When Xie An was called, he still didn't understand why, but seeing his grandmother lying ill in bed, and hearing her complaining full of sorrow, he immediately frowned.
He is a scholar, so naturally he can't say that his parents are not, but at this moment, Xie An already feels a little disgusted with his mother who is not close to him.
"Grandmother, don't worry, grandson will go to tell mother at this time, grandma should rest soon and don't need to worry about other things." Xie An cupped his hands.
The old lady Xie was ironing in her heart. Fortunately, her grandson is a filial son.
"Hey, if it wasn't for my grandmother, I really couldn't help it, and I wouldn't let An'er know about it. It's not that my grandmother wants to seize your mother's dowry, and those are all spent in the house, and the rest is left to you by my grandmother. .”
Xie An's heart moved, and he became more determined.
Xie An left only after Mrs. Xie gave another order.
Seeing the back of her grandson leaving, Mrs. Xie was still a little worried, but not as worried as before.
Didn't Tang shi always want to get close to An'er, and now that An'er came by herself, how could Tang shi, a mother, refuse her son's request.
Old Madam Xie felt that she wanted An'er to talk about it, and Tang would eventually agree.
Thinking like this, without such worries, I didn't sleep well last night at all, and the old lady Xie fell into a deep sleep very quickly.
Over there, when Tang Lihua woke up in the morning, she knew what happened in Mrs. Xie's courtyard last night.
The two must have done it for the dowry, Tang Lihua was delighted to watch their quarrel in the nest, but she didn't know if Mrs. Xie was willing to spit out all the dowry she had swallowed for the sake of her son.
But when Xie An came to the door, Tang Lihua was still surprised.
"Son pays respects to his aunt." Xie An greeted him with a very alienated attitude.
Tang Lihua didn't know what Yuanshen's cheap son came here to do, but he didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, this sentence was applicable to Xie An.
Sure enough, as Tang Lihua expected, before Tang Lihua could speak much, Xie An used a tone that should be taken for granted, with blame in his words.
"Mother really shouldn't be angry with grandma. Grandma worked hard every day for Xie's family. Mother went back to grandparents' house in anger. After she came back, grandma didn't blame her. Mother herself started to make trouble for no reason."
After listening to this passage, Tang Lihua was overjoyed. Sure enough, she shouldn't have too high expectations for Yuanshen's char siu son. Why is she not doing this yet? This char siu is here to show off her presence.
She looked at Xie An with the eyes of a fool, and asked an irrelevant question, "Are you really studying in the Imperial College?"
Xie An didn't know why she said this, but Xie An was extremely proud to be a member of the Imperial Academy, so he nodded naturally.
Tang Lihua supported her forehead, "Then you must be not good at studies, and you are often punished by your husband."
Xie An's expression turned pale, "What is mother talking about, how can anyone say that about her son."
Tang Lihua showed the same expression as Xie Ancai, and said with a bit of blame, "If you are not often punished by the master, then the Imperial College is not as good as the rumors. It is only because you are not clear about right and wrong now. Even the last If you don't understand the basic etiquette, you can know it or not."
Xie An suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at his mother, and felt that there was something wrong with his ears. Usually, his mother would be cautious when seeing him, as if she wanted to step forward but dared not. Every time she could tell herself The last few words are full of joy.
The reason why Xie An dared to say what he said earlier was because he believed deep in his heart that his mother would definitely not care about it, and would even go to confess to his grandmother.
But what happened now made Xie An feel that something was wrong.
Tang Lihua didn't give Xie An too much time to react, she changed from her mild and indifferent expression at the beginning.
Brushing his fingers over the rim of the cup, he looked coldly at Xie An who was still standing there, "Get out of here quickly, how did I give birth to you, a fool who doesn't know right from wrong and thinks he's smart."
Xie An was startled, backed away again and again by his mother's eyes, unbelievable.
"Take Mr. Xie out and look at him one more time, my eyes hurt." After finishing speaking, Tang Lihua turned her head and waved her hand, but she really didn't look at Xie An again.
In such shock, Xie An was invited out of the courtyard by the servants brought by Tang Lihua.
By the time he reacted, the courtyard door had been tightly closed in front of him.
Xie An's face was completely gloomy, he stared at the wooden door for a long time, finally let out a cold snort, and then left.
In the courtyard, Mrs. Fang was listening to the movement outside, and when she heard the footsteps fading away, she returned to Tang Lihua's side with a worried look on her face.
"Girl, this..." Mrs. Fang was very hesitant. After all, it was also the son of the girl who was conceived in October. Although she is a little ignorant now, but the girl is like this, isn't it that the little mother-child bond that is left is completely cut off.
Tang Lihua knew what she was going to say, and a tired look appeared on her face at the right time, "He was brought up by Mrs. Xie, and he never saw me as a mother in his eyes. Besides, I have figured it out now, it's not my own." , I can’t force it all the time, so be it.”
Mrs. Fang didn't dare to say anything immediately, for fear of causing the girl's sadness again.
Here, after Xie An left, he went straight back to his grandmother's yard and wanted to tell what had happened, but was stopped by Granny Yu.
"Eldest son, the old lady is fast asleep now. If there is anything, it is the same to tell the old slave. When the old lady wakes up, the old slave will tell the old lady immediately."
Xie An was in a bad mood right now, and he didn't want to face his grandmother, so he said the matter in a blunt tone, and then went back to his courtyard.
Leaving Mrs. Yu in shock, the madam treated the eldest son in the same way.
But apart from being shocked, Mrs. Yu still had the feeling that it was so.
Mrs. Yu still didn't go into the room to wake up the old lady, and the old lady fell asleep until sunset.
Hearing the movement, Mrs. Yu led a group of maidservants in to help the old lady get up.
After a day's sleep, Mrs. Xie was also hungry, and Mrs. Yu asked the kitchen to heat up the dishes.
At this time, they put them on the table one by one, "Old lady, eat slowly."
Mrs. Yu was waiting on the side, ready to wait for the old lady to finish eating before repeating what the young master said, but Mrs. Xie had this matter in mind, so she asked directly.
Mrs. Yu had no choice but to tell the story one by one. Mrs. Xie, who was still in the mood to eat, immediately put down her chopsticks, unable to swallow.
Her face was very ugly.
Over there Tang Lihua saw that it was getting late, so she sent someone to inform Xie Yuan that the two-day period was coming soon.
Afterwards, the people sent by Tang Lihua came back, but they didn't see Xie Yuan at all.
Tang Lihua sneered, and asked people to pack up and salute. This time, she wanted to bring back all the original things.
In the front yard, of course Xie Yuan knew that Tang Lihua's people had come, but he just didn't see them on purpose, but he heard the news that it was the madam's yard, and it had already started to tidy up.
Xie Yuan broke the flaws in his hands on the spot, let alone practicing calligraphy, now he can't bear to look at anything.
Helpless, Xie Yuan went to his mother's courtyard again.
That night, there were quarrels in Mrs. Xie's yard, and I don't know what the mother and son said.
But when Xie Yuan came out from inside, after a while, Mrs. Xie took some people and went to her private treasury overnight to sort things out.
Tang Lihua's people had been paying attention to the movement here, and she was also the first to know the news.
Regardless of the rest of Xie's family this night, Tang Lihua slept comfortably anyway.
On the second day, I ran out of breakfast.
Tang Lihua sent someone to invite Xie Yuan, Xie Yuan now knew that Tang Lihua was ready to leave at any time, although he was extremely reluctant.
But he still came with a dark face.
Tang Lihua was overjoyed when she saw Xie Yuan, "Did Mr. Xie become a thief last night? Why does he look so bad?"
Xie Yuan gave her a cold look, and ignored her ridicule.
Tang Lihua didn't care too much, and talked about the main point, "The two-day period has come, I wonder if Sir Xie has prepared my dowry."
Xie Yuan's face turned dark again, and he stared at Tang Lihua for a long time before saying, "Come with me."
So she walked in front, Tang Lihua followed, and a kind of woman and servant followed behind her.
Xie Yuan glanced back, his face darkened even more, but he still didn't say anything in the end.
The two came to Mrs. Xie's yard without saying a word.
Before he walked in, he saw rows of large wooden boxes placed at the gate of Mrs. Xie's courtyard. Tang Lihua raised her eyebrows. It seemed that this was the original body's dowry.
There was a chair in the middle of Mrs. Xie's yard. At this time, she was sitting on the chair with her forehead supported, and she was also in a bad mood.
Seeing the movement here, and seeing Tang Lihua's smiling face, a wave of anger welled up in my heart.
When she got up, her eyes went dark, and she fell back to the chair.
Mrs. Yu hurriedly handed over the handkerchief, and Mrs. Xie changed it for a while before she recovered.
With a lesson learned, she didn't get up so violently this time.
With the support of Mrs. Yu, she stood up carefully.
Tang Lihua approached and looked at Mrs. Xie, "I'm really thankful for my mother-in-law. It saved me a lot of trouble by doing all this overnight."
Old Madam Xie had a gloomy face. She wanted to scold her, but thinking of what she said to her son yesterday, she forcibly endured it.
Tang Lihua said again, "I still keep the dowry list here, and I have enough manpower, so I won't bother my mother-in-law."
After finishing speaking, Tang Lihua ordered, "Mother Fang, hurry up."
Mrs. Fang had already held the backup she had left in her hand, and when she heard the order, she answered loudly.
Then with a wave of her hand, all the women and servants behind her stepped forward and began to move.
The original body had a lot of dowry, even though it had been consumed over the years, it still took an hour to count it down.
Tang Lihua asked someone to move a chair long ago, and sat down beside her. She also brought her servants, tea and snacks that she found somewhere.
Tang Lihua watched leisurely, ignoring the embarrassing mother and son.
When Mrs. Fang finally finished counting, the wooden boxes over there had been neatly arranged.
"Ma'am, sixteen boxes of cloth, ornaments, and other treasures are missing." Mrs. Fang said bluntly.
Of course, Mrs. Xie knew how few those things were. When she brought Tang's dowry back, she also left a list.
Some of the decorations were in Mrs. Xie's own yard, and most of them were put by Mrs. Xie in Xie Yuan and Xie'an's yard.
Xie Yuan used excellent Xuanzhi brushes and inkstones, as well as inkstones, which were all from Tang Lihua's dowry.
Needless to say, the old lady Xie, with a dark face, waited for Tang Lihua to make use of the topic, but to her surprise, Tang Lihua just waved her hand and revealed this moment.
"These little things, just treat me as my filial piety to the old lady. Is there anything else?"
Mrs. Fang said again, "The deeds of those shops and Zhuangzi's fields are not there."
Tang Lihua was surprised, she looked at old lady Xie, Xie Yuan spoke first without waiting for Tang Lihua to make a big move.
Xie Yuan knew that Tang Lihua didn't want to suffer at the moment, and she didn't want to lose face in front of her servants.
"Mother, where's the deed?" Xie Yuan looked at Mrs. Xie with a stern look in his eyes.
Old Madam Xie was so careful, she still kept it hidden, but now under the gaze of her son, she had no choice but to ask Granny Yu to go into the house and take out a wooden box.
Mrs. Fang took it, nodded one by one, and then nodded to Tang Lihua.
Tang Lihua stood up with a smile, "It really disturbed the quietness of the old lady. I will move the things back and stop occupying the old lady's place."
Old Madam Xie was so annoyed by her appearance that she almost couldn't breathe.
Xie Yuan also had a dark face, with a cold expression, "Don't forget what you said."
Tang Lihua was of course very honest, "Tomorrow is the birthday of the old lady of Jing'an Hou Mansion, and I have also received the invitation, and I will take this opportunity to clarify the rumors for you."
Then, as if afraid that Xie Yuan would be worried, Tang Lihua added a sentence, but it was full of sarcasm, "Don't worry, Mr. Xie, after all, my dowry is still in Xie's residence, isn't it?"
Xie Yuan looked sour, and so did Mrs. Xie. Tang Lihua was clearly mocking Xie's family and grabbing her dowry.
After Tang Lihua left, the people she brought carried away the dowries one after another, and soon, the yard that was full of old Mrs. Xie was empty.
The old lady Xie was heartbroken and felt like a knife was twisting in her heart, but there was nothing she could do, everything was for her son.
Old Madam Xie and Xie Yuan entered the house and waved away all the servants.
"The dowry was also given to her, when will you get it back?" Mrs. Xie asked anxiously.
It was because of his son's promise last night that he would take back every piece of Tang's dowry that Mrs. Xie let go.
A dark light flashed in Xie Yuan's eyes, "When tomorrow passes, the wind in Beijing will be quieter, and she will definitely not be allowed to continue to be presumptuous."
Here Tang Lihua came to her yard.
"Is it possible that the girl really wants to help him?" Mrs. Fang couldn't bear it anymore, so she asked aloud.
Tang Lihua evoked a malicious smile, "I will never simply let them go."