Chapter 33: Flowing Water (3)
In fact, Master Xia had already known about Xia Ruibei's killing of Yan'er, and he had also asked Xia Ruibei about it. Xia Ruibei refused to admit it at first, and finally couldn't deny it, so she deduced that Yan'er disobeyed her, saying that she was going to Sun's house to be a widow, she pushed Yan'er down in anger, who knew that Yan'er's head would hit the edge of the well and die, she was afraid, so she threw Yan'er in.
Master Xia knew that Xia Ruibei was lying, what kind of temper Yan'er was, he still had a number, Yan'er had a gentle personality, was taciturn, and obedient, and would definitely not say such a rebellious and rebellious thing. Although he felt that Xia Ruibei's methods were vicious, he was his own daughter in the end, and the one who died was just a little girl, so he covered up the matter. Yan'er has no father or mother, he can't compensate her family, all he can do is buy a thicker coffin for Yan'er.
Now listening to Xia Ruixi say this kind of thing, he vaguely guessed the truth of the matter, and his heart couldn't help but chill. Unintentional mistakes can be forgiven, but for her own selfishness, she betrayed her sister, and then didn't think about how to get forgiveness, but in order to cover up the crime, she killed people, destroyed corpses, and deceived her father, no matter what reason and reason she had, it was really chilling.
Master Xia seems to have suddenly aged a lot, although he is a father and daughter, but the layer of window paper can't be pierced open, and he can't do anything to Xia Ruibei, he can't send him to the official, beat him, scold him, it doesn't have any effect, if he is a kid, he can still be kicked out of the house, but this is a delicate daughter, how can he take care of the face of the Xia family. It seems that Mrs. Sigu's words are right, Xia Ruibei's temperament is really more like Uncle Xia, she can only think of herself in everything, only care about herself, and don't care about the life or death of others.
Master Xia was silent for a long time before he said to Xia Ruixi: "Xixi, your sister is not sensible, if you do something sorry for you, don't worry about her, take care of it more, okay?" I'll teach her a lesson. It's not that my father is biased, but my father and mother are old, and they just want the house to be safe, you are all happy, and you don't want your sisters to become enemies. Do you understand? ”
Xia Ruixi naturally agreed to him very happily, not looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha, Master Xia's attitude is already obvious, she can't retaliate against Xia Ruibei, and she can't do it with Xia Ruibei one nail at a time. She can only stay away from Xia Ruibei, be careful, and not have any substantive intersection with Xia Ruibei.
Old Man Xia sighed for a few days, his head was bigger, his stomach was smaller, and he didn't think of what to do to make Xia Ruibei change his ways, he wanted to wake up Xia Ruibei several times, and he was afraid that Xia Ruibei hated Xia Ruixi even more because of this, which was the result he didn't want to see. Fortunately, Xia Ruixi didn't cry with him, nor did he go to Xia Ruibei's trouble, but covered up this matter to death, and for her generosity, Master Xia was grateful and guilty, and cherished Xia Ruixi more and more.
Although Xia Ruibei is so uncompetitive, Master Xia still can't watch her fall into the fire pit. He entrusted the relationship in Beijing everywhere, and the central people went to discuss with the Sun family, but he didn't dare to say that he wanted to regret the marriage, so he could only discuss that the Xia family would pay for it, and first buy a few capable girls to serve Sun Yi in the past, so that Xia Ruibei would marry a few years later. I plan to let Xia Ruibei delay a few more days, and everything will be easy when Sun Yi is dead.
The Sun family bit to death, no matter how much money the Xia family paid, even if they moved Jinshan Yinshan, they didn't agree. also said that the Xia family should not think that they can regret their marriage by bringing their daughter to the capital, even if they sue the government, they must marry Xia Ruibei into the door. In this way, even the powerful King Rui has no way, so he can only say that he can't help.
As the day of returning to Xijing was getting closer and closer, Master Xia became more and more depressed, and Xia Ruibei became more and more anxious. Taking advantage of the fact that Master Xia came back from outside one day, she stopped Master Xia outside the study.
Xia Ruibei smiled sweetly and handed over a delicate lotus leaf bowl: "Dad, the weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, I boiled mung bean porridge for you, which has been frozen, and now I drink it just to cool off." ”
Master Xia saw that she was in a complicated mood, on the one hand, because she was not angry, but on the other hand, he thought of her pitiful, so he took it with a smile patiently: "Beibei has a heart." ”
Xia Ruibei led him to the house, "Can you drink it, see if the sweetness is moderate?" ”
Master Xia couldn't help it: "Beibei, do you have something?" "Since Yan'er died, Xia Ruibei has always avoided him, if nothing happens, she will definitely not come to the door.
Xia Ruibei bowed her head and said, "Dad, I heard that we are going back at the end of summer?" Can I stay longer? ”
"Why? Your sister has given birth, your mother is at home with your brother, and your second sister is going back to prepare for the marriage, and the time is very urgent. "Master Xia is busy cleaning up the medical books and prescriptions in the house, since he befriended the Rui King because of Xia Ruixi's affairs, the concubine Niangniang and the Rui King always love to find him trouble, three days and two ends, always ask him to ask for a pulse to some mysterious people, see a doctor, prescribe prescriptions, some prescriptions have changed usually, he is absolutely unwilling to prescribe,
He is in this capital, worried and annoyed every day, and just wants to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
"But, where is the Sun family......" Xia Ruibei's voice trembled, "As soon as the second sister gets married, I will have no excuses, right?" Are you going to get married soon? You know so many nobles, they are powerful and powerful, what is a small Sun family? Can't you just ask them for help? ”
Old Man Xia said irritably, "How many times has Dad told you?" King Rui asked someone to say it many times, but the Sun family just didn't agree, they couldn't do anything about it, they couldn't put the knife on someone's neck, right? ”
Xia Ruibei cried: "They can do the things of the second sister on the top of the incense, why can't they do this little thing of mine?" Are they unwilling to help? Would you like to send them some more money? ”
Master Xia was in a heavy mood, he stopped what he was doing, let out a long sigh, and tried to reassure Xia Ruibei: "Beibei, those are two different things. Once a daughter has made a promise, she cannot repent of her marriage, the law clearly stipulates that this has always been the case, and the folk customs have always been like this, it is not a question of whether to give money or not. Don't worry, if Daddy tries to find a way, he will definitely not ignore your ...... Daddy thought about this kind of thing for a long time, and when he went back, whether his family wanted it or not, I would go to see him and do my best to cure him. Although tuberculosis is difficult to treat, as long as you take good care of yourself and use good medicine, it may not be really curable. ”
Xia Ruibei gasped for breath in despair, almost fainted, and shouted hysterically: "You are lying to me again, if you can be cured, will his family still need this?" I don't care, it's your marriage to me, I won't marry, and I won't marry if I die! You are eccentric! You and your mother are both eccentric! You don't care about me, you don't care about me! ”
Master Xia was sad and irritable, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only order someone to help Xia Ruibei back to the room, and let her suffer in pain and despair and anxiety day after day.
At the end of summer, Master Xia took his two daughters and several carts to buy things from Beijing, and embarked on the journey back to Xijing with Ou Er, father and son, and Ah Ke.
And Mu Fei, who has always been inseparable from Ou Qingjin, has disappeared, and it is said that he traveled the world and went to find his master.
has strong skills, is free, has no worries, is happy, and the four seas are home, which is a portrayal of the life of a ranger like Mu Fei. Xia Ruixi leaned against the wall of the car, looking at the shadows and white clouds passing by from the car window, sad and confused.
Someone knocked on the wall of the car, Chun'er poked her head out of the window, whispered a few words with someone and retracted her head: "Miss, Miss, Si Shao gives you this." Chun'er excitedly handed Xia Ruixi a few early blooming light blue wild chrysanthemums.
Xia Ruixi looked out the window in surprise, Ou Qingjin was dressed in a stone blue robe, riding on a jujube red horse and looked at her with a slight smile.
Xia Ruixi was about to blurt out: "Why? She doesn't think she's so amorous that she thinks people are suddenly in love with her, so she feels more and more strange. This morning's meeting was not as she feared - Ou Qingjin thought that she was going to marry him with a dead face, and not give her a good look. On the contrary, when he saw her, although it was faint, there was a kind of cordiality in his eyes, like an old friend with a good relationship.
Ou Qingjin whispered a few words to Chun'er again, Chun'er smiled, lowered the curtains, and said to Xia Ruixi: "Miss, Si Shao asked me to tell you, he knows that he doesn't complain about you, but he saved your life, and you also saved his life, and it is better for each other to know that the other party is not a bad person than a stranger who doesn't know the roots." ”
Wan'er blinked: "What does this mean?" You are immediately husband and wife, how can you compare to strangers? ”
Xia Ruixi laughed, she and him are friends in distress, right? He doesn't necessarily want to send flowers when he sends flowers, but he just wants to bring her this sentence, and his feelings are more open than she thinks. He had seen her most embarrassed appearance, and his most embarrassed appearance was also exposed in front of her, both of them knew each other's temperament, no need to pretend, they could do whatever they wanted. If you can't get true love, it's not bad to live with friends, as long as the hopes are not too high, there won't be too many disappointments.
Xia Ruibei lay in a car behind, drowsy. There was a low conversation between Lan'er and Xiang'er in his ears: "Hehe, this new aunt is really good, and the second young lady is really blessed." ”
"Ah, he also picks flowers for the second lady."
Xia Ruibei said coldly: "What is the noise? Do you want to learn the rules again? But in an instant, one wrong decision, her life began to change. First her status and image were in jeopardy, and then Yan'er died, haunted by nightmares day and night, but she endured silently and did not play the desired role, although Master Xia did not severely punish her for Yan'er's matter, but he did not look down on her because she reported that she saved Xia Ruixi. Xia Ruixi is always far away from her, even if she takes the car, she refuses to sit with her, even if she takes the initiative to talk to Xia Ruixi, Xia Ruixi is not smiling.
Lan'er and Xiang'er watched in fear as Xia Ruibei's body shook together, choked up, and kept tears, but no one dared to step forward to persuade the more and more moody third lady.
A gust of wind blew, and a small bunch of brilliantly blooming wildflowers smashed the curtain of the car, drew a beautiful arc, and landed at Lan'er's feet.
"Yikes!" Lan'er snorted softly, picked it up with both hands and handed it to Xia Ruibei, Xiang'er opened the curtain, but only saw the back of a horse in a hurry.