The main text is being revised, and in order to better explain the previous situation, I will release a few extra chapters. If you don’t like it, you can skip it!
The branches were all red, and the fallen flowers covered the courtyard steps.
Fifth Miss Xu Chunjun lowered the embroidery needle back to the center. On the red gauze was a half-finished picture of a lady with double-sided hairpins.
"Girl, you must be tired! You have been sitting here since morning, and your neck is sore for you." The person who spoke was a maid with big eyes and slightly plump skin, named Green Shield.
She picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and gave it to Xu Chunjun.
"It's better to be in a hurry. The second sister will leave the cabinet next month. I have all the big things. Although I have the small things, I still have to prepare more small things." Xu Chunjun took a sip of tea and said: "
It’s convenient for you to use yourself, and it’s convenient to give it to others.”
"The girl is the most attentive. The second young lady got married just in time for the hot weather. When the time comes, she will wear gauze clothes with this handkerchief, tsk tsk..." Lvyan couldn't help but admired: "Who wouldn't take a second look?"
Although this veil is small, the effort that these girls put into it is not much easier than making an embroidered rut for others.
"Sister Ziling has been in my aunt's room for a while, why haven't you come back yet?" Lvchun looked out the window and said, "Is there something going on over there?"
After saying this, he regretted his mistake, glanced at the young lady, and changed his words: "It was probably because I got tripped up by someone when I met someone. Sister Jasmine and the others couldn't let go when they met."
Xu Chunjun stood up calmly and said, "I should also go to Third Aunt to have a look. She must have taken medicine by now."
The "third aunt" she refers to is the "aunt" mentioned by Zi Ling, Xu Lang, the third girl from the previous generation of the Xu family.
Xu Lang was ill now, so Xu Chunjun got up early and sent the maid to deliver the flowers he had arranged. Knowing that the third aunt never saw anyone without washing herself, she only went to visit her at this time.
Before she even reached the door, she heard the sound of footsteps, which made Lu Sheng feel a little frightened. She could tell that it was Zi Ling's footsteps, but they were obviously walking faster than usual.
This is really not Lu Chun's carelessness, because the Xu family has not been peaceful since the Chinese New Year. First, the eldest son, Xu Daoheng, became a monk regardless of persuasion. The eldest wife, Bai Shi, and the eldest grandma, Yang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, cried to the sky.
Almost half his life was lost.
The two were so sick that they couldn't get out of bed. They came and went like a revolving door of doctors every day, making people uneasy. But in February, the sad news came that the eldest daughter, Xu Chunlan, had died in childbirth in Meizhou.
This woman was the eldest daughter of a concubine. Her biological mother, Aunt Feng, fainted and died when she received the bad news. She was rescued with great difficulty, but she closed the door of her room and cried in tears all day long.
The long house was filled with gloom and mist, and the whole house became mute and silent. Xu Lang, who had been in charge of the house for the past month, also fell ill.
Xu Chunjun didn't say anything, but the person he admired most in his heart was this aunt.
I remember that his grandfather, Xu Youguang, was convicted of political reform, and he and his three sons were exiled to Youzhou to build the Great Wall.
Xu Shangshu died of illness during his exile, and his three sons, Xu Ze, Xu Run and Xu Gai, are still in Youzhou to this day.
The rest of the Xu family had no choice but to return to their hometown of Siyuan County. They were really just women raising their children. How could the situation be so miserable?
After finally traveling all the way back to my hometown, several wives were so sick that they cried, but it was all useless.
Only Xu Lang held on from beginning to end, leading a few loyal servants to repair the house, sweep the courtyard, and put everyone in place.
Later, he took back his ancestral land and planted it himself, and built a private school next to the ancestral hall.
I used my monthly money to hire a private school teacher, and made it clear that the younger generation in the family, regardless of gender, should be initiated at the age of five at the latest.
Nearly ten years have passed. The younger generations of the Xu family have grown up one after another, and life has gradually become easier. Although they are far less prominent than they were in the capital, they can still be considered a well-off family in the local area.
Xu Lang has never married and is still alone now that he is almost thirty years old.
As soon as the Hunan bamboo curtain moved, a girl with a narrow body and narrow shoulders came in. Her clothes and shoes were cleaner than others, as if they had just been ironed and put on. At first glance, she was a smart and stable person.
Seeing the abnormal expression on her face, Xu Chunjun felt even more uneasy.
"Girl," Zi Ling gasped, sweat on the tip of her nose: "Something big has happened!"
After hearing this, Lu Shen's knees couldn't help but feel weak, and she stretched out her hand to rest on the table.
"No matter how big a deal is, you have to talk slowly." Xu Chunjun's temperament is calm and quiet, and so is her voice.
After hearing this, Zi Ling calmed down a bit and breathed a few times before speaking again: "I just went to my aunt to deliver flowers, and the second housekeeper just happened to go in to report something. I didn't have time to exit, and heard a few words. Then my aunt said
He called us all in and told us that instead of spreading rumors based on hearsay, it would be better to let us know directly, but he was never allowed to tell anyone else again, otherwise he would be beaten to death."
"Then you still tell us..." Lvchun interjected.
"You can't hide this from the girl!" Zi Ling gave Lvchun a slow look and said in her heart that this girl really accepts death.
"The second housekeeper must have lost his mind and was so anxious," Xu Chunjun said, "But what happened to the second brother?"
After hearing this, Zi Ling couldn't help but recite a Buddhist sentence and said: "The girl is really smart, she is indeed the second master!"
Now the Xu family has a total of three rooms. At first, Xu Lang considered that the family had a large population and could only live and clothe themselves on the ancestral land, so he thought of ways to go into business.
Due to her status as a woman, she could not show her face in public, so she asked Xu Daoheng, the elder of the house, and two housekeepers to go to Huzhou to sell brocade fabrics. They opened a silk and satin shop locally and also sold them to other places.
Xu Daoheng was born indifferent, but due to his status as the eldest grandson of the eldest son, he gritted his teeth and held on for several years.
Later, Xu Daoan, the second roommate, got older, and he was quick to talk and think, so he was more suitable for business than his eldest brother.
Xu Daoheng was so happy that he threw away his hands. In the past three or four years, the second young master had been in charge of the outside business, and he only had to report the accounts to Xu Lang every month.
"What happened to the second brother?" Although Xu Chunjun was from the third room, his concern was not fake.
"Second Young Master and the others brought two boats of materials from Huzhou and headed back. They were stopped by the water transport manager from a neighboring county. A routine inspection was originally nothing, but unexpectedly they found three hundred kilograms of materials from our boat.
Salt." Zi Ling said: "They said that the second young master was secretly selling smuggled salt, so they arrested him at that time and impounded the ship and the goods."
Xu Chunjun didn't say anything. She knew in her heart that something big had happened this time.
Selling smuggled salt is a serious crime, and the law of this dynasty is clear: anyone who sells 50 kilograms of smuggled salt will be punished with death.
This is a full three hundred pounds!
"Girl, what should we do!" Lvyan was so anxious that she cried.
Xu Daoan is the backbone of the family, and the whole family relies on him.
Now that he has been caught as a private salt dealer, it is like the sky is falling for the Xu family.
Xu Chunjun thought for a moment and just said: "Watch your mouth and don't talk nonsense. Third aunt must be making plans. If we can't help, don't cause trouble."
Putting aside her nephews, she is the youngest in the family, and she is a commoner, so she has been humble since she was a child.
If you can't say it, don't say it; if you can't do it, don't do it.
Not joining in the fun or being in the limelight, this is all for self-preservation.
"What the girl is saying is, don't go out of this yard, otherwise everything will be on your face and you won't be able to hide it," Zi Ling told Lu Shen: "Don't let others fill the hole."
Although she said this, Xu Chunjun felt uncomfortable after all. It was just that she was a soft-spoken person and there was no place for her to talk in this family.
