Chapter 50: The Late Maple Forest

(diligent update for pink)

Xun Qingran took the bellflower to play in the back garden. Or stop to pick a flower, or sit in the lakeside pavilion, throw a handful of fish food into the lake, and watch the koi fish shake their heads and tail and swim over to grab food. After walking and stopping, we reached the northwest corner of the garden.

Not far away, you can see the steps of the gate of the Maple Grove Evening Courtyard, and you can also see the tall maple canopy in the Maple Grove Evening. Xun Qingran stopped, no longer walked forward, just sat on the stone bench on the side to enjoy the coolness, and took out a handkerchief to chat with the bellflower about needlework.

It was less than half a cup of tea, and when I heard a creak, the courtyard door of Fenglin was opened, and Mama Xue glanced out, then walked out of the door, and carefully went down the steps, Ben Xun Qingran came here.

"The old slave gave the third girl a salute." Mama Xue came over and bowed her knees to Xun Qingran.

"Mama Xue is exempt, I haven't seen you for a few days, Aunt Xin is in good health?"

"Thanks to the girl, auntie, she's fine."

Xun Qingran looked at Mama Xue holding a vase in her arms, and asked, "Do you want to pick some flowers and go back to insert the vase?" ”

"Back to the girl's words, yes. Most of the maple trees planted in the maple forest are late. There are no flowers and plants in the garden. …… The maple trees in that yard, as well as the layout everywhere, and the inscription poems in many places, my aunt loved it very much, saying that the people who lived in the courtyard before must have been extremely elegant people. The old slave didn't understand that, but he just thought that if it was autumn, the yard would be beautiful. …… The girl should go and see it the most. ”

Xun Qingran lowered her head and thought for a while, smiled, and didn't answer, and saw that there were a few flowers of various colors in the vase in Mama Xue's hand, but they had already withered, so she smiled and said, "This flower is like this, Mama should have changed it to a fresh one." ”

"In the past, my aunt did these things by herself, for fear that the minions would not be able to do it and spoil these flowers and plants. But my aunt is heavy now, and the yard is ...... No one went, and my aunt didn't care about that. ”

"Oh?" Xun Qing sighed.

Nobody to go? This person certainly won't be a generic one. Xun Qingran also heard the discussion behind the backs of the people below, and they all said that Aunt Xin had fallen out of favor, and Master Xun had never gone to see Aunt Xin. But this way from Yingchuan, for the sake of Aunt Xin's pregnancy, Master Xun deliberately slowed down the trip, and there was no boredom or impatience revealed. How did it change as soon as I arrived in the capital? Even if Master Xun has a lot of things, he can always find time to take a look.

In this way, it is not a human problem, but a ......, Xun Qingran looked at Feng Linwan again.

"My lord just came to the capital. There are many people to socialize, and there are many things to do, so I can't be idle for a while, and when I'm free, I will go to visit my aunt. ”

"Borrow the girl's good words." Mama Xue smiled a little reluctantly.

"My lord doesn't even go to his wife's place now, usually only in the small study, and sometimes he rests there. …… There are three hugging houses behind the small study, although the place is smaller, I heard that the cleaning is very neat, very able to live in people, and the lord sometimes rests there. ”

Mama Xue's eyes lit up, and she bowed her head and said, "Thank you, girl." ”

Xun Qingran stood up, took two steps back, and couldn't help but look back in the direction of Fenglinwan. The bluestone steps in front of the Fenglin evening courtyard are quite steep, and the bluestone cracks are already overgrown with weeds. Could it be ......, if that's the case, then help to the end. Xun Qingran stopped and looked back at Mama Xue.

"The steward in the front yard came to spread the word, saying that the master had invited a few people of the same year to drink, and he was going to come to the garden in the afternoon. Let's all stay out of the way. Mama picked the flowers, so let's go back quickly. …… Say hello to my aunt for me. ”

"The old slave thanked the girl on behalf of our aunt."

Mama Xue watched Xun Qing's back disappear, then slowly straightened her waist, quickly picked a few flowers nearby, inserted them into a vase, and hurried back to Fenglinwan. The steps when he entered the door were obviously much lighter than Fang Cai's steps.

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Not long after breakfast that day, Baozhu came in from outside and told Xun Qingran that she had seen Aunt Xin.

"Aunt Xin's belly is already very big, Mama Xue supported her, and there were several people behind her, saying that she had moved out of Fenglin and wanted to move to live in the hugging building behind the master's small study."

When Xun Qingran heard this, he was relieved, but he still asked, "What did Mrs. say over there?" ”

"That's what the lord meant. And the wife was afraid that she wouldn't be able to take care of Aunt Xin for a while. ”

Xun Qingran asked what was going on, and Baozhu replied, "It's Uncle Yongchang's family, and the father and mother of the big * milk are here." ”

Baozhu is right, at this moment, Yongchangbo is drinking tea and talking with the eldest master in the front hall, and Mrs. Liu has also arrived at Wutong Courtyard early. Needless to say, of course, it was because Fang's and Xun Da's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a falling out.

That day, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned their faces, and Fang's was really angry, so he went to Uncle Xun, first reprimanded, and finally Fang's hugged his son and cried.

“…… I'm doing this for you. Your daughter-in-law set a trap to frame my girl, and beat her half to death. Where is this slapping girl, this is slapping me in the face. I conceived in October and worked hard to raise you, and I have broken my heart for you all these years, I really expect you to be filial to me, but I didn't expect me to come for a few days. I can't be tolerated like that. I don't need you to speak, I'll tell the master, let's find another place to move out...... ”

Uncle Xun didn't take this, kneeling on the ground just to tell him. Fang was tired of scolding, and Master Xun returned to Wutong Courtyard in frustration. As a result, as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he was pulled by Xun Da*'s milk.

“…… Make cows and horses for your family, and give me no face for a girl, how will I be in this family in the future. At the beginning, because of the master, you almost lost your official position, but it was I who cheekily went back to my mother's house to ask for a lawsuit, and said a lot of good things, which ensured that you were okay. Now you're going to be complacent again, so give me no face......"

“…… If I hadn't gone quickly, I'm afraid you'd have made up with that vixen. Don't think I don't know, you just watched that vixen come back? Xun Da * Grandma put her nose on Uncle Xun's body, sniffed it from top to bottom, and cried more and more, "And say no, you smell the smell of medicine in your body, no, it's the smell of foxes......"

Xun Da*'s grandmother was crying and pushing Uncle Xun.

Uncle Xun was annoyed by Xun Da*'s last sentence, and pushed Xun's * milk to the ground, "You shrew." I just got back from my mother, who was angry with you and was drinking medicine. ”

Uncle Xun was so angry that he simply moved to the outer study, but he went to Fang's bed every day to serve the sick and no longer returned to Wutong Courtyard.

Fang's has been sick, and he asked a doctor for medicine, but it is not good. Xun Da*'s grandmother also fell ill, and there were no other symptoms, except that a red envelope the size of a small fingernail grew on her nose, which was conspicuous. The doctor came to see it. It is said that it is a rush to attack the heart, and Xun Da * milk is prescribed a medicine to clear the heart and reduce the fire.

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At this time, Mrs. Liu had already pulled Xun Da * milk out of Wutong Courtyard, and the eldest sister, the second sister, and the wet nurse also followed behind with the third sister, and a group of people hula went directly to Si'an Courtyard. As soon as she entered Fang's room, Mrs. Liu asked Xun Da * to kneel on the ground, and she walked to Fang's bedside and asked questions.

"Mrs. in-laws, my daughter has been spoiled by me, and I beg Mrs. in-laws to see that she has followed her uncle all these years, and there is no merit and hard work, and then look at me and my uncle's face, and forgive her this time. …… No matter how bad this child is, it was also the in-laws' wife who was in line with her at the beginning, and the in-laws' wife still doesn't understand her temper? is extremely filial, but his temper is stubborn, and his heart is more straightforward. She is at fault, and her in-laws want to beat and scold, just discipline her, don't be angry with her body. She already knows that she is wrong, the in-laws don't look at others, just look at your granddaughters. As the saying goes, the arm is folded in the sleeve, the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, the wife of the in-laws can punish her as much as she wants, just don't let outsiders know, the master and uncle of the in-laws are not good, please take care of the in-laws. ”

The eldest sister already understands something, the atmosphere at home is abnormal in the past few days, she has been frightened, and with Mrs. Liu's instructions behind her back, she started crying. The second sister still understood, and when she saw her sister crying, she cried with her. The third sister was held in the arms of the nurse, and she didn't know if she was hungry or if the nurse made some small movements, and she cried out.

Fang got up from the bed and hugged the eldest sister and the second sister in his arms. In fact, she didn't want to make too much trouble. It's just that Xun Da * took advantage of her absence to send her people, and the crime of sending people was stealing, and she also took people to Fang's yard to get people, which really made Fang's shameless. How could Fang gently let go of Xun Da * Milk, but since the Lady of the Earl's Court personally came to apologize, and Xun Da * Milk knelt there and never got up, Fang Shi was considered to have enough face, and also got off the donkey down the slope, and most of his illness was half better at once, and he chatted with Mrs. Liu about family life.

Although he was angry, Fang still had to confess.

"Mrs. in-laws, you are an understanding person, your daughter has entered my house, and I hurt like her own daughter. I've reprimanded her for so many years, have I ever stuffed someone into her house? This year, the uncle is about to be established, and he has no son, and his friends in the officialdom will laugh at him. I told my daughter-in-law that she was only on my own, so I had to pay attention to myself. I watched that the child of Hongxuan was still decent, and he grew up next to me, and he knew how to be respectful and inferior, and he was not flattering, so he was worry-free. I just wanted to check on her a little more and discuss it with my daughter-in-law. Can...... It's really sad. ”

"The in-laws are anxious about the uncle's heirs, I understand. My girl is a rectum, and I only thought that I couldn't let my uncle indulge in women's sex, and I didn't turn this corner for a while, but I actually prepared people for my uncle. Mrs. Liu said, secretly glaring at Xun Da*'s grandmother who was about to interject, "I just persuaded her, she has already understood, so she will take Cailuan first." That girl is a good one, and when she gives birth to a son, she will raise her as an aunt. ”

Before Fang could speak, Mama Jin's face turned pale when she was listening.