Chapter 14 What's the Purpose
About a tea time, outside the house Xu Hanzhang said again and again that he was wrong, leaning against the welcome pillow napping old lady opened her eyes: "Noisy annoying. Okay, let him go down, say I know his filial piety. If you really let him kneel for too long, the master will come back to find fault with me."
Sister Zhu laughed, "How could I, when has Master ever made a fool of yourself for these commoners and concubines? In his heart, Master Zhu understands that in this world, you are the only one who is his first wife and will be buried together after his death."
The old madam said flatly, "I punished him on this side, and then made up for it on that side, so what's the difference?"
Sister Zhu saw that the old lady just casually said, not very concerned, and did not persuade more, only went out to bring the words, sent away Xu Hanzhang, then returned to the house.
The maids in the house at this time also went out one after another.
Only Sister Zhu, sat back beside the old lady, waiting for her old master to speak.
Inside the room, there was only the small popping sound from the burning candles, and after a while, the old madam, who was staring at the furnishings on the room's Bo Gu Shelf, said:
"You heard everything that Good Sister's child said this evening."
"Yes." Sister Zhu answered softly.
"How strange." The old madam muttered to herself.
Sister Zhu thought for a moment, "Indeed, how could anyone in this mansion want to harm the fifth girl? From the perspective of our entire mansion, the eldest young master the second young master and a few old masters are the mainstay, and from the perspective of the fourth old master's family, that Aunt Zhou has always been an honest one, and besides, she still has a son, and in the end, the Fifth Miss is going to be married off in the future. ......"
"I am not talking about this." The old madam interrupted the other party, "I'm talking about why Sister Shan'er would take the initiative to come and tell me these words about someone trying to harm her."
Sister Zhu was stunned, "Old madam, you are the fifth girl's grandmother, it's only reasonable for the fifth girl to talk to you."
"But she hasn't told her father and mother yet." The old madam pointed out the key, "I'm her grandmother, but how close can a grandmother be to her biological parents? You know the old fourth daughter-in-law since married into the hope for children to what a point, it is not easy to have a good sister in the knee, really what happened, for the sake of the good sister, even if to take away her life she can not help but also willing. There is also the old four, he has never had any thoughts in the female head, Aunt Zhou is in order to continue the heir Na, Na after he had a child, but also open the hand, for many years have been guarding their own daughter-in-law, if his wife can not regenerate, then the good sister is his only full daughter, how can he not go to manage the good sister child? With such a pair of parents, if something happened to Sister Shan'er, why didn't you go and tell them, to hide it from them and just come and tell me?"
That night Sister Zhu and the old madam listened to Xu Shanran together, but she was only surprised at the time that this seven year old was too mature to be a child, and nowhere near as profound as the old madam thought.
She couldn't help but ask, "Then what is the fifth girl for?"
When this question came out, the old madam laughed. After laughing, she slowly said, "I can't quite figure it out either. It's been two months since the incident, and Shan Sister Er has been holding her words back until now, and it's impossible for a little girl's family to not trust their parents ...... Perhaps, she doesn't actually feel that this matter is worth much attention?"
"How could it be!" Sister Zhu busily said, "This is something that we would have to investigate to the death! The fifth girl is still young, perhaps she was frightened and didn't react at first?"
"Look at her today, she doesn't look the least bit frightened or unresponsive." The old madam asked Sister Zhu, "I only saw that she was clearly organized, not afraid of me at all, and even refuted my words one by one. When your Grand Master was her age, he didn't have this kind of courage."
The old lady is not as common as the woman who favors her own children.
Still in the girl's time, because the parents have no children, the only daughter as a boy that raised, regardless of what books reason, as long as it is useful, the old lady have read and learned, a young age began to help the parents in charge of the family, since the childhood has developed a say no sex. Therefore, the old lady's children or, now the grandchildren or, more or less afraid of the old lady, in addition to the fixed morning and evening provinces, and not often a child specially run over to enjoy the knees.
Staying beside the old lady for decades, how could Sister Zhu not know what the old lady thinks? In her opinion, his old master for the child, as usual, and all the mothers in the world, are pain into the bottom of the eyes, pain into the heart. Just maybe it is the relationship between the childhood filled with boys to raise, the old madam's love for the child is not to see the child can not eat a little loss, and even some times, she also deliberately want to call a smooth sailing children to eat some losses.
"After seeing and coping with a lot, when you go out in the future, you won't be caught off guard."
This was what the old madam had once said to Sister Zhu, and it was also what the old madam had been thinking for many years.
It was really the same nature as Old Master. Sister Zhu secretly contemplated, although this way several children each become a tool, but because of many years of habit, even if the children grow up to understand their mother's painstaking efforts, but also can only be very respectful, can not be very close to ...... I do not know whether the old madam later have some regrets?
Secret thoughts return to thoughts, in the old madam spoke between, Zhu Sister has laughed and said: "big master enlightenment late than not, but the five girls and can not compare to the second master it."
This is the old lady's son Xu Peide, who died at the age of five.
This son really want to summarize, there is only one sentence: Zhong Ling Yuxiu, began to believe that the sky jealous of.
The old lady turned her hands between the Buddha beads, gently sighed: "This messy world does not come, I recite the sutra for him day by day, two days ago as if I dreamt of him again, dreaming of his solemn appearance, in the Western Pure Land must have already cultivated the right fruit."
Sister Zhu gave a low response.
The old madam was silent for a moment, and then asked: "good sister before got that terrible disease, and in front of the Buddha got well, they all say good sister is the Buddha's wonderful hands to do, before sent to the Da Ci Temple to send things of the servants came back to say that the five girls since woke up looked very different, I was not quite convinced at first, did not expect to come back to take a look at it, indeed very unusual, this is open the appearance of persistent wisdom ah ...... You say there really is such a thing?"
Sister Zhu knew what the old lady wanted to hear.
What's more, the facts are all there, also can't allow her not to believe, she said in a warm voice: "Old madam, slave girl think this thing is really there, not to mention, those prodigies in ancient times is not less? Let's just say that the twelve ministers of Gan Luo, if there is no wisdom, how can he manage the affairs of a city and a country?"
The old madam's expression between her eyebrows lightened up a bit.
Sister Zhu laughed again and said, "I see that the Fifth Miss is just like the Second Master, a true Buddhist. In the past, that Zen Master Guangming said that this son has a destiny with our Buddha, and that he won't stay long; today, the fifth girl woke up in front of the Buddha, isn't it all clear evidence?"
The old madam also laughed: "You can't go out and talk about good sister-er's destiny with the Buddha anymore, if it spoils good sister-er's future marriage, be careful that old fourth daughter-in-law won't be involved with you."
Thinking of the scene when He and Xu Shanran came back today, Sister Zhu couldn't help but smile, "How would a slave girl dare! However, according to the slave girl, the fifth girl is much more powerful than the fourth wife, but in front of the fourth wife from time to time, as if not grown up, coaxed the fourth wife to pull out the heart."
Hearing these words, the old madam's mind moved, "What if Sister Shan'er didn't want to keep Old Fourth Mistress and her husband in fear, so she delayed until she came back from the mountains and then came to tell me about it?"
Sister Zhu did not expect the topic to turn to here, could not help but be dumbfounded, but think carefully, also think that if it is from the side of the opening of the hostel, this is nothing impossible, after all, the four masters and four wives really ...... "that a couple of a good, are an all-embracing heart nature! ...... If this is really the case, good sister's son is really good at hurting people." The old madam said to herself. She closed her eyes and thought more carefully about the conversation she had with Xu Shanran at night ...... It had been a long time since she had thought this carefully about the conversation she had with anyone, "I'm afraid that tonight's matter was something I casually mentioned, and Sister Shan'er casually said it. What she came to me for was not to talk about it ......"
"Then what was it for?" Sister Zhu couldn't help but ask as she saw the analysis getting further and further away.
"Told you so, how do I know?" The old madam laughed.
During the time that the old madam and Sister Zhu were talking, Xu Shanran also returned to his own courtyard.
The words just now and the old madam were not what Xu Shanran wanted to say at the very beginning, from beginning to end, it was just following her own grandmother's words, but for Xu Shanran, the purpose of going to find the old madam this time has already been achieved - what she has to say can't be said at the very beginning, it is always necessary to tell the people who can agree to know, what she now has Ideas, what is the appearance, and so that can promise things slowly accepted the moment of her, she asked for things to be promised possible.
It's a water-mill endeavor, and I just hope it won't take too long.
But according to the grandmother's nature, I think this time will not be too long.
Now time is not early, Xu Shanran let the red parrot and Li mom go down to rest, he left the green parrot in the body, look at that Ren Chenglin brought over by Xu Peidong gave her a few boxes of things.
Green parrot briefly reported: "a box of books from all over the world, several individually placed rare ancient books, a lot of ink, paper and inkstones, the girl's family like bamboo kites bamboo dragonflies are also available, there are also special to go to the gold building to fight jewelry jade pendant ...... " said here, she also whispered to the She said here, she also whispered to her own girl, "Miss, Huanxi also followed young master Ren over just now, he whispered to me that the fourth girl's portion is only half of the girl's portion of yours."
Xu Shanran did not comment on this, only that she was more or less amused in her heart.
Whether it was now or many years later, the father's favorite way for his own children was to give more things, and it was even simpler to express the distinction between the first and the concubine, if her share would always be a measure, then no matter what, Xu Danyu's and Xu Danqing's would always be her half.
This is really and rules and rough way of differentiation, not at all like the father's calligraphy and painting curricula, or euphemistic and charming, or grandiose and majestic, or can be upright and dignified.
...... No, perhaps, can not just simply say that the father does not understand how to get along with the child.
It should be said that in those years, whether it is Xu Danyu, Xu Danqing, or herself, can not meet the expectations of the father's mind.
The mute and silent Xu Dan Yu needless to say, when she was a child in the end, in painting and calligraphy and poetry have little patience and no talent, learning to learn but also learn to cope with the scene. Xu Danqing in painting some talent, and willing to work hard, at first it is quite a father like, but in the Qing Ya thing on the utilitarian is too heavy, that pandering gas came to the surface, in the painting and calligraphy can be called everyone's father soon saw Xu Danqing's ideas, they feel that the painting fell into the hands of the other side is also pathetic, and has since no longer on the painting of Xu Danqing's comments, over time, Xu Danqing's pen is only in the social flow, more and more skillful up.
Father himself is a great talent, never had the idea that a daughter without talent is virtue.
Father should have very much hoped that he could become the heir to his mantle, as he had won the jinshi in the thirteenth year of Jeonghong's reign, and she had been born the next year.
This is simply a sign that is more than understandable in the father s view ...... Otherwise, the father who loves books so much will not give her a few rare books every now and then.
Xu Shanran will green parrot special out of the rare books slightly turned over, said: "Turn back to the two ear room are packed, inside the embroidery frame flower plate all collected, set up two big table, two big bookshelves, in two days I personally go to the library to see, will be inside the books are moved out and set up."
"I understand, girl." Green Parrot promised.
Xu Shanran went to look at Xu Peidong let play the new style of gold and silver jewelry, see one looks like a fine carving value is extraordinary, also can not help but sigh, casually said: "These are all put away, my jewelry so much, do not know when can wear finished."
Green parrot low brow obediently do not speak. At this time, she was able to more or less peep Xu Shanran's thoughts: looking at the food wear with wear nothing but fine, but the girl to use is live money, in the end only seven years old, before the two hundred two or left and right to get out of, look at today's girl talk tone, the two hundred two is far from enough, and can not reach out to the master and wife to ...... these Although the jewelry are gold embedded treasure, really want to change money is also cheap, but Zhan Guo Gongfu's first lady silver does not come together to take the jewelry to change money? This to spread out, really want to be laughed off the teeth.
Only do not know, then, these silver how to get ......