Chen Ying was a little stunned by what she said, but she saw Mama Huo looking at her with a very relieved look, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and she said:

"The third master doesn't know, the Hou Ye never likes to talk about these things, he has been holding back, and the old slave is sometimes really afraid that he will get sick. Now this is the first time, Hou Ye actually mentioned this matter to outsiders, the old slave ...... The old slave thought, if the third master is willing, he will listen to the old slave say a few more words, can he make it? ”

She looked over earnestly, tears glistening in her cloudy eyes.

Chen Ying was a little surprised, her eyes opened slightly, and she looked at her silently.

Mama Huo let out a long sigh: "The third master is a good person, the old slave can see it at a glance, what kind of shelter the third master wants to do, although the old slave doesn't know what it is, but he feels that if the eldest girl was alive, there was such a place, I am afraid that she would not ......"

She suddenly couldn't speak anymore, took out a handkerchief and pressed it to the corner of her eye, and when she spoke again, there was a trilling voice in her voice: "The old slave will tell the third master about this, and after listening to the old slave's words, the third master will definitely understand why the Hou Ye should do the matter of the third master today." ”

When she said this, there was a deep sadness and regret in her voice.

"If you can, please tell Mama, I'll listen." Chen Ying said, lifted the teapot, and refilled some hot tea for Mama Huo.

This old lady obviously wanted her to know the details, maybe out of feeling sorry for Pei Shu and not bearing his own suffering, or maybe she just wanted to talk about it. Regardless of which of these two situations, Chen Ying feels that she has the obligation and responsibility to be a listener.

Seeing that she responded, Mama Huo seemed to be relieved, confessed to Chen Ying, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and began to talk about it.

"Back then, the first marquis and his two brothers were killed in battle, and his wife, eldest grandmother, and second grandmother were all rumored to be 'Kefu' by people outside. The old slave still remembered that when the house was at the funeral, there were often people pointing and gossiping, and later, it spread all over the city. ”

She stopped when she said this, and her face was very sad.

This is almost an imaginable situation, even though Chen Ying has not heard this rumor, he can understand the situation at that time.

"At that time, the Hou Ye was still young, even if he was in the name of a marquis, the Hou Mansion could not be compared with before, and anyone could really be bullied." Mama Huo continued her story, her voice very slow:

"After that, but in two or three years, the old lady, Mrs. and the two grandmothers are gone, although there is an old lady who is still there, but she also hangs herself with decoction all day long. At that time, the house was doing white things every once in a while, and the house was full of the smell of burning paper money, and when I walked from the gate of the house to the backyard, I couldn't see a little bit of color all the way, a piece of white and a piece of white, just like snow, so that people felt cold and panicked when they looked at it. ”

Mama Huo raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, and her voice trembled more obviously than just now: "Even now, the old slave sometimes sleeps and dreams, and can dream of the situation at that time, and often wakes up from the dream, and then can't sleep all night, alas." ”

She sighed and shook her head, her wrinkled face reflecting the charcoal fire in the furnace, and there was an indescribable sadness.

Chen Ying listened quietly, and her heart was also extremely compassionate.

Pei Shu's life experience is really impressive, and it is no wonder that he has become such a contradictory personality today, which is precisely because of his origin.

At this time, I heard that Mama Huo said again: "From that time on, the rumors outside began to change, saying that the two masters, the eldest girl and the eldest brother and sister, are the real 'Tiansha Lone Star', and they are going to kill the family." Hou Ye was only ten years old at the time, and he was a boy, so he didn't hear these words. However, the eldest girl was already sixteen at that time, and she should talk about marriage, but because of these rumors, she couldn't even talk about a good family, and the people who came to ask for marriage were all lazy things, and the old lady was honest, so she simply said that the eldest girl should keep filial piety and not talk about marriage before the age of seventeen. ”

She seemed to be a little tired from talking, took a sip of tea, and rested for a while, Fang continued: "Speaking of which, the eldest girl is really a solid-eyed child, and she took all the nonsense outside. She also had an idea, and she didn't tell anyone, so she took a few people to live in Zhuangzi outside the city, only saying, 'I can't stop my brother anymore', copying scriptures and eating fast every day, refusing to even wear a bright clothes, and living like an old lady all day. ”

Speaking of this, Mama Huo's voice was a little choked again, and she couldn't help herself, and Fang said: "The third master has never seen a big girl, the big girl was born like Mrs. Xian, but it hurts very much, her eyes are big, her little face is white, and her temper is very similar to Mrs. Xian, she doesn't like to talk, but her mind is very heavy." ”

Her eyes narrowed slightly, as if the beautiful teenage girl was standing in front of her at the moment.

Chen Ying was still silent, and only changed a bowl of hot tea for her.

When Mama Huo saw it, she hurriedly got up: "It's okay, don't torture the old slave." ”

Chen Ying handed the teacup into her hand and said in a harmonious voice: "Don't be sad, Mama, just take a sip of tea." ”

Mama Huo looked at her in a daze, her eyes turned red, she hurriedly held down the handkerchief, and said with a forced smile: "The old slave is also dizzy, just for a moment, I think of the past, when the eldest girl was at home, she always liked to pour tea for the old slave herself." ”

This was very sad, and Chen Ying didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only sit quietly on the side and listen to her story.

After drinking two sips of hot tea, Mama Huo seemed to have eased her spirits, then sat down again, and continued:

"The eldest girl lived in Zhuangzi for two years, and when she saw that she was eighteen, she became an old girl. The old lady was just angry talk, and in those years, she asked people everywhere to inquire about suitable people. But it was so unfortunate that those who were of similar family could not find a suitable one in their homes; The family is poor, and the character is not good, or the family is not clean. The old lady was afraid that she would wronged the girl, so the matter dragged on, and in another year, the eldest girl would be nineteen. ”

At this point, she seemed to remember something, her expression suddenly changed, and a trace of hatred appeared in her eyes, and she kept rubbing the cup in her hand, her bones turned white, and her voice was also full of hatred: "That winter, it was snowing as much as today." There was a man from out of town who was frozen and fainted outside the eldest girl's Zhuangzi. The eldest girl was kind-hearted, so she called someone to save him, asked him to eat and live well, and when he came, she ordered someone to entangle him and send him away. After this incident passed, the eldest girl did not take it to heart, and only did good deeds. ”