Jiyi's words was understood by the second lady in an instant.
In fact, from the perspective of the alliance between the families, from the perspective of the Bai family, the Zhou family is a good choice, the Zhou family is also a local family in Kyoto, although the second lady does not want to admit it, but in fact, the overall strength of the Zhou family is stronger than her maiden Wang family, but the Zhou family has always been with the Bai family can only be regarded as not evil, to say how close it is, but no, whether it is a branch or a side branch, the two families have rarely intermarried for so many years.
If there is no Wang family in front and the Wei family in the back, even if the Zhou family's sister-in-law is a little worse, it can be regarded as a good choice for Bai Xiannan or for the Bai family.
"It's just ......" The second lady's expression was a little hesitant: "Then Wei Lang is your uncle's favorite, if Bai Xiannan and the Zhou family's sister-in-law are made into a pair, your uncle will not be easy to explain." ”
Bai Jiyi suddenly sneered: "Mother, do you say Brother Wei? He doesn't look down on the fourth cousin, if Brother Wei had a heart, no one would definitely fall into the water yesterday, it can be seen that the fourth cousin is wishful thinking. What's more, my Bai family's sisters and sisters are not few, I think Brother Wei has no intention of falling in love with men and women for the time being, he can definitely afford to wait. ”
The second lady didn't quite understand what her son's second half of the sentence meant, but it didn't matter. After all, she understood, so Wei Lang had absolutely no intention of Bai Xiannan.
"Mother understood."
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Bai Xiannan was sick for a few days, and Aunt Xie took care of her for a few days.
During this period, the entire Bai family was calm.
Unexpectedly, the anger of the eldest lady and the second lady was not seen at all, but the ladies of the Bai family came to visit Bai Xiannan who was sick one after another, and even Bai Xianyu specially told Si's mother for an hour's leave, and took Jing Wu to visit Bai Xiannan together.
At that time, Jing Wu already knew everything that happened by the pool that day, and also knew that Bai Xiannan was about to marry the young master of the Zhou family.
Because when the eldest lady and the second lady jointly persuaded Uncle Bai, she was also present.
At that time, the eldest lady and the second lady had already persuaded the old lady and the old lady first.
It's in Yanhe Hall.
The eldest lady said that the Zhou family came to the door again to ask about Bai Xiannan's situation, and the attitude of asking to marry Bai Xiannan was very sincere, which was a rare opportunity. The second lady accosted and said, the fourth lady has not cultivated any feelings with Wei Lang these days, it can be seen that the two are unrelated, rather than annoying Wei Lang by force, it is better to leave the opportunity to others.
Just a few words, Uncle Bai nodded almost without hesitation.
He is a man, he naturally has long seen that Wei Lang has no meaning to Bai Xiannan, and let it develop is just for the time being, there is no other choice, and he also knows about the Zhou family's coming to the door again.
Therefore, as soon as his wife and younger siblings persuaded him like this, he pushed the boat down the river, and he couldn't catch the Wei family for the time being, so at least he couldn't watch the Zhou family float away.
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