Chapter 750 A Good Show (Part 2)
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming forward with his son, Aunt Xue couldn't help feeling dazed.
Although she had deliberately made herself forget the embarrassing scene of that day in the past two years, how could such a thing be forgotten by a woman, a woman who had been widowed for many years?
The moment I saw Sun Shaozong in the falling snow, the scene of their almost naked meeting in the dense forest of the Grand View Garden suddenly came to my mind.
Shy, embarrassed, and with some inexplicable absurd thoughts.
Although this thought was only a tiny one, it made her almost prostrate herself in shame.
You know, these days she has been considering whether to change the candidate for son-in-law from Jia Baoyu to Sun Shaozong.
Now that we meet, what comes to mind is...
I am truly unworthy of being a mother!
She was so confused for a moment that she even forgot to respond when Xue Pan and Sun Shaozong came forward to greet her.
It was Xue Baochai who noticed that she was distracted and pinched her arm quietly. Aunt Xue finally came to her senses and waved her hand, saying, "Hurry up and get up. We are all relatives. There is no need to be so distant."
Before Sun Shaozong responded, Xue Pan stood up and glanced at Lin Daiyu slyly. Then he said with a smile, "Mother is right. If we continue to be so distant, I'm afraid we will even delay the good show ahead. My second brother and I will lead the way. My sisters-in-law and sisters should also be more cautious."
Sun Shaozong naturally had no objection to what he said, and he led his servants to clear the way and led the group of young ladies to the temporary stage built in the east wing.
It was said to be a temporary structure, but in fact, the stage that was originally placed in the southeast corner was dismantled and transported to this place. Although there were ready-made stages and stands there, the location was a bit off and the place was not spacious enough.
The layout of this new stage took quite a bit of thought.
It is neither south nor north, neither east nor west, diagonally facing the corner of a corridor.
It is longer from east to west and shorter from north to south. The longer part is occupied by men, while the shorter part is reserved for the female members.
In order to prevent the two sides from colliding with each other, a two-meter-long curtain extended from the middle of the angle. It couldn't block the stage, but it blocked all the nearby areas. As for those far away, one couldn't see their eyebrows and eyes clearly, so it naturally didn't matter.
But when they reached the left side of the corridor, the ladies entered through the side door and Aunt Xue naturally sat at the head of the table.
Logically, Jia Yingchun and Li Wan should be sitting next to her.
But seeing that her mother was still in a trance, Xue Baochai was afraid that she would cause trouble again, so she asked Li Wan to change her seat when she sat down at the table.
Seeing that all the sisters were laughing and noisy as they sat down to eat, Xue Baochai quietly kicked her mother's embroidered shoes under the table. When her mother subconsciously turned her eyes to her, she scolded her, "Mother, please stop thinking about those nonsense. This matter cannot be accomplished right now."
Aunt Xue was shocked and thought her daughter had seen through her thoughts.
But on second thought, it suddenly dawned on me.
What my daughter was talking about was most likely the marriage between the two families, rather than her own ridiculous ideas that were unknown to others.
While I felt relieved, I couldn't help feeling extremely embarrassed.
but……
Since my daughter has chosen Baoyu, then this Sun family's Erlang cannot be her son-in-law...
Bah, bah, bah~
As soon as those messy thoughts came up, she spat inwardly a few times. Even if she couldn't become the son-in-law, the other party was still a nephew of the younger generation. How could she be so shameless and have such wild thoughts?
But once this thought arises, how can it be easily extinguished?
To be honest, although Aunt Xue is a few years older than her, she has always been innocent and had the potential to be an idiot scholar.
When I was young, I married into the Xue family without knowing why, and I was always very cautious and didn't dare to make any mistakes.
But after her husband's death, she had no more constraints and read a lot of picture books and opera scripts about romantic affairs.
If I stay at home for the rest of my life and never see any other men, it won't be a big deal.
However, he had several complicated disputes with Sun Shaozong.
At first I just thought he was a pervert, but later I gradually felt that although he had some flaws in his character, he was at least a capable person.
Later, as the misunderstanding gradually cleared up, an unexpected incident of a sincere encounter occurred...
Afterwards, although he was not in the capital, the story of "Conquering Huguang with One Sword" became widely circulated.
Although she tried her best to suppress it, Aunt Xue couldn't help but occasionally have some inappropriate thoughts in her mind: If she were born a dozen years later and had not yet married, would she be like those rich girls who were taken advantage of by poor scholars in the opera, waiting foolishly for the other party to become successful and famous, and to have a beautiful wedding with him...
What is in my heart is really not something I can tell to outsiders.
I was in a trance and didn't know what was going on . Suddenly, I heard someone on the stage singing in a humming voice: "Love has touched my heart, and the feelings have stirred my liver and intestines!"
Just these few words seemed to reflect what was in Aunt Xue's heart. She subconsciously stood up from the table, but came to her senses in an instant.
Faced with the surprised looks of her daughter and Jia Yingchun, Aunt Xue could only smile and say, "You two can do whatever you want. I'll go to the bathroom."
Having said that , he left the table almost as if escaping.
At this time, all the women in the corridor, as well as the maids and old women, had already been immersed in the play. Even Aunt Xue's personal maid was unable to catch up in time.
Upon seeing this, Xue Baochai hurriedly pushed Ying'er who was beside her and ordered her to chase after him and take care of him.
Unexpectedly, Ying'er was also immersed in it, and was suddenly pushed by Xue Baochai. She was stunned for a long while before she understood what her master meant.
So when she quickly chased out of the corridor, she could not find any trace of Aunt Xue - even after asking where the toilet in the east wing was, she still could not find any trace of her when she rushed there.
Not to mention how Ying'er searched everywhere.
Aunt Xue left the corridor in embarrassment. She was so frightened that she didn't know which way was which and went straight to the sparsely populated place.
When she regained her senses a little, she herself didn't know where she was.
Just as I was struggling to identify the road and was about to return the same way, I suddenly heard a delicate moan coming from the other side of the wall: "My dear enemy, I really miss you so much."
The voice sounded both familiar and unfamiliar, and the rippling emotions contained in it made Aunt Xue tremble.
She looked around hesitantly, and seeing that there was no one around, she hesitated again and again, but still didn't know whether to leave or stay.
At this moment, the woman on the other side of the wall could be heard complaining, "How could all those young and beautiful women around you miss a widow like me?"
A widow?
The person who was having a secret meeting next door was also a widow? !
And this voice sounds so familiar...
A name flashed through Aunt Xue's mind, but she found it unbelievable.
In shock, the plump, long-lost body involuntarily pressed against the wall, listening carefully to the noise coming from next door.
