[Rebirth] Deep house raising dumplings

Hearing this nonsensical sentence, Xi Wanxiang couldn't help being puzzled: "Why?"

Mrs. Xi Er took the small bowl from Wanxiang's hand, put it on the table, looked at Wanxiang's round apricot eyes and sighed softly, brushed away a strand of temple hair sticking to her lips, and said slowly : "Wanxiang, after the new year, you will be nine years old. My mother always treats you like a child, but I understand what you said to persuade your father. You don't talk much, but you understand it in your heart. "

After speaking, Mrs. Xi Er paused for a moment, and Wan Xiang became more and more puzzled, so she asked again: "Then why don't you let me associate with my sister-in-law?"

Mrs. Xi Er was about to speak, but suddenly her throat itched, she covered her mouth and coughed violently.

Wan Xiang was busy helping and stroking her mother's back, and Song's mother was also busy serving tea and water.

It took a while for Mrs. Xi Er to stop exhausted. She took the silk handkerchief Wanxiang handed over, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes caused by the severe cough, and took a sip of water with trembling fingers before taking a deep breath. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother..." Wan Xiang recalled her mother's coughing and cramp just now with some fear, and asked cautiously, "Do you have a cold? Or is it an old disease?"

Mrs. Xi sighed: "It's okay. I've had a cough for a year. It started last year, and it was intermittent in the first half of the year. After you left, my mother coughed a little bit more. But it's not a big deal. Let the doctor in the village take a look. , it doesn’t matter, but the body is weak.”

Wan Xiang frowned: "You can't trust the words of a local doctor in the countryside, mother should let grandma arrange it for you..."

Mrs. Xi Er shook her head: "How can you bother your grandmother with such a small matter, besides, your Aunt Xia Hua is back now, she is really worried." Then, she asked Mother Song to support her, and stood up on her knees, "Okay It's getting late, let's go to bed early, tomorrow we have to get up early for the firecrackers."

Wan Xiang originally wanted to ask more about Tang Cai's sister-in-law, but seeing her mother so tired, she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

It was night, Xi Wanxiang couldn't sleep, and her mother's thinner face appeared in her mind from time to time. In fact, Mrs. Xi Er was quite beautiful. The deteriorating body was very haggard, Wan Xiang knew that the countryside was not good for seeing a doctor, but she didn't have the intention to go to see a doctor, she just wished to muddle along until her body was completely worn down.She thought of her sister-in-law again, why did her mother not let her associate with her sister-in-law?This is a family, and the cousin's family is well-off, and she treats Wanxiang very well, and it should be the best to befriend her.Wan Xiang couldn't figure it out, in the blink of an eye, the sky was filled with the white belly of the new year.

That night, not only Wanxiang didn't sleep well, but Mrs. Xi also didn't sleep well.

The image of the third girl, Xia Hua, knelt in front of her and kowtowed three times respectfully, lingered in Mrs. Xi's mind.

Xi Xiahua was originally an active and cheerful person, but he was spoiled by himself since he was a child, but he just laughed and played on weekdays, no matter how big or small, the old lady Xi tolerated everything, and even thought she was very cute.It's just that she never expected that Xia Hua's girl would do such a rebellious and unscrupulous scandal of reneging on her marriage and elopement.Thinking of the past, Mrs. Xi can still feel the anger and pain at that time.

Xia Hua was originally Mrs. Xi's favorite child.Innocence, love to laugh, enthusiasm, the round and shiny oval face always seems to have a slight gleam, Mrs. Xi can't help thinking about it, and suddenly thinks of her granddaughter Wanxiang.

Suddenly her heart was covered with a cloud of darkness, her closed eyes slowly opened, girl Wanxiang, she must not repeat Xia Hua's mistakes.

The old lady Xi just regressed just now, seeing that she is so thin now that she has a pointed chin, if she is not wearing a thick jacket, she must have been as skinny as a stick, and she has been sculpted in the face of more than ten years. With such a different daughter, Mrs. Xi no longer had a trace of anger in her heart, and only felt distressed.But when the old lady asked Xi Xiahua with a sigh, "How are you doing now", Xi Xiahua still smiled and said: "It's good, Song Cheng treats me very well."

This Song Cheng was the scholar who had attracted Xi Xiahua's refusal to marry him. Later, it was heard that he had won 37th place in the provincial examination and became a Juren.

Mrs. Xi naturally knew that things were not that simple, but she knew that her daughter was also a stubborn one. Since she could say that, she made up her mind not to tell the truth.But this New Year's Eve was not with her husband's house, and she came all the way from Yongzhou alone, and she was so skinny. Just guessing casually, she knew that her life in her husband's house was very unsatisfactory.The old lady Xi naturally didn't force her to say anything, she just asked the servants to clean Xi Xiahua's original room, and let her go back to her room to rest.

Before leaving, Mrs. Xi called Xi Xiahua, her heart felt a little painful, and said slowly: "It's good to come back, after all, you are the aunt of the Xi family. If you want to be a girl again, the Xi family can still take care of you." I started." After speaking, Xi Xiahua seemed to be crying, she carried old lady Xi on her back, gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, said "hey", and hurried out.

Mrs. Xi thought to herself that the Xi family, which had been torn apart for so long, might finally be reunited.The family happiness of children and grandchildren wrapped around her knees filled her old heart with warmth for a moment.

The first day of the Lunar New Year was a fine day, the sky was bright, and the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another in the town, and the lively sound aroused waves of echoes in Yangmingshan.When Xi's family was lighting firecrackers in the yard, Wanxiang covered her ears and hid far away. The small backpack was full of received red envelopes. The sister-in-law stood behind her and covered her ears with a smile. With sister-in-law together, Wanxiang completely forgot that her mother told her not to associate with her sister-in-law last night.

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Xia Hua's aunt who was beside her father. It happened that Xi Xiahua was also looking at Wanxiang. She had a sharp oval face. Although there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her eyes were still bright, and her skin was a little pale, which made people feel a little sick.Wan Xiang hurriedly smiled at her aunt, she could try to break through the cage of feudal marriage, regardless of the current misery, this aunt is still worthy of admiration.

Xi Xiahua's slender eyebrows trembled, Wan Xiang's smiling face dazzled her a little, her cleanliness was so enviable, although there were some scabs on her face, she could not hide her clearness at all.After a while, she returned to normal, with the corners of her lips curled up, she walked towards Wanxiang, bent slightly, and handed over the red envelope in her cuff: "Auspicious New Year."

"Thank you, aunt." Wan Xiang hurriedly took her hands off her ears, and took the red envelope with a smile.This aunt is kind, Wanxiang thought, and was about to stuff the red envelope into her backpack, when she suddenly saw an extraordinarily unique gold ring on her rough hand, made of vines and grass intertwined, with an inlaid top She was wearing a pea-sized moonstone, which seemed to be of great value at first glance, and was incompatible with her plain attire. She thought it was the best, most valuable and meaningful thing.Wan Xiang boasted casually, "Auntie's ring is really pretty."

Unexpectedly, Xi Xiahua's expression was a little unnatural, she hurriedly put her hands in her cuffs and twisted them, smiling at Wanxiang without embarrassment.

Aunt Feng who was standing on the side also noticed it, she just glanced at the few people in silence, at this time Aunt Feng couldn't control so much, the return of the aunt of the Xi family was something that no one expected, If Xi Xiahua really fulfilled the old lady's wish and stayed at Xi's house, then Aunt Feng, the wealth of Xi's family, would be hard to care about.At this moment, Aunt Feng only wanted to send over the little post from the Li family as soon as possible, so that the marriage was finalized once and for all.

When a firecracker exploded unexpectedly, Xi Wanxiang had already withdrawn her hands, was startled unexpectedly, and turned her head to hug her cousin's soft waist.

Black eaves draw corners, and firecrackers come back in spring.

Xi Wanxiang couldn't help but feel that the Spring Festival in ancient times was really more particular than in modern times. Every link is as rigorous as a procedure, and the laughter and laughter are also full of reverence for the ancestors of ghosts and gods.The new clothes on his body were driven out by the cloth shop in the past few days, and they were made according to the new size, so they fit better than the previous ones.Xi Wanxiang was inexplicably happy when she thought that this was the size that her cousin sister-in-law measured for her.

When the whole family ate dumplings together, Wanxiang looked at her mother's thinner face and felt distressed. She dared not tell Mrs. Xi out of face, so Wanxiang took advantage of Mrs. Xi's joy, I told her about my mother's physical problems.So Mrs. Xi frowned, lightly blamed Second Master Xi for saying "not caring", and immediately ordered someone to find a doctor in the town to see a doctor.

The doctor didn't want to come at first, the pharmacy was tightly closed for the New Year's Eve.It's just that the Xi family was rich and powerful, and there was nothing they could do. A piece of silver was thrown on the ground, so the doctor had no choice but to put away his job, took away the medicine box, and went to Xi's house to see a doctor.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I just know that Mrs. Xi Er is not an ordinary cold and cough, but the real pneumonia, it has been dragging on for some time, and it has already caused asthma. If you don't pay attention to it, you will die soon. .

Everyone was taken aback by the doctor's words, Mrs. Xi even burst into tears, although the second master Xi looked quite calm, he comforted: "It's just the doctor's intimidating words, Madam don't take it to heart. "

Hearing this, the doctor who had put down his job and rushed over heard his beard twitching in anger. At least for the sake of money, he wrote the complete prescription, and then hurried back.

A circle of people surrounded the hospital bed, Xi Wanxiang couldn't squeeze in, she just stood far away on the bed, tightly clutching her cousin's hand.She even trusted her cousin who had been with her day and night and took good care of her more than her blood relatives whom she was not familiar with in this world.

Mrs. Xi Er felt anxious and bitter, but her eyes were surrounded by strange faces, she finally found her daughter's eyes, she stretched out her hand towards Wan Xiang, and hurriedly said: "Wan Xiang, come over to your mother."

Xi Wanxiang looked up at Yin Dang involuntarily, Yin Dang smiled at her, then let go of her hand, Yin Dang patted her on the shoulder: "Go to mother's place, Wan Xiang is good."

Before Wan Xiang could take a step, she was pushed and shoved by an ignorant maid from behind. She tried to grab the sleeve of her cousin's sister-in-law again, but only caught air.Wan Xiang suddenly stumbled to the side of the bed, holding Mrs. Xi'er's withered hands, after all, there was little Wan Xiang's nostalgia for her mother in her heart, and the grief came from her heart, tears soon filled her eyes.

Not long after, the crowd dispersed a little, and Mrs. Xi left after a few caresses with a cane.

Wan Xiang felt a little lost suddenly, she turned her head to look, and at some point, the sister-in-law was no longer here.