A carriage slowly stopped outside the palace of the Minister of War, and the maid helped Zhou Nu get out of the carriage.
At this time, a young man with a round figure and cheeks came up with a servant and shouted: "Sister!"
Zhou Nu turned around and saw his brother Zhou Zhi.
Seeing the oil paper bag held in the hands of the boy behind him, Zhou Nu said helplessly: "Brother went out to buy food again?"
"Yes, the crispy roast duck on Heshi Street is still hot. Sister, do you want to try it?"
Zhou Nu shook his head quickly: "You'd better eat it yourself."
She was just too stupid when she was a child. She would eat whatever her elder brother ate. Otherwise, how could she have ended up like this? Alas, her elder brother made a mistake for her.
"Then I really won't keep it for you?"
Zhou Nu glanced at him. As the brother and sister walked towards the house, she couldn't help but sigh and whispered: "Brother, please eat less. It's hard to find a wife when you are so fat."
Of course, if only one of her and her eldest brother can lose weight, then let her lose weight.
The young man said honestly: "Why are you looking for a wife? My mother nags me all day long and my head hurts. Should I marry another daughter-in-law and come back and nag her with her?"
"Try saying this to your father and see if he can break his legs..."
"So I never tell my father." Zhou Zhi took a look at his sister's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Which house did you go to today? Isn't it the Xia family again?"
Zhou Nu asked noncommittally: "What happened to the Xia family?"
"That Miss Xia Si has never been easy to get along with..." Zhou Zhi sighed: "You don't like her either, so why bother to force yourself to get so close to her."
"I don't want to force myself." Zhou Nu said half-jokingly: "If the eldest brother can win the top prize and come back, why should I bother to curry favor with others?"
Zhou Zhi opened his mouth.
What does this have to do with whether he won the top prize or not?
His father is now the minister of the Ministry of War, and the Zhou family has a place in the capital. He feels that it is very good now.
But my sister still insists on pushing forward, always thinking about things beyond her ability. If he really wins the top prize, she may still feel that he is not standing high enough——
He didn't want to spend more effort on these illusory and endless things.
He can read books, but Uncle Xu said that reading is to understand the truth. As for fame, it comes incidentally and there is no need to force it.
It would be great to save time and energy and eat more delicious food.
The eldest sister really couldn't understand why she suddenly chose to starve herself when she was eating well.
The brother and sister had different ideas, and each felt that they could not talk to each other, so they separated in the front yard.
Zhou Nu returned to the courtyard and just sat down when he heard the maid say: "Earlier, Miss Xia Si had someone send a letter to the girl."
Xia Xi?
Zhou Nu had some vague expectations in his heart, but after reading the letter, he still frowned in confusion.
Zhan Yunjiao...
Why does Xia Xi suddenly want to see Zhan Yunjiao?
…
The moon and stars were sparse at night, and the weather turned fine again.
Zhou Nu went out early in the morning and rode a carriage to an old residence in the south of the city.
Even though she had chosen the most ordinary clothing and jewelry today, standing here still seemed out of place with the surrounding scene.
This is what she found out yesterday afternoon, where the Zhan mother and daughter now live.
Zhou Nu covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, tiptoed through a dirty alley, and stopped in front of a small courtyard.
The maid came forward and knocked on the door.
"[ www.biquger.me] Who?"
A girl's wary and probing voice came from behind the door.
Zhou Nu understood clearly.
An orphan and a widowed mother living in a place like this would naturally not be able to compare with the peace and tranquility of Qingyunfang.
"Jiaojiao, it's me." She took a step forward and replied aloud.
The people inside seemed to react for a while before opening the door.
After seeing the person standing outside the door clearly, Zhan Yunjiao was stunned and said in surprise: "It turns out it is Miss Zhou. I thought I heard it wrong just now!"
Zhou Nu smiled.
I didn't even recognize it was her just now.
After all, I wasn’t very familiar with him in the first place.
"Why did Miss Zhou come here?" Zhan Yunjiao asked as she invited people into the courtyard.
Her intuition told her that Zhou Nu could never come to see her laugh. After all, he had never had any troubles in the past and could not be guilty of this.
"Come and see you." Zhou Nu looked around the courtyard and sighed, "You and your aunt are really suffering."
While talking, he took the money bag from the maid's hand and stuffed it into it: "I heard that my aunt is sick, this is my little thought..."
Zhan Yunjiao was a little startled.
"How can I accept Miss Zhou's money..."
Seeing her talking like this but holding her money bag tightly with both hands, not even daring to be polite for fear of losing her politeness, Zhou Nu knew that her life must be very difficult and embarrassing.
"It doesn't matter, just give it back to me when you are richer in the future."
After Zhan Yunjiao looked troubled for a moment, she finally said: "Thank you very much, Miss Zhou."
He immediately invited people to the hall to drink tea.
Zhou Nu didn't want to waste time, so he said: "I won't drink the tea. In fact, I came here today because I have another matter."
As expected, he would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing...
If things don't work out, will the money still have to be taken back?
Zhan Yunjiao suppressed the anxiety in her heart and asked cautiously: "I wonder what it is?"
"Miss Xia Si wants to meet you." Zhou Nu stopped beating around the bush.
Xia Xi... wants to see her?!
Thinking of the past between the two families, Zhan Yunjiao subconsciously wanted to refuse, but because of the money bag, she still suppressed her thoughts and asked: "Miss Xia Si... why do you suddenly want to see me?"
You can't just see her and see the joke the day before yesterday, so you can't cause trouble for her, right?
"I'm just a messenger, I don't know much." Zhou Nu said with a smile: "But don't worry, it's not necessarily a bad thing - if you are worried that Miss Xia Si wants to embarrass you because of old affairs between the two families,
, that would be even more unnecessary. Just think about it, if she really wanted to do something, why would she go to the trouble of asking you to meet her at Xia Mansion?"
"Going to Xia Mansion?" Zhan Yunjiao was even more surprised.
"Yes, but you have to go there quietly." Zhou Nu said, "I'll go with you, just feel at ease."
"But..." Zhan Yunjiao was still unsure, her eyes hesitant and repetitive.
"Jiaojiao, don't think I'm too blunt with my words..." Zhou Nu sighed slightly and said, "If you have no one to help you in your current situation at home, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive for long. Going to Xia Mansion this time might be an opportunity.
Woolen cloth."
Chance……
Zhan Yunjiao held the money bag in her hand tightly, her heart filled with emotions.
These days, she has endured too many difficult situations that she could not even imagine in the past. Her eldest sister, who has already been married for a long time, does not dare to help her and her mother because her husband's family is so close to her.
And my mother is either crying or coughing all the time, and it is difficult to eat at home. She actually spends money to burn incense and worship Buddha every day, which is really annoying to death...
Now she can't count on anyone and can only rely on herself...
Just go ahead... She really doesn't believe what Xia Xi dares to do to her in the Xia Mansion!
