276. The old man who practices Taoism (7)

276. The old man who practices Taoism (7)

This night, Mrs. Wei had a dream.

In the dream, she was still the eldest lady in the mansion. At that time, the old man in the family was still there and the family had not yet been separated. Because her family was a big house and the old lady was not energetic, her mother was in charge of the entire mansion.

Although she was young, her mother taught her accounting early. After so many years, the memory of the mansion has long been blurred, but for some reason, Mrs. Wei still remembers that one afternoon, she was watching lotus flowers, and it suddenly started to rain. It was raining heavily, and the cold wind accompanied by the raindrops hurt people's bodies. The maid next to her hurriedly ran back in the rain to get an umbrella. Holding the umbrella, she walked into the yard with the two maids.

Then, I met the youngest sister in the house.

At that time, she was dirty and hiding in the rockery with her legs in the rain, crying.

There was lightning and thunder that day, and the wind was blowing. Neither of the two maids heard the sound. Only her inadvertent glance saw the little sister.

This youngest sister has always been the most pitiable in the family. Mrs. Wei heard this sentence from her mother countless times.

Although Mrs. Wei's father liked to have fun and stayed away from home all day, he was very measured and never brought women to his home.

The father's third brother in the mansion, whom Mrs. Wei calls her third uncle, is an out-and-out dandy. His wife's natal family has a low status and neither can nor dare to take care of her husband. In Mrs. Wei's memory, Growing up, the third uncle was brought into the family one by one, and concubines were born one by one.

This youngest sister is the youngest daughter of the third uncle. Unlike those concubines and concubines, she was born by a maid.

Mrs. Wei once heard her mother say accidentally that the third uncle had too much wine and went back to the yard to take the girl in the third aunt's room, and that was how the youngest sister was born.

It's just that the girl was not good-looking. When she woke up, she was not loved by the master, but was treated with indifference. Although the third aunt couldn't control the third uncle, she could control a little maid. The little sister's mother suffered a lot, I fainted while doing laundry in the middle of winter and found out I was pregnant.

After all, it was her third uncle's flesh and blood, but she was taken back and gave birth to her little sister.

Later, the girl died of severe bleeding. The third aunt thought it was unlucky for the little sister to kill her own mother just after she was born, so she gave her to another concubine to raise.

The concubine later gave birth to a son, so she naturally had no love for the girl she picked up for free. In addition, the master and mistress made it clear that they didn't care, and the little sister's life became difficult.

The little sister is still young after all, and will not leave the third uncle's yard except for big days like Chinese New Year.

And on such a big day, she would be neatly dressed, put on nice clothes that she would never wear on ordinary days, and be led to be shown to the oldest old man and old lady in the family, and then be carried down.

If she hadn't seen with her own eyes that her little sister had red marks on her face but only dared to hide and cry secretly, Mrs. Wei would not have known that she had been bullied by her brothers and sisters since she was a child.

That day, she personally held an umbrella, walked to the rockery, and picked up the person.

Mrs. Wei has a high status among this group of juniors, because she is the eldest daughter of the family, and she is favored. Her mother is also the wife in charge of the entire family.

Since then, she has been paying more attention to this little sister who she has never paid attention to. She always asks her servants about the little sister's status and whether she has been harshly treated. She will also visit her from time to time, or take her with her. Make needlework together.

Mrs. Wei likes this little sister very much, perhaps because she has learned how to handle housework from her mother since she was a child. She can always easily see the thoughts hidden in the eyes of the group of younger brothers and sisters below.

They all want to please her and gain benefits.

But this little sister was the only one, although she was timid and spoke so softly that she had to listen carefully to hear her, but she looked at the eldest sister with pure admiration in her eyes.

Maybe because of the big age difference between the two, sometimes Mrs. Wei even felt that her little sister looked at her as if she was looking at her mother. She even lived a very tight life and even saved up her monthly silver to buy a silver coin. The hairpin was given to Mrs. Wei.

She was so favored that she naturally had no shortage of hairpins, but in response to her little sister's wishes, Mrs. Wei happily wore them on her head, promising that she would always keep them with her.

Mrs. Wei couldn't remember much about her subsequent memories. That year, the old man passed away suddenly, and the old lady followed him after crying. The family was divided, and the little sister naturally left with her third uncle.

In her memory, it seemed that before she left, her little sister had an quarrel with her. While she was busy with household affairs with her mother, she was also a little disappointed when her other sisters told her that she was jealous of her beloved brother. Sensible, they have a good relationship, but the younger brother is also his biological brother. His mother lost her body when giving birth to him, so it doesn't matter if her biological sister takes more care of him.

She didn't go to see her little sister, and her little sister didn't come to see her either. She didn't get to meet her until they parted ways.

I heard that the third uncle bought an official job and was going to Yunnan, so the whole family naturally went with him.

When she received the letter from her third uncle, but there was no mention of her little sister, she regretted that she had not reconciled with her little sister. After such a long time, those disappointments had long been forgotten, and only longing remained.

Mrs. Wei thought about writing a letter to her little sister, asking her why she was having trouble, and then apologizing. She was the older sister and should have gone to her first. She sent the letter, but it was her third aunt who replied.

She said that her third uncle took them to stay in an inn, but they encountered bandits. When the government came to rescue them, the little sister had disappeared.

The letter said in an understatement, perhaps because she was young and ignorant, and got separated from the adults. After several days of searching, there were many wild wolves on the roads of the villagers at the foot of the mountain. A person as young as her could not survive.

Mrs. Wei held the letter and cried all night.

She only regretted not looking for her little sister before her third uncle left. As an older sister, she should have given in to her younger sisters.

How frightening it would be for such a timid little sister to be thrown into the mountains alone.

Afterwards, she got married.

It was a bit hectic when I first got married, but after everything was settled, my husband never flirted with women even though he had a small official position. He had not been pregnant for three years, but neither my father-in-law nor my husband urged me. My son was well-behaved and sensible, and he gave birth to a little girl. Got the right words together.

Mrs. Wei is very happy.

Tonight, I suddenly thought of my little sister. Looking at the silver hairpin that I had worn for more than ten years, I couldn't help but feel sad.

If she were still alive, she would be getting married now.

Mr. Wei rarely changed out of his own clothes today. He took a careful look at his wife who was sitting in front of the bronze mirror. He thought that during the day, his wife had misunderstood that he had raised a woman outside. She was obviously so sad and sad, but she still had to hold on and carry her with her. Tears were needed to organize everything for him, and it was normal to have a little temper at this moment.

Look at the lady under the candlelight again. Although she is not a stunning beauty, nor is she a young girl, her appearance and bearing are both very good.

Comparing it to the beautiful and young woman who used sinister things like daughter's fragrance on him, Mr. Wei suddenly felt that his wife was perfect.

With such a lovely wife, how could he go looking for those women outside?

Thinking about it, he stepped forward, put his hand gently on Mrs. Wei's shoulder, and said warmly, "My dear lady, you really misunderstood me as your husband today. I, Wei Ziqing, can swear that there is no other woman except you. "

Seeing Mrs. Wei looking back at him blankly as if she had just come to her senses, Mr. Wei smiled and helped her stand up, "Okay, it's getting late tonight. It's hard for you to wait for me for so long. Let's take a rest."

The two of them lay back on the bed. Mr. Wei was frightened today and fell asleep quickly. Mrs. Wei, on the other hand, looked at the candlelight shadow outside the window, thinking about her little sister all the time.

Maybe she was thinking about things day by day and dreaming about things at night. On this night, Mrs. Wei, who had not dreamed for a long time, actually dreamed about herself when she was young.

It was still that rainy day, the little sister was hiding under the rockery, but there were no two maids around.

Mrs. Wei climbed up with an umbrella and pulled the person down the corridor.

She looked at her little sister, with her thin body, delicate features and fair complexion, looking at her timidly.

Mrs. Wei still remembered that she went out with her third uncle but died in the mountains. She touched her little head and persuaded her gently, "Mother Yan, don't go out with your father. I'll go with you." Mother said, let you stay in the house and be our eldest daughter. From now on, you will always follow my sister and she will take care of you, okay? "

The little sister nodded, then she laughed happily, and her whole body seemed to feel lighter.

When the rain stopped, she took her little sister to enjoy the flowers, feed the fish, and catch butterflies. They also did embroidery work together. The little sister embroidered a flower, which was very beautiful.

When it got dark and the little sister stood up to leave, Mrs. Wei suddenly felt a strong sense of reluctance in her heart. She felt that if the little sister left, she would never see her again.

She pulled her little sister and said, "Can you please stop leaving? You can live with your sister."

The little sister also laughed, and tears fell from her eyes as she laughed.

With her little hands, she took out the jade pendant hanging on her clothes. The jade pendant broke into two halves, and she held half of it in one hand.

She asked, "Sister, do you still remember this?"

Mrs. Wei recognized it, "Isn't this what I gave you?"

At that time, she saw that her little sister did not have a jade pendant, so she specially gave her her own to avoid being laughed at by the other children in the third room.

The little sister nodded, with a timid expression, as if she was afraid of being scolded, "I broke this jade, so I haven't dared to see my sister."

Mrs. Wei nodded her forehead, "So that's why you didn't come to me. My sister thought...I won't say it anymore. It's my fault. If this jade is broken, I'll give you another one."

As she spoke, she took off the jade pendant on her body and handed it to her little sister, "Okay, you can sleep here with me tonight and don't leave."

"My sister is lonely without you. Can you stay with her all the time?"

The little sister took the jade, with tears in her eyes, but a happy smile on her face.

She cried and smiled gratefully, "Thank you sister, I always remember this jade and didn't tell you that I broke it. I wish you didn't blame me."

"Sister, I'm leaving."

"I really want to be your sister."

***

Master Wei heard the sound of rooster crows. He turned over, stretched, and stood up with a yawn.

But he found that his wife was crying in her sleep.

He was startled and quickly pushed her to wake up.

Mrs. Wei slowly opened her eyes, but she burst into tears the next moment she woke up.

She remembered.

Her little sister would never be with her again.

The author has something to say: The first ten little angels will give out red envelopes, good night everyone!