Xia Ruixi has been boiling medicine for Mrs. Xia under the porch for two hours.

Zhen'er came out to see it a few times, but she didn't see any signs of her stoppage, so she couldn't help but ask: "Second Miss, are you doing well?" ”

Xia Ruixi fanned the boiling medicine jar with a fan: "It's almost ready." This is the last boil. ”

Zhen'er looked at the black jar of potion in the jar next to her, bit her lip, and turned to enter the house. Mrs. Xia stared at the account book in her hand, "Zhen'er, the second miss hasn't been done yet?" The first time she boiled medicine, you go and watch it, don't boil it. ”

Xia Ruixi got up early in the morning and offered to boil medicine for Mrs. Xia, Mrs. Xia originally took pity on Xia Ruixi for standing in the cold wind for so long yesterday and wanted her to rest more. But looking at her energetic appearance, and thinking that she will go to her in-law's house in the future, these things of serving people will not be less, and now that she has learned, it is better than not knowing anything in the future and being looked down upon. Just let her go, who knows that she won't be able to survive for so long.

Zhen'er smiled and said, "Madam, the second lady can be careful." It's been boiling for two times. Now it's boiling for the third time. ”

Mrs. Xia put down the account book and said curiously: "Then why don't you bring in the boiled medicine for me to eat?" ”

Zhen'er said: "The second lady won't let me." She said that the first boil should be thicker, and the third boil should be lighter, and when she boiled it all, mix it together, so that the concentration of the medicine that Mrs. takes every time is the same, and the medicinal properties are also long, and Mrs. can recover as soon as possible. The slave maid thought to herself, when she used to boil the medicine, it was the third boil, and it really had to be lighter, and the second lady was really careful and thoughtful. ”

Mrs. Xia's eyes flashed, and she walked to the window to look at Xia Ruixi. I saw Xia Ruixi squatting under the corridor, his little face was pink, his eyes were staring at the medicine jar, and when he saw that the medicinal juice in the medicine jar was about to overflow, he was busy fanning a few times, with a focused and tranquil expression. Finally, she took the cloth handed by Wan'er, lifted the medicine jar and poured it into the jar next to her, stirred it well with a bamboo spoon, tested the heat, and scooped the medicine into a small medicine bowl for later use. He also instructed Wan'er: "Boil the liquid in the medicine jar again, so that you don't have to be rancid." He walked towards Mrs. Xia's room with the medicinal juice.

When Mrs. Xia saw her coming, she instructed Zhen'er: "You go and tell the kitchen, add vegetables at noon today, and the master will invite the young master's husband to dinner." In the past six months or so, Xia Ruixi has changed too much, which makes her happy and a little inexplicably worried, but she can't say what she is worried about.

Mrs. Xia often has such an illusion, the one who stands in the yard looking at the flowers and plants in a daze, with a sad face, is not like her careless and young daughter, but like an adult woman who has experienced wind and frost and knows all the flavors of the world. and Xia Ruixi's mother-in-law Zhang, who didn't intercede with herself yesterday and secretly bribed the punishment, beat Liang'er lightly, and it didn't seem like something that her second daughter could do in the past.

However, after hearing that Wang scolded him, Xia Ruixi's undisguised anger on his face, as well as the deep worry after seeing that he was sick, the courage to go to the old lady's room for himself to be angry, the stubbornness of standing in the old lady's courtyard for two hours without moving, and the intimacy and filial piety to himself and Master Xia, and his love for Xia Ruiyu are so natural, and they are still the same as when they were children.

What's wrong? Mrs. Xia had a headache when she thought about it.

"Mother, it's just right to drink the medicine, it's just right to be lukewarm." Xia Ruixi handed over the medicine with a big smile on his face.

Mrs. Xia hurriedly packed up her thoughts, took it and drank the medicine, and looked at Xia Ruixi with a bitter face and pointed to the table.

Xia Ruixi looked at her inexplicably and handed over a cup of hot tea.

Mrs. Xia shook her head and pointed to her mouth.

Xia Ruixi leaned over to look, "Isn't it hot?" Oh! Suddenly I opened the box, stuffed a candied fruit into Mrs. Xia's mouth, and stuffed another one in my mouth, laughing heartlessly.

Mrs. Xia sighed, she was still the same careless, it seemed that she had to polish it again.

Xia Ruixi expressed his credit to Mrs. Xia: "Does my mother think that today's medicine is different?" ”

Mrs. Xia remained silent: "Why is it different?" ”

Xia Ruixi said: "I took too much medicine some time ago, and found that when I took the medicine to the next day, it was always much lighter, and if it was calming, the effect of that day would be worse." I thought, it must be because of the way of boiling, if you boil it out at one time, mix it well, and the medicinal effect can always be consistent. I was afraid of making a mistake, so I went to ask my father, who praised me for being smart. He also said, "If I were a son, I would surely inherit his mantle." After speaking, he stared at Mrs. Xia with flashing eyes, and the form of a child was fully revealed.

Mrs. Xia smiled dumbly: "Yes, it is indeed the daughter of the divine doctor." Then he asked nonchalantly: "Xixi, when you suffered yesterday, did you resent your grandmother?" Is there any blame for not taking over from you? ”

Xia Ruixi felt vigilantly that Mrs. Xia seemed to be testing her. His eyes were red, and he shook his head and whispered, "My daughter is not to blame." The daughter is afraid of her mother's illness. She didn't mention Mrs. Xia, Mrs. Xia really loved her grandson and didn't love her granddaughter, so in order to be angry with her daughter-in-law, she let her granddaughter stand in the courtyard in winter for half a day, ignoring it, which was really ruthless. She hesitated for a moment, then added, "They bullied us." I wanted to hit her doorkeeper, but I was afraid of causing trouble for my mother. My father is not at home, my mother is sick, my younger brother is young, I am the oldest, what is there, I should naturally bear some more ......"

Xia Ruixi didn't know that his words were similar to what Master Xia usually said to Mrs. Xia. Master Xia often said to Mrs. Xia: "My father died early, my mother is not in good health, my eldest brother is not a director, only I am still a little capable, what is there, I should naturally bear some more ......"

Mrs. Xia thought of Master Xia's words, completely forgot her suspicions just now, and only felt that Xia Ruixi and Master Xia were really very similar. After being silent for a while, he touched Xia Ruixi's hand: "It's good that you can think of this." You have been a filial child since you were a child, and it is not in vain that your father and mother love you. Don't blame your grandmother, a thousand-year-old daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law, she has her thoughts and difficulties. In the future, if you go to your mother-in-law's house, you will know. ”

Xia Ruixi's eyes turned red and choked up, "Mother, I don't want to get married." ”

Mrs. Xia hurriedly held her eyes with a handkerchief: "Can't cry, can't cry." The New Year is coming soon, the first month of the month is taboo, the end of the month, and now I cry, and I will cry all year round next year. Bear with it. Seeing that she couldn't help it, she said angrily: "Silly child, where can you not get married?" ”

Xia Ruixi said in a low voice: "No one looks down on me. She deliberately mentioned this to see if she could let Mrs. Xia breathe through her mouth and what she planned for the Ou family's affairs. She's always scared.

Mrs. Xia said: "Nonsense. After the New Year, your father and I will make our own arrangements. ”

Xia Ruixi asked what the arrangements were, but Mrs. Xia refused to say anything anyway, only sent Xia Ruixi back to the room to rest, and repeatedly explained that she was not allowed to leave her homework.

The day after Master Xia went home, he went to find Uncle Xia, who had not returned home for three days and three nights, and finally brought the drunk Uncle Xia home from the private prostitute in the evening. The first thing Uncle Xia did after he went home and woke up was to beat Mama Zou half to death, let people carry her and throw her at the door of Wang's mother's house, and scolded Wang fiercely, the Xia family's compound finally quieted down.

Day by day, in the heavy snow, listening to the servants in the yard while setting off firecrackers and shouting "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year", Xia Ruixi spent the first Chinese New Year's Eve here with a little melancholy and a little happiness.

After worshipping their ancestors, the family happily finished the New Year's dinner. The elders distribute red envelopes to juniors, and the master distributes red envelopes to subordinates, and the entire Xia Mansion is full of joy.

Xia Ruixi thought of Liang'er who was recuperating alone in the outer courtyard. The conditions in the outer courtyard are not as good as those of Sydney Xiaozhu, and Liang'er was punished and sent there, but I am afraid that others will not pay much attention to her. Xia Ruixi was afraid that she would be hungry, and she was afraid that she would be lonely and sad. specially instructed Chun'er to take care of Liang'er, picked up all the delicious and fun things on the table, and packed a large box for Chun'er to send.

After the family kept vigil, Xia Ruixi was surrounded by the girls and mothers-in-law and went back to Sydney Xiaozhu to rest. When I entered the door, I saw Chun'er frowning, looking at the brazier, with a sad face. Seeing everyone coming in, Chun'er was busy laughing, got up and took off Xia Ruixi's cloak, and lifted her shoes to change.

Xia Ruixi only thought that Liang'er was not good, and hurriedly asked: "Is Liang'er good?" ”

"Miss Hui's words, Liang'er is all right. After half a month, you can come back on an errand. Chun'er looked at the people around her, and stopped talking.

Xia Ruixi didn't ask again, and only after everyone had retreated and Chun'er served her to lie down, she asked what was going on.

Chun'er was embarrassed and said, "Let's talk about it in a few days." ”

Say. If I tell you to say it, you can say it. Xia Ruixi became more and more convinced that Chun'er had something to hide from her.

Chun'er looked at the ground with her eyes and whispered, "The night before, Hong'er was gone." ”

Although Xia Ruixi had long expected Hong'er's fate, when he really heard the news, he still felt a burst of palpitations and fear. "Do Madame and Third Miss know?"

Madame took a coffin. The third lady didn't say anything, and she didn't look at it. ”

Hong'er's death, for the rest of the Xia Mansion, was just the death of a lowly slave who made a mistake. Mrs. Xia rewarded the coffin, and in the eyes of others, it was already benevolent and righteous. But for Xia Ruixi, it profoundly reminded her that this is an era of treating human life as a mustard, if you can't rely on the social legal system to ensure your personal safety, you can only rely on yourself to ensure your own safety. She must be cautious and try to take the initiative in her own hands as much as possible, rather than leaving her fate to others to control, in order to live well.

Chun'er saw that Xia Ruixi didn't speak for a long time, thinking that she was unhappy. After all, the masters didn't want to hear such an unfortunate thing during the New Year's Festival, so they couldn't help but shout worriedly: "Miss? ”

Xia Ruixi saw Chun'er's worried appearance and knew what she was afraid of, so she whispered: "Chun'er, you and Liang'er must be cautious in the future." He handed a purse to Chun'er: "After a year of hard work, I will reward you." Tonight is your holiday, there is no need to keep vigil, go and rest early. ”

Chun'er was overjoyed, pinched her purse, kowtowed to Xia Ruixi, and went with a smile. Xia Ruixi stared at the top of the tent, and sighed for no reason that his feelings were as thin as paper. Chun'er and Hong'er have contradictions, knowing her death, they have a sense of sadness for the rabbit and the fox, but after a while, they completely forget and feel sad when they see the reward. As for Xia Ruibei, Hong'er has been with her for many years, and the fight with Liang'er is also out of her instructions, it can be said that Hong'er died indirectly at her hands, and she pleaded with Mrs. Xia when she was alive, but she ignored it when she died.

Xia Ruixi thought wildly, if one day, her identity was revealed and she died, I was afraid that no one would remember her, and no one would shed a tear for her. A strong sense of loneliness surrounded her silently like a tide, she wrapped the quilt tightly, hugged her shoulders, and quietly shed tears: "Mom and Dad, I want to go home." ”

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