On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the weather was gloomy and gloomy, and the cold wind blew, and it seemed that the next moment it would be snowflakes. Xiaobai filled the food in the vending machine early, made a lot of snacks and snacks and put them on the counter, preparing to go to Fuzhidi a few days in advance, in case it really snowed, there would be no way to collect the ingredients properly.

Sang Lan asked Hua Rui to prepare a baggage, which contained some warm clothes and medicinal materials, whether Xiao Bai could use it or not, she was quite moved anyway, but just as she was about to leave, she saw a carriage coming outside, Hua Rui wanted to go to greet her, but saw Xiao Bai stop her, it was the carriage of the Lin Mansion.

Sure enough, it was Lin Wenjuan who came.

Ah Chun jumped down, saw that there were dozens of carriages parked at the door, and thought that there were many guests in the house, so he didn't ask Lin Wenjuan to go inside, just like Xiaobai thought, they went directly to the corner gate at the back.

Because Xiaobai was going to set off to Fuyidi, there was no stove in the tea room, Lin Wenjuan shuddered, frowned and said, "Isn't business bad in winter?" Why are you reluctant to even have a piece of charcoal? Ah Chun, go and make a fire. ”

Xiaobai took a velvet blanket and draped it on Lin Wenjuan's lap, sat opposite her and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Chen Heng hasn't been back for a few days."

"You've been staying in the Lin Mansion, how do you know that he hasn't returned to the Chen family either?"

"He's my father-in-law, can I not know?"

"You see, he's not here."

Lin Wenjuan's eyes were blank, of course she knew that Chen Heng was not here, but she just listened to Zhang Qiaoqiao's words in a daze, thinking that Chen Heng would come here.

"What's wrong with him?"

"I don't know, it was okay some time ago, we all thought he had accepted his fate, and he also mentioned to my father that he wanted to find a position in the county government, so he settled down, but on the twenty-fourth, my mother and I came back from Dengfengtai, and there was no news of him."

"Twenty-four?" It was the day she bought things in Huicheng, and it was the day she wrapped the shepherd's cabbage dumplings and asked the medicine boy to send them to Mrs. Lin, it turned out that Lin Wenjuan and Mrs. Lin went to the stage that day. "Do you think it's because I said something to Chen Heng that made him like this?"

"Did you see him?"

Xiaobai's heart thumped, and the loud voice made her dizzy, "No." ”

"Sure enough..." Lin Wenjuan smiled bitterly, as if she had expected Xiaobai to say this, "No matter how much you hate me, I am his wife, and everyone's fate is doomed, just like Chen Heng and I will definitely become husband and wife, and you are an orphan, and my brother will definitely marry a lady as his wife." We are a family after all, and those who want to break this tranquility are bound to be punished. ”

Xiaobai looked at Lin Wenjuan's cold eyes and wanted to cry! I want to cry! I want to cry...

God knows how much effort she's put into maintaining this tranquility...

God knows how much she has suffered in order to fulfill this tranquility...

God knows what she gave up to be grateful for this tranquility...

But unfortunately in the words of the eighth master, this feeling is not worth cherishing at all...

"Ah Chun!" Lin Wenjuan got up, the velvet blanket fell to the ground, and this concern was ruthlessly trampled under her feet, "Don't make a fire, it's most appropriate for me to look at the cold here, let's go." ”

"Miss... Outside the tea room, Ah Chun threw away the firewood in his hand and held Lin Wenjuan's arm.

When the two were about to leave, the door on the other side was gently opened, and Hua Rui walked in and said, "My wife has something to say to Miss Lin." ”

Xiao Bai saw Sang Lan walking in, and hurriedly got up to stop him, but heard Lin Wenjuan behind him sneer: "No wonder you have become so unsightly, you don't care about your past kindness, it turns out that someone is protecting you, since you have come, what else is there to hide!" ”

"Wen Juan. Can you ... ”

Sang Lan dragged Xiaobai behind her, and looked at Lin Wenjuan resolutely, her eyes full of contempt and arrogance, "If God really has time to arrange a person's life, Mrs. Ben thought, you would have captured Chen Heng's heart a long time ago." ”

"You..."

"Madame, don't say it... Xiaobai hurriedly ran over, because Ah Chun was about to be unable to support Lin Wenjuan.

But at this moment, Lin Wenjuan was furious, and she didn't know how to vent, when she saw Xiaobai running over, raising her hand was a slap, and the crisp slap echoed in the tea room, and everyone was stunned.

"I don't need your fake kindness! Since you want someone to help you come out and scold me, don't come up and beg for a beating. Lin Wenjuan gritted her teeth, when had she been so humiliated.

Sang Lan looked at Xiao Bai, who was sluggish on the side, and remembered what Ruan Qiluo had said to herself, a fool who only knew gratitude, and it was herself who was hurt in the end, and sneered: "You hit the wrong person, do you know?" No matter how much kindness the Lin Mansion has to her, she has been in the Lin Mansion for six years, and she has already paid it off, right? Not to mention that she also saved your brother and the entire Lin Mansion before! ”

"My brother has his own noble people to help him! What's the matter with her! Madame doesn't see that it's not from Huicheng, and she can't say anything about me, it's just a passing friendship, so Madame should not meddle with things. ”

"Noble? Do you really want to be the princess of the county and admire your brother's talent? Or the Hui County Chamber of Commerce is worthy of the attention of the Sang family! ”

"What if you don't value it? What if you don't do a business of picking spirit fruits? With the support of other merchants, my brother will definitely get ahead! ”

Sang Lan knew that after the incident of picking the spirit fruit, the Lin Mansion should have killed itself, but all this changed because of the intervention of the merchants, "It's really self-deception, I don't know if Mrs. Shang will regret saving your Lin Mansion's life." ”

Lin Wenjuan grabbed Ah Chun's hand tighter and tighter, she heard about it, but so what?

"Ma'am." The girl outside the door replied, "There is a girl next to Mrs. Shang, who said that she was looking for a little white girl." ”

"Xiaobai." Sang Lan screamed, but Xiaobai didn't react, she didn't want Xiaobai to go on like this anymore, don't lose your life for a little favor, don't lose yourself because of others, once you really do this, you have to wait aimlessly, suffer, "Open your eyes and look at the road ahead of you!" ”

Xiaobai came back to her senses, and finally listened, "Okay", she put down her hand, turned around and ran out of the tea room.

Sang Lan didn't look at Lin Wenjuan, and seemed to think that she was hopeless, so there was nothing to say.

In the yard, Xiliang was asking people to put the things they brought, and when she saw Xiaobai coming, she ran up with a smile, but found the finger marks on Xiaobai's face in an instant, her heart tightened, and she said with a smile: "Mrs. said, or you have a heart, others only know what supplements to send, only you are different, I sent a toy to the little master, she asked me to tell you, if there is any trouble, I will go to Shangzhen to find her, although Mrs. is not hands and eyes, but you can still do it." ”

Xiaobai lowered his head and whispered, "Thank you." ”

"Madame also wants me to tell you that this time you don't want to give you a gift in return! It won't be long before we leave Huicheng. ”

Xiaobai was puzzled, but he also understood, "Retired after success?" Then you have to ask Young Master Lin to back up and give a generous gift to your wife. ”

"My wife said, you have already guessed it, and if it is so, hey... Fortunately, others are not as smart as you, but you are wrong, this matter is not that Young Master Lin should thank my wife, but that my wife should thank him. ”

Lin Wenjuan's heart turned over the river and the sea, it turned out that the merchant who did big business with the Lin family was Shang Ting! And Xiaobai already knew, she didn't believe that Xiaobai guessed it herself, maybe it was her brother who told her, she felt a big gap, and she was in no mood to listen to it anymore.

"Things are delivered, I should leave too, let's see you at the New Year's Festival." Xiliang touched Xiaobai's cheek, she wasn't going to tell Mrs. Shang about it, if Xiaobai didn't mention it, no one should interfere.

This toss, the sky is getting dark, outside the gate, Sang Lan frowned, and said: "There are some things I think it is better to tell you earlier, I heard some news, what kind of business is seeking an official position, I guess... ”

"I've heard about it too... Probably, this is what the medicine boy means when he says that he has a powerful master to take care of him.

"So you already knew? What a silly girl. "It's really unjust to be beaten in vain.

Xiaobai smiled, there was still a dull pain in her cheeks, she put the burden in her hand on her back, and turned around and walked to the earth.

The wind was raging in the night, and she could feel someone following her, but she didn't want to stop, because there was only one result of stopping, and that was ...

"Are you lacking in heart!" Guo Zhaoyang shouted loudly.

Being cared for ... Xiaobai stopped, and now she didn't want to hear any more comforting words, "Let me be quiet, okay?" I really appreciate that you guys have been so kind to me, but I can't afford it, I don't want to, I just want to be quiet. ”

Is it that every time Xiaobai encounters such doubts, he escapes like this? Just like my former self, as long as you don't think about it, the whole thing can be written off? "I can understand your feelings, but you're not right like this, the emotions that are forced to go down will not go away, they can only grow more and more, and in the end they will break you."

Maybe Xiaobai hadn't encountered these things today, she would have thought that Guo Zhaoyang could understand her feelings, but not now, "You won't understand." ”

"I see, who told me to be like you." Guo Zhaoyang wrapped around Xiao Bai's slightly trembling body, trying to warm her, but unfortunately they all stayed at the bottom of the icy lake for too long.

Xiaobai pushed his hand away, without any waves, and said softly: "Don't follow me again, otherwise this time, I won't go to you." ”

Looking at Xiaobai's thin back, Guo Zhaoyang had an idea of doing something for her, at least, something that could make her happier.

Sang Lan didn't ask Guo Zhaoyang why he liked Xiaobai, and because of this, Guo Zhaoyang didn't hate her, he needed a reason to hate a person, but he didn't need to like a person, it was because that person appeared at the right time, so he liked it, it's that simple.

......

Huicheng Wang's family

Kira dodged Kien, who was talking to people at the gate, and secretly returned to the courtyard to bring back the latest news.

"Governor Yao agreed." Shang Ting breathed a sigh of relief, "After the year, I will be able to move the official position of County Magistrate Lin, although it is not in Hui County, it is not bad in other places, it seems that everything is going well." She stroked her belly and smiled contentedly.

"Young Master Lin has sent some supplements, there are a few boxes of good snow swallows, Madame will sit down first, and the slave will let the little girl stew."

"Even the Wang family didn't care...

Xiliang smiled: "What's the matter, anyway, Madame's child is surnamed Shang." ”

"But what if... I don't want him to go by the last name, do I? ”

"Madame... SHOULD YOU ... Don't want to leave the Wang family, do you? ”

Shang Ting sneered and said, "Why, I always want to leave this place quickly, I mean... What do you think of Young Master Lin? ”

"Him!" Xiliang's heart instantly lifted, "Lin Mansion is choosing a wife for Young Master Lin, I heard that it is Mrs. Lin's distant niece... ”

"They can't be."

I don't know why Shang Ting is so sure.