After Siniang came out of Sun's Songling Courtyard, she hurried to Qiuheng Courtyard. Her steps were very hurried, and she seemed to feel that if she slowed down a little, she would not have time to stop her grandmother from marrying her to a poor child.

Her eagerness looked different in the eyes of others, and the maids and women she met when she passed by all nodded and said, The fourth lady really cares about the eldest master's injury, and she is a filial daughter.

It's a pity that after Siniang returned to Qiuheng Courtyard, she didn't go to the main house to visit the eldest master, but went to the residence of her biological mother, Aunt Xia.

Aunt Xia, also known as Jiaorui, is the dowry maid of the Jin family, and I heard that she grew up with the Jin family since she was a child. After carrying his aunt, he still served by the Jin family's side, and did not open a separate hospital, and lived in one of the row of inverted rooms behind the Jin family's main house.

When Siniang sneaked to Aunt Xia, Aunt Xia was not there, and there was only one little girl in the room who sat on a clinical pony tie.

"Fourth Miss?" The little girl was very surprised to see Siniang, because although Aunt Xia was the biological mother of Miss Four, Miss Si had never come here to find Aunt Xia, even if she met in the courtyard of the eldest lady, Miss Si didn't even look at her aunt.

"Fourth Miss, sit down, and the slave will pour you tea." The little maid stood up in a panic, a little helpless, she served by her aunt's side, but she had never dealt with the young lady. I once heard the little maids in the courtyard whispering that the two young ladies in the Qiuheng courtyard are not easy to get along with, and they must be very careful when serving, otherwise they will suffer hardship.

"No need, you go and get your aunt for me." Siniang glanced around with some disgust. I took out a handkerchief and covered my nose, although the back cover room is the same as the main house, it also faces north and south, but because there is a main house in front of it, it is not sunny all year round, and it is inevitable that it will be a little dark and damp. It was her first time here. Sure enough, it was the place where the next person lived. If you don't have to. She really didn't want to come here.

The little maid heard the words "eh", put down the half-typed word that was still pinched in her hand, and was about to go out, but was stopped by Siniang: "Don't let people know that I'm here." ”

The maid answered.

Siniang walked to the beech round table and sat down, pouting.

It is said that the big maids around Mrs. are much richer than these young ladies, just look at the big girls around Mrs. Liu who wear gold and silver. But Aunt Xia has been by the Jin family for so many years, and it is really shabby to look at the furnishings in this room. The furniture is made of cheap beech wood, which is still old. Look at this table, one leg is covered with thinning wood to keep it from shaking. I really don't know if Mrs. Xia is too mean to Aunt Xia, or Aunt Xia is too frugal to hide the silver she has saved over the years in the dark. Don't want people to know.

It wasn't long before the door was pushed open again. When the first to come was a woman with a comb on her head, who looked like she was twenty-seven or eighteen, and she looked at the room hurriedly. When I saw Siniang sitting at the table, her eyes lit up, and there was an irrepressible smile in it.

"Wan'er...... How are you ...... today" The woman walked up to Siniang, and she looked a little helpless like the little girl.

"Aunt Xia, I am the master, you are a servant, how can you call my maiden name? According to the rules, you should call me Miss Four. Siniang frowned when she heard this, and looked at Aunt Xia who was standing in front of her.

Aunt Xia's face stiffened, and she felt that a basin of cold water was poured on her head, extinguishing the joy she had just learned from the little maid that the fourth lady had come to her room to look for her. She just thought that it was her blood and bones born in October after all, even if it was not good to show affection in front of her wife, but she still cared about her in her heart.

Aunt Xia covered the bitterness at the corner of her mouth, collected her thoughts, and saluted Siniang: "Yes, Fourth Miss." The concubine has overpassed. ”

Siniang nodded, glanced at the door, and saw that the little maid had quietly retreated just now, and closed the door: "You just came from the main room?" Have you ever been found out that I called you back? ”

Aunt Xia had already calmed down, and shook her head when she heard this: "The old lady and the lady are guarding the master, and the concubine didn't alarm anyone when she came out." ”

Siniang nodded with satisfaction: "That's good." ”

Aunt Xia stood silently to the side, her face was already gentle and calm on her usual face.

"I came to you today and I have something for you to do." Siniang paused, pointed to the little horse that the little girl had sat on and said, "You sit down." ”

Aunt Xia calmly thanked Siniang, took the little pony, and sat down a foot away from Siniang's feet.

"Yesterday, the sixth sister fell into the water, but was rescued by a strange man, and her reputation was damaged. Today, my mother wants me to replace my sixth sister, and she plans to marry me to a poor child who came out of nowhere. ”

Aunt Xia was stunned and looked at Siniang.

Siniang's face was gloomy and said, "Just because I was born to an aunt, is it so worthless?" I'm not reconciled. ”

"What is Miss Fourth going to do?" Aunt Xia frowned: "How can the things that Madam has decided change?" Madam, she only has one daughter-in-law, how could she be wronged in the slightest......"

"Shut up!" Siniang shouted to stop Aunt Xia and said: "Liuniang is her heart's meat, am I just a money-loser?" I am also a serious young lady of the Wang family, and I am also the flesh and blood of the eldest master, why should I go to suffer for her? ”

Aunt Xia lowered her head and didn't speak, but Siniang said disdainfully: "You know that you are submissive in front of your lady, and you have the life of being a maid." Look at the third uncle's Mrs. Liu, who is also a concubine, but people can make people call her Mrs. respectfully. Let Erniang's concubine also ride on my head angrily. ”

Aunt Xia said lightly when she heard this: "What the fourth lady taught me is that the concubine is a maid, how can she compare with Mrs. Liu." The concubine will always be a slave in front of the fourth lady, how can she let the second miss call her mother like Mrs. Liu. ”

Siniang choked, and then said a little angrily: "Forget it, I didn't come to tell you this today." I've got something for you to do. ”

"Fourth Miss, please command." Aunt Xia said respectfully.

"I don't want to suffer on behalf of Liuniang, but my mother won't let my sixth sister suffer. Then it can only be someone else! Siniang clenched her fists.

Aunt Xia looked up at Siniang and frowned: "Fourth Miss wants other young ladies to replace Sixth Miss?" But the second miss, the third miss, and the fifth miss are all from the third room, and the third master is afraid that ...... The eldest lady heard that the second lady had already found a family for her, and the old lady seemed to have acquiesced. ”

"I don't mean them!" Siniang interrupted impatiently: "How can I not know what you said, so I am talking about the daughter of the thirteenth cousin of the clan." ”

Siniang saw that Aunt Xia looked at her and didn't speak, so she said again: "The daughter of the thirteenth cousin is the sixth in the clan, and it just so happened that last night the sixth lady of the Wang family fell into the water, and we said that it was the sixth lady in the clan who could also say the past, which is more convincing than me, the fourth lady, and the sixth sister is more beneficial, and the mother must be happy." ”

When Erniang talked about this method, Siniang's eyes also lit up, she originally begged Erniang to see that she seemed to be confident, and she was desperate, so she had the idea of trying it, and she didn't want Erniang to really come up with this clever plan. Last night, everyone knew that almost all the ladies of the Wang family went to the river, and the sixth cousin was also present at the time, so if you want to complain, you can complain that she is also the sixth in line, plus ......

"Will that Sixth Lady's family agree?"

Siniang smiled slightly as Erniang looked: "In the sixth cousin's family, if you don't agree, you have to agree." The thirteenth cousin died a few years ago, and the thirteenth cousin also followed a few years ago, plus the thirteenth cousin only gave birth to two daughters, the sixth cousin and the ninth cousin, and now only the cousin grandmother is left in the family with two cousins to live. On weekdays, our family has helped this cousin and grandmother a lot, otherwise they would still be living a life of slaves like they are now? Their family is already extinct, and the property and land have long been taken back by the clan. Aren't you living on our family? ”

Aunt Xia looked at Siniang's smiling face, her face was very complicated.

Siniang didn't see Aunt Xia's expression, and continued to say proudly: "On weekdays, that cousin is still obedient to her grandmother? As long as the grandmother brings it up, are you afraid that she will not agree? If the grandmother agrees to accompany the dowry of the six cousins, what else would their family not want? Originally, the thirteenth cousin died, and it would be difficult for the sixth cousin to marry a good family, and this merchant might be the right one with her. In the future, with our Wang family supporting her in the future, and having a dowry, the sixth cousin should also be content. ”

"Did you hear me?" Seeing that Aunt Xia hung her head and didn't speak, Siniang frowned and said, "You just need to mention this doctrine in front of your mother, and she will definitely agree when she sees that it is beneficial to Liuniang." ”

Aunt Xia sighed, looked up at Siniang and said, "Why didn't Miss Fourth go to Madame and say it herself?" ”

Siniang glared at Aunt Xia and said, "If I run to Madame and say it, Madame will definitely think that I am unwilling to help the sixth sister replace me." Even if she agrees to my approach, she won't give me a good face when she looks back on it later. I will have to beg for a living in front of her in the future, how can I let her know that this is my idea? You have been by her side for so many years, and she naturally trusts you a little more than others, and it is better for you to say it. ”

Aunt Xia felt a little sad in her heart, you only thought that you would have to make a living under her in the future, didn't you think that I would have to live by relying on her snort all my life?

But although she thought so in her heart, Aunt Xia still nodded and said lightly: "I know, I will find a chance to mention it to Mrs." ”()