The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 37
Aunt Li slapped her daughter's snow-white little hand, fortunately she couldn't see clearly in the night, she took care of Li Qi's face, but the crisp sound in the middle of the night still reached everyone's ears.

Li Qi looked at her mother aggrieved: "Mom! Why did you hit me?"

If Aunt Li hadn't been worried that the Xing family was close in front of her eyes, she might have slapped her second daughter.Coco Li hurriedly said in a low voice: "Sister, don't mess around, let the Xing family see the joke!"

Coco Li knew her mother's worries best, and she also went to Beijing, or maybe she also went to Jia's family. The wealth of the Xing family showed the shabbyness of the Li family.If the daughters don't live up to expectations and stare at others as if they have never seen the world, not only the mother and daughter of the Li family will be despised, but even their only remaining cousin Li Wan will become the laughing stock among the sisters-in-law.

Coco Li was standing on the left side of Aunt Li, while her younger sister was standing on the right side. She wanted to tell her something, but the situation didn't allow it.While speaking, the woman in red was already approaching, Coco Li could only hold back her thoughts and concentrate on dealing with the comer.

"Is this Aunt Li?"

Aunt Li raised her eyes and saw the young girl in front of her, she didn't seem to be in a daze for a moment, but she was not as exaggerated as her daughter.Aunt Li coughed lightly, and said with a smile, "Exactly, I don't know who this girl is."

Xiuyan already leaned over and said with a smile: "My niece Xing Xiuyan has seen my aunt."

Aunt Li knew that she was a young lady of the Xing family, and hurriedly raised her hand to help her: "My niece is so polite."

Xiuyan smiled and said: "Mother heard that my aunt's family is staying here at night, she was so happy, she sent me to pick up my aunt, in the middle of the night dew, my aunt and two younger sisters please come in!"

Aunt Li nodded secretly, thinking that although the Xing family looked a little rich, judging from the way his young lady treated people, it was easy to get along with.Before Aunt Li came, she had made up her mind that if the Xing family was considered kind, she would go with her family; if they were arrogant and unruly, even if it was inconvenient for their mothers to travel, they would never associate with such people.

The mother and daughter of the Li family met Lu Shi, and got closer to each other. In front of Aunt Li, Lu Shi fell in love with Li Cowen and Li Qi, and even took a piece of her wrist off on the spot. For Cui Bracelets, I want to give them to the young ladies of the Li family as a meeting gift.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Li's complexion suddenly changed after Lu's good intentions, and her eyes were filled with evil.Coco Li's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Mrs. Xing's move hurt her mother's self-esteem, so she hurriedly stood up to smooth things over. Coco Li said with a smile, "Thank you for the gift, but my sister and I are too young to wear such a good thing, but let Baoyu wear it." Dust, Wen'er feels uncomfortable."

Seeing Aunt Li's attitude, Mrs. Lu guessed a little bit, but she didn't care, just smiled and handed the bracelet to the girl.Lu Shi said: "Auntie is so lucky. The two daughters are equally beautiful and educated. Your days of happiness are yet to come!"

Seeing that Lu Shi was willing to take back the things, Aunt Li's complexion turned a little better, and now she heard Lu Shi complimenting this, she couldn't help saying: "It's not that I praised these two girls in front of my aunt, the appearance is the second, the key It's filial piety. After their father leaves, if there are no two girls to support this family, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for a long time, so I will follow." Isn't Lu's feeling like this?After a while, I talked with Aunt Li.

Here, Xiuyan took the two daughters of the Li family and asked about her age, and it turned out that she was the oldest.Li Qi asked curiously: "Sister Xing, there is only one daughter in your family? Don't you have any other children?"

"Qi'er!" Coco Li scolded her sister softly, secretly blaming her for being ignorant.

For a family like the Xing family, it is not difficult to marry a few concubines. Maybe the aunt doesn't want to see the concubine's daughter being an eyesore here.But when my sister Mao asked rashly, the Xing family sister had to explain.

Li Qi turned her head to look at her sister in confusion, but Xiuyan's heart was like a mirror, she lightly smiled and said: "I also have a younger brother named Zhengde, who was taken by his father to take the school exam. Fortunately, he is not under our noses Wander around, otherwise there will be too many things, and there is no time for a small mouth to rest, and people who chatter all day will have a headache."

Although it is a complaint, but every word reveals love and joy.

The two sisters of the Li family couldn't help but look dark at the same time. There is no elder brother to support them, and no younger brother to rely on them. This is the biggest distress for the two sisters. If there is a man in the house of the Li family to be the pillar, why should the three of them lose face Going to the capital to join my cousin who is not well-off?
Mrs. Lu was talking to Aunt Li about her plans after coming to Beijing, so she inevitably mentioned Jia's family.Aunt Li wanted to ask the Xing family if they planned to live in Rongguo Mansion after they entered Beijing. If they also had such plans, Aunt Li would not feel embarrassed leading their daughter. If the Xing family lived on their own, they bought a house in Beijing. The Li family will post again It would be contemptuous to go up.

Aunt Li's thoughts moved, and she smiled and said, "Don't say that my aunt hasn't seen the eldest wife for many years, even the last time we saw my aunt was three years ago! Hey, among the daughters of the Li family, It is our aunt who is the most miserable, and she is the most blessed. Uncle Zhu left early, we are all aunts and have no hope for the rest of our lives. Who would have thought that God would favor Uncle Zhu and leave behind Lan Geer? Good boy, otherwise, how can we live if we call our aunt. The old lady in Rongguo Mansion is the kindest one. Our aunt wrote to say that her share is comparable to that of our ancestors, and no one in the family disrespects her. love her."

Speaking of this, Aunt Li was so sad that she was already in tears.Coco Lee and Qi Li, who were listening quietly, hurried up to comfort their mother.

Lu sighed and said: "Your aunt still has a biological son to lean on, but as for the eldest wife, there has been no news for these years after she entered the house. Hey, it's not that I scolded my own eldest sister in front of my aunt, she is indeed a bit out of line , knowing that the situation is embarrassing, the more you should treat the grand master’s sons and daughters kindly. But look at Auntie, what’s the point of living such a muddle-headed life when the son disrespects the daughter and doesn’t kiss him?”

Aunt Li hurriedly wiped away her tears, "Then Aunt doesn't plan to go to the eldest wife's place after coming to Beijing?"

Lu Shi smiled: "Why didn't you see me? I just told me to get along with our aunt and grandma every day. With my fiery temper, we must fight together."

Aunt Li covered her mouth with a smile and said, "I don't believe it! Auntie has such a good temper, and your girl has the same good temper. Whoops, Auntie doesn't know, when our two girls saw Miss Xing at the bow of the boat just now, they stared straight at her. I have never seen such a beautiful girl."

Coco Lee and Li Qi couldn't help being surprised, mother never flattered others, why did she change her normal behavior today?
Of course, Mrs. Lu likes someone to praise her daughter. In fact, Mrs. Lu is a very protective person. When Aunt Li said this, Mrs. Lu became more enthusiastic.Not long after the butler came back from setting up a banquet outside, Aunt Li refused to stay at first, but Mrs. Lu was so kind, there was no other way, so the mother and daughter of the Li family had no choice but to respectfully obey.

Early in the morning of the second day, before the mist on the river completely cleared, the boats of the Xing and Li families began to slowly leave the pier and head north.

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PS: I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Xiaohe went out for dinner today, and came back a bit late, so I can’t make another update. Let’s write tomorrow!Well, I wish you a good dream tonight
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