Chapter 60: Gains and Losses (I)

Can't think about it for too long, otherwise there will be a suspicion of lying, Rong Hua made up his mind and said: "I came out with the fourth aunt, but it was too dark outside, and I was a little scared in my heart, the fourth aunt walked in front, and I lost it somehow in the back." Later, I still heard a voice, so I went over and saw the third aunt. I think the fourth aunt may have noticed that I didn't follow and went back to look for me. ”

Listening to Rong Hua's words, she didn't have the slightest doubt about the fourth aunt, and what she said was so reasonable, it should be like this, Mrs. Tao nodded, "Good boy." He asked the maid to bring a snack again.

Outside, the curtain was lifted, and a maid walked in.

Rong Hua breathed a sigh of relief, this interrogation would be over.

After eating snacks, the old lady rewarded an azure plum blossom inkstone and a hexagonal flower and bird porcelain pen holder. Rong Hua hurriedly thanked him.

Mrs. Tao smiled kindly: "Your filial piety is rare, what if I give you something." ”

Rong Hua pursed his lips and smiled slightly.

Mrs. Tao seemed to be very satisfied, and talked to Rong Hua for a while, and then Rong Hua got up and resigned.

Rong Hua took the maid away, and Mrs. Tao said to Rui Qing: "The eight girls don't seem to be lying, there were so many things that night, she didn't know how powerful the people in this house were, so she shouldn't have thought much about it." ”

Rui Qing saw the end from the beginning, and also felt that Miss Eight's performance was normal, not like there was anything to hide, "At such a young age, Miss Eight has already panicked when she encounters that kind of scene, and I am afraid that she has no extra heart to think about anything else." ”

Mrs. Tao nodded, "You don't need to ask any more questions over there, lest it make people suspicious if you ask too many questions," she said and smiled, "I think that although this girl has been raised in the foreign mansion for many years, she is well-read, and the handwriting on it is also handsome......"

As soon as Rui Qing got these, she knew that the old lady would definitely like this Eighth Lady, the old lady liked Wang Xizhi's "Huang Tingjing" the most, and the Eighth Miss copied these, using small letters, a piece of paper with thousands of words, not a word dirty, a word is good.

Mrs. Tao asked Rui Qing to take it over again, "Don't say that there are no such good characters in our clan, and I haven't seen a copy better than this outside." In the past, the words of the five girls were good, and they were inevitably sharp. Zheng'an said that it was dignified and magnificent, and I didn't like it. ”

Rui Qing couldn't help laughing.

Speaking of Miss Five, Mrs. Tao sighed, "It's a pity that the five girls are also a pity, we have so many relatives in our family, if you tell me first, just find a similar match, how can it get to that point." ”

Rui Qing didn't know what to say, she just stood aside and listened.

Mrs. Tao asked again, "Who are the two maids that Miss Eight brought?" ”

Rui Qing poured a cup of tea and served the old lady to drink, "You have all seen it, one is Jinxiu in the eldest lady's room, and the other is jade, which also came out of the eldest lady's room, first served in the second lady's house, and then went to the eighth lady's house." ”

Old Lady Tao sneered, "She just doesn't trust anyone, and there is no one in the house who has placed her." After a pause, "But the one named Jade was sent by the second girl?" The old lady frowned, "When did the second girl also have this kind of thought." ”

Rui Qing stood aside and was silent. The old lady's preference for the second lady is always out of the ordinary, just ask, and she won't reach out to care.

Old Lady Tao really didn't continue to ask, but a cold light flashed in her eyes, "Who else has been in contact with the fourth aunt?" ”

Rui Qing told the old lady about the question of coming back, "I just heard from the people in the flower hall that I went out for a while at the beginning of the night that night." ”

Old Lady Tao glanced up at Rui Qing and instructed, "Call Chu Xiao over and ask, see what she knows, and whether it has anything to do with this matter, seeing that the people in the clan are coming, there must be no such ugly thing, no matter how you do it, you must cover it up." ”

Rui Qingkuan explained: "Don't worry, old lady, didn't the old man say before, those two thieves were not lightly injured, I'm afraid it will be difficult to speak." ”

Mrs. Tao said: "Although I said this, I couldn't be careless, if I said something, where would we put the face of the Tao family?" Speaking of this, Mrs. Tao frowned, "It's only been a few years since she let her take care of the house, and she made the house like this, if she hadn't sent the fourth aunt to the small courtyard outside to recuperate, where would it have happened?" ”

"There was chaos outside, and she didn't think about how to protect the house, but she wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the people who were in her way, and it turned out to be self-defeating and led the thieves in." Old Lady Tao's face became more and more ugly, "She hasn't grown a little over the years." Things have come to this point, and they are still looking for people to ask about the fourth aunt in the house with great fanfare, I'm afraid that others don't know that our family has an inner ghost, and the head of a dignified family is in the house, because of the discord between wives and concubines, what do the clansmen say? ”

"The Duchess of Anguo is still worried about our kindness, what if she knew that these disasters were caused by us? Can you still marry my daughter? ”

Rui Qing gently lowered her shoulders to Mrs. Tao, "Old lady, don't be angry, fortunately, you arranged the fourth aunt and Liu Er into the courtyard early in the morning, and the people outside will not know the inside story." ”

Old Madam Tao nodded, "She took the initiative to seek refuge with me, which saved me a lot of things." After a pause, he said, "I don't think it's too late, I'll call the eldest master over to me tonight." ”

Not to mention that Rui Qing found an opportunity to call Chu Xiao over to talk, asked about the events of that night, returned to the old lady, and invited the eldest master over in the evening.

Rui Qing lit all the lamps, brought tea and snacks, and the maids all retreated, leaving only Tao Zhengan's mother and son to speak.

Mrs. Tao said, "You can taste this dim ssum, but it's still not that taste." ”

The plate in front of him was osmanthus cake, Tao Zhengan took out a piece and tasted it, only Tao Mu can make such a taste here.

"You've loved this snack since you were a child, and it's been so many years."

Tao Zhengan also remembered when he was a child, and Tao's mother did care for him in those years. Although the relationship between Tao Zheng'an's mother and son is not as good as before since the eldest wife's miscarriage, the love of those years is still there.

Mrs. Tao said: "I've heard about the past few days, I don't know what to do with it, seeing that the winter solstice is worshipping the ancestors, these things are not done, and when the clansmen come, how do you respond if you mention it?" ”

Hearing this, Tao Zheng'an was shocked, "Did mother hear something?" "The old lady often exchanged letters with several elders of the clan, so she may not have received any letters.

Old Mrs. Tao glanced at Tao Zheng'an, "When there is a rumor, it will be too late." ”

Tao Zhengan breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Madam Tao snorted coldly, "Don't think I'm scaring you, how can a person who can't even manage his own house be the head of a clan?" When the elders ask you, how do you explain? The fourth aunt was locked up in the small courtyard outside the house to recuperate, and the thief came, why didn't she take her back to the house? This has not fallen into the hands of thieves, in case you are ruined by thieves, where will you put your face? Those thieves entered the house after burning the small courtyard, how did they know to go to my millennial house? ”

"The eldest daughter-in-law called the people in the house to ask, can this kind of thing be asked? It's just that your family knows about it, but if you let people outside know, how can you get it? ”

"What happened to those two thieves who went to prison?"

Tao Zhengan hurriedly replied: "Before the court, he was seriously injured and died in prison." ”

Old Lady Tao nodded, "The outside thing is cooking, and no one will talk nonsense." But do you have a number of people in the house, what are you going to do? ”

Tao Zhengan frowned, "The ten nieces of the third room ......"

Mrs. Tao's face sank and said, "Don't talk to me about the third room, can the third room be bigger than your big room?" If it's about the third room, I need to call you over and ask? You two already have a number in mind, right? At this point, there was a sarcasm in his voice.

"Fourth aunt, what are you going to do with her?"

Tao Zheng'an's heart sank suddenly, looking at Tao's mother's cold face, it seemed that there was no room for turnaround, thinking that he was already at this age, it was not easy to ......

Old Lady Tao sneered: "I know what you are thinking, the fourth aunt is finally pregnant, and you are reluctant to give up the piece of meat in her belly." ”

was said to have hit the heart, Tao Zhengan was silent.

Mrs. Tao took a sip of the tea on the table, "Mo said that I don't know if she is really pregnant, even if she does, she has done that kind of thing, can you still protect her for the sake of the child?" In the future, when the child is born, and someone doubts his identity, where will you put your face? Where do we put the Tao family's face? In case someone says that the Tao family has raised thieves for others, can you still plug other people's mouths? Why didn't she conceive early, didn't conceive late, but she got pregnant with a thief in her yard? Even if there were, the child would be unlucky. ”

Old Mrs. Tao's face was a little fierce, "You didn't even say a word to me when you and your eldest daughter-in-law dealt with Xiao Wu before, why did you change the rules now?" ”

"Xiao Wu can handle it, why can't she? Even if she really has it in her belly, what she has in her belly is your child, not Xiao Wu? ”

Tao Zhengan, who was forced by Mrs. Tao word by word, was speechless.

Old Lady Tao glanced at Tao Zhengan coldly, "In case your little star gets a corpse and two lives, I'm afraid you'll blame me." This morning, I had someone put an abortion pill in the fourth aunt's soup bowl, and she drank the soup...... A day has passed, but her body is fine and there is nothing unusual, I don't believe you go to the house to see her. After saying this, Mrs. Tao put the tea bowl on the table, and someone heard the sound and opened the door.

When Tao Zhengan heard this, his eyes widened, and then he looked outside.

Mrs. Tao said sharply again: "Go! ”

Tao Zhengan got up and went out of the house, and the maid who led the way led him outside the fourth aunt's house.

Tao Zheng'an only felt that his legs were unusually heavy, and he didn't know whether to continue walking, Liu Er, who was working in the outhouse, saw Tao Zheng'an with sharp eyes, and immediately put down his things and greeted him, "The master is here." ”

Tao Zhengan entered the house, and the fourth aunt heard the voice and greeted her.

Tao Zhengan looked up and saw that the fourth aunt was wearing a snow-blue Confucian jacket, with smoke in her eyes, standing under the lamp.

Seeing Tao Zheng'an, the fourth aunt smiled slightly and raised her eyebrows, "Why did the master come over today?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Tao Zhengan's arm and invited him into the inner room.

Liu Er brought the tea set, and the fourth aunt took it, raised her head and smiled at Tao Zhengan, "Wait, master, I'll make you a pot of tea." ”

Tao Zhengan looked at the fourth aunt in a daze. It's been a few years since she made tea, and she wasn't skilled at first...... Now, she can probably brew good tea with her eyes closed.

didn't wait for the fourth aunt to come over with tea, Tao Zhengan had already gotten up and walked over.

For Tao Zheng'an's enthusiasm, the fourth aunt was a little surprised.

Tao Zhengan's thinking was scattered, and he only saw the beautiful eyebrows and eyes in front of him, the shiny lips, and a round dimple with a slight smile.

The fourth aunt glanced at Liu'er, who hurriedly walked out and gently closed the partition door again. There was no one else in the house, the fourth aunt took the tea and snuggled into Tao Zheng'an's arms, and sent the tea cup to Tao Zheng'an's mouth, "This tea was appreciated by the old lady, and I specially kept it for the master." ”

There was nothing good in her house, unless it was given by the old lady, and she always kept it for use when he came.

Once, when he came to her after a few months, she happily took out a tea can, but found that a small worm had run into it, so she was not distressed, and then changed to other tea, but there was no more.

She hasn't enjoyed much happiness with him all these years, and finally gave birth to a brother, but he died early, and he didn't even enter the family tree.

The sixth aunt gave birth to Brother Hong, and the house is called Brother Hong's second master. She also made trouble for a while, and when she saw him, she asked, "Who is the second master?" What about the one I gave birth to? The one I gave birth to is the second master. ”

Tao Zhengan sat on the chair and drank tea, and the fourth aunt was waiting on the side, but she was reluctant to take away the hand that was on Tao Zhengan's knee, so she had to pour tea with her left hand, and only when Tao Zhengan's face softened did the fourth aunt speak, "Master, do you remember promising me that you would find a good family for Yanhua?" Although he asked, he didn't say anything, nor did he mention the Wang family, "Now Advantech is not young, as long as the family affairs are matched, the character is also good." After a pause, "Even if the family affairs are average, it is not impossible for people to learn if they have talents, Yanhua has been married for a few years, and it is good to have a bright future in the future." He added, "As long as it is a wife, my uncle can have development, and Yanhua can rely on it, it is an excellent family matter, and Yanhua and I will be grateful to my master." ”

Tao Zhengan glanced at the fourth aunt, and his eyes softened, "You are all for Yanhua ...... so much."

The fourth aunt lowered her head and smiled, "How can you not worry about it when it comes out of my belly." "She and the eldest lady are also coming to those things so that they can press the box for Advantech in the future.

She doesn't care about anything anymore, as long as Yanhua's marriage can be successful, she can do anything. Thinking of this, a bright smile floated again, desperately trying to please Tao Zhengan.

She was not burned to death in the small courtyard, and begged the thieves bitterly, telling them that there were gold, silver and jewels in this house, and she was afraid that the thieves would rummage around, and if they broke into the Yanhua house and damaged the reputation of Yanhua, she named the location of the Millennium Residence. She originally wanted to get rid of Rong Hua by the hand of the thief.

The hateful thing is that in the end, Yanhua was almost kidnapped by thieves.

It's all her iniquity that harms Yanhua.

She must not be able to hide the fact that she led the thief into the house, originally she felt that there was no way out, so she begged the second miss with the last hope, or Chu Xiao, who was next to the second miss, helped her think of this way.

Whether she has a child in her belly or not, everyone will know sooner or later.

I know what to do, at most I will die, even if I want to die, I will watch the scenery of Yanhua after getting married.

"Zheng'an," the fourth aunt took Tao Zheng'an's hand, put it on her lower abdomen, raised her head, smiled slightly, but there was a layer of mist in her eyes, "I will definitely have another brother this time." ”

This seemed to be sincere, Tao Zhengan stretched out his hand and took the fourth aunt into his arms, "You are pregnant now, it is serious to raise your body, wait until the child is born, and then worry about Yanhua." Tao Zhengan obviously felt the body in his arms stiffen.

The fourth aunt became anxious, and suddenly stopped being so quiet, "Then what's going on?" Advantech is not young. ”

The enthusiasm in Tao Zhengan's mind suddenly dissipated, and he looked at the fourth aunt quietly, "It's not bad for this year or two." ”

The fourth aunt's face changed suddenly, "I just think that I should find a good candidate earlier, even if it doesn't pass the door, it's better to settle first." ”

Tao Zheng'an said for a long time: "Have you told Yanhua this?" ”

The fourth aunt hurriedly said: "Where can I say these words." After a pause, thinking of Yanhua's appearance in the past few days, he was much warmer to her than before, always looking at her stomach from time to time, as if he was about to have a younger brother.

How could her painstaking Yanhua know, even how her "illness" suddenly healed, she just dealt with it vaguely, and Yanhua stopped asking.

If you want to blame it, blame her lowly status. The subordinate who was bought back by Tao Mansion, although he carried his aunt, he was still a subordinate after all.

One day, the next person will do something extraordinary, so that they can all see. The fourth aunt stretched out her hand, closed her five fingers and wiped it from the inside out, a smile appeared on her face again, stretched out her arm to hang on Tao Zhengan's neck, and looked at Tao Zhengan with affection in her eyes.

Rong Hua had asked the maids to bolt the door early, and then called Hibiscus and Jinxiu over to tell them about today's events.

Mu Hibiscus couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Miss, you are kind, obviously the fourth aunt is bad, why don't you tell the old lady." ”

Rong Hua glanced at Mu Hibiscus, Mu Hibiscus immediately stopped, Rong Hua said: "That's what I want to say, there were a lot of people in my house that day, and few people must think of this layer, you two know it in your hearts, but no one is allowed to go out and say half a word, otherwise," Rong Hua's face sank, "In case something happens, I don't have the ability to protect you." ”

Hearing this, Jinxiu and Mu Hibiscus became nervous, the former was fortunately just pondering, and the latter couldn't help but ask again, "Miss, what's going on?" ”

She also figured out again and again that the matter of the fourth aunt could not be made quiet, and it would damage the reputation of the Tao Mansion after saying it, so the old lady left the fourth aunt and Liu Er on her side. She didn't dare to make up her mind how to solve this matter, she was just sure that knowing that this matter would never do her any good.

As much as you can, you can do more.

I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival.

Thanks to the experience provided by the parents, Wa has already asked the child to buy colostrum.