That night, Mrs. Shen sent Mama Zhu to the Summer Palace to inform Shen Yafei that she would accompany her to Huofu early tomorrow morning to apologize.

The next day, Ah Xiu and Ah Li were still sick, and after Shen Yafei and the three discussed, they took Zhiyu to go instead.

Mrs. Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the Zhiyu beside Shen Yafei, she brought Mama Zhu, Mama Lan, Linglong and Lingqiao to go with her today, just in case Shen Yafei didn't have a maid by her side.

After getting into the carriage, Mrs. Shen said to Shen Yafei: "When you get to Huo Mansion, you just need to stand beside me and bow your head and admit your mistakes, and I will say everything else, you remember to follow me." ”

"Wait a minute, let Linglong follow you, and Zhiyu will stay in the car."

"Yes." Shen Yafei had no objection.

Mrs. Shen looked at her with a faint expression, looking out of state, and couldn't help but say again: "You don't want this expression when you arrive at the Huo Mansion, it will anger the Huo family." Yesterday you did indeed overdo it, a girl who hasn't said kiss was interrupted by her life, which is a kind of ominous and others will look down on. Therefore, today, if the people of Huofu want to scold you, you will suffer it. Huo Mansion is a big family, and no matter how much they beat people, at most, they will say it verbally and ugly. You must not refute it, a good girl will fight with you if anyone else. ”

"Hmm." Shen Yafei replied without changing her face.

Mrs. Shen sighed, and didn't dare to say too much, this daughter's attitude towards her since she returned to Beijing was like this, lukewarm. Talking can also say a word, there will never be more than half of the family, every time I see her, I look indifferent. In addition to their similar appearances, the two do not look like mother and daughter at all from the perspective of getting along.

For some reason, Mrs. Shen was a little afraid when she faced her. I didn't dare to say anything, I was always afraid that I would provoke her.

Mrs. Shen attributed this emotion to guilt, which was the guilt of ignoring Shen Yafei for a year.

After the carriage passed through several streets, it walked for a while and arrived in front of the gate of Huofu.

Mrs. Shen looked at the vigorous and powerful word "Huo Fu" on the door plaque, took a few deep breaths, released her clenched fist, and walked in under the guidance of the little girl. Shen Yi and Shen Er followed behind with the gift box.

Along the way, I met many people from Huo Mansion, some of them looked at them with strange eyes, some were pointing on the side, and some were whispering in a circle.

Mrs. Shen and Mama Zhu's faces were as hot as if they were being burned.

Mama Zhu looked at the little guy walking slowly in front of her, a little impatient, and stepped forward to ask, "Little brother, can you go faster?" ”

The little guy stopped and said with a smile: "Our master of Huo Mansion is in a bad mood these days, and if he walks fast, he will surprise them, and he will be deducted from the moon." Those of us who are subordinates don't have a high income, only a few taels of silver a year, and if we are deducted some more, we will have no money to take home. There is also a sixty or seventy-year-old grandmother in the small family, and the father and aunt are not in good health, and they are waiting for the small money to support, and the little one has not yet married, and he still has to save the dowry to marry his daughter-in-law. Woo~"

As he spoke, he covered his face and whimpered in pain.

Mama Zhu didn't expect the little girl to cry suddenly, and she was stunned.

Shen Yafei lowered her head, gently raised the corners of her mouth, and laughed silently.

It's really interesting to have the Huo family!

There were more and more people around, and they all looked at them with strange eyes.

Seeing this, Mrs. Shen still didn't understand anything, this was obviously Huo Fu making things difficult.

Mrs. Shen's face was angry, this Huo family wanted them to be faceless in front of the subordinates of the Huo Mansion, this move was really ruthless.

Mama Zhu wanted to comfort her, but as soon as she made a sound, the little girl cried even more fiercely, and the people around her were just watching, and none of them came forward.

After two quarters of an hour, the little girl's crying stopped, and there were really tears in his eyes!

Wiping his tears with his sleeve, he sniffed hard and loudly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Shen, Miss Shen, it's a small gaffe!" ”

The corners of Mrs. Shen's mouth twitched, and she sneered and said, "It's okay. ”

The little maid didn't care what kind of looks Mrs. Shen had on their faces, and continued to slowly move in front of them without changing their faces.

After walking for another half an hour, Mrs. Shen found that the scenery around her was not quite right.

She had been to this Huo Mansion countless times, whether it was the front hall or the courtyard of Old Madam Huo, or the courtyards of other Mrs. Huo, she was familiar with them, but she had never seen the delicacy of this situation.

Mrs. Shen asked the little guy sharply: "Little brother, where are you taking us?" This road is neither the way to your front yard, nor the yard to Old Madam Huo, where are you going next to us. We are here to apologize today, this is the hospitality of your Huo Mansion? ”

The little guy stopped in the midst of the shouting, turned his head to look around, came to his senses, and muttered, "It seems that I really really went the wrong way." ”

Then, he said to Mrs. Shen with annoyance: "Mrs. Shen, Miss Shen, I'm really sorry, the little one is new, today is the first day of work, and I am not very familiar with Huo Mansion."

。 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you must not tell the old lady and the old man, you are really sorry! ”

Bow as you speak. Then he said aggrievedly: "The little one seems to be lost." ”

If you don't forgive me, I'll cry to you.

Shen Yafei's eyebrows trembled.

Mrs. Shen felt a surge of anger rushing to her heart, and glared at the little girl with an angry face.

The little girl was stunned, swallowed her saliva, pointed to the mother-in-law who was wiping the bucket on the side, and said weakly: "I heard that this old woman has been in Huo Mansion for more than ten years, she must know how to walk back to the front yard." ”

After saying that, he ran away with a cigarette.

The old woman raised her head to look at them, her eyes were dull, like a dry well, uncomfortably dry, her sleeves and trouser legs were stained with water, and her rough voice sounded: "You want to go to the front yard?" ”

Mama Lan came back to her senses and nodded immediately.

The old woman shook the brush in her hand twice, and the water droplets fell directly at the feet of Shen Yafei and the others from the high point of the arc, and Linglong and Mama Zhu pulled Mrs. Shen and Shen Yafei back screaming.

The old woman put down the brush, walked over, looked at them with empty eyes, and said in a low voice, "Keep up." ”

Mrs. Shen and Shen Yafei sorted out their emotions, supported their crumpled sleeves with their hands, and followed with the anger in their hearts.

A stench of feces wafted from the front.

Shen Yafei twisted her nose unhappily, this Huo Mansion was really excessive.

Mrs. Shen covered her nose and resisted the feeling of wanting to vomit. The anger in my heart was rising, and I really wanted to shake off my hands and turn around and leave immediately.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, a few people arrived in the front yard of Huofu.

Mrs. Shen stood in the center of the front hall and pulled Shen Yafei to salute Mrs. Huo, and when she saw that Mrs. Huo and all the ladies and ladies of the Huo family were leisurely drinking tea, Mrs. Shen knew that these people had been waiting for them here for a long time, and couldn't help but clutch the handkerchief in her hand.

Seeing their panting and embarrassed appearance, Mrs. Huo's eyes were full of satisfaction, she pinched the lid of the cup and plucked the tea, opened her mouth slightly, exhaled the almost invisible heat, and took a sip gently.

He put down the teacup and said slowly, "Mrs. Shen is here." The Shen family's morning time is different from other people's homes, and this is almost the time for our Huo Mansion to have lunch. ”

Mrs. Shen furrowed her brows and whispered, "Today, I brought my little girl to make amends to the Huo family." This is the apology gift I brought to Miss Huo. ”

Saying that, Shen Yi and Shen Er brought the gifts, and Mama Zhu and Mama Lan helped open them.

The box on the left is a swan crown carved from Hetian white jade, the jade is soft and smooth, and the head crown shines in the sunlight; The box on the right is a golden hollow carved mandarin duck frame, the mandarin duck tail is on stilts, face to face with each other's expressions, the expression is very vivid, if the lens is installed again, it is a living mandarin duck playing in the water.

The Huo family's eyes lit up when they saw it, and even Old Madam Huo showed an appreciative face.

This swan crown was an ornament auctioned by the Bag Building two years ago, and it was won by Mrs. Shen for 50,000 taels, and Mrs. Shen wanted to use the crown in Shen Yafei and the ceremony.

The mandarin duck mirror frame was confiscated by General Shen from a small country around Dongjing during the Eastern Expedition, and this is the only one in Beijing, and Mrs. Huo has never heard of it, and originally wanted to put it in the dowry when Shen Yaru got married.

But when this happened, Mrs. Shen had no choice but to send them all to the Huo Mansion as an apology, hoping that the people of the Huo Mansion could dissipate their anger on this noble gift. Now seeing the bright light emanating from the eyes of the Huo family's daughters, Mrs. Shen knew that she had not sent her wrong, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even the troubles he had just received in Huo Mansion were put behind him, and he just wanted to end the matter as soon as possible and take advantage of it now.

Huo Ningyu stared straight at Shen Yi and Shen Yi's second-hand things, his face was completely devoid of the indifference of the Shen family when he first entered the door, and his eyes shone with longing.

Seeing that her family members looked uninformed, Mrs. Huo couldn't help but "cough", her face softened a lot, and she looked at Mrs. Shen and said, "Sit down." ”

The grandmother beside Mrs. Huo stepped forward to put away the gift.

Mrs. Shen took the opportunity to say: "It's all to blame for the juniors' lack of discipline and troubles for the Huo family, and the juniors will definitely teach her well when they go back." ”

"Hmm." Old Madam Huo looked at Shen Yafei sharply and said, "It's to teach well." Otherwise, if it spreads, your Shen family's reputation is not good, forget it, after all, your two daughters have suitable in-laws. It wouldn't be good if people mistakenly thought that the unmarried girls in our capital were like this! ”

Shen Yafei lowered her head timidly, and her little shoulders shook and shook.

Old Madam Huo thought that she was showing weakness under her own forced gaze.

Even Madame Shen was surprised by her weakness that was different from that of the carriage, but she did not show her shock.

In fact, Shen Yafei endured the heartache and reluctance to see such a valuable treasure taken away in vain, how much is it worth, how much is it worth, she can support her family's four losers for several years, and she gave it away in vain, did her mother-in-law get water in her brain? She couldn't help but have red eyes, and she was really afraid that she couldn't control herself and stepped forward to grab it.

Thinking that before leaving, Zhiyan told her about her previous year's expenses, and she felt pain.

It's all silver with white flowers, and gold from yellow and orange.

Mrs. Shen glanced at Shen Yafei, who bowed her head and was silent, and said, "Yes, you must discipline it well." Please forgive the little girl for her rudeness yesterday. ”

Old Madam Huo said magnificently: "For the sake of me and your old marquis being friends, I won't bother with you." This matter is also placed in our family, if other people's families would not be so easy to give up. ”

"Yes, you're right. Thank you for your magnanimity! Mrs. Shen echoed on the surface.

I thought to myself, I humiliated us all when I walked in the door today, isn't it enough, I really regret sending these two such good things. I knew that it would be good to go directly to Baoyu Pavilion to buy a few boxes of things and send them over, but I was really blind to these two good things.

However, it was worth it to let Old Madam Huo let go of the Shen Mansion so quickly.

"Hehehe." Old Madam Huo smiled, "After receiving the apology, I won't leave you for lunch." ”

Mrs. Shen and Shen Yafei bowed and retreated.