Tao Zang Xuan Zhi

Magnolia Residence is divided into two small buildings on the east and west. There is a hall at the entrance and a backyard at the back. The low room on the north is the kitchen and the servant's room. The main building is adjacent to Baishou Garden on the east. It is now the residence of Zhong Wanling and her parents who come back occasionally. The west wing houses Zhong Shuhua, her children, and her son-in-law Zhang Xu, who is about to rush back.

Zhong Wanling left Baishouyuan and took a detour to the main hall to look at the mourning hall again. When she came back, there were already people waiting for her in the hall of the east building. The person waiting for her is Zhong Shujuan

"mother."Zhong Wan Lingfu bowed.

"You kid, we are all part of the same family, why do you need to be so polite?"Zhong Shujuan pointed to the dishes on the round table with a smile and said:"Your father went to the kitchen to prepare delicious food for you. Today there is tofu and fish cubes that you like."

Zhong Wanling's heart moved. Thinking of the words she accidentally heard in Baishouyuan, she felt a rare joy and expectation in her heart.

Zhong Shujuan took Zhong Wanling and sat down at the table. Instead of being strong and heroic in the past, she was a bit timid and like a little woman. Indecisive."Wanlan, have you ever thought about going back to Huaining?""

Zhong Wanling was a little surprised. If she hadn't heard what her parents said in Baishouyuan today, she might have thought it was someone else's conspiracy and refused flatly. But now her parents' intentions make her hesitant.

"In fact, your father has managed Huaining well in recent years. Huaining is much better than before, and there are fewer barbarians attacking us."Zhong Shujuan wrung her fingers, with a hint of cowardice in her expression, as if she was mentioning a topic that she was very afraid of. She asked in a low voice,"Maybe, Wanlan, you will blame your parents... In fact, your parents handed you over to Grandma was also forced to……"Zhong Wanling nodded, she already understood. Zhong Shujuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her daughter expectantly."After grandma's funeral, will Wan Lan come back to Huaining with us?"

Zhong Wanling shook her head."My studies at the Lin'an branch of Shangqing have not yet been completed."

Zhong Shujuan remembered this and felt a little disappointed, but she quickly cheered up."Let's do this. Mom will ask Uncle Zhang to help our family buy a house in Lin'an. Mom can stay with you in Lin'an, so that you don't have to live in a dormitory or rush back to Lao Xianmen on vacation."

Zhong Wanling looked at Zhong Wanling. Shujuan felt that the warm wind that enveloped her was slowly dissipating.

"Why does mother suddenly think like this? Zhong

Shujuan choked, looked away, and said,"Shuhua told me that they don't allow you to express condolences to grandma, nor do they allow you to attend the funeral.""Zhong Shujuan stroked Zhong Wanling's temples and said with heartache:"Although they have their reasons, they do this for your own good. But, wouldn't this mean that you are not from the Zhong family in front of outsiders? I don't know what they think. Where does this put you and me?……"Zhong Shujuan couldn't help complaining

"Does it matter what others think?"

Zhong Shujuan was a little confused about the meaning of this sentence.

Zhong Wanling had no intention of explaining."I have already promised my grandma. It will always be the Zhong family, supporting the Zhong family and bringing the Zhong family back to glory."Although this sentence now seems more like a slogan, she doesn't have much confidence in what she can do. Zhong Wanling lowered her eyes to hide her inner uneasiness and inferiority.

Zhong Shujuan was also surprised. She never thought that she would be here I heard this empty phrase that everyone said in a private conversation between mother and daughter, and apparently the child took it seriously.

"You are just a child. The more Zhong Shujuan thought about it, the more unreasonable she felt."What do these things have to do with you?" Grandma is really messy, how can she force a child to make such a promise. Hey, besides, how can you be sure of what a child says?……"

Zhong Wanling just looked at her aggrieved mother calmly. Suddenly, she said:"Who asked you to tell me to go back to Huaining?"

Zhong Shujuan looked back at her in confusion."Who could be here?" She thought for a while, sighed, and said:"Last year, your Uncle Zhang was so happy with Lin'er that your father was so envious. I found out that he had always wanted you to return to Huaining. , returned to him. I think this is true. Although you are not a son and cannot inherit the incense of their Zhang family, you are the only child of me and your father after all. Huaining is now different from what it was back then. We won't be able to raise a girl. I think it would be good to take you back."

Zhong Wanling's eyelashes slowly lowered to cover the disappointment in her eyes, and she asked calmly:"Is it grandpa or Zou Shui'er?"

Zhong Shujuan She was confused and couldn't figure out how the topic could reach this point."Wanlan, what are you talking about? Are you listening to me?"

Zhong Wanling turned his head and looked at the dishes on the table, with mixed feelings in his heart."Grandpa, do you think I blocked his way or damaged his face?"

"What are you talking about?"Zhong Shujuan feels that her daughter is somewhat unreasonable.

"Or is it that Zou Shui'er thought I had revealed the secret to Tai and recruited people, so he wanted to expel me from Lao Xianmen?"

Zhong Shujuan fell silent, and her eyes gradually turned cold as she stared at Zhong Wanling."Do you really have such a deep prejudice against your brother's family? They haven't done anything wrong to our family, why do you always hate them so much? they are your family……"

"This is just wishful thinking on your part, they never considered me as family."

Zhong Wanling interrupted Zhong Shujuan. She really didn't want to hear that she was tied to that family anymore. She raised her head, looked directly at Zhong Shujuan, and said,"Whether you believe it or not, the fact is the fact.. Zou Shui'er and Zhong Jianan are both profit-seeking and ungrateful people. Maybe Uncle Rujun is better off, but he has no ability to distinguish and can only help others do evil, which is the same crime."

Zhong Shujuan looked at Zhong Wanling with a chilling look."How could you talk about your uncle and brother like that? Yes, maybe Shui'er's approach was a bit extreme. However, she did so many things just for the Zhong family."

Zhong Wanling sneered and stared into Zhong Shujuan's eyes."For the Zhong family? That family that commits many unjust acts will surely die, and one day they will pay the price for their actions. Humph, I just hope that when that day comes, the Zhong family will not be dragged into the water by them."

Zhong Shujuan frowned, her beautiful eyes full of pain and anger."How could you curse the Zhong family like this? I know that you have been wronged at Lao Xianmen these years. This is your parents' fault. You can't blame others."

Zhong Wanling felt that the communication between the two was completely in vain, and she no longer wanted to say more.

But Zhong Shujuan still persisted in persuading:"You don't understand, you have never been a householder, and you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. In fact, your Aunt Shui'er has done a lot for the entire Zhong family and helped your parents a lot. Now, although your father cooked these dishes, the ingredients were specially brought by your aunt. Zhong

Wanling immediately lost her appetite and wanted to get up and leave, but Zhong Shujuan held her back."Don't be so stubborn!" do you know? The caravan that has been supporting our family for so many years actually belongs to the Zou family. You like to eat fish. But there is a drought in Huaining, where is the fish? Every time your father cooks fish for you, your aunt asks the Zou family caravan to bring it to you specially. Do you know how expensive fish in Huaining is? That's much more expensive than meat. How can your father afford this with his meager salary? This is all thanks to your brother."

Zhong Wanling felt a wave of nausea. She stood at the table, resisting the nausea, and looked coldly at this woman who was immersed in her own words and was even moved to tears."You want me to put those Are you going to spit out all the food you've eaten?"

Zhong Shujuan looked at Zhong Wanling in shock. She didn't expect such vicious words to come out of her daughter's mouth. She couldn't say a word for a moment.

Zhong Wanling didn't want to say anything else, so she bowed and said,"I'm tired. Stop eating. Mother and father should use it slowly."After that, she took out the hand held by Zhong Shujuan, turned around and walked towards the stairs of the back hall.

"Zhang Wanling!"

Zhong Shujuan's hysterical roar came from behind, but Zhong Wanling was indifferent.

After walking out of the small hall and turning around the screen that separated the corridor, Zhong Wanling met Zhang Shiyin with two serving maids. She bowed to her father. After bowing, he turned and walked towards the stairs.

Zhang Shiyin originally looked relaxed and was naturally even more happy to see his long-lost daughter, but his daughter had a stern face and turned around to go upstairs when she saw him without saying a word. Tightened."What's wrong with you?" Where to? time to eat."

Zhong Wanling turned around and glanced at the braised tofu fish in the hands of the maid aside. She felt her stomach churning. She turned away and hurriedly bowed:"I have no appetite. Father and mother, please take it easy.""After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"stop!"Zhang Shiyin shouted.

Zhong Wanling stopped, but did not want to look back.

Zhang Shiyin scolded unhappily:"What are you doing? Are there any rules? You go upstairs after dinner, are you still waiting for someone to treat you? A woman obeys her father at home. Is this how you treat your parents? What did the old lady teach you these days? I am so used to lawlessness!"

"Father!"Zhong Wanling turned around suddenly, glared at Zhang Shiyin, suppressed his anger, and said word by word:"You'd better discipline your own wife first."After that, he went upstairs without looking back.

Zhang Shiyin was shocked. When he finally thought of teaching someone a lesson, Zhong Wanling went back to his room early in the morning. Zhang Shiyin was red-faced and speechless, with nowhere to vent. Anger in heart

"With a sound, the two delicacies were all thrown onto the bluestone floor.

Zhong Wanling listened to his father downstairs scolding his mother and returned to his bedroom. He closed the door to isolate the quarrel downstairs.

At this time, the night had completely fallen. , the bright moonlight fell in from the window.

Zhong Wanling locked the door of her room with her backhand, and did not rush to light the lamp. She stood there and looked at this dark and quiet small space. In this closed room, she could finally relax a little. Taking off her disguise and defense, she may be lonely or sad, but no one can see her weakness and loss. Only the moonlight knows that she is just a girl with a mortal body.

Zhong Wanling takes off her outer layer of cloud-embroidered silver She threw her cloak casually on the bed, walked slowly into the soft moonlight pouring down, held her hands on the window sill and looked out. The east building of Magnolia Residence was next to Baishou Garden. She sat on the window sill and looked out. Outside the window, I looked at the big house that had been silent for several days. The lights were lit up. The people in the house seemed to be still exploring, but Zhong Wanling knew that the majestic and affectionate man would never be able to find what he wanted in this shackles-like house. s answer.