Chapter 119: A Thorn in the Back
Chapter 119: The thorn on the back
Zeng Jing spoke, and did not directly hand over the official brother to Liu Fen, but squatted down and put the official brother on the steps, and helped the official brother tidy up his clothes.
"I can walk on my own." Brother Guan looked up at the two of them. These two aunts are better looking than the nurses and mothers-in-law who serve him, and they are more fragrant than the little girls who serve him, and he likes them very much. They like to be held by these aunts who are soft and fragrant in their arms, but he also feels that he has grown up and can walk on his own.
"Two girls, let's hold this brother as a slave." The nurse stepped forward and said.
"I like children this big the most, and when I'm at home, my little nephew can stick to me." Liu Fen still hugged the official brother.
She didn't seem to expect Brother Guan'er to be so heavy, and she was obviously a little struggling to pick it up. Brother Guan was originally like a small meat mound, and because he wears a lot in winter, he really has some weight.
After Liu Fen walked a few steps, he began to pant and sweat on his forehead. Zeng Jing looked at Liu Fen and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.
There is a red plum tree on the side of the road that bears a lot of buds, and the official brother likes bright things the most, so he is so happy that he points to the red plum and screams. Zeng Jing asked the nurse to go over and pick one for the official brother.
"Brother Guan can be strong, my sister can't hold him, so don't force it. Do everything according to your ability, otherwise, you will not get any benefit, but hurt yourself. Zeng Jing smiled and whispered to Liu Fen.
"That's what Sister Zeng said. Children like us in the capital, since childhood, I don't know how many mothers-in-law and girls have been serving, and needlework is a very heavy thing, where can I compare my strength with those rough mothers-in-law in the countryside. Although Liu Fen said this, he still hugged Brother Guan tightly.
"Put me down, you let me down." Brother Guan suddenly pursed his lips and writhed uneasily in Liu Fen's arms.
Liu Fen's strength was already insufficient, how could he stop this little meat mound from tossing like this, and he suddenly panicked.
Xun Qingran and Sister Bao were behind, only to see Liu Fen holding the official brother and shaking twice, and then fell forward. A crowd of followers hurriedly surrounded him.
"Miss Liu, please get up, it's nothing to suppress me, Brother Guan can't help it."
Zeng Jing was lying on the ground face up, in a somewhat strange posture to protect Brother Guan'er, while Liu Fen pounced on Brother Guan and Zeng Jing, fluttering his hands and feet.
"Thanks to Miss Zeng, otherwise my brother would have fallen directly to the ground, but how could I get it." The nurse next to him said.
It turned out that when Liu Fen took Brother Guan'er, she was on top, and Brother Guan'er would definitely be injured. Zeng Jing was afraid that he would hurt his brother official, so he rushed forward to make a meat pad.
Liu Fen's face was flushed, and he finally stood up with the support of the girls, and he was a little speechless. Zeng Jing sat up with the official brother in his arms. She couldn't care about herself, hugged Brother Guan'er to sort out his clothes, and kept asking Brother Guan if he had fallen and injured himself.
"Brother Guan, you scared your sister to death, how is it, are you hurt?" Sister Bao stepped forward and took the light from Zeng Jing's hand.
Brother Guan didn't understand everyone's worries at all, but thought it was funny. A series of voices said that he was fine. Sister Bao saw that he was so energetic, so she was relieved.
Xun Qingran asked people to help Zeng Jing up, and looked her up and down, "Miss Zeng is fine, if she is uncomfortable, I will go to the imperial doctor to take a look at the girl's life." ”
Zeng Jing shook her head, "Thank you, Fourth Grandma." I'm fine, as long as Brother Guan'er is well, don't alarm others, so as not to worry the elders. ”
Seeing that no one was injured, Xun Qingran breathed a sigh of relief, thinking in her heart, it was rare for Zeng Jing to be so thoughtful at this time. Xun Qingran's gaze swept over Liu Fen and Zeng Jing's faces, Liu Fen was ashamed, and Zeng Jing's face was as usual.
Yi Nian is inside, Rong is sitting on the kang, holding Brother Zhang in his arms, Qi Da * Milk is standing in front of the kang and waiting, Qi Wanli, Yan Mingyue, Rong Yunnuan, and Zheng Haoer sisters are all sitting on the chairs under the kang, talking about happiness. On the chaise longue by the east window, Qi Wanyan and Sister Zhen were holding two boxes of beads, playing with beads, and Aunt Sun stood beside her respectfully, bowing her head from time to time to say some suggestions, either red here is better, or small beads are more elegant there. Qi Wanyan and Sister Zhen did it every time, and sure enough, the beads and flowers strung out looked much better.
Xun Qingran took people in, first greeted the Rong family, Liu Fen and Zeng Jing, and knelt down to kowtow to the Rong family to celebrate his birthday. Rong was very happy to see it, and asked someone to take two meeting gifts to the two of them, and beckoned Sister Bao and Brother Guan to sit on the kang.
Zeng Jing stepped forward and took off his shoes and a small cloak for Brother Guan'er, but Brother Guan'er's nurse couldn't intervene. Seeing that Zeng Jing was taking care of the official brother, Rong couldn't help but look at Zeng Jing twice, and smiled and asked her to sit on the kang too. Zeng Jing pushed and gave in, and only sat on the edge of the kang.
Rong talked to Sister Bao and Zeng Jing. Sister Bao'er's voice is crisp, she speaks with a straight eye, Zeng Jing is soft and quiet, and her words are indeed leaky. Brother Guan didn't care so much, he just sat next to Brother Zhang, took out a music box from his arms, and played with Brother Zhang.
“…… The Westerners gave it to my father, a small box that can sing, it sounds good. Brother Guan boasted.
Brother Zhang nodded, his eyes full of envy. Brother Guan'er straightened his small chest and became more and more proud.
Rong looked at the two little guys, squinted his eyes with a smile, touched this, touched that, and finally worried about Brother Zhang'er's body.
"Take the two of them to the back room and let them play freely. There are a lot of people in this house, and I'm afraid that Brother Zhang won't be able to stand it. Rong commanded.
When the two wet nurses heard this, they hurriedly picked up the two children and went to the back room, Qi Da * milk naturally followed, and Zeng Jing also got up from the kang and said that she was going to take care of the official brother.
"It's okay, there are their nurses, and so many girls and mothers-in-law to take care of." Sister Bao said.
Zeng Jing had to sit down again.
Xun Qingran accompanied the Rong family to talk and laugh for a while, and also walked to the back room. Qi Da*'s grandmother sat on the edge of the kang and watched Brother Guan and Brother Zhang play on the kang.
Brother Zhang'er is not only weak, but he usually rarely sees people, and he doesn't talk much, but Brother Zhang'er is different, and he is talking non-stop in Balabala.
“…… In the summer, I also go to catch crickets, which are very good, and I will fight. My second brother has a great general, but he has been harmed. Go to my house, and I'll give you one. ”
Brother Zhang'er's little face turned red, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
"When a child has a playmate, it's just different. Look at how happy our brother Zhang is today. Xun Qingran smiled and sat down opposite Qi Da's grandmother.
Qi Da*'s milk pursed her lips, "What did my brother and sister say...... Also. ”
The old lady also said that she would leave Brother Guan and Brother Zhang together. Brother Guan, are you willing or not? Xun Qingran said to the official brother.
"Fourth aunt." Brother Guan looked at Xun Qingran, blinked, pursed his lips, and seemed to be thinking seriously.
Xun Qingran was cute by his expression, and reached out to hug him in his arms, "Little meat dun, you've gained weight again." Qi Da * smiled again, "This little guy, last time I went to his house, I slept in my arms." But today they don't recognize me. ”
Brother Guan smiled a little embarrassedly, put his face into Xun Qingran's arms, and sniffed, "I remember, the fourth aunt is so fragrant." ”
Everyone in the room was amused, and Xun Qingran also felt funny, so she was no longer polite, pinching her face, pinching her little hands, and rubbing her little fat pier. Brother Guan is not struggling, children in this era are obviously very simple, and they don't know that there is such a creature as a strange aunt in the world. Xun Qingran hugged the official brother again.
Brother Guan was heavier than the last time they met, Xun Qingran lifted it twice, and then he couldn't lift it anymore, only hugged him and sat in his arms. recalled that Zeng Jing had been holding Brother Guan at the table, and then carried him all the way. Xun Qingran couldn't help but smack her tongue secretly, Zeng Jing looked delicate and weak, but she didn't expect to have a lot of strength, I don't know how she practiced it.
Xun Qingran thought, his hands were not idle, the fleshy children were so easy to touch.
Brother Guan suddenly twisted his body, and his brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Xun Qingran lowered his head and asked. Brother Guan has a good temperament and will not lose his temper for no reason. She asked, and her hand loosened. Brother Guan stopped struggling. Xun Qingran unconsciously put his hand on the back of Brother Guan'er and pressed it. Brother Guan frowned again and twisted his body to avoid Xun Qing's hand.
"Where is Brother Guan'er uncomfortable?" Xun Qingran no longer touched the official brother, and asked softly.
"It's a little painful, it's a little itchy, it's okay now." Brother Guan said.
"Is this it?" Xun Qing touched the place he had just touched. Brother Guan shook his head. Xun Qingran pressed down with heavy force, and Brother Guan really began to dodge again.
"Is there something grown? Have you seen a doctor? Qi Da * asked the grandmother.
"No, I'm fine. I don't want to take medicine. ”
"Brother, if you are sick, you have to take medicine, you are a good child." Brother Zhang said on the side.
"I'm fine." Brother Guan came to Brother Zhang'er again.
Xun Qingran came out of the back room, and the second lady of Qi and the second grandmother of Qi came. It turned out that Mrs. Liu had already led Liu Fen away. Xun Qingran thought about it and glanced at the second grandmother. Second Grandma Qi hurriedly walked over, and Xun Qingran whispered to her about Brother Guan'er.
"Let's look for a doctor, don't be careless." She thought in her heart that Brother Guan'er had just fallen, although it looked impossible to be injured, but it was a matter of children, and it was impossible to be too careful.
Grandma Qi Er sent someone to ask for a doctor, and at the same time went into the back room with Xun Qingran.
"Auntie." As soon as Brother Guan saw Grandma Qi'er, he pounced. Grandma Qi took Brother Guan'er in her hand, asked him a few words, and coaxed people to take off Brother Guan'er's little jacket. The official brother was also wearing a thin underwear under his jacket. Grandma Qi Er lifted her underwear, looked at it carefully, and didn't find anything unusual, so she pressed it again, and Brother Guan didn't feel any pain.
"It's fine, that's fine." Grandma Qi Er breathed a sigh of relief.
Xun Qingran was not at ease, and leaned over to take a closer look, on the back of the official brother's flesh, the skin was fair, but there was a piece on the back of the waist, and there seemed to be a few red spots. Because it is so small, if you don't pay attention to it, you can't see it at all.
Second Grandma Qi was about to put on the official brother'er's clothes, Xun Qingran took the official brother's small jacket, and was puzzled, so her subordinates kneaded it twice, and suddenly felt that the feeling was different, and she hurriedly looked down.
"Hey, what is this?"
And I saw that in the soft and obedient fur, a small piece was turned up to the side, and some thorns appeared. If you look closely, it doesn't look like a thorn, but more like a coarse linen thread.
"Why do you have this in your clothes?" Xun Qingran handed the leather jacket to Qi Er's grandmother.
The child's skin is already delicate, and the official brother is used to wearing silky silk and satin, and this hemp silk is not like a thorn. It's just that this thorn is not very painful, and if there is that piece of fur in the way, the person wearing it will not feel anything. However, if the fur is lifted and someone on the outside presses harder, the burrs will dig into the thin underwear and pierce the skin.
It must have been that she accidentally opened the fur during her actions just now, so that Brother Guan'er would be stabbed. Xun Qingran suddenly remembered that from beginning to end today, it was Zeng Jing holding Brother Guan'er. Zeng Jing has been careful to sort out the clothes for Brother Guan'er several times.
"These black-hearted minions, so careless. It seems that Hou Ye is still too lenient with them. Grandma Qi said angrily.
How careless do you have to be to sew the coarse linen into the fur? Xun Qingran's heart moved, and he didn't say anything anymore.
Second Grandma Qi sent Dong'er out, and after a while, Dong'er brought Second Mrs. Qi and Sister Bao in. The two of them looked at Brother Guan'er's small jacket, and their faces sank.
Grandma Qi Er brought Sister Bao to the side, "Do you know who it is?" ”
Sister Bao clenched her fists, "It's just those people." I thought that they would not harm the official brother for their own sake. Didn't expect ......"
"People's hearts are unpredictable, after all, you are still young, you have never seen many things, and you can't think of it. It's already hard for you. This rough thing is never used in the Hou Mansion. Send someone back quietly, don't alarm people, check it out carefully, and everyone will be caught when the time comes. Grandma Qi Er instructed in a low voice.
Sister Bao nodded, and the two aunts and nephews turned around and went out.
Brother Guan was wrapped in a small quilt and played with Brother Zhang, not noticing the emotions of the adults at all.
"How good is this, this dress is also terrible." Second Mrs. Qi grabbed the small jacket in her hand and said.
Xun Qingran understood that if it was just a few coarse linen threads, it would be enough to dismantle them, and Second Mrs. Qi was afraid that someone would do other tricks and feet on her jacket.
"Brother Guan is taller than Brother Zhang, and Brother Zhang's clothes, he is afraid that he will not be able to wear them." Xun Qingran thought about it for a while, and said, "I'll ask the old lady, there may be a jacket that the fourth master wore when he was a child, take out one and give it to the official brother." ”
Second Lady Qi nodded when she heard this, "This is a good idea." You don't have to ask the old lady for it, the old lady's things are inconvenient to find. Two days ago, I packed up my things, and there was a cabinet full of Yi'er's childhood clothes, which I often took out to dry, and I asked people to bring a thicker one. ”
After a while, he really took a silver rat jacket that Qi Yi had worn. Brother Guan felt that it was fun to wrap in a small quilt, and Xun Qing coaxed him for a while before he was willing to put it on.
Sister Bao, Zeng Jing and others have all returned to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, leaving only the official brother and a wet nurse. Rong also knew about this, and sighed for a while. Everyone waited for the imperial doctor to come, showed Brother Guan'er, and said that Brother Guan'er was fine, so they put their minds at ease.
"Today's event, thanks to your carefulness. Hello, look at Brother Guan. The Hou Mansion will send someone to pick him up in a while. Second Mrs. Qi instructed Xun Qingran to take care of the official brother, and went back to the New Year's Hall.
About half an hour, the outside newspaper said that Dingyuan Hou Fangxin was coming, and Second Mrs. Qi was busy saying please. The curtain was raised, and Grandma Qi accompanied Fang Xin into the house.
"The thing was found, in a daughter-in-law who specializes in needlework for Brother Guan'er, and Brother Guan'er's leather jacket was also made by her. When I asked her, she just said she didn't know anything. Fang Xindao.
"She is a needlework daughter-in-law, how bold is she to harm her master?" Second Lady Qi said.
"Sister Bao told me that today Brother Guan has always been held by the girl from the Zeng family, and then the fourteenth girl of the Liu family hugged Brother Guan'er, and something happened. Big brother, do you think it will be? Grandma Qi said.
Fang Xin pondered for a long time, "It won't be her, after a long time, I think she really feels sorry for Brother Guan." In order to save her brother, she fell and injured herself without saying a word. After going back, she suddenly fainted, and was discovered by her mother-in-law, saying that she was bruised from a fall on her back. I invited a doctor to come and said that it was a bone injury, and if it was not good to recuperate, the root of the disease should be left. ”
Second Lady Qi and Second Grandma Qi glanced at each other.
"Big brother, this can't be done. I'm a deep house woman, and I also know how to be bitter. This girl from the Zeng family has a lot of heart. If it weren't for our four grandmothers, this matter would be really seamless. Grandma Qi said.
"She, perhaps, has some thoughts. But she would never want to hurt Brother Guan'er. Fang Xindao.
"I don't want to now, because Brother Guan didn't stand in her way, and it was still useful to her. It's okay to wait for the official brother to be useless, or ......," Qi Er's grandmother said.
"I'll look it up. If her mind is really so vicious, I will naturally not let her go, but I can't wronged her in vain. Fang Xin stopped Second Grandma Qi.
"Mrs. Yongchang Boliu told me that the fourteen girls in her family have reached the end of the year, and they want to get married a few years ago. In my opinion, they are afraid of long nights and dreams, and people can only rest assured if they marry into the Fang family as soon as possible. What is Master Hou's plan? They hold that handle, and if they really make trouble, it will be difficult to get along. Otherwise, just marry into the door, and you can also cut off other people's thoughts, so as not to cause trouble. Second Lady Qi discussed with Fang Xin.
"Mrs. is right, when she enters the door of Fang's house, forgive her for not being able to turn over the sky. As long as the eldest brother knows in his heart, all their thoughts are foolish dreams. When the time comes, they will lose their wives and soldiers, and they will cry. Second Grandma Qi snorted coldly.
"I never thought of marrying a girl from the Liu family. I already have a clue about that incident, and now that the third child is in a foreign office, I can't be implicated, and I don't have any scruples. If they mention it again, my aunt will just respond to it, and I will have my own way to deal with it. Fang Xindao.
Fang Xin went to Yinianju to ask for peace for the Rong family, and personally took the official brother back to the house.
Xun Qingran took people back to Ningyuan to live in the distance.
Ning Yuanju lived quietly in the courtyard, and the door of the study was closed tightly. Xun Qingran saw the curtain hanging from the glass window of the study, and wondered if Qi Yu came back first, and was about to step over to take a look.
At this time, the door of the study creaked open, and a woman flashed out of it, turned her head and saw Xun Qingran, sighed, covered her face and ran away.
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