Ruan Miaoling went to the Ruan family's ancestral house for the first time.

The scene she saw was very different from what Princess Baozhen had described to her. The ancestral house is a new second courtyard, and when you enter the main entrance and pass through the verandah, you can still smell the smell of freshly painted paint on the pillars.

There was a black and fierce dog squatting by the door of the weeping flower, and when she saw someone coming and barking wildly, Princess Baozhen walked in front and glared at it, and the black dog whined and retreated to the side, no longer presumptuous.

Wen'er walked across the weeping flower door with Ruan Miaoling in his arms, and scolded in a low voice: "The dogs raised are all bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and they are hopeless!" ”

"Don't scold my dog!"

Ruan Miaolu stood on the corridor with her small waist crossed, glaring at Wen'er angrily, Wen'er turned her head and snorted, and brushed past her.

"You bad girl, I'll tell my grandmother to go! Let your grandmother betray you! ”

Asked: "No matter how bad the slave is, it's not Miss Six, your maid, don't go beyond the box to make this decision for our young lady, the old lady wants to sell the slave and maid, you have to ask the lady what she means, the deed of sale of the slave and maid is not under the control of the East Mansion!" ”

"You, you, you shameless!" Ruan Miaolu tugged at the corner of her clothes, and was so angry that she had two tears in her eyes.

Ruan Miaorou came out of the house when she heard the sound, and almost bumped into Princess Baozhen who was coming over, as soon as she looked up, she was immediately shocked by the awe-inspiring aura on Princess Baozhen's body, and she couldn't think of the words that she planned to hold for Ruan Miaolu, and saluted Princess Baozhen in a daze.

"Miaorou has seen the second aunt."

Princess Baozhen nodded and heard it, and looked at Runxiang.

Runxiang opened the box in her hand, grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into Ruan Miaorou's hand, "Miss Fifth will take Miss Six to the yard to play first, Mrs. and the old lady have something to say." ”

Ruan Miaorou almost took it indiscriminately, and turned her head to look at Ruan Miaoling, "Is the third sister also with us?" ”

Runxiang said: "The third young lady is older than the second young lady, and there are some things to learn from the elders, and when the two young ladies grow up, they will also do this." ”

Ruan Miaolu came up with tears in her eyes, she didn't dare to get too close to Princess Baozhen, even the fifth sister was afraid of people, she was even more afraid.

On the contrary, the maid Runxiang looked at her kind face, and her voice was soft, and Runxiang would give them candy.

"Fifth sister, I want sugar too."

Runxiang grabbed it again, "Miss Six also has it, don't compete with Miss Five, the two sisters should be harmonious." ”

Ruan Miaolu grinned and said, "I like to hear this!" ”

Unlike the maid next to the third sister, she looks like she has seen a vendetta when she sees anyone, and she scolds whoever she catches, and she has no education at all.

"Runxiang, you give me the box, and my fifth sister and I will eat it in the room!"

Runxiang hesitated for a moment, and said with an embarrassed face: "The two young ladies are still young, they can't eat too much sugar, and they are careful to break their teeth." ”

Wen'er looked angry in the back, "Runxiang, you give them food, the teeth don't grow in your mouth, and it's not you who shout your father and mother in pain when the time comes, they just see you as a bully!" ”

Runxiang handed it out, Ruan Miaolu snatched the box, pulled Ruan Miaorou and ran away.

"Come in, are the pestles outside?"

Princess Baozhen took Ruan Miaoling and lifted the curtain to go in, the old lady was afraid of the cold, the wind in Ganzhou was strong, and the weather in May could not let a trace of wind into the room.

"Is the old lady okay?" Princess Baozhen stood outside the blue gauze cupboard and did not go in.

Ruan Miaoling gave a salute to the black piece in the blue gauze cupboard, "Miaoling greets grandmother." ”

There was a sound inside, it should be Mrs. Ruan lying on the bed of Arhat turned over, and after listening to the sound, I heard Mrs. Ruan say: "I am very tough, I survived when Yanliang left, what else can defeat me?" ”

Princess Baozhen said: "I brought you two boxes of ginseng, both of which were rewarded by the palace in previous years, you stay in the room and eat by yourself, don't always let them get cheap." ”

"The Yanqi family is so self-reliant that I can't intervene, Yanliang is gone, I only have a son who Yanzhe can love, who do I want to give it to, princess, do you have to get your consent, princess? When you were in Dafukuji Temple, your year and reward were secretly stolen by Yeon-cheol, because I was not strict with me, and if you wanted to go back, I sold the land and converted it into cash for you. ”

After a pause, Old Lady Ruan asked uncertainly, "You won't blame me for Miaoling's falling into the water?" ”

Ruan Miaoling didn't want to talk about old things anymore, so she stepped forward and said: "The second sister is no longer here, and my mother won't worry about a deceased person." ”

She knew that Mrs. Ruan didn't want to see their mother and daughter, so she deliberately hid in the house and refused to come out to see them, her father's death has always been the old lady's obsession, as long as the obsession is not gone, it is impossible for everyone to talk calmly and face to face.

Old Madam Ruan asked, "Then what do you want to do mysteriously when you come to visit and drive away Miaorou Miaolu?" ”

Princess Baozhen frowned and said, "Old lady, I came today to divide the family!" ”

"You've decided?"

Old Lady Ruan's voice was faint, and she couldn't hear surprise or anger, as if she had been prepared.

Princess Baozhen took out the deed of separation, and a maid came out of the blue yarn cabinet to pick it up. "I have written to ask the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and they have also agreed to separate the family, the third brother and the third brother and sister, please bother with more words."

"What's the cost, this is your big house and the second room, you can divide it if you want?"

The mother-in-law stopped her outside: "The third master, the third lady, the old lady and the second lady are talking about things inside, you can't go in!" ”

The third lady pushed away her mother-in-law and broke in, pointed at Princess Baozhen and scolded: "You didn't ask our opinion on the three rooms, so you decided to split the family privately, do you wait for you and your mother to distribute the family property and land, and then come to inform us of the three rooms?" ”

"Yeon-cheol, pull your daughter-in-law out!" Mrs. Ruan's sharp voice slammed through the blue gauze cabinet on the four walls, echoing endlessly.

Ruan Yanzhe knelt on the ground and said with a bitter face: "Mother, the Ruan family has been reduced to going back to Ganzhou to live a hard life, and if the family is separated again, my son is afraid that he will starve to death!" ”

Ruan Miaoling listened to this, walked up to Ruan Yanzhe and asked, "Third uncle, why are you crying?" The Ruan family has a house and a land in Ganzhou, how can they starve to death? You spend money casually to hire a few farmers to farm, you have income every year, you don't go to eat and drink, live a careful life, and you won't even worry about the dowry of Miaorou and Miaolu in the future, what face do you have to cry poor here? ”

Ruan Yanzhe squinted at her, "You are used to fine clothes and jade food, and you don't know the suffering of the people!" Prudent...... Haven't you heard that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality? The Ruan family used to live a life of fine clothes and fine food, and there were as many maids and women as there were, but now, there are only thirty people who do things inside and out. ”

The third lady continued: "Let's not talk about these for the time being, Miaoling, you said that Miaorou and Miaolu don't worry about the two dowries, you can tell me how many boxes, clothes, and jewelry are there to be considered not worried?"

When your father and your uncle lived under the same roof with us, the old lady estimated the dowry of each girl, and she could catch up with the princess's dowry. Now the Ruan family is not as good as before, I haven't even seen a shadow of this dowry! ”