Although Wei Changying was dissatisfied with Shen Zangzhu's doting on Shen Shuxi, he did not want to fall out with her over this matter. Seeing that Shen Zangzhu had lowered his body to apologize, he stopped holding Qiao and said, "It's freezing cold here. My eldest sister only had a cough two days ago, so it's better not to be in the snow."
He called Lingju, "Why don't you serve eldest sister and go to the house to warm yourself up?"
Shen Zangzhu wanted to say something about punishment, but when she saw Wei Changying frequently looking at the side room coming out, as if his urgent matter had been interrupted and he was eager to go back and take charge again, after all, she also had eyes, so she quickly swallowed the words that came to her lips. He stood down and said with a smile, "Why do you have to worry about me like this? I'll just leave. Go and do your business. Let's talk later."
"Thank you, big sister, for your thoughtfulness. I have some important words to say and was just going to finish them." Upon hearing this, Wei Changying was not polite and bowed, leaving the embassy maid Lianju to wait on him, then he waved his hands and went back to the house. .
Shen Zangzhu looked at her back and sighed secretly, suddenly feeling regretful that he shouldn't have come today.
After all, although she and Shen Shuxi were the closest in terms of blood relationship, their direct aunt and nephew, Shen Zangfeng, were separated by the same room. The problem is that she is a widow who has returned to her parents' home, so she is considered a housewife. Even the name is recorded in the Su family's genealogy... It's not like the Shen family doesn't have a mistress in charge of the backyard now. Shen Shuxi's surname is Shen. Her parents have passed away, and she will rely on her uncles and aunts in the future.
Even Shen Zangzhu still depends on his natal brothers for a living? In the past, when she lived in Xiangning Bo's Mansion, she could still use her dowry, but she only lived in a room in her natal family - there was no shortage of such a building in the mansion, not to mention that Shen Zhou personally went to Su's house to pick her up. of.
But after the fall of the imperial capital, her dowry was almost burned. When she accompanied her niece to Xiliang, she didn't expect such a result. It was impossible to bring all her wealth with her... So now she is really relying on her parents' family to make a living.
Of course, she can also go back to the Su family. The Su family has the responsibility to support her for the rest of her life.
But the Su family's eldest house and the third house have been fighting openly and covertly for two or three years, and it seems they have no intention of settling down. Shen Zangzhu lives in her natal family, where her younger brother and sister-in-law are very polite, and she can raise her niece herself, so her life is very comfortable.
If you return to the Su family at this time, you will most likely be involved in the Su family fight immediately. She is a widow with no sons and a half daughters. What benefit can she gain from the Su family's fighting? In the final analysis, it is just making wedding clothes for others.
So under the current circumstances, she should not offend her sister-in-law under any circumstances.
And if you calm down and think about it, it's not a big deal for Shen Shuxi and Shen Shuyan to be punished this time. How can a child not be naughty? Who hasn’t been taught a lesson once or twice in private? If she obeyed Wei Changying's wishes like Huo Qingling, it would be fine if Wei Changying had finished punishing her. It's none of the adults' business.
But now she's here, stuck in the middle...
When Shen Zangzhu was brought into the room by Lingju and sat down, she felt a wave of irritation in her heart: "Looking at the past two years, the third brother and sister are still very good-tempered, and they shouldn't hold grudges against me and Xi'er for such a little thing. Even if she is unhappy, it is only temporary... It's just that our family is separated from her by the third brother and sister, and Xi'er is not like Yan'er, who has been raised by the third brother and sister for a long time. If her siblings don’t blame her, I’m afraid they can’t help but subconsciously ignore her... "
"Oh, I'm so confused! What am I doing here today?" The more Shen Zangzhu thought about it, the more she regretted it. "Originally, after the third brother and sister punished Xi'er, I would then apologize to her for Xi'er. This is Relatives should behave as they should, but now they come here to quarrel with her..."
But it would be awkward to just leave now. After all, Wei Changying was disturbed by her. After thinking about it, Shen Zangzhu thought that the only way to talk about it was to avoid leaving any gaps.
Shortly after Shen Zangzhu made up his mind, Wei Changying also sent the steward and led people to the house where she was housed: "I've kept you waiting for a long time. Isn't it because of Xi'er that we're here? Will you go and see them?"
Shen Zangzhu said vigorously: "I, I have to apologize to my siblings and Xie'er first! It's all my fault. Xi'er grew up in front of me every day, but I spoiled him... Xie'er is now how's it going?"
Seeing the change in her tone, Wei Changying was startled for a moment, but his expression softened a little, and he said: "Last night was fine. I asked someone to keep him in the room. So I can't come to eldest sister. Greetings."
"It's just a matter of course. It's good that he's fine. Otherwise, how could I still have the nerve to see you and third brother?" Shen Zangzhu sighed and said, "Well, in short, what Xi'er did yesterday was really confusing. Third Brother Brothers and sisters, you should teach her a lesson. Originally, because she was the only flesh and blood of my fourth brother, I was always reluctant to part with her. Now it seems that this old saying is completely true. It doesn’t work anymore, it doesn’t matter if the child is older.”
He said, "But you also know, third brother and sister, that father and the others... there is only Xi'er now. I really can't do anything to Xi'er, but I can only trouble you."
Wei Changying didn't expect that in just a short time, this sister-in-law would turn from pleading to entrusting her. However, Shen Zangzhu's various concerns were all understood with just a thought. She said a few words of humility, figuring that Chen Guang's two nieces should have suffered a bit, and said: "Then eldest sister will go to the hall with me to ask them what happened yesterday?"
Shen Zangzhu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I have always doted on Xi'er. I'm afraid she will make a fuss when she sees me going, so I'd better not go."
"Eldest sister, please sit down. I'll go ask. Eldest sister, please have lunch here. We haven't seen each other for several days." Wei Changying invited.
"No, I'm leaving now. I just came here to say these two words to my brothers and sisters." Shen Zangzhu was worried that if he stayed here and waited for news, Wei Changying would think he was urging, so he stood up while talking. He stood up and said, "I read a book before I came out. I was halfway through it and I was thinking about it."
Wei Changying didn't stay long and said, "Then I'll see my eldest sister off."
After sending Shen Zangzhu to the door and watching her go away, Wei Changying led the people back to the main hall.
She had left two little maids here to supervise them, so after entering the door, she saw Shen Shuyan and Shen Shuxi standing under the wall as she asked, although they pouted more or less.
Now that she was here, the two girls' eyes lit up and they all looked to her side.
But until Lianju closed the door, Shen Zangzhu was nowhere to be seen. Shen Shuyan's eyes showed disappointment. Shen Shuxi was still young and couldn't survive, so she asked straightforwardly: "Third aunt, my eldest aunt didn't come with you." ?"
"Your eldest aunt has something to do, so she's going back first." Wei Changying said calmly, "Don't worry about it. If you stand here for a while, if you have any ideas, let me know."
Shen Shuyan turned her face sideways and said "I knew it was like this" to Shen Shuxi. Before Shen Shuxi's face dropped with her, Wei Changying raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Yan'er If you don’t respond to me properly, why are you looking at Xi’er?”
"..." It was rare for Shen Shuyan to be scolded by an elder other than her father, and she was still her aunt who had always doted on her. At this moment, she felt a little frustrated and looked at the sky and the earth and said, "I was not the instigator of this matter, I just helped. "
Wei Changying knew that what she said was true, but the problem was that Chief Shen Shuyan—even if she didn't start the matter, when she saw it and knew about it, instead of stopping her, she even helped Shen Shuxi. Then she was The mastermind, even more hateful than the mastermind - Wei Changying's face darkened: "You said this as if you were only three or four years old. Is this what you do to my sister?"
Shen Shuyan choked and didn't think of a reply for a moment, so she lowered her head and remained silent.
Seeing her like this, Wei Changying turned to his other niece: "Where are you, Xi'er? You have nothing to say?"
Shen Shuxi admitted her mistakes quickly: "It's all Xi'er's fault, why should I ask Third Aunt to punish me! This is what Xi'er deserves!"
With her being such a bachelor, Wei Changying really didn't know whether to praise her for her cleverness or to say that her confession of her mistake was so blatant that it was written on her face.
After sullen for a long time, Wei Chang Yingcai sneered and said, "Oh, you know your mistake now, so why didn't you know it yesterday?"
"Xi'er was confused yesterday." Shen Shuxi didn't know that it was because her eldest aunt who loved her was not here, so she was extra honest. Or she had been taught to deal with it this way a long time ago, being respectful and obedient in a way that made people angry. Come out, "Xi'er will never dare to do it again!"
"You..." Wei Changying frowned, but she didn't know what to say - for someone like Shen Shuyan who tried to shirk responsibility or just get away with it, it was natural for her to teach her a lesson, no matter what. She scolded them so that they would be afraid to do similar things in the future. This was the main purpose of calling her two nieces here today!
But now Shen Shuxi has admitted her mistake, and Wei Changying is not that kind of harsh and vicious elder. Should he continue to scold him according to the original plan? Too boring...
The previously prepared remarks were disrupted, and Wei Changying simply called her to him and asked again: "Why did you lock up Niu and the others and take Xie'er to play in the snow? Don't you know that Xie'er can't stand it at this time?" Cold?"
Although Shen Shuxi is young, she definitely knows this. Because the children often play together, the elders have already warned them and the elders to prevent anyone from taking Shen Shuxie outside.
And what does Shen Shuxi mean by knowingly committing such a crime
A six-year-old, almost seven-year-old child should know a bit about the importance of things. The siblings are often together, and I haven't heard anyone say that there have been any conflicts. Wei Changying felt that even if Shen Zangzhu was sad about the tragedy of Shen Zhou's group, he would not teach Shen Shuxi to anger Shen Shuxie, right
So her reason for waiting for Shen Shuxi was that she didn't believe that Shen Shuxi did this for no reason.
But Shen Shuxi was still mumbling and couldn't answer. Shen Shuyan, who was still standing in front of the wall, suddenly raised her head and said, "Third Aunt, it's like this..."
"Shut up!" Wei Changying knew what she was planning as soon as he heard her interjecting at this time, and stopped without hesitation, "Xier, tell me! Come on! Don't lie!"
Shen Shuxi suddenly looked timid when she heard her scolding. She was a child after all, and Shen Zangzhu, who had raised her, was not there to support her.
After being looked at coldly by Wei Changying for a moment, his eyes turned red, and he finally sobbed and said, "Fourth brother said that if Xi'er takes him outside to play in the snow, he will give me his necklace and warm jade pendant."
This answer made Wei Changying stunned for a long time, and then he said messily in the wind: "You... you... just say that you haven't made filial piety yet. This... even if you have already made filial piety, won't Auntie make preparations for you?" Hairpin?"
You are only six years old! It will be the New Year in two days and I will only be seven years old, and I can’t even get a bigger hairpin into it! So eager to save jewelry... Who taught this? ! (To be continued)