Cai Baiwei put Hua Youen to sleep and came to the inner courtyard to see that the lights in the east wing were still lit, so she walked in worriedly.
Seeing her daughter holding a thick book, she couldn't help but expressed concern: "You've been tired all day, how come you still have time to read? Go get some rest early. You'll have plenty of time in the future."
"I'll watch it for a while and then go to sleep."
Hua Rujin raised her eyes and looked at her.
Cai Baiwei didn't know a few words, but she had gained a lot of knowledge following Hua Junnian's travels over the years. When she saw the title of the book, she couldn't help but frowned: "Why do you want to read the Law of the Great Cause?"
"I think Mr. Ye sent me these books because he felt that I lacked knowledge in legal studies. I couldn't live up to his kindness, so I just happened to read them."
Hua Rujin said casually.
Although he calls her "Aniang", his closeness to her is far from the blood-thicker-than-water level of flesh-and-blood affection.
To sum it up, most of them are just for fun, and it is impossible to tell the truth.
Furthermore, she has never experienced true family affection since she was a child. She has always been envious of it, and seems unable to understand what that feeling is like.
"Master Ye is really interested."
Cai Baiwei responded. Seeing that her daughter was focused on reading, she probably didn't want to go to her room and couldn't bear to disturb her anymore, so she had to turn around and leave.
When he closed the door, he warned seriously: "Then don't stay up too late."
"good."
Hua Rujin watched her leave, and then continued to read the book in her hand.
It just so happens that I can go to Dou's house these few days to thoroughly study "Household Marriage".
She didn't know how long she watched, until sleep came over her and she couldn't help but lay down.
When I woke up the next day, it was already bright. I opened my eyes and looked at the folded paper in the book beside my pillow. I quickly and carefully flattened the paper and closed the book with some distress.
After all, buying a book these days is not as easy as it was in my time, so you have to be careful.
I got up and looked around the house, and then went to the two west wing rooms to check again, but found nothing unusual. Then I felt relieved and went to the front yard to fetch water, wash my face and rinse my mouth, and eat the morning food made by Cai Baiwei.
...
On this day, she tried hard to calm down her nervous thoughts and locked herself in the east wing to read. It wasn't until the sun was about to set that she packed up her packages and said goodbye to the family and went straight to the county government office.
On the way, I secretly bought two roast ducks and several packages of pear blossom cakes and asked the store to wrap them tightly and stuff them into the packages.
Shu Jinxuan also found a good excuse. In the name of preparing to place medicinal materials in the utility room, Hua Junnian needed Hua Junnian. Cai Baiwei and his wife helped sort the medicinal materials and took several classics recording medicinal materials from the carriage to teach the couple.
The two learned about the medicine and prepared to stay with their uncle and aunt for the next few days.
The driver of the Shu family delivered the flowers to the county government office and then turned back.
As soon as Hua Rujin got off the carriage, she saw the old housekeeper of the Dou family coming up to her with a smile, her eyes narrowed into a thin line: "Young madam, you really keep your promise, please come quickly, please come quickly."
Hua Rujin glanced at the sedan parked at the gate of the county government office and the sassy brush figure standing under the setting sun. She walked over slowly, and after briefly making eye contact with Ye Chengkuan, she stepped in resolutely.
The sedan chair of the Dou family.
Then I heard Gu Langxi's sinister tone from outside the sedan: "The magistrate made a wise decision. I would like to thank the magistrate on behalf of Mr. Dou."
"Get up the sedan."
The old housekeeper gave the order, and the sedan swayed toward the southeast of the city.
Classical historian Lu Xiuyuan stood beside Ye Chengguan in a daze, watching eagerly as the Dou family left in triumph, gnashing his teeth with hatred: "Gu Langxi is bullying people too much. He just went directly to Hua's house to pick him up, but he wants to be reorganized at the county government office."
When you say this, you simply don’t take the adults seriously.”
The corners of Ye Chengguan's cold mouth raised slightly, revealing a strange smile, and murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
...
Hua Rujin was taken back to Dou's house and sent to the west courtyard where the original owner lived. However, Dou Yue was not seen. Only after nightfall, the girl in the house brought some food and fresh water.
It was said to be food, but in fact it was just a plate of green mulberry leaves and nothing else.
"Just let me eat these?"
Hua Rujin looked at the girl in front of her with an angry look.
The little girl replied fearfully: "Third Young Madam, this is the master's order."
"Get out."
After Hua Rujin sent the girl away, she quickly closed the door.
Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. Eating the mulberry leaves with the roast duck was a good way to relieve my tiredness.
She wrapped the roast duck in mulberry leaves and chewed it carefully while thinking attentively:
From this point of view, there is no doubt that Dou Yue will complete the ritual by himself.
Just eating mulberry leaves at home for three days will make people starve to the point of becoming sallow and thin.
Glancing at the remaining roast duck in the package, she couldn't help but sigh:
It would be nice to have a refrigerator or something on this hot day.
Well, other people have traveled to various eras with hundreds of billions of supplies and space gold fingers, but I, my aunt, have become a naked person, which is really worthy of the origin of this orphan.
If I hadn't brought my brain to this world, I don't know how many times I would have died.
Where is the system dad, look at the poor child.
After waiting for a long time, there was no response from the people around her, so she had to get another roast duck and eat it all with mulberry leaves and fresh water.
After that, he kept burping and quickly hid a few packets of pear cakes, which would be his rations for the next three days.
Then he wrapped the leftover bones and stuffed them under the bed. He took out "Household Marriage" and sat by the coffee table by the candlelight in the room to continue reading.
I don't know how much time passed, but the girl from the mansion came in to clean up the house. She smelled an inexplicable fragrance and looked at the young lady who was hiccupping beside the coffee table with a confused look on her face.
"Oh, it was the first time I ate mulberry leaves and I choked."
When Hua Rujin saw that the little girl was staring at her, she covered the belch that overflowed from her mouth and explained unhurriedly.
"My slave has prepared warm water. Madam, please rest early after bathing."
The little girl put away the dishes on the table hesitantly.
Although he knew that the young lady wanted to be buried for the Third Young Master, he didn't know why the master told the young lady to only eat mulberry leaves and drink dew.
If you want to save someone's life, don't let them starve to death.
They all came from poor backgrounds, and the little girl had the mentality of having more things to do than less things to do, and then she left the house after tidying up the house.
Waiting for the girls to prepare hot water, Hua Rujin finished her bath, changed into pajamas, lay down on the bed, and continued reading.
The next few days were peaceful, and there was no disturbance in the house. It was not until the afternoon of the third day that an old lady came to the house and brought a red wedding dress.
Hua Rujin knew that tonight was her last day. She calmly waited for her grandma and the girls to finish dressing up for her. She sat quietly in front of the dressing table and looked at the face reflected in the mirror.
She really has a face like a hibiscus and willows with eyebrows.
"What a beautiful wedding dress, but it's a pity..."
Hua Rujin sighed secretly, and saw the old nanny bringing a bowl of water to her: "This is to see the young lady off, and I also invite the young lady to drink from this bowl of morning dew."
Didn’t you just eat mulberry leaves and drink water?
But then I thought about it, they must have done something covert so that they could be sent to their destination without anyone noticing.
So this bowl of water is probably different from usual ones.
Pretending to be submissive, she took the water and put it in her mouth, pretending to swallow it.
The old mama looked at her intently for a long time, then hesitantly took the empty bowl she held and said uneasily: "Young lady, don't blame me for being cruel, I am just a servant."
Hua Rujin looked at her with a smile on her lips, but her eyes gradually became gloomy and full of violence.
The old grandma was so frightened that her scalp went numb for a while, so she led several girls out of the house quickly and closed the door.
Hearing the footsteps walking away, Hua Rujin took out the kerchief, spit the water in her mouth onto the kerchief, and threw it under the bed.
The sky outside had darkened. Hua Rujin sat back down in front of the dressing table and stared at the figure in the mirror. Suddenly, the lancet window behind the mirror moved.
"who?"
She carefully picked up the empty teapot on the coffee table and walked quietly to the willow window.
"Miss Hua, it's me, Ting'an."
Smelling the familiar voice, Hua Rujin turned her head and looked at the door. Seeing that there was no movement, she gently pushed the willow window open a little.
"My young master asked me to bring this to Miss Hua. You should hide it. You may need it in a critical moment."
Ting'an hid in the corner and looked around.
Hua Rujin opened the thing wrapped in silk cloth and saw an extremely sharp dagger. She hesitated and asked: "Your young master knows that tonight..."
Before she could finish her words, Ting An nodded quickly: "My young master knows everything. He said he will definitely show up when he says he should show up tonight."
"Okay, go back quickly."
Hua Rujin urged, and when she heard some movement outside the house, she immediately closed the lancet window, stuffed the dagger into the inner layer of her thick wedding dress, and then lay down on the bed and pretended to fall asleep.