As the New Year approached, the weather was getting colder and colder, but the boudoirs of the ladies of the Ning family were still as warm as spring.
The water on the small clay stove was gurgling to a boil.
The little girl sitting in front of the table rolled up her sleeves and exposed her white wrists. With the soft ringing of the three gold bracelets on it, she picked up a small pot and poured it on the tea, and the fragrance was overflowing.
"Plum blossom snow water makes tea the most fragrant." The girl sitting opposite said with a light breath.
The tea here is fragrant, and there is a crisp sound of ding-dong in front of the screen on the other side.
The bamboo arrows landed steadily in the clay pot, shaking the pot for a while.
"Sister Seventeen is amazing." A girl clapped her hands in praise.
Ning Yunyan put down her sleeves, took the handkerchief brought by the girl and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"It's not interesting. I'm tired of playing at home every day." She said, and she took a few steps to sit in front of the sisters who were making tea, and drank a cup of tea.
"Yunyan, drink it slowly, this is the good tea specially sent by Brother Ten from the capital." The sister who made the tea scolded.
Mentioning the ten sons, Ning Yunyan's spirit lifted.
"My brother is coming back from the capital, so he must have left the capital by now." She said.
"Second Uncle, are they coming back together?" Another sister asked.
During the Chinese New Year, Ning Yan's family will also go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors. Even if Ning Yan is too busy with government affairs to leave, his wife and children will also come back.
"Yes." Ning Yunyan smiled, with a hint of complacency.
The second uncle's family has the best relationship with them. There are so many children in the family, and only the tenth brother follows the second uncle.
"Brother Ten will be able to live a peaceful year when he comes back this time." A sister said, "It's not like that time during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Ning Yunyan lowered her face when it was mentioned.
During the mid-autumn festival, when Jun Zhenzhen jumped up and down in Yangcheng, the people of the Ning family had to stay away from others, and the whole family didn't even feel comfortable enjoying the lanterns.
But now it's all right, the marriage is settled, and everyone doesn't have to be careful anymore.
"Solve what." Ning Yunyan snorted, "Brother Ten will not be laughed at behind his back, it's all because of Jun Zhenzhen."
"Yanyan, don't worry, now everyone in the city knows that Jun Zhenzhen has blackmailed our family's money, and there is no engagement with Brother Ten." A sister comforted, "She is a rascal, and it is not us who are entangled by rascals." It's not our fault, it's not us who should be laughed at."
"Yeah, Seventeenth Sister, you don't know, Jun Zhenzhen hasn't dared to go out these days." Another sister said.
Ning Yunyan was still angry.
"But she's going to go out again sooner or later," she said, with a twinkle in her eyes.
The girl on the side took a step forward.
"Miss, don't worry. The third lady said that the Fang family is looking for someone for Miss Jun. She will be married a few years ago, and she will be married far away." She whispered.
This big girl was sent by the wife, and she has half the responsibility of raising her mother, because she is not a few years older than Ning Yunyan, and she is easier to be accepted by Ning Yunyan.
Although these young ladies have been educated and educated, they are still young people. Since they are young people, they are inevitably competitive and impulsive.
The big girl is to appease and persuade in a timely manner.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Ning Yunyan's expression improved. Not only did Jun Zhenzhen get a bad name, but she was also abandoned by the Fang family.
"The Fang family should have done this a long time ago." She snorted and said, "Is this kind of thing still kept for the New Year?"
A sister held her by the shoulders.
"Okay, this thing is not worth talking about, let's continue to play pitching pots." She smiled, "Practice more, and you can win a lottery at Jinyun Tower when you get off the court during the Chinese New Year."
Ning Yunyan smiled and grabbed her hand and got up, the big girl retreated to the side as if she didn't exist.
But when the girls in the room were having fun, a girl hurried in and whispered something in the big girl's ear.
"How come?" The big girl blurted out in surprise.
Ning Yunyan, who was throwing the pot, turned her head when she heard it, and recognized that the little girl was by her mother's side.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
The big girl looked slightly hesitant.
"Miss, then Miss Jun is getting engaged," she said.
Ning Yunyan hummed, did she mean that she had already said it just now, why was she surprised again
"The object of marriage is the young master of the Fang family." The eldest girl said.
The young master of the Fang family
The ladies in the room were all stunned for a moment, but they didn't react for a while.
"Who is the young master of the Fang family?"
Someone else blurted out.
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Compared to the Ning family who just got the news and hasn't returned to God, the Fang family in Yangcheng is already noisy.
Just this morning, Mrs. Fang suddenly announced that she was going to get married. Fang Chengyu and Jun Zhenzhen were engaged, and immediately sent the shopkeepers of the ticket office to discuss the marriage, so the news spread like wind. The Fang family also exploded.
"why?"
Fang Jinxiu asked, this was the only sentence she asked when she broke into Mrs. Fang's room, her eyes were red with anger.
Although Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu did not speak, they both looked at Old Madam Fang.
"How do you talk to the old lady?" Mrs. Fang scolded.
Fang Jinxiu took a deep breath.
"Yes, I know, it's disrespectful for me to question my grandmother like this, but," she said, "I just want to ask why?"
Old lady Fang looked calm.
"Because your brother will be fourteen next year," she said.
The doctor said that Fang Chengyu would not live past the age of fifteen.
"So I want to congratulate him." Mrs. Fang said.
Happy
Sister Fang Jinxiu was stunned.
"Grandmother, why do you believe this?" Fang Jinxiu said anxiously.
"That's all I believe." Mrs. Fang replied immediately with a cold expression.
It was the old lady Fang's obsession to keep Fang Chengyu alive, and no matter how wise the old lady was before this obsession, she had no sense at all.
Fang Yuxiu pulled Fang Jinxiu's sleeve.
Back then Mrs. Fang gave Fang Chengyu a drink of incense ash water from Nantong Temple.
But that was Mrs. Fang. Mrs. Fang had never done such a thing. She didn't even make friends with nuns, nuns, or monks who other women liked. Obviously, she didn't believe in supernatural powers.
Fang Jinxiu bit her lower lip.
But now that the guillotine hanging above her head is getting closer and closer, is the old lady finally going to collapse
The death of grandfather and father made people sad, but it happened suddenly, and the sadness was washed away. Fang Chengyu wanted people to watch a knife slowly fall down to harvest his life, and everyone But nothing can be done, this kind of torture is really driving people crazy.
"Since you want to celebrate, why don't you find another girl?" She took a deep breath and raised her head to continue asking, "Why does it have to be her? This is what she asked for, isn't it?"
For someone like Jun Zhenzhen, if she doesn't want to, who can let her marry Fang Chengyu.
This is a truth that everyone in the family knows, and Mrs. Fang was silent for a moment.
"She will," she simply said.
It is not said who proposed it.
Fang Jinxiu stamped her feet angrily.
"Grandmother, she is willing, she just wants to dominate our house, and when Chengyu is gone in the future, she can also use the name of eldest young mistress to dominate." She said, thinking of something, she suddenly felt resentful, "No wonder The last time she stopped the manager of the ticket office to ask questions, it turned out that she was planning to take over our family's ticket office in the future, and she wanted to stay in our Fang's house, which is really beautiful."
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Fang smashed a teacup in her hand on the ground, and the tea and broken porcelain splashed, causing the people standing underground to panic.
"I am willing too." She shouted, looking at Fang Jinxiu, "You are in the Fang family because of the blood of the Fang family, and Jun Zhenzhen also has blood from our Fang family on her body, so why can't she be in the Fang family? Your aunt is the only daughter left, so you can't tolerate her? Are you happy to drive her out and ignore her?"
Although Mrs. Fang was scolded by her relatives for being cold-blooded and heartless, she had never been angry with her children. This was probably the first time she had been scolded so harshly.
Everyone in the room knelt down in fright.
Fang Jinxiu was still standing alone, as if she was petrified.
"Jinxiu." Mrs. Fang hurriedly shouted in a low voice, "Quickly admit your mistake to the old lady."
Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu also reached out to pull her lapel.
Fang Jinxiu's eyes were red with tears, her chest heaved violently, she threw away Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu, turned around and ran out, ignoring Mrs. Fang's shout behind her.
Fang Jinxiu ran all the way, wiping her tears with her hands.
No matter how badass people are in this world, there are still people who love them, it's really unreasonable.