Marrying into a poor family

Qin Xi sat down and turned slightly sideways to face Mrs. Qin.

The old grandma and her maid came forward to serve tea, and then left quietly.

"You are different from what I heard." Mrs. Qin turned the prayer beads in her hand and stared at Qin Xiang with eyes full of scrutiny and size.

"I don't know what the old lady heard about it? Is it a sharp tooth or a sharp mouth? Or is it cold and unrighteous? Or is it that I don't know etiquette and disrespect my elders?" Qin Xiang smiled lightly, her tone was calm and gentle, but this The words were a bit rude.

"Yes, but I don't believe it." The old lady moved the big pillow to make herself more comfortable, and then said, "You hate the Qin family."

Qin Xiang was told the truth and did not argue. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and she lowered her head slightly to look at the Ru kiln tea cup in front of her.

The light green tea is clear and translucent, with a subtle and elegant tea fragrance.

"Old lady, I have lived for a long time, and this is the first time that I can't see through you, and I can't understand your behavior."

Qin Xiang was not moved at all after hearing these words, and even the golden wings on her hair crown did not tremble at all.

"I can understand that you let your mother leave your father. You want her to live a free life for a few days. It is not difficult to understand that you hate your father. He left you mother and daughter outside for more than ten years. It is indeed him. wrong."

"But you hate our entire Qin family, which I don't understand. If you blame the Qin family for not taking you back, then that's because we don't even know you exist."

There was a mocking smile on Qin Xiang's lips. Although she had never met Mrs. Qin in her previous life, she didn't have any interactions with her.

In the dense fragrance of tea, Qin Xiang seemed to have returned to that miserable night.

At that time, Qin Xiang had just returned to the Qin family.

After hearing Mrs. Qin Si's eloquent praise of how wonderful the husband she found was, she would become an official wife that everyone would envy in the future.

However, Qin Xiang was still just a little girl who had just grown hair. She was still looking forward to the future, and there was still a young man in bright clothes and angry horses living in her heart.

She had imagined countless bright futures, but she had never thought about marrying an old man.

She was unwilling to marry and begged her wife. Mrs. Qin Si turned her back and left, leaving only one sentence: "It's not up to you whether to marry or not. You two, keep me in my custody."

Qin Xiang began her life as if she were in jail, with people following her wherever she went, when she sat or when she lay down.

After two days, everyone's vigilance relaxed a little, and the only people who followed her every day were a little maid named Shu'er and a caretaker.

Qin Xiang consciously tried to get close to her mother-in-law, and gave her limited money to the Qin family's caretaker mother-in-law, asking her to help deliver a message to her father that she wanted to see him.

At that time, Qin Xiang was so naive that she was almost stupid, and she still expected her father to help her.

In the end, her father did come, but he persuaded her to put the overall situation first, and marrying to the capital would be good for the Qin family, her, and the Su family.

Qin Xiang sat slumped on the ground and let her father leave. She didn't know how long it took for her tears to stop flowing. Although she had little experience, she was smart after all and had already understood that her father was threatening her with Su's family.

At this time, Qin Xi suddenly realized that her father was the hand holding the chess piece, and she was the chess piece that was about to fall.

Her sky collapsed at that moment.

The little maid of the Qin family came to help her up, and Qin Xiang staggered towards the bed.

The little maid couldn't stand it and said to her in a low voice: "The old lady of the Qin family lives in the backyard. She is a fasting and chanting Buddha. Go and beg her. Maybe there will be a change?"

There was a glimmer of light again in the dark top of the head, and Qin Xiang's dead eyes regained some brightness. She grabbed the little maid's hand and begged: "Help me, please help me, I don't know how to get out of this yard." , I don’t know how to find the old lady’s yard?”

The little maid's name is Shu'er. She is eleven this year and has been sold into the Qin family by her parents for two years. She still has a kind heart.During the few days she spent with Qin Xi, she also liked and sympathized with Qin Xi, so she couldn't help but remind him.

But asking her to help is another matter.

Qin Xiang hid this thought in her heart, and then began to learn the etiquette and rules taught by her mother-in-law as if accepting her fate.

Until the old lady's birthday, all the maids and women who were guarding Qin Xiang were transferred to work, and even the teacher's nanny went to the front hall to help.

Qin Xiang took out the only silver bracelet and bribed Shu'er. Under the dual influence of the silver bracelet and conscience, Shu'er asked Qin Xiang to follow him over the wall, and then hid with Qin Xiang all the way to the outside of the old lady's yard.

Today is the birthday of the old lady. There are too many people outside, so it is not a good time. Qin Xiang and Shu'er returned the same way, but the route had long been buried in Qin Xiang's mind.

As night fell, while the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves, Qin Xi climbed over the wall again.

She dodged many people and finally arrived at the gate of the old lady's courtyard.

The courtyard door that was still open during the day was closed early. Qin Xiang knocked on the door and someone inside asked who it was.

Qin Xiang replied that she was the granddaughter of Mrs. Qin, and she came here to kowtow to Mrs. Qin on her birthday.

The old woman's voice inside said later: "Old lady, I know your filial piety, go back first."

"Please have mercy on me, mama, and let me see the old lady."

The door opened a crack, and the old nanny came out alone, looking down at Qin Xiang: "Who are you?"

"Mommy, I am Qin Xiang, the fourth master's daughter. I just came back from outside. I want to pay homage to my grandmother and kowtow to her." He quickly took out the gift from his body and handed it over: "This is made by my husband himself. A string of fragrant beads, given to my grandmother as a congratulatory gift."

The old mama's eyes shifted from Qin Xiang's face to the fragrant beads. Her eyes flickered. After taking the fragrant beads, she asked Qin Xiang to wait, then turned around and went in.

After a while, the door opened again, and a little maid came out. She glanced at Qin Xiang and ran away in a hurry.

After a while, the little maid came back. She also looked at Qin Yun, pursed her lips, knocked on the door and went in.

Qin Xi stood at the gate, looking up at the two red lanterns under the eaves with the word "longevity" written on them.

On this day when the whole family is happy, Qin Xiang is like a frightened bird and is desperate. This is her last hope.

Of course, the old grandma did not come out again, but the little maid came out and just said: "The old lady is tired and I won't see anyone today. Your filial piety has been received by the old lady. She said she liked it very much and asked you to go back first." "

Qin Xiang was stunned. Seeing that the little maid was about to close the door, she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Please, old lady, be merciful. Please be merciful, please see me!"

The door slammed shut and never opened again.

Until Mrs. Qinsi came with her fat mother-in-law, she blocked Qin Xiang's mouth tightly, and dragged the flower-like Qin Xiang back like a piece of cargo.

Finally, she saw Su Shi again.

Su Shi was so skinny that she wanted to rush up to Qin Xiang when she saw her, but was stopped by someone.

Sitting under the eaves, Mrs. Qinsi felt an inexplicable sense of joy in her heart when she saw the mother and daughter so close but unable to get any closer.

She looked at Qin Xiang, smiled like a devil in hell, and said coldly: "This Su family stayed up late at night, ran to the outer courtyard to seduce the master's boy, and was caught in public. Such a bitch will keep They have all stained the lintel of our Qin family. If someone comes, they will beat her ten times and then throw her into the woodshed and lock her up. They will deal with her after the old lady's birthday party."