After the rain, the backyard was filled with the faint fragrance of plum blossoms, and a drop of crystal dew on the plum branch fell on Ning Yue's frost-white little face whose tear stains had dried, as if the sky was weeping. Ning Yue, who changed into a pure white dress, stood quietly, because she didn't dare to look at her mother's miserable face again, didn't dare to touch her mother's cold hands again, afraid that she would cry again, afraid that she couldn't help but leave with her mother because of her hopeless future, and her mother wanted me to live happily, even though I had lost my only support! She had no choice but to walk to the courtyard and stand, waiting for the housekeeper to come and arrange the funeral for her mother, and her heart was blank.

"Xiao Yue!" After a long time, the butler hurried over with two attendants. "Go and get the people out!" After the housekeeper instructed the two, he turned back to Ning Yue and said, "Xiaoyue, I got up early in the morning and rushed over, you mourn, I have prepared everything, just follow me later." After speaking, the butler handed over a basket of worship supplies in his hand.

"Thank you, Butler!" Since the beginning of her work, Ning Yue heard the comforting words for the first time, and she couldn't help but feel grief and tears.

"Oh, you guys are quick with your hands and feet, the old lady said that you should carry things out of the house as soon as possible, so as not to be unlucky!" When the housekeeper saw the two entourages coming out, he hurriedly took the lead and took Ning Yue and the two to the outskirts of the city.

There is a cemetery on the outskirts of the city that is reserved for the burial of the poor after death, different from the cemetery of the powerful and wealthy, the size and shape of the tombstones here are uneven, the arrangement is disorderly, the weeds in front of the monument are overgrown, and the incense and candles left after the worship are scattered everywhere, which is messy and depressed. "Xiaoyue, you can choose a place to bury your mother." The housekeeper looked around, looking for any open space to dig up and bury. Ning Yuehuan looked around and pointed to a fairly clean land next to the big tree. The butler glanced at the two attendants, and the two of them began to move.

"Xiaoyue, it is already the grace of the lord and the lady that your mother can be buried here, think about it, if they don't send me to arrange the funeral for your mother, what will you do with your mother." Seeing the grief on Ning Yue's face, the housekeeper said leisurely. The old man didn't give his mother a name, and he didn't ...... in the end Ning Yue wept silently. Pushing open the thin coffin, Ning Yue took one last look at her mother, and the two attendants buried her in the ground. The new grave was piled up, Ning Yue knelt in front of the grave, and the grief that she had endured before finally broke out.

Crying until exhaustion, the grief and depression in Ning Yue's heart were slightly relieved, the housekeeper and the two entourages had already left, and she was the only one in the huge cemetery. "Mother, I'll leave first, and I'll come to see you tomorrow." Ning Yue tidied up the graveyard again, and then got up and left. Without my mother, what should I do in the future......

As soon as I returned home, I saw Fang Tao coming up, "Xiaoyue, the second lady is looking for you, you come with me." ”

Follow Fang Tao to the living room of the second lady's house, where the second lady is working with the second lady to choose fabrics to make new clothes for the Chinese New Year.

"Mother, I like these pieces of cloth, I want to make a lot of new clothes!" Ning Xue blinked her big eyes, walked towards the second lady, and then sat comfortably in her arms, and said softly.

"Okay, good, my Cher is so good-looking, of course she has to wear the best new clothes!" The second lady gently stroked Ning Xue's white and tender little face, her eyes full of doting.

Fang Tao and Ning Yue stood quietly aside, unwilling to disturb the warm picture of the mother and daughter. My mother also hurts me like the second lady hurts the second lady, and Ning Yue's eyes are getting wet.

After explaining one or two to the owner of the cloth shop, the second lady sent the rest of the people away, leaving only Ning Yue in the living room.

"Xiaoyue, you should know that the eldest lady has never been able to tolerate your mother and you, in the past, when your mother was still there, you could still live under her protection, but now that she has passed away, what are you going to do in the future?" The second lady turned her gaze to Ning Yue and quietly watched her reaction, as if there was a trace of concern in her words.

"Second lady, I want to leave......" Ning Yue has no concern about the house, and she is not a maid who sells herself to the house, since the eldest lady can't tolerate herself, she will definitely be embarrassed in the future, so it is better to leave and find another place to live, thinking of this, Ning Yue straightened her little body and looked at the second lady firmly.

"Leave...... There is no need to ...... But Xiaoyue, you are still so young, even if you leave here and go elsewhere, you will inevitably sell yourself into slavery......" The second lady paused for a moment and said unhurriedly.

Indeed, Ning Yue has no long life, and after leaving Shangshu Mansion, he can only sell himself to other prescriptions to survive.

Seeing that Ning Yue was silent, the second lady continued: "Xiao Yue, although the eldest lady can't tolerate you, I pity you very much. In the past, when your mother was still there, I did not dare to lend a helping hand to the eldest lady, but now that she has died, I think that the eldest lady's hatred for your mother and daughter should be reduced, and if I take a little care of you at this time, the eldest lady will not embarrass me. ”

Seeing that Ning Yue's eyes began to waver, the second lady continued to say leisurely: "Look, Xue'er is the same age as you, and you are really blood sisters, why don't you stay by her side and be a companion for her, and I can just take care of you through this, when you are older and have another way out, how about mentioning the matter of leaving?" ”

The second lady's proposal was a good way out for Ning Yue. Can I trust her...... Thinking of the picture of the second lady loving Ning Xue, I can't help but think of my mother's ...... So Ning Yue bowed, "Thank you Second Lady for taking care of me, I will serve Second Miss as a good student." ”

At dinner, the second lady told everyone her proposal, and the eldest lady was angry in her heart, but because Ning Zhenhai agreed without saying a word, she finally didn't say anything.

"Mother, why did Xiaoyue come to me? I don't like her! Before going to bed, Ning Xue snuggled up to the second lady and said coquettishly.

The second lady gently pinched her tender little face, and was full of love for the simple little person in her arms, "Xue'er, your mother wants to teach you one thing, you have to keep it in mind, help her when she is desperate, and she will be grateful to Dade and sacrifice her life for you in the future, so that the confidant is prepared." After finishing speaking, the second lady smiled lightly at Ning Xue, and her eyes revealed a deceitful color.

Ning Xue blinked her big transparent eyes and listened carefully, as if she had an understanding.