Chapter 3: Sisters

"What are you crying about, the big girl doesn't know how to be shy." The old lady said angrily.

"Grandmother, the third sister hasn't seen you for many years, and it's normal for people to cry with joy." A gentle, soft, crisp and pleasant female voice sounded next to her.

The one who spoke was Xue Yuqing, the eldest daughter of the second uncle Xue Fang, who is sixteen years old this year, and her biological mother is Qi Lan, the bride maid of the Liang family, and now Aunt Lan. As the eldest daughter of Shou Anhou, the eldest granddaughter of Princess Lang Huan, even if she is a concubine, her status is much higher than that of the daughter of the ordinary minister, not to mention that she is also the leader of the piano art of the Jinghua Women's Academy for three consecutive years. Therefore, it is relatively easy to do family affairs, and Zhong Jiyang, the youngest son of the Zhong family of Zuo Shaoqing Mansion of Dali Temple, was determined.

"Big sister really can talk." Xue Yuxian, who is also a concubine, said sourly. Xue Yuxian is fourteen years old this year, only one day older than Yuheng. Neither occupy nor occupy long, and it is quite embarrassing to have a birthday every year. Obviously, she was born a day earlier, but every birthday banquet postponed her time by one day and held it with Xue Yuheng's birthday, Yuheng, as the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, naturally has a thousand people who love her, and she is the absolute protagonist of the birthday banquet every year, and she is like a transparent person, and she is marginalized again and again. The accumulation of resentment again and again made her a little bitter.

"The eldest sister is still so understanding." Xue Yuheng tilted his head and smiled mischievously at Xue Yuqing.

I didn't care about Xue Yuxian's acidity.

She knew that this second sister was jealous of her, and always loved to sarcastically mock her from time to time, and ridicule would not make her lose her flesh, and she didn't bother to pay attention to it, and occasionally she would fight back and forth with her when she was interested.

"The third sister doesn't make fun of me, how can the eldest sister be as good as the third sister, she can go out alone to learn art, think about it, the eldest sister is also envious."

Xue Yuqing pinched the handkerchief in his hand and gently covered his mouth.

"Eldest sister, don't be presumptuous, no one in Beijing knows that you are superb in the piano, if it weren't for the eldest sister's early marriage, the threshold of our family would have been broken long ago!" Xue Yuheng said Xue Yuqing's family affairs, and suddenly chuckled in his mind.

"Oh, the little sisters have grown up, and they still know how to praise each other in front of their grandmother." The old lady watched the two sisters blow each other, and thought it was very interesting, and laughed unconsciously.

Xue Yuxian saw that everyone was happy, and the handkerchief in his hand was about to be broken.

"I heard that the third sister came back and met the third brother and someone fighting, and the third sister also stepped forward to help beat someone so that one of the ribs was broken, third sister, this is ......" Xue Yuxian hurriedly covered her mouth, as if she had said something that should not be said.

Yu Heng didn't care about her pretense, and said directly in a cold voice, "I don't know where the second sister heard from hersay?" ”

"Third sister, but... But am I wrong? ”

Xue Yuxian said, her eyes were quickly filled with water, as if they were about to flow down.

"What to do! My wife hasn't asked me yet, where did I get so many words? "The old lady can't see Xue Yuxian looking like a little girl, and she wants to drop the golden beans at every turn.

"Sister Heng hasn't returned home for many years, and as soon as you come back, you cry and cry, what do others think of my Sister Heng?" The old lady said angrily.

Xue Yuxian hurriedly withdrew the tears that had not had time to flow out and stood up, "Grandmother, granddaughter is stupid, please punish grandmother." ”

"What's the punishment, go back to the yard by yourself, I'll talk to Sister Heng for a while." The old lady waved her hand, not wanting to say more.

Seeing this, Xue Yuqing also stood up and retired.

"Yuqing's birthday gift embroidered for her grandmother hasn't been completed yet, grandmother, Yuqing is also busy going back to the yard!"

"Go ahead."

Xue Yuxian's eyes were red, and she retired.

Grandmother always favors the third sister like this, which is really too much.

The old lady withdrew from the people who were waiting around her, leaving Mama Jing by her side.

"Say something." The old lady asked, but just now she saw Yu Heng's face change, although it was very fast.

"Grandmother, do you know about the third brother being beaten?" Xue Yuheng said generously.

Mama Jing straightened the pillow, and the old lady found a comfortable position and half-leaned in.

"Your second aunt sent someone to say it, the junior of the Yuan family is relying on a Yuan Guifei, and he is so domineering, but he likes Brother Ming'er's things, so he will take advantage of others, and if others don't follow, he will be punched and kicked, and breaking one of his ribs will already be considered to let him go, if the right prime minister's mansion does not want to seek justice, our Shou'an Houfu is not a vegetarian."

"Grandmother, I'm not worried about this."

Xue Yuheng touched the back of his head, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"The third girl is worried about the eldest girl's family?" Mama Jing interjected.

"Yes, Mama is amazing." I guessed it all at once.

Mama Jing was born in the palace, she is a stable and proper person, she is familiar with the various connections and in-laws of the family, and she can count the relationships of eight generations in one breath when she takes out a family.

"The old lady may not know that Yuan Xiang's concubine is the eldest sister-in-law of Zhong Shiqun's sister-in-law of Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Mama Jing reminded.

"Oh? There is even this stubble. "In this way, the big girl's family affair may have twists and turns.

"Grandmother......" Xue Yuheng was a little apologetic, if she broke the eldest sister's marriage because she was too heavy, how should she face the soft and weak eldest sister, a headache.

"Sister Heng doesn't have to be embarrassed, the Yuan family is at fault first, if the Zhong family withdraws from the marriage because of this, it may not be a good thing for Sister Qing." The old lady was relieved.

I originally thought that the Zhong family was born in the imperial examination, and the three generations were not obvious, and there were not so many bad things when I got married, so I could rest assured.

Sister Qing'er's temperament is not suitable for people with complex family backgrounds and intrigues.

"Yes, grandmother."

Xue Yuheng was taught, and he was right to think about it.

"Grandmother, the second aunt is not angry, is she?" Yu Heng put her arm around the old lady and asked with a smile.

The second aunt's family was born in Qingliu, and she inherited poetry and books, and she didn't like people to dance knives and guns, fights, and brawls, let alone women.

"You protect her son, can she still have an opinion?" This second daughter-in-law likes some sour things, she doesn't care about these old women, and this daughter-in-law is like a little old-fashioned, very rotten.

Thinking that Sister Heng wanted to go to Dongshan Linshui to learn art, the biggest obstacle did not come from her grandmother, nor her second uncle, but her old-fashioned second aunt.

Say that a woman should learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, be a knowledgeable lady at home, marry a husband and teach children, and be a good husband and a virtuous helper.

She couldn't bear to look at it directly, how could her uninhibited and free-spirited prodigal son marry such a little old-fashioned?

The little old-fashioned also gets along very happily with a bunch of concubines of his prodigal son, which is incredible!

Whose wife and concubine are not jealous and fight to the death?

"Hehe, with my grandmother protecting me, I'm not afraid."

Yu Heng grinned, twisted a piece of plum blossom cake, and was about to put it in his mouth.

"Sister Heng is not afraid of anything?"

There was a jingling sound, and a middle-aged woman in a purple dress opened the door curtain, and walked in with a group of concubines with different appearances.

Yu Heng's hand shook, and the plum blossom cake fell back into the white jade plate and fell apart.

"Second aunt." Yu Heng quietly moved behind the old lady.

The terrible, chattering old-fashioned second aunt is here again.