After returning to the old lady, Yining sneezed several times.
Mrs. Luo frowned and hurriedly asked her granddaughter to sit next to her: "Why are you feeling unwell again? Aren't you well now?"
Yining rubbed her nose and felt a little dizzy: "Maybe it's the wind."
Seeing that her nose was red and her eyes were misty, Old Mrs. Luo called out to Mother Xu, "Ask the kitchen to boil another bowl of medicine." Yining had really hurt herself the last time she fell into the water, and she caught a cold before she was fully recovered.
Xuezhi took out the bedding and wrapped Yining in it. Yining stayed in the quilt tonight and asked Mrs. Luo to feed her dinner and medicine.
The old lady touched her forehead and frowned even more tightly: "You'd better not go to school tomorrow."
Yi Ning thought about the calligraphy copybook Luo Shenyuan would give her tomorrow, so how could she ask him to wait any longer? Besides, she had only been in school for one day and needed to rest. She didn't know what Miss Gu would say to her. She was just a little uncomfortable and should be fine after a good night's sleep. She shook her head stubbornly: "I always skip classes for two or three days, and Miss Gu blames me. I have to go after all."
Mrs. Luo had no choice but to wrap her granddaughter tighter. Yining sat on the bed like a silkworm cocoon, and she struggled to reach out a hand from inside to pick up the raisins embedded in the cakes on the plate and eat them.
Yi Ning ate raisins while chatting with Mrs. Luo: "Grandma, you always say that my mother is well-educated and well-mannered. Tell me more about her."
Old Mrs. Luo didn't care how her granddaughter ate the cakes. After a moment's thought, she smiled and said, "Your mother is a very good person. Your grandmother, Liu, passed away when she was ten, and it was your aunt who raised her. Other families' sisters-in-law and aunts always have conflicts, but your mother and your aunt get along very well. When your mother got married, your aunt cried for several days, holding my hand and asking me to take good care of her, saying that my sister-in-law is the kindest of people..."
Old Madam Luo lowered her voice again, "After your mother married into the family, she and your father got along very well, and had very good relationships with everyone in the family. At that time, your father hadn't even passed the imperial examination. Later... your father was an official in Yangzhou, and when he returned that year, he brought Concubine Qiao with him."
Yi Ning stopped eating raisins and asked, "Is that the current Aunt Qiao?"
Old Lady Luo nodded: "That's her. She was brought back from Yangzhou by your father. She was said to be from an official family, but she didn't have a decent background. We are not an ordinary family, so how could your mother and I agree to let her in? It was only after Aunt Qiao knelt in front of your mother's door and cried for two whole days that your mother agreed to let her in. Aunt Qiao became pregnant half a year after she came in, and gave birth to your sixth sister Yi Lian, who is two years older than you - your eldest sister dislikes her very much." Old Lady Luo suddenly paused.
Yining didn't know why she stopped and continued to look at her.
Mrs. Luo stroked her head and said, "Your mother sympathized with Aunt Qiao and saw how delicate and pitiful she was, but she never imagined she was such a ruthless character, playing the pig to eat the tiger. She actually bewitched your father to the point of bewilderment. At that time, your father had two concubines, but neither of them was as favored as her."
"Let's not talk about your Aunt Qiao." Old Mrs. Luo scratched Yining's little nose and looked at her raised childish face. Her facial features were indeed like her mother's.
Mrs. Luo's tone became a little heavier.
"Later, after giving birth to you, your mother's health gradually deteriorated, and she passed away within six months... At that time, she grabbed my hand and cried to me. I would give up everything, but who could take care of this baby in her arms? Your mother loved her child so much that she couldn't bear to part with you. I promised her that as long as I was around, I wouldn't let anyone bully you."
Yi Ning listened quietly, and suddenly felt a sore nose.
When her original mother died, she must have been very reluctant to let her go. After her mother died, the baby was left alone in the world, with no one to take care of her. She grew up on her own, but she didn't expect that her future life would be so difficult.
Mrs. Luo smiled again and said, "Grandma isn't telling you this to make you feel bad."
Yi Ning leaned into Old Lady Luo's arms and said with a smile, "I have my grandmother who dotes on me now, and I also have my elder sister. My mother would surely be pleased to see this in her grave."
This was her true feelings. After living with Mrs. Luo for these days, she really regarded her as her own grandmother.
Then she must live well, and no one can harm her easily.
Yining hugged Mrs. Luo's arm and closed her eyes.
Aunt Qiao was standing at the door, waiting anxiously.
But after a while her maid came running over and said to her, "Auntie, the master is here."
Aunt Qiao smiled and quickly asked the maid to help her go back. When Luo Chengzhang arrived, he saw only three small dishes on the table. Yi Lian was putting food in her brother's small bowl, and three-year-old Xuan Ge'er was being held in Aunt Qiao's arms and fed.
Seeing Luo Chengzhang coming, Aunt Qiao immediately stepped forward to take the cloak he had taken off. Luo Chengzhang saw that her dishes were simple and asked, "Why are you eating so frugally?"
Aunt Qiao sighed softly, "How could I bear to eat good food without the master? I always feel that my status is low, and I am still the same orphan girl. I dare not forget the master's kindness."
Yes, Aunt Qiao was so flattering because Luo Chengzhang had stayed at Lin Ruhai's place for the past two nights.
Luo Chengzhang looked into her gentle eyes and was deeply moved by her affection. He couldn't help but put his arm around Aunt Qiao's shoulders and said softly, "Yuechan, others love my power, but I know you treat me with the most sincerity. You don't need to tell me, I will not treat you unfairly..."
Aunt Qiao smiled brightly as she waited for Luo Chengzhang to sit down. Seeing his daughter eating well and Xuan Ge'er sitting in her arms, calling her "sister," Luo Chengzhang acted like a loving father and asked Luo Yilian, "You two sisters are going to school together today. Are you doing well?"
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