Chapter 76
: Tolerance is the main thing
Li Wan couldn't help but feel resentful when she saw that Shen Yuexi didn't pay any attention to the two of them along the way.
After all, she is also the daughter of Marquis Pingyang. She has been cheered by everyone since she was a child. She has never been so neglected. Although her father's title has been reduced, the habit of being a young lady developed over the years is deeply ingrained.
She held Mrs. Li's arm and followed Shen Yuexi closely, glaring at her back from time to time. Unable to bear it anymore, she quietly tugged on Mrs. Li's sleeve. Mrs. Li understood and slowed down.
After the two of them distanced themselves from Shen Yuexi, Li Wan complained to Mrs. Li in a low voice: "Mom, look at this girl chattering away, she is so arrogant."
Mrs. Li quickly pinched the back of her hand to signal her daughter to be careful what she said.
She didn't know that she was being tricked by Shen Yuexi, but she couldn't admit it.
Mrs. Li lives in the Marquis Mansion and has long been accustomed to the intrigues in the back courtyard. No matter how we fight in private, we will always be polite and will not start a fight on the spot.
As a result, when we arrived at Shen Yuexi's place, everything seemed to be different.
This girl doesn't act according to common sense at all, and she doesn't have a trace of the respect that juniors should have for their elders. When she is unhappy, she expresses it very frankly. But this is arrogance, her face is light and indifferent, and she can't see it. Showing a hint of pampering and pride.
Moreover, when she walked, she didn't look like a young lady from the Duke's palace. She would look here and there, and talk to herself all the time. How should I put it, she was not reserved at all.
Did he stay in this remote country?
But the village women she saw along the way were completely different from her.
This attitude made Mrs. Li confused for a while. Among the ladies and ladies she had dealt with, she did not remember anyone like this. She really could not find anyone to refer to.
In my impression, this second young lady of the Shen family has not even left the gate of the Duke's mansion for many years, and is unknown in the capital. I didn't expect that she would behave so differently the first time she met her.
Now that she couldn't figure out Shen Yuexi's true identity, she decided to hold her ground for now. This was something she had figured out over the years: be careful and sail the ship for ten thousand years.
She patted the back of her daughter's hand and comforted her: "Okay, we are going to live together in the future anyway, so you should calm down your temper."
Li Wan curled her lips, a little annoyed.
My mother was also a powerful person in the Hou Mansion, but why did she become timid when she got here? Just because she took refuge with the prince's brother, she couldn't be disrespectful to Shen Yuexi. No matter what, her mother was also the prince's brother's aunt. This kind of relationship It can't be changed. And Shen Yuexi was forced here to replace Shen Lan. If you really want to talk about it, she is not Xiao Zhuo's real wife at all, so why drag her.
Mrs. Li saw that her eyes were full of anger, and she was afraid that she would do something bad, so she continued:
"I know you are dissatisfied. But you have also seen that your cousin seems to value her very much. I started to test her a little, and your cousin showed his dissatisfaction. After all, they have just been married, and there will be a long time to come. "
Li Wan's eyes flickered, her head lowered, and she said no more. But the discomfort in her heart never dissipated.
When the three of them returned home, Shen Yuexi tidied up the house where Yang Cong lived and temporarily gave it to Mrs. Li and Li Wan. There was also a narrow hut next to it for storing sundries. Shen Yuexi Xi started to clean up again, and when Yang Cong came back, he asked her to move here.
But September is coming soon, and we have to find a way to repair and expand the house before winter.
Mrs. Li and Li Wan never looked at each other well from the moment they entered the courtyard.
This place is really too simple. Not only are the adobe walls, but the roof has obviously been recently repaired. It will definitely be exposed to the wind in winter.
Neither of them believed that Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi would live in such a poor room.
Mrs. Li could still hold it in. She noticed that Shen Yuexi tidied the room herself. Although the room was simple, it was very clean. She just couldn't believe that Xiao Zhuo would live in such a place.
And Li Wan directly believed that Shen Yuexi was deliberately harassing them. This kind of shabby house was reserved for the lowest servants in Pingyang Marquis Mansion. Although it had all the necessary furniture, it had poor lighting, excessive ventilation, and a heater in winter. No. There are actually chickens chirping next door.
What does Shen Yuexi mean by treating mother and daughter like human beings?
It's simply too much.
Shen Yuexi tidied up the house, and then told the two of them: "You will live here temporarily. As for food, everything is ready in the kitchen. You can cook something if you are hungry."
Li Wan's expression changed and she blurted out: "You...how dare you!"
I'm so angry. Even if I beg her to live in such a shabby room, she won't even consider it. She actually has to cook for herself!
Mrs. Li finally understood something and quickly raised her hand to stop Li Wan.
After all, this is a poor village outside the border, and there are houses like this all the way. Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi have just arrived here not long ago, so naturally they can only live in this kind of place.
When Li Wan saw her mother stopping her, she stamped her feet angrily and slammed the door.
Shen Yuexi was too lazy to pay attention to them.
They were used to living in the Hou Mansion, and they couldn't change their minds for a while. She was too lazy to explain anything, so she should adapt slowly.
She stretched and walked straight to the kitchen without looking at Mrs. Li's ugly face.
Xiao Zhuo told her before leaving today that she only needed to arrange Mrs. Li and Li Wan well, and there was no need to worry about anything else.
Now that Xiao Zhuo has spoken, of course she won't just sit around and let others order her around.
If you want to eat, do it yourself.
Li Wan stood in the yard and watched Shen Yuexi enter the kitchen. She was so angry that she turned around and entered the door again. She walked to the bed and opened the bed that had just been made. She said loudly: "Who I want her fake kindness!"
Mrs. Li saw her daughter acting out here and yelled: "Wan'er!"
Pulling the crazy Li Wan, Mrs. Li looked gloomy and pulled her aside.
"We are no better than usual. Put away your temper. Since your cousin has left us under her care, can't you see that?"
Mrs. Li's words reminded Li Wan that they were no better than before. After her mother was divorced, she could have stayed in the house, but her mother forced her to follow him to find the prince's cousin.
If my mother had said that as long as she found the prince's cousin, she would regain her old status, she would not come to a place like this to suffer.
She now deeply regrets her original choice.
What Li Wan was thinking could not be hidden from the shrewd Mrs. Li. She glanced at her daughter and knew what she was thinking. She couldn't help but sigh: "Your cousin is definitely not the kind of person who just sits back and waits for death. You, are you going?" Look later.”
She also hopes that Xiao Zhuo can stand up so that she can let the Marquis welcome her back in an open and honest manner.
Li Wan was not stupid. She didn't know what her mother said, but she had a vague feeling that her cousin would not listen to her mother.
"Then what are we going to do next?" Li Wan lowered her head and said nothing.
Mrs. Li stood up, tidied up the quilt that was still lying aside, and spread it again.
"Be patient, be patient first."
Chapter completed!