There was dead silence under the eaves, only the rustling of falling snow could be heard.
The maids and women standing beside them held their breaths and dared not make a sound, but the eyes that looked at Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua carefully were a little nervous.
Ren Yaohua stared at Ren Yaoqi with cold and stern eyes. After seeing her slapped, she just covered her cheeks and pursed her lips and watched her without saying a word. The humiliation she has suffered these days has given her hatred the upper hand, and she raises her hand and wants to slap it again without saying a word.
At this time, the door curtain of the main room moved again, and a tall and tall forty-year-old nanny with white temples came out.
When she saw the confrontation between the two people under the corridor, her face changed. Seeing that Ren Yaohua wanted to do something, she rushed over and hugged Ren Yaoqi in her arms to protect her, and said to Ren Yaohua with a serious face: "Third miss, we just started today. Go back to the manor, what are you doing? Don't forget that your wife is still ill." On the other hand, he quietly winked at Ren Yaohua.
Ren Yaohua saw the anxiety and worry in Mammy's eyes, thinking that her mother was still ill, she gritted her teeth and put her hand down, but her eyes were still cold when she looked at Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi looked at the interaction between the two of them, and Zhou Mama looked at her to protect her from being beaten by Ren Yaohua, but hugged her arms tightly but hugged hers too. Now, so that she can't move, this is to prevent her from rushing to find Ren Yaohua for revenge.
"Miss Fifth, don't make a fuss, okay? Madam, she's sick, you can go in and see her." Mother Zhou coaxed Ren Yaoqi with a stern face and lowered her head.
Ren Yaoqi nodded and motioned for Mother Zhou to let her go.
Mammy Zhou originally thought that she would have to waste some words to persuade Ren Yaoqi, but she didn't want Ren Yaoqi, but she seemed to admit this loss easily, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then carefully looked at Ren Yaoqi look.
Ren Yaoqi covered his face and lowered his eyes slightly, without too much emotion on his face.
Mother Zhou tried to let go of her hand slowly, but Ren Yaoqi didn't do anything else, she just bypassed Ren Yaohua, lifted the curtain and entered the main room.
The overall layout of Ziwei Courtyard is short and long in depth, so although it can be regarded as a large courtyard with three entrances, there are only three main rooms. Fortunately, the rooms are very spacious.
The bright room in the middle is the main hall, the east room can be used to receive guests, and a large kang next to the window is placed on the kang table, which is the place to eat on weekdays. The west room is the bedroom, and there is a small clean room further inside. The clean room has a small door that opens to the north, so that hot water can be brought in from the third backyard.
Ren Yaoqi walked straight to the Xici room. Next to the north wall in the Xici room was an open hall bed full of carvings. The newly replaced red silk tent was hung on the copper hooks of the bedpost. The bed was lying on the bed. A woman in her thirties.
The woman had an oval face, thick hair, and a very beautiful face, but her face was a little sickly white, and her lips were not bloody. Maybe it was because she liked the habit of frowning, and there was a faint word "Chuan" between her eyebrows. The tattoo added an old look to her originally youthful face.
"Mother..." Ren Yaoqi walked gently to the bed, looked at the woman who did not hold back her sadness even with her eyes closed, and choked out a soft voice.
Her voice was not loud, but the woman on the bed moved her eyelashes and opened her eyes. She has a pair of charming almond eyes, and Ren Yaohua's eyes are very similar to hers.
She seemed to be very sleepy, but when she saw Ren Yaoqi in front of her, she smiled softly and waved to her: "Qi'er? Come and let my mother see if you have grown taller."
Ren Yaoqi stepped forward quickly, threw himself on the porch outside the open hall, knelt down, buried his face in Li's chest and began to cry "woohoo".
Seeing Ren Yaoqi crying miserably, Mrs. Li couldn't help but be stunned. She put her hand on Ren Yaoqi's head and touched it, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Ren Yaohua and Zhou Wei walked in.
When Ren Yaohua saw Ren Yaohua crying on Li Shi's body, her anger rose immediately, and she sneered: "What happened to her? Didn't I just tell you that I beat her again? I thought she stayed in the mansion for a year and suffered from that scumbag. People's training can make a lot of progress, but if you don't want to be so ignorant, you will only shoot cold arrows at people's backs!"
After speaking, he strode forward and grabbed Ren Yaoqi's arm to pull her out.
Ren Yaoqi's body was not completely healthy at first, but she was pulled so suddenly and fiercely, and she accidentally fell to the ground, her face lifted up, and the five finger prints on her left face were also impressively displayed on Li's eyes.
Li Shi exclaimed and tried to sit up, but he lost his strength and fell down again.
"Mother—" Ren Yaoqi shook off Ren Yaohua's hand and went to see Li.
Ren Yaohua didn't care about Ren Yaoqi anymore. She pushed Ren Yaoqi away, and she stepped forward to help Mrs. Li. Seeing that she was about to get up, she helped her sit on the head of the bed, and put a soft pillow in the bed on Mrs. Li's back. : "Mother, you just took the medicine, what did you do when you got up?"
Li Shi pulled Ren Yaoqi over, took a closer look at her face, and looked at Ren Yaohua reproachfully: "Hu'er, how could you be so hard on your sister!"
Ren Yaohua glanced at the five-finger prints on Ren Yaoqi's face, and said coldly, "If Mother Zhou hadn't stopped her, I would have slapped her a few more times."
Ren Yaoqi's left face was already a little red and swollen, and Mrs. Li looked at him with distress. Ren Yaohua's words made her a little angry. She frowned and said, "Hu'er! Come and accompany my sister!"
Hearing this, Ren Yaohua raised his chin slightly and said contemptuously, "Am I apologizing to her? In the next life!"
"Hua'er!" Li Shi resignedly exclaimed.
Turning her head to look at Ren Yaoqi, who was still kneeling in front of her bed, who had already held back her tears, Mrs Li wondered, "Qi'er, your sister didn't mean it, you..."
But seeing the shocking redness and swelling on Ren Yaoqi's face, Li's words couldn't go on anymore, so he could only discuss with his eldest daughter: "Hu'er, for mother's sake, can't you take a step back?"
Seeing the anxious look on Li Shi's tired face, Ren Yaohua bit her lip.
She didn't want to make her mother sad, but let her put down her pride and apologize to Ren Yaoqi.
"Forget it, mother, no need." Ren Yaoqi sighed and suddenly looked up at Mrs. Li.
Li Shi was stunned for a moment, and Ren Yaohua looked over with a frown, as if she didn't believe the words came out of her mouth.
Ren Yaoqi supported Li's bed and stood up.
She remembered that she saw Ren Yaohua after she had recovered from her illness in the last life, and was slapped by her.
Later, when she came to her mother, her mother also asked Ren Yaohua to apologize, but she felt that her mother was partial to Ren Yaohua, otherwise she should have asked her to return the two slaps instead of an understatement of sorry.
When she was a child, someone always said in her ear that because of her birth, her mother would not be liked by her mother-in-law in Ren's family, so not only did her grandmother dislike her, but her mother also disliked her, otherwise she would not favor her sister every time. , wronged her.
This kind of thing happened so many times that Ren Yaoqi believed it too, so there was always some estrangement between her and her mother, Mrs. Li.
Ren Yaohua called Li's "mother", but Ren Yaoqi always called her "mother".
The same name as the ninth younger sister and sixth younger brother.
Ren Yaohua looked up and saw Li Shi looking at him cautiously.
Seeing her look over, Mrs Li hurriedly said, "Qi, Qi'er, you are the best, you are much more sensible than your sister." With a tone of comforting children.
Mammy Zhou, who was on the side, also smiled and said at the right time: "The servant said that as soon as she saw the fifth young lady, she felt a little different. It turns out that she has grown up and is sensible. In the future, madam, you can rest assured."
Mrs Li nodded dryly and said, "Yes." Thinking of the injury on Ren Yaoqi's face, she hurriedly instructed Mammy Zhou, "Go and compress Qi'er with a hot handkerchief and apply medicine, otherwise it will definitely hurt at night. ."
Mammy Zhou looked at Ren Yaohua, and then at Ren Yaoqi. She was a little worried about letting the sisters stay together, but Mrs. Li kept urging her, and Mama Zhou could only rush out.
There were only three mother and daughter left in the room, but it was quiet, and finally, Mrs. Li took Ren Yaoqi to sit beside her bed to break the silence and asked, "Qi'er, have you had a good year in the house? Good? Have you been wronged?"
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "I'm fine, I'm not wronged."
"Oh, you have your father by your side, she, she doesn't dare to wrong you." Li looked at her and said naively.
"Ha!" Ren Yaohua sneered mockingly from the side.
Ren Yaoqi lowered her eyes and said, "Mother, have you just taken the medicine? You should rest today, and I will come to see you tomorrow." As he spoke, he went up to help Mrs Li and let her lie down.
Li didn't reject her kindness, but after laying down, she held Ren Yaoqi's hand and said, "Qi'er, can you ask Mammy Zhou to give you medicine before you leave?"
Ren Yaoqi nodded and sat quietly beside Li's bed.
Ren Yaohua stood aside, his eyes coldly falling on Ren Yaoqi with scrutiny.
Li Shi took Ren Yaoqi's hand and looked at her with a smile: "Qi'er, you have really grown up."
At this time, Mama Zhou, who had gone out, came back.
"Didn't I ask you to ask for hot water?" Mrs. Li asked.
Mother Zhou hurriedly came over: "Madam, the slave servant of the hot water has already ordered to go. Aunt Fang came and said that she brought the sixth master and the ninth miss to greet you."
Li frowned and said tiredly: "I'm tired, let them go back."
Ren Yaohua snorted coldly: "You haven't seen her come to meet her for so long since you came back. What are you doing now? Lie down, mother, I'll go out to see her!" Then she turned and left.
"Hua'er—" Mrs. Li called out, but Ren Yaohua had already lifted the curtain and left the Xiji room, so Mrs. Li could only let her go.
Mammy Zhou said to Mrs Li, "The slave maid will come and have a look."
Li nodded, and Zhou Ma followed Ren Yaohua away.
Ren Yaoqi sat with Mrs. Li for a while, thought about it, and said, "Mother, I'm going out to find someone to rub the medicine for me, so you can rest first."
Li Shi thought that Mammy Zhou might not be able to come back for a while, so she nodded hurriedly: "Then you can go quickly."
Ren Yaoqi helped Li with the quilt and withdrew.
Only after leaving the West Room, Ren Yaoqi heard a voice coming from the East Room.
As I approached, I heard a somewhat immature voice crying and scolding: "What are the rules? My grandmother didn't say that I should make rules! What are you? Why are you scolding my aunt!"