Because the three gentlemen have been separated from their families for too long, since they reunited, they have tried their best to sit and have meals together as a family.
The three gentlemen sat at the same table with the younger men of the family, and the eldest wife Bai and her female relatives sat at the same table.
The third wife, Mrs. Wei, couldn't see her youngest son, so she asked her girl to go out and look for him.
Before the maid went out, Xu Daokai came in from outside.
"You're still running around after eating," Mr. Xu Sanye said. "Twelve years old is not too young. It's time to calm down."
Since Mr. Xu came back, he has been thinking about his children.
Except for Xu Chunjun, who was particularly satisfied with him, the several children born to the main wife, Wei, were not satisfactory.
As the eldest son, Xu Daoqing is absolutely useless.
It is like a tree that has grown crookedly and has already taken shape, making it difficult to correct.
Although Xu Chunsu is far inferior to Xu Chunjun, she is better than a girl. In the future, she will be able to marry as long as she is from the right family.
After all, Xu Daokai was still young, so Mr. Xu placed his hopes on him.
I hope he can make some progress and light up the lintel.
Therefore, I can't help but be stricter with him.
"Dao Kai has been studying every day these days," Mrs. Wei quickly excused her son, "I guess I forgot about reading and that's why I came late."
Everyone knew that what she said was not the truth, but they were too lazy to expose her because of these trivial matters.
Mr. Xu only said: "Let's start dinner when everyone is here."
This is a normal thing, no one cares about why Xu Daokai came late.
But the attentive Xu Chunjun discovered that Xu Daokai winked at Xu Chunsu at the table after sitting down.
They probably thought it was done very secretly, but they didn't know that Xu Chunjun next to them could see it clearly.
After dinner, Xu Lang said to Xu Chunqiao and Xu Chunjun: "Three girls, fifth girls, you two should not be in a hurry when doing needlework. You must take a break at noon anyway."
Xu Chunqiao said: "Third aunt, needless to say, I always feel sleepy after eating and can't do anything."
What she said is the truth. She has been like this since she was a child. She must take a nap after lunch.
"Third aunt, don't worry! We are not in a hurry, and we are afraid that we will not be meticulous if we do it too fast," Xu Chunjun also said.
She and Xu Chunqiao went out together, then separated halfway and went back to their residences to rest.
Naps should never be too long, otherwise they will be a joke.
Although the Xu family has fallen into decline, the rules have never been chaotic.
Xu Lang has been asking this for so many years, and they are all used to it.
In the afternoon, Xu Chunqiao came to Xu Chunjun's place to do work again. Xu Chunjun also got up and asked the maid to pour tea for the third sister to drink.
"I can finish embroidering the lotus mandarin duck on the left lapel today. I won't embroider it under the lamp at night. It's enough to finish sewing the Hangzhou silk lining." Xu Chunjun said, picking up the needle and thread, "This gold thread
Third sister, please do the sewing!"
The gold thread on the right lapel was sewn on by Xu Chunqiao. Xu Chunjun felt that it would be better if both the left and right sides were made by one person.
"You can embroider first. I haven't finished the ones on the right yet." Xu Chunqiao said and reached out to open the box containing the peacock gold thread. After opening it, she was shocked to find that it was empty.
"Why is this gold thread gone? I remember clearly that I put it here specially before we had dinner." Xu Chunqiao said as she reached out and rummaged through the sewing basket.
"I also remember that it was placed here." Zi Ling also came over to help find it.
But I looked through them all and couldn't find the roll of peacock gold thread.
"Why is it gone? What should I do?" Xu Chunqiao almost cried.
"Could someone have stolen it?" Zi Ling said, "Cui'e was looking after the house during lunch, so I called her over to ask."
"I was in the house, and a wild cat from nowhere kicked off a flower pot. I went out to clean it and then came back in, but no one else came before and after." Cui'e explained anxiously.
"There's no need to search in this house." Xu Chunjun said when he saw Zi Ling and the others were still rummaging through the house, "The golden thread shouldn't be here anymore."
"Chun Jun, you are the smartest. Do you know who took this gold thread? Can we still get it back?" Xu Chunqiao quickly grabbed her and asked.
"Third sister, don't worry, don't make a fuss about this yet." Xu Chunjun's attitude was calm, which also made the others less nervous.
"Someone must be playing a trick on us and hiding the gold thread." Xu Chunjun said, "So it must not be here with me."
"Where is that? And who is so narrow-minded?" Xu Chunqiao asked.
"Cui'e, please go out!" Xu Chunjun said, "I don't blame you for this, and don't talk nonsense."
Cui'e was scared to death. She was watching this house. If the gold thread was really lost, she couldn't afford to be killed!
So after hearing what the Fifth Miss said, I quickly agreed.
"I guess it's probably in the third sister's room. Zi Ling, you and the third sister go back to the house and look for it." Xu Chunjun said, "No matter if you find it or not, don't say anything."
"How could that happen?" Xu Chunqiao didn't believe it.
"I guessed it too, let's take a look." Xu Chunjun smiled.
The reason why she felt this way was because Xu Daokai and Xu Chunsu were abnormal.
Xu Chunsu was very proud while eating. Although she tried hard to suppress it, Xu Chunjun could still see it.
She was originally very aggrieved when she left, but why did she become so proud again in the blink of an eye?
Xu Chunsu went to dinner one step ahead of them, but Xu Daokai went later.
These two siblings must have colluded.
Peacock gold thread is very valuable, so Xu Chunsu naturally wants to make a fuss about it. After all, this thing must have passed through her and Xu Chunqiao's hands. If it were lost, the two of them would be inseparable in any way.
Xu Chunsu couldn't do it herself, and her servants didn't dare to do it, because once the incident came to light, they wouldn't be able to live with it.
Xu Daokai is different. He is the master and he is not very old.
It is convenient to go anywhere without being questioned.
And even if the secret is revealed in the end, you can't really do anything to him.
This shows that Xu Chunsu still has some brains and is not completely stupid.
So, Xu Chunqiao took the maid back to her residence with doubts.
But Xu Chunsu couldn't even take a good nap. She kept thinking about what would happen when Xu Chunjun and the others discovered that the peacock's golden thread was missing.
So she called Qiuxing over and said to her: "Go quietly to the five girls and see what they are doing."
Qiuxing agreed and went.
Soon Xu Chunqiao left and came back. The golden thread was hidden under her bed. She found it as soon as she looked for it.
"Fifth girl, you are amazing." Xu Chunqiao held the gold thread and said, "How did you know it was in my room? Then you must also know who hid it?"
"I don't know who hid it, but we can lead this person out." Xu Chunjun never said anything without evidence. "Call Cui'e in and tell her that now we can say that we have lost something."
