Mrs. Fang was not angry when she was accused. Instead, she bowed her head and said yes, just like the respect of a junior to an elder.
It can be seen that this is an instinct formed due to long-term habits.
This instinct is to regard the person in front of you as a real elder.
"My relatives are strict because they know that strictness is good. Without rules, there is no rule. No one is willing to let their children have no rules, otherwise it will be them who will suffer in the future." Shopkeeper Song continued with a solemn look, "Farthers.
You are lazy because it has nothing to do with you, so you won't bother. Now Miss Jun is not an outsider, but one of our own. How can you ignore it just because of your own likes and dislikes, let alone deliberately indulge in it?"
"Uncle is right." Mrs. Fangda said sincerely, with a solemn and grateful look on her face.
It is true that she had deliberately indulged Jun Zhenzhen, but it was also because she did not regard Jun Zhenzhen as one of her own.
Others can see this kind of thing, but they won't reveal it. Only one of them can truly accuse her like this.
"Miss Jun has a bad temper. That's because no one taught her well. She was born in an official family, and her uncle is praised for her loyalty by the Tian family. With her status, those officials must avoid her." Shopkeeper Song Da.
He said, "You and the old lady teach her slowly. We don't expect her to be able to start a family. As long as she is sensible, it will be a long time."
The days are still very long.
For the women of the Fang family, no one understands better than them the feeling that the days are still very long.
The lonely late night, the empty room alone, the business that is always on my mind and dare not let go, with no support and no way out. Every night when I wake up from a nightmare, I sigh that the days and nights are so long.
Mrs. Fang felt sad, thinking of Fang Chengyu, Chengyu had really gotten better these days, and what Jun Zhenzhen said about being cured seemed to come true.
"How is Chengyu doing now?" Shopkeeper Song's voice rang in his ears.
"Much better." Mrs. Fangda replied blurtly, unable to conceal her expectation and joy.
Shopkeeper Song said oh and nodded happily.
A trace of embarrassment flashed in Mrs. Fang's eyes
"It seems that the wedding ceremony still works." She added.
"It's much better." Mrs. Yuan couldn't help but interjected, "Madam, just now the girls said that the young master couldn't find the girls when he wanted to go. He almost got dirty."
"Where's the girl?" Mrs. Fang asked in a daze.
Although she promised Jun Zhenzhen that everything would be hers, she still couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she heard that her son was being treated so harshly.
"Two girls have just been sold, and the other girls are too afraid to take action without authorization." Yuanshi said in a low voice.
Mrs. Fang's hands on her knees were clenched tightly.
Shopkeeper Song coughed lightly.
"You can't expect others to be as attentive as your biological parents and sisters right away." He said, "Exchange hearts for hearts, so don't worry."
Mrs. Fang gave him a smile and said yes.
"I made my uncle laugh," she said, signaling Yuanshi to stop talking.
Yuanshi bowed his head and backed away.
Shopkeeper Song didn't ask any more questions, said a few words and left with the others.
Mrs. Fang came to the inner room.
"Have you taken the medicine?" she asked.
This was agreed in advance. The prescriptions given by Jun Zhenzhen could be shown to others without arousing suspicion, so Mrs. Fang could use them to confuse others with half-truths and half-falsehoods.
The medicine that was really needed was purchased by Jun Zhenzhen herself under other pretexts.
Yuanshi nodded.
"I've seen it." She said with a hesitant look on her face and hesitated to speak, "It's just that these are great aphrodisiacs. Chengyu is weak, would it be inappropriate to use this?"
After saying that, he looked at Mrs. Fang’s expression.
Mrs. Fangda's expression remained calm.
"It's okay, it's just a tonic." She said, waving her hand, "As long as it's not poison."
But if you don’t take the right supplements, they can turn into poisons.
Yuanshi hesitated to speak, thinking of the rumors at home that the old lady and the eldest lady wanted to use medicine to urge Chengyu to have a queen. Although the old lady Fang and the eldest lady Fang denied it, it seems that it is probably true now.
It seems that this incident was caused by Jun Zhenzhen taking over the Fang family under the guise of treating Fang Chengyu. Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang also pretended to believe that she actually wanted to take this opportunity to let Fang Chengyu stay as his heir. Everyone interacted with each other.
Cheating, hiding from each other, everyone has their own agenda.
Yuanshi always knew what to ask and what not to ask. When she heard the words, she lowered her eyes and answered yes.
"Then I'll prepare the medicine and deliver it to her," she said.
Mrs. Fang nodded absently.
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When night fell, a light came on in a remote room in a corner of the Fang family's house, and soon it was surrounded by people, blocking most of the light.
The room was still dim, and two figures were shaking on the wall.
A piece of paper was pushed under the lamp on the table.
The dancing lights illuminate the words written in delicate regular script on the paper.
It was the prescription that Miss Jun asked Liu'er to give to Mrs. Fangda.
A skinny hand held the prescription and picked it up, looking at the light carefully. The light was blocked by his figure, and the person opposite was also shrouded in shadow.
"Okay, go down." A slightly hoarse voice said.
The man in the shadow bowed and left without saying a word.
The door was closed, and everything inside and outside was plunged into darkness.
In the spring of March, the sky is bright, and from time to time there are flocks of birds flying over the yard, chirping happily.
There was a bustle outside the second door, with cars and horses being prepared, and tea and stoves being brought.
"What is this going to do?" someone asked in confusion after seeing it.
"Young mistress is going out," the busy maid replied.
There are no relatives in the Fang family, and the young lady does not need to interfere with the family business for the time being. What is a married woman doing out there?
"It's spring time, so I want to go on a spring outing outside the city," the servant woman said in a low voice.
It was so leisurely and comfortable, and it seemed that she didn't even remember that her husband hadn't spent spring in ten years.
The servants and women all curled their lips, so what could they do? Who dared to stop her?
"There is nothing to do in the mountains. The grass and trees are just turning green, so it is better to go by the river, where the weeping willows are more beautiful." Mrs. Fang suggested with a smile.
Miss Jun nodded.
"Yes, let's go to the river for a walk." She said.
Old Mrs. Fang thought of something again and looked at the girl beside her.
"Go and call Yuxiu..." she said.
As soon as the words left his mouth, a shout came from the next door.
"Wait!"
Fang Jinxiu peeked her head from behind the partition.
"Grandma, let me accompany my cousin," she said loudly.
Old Mrs. Fang glared at her.
"What's the matter with you?" she said, "You're grounded."
"Grandma, I can ride a horse, but my second sister can't." Fang Jinxiu said, looking at Miss Jun again, with a bit of provocation, "Outing is fun only if you go on a horse. Can Miss Jun know how to ride a horse?"
"What kind of horse are you riding on? Who asked you to come out? Come in," Old Mrs. Fang scolded.
Miss Jun smiled.
"My cousin is right," she said. "Grandma, I haven't ridden a horse for a long time. Now that the spring is just right, I'll go riding and let my cousin keep me company."
Now that she had spoken, Mrs. Fang no longer objected and called Fang Jinxiu to give her instructions.
"Be more honest when you go out and listen to your cousin." she warned.
"Yes, I didn't know how powerful my cousin was before, but March 3 showed me how powerful she is. Of course I have to listen to her." Fang Jinxiu said obediently, looking at Miss Jun with admiration in her eyes.
Miss Jun pursed her lips and left with a smile.
Because they were going to ride horses, the servants and girls were busy making preparations again and found a girl who could ride a horse. Fortunately, the Fang family was the head of the family, and when Fang Jinxiu learned to ride a horse, there were girls who followed him.
After a while, everyone walked out of the Fang family's courtyard gate and walked along the street toward the outside of the city.
After leaving the city gate, Fang Jinxiu looked down at Miss Jun.
"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth." She reined in her horse and said, "Jun Zhenzhen, you are a troublemaker. I don't want my eldest and second sister to go out with you, and they might get involved in something."
Miss Jun smiled.
"Then you're not afraid?" she asked.
Fang Jinxiu raised the horse whip in her hand and glanced at Miss Jun beside her.
Fang Jinxiu changed into a woman's riding attire, wrapped in a red cloak, which made it easier to ride on a white horse, but Jun Zhenzhen was still dressed in her daily attire, except that her hair was tied up more simply and neatly, she put on a hat, and sat sideways
immediately.
What Miss Jun calls horseback riding is that there is a boy in front of you holding the hand.
"Of course I'm not afraid, because I have no intention of accompanying you." Fang Jinxiu said with a snort, then urged his horse to gallop away.
The girls and boys in the nursing home were astonished and at a loss.
Miss Jun just smiled.
"Let's go," she said.
The boy was busy leading the horse forward.
The girls on both sides rode on horseback to protect each other, lest Miss Jun fall down.
Miss Jun's hands were blocked by the goose-yellow cloak. No one could see that she was not holding the reins, but was hanging them casually in front of her body, swaying as the horse walked.
She used to gallop on her way back to Beijing every year because of her father's illness, sleeping in the open and traveling over mountains and ridges.
Now that her father is gone, her heart is still racing towards returning to Beijing, but she can't rush her horse and she can't get there.
She had to take her time, step by step.
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There will be an additional update today, in an hour. (To be continued)