At that time, Wanying returned to the Treasure Pavilion, saw that dinner had been served, shook her hands, changed into a homely dress, and was preparing to eat. Lu Rong pushed the door in with an annoyed face, holding the injured magpie in her hand, and said in front of Aunt Lin, Wanyun and a group of servants: "Miss, you go, don't shout Lu Rong, leave me alone in the garden, it's dark, and Lu Rong has also fallen." After saying that, he whimpered.

Aunt Lin put down her chopsticks and gave Hongfu a color to the cloth vegetables. Hongfu understood, put down the long chopsticks for the young lady, and pulled Lu Rong out of the main hall.

The meal is over. Lu Rong had already brought a bowl of rinsing tea and served it on the side, and there were no tears in her eyes. Wanying took the teacup, rinsed her mouth slightly, and another maid came over with a gargle.

After the meal stopped, Aunt Lin took out a shoe sample from the sewing box, pulled Wanying to the Xili room, sat under the red candle, and the mother and daughter talked about family life with a pair of shoe samples.

At this moment, Yun Niang opened the curtain and came in, and said to Aunt Lin: "Aunt Li from the backyard came over and said that she wanted to ask Aunt Lin for the embroidery pattern she said last time."

The candle flame flickered, Wanying took scissors to cut off the wick of the crooked head, and said: "Auntie wants to embroider patterns, just play a maid to come and go, why did she come by herself." ”

Yun Niang nodded, and didn't look for embroidery patterns, but said: "That's exactly what I said, I thought, Aunt Li is afraid that she has something to say to you." ”

Aunt Lin put down the shoes in her hand, pulled the collar, and combed her sideburns, Yun Niang hurriedly stepped forward to open the curtain. The master and servant went out.

Wan Ying sat alone in the Xili room, holding the shoes and spreading them on the table, thinking of Fang Cai's mother and saying, 'It's very good to embroider a peony on the upper of this shoe'. I took a very fine wolf hair, took a bottle of rouge, used a small silver spoon to pick out a little bit, ordered some jasmine essence, stirred well with the small silver spoon, and put away the rouge bottle. Sitting under the lamp, I plan to wait a little later with my mother to draw a pattern of a peony flower on the upper of my shoe.

Just listening to the outside of the curtain, Mother and Yun Niang had already welcomed Aunt Li into the hall. Yun Niang poured tea in and out. Wanying thought to herself: "I really have something to say, my mother and Aunt Li talk about it often, and it's not interesting for me, so it's better to go back to my own room and flip through the books than to sit here." ”

I got up and walked to the curtain, only to hear my mother say, "Why is my sister crying so decently?" ”

Wan Ying's outstretched hand hung in the air. "For no reason, why did Aunt Li cry in our house?" Wanying put down her hand, returned to the candlestick, picked up the wolf's hair, and traced it on the shoe pattern one by one.

Aunt Li just sobbed quietly for a long time and didn't speak, and Aunt Lin also sat next to her in embarrassment, handing Aunt Li a silk handkerchief.

Aunt Li cried for a long time, then stopped and sobbed and said, "There is no place for the three of us in this mansion anymore. ”

As soon as Aunt Lin heard this, she already knew what Aunt Li wanted to say, handed a cup of tea to Aunt Li, and said, "You are also an old man in the house, how can you say such a depressing word." ”

"Sister, my sister is really sad in my heart, so I can only come to my sister to solve it."

"Since my sister is looking for my sister to solve it, my sister is willing to work for your sister, but my sister doesn't know what is going on with my sister, where is the depression? What is it that makes my sister so difficult to let go? ”

The silk handkerchief in Aunt Li's hand was already wet with tears, Aunt Lin got up and took another silk handkerchief and handed it to Aunt Li, Aunt Li took the silk handkerchief, buried her face in the silk handkerchief, and sobbed fiercely, Aunt Lin sat helplessly next to her.

After a long time, Aunt Li sobbed faintly and said, "Wanrong is only three months younger than Shao Song......" After saying these words, it was a string of sorrows that could not be persuased.

Before Aunt Li could speak again, Aunt Lin had fully understood the purpose of Aunt Li's late-night visit. But this kind of thing, Aunt Li didn't explain it, and Aunt Lin didn't dare to talk much, for fear that Aunt Li would be heartfelt.

When she was young, Aunt Li gradually calmed down and cried: "I am really miserable, pulling two children by myself, and living in the house like the living dead." The more you boil, the more hopeless you get. ”

"Sister, except for Aunt Cui in the house, you are the most blessed sister, and even my sister said that life is difficult?"

"Sister, you said that my sister is blessed?" Aunt Li sneered with tears in her eyes.

"Except for Aunt Cui, who has both children in the house, it is your sister. Isn't that a blessing? ”

"Sister said it was a blessing? My sister just thinks it's a disaster. ”

"My sister came over late at night, presumably not to be angry with my sister. Take a sip of tea, moisten your heart and lungs, if you want to talk about it, my sister is also willing to give my sister a solution. Aunt Lin handed Aunt Li a cup of tea.

"You have such good intentions?" Aunt Li took the tea and asked angrily.

Wanying was in Xili, and she didn't have the heart to draw patterns, so she put down her pen and listened with her ears pricked up. When I thought of the words 'don't listen to indecent things', I only found a step down in my heart.

On the other side of the curtain, Aunt Lin also picked up the teacup and said softly: "Is my sister's heart good or not, I can't talk about it, my sister thinks it's good, my sister thinks it's good, that's not good, is this good?" ”

"Phew, no wonder, everyone up and down said that you were hypocritical, you really did it, I came late at night to respect you for your indisputable relationship in the mansion in the past few years, and never thought about me."

"Although you and I are concubines, we are a family, what are you not calculating?"

"Stop, stop. My sister also knows that Qianfan is over, and after all, I can't make friends with my sister again in this life. My sister doesn't blame my sister for guarding against my sister, I only blame my sister for having no beads in her eyes, but I didn't expect that my sister was the master of the Diaoyutai later. Since we are not blessed to cling to our sister, but we only ask my sister to give a little grace, it is our great grace. ”

Aunt Lin didn't dare to admit Aunt Li's words, but said: "Sister, if you have something, if your sister can help you, she will definitely try her best to serve you, but between us, don't say 'give or not give'." ”

Aunt Li saw that Aunt Lin's words were sincere, and said: "There is a huge master's mansion, and no one has planned for our mother and daughter, seeing that Wanrong is about to become an old girl, my sister does not want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with her sister, there is only one thing to bother my sister to plan for my sister." ”

Aunt Lin knew in her heart what Aunt Li was asking for, it was nothing more than Wanrong's marriage, and it was not a difficult matter to ascend to the sky, so it was inconvenient to refuse, and said: "Sister, please say, if you can work, you will definitely work." ”

"Good sister, I really didn't misunderstand you. This cup of tea sister first respects sister. After speaking, he drank the tea in the cup.

Aunt Lin also raised her glass.

"Good sister, this matter has been pressing on my sister's heart for several years, Wanrong will turn 20 after the New Year, and now she is still in the boudoir, the lord is busy, and the wife always says that she is not in a hurry, but her sister is in a hurry."

"Isn't it? The sixth day of March next year will be Wanrong's 20th birthday. ”

Aunt Li didn't answer Aunt Lin's topic, and only cared about herself: "A few years ago, the people who proposed marriage broke the threshold, and Mrs. only said, 'Our young lady is going to enter the palace to be a mother. My sister is also stupid, and she really started such a big dream in the spring and autumn. But whenever I came to tell my sister that I was a matchmaker, I proudly refused. After speaking, a large string of tears fell down, and he held back his tears and said: "Now, there is no one in the capital who does not say it, it is my sister who is above the top of my eyes, which delayed Wanrong." Heaven and earth conscience, if I really want to delay my daughter, I! Heaven and earth are destroyed! My own child...... I wish she had flown up the branches and be a phoenix. ”

After saying this, Aunt Li's tears couldn't even wipe off the veil.