The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 71
At the gate of Xiao's residence, a carriage stopped amidst the voice of the driver amidst the dust.

A pair of young men and women who looked like brothers and sisters helped a woman down from left to right.

The three of them looked like they had been exhausted for a long time, and their faces were tired, but when they looked up and saw the gilded plaque of the Xiao Mansion, their eyes showed uncontrollable excitement.

The young woman took the woman's arm and said in surprise: "Mother, you are indeed right. The Xiao family is indeed a big family. We should have come here earlier!"

The woman smiled unfathomably, and nodded her daughter's head, "You girl, what do you know, it's a coincidence that you came early, didn't the Xiao family only start to develop in the past few years!"

The man seemed to be thinking more, and there was some worry on his face.

"Mother, tell me, will the people in the Xiao Mansion take care of us?"

The woman slowly put away her smile, looked up at the door plaque of the Xiao Mansion, and said coldly: "Naturally, I don't believe that she will forget us poor relatives when the Xiao family has flourished. Go far!"

After speaking, the woman straightened her clothes and led her son and daughter inside.

When the housekeeper came to report, Xiao Ruan was feeding the fish in the back garden with Mrs. Xiao.

"My natal relative? What kind of natal relative?"

Mrs. Xiao handed the fish food in her hand to Xiao Ruan, took the handkerchief from Madam Deng and asked while wiping her hands, she hadn't dealt with people from her natal family for a long time, why did the news come now?

"A man and two women came. The leading lady said they were your niece and daughter-in-law, Madam."

Having said that, Mrs. Xiao remembered her natal brother.Her younger brother was a poor scholar who had failed in the examinations for several years. He passed away a long time ago, and after giving birth to a son, he was also a worthless man. His married wife kept him under strict control.

"Lead and wait in the front hall."

In the front hall, Mrs. Xiao's nephew and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhao, sat on a chair, her anxious eyes kept looking outside the door, but her nervousness was revealed.The sons and daughters standing beside him were also looking forward to it, and couldn't bear it.

Xiao Ruan, who walked in with Mrs. Xiao's help, first felt this family: difficult!The three of them were dressed in simple clothes, and they couldn't hide the aura of the city. When they saw Mrs. Xiao approaching, they immediately surrounded them.

"Auntie, can you count on it, our mothers have been looking for you so hard!"

Mrs. Zhao came over and held Mrs. Xiao's hand, her voice couldn't hide her excitement, and the children behind her also called Mrs. Xiao eagerly.

Mrs. Xiao showed a polite smile, walked to the main seat and sat down.

"My niece and daughter-in-law came here suddenly, but what's the matter?"

Upon hearing the question, Mrs. Zhao's face suddenly dimmed, and tears kept falling down.

"My aunt doesn't know, since my Dalang passed away due to illness, life has become more and more difficult. Seeing that my two children have also reached the age of getting married, I, as a woman, have no ability to help. We are so poor that we can't get rid of the pot, we have no choice but to...we come to seek refuge with you, Auntie!"

Mrs. Zhao burst into tears, but what she said was that Mrs. Xiao's heart softened. She also came from hard times, so she naturally knew how difficult it is for the poor. If she wanted to come to Xiao's family, there would be no shortage of food for a few people, and a few more pairs of chopsticks would be fine.

"Hey, my nephew is also a hard-fated one. Since you all found this place, you can stay here for a while. Ruan'er, pack up some of the wing rooms and let them stay here."

Mrs. Xiao turned her head to Xiao Ruan next to her for the next few words, so these three people turned their eyes to Xiao Ruan's head.

Xiao Ruan obediently responded, and gave orders to Lianqiao behind her.

"This... must be Miss Xiao! She looks really handsome!" Mrs. Zhao praised, and suddenly, as if remembering something, she pulled her daughter from behind.

"This is my daughter Qiuxia, and that is my son Daniu. You are about the same age, and you can be playmates to move around more in the future."

Xiao Ruan watched Qiuxia staring at her, her eyes lingering on her jewelry, full of envy and jealousy.

"Grandma, then I'll go down and prepare the wing room first." After finishing speaking, Xiao Ruan bowed to Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Zhao, and didn't stay any longer.

Originally, the Xiao family was not peaceful, but with the three members of the Zhao family here, I am afraid that they will not have a peaceful life in the future...

At noon, Mrs. Xiao prepared a family banquet in the hall. After briefly introducing the Zhao family to Xiao Hong and Xiao Zhongheng, they greeted them for dinner.

Xiao Hong and the others treated Mrs. Zhao politely, after all, they were relatives of the old lady's natal family, so naturally they couldn't be too slack, but Xiao Ying couldn't see the poor spirit of these three people, so they didn't move their chopsticks twice during the dinner.

"What's wrong with Ying'er? Poor appetite?" Mrs. Xiao noticed Xiao Ying's abnormality and asked inadvertently.

After hearing this, Xiao Ying put down her chopsticks and said coquettishly, "Grandmother, Ying'er is not used to eating with outsiders."

Mrs. Gu was worried that Mrs. Xiao would be upset by her daughter's words, after all, she just made a fuss some time ago, so she hurriedly stopped her.

"You child, there is nothing you are not used to. Eat quickly, and go to practice the piano with your mother after eating." Sure enough, Mrs. Xiao calmed down after hearing this, and didn't say anything.

The Zhao family deeply remembered what Xiao Ying said, and they looked at Xiao Ying with unfriendly eyes.

"Has Zhong Heng studied hard lately? Our Xiao family is counting on you to be famous!"

Xiao Zhongheng was about to answer, Xiao Hong was not happy, his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

"What mother said, could it be that your son didn't live up to you?"

Xiao Ruan listened, thinking that it was fortunate that girl Lu Heng didn't come, otherwise, according to her temperament, she would definitely say that Xiao Hong's achievements today were not due to the Lu family, and I don't know why Xiao Hong is so embarrassed to say it at this moment.

Mrs. Xiao smiled and picked up vegetables for her son and said: "You are not happy about your son, hahaha, my son is naturally good."

As far as Mrs. Xiao is concerned, there are very few opportunities for the family to be so harmonious. Even if the current harmony is full of turmoil, she is content...

Xiao Ruan hadn't heard the word Huo Xun from the people around him since Huihui's messed up the banquet, but now it's July, and Huo Xun is back.

Lian Qiao ran in from the door, panting and reported: "Miss, Mr. Huo is here! Waiting outside the door."

The Xiao family's family rules are strict, and men from outside families are not allowed to enter the women's boudoir, so Huo Xun can only wait at the door.He just rushed back from the frontier today, and after tidying up the house, he came to Xiao's mansion with the gifts he had prepared earlier.

Xiao Ruan was practicing calligraphy, and now he heard the pens being put away slowly, and replied Lianqiao with a nonchalant expression: "Go, just say that I am unwell and not suitable for seeing guests, let Mr. Huo go back, and if He brought things over and refused to accept them.”

Lianqiao was still excited at first, thinking that the uncle-in-law finally came back, and the young lady would have someone to rely on in the future, but Xiao Ruan's words frightened Lianqiao, did the young lady mean to disappear on purpose?
"Miss, what's the matter with you? Are you unhappy that Mr. Huo is back? Why are you still..."

Xiao Ruan waved her hand to signal Lianqiao not to continue talking, but Lianqiao looked at her with an impatient expression on her face, so she had to back down disgruntled.

"Mr. Huo, I'm really sorry. My lady is not feeling well. You'd better come back another day."

Huo Xun frowned, fearing that something might happen to Xiao Ruan's body, his tone became anxious.

"What's going on? Why are you so uncomfortable? Have you seen the doctor?"

Lian Qiao didn't dare to meet Huo Xun's questioning eyes, so she could only lower her head and quickly replied: "If you go back to Mr. Huo, my young lady is fine. She will be fine after a few days of rest. Please go back, Mr. Huo."

"Forget it, I'm so good at taking care of your lady. I'll come to see her again. These are some gadgets and jewelry I bought from neighboring countries. Ruan'er should like them. Please take them over."

Lian Qiao looked at the things in Huo Xun's hand in embarrassment, remembering what the young lady asked just now, she could only wave her hands and said: "Miss doesn't let the servants collect things for her privately, the young master should personally deliver them someday."

After all, the little girl left in a hurry without looking back, for fear that Huo Xun would ask her to do something again.

Huo Xun looked at her quickly disappearing figure, slightly dazed.Could it be that something I did not do well made Ruan'er angry?Why does Ruan'er dislike her so much...

On Xiao Ruan's side, after sending Lianqiao to send Huo Xun away, she never finished writing a word.

Xiao Ruan was in a daze looking at the failed words, and didn't even know when Tao's mother stood beside her.

"Miss, let's use pastries." Mama Tao brought a plate of chestnut cakes over, seeing Xiao Ruan's dazed look, she couldn't help shouting.

Xiao Ruan came back to his senses, crumpled up the badly written words, turned around and sat at the table to eat chestnut cakes.

"Miss, are you angry with Mr. Huo's family?"

Xiao Ruan didn't expect Tao's mother to bring the topic up to Huo Xun, she swallowed a mouthful of cake and choked in her throat, not to mention how uncomfortable it was that she couldn't swallow it or spit it out.Seeing this, Tao's mother quickly poured a glass of water for her, and it took a long time for Xiao Ruan to recover.

"Where am I angry with him, no."

Mother Tao looked at her lovingly, and suddenly thought of Miss Lu's family, that is, Xiao Ruan's mother.

"You girl looks exactly the same as your mother, it's just that Miss, what happened last time was not Mr. Huo's fault, was it? I just blame the mother and daughter of Gu's for being ill-intentioned and trying to snatch Miss's things."

Xiao Ruan didn't answer the words, and continued to eat the cakes slowly.She naturally knew that Huo Xun was not to blame, but for some reason, as long as she associated Huo Xun and Xiao Ying together these few days, she felt uncomfortable all over, so she was even angry with Huo Xun.

Mother Tao knew that her young lady was playing with her temper, so she smiled and said nothing, as long as the young lady was safe and happy, this was just a test for the uncle-to-be at that time.

(End of this chapter)