Shen Yafei returned to the Summer Palace, and Mama Hu surrounded her, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.

After seeing Dabao, he was taken aback, and then he noticed that Shen Yafei only had these two vulgar subordinates around him, and he didn't see Mama Li. Just as he was about to ask, Shen Yafei raised his hand to stop him and said, "I'm tired, let's wash first." If you want to know anything, you can wait until you come with me to the main hall for dinner. Pointing to the two people who were out of place on the side, he continued to say to Mama Hu: "They have been serving me close to me at the age of six or seven, I have been used to them for so many years, and I am not used to changing people." Just mention them to be first-class maids, and Mama Hu will look at it and bring two more up. ”

Mama Hu looked at the two people in front of her, the one called Zhiyu seemed to be clever, but when she entered the Summer Palace, she stood aside like a log. And another black bear named Dabao also wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeves, and he was vulgar when he grew up in the mountains. Mama Hu couldn't help but be secretly happy, and hurriedly said: "Yes, the old slave will take them down to rest now." ”

"No, let them eat first." Shen Yafei said with a smile, "Let the kitchen prepare more, they have been on the road for a few days, and they are all hungry." ”

Mama Hu paused for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

Shen Yafei went back to the room, and when she saw the familiar layout in the room, she felt like a world away.

The smooth and delicate mirror, the lush and gorgeous daisies on the table of the Eight Immortals, and the finely embroidered purple semi-transparent tent on the bed are really heartfelt. Regardless of how General Shen and Mrs. Shen treated Shen Yafei in their previous life, I am afraid that they still have a loving heart at this moment. But true or false, more or less, she doesn't want to explore anymore, after all, she is a person who has lived for two lives, and knowing that it is the most hurtful thing, she doesn't want to touch it in this life.

However, since in the past and present lives, neither General Shen nor Mrs. Shen at this time wanted to give up Shen Yafei, but in the end they led to the consequences of expelling from the house and severing the relationship, who else gave help behind this besides that person?

Shen Yafei took a flower bath, changed into a skirt made of bamboo blue high-grade satin fabric, embroidered with bamboo leaf patterns, and draped in a tender green translucent silk tulle, sitting in front of the mirror. Ah Xiu, the maidservant sent by Mama Hu, is combing her hair. Shen Yafei pressed her hand to the sleeve and rubbed it affectionately.

Ah Xiu saw it, and his eyes were full of disdain. It's really from the countryside, I haven't seen the world, I really don't understand why Mama Hu asked her to serve this young lady who has never seen the world. She was sent by her wife to help Mama Hu, and if she wanted to do things for her wife, she would be able to serve the young master. That's what Madame promised her, and if it weren't for that, she wouldn't want to listen to the instructions of the ignorant Mama Hu.

Shen Yafei looked at her appearance in the mirror, her skin was delicate and smooth, her eyes were bright and bright, her small mouth was ruddy like a cherry, she gently hooked the corners of her mouth, her eyes were as bright as twinkling stars in the sky, and her delicate little face was pretty and cute. Shen Yafei grinned with satisfaction, of course she didn't miss the disdain in Ah Xiu's eyes.

Shen Yafei put away her smile, looked at Ah Xiu's eyes in the mirror lightly, and asked, "What's your name?" How long has it been in Shen Mansion? ”

Ah Xiu looked at Shen Yafei's warm eyes, her heart was cold, she hurriedly lowered her head, and said, "The slave's name is Ah Xiu, and she was newly admitted to the mansion a year ago." ”

"Your craft is good, I like this hairstyle." Shen Yafei smiled lightly and touched her sideburns.

Ah Xiu broke out in a cold sweat and said with a light smile: "Miss has won the award." ”

After getting dressed, Shen Yafei took Ah Xiu and Mama Hu to the main hall.

Before entering the main hall, I heard the laughter inside. Even General Shen, who was not smiling, was smiling at this time.

General Shen and Mrs. Shen sat on the top, Shen Yuanshan sat on the bottom left, Shen Yaru and Lin Wanxin sat next to Mrs. Shen, and Shen Yaru leaned on Mrs. Shen's whole body, and she was coquettish. Shen Mingshan stood up and waved his hands and feet to make a vivid gesture, which caused everyone to laugh. It's really a happy and happy appearance of a harmonious wife and children.

Mrs. Shen has beautiful eyebrows, white and translucent skin, gentle and virtuous appearance, slender and graceful figure, and very good maintenance, not at all like a woman with three adult children, but like a young woman who has just come out of the cabinet. Every time he looked at General Shen's affectionate eyes, he would bow his head delicately. is nearly forty years old and still has a girlish shyness, you can see how favored Mrs. Shen is in the house.

The tenderness and exclusive favor in the eyes of the iron man are something that many girls have been hard to find in their lives, and it has been realized in Mrs. Shen, no wonder the Shen family in the two generations is the envy of countless people in Beijing. It's no wonder that Mrs. Shen looks much younger than the other women.

Shen Yafei stood outside the door, looking at the scene in the hall, feeling that she was so out of place here.

"Fei'er is here. Come, sit down, and listen to your brother Ming's interesting story about his march. Brother Ming, tell Sister Fei'er about it. Mrs. Shen looked up, only to find Shen Yafei outside the door.

Shen Yafei bowed and sat down below Shen Yuanshan.

General Shen and Mrs. Shen smiled at this, while Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yaru wrinkled their brows. Lin Wanxin looked at the reaction of everyone in the Shen family, hooked the corners of her mouth, and lowered her head to cover it.

Seeing this, Shen Mingshan was dissatisfied, moved the chair under Lin Wanxin, sat down, and said coldly, "It's all over." ”

The breath of the main hall cooled down, which was completely different from the atmosphere of the uproar just now. Shen Yafei raised her eyes and happened to meet the smugness in Lin Wanxin's eyes, and couldn't help lowering her head and sneering, it seems that this weak and gentle Sister Lin is not so simple.

"How is Fei'er doing in Huancheng?" Mrs. Shen broke the silence in the hall with a gentle voice.

Shen Yafei lowered her head and smiled softly: "Back to Mother, it's good." ”

"That's good." Mrs. Shen felt something strange when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Since you are back, I will rest for a few days, and I will take you to the various mansions in Beijing to walk around, so that you can get to know the daughter of Beijing." In a few days, you will be almost finished, so you can make some friends. And if you don't understand anything, I'll ask you Sister Ru and Sister Xin. If you lack anything in the house, tell Steward Ma. ”

Shen Yafei hurriedly said: "Yes." After answering, the hall fell silent again.

"Uh~" General Shen asked in a low voice: "When you left Beijing, weren't you accompanied by Mama Li and the two girls, didn't they come back with you?" ”

These words expressed the doubts in the hearts of everyone.

After Shen Yafei heard this, she knew that she would ask such a question, her eyes were rosy, she sniffed, and said in a dumb voice: "Mama Li, Qiu'er, Dong'er, they, they are all dead." ”

Everyone looked at her in astonishment, and Mama Hu's face turned pale in an instant: "Impossible!" ”

Mrs. Shen said in a panic, "How come? ”

General Shen sank his face and said, "When did it happen?" Why haven't I heard Aunt Sheng mention it. ”

Shen Yafei looked at General Shen straight and said word by word: "I'm afraid that Aunt Sheng forgot." Then he lowered his head and continued, "Mama Li, they were gone five years ago, and there was a famine in Huancheng five years ago, and there was no harvest in the whole city, and we had no food in the mountains. Mama Li and the others went into the mountain to look for food, but the mountain collapsed and they were washed away by the mudslide. Even the corpse was not found. ”

General Shen and Mrs. Shen thought that it seemed that Shen Yafei had never written to Aunt Sheng since the second year after she left Beijing, nor had they received a reply from Aunt Sheng, and they didn't know about the famine five years ago, so they couldn't help but feel weak and didn't dare to look directly into Shen Yafei's eyes.

After Shen Yafei finished speaking, she covered her face and sobbed in a low voice.

General Shen and Mrs. Shen looked guilty and distressed. The other three brothers and sisters of the Shen family were also silent when they saw it, they ate and drank well in the capital, even if Shen Yuanshan and Shen Mingshan went to the army because they were the sons of generals, they ate and drank better than normal soldiers. They didn't know that Shen Yafei had experienced these things in Huancheng, thinking that they had just learned that she was going back to Beijing, and they were still resistant, and now they couldn't help but feel guilty.

But Mama Hu didn't believe that if it happened five years ago, why didn't she have news ten years ago. If she hadn't known that the Shen family hadn't received Shen Yafei's information, she was afraid that she would have suspected that something had happened to Mama Li and them. But it is impossible that Mama Li has an accident, but Shen Yafei is fine.

"Why haven't you heard of a famine in Huancheng?" Mama Hu's doubts blurted out.

Shen Yafei said: "I heard that there were disasters in many places in the Celestial Empire back then, and I am afraid that a small place like Huancheng will not be able to report to the court." ”

Everyone thinks back, as if five years ago, it was true that there was a period of time when most of the whole country was hit by a disaster, and a small place like Huancheng is not enough to talk about, even if it is reported locally, it is reported by the state and county, and there is no small village reported alone. But it's understandable that others don't know, and the second miss of the Shen family of the Shen Mansion is in Huancheng, and they don't know about the situation in Huancheng, so Niu can't talk about it.

Shen Yafei was silent after speaking. General Shen and Mrs. Shen knew that they had not done it properly, and they were deeply ashamed, and at this time, no matter what they said, they wanted to cover it up, and their faces were full of embarrassment.

Mama Hu knew that she had lost her words when she knew it, and retreated behind Shen Yafei with interest. However, she is happy to see this situation.

At this time, the main hall was so quiet that you could hear a pointer falling to the ground.

Shen Yafei sat quietly, with a dignified and generous posture and a calm expression. As if everything just said had nothing to do with her. General Shen and Mrs. Shen looked at it and chuckled in their hearts, and Mrs. Shen took the lead in speaking: "Fei'er is complaining about us?" ”

Shen Yafei was stunned when she heard this, and looked at the top steadily, General Shen and Mrs. Shen looked guilty and cautious. The past life came to mind:

General Shen slapped her, the corners of Shen Yafei's mouth and nose were bleeding, and Mrs. Shen and the Shen brothers and sisters were bloodshot, staring at her deadly, eager to eat her. In her previous life, Mrs. Shen had never asked her such a thing. Resentment? There was one in the past life, but not in this life. She knew very well that she had already died for the Shen family in her heart before she died in her previous life, without the slightest emotion, she was helpless all her life, and finally died a heroic and tragic death, she never complained about the Shen family, let alone at this moment.

Mrs. Shen looked at her silent appearance with her head bowed, and her heart was even more sad, and she choked up and called: "Fei'er~"

Shen Yafei came back to her senses, looked up at Mrs. Shen's teary-eyed son, and said, "No." Mrs. Shen raised her head, and the tears in the corners of her eyes forgot to fall, pitiful

waited for Shen Yafei's words.