Three: grievances
The old lady sat on the chair with a cold face, her eyes moved from Su Huiyao to Su Peiyao, and finally stopped at Su Yunyao.
"Eleven girls." The old lady said angrily, "Just if there are other cats in this place, you can guarantee that your beasts have never hurt anyone?" Why, do you follow it every time it goes out? ”
Does that mean take her under the knife? Or are you angry with her?
"Grandmother, don't be angry." Su Huiyao shed two more tears, knelt on the ground and rubbed in front of the old lady, with a filial look on her face, "Yun'er is also young, and she will hear what she says, don't take it seriously." ”
What does she Su Huiyao mean? Su Yunyao clenched her fists tightly, eager to rush up and beat her to relieve her anger.
But Qin Manhuai wouldn't let her do that.
She knows that her daughter's temperament has never been easy to mess with, and now that things have evolved like this, it is no longer a matter of which cat scratches the fourth girl, but who the old lady hurts more, but whether the old lady wants to go down this step.
Thinking of this, Qin Manhuai hugged Su Yunyao, knelt on the ground and said in a gentle tone, "Old lady, Yun'er is also a child's heart, when she first saved the little fox, it was only a little bit, and the thin one was out of shape, last time you said that you were going to kill the little fox, Yun'er was sad in Qinzhuxuan for several days, and she didn't eat or drink, how could she dare to let the little fox out?" Today's incident is indeed a misunderstanding, here the daughter-in-law also accompanies the fourth girl and the seventh girl, and then take good care of the little fox in the future, you will forgive her this time for the sake of Yun'er's kindness. ”
Hearing her mother say such good things, Su Yunyao was even more angry, and there was a sadness in her heart.
How to take care of the raccoon? I'm afraid that the little fox will die and be buried in the soil, and it will have to be used by Su Huiyao's people who are like poisonous scorpions, and they have to say that they have done something wrong.
It's difficult to deal with a young lady, but it's much easier to deal with a cat, Su Huiyao just wants to use the little fox to disgust her, if she really kills it, I'm afraid that Su Yunyao will be uncomfortable for a while.
The words have already come to this, and the old lady has to go down this step, and she has to go down if she doesn't go down.
But she is like a mirror in her heart, this matter is not only Su Yunyao's, Su Huiyao and Su Peiyao are the initiators.
So she cleared her throat, "The eldest daughter-in-law said well, I didn't mean to target Yun'er, and Hui'er and Pei'er are not without mistakes." ”
Hearing this, Su Huiyao hurriedly raised her little face, her face was full of tears, she gently knelt on the old lady's knees, and whispered, "It's the granddaughter, isn't it... The granddaughter knows that she is wrong... Don't be angry..."
The old lady is not a person who does not feel sorry for her children and grandchildren, and reached out and touched Su Huiyao's head, "It's normal for sisters in the boudoir to quarrel and quarrel, just when one mouth and tongue knock on the teeth, it's just that I am old and can't control many things, so I just turn a blind eye, but a few people always think that I am old and confused, and dare to fool me in front of me!" ”
As she spoke, she looked at the second lady, Cao Qianlian, who was seen by the old lady as a weak heart, Cao Qianlian turned her head at the right time and did not look at the old lady.
"I've been worrying about the marriage of the third girl and the fourth girl for a while, a good mansion is afraid of being bullied in the past by marrying high, and I'm afraid that life will not go well if I marry elsewhere, you juniors just want to rely on me, the old one, but you yourself say, I can still worry about working for a few years? Can you give me some snacks? ”
Everyone agreed together, and others would think that the people in this room were sincerely filial to the old lady.
"That's it, let's disperse, don't let this happen again next time!" The old lady stood up as she spoke, and Su Huiyao had to get up from her lap, "It's raining a lot outside, you guys pay attention when you go back, I'll be tired after a while, I have to go back and rest." ”
Mama Zhou walked over from the back left of the chair and helped the old lady to go to the side room.
"Old lady, watch out! It's inevitable that you'll be tired and unenergetic on a rainy day, or your daughter-in-law will stay here and serve you? Cao Qianlian came over and asked.
And the old lady just turned to look at her lightly, and only spit out a sentence after a long time: "No need, it's better to have that mental strength than to be good at parenting and raising children!" ”
Although the tone was flat, the old lady's voice was not small, at least everyone in the house could hear it clearly.
Cao Qianlian's face was red and white, as if she was playing a trick.
When he came out of Changxi Zhai, Su Moyao came over and grabbed Su Yunyao's arm, "I was scared to death, I thought my grandmother was going to beat the little fox to death." ”
"Be quiet." Su Yunyao looked back, and no one paid attention to them, "This time, my mother has been wronged with us again." ”
"Isn't it the children in the second lady's room?" Su Moyao was a little angry as soon as she said this, "That is, for the sake of seeing that my mother is not an angry person, if I had cleaned her up a long time ago." ”
These two sisters are both Qin Manhuai's daughters, but they were born after half a pillar of incense, but their temperaments are very different.
Su Yunyao is jealous and hateful, but she is very kind in her heart, she can't get used to Cao Qianlian bullying people, and she can't get used to her tricks of crying, making trouble and hanging herself. Su Moyao is very similar to her, but she has no idea, she is a dead brain, and she often tells things that provoke others to hold grudges, but fortunately, she is kind by nature, and Su Yunyao is out of the belly of a mother, and she will protect Su Yunyao in everything.
Both of them live in Qinzhuxuan, and there is also the fifth sister Su Qianyao.
Su Qianyao is a weak character, she cries her nose at every turn, and her health is not very good, and she is barely a little stronger than Su Wanyao, the daughter of the fourth lady, after raising her for so many years.
I heard that the reason why Su Qianyao's health is not good is because the eldest lady was pregnant with her, and she almost died in childbirth when she gave birth to her, that is, because of this, she has not given birth to children for a few years, and she has only given birth to three daughters after entering the house for more than ten years, and not a single boy has been born.
And Cao Qianlian, as a concubine, gave birth to a boy first, not to mention, or the first child of the Su family, no matter who is in front of Su Yingxiao, he has to call a big brother.
However, the eldest brother has become a relative and should have lived in the house, but the eldest sister-in-law's mother's family has something to do and is far away, so the young couple went back to their parents' house to deal with things, and they couldn't come back for a while.
Su Yunyao always knew that her mother had entered the mansion continuously, and she also knew the specific situation of the previous eldest lady.
Her name is Tan Xianghua, she is the concubine of the Marquis of Jingyang, she was eighteen years old when she entered the mansion, and gave birth to two daughters, but unfortunately died in childbirth during the third birth, leaving only two girls.
The doctor said that the stillborn child of Tan Xianghua was a boy.
Su Qianyao came out of Chang Xizhai slowly, carefully supporting Qin Manhuai, and the frowns that were tightly locked when the two saw Su Yunyao gradually stretched.
"Are you alright? Does kneeling hurt? Su Qianyao asked.
"It doesn't hurt." Su Yunyao smiled at Su Qianyao, "Fifth sister, don't worry. ”
"Okay, let's go back to Qinzhuxuan." Qin Manhuai said, looking at Su Yunyao, "Go back and eat more good ones." ”
"What? Mother, don't you come with us to Qinzhuxuan? ”
Qin Manhuai shook his head, "I just promised your grandmother that there are still three days left to worship the ancestor in the family ancestral hall." ”
"How can it be a mother?" Su Moyao was a little anxious and said, "Even if my father is not here for the time being, then it can't be my mother's turn, right?" A few brothers are idle at home, shouldn't they go? ”
Qin Manhuai glanced at his second daughter, and said helplessly, "Even you know the truth, why doesn't the old lady understand?" It's just that I dislike me for managing family affairs, and now Cao Qianlian is favored by the lord alone, and the old lady blames me for being useless, so I have to let me worship the ancestor, just to make her feel comfortable. ”
Su Moyao stomped her foot angrily when she heard this, "The second lady is favored by her father, and it is useless for grandmother to blame you!" I knew that the second lady didn't care about her when she entered the door? ”
"The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes!" Qin Manhuai turned his head and looked, afraid that someone would overhear Su Moyao's words, "You go back to Qinzhuxuan first, don't worry about your mother's affairs." ”
Before the 'but' in Su Moyao's mouth could be said, Qin Manhuai left.
In fact, why didn't the old lady regret letting Cao Qianlian enter the door in the first place? At that time, I really couldn't stop it.
When Mr. Su was alive, he accepted an unidentified girl as his adopted daughter, and she was Cao Qianlian.
When she was adopted, she only knew her name and age, and she didn't know anything else, but Old Man Su saw her pitiful, so he kept her by his side, so that she could often go in and out of the study to serve, and she was also half a daughter.
At that time, the old lady was wary of Cao Qianlian, thinking that Old Man Su had taken a fancy to her and wanted to accept her as a concubine, but in fact, Old Man Su only treated her as his daughter.
Later, the old man went, and the old lady thought about finding a family affair for Cao Qianlian casually, thinking that someone with comparable virtue and appearance would marry, but Cao Qianlian was unwilling, so she took advantage of the drunkenness of the old lady's son Su Yao and became pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Su family.
Later, he was forced into desperation, so he had to marry Tan Xianghua first, and then let Cao Qianlian enter the door.
That's how Cao Qianlian gave birth to a son in her first child, and it is said that she was born more than a month prematurely.
Originally, Su Yao didn't have a good impression of her, but she couldn't stand her selling miserably and pretending to be pitiful, saying that she just wanted to give birth to a child for him, and it was worth it for a lifetime with his bloodline, and then he was silent in Su Mansion for more than a year, and he seduced Su Yao with his scheming, so he was favored, and gave birth to four children on the left and one on the right, two of which were sons.
This time, it made her sit firmly in the Su Mansion.
The three sisters followed the maid to Qinzhuxuan together, passing by Xianyue Pavilion and Xiuming Garden, and then turned a corner to Qinzhuxuan.
The rain seemed to be a little lighter, only to hear the sound of crackling on the tung oil umbrella, and I saw a few plump water droplets slipping from the umbrella surface and falling to the ground, on the steps, and in the puddles, splashing round and round ripples.
There are some bamboos planted in the open space next to it, which are growing just right, and they are shining brightly when they are washed by the rain.