The old lady couldn't lift it in one breath.

She held her forehead, and was fed a few heart-clearing pills by her grandmother before she barely recovered.

She looked at Xiao Peilan, her cloudy eyes were full of anger and helplessness, "Lan'er, I just want to ask you, if I die here today, do you still want to marry Xie Rongzhi?!" ”

The girl burst into tears, "Grandmother? ”

The old lady said angrily: "You are the only granddaughter I raised by my side, and your female red embroidery, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all taught by me personally." For your cultivation, I ask myself to be worthy of my heart! And if you disobey me for a man now, Lan'er, is this your filial piety?! I want to see, between my life and this man, how do you Xiao Peilan choose! Someone, bring a knife! ”

The grandmothers who served her knelt down to dissuade her, and some maids cried and grabbed Xiao Peilan's sleeve and persuaded her, "Miss, just let the old lady go!" There are so many good men in the world, why do you have to hang yourself from a tree?! ”

Xiao Peilan's tears rained down.

Grandmother's words, to her, were heartfelt.

Her choice of grandmother is tantamount to betraying love.

Choosing to do so is equivalent to discarding filial piety.

In fact, it was never my grandmother who was really embarrassed, but her!

At that moment, the crowd suddenly moved out of the way.

The old man on crutches was hobbled by the little servant.

He is almost old, wears a dark blue satin robe, and has a quiet and gentle temperament, which is exactly the same as Xie Rongzhi.

As he arrived, the old lady suddenly stood up from the circle chair!

She glared angrily, pointed at him and scolded, "Why are you here?!" How do you have the face to come to see me?! ”

The old man smiled gently, "Come and see my grandson." Ah Qiao, it's been decades, and it's time for your temper to change. My family is so proud to be a match for your granddaughter, why don't you nod your head and accept this marriage? If it was because of that incident back then, I already apologized to you, didn't I? ”

The old lady just sneered, "I swore that I would never see you again in my life." Xie He, unless the laurel tree at the end of the alley blooms again, otherwise, I will absolutely, absolutely not agree to this family business! ”

After speaking, he led the servants into the mansion with an expressionless face.

The old man of the Xie family stood in front of the mansion and sighed wordlessly.

After a while, he personally helped Xie Rongzhi and Xiao Peilan up, with a thick apology in his voice, "Good boy, I have wronged you......"

"Grandfather, what happened back then that made Mrs. Xiao hate our family so much?" Xie Rongjing leaned over curiously.

The old man of the Xie family looked at the laurel tree at the end of the alley.

Although the branches of the hundred-year-old laurel tree are still huge, the leaves have long since fallen and have died for many years.

The past came to mind, and he sighed and shook his head.

……

Xiao Peilan was taken back to the Xiao Mansion by the grandmothers, and the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only Xie Rongzhi stubbornly kneeling outside the mansion gate.

The early spring sunshine is slightly chilly.

At the mouth of Wuyi Alley, someone came with a red umbrella.

She was a ten-year-old girl, with sickly pale skin, but her appearance was extraordinarily delicate and lovely.

She walked up to Xie Rongzhi's side, her voice was light, "Big brother." ”

Xie Rongzhi raised his head and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xiao Wuyang, you are not recuperating in the mansion, what are you doing here?" ”

The person who came was the eldest lady of the Zhao family, Zhao Wuyang.

She has had a strange disease since she was a child, and her skin cannot be exposed to sunlight, so she rarely appears in front of people.

And his personality is also quite withdrawn, and knowing Xie Rongzhi was purely an accident.

The little girl squatted down beside him and leaned the little red umbrella towards him, "Big brother, my mother came back from Gusu and said that you robbed the Gu family's daughter-in-law." ”

Xie Rongzhi touched her little head, "From now on, she is no longer the daughter-in-law of the Gu family." Xiao Wuyang, Lan'er will become the wife of the big brother. ”

"Does the big brother like that sister?"

"Well, I like it very much! Even if her grandmother served me with eighteen torture instruments, I still liked her! ”

Xie Rongzhi admitted generously, and there was a smile in his eyes.

Zhao Wuyang narrowed his eyes.

She quickly got up, "Big brother, my mother won't let me go out for too long, I should go home." ”

Xie Rong agreed, and told her to be careful on the road.

The little girl in red clothes, holding a red silk umbrella, walked alone in the Wuyi Alley.

She looked down and grabbed a live bird from her wide sleeve.

"Little bird, little bird, I heard that my eldest brother was injured, so I thought about sending you to him to relieve his boredom. But now he likes other girls, and your existence is superfluous! ”

Under the umbrella,

The little hands that are still immature,

Pinch the birds to death without pity!

She threw away the bird's carcass and left Wuyi Alley alive.

A ten-year-old girl with an innocent face.

The little red umbrella swirled in her hand,

Keep all the sun and warmth out.

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See you tomorrow, babies.