In the courtyard, under the heavy bluestone slabs, a seed struggled to stretch out its arms, struggling to emerge from a fragile shoot.

Lian Pozi moved a pestle and stood in front of the moon gate, leisurely knocking melon seeds, guarding the two sisters.

The little girl Qingtang angrily brought a bowl of hot water boiling leftovers from the kitchen, and the bright red and swollen eyes that could be seen secretly weeping in Xia Anran.

Xia Ansheng pretended to be casual: "It's so fragrant, it's really hungry and eats chaff as sweet as honey." ”

Xia Anran sobbed lowly, full of self-blame: "It's my sister who is useless, dragging you to suffer this grievance and suffering, if your mother is still ......"

The sound of small, jumbled footsteps sounded in the courtyard.

"Lian's daughter-in-law, I heard that the second lady woke up?"

It was Xue's high-pitched and mean voice.

An Ran, who was in a daze, hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand and stood up.

Even the mother-in-law responded resignedly, trotted away, and opened the bamboo curtain with Fengying. Xue Shi bowed his head and walked into the room, dressed in a new sapphire blue brocade gown, his hair slick and smooth.

An Ran obediently wrapped up Na Fu and called "Mother".

An Sheng also immediately followed and took the initiative to call: "Mother." ”

The voice was weak, but it made Xue's body stiffen instantly, and he turned his face to look at her strangely: "Awake?" Better, isn't it? ”

An Sheng lowered his eyebrows and looked exceptionally soft: "Fortunately, the body is as soft as cotton." ”

Xue Shi walked up, sat down on the edge of the bed, reached out to touch An Sheng's forehead, and confirmed that there was no high fever: "Silly child, many days of water and rice have not touched his teeth, can he have strength?" ”

Turning his head and seeing the rice porridge that An Ran casually put on the table, he was furious: "These subordinates are becoming more and more careless in doing things, and the second lady just woke up, did she eat white porridge?" Lian's daughter-in-law, go to the kitchen, pass on my instructions, and use chicken and ginseng to roll some hot porridge carefully to replenish the second lady's body. ”

Even the mother-in-law was a little surprised, looking at the Xue family, and then at An Sheng, she felt that the two of them were a little strange in their mothers and daughters today, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

An Sheng laughed dryly: "Don't be so troublesome, that ginseng was left by my father for my mother." ”

Xue patted the back of An Sheng's hand lovingly: "This child, he fell by himself, but he is much more sensible and considerate, and the more his mother looks at it, the more distressed he becomes." ”

Fell on your own? Xue, who is so sweet-faced and bitter-hearted, is really good at reversing right and wrong and whitewashing the peace. An Sheng snorted coldly in his heart and smiled gently.

"It was true that the child was ignorant before, which made the mother tired."

An Ran on the side stared at her sister with some worry, and An Sheng's sudden respect and enthusiasm for the Xue family made her a little uneasy.

Even the mother-in-law turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate inexplicably.

Xue's eyes flickered, and an elusive sneer at the corner of his lips was fleeting.

"Good boy, our family doesn't talk to each other, who made me your mother, I should be burdened and worried. Hello, give birth and raise, don't rush to the ground. ”

She quietly glanced at Xia Anran, and got up: "Send your mother off safely." ”

An Sheng raised his hand and grabbed the corner of her sleeve, blinking: "Is there something good about my mother favoring my sister?" also deliberately hid from his daughter. ”

An Ran still lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes: "Mother has something to say, just command." ”

Xue silently blocked An Sheng's hand, turned his head to face An Ran, coughed dryly, and curled the corners of his lips: "It's not a big deal." This is not the lady of the Meng family came to the house a few days ago, and she fell in love with your third sister Ziwu at a glance, and today she immediately went to the tea ceremony in a hurry, and she gave it quite a lot. The mother was a little unexpected, and the dowry originally prepared for Ziwu seemed a little shabby, and she couldn't take it. ”

An Sheng remained silent, smiling warmly, but there was a monstrous hatred in his heart, and the time had finally come.

Xue said to himself: "Three days later, Ziwu will get married, and many trivial matters have not been settled, so I am a little caught off guard." You have been sensible since you were a child, you know, this dowry is not right, Ziwu will marry in the future, you will suffer the cold eyes of your in-laws, and your life will not be easy. You, the eldest sister, will definitely not watch Ziwu get angry in the future, right? ”

An Ran's face suddenly turned pale, and he had a vague bad premonition in his heart, and glanced at An Sheng anxiously, and said bitterly: "So what? ”

"So, mother thought, don't you have the dowry that your aunt prepared for you in advance, so let's borrow purple turnip for the time being. When this marriage is done, my mother must have re-arranged it for you, just a little more! ”

An Ran bit her lower lip tightly, almost dripping with blood.

She didn't know how to refuse, Rao is Xue is like a vampire, squeezing and plundering what originally belonged to her again and again, and she didn't dare to say a "no" neatly and resolutely.

An Sheng, who was lying down, suddenly smiled, his eyes were as bright as stars, shaking a pool of silver light.

She said lightly and generously, "What a big deal." The mother re-purchased it, and it must be the best, but my sister was cheap. ”

Xue nodded hurriedly, and a flower bloomed on his face: "That's natural, mother will definitely not treat you badly, and the dowry is also the dignity of our house." ”

An Ran wanted to speak and stopped, and if he refused, he didn't have the courage to say it, knocking out his teeth and swallowing blood.

Xue Shi patted his thigh and stood up, and simply made a nail on the plate: "I know that you are all good children who are sensible and know righteousness, so this matter is decided." I'll go first for Ziwu, thank you two sisters. ”

An Ran's face was ashen, and he whispered, "You're welcome." ”

Xue was a little unexpected, he didn't expect it to be so smooth, and he also thought about avoiding the thorn An Sheng.

She raised her leg and was about to leave, An Sheng struggled to get up: "Mother! ”

"Anything else?" Xue Shi turned his head, and his face was pleasant.

"It doesn't matter. That is, Sister Shicai said that my grandmother heard that I was sick out of nowhere, and asked the people in the house. An Sheng is afraid that her grandmother will be worried, can her mother send someone to tell her, I am already safe? ”

The Qin family's mother's family has been the master of Ansheng's aunt Qian over the years, and they are not intimate with Xia Fu, but they still salute each other during the New Year's Festival, and say hello to Ansheng and Anran's sisters. Since it has reached people's ears, it is appropriate to send someone to reply politely.

I just don't know which mouthy person in the house is talking nonsense? Xue scolded twice, glanced at An Sheng vigilantly, and hesitated for a moment, this girl is not right today.

An Shengfu said again: "Lest my uncle come to the door with peace of mind, you know the mean temper of my aunt...... The messenger should also tell him to be tight-lipped. ”

An Sheng's voice was like a gnat, and he was a little ashamed.

The Xue family immediately understood An Sheng's concerns, because he was afraid that the Qin family would make trouble because of Ziwu's pressure box money, so he put aside his doubts and responded with a smile: "This Ziwu marriage will not cost your grandmother and aunt money, I will ask the coachman Lao Wang Tou to go to Buzhuang and say a word." You will be able to cultivate your body with peace of mind, don't think nonsense. ”

An Ran still lowered his head and didn't say a word. Xue smiled and told An Sheng a few words, then got up and dusted his body and left.

Seeing off the Xue family safely, he slowly raised his head, frowned slightly with a pair of long-aged smoke willow leaf eyebrows, and wanted to cry: "That dowry is the only thought that my mother left us, and it feels like I have stripped my heart." ”

An Sheng looked at his sister a little distressed, and remembered his mother's unexplained tragic death, and gritted his teeth fiercely: "You and I have always been compromised, let them take what they want, weak and bullying." Don't they just have to make inches of progress, and they have to drive you and me to a dead end? ”

Xia Ansheng looked at her sister with hope, hoping that she could be as enlightened as herself, and instantly aroused her high morale.

An Ran was stunned for a long time, slumped on the embroidery pier, hid his face and cried: "Everything is destined, what can we do?" ”

An Sheng suddenly sat up in annoyance, glared at An Ran, and looked bright: "Even if it's really fateful?" There is only one life left and right, so what is there to be afraid of? Resigned to fate, it's just a matter of living for a few more years.

We must fight to take back not only your dowry, but also your family! Your happiness! Sister, we must take our fate into our own hands! Fight with the vicious Xue mother and daughter. ”