On the night of the second day of Wei Yujue's mother and son's departure, the eldest grandmother of the Qinyong Mansion, Tan, gave birth to a son.

When Tan was pregnant with him, because of Tan Rui, he was very depressed and sad, so this child was born with some congenital deficiencies.

Wei Aluan stayed in front of Tan's bed and kept explaining her: "Look at how much this kid's eyebrows and eyes look like you, no matter what, he is also full-term, although he is weaker, but it is not easy for people like us to fatten him." The child's family grows when he sees the wind, but he is guaranteed to be fat for three months. ”

Tan was lying on the bed a little weak, smiled when he heard this, and said: "Auntie is right, I think this child is hard, I encountered several things when I was pregnant with him, and in the end there was no danger, I think he should come to this world." ”

"This is nature, if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future, I think this child is a blessing on his face, you also have to cheer up, only if you are good he can be good." Wei Aluan said to Tan.

Tan was grateful for his aunt's kindness, but his heart was always heavy and he couldn't be happy.

After Tan Rui's incident happened, the entire Tan family was ashamed.

As the eldest daughter in the family, Tan is both sad and incomprehensible about Tan Rui's actions, and her parents both fell ill because of this, so they not only have to take care of the aftermath of the youngest son of the Chen family, but also have to make amends to others several times.

Although Tan Rui is not born to her mother, she has been taught by her mother since she was a child, and her parents have been instructed and raised in a way.

Originally, the suicide of the second sister had already hit her parents hard, and Tan Rui's matter was even worse.

The most painful thing is not only that, the most perplexing thing in Tan's heart is what is the truth of these things?

Why did Tan Ying commit suicide in a good manner?

Why did Tan Rui kill the child of the Chen family without warning?

No one gave her an answer.

Because everyone else is asking her if she knows the reason for this.

"Child, this is how things are in this world," Wei Aluan noticed that Tan's mind was wandering and nodded at her: "Even if it's a close sister, you may not really know her." It's not your fault, and you don't have to blame yourself. What's more, now that your brother has returned to Beijing, you can be regarded as a family reunion. ”

Tan's elder brother has been serving abroad since the imperial examination, and was only transferred back to the capital at the end of last year.

This is mainly because Tan's father resigned because of Tan Rui's incident, and the saint took mercy on him, granted Master Tan's request to Shishi, and ordered his son to be transferred back to the capital to take up a post.

Tan Rui's whereabouts are still unknown, and I don't know if she is dead or alive. Because the Tan family couldn't raise their heads because of her, although they also sent people to look around, there was no news at all.

Tan's affected the fetus because of these bad things, but fortunately, the Shao family persuaded her to treat her as well as before, otherwise Tan didn't know what to do.

"You've just finished giving birth, rest more, I'll go back, and I'll come to see you tomorrow." Wei Aluan helped her tuck the corners of the quilt and patted the back of her hand before leaving.

At the back door of Shao's house, a dirty beggar huddled in the corner, the wind in early March was still cold, and the clothes on her body were obviously not enough to withstand the cold of early spring.

The two rough mothers-in-law of the Shao family came back from buying vegetables from outside, and when they saw the beggar, they felt pitiful, and took out two baked cakes from the basket they were carrying and threw them to her.

The beggar hurriedly caught it, and thanked him vaguely as he stuffed the biscuit into his mouth.

"It's pitiful," said one of the mother-in-laws, "and I don't know whose child has fallen to this point." ”

"Poor people are everywhere in these days," said the other woman, "who would want her to look like that?" ”

The beggar's face was disfigured, as if it had been burned by fire, and her face was so terrible that even her voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

"Look at her belly," said the mother-in-law, "as if she was four or five months pregnant." ”

"Hey, most of them are male beggars, women are pitiful, and they are bullied everywhere." Another mother-in-law sighed.

While the two men were talking, the kitchen steward came over, stood in the door, and said, "You two are not small! Grandma just gave birth to a baby and wants to eat fresh crucian carp soup, so she sent the two of you to buy it. ”

The two mothers-in-law didn't dare to refute, and hurriedly went in with the basket.

The female beggar was still nesting in the corner and eating the pancakes, not moving.

"The old lady ordered, the eldest grandmother gave birth to a little young master, and the house should do good deeds and kindness to accumulate blessings for the little young master, this female beggar is strange and pitiful, and she will reward her if she has something to eat here in the future." The steward said to the housekeeper who was guarding the back door.

"Listen to you!" Jia Ding agreed: "She has been wandering around the neighborhood a lot lately, so let's take care of it more." ”

When the beggar heard this, she immediately knelt on the ground, and kowtowed and kowtowed.

"Get up!" The steward said to her: "Our master has always pitied the poor and cherished the old, count you lucky!" The day after tomorrow, the little young master will open the door and release the happy money! Remember to come when the time comes. ”

The steward also thinks that this female beggar is quite pitiful, with an ugly appearance and a big belly, but I am afraid that I will not be able to ask for anything at ordinary times.

The Shao family is kind-hearted, so the people are not mean, this is due to the family style.

At this time, a carbon car arrived at the door, and the steward beckoned someone to unload the carbon, only to see the female beggar take the initiative to step forward, and without saying a word, began to hug the carbon basket on the car.

Everyone wanted to stop her, but who thought that she had a lot of strength, so she carried a basket full of charcoal and followed the servants of the Shao family to the kitchen.

"If she wants to work, let her do it." The steward saw that she was very resolute, so he didn't stop her: "Just give her some wages in a while." ”

When the cart of charcoal was unloaded, the steward took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to the beggar, who thought she wouldn't want it, shook his head and turned away.

The person in charge felt that this beggar was very benevolent, and in order to repay the kindness of a meal, he took the initiative to help with the work.

Since then, this beggar has often wandered near the back door of Shao's house, and when she saw a cart delivering food and rice, she took the initiative to help.

Within two days, she became acquainted with these servants of the Shao family, and when everyone asked her name, she called herself Ah Chou and said that she was from the countryside.

"You are a poor woman, wait for me to discuss with the chief steward, and see if I can let you do some chores in this backyard." The housekeeper saw that Ah Chou was very diligent and capable, and he wanted to help her: "So that you have a place to eat and sleep, and you can still have some money left every month." I just don't know if you're willing to do it? ”

"Thank you, uncle, for making it happen." Ah Chou's voice was hoarse, like a stone grinding on coarse sandpaper: "I don't want to be paid, as long as I have a place to eat and sleep." ”

"You don't know what you say, you see that our family here has a big business, is there still a shortage of your salary? If you insist on not getting paid, then we won't dare to use you. When you say it, you think we're bullying you. But there is one thing that must be said, you must not go to the front yard if you look like this, it will be bad if you frighten the masters. ”

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