Ordinary clear day

Chapter 129
The old earl's anniversary ceremony, Shu Ning's biggest feeling is tiredness.In the ceremony that lasted more than two hours, she followed other people to kneel, kowtow, and get up, then knelt down, kowtowed, and got up again, and stood for the rest of the time.When the ceremony was over and she returned to the backyard where the sisters rested, she almost felt that those legs were not hers.

This room is a side room next to Rongqing hall, it is specially for the ladies to rest, in addition to Fangning Wanning Shuning and Yuanning who came with her parents and elder brother, there are Xuxu and the fourth bedroom Yanning.

Yuanning and Xuxu seem to have had a good relationship since they were young, and they held hands and talked non-stop as soon as they entered the room.Wan Ning sat listlessly alone, constantly beating her knees, Shu Ning looked over and felt that she was paler than when they met two days ago.

In the past two days, she also visited the two cousins ​​in the big house courtyard, but she never saw Wanning. According to the maids, she was ill, but there was not even a trace of medicine inside and outside her small courtyard, and there were some old women The son-in-law and daughter-in-law were whispering, it seemed that Nala had been very strict with Wanning recently, and even moved the ruler.

Suxin inquired about some rumors, and heard that on the third day after they came back from Fucha's house last time, the wife of Wu Ya's family came to the Earl's Mansion, had a secret talk with Nala's family for half an hour, and then left.Then Nala strictly ordered her daughter to stay in the small courtyard and not leave the courtyard without her permission.Shuning wondered, did Baoyao's mother tell her aunt about Wanning's inquiring about Concubine De, so that she would use thunder?
Just as she was thinking wildly, the curtain of the door was lifted, and Chunyan came in and whispered beside Fangning. Fangning looked a little uncomfortable, and said in a deep voice: "I won't go." Chunyan whispered anxiously to persuade her, seeing her She still shook her head, and whispered something in her ear, Fang Ning bit her lip, but said nothing.

Shu Ning looked at it strangely, so she asked her what's the matter, Fang Ning hesitated for a moment, forced a smile and said: "It's nothing, Auntie has something to say to me, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon." Then she followed Chun Yan and left.Although Shu Ning was puzzled, she didn't think much about it, her attention was quickly attracted by the sound of the fifth sister Yan Ning's breathing.

Yan Ning is three years old this year, she was accompanied by a woman at first, but now that woman has gone somewhere, she is sitting on a big chair rubbing her knees, breathing in while rubbing.Seeing the painful expression on her cute little face, Shu Ning felt sorry for her, so she went over to rub her.After a while, Yan Ning felt better, raised her face and said to Shu Ning, "Thank you, Third Sister, I'm fine now." She also showed a shy smile.Shu Ning touched her head and shouted in her heart: So cute~

Fang Ning came back, her complexion was uglier than before.Shu Ning quietly asked her what happened, she just shook her head, patted Yan Ning's head, and said nothing.

Yuan Ning was chatting with her cousin Xu Xu, when she heard that Wan Ning promised to get some flower water and skin care products to help her remove the scar on her nose, she sniffed: "Where did you come from an amateur? How dare you say such a thing?" My cousin's face is a scar, not a spot, how can it be removed with that kind of thing? If the face is whitened more and more, but the scar doesn't disappear at all, wouldn't it be more conspicuous?" He glanced at Wanning calmly.Wanning glared angrily.

After hearing this, Xu Xu was very anxious: "Can't it be removed? What should I do? My mother-in-law also said that the things in your shop are good, and I bought a lot of them to try. What should I do now?" I thought there was a solution. Now that hope was lost, she couldn't help crying.

Yuan Ning was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I just said that those flower waters can't be removed, and I didn't say that other things can't be done. Several prescriptions in Hua Caifang were thought up by an old doctor. He's the best at dealing with women's faces, I'll take you to him tomorrow, and I'll make sure you'll be fine in a few days." She glanced at Wanning again, and added: "That's a real imperial doctor, not like those A layman with half a bucket of water is good at deceiving people."

Wanning was furious, she stood up abruptly, staring at Yuanning.Yuanning raised her eyebrows and was waiting to receive the move, but unexpectedly Wanning just stared at her for a few moments, gritted her teeth, and sat back without saying a word, just turned her head and ignored her.Yuanning was surprised, but after thinking about it, she thought that Wanning was afraid of herself, so she snorted triumphantly and continued talking to Xuxu.

Shuning felt a little surprised, it seems that the aunt's discipline on Wanning seemed to be very effective.

The PK between Wanning and Yuanning didn't happen, so there was harmony in the room, but this harmony was quickly broken. Aunt Tatara came in suddenly, and was about to say something to his daughter, but suddenly looked at her. To Yuanning on the side.Seeing the exquisite beaded flowers on Yuanning's hair and the intricate embroidery on the plain robe, she exploded.

"What's the matter with your mother? You look like a nouveau riche who has never seen money. With two coins in his pocket, he insists on wearing a full head of jewelry and a whole body of silk and satin to show off?! She is ashamed of herself Forget it, and dragged your daughter into the water? Look at what you are wearing on your body? What are you wearing on your head? In your eyes, you still have your grandfather? And your grandmother? Do you remember that you are keeping your filial piety?!!! "

The Shuning sisters had all stood up since he entered the door, and now they were all startled by her.Yuanning was even more at a loss. At first she listened to the reprimand honestly, but after hearing it, she couldn't help it: "What does Auntie mean by this? Although my mother-in-law and I dressed more solemnly, we also The rules are not broken, the clothes are only plain, and my mother-in-law's jewelry is all silver, if we wear embroidered clothes and jewelry, don't the sisters do the same?" She looked up and swept the room After one glance, he lowered his head and said, "Second sister also has embroidery on her clothes, and third sister also wears pearl flowers."

Wanning froze, looked at the row of light green leaves embroidered on the hem of her clothes, and shrank back uncomfortably.But Shuning could only bite the bullet and meet her aunt's gaze.There are only a pair of small pearl hairpins inserted in her hair, originally used by Tong's hairpin to fix her bun, but a small pearl was embedded in the lotus holder of the silver hairpin head. When Tong's hair was combed in the morning, she found it and inserted it into the hairpin. on her hair.Because it was very inconspicuous, and the golden part was hidden between the hairline, she didn't refuse. She didn't expect Yuanning to point it out now.I wonder if my aunt will scold her for it?
But he, Tara, just glanced at her and Wanning casually, and said with a sneer, "Your mother is sharp-tongued, it seems that you haven't gone too far. Is it embroidery on girl Wan's clothes? It’s just a leaf border. Shu girl wears a single bead, how many beads do you wear? More than thirty or forty! Dressed up in such a colorful way, who are you going to seduce? The elders discipline you, how dare you talk back?! Whose rule is this?!!!”

Yuanning's eyes turned red, her mouth flattened, and she ran out.He, Tara, was still scolding: "He ran away without saying a word, what a little hoof without a tutor!! In the future, he will be just like your mother!!!"

She took a few breaths before calming down, and lovingly said to her daughter: "Did she bully you just now? You don't have much contact with her for such an uneducated thing, lest she lead you into trouble." Xu Xu bit her lip. , walked to his mother's side and whispered a few words, a look of astonishment flashed across his face, and then he was a little annoyed, but he quickly eased his expression: "What are you afraid of? That's the imperial doctor, not his family's servant, let's send someone to go Just inquire, just come to see a doctor directly. Your Ama is about to be promoted to the third rank, how dare a little imperial doctor not give face?"

She pulled her daughter to sit down, and asked carefully if she was tired from the ceremony just now, and if there was any pain.

The Shuning sisters stood awkwardly for a while, seeing that he didn't mean to reprimand him, so they sat down hesitantly.Fang Ning went to the window and looked out, frowned and came back and whispered to Shu Ning: "The fourth sister seems to have gone to find the second aunt. This time, will Second Aunt come over to make trouble?"

Shu Ning was shocked, being reminded by her.Suo Chuoluo's temperament would never swallow his anger, and he would definitely not let Taras just like this.But if she just quarrels with her sister-in-law, it's okay, but what if the quarrel involves their sisters?Fangcai Yuanning regarded herself and Wanning as examples of refutation, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case...

She hurriedly pulled Wanning over, and said in a low voice: "Second Sister, do you have any other plain clothes to change into? Let's go back to the house and change the clothes and headgear? If the Second Aunt comes over to make a fuss with the Aunt, she will drag the two of us out." Oh no."

Wanning was a little hesitant: "No way? Just now my aunt also said that it's just a border, and I only made this white spring dress, and the previous ones don't fit."

"Didn't I see you wearing white clothes last time?"

"That's winter clothes, isn't it too hot to wear that now?"

"You have to find a way to cover it up." Shuning said, "My aunt just scolded the second aunt through the fourth sister, so she said that it doesn't matter what we wear. But the second aunt's temperament, even if there is no problem, she will find faults, we still Change it, so that things don't get out of hand, and the girls don't look good."

Wanning shivered, and hurriedly said: "Then change it, the white one has already been received in the box, I'll ask the maid to look for it right away." Fangning interjected: "The banquet will start in half an hour. , Is it too late to find it now?" Shu Ning thought for a while, and made up her mind: "I have a way, go to my room first."

The three sisters got up, handed Yan Ning to the young lady who had just shrunk at the door and dared not come in, and then found an excuse to apologize to him and stepped back. He waved his hands indifferently, and the three of them leave immediately.

After returning to Huaiyuan, Shu Ning asked someone to get the sewing box, then quickly took off the beaded hairpin on her head, put it in the dressing box, squinted her eyes, picked up two tiny white velvet flowers, and put them on the hairpin just now. position.

She has already figured out a way to deal with the embroidered border on Wanning's clothes, as long as the part embroidered with leaves is folded inward, and then sewed tightly with white thread, there will only be a light green satin border left on the dress, and no one else will. Can't fault anything.After quickly putting on the silk thread, she said to Wanning, "Sister, take off your clothes."

Wan Ning hurriedly said: "Time is urgent, let's sew it like this." Fang Ning looked at her disapprovingly: "Second sister, a living person does not use needles and threads. Take it off." Wan Ning had no choice but to take off her coat in a hurry , and then watched Shuning and Fangning sew the hems quickly, and after only a quarter of an hour, they hid the leaf embroidery on the front and back of the clothes and the two sleeves.

Wan Ning sighed: "It's amazing, it was stitched so quickly." Shu Ning said indifferently: "Second sister is familiar with it, so it will be so fast." Wan Ning touched her nose embarrassingly.

Suxin had already found a flat-bottomed glass plate for fruit, and boiled hot water. Seeing that they had cut the threads, she poured hot water into the plate, put the plate on the edge of the seam, pressed it flat, and ironed it back and forth a few times. As soon as the clothes were pulled down, the sides of the clothes became flat, only half an inch shorter than before. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that you have tampered with them.Wanning was dumbfounded.

After finishing the work, put the clothes on Wanning, and someone came to urge the sisters to go ahead for dinner.The three sisters checked each other to make sure there was no problem before going out together.On Wanning Road, she quietly asked Shuning: "Why don't you just take off the hairpin? What are you doing wearing that velvet flower?" Shuning smiled, but didn't answer.

The first half of the banquet had been peaceful, Suo Chuo Luo Shi only had a few ocular glances with Tara Shi, but nothing happened.Yuanning sat with her mother, but only glanced at the sisters from a distance.The headgear of both of them has been reduced a lot, Suo Chuoluo only kept a few hairpins, and Yuan Ning wore a velvet flower, but unfortunately they couldn't change their clothes.

When the outsiders had almost left, and only relatives of the same clan were left present, Suo Chuoluo took his daughter to the side of the aunt and eighth aunt of the same clan who were sitting at the top, and said something. With an aggrieved look, he glanced at Taras, Nala, and Tong from time to time.Yuanning cooperatively choked up a few times beside her.

Shu Ning said in her heart, "Here we come", and winked at Fang Ning and Wan Ning.

Sure enough, the two elders frowned when they heard Suo Chuoluo's words, and called him over to ask her if she had said anything inappropriate to her niece.He, Talla, knew it was not good when he saw Suo Chuoluo's opening. What she said just now was indeed too much. If she really wanted to make a fuss, it was all her fault, so he didn't shirk it, and simply admitted it. Unwillingly, he apologized to Suo Chuo Luo, but immediately accused Suo Chuo Luo's mother and daughter of wearing too gorgeous clothes, which was disrespectful to the ancestors.

At first, Suo Chuoluo was very proud, but when he heard his sister-in-law's accusation, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Auntie, you can't say that. My daughter and I are just dressed decently. How can it be too gorgeous? If so, it can be considered gorgeous." , what do other people say?" She glanced at Nala and Tong triumphantly, and said: "The second girl also has embroidery on her clothes, and the third girl is also wearing a golden bead hairpin, why don't you mention them?"

It wasn't enough for her to finish speaking, and she helped her aunt to the seats where her nieces and daughters were sitting.Shuning and the others stood up, and a glimmer of gloom flashed in Wanning's eyes.

Suo Chuoluo smiled and said to his aunt: "Look at my aunt, my aunt is very biased, and she just bullies my daughter to be honest. Look at this dress..." She stared blankly at Wanning's plain sleeves, and quickly Pulling off the other sleeve, he looked at Wanning's clothes.

"What's wrong with the clothes?" asked the auntie.Wanning pursed her lips, and said aggrievedly: "Auntie...I...I shouldn't wear fringed clothes..." "Nonsense, what's the matter with fringe on clothes for people like us?" Auntie dissatisfied Glancing at Sotroro, "Look at how you scare the child."

Not reconciled, Suo Chuoluo pointed to Shu Ning and said: "And this! She is wearing a gold hairpin, my daughter saw it with her own eyes!" But there were only two small white velvet flowers on Shu Ning's head, let alone gold, Not even copper, but two thin wooden sticks.Shuning put on an obedient look, lowering her eyebrows and pleasing her eyes.After Suo Chuoluo was surprised, he also came to his senses: "I know, you have changed your clothes and jewelry, but you deliberately didn't say it!"

Wanning said softly: "Second aunt, we have always dressed like this." The aunt also nodded: "I remember, I saw it from a distance before, the clothes of Wan girl and the hair accessories of Shu girl, It has never been changed.”

Suo Chuoluo could not refute, so he could only be angry at his two nieces: "Okay, are you trying to make a fool of me on purpose?" She turned to look at him: "I still wonder why you accompany me so readily Don’t you dare to dig a hole here and wait for me to jump down? Let me tell you..."

"That's enough, Xingge's daughter-in-law!" The Eighth Auntie interrupted her sharply, "Calm down a bit, and look at this in your own house? You think your family has a noble, and the man is an official again. Is it possible to be a domineering here? Who is not a commandant here? Your three sisters-in-law and your sister-in-law are even higher in rank than you!"

The aunt also looked at her with reproachful eyes, and said: "It's your business why you are at odds with your sister-in-law and sister-in-law, but you shouldn't bring the children into it. Look at these children, they are like a row of green onions. , everyone is well-behaved and polite, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel distressed. Look, is that the daughter of Fu Yatou?" She pointed at Xuxu, who was startled, lowered her head, and still covered it with the handkerchief nose.

The aunt looked at her lovingly and said: "Poor thing, are you sad about your grandfather? From this morning on, you will cry silently with your handkerchief covered, and your eyes are swollen. Good boy, don't be sad, you Grandfather Quanxia will be very relieved to know that you are so filial."

Xu Xu was even more embarrassed, but she couldn't say that she wasn't crying while covering her handkerchief. Her eyes were swollen because she heard Yuanning's words and thought her scar couldn't be cured, so she cried like this.

The aunt turned her head to Suo Chuoluo and said: "Look, even such a young child knows to be filial to his ancestors. A few girls are wronged and dare not speak out, but you are an elder, not only do you not care for the younger generation. You have set a good example, and you have made a lot of noise in front of so many relatives. I have always disliked what you two did before. I saw that you seem to be more sensible, so you didn't say anything, but you look like this now , how can people see it too much?"

The eighth aunt said from a distance: "Jinghui just said that people are not people. Everyone can see what you mother and daughter are wearing in the morning. Your sister-in-law said that you are too gorgeous, it is true! I thought it was removed now, others Don't you know?"

Everyone nodded secretly, and Suo Chuoluo's face turned red and white when he heard people whispering, and his face was almost crooked with anger.

Nala came over, helped the aunt, and said: "Auntie, go back to your seat, don't be as knowledgeable as the second sibling, she is confused. If you get angry, how can we be juniors?"

The two old ladies returned to their seats, both Tong Shi and Shen Shi waited beside them with hot soup and hot dishes, coaxing them to smile, why would they care about Suo Chuo Luo Shi?
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Suo Chuoluo felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles, but she heard Wan Ning whispering beside her: "Why doesn't Second Aunt go back to sit? The banquet is not over yet." She turned her head to look at Wan Ning, and saw that there was a faint smile between her brows. There was a look of complacency, and suddenly became angry, and did not return to his seat immediately, and left after pulling his daughter.

After all the visitors were sent away, and the people in the second room also left with dark faces, Nala motioned for everyone to sit down in the Rongqing hall, and asked him the ins and outs of what happened just now with Nala.

After he finished speaking, he said: "I was reckless in this matter, because I couldn't get used to Second Sister-in-law's proud appearance, so I couldn't help but say a few words, but it's too much to say that to a girl. Thanks to my nieces and daughters for their cleverness, otherwise my sister-in-law and younger siblings would be hurt."

Nala smiled slightly, and looked at Wanning: "Where did you get the clothes? Why do you look the same as the clothes you wore in the morning?" Wanning hurriedly said: "It's the same one, it's the third sister's idea, and it's the same as the clothes you wore in the morning." Together with Eldest Sister, I sewed the hem for me." She unfolded her sleeves for her mother to see, Nala finally understood, and said to Shuning: "This is all thanks to the quick wit of Sanya, Eldest Aunt really doesn't know how to thank you. "

Shu Ning hurriedly gave a salute, and said: "It's not due to my niece, it's my elder sister who reminded me and sewed clothes together with me. The second sister also cooperated very well. My niece dare not take the credit."

Nala said: "You sisters have done a good job today, and you must act carefully in the future, so that no one can catch you." The three sisters saluted together and answered "Yes".

He Lashi smiled and said to his sister-in-law: "I see that girl Fang has also grown up, and girl Wan is also very clever. My sister-in-law is really lucky." Nala just smiled, but looked at Fangning and Wanning's His eyes softened a lot.

Shuning followed her mother back to Huaiyuan, and only then did she tell her the little calculation in her heart. Tong held back a smile and nodded her forehead: "I still wonder why you didn't just pick off the hairpin, it turned out to be intentional, and it's almost the same. You look like a velvet flower, waiting for your second aunt to jump into the pit."

Shuning pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Er Niang wronged me. I just put the flower hairpin on because I was afraid that my hair would look unsightly. It was really not intentional." Tong couldn't help laughing, and tapped her on the forehead again.

After this incident, Fang Ning's life seemed to be much better than before, despite other people's problems. Nalashi became more and more pleasant to her, and often sent things to Aunt Chen.Fang Ning herself still lives as before, copying scriptures, chanting Buddha, and doing needlework to meet her sisters, but Aunt Chen is very happy, thinking that her better days are coming.

The night before Shu Ning was going back to Fangshan, she finished a purse that Fang Ning asked her to make, and thought of sending it to Fang Ning first, so as not to be in a hurry tomorrow.

She walked into the bamboo courtyard without asking anyone to inform her, and went directly to Fangning's room. When she approached the door, she suddenly heard a cry: "If you don't agree, I will die for you!!!"

Shu Ning was shocked.

(It’s closed. Although no chapters have been added, this chapter is definitely a heavy code~~~ I really want to say that the closing ceremony is not as good as the opening ceremony...)
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