Xiaoxue shook her head and smiled wryly, and said, "Where is that treasure? It's an ordinary handkerchief embroidered by me—" Before she finished speaking, her face suddenly turned pale, as if she was out of her body.
"Oh! That's why my mother didn't make sense! Hey, sister, what's wrong with you?" Lu Xiaoshu just finished talking about his old lady, and suddenly found that his sister's expression was very wrong.
"Second Sister," Xiaoxue stammered, "I, I remembered! That piece, the handkerchief, yes, probably the one from the temple fair..."
"Really? Sister, it's good that you remember it! Then let's go and explain to mother clearly!" Lu Xiaoshu became happy when he heard this, and he took Xiaoxue's arm and wanted to go back.
"Second Sister..." Xiaoxue's voice seemed to carry a kind of helplessness and fear of accepting fate, she tremblingly said: "But, but have you forgotten? That little fat man that day - I am worried, is it because he gave the handkerchief to you?" picked it up..."
Lu Xiaoshu was stunned, and couldn't help cursing: "That bastard? Hmph, I think it's probably possible! He's so brave, he dared to hide your things from sister! Looking back, I'll find out which family's rascal it is. I can't get it back with my sister!"
Xiaoxue staggered and almost couldn't stand still, her face turned white in an instant, thinking of the matchmaker who came in and out of her house for a while, thinking of the temple fair that day, the little fat man who molested her, the lost handkerchief, thinking of her mother's uncharacteristically angry Asked, her feet went limp, and she groaned in pain and wanted to slide down.
"Sister!" Lu Xiaoshu hurriedly supported her, and said anxiously, "Sister, what's wrong with you!"
"I—" Xiaoxue stared blankly at her younger sister, her brilliant eyes seemed to lose focus all of a sudden, she was just so dazed, stunned, speechless.
Seeing this, Lu Xiaoshu was so anxious that he wanted to get angry, and kept asking: "Sister! Sister! What's the matter, you should talk quickly! Sister, you really want to kill me!"
"Second Sister!" Xiaoxue's tears rolled down, and she sobbed, "Second Sister, I, I think something must have happened! That veil, you have caused trouble!" After speaking, her whole body trembled, and she began to cry. It took a long time before Lu Xiaoshu persuaded her, and stammered out her guess.
Although he was facing a close girl who he played on a kang and ate in a bowl, it was still embarrassing to say such a thing out of his own mouth. Things are clear.
"This, this..." Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help being stunned.
She thought for a while and said, "It seems, it's really true!"
This sentence caused Xiaoxue to feel sad again, and couldn't help sobbing again: "What to do! What to do! What to do!"
Lu Xiaoshu suddenly remembered what his mother said, "If you have the ability, go to Zhou's house and don't come back." His heart moved, and he felt more certain, so he persuaded Xiaoxue: "Sister, anyway, things are not settled yet! Mother If you ask again, at worst we tell mother the truth of the day, and parents will definitely help sister decide!"
"What's the use!" Xiaoxue smiled wryly, "That handkerchief is indeed mine. If, if it really falls into the hands of that Deng Tuzi, what's the use of what I say!"
What she thought in her heart was what else could I do besides obediently listening to other people's threats? If people spread the word with that handkerchief, or even confuse black and white, and add embellishment to say something embarrassing, what else can I do besides twisting my hair and becoming a sister-in-law
She would never agree to marry such a person!
I'm afraid that even the entire Lu family and even my second younger sister who has not left the court will be affected! But this little girl is still naive and tight, and she is still here to help and comfort herself when she is aggrieved. How does she know that she has actually been implicated
"Don't care!" Lu Xiaoshu pouted and said, "Anyway, I only know that my parents love us very much, and they will definitely not ignore my sister! That bastard flirting with my sister on the street shows that it is not a fun thing, no matter how confused our parents are It's impossible to push my sister into the fire pit! Hey, I have an idea!"
Lu Xiaoshu's eyes lit up as he spoke, and he said with a smile: "My sister is still young, so what's the big deal if a child loses something by accident? Can't it be enough to make big things into small things?"
"Second Sister!" Xiaoxue was amused and touched, and sighed: "You little girl, you are really just a child at heart. My sister will be thirteen soon, and you are over twelve years old. You are not a child anymore. You, don’t hurry up and put away this child’s disposition, don’t be so careless when doing things, just like my sister and me…”
"It's not my sister's fault! It's just that bastard who is not good!" Lu Xiaoshu hated his teeth, thinking in his heart that he knew that bastard was so hateful, so he shouldn't let him go so easily, and he called his parents if he had to beat him Can't beg for mercy—well, it looks like he already begged for mercy...
No, he must be beaten to report him out of the house! Now I have to come to settle accounts with him again!
However, Mother must know which family it is from! This is so much easier—
Lu Xiaoshu had made up his mind, so he hurriedly persuaded his elder sister, and finally persuaded Xiaoxue temporarily, and the two sisters went home together.
After something like this happened, how could Xiaoxue have the nerve to stay in front of her mother? After returning, he entered the room and sat alone in a daze.
After a while, Miao Cuilan opened the door and came in. Seeing her like this, she felt angry again.
She didn't know that Xiaoxue wanted to understand this matter and was sad because of it. She only thought that she had a bad temper, and she was wronged and crying after being questioned a few times by herself, and she still didn't know how to repent!
She only cared about herself, but had she ever thought about how she felt as a mother? Miao Cuilan became angry again after thinking about it, her eyes and eyebrows didn't look so pretty anymore.
"Did you figure it out when you came back?" Miao Cuilan said distressedly and annoyed, "I'll ask you again, where did the veil go? Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue, there is a saying that this paper can't cover the fire. Since I asked you this, you should know that you can't hide it! Why don't you tell me the truth!"
"Mother!" Xiaoxue heard her mother ask, obviously thinking that she had some affair with that apprentice, she couldn't help but feel sore, she got up and knelt down gently in front of her, tearing at her skirt and said: "Mother , I didn't lie to you, and my daughter didn't dare to lie to my mother, the veil really fell off! I thought it should be, it should have fallen on the day of the temple fair... "
Miao Cuilan's face turned pale immediately, and she asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Tell me quickly!"
Xiaoxue didn't care about being ashamed and wronged, so she had no choice but to tell the truth about what happened that day.
Miao Cuilan knew that her daughter would not lie, and both Xiaoyu and Xiaoshu knew that Xiaoshu was fine, if it wasn't true, her daughter would not have involved Xiaoyu either! For a moment, she couldn't help being shocked and angry.
"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!" Miao Cuilan turned pale with anger, her breathing became rough, and her body trembled slightly.
Originally, Xiaoxue never wanted to mention this matter again, but she never thought that she would have to say it again after such a short time, which was equivalent to going through it again, and she was so sad that she knelt on the ground and hung She was sobbing and weeping with her head down, and her delicate shoulders trembled slightly, so pitiful.
Miao Cuilan was naturally angry at the Zhou family, and the Zhou family was too deceitful!
It is really unreasonable to molested one's own daughter first, and brazenly threatened to force marriage afterward!
"Okay, don't cry! Get up!" Miao Cuilan sighed, and couldn't help being angry and annoyed again, and sighed: "It's true, you rarely leave the house a few times, and everyone else is fine Well, you are the one who made the news! Alas!"
"Mom!" Xiaoxue felt even more sad when she heard her say that, and her tears fell even more fiercely.
"Get up! I'll discuss this matter with your father later, so don't think too much about it!" Seeing her like this, Miao Cuilan couldn't continue her reproach.
"Mother, I, I—" Xiaoxue raised her head, tears streaming down her face. She originally wanted to say "I don't want to marry that apprentice!", but the girl has a thin skin, so she really can't say that.
Miao Cuilan couldn't help but feel sad when she saw her embarrassed and wronged like this, and sighed: "Okay, Mom and Dad will take care of this matter, be good."
Xiaoxue stopped crying, nodded and stood up.
As soon as Miao Cuilan went out, without waiting for her order, Lu Xiaoshu smiled and called "Mother" and took the initiative to get into the room to accompany her sister.
"This girl, really!" Miao Cuilan sighed and shook her head. She must know that the two sisters are close!
The more Miao Cuilan thought about it, the more aggrieved and annoyed she became, and she looked very strange all afternoon. When Lu Zhongxiu came back from work on the canal and saw the situation, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
Miao Cuilan didn't hide it either, she glared back at him, and continued to do her housework without saying a word. But in his heart he was secretly thinking about how to discuss with him at night to come up with an idea.
When she returned to her room at night, Miao Cuilan couldn't wait to talk about the matter from the beginning to the end. After she finished speaking, she cursed all the people in the Zhou family, from Yuanwai Zhou and his wife to the young master of the Zhou family, and even that Sister Li Hua, the matchmaker, was scolded so badly.
Lu Zhong had long been used to his wife's temper, so he could only smile helplessly when he saw this.
After she finished losing her temper, Lu Zhong asked, "What do you think should be done about this matter?"
Miao Cuilan said angrily: "If I knew what to do, I would ask you! Our daughter can't be bullied like this for nothing!"
Miao Cuilan sighed as she spoke, the momentum of cursing just now was gone, and she calmed down a little. How could she not be angry, how could she not complain? An innocent daughter's family suffered such grievances that she could not sue, if she hadn't played a mouse trick, she would have gone to the Zhou family to settle the score.
"Why don't we let Chuhe come forward to make peace and settle this matter? What do you think?" Miao Cuilan suddenly said with bright eyes.