[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

The 21st of the first lunar month is the birthday of the original owner, but not Zuo Xi's.A few years ago, I was keeping filial piety for Father Xue, and when the filial piety period was over, I was living in Rongguo Mansion again. After returning home last year, I was playing a game of crying, making trouble, and hanging myself with Aunt Xue, playing with my ankle.Seriously speaking, after Zuo Xi came here, it really hasn't passed the last birthday.

In fact, Zuo Xi is not a person who likes to celebrate birthdays.

The day when my mother passed away was only two or three days before Zuo Xi's birthday. At that time, my mother's condition had deteriorated, but my mother really loved Zuo Xi, so she gritted her teeth and wanted to celebrate Zuo Xi's last birthday.

At that time, my mother thought that Zuo Xi couldn't hear, so she said something to the aunt who was visiting her, which made Zuo Xi feel so uncomfortable that even her breathing seemed to be in severe pain.

Mom said that if she didn't make it through, she might not be on Zuo Xi's birthday or... Then how would her precious daughter celebrate her birthday.So my mother survived, and didn't fall into a coma until the second day of Zuo Xi's birthday...

It's the same, Zuo Xi hates birthdays very much.

The sadness in the emotion materialized in an instant, so strong that even Aunt Xue was shocked.Originally, she was still annoyed at Zuo Xi's stubbornness, but after seeing Zuo Xi's flash of sadness, she couldn't say anything.

This is thinking of her father, right?

"Then Jiji Li. Is it really not going to be done?"

"Yeah." Zuo Xi restrained his mind and still raised a bright smile at Aunt Xue, "It's no fun to be noisy. Mom can't be free, and I can't enjoy it. Why bother?"

"Then what should the old lady and empress do when they ask?"

The empress will definitely not ask, old lady. I really don't know if I will ask.

After all, after Yuanchun returned to the palace, the entire Jia family was free.

"I won't ask you to take the blame. Let's just ask the master in the temple to figure it out. It's not easy to make public." After thinking for a while, Zuo Xi said again, "Why don't you accompany me to the temple to burn incense tomorrow Bar."

"Didn't you just go there two days ago, why go again? It's been very cloudy these past two days, it's not a joke to be stuck outside the city."

"It's late at night, it's getting dark, you are always blind, and you can see snowflakes even through the clouds?" Zuo Xi couldn't say that he wanted to go to the temple because he felt uncomfortable thinking of his other mother.Following Aunt Xue's words, she glanced out of the window, then turned her gaze away and complained to Aunt Xue, "If you don't want to go out with someone, just tell me, I have to drag you out? Why are you so secretive?" .”

"It's getting worse and worse, even your mother has arranged it." Aunt Xue was angry at Zuo Xi's words, or she was itchy with Zuo Xi's anger before, and now she would reach out to hit Zuo Xi by taking advantage of the problem. Xi.

Zuo Xi hid to the side, and didn't ask Aunt Xue to hit her, but she cooperated, whoops, screaming in pain.This call was like adding fuel to the fire. Aunt Xue looked around, picked up the guy on the side, and chased after Zuo Xi.

Zuo Xi and Aunt Xue chased me around the dining table several times, but Aunt Xue did not chase, and Zuo Xi did not run away.Aunt Xue chased after him, and Zuo Xi only took two steps.Always take good care of Aunt Xue's physical strength.

It's a pity that Aunt Xue didn't feel Zuo Xi's thoughtfulness.Panting, pinching his waist, he beckoned to the girl in the room to hold Zuo Xi down.

How dare the girls get involved? It was a dilemma, so Xue Pan came in from the outside.

As soon as Xue Pan saw this situation, he knew that the mother and daughter were making trouble again. While asking what was wrong, he asked the girl to go to the stove and upload a hot pot.

Seeing Xue Pan came back, Aunt Xue stopped beating her daughter for entertainment, and gave Zuo Xi a look of "you wait for me", and asked Xue Pan with concern.

"I thought you ate outside." After Aunt Xue finished speaking, she asked someone to remove all the food from the table, and brought up two more hot ones.

Xue Pan poured a glass of wine that was hot in hot water and drank it, and then told Aunt Xue what happened today.It turned out that Xue Pan called Feng Ziying and a few good friends to hunt rabbits outside the city. When they came back, they went to a restaurant to eat wine together. They met Liu Xianglian, who was known as the cold noodle Erlang. Sit down again, drink and laugh.

I don't want to meet Wang Ren and some dudes who I don't know on the way.Those few molested Liu Xianglian once in front of them, but in the end Liu Xianglian pressed them to the ground and rubbed them.

"That Liu Xianglian looks very good, even women can't compare to him. It's just that his hands are black, and they snapped off with a click, uh"

Xue Pan paused at this point, looked at Aunt Xue, then at Zuo Xi, his eyes rolled around, and shouted at Ying'er as if he wanted to change the subject but didn't know how to do so, " Why hasn't the hot pot come up yet, it's grinding."

Seeing Xue Pan like this, Aunt Xue had a bad premonition.But before she opened her mouth to ask, Zuo Xi asked Xue Pan in a low voice that everyone could hear, "Brother, you didn't clap your hands when Liu Xianglian beat Wang Ren?"

Xue Pan: "..." I was so excited at the time, I just wanted to applaud.

Zuo Xi: ... is it heavy? "

Xue Pan: ...Crack, click. "I don't know, if he remembers correctly, he should have only heard two clicks.

Zuo Xi: "..." Ohhh~

Aunt Xue's anger, which had been suppressed just now, suddenly rose again, looking at Zuo Xi and Xue Pan in front of her, trembling with anger: "Yaoshou, why did I let you two worry about it?"

"Why don't you always say, why does the Wang family have such an embarrassing and conspicuous thing? Why don't you always say, there is such a relative, my brother will be ashamed when he goes out? Why don't you always say,"

"Shut up you."

Zuo Xi moaned at Aunt Xue, then turned to complain to Xue Pan, "Brother must know what kind of life your sister is living at home this time."

"Mom, my sister didn't" say something wrong,

"Shut up for me too." You indiscriminate bastard.

"..."

Zuo Xi and Xue Pan looked at each other, and neither of them spoke.Qiaqiao's kitchen delivered the food, and the siblings didn't need to be greeted by Aunt Xue, they just picked up the chopsticks and ate.

Because they were not allowed to talk, the brothers and sisters would from time to time, you give me a piece of food with chopsticks, and I pour you a glass of wine, flirting with each other, it was very lively, and Aunt Xue who was sulking at the side was even more angry.

Aunt Xue, who was so angry that her liver hurt, called Zuo Xi back to Wang's house with all kinds of gifts the next day.

Wang Ziteng went to court, and Mrs. Wang Ziteng felt cold again. Zuo Xi stayed in Mrs. Wang Ren's room on the grounds that Wang Ren was a foreigner, and didn't go to see Wang Ren who was cracked.

Wang Ren's arms and legs were broken and he is recuperating in bed now.After being carried back yesterday, Wang Ziteng sent someone to capture Liu Xianglian, but this kind of thing happened to Liu Xianglian a lot, and she ran away and disappeared.

Wang Ren was in so much pain that when he was scolded by Wang Ziteng, he did not forget to tell Xue Pan that he was in the same group as the beating man.

When Wang Ziteng heard this, he couldn't help but think of the injury Wang Ren suffered in Xue's shop last year. Even if he wanted to call someone to call Xue Pan, he didn't want to have a curfew at that time, so he had to wait until today to deal with it.

Aunt Xue saw the nephew who was full of complaints and dissatisfaction, and then went back to Mrs. Wang Ziteng's room.Sit for a while, and wait until the prince comes back.The brothers and sisters met each other, but Wang Ziteng didn't see Xue Pan, but only saw his sister and niece.He immediately lowered his face and asked, "Why didn't Pan'er come?"

"How dare my brother come here." Zuo Xi took two steps forward, picked up the teacup that was already in Wang Ziteng's hand, and handed it to Wang Ziteng respectfully, "I had a drink yesterday, and I was so drunk that I didn't recognize the teacup." Come on brother. Seeing someone molesting the brother he just met, he not only stood aside to watch the excitement, but also clapped his hands and applauded. I woke up this morning and was frightened. I dare not come to the door again. Before going out, I told my mother He said, if he recognized that it was my cousin, I wouldn’t watch my cousin being beaten.”

"You bastard, what kind of bastard are you talking about?" Wang Ziteng smashed his teacup on the ground, pacing back and forth in the room angrily.

Wang Ren didn't dare to say that it was he who wanted to tease a big man but failed, but was beaten up by that big man instead.If you know, if you know. "When the injury recovers, I will send brother Ren back to his father."

This bastard can no longer be left in the mansion.

When Mrs. Wang Ziteng heard this, she lowered her eyes to hide the smile in her eyes, "Ren'er is still young, so there is some mischief. I will make a note of this, and when he recovers from his injuries, I will ask him to stay there for a while. Just right His old man told people that he missed his son a few days ago, we are uncles and aunts after all, we can't prevent other people's biological father and son from getting together, can't we. When the old man's anger subsides, he will be brought back. "

Wang Ziteng said nothing, and Aunt Xue didn't think there was anything wrong with Mrs. Wang Ziteng's words, so Zuo Xi glanced at his nominal aunt sensitively.

Are these words really just literal?

……

After lunch at Wang's house, Zuo Xi gave Wang Xiluan the steel brushes he had made earlier, and then went home in a carriage with Aunt Xue.

On the carriage back, Zuo Xi recalled the questions that had been pressed in his heart earlier, and couldn't help asking Aunt Xue curiously, did the old lady of the Wang family call Mrs. Wang Ziteng to wait on her like Feng Sister Li Wan when she was not married in the early years? Mother-in-law and sister-in-law eating?

"It's always been such a rule." Aunt Xue leaned against the wall of the carriage, her body swayed left and right with the carriage, while answering Zuo Xi, she smiled and imagined the scene of her son marrying a wife, and her daughter-in-law serving her for dinner.

Aunt Xue's expression was so easy to read. Seeing that Aunt Xue also wanted to ask her daughter-in-law to set rules for herself, Zuo Xi reminded her with a sneer, "How does Mom think Auntie treats you?"

"It's just a matter of saving face."

"I think it's not just about face, but also about the coolness of the past 30 years in Hedong."

"What does that say?"

"Before a girl gets married, she should also be a precious and precious guest at home. Once she marries into her husband's house, she is treated as an outsider, and all kinds of rules are set. The sister-in-law sits, and the sister-in-law stands. The sister-in-law eats, and the sister-in-law watches. In the long run , my sister-in-law couldn't figure out her status, and my sister-in-law had accumulated resentment in her heart. The daily exchanges and entertainment were mostly in the house, so naturally there were fewer meetings with brothers. When the old lady is gone, the sister-in-law doesn't have to pretend She looks like she loves my sister-in-law. In this way, can the married daughter expect to be taken care of by her mother's family? But if the sister-in-law's heart is tilted, not only will the sister-in-law not be able to take advantage of her mother's family's influence, she may even be estranged from her brother. It can be seen that the relationship between sister-in-law and sister-in-law is very important."

She spread her hands to Aunt Xue, "Now that my grandmother has passed away, my mother is also Xue's wife, but my aunt has survived to become the mistress of the Wang family. If the relationship between my mother and aunt is a bit harmonious, our two families may go farther. More recently. We don’t need to tell Uncle about my elder brother’s desire to be a scholar, but Auntie will take it to heart and mention it to Uncle, and the matter will be settled.”

Aunt Xue's face was made a little pale by Zuo Xi's words, and she murmured, "Why is this so?" She didn't feel sorry for her sister-in-law back then.

"I'm just reminding my mother. When my sister-in-law comes in in the future, you must never tell her to set the rules. lest she leave all her resentment to your daughter. My brother is soft-hearted and listens to the wind. Rain, if you meet someone with a virtuous face but a vicious heart, just let my brother listen to it. No, I can’t think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more afraid I become. Or, why don’t you ask my brother to marry a wife?”

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'll just say that, whether you want to listen or not." In fact, if Zuo Xi said it, with Aunt Xue's disposition, she really wasn't the kind who loves to make things difficult for others.However, someone loaded a gun, and she guessed it was the one who fired it.Today, let's take a vaccination in advance.

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The twelfth lunar month was a busy one, and by the time I recovered, it had already passed.

Because of family visits on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Jia family spent the new year in a very sloppy way. After the new year, they did not hold New Year's wine like in previous years, and only devoted themselves to visiting relatives.

Xue's family only went to Wang's house for a New Year's visit on the second day of the first lunar month, but they didn't go anywhere.On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Zuo Xi asked someone to clean up a small building at home.

The small building was built in Xue's garden, with windows on all sides, and the windows are all inlaid with glass. It is a good place to enjoy movies in winter.The walls in the house are all that kind of fire wall, and people will not be frozen if they stay inside in winter.After moving back in the past few years, Zuo Xi asked people to tidy up the small building and set up a greenhouse.

This time, in order to have a good view of the fireworks, Zuo Xi asked someone to move all the potted flowers placed by the window.They also asked people to make a lot of beautiful lanterns, which completely turned the small building into a very comfortable and beautiful viewing platform.

Aunt Xue still had some complaints and regrets about not being able to go to Rongguo Mansion on the fifteenth day, but she also knew Zuo Xi well, and felt that her girl was the most shrewd and not at a disadvantage.

There should be some reason for her to do so.

As for Xue Pan, he didn't have so many thoughts and concerns.Jia Lian and the others asked him to join in the fun that day, but Xue Pan agreed without even thinking about it.

But that's exactly what happened. After Xue Pan came back and told Aunt Xue the process of Yuanchun's visitation from beginning to end, the first thought that came to Aunt Xue's mind was: Did that girl in her family guess it a long time ago? Will it be like this?

Wait, Yuan Chun returned to the palace, so if he didn't see Yuan Chun, wouldn't there be no love left?

"Yuanchun is only a concubine, and she is still childless. Mom just wants to borrow her strength, I'm afraid she will lend us more time." Zuo Xi was still standing by the window of the small building watching the fireworks outside, watching the fireworks The direction in the sky guesses who put it.Seeing that Aunt Xue's expression was not good after listening to Xue Pan's words, Zuo Xi could only spend two minutes persuading her, "What's there in Yuanchun? Have you returned the two or three hundred thousand taels of silver? If you really have some kindness, then Even if she doesn't see us, she should remember it too. That's it, it's just right to get along with neither salty nor bland."

You have told me all the good things to say, so what else can she say.

Everyone in the Jia family is bleeding, especially Mrs. Wang, who has spent millions of dollars. She never thought that the family would spend so much money and spend more than a year to build the provincial hospital. Why would her daughter stay? For so many hours.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Wang thought of Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi who hadn't come, and couldn't help smiling wryly in her heart.

How can you tell your relatives about this?

I don't know if it was a coincidence or I was really embarrassed to see my relatives. On the 21st day of the first lunar month, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were sick, so they asked someone to send a gift to Xue's house, but they didn't arrive.

When the mother-in-law who gave the gift came back, when Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang wanted to ask Zuo Xi if the Jiji ceremony was busy, the mother-in-law learned everything she had learned from the Xue family. This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"...so I can tell the old lady, my wife knows. Uncle Xue took his concubine and Miss Bao to the temple to eat fast and worship Buddha."

There is no Jiji ceremony, because the master said that this year is not suitable for such a ceremony.

Hearing such words, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang felt a little unexpectedly relieved.It's like I'm not having a good time, and seeing you are not having a good time, I feel very balanced in my heart.

"I'm sorry to see you, one day I picked up Bao girl and came here for a two-day walk."

Mrs. Wang nodded and was about to respond when Baoyu rubbed into Jia Mu's arms, "Old Ancestor, I haven't brought Sister Yun to play for a while."