Chapter 20: Expedient Measures (Part II)
At this moment, Sanxi brought tea to the old lady, and the old lady signaled to put it down, and looked at Zhuo Yiting carefully, feeling pity.
The old lady smiled and said, "Son, I have wronged you." ”
This comfort is really heartwarming. Zhuo Yiting's tears rose and flowed down.
The old lady took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Zhuo Yiting, and said, "It just so happens that they are not there, so I am fortunate to tell you what I think." ”
The old lady looked at Sanxi and Huiyuan left and right, and felt that someone was inappropriate.
Zhuo Yiting understood, and did not evade, and said: "They are all my sisters who escaped from the disaster, so it's okay." ”
The old lady nodded and said, "That's naturally good." Now you are the daughter of the guilty party, and there is still a younger brother who has escaped from the crime, and I am afraid that your identity will be tongue-provoking. I told your uncle to find out where your brother was, and it won't be long before you two sisters can be reunited. You can live in the house in peace for the time being. There is one thing, but I want to wronged you again. I want your third uncle to give you a gift and be his righteous daughter, a cover-up. said that you saved the tortoise, and you were homeless, so they took you into the house. The second is to let you have an identity, so that you can stand on your heels, and block the mouths of the people. You don't have this relative, and when you pass the door, you will be a girl in the Zhuangfu. Kid, what do you think? ”
Zhuo Yiting's face was expressionless, and he said desolately: "The right is arranged by my grandmother." ”
Seeing this desolate state, the old lady went over and hugged Zhuo Yiting: "My son, I have wronged you." It's hard for your father and mother to let you do such a rebellious thing during the filial piety period. But there's nothing I can do to save you. ”
Speaking of the extreme, the old lady and Zhuo Yiting's master and servant cried for a while, and then stopped, and Zhu'er passed a word outside: "Old lady, Xiao Yu in the aunt's grandmother's room is here, and I want to ask the old lady to come over." ”
The old lady wiped away her tears, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but get angry, and said, "If you don't call the second wife, you will use me." If I go to Hengzhu, I will help her manage the uncle? Didn't the second wife and the eldest girl just go? ”
Zhu'er didn't dare to reply outside, and withdrew from the side door in a sneering manner, and Xiaoyu, the aunt's personal girl, listened to the old lady's words and didn't dare to ask again.
Zhu'er said: "You go back, the second wife went with the eldest girl, and it will be fine." Rest assured! ”
Xiaoyu is a ninth-class girl, she can't speak, she has already trespassed to find the old lady at this moment, and it stands to reason that she can find the big girl under the Cao family at most. When she came, she didn't know that Cao and the others had passed, and because she was on a shortcut path, she couldn't touch Cao's before she touched it. So, Xiaoyu rushed back to Dongfu again.
Before Xiaoyu entered the hospital, she heard Cao's powerful voice.
Originally, Cao's and Zhuang Hu and others did not arrive, and the uncle Zhuang Wei sat in the house, and the aunt and grandmother stood on the stool and threatened to hang themselves.
Zhuang Ji's face was so angry that his face was dark, and he pointed at his aunt and grandmother angrily and scolded: "Thief*, you can die, but if you die, you will be clean!" ”
The eldest aunt and grandmother pulled the white silk, and did not dare to approach it at all, hooked her head and said to Zhuang Xuan: "I don't live anymore, what's the point of me living, I don't live anymore......"
The girls and mothers at the bottom are gossiping and persuading, and some are going to stabilize the aunts and grandmothers. At that moment, Cao Shi and the others hurried to the fire.
Cao's head and face first took a sip of Zhuang Xuan, and then said: "What are you making trouble!" There's not enough going on in the house! Beware of the gentlemen coming back to talk to you. ”
Zhuang sat on the side, holding a teapot and pouring it into his mouth.
Cao Shi was even more angry when he saw Zhuang Ji like that, and said, "Is there anyone else in my eyes!" ”
Zhuang Wei put the teapot down, stood up, and said, "Second aunt." ”
Cao Shi glanced at Zhuang Wei and said, "Don't call me second aunt!" What you said was also a fart, and you said back that you took something to honor your second aunt, which time you didn't fart. If it weren't for the old lady to come over and take a look, I wouldn't have bothered to look at your business. ”
The aunt and grandmother saw that Cao was furious, and hurriedly got down from the hanging place.
Cao Shi sneered: "Why don't you hang it?" We're all here, and we'll give you a testimony. so that the uncle will live forever and bear a bad reputation. ”
The aunt and grandmother "pounced", knelt down in front of Cao, and hugged her legs.
The eldest aunt and grandmother cried: "Second wife, I was also forced!" Ask your wife to call the shots. ”
Zhuang Hu's face was the most embarrassing, and it was her brother's family affair, and if it was counted, it was also her family affair. The eldest aunt and grandmother's kneeling didn't make Dongfu's face naked, and she couldn't show what to say.
Zhuang Xuan, Zhuang Ying, Zhuang Yu, and Zhuang Yu hurriedly helped up their aunt and grandmother, and Zhuang Hu lazily took the handle.
The aunt and grandmother couldn't stop crying, Zhuang Ji couldn't stand it anymore, threw off her sleeves and rushed out of the door.
Seeing Zhuang Hu leave in a bad mood, Cao said to Zhuang Hu: "Big girl, this is your family's business, what do you think should be done?" ”
Zhuang Hu smiled: "Second aunt, second wife!" The old lady lets you manage it, and we will do what you say. ”
Cao Shi smiled when he heard this, and was finally promoted, so he said to his aunt and grandmother: "The Zhuang Mansion is so big, there is no heavenly reason, someone forced you to die!" ”
The eldest aunt and grandmother said: "The old lady gave 20 taels of silver before, and said it was for my family. I believed him and gave him the money, thinking that it had been delivered to my house. But I didn't expect that the silver was spent on him halfway, and I couldn't see it at home. He went out for a few days and came back, and when I asked him, he was annoyed with me. In this field, I am not a person inside, nor is I a person outside, it is not he who forced me to death, who forced me! ”
Zhuang Hu looked at his aunt and grandmother coldly, and said in a bad voice: "I thought you had remembered your sex and handed him the silver." ”
The aunt and grandmother said: "You can't just trust someone, right?" ”
Cao Shi snorted, turned around to leave, and said: "I can't break this matter, I'll go to the old lady and talk about it!" ”
Zhuang Hu grabbed Cao and said, "Second aunt, I'll just forget it." What a big deal to the old lady again. The eldest lady is not at home, and when the eldest lady knows, it is not good, but she asks the old lady to say that the eldest lady is not. "Zhuang Hu wants to protect the face of her Dongfu, and she also wants to protect the face of the Qin family.
Cao Shifang turned around and said, "I owe it to you Dongfu." Reluctantly, he said to the girl in his house, Guiyuan: "Take two taels of silver." ”
Seeing this, Zhuang Hu understood Cao's behavior, and he also took out some loose silver from his body, and then mobilized Zhuang Qi, Zhuang Ying, Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu's own girls, and mobilized the personal girls to donate.
After getting a few taels of silver from Zhuang Hu and others, the aunt and grandmother stopped crying. Zhuang Hu said: "You can also see it, this time everyone is powerful, and they are all working you." If you give it to him again, we won't be able to control it the next time you throw yourself into the river. ”
The matter was properly resolved, and Cao teased: "Can't hang yourself yet?" ”
The aunt blushed and shook her head desperately. Cao repeatedly told him to be frugal and waiting, and after everyone said goodbye and left, he went to Jinghua Xie to reply to the old lady. When I walked out of the yard, I saw the girl named Xiaoyu standing timidly under the eaves.
Cao Shi said to Xiaoyu: "When your grandmother has an accident, it's all because you don't care about it, and you are at ease outside." What is the use of raising thy white mouth? Next time, if I see you again, take care of your skin. ”
Xiao Yu was so frightened that her face and lips trembled, and she knelt down and begged for mercy, not daring to explain half a sentence, and dared to get up when she heard the footsteps of the Cao family and everyone in the distance.
Besides, the Cao family led Zhuang Hu, Zhuang Qi, Zhuang Ying, Zhuang Yu, and Zhuang Yu back to Jinghua Xie, and saw the old lady and a few personal girls joking outside the house, and they were surprised.
Cao was careless and opened his mouth to say, "What about the old lady? ”
Zhu'er replied, "The old lady is talking to the girl inside. ”
Cao's strange voice said, "What's wrong with the old lady today?" Still talking behind closed doors, who are inside? Saying that, he was going to lean towards the door, wanting to eavesdrop on something, Zhuang Hu covered his mouth and smiled, fortunately Zhuang Hu was clever and grabbed her mother.
The crowd had to wait outside. At this moment, the old lady whimpered and told Zhuo Yiting and others about the south, crying as she spoke. The old lady was more sure that Zhuo Yiting was her own granddaughter.
The old lady smiled and said to Zhuo Yiting: "I plan to pass the ceremony in three days, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”
Zhuo Yiting nodded tearfully.
The old lady said again: "You have to rest and recuperate for a few days, and everything should be at home." Don't be inhibited. ”
After speaking, Huiyuan changed the tea and brought a new one. The old lady drank a few sips before standing up, and Zhuo Yiting motioned for Sanxi to help.
The old lady said: "And so, there are many sisters in your family, and in the future, you will be happy." Hide your unhappiness in your heart, and don't let yourself be miserable, and your grandmother is your home. Wait until your father's business is over...... Let's see! You have to understand my heart. And he went out the door.
Huiyuan went to open the room, walked through the inner hall, and when she got outside, she saw Cao's whispering to invite people to listen to her, and the old lady didn't know what she said, so she coughed lazily a few times. Cao Shi and the others were shocked to realize that the old lady had come out and surrounded them to help.
The old lady said, "What are you muttering?" ”
Cao Shi smiled: "I think it's strange, ask them how they serve the old lady, and lock the old lady inside." ”
The old lady said: "I've heard of big mouths, but I haven't heard of big ears!" ”
The second girl, Zhuang Xuan, was clever, afraid that her mother would not be able to speak, so she hurriedly said: "The big mouth attracts wealth, the big ears enjoy happiness and longevity, and the old lady is a person with big ears who enjoys happiness and longevity!" ”
The old lady smiled, scratched Zhuang Xuan's face, and said, "The girl inside is not completely injured, so don't bother you all the time." Let's go! When he walked out, he asked again: "What's going on over there in Dongfu?" ”
Cao Shi replied: "It's nothing, just persuade the two of you." ”
The Cao family is obedient and unassuming, leaving some face for Zhuang Hu. Zhuang Hu thanked her, looked at each other and smiled, did not say anything, and the right was reported by the Cao family. The old lady listened and walked, quite satisfied.
Sanxi and Huiyuan looked at the old lady and everyone who had walked away, and hurriedly closed the door and went in.
Sanxi said to Zhuo Yiting: "Girl, don't talk about your relatives, I have to let you go over and be a righteous daughter." The old lady knows it, and she doesn't follow it. ”
Zhuo Yiting bit her lip and didn't speak, how could she be willing to recognize the thief as her father? If she has to do it, what choice can she make?
Sanxi said: "If you want to regret it now, I will immediately talk to the old lady." ”
Zhuo Yiting knew that this girl who was a girl who was a little girl and a big girl, as soon as her temperament came up, ten cows couldn't hold it, so she took Sanxi's hand and said, "If you want to stay, there is only this way." My grandmother is right, and Mr. Yao is right, only in Zhuangfu can we live in Zhuangfu. Sanxi, you find a time, go out to give Mr. Medicine to talk about this, I will find evidence of killing my father and mother here, the evidence is found, please ask Mr. Yao to bother, ask someone to give a message to the sister in the palace, or to tell the prince who is good with his father, he will confess to Zhaoxue day by day. The Zhuang Mansion is powerful and powerful, and it will not be presented for a while, and we can only stay on expedient measures. ”
Sanxi nodded with tears in her eyes.
Hui Yuan said on the side: "The girl wants to use my place, even if she is told." ”
Zhuo Yiting raised his eyes to look at Huiyuan, and was a little apologetic: "Sister ......" For Huiyuan, Zhuo Yiting didn't dare to support her to do anything, and wanted to ask her to leave, but she couldn't bear it, so she really let her leave, for fear that she would not be strict when she went out, and something would be bad. Therefore, Huiyuan is by her side, and she is in a dilemma, and treats her as a slave.
Huiyuan used to be the daughter of a family in Dafu, and she had suffered in the nunnery, and she knew more about love than Sanxi, and now, she knelt down and said: "Girl, I am your girl now." I was homeless, and I was all dependent on the girl. ”
In fact, how could Huiyuan be homeless? Doesn't she still have a father and mother?
Zhuo Yiting said tentatively: "After all, you can go home, we are different from you, we are guilty of a big crime, we are fugitives, and we are nameless in this deep mansion compound, and there is no future." ”
Huiyuan said: "Sadness and joy come, the girl doesn't have to have a bad heart." It's even worse for the body. Huiyuan can't go back to her home, girl, you know, but if you go out, you are caught by the husband, and you will die. My father and mother were harboring a great sin at that time, and my whole family was not protected. How am I different from a fugitive compared to a girl? ”
As soon as Huiyuan burst into tears, Sanxi suddenly sympathized with her, took her hand, and expressed comfort.
Zhuo Yiting said: "If I have the ability, I will ......"
Huiyuan said: "I saw that the girl was affectionate, and I knew it from the time I beat the girl to be angry for me in Xianyuan Nunnery." The girl took me out of Xianyuanan, and I was determined to follow the girl. In the future, the girl will send me. I'm nobody, I'm your maid. ”
Zhuo Yiting took Sanxi and Huiyuan's hands and didn't speak.
After this day, there were only three of them in life and death, and she was the only one who collapsed this deep mansion. Thinking of this, Zhuo Yiting looked forward to being the righteous daughter of the Zhuang Mansion even more, and wanted to make the good days come soon.