Chapter 268: Motherless Child
Wei Dongshu lay on the couch and sighed diagonally opposite the old lady. Cheng Yong's words made him angry, and he still feels that his brain hurts.
Ju Xiang replied to the old lady's words, and Fu Fu body: "Master, old lady." Shopkeeper Lin has already gone out to find the four girls, and the fire in the firewood room in the backyard has been saved. ”
The old lady rubbed her eyes: "Looking for the fourth girl?" Hmph, do we still have four girls in our family?"
Wei Dongshu took off the ice handkerchief on his head and threw it in the nearby basin: "Who is in charge of the house now?"
Ju Xiang lowered her head and wrung the handkerchief in her hand: "Back to the master's words, the slave maid made a claim and invited the third lady." ”
The old lady looked at Ju Xiang in surprise: "You girl, why are you becoming more and more ignorant? Didn't you say that you wouldn't call the third girl over?"
Ju Xiang looked at the old lady hesitantly: "Yes, but ......"
That's it, it's coming, Juxiang is also a good intention. Wei Dongshu pointed to the basin of ice water at hand, and Ju Xiang hurriedly twisted a wet ice handkerchief and handed it to Wei Dongshu.
"Juxiang. The old lady shouted, and her face was full of wonder: "What are the three girls looking for Yuan Jie? Didn't you say that Yuan Jie was not allowed to enter the Wei Mansion again?"
Ju Xiang's eyes widened and she responded, "Yes." But the third girl said that she was afraid that the fourth girl would publicize her life experience and not have a good reputation for our family, so she asked Shopkeeper Lin to find her back. Probably wanted her to keep her shut. ”
The old lady lowered her face coldly and snorted: "Tell her to keep her mouth shut? She is the same as her mother, since she was a child, I have not looked like a person in our family, whether it is her appearance and figure, or the style of speech, how can there be a shadow of our family? ”
Ju Xiang lowered her head and didn't speak, when she served Miss Fourth in the past, these thoughts had already churned in her mind countless times. It's just that he never dares to show it in front of people.
The handkerchief between Wei Dongshu's forehead became warm in an instant, so he asked Ju Xiang to change it to a cold one.
"Where's the third lady?"
Ju Xiang wiped the water from her hands with a handkerchief and said, "The third lady is talking with the second lady." ”
The old lady nodded, today should be the saddest day in Yuanyue, and with Yuanxi by her side, she can also have a better time. Thinking of Yuanyue, the old lady not only began to pantothenic acid in her nose, but the child's life was bitter, and it was just a concubine's aunt, but her father didn't love her mother. It was easy to get her father's approval by her own efforts, but her mother was not angry.
But it was also a good thing, and the old lady wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. Zheng and You have bad temperaments, but fortunately Yuan Yue was not brought up by these two women, otherwise the character taught might be like Yuan Jia or Yuan Jie. From this point of view, it is a good thing not to be favored, since ancient times, a few people who have become great things have not grown up in loneliness and loneliness?
"You go get some warm refreshments and send them over, the third girl is busy taking care of the prince these days, and she is already very tired. Her family is also a big mess, enough for her to toss. The old lady grabbed Ju Xiang's sleeve and said, "The third girl loves to eat begonia crisp, remember to prepare some." ”
Ju Xiang responded, and hurriedly called his subordinates to the tea room to prepare light white tea and two plates of dim sum.
Yuan Yue cried to Yuan Xi for a while, leaned on Yuan Xi's lap and fell asleep. Ju Xiang tiptoed to put the snack on the table, took a cup of tea, and whispered: "Third Miss, you moisten your throat." ”
Won-hee took the tea and took a sip of it, and couldn't help frowning. Ju Xiang was a little surprised: "What's wrong?
Yuan Xi shook his head: "It's a little weird." ”
Ju Xiang took the cup and sniffed it inside and out, isn't this the tea set she washed with her own hands? According to the old rules, it was washed with the stamens of begonia flowers mixed with mung bean noodles. Ju Xiang couldn't smell anything strange: "This tea was cooked by the slave maid herself, there is no problem?"
Yuan Xi shook his head: "Don't drink it, you sit down and rest for a while." ”
Ju Xiang sat on the foot of the bed, raised her face and spoke to Yuan Xi: "Third girl, if you don't let the slave maid serve the second girl, you can also take time to rest for a while." ”
Yuan Xi waved his hand and looked down at Yuan Yue, on the red and swollen eyelids, tears stuck his eyelashes together. Her brow furrowed, as if she was having some nightmare. Yuan Xi hurriedly hugged her tighter, and Yuan Yue pulled Yuan Xi's sleeve sleepily: "Rong Run, save me." ”
Yuan Xi was taken aback and said, "What did you hear her say?"
Ju Xiang came to the side, and Yuan Yue was still muttering. Ju Xiang raised her head: "It seems to be calling a name, Rong Run." Third Miss, who is this Rong Run?"
Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows: "Don't know, what happened just now, you will rot in your stomach forever." ”
Bad fate, why is the love road of the Wei family's children so bumpy?
Yuan Yue turned over, rubbed her sour eyes, and found that she was lying on Yuan Xi's lap, and hurriedly turned over: "I crushed your legs, right?"
Yuan Xi shook his head: "Second sister, are you hungry?"
Crying tired, Ju Xiang brought a snack and served Yuan Yue to drink tea and eat a snack. Yuan Xi didn't move because he couldn't get used to drinking that tea, and only picked up a piece of begonia crisp and ate it.
"According to the wrist of the shopkeeper Lin, I estimate that I will be able to find Yuan Jie's whereabouts before dawn. ”
Yuan Yue took a sip of tea and said coldly: "Find it, find it, she is not my sister." ”
Yuan Xi was speechless for a while, how can he say that he is not a sister? It's just that such words are quite harsh for Yuan Yue, and Yuan Xi is not easy to say.
"So, you're not going to ask about her anymore?" asked Won-hee.
Yuan Yue didn't raise her head and said "um": "For them, I have done my best." ”
Yuan Xi didn't say anything more, and she also knew that what Yuan Yue said was just angry words. When I was a child, I was jealous that my sister was favored by her mother, and Xiao Yuanyue was almost crazy with jealousy, swearing that she would never be uncommon to say that Aunt Zheng's favor would never be rare. But every time she saw her mother's meticulous care for Yuan Jie, Yuan Yue's heart was still painful like a needle prick.
The same is true for Yuan Jie, although he always says that he hates his sister, but he has never really made any killing moves to Yuan Jie. If it weren't for Yuan Yue's soft heart, Yuan Jie's mind would probably have died thousands of times.
Yuan Yue swallowed the begonia cake and said with a smile: "They just bullied me, this time I won't let them bully again, no." ”
As she spoke, tears inadvertently fell on the teacup, and the tea with tears added to it didn't know if it was sour or bitter.
Yuan Xi hurriedly wiped away her tears and comforted: "My sister will cry, which means that there is still a place for them in my heart." If my sister can't let go of this gesture, she can leave it to me. Whether my sister wants her to fly away, or whether she is clothed and fed, as long as my sister gives her a word, I will do it immediately. ”
"What are you doing?" Yuan Yue stood up suddenly: "Why do you call her brocade clothes and jade food, why do you tell her to fly away!"
Ju Xiang hurriedly stepped forward to support Yuan Yue: "Second Miss, don't be angry, beware of crying." ”
"Third sister, what do you say she is? Why is she so good! Why am I inferior to her? Why doesn't my mother like me?" Yuan Yue threw herself into Yuan Xi's arms, and her whimpering sobs caused Ju Xiang to cry uncontrollably.
Where is it inferior to her? Yuan Xi was silent, probably because Yuan Yue's father was Wei Dongshu.
"Third sister, I don't allow you to take care of her, even if she begs you, you don't care about her!" Yuan Yue cried: "Did you hear it, you promised me." ”
Yuan Xi nodded hurriedly, and Yuan Yue cried even more fiercely. Ju Xiang sighed, what's the use of torturing Fourth Miss, Fourth Miss's rough skin and thick heart, where would she care about this?
"Third sister, I don't have a mother anymore, and I'm also a motherless child. Yuan Yue grabbed Yuan Xi's sleeve and almost tore the placket open: "Do you still have the motherless ballad that Wei Chengzhen and Wei Yuanjia sang when you were a child? Every time they sing that song to you, I am so glad that I have a mother." I was so proud at the time because I wasn't a motherless child. At that time, I used to look down on you, because you didn't have a mother. Third sister, third sister, I know that now I was wrong, you forgive me. ”
"Second sister......" Yuan Xi was speechless for a while.
"Ju Xiang, go and ask someone to make a soothing soup, make it thick. ”
"Don't, don't, I don't drink. Third sister, I'm not sick, I'm just, I'm just uncomfortable, do you know what it's like?" Yuan Yue was trembling from crying, and Yuan Xi helped her sit down on the soft couch.
"Sister, if you want to cry, just let it go and cry, the bitterness in your heart, except for my sister, I'm afraid that no one else understands. ”
"Third sister, do you know? When I was a child, my mother only had Yuan Jie in her heart, and at that time Yuan Jie was only a little older, so she held it in her arms, swaying, and singing those beautiful little songs. I could only follow in her footsteps, spinning and turning, hoping that she would be able to hug me after coaxing Yuan Jie. But she only thinks I'm in the way. I'm also her daughter, so why can't she love me more?"
Yuan Xi took Yuan Yue in his arms: "Second sister, you still have me, I will always be with you." ”
"Third sister, I'm so jealous of her, I'm about to go crazy with jealousy. Do you know? My mother was arrested and locked up in the firewood room, and I asked my eldest brother to help me bring her food. She asked her eldest brother about the situation of three people, one was the wild man, one was Yuan Jie, and the other was herself. At the end of the day, she didn't even leave me a word. Yuan Yue smiled bitterly: "But that's okay, I'm Aunt Yu and daughter now, and I have nothing to do with her anymore." She didn't bother to ask me about it, and she should have been. ”
Ju Xiang brought a bowl of soothing soup, and Yuan Xi received it in his hand: "Second sister, you drink a little, you need to rest." ”
Yuan Yue endured the bitterness and drank it all in one go. Leaning on the pillow, looking at Yuan Xi in the light and shadow, he whispered: "Third sister, can you sing me a song?" ”
At dawn, Yuan Yue fell asleep peacefully, and Yuan Xi rubbed his sore shoulders and walked out of Yuan Yue's room.
"Third girl, wash your face?" Ju Xiang fetched a basin of warm water and brought it to Yuan Xi.
The rising sun was dazzlingly red, and Yuan Xi raised his hand to shade the sun, and suddenly felt that the sun was a little dim. Looking at the feet, it was also dark, and the shadow of Juxiang seemed to be shaking in front of him, but he couldn't grasp it. Ju Xiang opened her mouth, as if she was calling her, but what she said, Won-hee couldn't hear clearly.
Yuan Xi's body was planted and slammed into the lattice door, Ju Xiang seemed to be nervous to say something, Yuan Xi waved his hand hard: "Don't make a noise, send me back to the house quickly." ”