Chapter III: Last Resort

Why do I get sick? Wen Yi has been looking for answers from distant memories in the past two days, due to the "long time", she only remembers approximately, it seems that an elder in the clan celebrated his birthday, she went with her grandmother to celebrate her birthday, and the older generation called the troupe, noisy, many people, very lively. She seems to have followed some cousin to the backyard to play, and somehow got into a room and got trapped. The doors and windows of the house were closed, and it was noon in the summer sun, and no one came to open the door for a long time, but she felt that her whole body was very hot, her hair was dizzy, and her eyes were sleepy, and then she didn't remember. When she woke up, she had already returned home, seriously ill for a few days, and later asked about her grandmother, who just kept a straight face and did not speak, and others only said that she was bullied and should not go back to that house in the future, but the cause and effect were not very clear.

It had been more than ten years for her, and she was young and sick at the time, so she didn't figure it out, and only now did she know what was going on from the words of others.

The patriarch's house "Xuanle Hall" is the most prominent branch of the whole clan, the eldest uncle Gu Yidun is not only the head of the family, but also a high-ranking official in the court, his eldest son followed him to study, and the second son and daughter were sent back to their hometown to accompany their grandmother - among them, this concubine is the sixth cousin Wen Hui - the second son is the seventh among the brothers, one year older than Wen Yi, named Wen An, he has been very stubborn since he was a child, but because he reads well, he will be obedient, and he is very doted on by his grandmother, and his parents are not around to discipline, so he is more indulgent, In the area of Guzhuang, it can be said to be rampant. A few days ago, because of his grandmother's old lady Yu's birthday, Wen Yi accompanied his grandmother to congratulate, the elders listened to the play in one place, and the younger brothers and sisters were impatient to listen, so they found another fun. She has a quiet temperament, and has always rarely interacted with her sisters, others think she is unsociable, and they are afraid that leaving her alone will provoke the accusations of the elders, so Wen An made a trick, only said that he wanted to take her to see the novelty, and tricked her to a secluded courtyard in the back house, locked her in the house, and told the subordinates not to let her out, so she went to play.

She was frightened and anxious in the hut, and the windows were closed again, and she looked through the crack in the door, and cried out at the sight of a figure passing by her, as if they had not heard. She shouted so loudly that her voice was hoarse, and she never saw anyone coming, only saying that when the play ended, someone would come to look for her. Who knew that Wen An was afraid that she would sue, so she actually told Mrs. Yu's girl that she was having fun in the garden with her sisters. Grandmother Lu Shi listened to Mrs. Yu's words, but only thought it was true, so she didn't ask much, and it was not until she couldn't be found around at the banquet in the evening that she heard the truth from the fifth cousin's girl. The grandmother was startled and told the old woman Yu that when everyone found the hut, Wen Yi had already fainted from heat stroke, and she was seriously ill after carrying it home.

Presumably, Mrs. Yu also knew that her family was at a loss, so she specially invited an old lady doctor from nearby to come to see her, and the medicinal materials and supplements were all paid for by herself. It's just that grandmother Lu was extremely angry this time and refused to understand. Na Wen'an has a stubborn temper, even if he knows that he has done something wrong, he refuses to bow his head and make amends. Mrs. Yu felt sorry for her grandson, and just scolded him a few words, and then called the girl who was with him to beat him.

It's just that Wen Yi thinks about it now, the hut is said to be remote, but in the back house, how can no one hear her calling so loudly? Naturally, those people wanted to please the little master, so they didn't care about the safety of her as an immature girl, so that she was locked up in the hut for a long time, and now she was beaten, and she deserved it, and I was afraid that there were many people who should be responsible, and they also escaped.

Mama Zhao was still crying there: "It was originally born from an ancestor, and our sixth room is also a descendant, where is it worse than the people in the long room?" It's just that his family occupies the word 'long', and we have become a side branch. Even so, they are the same people, who is more noble than whom?! Back then, our old lady also added the title of senior doctor! Speaking of which, the grade is higher than that of his eldest master, and our lord has also won the lift. It's just that because there are no men, it has declined, but the old ladies in the clan are talking in one place, and only our old lady and the eldest lady of his family have the highest level of fate, they actually dare to bully our family like this, it is clear that they see that we have no one to support us, and they don't take the old lady in their eyes, which is really too much! ”

The old man cried sadly, Wen Yi was afraid that her body would not be able to bear it, so she hurriedly persuaded: "I'm fine, Mama doesn't have to worry anymore." His family is indeed prominent, but their old lady treats her grandmother politely, so she shouldn't be so snobbish, but it's just that the seventh brother's child family is ignorant. ”

Mama Zhao disagreed: "He is twelve years old, and everyone praises him for being smart, will he be ignorant?" Even if he is not sensible, don't the people around him understand? What's the big deal? It is not uncommon for young lady to play with them, and if she has something to say, why play such a trick? Almost killed the young lady! The small ones are too hateful, and the big ones are too indulgent! But if there is a sensible person who reports to the old lady early, even if it is only to tell the girl around her, the young lady will not suffer such a hardship. They obviously underestimated the people in our sixth room, and decided that we couldn't help his family! Don't worry, Miss, the old lady will definitely get justice for you! ”

Wen Yi whispered to comfort her, and when she heard this, her hand sank.

When this happened in her previous life, she was too young and had just recovered from her illness, so she only knew how to take medicine to recuperate, where could she take care of anything else? So a lot of things don't come to notice until you grow up. Because of this turmoil, the grandmother turned her face with the people in the long room, and the old lady was originally guilty, but after being coldly spoken a few times, she was also discouraged. The two families have since broken off contact. Changfang was originally the eldest of the clan and the most prominent one, and their attitude inevitably had an impact on other clansmen, and the ancestors and grandchildren were already neglected in the clan, and since then they have become more and more sad.

At first, it was only the day when the public middle school distributed money and grain to their families later than other families, and later the rice and noodles became old rice and old noodles, and even inedible, and their family had to spend money to buy them outside; Then there were aunts and aunts who talked openly and secretly, saying that their ancestors and grandchildren had only five people with three servants, and they did not need to live in the courtyard of the three entrances, but occupied the courtyard that had been greatly reduced; When she was fourteen years old, there was a civil unrest in the neighboring city of Pingyin, and her uncle's family suffered. The grandmother was so angry that she got sick, she cried and went to the long room to ask them to help the old lady, the first time she saw the old lady Yu, and asked the doctor to go home to see the doctor, who knew that there were a lot of expensive medicinal materials in the prescription, she went to the old lady again, but she didn't even see the other party's face, and was sent out by the second aunt with a few ginseng whiskers. In order to buy medicine, the family almost ran out of money, and even the marriage of grandmother and mother was sold, and when the grandmother died, the aftermath was still spent by the clan, but it was hastily completed, and only after the "first seven", the clan took back the house.

Now that I think about it, if I hadn't turned my face with Changfang, I wouldn't have even had a helping hand in the future. Those clansmen dared to bully her as an orphan girl like this, wasn't it because they saw that the long house would not support her? Originally, she was somewhat resentful of the ruthlessness of the long house, and she didn't want to live by looking at their faces anymore, but when she thought of her grandmother, she couldn't care so much. No matter how those second aunts, six cousins, and seventh cousins treated her poorly, at least, the uncle and grandmother were okay with their family in front of the old lady, and as long as they could persuade the grandmother to dissipate their anger, this help could still be kept. If nothing else, just for the sake of the skilled old lady and the medicine that her grandmother might need to take in the future, she couldn't watch the two families turn their faces.

Wen Yi made up her mind in her heart, thinking that Mama Zhao was her grandmother's companion, and she was the most emotional, and she couldn't say something to her granddaughter, but Mama Zhao didn't have any concerns, and her grandmother had always been willing to listen to her persuasion, so she planned to persuade Mama Zhao first. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly thought: Maybe after being reborn, changing her fate began from this step? She took a deep breath and was determined to do it.

So she thought about it and said: "Mama feels sorry for me, I know in my heart that Seventh Brother is so excessive, and I also complain a little, but there are some words, I don't know whether to say it or not, if my grandmother listens, she must scold me, I can only tell Mama." ”

Mama Zhao has always loved Wen Yi, and when she said this, she hurriedly asked, "What are you?" You just have to tell Mama, Mama won't tell the old lady. ”

Wen Yi said at this time: "Seventh Brother locked me in the hut, originally because the child's family was ignorant, but the people waiting next to me didn't stop me, and afterwards in order to please Seventh Brother and didn't let me out, naturally I decided that there was no one in our family, and I didn't take my grandmother and me in my eyes." The uncle and grandmother of the long house hurt him again and refused to punish him heavily, how could the people of his family care? I'm sick now, it's okay, it's okay, if there is a good one, my grandmother hates them again, and his family will not let Seventh Brother pay for my life. There is no man in our family to support the door, even if my grandmother wants to fight a lawsuit, she can't find anyone to come forward? If you go to the clan to discuss the law, the long house is powerful, and the biological father of the seventh brother is a big official, how can he make his own flesh and blood suffer? It can be seen that this justice cannot be recovered. ”

When Mama Zhao heard this, she became more and more sad: "My poor little miss, how can you be so miserable? You have a point, the father of the Seventh Young Master is the patriarch, and when the matter is big, at most he will ask the Seventh Young Master to apologize to our family, and the old lady can't help them......"

Wen Yi was stunned, she remembered that the patriarch was not the head of the long house, had she ever changed? She suppressed this question, and continued: "Compared to that result, at least I am intact now, my body is fine, and my uncle and grandmother have sent doctors and medicines, and they have done their best, if we continue to fight with them, I am afraid that we will offend them, so we ......"

Before she could finish speaking, Mama Zhao's eyes widened: "What is this?" Miss, is it hard to think about it?! You almost lost your life?! His family is just a little money, what is it? They won't even make amends, and if we let them go, they will deceive us even more! ”

Wen Yi hurriedly hugged her arm and begged: "Good mama, it's not that I want to indulge them, it's really ...... His family is powerful, and we can't afford to offend him! ”

Mama Zhao disagreed: "What is there to offend?" There is no one in our family, but the old lady still has an edict, if you really put up a stand to question them, they don't dare not give face. ”

Wen Yi was anxious and sad: "Mama, this kind of thing is all false." Even if they make amends and apologize, the two families will also tear their faces, what good will it do to our family? Mama, did you forget? My doctor was invited by their family's post, and my grandmother had an old illness every autumn and winter, and it was their family who came forward to invite the doctor, as well as the medicine and supplements they took, which one was not his family's help? The old lady's medical skills are famous within a radius of 100 miles from Pingyang, and no one can compare with it, and the shelves are so big that even the prefect doesn't give him face except for the long house. We have turned against Changfang, in the future, grandmother will be sick again, who else can invite this imperial doctor? Apart from this imperial doctor, who in the realm of Pingyang can cure his grandmother's old disease? ”

Mama Zhao was awakened by her words, and when she thought about it, it was so. Medicinal materials and supplements and the like, unless they are extremely precious things, they can be bought for a little more silver, but the old lady doctor has been personally praised by the current emperor, and there are many apprentices and grandchildren who work in the Tai Hospital, if there is no Changfang to speak, with the current face of the sixth room, it is really not possible to invite him, and in the Pingyang area, there is no second doctor who can cure the old lady's old disease. She couldn't help but feel even more sad: "If you want to say that, do we just spare those wicked people like this?" Good young lady, you almost lost your life, or for a trivial matter as big as sesame mung beans! ”

Wen Yi knew that she and her grandmother felt sorry for herself, so she refused to forgive Changfang, and she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in her heart, and lowered her head and said softly: "It's my uselessness that makes my grandmother and grandmother worry so much...... It's just that I'm okay now, just for the future, it's better not to offend his family too much. Mama, you should persuade grandmother not to be too angry. ”

Mama Zhao shook her head again and sighed again: "This is really ...... If he is rich and powerful, he will harm the sisters of a clan, and he can't help it. Who called him blessed to be born in the house of the eldest man of the long house? I just hope that one day he will get retribution! I felt sorry for Wen Yi again: "The little lady is only so old, and she already knows that she thinks about her elders, which is really rare, unlike those losers, who have their hearts and livers to be eaten by dogs, and have no conscience at all!" ”

Wen Yi listened to her tone and knew that she had agreed, so she relaxed a little, and smiled to comfort her. Suddenly, I heard Aunt Zhang running in a hurry and shouted, "Oh no, the old lady has a seizure, and she wants to drive the people out of the long house!" ”

Wen Yi was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?!" Someone from the long house?! ”