848, the mother of the unjust death of the son eighteen
"Have you got a sweetheart?" Chu Yunli asked directly.
Zhou Xingxin grabbed her sleeve and rubbed it: "Yeah."
Chu Yunli raised her eyebrows: "Are we happy?"
"No..." Zhou Xingxin said shyly: "If we are in love, I won't ask for it."
Too.
Chu Yunli became interested: "What kind of person? You have to tell me. If I don't agree, you don't have to ask. If we want to be happy, isn't it in vain if I don't agree?"
Zhou Xingxin: "..."
In the past, my mother was prone to anger and had a bad temper, but since she brought her eldest brother back from the village, she has become much gentler and no longer as arbitrary as before. She will occasionally listen to what the two brothers and sisters say.
Just like doing business, if my mother hadn't changed her temper before, she would definitely not go to the city. If my brother hadn't made a scene, they would still be farming in the village. It's the first month of the year, and it's just spring plowing, so they are so busy that they are dizzy.
When it's dark, how can mother and daughter have time to chat here?
Thinking of this, she tentatively said: "That's the guy who was in the C room on the second floor just now. His surname is He. I asked about it and found out that his family owns a teahouse. Chayun, which is not far from our home, belongs to his family."
Business."
Tea is an elegance that only rich families can afford. Ordinary families can quench their thirst with just a handful of crude tea. As for the charm of tea, almost all tea lovers in the city will go there.
Chu Yunli smiled: "What if he marries a wife?"
Zhou Xingxin was a little proud: "No, he doesn't even have a maid around him, all he serves are boys."
She kept acting coquettishly, and Chu Yunli also promised to go out of the city with her to pray for blessings in two days.
Now that Chen Wanhua is in confinement, Chu Yunli will go to see her sooner or later. As for her life experience, she does not plan to tell her for the time being. She will wait until she is well after the full moon.
In the main courtyard of the Chen family, Mrs. Chen was preparing a dowry for Li Xiangyu: "I didn't know you had such a method."
Li Xiangyu hurriedly knelt down: "Mom, I'm not, I don't have it. I don't even know what's going on. The Chang family treated me so slowly before, I don't want to..."
Mrs. Chen slapped her hand on the table: "Don't be ignorant. If you don't go to Chang's house, get out of here."
Li Xiangyu lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
In fact, before settling on the Chang family this time, Mr. Chen had already made it clear to her that with her status and the trouble she had caused in the Chang family before, she could not find a better family than the Chang family.
Compared with returning to the village and marrying a mountain man, the Chang family was simply the best marriage. Li Xiangyu was no longer picky, but in front of Mrs. Chen, she had to hide it.
She finally figured out that the more she wanted something, the more Mrs. Chen wouldn't give it to her. The more unwilling she was, the more Mrs. Chen would pressure her to agree. Therefore, even if she didn't resist, she couldn't show her willingness.
Sure enough, Mrs. Chang was quite satisfied when she saw her crying in grievance: "The dowry is just what I prepared for you last time, and I didn't treat you badly. You know, it was prepared for Wanhua before. You said you were going through such trouble?"
Apart from ruining your reputation, what else can you gain?"
Li Xiangyu cried even harder: "Mother...I...I..."
After not being able to say a word for a long time, Mrs. Chen was impatient and waved her hand and said: "Now that the marriage has been decided, I will accept your thoughts and don't go out recently. Just prepare for the wedding at home!"
Li Xiangyu stood up and went out while sobbing.
Mrs. Chen rubbed her brows, and Mrs. Yao stepped forward to add tea. When she picked up the teapot, her hand shook. The teapot fell on the table, and the tea splashed and flowed all over the table.
She immediately knelt down and apologized: "Madam, please forgive me."
Mrs. Chen stood up, avoided the dripping water, frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Mrs. Yao lowered her head: "Slave... I'm afraid I won't be able to serve my wife anymore."
She raised her hand and said in a trembling voice: "When I woke up this morning, my hands were shaking all the time. I asked the doctor, and the doctor said that my hands are already over forty. Now that my hands are shaking, it is very likely that I will suffer from a sudden illness, ranging from hemiplegia to hemiplegia.
More importantly..."
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen was surprised: "Is it so serious?"
Mrs. Yao has served her for many years, and the master and servant are very close. It can be said that they are closer than husband and wife. She knows many things that Master Chen does not know.
Mrs. Chen raised her voice and ordered: "Please come, Dr. Zhou."
Hearing Dr. Zhou, Yao's tight lips relaxed slightly.
Doctor Zhou came very quickly, asked about Yao's daily life and recent food, and after feeling his pulse, he said: "I am indeed ill. I need to take a good rest from now on. Don't be tired, don't get angry, and don't think too much, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.
"
Mrs. Chen quickly asked: "Can't it be cured?"
Doctor Zhou sighed: "This is still the result of treatment. If it is not treated, it may become ill soon."
Dr. Zhou left a few packets of medicine, got up and left.
After all, it was the person who had been with her for many years. Mrs. Chen felt a little uncomfortable: "From tomorrow on, you won't be here. Let's cure the disease first."
Yao kowtowed: "Madam, I want to ask you for something."
"Say it."
Yao lay humbly on the ground: "I am so sick that I don't dare to serve you anymore. If I hurt you, I will be responsible for my death. Since I can't serve you, I want to go back to my hometown in the country to recuperate. Madam, please
A slave to be redeemed."
Mrs. Chen was startled, put away the worry on her face, slowly walked to the chair next to her, sat down, and asked thoughtfully: "Where is your hometown?"
"In the village under Hanmei Town, it is far away from the county seat. It takes two days for a carriage to reach it, and the road is rugged. The place is very poor... It was because of my poverty that my parents sold me." Yao's face.
Full of memories: "Although poor, the mountains and rivers there are beautiful. The water in the well at the entrance of the village is very sweet. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is very magical..."
Seeing her eyes full of longing, she must want to return to her hometown.
Mrs. Chen felt a little soft in her heart: "We are master and servant. I also said that when you are old, I will find a place for you to live in peace. Since you want to go back, I will let you... It's just that you are missing from my side. I probably want to
not used to."
Yao smiled: "It is my blessing that Madam remembers me. But I don't want Madam to think too much about me. If I am sad because of this, I will not feel at ease after I leave. Chunmei Qiuxi and the others have been teaching me for several years, so they should be able to
Madam likes it."
The master and servant parted in a sad atmosphere. Mrs. Chen personally went to the house and took a piece of yellowed paper and handed it to Yao: "This is your body deed. I should have given it to you a long time ago. Sometimes I think of you."
Since I'm not around anymore, I've just put it away until now... I'm so happy to put it away."
Yao took it and kowtowed again with tears in his eyes.
When he turned around, a look of joy flashed across his face full of sadness, and he left the main courtyard crying, returned to his room, packed his luggage, kowtowed again outside the main courtyard, and then walked step by step
leave.
She walked slowly, with a look of reluctance. All the servants saw it.
After walking out of the gate of Chen's house, Mr. Yao clenched the body deed in his hand. When he returned to his nephew's small yard, there were three carriages parked at the door. When he saw her coming, his nephew hurriedly greeted her: "How?"
Yao nodded: "I got it, let's go quickly!"
Half an hour later, the three carriages left the city and headed all the way to Fucheng.
Originally, the Yao family had no intention of leaving the Chen family, but now that the Zhou family knew about Chen Wanhua's life experience, they would make a fuss sooner or later. And the only ones who knew about it were their master and servant. This made Mrs. Chen know that she had told the matter to the outside world.
Not to mention her old bones, even her nephew's family would be implicated.
Mrs. Chen was very melancholy as she lost an old servant who had been with her for many years. The next morning, she remembered something and said, "Go and ask your godmother when she will leave so that I can see her off."
Qiu Xi responded. Her godmother had told her that she could not question Mrs. Chen's words and just listen to what she said. So, she immediately went out to the small courtyard outside, but saw that the door was locked. After shouting several times, there was no movement inside.
Instead, I called out the neighbor next door: "Stop shouting, I left yesterday."
After saying that, he closed the door with a bang.
Qiu Xi was stunned!
She felt that there must be something going on here, and she was panicking. But she didn't dare to hide it, so she hurried back to Chen's house and reported the matter.
Mrs. Chen was having breakfast and frowned: "You left yesterday?"
Qiu Xi said hurriedly: "I have been knocking for only a quarter of an hour, but no one opened the door. That's what the neighbor said."
Mrs. Chen's eyebrows gradually frowned, and suddenly she brushed the dishes off the table and said, "Go after me!"
Then he raised his voice and ordered: "Find someone to keep an eye on the Zhou family. If there is any movement, come and report it immediately."
When she sat down, Mrs. Chen's fingers were trembling. She pressed them down and murmured: "No... no... Yao didn't dare to tell anyone..."
The people sent to chase him into the countryside would naturally not be able to catch him.
Everything was as usual on Chu Yunli's side, and she even took Zhou Xingxin outside the city to pray for blessings. When she learned that the Yao family had left the city, she knew that Mrs. Chen should have suspicions.
But I didn't expect that she couldn't calm down and came directly to the door.
The reason was all ready-made, she was visiting her adopted daughter who had given birth to a child. Of course Chu Yunli wouldn't let her see her, and had her brought to him directly.
Mrs. Chen smiled gently: "How is Wanhua doing lately? I'm a little worried and want to see her."
Chu Yunli shook his head: "She is in confinement, which is an important time to take care of herself. I can't let her see you."
The caution in her words was undisguised, and Mrs. Chen's smile faded: "I raised her for a while and was kind to her. I can't pretend that this kind of kindness doesn't exist just because she got married."
"Thank you?" Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "Should we say it the other way around?"