Zhen Qingyin was recovering from her injuries for four or five days. The scumbag father set off to be the county magistrate and secretly took Xiang Lian away from Zhuangzi. She listened to it as a joke, but when she was bored, she heard that the old lady's natal nephew came to express his filial piety. Send your daughter to take care of her illness.
Therefore, a cousin girl moved into the Zhen family's house.
She thought aimlessly that if her best friend knew about this, she would be able to come up with several versions of her cousin's love and hatred.
The day after my cousin moved in, she came to visit the cousins in the eldest and second bedrooms.
Zhen Yuanyuan felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy. She was afraid that her cousin would bully Zhen Qingyin, so she accompanied her throughout the whole process and was prepared.
But unexpectedly, this cousin named Meng Rulan was fourteen years old, very kind, with peach cheeks and apricot face, fragrant and tender, and a voice as sweet and sweet as an oriole.
Zhen Yuanyuan was worried for a long time, but Meng Rulan chatted with them about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then went back.
"Sister, she looks a lot like my grandmother, but her temperament is completely different. She really doesn't look like her grandniece." Zhen Yuanyuan was speechless. Meng Rulan was too easy-going and sweet, not at all domineering or acerbic like the old lady.
Of course, I can only think about this in my heart.
Zhen Qingyin picked up the chess pieces one by one, put them in black and white in clay pots carved with peach blossoms and branches, and chuckled: "We are still granddaughters of our grandmother, aren't we all the same?"
Zhen Yuanyuan reacted and was immediately speechless.
makes sense.
Zhen Qingyin added: "When the old lady was young, she may not be like this now. Maybe when we are old, we will live like her. Anything is possible."
Zhen Yuanyuan was shocked and shook her head repeatedly.
She didn't want to be like her grandmother. She was a woman herself, but she only had her grandson in her eyes. She didn't want to see her granddaughter at all, and even tried to tease her daughter-in-law!
She heard her mothers-in-law say behind their backs that the situation their eldest aunt and uncle were in was the result of her grandmother's constant indulgence.
"If I have children, I just hope that they will live well," she emphasized.
Zhen Qingyin laughed at her naivety: "What's good in your eyes may not be what they want. Okay, it's late today, go back and have dinner with your second aunt."
Zhen Yuanyuan felt aggrieved: "Sister, drive me away!"
"Then you stay and have dinner with me."
Zhen Yuanyuan's face changed instantly and she smiled: "Then I'd better go back. It's quite pitiful for my mother to have dinner alone."
Mrs. Chao Guogong spent a lot of money to hire a cook who was good at making medicinal food, and asked Nanny Zeng to deliver it in person, so all the dinner at my sister's side was now made of medicinal food.
She was sick and took medicine when she was a child, which caused psychological distress and she couldn't eat when she smelled the medicine.
In order not to starve, run away quickly.
*
Meng Rulan comes to chat with Zhen Qingyin every two or three days, and she often meets Zhen Yuanyuan.
In less than half a month, the three of them became familiar with each other.
Zhen Qingyin knew that the old lady would not be innocent. If she didn't like her granddaughter, how could she like her grandniece who was more closely related by blood, and let her and Yuanyuan fall in love with each other?
The old lady's intentions will be exposed sooner or later, just wait and see.
Zhen Qingyin let nature take its course and invited Meng Rulan to have dinner with her, and Meng Rulan happily agreed.
A few days later, the wooden board around Zhen Qingyin's neck was removed. After a few days of rehabilitation, she returned to normal. When she asked for peace, she proposed to go to Qingyue Temple to fulfill her wish.
"... Seeing that the old lady is getting well, I happened to go and fulfill my wish and help the old lady get rid of her illness."
The old lady didn't want to do anything according to Zhen Qingyin's heart. She wouldn't give her whatever she wanted. If she wanted to go out, she wouldn't give it to her.
She opened her mouth to retort, but when she was about to speak, something moved in her heart. The old lady said, "Spring has begun, and it's time to go out for a walk. Last time, you, your second aunt, and Yuanyuan went together, and this time you three will go together. If Lan has been staying in my sickly Fu Rong Hall for more than half a month. She has no choice but to lose her temper. She is at the age when she is naughty and naughty. Let her go out with you to play. To you cousins, please kiss me. fragrant."
Xiao Yinshi and Zhen Yuanyuan were happy.
Meng Rulan's eyes were bright, looking at Zhen Qingyin expectantly.
Zhen Qingyin responded with a smile: "Okay."
Zhen Shilian, who had been tense throughout the whole process and was ready to come to the rescue at any time, felt relieved when he saw this harmonious scene.
Look, after driving Aunt Zhang and Zhen Qingyun out of the house, the Zhen family is so harmonious that even the old mother talks nice.
At this moment, he had the urge to tell Zhen Qingyun never to return to Beijing.
Seeing that they were all beaming with joy, the old lady felt unhappy again. She thought about her grandson far away, so she patted Meng Rulan's hand and said deliberately: "Thanks to Rulan for working hard and caring for the disease, otherwise I don't know when my illness will be cured." Woolen cloth."
The smiles on Xiao Yin's and Zhen Yuanyuan's faces froze.
Zhen Qingyin lowered her head and straightened her skirt.
Okay, these people who are scolded and disliked every day have become unfilial descendants again.
Zhen Shilian held his forehead, his rescuer finally came in handy: "My mother is right, my son is so ashamed that he is almost ashamed. In order to pray for you and offer incense, Qingyin Yuanyuan donated all his pocket money by climbing Mount Li." On the way back, she even twisted her neck. I see, it was the sincerity of the two sisters that moved the Buddha and Bodhisattva. Qingyin twisted her neck, which means you are sick. Look, when she twisted her neck, you are not sick anymore. Ok?"
Meng Rulan glanced at Zhen Qingyin guiltily and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, my great aunt praised me. In fact, I didn't do anything. It was Sister Qingyin's filial piety that moved the Bodhisattva."
The two of them were extremely sincere, and what they said seemed to be true.
Zhen Qingyin felt that her recovered neck hurt again.
When the old lady heard this statement, she felt quite mysterious. She was like Buddha and Bodhisattva. She didn't dare to speak randomly, for fear that the illness would come back again, so she just skipped it with a few vague words.
But somehow, the words spread quickly.
The day before Zhen Qingyin and the others left the house, everyone in the Zhen family was saying that in order for the old lady to recover from her illness, the eldest girl prayed to the Bodhisattva to bring the old lady's illness to herself.
Xiao Yin mentioned this matter to Zhen Shilian as a joke before going to bed, but Zhen Shilian just laughed and said nothing.
*
The next day, Zhen Qingyin and the four female relatives of the Zhen family boarded the carriage and went to Lishan.
At the city gate, I met a group of criminals escorted by the government, including men and women, old people and children, wearing shackles and chains.
The common people going out and entering the city gate all threw rotten vegetable leaves and stones at them when they passed by.
The women held their children tightly in their arms.
Zhen Yuanyuan poked Zhen Qingyin and motioned her sister to look out the window.
Zhen Qingyin, who was being cautious for fear of twisting her neck again, slowly turned her head, seeing this scene, her heart was slightly disturbed.
Outside the car window, the common people angrily cursed: "Corrupt officials suck the blood of the common people, eat the flesh of the common people, and look down on the common people. They deserve a bad end for the whole family!"
"It's too light to confiscate the property and kill a few culprits. None of these people are good. They all deserve to die!"
"There are not many good people in government, so who is not greedy? No one who was hacked to death was unjust!"
"The Emperor Shengming, the Marquis of Pingyang bullied others with their power, seized my farmland, burned my house, and beat my father to death. Wow, they finally got their retribution! Heaven has eyes!"
"The son of Uncle Ning Yuan's family robbed civilian girls and tortured and killed a dozen young ladies. He came to the house to argue, and was beaten to death in secret. He went to the government, was bribed by the jailer, and was hanged in prison. A whole family of bandits and robbers, killed Well done, the killing will be very satisfying!"
"..."
On the city tower, Wang Linyuan's serious face was full of pride: "Your Highness, the people are applauding." He said regretfully, "It's a pity that two families have been wiped out, and we haven't found enough leverage to bring them down."
"Well," the prince's careless eyes suddenly paused and fell on a carriage with the curtains drawn. He only paused for a second and passed by, "There is no clue, just give them a chance to find a clue. I have been greedy. People will never be satisfied."
