During this night, Mrs. Wei had a dream.
In the dream, she was still the eldest lady in the mansion. At that time, the old man in the family was still there, and the family had not yet been separated, because her family was a big house, and the old lady was weak, so it was the mother who took care of the whole mansion.
Although she was young, her mother taught her how to manage accounts early. After so many years, the memory of the mansion has long been blurred, but for some reason, Mrs. Wei still remembered that one afternoon, she was looking at the lotus, and suddenly there was a lotus blossom. It was raining heavily, and the cold wind was accompanied by raindrops blowing on the person's body, causing pain. The maid beside her hurriedly ran back to get an umbrella in the rain. Holding the umbrella, she walked into the yard with two maids.
Then, I met the youngest little sister in the mansion.
At that time, she was dirty and was crying in the rockery holding her legs in the rain.
That day, there was lightning and thunder, and the wind was blowing again. Neither of the two servant girls heard the sound. Only she glanced at her inadvertently, and saw the little sister.
This youngest little sister has always been the most pitiful in the mansion. Mrs. Wei has heard this sentence countless times from her mother.
Although Mrs. Wei's father likes to have fun and doesn't stay at home all day, he is very restrained. He plays outside and never brings women home.
But the third younger brother of the father in the mansion, whom Mrs. Wei calls the third uncle, is an out-and-out dude. From childhood to adulthood, the third uncle was the head of the family from one woman to the other, and was born one by one.
The youngest little sister is the third uncle's youngest daughter, and unlike those concubines and concubines, she is the son of a maidservant.
Mrs. Wei once heard her mother accidentally say that the third uncle had eaten too much wine and went back to the yard to pick up the girl in the third aunt's room, and then gave birth to the youngest little sister.
It's just that the girl has poor looks, and after waking up, she didn't get the master's love and indifference. Although the third aunt couldn't control the third uncle, she could manage a little maid. The little sister's mother suffered a lot. I passed out after washing clothes in the winter, only to find out that I was pregnant.
After all, it was the third uncle's flesh and blood, but she was taken back and gave birth to the little sister.
After that, the girl bled and passed away, and the third aunt felt that it was unlucky for the little sister to kill her own mother when she was born, so she gave it to another concubine to take care of her.
The concubine later gave birth to a son, so she naturally didn't have any love for this girl who was picked up for nothing. In addition, the master and mistress made it clear that they didn't care, and the life of the little sister became very difficult.
The little sister is still young after all, except for big days like Chinese New Year, she won't leave Third Uncle's yard.
And on such a big day, she will definitely be cleaned up, put on beautiful clothes that she would never have on weekdays, and be led to show to the oldest old lady in the family before being carried down.
If she hadn't seen the little sister with red marks on her face but only dared to hide and cry secretly, Mrs. Wei would not have known that she had been bullied by her brothers and sisters since she was a child.
That day, she held an umbrella herself, walked to the rockery, and picked up the person.
Mrs. Wei has a high status among this group of juniors, because she is the eldest daughter of the mansion, and she is favored, and her mother is still the wife in charge of the whole mansion.
Since then, she has paid more attention to this little sister who has never paid attention to her. She always asks the servants if the little sister's status is harsh, and she will visit her from time to time, or take her with her. Do needlework together.
Mrs. Wei likes this little sister very much, perhaps because she has learned how to handle housework with her mother since she was a child, she can always easily see the thoughts hidden in the eyes of the group of younger siblings.
They all want to curry favor with her and gain benefits.
But only this little sister, although she was timid, and she had to listen carefully to hear her words, but she looked at the eldest sister with pure admiration.
Maybe because of the big age difference between the two, sometimes, Mrs. Wei even felt that the little sister looked at her as if she was looking at her mother. The hairpin was given to Mrs. Wei.
Being favored, she naturally has no shortage of hairpins, but for the sake of her little sister, Mrs. Wei happily put them on her head and promised that she would always keep them with her.
Mrs. Wei couldn't remember clearly the memories after that. In that year, the old man passed away suddenly. After crying a lot, the old lady also followed.
In my memory, it seems that before leaving, the little sister had an awkward fight with herself, and while she was busy with the affairs of the house with her mother, at the same time, she was a little disappointed when other sisters told her that she was jealous of her loving brother. Sensible, they have a good relationship, but the younger brother is also his own younger brother, and his mother lost his body when he was born, so what if her biological sister takes more care of her.
She didn't look for her little sister, and her little sister didn't come to her. She didn't meet her until they parted.
I heard that the third uncle bought an official job and wanted to go to Yunnan, so the whole family naturally went with him.
When she received the letter from the third uncle but didn't mention her little sister, she regretted that she didn't reconcile with her little sister. After such a long time, those disappointments have long been forgotten, and only thoughts are left.
Mrs. Wei wanted to communicate with her little sister, ask her why she was awkward, and then apologize, since she is a sister, she should have gone to her first, but the third aunt replied.
She said that the third uncle took them to live in an inn, but encountered bandits, and when the government came to save them, the little sister had disappeared.
The letter stated lightly, maybe she was young and ignorant, and she got separated from the adults. After searching for a few days, there were many wild wolves on the roads of the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and a young person like her would not be able to survive.
Mrs. Wei held the letter and cried all night.
She only regretted that she didn't go to find her little sister before third uncle left. She was an older sister, so she should have given way to some younger sisters.
For a cowardly little sister, she must be so terrified to be thrown in the mountains by herself.
After that, she got married.
When I first got married, I was a bit hectic, but after everything was settled, my husband, although a small official, never flirted with women. Neither my father-in-law nor my husband urged me to get pregnant. I made up a good word.
Mrs. Wei is very happy.
Tonight, I suddenly thought of my little sister, looking at this silver hairpin that had been worn for more than ten years, I couldn't help feeling sad.
If she is still alive, now is the age when she is just about to get married.
It was rare for Mr. Wei to change his clothes today. He carefully glanced at his wife sitting in front of the bronze mirror, thinking that during the day, his wife misunderstood that he had raised a woman outside. Tears will do everything for him, and it is normal to have a little temper at the moment.
Looking at the lady under the candlelight, although she is not a stunning beauty, nor is she a 28-year-old girl, her appearance and demeanor are all very good.
Comparing with the beautiful and young woman who used such insidious things as her daughter's incense on him, Master Wei suddenly felt that his wife was perfect.
With such a lovely|wife, how could he go looking for those women outside.
Thinking about it, he stepped forward, put his hand lightly on Mrs. Wei's shoulder, and said in a gentle voice, "Jiaoniang, today you really misunderstood her husband, and I, Wei Ziqing, can swear that there is no other woman except you. "
Seeing Mrs. Wei looking back at him in a daze as if she had just recovered, Master Wei smiled and helped her up, "Okay, it's getting late tonight, it's hard for you to wait for me for so long, let's rest."
The two of them lay back on the bed. Mr. Wei was frightened today, but fell asleep quickly. On the contrary, Mrs. Wei, looking at the candlelight shadow outside the window, was always thinking about her little sister.
Perhaps it was because of thinking day by day and dreaming at night, this night, Mrs. Wei, who hadn't dreamed for a long time, actually dreamed of her youth.
On that rainy day, the little sister hid under the rockery, but there were no two maidservants around.
Mrs. Wei climbed up holding an umbrella, and pulled him down the corridor.
She looked at her little sister, who had a thin body, delicate features, fair complexion, and was looking at herself timidly.
Mrs. Wei still remembered that she went out with her third uncle, but died in the mountains, touched her little head, and gently advised, "Yanniang, don't you go out with your father, I will go with you." Mother said, let you stay in the mansion, be the daughter of our first house, and follow my sister from now on, and my sister will take care of you, okay?"
The little sister nodded, so she smiled happily, and her whole body seemed to be a little lighter.
When the rain stopped, she took her younger sister to enjoy the flowers, feed the fish, and flutter the butterflies. They also did embroidery work together. The younger sister embroidered a flower, which was very beautiful.
When it was dark, the little sister stood up and wanted to leave. Madam Wei suddenly felt a strong reluctance in her heart. She felt that if the little sister left, she would never see her again.
She pulled her little sister and said, "Can you stop leaving? You can live with my sister."
The little sister also laughed, and tears fell from her eyes while laughing.
With her small hands, she took out the jade pendant hanging on her clothes. The jade pendant was broken into two pieces, and she held half in one hand.
She asked, "Does sister remember this?"
Mrs. Wei recognized it, "Didn't I give you this?"
At that time, she saw that her little sister didn't have a jade pendant on her body, so she specially gave her own jade pendant, so as not to be laughed at by the other children of the third room.
The little sister nodded, with a timid expression, as if she was afraid of her scolding, "I broke this jade, so I have never dared to see my sister."
Mrs. Wei nodded her forehead, "It turns out that you didn't come to me because of this. My sister thought... let's not talk about it. It's my sister's fault. This jade is broken. My sister will give you another one."
She said, took off the jade pendant on her body, and handed it to the little sister, "Okay, you will sleep with me tonight, don't go."
"My sister is lonely without you, can you stay with my sister all the time?"
The little sister took the jade with tears in her eyes but a happy smile on her face.
While crying, she smiled gratefully, "Thank you sister, I always remembered that I didn't tell you that I broke this piece of jade, so just don't blame me."
"Sister, I'm leaving."
"I really, still want to be your sister."
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Master Wei heard the sound of cock crowing, he turned over, stretched himself, and got up yawning.
But he found that his wife was shedding tears all over her face in her sleep.
Startled, he hurried to wake her up.
Mrs. Wei slowly opened her eyes, but the next moment she was awake, she was crying uncontrollably.
She remembered.
Her little sister will never be with her again.