Wei Luo was wearing a bean-blue jacket covered in golden flowers, a white silk skirt underneath, and a snow-white fox fur cloak on the outside. Her hair was combed, and she looked like a crystal clear snowball from a distance. She came to the flower hall from the pine garden, and there were already many women in the flower hall, mainly received by the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt.
The eldest aunt is a rigorous and dignified woman. Mrs. Tai has been in poor health for the past few years, so she entrusted her to take care of the accounts of the British government. She does things in an orderly manner, with clear rewards and punishments, and all the servants in the mansion obey her. Mrs. Tai is very satisfied with her, and recently she plans to hand over all the common affairs to her.
At present, there are quite a few female family members sitting in the flower hall, the eldest lady settled them down one by one, and ordered the servant girls to serve tea and snacks, and she provided everything for them.
Behind the curved screen with a hundred treasures inlaid with flower and bird patterns, the fourth wife Qin is holding the sixth young master Wei Changmi for everyone to meet. After a month of feeding, Wei Changmi is much rounder than when he was born, and his facial features have grown, revealing beautiful eyebrows and eyes. His eyes are like Du Shi's, his nose and mouth are like Wei Kun's, and he looks pretty good-looking, no longer a wrinkled little monkey. He has a lively and bold personality. When he sees strangers, he doesn't cry or make trouble, but just stares at you curiously. However, there was one exception, as soon as Wei Zheng got close to him, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
It was probably because Wei Zheng hugged him when he was just born, and it made him feel uncomfortable. He still remembers it, so that now he feels scared when he sees Wei Zheng.
On the contrary, he likes to be close to Wei Luo very much. I don't know which tendon was wrong, Wei Changmi smiled when he saw Wei Luo, opened his hands and babbled to her, and liked to grab her fingers and stuff into his mouth. Wei Luo really hated him, she would wash her hands several times after he gnawed her fingers, and she would cry if he didn't let him gnaw her fingers. Are children so annoying? Or is it because he is Du Shi's son that she hates him so much
Wei Changmi didn't know what she was thinking, so he got his head out of Qin's arms. When he saw her, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand with a "Yiya"—
Ah Luo subconsciously took half a step back and hid her hands behind her back.
Seeing this, Qin smiled, and waved at Ah Luo with one hand: "A Luo hasn't seen Chang Mi for a few days, right? Come, see my brother..."
Wei Luo shook her head like a rattle, "I don't want to look, it will eat my hand."
Qin explained with a smile, "That's because he likes you."
But why does he like her? She'd never been kind to him, had she? Wei Luo couldn't figure it out, and didn't go forward, but looked at Wei Changmi from a distance, pursing her pink lips, feeling a bit puzzled.
Because today is Wei Changxian's full moon banquet, all the female relatives' attention is on him. Everyone knows that the British government has recently added a young master, who is the child of the fifth house. But why is it that the fourth lady is leading her, and the fifth lady is not there
Qin explained to everyone in this way: "The fifth younger brother and sister have been in poor health since they gave birth. They can't get out of bed until now. They have been recuperating in the backyard. I am afraid that they will not be able to meet you."
Everyone heard the words and expressed their understanding. Most of the women present had given birth, and some even provided some wonderful recipes for postpartum care and shared them with everyone.
Qin smiled and listened, but didn't say much.
Wei Luo was pulled behind the huanghuali wooden rolling stool by Liang Yurong. Liang Yurong asked mysteriously, "Is that your stepmother's son?"
She came with Mrs. Pingyuan Hou. Pingyuan Hou's wife, Zhen Lan, and Jiang Miaolan used to handkerchief handkerchiefs back then, and they had a very close relationship. If it wasn't for attending the British birthday banquet today, she probably wouldn't have attended it. Zhen Lan has a good relationship with Jiang Miaolan, so naturally she doesn't want to see Du's child, so she is sitting on the rosewood rose chair from a distance, watching with cold eyes, not very happy.
Wei Luo nodded and said "Yes".
Liang Yurong turned her head to look at the child in Qin's arms, then retracted her gaze for a while, and remarked against her will: "It's really ugly."
Although Liang Yurong didn't know what Du Shi was doing, in the eyes of all the children, her stepmother was bad, with a vicious heart and cruel methods. Therefore, Liang Yurong's words contained strong personal prejudice.
Wei Luo didn't refute, it was a tacit agreement.
The wives from all walks of life hugged Wei Changmi in turn, and said a few auspicious words to whoever had their turn, and presented them with the full moon gifts prepared in advance. Since the child is temporarily being raised by Qin Shi, these gifts are also handled by Qin Shi, she first ordered the servant girl to accept them, took Wei Changmi back into her arms, and said with a smile: "I will thank all the ladies on Chang Mi's behalf."
Gifts for children don't need to be too expensive, just a thought is enough. Therefore, those gifts are mostly jade pendants with many children and many blessings, unicorns giving children silver longevity locks, etc... Dazzling and the same.
Mrs. Pingyuan Hou didn't prepare a gift, nor did she hug Wei Changmi, she just said "Congratulations" politely, and it was over.
Qin looked at her, there was no blame in her eyes, but more understanding.
Fortunately, there were many people, and few people cared about this little episode. Not long after, someone came from the front yard to pass the news, saying that the British government ordered people to start the meeting, and ladies and gentlemen, please go to the front hall.
Everyone cheered and got up, followed Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Da to the front hall.
The Qin family did not leave, and neither did Mrs. Pingyuan Hou.
Zhen Lan was still sitting in the rose chair, with a calm demeanor and noble demeanor, it seemed that she had something to say to Qin. However, Mrs. Qin couldn't entertain her right now, and was thinking about how to persuade her to leave, when someone outside the door impatiently came, led by a maid.
Mrs. Du is holding the Linghua door, wearing a pink and purple satin jacket, white thread skirt, and a lingyun bun, obviously dressed up deliberately. Even so, it still couldn't hide the dark blue under her eyes and a few gray hairs on her temples. She stared at the swaddling baby in Qin's hand, her eyes were red, she wanted to step forward but dared not.
This was the first time she saw her child, lying in someone else's arms, looking at ease and comfortable. At this moment, her heart felt like a knife was being twisted, as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out of her body, and she couldn't breathe due to the pain.
It turns out that her child looks like this, with light eyebrows, big eyes, and a small mouth...
She didn't know how she got through this month, and she lived in pain every day, but there was a little hope in the pain. She kept telling herself that she would be able to see Chang Mi soon, and she would be able to hug her child, so she managed to hold on until now.
Now that I see it, I feel that it is worth waiting for a month.
Without any warning, Mrs. Du rushed to Mrs. Qin, ignoring Mrs. Qin's obstruction, and snatched the child away abruptly! She hugged Chang Mi, pushed aside the swaddling clothes and looked at his eyebrows, eyes, nose... She shed tears when she saw it, she cried tremblingly: "Chang Mi, I am your mother, look at me..."
Wei Changmi had never seen her before, so he was a little curious at first, and looked at her with big black eyes. Gradually, Du Shi's arm tightened more and more tightly, he was hurt by the hoop, coupled with Du Shi's constant tears, the tears fell on his pink face, he was frightened by her crazy appearance, and his little mouth shriveled. crying.
The more he cried, the more flustered Du became, hugging him, coaxing and kissing him: "Don't cry, Chang Mi won't cry... Mother will feel bad..."
But it was useless, Wei Changmi cried more and more, and opened his arms towards Qin Shi, trying to escape from Du Shi's embrace.
At this moment, Mrs. Qin didn't care about Mrs. Pingyuanhou's presence, and stepped forward to comfort her: "Fifth sibling, Chang Mi has some relationship with you, you can give him to me first."
It was probably this sentence that stimulated Du Shi, she stepped back abruptly, hugged the baby even tighter, "I am his biological mother, how could he have sex with me?" After speaking, she changed the subject and said firmly : "I won't hand him over to you, don't even think about it!"
She retreated to the door while talking, as if she was ready to take Wei Changmi away at any moment.
Originally, he only said to let her take a look, but now after she has seen it, she is greedy. She was not satisfied at all at first glance, she regretted it, and wanted to take Chang Mi back to raise herself, and never give him to anyone again. Wei Changmi cried hoarsely in her arms, and stretched out his hand to find Mrs. Qin. She felt heartbroken, and pressed his hands back cruelly, and kept saying: "Chang Mi, look clearly, I am your mother... I gave birth to you for a whole day, why are you looking for her?"
But how does a full-term baby understand this? He only knows whether he is comfortable or not, whether he is afraid or not, it doesn't matter who gave birth to him.
Qin Shi gestured to the woman outside the door with her eyes, and as soon as Du Shi turned around, the four women stood in front of her and blocked her way!
Wei Kun expected that Mrs. Du would go back on his word, and he was prepared for it. The four wives were just to guard against her.
The mothers-in-law are all Lianjiazi, with great strength, two of them restrained Du Shi's arms, and two of them snatched Wei Changmi from her.
Mrs. Du couldn't move, she watched them send Chang Mi back to Mrs Qin's arms, tears welling up in her eyes, distraught: "Give it back to me, give him back to me..."
Mrs. Qin made up her mind, as if she hadn't heard of it, and told the four women: "Send the fifth lady back to the ginkgo garden, take the path, and don't let people see you." , this side should be seen for a longer time. Well, I have met anyway, so you can rest assured. I was entrusted by my fifth uncle, and I will raise Chang Mi well. Although I have many sons, I will definitely not treat you badly He, you don't need to worry about that."
After finishing speaking, the wives took Du Shi down.
Du's gaze was glued to Wei Changmi's body before he left, how could one look be enough? Her son, she couldn't even look at him a hundred times, they only let her look at him once!
However, it was precisely because of this look that made her even more desperate.
Wei Changmi stopped crying as soon as he got into Qin's arms, and even rubbed against her chest, with an intimate gesture, just like his own mother and child. What made her even more sad was that Wei Changmi held Wei Luo's fingers tightly with one hand, and his expression was peaceful, not at all like the fear in his arms. Standing beside Qin Shi, Wei Luo smiled at her, there was both irony and pity in that smile, but there was no mercy at all.
She was heartbroken, and a fishy sweetness welled up in her throat.
It is better to let her disappear if we have to separate after meeting each other. This feeling is worse than death.
The Fourth Aunt and Mrs. Ping Yuanhou were talking in the flower hall, Wei Luo and Liang Yurong came out from the hall, and walked side by side on the veranda leading to the front yard.
Both of them witnessed the scene just now, Liang Yurong was a little curious, why the fifth lady couldn't raise her own child, and had to be raised by the fourth lady? Moreover, the fifth lady was very downcast at first glance. She had the impression that she was a woman who was strong on the outside and capable on the outside, but she didn't expect to become like this in just a few days. But this is Wei Luo's family business, so she endured it without asking any further questions, took out something from her sleeve and handed it to Wei Luo, "Ah Luo, look, this is a sachet my brother bought from the street, he bought two , give you one."
It was a golden silk sachet. There were dried flower petals and spices in the sachet. The smell was very pure and pleasant. While talking, she tied it around Ah Luo's waist, and finally took two steps back to look at it, and said with satisfaction, "It's so pretty."
Wei Luo fiddled with her twice with a smile, and thanked her.
She said it was nothing, stepped forward and took Ah Luo's hand and said, "Let's go to the front quickly, the banquet will be over if we go late."
Ah Luo nodded and followed her forward.
Snowflakes floated outside the verandah, the snow was not big, it fell down little by little, and melted before touching the ground.
Before he took two steps, he saw a figure parked under the silver fir in front of him. He was dressed in white and snowy, and his figure was lonely. Liang Yurong suddenly stopped and looked over there, "Ah Luo, is that your elder brother?"
Wei Luo followed and saw that it was the elder brother Wei Changyin. He sat alone under the tree, staring ahead, not knowing what he was thinking. Snowflakes circled behind him, and some of them fell on his head and shoulders, but he was not in a hurry to brush them off, his head was slightly lowered, his profile was exquisite and beautiful, like an understatement of a landscape painting. Not very profound, but pleasing to the eye.
Wei Luo said yes, and before she could stop her, Liang Yurong ran over.
She came to Wei Changyin, and called big brother crisply, breaking the peaceful scene.
Wei Chang returned to his senses, turned his head to look at her, his brows and eyes stretched, showing a kind smile: "What's the matter?"
Liang Yurong's face was flushed red from the cold, and she pointed to his hair, "It's snowing, why are you sitting here? Your head is covered in snow, if you keep going like this, you'll catch a cold." After she finished speaking, she saw the Wheelchair, with a vague comprehension on his face, he said guiltily, "Is it because no one pushes you? Let me help you. Do you want to go to the front hall too? It just so happens that Ah Luo and I are going too."
After finishing speaking, he came behind Wei Changyin, supported the back of the chair with his small hands, and pushed hard, but did not push.
The wheelchair was heavy, and she couldn't push it with her little strength.
Wei Changyin laughed dumbfounded, thanked her, called her back, reached out and picked off a snowflake on top of her head, "I'm waiting for someone. Thank you for your kindness, what's your name?"
Liang Yurong looked at him and said in a daze, "My name is Liang Yurong, and my father is Pingyuanhou."
He nodded, glanced at Wei Luo not far away, and asked, "Are you Ah Luo's little friend?"
Liang Yurong gave an affirmative hum, thought for a while and corrected, "She's a good sister."
Wei Changyin smiled slightly and said nothing more.
Under the verandah, Wei Luo watched their actions with mixed feelings. It is precisely because I know what will happen to them in the future that I don't want them to get too close. She was hesitating whether she should step forward to stop her, when she suddenly saw a person fall from the air and appear in front of her without warning!
The Xuanqing cloth shirt looks unfamiliar, although it is dressed as a guard, it is not a guard of the British government.
Wei Luo subconsciously took half a step back, and he stepped forward, picked her up without saying a word, covered her mouth, and rummaged into the yard on the other side. Before leaving, the guard looked at Wei Changyin and nodded, obviously recognizing him.
Liang Yurong looked at this scene in astonishment, "A Luo..."
Wei Changyin patted her head and comforted her, "Don't worry, he won't hurt Ah Luo."
The guard climbed over another wall, which was the small courtyard of the British government. There is a bamboo forest here, with winding paths leading to secluded places, usually few people come and go, and Ah Luo doesn't come here often. She felt uneasy. When the guards put her on the ground, she was about to call for help. When she looked up, she saw a familiar person sitting in front of her.
Zhao Jie was wearing a black cloak woven with gold and python patterns, and he sat on the stone bench calmly, resting his chin on his hands, and looked at her unhurriedly.
With a smile in his eyes, it was obvious that he ordered the guards to bring her here.
Wei Luo's petal-like mouth opened slightly, showing surprise.
He hijacked her at her house? Is there any kingly law? Is it too defiant? She didn't care what he was looking for, she puffed up her cheeks, turned her head and walked away.