After another half month, all the leaves on the trees turn yellow and fall off, and the atmosphere of autumn becomes more intense. The chill and depression of autumn are clearly revealed at this time, and the weather is a bit cooler.
After breakfast that day, Sang Nianyue took Su Jin to the backyard. She was going to He Yantang to pay a visit to the old lady.
She still walked leisurely, as if strolling in a garden, but Su Jin knew that the girl was not.
The girl just didn't want to go too early and run into the ladies and gentlemen of the Hou family.
But thinking of the news she got yesterday, Su Jin smiled and said, "Girl, please go faster. The second master and the second wife are going to the second wife's parents' house today. The third master and the third wife are said to have gone to climb a mountain. The marquis is busy all day." There are endless business matters, and I won’t be in the house at this time. Girls, let’s go to Heyan Hall quickly, otherwise the sun will be too bright when we get back.”
He muttered again, "Although it's getting colder, the sun is still shining brightly. I went to the cafeteria for lunch yesterday, and I managed to avoid getting my skin red after going back and forth."
Sang Nianyue couldn't help laughing as she listened to Su Jin's ramble, "How come you are like Su Xin, you can't stop talking."
"It's not okay if you don't nag. If the girl lingers for a while, not only the girl will suffer, but I will suffer too."
"Okay, okay, I just need to walk faster, stop nagging, my ears hurt."
The master and the servant walked into Heyan Hall. At this time, Heyan Hall was indeed very clean. I heard from the maids outside the door that the second master and second wife had just left.
The second master has been on a business trip for a year. He just arrived home a few days ago. After a few days of repairs at home, he followed the second wife back to her parents' home to visit Lao Taishan and his mother-in-law.
The third master and the third wife even told the old lady last night that they would go hiking today and go out before dawn. Afraid of disturbing the old lady's rest, I didn't come here specially. The family would come back to pay their respects to the old lady in the evening.
Without these two rooms, Heyan Hall would be very clean. But there is someone else in Heyantang today.
Not only did Shen Yuyao come here early, but even the aunt brought Wang Xiuwen to the old lady's place.
After living in the Hou Mansion for nearly a month, this is the first time Sang Nianyue has met this aunt in the Hou Mansion.
The aunt and Shen Yuyao look alike, but Shen Yuyao is green and beautiful, while the aunt is old and decrepit. She was obviously about the same age as the old lady, but her hair was completely white, and her face had deep lines. Her eyebrows were droopy, her eyes were cloudy, and she looked weak, haggard, and old.
The young woman sitting below my aunt should be Wang Xiuwen. Sure enough, as Dong Xue said, this cousin was delicate and beautiful, with beautiful features. It's just that her whole body aura was a bit depressed. Even if she saw someone coming in, she would just glance at it lazily and lower her head in boredom again.
Sang Nianyue saluted the old lady and said hello. The old lady seemed happy and waved her to come over quickly.
For some reason, seeing the old lady's overly enthusiastic look, Sang Nianyue always felt that she had come at the wrong time.
She looked at the aunt and Wang Xiuwen from the corner of her eyes, and saw that Wang Xiuwen had her head lowered as before, but the aunt, with her lips pursed and her eyebrows furrowed, looked at her occasionally, with boredom and irritability in her eyes.
It seemed that she came at the wrong time.
The aunt and Wang Xiuwen did not welcome her, but the old lady really welcomed her. The old lady asked Nuan if her health had improved, and if she needed Dr. Wu for a follow-up visit. She said that she seemed plumper, her complexion was rosy and plump, and she looked healthier... She talked a lot, and Sang Nianyue listened with a smile. .
The old lady patted her thigh again and suddenly said, "You haven't met my aunt yet. Come and give her a gift. Your aunt has a lot of good things in her hands, so hurry up and give her a gift."
Sang Nuanyue naturally stood up and greeted her aunt. The aunt's eyes were gloomy. It took her a long time to take off a bracelet from her wrist, handed it to Sang Nuanyue and said, "I was ill in bed before, but I heard that you still Did you give me something to visit? He’s a good boy. This bracelet is a meeting gift for you, so don’t dislike it.”
Sang Nuanyue said "I don't dare", took the bracelet with both hands, and put it on her wrist after a moment's delay.
When the old lady saw this, she smiled again and said, "This is your aunt's youngest daughter, Xiuwen. Xiuwen is three years younger than you. You can play together in the future."
This made my aunt unhappy.
Xiuwen was from an official family after all, and she was still unmarried. What's the point of letting Xiuwen play with a divorced woman? Not so humiliating.
Although I knew that the old lady had no bad intentions, I just said this smoothly, but it also hurt my aunt's heart.
The aunt stood up and said to the old lady, "I don't feel well, so I'll go back and rest first." Without waiting for the old lady to respond, she pulled Wang Xiuwen to her feet, and the mother and daughter walked out of the flower hall in a few steps.
After the two of them went out, Shen Yuyao flattened her mouth and said softly, "She makes all demands, and doesn't look at cousin Xiuwen's own conditions. It would be great if she can marry her into an official family. She also wants cousin Xiuwen to go to a higher position." If you marry from a family, you must marry the eldest son. The man must have good looks, outstanding character, and kind parents. It is best not to have too many sisters-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law and sister-in-law should not be troublesome. To be honest, if there is such a thing Young Master, I can’t find any kind of girl to marry, so why should I marry you, an old girl who is about twenty years old?”
The old lady whispered, "Yao'er!"
Shen Yuyao stuck out her tongue and closed her mouth. After a while, she hugged the old lady's arm and continued to act coquettishly, "Mom, what I said is the truth. Why, no one can even tell the truth now? Cousin Sang has a strict mouth, so she doesn't You will tell what I say, right Cousin Sang?"
Sang Nianyue looked at Shen Yuyao's innocent expression and said to the old lady with a smile, "The third girl means what she says but she doesn't mean it. She also hopes that Miss Xiuwen will marry into a good family."
"This child." The old lady showed a headache and pushed Shen Yuyao's little head aside, "This child makes me so worried. She speaks so freely, even in front of her own family. We don’t dislike her; if it were anyone else, if this word spread, they would definitely be enemies."
Shen Yuyao chuckled, "I just know that the people in the house are our own family members, so I dare to speak freely."
Sang Nuanyue continued to laugh, the expression on her face was much warmer. Although the old lady and Shen Yuyao said these words to show their closeness, she had to admit that she came to Wu'anhou Mansion to "take refuge" with her cousin, but in fact, the person in this mansion who made her feel warm was not It's the old lady and Shen Yuyao.
Not to mention that she didn't have a problem with gossiping. Even if she did, Shen Yuyao's words were obviously a child's complaint, but she wouldn't say it out loud.
Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard the happy greetings of the maids coming from the courtyard, and then a deep male voice seemed to say, "Auntie is not feeling well, please go back and rest. My nephew just got a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng." , I’ll have someone deliver it to you later…”
The aunt's voice sounded again in the yard, but because the aunt was "deficient in energy and blood" and was ill, she spoke in a low voice, and Sang Nianyue couldn't hear what she said.
But she had no time to care about what her aunt said now. The temperature at the back of her waist suddenly rose, and the position of her wrist also became hot. All the memories that had been deliberately buried suddenly became clear at this moment.
Sang Nuanyue could not sit still.
Shen Yuyao laughed in surprise, "My aunt must be heartbroken. Let her go so fast! If she could sit in the house for a little longer, wouldn't she be in trouble with my eldest brother?"
"You girl, you are talking nonsense again."
"I'm not talking nonsense. Oh, mother, don't cover up for your aunt. Who doesn't know her yet? Last time, my eldest brother didn't give my aunt face, so she couldn't come out and was sick in the hospital for a long time. This is still It wasn't because my eldest brother refused to give me a chance to step down, but my aunt knew that it was completely hopeless for cousin Xiuwen to marry my eldest brother, so she had to give up. But my aunt turned around and asked you to be a good matchmaker for my cousin. Tsk, tsk, In fact, my aunt would rather leave it to my eldest brother. After all, eldest brother sees countless young talents every day. Even if she is afraid of his power or wants to have a relationship with our family, as long as eldest brother makes peace, there will be no impossible marriage. On the other hand, you , staying in the house every day, what good candidates can you have on hand?"
"Smelly girl, shut your mouth quickly, you are the only one who talks too much."
