Chapter Seventy-Two: The Kite
When Ye Qiong returned to Qionghua Courtyard, the entire courtyard was quiet, and the maids who were sweeping in the courtyard were not there for some reason.
Ye Qiong wondered in her heart, but she thought that Su Kite had let them go back to rest, so she didn't think much about it, and approached the wing room in a few steps, but she heard someone whispering under the window, and it should be Su Kite and Cuckoo who listened to the voice.
The first to speak was Du Juan, and she said, "Sister Su Kite, don't cry. In my opinion, I should tell the girl about it. The girl is kind-hearted and treats us as her own sisters. Aside from this layer, Sister Su Kite, you are also a first-class big girl next to the girl, and ordinary girls from rich and noble families can't compare, even if you take out this identity, the Hua family will never dare to bully your sister anymore. ”
Su Kite cried and hurriedly stopped: "No, I can't." Now the Ye family is happy about the eldest girl's marriage, how can I disturb the girl's interest with this. As for using my identity to oppress people, it's even worse, no matter how bad the Hua family is, my brother-in-law is also a showman, I'm afraid that he will hurt the girl's reputation by talking nonsense......"
Ye Qiong was hearing this, and the Liuying came back, and said to Ye Qiong who was standing outside the door in surprise: "Girl, what are you doing here?" ”
The cuckoo and Su Kite in the room were startled, and hurriedly lifted the door curtain and came out, and saw Ye Qiong standing outside the door with a complicated expression, and hurriedly squatted down to salute, and shouted in a panic: "Girl......"
Su Kite was a little apprehensive in her heart, whispering behind her master's back was a big taboo, if she was caught, she would be punished.
Ye Qiong squatted down in front of Su Kite, was level with Su Kite's line of sight, picked up Su Kite's face, took her own handkerchief to wipe the tears on Su Kite's face, and comforted her softly: "The tears on your face haven't dried yet, go down and find Liuying to wash your face and comb your hair again, and then come and talk to me about this carefully." ”
Su Kite's originally stopped tears suddenly overflowed uncontrollably again, and she only shouted "girl" in a trembling voice, and the cuckoo took her up with a smile and said, "I'll just say, the girl won't care." ”
Liuying's eyes widened, and she said, "You sent me to Mrs. Tai to deliver pastries, just because you whispered and didn't want me to hear it." ”
Ye Qiong laughed, Liuying couldn't hide her words, she must have turned her head and told herself, no wonder she wasn't there.
Su Kite was taken down to re-dress, and when she was brought to Ye Qiong again, she had already sorted out her mind and explained the reason for the matter: "The girl knows, I am a son of a family, and there is an older sister and a younger brother in the family, and my parents are in charge of the master's ink shop together." When the house wanted to choose a maid for the girl, my parents originally counted on my sister, but the old lady and the wife fell in love with me, and the elder sister went to work as a helper at the kitchen Fan's mother. A few months ago, when my sister reached her age, she was released by Mrs. Grace and was taken back by my parents to marry on her own. My parents picked and chose a talented flower family, but they didn't know that the flower family, that flower family......"
When Su Kite said this, hatred, heartache and remorse welled up in her heart, and after a long time, she continued: "That Hua family is not a place for people to stay at all! When my sister was sent back, she didn't have a good piece of land on her body. ”
The cuckoo interjected with red eyes at this time: "Girl, how I was injured at that time, Sister Su Yuan was injured. ”
This was said vaguely, but Ye Qiong understood it at once, the Hua family regarded Su Kite's sister as a plaything!
Su Kite also said: "It's not all. In such weather, my sister has to wash the family's clothes, chop firewood to cook and serve her in-laws and sisters-in-law, but all she gets is a coarse bran cake that is so hard that she cuts her throat and a glass of cold water......"
Su Kite was about to continue, but Ye Qiong raised her hand to stop it: "Okay, I know, there is no need to say anything sad about you." Du Juan, go and inform Ye Er to go to Dr. Sun Wei's hospital in person, and invite a medical woman to come and explain who she is treating her. Su Kite, take me to your house to have a look. ”
Su Yuan thought that Ye Qiong would send someone to deal with this matter, but she didn't expect Ye Qiong to be willing to go out in person, so she suddenly burst into tears and nodded her head busily.
didn't know that Ye Qiong's heart was full of remorse and self-blame.
Ye Qiong didn't know about Sister Su Yuan in her previous life.
Calculate the time, Ye Qiong was already in the palace at that time, Su Kite and Liuying could not enter the palace together, and when they met again, they were already fifteen years old after leaving the palace and returning to Ye's house.
After that, Ye Qiong also asked Su Kite and Liuying, there are still old things in the family, the two were stunned for a while, and then said the situation at home, although Liuying was born in the family, her parents died early, and she was the only one left in the family. And Su Kite was only stunned for a moment before talking about the situation at home, and finally added that she once had a sister, but she died of a serious illness.
Ye Qiong sighed at the time, but didn't think about it deeply.
It turns out that behind Su Kite's short sentence, there is such a bloody and tearful past.
And the days that Sister Su Yuan spent in the Hua family, Ye Qiong felt the same way.
has not been out for many years, is not loved by her husband, and is an orphan girl who cannot bring any political benefits, Ye Qiong has been snubbed in the Korean government. There was even a time when the Korean Duchess deliberately asked Ye Qiong to wash her night pot in the cold winter wax moon, and Ye Qiong endured nausea and washed it all day before the Korean Duchess was satisfied. After Ye Qiong went back, she scrubbed herself up and down, but she almost drowned in the bathtub because she was too tired.
The moment she was fished up in a daze, Ye Qiong's first thought was that she was sick, so she had a reason not to make rules in front of her mother-in-law.
Until this life, Ye Qiong still felt that her fingers were swollen like turnips, which was the chilblains she had obtained from soaking in cold water for many years in her previous life.
Ye Qiong stretched out her hand and looked at her hands, which were still as delicate as shallots, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.
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The Ye family's Wenmo shop uses the model of the front store and the backyard, and in the backyard of the Wenmo shop, the Su Kite family lives.
Su Kite's family name is Shao, Su Kite's original name was Shao Pandi, her sister was named Shao Zhaodi, and later when she worked in the Ye family, Xie changed her name to Su Mei, and her younger brother was named Shao Dabao. Because of his management of the ink shop, Su Kite's father was called Shao Guan by the Ye family, and his mother's surname was Liang, and she was called Shao Liang.
When Ye Qiong came to the Wenmo Shop, Steward Shao was sitting behind the counter and making calculations. Su Yuan led Ye Qiong into the Wenmo shop and introduced to Steward Shao: "Dad, call my mother and brother over, the second girl is here." ”
Steward Shao's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly took Shao Liang and Shao Dabao, who came from the backyard in a hurry, knelt down and kowtowed, Shao Liang even accidentally knocked down a paper shaft on the shelf, and shouted tremblingly, "I've seen the second girl."
Ye Qiong frowned.
What's going on with these people in the Shao family, they were invited by Su Yuan to come to the Wenmo shop at this time, and they obviously wanted to give Su Mei a head, why are they so silent? Steward Shao is also an old man, or the steward of Wenmo Shop, Ye Qiong is the host's family, even if the guest's family arrives, then they have to pour a cup of tea first, what are they?
Su Kite also keenly noticed that something was wrong, and asked sharply, "What about my sister?" ”
Shao Liang smirked and said, "Yes, sleep in the house." She, isn't she in a bad mood......"
Ye Qiong lowered her face coldly, first let Ye Er, who came with her, take a good look at the Shao family, and then gave Su Yuan a look, Su Yuan immediately pushed away the Shao family who wanted to reach out to stop her, ran to the backyard and pushed open Su Mei's door, and saw a pair of feet.
Su Kite immediately screamed, Ye Qiong's heart tightened, and she hurriedly walked inside, and the stupid Su Kite didn't have time to stop it, Ye Qiong saw a pair of feet hanging in the air.
These feet coincided with the feet of the embroidered shoes embroidered with two-color mandarin ducks and pearls when Xie was hanged in his previous life, which made Ye Qiong stunned as if he was struck by lightning.
It was the cuckoo who reacted the fastest, and hurriedly stamped his feet and shouted: "The feet are still shaking, maybe there is still gas!" Put the man down and call the doctor again! ”
Su Kite reacted immediately, hurriedly put Su Mei down, and when she found out, she was still snorting, crying and laughing for a moment, and she couldn't even finish her words, so she just shouted loudly: "Doctor, doctor!" ”
Ye Qiong got down from the carriage with a medicine box, it was the medical girl that Ye Er invited from Sun Wei's medical hall, she heard someone calling for a doctor, and hurriedly rushed inside, shouting: "Where is the patient, where is the patient?" ”
When she saw Su Mei in Su Kite's arms, the girl was taken aback, but quickly calmed down, first looked at the strangulation marks, and then cut the pulse and fed some pills, Su Mei coughed after eating the pills, and her bruised face slowly turned around.
The girl breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not long before I hang it, otherwise the Da Luo Immortal won't be able to save it." ”
Ye Qiong finally reacted, saluted the girl, and said, "Thank you Miss Wang for your kindness, I will give you the consultation money." ”
This doctor girl is Sun Wei's granddaughter, and Wang Zhiling, the daughter of Wang Zhuo, the former commander of Panlong Town, and Sun Wei and Mrs. Sun have all studied medicine, when Ye Er went to ask for a doctor, she happened to help her grandfather in the medical hall, and when she heard that Ye Qiong had invited, she followed curiously.
Wang Zhiling originally wanted to see what the second girl Ye who was praised in the mouths of her grandfather and parents was like, but she didn't expect to receive such a patient as soon as she came, so she waved her hand and said, "Second Miss Ye, there is something strange about this matter, I have to take a look first." ”
Ye Qiong was stunned for a moment, and saw Wang Zhiling asking people to find a ladder, and it happened that there was a ladder in the yard, Wang Zhiling put the ladder on the beam tied with the rope loop, carefully checked the rope loop and the place where the rope loop and the rope loop met on the beam, and then climbed down the ladder, and said with a condensed expression: "This girl is not going to hang herself, but to be hung up." ”
Ye Qiong's face changed, she thought that the Shao family knew that Su Mei was going to hang herself and didn't stop it, but if the Shao family did it themselves, then things would be completely different.
Su Kite reacted suddenly, and rushed out crying, hitting her father and mother fiercely, crying: "She is my sister, your daughter, you are so ruthless, so ruthless!" Since I was a child, my sister and I have left everything to my younger brother, and now you are going to take her life! ”
Steward Shao was beaten so that his eyes were crooked, and he couldn't help but scold: "What a daughter, it's just a loss of money!" The Hua family has already handed over the letter of resignation, and the woman who was divorced will not only waste rations if she stays at home, but also let your brother and us be pointed at and hanged by yourself, and you can still leave a clear reputation! ”
Shao Dabao also said with disgust: "That's it, I can't even say it's a good kiss." ”
Su Kite was stunned for a moment, and he raised his hand with hatred and gave Shao Dabao two big mouths, Shao Steward and Shao Liang hurriedly protected Shao Dabao in their arms, and scolded: "Cheap thing, what are you doing beating your brother, this is your brother!" ”
Su Kite beat her chest angrily, pointed to the house and shouted, "It's my own sister inside!" I want a sister, not a brother! ”
Ye Qiong came out of the room with a cold face and gave Ye Er, who was already waiting outside the door, Ye Er immediately stepped in and slapped Shao Steward and Shao Liang's two slaps, hitting them so much that their eyes were full of stars.
Ye Qionggao sat on the circle chair and said coldly: "Su Kite is my personal maid, who do you say is cheap?" ”
Steward Shao and Shao Liang lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
Ye Qiong snorted coldly, asked Du Juan to call a few more people from the mansion to come over to see the Shao family, and then personally took Su Kite's hand, and comforted him in a low voice: "Ignore them first, come with me." ”
Su Kite bowed her head and obediently followed Ye Qiong into the house, and when she passed by the Shao family, she snorted fiercely. Shao Dabao was doted on by his parents and grew up, where did he ever eat this kind of grievance, and immediately scolded: "You still dare to smack me? I'll let my father and mother sell you to the kiln! ”
Ye Qiong stopped, Ye Er had already raised his foot and kicked Shao Dabao's shoulder fiercely, scolding: "In front of the girl, dare to talk like this? ”
Su Yuan's eyes were red, Ye Qiong patted her hand, took her to the sleeping Su Mei, and whispered: "Your sister still depends on you, those pickled people, don't care about them making you angry." ”
Su Yuan nodded and stubbornly wiped the tears from her face.
Wang Zhiling glanced at Ye Qiong appreciatively, but Ye Qiong also looked at Wang Zhiling's body and asked, "Miss Wang, did this person hang herself, or was she put on it to hang herself, can you see it?" ”
"That's nature." Wang Zhiling said, and pointed to the beam of the house and said, "The traces left by the rope when no one is struggling on the beam of the house, but the abrasion marks of hanging people up with ropes." ”
Wang Zhiling spread out Su Mei's hand again and said, "You see, there are no traces of ropes on her hands, only calluses left by years of hard work. ”
Finally, she lowered Su Mei's collar and motioned to Ye Qiong and Su Yuan to look at the strangulation marks on her neck, "Look at it here, this strangulation is about the same size as the thickness of the rope loop, and it is close to the middle of the neck, indicating that the person is not struggling." A person who hangs himself, no matter what, will struggle, and the strangulation marks will be closer to the chin, and even the back of the ears will have marks, but the back of the ears will be clean. Moreover, when I took her pulse, I also found that she had used drugs such as ecstasy for a short period of time. ”
The more Su Kite listened, the more sad and angry she became, and finally she lay down beside Su Mei's bed and cried in a low voice.
Ye Qiong stayed where she was.
In her previous life, when her mother Xie hanged herself, Ye Qiong personally collected the corpse, and even the white silk on the beam of the house was untied by Ye Qiong by climbing the ladder herself.
She remembered very well that the strangulation marks on Xie's neck were in the middle of the neck, there were no abrasion marks behind the ears, and her hands were clean.
Ye Qiong realized clearly at this moment.
In her previous life, her mother was hanged.