Zheng Xiu suppressed the thoughts that were racing in her head and smiled at Old Lady Zheng, "Grandma, don't cry, I know I was wrong. I just couldn't get over it for a moment, and I won't do that again in the future."
She only knew what happened from what Zheng Xiu just repeated. In her memory of her previous life, her mother did take her to Fang to see her when she was fourteen years old, but her elder sister did not stop it at that time, and her marriage with Zhang Yongqian was settled naturally.
Zheng Xiu patted Old Lady Zheng on the shoulder and advised, "Grandma, don't cry for now, save some strength, the second aunt has returned to the Zhang family, and you have to talk to her when she comes back." She couldn't persuade Zhu herself, so she had to let the two old people come.
Old Lady Zheng also patted her hand, "Hey, grandma, you saved it."
Zheng Xian didn't show it on her face, but she felt even more strange in her heart. She clearly remembered that her grandpa and grandma had never been close to her elder sister, especially her grandma, who felt that her elder sister had never married because she was known as a "husband-killer", which brought shame to the family. The elder sister was arrogant and disdained to get close to the family.
"Ah Xiu, I'm back with the medicine." Xue Zhi was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Zheng Xian, so he just talked through the door.
Zheng Xiu responded, walked out of the house quickly, and said to him at the door: "Give me the medicine, I'll go and boil it. You've been busy for a while, go and have a rest."
Xue Zhi said with a smile: "I'm not tired, you are tired. You go back to the house to look after your sister, I'll go and boil the medicine, and I'll also make you a bowl of ginger soup." Without waiting for her to come back, he rushed to boil the medicine.
Ginger soup? It's so hot, are you afraid that people will catch a cold? Zheng Xiu shook his head with amusement and went back to the house.
It was an insignificant episode, but it was a different scene in Zheng Xiu's eyes-the elder sister had a woman's bun, obviously she was married, and the relationship between him and his brother-in-law was so harmonious.
Zheng Xian clearly remembered that when she went to Beijing to attend a wedding, she saw the groom from a distance at the wedding banquet. He was still the same person, but he looked more mature, with a stern face and did not smile. During the wedding ceremony, he stood with his elder sister. When his elder sister almost fell under the red veil, he unconsciously went to help her. The two of them seemed like strangers.
Later, she heard that her elder sister was over 20 and still unmarried, which made her a raft for the historian to criticize her uncle. General Huaiyuan said he wanted to marry her to help her uncle out. The two had no feelings for each other, and they treated each other with respect and courtesy after marriage.
What she saw now was that not only did her elder sister get married earlier, but her relationship with her brother-in-law was also completely different.
She did return to her youth, but many things seemed to have changed that she did not understand.
Not long after, Xue Zhi boiled the medicine and ginger soup and brought them into the house. Zheng Xiu took the medicine bowl and drank the ginger soup that burned her mouth in one gulp. Then she sat on the edge of the kang and fed it to Zheng Xian. After
Zheng Xian drank the medicine, Zhu came back from outside.
Fang did not forgive her for her gift and apology, but she did not reject her outright.
She just said that she would think about it again. When Zhu came out of Zhang's house, she thought that she would find a way to bring her daughter back again. That damn girl was so stubborn this time and did not listen to anything she said.
As a result, when she returned to Zheng's house to help pack the luggage, she heard people outside saying that her daughter had jumped into the river, and those gossipy women deliberately teased her in front of her: "Second sister-in-law Zheng, why do you still have time to hang around outside? Didn't your daughter just jump into the river? Your eldest niece rescued her, why didn't you go to watch over her..."
Zhu Shi knew that Zheng Xian was in trouble, and ran to Zheng's house.
"Xian girl, Xian girl..." As soon as she entered the door, Zhu Shi shouted at the top of her voice, and then rushed into the house. When she saw Zheng Xian, who was lying on the kang with a pale face and a wrapped head, she cried again: "My poor child, how can I live if
something happens to you..." "Why are you making so much noise!" Old man Zheng scolded her unhappily, "Xian just drank the medicine and fell asleep. Come out, I have something to tell you." After saying that, he left the room without looking at Zhu any more, and Old Lady Zheng and Zheng Xiu followed closely behind.
When they arrived at the main hall, Old Lady Zheng sat at the top, and Old Lady Zheng and Zheng Xiu stood on his left and right.
Zhu stood by crying.
Old lady Zheng said to the table, "Look at what you have done! You have ruined a good girl!"
Zhu whispered in defense, "Dad, it's not like that..."
Zheng Xiu said, "Second aunt, I saw my little sister Xian jump into the river with my own eyes. If Ah Zhi and I hadn't followed behind and rescued her in time, she would be dead now!"
Thinking of her daughter who almost lost her life, Zhu couldn't help shaking, but still said stubbornly, "I, I did it for her own good! If you hadn't interfered, the marriage between little girl Xian and Mr. Zhang would have been settled today, and she wouldn't have been so upset..."
Old man Zheng slammed the table again, "You troublemaker, you are the one who caused trouble and almost harmed our own girl, and you are still here making so many excuses!"
Old man Zheng was furious, and Zhu didn't dare to talk back.
"The Zhang family's marriage is over, do n't mention
it again!" Zhu hesitated twice, but didn't dare to say anything.
Old Man Zheng snorted again, "Since you did such a thing, I will naturally let the eldest son inform the second son. Whether it's divorce or something else, wait until the second son comes back to talk about it!"
Hearing the word "divorce", Zhu couldn't help crying and wailing, "Dad, you actually want the second son Zheng to divorce his wife, you are trying to kill me! What did I do wrong, why do you treat me like this..."
Old Lady Zheng was the softest person, but she was not moved at this time and said, "Second son's wife, don't you know what you did? How many cruel mothers in the world can almost force their daughter to death?!"
Zhu sobbed again, muttering indignantly.
Old man Zheng waved his hand at her impatiently, "You go back first, and we can talk about other things after Xian girl gets better."
"Xian girl is my flesh and blood, you can't treat me like this..."
Xue Zhi heard her crying and came to the main room. He stood aside with a tall and strong figure, and he was intimidating without being angry. Zhu was so scared that she shut up immediately.
Zheng Xiu said, "Second aunt, do you want to leave by yourself, or should I let Ah Zhi ask you to leave?"
Zhu walked out reluctantly.
Xue Zhi followed her, made sure she was far away, and closed the door.
In the evening, Zheng Ren and the two children came back, and Zheng Xiu told his father the whole story.
Although Zheng Ren was not familiar with his niece Zheng Xian, she was his own blood after all. He was furious and hated Zhu.
That night, he wrote a letter to Zheng Quan. Zheng Quan had asked Tong Xiang to send a letter to his family before, so it was not difficult to find out where he was.
The letter was sent out the next morning.
Zheng Xian drank the medicine and slept until the next morning. She woke up several times, and found that her grandmother and elder sister were taking turns to watch over her, so she fell asleep again.
Zheng Xiu thought that her grandmother was weak, so she hurried back to the room to sleep for a while in the first half of the night, and got up in the second half of the night to take over the watch of Old Lady Zheng, and they stayed by her until morning.
Before dawn, she cooked porridge on the stove so that Zheng Xian would have something to eat as soon as she woke up.
As soon as Zheng Xian woke up, she saw her and said with a smile: "Are you finally awake? Are you hungry?"
Zheng Xian supported herself to sit up, and she felt a little dizzy because she exerted too much force.
Zheng Xiu helped her sit steadily, and then went out to bring the porridge over.
The porridge was red date porridge, which replenished qi and blood, and was good for her right now.
Zheng Xiu did not let her move by herself, but fed her spoonful by spoonful.
The warm porridge went down her stomach and warmed her heart. As Zheng Xian ate, her eyes suddenly became moist.
Zheng Xiu quickly put down the bowl and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Don't cry, don't cry, you still have a wound on your head."
Zheng Xian sobbed softly. She had not felt the warmth of her family for a long time, especially her eldest sister. Although her uncle's family had taken good care of her in her previous life, her eldest sister had always been cold to others and had never taken care of her in such a gentle voice.
Zheng Xiu thought she was just thinking of something sad, and continued to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, grandpa has already made the decision for you, and the marriage with the Zhang family has been cancelled."
Zheng Xian raised her head happily, "Really?" Although she was confident that she could refuse this marriage in her lifetime, she didn't expect that her mother would be willing to compromise without her having to do anything herself?
"My father has already written a letter to my second uncle. Grandpa said that when my second uncle comes back, he will deal with my second aunt. Naturally, my second aunt doesn't dare to mention it again." Thinking of Zheng Xian's injury, Zheng Xiu didn't tell her that grandpa asked my second uncle to divorce his wife.
Zheng Xian nodded. It was naturally a good thing that his father came back. Calculating the days, nothing happened yet, and his father was not implicated. When her father comes back, she will try to mediate. But according to her memory, it has only been a few months since the incident. With her current ability, she is afraid that there is no way to make her father get away with it...
She can't help but look up carefully at Zheng Xiu again. She has indeed changed. Whether it is her expression or her words and deeds, she is completely different. She only hopes that her elder sister, who has changed, can help her family with that matter...
She knows that her idea is a bit selfish. After all, her parents are not people who know how to repay their gratitude. But as long as her elder sister is willing to help, she is willing to work hard for the rest of her life and repay her kindness.
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