The long street is lit up, the crowd is bustling, and in the uneven puddles on the bluestone slabs, the raindrops fall and splash the water, and the spring rain is still dripping.

In the Huangmei season, it rains at home, and the grass pond is full of frogs. Jiangnan Xiaoqiao is always amorous, and it can always let a deep boudoir woman secretly send a boatload of dreams.

Fold flowers into fans, cut clouds into clothes, borrow brocade umbrellas in the spring breeze, in the Lin Mansion at the end of the long street, the lights at the door are dim and want to go out, and the passers-by in front of the door are in a hurry.

"Sister An, go back and rest."

In a narrow courtyard in the northwest of the courtyard, a dim light peeked through the windows. The spring rain was slightly cold, the duckweed was swaying in the wind, Sister An came out of the house, Xian Pu stepped forward to open the oil-paper umbrella, and said in a low voice: "Girl, let's go."

Sister An, dressed in plain clothes, glanced back at the window with the light through, and took a step forward to get under the umbrella.

The young woman in the room, her eyes red and swollen like walnuts, and a middle-aged woman in coarse cloth clothes stood aside, and when she saw the wind pouring in, she went to the bed and closed the window.

"Little lady, the master has gone, no matter how sad you are, you must pay attention to your body, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood."

The young woman raised her head and glanced at the middle-aged mother-in-law, and then lowered her head and rubbed her eyes sadly, "I thought that after surviving the winter, I would get better in the spring, but I didn't think that it would ...... Mother Huo, what are you talking about! ”

Huo's mother approached her and reached out to pat Wang Xiaoniang's back with relief, "Girl, at the beginning, you ignored the opposition of the Wang family, you must come to the Lin family to be a little lady, but now the aunt is gone, fortunately, the housemother is not a strong one, we can find another way." ”

Wang Xiaoniang wiped her tears and took Huo's mother's hand, "Huo's mother, don't mention it, in the past, I was obsessed with officials, don't talk about foolish things, but now that we have no queen in the Lin Mansion, I'm afraid that we will disperse." ”

Outside the window, the rain is sparse and the wind is sudden, the wind and rain change, the world ups and downs, and there is no dream at night.

"Girl, be careful, it rained all night yesterday and the ground was slippery."

Xian Pu helped Sister An and looked down at the road, for fear that her girl would fall.

"It's okay, you can't delay the time to say goodbye." Lin Yu'an slightly tucked the corner of her skirt with one hand, and easily avoided the mud puddles under her feet.

Although his feet were brisk, Lin Yu was a little heavy in his heart, thinking about going to see Xiao Niang last night...... The little lady is a noble girl, and her identity is much more valuable than that of the housemother.

Now that the Lin Mansion is thin, and the father has no children under his knees, the Lin Mansion is now an empty shell, and her mother must not want to stay.

Lin Yu'an thought that she would be married in two years, and the little lady always wanted her to marry a good family, but unfortunately her father's official character was low, and in this Nanshui Village, where was there any good family that she could look at.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the main courtyard, Linxi Garden. Linxi Garden is also like other places, with white cloth and white lanterns, looking at it makes my heart desolate.

There was only a little maid in plain clothes at the gate of the main courtyard, and when she saw Lin Yu'an, she bowed: "The third girl waits, the slave and maid will go and report."

As always, the little maid quickly led her in. Lin Yu'an knew that the master's mother had never made things difficult for her, so she just asked for peace according to the rules.

In the hall, there were six wooden chairs of ordinary color and even some old on one side, and on the high position facing the door, sat a woman with a plain appearance and a plain silver hairpin, about thirty years old, but looking very old, with folds around her eyes.

This is the mother of the Lin Mansion, Lin Fang's family, and Mrs. Fang. On a row of chairs to the left of Mrs. Fang's head, two plain-clothed girls of the same age as Lin Yu'an were eating tea.

"Big sister, third sister makeup!"

The two girls also got up, returned the salute, and sat down. Several people can see the color of blue and black under their eyes, thinking that their father has just arrived, and it is inevitable that they will be sad. Lin Yu'an thought about it, and as before, he didn't say much.

The eldest sister Lin Yuzhu is now fifteen years old, and she has just reached the age when she was still talking about marriage, but because of the white things in the family, she had to delay.

The third sister Lin Yuqing is one year younger than Lin Yu'an, and she is the two six years of love and love.

The sisters of the Lin family are very demure and quiet, and they don't like to talk when they are idle, and they are quite famous in Nanshuizhuang. Speaking of the daughter of the Lin family, who doesn't praise the Lin family for having a hundred women.

Mrs. Fang's body was thin, and she sat on the high seat with a mournful expression, "You three sisters, now that you have lost your protection, there is no male in the family, your father will leave, and I am the only one to support the huge family, and I am also ......."

Unexpectedly, the cry sounded again, Lin Yuxin was a little chaotic, and he couldn't help but shed tears when he listened to it at first, but after listening to it a lot recently, he felt a little noisy.

It is also said that people go to tea and cool, and the tears that fell at the beginning are still a little true, and after those few days, the sadness is like singing, and I can't tell the truth from the false.

Master Lin didn't often come to Linxi Garden before his death, and Lin Yu'an didn't have to see Mrs. Fang complaining about marrying someone, but she was like a widow, and she didn't have any true feelings when she thought about it.

Lin Yuzhu stood up, walked to Mrs. Fang's side, poured a cup of tea and respectfully served: "Mother, my father has been gone for a month, you have been washing your face with tears all day long, and you can't sleep all night, if you go on like this, how can your body eat."

Mrs. Fang buried her head in her arm pinching her handkerchief, grabbed Lin Yuzhu with one hand, pressed her head, and cried again and again. When Lin Yuqing saw it, she also stood up and walked over, patting Mrs. Fang's back to comfort her.

In this way, only Lin Yu'an sat on the seat alone and was indifferent, but it was not that she was cold-hearted and cold-hearted, in fact, there was no place for Mrs. Fang's side, and besides, she was just raised by a little lady, and she was used to being decent on weekdays, and she didn't know how to flatter and comfort.

After a while, Mrs. Fang wiped her tears, the fat powder on her face had been wiped clean, the wrinkles on her face became more and more obvious, and she looked older than before.

Lin Yuzhu and Lin Yuqing both sat back and smoothed their clothes, if it was in the past, it was time to let people go back. I saw that Mother Tian, who was beside Mrs. Fang, poured the cold tea on the table and poured the hot tea again.

Mrs. Fang took a sip and gently put it back on the table, then straightened out her clothes, bowed her head slightly, looked at Lin Yu'an and smiled softly: "Sister An, now that your father has also gone, there are only your little sisters and your two sisters in the Lin Mansion, and I don't matter now."

Hearing this, Sister An looked up at Mrs. Fang, "Big lady." ”

Mrs. Fang waved her hand, signaling her to be restless, she had to suppress her words and listen quietly.

Mrs. Fang turned her head and glanced at the two sisters, Lin Yuzhu and Lin Yuqing, before turning to Lin Yu'an, who was sitting opposite, "Sister An, among the three sisters, your talent is deeply taught by your father, and your little mother is also because of me, so she can only be condescended to the position of a little lady as the daughter of the Wang family for many years." ”

"Big lady, Sister An doesn't understand what you mean." Lin Yu'an was inevitably anxious when he heard this, and his eyes were a little flustered. At this time, I saw the little maid who had just brought her in walk in: "Big lady, Wang Xiaoniang has arrived."

Lin Yu'an heard that his little mother was also here, and he also realized that something was wrong.

Wang Xiaoniang walked in generously, dressed in plain clothes, with no decoration in her hair bun, her face was haggard, but she could vaguely see the unruly appearance of a girl.

It is unimaginable that such a woman, Wang Xiaoniang, who was still the daughter of the royal family in the capital, would be committed to Master Lin as a concubine.