Fortunately, she finally made it back home before the patrolmen arrived.
By this time it was completely dark.
After she got off the carriage, the servants in the mansion only held lanterns and walked towards her. She originally planned to go directly to Qinglan Courtyard.
After all, since Yu Se died and Jiang Zhi left with his biological mother, the Jiang Mansion has become particularly deserted. And she has always had a bad relationship with her father.
Since they don't like each other, there is no need to get close to each other to avoid unnecessary verbal disputes.
Just when she was about to turn the corner, the boy beside her said softly, "Girl, Aunt Jiang and Young Master Cousin came to the capital this time, and they are staying in our house now."
After hearing what the boy said, Jiang Nianjiao just found out about this. She couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
The boy touched the back of his head and said, "Miss, you have been in a coma for three days. We just heard that you woke up and you went to the palace again. We didn't have time to tell you."
After hearing this, Jiang Nianjiao had nothing to say.
She could only say lazily to the boy, "Okay, you can lead the way."
After receiving the order, the boy immediately walked towards the hall to welcome Jiang Nianjiao.
Before entering the hall, I could see the lights outside the hall were brightly lit, and I could vaguely hear the voices of young men talking loudly.
Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but frowned when she heard the loud voice and said, "Did they explain their purpose of coming this time?"
The boy was a smart man. He only replied softly, "That's not what I said. Mrs. Jiang was carrying big and small bags and didn't speak much. The slaves couldn't understand what she meant. But according to what Master Biao meant, he I’m afraid I want to seek development in Beijing.”
Hearing this, Jiang Nianjiao understood.
Before stepping into the threshold of the compound, she was finally able to take a good look at her aunt.
I saw a woman sitting under the lamp who looked much older than my father. She was wearing clothes with patches on top of patches. Her whole body was as dark and thin as a piece of dry wood. Her appearance was completely unsightly. It goes without saying that this was once a young lady from a famous family. She sat solemnly on the Taishi chair beside her, her head lowered, as if she didn't know where to put her eyes.
Jiang Nianjiao also met her aunt for the first time. Her aunt was her father's half-sister and the youngest one.
This aunt was a well-kept secret in the grandfather's house before. I heard people said that this aunt had an eye-catching relationship with a scholar who came from out of town to take the exam. The family did not agree, so the aunt took a sum of money and went to the scholar's home with him. went.
Because of this incident, the Grand Master was very angry. After that, he only said that he would sever the parent-child relationship with the aunt. He also told his descendants at that time that anyone who went to find the aunt was not dealing with him. Therefore, for so many years, the Jiang family just pretended that there was no such person, and As expected, this aunt has never returned to the Jiang family once.
They all just thought that the little daughter had a pretty good life, but now it seems that her aunt may have suffered a lot following the scholar.
And in the position below him, a young man also wearing second-hand clothes was talking loudly and eloquently.
The young man's appearance was rich and noble. His face was like a full moon, and he looked pretty and handsome. However, outside of this appearance, he always had an aura of frivolity that made people dislike him.
And Jiang Fang, who was sitting in the front seat, obviously didn't like his nephew who he hadn't seen for a long time.
But this emotion is difficult for others to detect.
When Jiang Nianjiao entered the door, she first presented herself to her father.
Her voice interrupted the young man's eloquent voice. The young man turned to look at Jiang Nianjiao as if he was fascinated for a moment.
The young ladies and maids in the capital city are just different. Regardless of their appearance, their figure and skin color are incomparable to those of the village girls in the village.
After Jiang Fang saw Jiang Nianjiao, he pointed at the woman and introduced her, "This is your aunt."
Jiang Nianjiao greeted the woman with a smile, "Hello, aunt."
Although the woman was reserved, maybe she was connected by blood, or maybe Jiang Nianjiao's appearance was inherently harmless. When the woman saw Jiang Nianjiao, she only smiled shyly.
Jiang Fang said from the side, "This is my little girl Jiang Nianjiao. I
They usually call her Gillian. "
When the woman heard this, she called Jiang Nianjiao, "Miss."
Although Jiang Nianjiao felt that the title was strange, she still smiled and responded. Then the woman quickly turned around and picked up a small package on the table. She said awkwardly, "Miss Jiao, I don't have anything to give you. I only have something for you in our village." I picked up some small fruits from the walnut forest outside and gave them to the girl, I hope she won’t dislike them.”
While speaking, she just subconsciously wiped her hands on the hem of her skirt, and then handed the extremely shabby coarse cloth package to Jiang Nianjiao. Jiang Nianjiao was a little stunned when she saw the rough cracks and calluses on her aunt's hands. .
Compared with his pampered father, is this still the aunt who is several years younger than his father?
The maid on the side just said that the lady was unwilling to accept this dirty thing, so she reached out to pick up the other party's package.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Nianjiao also stretched out her hand at this time. She just smiled and said to the woman, "Auntie came as soon as she came. Why are you so polite? Walnuts are a good thing. You can use them to beautify your skin. Jiaojiao would like to thank your aunt for this." ”
The woman obviously did not expect Jiang Nianjiao to be so eloquent, but her words made Aunt Jiang feel very warm in her heart. This child did not have the arrogance of those young ladies from aristocratic families. @
The woman just laughed and said, "They are all worthless trinkets. If the girl likes them, I will bring some to her next time."
Jiang Fang scolded her in a low voice, "You don't have to spoil her."
Then Jiang Fang pointed at the young man and said, "This is your cousin Du Zechi."
When Jiang Nianjiao heard this, she naturally just bent her knees slightly and said a blessing to the young man. Unexpectedly, this man actually reached out to hold her hand. His eyes were only fixed on Jiang Nianjiao's face and said, "Cousin, you don't have to be polite. Cousin is really angry." It's so beautiful. It's just like the clouds are like the clothes, the flowers are like the face, and the spring breeze is blowing on the threshold and the dew is thick. If I hadn't seen it on the top of a group of jade mountains, I would have seen it under the moon on Yaotai."
Ying Lian next to Jiang Nianjiao saw that Du Zechi was so rude, and immediately reached out to protect Jiang Nianjiao. Unexpectedly, Du Zechi refused to accept anyone who came, and went to hold Yinglian's hand instead. "I didn't expect that the maid in my uncle's house would They are all Xiaojiabiyu, quite beautiful."
Seeing the young man's behavior, even Jiang Fang's face darkened, and Aunt Du also called out "Chi'er" in embarrassment.
The young man let go of Jiang Nianjiao's hand. Jiang Nianjiao felt a little uncomfortable, but she still smiled and complimented casually, "My cousin is really talented."
After listening to Jiang Nianjiao's words, the young man just laughed and said, "No, no, I just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha."
Then the young man said angrily, "I just hate that the examiner asked me to take the exam every year, but I failed every year. After all, they only see money and power in their eyes, but they can't see the true talents and learning of others."
Seeing his cynical look, Jiang Nianjiao only thought to herself that this kid was trying to get through the back door, right? But every year in the imperial examination, in order to prevent anyone from engaging in malpractice for personal gain, the higher authorities try different methods to prevent it. What's more, her father is not from there.
Fortunately, she then thought that this year's spring had already passed.
Although Jiang Fang didn't care much about Jiang Nianjiao, he obviously didn't want Jiang Nianjiao to have too much contact with this kid.
Therefore, he only said to Jiang Nianjiao, "Gillian, it's getting late now. You should go down and rest first."
Jiang Nianjiao naturally didn't stay long after receiving the order.
After all, there are only a few people in their house, but there are many servants. I think the housekeeper has already made arrangements for the couple's accommodation.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao only went to Qinglan Courtyard. Yinglian, who followed Jiang Nianjiao, came out of the hall and cursed in an extremely unhappy manner, "Young master, I look like a self-righteous bastard. A big pervert."
Hearing Ying Lian curse, although she was still outside, Jiang Nianjiao didn't bother to correct Ying Lian's behavior. Anyway, no one in the house could embarrass her now, and she didn't have to worry about the walls having ears.
Afterwards, she returned to Qinglan Courtyard. After freshening up, she was ready to fall asleep. She didn't want to fall into the last dream again just after sleeping for a moment.
In the dream, she was still the little girl, she was still in that plain white world, wearing the blue and white striped clothes, only holding the hands of a haggard-looking woman, crying and begging in a low voice, "Mom, I want to go home, let’s go home. I don’t want to continue
Treatment continued. "
However, the woman just smiled and said warmly, "Jiaojiao, mom is here for everything. You don't have to worry about other things. All you have to do is take good care of yourself. When you get better, you can go to school."
After saying this, the woman just continued to coax the white porcelain doll-like little girl softly. Until the little girl's crying stopped, she said to the little girl, "Jiaojiao, mommy, go get some hot water. Can you let mom go first?"
Although the little girl was reluctant to let go, she slowly let go of the woman's hand. After the woman left with the hot water bottle, her eyes were red in the corridor, but even so, she just wiped her tears, and then she She took out a worn-out mobile phone and after much hesitation, she dialed a number. After a long period of blind tone, someone on the other end seemed to pick up the phone reluctantly. I don’t know what was said on the other end, but the woman just cried and said, "But Jiaojiao is also your daughter. Can you just bear to watch her go like this? She is still so young, can you give it to me again?" ,,When Jiaojiao recovers from her illness and I have time to find a new job, I will return it to you."
The woman almost begged, but the other end still hung up the phone. The woman, whose eyes were only slightly red at first, finally couldn't help but squatted down helplessly on the ground and cried silently.
But she didn't know that, across the door, the little girl just now was looking at her silently behind the door.
