This father is so wealthy and handsome, so handsome and majestic, so why should he be hurt or hurt?
Li Yuhua was a little confused.
The dinner that day was sumptuous and lively, with a large table of dishes. She knew chicken, duck, fish, as well as tofu and vegetables, but these dishes were completely different from what she had eaten before. Yunyan stood behind her to serve, and Li Yuhua did not need to pick the dishes himself.
She knew how to serve soup and dishes for her. Li Yuhua paid attention to the actions of the people around her. When others put down their chopsticks, she also put them down. Although the food tasted good, she did not gobble it down.
Xu Wanran likes to talk to her very much and will ask, "Sister, what did you eat at home before? Does our food still suit your taste? Do you want to cook some for your eldest sister? I don't think she eats much."
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Li Yuhua lowered her eyes and stared at the snow-white porcelain bowl in front of her. Xu Wanran asked too quickly and with too obvious intentions. She didn't want to answer. She could feel that Xu Wanran actually didn't like her.
It doesn't matter, she just met the "family", and she can't say she likes them.
Li Yuhua didn't say a word during the whole dinner. After dinner, Mrs. Xu saw how silent and reserved she was, so she asked Yunyan and Aunt Zheng to wait on her and go to the small courtyard to rest. This was a courtyard specially prepared for Li Yuhua to return home.
Mrs. Xu told Li Yuhua, "Go over and have a look. If there's anything you don't like or don't like, just tell me. Whatever you want to eat or play, just tell me."
Li Yuhua said an inaudible "hmm", stood up and said her blessing, then followed Aunt Zheng to the small courtyard to rest.
Old Mrs. Xu sent Mrs. Xu and several grandchildren away, leaving her son alone to talk. There were faint tears in Old Mrs. Xu's eyes. She turned away, her voice trembled and choked, "As soon as I saw this child, I felt unspeakable.
Uncomfortable."
"Mother." Sadness flashed through Xu Zhen's eyes, and the hand holding the tea cup felt a little stronger, "The matter is over."
Old Mrs. Xu sighed softly, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and discussed with her son, "What should we do about Yuhua's marriage? The Department of Internal Affairs will send someone to measure her and make a big dress. She has been growing up in the countryside.
Sir, why don't you learn some rules and let people from the Department of Internal Affairs come over?"
"That's fine. Let Aunt Zhu and Aunt Zhao teach her. She can learn as much as she can."
"How to record it in the family tree?"
"Ms. Lu is willing to put Yuhua in her name."
"That's fine. We should also talk to Yuhua so that the child knows something." Mrs. Xu sighed, "After all, you are marrying a prince, and you cannot wrong Yuhua in the dowry."
The evening breeze passed through the window, and the sound of whirling leaves came, bringing coolness to the room. Xu Zhen felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and promised in a low voice, "Don't worry, mother, I won't wrong the child."
The bed is softer than the one I stayed at in the inn and inn on the road. The gauze bed curtain looks like a thin layer of mist under the moonlight. I can hear the long and short chirping of night bugs and the soft and almost inaudible sound of wind outside the window.
The breathing sound of Yunyan sleeping soundly on the night watch on the Arhat couch. In such a silent night and such a comfortable and noble bed, Li Yuhua did not feel sleepy at all.
How strange.
She was living in the countryside when she met "her family's maid" whom no one had ever seen before. Aunt Zheng found her and told her that she had a father. Her father was a high-ranking official in the imperial capital and a third-rank minister. Then she explained
With the matter at hand, in the envious eyes of the tribesmen and villagers, she followed Aunt Zheng and her party to the imperial capital, her home.
They say this is her home.
The home she first came to.
Li Yuhua was thinking, since my father is such a high-ranking official, why did my mother and I live so hard in the countryside? After my mother passed away, the remaining money in the family was only enough to buy a slightly more decent coffin for my mother. But I only
If I can buy the most ordinary coffin for my mother, I can't spend all the money. I want to keep some to continue my life in the future.
Li Yuhua quietly rotated a gold ring on her finger under the quilt. The ring was close to her body temperature and felt a little hot when she rubbed it. If she had such a small piece of gold, she would not have allowed her mother to live in such a shabby state.
Sad?
It's really sad.
However, probably the saddest moment has passed, and Li Yuhua felt sad in her heart. She just stared at the gauze curtain above her head with wide eyes, letting the old time crush her body inch by inch, but there was not a drop of tears in her eyes.
Li Yuhua didn't know when she fell asleep. She woke up before dawn in the morning. After waking up, she didn't disturb anyone else. She took her clothes and put them on carefully. Yunyan heard the noise and saw Li Yuhua getting dressed, so she quickly lifted the clothes.
After getting down from the quilt, he went over to serve him, picked up the shawl and handed it to Li Yuhua, saying in a low voice, "My servant is sleeping deeply. I have wronged you."
Li Yuhua gathered the shawl and waved her hands, "I'm used to getting up early. You can sleep a little longer while I sit in the yard."
Yunyan hurriedly got dressed, tidied the bed a little, and then hurriedly went out to help Li Yuhua wash his hands. He brushed his teeth with an ivory-handled toothbrush, and the tooth powder was the matching red ginseng and panax notoginseng powder. With the tooth powder stained on it, Li Yuhua carefully brushed it.
I used to clean my teeth. I used to use tooth powder when I was in the village. Later, my mother became ill and needed money for medical treatment and medicine. Although I had friends to help me, I no longer used tooth powder. I usually just broke willow branches.
Rinse your mouth with coarse salt.
I used Qi□□ for cleansing, and the smell of Qi□□ is different from the soap locust used in the old days. Yunyan said at the side, "This is what the old lady sent last night. She said that it can make people feel better after using it."
The skin is fine and white.”
Li Yuhua didn't say anything. She took some and applied it on her face, then washed her face carefully. The Xu family members were all delicate and fair-skinned. In contrast, she who grew up in the countryside was indeed rough, dark and thin, unlike the Xu family members.
Her surname is Li, not Xu.
Her surname was Li fifteen years ago. Why did the Xu family bring her to the imperial capital? She used to live with her mother, instead of being kidnapped and her whereabouts unknown.
It was easy for the Xu family to find her. They had ignored her all these years. Why would they take her back now?
Whether she is black or white, does she have any important relationship with the Xu family? Give her silk, give her brocade, hold her hand, hold her in your arms and cry bitterly, it turns out we are relatives.
The warm water drops washed over her cheeks. Li Yuhua's side face was as hard as an eternal stone. She took the hand towel from Yun Yan's hand, wiped the water stains on her face, and raised it up and down towards the little maid.
With a mirror in hand, I slowly dug out a piece of balm from the sapphire balm box and spread it carefully on my face.
After tidying up and dressing up, Aunt Zheng came over and said warmly, "Girl, the old lady is already here. Let's go over and say hello."
Aunt Zheng had already told Li Yuhua about the rules of greeting her on the way. She took Aunt Zheng Yunyan to Mrs. Xu's room. The maid did not ask Li Yuhua to wait outside, but directly welcomed Mrs. Xu in with a smile.
The wife was very happy to see Li Yuhua. After Li Yuhua saluted, she pulled her to sit next to her and asked her if she had a good rest last night. When did she get up in the morning?
Li Yuhua talked little and only answered with one word "good".
Mrs. Xu knew that she was still cautious, so she smiled and said, "I asked them to make some hometown flavor this morning. I haven't been back to my hometown for many years. I don't know if it still tastes the same. You can try it and see."
Li Yuhua felt a little strange when he didn't see Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu and his party. I heard from Aunt Zheng that the imperial capital is the place where rules and etiquette are most respected.
When I followed Mrs. Xu to the small hall and sat at the dining table, I heard Mrs. Xu say, "The rule of many families in the imperial capital is to get up early and come to the elders' room to pay their respects. I said it was too troublesome, so I asked your father and wife to be there.
Let's have breakfast in our own room first, and then come here after dinner to avoid getting up early and choking on the wind. From now on, we will have dinner together in the morning."
Li Yuhua was sitting next to Mrs. Xu. There were more than a dozen kinds of fragrant porridge, side dishes, snacks and snacks on the table. They were all served on palm-sized thin porcelain plates. There were three kinds of porridge, one with a light green color and one with rouge.
Color, one is the white rice porridge that Li Yuhua has eaten, but this porridge smells more fragrant than what she used to eat. Mrs. Xu pointed to the light green porridge for her to taste, and said to her, "This is
The green stem rice produced in Zhili Prefecture has long and slender grains and is very fragrant. Eat it and check it out."
Li Yuhua held a white porcelain spoon and gently took a spoonful. She saw that the rice grains were not flat and round, but slender. She held them in her mouth and slid down her throat to her stomach without feeling the taste. She raised her eyes and looked at
Old Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu ate rouge-colored rice porridge, and asked her, "Is it still delicious?"
Li Yuhua nodded.
She has never eaten such delicious porridge in her life, how could it be uncomfortable?
Mrs. Xu pointed out a few snacks, and the maid placed them in front of Li Yuhua. There were small steamed buns that were as beautiful as pinched flowers, delicate scallion rolls, and shrimp oil pickles. I heard from Mrs. Xu that they were the delicacies of her hometown.
It's just that Li Yuhua didn't remember eating such delicious food in his hometown.
She tasted whatever Mrs. Xu asked her to taste, and she never touched her chopsticks if Mrs. Xu didn't say anything. Li Yuhua didn't say anything else, and just ate the meal quietly. Mrs. Xu felt deeply for her granddaughter.
I feel guilty, but I also feel that Li Yuhua's taciturn temperament is a bit unpleasant.
After breakfast, they went back to the inner room to have tea. Mrs. Xu had Biluochun and asked the maid to prepare jasmine tea for Li Yuhua. Suddenly, Xu Zhen came with his wife and children to say hello.
Xu Zhen is wearing a third-grade purple official uniform and has handsome features. Mrs. Xu is wearing a smoky purple dress and is beautiful and kind. Behind them are their two sons and two daughters. The boy is elegant and the girl is beautiful.
When the family entered the house, Li Yuhua had already stood up. There are many rules in a large family. After Xu Zhen took his wife and children to greet Mrs. Xu, Li Yuhua greeted Xu Zhen and Mrs. Xu, and then the sisters and brothers greeted each other.
Mrs. Xu praised, "I think Yuhua's etiquette is very good."
Li Yuhua pursed her lips, lowered her head as usual, and said nothing. Mrs. Xu gave her husband a wink, and Xu Zhen also said, "That's good, you'll get used to it after living there for a while." After a few words, Xu Zhen got up and went to the morning court.
, Mrs. Xu took the children to the door. Li Yuhua didn't know if she wanted to go with them. She stood on the footstep and looked at the family of six who were fading into the distance, without moving.
Xu Zhen seemed to feel something. When he went out, he looked back and saw Li Yuhua's eyes looking quietly into the distance. Xu Zhen wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. He just gave Li Yuhua a gentle nod, then turned back and went out to go to court.