CHAPTER XXIII

The little fat dun was defenseless, and was hugged by his aunt, and couldn't help blinking, looking up at Shanniang.

I saw his sister silently take a step back, but she didn't say anything, only raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at Aunt Ma who was blocking the way with cold eyes.

And at this moment, the corner door leading to his brother Hou Rui's courtyard opened.

Hou Rui, who had changed into clean clothes, strode out, looking as if he was going out again. Behind him, his nurse was talking in vain, while Cuiyi diligently arranged the ornaments around his waist. None of the three of them expected that as soon as they went out, they bumped into Aunt Ma who was crying, and they couldn't help but stop.

Aunt Ma received the news that Hou Jue was in the same car with the eldest young master and eldest girl, and she still had injuries on her face, so she hurriedly ran to see her son. Seeing that the parties were all there, the tearful eyes swept over the faces of the two people, and Aunt Ma made a decision in her heart - obviously, compared to Shanniang, this short-tempered Hou Rui is more likely to be the one who did it.

So she hugged the little chubby dun and cried at Hou Rui: "Uncle, what is wrong with our second master, you teach me, why do you want to beat people?" And he was so ruthless. He's your brother! ”

Behind Hou Rui, Huang's mother took a step forward angrily, and was just about to open her mouth to speak, but was dragged back by Cuiyi.

As for Hou Rui......

When Shanniang looked over, she saw Hou Rui stunned at first, and then her expression froze slightly, and she raised one of her eyebrows proudly, with a sneer on her lips.

——This forced look of not caring, and suddenly made Shanniang shiver.

This look is all too familiar to her...... Not only seen in the mirror, but also in the ......

…… I saw it on the faces of the children of the previous life......

The kind of look that is obviously wronged, but wants to pretend to be indifferent......

Shanniang closed her eyes suddenly.

It wasn't until she breathed out that she slowly opened her eyes, and then looked at Hou Rui so seriously for the first time.

It wasn't until then that she realized that she looked very similar to Hou Rui. With the same slender eyebrows and the same slender eyes, only sixteen-year-old Hou Rui, the contours of her face are more angular than those of her fourteen-year-old.

In the previous life, what happened to her big brother? What happened to her fat brother? What about her father and mother-in-law? What happened later? She didn't know ......

In the previous life, she didn't care about them, but not only because Yuan Changqing didn't like her to interact with her mother's family, but also because the fifth master didn't agree to this family business, but she stubbornly wanted to marry. So after she got married, the fifth master cut off contact with her......

And the old lady ......

The old lady once accused her to her face of being a "white-eyed wolf", using the power of her family to marry a good husband, but she refused to benefit her mother's family...... At that time, she had words of suffering. Everyone knows that they are husband and wife; Everyone knows that they treat each other with respect...... But everyone doesn't know that they just "respect each other like guests......

As a guest, she has no right to ask her host to do anything for her; As a host, he will not deliberately do something he does not want to do in order to please the guests......

The corners of Shanniang's lips curved into a bitter smile again. Although the events of her previous life made her feel wronged, what was more was all kinds of regrets and regrets......

She took a deep breath, suddenly swung the hem of her skirt, and looked at Aunt Ma condescendingly: "Auntie has cried enough?!" ”

Aunt Ma was stunned, and the cry couldn't help but stagnate.

So Shanniang bent her eyebrows again and said with a smile: "I listened to my aunt's meaning, as if to say, the injury on the second master's head was caused by my brother?" ”

Aunt Ma was taken aback. Just now, she was so anxious that she forgot that this Shanniang was still on the side, and only habitually went to Hou Rui. This eldest young master has never had any sense of zài in the mansion, she said unintentionally, and if she offended, she was offended, but this big girl was ......

So she rolled her eyes, but she hugged the little fat dun tightly, and whimpered quietly, but she looked like she was full of grievances and didn't dare to say it.

When the little chubby dun saw his mother crying, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and said "Auntie, don't cry", so he reached out to wipe his aunt's tears.

Aunt Ma was just pretending to be aggrieved, but now seeing that her son was so considerate, the grievance was suddenly sublimated, and she only hugged the little fat dun and cried for a while, as if their mother and son were really bullied and ruthless.

Looking at the two mother and son who were crying together, Shanniang raised her head and sneered at the sky, and simply didn't ask Aunt Ma at all, but squinted and asked Little Fat Dun, "Hou Jue, since your aunt suspects that the injury on your head was caused by the eldest brother, then you came to sue her, how did your injury come about?" ”

When Lao Jiu Lao Shi asked Xiao Chubby Dun to steal his aunt's money, he didn't dare to say that in fact, the money on his body had already been stolen from his aunt's house. At this moment, how dare he mention this matter again, he only bowed his head cowardly and did not dare to raise his eyes.

Shan Niang originally looked at the little chubby dun and was a little pure, but at this time, she found that this child had been accustomed to being self-respecting, and she couldn't see anyone else in her eyes, so she couldn't help but sneer, and said in a low voice: "I used to be just a coward, but now it seems that you are actually selfish!" No wonder others don't want to help you when you're in trouble, you're the mud that can't hold up the wall! A manly man, you should have taken responsibility, but your aunt didn't know the truth, and only pushed the cause of your injury to her brother, and you, as a younger brother, should jump out to defend your brother, but you didn't say a word, and let that irrelevant person slander your eldest brother. Is there a brother like you?! ”

Since Xiao Fat Dun was taught a lesson by her and maintained by her, he has already treated Shanniang differently in his heart. Seeing Shanniang looking at him so disdainfully at this time, he couldn't stand it for a while, and couldn't help crying.

When Aunt Ma saw it, she hurriedly hugged the little fat dun and asked Shanniang for her guilt: "The girl is angry, it's all mine, please don't be angry with the second master......"

"Hah, anger?!" Shanniang sneered, "Auntie, let's stop, this is the third time my aunt has come to provoke me!" I don't talk about my aunt here, but I just save some dignity for Hou Jue, and my aunt should know that self-respect is! My aunt is just a person in the master's house, even if my brother and I do something wrong, it will not be my aunt's turn to teach us a lesson! It's Hou Jue, what's wrong with him, I scolded him, my brother beat him, it's not my aunt's business, what grievances are you holding for him here? ! It's good to say, I think you are really for Hou Jue, it's not good, you are just here to stir up feelings between our brothers and sisters! Take another 10,000 steps back and say, that is, my brother and I have learned the wrong lesson, and there is always an old lady in charge of it, what does it matter to your aunt?! ”

At this time, Ma's mother also got the news and hurriedly ran over.

Looking at Ma's mother, Shanniang's charming eyes narrowed into two curved crescents, only to sneer again. It was only the third day she had returned. She still thought that she would be lazy if she could, but she didn't want to seem that no one could see her idle! She is afraid of trouble, but as she told Wufu and them, she will not hide from trouble when it comes! What's more, it seems that there is a mess up and down the top and bottom of these five rooms, that is, she doesn't want to care about it anymore, I'm afraid it will still become her trouble sooner or later!

Thinking like this, she no longer gave Ma's mother and daughter dignity, turned her head and said angrily at Ma's mother: "Mom came just in time!" My wife entrusts her mother with the inner house, she can trust her mother, and she doesn't want her mother to slack off! Mother Wu just said that she shouldn't let an aunt run around the yard, but who knew that today's aunt actually committed this mistake again, and pointed at me and my uncle to question! Mom said, what should I do?! ”

Ma's mother had already told Aunt Ma to be patient for the time being, and she didn't want Fang's mother to come over and complain just now, only to know that the people below had provoked that "evil star" in her name, but at this time, her own daughter had also made a mistake. She hadn't thought of anything to defend Aunt Ma here, but she heard Aunt Ma crying again.

"The girl has wronged me to death, I just feel sorry for the second master......"

"Shut up!" Shanniang turned her head and shouted, "I talk to my mother, how can my aunt interject?!" ”

He turned around and sneered at Ma's mother: "Mom is an old man, so she should naturally know the rules of this house." Mom, let's take a look at other people's homes, which aunt doesn't obediently stay in her yard and don't dare to talk nonsense?! The aunt of our family has a bigger face than other people's houses, and she wanders around the house all day long, not to mention, and picks everywhere, even the two masters and I don't even pay attention to it, and I dare

Ma's mother has never been so insulted in public since she was in charge of the house, but she was caught by the eldest girl on the bright side, she only blushed, and she was there for a while, arguing that she didn't know about the division of the yard.

Shanniang sneered, "There is a Western proverb, 'If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight'." Since my mother is in charge of this business, she should be vigilant everywhere, and she can avoid mistakes without knowing a word! Instead of arguing with me about right and wrong, Mom should first think about what to do with this mess! ”

Ma's mother was speechless for a while, looked up at the big girl who looked high with her eyebrows, looked down and was still held in Aunt Ma's arms, but she had long forgotten to cry, she only knew that the second young master who was staring at a pair of eyes, and the eldest young master who was leaning against the wall and looking lively, she couldn't help but be irritable. Turning his head and seeing that Aunt Ma only knew how to sobble and cry, her heart was even more irritable, so she shouted at the two little maids who followed her aunt: "Don't help my aunt back!" What are you taking your aunt out to wander around?! It's okay to stay in my yard honestly! ”

As he spoke, squeezing a stiff smile, he muttered something to the three Shanniang brothers and sisters that no one could hear, and turned around and followed Aunt Ma to leave.

Over there, I only heard Hou Rui chuckle, raised his hand and gave Shanniang a thumbs up, "Sure enough, it was raised in the West Garden, amazing." But I couldn't hear whether the meaning of this sentence was positive or negative.

As soon as he turned, he lifted up his feet and went out of the gate of the west corner. I didn't want to hear Shanniang's voice behind me again.

"I've just come back, and I don't know anyone in my family. What's your name? What's wrong in my brother's yard?! ”

Hou Rui was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, he saw that Shanniang was asking the big girl in his house, Cuiyi.

Cuiyi was flustered for a while, and raised her eyes to look at Hou Rui.

Hou Ruina, who was very similar to Shanniang, raised her eyebrows, but she didn't help her maid, but she still leaned against the door frame of the west corner door with her arms crossed, and she continued to look lively.

Seeing him like this at this time, he had no choice but to step forward helplessly, and replied carefully: "Slave Cuiyi is now in charge of the errands in the uncle's house." ”

Ma's mother, who had already turned around and was about to leave, also heard Shanniang's question, and hurriedly turned around and said, "This is the first-class maid that Mrs. gave to the uncle." ”

"Oh? Mrs. gives? Shanniang smiled, looked at Cuiyi and said, "Is it called Cuiyi?" Listening to the name, it is really similar to the emerald and emerald feathers. She turned back to Mama and smiled, "Just by looking at this green clothes, you can guess the appearance of that green feather." No wonder my mother wants to give me that green feather to be a big girl, thank you mother for bothering. ”

She bowed politely to Ma's mother, turned her head, but gave Cuiyi a cold face, "No matter who you served before, since your wife gave you to your brother, you should put your brother first." When my aunt said those words just now, Huang's mother still knew that she was going to come over to defend her brother, why did you stop Huang's mother?! ”

The word "bothering" made Cuiyi's heart furious. Why Ma's mother transferred her to the uncle's side was a tacit thing for everyone, but now she was secretly lit by the eldest girl, and she couldn't help but feel cold on her back, so she only pinched her hands and said, "Slaves, slaves and maids are just ...... The slave is afraid that her mother and aunt will collide, and it will be difficult to call and call your uncle......"

"I'm afraid that the uncle will be difficult to do, so I'd rather wronged the uncle and acquiesce to what the uncle hasn't done?!" Shanniang sneered, "What a loyal girl! ”

She turned her head to look at the lively Hou Rui, "This is originally a matter in my brother's yard, I shouldn't talk too much, it's just that my brother is my brother after all, what's wrong with my brother here, it's none of my business, and it's awkward to watch." As my brother said, I came out of the West Garden, and I naturally take the rules and things seriously, so I asked my brother to take care of them more. ”

She blessed Hou Ruifu, greeted Sanhe and the others, "Let's go", and led her people without looking back.

Behind him, Hou Rui looked at Ma's mother, stood up straight from the door frame she was leaning on, patted her sleeves again, turned around and was just about to lift her feet, when he suddenly seemed to think of something, he turned back to his nurse and said, "Don't wait for me, I may not come back today." ”

Huang's mother was stunned. The eldest young master of her family has always done his own thing, but he didn't return all night, and he never thought of taking the initiative to say hello to someone, this is the first time......

When the figure of the eldest young master disappeared outside the West Corner Gate, Mother Huang turned her head and looked at Mother Ma.

I saw that Ma's mother was still staring at the back of the big girl who was far away, and the horse's face was so black that it seemed to be dripping ink.

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At night, Shanniang, who was bathing, couldn't help but bury herself in the bath water. She broke her word and gained weight. obviously said that she didn't care about the idle things in this house, but she still couldn't hold back after all......

Sure enough, it is difficult to change the nature of the country, and it is really difficult to tell her not to care about those things that she doesn't like......

Forget it, take care of it, otherwise this mess will be difficult for her to live in peace.

As for......

The Lin Ruzhi who suddenly appeared...... The woodware line that she didn't know existed in her previous life...... What does this qiē represent?!

Although Shanniang always hoped that this life would not repeat the sadness of the previous life, when she really found that things were really different from the previous life she knew, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

Lin Ruzhi's appearance is different from the previous life, so what about Yuan Changqing? Will he still be the same as in his last life?

I hope it's different.

Also...... I hope it's the same.