The sky is icy blue on an autumn morning, and I look coldly at the people walking around on the ground. Today is September 18, the day when the Luo family came to pick up He Angelica and go back.

Yesterday evening, Mama Tang came to the Taoist temple to deliver a letter, and said to the Taoist aunt on the door that the family would send a sedan chair to carry the third lady back to the house the next morning. Led by Dao Gu, when the two walked to the East Chamber, He Angelica was talking to Zhenzhu in the house, Zhenzhu's face was depressed and sad, and He Angelica's face was wearing a thick veil.

Mama Tang looked at it and immediately asked in surprise: "Third Miss, why are you covering your face with a scarf, but what's wrong with your face?" Would you like to ask a doctor to take a look? "Mama Tang is the grandmother who has a face in front of the old lady, and she is also a person with status in Luofu, and her meaning often represents the meaning of the old lady, so it is also an honor to make her so caring.

He Angelica immediately stood up to greet the guest, and brought a stool for her to sit, but there was not much turbulence in his tone, and he only said lightly: "My face is very good, I wear a veil because I have some nasal congestion today, and I am afraid of getting cold, so I wear it to block the wind." Now after all, I live in the mountains, and there is no need to ask a doctor to mobilize the people. ”

Mama Tang hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid of this, when I passed by the mountainside, I saw a Zhuangzi, there must be a doctor in it, it is better to call the third lady to prescribe two patches of cold medicine, and sweat after eating." The old lady had to recite the name of the third lady several times throughout the day, and if she knew that the third lady had contracted the wind cold in order to pray for the blessing of the family, wouldn't the old lady be sad? Before she left, the old lady specially called her over and said that she knew that she was a safe person, so she asked her to lead the sedan car team to pick up the third lady, and told her that she must wait for the third miss to get better before setting off, and stop a few more times on the road to see if the third miss could stand the bumps.

He Angelica shook his head: "There is a saying that 'quack doctors are better than no doctors', and the medicines they prescribe do not work after taking them, but aggravate their condition." Mama Tang, you are in the dust, how can I support you again? When I returned home, from my ancestors, uncles, to my cousins and cousins, who was not a good doctor? Even a sweeping boy in Luofu can sing a few words of soup song, as long as I breathe the air of Luofu, my nose will definitely be very smooth. ”

Mama Tang thought about it and made sense, so she smiled and said: "Third Miss be relieved, this time the old lady is asking us to pick you up and take you home, and the West Cross Courtyard has also been cleaned up, just waiting for the third lady to move in." ”

After hearing the good news reported by Mama Tang, He Angelica didn't see how happy he was, and still said lightly: "Then let's set off tomorrow." Then he turned his head to look at the real pearl next to him and said, "Mama Tang has worked the road, and she has to bother my sister to arrange accommodation and meals on her behalf." ”

Zhenzhu nodded and said: "Then let Mama Tang live in the side room of the North Courtyard, Sister-in-law Liu also lived there before, everything is ready-made, I will go to the kitchen to eat now." He got up and walked away.

He Angelica looked at the back of the long-haired man who reached the ground, and sighed in his heart, Qiu Ping, you are a good woman, this gloomy Taoist temple is not your destination, even if you don't remarry and have children, you can have a better life. My wounds are deeper and more painful than yours, will I hide and see no one for the rest of my life?

Seeing that the third lady was not very excited when she heard that the Luo family came to pick her up, Mama Tang couldn't help but be a little confused. She put a bag of dresses and rouge gouache on the table, and said with a smile: "The old lady knows that the Taoist temple where the third lady lives is remote, and she can't buy clothes that fit her. Because of the rush of time, it was too late to cut new clothes, and the old lady thought that Miss Third was about the same size as Miss Second, so she asked for this set of dresses from Miss Second, all of which were new clothes made last month, and Miss Two didn't wear them a few times. The middle coat, small coat and embroidered shoes are taken directly from the library, Miss Three, can you try to wear them? ”

He Angelica stepped forward to take it away, a pair of antique double butterfly cloud-shaped thousand water skirts, a white magnolia loose flower gauze dress, a set of ice silkworm clothes, a set of ivory silk clothes, and a pair of lotus lotus ruyi embroidered shoes.

She looked at it carefully inch by inch, and Fang smiled: "Heh, the second sister's taste is still so good, the color of these clothes is elegant and generous, and the idea of hollowing out and embroidering the edges is very ingenious, which really makes me love it." When I got home, I had to make two more sachets to thank her and my second aunt. I wonder if my second aunt has been looking good lately? The trivial matters at home lately must have worried her a lot. ”

Mama Tang looked at He Angelica in surprise, in her impression, the third lady is a gourd with a saw-mouthed mouth, hitting a stick to make a sound, hitting two sticks to make a sound and a half, why did she suddenly change her temperament today? Just now, Mama Tang asked and answered with Miss San, and Miss San said a few more words, but Mama Tang didn't notice that she had become a lot more clever in her speech. Now the third lady actually took the initiative to talk to her and asked about the second wife's current situation, which is really strange!

Half a year ago, the third lady lived in Luo's house, and a pink and jade girl went there to stop there, not to mention that the eldest lady and the fourth lady were never as good as the second lady who was nicknamed "Beauty Flower" in Luodong Mansion and Luoxi Mansion was also compared. The old lady took pity on the third lady, who was as delicate as a porcelain doll, and let the third lady eat breakfast and lunch in her room. In the afternoon, there are often guests from the Rossi Mansion and the Wu Mansion coming and going, and sometimes the old lady will leave them for dinner, so it is inconvenient for the third lady to accompany her, so the third lady eats the regular meal from the kitchen in her own house for dinner.

At that time, Fuzhong was the busiest in the spring, and the second wife in charge neglected to take care of the third lady's affairs, so that the kitchen only had the maid's regular meal in the dinner sent to the West Cross Courtyard every day, and there was no regular meal for the young lady. The third lady thought that the second lady deliberately deducted her share, so she was aggrieved and ate a dish and a soup that was standard for half a month.

Later, when the time came for Miss Fuzhong to routinely cut spring clothes, the third lady heard about it and waited in the house for the tailor master to measure the size, but she waited until the evening and did not see the tailor, so the third lady sent a maid to inquire.

The maid was also a cautious person, and after a few words of hearsay, she went back to report to the third lady that the other ladies had all taken their measurements this morning, and that the tailor had gone back early; At noon, the person who delivered the material came, and the other ladies picked up all the bright materials, and the remaining few mandarin ducks with dark red backgrounds had been left by the second wife to make pillowcases.

When the third lady heard this, the anger that she had been holding in her heart for half a month rushed to her head, so she ran to the old lady to complain, and the old lady asked the second lady to call her to inquire.

The second wife was also very angry when she entered the door. She said in a burst of thought that the kitchen affairs have always been in charge of Wang Qi's family, and she, the housewife, only cares a few times during the New Year's holidays and feasts with relatives and friends. Since the wrong meal was delivered, why didn't it be returned inappropriately, and let people send the right one over, and it took half a month to run and say that it was delivered wrong, wouldn't it make outsiders laugh at the chaos of their family directors and laugh at her incompetence as a housewife? As for today's tailoring, I was even more annoyed, early in the morning, all the young ladies went to Xinxintang to find Master Mai to measure the size, only Sister Yi waited left and right, and no one was seen. Master Mai is the master who came out of the palace clothes workshop, and he has long been sealed and cut and closed and does not accept work, looking at the face of the Luo family to make clothes for a few young ladies, waiting for a pillar of incense and not seeing Sister Yi, they left. Is it because he is the head of the house that he has any mistakes that are his own?

When the old lady saw that the second lady was on fire, she asked her to bring a cup of jasmine. Flower tea, let the third lady give the second wife to dissipate the anger, even if a misunderstanding is eliminated, the family goes in and out all day long, and it is inevitable that there will be a stumbling misunderstanding.

The third lady reluctantly picked up the tea and handed it over with one hand, the second lady was displeased, saying that Sister Qiong and Sister Shao knew how to use their hands to give tea to the elders when they were three years old.

The third lady pursed her lips, and suddenly sobbed and cried, the old lady hurriedly asked people to wipe her tears, led them to other rooms to coax her, and complained that the second lady was so strict with a nine-year-old child, and the aunt also had the word "mother", so she more or less cherished the child as much as Sister Qiong, and everyone was happy. The second lady pressed her eyebrows with her fingers, shouting that her brain hurt, and the old lady also knew that she was working hard, so she couldn't bear to talk about her more, so she asked the second wife to go back.

Everyone in the Luo family knows that the second wife is a straight-hearted person, and this misunderstanding made her heart have a pimple, and she won't like the third miss very much in the future.

On the first and fifteenth day of the new year, her Baoqin Pavilion often holds a tea party, a poetry party, and a flower appreciation party. In addition to their own young ladies and brothers, they also have to call the younger generation of Luoxi Mansion, Wu Mansion and Sun Mansion, and everyone laughs and laughs in one place, which can deepen the relationship between relatives. Originally, at the spring tea party in a few days, the second wife also prepared a post to invite the third miss to play, but with this unpleasant misunderstanding, she didn't want to invite the third lady.

The second wife said that the young ladies and sons invited to the tea party all grew up in a small place, and they often joked and joked with each other, even if they broke their faces and said that they had thick necks, they would be fine again when they ate after a while. Now that a half-baked third lady is suddenly inserted, everyone will inevitably feel uncomfortable, and they can't make trouble. If the guests were talking here, she would cry again, and she would lose the face of everyone in Luodong Mansion. If at the tea party, she felt that she had been wronged, so she only held back her voice at the time, and then ran to the ancestor to complain, so she didn't have to let herself be in trouble.

This part of the past was witnessed by Mama Tang herself, so she guessed that although the third lady didn't say anything from then on, she must have resented the second wife in her heart. Why is the third lady still willing to ask if the second wife's complexion is good, and whether she is busy managing family affairs?

Mama Tang thought for a while and replied, "But let the third lady say it, the second lady is not very good these days, but she still insists on taking care of all the big and small things at home, and she is also very concerned about welcoming the third lady home." You see, this set of middle clothes, small coats and embroidered shoes was picked by the second lady from the warehouse according to the size of the third lady, which even the old lady did not take into account. ”

"Oops!"

He Angelica suddenly screamed, startling Mama Tang, and hurriedly asked, "Third Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

He Angelica's face was covered with a thick veil, and her expression could not be seen, only a pair of big eyes exposed outside flashed with tears, which was extremely pitiful. She hesitated, and finally spread her palms. Mama Tang stared at it, and was startled again, only to see several sharp white thorns on her delicate fingers like spring onions, and blood beads were bubbling out in several places.