Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 187 Winter Festival
"Hui'er dare not lie to father," Yao Cunhui looked down at her toes, and told about the turquoise sweat scarf, including her visit to Mrs. Mao this morning to seek justice.

Of course, those words that threatened Mao's unscrupulous words were naturally filtered.

Master Yao's face became more and more ugly the more he listened, and when Yao Cunhui finished speaking, his face was frosty, and his thin lips pursed into a straight line showed anger.

"Is what you said true?"

"Father, Hui'er has never lied to Daddy. If Daddy doesn't believe it, he can send Zan'er and Wu Jin for questioning."

"Hmph!" Master Yao slapped the desk hard, exhaled, looked up at the front and muttered: "Old Er's family, Lao Er's family!"

The calculation is on his daughter's head!
"Your second aunt is fine, why are you thinking so much?" Master Yao asked suddenly.

Yao Cunhui smiled wryly, her father focused on business, and only managed to discipline Ma so that he didn't dare to show any disobedience about the affairs of the inner house, but he really didn't care much about the rest.

"I don't know very well," Yao Cunhui naturally couldn't tell Mr. Yao about Mrs. Ma, shaking his head, thinking: "Maybe, maybe she blames me for embarrassing my second uncle..."

Master Yao's eyes flashed, his face turned even colder, and he snorted coldly: "The most poisonous woman really has a good heart! Your second aunt has always been at odds with your mother, and I don't bother to pay attention to the two of you who have been fighting secretly for so many years. I don't want her to be more courageous!"

Yao Cunhui snatched the seal of the rice line kept by the second master Yao in public. Because of this matter, Mao had a conflict with Yao Cunhui's siblings. Master Yao knew about it after he came back.

Yao Cunhui was startled when he heard him say Mashi in front of her without shyness, she lowered her head and dared not make a sound.

"You're worthless too," Master Yao glared at her resentfully, "You're doing well outside, shopkeeper Hao, accountant Lin, shopkeeper Lin, Shen Sheng, all the shopkeepers and managers are not in charge. Praise you, praise you, I don’t want to manage a small Luomeiyuan! It’s a lucky chance that Zan’er happened to meet this time, otherwise, it would really be a troublesome thing!”

Yao Cunhui opened his mouth and smiled wryly, "It's my daughter who was careless!"

"Which girl must have done it, and you know it in your heart?" Master Yao's voice suddenly turned cold, and he stared closely at Yao Cunhui.

Yao Cunhui's heart moved, and he resisted the urge to hand over the red branch to Master Yao, and shook his head lightly: "It's just a suspicion, there is no evidence after all, so I can't be sure. My daughter has already beaten them, and in the future I will let Rong Mom, watch closely!"

In her previous life, Hongzhi had too much entanglement with her, and she was still by her side until the day she died.She couldn't guarantee that getting rid of her at this time would bring about a butterfly effect. What if a red branch came and a more tricky one came?She didn't want to take the risk!There is no need to take this risk!
It is the safest way to keep her to minimize the unexpected situation.

"Then watch carefully! Don't let this kind of thing happen again in the future." Master Yao withdrew his questioning gaze.Although he was a little surprised why she didn't take the opportunity to hand over that person to him, but since she didn't want to be troublesome, she had her own idea, and he didn't bother to ask.

The inner house is only so big, and there are only so many things to do, no matter how hard it is, it can't be turned around!

"Yeah!" Yao Cunhui nodded, and couldn't help asking tentatively: "But, Dad, I can control the people in Luomeiyuan, but I can't control Second Aunt. If Second Aunt—she—, Dad, what do I do?"

Master Yao looked at her quietly, and said lightly: "What to do, what to do. As long as you don't lose face to the Yao family! You are a smart person, even a housewife can't handle it?"

"Hui'er understands." Yao Cunhui felt relieved, and suddenly realized that maybe this was the real reason why his father summoned him over?

The second uncle has lived quietly for so many years, and the past few months have been making trouble, so why didn't the father not investigate?What role the second aunt played here, I'm afraid he has been clear for a long time, but because the other party is his younger brother and sister, it is inconvenient for him to do anything to her!But that doesn't mean he can't do something through others.

He is the head of the family, and he would not want to see endless fighting in his family.Especially with my brother.

Ma Shi has always been at odds with Mao Shi, and they have been fighting against each other for so many years. If he hints at Ma Shi, if he gets him, Ma Shi will definitely punish Mao Shi to death.Obviously, Master Yao didn't want this to happen, so he chose her!

I went to Tangli Courtyard today, so my father must have known about it a long time ago, right?There is also this pine-colored sweat towel, it just so happens that Zan'er and Wu Jin happened to pass by there—— Yao Cunhui was startled, if this is really the case, then what did Hong Zhi do, wouldn't he also Clearly?But she still kept the red branch, and he didn't object!
Yao Cunhui broke out in a cold sweat!Then he smiled wryly, maybe, in his opinion, it's not a big deal for the stepmother to put eyeliner in the yard of the original spouse's daughter!It's just that the stepmother wants to know every move of the original daughter for peace of mind!As long as there is no major incident, he will not be theoretical.

This time, he hinted that he could help her get rid of Hongzhi, but she didn't want to, so who is she to blame?

"Okay, let's go back!" Master Yao smiled and nodded in relief.

"Daughter resign!" Yao Cunhui bowed her knees and blessed her body.

When she was about to leave, Master Yao stopped her again, took out a few silver notes from a box on the bookshelf, and said with a smile, "These 3000 taels of silver are the dividends you deserve, take it back! Put it away carefully, Mo Let others know!"

Yao Cunhui didn't expect her father to be so generous, and would say "don't let others know", so she couldn't help but pursed her lips to laugh, agreed to take it with both hands and left.

Now all her money has been invested in Luhuatang's entrepreneurship, and it is indeed a very pleasant thing to get 3000 taels at once.

In a blink of an eye, the winter solstice is here, and the ancestral hall will be opened to worship the ancestors as usual on this day.In Dazhou, it is a very important festival.

In Yao's mansion, Master Yao and his brothers did not go to the rice shop that day, but stayed at home.

As early as a few days ago, Master Yao ordered Mrs. Ma to make sufficient preparations, and prepare the sacrificial meat, big carp, pork, whole chicken, rice wine, etc. on time, as well as joss sticks, money paper, etc., and he was appointed in the early morning. Open the ancestral hall, wipe and clean it, and prepare for offering sacrifices.

This kind of thing happens every year, and the dishes used for sacrifices are also fixed, and the procedure is the same, so everyone knows it in their hearts, and they can do it step by step.

According to the rules, the fourth aunt is not eligible to participate in the sacrifice, but Ma said with a smile that the fourth aunt is pregnant with a child, so it is good for her to worship the ancestors and be blessed by the ancestors!Maybe it will be smoother if there is an ancestor to take care of it during delivery!

It is a very risky thing for a woman to have a baby in this day and age. It is like going around the gate of hell. After hearing this, Master Yao couldn't agree with it. He smiled and praised everyone in the Ma family. She was thoughtful and ordered Yao Cunhui to go there with Si Yiniang the next day.

Yao Cunhui also nodded in agreement.Early the next morning, I dressed neatly, and went to the Liuhua Mountain House with my mother.

Yao Shizan, Master Yao would personally pick him up on such a day, the father and son went to the ancestral hall early in the morning, and personally watched the servants wipe the ancestral tablets, tables, incense burners, etc.

Today, Fourth Aunt's spirits are exceptionally good, her well-nourished face is radiant, her eyes are shining brightly, even if she deliberately bears it, the expression of excitement between her brows can't be concealed.

Participating in the sacrifice was something she had never thought about.

"Second Miss, do you think it's okay for maids and concubines to do this?" Fourth Aunt was a little nervous and asked Yao Cunhui with a timid smile.

Inside is a jacket and skirt made of hibiscus brocade carved with begonia red silk, with a small ring of pure white fluff trimmed on the neckline, placket and cuffs.On the head is a well-regulated peony temple, with two rose-red silk flowers on one side and a red gold inlaid ruby ​​plum blossom on the other side. The fine golden tassels are two inches long and gently rippling above the earlobe, generous and beautiful. Without going too far, on Wuyou's bun, there are two or three small hairpins that fix the bun.The cheeks were also stained with a light amount of rouge, and the red lips were slightly drawn, making it even more gorgeous.

"When I come back later, the maid and concubine will wash off her makeup again. It won't be too clean today..." Seeing Yao Cunhui staring at her with a smile, Si Yiniang smiled uneasy.

After she became pregnant, she listened to Yao Cunhui's suggestion, she no longer used rouge and face powder and the like, and kept her face in plain sight.

"It's okay to wear makeup once in a while," Yao Cunhui said with a busy smile.In the past few months, I have gotten used to Si Yiniang's Qingshui face, but I didn't expect her to dress up like this. Compared with before she was pregnant, she added a bit of mature charm, as charming as a most delicate and full-blooming rose !Yao Cunhui was distracted for a moment.

"Let's go over quickly!" Yao Cunhui smiled and saw that there was nothing wrong.

Fourth Yiniang was always cautious and would never do anything presumptuous, but Yao Cunhui was not worried about what might go wrong when it came to dressing.

After hearing this, Qingmei hurriedly took a squirrel cloak with rose red embroidered brocade and tied it on for Fourth Aunt, and the group went to the ancestral hall.

When Yao Cunhui and Fourth Aunt came, Master Yao and his wife, Second Master Yao, Mao Shi, Yao Shizan, Yao Cunmei and other children were all there.

Yao Cunhui and Fourth Aunt hurried forward to greet each other with a smile.

Master Yao was startled when he saw Fourth Aunt's attire, his eyes brightened, he smiled and waved his hands to order her not to be too polite, and asked Qingmei to support her.

Mrs. Ma felt sore when she saw it, but she turned her head and smiled and told Caixia beside her: "Si Yiniang is heavy, and the second lady will be sacrificed later, you go and help Qingmei to take care of Si Yiniang!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Caixia bent her knees and agreed, and hurriedly went to Si Yiniang's side to support Si Yiniang with Qingmei on the left and right.

(End of this chapter)