After everyone finished their meal, they walked to the side hall to chat about the current situation at home.
Guan Suyi took out a letter from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Zhao Luli, "This is Mr. Lu's leave letter, saying that the elders in the clan are sick and need to go back to Langshan to serve the illness, and the return date is uncertain. Except for him, the family There is no one to resign for the time being. Your study was smashed by Zhou Tian's subordinates a while ago, and many antique ornaments were damaged. I have ordered the front yard steward to register them one by one. You can take a look later. Check it out to avoid mistakes.”
"Of course I can rest assured that Madam does things." Zhao Luli patted the back of his wife's hand inadvertently.
Guan Suyi was made uncomfortable by his gentle voice and intimate attitude, so she couldn't help but move away, and continued, "No matter how you feel at ease, you should go and have a look. I have a plan in my heart. I tried my best to stop it, but I still smashed many houses and utensils and lost a lot of gold and silver jewelry. It can be said that my vitality was severely damaged. I have sent a letter to my second brother. Due to the tight border war, he has not been able to reply. It will take a few months to learn of the accident at home. But now it's okay, all the disasters have subsided, and he did not intervene, but left a righteous impression on others."
After finishing speaking, he took a small box from Ming Lan, placed it on the low table, and sighed, "The property you left to the old lady, the old lady passed it on to me. Because the storefronts are all hung with the name of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Go on, when you were deprived of your title and put in the Heavenly Prison, a lot of people fell into the trap and wanted to take it by force. Fortunately, I played the signboard of the expedition to the north in time to save them, but I still lost 30% to 40% of my income. It has been sorted out, you can take it back for inspection, and if you have any questions, just send someone to ask.”
Zhao Luli pushed the box back and said with a wry smile, "Why is Madam so living? Mine is yours, yours is yours, and I am very relieved that these properties are handed over to you."
Guan Suyi looked at him directly, and said firmly, "You better take your things back. Internally, I will take charge of the central feeder, serve the elders, take care of my younger siblings and a few children, and externally, I will help you take care of the property and dispatch expenses. Do you think I have three heads and six arms? They all say that the male is the main and the female is the main. You change, anyway, if you are idle now, you are idle."
Zhao Luli really wanted to do something for his family, and even more wanted to make up for his wife, so he said that he would hand over the property to her, but he didn't expect the flattery on the horse's leg. Sincerely apologize. Seeing his wife turn her head away with a cold snort, revealing a half-sweet profile, her eyes, ears, nose, nose, and nose are beautiful, but still a little bit childish, and I was shocked to realize that she was not even eighteen years old at all. Having encountered such a terrifying change, if she hadn't been strong enough and kind enough, she would have left the Zhao family and children and ran back to her parents' home to escape the disaster.
What's even more hateful is that he has never given her a hint of warmth and tenderness before, but instead he has repeatedly humiliated and blamed her for perfection. It's no wonder that no matter what he says or does, his wife's heart can't warm up. If the two live in different places, Zhao Luli knows that he can never do better than her.
The deeper he thought about it, the more guilt he felt in his heart. When he looked at the cold-faced little wife again, he felt that she was extremely respectable and lovely, and he couldn't help but think of an old saying - what can you expect from a husband like this
He smiled softly like water, and was about to hold his wife's boneless wrist, so that he could accompany a sin, comfort her, but listened to his mother scolding, "I still think that you have changed it this time, but still It's as carefree as before! Suyi manages from top to bottom, and is well-rounded inside and out, so I'm already very tired. You don't say that you will support this family, but instead push everything to her, do you still have a conscience?"
Ruan Shi patted Mu Mu, who was sleepy, and whispered, "Yes, eldest brother, since you have nothing to do, you can take care of your sister-in-law. How much trouble have you brought to your sister-in-law? Mention, let’s just say that the Mr. Hongru Lu you hired is really an ungrateful and arrogant person. On weekdays, our family has never less than a bundle of repairs for him. Wangshu alone is 22 taels of silver a month. The cloth, food, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other items that I personally sent out are enough for ordinary people to spend a few years. He is so kind to him, but he is not grateful. As soon as he heard that you were deprived of the title, he threw it away from the children of the clan, the former He came to ask his sister-in-law to resign, which made the already panic-stricken clan even more uneasy. I don't think any elders in his family were sick, but he just made an excuse to get away. Even the elders dared to curse, and their inferior character is evident. Just wait, once the news that our family is safe and sound gets out, he will definitely turn around within half a month. Your eyesight is too bad!"
Nguyen Nguyen had long been complaining about her eldest brother. She didn't dare to say it in the past, but now she has to say it. Otherwise, he doesn't know how to repent, and it's not his sister-in-law who suffers
Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu are not good at talking to each other, but they are also very dissatisfied with their father. If he hadn't insisted on bringing the Ye family back, the latter would not have happened. Fortunately, Zhao Chunxi was clever and escaped the arresting guards, but fortunately Guan Suyi had a mandate and could hold Zhou Tian down, otherwise the two would be stripped and humiliated like those servants, and now life would be better than death.
Seeing his family members glaring at him, Zhao Lu felt very uncomfortable. He didn't even have the face to mention his apology, he only smiled bitterly. A few words of "sorry" can't erase all the past disasters. Forget it, don't say anything, it's just right to treat your family wholeheartedly in the future.
He took the account book and bowed deeply. He wanted to let his wife stay in the Dongfu, but he couldn't say anything. How could he be worthy of such a good lady now, even touching her jade-white fingertips seemed to desecrate a sacred object.
Watching his wife help his mother back to the West Mansion, closing the courtyard door and dropping the copper lock, Zhao Luli rubbed his eyebrows, feeling quite sad.
"Don't look at it, Dad, I and my brother are with you." Zhao Chunxi gently tugged at his sleeve and comforted, "Mother is a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted, and looks very strict on the surface, she will definitely stand up for the family when she encounters difficulties. The old and the young bear it. Besides, she is full of arrogance and can't be seen by ordinary people. If you treated her so wrongly in the past, don't blame her for treating you coldly. Only sincerity can change the sincerity. Let's slowly let her see ours Sincerely, one day the old suspicions will be cleared up."
"That's right. Although my mother is annoyed at us, she still asks us to go to the West Mansion to read and write characters every day, without any perfunctory intention. Mother is soft-hearted." Zhao Wangshu added.
Zhao Luli took the two children and said with relief, "You can now distinguish who is good and who is bad, which is better than my father. Before that, my father was confused and almost made a big mistake, causing the whole family to go up and down. In the future You can ignore your father's words, but you can't ignore your mother's, you know?"
The two children nodded again and again, obediently agreeing. If they don’t experience life and death catastrophe, they may never be able to read people’s hearts, let alone distinguish right from wrong. This time it was a blessing in disguise.
The three walked along the dark path and walked to the waterside pavilion with gauze lamps. They saw a woman in a long smoke-green dress standing under the dim yellow light. , looked extremely lazy, with no makeup on his face, very pure, but he used color ink mixed with gold powder to depict a tea millet camellia on the forehead. The whole body was only brightly colored, but it seemed to be the finishing touch and gave birth to spirituality.
Zhao Lu shook his head, his eyes blurred, and he was stunned for a while.
Zhao Wangshu was still ignorant, but saw his sister walking over, pushing him down, and rubbing his forehead with a handkerchief, until he wiped the camellia completely before scolding sharply, "What are you?" Dare to learn from my mother
She had already remembered things when her mother left, no matter how her father deceived and induced her, she couldn't make her forget the hazy shadow in her heart. Therefore, how could she not know who Ye Fan is imitating now? This person was preparing to find another way out, and seeing that the Ye family had no room to turn around, he resorted to some indiscriminate tricks and performed such ghostly tricks. If Daddy is really bewitched by her, will this home that was finally saved be destroyed again? Even if the broken mirror is re-rounded, it will inevitably leave a gap, and it will be torn apart with only a slight bump.
She must not tolerate anyone who disturbs their peace and spoils their happiness.
"Go back to Nanyuan for me! My mother is kind-hearted, generous and tolerant, but I am a master who will retaliate. If you continue to play these underhand tricks, believe it or not, I will let you ruin your beautiful face. , sold to the frontier labor army? By the way, the Ye family is all there now, you just went to reunite with them." She whispered in Ye Fan's ear, her voice was soft, but it contained a trace of cruelty.
For the first time, Ye Fan saw the savage side of his niece. In a trance, he remembered the long-dead aunt Liu Shi. He couldn't help but shudder. He hurriedly pulled up the hem of his skirt, stroked his red forehead, and ran away quickly.
Zhao Luli woke up like a dream and said, "Xi'er, do you still remember your mother?"
"I was six years old and almost seven years old, how can I not remember it?" Zhao Chunxi squeezed his father's wrist and said word by word, "Father, mother is already 'dead', forget her!"
How can Zhao Luli not understand the meaning of the daughter's deliberately accentuating the pronunciation of the word "death"? He was stunned for a while, and finally smiled bitterly, "Okay, daddy will forget her, don't think about it any more, these are not things you should worry about. Let's go, go back to rest, and go to the West Palace tomorrow morning to greet your grandmother."
The three gradually drifted away, and the figure opened the elder under the illumination of the candlelight, and slowly blended together.
On the other side, Ye Fan, who had fled back to Nanyuan in embarrassment, happened to bump into Mingfang, and his face couldn't help turning white. Mingfang naturally saw that she had carefully dressed up, and sneered, "Oh, the Ye family really has a family background, and you can't wait to hook up with the master when you first came?"
"What are you talking about? Go there if you have the ability, and shut your mouth if you don't!" Ye Fan straightened his back and choked back, so angry that Mingfang wanted to tear her apart.
The servant who was in charge of taking care of Nanyuan couldn't see it, and roared, "Have you two stopped for a while? Both of you have been reduced from noble concubines to lowly concubines, and you still can't see who is in charge of the manor? If you have the skill to hook up with the master, why don't you go to the main room to serve the wife. Bah, they are really two things that you can't handle!"