Not long after returning to Shanghai, it was the Spring Festival again.
On the night of New Year's Eve, the lights were brightly lit in the Bai Mansion.
Mrs.
Bai and her maids in the kitchen were making dumplings with large stuffings, picking out one or two of them and wrapping them with copper coins, red dates, and gold ingots.
After a while, hot big dumplings were served on the table, placed outside various New Year dishes.
Inside was a fried golden and crispy carp, which meant "abundance every year."
Hua Ting greeted Ah Shuang and Ah Cai, who were usually quite clever, and sat around the round table to eat together.
The meal was lively and festive.
Occasionally, some people exclaimed and gritted their teeth with dumplings in their mouths.
When they took them out, they saw good luck.
Lucky, he smiled and rolled his eyes.
Jian Yi sandwiched two large pieces of carp meat for Huating, and did not forget to urge her in her ear, "Eat quickly, you will have more every year."
“What do you do if you have extra money every year?”
"What do you think?"
She smiled slightly as she watched the maids say auspicious words, and occasionally took a sip of the red wine in her hand.
Although she couldn't see her father Bai on New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival was quite warm.
Bai Qihong was wearing a plain gown today, without a mandarin jacket, and without even a gold watch chain.
He looked like an ordinary old man, which was indeed different from his usual majestic and calm demeanor.
He seemed a little old.
Even he himself joked: "Everyone in Shanghai says that my daughter is better than her master.
I believe it won't be long before I, the father, can retire from the world."
He laughed to himself after saying this.
Hua Ting didn't answer, but glanced at Jian Yi subconsciously.
The time has come.
Just wait for Lao Jiang’s instructions.
After dinner, the servants cleared the table, and Jian Yi went to the front yard to set off fireworks.
The metal powder burned with high heat in the dark night, and turned into dazzling colors, falling overwhelmingly, grand and gorgeous.
Hua Ting has never liked flowers or pink flowers, but she loves fireworks the most.
Because they will only disperse, not fade away.
A little pretentious.
Jian Yi turned his head and stared at this delicate side face shrouded in the night, and suddenly sighed with some sadness: "Sister Hua, I don't know how many more years like this you can spend with me."
"Let nature take its course," Hua Ting turned around and looked into his eyes, "Maybe it will be one year, two years, three years, maybe..."
Colorful fireworks suddenly bloomed in the sky, and the grand light and shadow penetrated in, blooming between Hua Ting's illusory eyebrows.
She raised her wine glass, touched it lightly with the red wine in Jian Yi's hand, smiled and said softly: "That's probably it. ,forever."
Jian Yi was stunned for a moment, as the gleaming red wine swayed gently in his crystal clear goblet.
On the first day of the new year, Hua Ting and Jian Yi went to Jian's house.
The Jian family, which has always been lively and busy with card games, was completely silent during the New Year.
The difference is that Mrs.
Jian has become less fond of smiling and has even lost the strength to speak.
But Nan Xiangyu lived a good life like a young mistress comfortably.
She was already thin, and she didn't show any signs of pregnancy until April or May.
She didn't have any symptoms of joy, but was just lazy and lethargic.
She was sitting under the plum tree in the front yard of Jian's house, embroidering.
The warm sunlight shone down on her face, which rarely revealed a hint of laziness and tiredness.
Hua Ting stood in front of the door frame of the lobby of Jian's house and spoke calmly.
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Look, if you don't guess about Nan Xiangyu's city plans and scheming, the sunshine, plum trees, and pretty people are also a good sight.
Hua Ting took a bowl of anti-fetal medicine from a maid and brought it to her personally.
Nan Xiangyu stopped wearing makeup after becoming pregnant, and her face became even paler and almost transparent.
Fortunately, the face is plumper, a little less sharp, a little more gentle, and it doesn't look so annoying.
Jian Maosheng showed unexpected excitement about the arrival of his second child.
The coldness in his eyes usually faded away, and he already had a pair of peach blossom eyes like petals.
Jian Yi's luck in love was inherited from him, and it broke at that moment.
Ice is more like the warmth of spring and the blooming of flowers.
Nan Xiangyu became the most favored woman in the Jian family.
"Drink it while it's hot."
Hua Ting gently placed the bowl of anti-fetal medicine on the round marble table she was leaning on.
She raised her head in surprise and was a little stunned when she saw the light in Hua Ting's eyes.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a harsh taunt coming from Hua Ting's mouth: "It's the New Year, and the Jian family is so lifeless."
Nan Xiangyu is a smart person.
She knows that except Jian Maosheng, no one else in the Jian family wants to see her.
Just like his precious son Jian Yi, he has never said a word to her, and he doesn't even bother to look at her. .
"Miss Bai, I don't care at all what the atmosphere is like in the Jian family," such a lively tone formed a sharp and mysterious contrast with her bloodless face, "I only need to please the male owner of this house.
That’s it.”
"But," Hua Ting looked at Nan Xiangyu with her big eyes, "we must also leave a way for other women in this room to survive."
Nan Xiangyu squinted her eyes slightly, then slowly opened them.
There was doubt in her eyes, and her expression dimmed, and then she gradually turned into a deep disbelief, "Why should I give other women a way to survive?
What I want, Just to take the place of the mistress of this house.”
Quite frankly.
The sunlight was stronger than before, and the light and shadow jumped between Hua Ting's eyebrows.
She shrank her pupils in discomfort, looked down at Nan Xiangyu, and smiled, "Do you have this ability?"
Nan Xiangyu's eyelids jumped heavily and she raised her head to stare at her.
The woman Lu Yu liked was indeed different from ordinary women.
She only wore a light-colored woolen coat, a vertical striped shirt as the lining, and navy blue plaid trousers.
It can be said that the entire color combination was inconspicuous.
But her smile seemed to be all the glory in the sky.
Gathered and shining in her eyes.
"Whether you have this ability, Miss Bai will see."
She picked up the half-cooled anti-fetal medicine on the stone table, raised her head and drank it.
Although the snow fell early this year, it was not heavy.
There were only a few small snowdrops as big as salt grains slanted on the ground, which melted as soon as the wind blew and the sun hit them.
Some fine shards of ice condensed in the cracks of the tiles on the fingers, and the sun shone on them, which made them feel a little chilly.
"Miss Nan is a smart person, so why bother?"
"I can only say that every woman's destiny is different," Nan Xiangyu smiled, "and my destiny is to be fought for by myself."
"Fate" Hua Ting sneered coldly.
"That's right, it's fate."
Nan Xiangyu was wearing a dark-colored long-sleeved cheongsam and a coat and was sitting in the front yard.
Since Tonghua was obedient and not opportunistic, she lowered her head and continued to embroider.
The tooth-colored begonia gradually took shape between her flying fingers.
Hua Ting looked at it and suddenly said, "Then Lu Yu is not your destiny."
Nan Xiangyu's hand trembled slightly, and the needle tip almost hit her finger.
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She looked up at her, her eyes a little dazed, then lowered her head, put down the sewing box, and sneered: "Miss Bai told me this, do you want to show off?"
"No wonder Lu Yu doesn't like you."
After Hua Ting said this, she was too lazy to talk nonsense with her anymore and turned around and walked towards the back room.
Nan Xiangyu was stunned for a long time, only looking at a certain point in the void in front of her, but the corners of her mouth curved up very slowly, and a long-lost smile that was almost negligible appeared on her face.
Her smile was so real, but she gradually frowned and pursed her sore lips.
Her nose was slightly red and her eyes were filled with tears.
Jian Yi was drinking tea with Mrs.
Jian in the back room.
When he saw her coming, he smiled warmly.
He raised his hand and scratched the tip of her nose lovingly and said, "My mother wants to have a grandson.
Do you think we should Give birth” Hua rolled her eyes when she heard this.
But the boy still continued ignorantly: "You see, we have been married for so long, it is time to add some little ones to the family."
"No way."
She whispered in his ear lively and cunningly.
"Yes Hua Ting," Mrs.
Jian, who had been cheated on by her husband and had her mistress take over, her tone was obviously less domineering.
Now she focused on Hua Ting's belly, "It's time for you to have a wife too."
A child."
Hua Ting really wanted to roll her eyes again, "Let's talk about it, I'm not ready yet."
Think about it, in the Republic of China, a woman of her age who had not yet given birth to a child was already considered an advanced maternal age.
How terrible.
But Mrs.
Jian misunderstood what she meant, "It doesn't matter, you can move to my place."
The heat was rushing to her forehead, "I'll help you hire a doctor to take care of your health.
It will be done in less than three months." " "Ha, let's talk, let's talk," Hua Ting hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head, winking at Jian, "There are still a lot of things to do in the casino, let's go first."
Jian Yi had a doting look on her face that said, "I knew you."
She obediently took her coat from the sofa and said, "Let's go, I'll go with you."
Mrs.
Jian wanted to say something, but when she saw Nan Xiangyu being helped in by the maids outside, she frowned and stopped talking.
To be continued.
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