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Sheng Hong turned around and left the courtyard.

Minglan's gaze following Sheng Hong's figure was clearly seen by Wei Yuyi.

Wei Shuyi looked at Cui's mother in the room and bowed: "Mommy, I'm sorry to help you."

Cui's mother looked at Wei Shuyi's look, squatted slightly and said, "Miss, I'm going to take my leave. The old lady also asked me to bring you something to say. She likes the embroidery painting you gave me very much, and she will give it to Ming Ming in the future." Girls should go to Shou'an Hall more often."

"Thank you, mama."

Cui's mother bowed slightly and stopped Wei Shuyi again. She didn't let her leave the house, and only let Xiaodie see her off.

At this time, the sky had begun to darken,

In the room, Minglan looked at her mother-in-law with great concern. It was so rare for her to be filled with tears!

Wei Yuyi also had tears in his eyes. The last time he saw his eldest sister was when the Sheng family first arrived in Yangzhou.

Wei Shuyi hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. Just as he was about to walk over, Wei Yuyi had already walked a few steps to her, supported her, and then looked at Wei Shuyi carefully.

"Sister, don't think too much. Everything is fine at home. It's my mother who misses you and asked me to come to Yangzhou to see you." After hearing the younger sister's words, Wei Shuyi's worried heart dropped into her stomach, and she held on tightly. My little sister's hand hummed.

"Mom, aunt, don't cry!" Minglan said sensibly.

Wei Yuyi touched Minglan's face and nodded.

At this time, Xiaodie also returned to the house after seeing everyone off and said, "Xiao Tao, you don't even know how to get a chair for the girl's aunt."

Hearing Xiaodie's words, Xiaotao nodded and hurriedly ran inside and came out holding an embroidered pier: "Auntie, please sit down."

Wei Yuyi smiled and nodded at the child, who was younger than Minglan.

"Minglan, you and Xiaodie Xiaotao go to the big kitchen, bring some coins, and tell them that we have relatives in the courtyard and ask them to cook two more dishes." Wei Shuyi said.

"Okay, Aniang!" Minglan said, taking Xiaodie's hand and leaving the house.

"Sister, why did you send them out as soon as I came?"

Listening to his sister's words, Wei Shu held her hand and asked with concern: "These days, Yangzhou Prefecture is in chaos. How did you come from your hometown? Where are you, an official?"

"He's in the outer courtyard. It's just a coincidence that there happened to be an empty ship from the Bai family salt village coming to Yangzhou before. My man is familiar with the manager of the salt village, so he sent us here. Sister, why are you always standing? Sit down and talk!" Wei Yuyi said, trying to get his sister to sit down.

Wei Shu shook his head and said: "It's better to stand! What's it like outside now? Our house has been closed these days."

Hearing his sister's question, Wei Yuyi's eyes lit up and he said: "Sister, you may not believe it. We were on the Bai family's boat a few days ago. My man, with all his strength, saw a lot of live things on their boat and even picked it up. Five taels of silver, people like us, we should never ask for anything. I can also read, so I helped Manager Wu settle the accounts and write. When I arrived at Yangzhou Pier, I saw all the money. Soldiers, ordinary people can't easily enter the city, so they helped the Bai family for a while and said they asked us to work in the salt village for a monthly salary."

Wei Yuyi lowered his voice and told his sister a number. Wei Shuyi's eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "Why is it so high?"

Looking at his sister's face, Wei Yuyi said in a low voice: "I heard that in our first Baijia Salt Village in Yangzhou, the Bai family bent the law for personal gain. Many of the stewards were taken away by the soldiers. There was no one left for a while. .”

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect that you two would have such a chance, mother." After hearing what Wei Shuyi said, Wei Yuyi hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry, my mother often helps the neighbors sew clothes for free in her hometown, little dog Your brother-in-law and I sent money and food to your family, and when we are stable in Yangzhou, we will pick her up."

Wei Yuyi looked at the eldest sister who said yes but frowned and still had some thoughts in her eyes. After thinking about it for a while, she said: "Sister, she is actually my mother. She was at home before and kindly let a passerby drink it. Hot mouth, that person also talked a lot, saying that that's why my mother asked us to come to Yangzhou to be closer to you, so that we can have our mother-in-law to take care of us. Sister, tell me the truth, are you okay in this big house? "

When Wei Shuyi heard the story in the words, her eyes narrowed, wasn't this about her? Hearing her sister's question, she smiled and said, "Look at the charcoal fire in my house, what's wrong with it?"

"Sister, that's not what the little envoy beside the noble master who brought me into the Sheng Mansion today said. And you didn't even sit down when I entered the house!" Wei Yuyi looked at his sister solemnly and said.

When Wei Shuyi heard what his sister said, there was some hesitation in his expression. He glanced at his concerned sister, shook her head and said, "I told you there's nothing wrong, why are you still suspicious?"

It was she, Wei Shuyi, who had brought disaster to the family before and brought the Wei family into ruin. Now it would be better for the family to avoid the muddy waters here.

Wei Yuyi looked at Wei Shuyi and said softly: "Sister, you don't know, in fact, when you went to the dental clinic, you were also like this and said so."

Hearing his sister's words, Wei Shu looked at her in disbelief.

"Sister, now that I'm married, I'm not the kid who couldn't understand anything anymore! Can you let others help you? If you let Jiuquanxia's father know that you are like this, he..."

At this time, voices came from outside the house. Wei Yuyi did not say any more, and the two sisters quickly adjusted their expressions.

When Minglan and the others entered the room, they saw the two smiling people with red eyes.

The whole room had dinner happily. Wei Yuyi looked at his sister who didn't eat much and didn't say much.

after dinner,

The two people who had been in the cold courtyard now became three walking silently.

Just after Xu time (after 9 p.m.)

Previously, Minglan was lying on her grandma's bed at night, listening to her aunt and grandma chatting about people and things in her hometown, and somehow she fell asleep.

In the dream, she had been chasing her father's sleeve, but her father was moving further and further away.

"Daddy!" Minglan woke up.

Only then did Minglan realize that she was sleeping on Xiaodie's bed, with Xiaotao on the inside and Xiaodie on the outside.

After a tiring day, both of them had fallen asleep, and Xiaodie even snored.

Minglan stood up carefully and put on her cotton jacket quietly. There was only a curtain between the compartment where Xiaodie lived and the room where Wei Shuyi lived. Minglan got out of bed and was about to open the curtain when she heard voices inside. : "Sister, Xiaodie is snoring. Minglan and the others must be fast asleep at this time. Can you tell me how these days have been?"

The precocious Minglan stopped moving.

Listening to Wei Yuyi's words, Wei Shuyi was stunned for a moment and then said: "I often think of my father these days. I was not around when he left. Please tell me about him."

"Sister, the last time I saw you, you burst into tears just after talking about your father. I didn't dare to say more about my father. I..." Wei Yu felt his sister's hand tighten and stopped talking.

Wei Shuyi was on the inside of the bed, lying on her side facing Wei Yuyi. The candle on the corner of the table flashed a few sparks, which reflected in Wei Shuyi's eyes. She said in a calm tone: "Tell me about it! The saddest thing. That time was when I arrived in Yangzhou, but now that it has passed, I always have to know."

Wei Yuyi said softly: "Sister, my father had already recovered before he died. That day he suddenly wanted to throw a pot, so my mother and I set it up for him. My father was very happy at the time, but he always looked at the empty space next to him. After he finished throwing the arrows in his hand, he suddenly said to his mother that he was incompetent and couldn't protect you. He walked away in a dream while taking a nap, so he didn't suffer."

"I once asked my mother what happened that day, and she said that the empty space my father looked at was the place you liked to stand when you were teaching your sister how to throw pot when you were a child."

Listening to her sister's words, Wei Shuyi found herself smiling, but the tears were like a flood that broke the floodgates. It turned out that her father had never blamed her.

Listening to Wei Shuyi's sobs, Wei Shuyi touched her hair as he did when he was a child and said, "Father still loves us after all."

"So sister, don't blame yourself so much. Father doesn't want to see you living like this. Just tell me how you are doing."

Caressing his belly, Wei Shuyi took a deep breath, then let out the depression in his chest, feeling only warmth in his heart.

"Well, my business, where to start?"

"Sister, let's start with the Xu family's maid being splashed on."

Wei Shuyi pondered for a moment and said: "That's fine, that day Naguan Granny was beaten to death. After that, the eldest sister of the Xu family of Shou'an Hall kindly asked the doctor to diagnose my pulse. I asked Minglan and Xiaotao to go outside, and Xiaodie and I had a talk Altogether, I almost fell into someone else’s scheme and still can’t get justice.”

Outside the room, hearing Wei Shuyi's words and the danger inside, Minglan's hands trembled a little, not knowing whether it was from cold or fright.

"Really, what a powerful scheming! If Xiaodie really succeeds, Xiaodie will not end well, and sister, you will have a miscarriage at worst, and at the worst, you will lose a trustworthy manpower! That's why, sister, you will use the trick and walk outside every night. so long?"

"After all, power is stronger than others! Also, before, the old lady fell ill. After all, I am a concubine. If Minglan grows up in the future, if she wants to be successful, she still has to be supported by the old lady! You see, in front of the old lady The grown-up children, whether they are the eldest girl Hua Lan or Brother Bai, are all good! So the Lord wants the fourth girl the most. If you hadn't come today, the Lord would have made Minglan stop going to Shou'an Hall. .”

"This small Tongpan Mansion actually has so many conspiracies!" Wei Yuyi held his sister's hand and lamented her sister's difficulty.

"But father and son, the Sheng family still has the final say. My sister, you taught Minglan before, and told her to look at her father like us, and look at her father like the sky and the mountain. But, after all, we are the same. After we came out, my father at home always loved us, and there was no indifference or favoritism among the concubines in this deep house."

"You are right. It is always right to respect and love the elders. Moreover, the old lady has not let the fourth girl pass these days. The eldest lady feels sorry for Ru Lan and cannot help it. This is Ming Lan's opportunity. The Lord is here today. , it was the old lady who made it clear to him, and you heard what Mother Cui said."

"Then what if the general judge comes again and Minglan is not allowed to go to Shou'antang?"

"Miss Six, why are you standing here?" Xiaodie's somewhat surprised voice came from outside the room.

Sister Wei Shuyi looked at each other in surprise in the candlelight.

Wei Shu’s change of heart.