When we arrived at the De'an Courtyard, we found out that the second wife of the Shen family, Mrs. Zhou, had returned.
Except for Shen Xiao, everyone is here with Mrs. Shen. Mrs. Zhou is a woman with a round body and fair skin. She has good features and looks a little like Mrs. Shen. Her eyes are sharp and sharp, which makes people feel uncomfortable. so close.
Old Mrs. Shen was lying sickly on the bed, her complexion was sallow, she looked listless, and her voice was weak.
Ouch, they didn't even know when the old lady got sick.
"Grandmother." Shen Zikai and Shen Ziqiao saluted, and then saluted Zhou, "Second Aunt."
"When did Second Aunt come back?" Shen Zikai raised his head and asked warmly.
Zhou's eyelids were slightly raised, and he looked at the two brothers and sisters sternly.
"The old lady is so sick, and none of you grandchildren come to take care of the sick?" Zhou's voice was very soft, but there was a strong sense of blame.
Shen Zikai glanced at her expressionlessly, "We were negligent."
Negligence! When she came to pay her respects to old Mrs. Shen yesterday, she was still very energetic, so she didn't look like she was sick? Today, it looks like you have been sick for ten days and a half months and can't get out of bed. What is this? On purpose.
"The old lady has worked so hard to take care of this family. Not only are you inconsiderate, but you also make the old lady unhappy all day long. Let people outside know that they will only say that the descendants of the Shen family are not filial. Do you even want your reputation?" Zhou Shi didn't speak loudly, but every sentence was very unpleasant to hear.
Shen Ziqiao didn't bother to put on any guilt and filial piety on her face, and looked at Zhou Shi indifferently.
Zhou looked at her, "Why, Jiaojiao, do you think I'm wrong?"
"Whatever you say is what you say." Shen Ziqiao pursed her lips and said, with the expression that I listened to your fart.
"Presumptuous!" Mrs. Zhou sternly shouted, "It's been a long time since we saw each other. The more you don't know the rules, do you have the attitude of talking to elders? What did you promise me when I was leaving the capital?" ?”
Zhou's eyes were fixed on Shen Ziqiao. She had already noticed the difference in Shen Ziqiao. Although this motherless girl was unruly and self-willed, she didn't dare to show her sharpness when facing her and the old lady. She didn't even dare to talk back. , will only mutter a few words behind his back.
It was because she was afraid that the old lady and her would restrict her access and expenses. But today Shen Ziqiao seemed to be fearless.
Do you think you have Shen Xiao and Shen Zikai as your backers, so you are not afraid of anything
"I really forgot, why don't you remind me, Second Aunt. What did I promise you?" Shen Ziqiao didn't like this Zhou family, very much. She didn't know if this Zhou family was a good person, but just based on her feelings, she could He felt that Zhou would not treat him very well.
It's a pity that she was reading a book. The author doesn't have much pen and ink about Zhou, most of them are mentioned briefly, otherwise he can understand this person better.
"Jiaojiao." Shen Zikai called softly, he didn't like his younger sister arguing with his second aunt at this time.
Mrs. Zhou laughed, "Our third young lady is really getting stronger and stronger. She made the old lady fall ill with anger. She didn't even admit her mistake, and even questioned the elders in the family confidently."
"Second Aunt, I can't understand what I said. Why did I make the old lady mad, what did I do?" Shen Ziqiao snorted, it was because she was as easy to pinch as a persimmon, so she could be easily charged with crimes
"What have you been doing during this time, you don't know?" Zhou was even more surprised. This Shen Ziqiao made her feel very strange.
This is not the Jiaojiao who always dares to be angry and dare not speak up in front of her, and it is not a muscle. Jiaojiao who yells as long as others tease her.
How long has it been... It's completely different.
"I have to think about it, what have I done recently, ah, I want my mother's dowry back with the old lady, so the old lady is angry and sick? Or is it that I drive away those slaves in the family, and the old lady is not happy, So are you sick with anger? I know, it must be that Mama Li and her nephew encouraged others to grab the rice from the rice shop a few days ago, and took the opportunity to kill me. Deliberately pretending to be naive and ignorant, seeing Mrs. Shen's face getting more and more gloomy, her mood is getting better and better.
After saying this, the expressions of everyone in the room changed.
Especially Shen Xiao's three aunts, they all knew that Mrs. Shen had taken Pan's dowry for themselves, but they didn't know that Shen Ziqiao had already known about the dowry that Mrs. Pan had left for her, and she wanted to take it back with Mrs. Shen.
How can you spit out the meat you eat in your mouth! They all knew too well what Mrs. Shen was like.
"Shut up!" Mrs. Zhou stopped her, her face turning green and pale.
She originally suppressed Shen Ziqiao when she just came back, lest her arrogance be too high. Shen Ziqiao has always been afraid of her. Unexpectedly, Shen Ziqiao was not only not afraid of her this time, but also dared to contradict her. She almost refuted her gaffe.
"Isn't it these things? Then I really don't know what I did to make the old lady unhappy. Maybe my existence makes the old lady feel an eyesore. It's better to drive me out, and the old lady will recover naturally." Shen Ziqiao mocked Looking at Zhou sternly, don't think she is an idiot, thinking that a few words of scolding can make her subdue.
"The old lady has kept the dowry for you all these years. Not only are you not grateful, but you are against the old lady. Who taught you this? Is this how Mrs. Pan taught her daughter?" Mrs. Zhou stood up, glaring at Shen Ziqiao angrily.
As for Pan Shi, Zhou Shi disliked her as much as Mrs. Shen did.
She is jealous of Pan Shi.
Shen Ziqiao looked back coldly, "Second Aunt, don't you know that my mother has been dead for many years?"
"Second aunt, the deceased is great, please respect my mother." Shen Zikai said lightly, and he pulled Shen Ziqiao behind him, "Jiaojiao and I only found out about grandma's illness today. In the past few months, Jiaojiao has been well-behaved. There are a lot, I'm afraid the second aunt has some misunderstanding."
What a misunderstanding, this old woman is here for her! Shen Ziqiao hummed in her heart.
Mrs. Zhou knew that there was a mistake in her words, so she tucked up the quilt for Mrs. Shen, sat back down again, and exchanged glances with Mrs. Shen.
She came back this time to prevent Shen Ziqiao from taking back the dowry. She originally thought that if she shocked Shen Ziqiao, she would naturally make this maid quit, but now it seems that it is not easy.
Mrs. Shen took a few weak breaths, "It's none of Sanya's business, it's my own poor health, you all go back, I'm tired."
"Then grandma should rest well, let's go back first." A little girl who had been standing beside Mrs. Shen's bed said softly.
Only then did Shen Ziqiao realize that there was a strange girl in the room.
"Okay." Mrs. Shen looked at her lovingly and nodded.
"Grandmother, rest well, grandson will visit you later." Shen Zikai pulled Shen Ziqiao out of De'an Courtyard.
"Brother, what does the second aunt mean? She came to help the old lady?" Shen Ziqiao asked Shen Zikai after she left the De'an Courtyard.
Shen Zikai sighed, "The old lady is very dependent on the second aunt..."
"I don't care who she relies on. I think she just wants to take my dowry and give it to the second wife." I've seen a lot of eccentric people, and I've never seen such shameless eccentricity.
"Jiaojiao, after all, they are elders, and you are a junior. Even if you have any grievances, you have to endure it. Grandfather is coming soon. He is the old man who needs to get back the dowry. Don't try to force yourself." Shen Zikai advised in a low voice, " Don't get caught instead."
Shen Ziqiao thought about it carefully, and felt that what Shen Zikai said was right, she was always the one who would suffer the disadvantage of going against the elders, why not wait for the grandfather to come, and get the dowry back from the old woman with confidence.
"Brother, I understand, no matter what the old lady and grandmother say, I will endure it." Shen Ziqiao said.
"Be good!" Shen Zikai patted her head, but felt helpless in his heart. If his mother was alive...who in the Shen family would dare to bully his sister
Shen Ziqiao and Shen Zikai separated in the courtyard, she returned to Qiao Xinyuan, and when she was about to ask Mrs. Meng about Mrs. Zhou, a servant girl reported back, saying that Miss Fourth had come.
Fourth Miss? It's Zhou's daughter.
She thought of the delicate and lovely girl she saw in the old lady's room just now, that should be Zhou's daughter.
Just as she was thinking, the curtain moved slightly, and Shen Zixin, who was wearing a white long-length beanie sprinkled with vermilion flowers on the ground, walked in. She looked somewhat similar to Zhou's, but her facial features were more delicate and beautiful than Zhou's, and her skin could be broken , the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and there is a pear dimple looming.
"Jiaojiao." She called affectionately as soon as she entered the door, and before Shen Ziqiao could speak, she had already sat down beside her.
so enthusiastic? Do you have a good relationship with this deity? Shen Ziqiao felt that she was about to have persecution paranoia, and there was a purpose in worrying about who she saw being nice to her.
It's all because of Sheng Peiyin!
"Xin'er..." she said with a smile, "Why don't you go back and rest first?"
Shen Zixin frowned and looked at Shen Ziqiao seriously, and touched her chin with one hand, "Jiaojiao, why do I feel that you seem to be very different."
"What's different? It's become more beautiful." Shen Ziqiao laughed.
"You dare to talk back to my mother, Shibie has been admiring you for three days, you don't know, I heard about you along the way, and I wonder if you are my cousin." Shen Zixin said excitedly.
Shen Ziqiao didn't know what expression to use to treat this cousin, she and Zhou had completely different attitudes, whether they were enemies or friends, she was confused.
Shen Zixin didn't notice Shen Ziqiao's strangeness, she took Shen Ziqiao's hand and asked in a low voice, "Are you really going to take back the dowry that your auntie left you?"
"Must." Shen Ziqiao said with certainty, did she come to test her tone
"Grandmother gave my mother a lot of things last year. I think they are all my uncle's dowry. You must check them out and don't be fooled."
Girl, where are you from
Shen Ziqiao was petrified, she didn't know what expression to use to face this cousin.
PS:
I plan to wean the child. Last night, his grandma hugged him to sleep. I was heartbroken, and I couldn’t code at all. There was only one thought in my mind, to snatch my son back... snatch it back... After struggling for an hour, I heard the sound of the baby Cried, flew to snatch it back, and then, weaning failed...