There is Room For the Poor Daughter

Qingshi County.

Zhang House.

As the richest household in the county, the courtyard of Zhang's mansion is extraordinarily large, occupying half of the street, and it is located in the best part of the county.

Speaking of this family, it is the envy of everyone in Qingshi County. This is not only because of the wealth of the Zhang family, but also because of the backstage behind the Zhang family, even the magistrate dare not provoke it.

More than ten years ago, the Zhang family in Qingshi County was far less famous than it is today.

However, since Mr. Zhang continued to marry, the Zhang family has grown up at a speed that everyone is dumbfounded. In just over ten years, the family's business has not only spread all over Qingshi County, but also the prefectural and provincial capitals. family.

There is a gossip that the continuation of Mr. Zhang's wife is a girl from a noble family in the capital, and the relationship behind it is very strong.

Everyone has different opinions on this. . .

The believer felt that this must be true, otherwise, how could the Zhang family get up so quickly.

The skeptical side thinks, how could a girl from a noble family like Mr. Zhang, who was a businessman, and still be the successor.

What is puzzling is that the Zhang family has never responded positively to this debate.

Champs Elysees.

Among the inner courtyards of Zhang's residence, the top three courtyards are ranked in terms of refinement.

The sky was getting brighter, and there was a noise in the room.

"Girl, sleep a little longer. It's cold in the winter and the twelfth lunar month. The temperature in the morning is very low. It's okay to get up late."

The eldest maid Caiwei whispered to the slender shadow in the embroidered tent.

Unfortunately, Qian Ying didn't stop to get up.

Seeing this, Caiwei was a little helpless, and hurried forward to set up the embroidery tent.

Soon, a beautiful girl in her fourteenth year sat up with her clothes on.

Worrying that her girl was freezing, Caiwei quickly helped the girl get dressed.

After getting dressed, the girl sat in front of the dressing table.

Caiwei first put a hand warmer in the girl's hand, and then picked up a comb to help her comb her hair.

Zhang Huahan looked through the mirror and looked at Caiwei who served her wholeheartedly.

She knew that her family had been busy with her eldest sister's marriage recently, and because of the rush, many people in the yard were dispatched to help.

Although Caiwei is her eldest maid, she will not be recruited, but there are fewer maids in the courtyard, so she has more things to deal with, and when there are too many things, it is inevitable that she will be negligent, so she said: "Today is Laba. "

Hearing this, Caiwei's expression changed immediately, and she hurriedly bowed her knees to plead guilty: "It's a slave, isn't it? I forgot that the girl is going to greet the eldest madam today, and ask the girl to punish her."

Zhang Huahan didn't blame her: "Get up, I know you're busy these days, so hurry up and brush your hair, don't waste your time."

Caiwei got up quickly and continued to brush Zhang Huahan's hair. During this period, her eyes swept to the girl's indifferent face that had never changed.

Thinking of the eldest lady, Cai Wei felt a little sorry for her own girl.

The eldest lady is eccentric, she never walks in front of people, and she never sees anyone. She is very indifferent to everyone, including the eldest master and the girl, her own daughter.

When the girl was three years old, she came to serve her.

Now that the girl will be married in one year, the eldest lady has never set foot in the Champs, let alone raising a girl, her indifference is chilling.

That is to say, her girl is sincere and filial. After being rejected many times, she still insists on going to greet the eldest lady on the first and fifteenth day of every month, plus the festivals.

Even though the eldest lady has never seen the girl once, the girl has been passing by like a day for several years.

She couldn't understand, how could there be such a cruel mother in this world?

After dressing and grooming, Zhang Huahan simply ate some cakes, then put on his cloak and went out.

The first place to go is Mrs. Zhang's yard.

When Zhang Huahan arrived, Mrs. Zhang had just woken up.

Seeing that Zhang Huahan came so early, Mrs. Zhang smiled and asked the maid to pour her a cup of hot tea: "It's hard for you to be so filial, it's such a cold day to come so early, but you are a delicate little girl. The most important thing is that you can come later in the future."

The corners of Zhang Huahan's mouth rose slightly, and the smile on his face was neither a little nor a little: "Thank you grandmother for being sympathetic."

At this moment, laughter came from outside the door, and then, the eldest girl from the Zhang family walked in with a smile, saw Zhang Huahan in the room, and said with a smile, "I thought I came early enough, but I didn't expect Fifth Sister It was earlier than me."

Seeing the eldest granddaughter, the smile on Mrs. Zhang's face was much deeper, and she said angrily: "You girl, you are not too tired these days, why don't you sleep for a while?"

Miss Zhang smiled and snuggled up to Mrs. Zhang's side: "My granddaughter wants to come over to eat with my grandmother."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and scolded: "I think you want to come to me for delicious food." She said, smiling at Zhang Huahan, and said casually, "Five girls, you can stay with me for breakfast later."

In this regard, Zhang Huahan was not very happy. She was going to greet her mother. Just when she was thinking about how to refuse, the door curtain was lifted again.

"Grandmother is partial, and only the eldest sister and the fifth sister are left for breakfast, and we want to."

This time, there are more girls coming in, the daughters and concubines of the second and third bedrooms.

Mrs. Zhang likes to be lively. Seeing the granddaughters coming over, her eyes narrowed with laughter. She talked and laughed with the granddaughters.

Looking at the happy scene in front of her, Zhang Huahan always had a feeling of being excluded. In fact, she was indeed the one who was excluded.

Whether it is her grandmother or her father, she has always been more than polite to her, but not close enough.

As for the rest of the Zhang family, let alone.

"Grandmother, I heard that Uncle came back from the provincial capital last night?" The second girl in the second room put her arms around Mrs. Zhang's arm and asked coquettishly.

Hearing this, Zhang Huahan's face crossed a trace of surprise.

Father came back last night?

This time my father went out, mainly to buy a dowry for the eldest sister, and it took more than two months to go out.

Zhang Huahan felt a little bitter in her heart. Her father went out to go home, and she, the daughter, knew it later than her cousins.

It is impossible to say that it is not uncomfortable.

It can also be seen from this matter that her position in the Zhang family is embarrassing. Although she is a direct descendant of the big house, she is not liked by her biological parents. Naturally, people will not get close to a master like her when they watch dishes.

Therefore, she is often the last to know about the big and small matters of the Zhang family.

"I said why all of you came so early today, so you were thinking about the gifts your uncle brought back?"

Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded to Miss Zhang Er's head: "Eat first, and I'll give it to you after eating."

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was about to lead everyone to the dining room, Zhang Huahan hurriedly stood up: "Grandma forgives her sins, but my granddaughter won't stay to eat. Today is Laba, so I have to go and say hello to my mother."

As soon as these words came out, the people who were talking and laughing a moment ago suddenly became quiet.

The current eldest lady of the Zhang family is a bit of a taboo in the Zhang family. Everyone will not mention her if they can, and almost no one will take the initiative to talk about her.

Mrs. Zhang was the first to react and nodded with a smile: "I've been too busy during this time, look at me, I forgot that it was Laba today, you go quickly, don't make your mother wait for a long time."

Zhang Huahan didn't say anything, whether she really forgot, or deliberately didn't mention it. After so many years, she still had some thoughts in her heart. After she was blessed, she turned around and retire.

While standing outside the door wearing a cape, Zhang Huahan heard a disdainful voice coming from the room.

"The eldest lady has always been reluctant to see the fifth sister. I really don't know why the fifth sister has gone to ask for safety again and again?"

"I don't know how long the fifth sister will be going this time. Is it possible that we should wait for her to come back before we can choose the gifts that uncle brought us?"

After that, several girls from the Zhang family asked Mrs. Zhang not to wait for Zhang Huahan's words.

Unfortunately, they were all rejected by Mrs. Zhang.

With ridicule embedded in the corner of Zhang Huahan's mouth, he stepped out of the yard.

The family is really interesting. No matter what good things are on the bright side, she will be the first to choose them, and even the eldest brother and the eldest sister have to take a step back.

It seems that she is valued, but in fact, it makes her have the illusion of being a mascot, as if her existence is not a relative to the Zhang family, but a kind of proof.

Prove what?

Prove that the Zhang family and the Yan family do have a relationship by marriage!

Yan family

She actually didn't know much about her mother's natal family and her grandparents' family. Her mother almost never saw her, but her father met several times a month, but he never mentioned the Yan family to her.

The Yan family she knew was occasionally pieced together from other people's gossip.

There are too few sources of her information, and she only knows that the lintel of the Yan family is much higher than that of the Zhang family. Even if the Zhang family is already the richest family in Qingshi County, they can't climb up the Yan family.

The Yan family is so prominent, why did the mother marry the father as the successor?

Thinking of her mother's indifference to her from birth to now, Zhang Huahan vaguely understood that her mother was definitely not willing to marry her father.

Otherwise, if the two really liked each other, they wouldn't treat her like this.

Just when Zhang Huahan was thinking about this, Wutong Courtyard arrived.

Looking at the Wutong Courtyard, which is even more elegant and delicate than Grandma's Courtyard, Zhang Huahan took a deep breath and walked in quickly.

"Aunt An Ran, I'm here to greet my mother!"

Seeing Zhang Huahan who came to greet An Ran again, An Ran sighed in her heart, what a wonderful child, what a pity

An Ran calmed down and invited Zhang Huahan into the room with a smile.

Of course, she just let her sit in the living room and eat snacks with tea. As for the inner room where the master lives, unless the master speaks, otherwise, even if she wants to help Zhang Huahan, she has no ability.

Zhang Huahan ate the dim sum silently as usual, even though she didn't really want to eat it, but in order to be able to sit for a while, she stunned to finish a plate of dim sum.

Finally, even after drinking the tea, looking at the still motionless inner room, Zhang Huahan couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes.

Even if she pretends to be indifferent on weekdays, she still longs for her mother's attention in her heart.

Unfortunately, her mother seemed to really hate her, so much so that she refused to even see her.

"Aunt An Ran, I'm leaving first, and I'll come back next time to say hello to my mother."

An Ran moved her lips and wanted to say something, but in the end it all turned into helplessness, she could only smile and nod to Zhang Huahan.

Zhang Huahan glanced at the inner room before getting up and leaving.

After leaving the yard, Caiwei saw Zhang Huahan's desolate expression and hesitated for a while, but she mustered up her courage and said, "Girl, if you are sad, why don't you come next time?"

Zhang Huahan smiled: "Why didn't you come? Even though my mother didn't see me, did she let me in? Now I have Aunt Anran prepare refreshments for me, which is already good."

You know, my mother didn't even let her in the house before.

Does she resent the indifference of her biological mother?

Naturally resentful.

Before the age of eight, she had a very bad life. The sisters bullied her and the servants ignored her. At that time, she was everyone's punching bag in Zhang's house. Anyone who was unhappy could call her.

Feeling aggrieved, she ran to her mother crying, but her mother's attitude towards her was much worse than now. Not only did she not see her, but she was also driven out of the courtyard.

At that time, she hated her mother's anger more than she hated those who bullied her.

However, in the summer when she was eight years old, the elder sisters caused her to fall into the water and almost drowned. At that time, her mother started a fire.

Up to now, the servants will occasionally mention that the mother was furious that time.

She was ill, and I don't remember very clearly. I only remember that my grandmother took her to her yard and took care of her for more than a month.

During one time, she fell asleep in her grandmother's inner room, and she seemed to hear the quarrel between her grandmother and her mother in a trance.

The grandmother is the ancestor of the Zhang family, and no one is allowed to disobey her and must flatter her, but this time, she discovered that in front of her mother, her grandmother was actually the weaker one.

That time, it was the mother who fed her once to stand up for her, and since that time, no one in the entire Zhang family dared to bully her again, at least not obviously.

Perhaps compared with other mothers, the mother is not like a mother at all, but in this Zhang family, she is the only one who stands up to protect her.

It was her who sheltered her, otherwise, she wouldn't want to live so peacefully.

At the same time, Wutongyuan went to the house.

An Ran went into the inner room with hot water, saw Yan Yile standing in front of the window looking at the courtyard door, hesitated for a moment, and walked over: "Master, the fifth girl's admiration for you has been so many years, you should also see arrive."

"The slave girl knows that you hate Zhang Wan, but the fifth girl is innocent. She is your biological daughter, and the mother and daughter are heart-to-heart. Do you really want to ignore her for the rest of your life?"

Yan Yile didn't respond. Just when An Ran lowered her head helplessly, she said, "Will she be ready next year?"

Knowing that Yan Yile was talking about Zhang Huahan, An Ran nodded quickly: "Yes, the fifth girl will be the big girl next year, so you can say kiss."

Yan Yile's dull face finally fluctuated a bit: "Time flies so fast." After speaking, she was silent for a long time, "Next time she comes to greet her again, let An Jing teach her etiquette."

"The Zhang family."

Yan Yile crossed hatred and contempt on her face: "After all, the Zhang family can't be on the table. No matter how much money they have, they are also upstarts. In terms of etiquette and rules, don't count on them."

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