"What happened to grandma?"
Xiangyun was surprised, and then she saw Su Nuannuan turned her head and said, "Strange, it seems like someone is looking at me, but I didn't see it when I turned around."
When she said this, Xiangyun became scared. She looked around and saw that there was only her and her servant among the deep plum forest and the blooming plum trees. Just as she was about to persuade Su Nuannuan to leave, she saw her master suddenly turn around again. This time, even she noticed that there seemed to be a figure flashing behind the plum forest.
"Who is it?"
Xiangyun shouted out bravely, and said loudly to Su Nuannuan: "Grandma, I'm going to go over and see who is playing tricks here. If he scares you and I find out, I'll skin him alive."
Before he finished speaking, a figure flashed out from behind a plum tree and said repeatedly, "It's me, it's me, Miss Xiangyun, don't misunderstand me. I was just here to look at the plum blossoms. When I saw the grandmother coming, I was afraid that she would blame me, so I hid."
Su Nuannuan also saw it clearly now, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Yang's daughter-in-law? Why are you here? Aren't you Chuan'er's wet nurse? Don't you need to take care of your son in this new year? Why did you go to the plum forest to see the plum blossoms? What if your son gets into trouble because no one is looking after him? Will you live or die?"
When she said the last sentence, her voice was already stern. Duan Maochuan was excluded by Duan Maoming and others because of the previous incident. She could imagine his current situation without asking, so she repeatedly told those little guys not to embarrass Duan Maochuan. However, she never expected that even Duan Maochuan's wet nurse dared to be lazy and slack off, leaving the young master alone and running to see the plum blossoms in the snow. Aunt Jiang was the young master's concubine after all, and Duan Maochuan was Duan Tingxuan's son. This was not the way to push the wall down. How could she not be angry?
"Grandma, you are wise. Our... young master has someone to protect him, so I... I took the time to..."
Yang came forward, bowed and saluted, and whispered to herself, looking behind the plum tree. Su Nuannuan felt strange about her behavior, and couldn't help but follow her line of sight. She saw a little bright yellow color coming out from behind a thick old plum tree. It looked like a little tiger's head, so she understood.
"It's so cold, you brought your brother here. What if he gets cold? The child is playful and ignorant, aren't you ignorant too?" Su Nuannuan was relieved to know that Duan Maochuan was hiding behind the plum tree, but she couldn't help scolding him when she thought about how easy it is to catch a cold in this weather.
"My dear, I really can't persuade you..." Yang said this. Tears welled up in her eyes and her voice became hoarse.
"What happened?" Su Nuannuan knew something was wrong. She looked to the side and saw a stone block. So she asked Xiangyun to spread the cushions on the ground. She sat down and looked at Yang and said, "Talk to me. If it's really not your fault, I won't deny the truth."
Yang said sadly, "Actually, what doesn't grandma understand? My brother lied in front of everyone and framed grandma. Now people in the mansion avoid us when they see us. Who in the school doesn't flatter the powerful and bully the weak? Our brother is honest and simple. In the past, he was protected by Master Ming, so those people didn't dare to do anything. Now, when the masters see our brother, they all say that he is ungrateful and repays kindness with enmity, and they are unwilling to pay attention to him. Our brother's life in school has become more and more difficult. Today, the masters took the snacks sent by grandma and gave them to people everywhere in the school. Our brother was greedy and wanted a piece, but Master Sen ridiculed him. He had nothing to say, so he cried after school and insisted on coming to the garden. When he came in, he took the branches of the trees to vent his anger. I dare not persuade him very much. If I don't let my brother vent his anger, and he keeps it in his heart, who knows what will happen."
"According to you, it's still our grandmother's fault?" Xiangyun's eyebrows almost stood up. In fact, Yang was just complaining and didn't mean to blame Su Nuannuan, but in her ears, these words changed their meaning. It was because she really hated Aunt Jiang and Duan Maochuan: What's wrong with the child? Can the child be ungrateful and listen to his mother's words and lie? Now he is reaping the fruits of his own labor, which is not very gratifying. Master Ming and his men really did a great job. It was only the grandmother who was too tolerant and even cared about the little bastard and always told the other young masters not to bully him. If it weren't for the humble status of this girl, Xiangyun would have wanted to instigate the young masters to teach Duan Maochuan a lesson.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, Yang fell to her knees in the snow in panic. The life of Aunt Jiang and her son is already very miserable now. Madam Yun has been deprived of her power as the housekeeper. She can't even take care of herself, so how can she care about their lives? If I offend the eldest lady today, there will be no place for them in this mansion. Everyone knows that this mansion is now ruled by the eldest lady.
"Hurry up, what are you doing?"
Su Nuannuan quickly pulled Yang up, glared at Xiangyun again, and said in a deep voice: "She is just feeling aggrieved, why do you have to misinterpret her meaning?" After saying that, she looked behind the plum tree, only to see that the little tiger head that had been exposed had been retracted.
Su Nuannuan is a person who likes children, but this does not make her treat Duan Tingxuan's children as her own. She only loves these little guys out of the love that an ordinary woman has for children. Anyway, she doesn't need to raise them. She is happy to play with them in her free time, make little things for them, amuse the little guys and have fun herself. Why not?
However, after hearing about Duan Maochuan's experiences in the past few days, she felt an indescribable pain and sorrow in her heart. Among the children, Duan Maochuan was the most honest and simple, a little stupid, and not as pleasing as his brothers. Perhaps because of the difference in status, this little guy also had a little inferiority complex in his heart that was unknown to others. So Su Nuannuan was particularly fond of him, but after that, Duan Maochuan stopped going to Chunfengyuan, and she couldn't say anything. But she never expected that this cute and simple child would be in such a bad situation now.
As soon as he thought of this, he walked over without hesitation. When he came to the plum tree, he saw Duan Maochuan standing there. He did not run, but just lowered his head, holding a branch in his hand. His little face was red from the cold, and there were thin cracks on his hands, and a few bleeding scars. Judging from the color, they were fresh, and they must have been injured when he was breaking off the branches just now.
Su Nuannuan had a lot to say, but when she saw the child, she didn't know how to say it. After a long while, she choked up and said, "Silly child, it's so cold, even if you have a fire, go back to the house. Do you want to freeze yourself into an ice man by running here?"
Duan Maochuan suddenly raised his head, which had been lowered. Mist quickly gathered in his big, clear, dark eyes, and then turned into large tears that rolled down his eye sockets, one after another, leaving traces on his little face.
"Auntie, I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied. I shouldn't have helped mother to hurt you. Wuwuwu... It's all my fault. I'm ungrateful. I'm a bastard. I shall not die a good death. Wuwuwu..."
"Who said these nonsense?" Su Nuannuan was shocked and angry. What did the child know about not dying a good death? It was obvious that someone had said this in front of him.
Yang lowered her head and choked up, saying, "The young masters in the school always say such things. My brother heard it and kept it in mind."
"What a jerk! How could the young masters understand such words? It must be the people who follow them who are gossiping. If I know, I will punish them severely." Su Nuannuan was furious. What kind of bad habits are these? Do those little bastards know that they are cursing their own brothers? Do they understand the meaning of "not being able to die well"?
Yang didn't dare to answer. How could a little nurse like her offend someone who said such things to the young masters? Here, Su Nuannuan lowered her body, stroked Duan Maochuan's head and said softly, "Brother Chuan, don't talk nonsense. Auntie knows that you were forced by your mother. It's actually none of your business..."
"No, it's my fault, it's all my fault, Auntie, please hit me, please hit me to death, Auntie... Wuuuu, if I had known I shouldn't have woken up, I would have slept and slept with ice cream in my stomach..."
"What nonsense."
The child's wish is pure and simple, he has no idea what death means, but these words seemed to stab a knife in Su Nuannuan's heart. She quickly hugged Duan Maochuan into her arms and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chuan, Auntie doesn't allow you to talk nonsense. Auntie has never blamed you." Although it was just an unintentional remark, it is very likely to cause Duan Maochuan a lifetime of psychological trauma. When he grows up, he may become pessimistic and depressed because of this deep-rooted idea. In the end, he can only live a mediocre and painful life. Su Nuannuan will never allow such a tragic thing to happen to the cute little guy.
Duan Maochuan burst into tears, all the grievances, fears and guilt of the past few days burst out at once. He cried until he was out of breath, and his snot and tears were all over Su Nuannuan. Xiangyun, who was watching from the side, kept rolling her eyes, thinking that our grandma owed this kid. Last time, in order to save him, her skirt was stained with feces and urine, and today her body was covered with tears and snot. Could it be intentional?
Xiangyun's bad impression of Duan Maochuan made her try to guess the little guy's motives with the greatest malice, but no one would consider her feelings. Duan Maochuan finally stopped crying, and Su Nuannuan wiped his face with a handkerchief, picked him up, covered his little body with her cloak, and said to Yang: "My brother is frozen, Xia Yuxuan is still some distance away from the garden, why don't you go to Chunfeng Garden to warm up, drink some hot tea and eat some snacks."
Yang never dreamed that after what happened to Su Nuannuan, she would still be willing to take care of Duan Maochuan. After hearing this, she couldn't believe her ears, and then she said with joy: "This is the best. I have always heard that grandma is kind, and today I know that her reputation is well-deserved."
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