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When I entered the inner room, my grandmother was lying on the kang, talking with my mother Du. When she saw me enter, she smiled and went up to help me take off my big clothes and set them on the clothes rack. She looked at me with a smile. Being able to stay by Grandmother's side for so many years is naturally extraordinary. What I did, Grandmother was not only clear about, but also the things that this old servant of hers knows very well.

"He's coming." When my grandmother looked up and saw me, a smile spread across her face. "Sit next to me." Mother Du carefully closed the door for the two of us and left the room. I found an embroidery block next to my grandmother and sat down. It was already evening in the north, and it was dark early in the morning. The lamp was already in my grandmother's room.

Grandmother stood up and took a big red apple from the table on the kang and handed it to me. At this time of the year, it was snowing heavily. This kind of apple was very rare. I took the apple, took a small silver knife from my belt, and began to slice the apple.

Grandmother looked down at the knife in my hand. I smiled. The scabbard was inlaid with different colored gems. On the outside, there was an exquisite and exquisite embroidered sheath. The sheath was covered with a piece of corm, and it was specially worn by women on their waists. It was small and exquisite.

Grandmother nodded without a word, and I said, "No matter where you go, your father will always think about your daughter." When my grandmother heard this, she raised her eyes and looked straight at me, a sincere smile appearing on her face.

I cut the sliced apples into pieces and put them in the small agate bowl on the table. The red bowl reflected the small pieces of apples, which looked really nice. I handed the bowl to Grandmother, who took one piece and put it in her mouth, took two bites, then smiled and said, "When you're old, you can't eat anything anymore." I took a handkerchief from my sleeve and handed it to Grandmother. "This house is still supported by you." The grandmother forced a smile. "What does my old woman's words count for?"

Grandmother wiped her hands, and I took my handkerchief back. "Your granddaughter and mother are still dependent on your support." Grandmother's expression became even gloomier, and she probably thought of Aunt Wang far away in the manor. She left Grandmother before New Year's.

"Your mother should be at ease now. I didn't expect you to be such a smart child." If he had already died once and didn't know how powerful the human heart was, how stupid would he be?

"Granddaughter will follow Grandmother's teachings." Although my grandmother didn't want my mother to do that, she didn't actually stop me. If that wasn't the case, how could I have walked on such a path?

"You're an intelligent child, but women all rely on their parents. Which woman doesn't have the happiness of living in their husband's family?" Grandmother was saying that I was so desperate to break free from my parents' arrangement that I had lost the protection of my family.

"A good child should live an innocent life. If they lose their dignity, then they are no better than Buddha." I stubbornly looked up into my grandmother's eyes.

The corner of his grandmother's mouth twitched a few times before she finally sighed. The corners of her eyes were slightly moist. "Why is the fate of such a good child so rough?" He raised his hand and wiped his eyes with his sleeve. This is not only about me, but also about her daughter.

"Grandmother will make the decision for you even if it costs her her life. If your father is in the wrong, it will be out of consideration for my wife." Before Grandmother could finish speaking, I held Grandmother's hand. His father was a big help, but he didn't do anything too outrageous. He is a merchant, so naturally he used the eyes of a merchant to measure his profit. He can make use of my profit, not to mention the fact that he is someone that my grandmother and mother are worried about.

"Thank you, grandma, for teaching me how to sew." Grandmother looked at me pityingly. "Which decent family's young lady doesn't know how to sew?" Grandmother's meaning was that I was too late to learn.

"I will redouble my efforts." I threw my grandmother a comforting smile.

After sitting in Grandmother's yard for a while and chatting with Grandmother for a while, it was time for dinner. Father walked into the house with big steps, his eyes were wide open, and he sat down on the kang with his front lapel. The mother, who entered the house behind her, wore a ponytail, a pair of delicate pendant beads, each beaded with gold thread, beneath which was a band of pearls and rubies, gently swaying and swaying, and a silver brocade dress with a blue peacock's head. The feathers were made of a variety of precious stones, and although they looked clean, they were colorful in the sunlight, and around her ears she wore a pair of large East Pearl studs, and on her neck she wore a plain silver collar with a sapphire in the center, and beneath them a pink jacket, and under it a white one, and smiling under a blue skirt.

What a magnanimous matriarch! What a great sisterly relationship. His mother held Aunt Chen's hand and stood in front of his grandmother with a smile. They squatted side by side and greeted her.

I gently shook my head. Aunt Chen was in the inner chamber, so how could I not know about the inner chamber's woman's tricks? I thought that my mother would have a falling out with my father because of the concubine incident, but my mother seemed to happily accept this matter. In terms of today's attire, her mother was far better at it. The seemingly simple and unadorned clothes and accessories were all over the place, and relatively speaking, Aunt Chen was simply too out of place. As a concubine, she wore gold and jewelry.

Clearly, Lu Ping, who was behind me, also noticed this problem. She stood at the back and pulled her handkerchief. How could such a clever Red Dew not have thought about it?

"You sure are handsome today." Grandmother said to her mother with a smile. She didn't want to hit a smiling person, but her mother could endure the unhappiness in her heart. Grandmother definitely wouldn't have a gloomy face.

His father was lying on the brick bed with his eyes half-closed, looking at his wife and concubine standing in front of him, dressed in bright clothes.

"Old granny, look at my clothes!" As she spoke, she pulled out her own sleeve for her grandmother to see. Her voice was sweet and her expression tender, "Madame specifically brought out these clothes for me. I've never seen such beautiful clothes and accessories." She lowered her head, revealing a snow-white arm with a gold bracelet dangling from it. Her snow-white skin was exceptionally enchanting as it took advantage of the gold. The smile on her face was as if she was drunk on a beautiful piece of silk.

Her grandmother had a sincere smile on her face. This aunt Chen looked gentle and obedient, which was not normal at all. With a single sentence, she pushed the fault of wearing bright red clothes across the room to her mother. She was wearing these clothes, not because she didn't know how to salute, but because she respected her mother. He seemed to be doing it on purpose, but his father seemed to be doing it on purpose. He was afraid that his mother would have a difficult life ahead of her!

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