Although it was a cloudy day on this day, although there were some unexpected but actually expected accidents, when night fell and darkness cast a mysterious and shameful veil over Huayue City,
Everything became as quiet as usual. Except, this night, there were more mice than usual.
That night, there was an extra mourning hall in the Mei Mansion. Although it only had a tombstone carved from fine sandalwood, two white candles on both sides, an incense burner with nine sticks of incense burning on it, and three futons. In front of the futons, there were
A begging basin, with money constantly burning inside... As the daughter of the owner of the stele, Xi'er's mother had to keep watch all night. Since her mother knelt here all night, Xi'er's father, Mei Ziqing, of course
I also stayed with him all night, and as my daughter, Xi'er also stayed with me all night, and as expected, Mei Huan and Xiao Nuan also stayed with me all night.
That night, the incense on the incense burner was never cut off, the white candle was never extinguished, and the fire burning the money was never cut off.
Until daybreak, Lu Waner, who was already weak, was the first to bear it. Finally, Mei Ziqing took her back to the room. "You all should leave, too." Before Mei Ziqing left, she had said so coldly to the remaining three girls.
said.
Xi'er nodded. A night without sleep had little effect on her. Her eyes were still clear. She looked at Mei Huan and Xiao Nuan, and they were in similar situations... so she didn't bother to care about others. She just looked at the two of them.
With a slight nod, she called Yeyue to help her out. After kneeling all night, her knees still hurt a little.
"Aim -" As soon as she walked out of the mourning hall door, Zhizunbao rushed up and jumped directly into her arms.
Xi'er looked up and saw the person following Zhizunbao. If her memory was correct, that person should be the cook in the kitchen. She had been in Mei Mansion for more than ten years. "Aunt Zhang, why did you get to the inner courtyard?"
It was Ye Yue who spoke, her voice was cold, with a hint of pressure.
"Hey, isn't this Miss? I've seen Miss Yeyue before." Aunt Zhang's fat body immediately stopped and bowed to Xi'er in a standard manner, with a trace of a smile on her face. Then she saw Xi'er.
The cat in his arms barked loudly again: "Oh, this plague - uh, haha, it turns out this is the lady's cat -"