stern wife

Chapter 14
Pei Runzhi walked over, touched his sister's little head, and said pretending to be innocent:
"That's right, mother must have been sleeping late, elder brother called you to open the door, can you go and wake her up?"

Pei Xiaoran silently made a note to the servants in the yard, then nodded happily and said:

"Huh! Brother, hurry up and ask someone to open the door. Xiaoran hasn't seen Mother for a long time. I miss her so much!"

Pei Runzhi smiled gratifiedly, and raised his hand to knock on the door.

After calling and calling for a long time, I heard the sound of shuffling footsteps from inside, and then, the courtyard door was slowly opened, revealing a disheveled, yawning servant.

The boy yelled impatiently: "Who! The disturbing dream early in the morning..." When he opened his eyes, he saw Pei Xiaoran and the others, and the impatient expression on his face immediately changed into a hypocritical smirk , made a perfunctory salute:
"Yo, so it's Miss Six and the two young masters." Seeing Pei Huayu and sisters in a blink of an eye, the perfunctory cupped hands immediately became respectful, and said:

"Miss Seven and Miss Eight are here too! Greetings to the two ladies."

Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli responded lightly, neither cold nor hot.

Just looking at the servant's attitude, those who didn't know it thought that Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli were the legitimate daughters.

But then, Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli ran to Pei Xiaoran's side, took her arm affectionately from left to right, and said with a smile:
"Sixth sister, let's go see mother together!"

"Let's go wake mother up together!"

Pei Xiaoran didn't even look at the boy, and walked straight towards his mother's room, and calmly pulled his arms out of the hands of the two sisters.

Wu Shi got up early, but because she was not in good health after giving birth to Pei Xiao, she didn't get out of bed often, and she was sitting on the head of the bed at this time, holding a few pieces of brand new fabric and sewing awkwardly.

She is the daughter of a merchant. She grew up with an abacus in her hand. She is proficient in business and is no worse than a man. But after marrying into the Pei family, the management of the shops in Pei's village fell into the hands of Cheng. There is no room for use, so I have to learn to do some jobs that I don't know how to pass the time.

It happened that the old lady didn't like her, she said she didn't even want to see her face, and she didn't have to ask for greetings every day, so Wu had a lot of free time, and she gradually learned how to behave.

No, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so she personally made some clothes for her children, Pei Runzhi, Pei Yuxuan, and Pei Yanhe's are all ready, now only Pei Xiaoran's is left.

The daughter's house is delicate and cute, and the clothes should be more delicate. Wu Shi felt that her craftsmanship was not good enough, and was worrying about how to make it look better, so Pei Xiaoran walked in.

"Xiaoran pays respects to mother, and hopes that mother is in good health and everything goes well."

As soon as Pei Xiaoran walked to Wu's bed, he saluted respectfully, then jumped up and flew onto Wu's body.

"Mother, I miss you so much!"

Bury her little face in her mother's arms, so that no one will see the tears she burst into her eyes, and no one will know how heavy the longing in these words is.

In her previous life, Wu's health was also like this. Before she got married, she almost let go several times, but in order to send her daughter to get married, and saw her daughter get married with her own eyes, she insisted on staying until Pei Xiaoran got married, and finally left with satisfaction.

As a mother, she did not protect her children from being bullied by anyone, but within the scope of her ability, she has done the best.

The only blame is to blame people's ulterior motives and the world's coldness.

Wu put down her needle and thread, hugged her daughter's small body with a smile, rubbed her soft hair with her chin, and said softly:
"Mother also wants to be sullen. I heard from your brother that you caught a cold a few days ago. Are you feeling better now?"

Saying that, he stroked Pei Xiaoran's back in distress, and sighed:
"Your brother was afraid that you would give me your illness and wouldn't let me see you. In fact, why is mother afraid? It was just to prevent your brothers from worrying, so mother didn't go to accompany you. Would Xiaoran blame mother? Dear?"

Pei Xiaoran shook his head in her arms.

She knew that Pei Runzhi didn't tell Wu Shi the truth about her falling into the water, because she was afraid that Wu Shi would be too worried and she would fall ill, so she changed to a milder illness, so that Wu Shi, who hadn't seen Pei Xiaoran for a long time, could worry less .

Wu shi heaved a sigh of relief, she gave birth to three sons before she got a daughter, so she loves her very much, and the girl is delicate and needs constant care.

It's a pity that she doesn't live up to expectations, and she can't even take care of herself, let alone take care of others, so she always feels in her heart that she owes Pei Xiaoran, for fear that she will blame herself for not being by her side when she needed it most.

The mother and daughter, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, got tired of it for a long time before Pei Xiaoran left from Wu's warm and fragrant arms. At this time, she had already adjusted her emotions, and there was no trace of crying on her small face. The cloth on Wu's lap asked curiously:

"Mother, what are you doing here?"

Mrs. Wu replied with a smile: "I want to make you a new dress so that you can wear it during the Chinese New Year." As she spoke, she raised her hand and gently pinched her small shoulders, wrinkled her brows, and said in doubt and distress:

"I haven't seen you for so many days, how come you haven't gained any flesh? On the contrary, you seem to have lost a lot of weight?"

"No way," Pei Xiaoran prevaricated with a smile: "It's because I don't wear a little today, and mother feels thinner when she touches it."

After being tortured for a long time by the recurrent high fever after falling into the water, it is no wonder that she can grow flesh.

After a pause, Pei Xiaoran changed the subject again:
"I think my mother has prepared so many colors of thread, maybe she wants to embroider more patterns, Xiaoran doesn't like complicated patterns, just embroider a few simple ones, Xiaoran is naturally beautiful, she looks good on anything! "

After finishing speaking, she raised her chin very smugly.

She knew that Mrs. Wu was not good at needlework, so she didn't want her to worry about it. Anyway, as long as it was made by mother, she would like it no matter what it was made of!

Wu Shi was amused by her, nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will listen to Xiaoran."

The room was chatting and laughing happily, when a sound of footsteps came from outside the door, Pei Xiaoran was the first to look back, and saw a girl carrying a tray, walked in without knocking on the door, and said to Wu:

"Ma'am, it's time to drink the medicine."

Wu Shi has long been accustomed to the neglectful attitude of these servants, and said indifferently: "Let's put it on the table first."

The girl put down the tray, glanced at everyone in the room, and only blessed the two sisters Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli before retreating, as if the other masters did not exist.

(End of this chapter)