Chapter Twenty-Three: A Little Fox
Aunt Feng saw that her girl was like that, and she couldn't say anything, and when she saw that it was getting late, she coaxed Lin Qiqi to sleep with kind words, but she couldn't sleep on the bed by herself.
The second day was a rare sunny day, the snow in the yard had been swept away, the sun was warm, and from time to time a few birdsongs flew through the sky, and Sang Yu ran to the front yard as usual, looking for his grandmother.
And Mrs. Lin was stunned when she saw Sang Yu, she had also been in the Lin Mansion for two years in the blink of an eye, and she didn't feel anything when she could see it every day, but after a closer look today, she found that there had been a big change.
When I first came, the small arms were so thin that I didn't dare to let people touch them, for fear of bumping, but now they are also slim and jade, with black and thick hair, the small melon seeds on the face are beginning to take shape, the eyebrows are carefully drawn, and the skin on the body is also white.
Seeing Sang Yu like this, Mrs. Lin sighed that time passed too quickly, now Sang Yu is twelve years old, and the girl Le Zi was the pro of the fourteen or fifteen years old, which has not been able to stay with her for as long as she is now in two or three years.
Thinking like this, my heart was full of pity, and I just wanted to push all the good things in the world in front of Sang Yu, and as I was talking, I heard Mama Li hurriedly walk in outside and said, "The eldest girl's mother-in-law is gone." ”
It is precisely because Mrs. Liu is not in good health that the relationship between the two has been advanced, and now it seems that this is a wise move, otherwise according to the original plan, if you have not married at this time, you will really have to keep filial piety for three years.
The two parties are in-laws, and it is not good to say anything at all, Mrs. Lin carefully asked the person who came to pass the message, and she knew the inside story, so that people went down to prepare, for fear that the prepared gift would not collide with the Liu family.
It turned out that when it was just autumn, Mrs. Liu's health was not good, and she was sick all day, but the temperature plummeted a few days ago and she contracted a cold, so she couldn't afford to get sick. Last night, the spirit suddenly came, and the people in the house thought it was good, and before they could celebrate, when the maid woke up this morning, they found that Mrs. Liu had gone.
Originally, it was okay for An to go to this matter, but Mrs. Lin was a little worried about the situation of her eldest granddaughter in that family, for fear that she would be too young to do anything, and this burden would not be handled well on her body, and she would not have time to go back to her parents' house to ask, and An would not be able to give a good idea.
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to go to Liu's house too, which can be regarded as telling the Liu family the importance of the eldest granddaughter in my own family, so I told An's family that I would go to Liu's house together tomorrow.
Mrs. Lin and An's discussed some things in Shou'an Hall, Sang Yu was bored and went to Fengzhuxuan to find Lin Yao, but when she arrived, she found that Lin Yao was not there, and just wanted to go back to Shou'an Hall, but she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Fifth sister Sangyu?"
Sang Yu doesn't need to turn his head to naturally know who the owner of the voice is, just ask who else can such a gentle voice and soft words be? The consequences of turning around are really just like I thought.
It was the sixth prince of Fu Yaoyu who he had only met yesterday, Sang Yu secretly said in his heart that the road was narrow, but he still had to salute with a smile on his face, but he also called him brother as his grandmother ordered.
"Why is Brother Yaoyu here?"
Fu Yaoyu took two steps forward, but he still didn't say anything, and he stretched out his eyebrows first, "Brother Yihang said that he came back to take samples, and he didn't want to meet Sister Sangyu here, but it was really fateful." ”
Sang Yu saw that there was no one around, so he took out the handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Fu Yaoyu and said, "Return your handkerchief, I lost my temper that day, and I made Brother Yaoyu laugh." ”
Seeing that the handkerchief was as white as new, exuding a faint smell like that of Mulberry Yu, and when he saw that it had been carefully washed, Yaoyu reached out and took it and said, "Who in the world can not be sad?" But don't worry, sister, I won't tell you about it, so my sister doesn't have to be like a thief when she sees me in the future, although it's good to be calm. ”
Sang Yu said this with a weak heart, so he had to smile casually, "Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”
As he was talking, he saw the eldest brother walking out from the side, "Sang Yu, are you here to find Yao'er?" ”
Seeing that someone rescued him, Sang Yu nodded hurriedly, and as he was talking, he saw Lin Yao walk in from outside, and after the four of them said goodbye, Lin Yao took Sang Yu to his room, took out a delicate and small earring from his sleeve and handed it to Sang Yu.
"Oh, this is for you, last time you sent a jade bracelet, saying that it was a pair with you, I thought that my sister gave it, and I am not good to be left behind as a sister, just now I turned out this pair of earrings from my mother's dowry box, you one, I have one."
Sang Yu happily put away the earrings, and listened to Lin Yao again, "Why are you talking to Brother Yaoyu together, do you know each other?" ”
"Yesterday he went to say goodbye to his grandmother, and I happened to be here, what's wrong?"
Lin Yao shook his head and said, "Not much, it's just a pity." ”
Sang Yu knew that Lin Yao couldn't hide her words, she didn't need to ask herself, she would also say it, so she was silent on the side, and after a while, Lin Yao really couldn't hold back, and leaned over and said, "Why don't you ask me what is a pity?" ”
Looking at Lin Yao's cunning eyes, Sang Yu silently moved in, "Okay! What are you sorry for? ”
Hearing this, Lin Yao shook his head with satisfaction and said, "You must know that he is the sixth prince of the Holy Lord, right?" ”
Sang Yu nodded, and without waiting for Sang Yu to ask, Lin Yao said to himself, "Although he is a prince, he is not favored, no matter what treatment is not as good as a prince, now he is raised in the county lord's mansion, and the partial county lord is a strange temper, it is rumored that there are many dead people brought out of the county lord's mansion, and a batch of maids will be changed almost every two months, and there is a young lady who dares to marry into such a deep mansion compound." ”
Speaking of this, Lin Yaose shrank and continued, "And the county lord is very strict with Brother Yaoyu, when I was a child, my grandmother took me to the county lord's mansion once, and I saw that Brother Yaoyu was just a mistake, and the county lord asked him to kneel in the courtyard for two hours, and he was not allowed to eat dinner, such a mother-in-law is really scared to death." But Brother Yaoyu was born well, has a good temper, and is very good in all aspects, my mother said that if you don't care about your background, Brother Yaoyu is definitely a good husband. ”
Hearing this, Sang Yu seemed to have a stubborn face in his mind, it turned out that he was such a fairy-like character, and he actually lived in such an environment.
However, Sang Yu also heard another meaning from Lin Yao's words, so he smiled and said, "What, you still have an idea?" ”
I thought that Lin Yao would be shy to hide and say something nasty, but I didn't want Lin Yao to slap Sang Yu like a coquette, but the result may be that he didn't control his strength well and almost slapped Sang Yu off the bed.
Sang Yu had no choice but to cough twice, leaning against the wall alone, and made up his mind to keep a certain distance from the coquettish person in front of him now.
And Lin Yao said without a red face, "Brother Yaoyu is such a good person, and his background is also noble, of course I will have some thoughts, but after listening to my mother's analysis of the pros and cons, I have no thoughts, there are too many twists and turns in the royal family, the county lord's mansion is unfathomable, if Brother Yaoyu is an ordinary person, he can still pass the imperial examination by himself, but his background is also his constraints, such a person is really not suitable for an official woman like me, so I can only watch from afar." ”
Until Sang Yu returned to the room, she was still thinking about Lin Yao's words, yes! She is no longer a wild girl in the countryside, no matter what she does, she has to consider one or two, as Lin Yao said, if there are three or four years of hard work, the four girls in the family will have to discuss their relatives, how can they not think about themselves in advance.
Sang Yu covered herself with a quilt again, and she suddenly thought that if Brother Ersu was still alive, her grandmother and father would not agree to him marrying her, and the marriage that came from her must be the same as the eldest sister's, and these would not be decided by herself.
Now in this compound, although life is comfortable and there are people to serve, but the things that are troubled are not comparable to the countryside at the beginning, and all they think about in the small village is how not to be beaten, or how to be full.
And now I think more, I don't want to embarrass my grandmother, I don't want to be laughed at, how to fight back in the face of my sister's sarcasm, how to greet relatives and friends, and worry about my future marriage, and now what I am worried about is only the tip of the iceberg.
For the first time, Sang Yu felt the idea of growing up and tired, if she could, she would like to go back to the night when she first entered the Lin Mansion, full of curiosity and longing for everything, at that time, she didn't understand anything, only knew simple happiness and happiness.
At night, Fu Yaoyu said goodbye to Lin Yihang, and when he sat in the carriage, he closed the door curtain, looked at the closed space around him, and finally removed the smile that he had kept for a day, and gave himself a bitter smile, then closed his eyes, held his forehead with one hand, and rubbed his temples that were slightly sore while reading a book without saying a word.
After a while, as if thinking of something, he took out the folded handkerchief in his arms, gently placed it under his nose, smelled the aroma of nothingness, and the little girl he saw in the day appeared in his mind.
I remember the first time I saw her, I just wanted to go around, I heard someone crying in the corner, I thought that more things are better than less, just wanted to turn away, I saw the girl squatting down, I thought she had fainted, only to find that she was fine, and it was not good to turn around and leave, so I had to stand there for a while.
Not wanting to raise her head was a tear-stained girl with slightly swollen eyes, messy hair, and an unceremonious statement in one mouth. This is different from the other ladies they have seen, they will always maintain the reserved attitude they deserve, and they will never be so out of shape.
Thinking of the girl's appearance, the corners of Fu Yaoyu's mouth rose slightly, remembering her eyes that had always been very empty-hearted, and she didn't feel very funny, she thought that she was hiding it well, but she didn't want to be seen through by herself at a glance, that little look like, but like, a cunning little fox.