stepped forward to give the old lady a big gift, Luo Baiqian smiled and said: "My grandson has been helping my father check the accounts for the past two days, and I forgot to come to the old ancestor to say goodbye, I really should fight!" I wonder if you are in such a hurry to find your grandson, do you have any teachings? ”

The old lady happily asked Licorice to bring him a brocade and sat down, and said, "It was your second aunt who asked her to summon you, saying that your mother had a headache and couldn't go out, and your daughter-in-law couldn't pull away, and it just so happened that she met you and knew that you were idle today, so she asked you to come over to represent the people in your long room." Mysteriously saying that something had something to announce, even I was kept in the dark. However, I haven't seen you come for a few days, but I really want to see you—oops, ex-brother! Come and show me how you have a plaster on your neck, what's wrong! ”

Luo Baiqian explained in detail: "I studied late yesterday, and I rested in the small courtyard outside the house, but I didn't expect that there were mosquitoes in the autumn, and my grandson was not used to smelling the smell of insecticide, and he fell asleep without lighting incense, and he got up early today and found that he was bitten by a big bag." Ancestor, don't worry, your grandson has already taken the White Jade Poison Powder, and it will be fine in a day or two. After saying this, he swept Sun two or three times with his peripheral vision, and found that she always had a warm smile on her face, without a trace of abnormality, so he gradually relaxed.

The old lady asked a few more words about his diet and daily life, then turned back to look at Sun, and said slowly: "Sister Mei, according to your request just now, the representatives of the three rooms have been found, the former brother represents the long room, and Mei Qiao represents the third room, if you have anything to say, just say it!" It's been mysterious and mysterious since just now, and it's not worrying! ”

Sun put away his smile, stood up and walked to the center of the house, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady, and then lay on the ground and couldn't get up.

"Sister Mei, what are you doing here?" The old lady was taken aback, pushed the lamp grass that was beating her legs, and said, "Quick, go and help the second wife up!" ”

Sun shook his head and pushed away the lamp grass, and said resolutely: "Ancestor, for the sake of the safety of our Luo family, there is one thing I can't help but say!" ”

"What's so serious? Get up and speak! The old lady was so anxious that she used enamel cloisonné silver Ruyi to beat the soft couch again and again, "My old man is not afraid, no matter what happens, you stand up and say, if you have any grievances, just come to me, and I will also call the shots for you!" ”

Sun wiped away the two tears from the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, stood up with the support of the lamp grass, calmed down, and said: "Ancestor, He Angelica, the daughter of Chuanxiong, is a demon genus, and she must not be allowed to come back!" ”

The old lady's face changed greatly, she scraped the texture of Yin Ruyi with her fingernails, and scolded in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about, you are Sister Yi'er's second aunt, how can you say such a thing?" ”

Sun shook his head: "Daughter-in-law is not talking nonsense, I heard that my sister-in-law also mentioned this matter to you, but it failed to attract your attention." Yesterday, the rockery of the north courtyard collapsed, and the falling rock killed a passing crane, and the daughter-in-law immediately went to the north courtyard to inspect after the letter, and found that the scene was a mess, the crane was first smashed miserably, and was pecked by the vulture! Ancestor, the crane is an auspicious thing, there are only eight in the garden of our house, and now one has died for no reason, this is a signal - He Angelica is a demon, we must not let her enter the door! ”

The old lady frowned, straightened her clothes, and said, "Sister Mei'er, I know that in the past, you had a little gap with Sister Yi'er's mother, and your face was red a few times, but Sister Yi'er was only a ten-year-old child, and she didn't have a parent to protect her when she was young, so it's pitiful." Now, Chuanxiong has also converted to Taoism and has no quarrel with the world, and only has such a little blood and blood for half his life, how can you bear to drive Sister Yi out of the door again? How much space can she occupy for a child, and how much can she eat? You just tolerate it, and give some of your heart to Sister Qiong to others, don't forget, you are the housewife. ”

"Ancestor, you really blame your daughter-in-law!" Sun's face was full of grievances, and two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks, "The daughter-in-law has been trusted by the ancestors and has been in charge of Zhongfang for ten years, what kind of enmity can she have with a junior?" As for her mother Chuanxiong, I went to the academy in the same year as her in the past, and got married in the same year, we have been close friends for many years, where did the overnight feud come from? I'm completely thinking about our Luo family, Chuanxiong's daughter is really an ominous person! ”

"Second aunt, third sister is an ominous person? What does this mean? Since Luo Baiqian heard what the Sun family said just now, he couldn't fight with his secret eight poles, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and watched the old lady and the Sun family talking about the topic of the third lady like watching a play. However, why did Sun say that she was a "demon" and an "ominous person"?

"Ancestor, daughter-in-law is not a person who can't tolerate people, as the saying goes, 'the emperor's family also has three poor relatives', even if Sister Yi's background is poor, our Luo family can tolerate her. Over the years, how have the poor relatives who came to the door reading the old lady's name ever broken off, and when did the daughter-in-law let them leave empty-handed? Earlier, you said that you would arrange for me to take Sister Yi back, but at that time, I had just returned from the funeral at my mother's house, and a mountain of family affairs had piled up. I didn't care about anything, and the first thing I did when I entered the door was to ask Ding Rong's family to go to Shuishangguan to pick up Sister Yi, but she refused to come back! Sun raised his voice outside the door and shouted, "Ding Rong's family, come in and talk about it!" ”

As soon as the curtain of the door was bulging, a thin white woman about fifty years old walked in and said, "Good morning, old ancestor, please say hello to the second wife and the eldest young master." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "Ding Rong's family, your son is also an official now, sooner or later, you will also be canonized as Mrs. Decree, don't give us a salute in the future." ”

Ding Rong's family said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "My husband and I are both slaves of the Luo family, and it is right to ask An to salute when we see our master, and we dare not forget our roots at any time." ”

The old lady nodded again and asked, "Your grandmother asked you to pick up the third lady in Shuishangguan, but I heard that you didn't receive anyone?" ”

Ding Rongjia sighed and said: "The second lady ordered to take the third lady home, and I set off with the Gao Dashan family overnight, and drove all night, and said in my heart, 'The old lady has not eaten water for several days because of the third lady's untimely death, and then I heard that the third lady has come back from the dead, and the old lady has been talking all day long saying that she is well-behaved and sensible, looking forward to the stars and the moon waiting for her to go back. Let's take the third lady back a moment earlier, and you will be happy a moment earlier, old lady. After arriving at the water business view, we asked Dao Gu to go in and inform the third lady, saying that the family came to pick her up. Who knew that we stood outside for two hours, and we couldn't see the third lady's people, nor the people who talked back and forth. It's easy, an arrogant and rude Taoist aunt came out of it, but told us that the third lady said that she would stay until the seventeenth of this month and then go home, and now there are still a few days left, so she can't go with us! ”

Aunt Mei in the third room smiled: "Really? There is such a miracle in the world! The concubine heard that the water merchant temple was located in the deep mountains, extremely poor and miserable, if the concubine stayed in that kind of place, she would dream of her family picking her up. Didn't the third lady break her brain and refuse to come back to enjoy the blessings? ”

Sun slowly glanced at everyone in the room, and finally his eyes fell on the old lady's face, and he said with a straight face: "Everyone, so far, there is one thing I can't hide anymore!" ”

"What's the matter?" Several people asked in unison.

Sun sighed and said, "Last year, I invited Mr. Feng Shui to show the family house, and at that time, he pointed to the place where Sister Yi lived and said, that person is elder. Yesterday, Ding Rong's family came to report, saying that Sister Yi was hiding in the Taoist temple and didn't dare to come out to meet people, I heard it in my heart, so I asked someone to go to West Street to invite Li Xiangshi and ask him to give our family a hexagram. Before the hexagram, I didn't tell him anything about Sister Yi'er, nor did I give him Sister Yi'er's birthday. Do you know what the result of Lee Sang-shi's divination is? ”

The old lady frowned: "Sister Mei, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't sell it anymore." ”

He said, from the hexagram, it shows that there is a demon woman in our family, who is born different from other women, the elders of the Ke family, and the Kefu family after marrying! I asked him what the woman's name was, and he replied that the hexagram only showed that the woman was not from the Luo family, but a young lady from the concubine! Ancestor, there are only five young ladies in our family, except for the eldest young master's new daughter, in the middle generation, Sister Ying is the daughter of the eldest sister-in-law, and Sister Qiong and Sister Shao were born to me. These four children are all members of our Luo family, and they are all descendants. Although Sister Yi was a concubine before her parents and left, her biological father Sanmei Liu married a new wife, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, and from the law, Chuanxiong is not even a concubine, and Chuanxiong's daughter is a concubine. And of the five young ladies in the family, she is the only one who does not have the surname Luo ......"

After Sun's words were finished, the old lady could hear the silver ruyi in her hand and drop it on the soft couch, Aunt Mei could cover her lips with Luo Pa, and Luo Baiqian listened with interest and a face full of ridicule. Luo Bai said in his heart, the whole family knows that the Sun family and the little aunt have a feud, these words sound high-sounding, what to say for the sake of the whole family, in fact, it is not just to drive the little aunt and cousin out of the Luo family.

"Young Master, let's also talk about your brother's illness! Let the old ancestor make the decision for him! Sun Shi looked at Luo Bai and looked at him fixedly.

"Me?!" Luo Baiqian turned the bloodstone wrench on his thumb in surprise, not understanding why he was also involved, and asked nervously, "What is Brother Zhu'er's illness...... Isn't it appropriate? ”

Sun also looked at him in surprise: "Young Master, why are you so forgetful?" This morning, you also said that Zhu Ge'er's illness was caused by 'external causes', and if the external causes were eliminated, the disease would naturally be cured without medicine. Didn't you mean to say that our family came back to life because of Sister Yi'er's death, which attracted the 'external cause' of the evil spirit and scares the young Brother Zhu out of a strange disease? ”

A layer of sweat broke out on Luo Bai's forehead, and he said in his heart, that is my nonsense, I even heard about the resurrection of my third sister yesterday.

The old lady didn't answer when she saw Luo Baiqian, thinking that Luo Baiqian hadn't said anything about "external and internal causes" at all, but she didn't want to offend the Sun family, so she was so anxious that she sweated. So, the old lady said angrily: "Enough, Sister Mei, don't drag your ex-brother into the water anymore!" Speaking of which, you still can't treat Sister Yi leniently, let me ask you, if there is a scholar who says that Sister Qiong and Sister Shao'er are hard to kiss, are you willing to give them away? ”

Sun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly cried loudly: "Old ancestor, Sister Qiong and Sister Shao are your granddaughters, smart and filial, how can you say that about them?" Our Luo family and the He family have a relationship that does not get along with each other, He Angelica has half of the blood of the He family in his body, but the daughter-in-law has never squeezed her with this word! For many years, I have been at home, but I have not lost anything to her, my own daughter eats and uses, and I send her to the farm every month, and I raised a cheap daughter for He Jingxian in vain. What's more, it was also the old lady's idea to send her to the farm to raise her, and the old lady pleaded with Chuanxiong to remarry, afraid that Sister Yi would delay Chuanxiong's future before sending her away, why did it end up that my aunt treated her badly? Am I guilty? ”

When the old lady heard Sun mention the "big old lady" again, her face sank even more, and she said coldly: "I heard about Sister Yi'er waking up a few days ago, and I have asked Qi Xuanyu, the supervisor of Qintian, to calculate it for her. Qi Xuanyu is a capable person, he won't talk nonsense, don't mention anything in the future, Sister Yi's life will be hard to kiss! ”

Sun was not convinced, wiped his tears with a silk handkerchief and said: "As a housewife, my daughter-in-law needs to take leave from her ancestors even for such a major event as going back to her parents' house for funeral, and the holiday is only three days. Sister Yi'er, she was fine, and the sedan chair that picked her up was carried to the door, she said that if she didn't come back, she wouldn't come back, where was there a little bit of everyone's daughter? Does this family still have rules in the future, or are those rules only exceptions for her? ”

The old lady sighed and said, "Sister Mei, the old body thinks that you have lost your brother, and I don't want to blame you deeply, but you have done this too unsafely." Yesterday, the Gao Dashan family had already come to report once when they came back from the Taoist temple, saying that there was a reason why Sister Yi didn't come home. First, she didn't repeat Sister Yi'er's words clearly last time, Sister Yi had already said that she would stay until the seventeenth of this month and then go home, so she didn't temporarily go to the sedan chair, but took leave in advance. Second, Sister Yi is a young daughter in the boudoir, and she does not forget the golden rule of women - "The Law of a Thousand Golds" in the "Thousand Gold Rules" in the "sedan chair horse, you must remember the rules of whether men and women give or receive kisses", so she sent someone to see the sedan chair that came to pick up. When she learned that the sedan chair was not the Luo family's usual sedan chair, and there were still a few rude men standing next to the sedan chair, in order to avoid suspicion, she didn't dare to go out of the Taoist temple, so she had to ask someone else to pass the word, which made Ding Rong's family wait a little longer. ”