"Ah Wu has really troubled my younger siblings these years." Xie Zheng turned to look at Yang gratefully and said.
Mrs. Yang hurriedly stood up and blessed Xie Zheng. She lowered her eyes and said respectfully, "My uncle's words are really embarrassing. Sister Wu is well-behaved and smart, and she is the most considerate. But I didn't take good care of her and she got sick from exhaustion."
For a long time, I felt really ashamed of my uncle and sister-in-law."
"My brothers and sisters are so worried. You have taken good care of Sister Wu. Your sister-in-law and I are only grateful to you. If you say we are ashamed, then your sister-in-law and I are also ashamed of you." Xie Zheng said and simply stood up and bowed to Yang.
He clasped his hands.
When Mrs. Chen saw this, she also hurriedly followed Mr. Yang to give her a blessing.
"Uncle, sister-in-law, please stop being like this. We are all one family. How can I bear the burden of you asking me to do this?" Mrs. Yang hurriedly held Mrs. Chen's hand and said with a look of shame on her face.
"Okay, there's no need to say these polite words anymore." The old lady interrupted a few people expressionlessly. She paused, then turned to tell Xie Feng, "What are you doing here? I'm not accompanying you."
Brother, go to the ancestral hall to offer incense sticks to our ancestors."
"Look at how happy I am, I almost forgot about the important thing. Fortunately, my mother reminded me." Xie Feng stood up with a smile and bowed to the old lady.
The old lady glanced at him angrily, "Stop talking nonsense to me and go back quickly. It's time to have lunch in a while."
"Yes, son, I obey." Xie Feng smiled while bending down to give the old lady a big salute.
"Mother, Awu's illness has not fully recovered yet, and the ancestral hall is far away, so why not let her stay with you here." Yang said in a timely manner.
The old lady glanced at Mr. Yang, then glanced at Mr. Chen, and then nodded.
The group of people just filed out of the house.
But Xie Wu stayed.
Speaking of which, the old lady has not seen Xie Wu for some time.
Although Xie Wu had been raised by her for many years, the old lady didn't like her much because of Mrs. Chen.
When she left Xie Wu in the first place, she originally wanted to use her to make things difficult for Mrs. Chen. She felt so suffocated in her chest, but she never thought that Mrs. Chen would be so cruel that she abandoned her daughter and ran back to Ningxia without looking back.
Every time she thought about this, she always felt a severe pain in her chest.
Naturally, I no longer have any sympathy for Xie Wu, my granddaughter.
Xie Wu should also know this.
Therefore, every time she saw herself, she would always feel a little uneasy, with a bit of cautious ingratiation in her eyes, which looked very much like Mrs. Chen.
But now, she was just sitting quietly, with no expression on her white face.
The old lady's eyebrows moved slightly.
Aunt Zhu on the side caught a glimpse of the old lady's expression, so she smiled and said to Xie Wu, "Is the girl feeling better?"
Xie Wu raised her eyes and looked at Nanny Zhu, smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you for your concern, Nanny. I'm feeling much better now."
Before she was taken to Yang's courtyard, she had been taken care of by Aunt Zhu.
Even in her previous life, Aunt Zhu had saved the old lady many times in front of her. She had always been thinking about this kindness in her heart.
The old lady glanced at Xie Wu seriously, then slowly picked up the teacup and blew gently into the teacup.
Aunt Zhu smiled when she saw this and said, "It'll be fine when the girl is fine."
After that, few of them spoke again.
After about a cup of tea, Xie Zheng and his party returned to Ronghua Courtyard.
Yang was setting up the meal in the east room.
Others were chatting in the room.
"Sister, I just saw a red gold necklace hanging around Brother Xu's neck, with a dozen or so eye-sized pearls on it, and a longevity and wealth lock with a wishful cloud pattern hanging on it. It's so beautiful." Xie
Yuan walked to Xie Wu and sat down, then leaned into her ear and said enviously.
Xie Yuan is only one year younger than Xie Wu and has just turned thirteen.
However, Xie Wu's figure has been shaved. Although she has not yet reached her hair, she can still vaguely see the gracefulness of a girl, while Xie Yuan still looks like a child. Standing next to her, she is not only a head shorter, but also has a rounder figure.
Not only that, but also because she inherited Yang's pear vortex, her smile made her look more and more like an immature child.
But looking like a child doesn't mean she is really a child.
At least Xie Wu no longer dares to treat her as a child. She would have ended up like that in her previous life. One of the reasons for this was that she looked down on Xie Yuan and treated her as an ignorant child.
"Really? The second sister has really sharp eyes. She can even see the collar on Brother Xu's neck through the cloak." Xie Wu said with a smile.
Xie Yuan's face turned slightly red, "I accidentally caught a glimpse of Brother Xu taking off his cloak just after he entered the house..." After saying that, she blinked her eyes, raised two pear dimples and said sweetly to Xie Wu,
"Sister, do you have that collar too?"
Xie Wu smiled slightly and tilted her head to look at Xie Yuan but did not accept her words.
Xie Yuan's face couldn't help but froze slightly, but she quickly covered it up with a bigger smile, and then continued to say innocently, "Just like every time I pester my mother to buy jewelry, my mother always remembers to give it to me."
My sister also brought the same one, and I think my eldest aunt must have also given her a collar similar to Brother Xu's."
"Oh, really? Then last time the second sister went out with the second aunt and came back with a pair of red jade earrings..."
"Sister, you misunderstood. Mother is not partial. My aunt bought me those pair of earrings." Xie Yuan looked at Xie Wu with red eyes and said aggrievedly.
Xie Wuyan smiled and said, "Second sister is too worried. I just want to say that Brother Xu's collar might have been given by someone else."
Xie Yuan was startled and was about to say something else when she saw Yang opened the curtain and walked in.
"Mom, the food is all set." Yang walked up to the old lady and said with a smile.
The old lady nodded, "Then let's go over and have dinner."
Two tables were set up in the east room. The old lady and Xie Zheng and Xie Feng shared a table with their brothers, while the Chen family and Yang family led several sisters to a table.
After a while, everyone had their meal.
Xie Feng took Xie Zheng to the study room.
The brothers and sisters couldn't sit still in the house, so they went to the garden to play in the snow together. Because the fourth girl, Xie Ru, was young, Yang asked her wet nurse to take her back, but Xie Wu didn't
I left it because the noodles were too cold.
Apart from the old lady and Aunt Zhu, there were only five people left in the room: Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Yang and Xie Wu.
For a moment, the room that was noisy just now fell silent.
She didn't feel it when there were many people, but now that she was quiet, Mrs. Chen instantly felt cramped, and she didn't even dare to raise her head to look into the old lady's eyes. Fortunately, Ms. Yang was there to help her take a breather.
Chen's shy old lady naturally noticed it.
She originally thought that she would have learned some rules after being married into the Marquis for so many years, but she didn't expect that after so many years, Mrs. Chen would still be so shameless!
"Okay, we've been busy all morning, let's go back." The old lady closed her eyes and waved her hands impatiently.
"Then my wife won't disturb my mother's rest." Yang stood up with a smile.
Mrs. Chen also stood up.
But she hesitated but did not move.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? But you have something to say to mother?" Seeing Chen's hesitant look, Yang said with a smile.
Mrs. Chen raised her eyes and glanced at Mrs. Yang, then turned to look at Xie Wu, who was already standing beside her. Finally, she mustered up the courage to look at the old lady and said, "Mother, I want to take Sister Wu into our courtyard."
