As the New Year approaches, the weather is getting colder and colder, but the boudoirs of the ladies of the Ning family are still as warm as spring.
The water boiled gurglingly on the small clay stove.
The little girl sitting in front of the table rolled up her sleeves to reveal her white wrists. With the sound of the three gold bracelets on them, she picked up a small pot and poured it on the tea. The fragrance overflowed.
"Tea made with plum blossom snow water is the most fragrant." The girl sitting opposite said with a slight breath.
The tea is fragrant here, and there is a tinkling sound in front of the screen on the other side.
The bamboo arrow landed firmly in the pot, causing the pot to shake.
"Seventeen girls are so amazing." A girl clapped her hands and praised.
Ning Yunyan put down her sleeves, took the handkerchief the girl held and gently wiped the sweat on her forehead.
"It's not interesting. I'm tired of being bored at home every day." She said, walking a few steps over and sitting in front of the sisters who were making tea, she picked up a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.
"Yunyan, drink slowly, this is good tea brought specially from the capital by the tenth brother." The sister who made the tea scolded.
Ning Yunyan perked up at the mention of the Tenth Young Master.
"My brother is coming back from the capital. He must have left the capital by now," she said.
"Second uncle, are they coming back together?" another sister asked.
During the Chinese New Year, Ning Yan's family will also return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Even if Ning Yan is busy with government affairs and cannot leave, his wife and children will also come back.
"Yes." Ning Yunyan smiled, with a hint of pride.
The second uncle's family has the best relationship with them. There are so many children in the family, and only the tenth brother follows the second uncle.
"This time Brother Ten will be able to have a peaceful New Year when he comes back." A sister said, "It's not like the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Ning Yunyan lowered her face when she mentioned this matter.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jun Zhenzhen was jumping up and down in Yangcheng and made such a fuss that the Ning family had to avoid being in front of others, and the whole family did not even enjoy the lanterns.
But now it's okay, the marriage has been settled, and everyone doesn't have to be cautious anymore.
"What to solve?" Ning Yunyan snorted, "Tenth brother rarely gets laughed at by others behind his back. It was all that Jun Zhenzhen who caused the trouble."
"Yanyan, don't worry. Now everyone in the city knows that Jun Zhenzhen has blackmailed our family's money and has never been engaged to Brother Ten." A sister comforted, "She is just a scoundrel. It's not us who got entangled by scoundrels.
It’s our fault, it’s not us who should be laughed at.”
"Yes, Seventeenth Sister, you don't know that Jun Zhenzhen has never dared to go out these days." Another sister said.
Ning Yunyan was still angry.
"But sooner or later she will go out again," she said, her eyes twinkling.
The girl on the side took a step forward.
"Miss, don't worry. The third lady said that the Fang family is looking for a wife for Miss Jun. She will get married years ago, and she will marry far away." She whispered.
This eldest girl was sent by the madam and had half the responsibility of educating the mother. Because she was only a few years older than Ning Yunyan, she was more easily accepted by Ning Yunyan.
Although these ladies have been well-educated and well-educated, they are still young people. Since they are young people, they are inevitably competitive and impulsive.
The big girl is there to comfort and advise at the right time.
Sure enough, after hearing these words, Ning Yunyan's expression improved. Not only did Jun Zhenzhen suffer a bad reputation, but she was also abandoned by the Fang family.
"The Fang family should have done this a long time ago." She snorted and said, "Do you still keep this kind of thing for the New Year?"
A sister held her shoulder.
"Okay, this thing isn't worth talking about anymore. Let's continue playing hut." She smiled and said, "Practice more and get lucky when you play at Jinyun Tower during the Chinese New Year."
Ning Yunyan smiled and took her hand and stood up. The girl stepped aside and remained silent as if she didn't exist.
But just when the girls in the room were having fun, a girl hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words into the elder girl's ear.
"How is that possible?" the eldest girl blurted out in surprise.
Ning Yunyan, who was throwing the pot, turned her head when she heard it and recognized that the little girl was from her mother's side.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
The eldest girl looked slightly hesitant.
"Miss, Miss Jun is getting engaged," she said.
Ning Yunyan hummed, did she mean that she had already said it just now, so why was she surprised again?
"The marriage partner is the young master of the Fang family." The eldest girl said.
The young master of the Fang family?
The ladies in the room were stunned for a moment and did not react for a moment.
"Who is the young master of the Fang family?"
Someone else asked out loud.
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Compared to the Ning family who had just received the news and had not recovered yet, the Fang family in Yangcheng City was already in a noisy state.
Just this morning, Old Mrs. Fang suddenly announced that Fang Chengyu and Jun Zhenzhen were engaged, and she immediately summoned the bank clerks to discuss the matter of getting married, so the news spread like wildfire.
The Fang family also exploded.
"Why?"
Fang Jinxiu asked. This was the only thing she asked when she broke into Mrs. Fang's house, and her eyes turned red with anger.
Although Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu did not speak, they both looked at Mrs. Fang.
"Why are you talking to the old lady?" Mrs. Fang scolded.
Fang Jinxiu took a deep breath.
"Yes, I know it's disrespectful for me to question my grandmother like this, but..." she said, "I just want to ask why?"
Mrs. Fang looked calm.
"Because your brother will be fourteen next year," she said.
The doctor said that Fang Chengyu would not live to be fifteen.
"So I want to celebrate for him." Mrs. Fang said.
Happy?
Sister Fang Jinxiu was stunned.
"Grandma, you, how do you believe this?" Fang Jinxiu said anxiously.
"I believe this." Old Mrs. Fang replied immediately, with a cold expression.
It is Mrs. Fang's obsession to keep Fang Chengyu alive. No matter how wise the old lady is, she has no sense before this obsession.
Fang Yuxiu pulled Fang Jinxiu's sleeve.
Back then, Mrs. Fang gave Fang Chengyu some fragrant ash water from Nantong Temple to drink.
But that was Mrs. Fang. Mrs. Fang had never done anything like this. She didn't even make friends with nuns, Taoists, and monks that other women liked. She obviously didn't believe in strange powers and chaos.
Fang Jinxiu bit her lower lip.
But now as the guillotine hanging above her head gets closer and closer, is the old lady finally going to collapse?
It was sad when his grandfather and father died, but it happened suddenly, and the sadness was washed away. Fang Chengyu wanted people to watch helplessly as a knife slowly fell down and took away his life, and everyone
But I can't do anything. This kind of torture really makes people go crazy.
"Since you want to have a happy wedding, why don't you find another girl?" She took a deep breath and raised her head and continued to ask, "Why does it have to be her? Isn't this what she asked for?"
For a person like Jun Zhenzhen, if she doesn't want to, who can let her get married to Fang Chengyu.
This is a truth that everyone in the family knows, and Mrs. Fang was silent for a moment.
"She is willing," she simply said.
It didn't say who proposed it.
Fang Jinxiu stamped her feet angrily.
"Grandma, she is willing. She just wants to dominate our family. When Chengyu is gone in the future, she can also use the name of the eldest mistress to dominate." She said, and then she thought of something and suddenly felt resentful, "No wonder
The last time she asked the manager of the ticket office to ask about something, it turned out that she was planning to take over our ticket office in the future. She wanted to stay in our Fang family, which was really beautiful."
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Fang smashed a tea cup in her hand on the ground. Tea water and broken porcelain flew everywhere, and the people standing underground were immediately panicked.
"I am willing too." She shouted, looking at Fang Jinxiu, "You can be in the Fang family because you have the blood of the Fang family. She, Jun Zhenzhen, also has the blood of our Fang family. Why can't she be in the Fang family?
Your aunt has only one daughter left. Are you so intolerant of her? Are you happy to drive her out and ignore her? "
Although Mrs. Fang was scolded by her relatives as being cold-blooded and heartless, she had never been angry with her children. This was probably the first time she had been scolded so harshly.
Everyone in the room was so frightened that they knelt down.
Fang Jinxiu was still standing alone, seemingly stunned.
"Jinxiu." Mrs. Fang shouted in a low voice, "Hurry up and admit your mistake to the old lady."
Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu also hurriedly stretched out their hands to pull the skirt of her clothes.
Fang Jinxiu's eyes were red with tears, her chest heaved violently, she threw away Fang Yuxiu and Fang Yunxiu, turned and ran out, ignoring Mrs. Fang's shouts behind her.
Fang Jinxiu ran all the way, raising her hands to wipe her tears.
No matter how bastard you are in this world, there are still people who care for and love you. It is really unreasonable. (To be continued)