Wei Shu

Seeing this, Wei Shu had no choice but to put down the teacup, stood up and said:

"Forget it, let's go to the garden for a walk."

Indeed, to be looked at by such a pair of eyes, even a hard-hearted man must soften his heart first, not to mention that Wei Shu once promised Cheng Yuejiao, but since returning to Beijing, she has never fulfilled her promise once.

Cheng Yuejiao immediately cheered, pulled Wei Shu and turned her face away, and ran out, Jiang Shi was anxious to call out from behind:

"Slow down, slow down, don't fall down and break your knee."

With Wei Shu around, Cheng Yuejiao would not be able to fall.

She excitedly stopped Wei Shu and went straight to the small garden in the south corner of the east courtyard, chattering non-stop while running:

"Sister Wei, Sister Wei, let me tell you that there is a nest built by swallows in the pavilion, it is small and round, and there are little swallows inside, it is very interesting.

There is also a deep hole under an old tree. I said it was a snake hole. Hongyan said it was a rabbit hole. Mrs. Cai said it was a rat hole, and she wanted to block it with stones. I didn’t call it a hole. Sister Wei will give it later Let's judge and see who is right. "

Hongyan is Cheng Yuejiao's personal servant girl, she is usually by her side, but she is a little younger, only ten years old this year, with short legs, but she is far behind at this time;
Mrs. Cai is the rough maid in charge of flowers and plants. Cheng Yuejiao walks around the garden every day, but she gets to know her very well.
After chattering all the way into the garden, Cheng Yuejiao no longer cared about Wei Shu, and let her go to the Liujiao Pavilion first.

Standing behind her, Wei Shu's eyes slowly slid across the bright apricot-red tortoise woven golden skirt, and then to the pair of snow sleeves fluttering in the wind. After a few breaths, she raised her voice:

"Jiao'er, come here."

Cheng Yuejiao was excitedly about to show her the swallow's nest, but when she heard the call, she turned her head in doubt: "Sister, won't you come to see the little swallow?"

Wei Shu waved at her: "You come here first."

Cheng Yuejiao always listened to her very much, she said "Oh", and ran back again, but seeing Wei Shu staring at her, she couldn't help but look down at the hem of her skirt, and then trimmed her hair again. Unsure about asking:

"What's the matter, Sister Wei? Am I not dressed properly?"

Wei Shu didn't say a word, she just stretched out her hand.

Cheng Yuejiao didn't guard her head, but Wei Shu's sleeves had already been lifted up, revealing a white lotus arm, and there was a strangle mark at the bend of that arm, a very light blue-purple color, it didn't look deep, but Wei Shu When her finger touched it, Cheng Yuejiao couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

Wei Shu's eyes were fixed, she raised her two fingers, and flicked towards Cheng Yuejiao's knee.

As the wind swept past, Cheng Yuejiao's skirt seemed to be bumped by something invisible, she immediately let out a muffled snort, her complexion turned pale, sweat dripped from her forehead.

"How long has it been?" Wei Shu put down her sleeves and asked in a deep voice.

Cheng Yuejiao shrunk her neck, pulled the cuff back to her wrist, and pressed it, as if she was afraid that the sleeve would be blown up by the wind, and looked behind Wei Shu again, seeing that the geese hadn't arrived yet, she just used it. A small voice said:

"Also... not long ago."

At this moment, she didn't realize that she was being tricked by someone. She raised her head and glanced at Wei Shu quietly. She mustered up her courage and asked in a voice like a gnat:
"Sister... How did sister find out?"

I did see it, but I only saw half of it, and the other half was tricked out of you.

Wei Shu didn't move her eyebrows and said in a low voice:

"Walking in the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable to fight with people. Fighting is not only about brute force, but also requires careful observation of each other's every move. Often the chance of victory is only in the middle of the line. Just now you dragged me all the way, and the flaws in your body are as big as a sea bowl , I can’t hide it from my eyes.”

These words are not false.

Cheng Yuejiao is a naughty girl who climbs trees to catch birds, goes down to fish in rivers, and is the best in the world. Jiang Shi said that she is a monkey, which is an exaggeration, but it is also limited.But just now the little girl's movements were slow, and she no longer had the usual agility, Wei Shu could see that she had injuries at a glance.

As for where the injury came from, the word "not long ago" is enough to make people find out the reason.

Thinking of this, Wei Shu simply stated:
"I can understand your knee injury, but the upper arm injury is... that's all, you just said how your grandmother punished you."

Feng Lao'an is narrow-minded by nature, and he had some quarrels with the Jiang family. The matter of Aunt Fang finally offended the old lady. She couldn't punish her daughter-in-law, she couldn't bear to part with her own son, so she blamed Cheng Yuejiao and secretly punished her. Immediately.

Cheng Yuejiao seemed startled by the question, her neck shortened a lot, and her voice became softer and softer. If Wei Shu hadn't breathed out her true anger, she might not be able to hear clearly.

"No...it's not a punishment, it's just that my grandmother asked Jiaojiao to help copy the scriptures. The grandmother said that she was old, her eyes were blurry, her hands were shaking, and she couldn't write. She asked her to help pick out some scriptures.

Grandma also talked about karma and other things, saying that only by hanging her elbows with a rope and kneeling on a hard wooden board to copy scriptures can the Buddha be moved. "

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to sneak a peek at Wei Shu again, seeing that her face was calm, she panicked for no reason, and her voice trembled a little:

"Really... It's really not punishing Jiaojiao, but copying the scriptures, and it's to help grandma."

"Since this is not punishment, why didn't you tell your mother?" Wei Shu asked back.

Jiang Shi obviously didn't know about this matter, otherwise it would be impossible to have no response, and from this it can also be seen that Cheng Yuejiao actually hid this matter from her, and she really taught her to hide it.

That's right, a silly girl who only knows how to play and doesn't seem to have any scheming, who would have thought that she could also deceive people?
After being pointed out by Wei Shu's words, Cheng Yuejiao buried her head in her chest again, and her voice was muffled:
"Mother's health is better, Jiaojiao doesn't want her to worry."

She rubbed the tassels around her waist, even though she lowered her head, Wei Shu still noticed the frowning eyebrows.

"Mother can't be angry or sad. Only when she is happy every day can she be healthy. Jiaojiao doesn't want to make mother unhappy, so... she didn't tell mother."

Melancholy, with the girl's voice dispersed in the wind.

Wei Shu was obviously not moved, and with a rare sternness on her face, she asked:

"Since you say that, it can be seen that you also know it in your heart, and you know that this is your grandmother who is punishing you in a different way, but?"

Cheng Yuejiao stopped talking.

As expected, she knew about it, but she didn't speak to others, and she just quietly endured it alone.

Wei Shu raised her hand to pinch the center of her eyebrows, but she couldn't utter the words of reproach that rushed to her mouth, so she could only sigh, and said:
"Okay, okay, this is also your filial piety. Your mother is not in good health, and you really shouldn't trouble her, even if you did nothing wrong. But why do you even hide it from your father? Your father is not sick at all. No."