The genius pyrographer of the reborn daughter

Chapter 19
Everyone was taken aback by Mo Lan's move, and gathered around to ask what was wrong.Mo Lan hugged Ning Wanzhu and cried: "My parents sent a letter, asking me to accompany Second Miss to celebrate the New Year at the Zhuangzi. So during the New Year's Eve, we really... we can't go back. "

Ning Wanzhu smiled wryly, it was almost half of the twelfth lunar month, if Nanyang Mansion wanted to take her back, they should have started making arrangements a long time ago.But until now, there is no news at all, and there must be no hope.

However, the people in Zhuangzi were all surprised.They originally knew that the Nanyang Ningfu suddenly sent an unfavorable concubine here, but they didn't expect that this concubine was so unfavorable that even those who celebrated the Chinese New Year were not allowed to go home for reunion.For a moment, everyone didn't know whether Ning Wanzhu had made any serious mistakes in the Ning Mansion, and for a while, Zhuangzi was discussing.

Brother and sister Ning Dayong and Ning Xiaoya felt very sorry for Ning Wanzhu, especially Ning Xiaoya.She spends a long time in the inner court, so she is very close to Ning Wanzhu, listening to the people in Zhuangzi chewing Ning Wanzhu's tongue behind her back, she couldn't help jumping out to defend Ning Wanzhu: "Second Miss Ning is usually gentle and polite. She treats people kindly, and it's not like you haven't seen her before. How could such a lady make any mistakes. You people must be thinking about it."

Indeed, Ning Wanzhu is very popular in Zhuangzi, and even in Du's village.However, the adults in Zhuangzi would not think about it, they would only look at it from a different angle, so many people turned their attention to Ning Wanzhu's nominal "birth mother", Aunt Shao.Rumors abounded in Zhuangzi, all saying that it was because Aunt Shao was rude to her second wife, Yan Shi, because she was the first cousin of her first wife, offended Yan Shi severely, and even fell out of favor in front of the second master of the Ning family.

Zhuangtou Ning Yongqiang therefore discussed with his wife Du Shi: "It seems that the master doesn't plan to take the second lady back to celebrate the New Year, what should we plan?"

Mrs. Du gave him a blank look, and said: "The farmer's family doesn't have as many twists and turns as the big family's in the city. Miss Ning's second lady is in the Zhuangzi, which is considered her territory. She can treat her as she pleases!"

However, Ning Yongqiang pondered for a long time before saying: "I heard from the people in the Ning Mansion in the city that if we treat Ms. Ning too favorably, I'm afraid the owners will be unhappy..."

Mrs. Du always disliked Ning Yongqiang's gossiping with the stewards of the Ning family's mansion when he returned to Nanyang City. At this time, he couldn't help but cast an angry look at her husband, and said, "I'm sorry to hear that." Don't pinch. Let's not care about Miss Ning Er's character and temper. She is just a child right now. Do you know what will happen to her when she grows up ten or twenty years from now? Will she still be a loser? There is no fixed number of concubine girls who are favored. If we treat people harshly now and be hated later, Brother Qiang, I am afraid you will have to drink a pot."

Ning Yongqiang felt that Du Shi's words were reasonable.He also thought that Ning Wanzhu was a well-behaved child and had no ill intentions towards Ning Wanzhu, but after listening to Du Shi's words, he even praised Du Shi for his long-term perspective.Now the husband and wife decide how to live in previous years, and how to live this year.In this way, if the masters of Ning's family have intentions, it cannot be said that Zhuangzi has "treated" Ning Wanzhu particularly favorably.

However, Mrs. Du thought for a while and said: "Dayong and Xiaoya have two children, but they are very close to the second lady. Xiaoya is nothing, anyway, I don't want her to marry far away in the future. But Dayong, you have to think about it. , if Dayong wants to take your seat, you have to pay attention now, Dayong must not get too close to Second Miss."

Ning Yongqiang nodded and said: "I understand this, just take him out to practice more later."

Ning Dayong hid behind the door and eavesdropped on what his parents said, he was very puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask, he only secretly hid his thoughts in his heart.Afterwards, the opportunities for him to meet Ning Wanzhu became increasingly rare, but Ning Dayong sometimes sneaked a look into Ning Wanzhu's courtyard when no one was around, hoping to catch a glimpse or two.

One or two days before the end of the twelfth lunar month, people from the Nanyang Mansion still sent Ning Wanzhu a lot of things. Apart from the ones for her daily wear, there were also a lot of food from the north and the south, which were not easily available in Nanyang.Ning Wanzhu generously distributed all the food and the like to the people in Zhuangzi.Seeing Ning Wanzhu's magnanimous demeanor, Ning Yongqiang felt that his wife was right, and that Ning Wanzhu might not be so silent in the future.

Ning Yongqiang simply found the best cook in the Du family village, and invited a butcher to kill chickens and pigs, plus the food delivered from Ning's mansion, with dozens of tables of high-quality noodles. Said that it was Miss Ning Er who thanked Zhuangzi for taking care of everyone.Everyone ate their mouths full of oil and were very satisfied, but Ning Wanzhu stepped forward and thanked Ning Zhuangtou and Zhuangtou's wife in front of everyone, so that Ning Yongqiang and his wife made a lot of money in front of the dealer's family. save face.The couple were extremely happy, but Du looked at Ning Yongqiang with complacency.

At this moment, the brothers and sisters of the Cao family came.

Cao Shijun and Cao Yue'e are about to leave the neighboring village and return to Nanyang City to celebrate the new year.Therefore, Cao Shijun specially accompanied his sister to say goodbye to his new friends.Cao Shijun stayed on the cart far away, and Cao Yuee came over to talk to Ning Wanzhu.

Cao Yue'e saw Ning Wanzhu come forward to greet the people in the Ning family's village, and couldn't help being surprised: "Second sister Ning, what, you need to rely on you to deal with the affairs of your family's village?"

Ning Wanzhu felt a little embarrassed, so she just said that her family arranged for her to stay in this village for the New Year. "How should I say, I'm considered a serious master, am I not?"

Cao Yue'e also came from a wealthy family in the city, and there are twists and turns in this big family. Although she is young, she is well-connected.Seeing Ning Wan and Zhu Weiwei's somewhat lonely expression at this moment, Cao Yue'e couldn't understand.Immediately she comforted Ning Wanzhu, saying: "Sister, don't worry, I will be back with my brother after the [-]th day of the first lunar month. In fact, it will only be a dozen days... We will come to see you as soon as we come back."

Ning Wanzhu thanked Cao Yue'e solemnly. Seeing the figures of Cao's brothers and sisters drifting away, she felt a little sour in her heart.

But what is she sad about?

In this Zhuangzi, she lived a very fulfilling life, which was much more comfortable than fighting against Ning Luozi all day long in Nanyang City.Every now and then, she would go to see old man Du, and she would benefit a lot from his guidance on painting skills; in Zhuangzi, although Madam Ye looked serious, she was actually caring and considerate to her.Ning Zhuangtou and his wife, although they didn't have much contact with each other on weekdays, they didn't hesitate to bring her something, pass a message or something; not to mention the brothers and sisters Ning Dayong and Momei Molan who hang around with them all day long. up.

These are people who have no blood relationship with her, and they all treat her so well.But what about his blood relatives?His father, Ning Yu, never said a single word, probably he had already forgotten that there is such a daughter as himself.The biological mother, the Shao family, died early. If Aunt Shao hadn’t married her father as a concubine, after careful calculation, Aunt Shao would still be her cousin—but it was this person who trapped her firmly in this small village far away in the mountains. inside.

And the stepmother Yanshi——Ning Wanzhu sighed deeply when she thought of this, the thing she couldn't understand the most was the stepmother Yanshi.Aunt Shao and Ning Luozi would definitely not be able to do many things without the approval of their stepmother Yan Shi.But the two of them just did it.Therefore, Yan Shi must be involved.But why did Yan Shi reach out to help Aunt Shao and Ning Luozi?As a little girl, she has neither offended Yan Shi nor threatened Yan Shi in any way.What is the purpose of Yan's doing this?If you don't figure this out, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to get out of this "swapping" situation.

At this time, a gust of cold wind came in from Ning Wanzhu's collar, Ning Wanzhu shuddered, quickly pulled up the collar, and then walked to the big house where the earth dragon was burned.

After a few days, it was New Year's Eve.On New Year's Eve, everyone in Ning's village gathered together to have a good meal of New Year's dishes. When it was time to watch the New Year's Eve in the evening, hot dumplings were brought out of the pot and distributed to everyone.Ning Zhuangtou took a few young men, Zhuang Ding, and set off a few firecrackers with a thousand rings at the gate of the Zhuangzi. The rest of the women and children gathered in an empty valley field, holding lanterns in their hands, watching The men set off fireworks on the valley field, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

Ning Wanzhu was wearing a big red fur cloak at this time, and Madam Ye put the hood on for her pitifully.Ning Wan's pink and white face was lined by a bright red dress, like a cute porcelain doll.When the female relatives in the village saw her, they all praised Miss Ning's family for her good looks.

However, although Ning Wanzhu had a smile on her face, she always felt a little bit of bitterness spreading in her heart.At this time, the more she was among the crowd, the more lonely she felt.

At this moment, Ning Wanzhu suddenly felt a bit of coldness on her face. She raised her face and looked at the night sky illuminated by the fireworks, and was surprised to find that it was snowing.

The snowflakes are very small, little by little, falling slowly.For a moment, the valley field suddenly fell silent, and everyone, like Ning Wanzhu, looked up at the sky.In the silent night sky, the rustling of snowflakes falling to the ground can be heard.

The snow fell more and more densely, and it became heavy snow after a while, falling from the night sky one after another.The crowd in Du's Village burst into cheers at this moment—"Good omen, good omen!"

"Yes, auspicious snow heralds a good year, and there will be a good year in the coming year!"

Only farmers who have their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky all their lives understand what benefits a well-timed winter snow can bring to the village.

Ning Yongqiang saw that the people in the village were all rejoicing, so he simply said loudly in the valley: "Such a big auspicious snowfall, I, Ning Yongqiang, have lived for so many years, and I have never encountered that! Such a wonderful snowfall!" The omen is that this year the second miss of the Ning family is here to celebrate the New Year with us, which brought blessings to our village!"

When the people in Du's Village heard this, they all shouted eagerly, "Yes, Second Miss Ning is the lucky star of our Du's Village!"

Immediately, several young descendants from Du's Village set up a sedan chair, asked Ning Wanzhu to sit on the sedan chair, and led her around the grain farm in Du's Village.The people of Dujia Village stretched out their hands one after another, wanting to shake Ning Wanzhu's little hand, wanting to "be blessed".In front of the simple smiling faces of the villagers in Dujia Village, Ning Wanzhu was almost flattered, and the little sadness in her heart finally disappeared without a trace when she was rushed by the festive atmosphere.The simple people in Dujia Village seem to be giving her the greatest comfort.

(End of this chapter)