Seeing this, Chen Ying thought a little and knew his intentions.

Liu's mother refused to elaborate from the beginning, thinking that this was a family ugly, and she always needed to avoid taboos as a subordinate.

Thinking about this section, Chen Ying didn't fight with her, and asked bluntly: "I don't ask more, I just ask one thing: According to Xue Er, Master Xue was humiliated because of her, is this true?" ”

Mother Liu glanced up at her, her expression was a little sad, and she sighed and nodded: "This is true." If it weren't for the third girl who ran out to replace the second girl, the one who was humiliated would be the second girl. Only our two girls are really ......"

She sighed again, and didn't wait for Chen Ying to ask again, so she continued: "The good teacher principal knows that the slave maid was originally serving his wife...... First Lady's. The first lady is dignified and virtuous, and everything is good, but the heirs are a little difficult. In the first few years after Mrs. Xian got married, she slipped three or four times, which hurt her vitality, and in the end, she couldn't conceive at all. ”

She shook her head, and a little pity crossed her eyes: "The lord is not in a hurry at first, and then the first lady is old, and the master is also anxious, and the first lady is also anxious. In the end, the old man accepted Aunt Xue into the house. ”

At this point, she showed an incredible look and said, "It's a coincidence, less than half a year after Aunt Xue entered the house, Mrs. Xian became pregnant, gave birth to the eldest girl, and then gave birth to the second girl. Although she still didn't give birth to a son, Mrs. Xian was so distressed by the two girls that she was really 'afraid of flying in her hands, and afraid of melting in her mouth'. ”

Chen Ying listened quietly and did not answer.

This is the preface, I think it is the foreshadowing laid by Liu's mother for the next narrative.

Sure enough, I heard Liu's mother say again: "I spoke a year ago, on the night of the accident, everyone in the house fell asleep, and the thief suddenly came in. ”

Her body shrank for a moment, as if recalling the scene at that time, and the hand on her lap was tightly clenched: "Fortunately, the first lady had to eat fast in those days, and took the eldest girl and the second girl to live in the side courtyard, not in the main room, those thieves pounced, but everyone got a chance to escape." The slave maid and a few mothers-in-law escorted the masters to the corner gate, but on the way, they bumped into the third girl and the ninth brother......"

"Please wait." Chen Ying interrupted her, frowning slightly: "Who is this ninth brother?" ”

"Ouch, the slave deserves to die, but she forgot about it." Mother Liu slapped her forehead and sighed again: "Back to your words, this ninth brother is the third girl's brother." Because the old man only had such a brother under his knees, and when he was born, his brother's body was a little weak, and the old man was afraid that he would not be able to raise it, so he gave him a milk name, called Brother Jiu'er. ”

"I see." Chen Ying nodded.

There is indeed such a saying among the people, afraid that the child will be hooked by the underworld, so he calls it "Jiulang" and "Jiu Ge'er" to indicate that the first eight are gone, this is the only Miao'er, begging the ghosts and gods to have mercy.

Liu's mother said at this time: "Since the big guys touched it, they all fled out, but when they fled to the corner gate, they heard crying and shouting outside, and the house was on fire, where can they escape?" I had to go back again. The first lady said that since there was no peace outside, she would go to the rockery to hide first, and she would not say that the thief had robbed the gold and silver and left, and would not kill the generals again. At that time, everyone was scared to death, how could they have any ideas, since what the first lady said, everyone would do. ”

At this point, her eyes were a little red, she took out a handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes, and said with a forced smile: "The slave is rude, please forgive the principal." ”

"It's okay, you can go on." Chen Ying's voice was soft.

Listening to this quiet and light voice, Liu's mother seemed to be calmer, and said with red eyes: "Speaking of which, this is really fateful." On the way to the mountain stone cave, the second girl thought that she was too panicked, and one of her shoes ran off, she stopped to put on her shoes, and fell behind. In this way, the thief actually killed him, and the second girl did not escape into the cave, and was caught by the thief immediately. ”

Her voice suddenly became low, against the clouds in the sky, the mountain breeze was cold, and there was a particularly bleak one: "The principal also knows that our second girl has a deficiency disease, and at that time she was afraid and anxious, and the old illness was committed, and she fell to the ground and smoked, and the gang of thieves was there to say some nonsense." Mrs. Xian saw it in the cave, and she was distressed, and she had to take care of the eldest girl. In a hurry, Mrs. Xian glanced at the third girl and the ninth brother, and Mrs. Xian ......"

Her face became more and more pale, and her voice began to tremble: "Mrs. Xian suddenly pulled the ninth brother over, knelt down in front of him, and cried and begged him, 'Can you tell your third sister to save the second sister?' You and your three sisters and mothers are compatriots, and she will not listen to my words, but she will listen to your words.'" At that time, the torches of the thieves outside shone in, and the slave maid saw that the two eyes of the first lady were blood-red and the teeth were shining white...... Really...... I'm afraid of people. ”

She shuddered, clenched her fingers subconsciously, and shrank her body down.

The wind blew again, and the vine trellises "rustled", and there were dense droplets of water falling, subtlely and noisily, as if to throw away all the dust of the past over the years.

After a long time, Liu's mother's voice sounded again, still with a bit of trill: "The third girl usually doesn't like to talk, but she is stubborn, and after listening to her wife's words, she refused to move. When Mrs. Xian saw that the thieves outside were about to move, her eyes were red, she pulled out the hairpin and put it on her neck, and cried and said to the third girl, "My life is in your hands, are you trying to force your sister to death, and then force your mother to death?" , and hugged the leg of the ninth brother and begged, "I usually treat you as a pain in my eyes, good boy, you also hurt your mother." ’”

At this point, her eyes turned red again, and the expression on her face became more and more sad: "After Mrs. Xian said this, Brother Jiu'er suddenly ...... Suddenly, he knelt down, kowtowed to the third girl, begged her to 'save the second sister', and said, "The second sister is from the main house, the status is noble, the third sister is a concubine, the world knows, and will only praise the third sister for knowing the kindness, saying that my sister and brother are loyal", after speaking, he kowtowed again, his forehead was broken, and he bled ......"

She couldn't speak anymore, and a few pharyngeal sounds rolled out of her throat, and she stopped talking.