Rebirth of Yijia

Chapter 3

There are two houses in the Zhou family, Zhou Chengchi, the eldest master, and Zhou Chengyan, the master on Tuesday.

The Zhou family was originally from the Hangzhou Prefecture, and their ancestors were considered wealthy, but there were no outstanding children and grandchildren from generation to generation, so they gradually fell into decline.As far as the generation of Mrs. Zhou, they can only be regarded as middle-class people. They live in the old house handed down from their ancestors, and make a living by renting out the land handed down by their ancestors to collect some rent. The local area is still relatively rich.

The two sons of the Zhou family are good enough to study when they are young, and Mrs. Zhou attaches great importance to the imperial examination, so the two sons hired a teacher to teach them when they were young, and then went to the academy to study when they were older, just waiting for the day when they can Relying on fame and fame, Guangzu Yaozong.It is indeed a matter of the ancestors' smoke, the elder Zhou was admitted to Jinshi when Zhou Chengchi was late, but the old master Zhou was short-lived, and before the good news was delivered to his door, he was extremely happy and sad.

Neither of the two sons was married, and the youngest daughter was still young, when Zhou Chengchi was going to work in the capital.Mrs. Zhou was concerned about the marriage of her eldest son and the future of her younger son. After crying for a few days, she listened to her two sons, packed up and moved her family from Hangzhou to the capital.

The capital is a place where every inch of land is expensive. Zhou Chengchi and Zhou Chengyan's two brothers inquired many ways, entrusted people and gave gifts, and finally spent almost half of the Zhou family's savings to buy a small house in the innermost part of Changping Hutong. .But today's East and West Second Mansions are obtained from the small house separated at the beginning, the eldest house and the old lady lived in the East Mansion, and the second room lived in the West Mansion.

However, in the past, the East Mansion was almost twice as large as the Daxi Mansion, but after all these years, the West Mansion expanded year by year, and now it can be regarded as three times the size of the East Mansion.

Ran's arrogant recklessness ruined her clothes, and she was even more dissatisfied with the wealth of the West Mansion. She covered her face with one hand to block the snowflakes that started to fall again, and squeezed the veil tightly with the other hand.With a sullen face, he arrived at the gate of the West Mansion, turned to the side, and walked about a hundred or so steps to the gate of the East Mansion.

Looking at her daughter who was shivering from the cold at the door, Ran's distressed and angry at the same time, she quickly walked up the steps and walked over.Not in a hurry to talk to my daughter, I first reprimanded the little girl, "How do you serve the big girl? In such a cold day, you don't let the girl stay warm in the house, but come out to blow the cold wind. It's the first day you have come to serve the girl Is it?!"

"Mother, it's Han'er who insisted on coming here to wait for you." Zhou Yihan, the eldest girl of the Zhou family, pushed the little girl away and hugged Ran's arm, "What did Yijia say, did you tell her about it? "

"You!" Mrs. Ran poked her daughter's finger, seeing her face flushed with shame, she couldn't help laughing.While pulling her into the inner courtyard, she said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mother has made arrangements. That girl is angry now, so you can just wait with peace of mind."

Zhou Yihan's face became even hotter, she lowered her head slightly, and said tightly to Ran's: "Mother is the best to me!"

Ran sent Zhou Yihan back to her room, watched her wash her face and change her clothes, then hugged Mrs. Tang and sat on the kang, and then went back to her room with peace of mind.After a while, someone was called to ask about the two sons and Elder Zhou, and knowing that Elder Zhou was in the study to check his son's homework, he immediately ordered the chef to make some snacks, and served them himself.

Bai Lu in Dongfu also took this opportunity to go to Xiao Song's yard.

"Ma'am, the servants and servants are far away, and I just vaguely heard that the eldest lady is talking about her marriage with the second girl. It is said that you, madam, found a concubine for one of her concubine daughters, and said that if the second girl would accept it like this, I'm afraid that in the future, there will be people who say what she says about her and look at her."

Xiao Song's face changed with anger, "Which family is the eldest lady talking about? How dare she make up such an apparently invisible matter?!" Then she asked Bai Lu, "What did the second girl say? Just believe it. ?”

"Say he's the concubine of the Marquis of Anping's Mansion." Bai Lu answered the first question, but mumbled the second one without saying a word.

Xiao Song didn't care about her arrogance and good, she turned her head and asked Mother Li beside her, "Isn't the concubine of the Anping Hou family recorded in the name of the late Mrs. Anping Hou?"

Mother Li nodded and said: "Yes, because of Uncle Liang's poor health three years ago, the Marquis of Anping recorded the concubine born of Aunt Ran under the Marquis of Anping's name. Among the people, there is no such young master from the Anping Hou family."

Because of the relationship between Uncle Liang and the master, the Xiao Song family never considered the concubine of Anpinghou's family at all.And even if she thought about it, with the identity of Anpinghou's family, not to mention that it was recorded in the name of the original wife, she was really a bastard, and it was not easy for her own family to climb up.

Ma'am, what's your idea?
Xiao Song asked Bai Lu to go back first, and discussed Ran's thoughts with Li's mother, "You said that the eldest lady told Jia'er like this, what's on her mind?"

Mother Li thought for a while, but before she could reply, she saw Bai Lu leaving and returning.

Bai Lu stood by the door, her expression flustered, and she stuttered, "Ma'am... Second Miss said, please come over."

Xiao Song looked at Li's mother with some doubts, and asked Bai Lu, "Did the second girl say something?"

Bai Lu shook her head.She met Qiushuang on the way back. Qiushuang held her head up and looked at what she said with her nostrils.

Everyone in the house said that the second young lady was kind, but only she knew that it wasn't true.She was doing things in the second lady's yard, doing right and wrong, doing wrong and wrong, even if she didn't do it, it was wrong!She eavesdropped on the conversation between the second young lady and the eldest wife today, came here to tell the truth, and was caught by Qiushuang, how could she see the second young lady later!

Seeing Bai Lu's appearance, Xiao Song could guess a thing or two. She got up and straightened her clothes, and comforted Bai Lu, "Don't be afraid, I will make decisions for you. Let's go, you can go back with me."

Xiao Song's group braved the snow to see Yijia. Yijia had already been served by Qiushuang. She changed into a cherry pink short jacket and a long skirt embroidered with begonia flowers everywhere. She looked very pretty and bright.Even in the scorching winter, people can see a hint of spring.

She looked at herself in the bronze mirror, her hair was like clouds, her eyebrows were like daisy, and she didn't know whether it was the warmth in the room or just her own face. There was redness in the white, and even a radiant luster, asking herself to look at her. I can't bear to take my eyes away.Such a good complexion brought about by childhood is incomparable to the face created by various tonics, soups, rouges and ointments after she married Liang Ming in her previous life.

"Jia'er." Little Song called Yijia, and walked over quickly, "You are not well yet, why did you get out of bed, be careful and freeze again."

There was concern in her tone, but also respect and alienation.

Xiao Song was a concubine at home, and she respected her deceased sister very much. When she later married Zhou Chengyan, she couldn't help showing a kind of respect for Yijia, her niece and stepdaughter, in her love for Yijia.

Yijia couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, even if she didn't hear what Xiao Song said behind her back today, only from her memory of her attitude towards her original self, she also knew that this aunt was all about her.It's just that I was deceived by lard, so I just believed Ran's words.

Yijia pushed the stool beside her and invited Mrs. Song to sit down, before explaining: "I feel tired after lying down for too long, I want to get down and take a few steps to relax my muscles and bones."

Xiao Song was a little flattered, her buttocks just hit one-third of the stool.Still had to put away the strange color, and answered Yijia's words, "That's right, then you can take a few steps, but focus on your body first."

Yijia nodded, looked at Li's mother, Bai Lu and Qiushuang behind Xiao Song, and said, "Go down first, I have something to say to my aunt."

Bai Lu and Qiu Shuang retreated obediently, but Li's mother was a little hesitant, and it was Xiao Song who nodded, and she followed suit.

"Auntie, do you still remember my mother?" Yijia started the topic on the grounds that her mother had passed away.

Xiao Song quickly nodded and said: "Of course I remember, the elder sister treated me very well at home in the past, but it's a pity that she is still so young, so..."

She didn't think much about her stepdaughter's intentions, instead she spoke according to her own thoughts, and as she spoke, she felt like crying.Yijia shook her head inwardly, she couldn't complain that her previous self was not close to this aunt, her character and ability couldn't compare to Ran's.

"I remember seeing my aunt when I was young." Yijia interrupted Xiao Song, "Mother always said that my aunt's female red is very good, and said that when I was born, my aunt made me several little girls. Clothes."

"No, I was still young at that time, and there were no children at home. The clothes I made were all based on imagination, and the little clothes I made for you were much bigger. Fortunately, the elder sister not only didn't blame me, but also praised me for doing well. " When Xiao Song heard Yijia mention this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Aunt, I was wrong in the past." Yijia stood up and squatted at Xiao Song's feet, stretched out her hand to hold Xiao Song's hands, and apologized: "I used to be an aunt because I didn't like me, and Xiao Song My younger sister also came to compete with me for my father's love, so I was very resistant to my aunt. But when I fell into the water and passed out on the bed these two days, I saw my mother, and she reprimanded me severely. My aunt is my mother My own sister is my own aunt, she is the closest person in this world besides my father, how can I treat my aunt like that!"

It was just an expedient measure, but when Yijia spoke, she really felt remorse in her heart, and she shed tears unknowingly, "These days, my aunt has been taking care of me in dismay, which makes me even more ashamed, aunt, you Are you willing to forgive Jiaer?"

"Jia'er..." Xiao Song cried even more disregarding her image, "Why would my aunt blame you? It's because my aunt didn't take good care of you for the eldest sister, so you were killed and fell into the water. It's all my aunt's fault." wrong."

Yijia took out a handkerchief to wipe away Xiao Song's tears, and cried with her for a long time, and then the two of them called Mama Li and Bai Lu to come in and take care of them, and then sat on the kang to talk.

(End of this chapter)