Chapter 208: Falling Leaves This Winter
Wei Yuewu has been looking at Mama Hong coldly, seeing her reply, her eyes flickered, and a sneer slipped silently under her eyes, it seems that this Mama Hong should also know something inside.
"Mama Hong, since my father has always been obsessed with my mother, I must not want my mother's yard to be dilapidated and desolate, right? I would like to borrow the key to my mother's yard from Mama Hong and clean it before my father arrives. Wei Yuewu smiled slightly and took over the topic of Mama Hong.
"This ......," Mama Hong hesitated.
Mrs. Hou's courtyard is not something anyone can enter if they want to, and Mrs. Hou sometimes doesn't know what to do with it, and she just hopes that everyone will ignore the existence of that courtyard.
"Isn't it impossible? Or is what Mama Hong said to coax me, in fact, my father has no feelings for my mother, and is willing to see the courtyard where my mother once lived is dilapidated? Wei Yuewu frowned slightly, and her long eyelashes flickered, bringing a touch of sadness.
The biological mother died early, and the biological father ignored his biological mother's old site, and let it go to ruin, and anyone would be sad.
"No...... It's not like this......" Mama Hong, who has always been sophisticated, couldn't help but stutter at this time, she just came to send a message for Mrs. Tai today to express Aunt Dong's kindness to Miss Six, how could this be biased to Mrs. Hou's yard.
And she can't deny this, Hou Ye's affection for Mrs. Hou, she has always seen it in her eyes, and many people in Hou know it, and Hou Ye's intentions have always been incomprehensible, and Mama Hong doesn't dare to say nonsense.
In the past, when Miss Six was not there, Master Hou was not there, so it didn't matter what he said, but when Miss Six was here, I am afraid that it would really cause some right and wrong.
Mama Hong suddenly regretted this time that she didn't let people tidy up Mrs. Hou's yard early.
"If Mama feels embarrassed, forget it, I'd better wait for my father to return home, and tell my father directly! I want to ask my father, since he has been thinking about his mother for so many years, why did he let his mother's yard go unruly. Wei Yuewu was not in a hurry, and looked at Mama Hong and said leisurely.
But the meaning of these words is not so smooth!
Mama Hong's forehead also began to break out in a cold sweat, who would dare to stab Hou Ye in this kind of thing, if this really provoked Hou Ye, she knew very well that Mrs. Tai might not be able to protect herself.
"Miss Six wants to tidy it up, so she doesn't have to go to Master Hou. Miss Six is not the other ladies in the house, she is Mrs. Hou's biological daughter, of course you can sort it out, this key is here in the old slave, and the old slave immediately took it down and gave it to Miss Six. Mama Hong said as she untied a large set of keys from her waist.
Pick one out and respectfully offer it to Wei Yuewu.
Jin Ling took it on the side, smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Mama Hong!" With this key, our young lady can go and clean up first, lest when Master Hou returns home, if he wants to go to Mrs. Hou's yard, he won't be angry when he sees the desolate scene. ”
"It's the old slave's dereliction of responsibility, the old slave should have sent someone to sort it out, but a while ago, the second miss had frequent accidents, and the old slave accompanied Mrs. Tai, and forgot about it for a while, and let the sixth miss care, it is really the old slave's dereliction of responsibility, and I hope the sixth miss will forgive!" Mama Hong said apologetically, but put all the responsibility on Wei Yan.
said that he worked hard and forgot to tidy up for a while, which caused such negligence, and he was not negligent.
"It's okay, Mama Hong, please go back, I'll sort it out later!" When Wei Yuewu heard this, her eyes silently slid over Mama Hong's face, and the corners of her lips were slightly hooked.
"Yes, yes...... The old slave told ...... "Mama Hong subconsciously wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered the steps of this trip, immediately stood still, turned back again, and said with a smile, "Sixth Miss, Mrs. Tai asked you and Third Miss to pick up Hou Ye and Aunt Dong tomorrow." ”
She was so distraught that she almost forgot what was going on, she would think about it again, and she always felt weird in her heart, was this topic really accidentally led astray by Miss Six?
"Got it, Mama, please go back!" Wei Yuewu smiled silently and nodded, which was considered to be the case.
Seeing that Wei Yuewu agreed so happily, Mama Hong secretly wiped her sweat and said goodbye to Wei Yuewu.
"Miss, what do you mean by Mrs. Tai? It's normal for Hou Ye to come to you to pick it up, what does it mean for you to pick up Hou Ye and Aunt Dong? She has a little aunt, what shelf can you pick up? Jin Ling put the key in his hand on the table and said indignantly.
Wei Yuewu got up and walked to the window, her delicate little face was illuminated by the dappled sunlight outside the window, and she said lightly after half a sound: "You should want to show your affection for me, right?" ”
No matter what, Aunt Dong is just by the way, although the words in the house are so, but the rumors outside will only say that she went to pick up her father, not to mention that from the words of Mrs. Tai and Mama Hong, I also know that this Aunt Dong is a scheming person, even if her father has not let go, she has always been conscientious by her father's side, and she seems to have no complaints.
Anyone would think that Aunt Winter is a good one.
Therefore, it is impossible for her to step on it in front of everyone, and even praise herself and hold herself high, so as to win the image of a virtuous woman who seeks perfection, does not seek fame, and serves Huayang Hou wholeheartedly.
Wei Yuewu could even guess that the purpose of Aunt Dong letting herself and Wei Yuejiao pick her up was to let more people see her sisterhood and her love and concern for herself, and even surpass her daughter.
This will make everyone feel that they are a motherless concubine, not only arrogant and rude, but also arrogant and insignificant......
"It's okay, we'll follow up tomorrow, since Aunt Dong wants to act, let's cooperate with her." Wei Yuewu raised her head and looked out the window, a leaf fell sporadically outside the window, and the leaf that was already crumbling finally fell from the tree, withering and falling.
"At the end of the painting, you used to grow up in the country?" Wei Yuewu stretched out her white and tender hand, and coincidentally, the dim yellow leaf fell on her palm.
The snowy skin is lined with the dusky leaves, and there is a strange sense of harmony, but it makes people see this hand and this leaf at a glance!
"Yes, the slave maid grew up in the countryside, and although the slave and maid were small at that time, they remembered having a lot of fun, and sometimes they took their younger siblings out together, but they were too crazy." When I think of the free and easy days I spent in the countryside when I was a child, I am still very happy at the end of the painting, and when I have something to do, I will take it out and talk about it.
Along with Wei Yuewu, several maids, all heard her talk about those interesting things in the countryside.
"I remember you mentioned that you would use leaves, prick bugs, and they do it very well." Wei Yuewu looked at the leaves in the palm of her hand.
"Yes, the slave and maid will be pricked, but this will be winter, and the leaves of this tree are very withered, I am afraid that if you move a little, it will be broken and unformed, and you can only keep it for a while." At the end of the painting, he looked at the leaves in Wei Yuewu's hand in embarrassment.
The leaves of the trees in summer cannot be compared with the leaves of the trees in winter, and the degree of flexibility is not much different, and it is impossible to last.
"It's okay, I'll just hold it for a while!" Wei Yuewu's expression remained unchanged, her long eyelashes like butterfly wings fluttered twice, and she was still looking at the fallen leaves in her hands intently, with a meaningful smile on her cherry lips......
The courtyard door was pushed open, and it was heavy as if it had been pushed against my heart.
It can be seen that the yard has also been cleaned, but because it has been a little long, there are faint traces of dead grass in the stone crevices of the path, and a thick layer of fallen leaves is spread on the ground.
Wei Yuewu came in with her skirt, stepped down, her feet were soft and full of leaves, and she bit her lip to suppress the sourness in her heart.
It is said that this was once the courtyard of Huayang Hou's favorite wife, but now it has fallen into this way.
The courtyard is very large, a few points larger than the Qinghe Courtyard, and it can be seen that it was at its peak at that time, standing in the courtyard, closing its eyes slightly, and there are some intermittent fragments, which seem to slide past in front of you.
Everything else is blurred, except for a beautiful and refined face, which appears in memory from time to time......
It was the mother's face, beautiful with tenderness, so kind eyes, as if through time and space, hands pressed on the chest, slightly suffocated, a little painful, not that sensory pain, but real pain, the whole person squatted down in pain.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Shu Fei first noticed that something was wrong with Wei Yuewu and exclaimed.
"I'm fine!" Wei Yuewu gritted her teeth, sensing the pain in her body that receded like a tide, as if the pain at that moment was an illusion.
"Miss, the slave will help you in and take a rest." At the end of the painting, he stopped picking up the movement under the tree and walked over to the hurried road.
"No, you go ahead and pick some leaves!" Wei Yuewu shook her head, stood up with Shufei's hand, wiped the cold sweat that hurt in an instant with a handkerchief, and settled down after standing still.
"Miss, are you really okay?" Jin Ling also asked with concern.
"No problem!" Wei Yuewu shook her head, let go of Shu Fei's hand, and walked inside.
The door opened, and there was a smell of dust, and when I looked at the thick layer of dust on the table and the flower stand, I knew that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
Turn the flower stand, into the slightly picked inner room, although there is dust in the inner room, but the overall look is neat, if it is not for the dust, I would even think that the hostess is leaning against the window of the Xiangfei collapse at this time, dealing with the account book, occasionally embroidering, looking back at the girls playing in the house, the eyes overflowing full of tenderness.
Jin Ling saw that Wei Yuewu's face was too pale, and couldn't help but propose: "Miss, you go to the courtyard first, there is a lot of dust here, the slave maid let people come in and clean it first, and then you come in." ”
"Yes, miss, you go and have a look first, even the windows are closed all the time, and it's very depressing." Shu Fei walked to the window, gently pushed the window, opened the window, and a cold wind blew in, and some dust was blown up.
Wei Yuewu nodded, retreated, and walked to the back.
Jin Ling and Shu Fei commanded the maid and mother-in-law brought from the Qinghe courtyard to clean up the yard together.
Wei Yuewu turned to the back of the house with the end of the painting, there is a small garden behind the main house, which is not big, but it has its own rockery and flowing water, which is not found in any garden in Huayang Houfu.
The water in the pond has long dried up, and there is no moisture at the foot of the rockery.
"At the end of the painting, you still go and pick up some leaves that you need, I'll stand here for a while!" Wei Yuewu squinted her eyes and looked at the rockery at the height, it seemed that there was indeed such a rockery in her memory, but because time had passed too long, and she was too small, she couldn't think clearly.
"Miss, the slave maid will pick some on the side, if you have anything, call the slave maid." Looking at the thick leaves on the path, the end of the painting nodded, but he was worried about Wei Yuewu, and said with concern.
"I'm fine!" Wei Yuewu walked slowly to the rockery, stretched out her hand and gently touched the rockery, that kind of real touch made her face more and more pale, this is the place where she lived in her childhood, once called the most central courtyard of Huayang Hou Mansion.