Chapter 50

Shanniang looked up, and soon found the maid who had informed her of the news in her previous life and led her to the West Corner Courtyard in a super shortcut. She pursed her lips and smiled, turned back and whispered three and two words, and then withdrew her gaze from the maid.

At this time, Mrs. Lin and Lin Ruzhi were surrounded by a circle of guests, and Mrs. Fifth was sitting alone in an unobtrusive corner, looking down and concentrating on studying a handkerchief in her hand, as if the excitement around her had nothing to do with her.

Shanniang's heart moved.

In fact, today, a hundred years after the "Shengyuan Innovation", the men and women of the Great Zhou do not dare to openly say anything about love and love, and the more normal mode of getting along between husband and wife is not so much that the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, but that they each keep their duties and do not disturb each other...... Yuan Changqing probably didn't expect that he just wanted to marry a normal Da Zhou woman, but he was unlucky enough to marry her, marrying her who wanted to get the same reward for his efforts, the restless woman who refused to live her life with only the little things her husband was willing to give......

Well, she plucked tears of sympathy for Yuan Changqing, which can be regarded as his blood mold.

Whereas......

She looked at Mrs. Five.

If she went to one extreme in marriage, then Mrs. Fifth went to the other extreme. She was not willing to accept the little thing her husband was willing to give; The fifth wife is even willing to give it to her husband, she doesn't want it, she just wants to stick to herself......

Perhaps, on the contrary, that kind of marriage is the safest for women......

As if sensing her gaze, Mrs. Fifth looked up at her, and when she saw her looking at her, she smiled at her gently.

Shan Niang only felt a sour heart, so she gave her a smile in response, then stood up and walked towards Mrs. Five.

Seeing her coming, Mrs. Fifth was surprised for a while, hurriedly folded the handkerchief in her hand, stuffed it back into her sleeve, looked at her and smiled: "Why are you here?" Isn't it good to talk to your sisters and sisters? ”

"It's boring, I'd rather stay with my wife."

Shanniang sighed and sat down beside Mrs. Five. Thinking of the fifth wife who closed herself, and then looking at the sisters who were fighting openly and secretly for a man at this time, Shanniang only felt a burst of downright sadness. Women regard marriage as their destiny, but this destiny ultimately depends on the man. In marriage, you can only ask for as much as a man is willing to give you. If you want more, she was in the previous life, she lived a very tired life, and she made men think you were very annoying; If you want less, you will be like Mrs. Five, although she is safe, she traps herself into a living dead......

She couldn't help but sigh again, and asked Mrs. Fifth without looking back: "Madam, you say, why do women get married?" ”

Mrs. didn't expect Shanniang to ask this question again, and turned her head to look at Shanniang. The compassion on Xu Shi Shanniang's face touched her heart, so she also sighed and said, "My parents are married, so I will marry." ”

"What's the point of getting married?"

"Meaning......" Mrs. was stunned. In the sleeve, the thing wrapped in silk made a small soft sound, and she couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and said, "Not everything has any meaning. It is said that marrying a chicken is a chicken, marrying a dog is a dog, before I got married, the nurse persuaded me that it was good to marry someone to live in a different place, but there was just one more stranger around. How to live your own life, how to live it, as long as you don't mind, it won't change. As for the meaning of what......"

She subconsciously pinched the sleeve. In the sleeve, the rice paper wrapped in the handkerchief made a small sound again. She sighed, and said with a little dazed: "I often think about the phrase 'marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a dog', it sounds like as long as there is a chicken and dog food, there is no difference between marrying a chicken or marrying a dog......"

Saying this, Mrs. Five's eyes were hazy for a while.

Doesn't it make a difference? I guess it's a little bit...... If she marries someone else, she should be more likely to die, and she will not often have those cranky thoughts that she shouldn't have, and she won't secretly pick up the paintings he threw away......

In fact, she always remembered him, the reckless teenager who inadvertently broke into the garden and laughed at her for holding a paintbrush like a broom...... At that time, she still had a young girl's heart, and she had secretly longed for him, but she never thought that the marriage would eventually fall on her head...... Maybe she never got what she wanted, she didn't know how to face this sudden happiness, and the person was so strong, she didn't wait for her to be ready, so she just knew how to force it...... And the more he asked for it, the more frightened she became, afraid that he would one day find out that she was nothing more than the clumsy woman who drew ugly embroidery patterns and held a pen like a broom...... She was afraid that one day she would get used to what he was giving, and one day he would suddenly not want to give again, just as the father who had doted on her so much suddenly did not even want to see her...... Gradually, she became more and more afraid to face him...... Gradually, he finally lost his patience, and finally stopped bothering her, as she thought...... Then, she could finally settle for the status quo and watch her embroidery room alone and comfortably......

Except for ......

Pinching the secret in her sleeve, Mrs. Fifth sighed heavily, "Perhaps, for a woman, marrying a chicken or a dog, there is really no difference, just live a life." No matter how many rhetoric there is, after a long time, it will still come down to firewood, rice, oil and salt. A woman's duty is to take care of the house for her husband, as long as she does her part well and lets her life go on smoothly, this life will easily pass......"

At this time, Mrs. Fifth was so immersed in her own thoughts that she didn't even realize what she was talking about. Shanniang looked at Mrs. Five, but she was amazed.

In her impression, Mrs. Fifth has always been a thin and cowardly person. And no matter in the previous life or this life, Shanniang is that kind of strong temperament, for the fifth wife who is weak, she takes care of it, and she always has three points of contempt. Whereas......

The fifth wife's words made Shanniang peek into her heart for the first time. Suddenly, she understood that Mrs. Fifth was not thin and weak, she was just extremely rational, she knew what she could keep, so she never wanted to keep those who couldn't...... Therefore, for her, such a narrow life may not be a kind of happiness......

Thinking that the fifth master always wanted to pull the fifth wife out of the embroidery room, Shanniang was conflicted. Some of her hopes that the fifth master can get his wish; But on the other hand, she didn't want the fifth master to disturb the peace of the fifth wife. She could even imagine how desolate and miserable the wife would become if the fifth master succeeded, but could not be consistent......

Sure enough, women can't pin themselves on men.

Shanniang sighed silently, looked at the sky with a vague gaze, and muttered, "Why is it so difficult to be a woman? ”

The fifth lady blinked, then came back to her senses, suddenly stroked her cheeks, blushed and said, "Look at me, I must have drunk too much, what nonsense have you been talking about......"

"Madame has a point." Shanniang held the hand of the fifth wife and sighed: "Bai Lotian has a poem: don't be a woman in life, and the bitterness and happiness of a hundred years will be left to others." Madam, I support you. ”

She shook Mrs. Five's hand vigorously, but she was confused, and said with a smile: "What do you support me?" ”

"Anything is supported!" Shanniang smiled, "We are women, we are naturally weaker than their men, if I don't support you again, we women won't be bullied to death by their men!" ”

The fifth lady looked at her, half amused and half embarrassed, so she pointed her finger at Shanniang's forehead and said, "Listen, how old are you, and you are ......."

"I'm fourteen." Shanniang interrupted her, and pointed to the sisters who were still in the vicinity, "Mrs. didn't go to the old lady, so naturally I don't know, what other purposes are there for this spring banquet today......" She said the purpose of the Yuan family's visit, and sneered: "Mrs., don't treat me as a child, the person who came out of the West Garden is no longer a child." ”

The fifth lady stared at her for a while, suddenly swallowed the embarrassment, reached out and pulled the broken hair next to her ear behind her ear, and smiled softly: "That's Xiyuan, you are home now, you are the eldest girl of our family." It's just that my wife is not useful, and there is always a master in everything. The old man ......" She paused, and then smiled: "Don't say anything else, your father is a temper that would rather bend than bend, and the old lady may not be able to screw the master." You can rest assured that as long as the old lady does not agree, it is useless for the old lady to have that meaning. He sighed again, "Don't worry, you're still young, and you should be carefree like a child......

It's a pity that she is not really a child. Shanniang sighed silently again.

*·*·*

Therefore, curiosity killed the cat, and in the end, Shanniang still couldn't control herself, seeing that the time was almost up, she took the little fat dun Hou Jue to the West Corner Courtyard.

Hou Jue had the heart to resist, but he didn't have the guts, and while being dragged away by his sister, he complained in a grunt: "The master asked me to come in and call my sister and wife out, let's go home together, but my wife has already gone out of the second door, but my sister pulled me back again...... Where are we going? Now that the master knows, he will definitely blame me for being playful......"

"I won't blame you, I'll blame me." Shanniang firmly grasped the little fat dun's hand and coaxed him: "If the master wants to ask, you just say that I dragged you to catch the cat." ”

"Cats? Where?! "It's a child who doesn't like small animals, and the little chubby dun's eyes immediately widened.

"There's one in the courtyard of the West Corner." Shanniang flickered Hou Jue, and soon entered the West Corner Courtyard.

There was a begonia tree planted in the courtyard of the west corner, and when Shanniang and they passed, from a distance, Hou Jue heard a cat meow.

"There really are cats!" The little one broke free from Shanniang's hand and ran away to the cat's meow.

"Huh!" Shanniang stomped her foot and had to chase after her.

Turning a corner around the path, she suddenly stopped her feet, and her whole body froze.

I saw that under the begonia tree, Yuan Changqing, dressed in white, hugged the kitten trapped in the treetops, just as she remembered. Hearing the sound of Hou Jue and her running over, he looked back, and there was a little bit of tenderness in his eyes when he looked at the kitten, but the moment he saw it, he suddenly became cold and indifferent, and there was still a little impatience......

Shanniang stared blankly at the scene that often appeared in her dreams in her previous life, and only felt a chill all over her body.

And, just when she wanted to run away, Yuan Changqing seemed to have just recognized her, and her straight eyebrows raised slightly, "Thirteen? ”

With a "bang", Shanniang could almost hear her heart ring loudly.

Watching Yuan Changqing slowly walk towards her with the kitten in her arms, she stared into his eyes silently. At this time, his eyes, which were always cold, contained surprises that she was not familiar with, and a kind of tenderness that she did not recognize......

Bang bang bang!

Her heart beat three more times irregularly, and it wasn't until Yuan Changqing stood still in front of her that she gasped and hurriedly stepped back.

She didn't notice that although the little chubby dun ran in front of her, he had always been timid, and he was swept away by Yuan Changqing's cold eyes, and he shrank behind his sister with a "snort". So, just like that, Shanniang, who didn't see him, almost tripped and fell.

"Beware!"

Yuan Changqing held the cat in one hand, and reached over with the other hand and firmly grabbed Shanniang's wrist.

Before Shanniang could react, she suddenly heard a scream from the side.

"Ahh

Shanniang and Yuan Changqing were stunned, and when they both turned their heads to look, they saw the fourteen girls holding their fists to their lips with their hands, looking at them with a look of surprise, as if they had broken into some kind of adultery.

Behind her, Yuan Changxing, the second elder Yuan, led a group of small servants to follow, and they were also staring at them with round eyes.

Suddenly, Shanniang broke free of Yuan Changqing's hand and pulled the little fat dun with her hand, feeling extremely relieved - fortunately, she had prepared in advance and took the little fat dun with her!

was pulled in front of him by his sister, and the little chubby dun grinned at the person opposite stupidly - no one would take his brother to adultery, right?!

Therefore, Fourteen Niang's voice is in vain.

Not only did she call for nothing, but she also called "Thirteen" and mocked her in turn: "What's wrong?" Fourteenth sister, this was stung by a wasp? ”

Fourteen couldn't help but blush. After the banquet was over, she didn't know why, but she was entangled by Yuan Changxing. Although she didn't mean anything special to him, with such a son from the capital following her, she made Fourteen feel complacent for a while, until Yuan Changqing and Thirteen slammed into their eyes......

The so-called people are more popular than dead people. Thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls are originally the age when people only look at their faces, and family background is important, but it is more important than a beautiful face...... Or the face is important!

Compared with Yuan Da, this Yuan Er and Yuan Changxing simply can't mention anything! Although Yuan Changqing was only sixteen, he was already as tall as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth; Yuan Changxing is already fifteen years old, and he is more than a head shorter than Yuan Changqing. Not only that, but he was also born very round, and even his facial features can only be described by the word "round", not to mention the youthful and beautiful pimples on his exuberant face......

And all along, Fourteen has been an opponent of Thirteen, and now seeing that she is actually standing with the handsome and extraordinary Yuan Changqing, and Yuan Changqing also reached out to help her...... In the flash of light, Fourteen's mind was hot, and he screamed like this......

was swept by the mocking eyes of "Thirteen Sons", Fourteen blushed again, and then quietly glanced at Yuan Changqing, so he had to follow the end of "Thirteen Sons" and said, "Yes...... Yes, I almost got stung and scared the hell out of me. And he said, "Why is my sister here?" ”

Yuan Changqing looked at Shanniang and handed over the cat in his hand.

Little Fat Dun smiled and bent his eyebrows when he saw it, and shouted with his feet: "Give it to me!" ”

- Yes, no matter who reads it, they can probably understand that this Yuan Changqing is helping Little Fat Dun catch cats!

Putting the cat in Xiao Chubby Dun's arms, Yuan Changqing glanced at Shanniang lightly, then turned around and bowed his hand to everyone, and then turned around and left.

Fourteen walked over, but that eye was still on Yuan Changqing's back, and said to "Thirteen": "How do I remember, Cousin Yuan didn't wear this dress in the morning?" ”

Yuan Changxing, who didn't walk away on the side, said apologetically: "Blame me, I accidentally spilled the wine on my eldest brother." This dress is still Second Brother Lin's, and my eldest brother actually forgot to bring his clothes. ”

Shanniang glanced at Yuan Changxing silently, and then took her brother's hand and left.

*·*·*

In the evening, after soaking herself in the bathtub, Shanniang had time to listen to Sanhe's report, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she smiled: "I guess it should be the handwriting of the eleventh sister, the little fourteen doesn't have that skill, and the seventh sister doesn't have that patience." ”

"It's just," Sanhe stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the water, and asked in a low voice, "Who is this aimed at, Eleven girl?" ”

"Who? Whoever is unlucky. Shanniang smiled.

In Xu's previous life, Eleven Niang also arranged the cup of tea in Zhuhai, so she should have seen it a long time ago that Yuan Changqing was very tired of this "chance encounter" trick.

And since there are more "chance encounters", it is better to simply let it be more.

It's just that I don't know if this strategy in my previous life was aimed at Fourteen or her. However, it is clear that this life is specifically for the Fourteenth. It's just that Eleven probably didn't expect that she would actually run to intervene......

("Thirteen. ”）

Suddenly, Yuan Changqing's voice sounded in his mind.

This "thirteen" inexplicably made Shanniang panic and shortness of breath for a while. In his previous life, he had never called her that...... And it's still called so ......

Suddenly, Shanniang sank into the water, startling Wufu, who came over with a pot of hot water.