Chapter 17 Qing Ran's Choice
Xun Qingran picked up the food box, and Fang smiled and told him, "Go quickly, be careful, remember what I said to you."
"Yes, madam." Xun Qingran agreed obediently and retreated from Fang's house. When he walked to the outer room, he was approaching Zheng Yuanshuo and Zheng Yuanlang coming in from outside. What he had heard in the house was the voices of these two people.
Xun Qingran hurriedly gave in to the side.
"Two cousins."
Xun Qingran wanted to give way, but she had to bow her knees while saluting. She also had to pay attention to holding the food box in her hand.
"Sister Three, I haven't seen each other for several days. Why is the third sister leaving just now? What is the third sister holding in her hand?"
When Zheng Yuanshuo saw Xun Qingran, he smiled happily and came to Xun Qingran. After Zheng Yuanlang returned the gift to Xun Qingran, he frowned slightly when he saw Zheng Yuanshuo's appearance, and also came forward, as if he wanted to pull Zheng Yuanshuo.
Fang heard a snap in the room, followed by Xun Qingran's screams, and Zheng Yuanshuo and Zheng Yuanlang also exclaimed.
"Oh my god, this is still hot!"
"Sister Ran, your hand!...Don't move, come, get cold water and ice!"
Because Fang and Xun Qingran talked, no one was left to serve the outer room. The girl outside the room heard the sound and ran in. After listening to Zheng Yuanlang's orders, she hurried out to get things.
The outer room was in a mess, and Fang couldn't sit still inside, so he walked out. The food box in Xun Qingran's hand was overturned to the ground, the bowl was broken in half, and the soup inside was spilled all over the floor. Zheng Yuanshuo's front robe was wet, and one shoe was wet. Zheng Yuanlang's robe was fine, but the sleeves were wet. The worst thing was Xun Qingran, not only was the dress wet, but his hands were even hotter and redder, and it became obviously swollen.
"Brother Shuo, is it burned?" Fang hurriedly pulled Zheng Yuanshuo over, shouted heartily, and turned to Xun Qingran, with a bad look, "How did you do things? Why did you burn Brother Shuo?"
Xun Qingran had tears in her eyes. After hearing Fang's reprimand, she did not say anything. Zheng Yuanlang hurriedly stepped forward to meet Fang.
"Auntie, it's not that Ran Mei. We brothers came in just now and walked in a hurry. They accidentally knocked over the food box that Ran Mei took. My elder brother and I just wet the clothes, but burned Ran Mei. We asked our aunt to punish him."
"Auntie, it's really not about the third sister's business. How much money is worth a robe? It's a big deal to burn the third sister. Auntie, you should also take good care of the people who serve you. The third sister actually lets the third sister take care of the hot things by themselves. What do those slaves do for food? Not to mention other people's houses, even my sister, will never let her do these things."
Zheng Yuanlang and Zheng Yuanshuo both spoke for Xun Qingran, and Xun Qingran was obviously very injured, so Fang was not able to say anything for a while. Someone had already taken cold water and ice cubes outside. Xun Qingran put his hand in the cold water of the ice, which slightly relieved the hot feeling on his hands, but he still couldn't help but cry in his eyes.
This was not the time when Fang hit the tea bowl. She avoided it at that time and was not injured. Later, she deliberately rubbed her forehead with her hands. This time the injury was real.
Just now, she heard the voices of the two brothers in the Zheng family talking. In desperation, she only thought of this method. When Zheng Yuanshuo saw her, he would definitely stick it up, so she could take the opportunity to knock over the food box and solve the urgent problem. As expected, the matter was not as expected, but Zheng Yuanlong also followed, and I don’t know if he had seen through it. However, it seemed that there was no obstacle. Zheng Yuanlong’s words were obviously exonerating her.
"Auntie, I gave you the jade face cream last time. It is best to treat this scald, so you can leave no scars. I didn't say yesterday that I was reluctant to use it, so I took it out for my third sister to use it. Otherwise, if my third sister has scars on her hands, it would be bad." Zheng Yuanshuo said.
Fang's smile was a little stiff and he did not answer immediately.
If Xun Qingran had already said no, but now she just pretended that she didn't hear it.
"That jade-like cream was given to your fourth sister yesterday."
"The fourth sister is fine, there is no need for that. Why don't you want it and use it for the third sister first. When I write a letter to go home, I will find some for the fourth sister." Zheng Yuanshuo is not a wink.
"That's something that comes in. How many can your family have? If you send a message home for such a small matter, your mother thought something happened to me." Fang was obviously dissatisfied with his nephew's concern.
This little thing does not refer to the jade-collar ointment, but to the fact that Xun Qingran was burned.
"It's the eldest brother who was abrupt. Ran Mei was injured. I think the most urgent thing was my aunt. The fourth sister was taught by her aunt, so naturally, she had to take out the jade cream to give it to her third sister without any explanation." Zheng Yuanlang said hurriedly.
Zheng Yuanlang said this, Fang was not good to say anything else. In front of her two nephews, she always had to take some face, so she ordered someone to get Yurong ointment.
Because of the timely treatment, although Xun Qingran's hands were red and swollen, there were no blisters. After applying Yurong Paste, the pain improved a lot.
Fang asked Zheng Yuanlang and Zheng Yuanshuo to go back to change their clothes, but did not say what to do with Xun Qingran.
"Okay. My elder brother and I went out and happened to send my third sister off the way. We were very hurt, so we should go back and take care of it quietly."
"Yes, aunt. Please wait, we will change our clothes and come back to talk to you."
Fang had no choice but to nod, and Zheng Yuanlang even took the ointment from Madam Chang.
Xun Qingran returned to his yard, and Kikyo and others came out to continue. Seeing Xun Qingran's swollen hands, the girls couldn't help crying, and thanked Zheng Yuanlang and Zheng Yuanshuo. Zheng Yuanlang did not enter the yard, but just handed the jade ointment to Kikyo and asked him to use it once a few hours later. Then, on the excuse that he had something to do, he pulled Zheng Yuanshuo who wanted to follow the yard away.
Xun Qingran lay on his bed again. Seeing the girls busy in and out, she felt comfortable all over and didn't feel her hands hurt. It was a good thing to pay this small price to get out of Fang and not have to go back to the small Buddhist temple.
After a while, Xun Qingran's room became lively. Xun Shufang, Xun Shuzhi, Xun Shulan, Xiao Wu and others all came to visit. Xun Qingran had to pretend to be sick to socialize. After sending these people away, the little boy next to Zheng Yuanlang came to the fun and brought a basket of fresh fruits and a basket of words.
"Our master said that it's better to just use the jade-color paste and don't use other paste. Also, please avoid eating foods, don't even eat autumn oil, and it's best not to eat dark things. Our master has seen such scalds outside. If you eat those things, you will leave scars. Please invite the girl to eat light meals, crucian carp soup, and eggs."
Lai Xi's voice was crisp and she said a lot of words like memorizing a book, which made everyone in the house laugh.
Xun Qingran asked Kikyo to take a purse of a small silver croaker to Lai Xi, "When I go back and see your master, I thank you for me. I said thanks to him just now, I will remember what I told you."
Lai Xi saw Xun Qingran say this, and looked around and there was only platycodon in the room, so he blinked his big eyes, "Our grandson has always been offering the begonia given to the girl, just like Guanyin, and it is almost like burning incense and kowtowing." After that, he didn't blink, looking at Xun Qingran's reaction.
Xun Qingran was stunned for a moment. Kikyo hurriedly walked over, reached out and bounced Lai Xi's forehead, "Go back quickly. Baozhu, send Xi out."
Lai Xi left with a smile, Xun Qingran was still a little stunned. Kikyo came over and put a pillow behind her and said softly: "Girl, you should also plan for your future. The maid looked at the second master of the Zheng family, yes..."
Xun Qingran seemed to have not heard Kikyo's words, "The eldest and second girls were locked up in the small Buddhist temple like me. When did they come out?"
"I don't know that the eldest lady, the second lady, came back before you."
"The Second Master is here to see the girl." Baozhu shouted outside. Xun Junhui took a step in as he spoke, and Xun Qingran hurriedly pressed her doubts.
Xun Qingran's hand did not pick it up. Xun Junhui saw that his sister's hands were swollen, and his eyes turned red. Xun Qingran hurriedly comforted him: "It doesn't matter. This hand looks serious. He has used medicine and will be cured soon. My sister doesn't hurt at all now."
Xun Junhui swallowed twice, didn't say anything, but turned his back and turned around, and when he turned around, he had recovered his calmness.
"What the hell is going on? Although I heard the news from the servants, it's not true."
Xun Qingran said the story, "Did Kikyo send you a message? I'm afraid that you'll get confused when you see me being locked up. I'm afraid that your wife will use me to threaten you and ask you to automatically give up the opportunity to enter the genealogy."
"Kikong is very smart and has long passed on my sister's words to me. She didn't threaten me with her sister, but she just used me to threaten her. Why bother to harm herself? Just ignore her? Or send the soup over and tell Aunt Xin not to drink it."
"I haven't thought so before. But Fang has always been cunning. If that happens, I am always afraid of leaving hidden dangers. I am afraid that she will borrow my hand to make Aunt Xin fake, and that she will take my mistakes and make the master and he dislike you. In that case, as long as I carry the soup and leave Fang's door, I can't explain it clearly."
Xun Junhui frowned and thought, "Sister is right, or she wants to kill two birds with one stone, and at the same time get rid of the child in Aunt Xin's belly."
Both the siblings were a little silent, and once again they had a deeper understanding of Fang's ruthlessness. This calculation made her look at the grown-up child, Fang's ruthlessness was really cruel.
As a woman who regards monogamy as a creed, Xun Qingran believes that it is understandable that Fang is jealous of other women of Master Xun. However, she does not agree with Fang's approach. For example, if Fang is clearly a shrew, she just does not allow other women to come in and not let others go to her husband's bed. Then Xun Qingran would admire Fang very much.
But Fang did not do this. She wanted the virtuous archway in her heart. While turning her jealousy into vicious behavior, she killed her concubines, and at the same time she took the initiative to stuff people into the man's bed. This behavior was that she wanted to be ×× and had to set up the archway. Xun Qingran could only express contempt. As for the behavior of not being able to deal with her husband's other women and then abused the child to vent her anger, Xun Qingran was even more indignant.
"Sister, you have something to promise me. No matter at any time, don't do things that hurt yourself or do things against your will." After silence, Xun Junhui said.
Xun Qingran raised her hand and wanted to touch her brother's head. When she thought of the ointment she had in her hand, she put it down again. Her younger brother has always been so sensible and considerate that it made her feel distressed.
"Sister, sir, took my article for Master Xuezheng to read. I will enter the genealogy tomorrow, and Master Xuezheng will also come to watch the ceremony."
Xun Qingran was happy and a scholar-official came, and tomorrow's affairs would add a greater chance of winning.
"Sister, your hands will not be damaged in vain." Xun Junhui stood up and whispered.
"We must be more careful, I'm afraid that Fang will have a backup plan." Xun Qingran didn't pay attention to his younger brother's whisper and hurriedly instructed.
Fang would never watch Jun Hui join the genealogy and divide the family business of her own son. Xun Qingran was very worried and didn't know how Fang would attack their siblings.
Chapter completed!