01 Under the fence
"Cousin, in the future, you and Young Master Cousin will live in this Begonia Garden. Don't look at this small yard, it is actually clean and elegant. There are also a lot of begonias planted in the yard, and now in August, the begonia flowers are still in full swing, and the scenery of this yard is really good. ”
The maid who spoke was named Brocade, and she was the dowry maid next to Zhou Baolu, the third lady of the Marquis of Wu'an. She has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a mouth full of witty words, a hearty and neat temperament, and she walks with the confidence and calmness of a big girl.
Brocade wears a long-necked kaftan in a lotus color, and a water-green skirt with a turquoise belt around the waist, and the skirt drags straight to the upper of the shoe. She has a thin and slender figure, so she doesn't look gaudy when she wears it like this, but she is stable and reliable.
She also has a gold-plated butterfly hairpin on her head, although it is gold-plated, but the craftsmanship of the craftsman is excellent, and the sun shines brightly. The hairpin is also inlaid with a few small rice beads, which shine warmly and brightly in the sun.
This is far more magnificent and rich than the big girls from ordinary families.
From the servant to the master, I want to come to my cousin's life in the Wu'an Hou Mansion is also very good.
These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Sang Xuanyue's soft and demure face was already grateful. Her voice is hoarse, but her posture is calm and soothing, which makes people feel sincere and sincere in their hearts, touching people's hearts. "This yard is very good, and my cousin has bothered to bother. I also have to trouble my sister to thank my cousin on my behalf, and when my condition improves, I will go to my cousin to talk to comfort my cousin's homesickness. ”
The brocade responded politely, "The cousin girl is not in good health, so it is serious to take care of her body first." As for the rest, let's come to Japan for a long time. ”
said kind words, but the brocade's eyes remained silent, and he looked at the cousin in front of him again from head to toe.
The cousin of the Sang family was a beauty, she had a goose egg face, peach blossom eyes, red lips and teeth, and her skin was as white as jade.
The finishing touch is her peach blossom eyes, which should be charming and affectionate, and delicate, which makes people dislike Mr. at a glance. But the cousin of the Sang family is full of books, a girl who grew up in the library since she was a child, her eyes are clean and transparent, and she is extraordinarily expressive. She looks at you with clear eyes, and without saying a word, it makes people feel quiet and graceful, peaceful and demure.
The people are still as good as ever.
Even though the raven's hair had been combed into a woman's bun, her body was very weak. There was still tiredness, haggardness and sadness between his eyebrows and eyes, a blue and black circle around his eyes, and a high fever and red on his white face. But this did not damage her appearance at all, but added two points of charm and affection in addition to Chu Chu's touching. Xu is high fever is really grinding, the cousin's peach blossom eyes are full of misty light, and there is a trace of rhyme between her eyebrows, which is bright and moving, and there is a unique and amazing style in it.
Brocade saw that she was fascinated, and suddenly heard a light cough, and saw her cousin holding her handkerchief and turning sideways and coughing again.
Su Jin, the eldest girl next to the cousin, was busy patting her on the back, and the young master was obviously still immature with a face, and his body was only up to her chest, but he looked at her vigilantly, came over to block her sight, and glared at her lightly, as if he was blaming her for looking at her sister directly, that look was too disrespectful.
Brocade was glared at by the young master of the cousin uncomfortable, but she received the task, and if she didn't remember the tragic situation of the cousin girl clearly, she couldn't explain it when Mrs. turned around.
Do you want to say that the cousin is miserable?
It's miserable indeed.
After four years of marriage, he did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, and finally survived the husband's move, but a few days after the joy, the man went home from the banquet and passed out face down due to drunkenness. It was also bad luck, it happened to rain in autumn a few days, and there was sewage three or four fingers deep in that place, and the old man happened to bury his whole face in it, so that when the next person found him, he would have already lost his breath.
The cousin was widowed like this.
She is miserable enough, and her mother-in-law's grief for losing her son has nowhere to vent, and blames her for everything. said that she was a harmful spirit, said that she killed her father and mother, and now even the prime minister has died.
The cousin girl was angry with her mother-in-law, and her life was miserable.
Among the cousin's maids, one of them was named Du Juan, and he had always had a good relationship with her. The cuckoo also wrote to her for help, and she informed her wife about it, but she said that it was not the time.
At that time, the brocade thought that it was Mrs. Shirk, after all, what is the real relationship between Mrs. and the cousin, how did the cousin "rob" the baby that Mrs. had set since childhood, and how she married into the Wang family, no one knows all this better than her, a personal maid.
It is precisely because of this, on the one hand, the brocade is glad that her girl did not marry into the Wang family, so she does not have to bear the reputation of being a widow and was bullied by her mother-in-law; On the one hand, I pity my cousin, and think that she is a master, but now her life is more miserable than that of these maids who serve people, and it is also pitiful and pathetic.
Xu is this compassion, Xu has done evil, in the face of Sang Xuanyue is weak and short of breath, after the brocade carefully explained the matter, he left in a hurry.
Another big girl, Su Xin, helped Sang Twist Yue into the courtyard, and muttered softly, "The brocade head has been lifted to the sky, and I really followed my cousin to marry a good family, and I also followed the chicken dog to heaven." ”
Su Jin said in a deep voice, "The partition wall has ears. Su Xin, you remember, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't cause trouble to the girl. ”
Su Xin reluctantly shut up, and if she had a complaint, she told Sang to twist the moon, "Girl, my cousin invited us to the Hou Mansion, I don't know what intentions we have." She is not a good person, the girl can fall into this field, even if the cousin girl is not the culprit, the designation is still stained with mud ideas. ”
Sang Qingyue is still young, and he can't understand some words, but his cousin is not a good person, but he feels something. At this time, I couldn't help but grab my sister's hand, and her clear eyes were full of panic and worry.
Sang Xuanyue patted Su Xin's hand weakly, and then held his brother's cold little hand in the palm of his hand, and whispered softly to comfort them, "Don't worry, I know everything in my heart, and I won't be killed by someone for some reason." Her voice was even more hoarse, and she said a simple sentence, but she tried all her strength to say it, and in the end there was only a breath of air.
Su Xin couldn't help but say, "Girl, don't talk yet, take it slowly, and it's not too late to talk when your body is better." ”
Su Xin's eyes were red.
Her own girl is gentle and kind, and she has never done a bad thing, but her life is bitter. Since the death of the old lady, the days have become more and more bumpy day by day, and God is really not long-sighted.
If you want to say that Sang Twisting Moon has had a bumpy experience, as long as you know people, you must be able to answer two words-
"Bumpy."
Her parents died when she was young, and she had to take her younger brother to live with her uncle.
In terms of name, this uncle is the uncle of his relatives, but fundamentally speaking, he is just a cousin.
Things are simple, Sang Twisting Yue's grandfather, Old Man Zhou, had a difficult heir, and only got one daughter in his life, that is, Sang Twisting Yue's mother. I wanted to recruit for my daughter, but Sang's mother was weak and couldn't support the door at all, so I had to choose a good son-in-law for my daughter to marry.
When Old Man Zhou was not energetic, he relented under the persuasion of the clansmen and succeeded his brother's son as the heir.
It's just that the old man Zhou married fifty percent of the family business to his daughter, which made the clansmen unhappy, the brothers dissatisfied, and the heirs unhappy. This laid the root of the bane, and made Sang Xuanyue go to his uncle's house, and his life was difficult.
Uncle is a personal uncle from the perspective of patriarchal ethics, and Zhou Baolu is also the cousin of Sang Xuanyue's relatives.
It's a pity that Zhou's father has a grudge in his heart, and Zhou's mother's eyes are above the top. Under the education of her mother, Zhou Baolu's eyes can only look up, never down. The two cousins were in an ordinary relationship when they were in the boudoir, and they had nothing to say when they met.
When she accidentally "robbed" her cousin of the family affairs set since childhood, Zhou's father was furious, Zhou's mother was yin and yang, and the relationship between the cousins was more delicate.
Fortunately, my cousin is "generous" and doesn't care about her. and tried his best to persuade Zhou's father and Zhou's mother to fool this matter.
Sang Xuanyue knew that things were strange, and there were weirdness everywhere, but Zhou's father and Zhou's mother didn't find out. And she is a small person, and she has repeatedly argued useless, in order to protect herself and her younger brother, she can only grit her teeth and admit the matter in the end.
But since then, Sang Xuanyue has been jealous of her cousin, if she doesn't live under one roof, she really can't escape, otherwise she can't hide from her.
Sang Xuanyue avoided her cousin like a snake and scorpion, and she really didn't want to have anything to do with her.
But the situation is stronger than people.
Although she knew that her cousin invited her to the door this time, she would definitely not be like what she said in her letter, just because she was homesick, and the sisters reminisced about the old days to relieve their homesickness. But Sang Xuanyue, who had no way out, had to grasp this life-saving rope and took the opportunity to break away from the Wang family.
Sang Xuanyue's mind was racing, and in the blink of an eye, she had entered the main room with the support of Su Xin and her younger brother.
The room was cleaned so-so, and there was a smell of dust in the room that had not been ventilated for a long time. Traces of cobwebs are even visible on the roof. A large spider is lying comfortably in the middle of the web, quietly waiting for the prey to be delivered.
Mulberry twisting the moon steep creature hurts its kind of feeling.
How does this resemble her?
Knowing that Zhou Baolu had bad intentions, he invited her to come to the door to designate a plan. But in order to have a short chance to breathe, she still rushed in without hesitation.
Sang Xuanyue held her breath, trying to suppress the desire to cough, her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were even more moist, as if a pool of spring spring was in it. Su Jin saw her face in pain, and quickly opened the windows of the room for ventilation.
is as good as Su Jin, and when he sees this guest house in such a situation, he can't help but scold his mother in his heart.
I've never seen such a burying person!
However, in order to prevent the words from hurting the girl's face, Su Jin tried to explain herself: Don't be angry! is in such a situation in the house, or Zhou Baolu is cold to them - she is so small, what can she be on the table? If it has nothing to do with Zhou Baolu, it is purely perfunctory by the maids, so much better. If there is something good at the top, it will be obeyed at the bottom, and if there is evil at the top, it will be followed by the bottom. Doesn't this just mean that Zhou Baolu has no face in the Wu'an Hou Mansion, even if he marries into a high family, he will not be valued?
This is great news.
Even if they are implicated by this, they are not afraid. The involvement is only temporary, but Zhou Baolu's hard life has no end.
She pitted their girls, turned her head and climbed the high branches by herself, and pretended to be tolerant and generous in front of the girl. is famous far and wide, but they trample their girls into the dirt, how can there be such an unreasonable thing in the world?
……
Su Jin and Su Xin were both nimble, and they cleaned up the house in a moment.
Fortunately, although the cleaning of this room is perfunctory, the cups and saucers sent are all new. The two maids first made the bed, then found a small mud stove to boil hot water, and then kneaded the large pills used to reduce fever into small pills, and served Sang Xuanyue to eat.
Su Jin said, "The girl has been having a high fever repeatedly, and I'm afraid this pill is not quite right." The girl will eat this meal first, and in the afternoon I will go out and ask the doctor to treat the girl. ”
Sang Xuanyue said weakly, "Let's eat for another day and see the situation, I just settled in the Hou Mansion, and it's not too much to do." ”
"But it's not a way for the girl to stay up like this......"
Qingyue stayed by the bed worriedly, whimpering like a little beast, "Sister, get better soon." ”
Sang Xuanyue touched his brother's hair, and there was exhaustion and haggard in her beautiful eyebrows. She was blue and black right now, and she hadn't slept well in a long time. Although he is in a strange place now, his spirit is relaxed, and he seems to be able to fall asleep as soon as he closes his eyes. Sang Xuanyue said in a low voice, "Sister will get better soon, and sister still has to take care of Qing'er." Qing'er, don't be afraid, it's good for my sister to wake up from sleep. ”
The voice beside him gradually became ethereal, like the sound of Sanskrit Buddha echoing in the air, and gradually there was nothing. Sang Xuanyue was lying on the bed, but her mind seemed to be floating in mid-air. She was relaxed and casual, and she was more comfortable and comfortable than she had ever felt in all these years.
Xu knew that when they arrived at the Hou Mansion, the Wang family's wind and frost swords could no longer be inflicted on them. Xu knows that even if Zhou Baolu has other plans, she will slowly seek it, and she still has time to turn around.
At this moment, Sang Xuanyue was at peace both physically and mentally, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Qingyue buried her face in her sister's palm, and her tears flowed silently.
He didn't dare to look up so that his sister could see his reddened eyes, he was too worried about his sister's body, too worried about the uncertain tomorrow.
When Qingyue raised her head again, she saw that her sister was already asleep.
Even when she was asleep, her beautiful brows were frowned, as if she had an unquenchable sorrow in her heart. Her face was even more pale, her lips were bloodless, and the bruises on her neck and exposed wrists were tense, and the delicate ones seemed to break if she was not careful.
Qingyue couldn't hold back any longer, and tears rained down.
At this time, someone patted her shoulder, and Su Jin took a handkerchief to help Qingyue wipe away the tears on her cheeks, "Young master, let's go to the next room." Su Xin and I have cleaned up the next room, and you can also go over and rest, and then put your books in place. ”
Qingyue wants to accompany his sister, but he knows that only by taking care of his own affairs can he make his sister feel at ease.
He got up and said "yes", followed Su Jin out of the door, and carefully closed the door.
Standing under the porch, the small courtyard in front of you has a panoramic view.
The courtyard is very, very small, with three main rooms and two wings on the left and right. A lot of roses were planted in the open space of the yard, climbing on the flower stands, red, yellow and pink, blooming in full swing, it was really a good scene of wealth.
But no matter how rich it is, it is only a superficial situation. The yard was littered with dust, overgrown with weeds in the corners and cracks of the stone slabs, the paint on the pillars was peeling off and no one was painting, and the tiles of the east wing were broken and unreplaced......
Still, it's enough to have a place for them to take a break from the situation. Wait for my sister to take care of her mind, and then plan for other things.
It was only at this moment that Sang Qingyue's heart was slightly relieved. He was really sure that his sister really took him out of the tiger wolf's den!