In this season of spring, the sun is already warm but not overly scorching. In the quiet Hua family, the maids and old women are wearing much lighter clothes, and their skirts sway slightly as they walk.
On the corridor, the sunlight shone on Hua Ling and her sisters. Their fresh faces all had bright smiles on them as they gathered together to discuss something, and then left hand in hand.
At this time, the Hua family seemed to have returned to their peaceful past, but compared to that, there was something more. The most obvious one was probably that the brothers and sisters were less unfamiliar and more close.
Before they knew it, the relationship between the rooms had become so close.
Inside the house, Hua Xian was nervous, not knowing whether to sit or stand, and just walked around in circles by herself. Third Aunt looked at her helplessly and did not try to persuade her, because it was useless to persuade her anyway.
"Mom, don't you think I'm too anxious? I should wait until Sui'an has rest."
"The fact that he lives with you in the Hua family has already shown his attitude. You, don't wait for him to back you up and make decisions for you in everything. You are his mother, not his daughter. If this gets out, people will laugh at you."
Hua Xian was somewhat shocked, but she was also a little willful in front of her mother, so she immediately retorted: "Isn't my sister-in-law well protected by Zhi'er and Bolin? What's wrong with that?"
Third Aunt was so angry that she didn't know how to laugh, but she was self-aware and knew to compare herself with Zhu.
Fortunately, Zhu, the eldest daughter-in-law, had such a temper. If she was a powerful person who could not tolerate her married sister-in-law, other people in the family would not be so nice to Xian'er depending on the direction of the wind.
Xian'er now seems to have lost a lot of her timidity, and she has no other thoughts. As long as her daughter and grandson can stay in the Hua family forever, it will be enough. Even if the Hua family no longer has the glory it once had, it won't be much worse with a capable young lady around.
Moreover, the eldest girl values her family very much, so even if she passes away one day, there is no need to worry that her daughter will have a bad life at her parents' home. Not to mention Sui'an, he has everything that Berlin has, which shows the eldest girl's attitude.
This is good enough.
"Aunt, the eldest girl is coming this way."
Hua Xian, who had just sat down, stood up again suddenly and subconsciously looked at her mother with a pitiful look on her face.
Third Auntie glared at her, "Why are you so nervous? Is the elder girl not good enough to you?"
"No, I just... I don't know how to face her." She felt really embarrassed that an elder had to ask a younger person to stand up for her and make all kinds of plans for her.
"Let it be what it is. We are family, there is no need to say too much. The eldest lady won't like it either." Although Wu was the one in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard, she never interfered at all. It could be said that she trusted Wu, but more importantly, she was impatient to take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard. Her heart was outside, on those big things.
Xian'er's affairs are ultimately the affairs of the inner courtyard, but she is willing to take care of it. This is her protection for her family, and they all have to appreciate it.
Hua Zhi did not bring the maid into the house. She stepped over the threshold and bowed to the two people in the room, "Third Aunt, Little Aunt, I'm late."
How could the two of them accept her gift? Hua Xian quickly stepped forward to help the man up, "It's my aunt who has caused you trouble. If I had known that the shop was opening today, I wouldn't have dared to bother you."
Hua Zhi had no way to deal with her mother, and she also had more patience with her aunt who was of the same type as her mother. She turned around and helped the guilty person sit down, saying gently, "No, it's not like that. You don't need me to be there in person for the store to open. Just going to see it is enough."
Hua Xian smiled shyly. It didn't seem at all out of place for a woman in her thirties to have such an expression.
Whenever Hua Zhi thought of her younger aunt's experience, she couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if her mother hadn't met her father. Although her father was a little idealistic and aloof, he was surprisingly clear-headed when it came to matters in the inner house.
Thinking of her father, she couldn't help but think of her relatives far away in the north. It was already April, and in July, she would set off for the north.
Pulling her thoughts back, Hua Zhi looked at her aunt who was hesitant to speak, then glanced at her third aunt who didn't seem to be planning to speak, and said with a smile: "Aunt, if you have something to say, just say it. There is nothing that cannot be said at home."
Hua Xian looked at her mother for help, but her mother didn't even look at her. She bit her lip and used all her courage to say the words that had been brewing in her heart for a long time, "I... I want a divorce."
After saying that, as if he was afraid of causing trouble for Hua Zhi, he quickly added: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, as long as you don't go back to the Yang family."
"Why not? Who would want to divorce if they can't live together anymore?"
Hua Xian's heart almost landed suddenly. She couldn't help but clutch her chest and took a few deep breaths to relieve the feeling of weightlessness. Hua Zhi brought the tea to her aunt's mouth and fed her a few sips. She was so skilled that it seemed like she had done it countless times. In fact, it was true. Every time her mother cried, she would feed her water to replenish her water.
The Third Aunt looked at them with a somewhat dazed but relieved look in her eyes. Even though their family didn't have anyone who could support them, they still had three people. In the future, whenever the eldest girl wanted to do something, they would definitely stand on her side. If Sui An had a promising future, they would never let him forget the eldest girl's many times of protecting him.
"Can you tell me about Sui An?"
"He knows. He once asked you to make the decision for me. I didn't think it through at that time..." Hua Xian embarrassedly tucked her hair, looked up at her niece and then lowered her head. "I just don't want to go back to the Yang family. Although the Hua family is not as rich as the Yang family, I think everything about the Hua family is good. I don't have to worry about it every day. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. When I was in the Yang family, I hoped that Yang Qi would never enter my house. I agreed to whatever he wanted to do, as long as he didn't get close to me."
Hua Xian covered her face and said, "I'm afraid of him. I'm very afraid of him. I hope I won't see him again in this life."
"Then never see you again."
Hua Zhi said it too lightly, as if she could really get a divorce if she said so. But Hua Xian was just timid and weak. Being a girl of the Hua family, she was not ignorant. She knew how difficult it was to get a divorce in the Daqing Dynasty. That's why she wanted to get a divorce so much but kept dragging it on until now because she was afraid that it would cause a storm.
But Sui An said that the Hua family is not completely without anything now, and Yang Qi is still contacting people under the name of Hua family's son-in-law. She is very afraid that Yang Qi will do something detrimental to the Hua family, so she decided to talk to Zhier about it.
But when Zhi'er really agreed, she felt mixed emotions. She felt happy and relieved, but also uneasy. She was worried that this would ruin Zhi'er's reputation.
The confusion and hesitation were written all over her face, how could Hua Zhi not see it, and her eyes became softer. No matter how weak she was or how much she held others back, she would feel uneasy because she brought trouble to others. She preferred this kind of people to those who were overly shrewd. Or they might be incompetent and need you to worry about them, but she would not hesitate to show you her care.
She really is a person who lacks love, Hua Zhi couldn't help but laugh at herself.