Da Yin has rules, but the first three days of the vigil can not eat anything, after three days can eat rice soup and the like, but to do the whole vigil, it is 7749 days, and then the mourning for three years, after three years, the widowed 'woman' can choose another match.

On the second day of becoming a new 'woman', 'Hua' Jiuyi should have gone to give tea to the fifth lady Duan's Tinglan Garden, although there was no Xi Zixiao, but this ceremony, even if she was the only one, it had to be completed.

'Hua' Jiu ate some dim sum made for her by the autumn harvest early to cushion her stomach, don't think about it, she also knows that the Duan family will definitely make things difficult for her, and when she visited the church yesterday, she already had a while.

Then she picked up a plain white and dark skirt, curled up the 'woman'' bun, and only put a plain silver 'flower' hairpin, without powder, so she rushed to Tinglan Garden without makeup.

Sure enough, before entering the 'door', Duan's personal maid 'girl' Hongliu was already there, she gave a salute to the 'flower' Jiufu, and then said without being salty or indifferent, "Madame hasn't gotten up yet, please wait here later." ”

'Hua' Jiu nodded, she knew it, in the blink of an eye, she sank down, she felt that she hadn't gotten up at this time, not to mention whether she was deliberately trying to make things difficult for her new daughter-in-law, and she was now uncertain about Xi Zixiao's death, but it was a little hurtful, but it also made sense, Xi Zixiao was not Duan's biological child, no matter which main room looked at her husband's 'illegal' child, she would not have a good face.

"Hey, seventh brother and sister, why didn't you go in?" At this time, as soon as Xi Huayue came, she saw 'Hua' Jiu standing at the entrance of the 'door' with low eyebrows, only looking at her embroidered shoes, holding her hands, and couldn't see any expression clearly.

"Big brother, morning." 'Hua' Jiu lifted the skirt and saluted, and his demeanor was alienated and polite, and he couldn't find any mistakes.

"Let's go, come in with me." Xi Huayue thought about it, and understood what was going on, he came early today, and it was also because of this reason, on weekdays, the people in the house took pity on him for his poor health, but they exempted him from asking for peace, and today he remembered that if he was also there, maybe his mother would be afraid of face, and would not be too embarrassed to 'flower' nine.

'Hua' Jiu nodded, took a step behind and followed Xi Huayue into the 'door', before entering the 'door', she glanced out of the corner of her eye, and saw the Duan clan who had already been neatly dressed and sitting at the top, but the fifth master Xi Min was nowhere to be seen, and the seat was empty.

Xi Hua Yuelang frowned, and a trace of dissatisfaction came out of the face of the person who was as gentle as water, "Isn't my father here again?" ”

The Duan family didn't answer, there are some things that the people in this mansion don't know, such as Xi Min, the fifth master's person.

"Daughter-in-law 'Hua' greets her mother." 'Hua' Jiu only guarded everyone's beautiful bearing, every word was respectful, of course, under the tone, there was a slight trembling, and only Xi Huayue, who was close to her, noticed it.

Duan didn't talk about it, and he didn't say anything about it, so he let 'Hua' Jiu keep his knees half-bent, knowing that she caught a glimpse of her son's somewhat dissatisfied look, so she coughed lightly and said, "Let's make tea." ”

"Yes." 'Flower' nine answered, and there was a maid 'girl' who had prepared a tea cup and handed it to her, but the tea cup was made by a firewood kiln, as we all know, the firewood kiln is famous for firing thin porcelain, so the teacup is put on the nine hands of the 'flower', and the hot temperature spreads from the wall of the cup.

'Hua' Jiu was unmoved, as if she was holding an ordinary teacup in her hand, she didn't even shake her hands, she stepped forward, raised her hands above her head, and said softly, "Daughter-in-law respects mother-in-law and drinks tea." ”

Duan's gaze wandered around the small face of the 'flower' nine palms, and he dragged it slowly but did not accept the tea, "When you enter the 'door' of Xifu, you must abide by the rules of Xifu, I won't say much about the three from the four virtues, but you are a special situation, you must abide by the 'woman' Tao and don't say it, if Xiqi has something in case, you need to eat fasting and chant Buddha for him......"

"Mother." Xi Huayue's voice was a little cold, and he looked at Duan's family, and the usual gentleness between his eyebrows and eyes was a little less.

"Okay, I won't say it, I know that you are a brother protector, but that also needs to be appreciated by people......" Duan said without saying anything, but he still couldn't help but mutter.

Xi Huayue's eyebrows were frowning, forming a small Dichuan character, but Duan's words just happened to say what he thought, perhaps because he was taken back to Xifu since he was a child, Xi Zixiao and the people in Xifu were not close, even if he repeatedly showed goodwill, at most he didn't give him a cold eye.

Xi Huayue thought so, his eyes inadvertently fell on the tea cup that 'Hua' Jiu had been holding, he just wanted to remind his mother to take the tea, and then he saw the 'Hua' ninety fingers move slightly, and then the position of the fingertips suddenly violated and floated red and swollen, that is-

Scald!

His pupils shrank, and he looked at the tea cup and the thin tire cup of the firewood kiln, and the tea soup in it seemed to be still steaming, "Mother, you have gone too far." ”

As he said this, his voice was only a fraction higher than usual, and then he stepped forward a few steps, smashed the tea cup in Huajiu's hand to the ground with one sleeve, pulled her up, and looked at her slender fingers regardless of the male and female differences.

The ten slender fingers of the shallots, which will be the fingertips, all have red bubbles, and spread at a speed visible to the 'flesh' eye, it is really very hot, and it is possible to be scrapped for a long time.

"Mother, how can you be like this, how are you going to 'communicate' with the seventh brother when he comes back?" Xi Huayue, who is as gentle as water, has ever spoken to the Duan family like this.

"What kind of attitude do you have, do you talk to the mother like this? What if Xiqi is back, I'm my mother-in-law's new daughter-in-law, and it makes sense to say anything. Duan's was also on fire, her eyes were firmly fixed on the hands of the two of them, and a sneer escaped from her lips.

Xi Huayue didn't know what to say, he had read the sage since he was a child, and he knew the sage's reasoning, but he couldn't argue at all, and for a while, he looked at the hand of 'Hua' Jiu, speechless.

'Hua' Jiu 'twitched' back his hand without a trace, and then said to 'Chun' behind him, "Go pour a cup of tea again." ”

'Chun' Sheng bit her 'lip', she felt sorry for her own girl, just now Duan's Ma Wei, she saw it in her eyes, and felt pain in her heart for the girl.

When the new tea was restarted, 'Hua' Jiu stepped on the tea that had just been broken and fell to the ground, and went to Duan's face again, kneeling down and holding the tea ceremony, "Daughter-in-law respects mother-in-law's tea." ”

Duan snorted coldly, the golden hairpin on her head shook, and she had a cold glow, she looked at the plain white little face of 'Hua' Jiu, and she was very disliked, "I won't take this tea." ”

After speaking, she waved her hand, and the tea fell out again, splashing the tea on the ground.

'Flower' Jiu was unmoved, and even there was a shallow smile on her pink cherry blossom's thin and cool 'lips', and her pale 'color' eyes reflected a bright smile when she looked at Duan's, how to look at it and how obedient, "'Spring' is born, pour tea!" ”

But she wanted to respect each other again.

Xi Huayue's clear and moon-like face 'revealed' a trace of distress, and looked at the fingers in the sleeves of the 'flower', and for the first time, the eyes sank.

When 'Chun' Sheng handed the teacup to 'Hua' Jiu's hand again, she saw that the girl's fingers were blistered by the scalding, and the pink skin and flesh were revealed.

This time, 'Hua' Jiu slowly got up with the tea cup, looked straight at Duan's family, and did not back down, the momentum was not weaker than Duan's at all, "The daughter-in-law respects filial piety, serves tea with her mother-in-law, whether your mother-in-law drinks it or not, Ah Jiu only cares about it, and does her duty as a daughter-in-law, so otherwise, we can go to the old lady's house to pay tribute to this tea, and call out all the other uncles, and it is okay for each elder and daughter-in-law to toast a cup." ”

"Are you using the master to press me?" Duan's voice was instantly sharp, and she looked at 'Hua' Jiu, and her well-maintained face was not good.

"No, my mother-in-law is wrong, my daughter-in-law is just doing her duty as a junior." The implication is that you have to do your part as an elder, and the 'flower' is certain, even if the old lady knows, she is not at fault, and now that the mulberry garden title deed is in her hands, she is not afraid that the old lady will be partial.

Duan looked at the 'flower' nine viciously, and really let the 'flower' nine be accurate, now the whole Xifu knows that the mulberry garden is in the hands of the 'flower' nine, but they don't dare to 'force' her too quickly, if the 'chicken' flies the eggs, the gains outweigh the losses, you know, the annual output of raw silk in the mulberry garden accounts for almost thirty percent of the total number of Xifu warehouses, that will be a lot of profits to be earned, the old lady will definitely not offend the 'flower' nine to death, she really can't please it.

For the first time, Duan Shi felt a sense of aggrieved, obviously she gave 'Hua' nine strokes, but now with just one or two sentences, she felt that it was 'Hua' Jiu who made it difficult for her.

At this stalemate, Xi Huayue was about to persuade her, when a maidservant 'girl' ran in in a panic and shouted, "Oh no, the seventh prince has found ......."

"Found it?" Xi Huayue took the lead, the action was far sharper than before, his eyes were shining, and the joy was obviously from the heart.

The maid 'girl' was stunned by Xi Huayue's question, and then she reacted, and Ai Ai nodded and said, "It was carried back by someone, and this will be placed in the mourning hall." ”

Mourning Hall?

This word made Xi Huayue stunned in an instant, and when she came back, why was she in the mourning hall, the uneasy premonition in her heart became bigger and bigger, and finally in this uneasiness, Xi Qianqian ran in crying, threw herself into Xi Huayue's arms and said, "Big brother...... Eldest brother...... Seventh Brother ...... Seventh Brother ...... He really ...... Die...... Dead ......"

He's dead? The pupils of the 'flower' nine pale 'color' crossed Leng Ling's light, and she couldn't care about Duan's anymore, so she immediately lifted her skirt and rushed out.

Xi Zixiao is dead? He's dead?

These words kept recalling in her mind, and she intuitively felt that it was impossible, not long before she got married, she had only met him and played tea together, how could he die so far away in Dongzhouyan County.

However, when she almost trotted to the mourning hall that Xifu had prepared earlier, it was all so her eyes, and it became an unbelievable fact—

The white 'colored' monk's robe, the hair is full of Bodhi branches, and the face is already blurred, that is not who Xi Zixiao is!

Although the face is not very clear, but the figure is not wrong, 'Hua' Jiu remembers, that rainy day this man standing in front of her tall, she can be worthy of his 'chest', look at him, you need to raise your head, to squint your eyes, to see clearly.

"Zixiao!" Then arrived Xi Huayue and Xi Qianqian, Xi Huayue saw the figure in the center, he staggered over, and then his hands trembled, he stroked the face, and a mouthful of blood was spurted out in an instant.

Then came a more 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' scene, Duan hugged Xi Huayue in great panic, but he didn't even look at Xi Zixiao's body.

'Hua' Jiu has been standing at the entrance of the 'door', looking at all this indifferently, with no expression, no sadness, no sorrow on his palm-sized face.