Mu Huagui

Chapter 10 Accident
Chen Jiao'er gave a wry smile, can she say that she is useless, so she had to put away the bowls and chopsticks.Chen Qilu and Chen Qisi also didn't want to stay and listen to these flattery words, they stood up and greeted everyone and followed Chen Qishan out.

When going out, the maids and women who were dining outside wiped their mouths and followed the master to serve.Only cherries, for an excuse, did not keep up.

The arch bridge in the back garden is crossed over the pond, and the fireworks are set off near the front yard in the back garden. Standing on the bridge and watching it has a wide view.

"The mansion specially packed out the lotus viewing pavilion to show us the fireworks, wouldn't it be bad to stand here?" Chen Qilu pulled the rabbit fur cloak outside and said.

"What's the point of sitting in the pavilion, and listening to the nagging of the elders, it's better to be here." Chen Qishan said displeasedly.

"Mother Qin" suddenly saw Mother Qin approaching beside the old lady, everyone bowed and saluted, and the sisters of Chen Qishan also stepped forward to say hello.

After Qin's mother returned the gift, she smiled and said, "The old lady said that it is only once a year that the girls can have a good time, but the old lady thinks that it is going to snow in the middle of the night, and the ladies go to the pavilion to keep warm." Wouldn't it be better to sit, drink hot tea, and eat snacks, and watch the fireworks together with the sisters talking and laughing."

She said it modestly, but no one knew that this must be what the old lady meant. It's just that Qin's mother is always good at being a person. No matter how ugly the words are, they can be heard warmly from her mouth.

No matter how reluctant she was, Chen Qishan had no choice but to take her sisters to the Guanhe Pavilion.The pavilion was built against the water, and it was already covered with tulle because the women's family wanted to use it, and a charcoal stove was built inside.

When everyone entered, the pavilion was warmed by four red-burning charcoal stoves, and four round tables had already been set up.Many female relatives who brought their children had already sat in, including Chen Qiluo who was behind, who was sitting in the middle right now, and was saying something to people with a look on his face.

"Fourth sister, please sit down." Chen Qilu was afraid that there would be another conflict, and she was afraid that she would pull Chen Qishan to sit at another table.There are four-color fruit boxes on the table. The four-color pastries include imperial bean curd, sesame rolls, golden cakes and jujube paste cakes. The four-color candied fruits include candied apples, candied longan, candied fresh peaches and candied green plums. The four-color dried fruits are as usual. Tiger skin peanuts, strange-flavored soybeans, milky white grapes and snow mountain plums, and four-color dim sum are sesame knife-cut, almond bergamot, crispy apples and wishful cakes.

Everyone gossiped about their daily life over tea and snacks, and someone exclaimed, "It's snowing."

Chen Qisi thought of a child, ran out of the pavilion and reached out to pick up the snowflakes and came in to show to her sisters.Fireworks also started to go off at this time, and the fireworks that lit up from the front yard rushed high into the sky, blooming gorgeous flowers.Perhaps it is because it is too close, it is not easy to see the fireworks in the sky clearly when sitting in the pavilion.

Chen Qishan ran out excitedly, and did not forget to turn her head to greet the others, "What's there to see here, why don't you follow me to the bridge to have a good look."

Chen Qilu had no choice but to keep up with Chen Qisi and Chen Jiao'er, and their respective maids hurled away many people with their cloaks.

Chen Qihong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Third sister, they all went to watch the fireworks on the bridge. The view there is wider, and it must be better than watching in the pavilion."

Chen Qiluo has been paying attention to the movements of this group of people, seeing that they can still sit still when they go out, she also stands up and goes out.Another group of people cheered and got on the bridge.

"I said the terrain here is the best, so you can see it the most clearly. There are so many people holding the stove, how can it be cold?" Everyone watched the colorful fireworks reflected in the sky, and they bloomed one by one, like It seems like a dream is right in front of your eyes, and you can grasp it as soon as you reach out.They all opened their eyes wide and looked up, not caring about answering Chen Qishan's words.

The stone bridge was originally small, but Chen Qiluo and a group of people came up all of a sudden, and it immediately became overcrowded.Seeing this, the maidservants moved out of the way one after another and let the girls stand at the highest position on the bridge, while the rest stood on both sides of the bridge to wait.

"Huh, instead of pretending to be a young lady in the warm pavilion, you can run around like us and not be afraid of getting into trouble." This was what Chen Qiluo said about Chen Jiao'er at noon, and Chen Qishan used the topic to express it.

Chen Qiluo was so angry that the hand holding the handkerchief stopped shaking, and finally shook her right hand fiercely, "You can come to this back garden, but I, a decent young lady of the Chen family, can't come."

But she didn't know that her flick didn't matter, it hit Chen Qisi, who was defenseless by the bridge, heavily on the shoulder.The small body tilted and the whole person fell straight down the bridge like a green onion.

Seeing this scene, the maids and mother-in-law screamed in horror, and even more timidly covered their eyes and dared not look on.But when she opened her eyes, she saw that Chen Jiao'er was holding Chen Qihong's hand tightly. Half of Chen Qihong's body had fallen outside the bridge, and the hand outstretched outside the bridge was still tightly holding Chen Qisi.

Chen Qisi's tiny body was suspended under the bridge, and an instinct for survival made her hold on tightly to Chen Qihong, seeing that Chen Qihong couldn't hold on and slowly slid down.Chen Jiao'er pulled Chen Qihong as hard as she was breastfeeding and shouted, "Quick..."

Because of too much force, he only choked out a word, and his face flushed as if he was being choked for breath.Just this sound made everyone wake up, and they rushed forward, scratching their heads, pulling their feet, pulling them up.

The three of them collapsed and leaned against several women, before they could take a few breaths, the eldest wife, the second wife and the fourth wife rushed over.The fourth wife's face was pale, and when she saw Chen Qisi stepping forward and hugged her, she cried out, "Son, it's all my mother's fault, she shouldn't marry a bastard, even if you are troubled, you won't be able to lift your head up in front of others. The life of being bullied by the first eldest sister is almost gone, so the three of us may die together so that others can move places."

"Okay, let's see what you are talking about." The second wife glanced at the trembling eldest lady, and stepped forward to stop the fourth wife in time.She said kindly, "It's just a joke between the sisters. I didn't grasp the measure all of a sudden. It can be said that I am not dead. If you are celebrating the New Year, you don't think it's filthy, and you have to take care of your children."

"Qi Luo, what's going on." The eldest lady asked in a deep voice, seeing that all the relatives sitting in the pavilion were looking at this, but fortunately, all the people on the bridge were her own girls and servants, if there were outsiders, what would happen? end.

"Mother, it's not me, it's none of my business. It's Qishan who insisted on pulling everyone to watch some fireworks on the bridge. We were sitting well, but she forced me here." Chen Qiluo was also in a cold sweat just now. Fortunately, she saw the look in her mother's eyes and knew that she couldn't take this matter on her, so she quickly pointed to Chen Qishan and said.

"You spitting blood, it's obvious that you pushed Seventh Sister off the bridge, so many people on the bridge can see clearly, you don't want to renege on it." Chen Qishan was furious, and she seemed to be going forward desperately.

"Big girl, what does your family look like? Who are these people, and they are not blind, so they need to be so angry." After speaking, he said to Qin's mother who had just rushed over, "Qin's mother, please come to the observation hall He Ting conveyed the message, and said that it had just snowed and the bridge deck was slippery, and a naughty maid almost fell off the bridge, but luckily she was pulled up, and there is no serious problem, please rest assured."

Chen Jiao'er, Chen Qihong and Chen Qisi were all sent to the old lady's Jinhua Residence.The doctor was quickly invited to help the three sisters get a pulse. He was the same doctor as last time, but this time, not only did he not understate it, but he exaggerated it so much that the three sisters seemed to be too frightened to die at any time.The end is naturally to bring a heavy consultation fee and leave a prescription full of precious medicinal materials.

After the doctor left, the fourth wife hugged Qisi again and yelled heartily. The old lady said impatiently, "The child is frightened, don't scare her anymore, just rest at my place tonight."

The adults all dispersed one by one, and the three of them lay flat together, and Qisi was so frightened that she took the medicine and fell asleep early.Chen Jiao'er glanced at Qi Hong who was sleeping next to her, her eyes were wide open, she was obviously not sleepy like her.

I thought that the old lady would ask them about the situation at that time in private, but I didn't expect that I just came over to take a look, boasted a few words, and gave some jewelry and clothing materials, and condemned the old lady to send the two back to her yard, and then there was nothing. below.

Cherry waited outside after hearing that Miss was sent to Jinhuaju.After picking up the lady and thanking the old lady who sent someone to send their mother-in-law, she closed the door and anxiously grabbed Chen Jiaoer's hand, "Miss is injured, what's the matter, no one in the yard will say One word, the servants are almost dying of anxiety."

I didn't hear the news in Jinhuaju, and it was inconvenient to ask questions if someone followed me along the way, so Cherry asked eagerly when I entered my yard.

"It's all right, you can rest assured." Chen Jiao'er told Cherry one by one what happened on the bridge today, but she still had a little doubt in her heart but didn't say anything.

The stone bridge was built in the back garden, and it was originally for the ladies and wives to play. The handrails beside the bridge are built high enough, not to mention that Qi Si is not tall, even if she stands by the bridge, she will be able to reach her waist, unless it is intentional. It is definitely not easy to turn over the bridge.

Even if Qi Luo was very angry when she shook her hand and used a lot of strength, it would be difficult to push Qi Si down.At that time, the closest to Qisi were her elder sister Qilu and the concubine Qihong of the long house. It was not Qilu but Qihong who caught Qisi first.

Could it be that Qisi took advantage of Qiluo's mistake to fall down on purpose?But Qi Si is only six years old, what good would it do her, and seeing how frightened she is today, she doesn't look like she's pretending.

Qisi's sister, Qilu?This is even more impossible, the relationship between the two sisters has always been very good, and they are different from Chen Qiluo in age, and there is no conflict at present because of the difference between the concubine and the concubines.

Chen Qihong, the daughter of Aunt Yu's eldest daughter?The one who was able to reach out and grab Qisi first after she fell off the bridge must have paid close attention to her, so she could react faster than her own sister.As for why she paid so much attention, it must be because when Qi Luo shook her hand and accidentally pushed Qi Si, she stumbled or used some other method.

That's why Qi Si fell down, and that's why she was the first to reach out to grab it. Chen Jiao'er shook her head and nodded again. Although there was no evidence, she felt that she should have caught the joint.

What are the benefits of doing so?

(End of this chapter)