19 Repair of new house (1/2)
An Jinxiu secretly pulled An Yuanzhi from the back, telling him not to be angry. Before her younger brother became famous, their mother could only be a dwarf in this house. ” Yes, thank you, Matriarch An, ”An Jin smiled as she bowed towards the matriarch and said,” Aunt Xiu's illness was very dangerous during the day. After taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, the fever has subsided.
”That's the two of you for being filial children,” the matriarch said. ”I didn't know that the Lady Xiuhad such good fortune in giving birth to a son and a daughter like you.”
The unwillingness and anger on An Yuanzhi's face could no longer be concealed. Still, An Jinxiu smiled and said, ”Now that Lady Xiu's illness has improved, we can feel at ease.”
The matriarch looked at An Jinxiu. She was no longer the same as she used to be.How could this bastard's granddaughter not make a sound? There was even a smile on her face.
”Mother,” Grand Preceptor An spoke up from the side. ”What happened today has nothing to do with Fifth Son and An Jinxiu.”
”A slap in the face won't work,” Matriarch Zhou said as she looked at An Jin. ”Ah Jin, don't you think?”
An Jinxiu lowered her head and said, ”Ah Jin knows her wrongs and will allow the Old Lord to penalize her as he pleases.”
Reduced punishment for An Jin? Even though the matriarch was scolding Madam Qin in the main hall, she suspected that it was An Jin who had done the wrong thing.
Now that An Jinxiu had admitted her wrongs so openly, the matriarch had no choice but to say anything else. Grand Preceptor An had made it clear that Shangguan Yong had requested for the wedding date to be announced earlier. Forget it, ”the matriarch glanced at An Jinxiu and said,” You're about to leave the pavilion. Just wait patiently to be abride.
An Jinxiu knelt down to thank her. She looked obedient and gentle.
The matriarch chuckled twice before turning to An Jinxiu and An Yuanzhi. ”I still have some words to say to the Grand Preceptor. You two can withdraw for now.”
”Mother,” Grand Preceptor An hastened to say, ”If there's anything to say, there's no harm in letting Ah Jin and Yuanzhi hear it.”
”There's a difference in concubines.” When Matriarch He saw Grand Preceptor An speak up for the two siblings, her face immediately darkened. ”There are some things that they can't listen to!”
An Jinxiu pulled An Yuanzhi along with her and bowed to Matriarch He before turning to leave. In her previous life, she still cared about this, but now, as she stood outside the main hall, she looked back at the main hall of the Residence of An. She didn't even care about this house anymore, so why would she care about this?
”Sis.” An Yuanzhi called out to her in a low voice.
An Jinxiu followed An Yuanzhi to the side courtyard where Lady Xiu lived. She whispered to her younger brother, ”Yuanzhi, don't take the matriarch's words to heart.”
An Yuanzhi coldly snorted. ”I've never cared about that.”
”So you want to leave?”
An Jinxiu's question caused An Yuanzhi to stop in his tracks. She turned around and looked at An Jinxiu with a twinkling gaze.
”It's good that you will leave.” An Jin smiled. ”The world is so big. Where is there not a place to build a career?”
An Yuanzhi silently turned around and continued walking forward. After walking for a while, An Jinxiu heard her little brother whisper to her, ”Sis, there will be a day when I have to make them beg me to come in!”
An Jin replied with a ”En”. ”There will be such a day.”
A gust of wind blew away the thick clouds that had covered the crescent moon. The moonlight shone down like flowing water, illuminating the figures of the An Jinxiu and her brother. An Yuanzhi looked down at the shadow that he and An Jinxiu had cast on the ground, and suddenly felt as if he and his sister were mutually dependent on each other.
”We will be fine in the future, Yuan Zhi,” An Jinxiu said in a low voice, her tone sounding like she was sighing.
”That's right.” An Yuanzhi was not a sad person after all. After a moment of sadness, he turned back and smiled to An Jinxing, ”When Yuanzhi is strong in the future, he'll definitely make mother and elder sister the masters!”
”What nonsense again!” An Jin smiled and pointed at An Yuanzhi. ”Can you still take care of me for the rest of my life?”
An Yuanzhi said seriously, ”When I become outstanding in the future, doesn't that mean that Brother-in-law Shangguan doesn't dare to look down on me anymore?”