Chapter 8: Farewell

Now a few years have passed, and at the age of fourteen, she is going back, and she actually found that she packed four large boxes of clothes and fabrics, and the old lady gave three boxes of jewelry, plus some of the bits and pieces she collected over the years, and it was two large boxes......

Looking at the big boxes stacked in the yard, as well as a jewelry box held in the arms of the nurse, Sanhe, and Wufu, Shanniang suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

- No wonder everyone wants to squeeze into the West Garden, and look at this harvest!

It was out of this embarrassment that Xu waited until the evening, when Wufang was grinding and grinding, and finally sent someone and a car over, she went to say goodbye to the old lady, and her eyes were still very sincere.

Her red eyes obviously moved the old lady who was very emotional, and stroked Shanniang's hair and said, "Go back and recuperate, and when you are well, I will send someone to pick you up." ”

It's a good "send" person to pick it up, if you don't send it, Shanniang will never come back.

has been raised by the old lady for so many years, and Shanniang can still hear this gong sound. It's just that with red eyes, she kowtowed to the old lady, but she didn't follow the old lady's hint and said to the old lady, "The old lady must remember to send someone to pick me up" - she was afraid that she would become a prophecy.

And the old lady was very unhappy because of this. Although in her eyes, Shanniang with red eyes is just holding on, but disobedience is disobedience, the old lady's original little touch, immediately in Shanniang's "same stubbornness as her Lao Tzu" turned into nothing, but instead collected tears, urging Shanniang to hurry home before it gets dark.

However, the old lady has always paid attention to the demeanor of a family, that is, she no longer likes Xiao Thirteen in her heart, and the decent rules that should be talked about still have to be told, so before parting, the old lady actually stuffed Shanniang with a lot of good things, and asked Shanniang to have an extra cage in her luggage for nothing.

(Shanniang quietly treats people with the heart of a villain: the old lady's trick can probably be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, and buying bones with a thousand gold.) Not only did she not take back so many clothes and jewelry from her, but she also had another reward, which in the eyes of outsiders, to put it mildly, reflected the old lady's generosity and kindness; In general, it is actually advertising for the West Garden - lo and behold, even a girl who has been removed from the West Garden to "recuperate" can gain a lot, and if she stays in the West Garden, I don't know how many benefits it will have. Why don't you hurry up?! ）

The old lady would not send Shanniang out in person, but the old lady's favorite drama was the harmony of sisters in the family, so Qi Niang, Eleven Niang, and Fourteen Niang, who were still staying in the old lady's yard, all volunteered to send Shanniang. A few good sisters pulled their sleeves and said goodbye, wiped their tears and wiped their tears, as if Shanniang was not going to the long alley just across the street, but to take the road full of monsters and ghosts.

Anyway, by the time the full set was done, it was already dark. In the end, these girls who were deeply affectionate were taken away by the grandmother who was also wiping her tears, and the grandmother also helped Shanniang to the carriage with her own hands.

And just like that, the old lady was still afraid that someone would wronged Shanniang, and asked Mother Wu beside her to go to the fifth room with the car in person, so that she could rest assured that she could see her little thirteen children arrive home safely.

Outside the gate of the West Garden, the onlookers couldn't help but nod their heads one by one: "The family and everything is prosperous, the elders in the family are so compassionate, and the younger generations are so friendly. ”

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In the carriage, Shan Niang lifted the curtain and glanced at the West Garden, which was gradually moving away, and then pursed her lips and smiled—now she could finally smile boldly and sincerely.

As soon as she looked back, she collided with Lu'an's curious eyes.

Lu'an.

The smile on Shanniang's lips froze slightly.

Lu'an and Colorful Bajin were assigned to her yard before she had that "dream". And these unequal little maids are not the same as Sanhe Wufu. The three and five blessings are waiting in the house, and naturally each has its own master. These unequal little maids, in terms of duty, are just to clean the courtyard and listen to the messengers of the big maids; In terms of belonging, they belong only to the courtyard they serve, and do not have their own masters—that is, who lives in that courtyard is their master.

What Shanniang didn't expect was that when she was leaving, Lu'an suddenly knelt in front of her in front of the old lady and asked to go with her.

The old lady sighed with emotion: "It's a kind and righteous person, so I'll follow you." ”

So, Lu'an followed Shanniang like this.

It's just that thinking of her previous life, and looking at Lu'an, who is only nine years old now, Shanniang inevitably feels a little ...... Well, awkward. Although they probably won't serve a husband together again in this life......

"That," she cleared her throat and asked Lu'an, "why are you following me?" It's better to be in the West Garden than to follow me. ”

Lu'an sat on his knees at Shanniang's feet, raised his head and smiled: "I was able to enter the West Garden, because of the girl's blessing, and now that the girl is going home, I will naturally follow the girl." ”

Shanniang was surprised for a while, and after asking carefully, she realized that Lu'an could enter the West Garden, which was really her extra mouth at that time.

I don't know how many people want to come in this West Garden, so every time someone is selected in the West Garden, there are some eight immortals crossing the sea - that is to show their magical powers. Lu'an's little uncle took a lot of effort to catch up with a doorman in the old lady's yard. And the thirteen girls at that time were still the first people in the jade generation in front of the old lady, although she was still a girl in the room, and she didn't usually ask much about family affairs, but her words were still quite weighty. Therefore, the mother-in-law begged Shanniang. And at that time, Shanniang was also quite "asking for positivity", in order to show favor (there was probably a little bit of showmanship in it), so she agreed to help say something. Therefore, Lu'an, whose original name was Qing'er, was elected.

The so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, Shanniang has a good momentum, naturally some people are willing to stammer her, seeing that she rarely spoke for a little maid, some people thought that Shanniang was optimistic about this maid, so they took the initiative to divide Lu'an into Shanniang's yard. As for the name of Lu'an, it was renamed by the upbringing Mama Wang Mama according to the five blessings after it was transferred to Shanniang's courtyard.

In the shaking carriage, Shanniang, who has been a person in two lifetimes, knew for the first time why this stupid Lu'an had always been so loyal to her, just for her casual words......

"You're so stupid, just one sentence, how can you be considered a favor." She propped her forehead, shook her head and smiled. In the previous life, Lu'an was so stupid, but in this life, she has to learn to be smarter.

Lu'an shook his head for a while: "It's just a sentence, and some people don't want to say it." ”

Also, it doesn't matter if you change it to Qi Niang, and you are afraid of causing trouble if you change it to Eleven Niang. As for her thirteen mothers, the reason why she has such a mouth, in fact, to be honest, is just that she wants to sell the doorkeeper a face, so that she can use the news of the old lady's yard to find out in the future......

Shanniang sighed, and suddenly she was reluctant to tell those not-so-pure insiders to this simple little Liu'an. Reaching over and touching Lu'an's head, she smiled: "Even if I really said such a sentence, it may not be out of good intentions for you." Don't be so stupid in the future. ”

Lu'an didn't seem to understand when she heard it, but she felt in her heart that the girl who was willing to put down the shelf and reach out and touch her head like her sister at home must be a gentle master. Her mother said that people exchange sincerity for sincerity, and she is willing to treat her master sincerely.

Lu'an's thoughts Shanniang didn't know, she was still looking at the cold street outside through the car window.

This Meishan town is close to the foot of Meishan Mountain. The Luomei River that flows out of Meishan divides the entire Meishan Town into two, and the north bank still looks like an ordinary town until the bottom of Meishan; And the south bank, but I don't know when, it seems that it has been completely wrapped up by the Hou family.

But it's no wonder that the Hou family has been multiplying for many generations in this Meishan Town, and the Hou family, whose children and grandchildren are flourishing, can occupy a large piece of land with only one room and a house, and Shanniang even thinks that even the north bank will one day be filled with people surnamed Hou.

Of course, the entire Meishan Town has changed its surname to Hou, and for the Hou family, the core territory that really belongs to the Hou family is still the location of the Hou Mansion - that is, it is now divided into the West Garden, where the old lady lives, and the East Garden, where the old lady lives.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, the Hou Mansion is still a model of a harmonious and happy family, but as a member of the Hou family, and has been raised in the West Garden for seven or eight years, Shanniang, is well aware that the two ancestors of her family, the old lady and the old lady, are simply "the king does not see the king", and every year there must be a family reunion at the time of the New Year, everyone will see the old lady and the old lady under the same roof, and if you usually see this scene, it means that there must be something earth-shattering......

The last time these two ancestors got together, it was an uncle of Shanniang, who abducted the widow left by another uncle who died early in the clan, this earth-shattering scandal.

Until now, in retrospect, Shanniang still felt very shocked - the old lady was angry and half dead, the old lady actually applauded, and said that Uncle Ning Jiu was the seed of the Hou family, but it was a pity that it was not his own son, which made the old lady angry half to death.

Later, I heard that Uncle Ning Jiu took the widow aunt who was abducted to the Western Ocean, but the old lady insisted that the ticket must be the money given by the old lady......

This is gossip. To say that this old lady Hou and Mrs. Meng have a bad relationship, the direct consequence is that none of their children and grandchildren live with them - those raised in the West Garden are not counted. In short, as soon as Mrs. Hou got married, she kicked her sons out of the house. So, whether it is the long house that will be inherited in the future, or the five rooms represented by Shanniang's unpromising father, they all live in the long alley only one street away from the back door of the old marquis's mansion.

When the carriage stopped, Shan Niang noticed that the courtyard divided by the five rooms seemed to be farther away from the Hou Mansion, and it had reached the edge of the Luomei River.

When Shanniang arrived home, it was already dark, and the entire fifth room was silent except for the two dead wind lamps hanging at the gate, and no one seemed to know that the girl was coming back today.

Without blinking, Shan Niang could guess that this was the "nine-thousand-year-old" grandmother who intended to give her a dismissal.

At this time, Mother Wu, who sent her home, had already gotten out of the carriage, and looking at the door of the black hole in the fifth room, Mother Wu's strict face suddenly turned cold again.

Mother Wu is the old lady's confidant, and like the old lady, she cares most about the dignity of the family. In her opinion, it is nothing to get the face of the thirteen girls, who called the thirteen girls to offend the old lady now, but the places that should be smoothed out must be wiped bright first!

――It's bullying, so you close the door too! It's so clear, I know that it's dealing with the thirteen girls, but I don't know, just think it's a slap in the face of the old lady!

Mother Wu's face sank, and she turned around and shouted to the other mother: "What's the matter?" When the girl came back, the family didn't know what's going on? Why don't you even open a gate?! ”