Chapter 226: Shen Forsythia
Shen Shuang didn't go out today, she knew that her grandmother wanted her to go up the mountain to pick Chaotian peppers together, but it was estimated that because she couldn't pull it off because of what happened before, she didn't speak, and she was even more happy.
When she came back from washing clothes by the stream, she moved the table to her mother's room, and took Xiaoshan to write and read together, Shi was a man who did not like to read, and could not sit still at all, and since he had learned to write his name, he did not want to stay in the house and write, so now he usually runs out to play.
Xu Shi watched her daughter teach her son to write, very pleased, if her arm was almost better, originally wanted to do some needlework, but the needle was not very flexible, until the poke of the hand, she could only give up, sit on the kang and watch the child learn.
Just looking at a pair of children, Xu couldn't help but think about Shen Forsythia, worried about whether she was doing well in the Zhang family, counting the days, Shen Lianqiao has been away from Xishan Village for a few months now, and she rarely even went to the backing town before, Xu was very worried about whether she could adapt to the life of the Zhang family.
And Shen Lianqiao has been illiterate since she was a child, but Shen Shuang can recognize words, and Xu is worried about her if she will be treated coldly by the Zhang family.
Shen Lianqiao, who was worried about Xu's thoughts, was far better off than Xu's imagined, and at this moment she was sitting in the house, watching the maid and mother-in-law pack her luggage, planning to go to Gushan Town with the newly acquainted official ladies.
"Miss, these are the three sets of clothes that Madame made for you in Jinxiuzhuang, do you want to bring them all?"
Shen Lianqiao was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and looking at the step in the jewelry box, when she heard this, she turned her head to look at it, and hummed faintly, "Bring them all, and also, the clothes I asked you to sort out in the warehouse before are also brought." β
The inquiring maid asked a little strangely, "Miss, those are all unwanted clothes, and Madame said that you want to throw them away, why do you want to keep them and bring them?" β
This maid is a henchman cultivated by Shen Lianqiao, she was blind when she first arrived in Zhang's mansion, although the people in the mansion call herself Miss, but she knows all the bad things they say about her behind her back.
Shen Forsythia has always been a grudge, but whenever she said bad things about her, she thought of a way to drive people out, and the newcomer was also taught well by the people around Mrs. Zhang, and she respected Shen Lianqiao very much, so she gave up.
Seeing the maid asking, Shen Lianqiao didn't hide it, she smiled and shook the step in her hand, "Naturally, it is to give it to those who need it." β
The maid thought that she was going to give it to the girls in those mountain villages, and immediately praised Shen Lianqiao, "Miss is kind-hearted, and the girls in those mountain villages are also good fortune, so they will get such a good gift from you, Miss." β
Shen Lianqiao chuckled, undeniable.
Where is she doing good deeds, she plans to taunt Shen Shuang and earn a good reputation by the way, otherwise she wouldn't have to bring so many torn clothes to Gushan Town.
Shen Lianqiao closed her box full of jewelry, got up and walked out, planning to go to her mother, Mrs. Zhang, to say goodbye, she was going to go to Gushan Town tomorrow, to Xishan Village, naturally she had to talk to her mother well, cultivate and cultivate feelings.
Shen Lianqiao never thought that he would one day become Zhang Lianqiao, from a village girl who had to get up before dawn to work every day, to a noble official lady.
The gap was too big, and it took her a lot of effort to adapt herself to the change of identity.
In the past, in Xishan Village, she had a reputation that everyone praised her for her hard work, saying that she was so diligent, and she would definitely be able to find a good family in the future.
Shen Lianqiao is also looking forward to this, but she is often worried, always feeling that her grandmother hates her very much, and it is not pleasing to look at her every day.
However, in the past, she just thought that the Wan family was trying to squeeze the big house and her father, so she would dislike her and her younger brother Xiaoshan by the way, of course, there was also this reason, Shen Lianqiao knew that the main reason was because she was not the granddaughter of the Shen family.
Seriously, on the day she first learned the truth, Shen Lianqiao hugged her mother-in-law, she was almost blind from crying, feeling that her life was so bitter that she was robbed of the life of the daughter of an official family for more than ten years by a rural mother-in-law.
At that time, Shen Lianqiao couldn't wait for her father and mother to put Wan's vicious grandmother in prison, and she cursed her in her heart that she would not die well, and at the same time cursed Shen Shuang and the entire Shen family.
Shen Forsythia used to be very disgusted with the Shen family, every day is an endless job, her father and mother are honest and always bullied, she hates iron and steel every time, when she is young, she resisted being scolded by her milk and beaten by her mother, and then she learned to be smart, she didn't speak, she worked silently, and the situation was better.
Originally, she wanted to marry a good family, but no one knew that what she was waiting for was her own father, and she finally knew what her sister-in-law Shen Chuntao meant by 'flying on the branches and becoming a phoenix'.
She clearly remembered the expression on Shen Shuang's face that day when she was exchanged back to Xishan Village, the jealousy on Shen Cuini's face, and the envy, jealousy and hatred on the faces of her village aunt friends in Xishan Village.
As for her father's reluctance, Shen Lianqiao didn't feel anything, she couldn't wait to leave Xishan Village, how could she be a little reluctant.
"Mother, my daughter has come to greet you."
"It's the girl, ma'am." The old woman beside Mrs. Zhang passed it with a smile, and in the next second, Shen Lianqiao walked in.
Mrs. Zhang was reading a book in the house, and when she saw Shen Lianqiao coming in, she hurriedly closed the book, "Yue'er is here, have you packed all your luggage?" β
Shen Lianqiao is no longer called Shen Lianqiao, Lord Zhang and Mrs. Zhang specially found someone to calculate it for her, and gave her a single name with the word 'Yue', and now her name is Zhang Yue.
Shen Lianqiao saw a book on the table, and the smile on his face faded, the Zhang family is a scholarly family, and her father Zhang is an official from Jinshi, and he was promoted to an official from the fourth rank last month, although she can't remember what position it is, but she knows that there are more people who come to Zhang's mansion to stammer, and many of the daughters in the family of the fifth-grade and sixth-grade officials have licked their faces and come to befriend her, and those banquet posts are one after another.
Shen Lianqiao spent nearly a month learning etiquette, although she didn't learn it well, but she barely looked like a lady, of course, the only thing that didn't go well was that she couldn't read.
Although her rules in the face of people seem unnatural, and she still has a face that has become dark due to working in the village all year round, she can't help but her father has the ability, so Shen Lianqiao is also like a fish in water in the circle of the daughters of the official family.
Shen Lianqiao naturally knew that there were many daughters of first-class and second-class officials who looked down on her, and some of those who were good friends with her always spoke ill of her behind her back, but she didn't care, at least someone flattered her on the faΓ§ade.
And this time she went to Gushan Town, she was the one who showed off her power in the past.
Lord Zhang and Mrs. Zhang originally disagreed, afraid that she would remember the old things, but they couldn't help the decent words that Shen Lianqiao said, and the two naturally had no objections, and the excuse she used was that even if she became the daughter of the Zhang family, she couldn't forget the nurturing grace of the Shen family's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were moved, and felt that the Shen family had raised a good girl for them, compared to Shen Shuang, who was chubby and impolite and always embarrassed the Zhang family, they simply felt like they had picked up a treasure, so they agreed to her to go back, and sent someone to buy a lot of good things for her to take back to the Shen family in Xishan Village.
"My daughter has already packed up, mother, I have to leave home for so long, and my daughter is reluctant to be a mother."
Seeing her daughter's low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, still close to her arms, Mrs. Zhang was a little stunned, and quickly patted her back, but she couldn't help but think of her willful adopted daughter who had been raised for twelve years, to be honest, in the past few months, in the dead of night, she still thought of Shen Shuang.
Although I felt that it was very sad to have such a girl before, and the other ladies and ladies laughed at her, after more than ten years, she still had some habits, and she left her in that poor country like this, Mrs. Zhang still had a trace of regret.
Of course, regret is only psychological, Mrs. Zhang never thought of really taking Shen Shuang back, and now her daughter is very caring, and she doesn't want the Zhang family to change back to what it used to be.
Shen Lianqiao saw Mrs. Zhang's distracted appearance, but she didn't expect that she was thinking about Shen Shuang, but if she wanted to create a character of filial piety to her daughter, she had to establish the image of a kind-hearted girl in front of her father, so she naturally had to do something.
"Mother, I asked my subordinates to clean up the clothes that Xiaoshuang left at home in the warehouse, this time I went to Xishan Village, planning to send her back. In the Shen family, she has to get up early to work every day, and she wears coarse cloth clothes, so it is estimated that Xiaoshuang will not be used to it. β
Mrs. Zhang didn't expect her to mention Shen Shuang, and she was even more stunned, "Clothes? β
Shen Lianqiao was not very satisfied with her reaction, but nodded quietly, "Yes, mother, the Shen family is poor, and there is no silver to make new clothes, so presumably Xiaoshuang has no clothes to wear." In the past, every time I celebrated the New Year, my new clothes were changed from the old jacket worn by my mother or my grandmother, although it was not warm, but it was new clothes. It's hot now, and it's definitely hot to go to the mountains to cut pigweed and collect firewood in coarse cloth clothes, and I think that if I go back with these clothes, Xiaoshuang can also dress more comfortably. β
Shen Lianqiao's words completely made Mrs. Zhang's eyes red, and she didn't care about worrying about Shen Shuang, but instead pitied her daughter's hard life in Xishan Village before.
"My hard-working Yue'er, it's all my mother's fault, if it wasn't for my mother's lack of optimism about you, you wouldn't have been replaced by that bad-hearted mother-in-law, you suffered Yue'er."
Mrs. Zhang and Shen Lianqiao began to hug and cry again, although Shen Lianqiao had mentioned how miserable her previous life was, but Mrs. Zhang was sad and cried every time she heard it, and then her regret for Shen Lianqiao was deeper, and she gave her more things, the latter was willing to sell her every time, knowing that she could get benefits from selling miserably, and every time she wanted something, she couldn't wait to say that she was more miserable than anyone else.