Cheng Chun looked at Su Xubai beside him with a helpless expression, but found that he didn't take a fancy to her, as if nothing happened at the moment.
Her arm hurt from being pulled, and tears were already welling up in her eyes. But when she saw Su Xubai pretending that nothing had happened, the tears that were about to flow out were suddenly held back.
She endured the pain and insult and respectfully saluted Mrs. Su, but even so, Mrs. Su's face was still full of contempt.
Those unpleasant words came out of Mrs. Su's mouth all at once, as if they were for free. Chengchun wanted to cry, but she held it back because she knew very well that the tears were for those who felt sorry for her.
People can see it. If she sheds tears now, not only will no one feel sorry for her, but she will even be laughed at.
Cheng Chun no longer remembers how she returned to the room. She was placed in Su Xubai's yard, a small side room. The entire yard was clean as soon as she entered, and it had obviously been cleaned deliberately.
, I just didn’t expect that when I arrived at this side room, what I saw at first glance was the dust accumulated over the years.
Hongdou, who came in with Chengchun, immediately blushed: "Madam, they are too bullying."
The smell of corruption mixed with dust rushed into her nose. Chengchun sneezed several times in a row and shed tears. But even so, she still said with a smile: "Since we are here, we will stay here. We will not stay here."
This place has been here for a long time, just be patient and it will pass."
Hongdou curled her lips, walked to Chengchun, held her hand and cried: "I just don't deserve it for the wife. The wife didn't come to the door by herself, but she wanted to marry the fifth master. It was the fifth master who hired the official himself, and she didn't arrive.
According to the rules of the wife's family, she was brought into the house as a concubine, but now everything has become her fault. This is really unreasonable."
Chengchun listened and said nothing.
After a long time, Cheng Chun walked to the corner and picked up a broom: "The Fifth Master took the lead in taking a concubine before he married a wife. This is all wrong due to emotions and reasons, but the Fifth Master is the wife's child after all. No matter how much he feels in his heart,
Angry, no matter how unwilling she is, she will never blame her own children, so naturally I will be the scapegoat!"
Hongdou quickly walked to Chengchun and took the broom: "Madam, let me do it!"
Chengchun didn't argue at all, just turned around and walked into the house: "Then I'll go pack my luggage!"
Hongdou looked at Chengchun's back and suddenly said: "Don't you feel aggrieved, madam?"
Chengchun's footsteps stopped abruptly: "I think so, but what can I do? If you become a concubine, your life belongs to others, so how can you feel that you will be wronged?"
Hongdou's eyes immediately turned red after listening to Chengchun's words. He quickly walked up to her and took her hand: "Madam, let's go back! Let's go back to our own town, and we won't suffer this coward here.
gas."
Chengchun didn't speak, just looked at Hongdou.
Hong Dou looked at Cheng Chun with red eyes and said after a long time: "Madam..."
"I also want to go back. That's my home there, but I have no choice. I married someone and became a concubine. Wherever they let me be, I can only be there. Hongdou, if Fifth Master doesn't go back
, I can’t go back either!” Cheng Chun lowered his eyes, tears falling from the corners of his eyes, “I have no choice.”
Hongdou didn't speak anymore, but silently cleaned the remote courtyard. When she returned to the house, Chengchun had also tidied the house.
Chengchun was sitting there packing his luggage. When he saw Hongdou come in, he smiled and said: "Although this house looks shabby, the furniture is all good. I cleaned it and everything is usable. I can make do with it."
living!"
"Madam, are you hungry? I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat for madam." Hongdou said to herself without answering. She felt sad and didn't want to mention these things.
Cheng Chun shook his head: "Fifth Master said, let us have nothing to do and don't walk around the house. Food and supplies will be delivered by someone. This is the Hou Mansion. Let's stay calm and try not to move around or disturb others.
Disgusted."
"Madam..."
"Go back and call me little girl!" Chengchun said with his head lowered and never raised his head again.
That night, there were no lights in Chengchun's house. They were new arrivals, and there wasn't even a kerosene lamp in the house. Hongdou went to look for it, but not only failed to get the lamp, but was scolded in the end, and Hongdou cried in anger.
It's been a while.
Although Chengchun felt sad, he still told Hongdou not to care about it and not to cause trouble. They would just stay here for a while and then return to Jiangnan.
But that night, Su Xubai didn't come until late at night. Although Chengchun didn't say it, she was still a little strange in her heart. She had never slept alone in these days, as if she hadn't slept alone since the first time they slept together.
The days of sharing a bed have long passed, and now she even feels a little uncomfortable when lying alone on the same bed.
Cheng Chun waited for a long time until Isatis brought a candle: "The fifth master will not be coming today. He asked me to tell my mother to rest early and not to wait for him!"
When Hongdou heard what Isatis said, she was immediately furious: "My wife has gone to bed long ago!"
The door was slammed in front of Isatis, and Hongdou was so angry that he couldn't speak. Chengchun looked at it without asking, and just said to Hongdou: "Hongdou, do you want to sleep with me?"
Hongdou did not refuse and slept with Chengchun.
This night was particularly long. Cheng Chun was lying in a remote room, tossing and turning, while Su Xubai was kneeling in the ancestral hall, copying the family rules over and over again.
Su Xubai had anticipated these things before he came back, but when Islam told him that there were no candles in Chengchun's yard, he broke a pen and asked Isla to give it away.
The candle passed.
After knowing that Cheng Chun had already fallen asleep, Su Xubai continued to copy the family rules in front of him word by word. Silan was beside him. Su Xubai copied the family rules 200 times word for word.
The whole night, I just knelt like that, with my back straight.
It wasn't until the next morning that Su Xubai handed over the copied family rules to Xianglan: "Take it to my mother. I have finished copying the family rules that I promised to copy. I will not agree to other things, and I will also let her do it."
She should stop using her brain."
While taking over the house rules, Jianlan went to help Su Xubai. He had knelt all night, and his knees had become severely swollen. When he got up, it became a little difficult: "Fifth Master, why are you doing this!"