majestic tiger

Chapter 78
The old woman called the maids to serve tea to the ladies, and then began to talk about the drawing of lots.

It was nothing more than Balabala said that her sister had given the old master's dowry back to the mansion, and she could not violate her sister's will, but the old master proposed to get it back. After much deliberation, she could only decide by drawing lots; It is the most fair thing to do, and it is up to the heavens, everyone has nothing to say; they also brag about how they have worked so hard for the general's mansion for so many years... They speak with emotion, as if she is the number one good person in the world .

Mother waited for her to finish speaking, and only said a few short words, but every sentence hit the point: first, Xia'er's grandmother told her that she would return the dowry to her; ; The third is to share the burden of the old lady, so I propose to take care of the related industries by myself, and I have no idea of ​​​​separating the family.

After hearing the arguments of both parties, the wives actually had opinions in their hearts: this dowry should belong to Yun Xianiang. This is an unquestionable rule, and the old lady of the General's Mansion stretched her hand too much.It's just that they have been in the rich and powerful circle for many years, and they have the relationship with Concubine Hui, so naturally they won't express any opinions, so they didn't show anything on their faces, and they still wore impeccable smiles.

The old woman felt that with the support of Concubine Hui, these wives must be for her, so she laughed and greeted Steward Ding: "It's time to start."

Butler Ding took two pieces of paper and wrote in front of everyone. One was written on the correct word, and the other was written on the wrong word.After writing, show them to everyone one by one.

Then I called Qing Gong up and asked him to crumple the paper and throw it into an empty box.

Seeing that Qing Gong rolled up his sleeves when throwing the paper ball, Yunxia must have secretly replaced it with a paper ball.But his speed was really fast, and Yunxia didn't see any obvious movements.If I hadn't guessed it long ago, I would never have any doubts about Qinggong's approach this time.

After finishing the work under everyone's nose, Qing Gong stepped back and stood beside Steward Ding.Then the two had a very secretive eye contact.It was because Yunxia had been staring at them closely that she found out.

"Okay, now, under the witness of all the distinguished guests, let's draw lots to make sure. If you catch the right word, I will return the dowry without saying a word. If you catch the negative word, then you have to keep the dowry forever. The mansion belongs to the mansion. Do you have any opinions from the elders?"

When the old woman was giving a speech, Yunxia ran to her mother and sat down.At this time, she turned her head and gave her mother a positive smile, and the mother got up and saluted the old woman: "Mother, my daughter-in-law has no objection, and I will follow your arrangement. But the daughter-in-law has an unfeeling request. Since the daughter-in-law is lucky Very bad, I want Xia'er to draw the lot for me, is that okay?"

"No problem, let Xia girl come. However, you have to admit everything she catches." The old woman readily agreed, thinking that she had a sure chance of winning.

Yun Xianiang nodded and said: "Of course, mother, there are so many distinguished guests here today, how could my daughter-in-law do such a dishonorable thing. No matter what Xia'er catches, we will take it as the standard."

The old woman opened her cloudy old eyes and smiled slyly like an old fox.

Butler Ding glanced at Qinggong again, and he nodded as if inadvertently, and Butler Ding also smiled after getting the confirmation.

Yunxia naturally noticed all these people's petty actions.She stood up and said innocently: "Mother, do you really want me to catch it?"

"Well, Xia'er, you can go, I hope you can bring good luck to your mother."

Yun Xia nodded and rubbed her hands: "Mother, my luck is always good, and this time is no exception."

Yun Huiniang, who was sitting on the other side, had a dull expression on her face, but her heart was full of joy, this stupid girl, just wait to cry.And Yunhui stared at Yunxia closely, watching her step by step towards the table where the box was placed, and kept cursing Yunxia in her heart for not being able to find the right words.

Yunxia stopped in front of the table and looked at the box quietly. Two identical balls of paper lay obediently in the box.The old woman stood on the other side of the table, watching her covetously.Qinggong didn't know when he came to the old woman's side.

The mother got up immediately, and stood over as her daughter had just whispered to her, just separating Qinggong from the box.

The atmosphere in the room was suddenly tense, everyone held their breath in unison, and the room was silent for a while, probably at this moment an embroidery needle fell to the ground, and the sound could be heard clearly.

Yunxia stretched out her hand towards the box, and the old woman stretched her neck accordingly.

But halfway through stretching out her hand, Yunxia retracted again, and the old woman's face turned dark instantly.

Yun Huiniang got up and stood beside the old woman, urging Yun Xia: "Xia'er, grab it quickly, the ladies here don't have time to watch you dawdling here."

Yunxia was not in a hurry or annoyed, she looked at the noble ladies with her big bright eyes, and said in a clear and pleasant voice: "Grandmother, aunt, if I get the right word, the rest will be false, right?"

The old woman didn't care about Yunxia's words at all, and said in a bad tone: "Of course."

But my aunt laughed in her heart: silly girl, if you can find the correct word, then the sun will come out from the west.

After getting the answer, Yunxia smiled, reached out to the box again, hesitated for a few seconds, then quickly grabbed a paper ball, and before everyone could react, she tore up the paper ball and stuffed it into the box. In his mouth, he chewed a few times while everyone was stunned, and swallowed it raw.

The incident happened suddenly, and when the old woman came back to her senses, Yunxia had already wiped out the paper balls.She grabbed another ball of paper with lightning speed and unfolded it in front of everyone. The word No on the ball was completely exposed to everyone's eyes.

Yunxia said calmly: "If the remaining paper balls are not Chinese characters, then I will grab the correct characters."The distinguished ladies have also seen it with their own eyes. Grandma, you have to fulfill your promise and return the dowry to my mother, right? "

The little girl had a smile on her lips, her head held high, her beautiful face was shining brightly, she stunned the noble ladies, this girl, at such a young age, actually possessed such a dazzling charm.

"You, you..." the old woman pointed at Yunxia, ​​feeling her breath was stuck in her throat, unable to get up or down, her body softened, and she fell to the side.

Yun Huiniang stretched out her hand to support her, glared at Yunxia with resentment, and said sharply, "You girl, why are you eating paper balls?"

"Auntie, I drew lots. I can eat as much as I want. You don't care, do you?"

The daughter's cleverness and determination made Yun Xianiang want to applaud her.She got up and walked to Yunxia, ​​took her daughter in her arms, and said to Yun Huiniang, "Sister and sister, eating paper balls for Xia'er did not hinder the result of the lottery. You don't have to blame her so viciously, do you?"

After finishing speaking, he took his daughter and saluted all the wives: "I also ask the wives to make a decision for me and my daughter."

Ladies, you look at me, and I look at you.The facts were right in front of them, and there was no room for them to say anything, and what Yunxia did made the smart ones among them begin to doubt the fairness of the lottery.After a little deliberation, several people clearly agreed to the lottery result.

The old woman who was leaning on her daughter-in-law was completely lost. She rolled her eyes and fell into her daughter-in-law's arms.Yun Huiniang hugged her frantically and shouted, "Come quickly, someone will help me carry the old lady into the inner room."

Several servants came forward and got the old woman to the bed in the inner room. Yun Hui lay beside the bed and cried, very sad.

Yunxia sneered in her heart, and the old woman began to pretend again.

She shook her mother's hand and said loudly, "Mother, is it okay for grandma? Hurry up and send someone to find Aunt Xian to have a diagnosis and treatment with her."

The old woman in the room gasped when she heard what she said. If the Taoist nun came, she would be exposed.Besides, several wives have testified, and I have to admit defeat today, and I have to return the dowry to the elders.

The old woman only felt that a large piece of flesh from her heart had been gouged out alive, and it hurt very much.But those noble ladies are also masters who cannot be offended.

So she opened her eyes, asked Yun Huiniang to help her up, and came out tremblingly.

"I'm sorry, I was worried about my granddaughter Yunxia just now. She is always weak. I was afraid that she would get sick after eating the ink balls. I was so anxious that I passed out. Please forgive me."

Yun Huiniang said to Yun Xia with a dark face, "Look at you, you really scared grandma a lot."

The old woman turned her head and said to Yun Huiniang: "The second child, don't blame her, she is a child after all."

"Grandmother, Xia'er made you worry, Xia'er apologizes to you." Yunxia looked at the old woman pitifully with tears in her eyes.

Hmph, old woman, if you can pretend, so can I. Let's look at the ledger on a donkey and pretend to watch, haha.

(End of this chapter)