Chapter 292 Grievance
"Ginger is still spicy. Thanks to the cotton curtains made by Grandma Yu and Mother Cui, the carriage is much warmer than in the cold winter of previous years."
"Mama Cui and Aunt Yu also made cotton curtains for the second aunt's carriage. They are grass green and have camellias embroidered on them. They are very beautiful."
Cui’s mother said that she should try to please her second aunt while she was in Chu’s house. When the county boss marries into the Chu family, her second aunt will be nicer to the county boss.
In fact, the second aunt's grandma likes the county lord. Even if they are slaves and don't please the second aunt's grandma, the second aunt's grandma will be very good to the county lord in the future.
But Cui’s mother said that the county lord is a junior and should first love and respect his mother-in-law. In this way, Crown Prince Chu and his second aunt will love the county lord even more in the future.
Nuanyu made hot tea and poured a cup for Xia Zihan.
Chu Fei took out a few plates of hot snacks from the food box and placed them on the small table, "Sister Nuanyu made these when she got up early."
It took more than half an hour from Chu's house to Liao's house. It was freezing cold and there was not much scenery to see on the road. Nuanyu was worried that her master would be bored in the carriage, so she got up early and made her master's favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
Xia Zihan had no appetite, so she leaned on the big pillow and took a miscellaneous book from the drawer under the stool to read.
Nuanyu and the others took out colorful threads and sat in a row knitting.
Time flies by.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Liao Mansion.
Mrs. Liao was caught off guard by Xia Zihan's sudden arrival. She hurriedly put on her cloak and called to the women at home. She wanted to go out to greet him in person, but she saw the little maid in the house had brought Xia Zihan over.
The old lady was busy bowing to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan dodged and avoided.
Then he blessed himself and said hello to Mrs. Liao, "Old madam, this junior came unexpectedly and disturbed the old lady. It's my fault."
"What are you talking about? You are a distinguished guest in this house."
A large group of people surrounded Xia Zihan and entered the house.
After everyone sat down, Xia Zihan presented the gifts he had prepared.
"I'm just here to play. What gifts can I bring for my old lady? What else can I miss?"
Although she said this, the curved corners of Mrs. Liao's mouth showed that she was in a good mood.
Then, a pair of eyes looked Xia Zihan up and down, left and right, and after having looked enough, he smiled kindly and said, "Fang Yi, that little girl, always said good things about the county master in front of me. I finally met her today." It’s true, as Fang Yi said, the county owner is a beauty.”
"Yes, this face is really beautiful." A talkative young woman said with a smile.
Mrs. Liao took the opportunity to introduce everyone to the Liao family. Everyone bowed and sat down again.
Mrs. Liao whispered to the maid next to her.
When Xia Zihan heard this, she pursed her lips and smiled.
Sure enough, not long after, Liao Fangyi walked in with an aggrieved face.
She first saluted several elders, then grabbed Xia Zihan and said to Mrs. Liao, "Grandma, Sister Chu Yu and I have something to discuss, so I won't accompany you."
Mrs. Liao's face turned dark with anger when she saw her vulgar behavior.
After a few people disappeared, she said angrily, "Let her cultivate her mind and nature. It's been so long. Look, she's still like that. What will happen when she grows up?"
"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, mother, don't worry about it."
"How can I not worry? Her father has spoiled her."
……
Mrs. Liao was angry, and Liao Fangyi also felt extremely aggrieved.
After bringing Xia Zihan back to her room, she cried with tears and runny nose, "Didn't I accidentally break a piece of the scripture copied by my second cousin? I didn't mean it, but my grandmother just said I bumped into the Buddha and he had to stop me.”
"Grandma is looking for excuses to lock me up. She has wanted to lock me up for a long time. She always said that I am not as gentle and elegant as my eldest cousin and my second cousin. Wow...Sister Chu Yu, if you don't come back, I will hold it back. Dead.”
He threw himself on Xia Zihan's shoulder and cried so hard that he was very sad and out of breath.
His slender white palms patted her back gently, and his voice was very gentle, "Why don't you send your maid to tell me."
"Woo, the maid has been locked up too. You don't even know. Grandma is so cruel. No one in my yard is allowed to go out. Three meals a day are provided by people in the big kitchen."
"My mother wanted to come see me, but my grandmother refused to let me go. She said that she wanted me to quietly copy the scriptures for the Buddha five thousand times in order to eliminate the anger in the Buddha's heart."
"They're all excuses, ugh...grandma just doesn't like me."
"Grandma likes my second cousin, but doesn't like me."
It was very aggrieved.
Xia Zihan was filled with dark thoughts and said, "Nonsense, you are Mrs. Liao's granddaughter. How could she not like you? She just hopes that you can be as gentle and pleasant as your second cousin."
"Hmph, I don't want to be like her. Every time she sees me, she sheds tears as if she doesn't want money. She bursts into tears at every turn, as if I bully her. God knows, it's her who bullies me every time."< br>
"Ugh, but grandma always scolded me every time, and she never scolded my second cousin once." Liao Fangyi wiped away her tears and cried miserably, "That piece of scripture was obviously held by my second cousin. She She said she wanted to show me her handwriting, so I went to get it, but the second cousin didn’t let go, and the piece of paper tore.”
"The second cousin just let it go."
She was holding a broken piece of scripture, and by chance, her grandmother happened to see it.
Wow, she is so unlucky.
From Liao Fangyi's broken cries, Xia Zihan got a rough idea of what happened.
For some reason, she thought of Xia Ziying.
In her previous life, Xia Ziying had that kind of temperament.
When no one is around, he always shows off and shows off in front of her, as arrogantly as a beautiful peacock.
But when someone is around, he looks petite, well-behaved and charming.
Moreover, Xia Ziying often framed her to be punished and made her kneel in the ancestral hall. When she lived in the Xia family in her previous life, she spent nine-tenths of her time in the ancestral hall, and Xia Ziying was the one who framed her every time.
It was obviously Xia Ziying who did it, but in other people's eyes, it was her fault.
Liao Fangyi's second cousin also seems to be a sinister Bailianhuaduo. Such a person is the best at acting. Unless an elder catches her first, a straight-tempered person like Liao Fangyi will only become a stepping stone for her.
Xia Zihan frowned and said, "Since every time you are punished it is because of your second cousin, then you should stay away from her from now on."
"Hmph, you think I want to play with her. She comes to me every time. If I don't comply, she will burst into tears and say that I look down on her."
But after taking it, she would do something wrong every time for no apparent reason, and then be scolded by her grandmother.
"Is your second cousin a relative of the Liao family?"
Liao Fangyi wiped away her tears and choked, "She is my third aunt's daughter."
"The third uncle is from the north. He serves as the Qipin County Magistrate in a small county in the north. The third aunt also takes care of the third uncle during his tenure."
"The year before last, after my eldest cousin turned fourteen, my third aunt sent my two cousins to the capital, saying that she wanted to find a good family for my two daughters in the capital."
"When the third aunt left, she left her two cousins behind."
"Last year, my eldest cousin and her hairpin queen found a child for my eldest cousin at my fourth aunt's natal house. The wedding date was originally scheduled for the sixth day of October this year, but later, there was chaos in the capital, and the wedding was postponed to March next year."
"My second cousin is also fourteen years old. I heard from my mother that my grandmother has already started looking for a marriage for my second cousin."
"That's all I know."
Then, she cried and complained to Xia Zihan about her grievances, "Sister Chu Yu, I feel very uncomfortable."
"Last time, my mother said it would be a cold winter this year, so she found a piece of red fox fur in advance and made me a big cloak."
"You haven't seen it, but there are a few gems inlaid on it. It's very beautiful. I like it very much, so I have to dress it up to help my grandmother sleep in the morning and dusk."
"When the second cousin saw me, she told me that she looked good, and then stared at her eagerly. You didn't see that look in her eyes, sister Chu Yu, but she almost didn't ask me to give her the cloak."
"Later, my grandmother saw it and asked my mother to make one for my second cousin. My second cousin thanked my mother and said she would give my mother money. You see, she is such a good person."
"In front of so many people, do you think my mother can still ask for her silver?"
"Later, she told my mother not to make it too long. Like the one I was wearing, it dragged on the floor."
"When my grandmother looked behind me, she saw half a foot of it hanging on the ground, so she asked me to take off my cloak and give it to my second cousin to try on."
"Tell me, my second cousin is a few years older than me and a little shorter than me. She wears it just right, so my grandmother asked me to give her the cloak."
"Ugh, I was so reluctant to let go. I burst into tears, but my grandmother said that I should get along well with my second cousin. We are all cousins, and our relationship is as close as that of biological sisters."
"That one with shallow eyes, she just can't see me wearing any good things. Every time she sees me, she stares at me eagerly. She doesn't need to ask for it, someone will ask for it for her."
"Woo... I'm almost suffocated to death."
"Sister Chu Yu, she also wanted to take away the pair of gold-plated emerald hairpins you gave me. I told you that they were gifts from you and could not be given to others, but she said she didn't want them, so she burst into tears. She came down crying and said that I had wronged her. ”
"After my grandmother came, she asked me to give her a gold-plated hairpin."
"Woo... Later, I asked the maid to lock up the jewelry you gave me. I didn't dare to wear it at home. Even if I wore it when I went out, I would take it off as soon as I came back."
"She can't wear my clothes, so she won't ask for them, but the jewelry...the things you gave me are all good things. I'm not willing to wear them myself, so why should she ask for them as soon as she opens her mouth?"
"Woooo..."
This child must have suffered a lot of grievances during this period of time. He finally found someone who could talk to him and just kept crying.
But Xia Zihan believed that Mrs. Liao was such a shrewd person, and it was impossible for her not to see Liao Fangyi's grievances.
(End of chapter)