The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Chapter 225

When he was about to go directly to the second room from the corner door inside the mansion, he ran into the second aunt of the Tong family again at the place where he fell last time.

Second Aunt, as usual, was carrying a worn-out bamboo basket, which today contained half a basket of green vegetables.

Seeing two girls and a maid hurriedly passing by from afar, she stood aside and bowed to greet them. Pei Shuyu was crying with her hands covering her mouth. Seeing this, Aunt Tong took out a small bamboo bag woven with fern roots from the basket and handed it to Hongxiu, the maid who followed her.

"Sister Hongxiu, this is what my son brought back from the city. It tastes delicious. You can give it to the girl."

Hongxiu was busy on her way and now recognized the person she saw last time.

"It's you! Don't make trouble—"

Just as she was about to chase him, Aunt Tong said, "Take it, big sister. This thing might help you feel more at peace."

After saying that, he stuffed it into Hongxiu's hand.

Hongxiu looked at Aunt Tong's honest and simple face and couldn't bring herself to throw it away, so she had to hold it in her hand and chase after Pei Shuyu and the others.

After entering the second house, Pei Shuyu couldn't help it anymore. She found a place sheltered from the wind, rubbed her silk scarf, covered her face, and started crying.

Mei Qingyu asked Hongxiu and her maid to look around. Seeing that there was no one around, she gently consoled him, "But did Pei Qiuyu act recklessly and beat or scold you?"

Pei Shuyu cried sadly with tears in her eyes.

"As for marriage, it's up to my father, mother and me to decide. At worst, there's still my elder brother. How can she be so opinionated as to make decisions?"

After Mei Qingyu's repeated questioning, she finally told him about Pei Qiuyu's insults.

"She looked down on Xiao Wu, but she scolded me for no reason, without even thinking about what she, a lame kid, could be capable of!"

Mei Qingyu was slightly stunned, and comforted Pei Shuyu for a long time. After Pei Shuyu calmed down, she whispered, "Although the Xiao family is a famous family, looking at those sisters-in-law, they are not easy to get along with. If you really go to their house, with your temper, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot of grievances."

Pei Shuyu stared blankly into the distance, but there was a wall outside the mansion, and all she could see were the red walls and green tiles a few feet away.

"It's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons to find a better destination. What's the point of talking about being wronged or not? If you marry someone else, you won't feel wronged. My eldest sister is such a person, smart and dignified, talented and beautiful, but she has been in the Prince's Mansion for many years and she can't even come back to see my uncle and aunt."

Pei Shuyu's eyes were filled with gloom. Mei Qingyu sat beside her and gently brushed away the broken flowers that fell from her forehead. "Look at the good things. Look at your fourth brother and his wife in Shaohua Garden today. They are so loving and affectionate."

"Love?"

Pei Shuyu shook her head and laughed, but couldn't help shedding tears.

"It's just a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water, it's just for us to see."

Mei Qingyu sighed, "As for you, at least I think the Fourth Young Master treats the Fourth Young Master's wife sincerely, but...how many men in the world can dislike your Fourth Sister-in-law? She can not only save people from drowning, but also use an abacus. Speaking of which, those of us who were raised in the boudoir by our parents seem to have to do needlework and cooking, take care of our husbands and children, and endure."

How can it be compared?

Pei Shuyu shook her head. "Pei Qiuyu's insulting words made me suddenly realize that the Xiao family is not the only one in the world that has married up or down. Let my father and mother think about it carefully."

Besides, what can you get by clinging to Xiao Wu?

He is arrogant and complacent, and treats people harshly. Even though he tries to curry favor with the old ladies, he is still inferior to the two young ladies of the Xiao family!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad.

The Qin family is out of reach, and the Xiao family is also hard to reach.

The marriage of other noble ladies was a natural process, but for her, it all depended on her mother and her own planning... She turned around and leaned on Mei Qingyu's shoulder and sobbed again.

"If my father had been more capable, I wouldn't have been humiliated today."

My father took his concubine to travel around the mountains and rivers every day. Except for a brief appearance after returning from the Qingming Festival, he went to another garden before dawn the next day.

He didn't even look at the children in the room.

Mei Qingyu saw her cousin crying and thought about how she was also deeply trapped in that figure. She couldn't help but feel sad. The two of them hugged each other and cried for a long time.

Instead, Hongxiu stamped her feet, went forward to coax her for a long time, and took out the wild fruits offered by Tong Er's family. Pei Shuyu reluctantly opened her mouth and ate one. It was sweet and delicious, and she also wiped away her tears.

"Don't tell mother, just don't go to uncle's place as often as possible in the future."

Hongxiu answered yes and advised softly, "You two girls are both good-looking and talented, why bother with so many people? When the imperial examination is held tomorrow, you might as well go and find a better husband."

How easy is it to find a good husband?

Song Guanzhou recited some important points for entering the palace, and glanced at the man sitting at the desk and writing silently. Behind a half-curtain of fine grass, he was wearing elegant dark clothes, like a branch of a jade tree, standing in front of the huanghuali desk. The lingering fragrance set off his pine-like temperament, as if he had absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and brilliance, grace and elegance gathered together.

"Shiro!"

She called out, and Pei An's eyes and eyebrows were half covered by the curtain, but his voice came out, "Are you tired?"

Song Guanzhou's pink face was sleepy. She walked into the study and floated in front of Pei An as if she had no bones. Pei An was holding a brush and writing in running script.

She didn't care and walked up to Pei An and sat on his knees.

Pei An put down the goat-hair calligraphy brush, his eyes were gentle and full of doting, "You come to make trouble again." Having said that, he still held Song Guanzhou's slender waist.

Song Guanzhou looked up and held Pei An's handsome face with both hands. His skin was healthy and fair, his eyebrows were sharp, his eyes were like torches, and his pupils were like the abyss of the sea.

"Do you still remember cousin Mei?"

—— Pei An was stunned for a moment, "That's my second aunt's cousin, what's wrong with her?"

Song Guanzhou pointed his finger at the tip of his tall nose and said, "A young girl's love has fallen in love with a married man like you."

"Impossible, you little jealous kid, don't eat anything every day, how old is Cousin Mei--" Pei An was also stunned at this point, Song Guanzhou snorted, "At sixteen or seventeen years old, you should have already been looking for her."

She exhaled softly, like an elegant orchid in an empty valley, "When I was sixteen, I was already Pei Si's wife."

Pei An closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally smiled and said, "Forget it, although I have never been alone with Cousin Mei, but since you said that, I will avoid her in the future."

Song Guanzhou sighed, "It's not your fault. Your husband is so handsome. It's just that I caught her peeking at you today."

Pei An lowered his head, "No wonder you pinched me so hard, but... don't say that, maybe it's not true."

"…Whether it is true or not is not that important. She is just young and ignorant. But when she enters the palace tomorrow, Jin Fuyun is not a good person."

After saying this, her starry eyes were cold and she looked at Pei An steadily.