Madam's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and the young master's examination in Beijing was getting closer and closer. Grandma came to visit every now and then, and the grand master and the third master, who usually don't come, also came to see madam every day, and were close to copying the stool to drive the young master out of the door, and even Master Wei, who sent someone to ask: when exactly will the young master set off on his journey?
"They come every day to urge you, you still do not go?"
When it was still dark, Madam sat in front of the hall, leaning on the young master's shoulder, looking at the setting sun and said.
"Let them rush off, I'll stay here with you." The young master gently rubbed the lady's stomach.
"That can't be," the lady's tone was a bit anxious, "You have been studying since you were a child, your father and grandmother are looking forward to your high school scholarship and revitalizing the return of the family. Besides, my wishful husband, that is the most talented scholar under the sky, he will surely be able to come back with a gong and drum, and then take me to walk around every corner of this world."
"I'll wait for you here, not going anywhere." The Lady nestled into the young master's neck and exhaled hot air. I stood behind the young master and watched as the lady secretly wiped her tears from falling into the young master's lapel.
The young master was convinced by the madam. He put on his traveling bag, which was filled with books, and was sent by Master Wei to send him to the capital. On the day he left, I helped Madam to stand on the steps of the mansion gate and waved at him with all my might.
Madam refused Master Wei's offer to let her go home to nurse her child. She had promised the young master that she would wait in front of the hall for the young master to return. After the young master left, the madam got up every day and went to the study where the young master often read, to dry the books for the young master and take care of his ink and paper.
I accompanied you and planted some orchids, osmanthus trees, and bamboos in front of the study window. The young master is not always read what the plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, the age of three friends, when he came back, must give him a different study. Mrs. also followed the young master's example, reading books in front of the table, and the one she read the most, was still the book "Xu's Travels". There were several times that I couldn't help but want to show the young master's drawing of that picture to the madam, but I promised the young master that I would keep it a secret for him.
That day, the young master and the third master came over and said that they wanted to tear down the study and divide the courtyard of the east wing into three, one for each family. Of course, Madam refused, and asked me to go and invite Grandma Zu. I refused to do so as well, and ran off in a huff to the backyard to invite Grandma Zu. The first and third masters are fighting over their own acres of land, and now they are eyeing the young master's courtyard, which is what the second master left for the young master, how can it be divided into three?
Grandma walks slowly, I had to be patient, and the backyard of the small flowers to help her walk slowly. But before we got to the front of the young master's courtyard, we heard Dazhu Zi shouting from inside the door, "Quickly come to the people ah, the young lady fell into the water, quickly come to the people ah."
Grandma fainted as soon as she heard it, I was so anxious that I handed my grandma over to Little Flower and spread my legs and ran to the yard. A large family stood on the shore of the pond at a loss for words, the eldest and the third master stood in the corner of the pond, iron face without saying a word. I can't even take off my clothes, jumped into the pond to save the lady, a group of people to hand over the bamboo poles, wooden sticks, and pulled the lady to the shore.
Later, I realized that the lady in the pond and the master of the three masters theory, talking about it will be up, pushing and shoving between the accidental loss of foot fell into the pond.
Pah! I don't believe it, Mrs. so gentle temperament, usually never angry, how I left, on the temperament and shove them? It must be that the grand master and the third master can not be theorized, annoyed and pushed the lady down. I went to ask Dazhu Zi, but Dazhu Zi stammered and refused to say anything. I went to ask the grand master again, the grand master sat in the hall, gently picked up the cup of tea, twisted the lid and slowly took a sip, and spit the tea leaves back into the cup, and lightly said, "When, you a slave girl can also control the master's family matters?"
The doctor said, the lady lost her footing and fell into the water, suffered from cold and shock, the child is gone.
Grandma woke up, heard that the lady miscarried and did not come back to the young master's courtyard, every day only in that Buddha Hall to eat fasting and recite her Amitabha Buddha, sin sin sin. The master of Wei sent someone, must take the lady away, but also not allowed me to follow.
The person who came was the lady's elder brother, he stared at us fiercely, spat hard, and said he wanted to wait for the young master to come back to settle the score together. The first and third masters also stopped making noise about dividing the young master's courtyard, I know, they must be weak-minded.
But what to do? I now only hate myself to be returned to the young resident instead of returned to the resident. The third master said I am an outsider, how can an outsider control the affairs of the house? I looked at the courtyard full of plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums but empty, my heart a burst of fire, want to wrestle something to vent their anger, but looked around, there is not a single thing that belongs to me.
Young master, you quickly come back, such a day, the small resident can not live a day.
4
The subordinate who was sent by Mr. Wei to send the young master is back. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time before I was able to get back to my home. The first thing I want to do is to get the money back from the government.
I was so happy that I didn't even bother to ask how many days it would take, so I rushed home to tell my grandmother the news.
The moncler and third master also quickly heard the news from other people, and together they hurried to the Wei House, saying that they want to take the lady back, married woman, which has to return to her mother's home for so long.
Master Wei refused, the eldest master then said, "You have to think clearly, my nephew is now His Majesty's appointment of the scholar, the son of the emperor's disciples. The nephew's daughter-in-law is staying at her mother's house all day long, and if word gets out, where will my face go? If outsiders find out, they will think that our family is bullying a woman's family, spoiling my nephew's future, you can't afford it!" The words were spoken in a staccato manner and thrown down to the ground.
"That's right." The third master on the side to pick up, "the past days of unhappiness, today will be written off. In the future, you and I two families when not to forget the former suspicion, get along well."
Master Wei was so angry, he took up his walking stick and smacked it on moncler outlet online his buttocks, cursing, "You're a dog with a father but no mother, you came to my place to spread the wild, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your dead father." Beat the moncler outlet store ass.
Mrs. and I learn these scenes, always laugh softly, sometimes laugh hard, can not help coughing, coughing I was a little scared, even laugh did not dare to laugh, and hurried to pat her back, the medicine fed to her to drink.
Mrs. finally is back. I heard that Master Wei originally did not agree, but could not resist the lady, had to send her back, but brought their own subordinates to serve, clearly does not believe that the return of the House of the people.
Mrs. and I sat in front of the hall again, expecting the young master to come back every day. But wait and wait, a long time did not wait for the young master to come back, Mrs. eat the medicine is more and more bitter day by day, sometimes bitter I just taste a mouthful of vomit half a day. But Madam drank it all down, not a drop left. I know, Mrs. want to wait for the young master to come back well, take her to the ends of the earth.
Just back from the Wei House, Mrs. can still sit in the study for half a day, sunbathing, tending to the flowers and plants, reading her favorite book "Xu's Travels", green fingers pointing at the tree, read word by word, read carefully, that look and gesture like the young master's appearance when he was reading. Later, when I went to bring her medicine, I saw her crouching on the table, and the book fell to the ground. I put down the medicine and went to help her, but I found that the lady was surprisingly hot.
The doctor at the Golden Jade Hall in the north of the city said that after her miscarriage, she was overly worried. I asked the doctor what he meant, and he looked up at the sky and shook his head and left. I really don't know what is too much worry, but the lady's situation is getting worse day by day. When awake, always leaning on the bed, begged me to read her "Xu's Travels", but I do not recognize where. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm sure I'll be able to find a way to make it work.
Young master, you come back soon. Quickly take that picture you drew and show it to the madam, and when the madam is happy, she will get well.
Young master finally came back. I went to the Ten Mile Pavilion in the south of the city to wait for him. From afar, a group of people came with gongs and drums, and on both sides of the road were the people who had gotten the news early to come to claim the reward money. The young master of the big red sedan chair a up and down, far fluttering, like a red flag, good is festive.
I remembered my wife, who was in bed, and suddenly I cried out, "Young master--"
The young master got out of the sedan chair and ran to me, and helped me up, asking me, "What are you doing here? I'm not sure why you're here, but I'm glad you're here. How is everything at home? How is Madam? How is grandma?"
"Not good," I couldn't stop my tears, "No not good not good, not good at all."
The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on the best of the best, and you'll be able to do that.
The first thing you need to do is to go into the courtyard, and then go to the house, and then finally go to the study.
I saw the lady sitting in front of the table where the young master used to study. I walked in and saw that the lady was sitting at the table reading, reading, or the book "Xu's Travels".
Mrs. painted makeup. The good jade hairpin flower powder gently and softly spread all over the face, lightly applied some of the county Luangya Square production of rouge, looks very good color, white and red. Willow leaf knife like curved eyebrows, think it is carefully painted, smile up brow curved, gentle and lovely. Hair inserted, is last year's festival, the young master gave her that openwork carved flowers of the best Pine Creek white jade hairpin, through the hall of the wind blew, blowing hairpin tassels fluttering, Mrs. waterfalls of green silk with the wind dance, look at the young master are frozen.
The lady looked up to see the young master, her eyes suddenly fell into the starlight. She threw away the book and stood up, flung herself into the young master's arms and said, "Husband, my concubine has not broken her word."
I was overjoyed that once the young master came back, all of Madam's illnesses were cured. I was so happy that once the young master came back, the madam's illness was all over. The worrying, the puzzling looking up at the sky and the shaking of the head were all thrown aside. I'm not sure if I'm right or not, but I'm sure that the doctors at the Golden Jade Hall in the north of the city know how to exaggerate their illnesses, and it's not worth giving them any money.
I washed the bowl of medicine that the lady in the house had drunk, fed the dregs of the medicine in the kitchen to the rhubarb to eat, and dumped the herbs drying in the sun at the back of the courtyard into the small river in front of the house in my head.
The young master came back, the lady no longer need these. They are like a kind of invisible mist that covers the lady's body all day long, stealing her energy little by little.
That night, the lady begged the young master to read with her in the study, and the young master couldn't resist, so she agreed to do so.
That night, the young master begged the young master to read with her in the study, and the young master could not resist, so he agreed.
Suddenly my ears exploded, I was a panic, hurriedly got up and ran out, even the coat can not wear. Break into the study, Mrs. lying in the arms of the young master asleep, couch, the book "Xu's Travels" scattered on the ground, points of bright red rainstorm generally sprinkled on the young master finely written that picture, blurred the pattern, can no longer be seen. Under the dim light, the lady's makeup remains the same, only the lips are white.
I saw the young master carefully approaching the lady, and heard her murmur something in her ear, which I still don't know. Then I heard the young master say, "Little Resident, go out, and I will stay a little longer with the Lady."
"Ugh." I didn't know what to do, so I just answered softly, closed the door and went out.
Madame did not wake up again.
5
After that day, the young master sat in the study every day, holding in his hand, the same book.
His Majesty sent someone to ask when he would return to the capital. The young master only said, "No."
The grandpa and the third grandpa came together to scold, from the great-grandpa to the second grandpa, the young master also said only one sentence, "Do not go."
Strangely enough, neither Grandma Zu nor Master Wei came to ask.
After that, the first and third masters built a fence in the compound, saying that they would not live with the fool, and grandma Zu was chanting daily in the Buddha Hall, opening and closing her mouth to sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin sin. What about the young master? He tore down the study, the books on the shelves, and all the books were burned in a fire, leaving only the book Xu's Travels, and then drove us all away.
I cried and argued to stay, so the young master said to me, "Little Resident, you go, I and the lady also have to go, return to the house, it is not worth people to stay." He gave me all my wages for all these years to go to my father. But I have been in the Returning House for so many years, where to find my father?
Also, good or bad, the days have to go on.
The day I left, I saw the young master sitting on the second master's favorite recliner, which was placed under the loquat tree in the courtyard.
The day I left, I saw the young master sitting on the chaise longue, which was placed under the loquat tree in the courtyard, and it was the season when the loquat tree was in blossom, and the yellow and white flowers were hanging on the branches.
The loquat tree was planted by the young master's wife the year he went to Beijing to take the examination. I still remember her saying, "When my husband comes back, this loquat tree will be able to blossom, and then we will sit under the tree, enjoy the coolness, play chess, and read books, don't you think it's a good idea? Little Residence."
I felt at that time that everything else was good, only reading was not good, but I think now, if the lady is still there, reading is also quite good.
The young master is lying on the chaise longue under the loquat tree, rocking, rocking ......
I wiped my tears, and looked back again, and between the blurring, I seemed to see the second master and Mrs., both standing by the young master's side.
Later, I passed by the house, the house door closed, around the original tall wall collapsed all over the place, leaving only the "return to the house" two words of the plaque is still hanging high in that. I heard that the first and third masters of the House of Return gambled indiscriminately and lost all the family's money, which drove the grandmother to death, and that the young master went far away to the south of the mountain and never came back. I looked up, only the loquat tree is still high up there, like a big umbrella, under the shade of the tree, but empty.
No matter how old you are, you will always be half a month older