Chapter 13 Maid Xiuhe
"What's the matter? Have a meal?" Liu Jiaoying glared at her squinted eyes, and everyone stopped and did not dare to say anything. The only one who could cure the two wives in this family was the eldest wife.
After having lunch in silence, Zhuang Shuyi had a stomachache. Although she liked to eat pancakes, she didn't like to eat with her second and third aunts at all. Because there were always countless trivial matters, the two of them quarreled.
Not to mention such a major matter of marriage between children, my sister Tingting got one more decoration, but Sister Lan didn't, which was enough for the two of them to argue for a long time. Zhuang Shuyi didn't care about these things, so naturally he didn't understand what they were quarreling.
Fortunately, her mother never participates in these things, and she only persuades her to make peace when the two of them are arguing too much.
"Cousin, what is Beijing like?" Zhuang Shuting hadn't been there yet and asked curiously.
"I will only realize that it is an ancient capital under the imperial city that has been more than 700 years old, and naturally it has different responses." Zhuang Shuyi said slowly, holding a cup of digestive tea.
"Sister, it's been so long in Beijing. I really want to go and see it with my own eyes. Cousin, when can I go to your house to play? I haven't been there. Sister Lan hasn't been there either." Zhuang Shuting said innocently.
"I haven't been there before." Zhuang Jialan sat next to her restrainedly. Although she was her cousin, everyone was already so old and had too few opportunities to meet, so she was very unfamiliar.
"Okay, come together the other day. Liuliu knows where my family lives, otherwise you can call me and I can pick you up." 6 Puyi agreed with a smile.
"It's really unfair. Sister, you have been to Beijing. Why don't you take me there?" Zhuang Shuting complained.
"You little girl, you were still young at that time. What's more, Liuliu went to Beijing because his uncle went to Zhili to be an official. She was only a few years old, how could she take you together?" Zhuang Jialan smiled.
"That's it. I don't remember it." Zhuang Shuting scratched her head embarrassedly. "So, my second brother and older sister have been there too."
"Then I don't know." Zhuang Jialan was not very big at that time, and it was already very good to remember these things.
"No. My eldest aunt would be too busy to take Liuliu. The situation was quite chaotic at that time. If Liuliu hadn't left my eldest aunt, I'd probably not have her." 6 Puyi couldn't know much about this matter. "By the way, why didn't I see Zhongxuan this time?"
Zhuang Zhongxuan is Zhuang Shuyi's biological brother.
"My brother has gone to school and hasn't come back yet. He wanted to ask for leave, but at this time it was important that the school would not give leave. My father also said that he would go to Beijing to study next year, and sometimes he would not come back if he bothered me." Zhuang Shuyi explained.
"My uncle is really strict. It's time for him to study in Beijing. But do your brother have plans to study abroad? After Versailles, Europe is now peaceful. It's good to go to England or France. However, if you go to the United States, this is also a good time."
6 Puyi cared about it. He had a few connections to help.
"I don't know this anymore. My brother didn't mention it to me. However, the current trend is always to study abroad, and I think my brother should be no exception." Zhuang Shuyi picked an orange and handed it to Yang Bo.
"If you want, tell me. Take care of it first, otherwise you will suffer a serious crime." 6 Puyi also picked one, peeled it open, and tasted a piece. "It's still the sweetness of Yongning's orange."
"It's not time yet. The oranges will be delicious when it gets cold. Cousin, you're here early." Zhuang Shuyi took the peeled oranges and started eating happily.
"Sister, you are too lazy and don't even peel oranges by yourself." Zhuang Shuting laughed at her.
"Even Yangbo has spoiled you too much." 6 Puyi agreed.
Zhuang Shuyi didn't care at all, and just thought it was jealous of her. "If you are jealous, I will just say it. What a good man is he who beats around the bush."
"Where did the Green Forest hero come from when he speaks so straightforwardly?" Zhuang Jialan covered her handkerchief, spit out the seeds in her mouth, and smiled.
"Chunmei, why don't you give me an extra plate of snacks for the second lady so that she won't say that I've been a hero in the green forest and robbing the rich and helping the poor, so she will go to the government office to sue me." Zhuang Shuyi also said along the way.
Chunmei really brought a plate of snacks to the front of Zhuang Jialan.
"Okay, you are trying to shame me. Liuliu. Which book is the devilish book you have entered? Could it be "Water Margin"?" Zhuang Jialan peeled another orange and gave it to Liuliu.
"That's not. I recently got a book called "Mirror Flowers". This story is really interesting. I have just turned a few pages and felt that it was related to the "Shan Hai Jing". I was planning to dig out the "Shan Hai Jing" in my study first and compare it." Zhuang Shuyi took the orange and started eating it.
"You, the book is too messy. Didn't my uncle say that you should start learning systematically after going to the Virgin Mary Girls' School?" 6 Puyi said strangely.
"Reading is fun, but if you say learning, it will be boring." Zhuang Shuyi likes these miscellaneous books. The more strange it is, the more you like it. She likes reading, and going to school is another thing.
The crowd was chatting lively, and suddenly there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside. Zhuang Shuyi looked out and saw Yuegui hurriedly walking in. "Miss!"
"What's wrong? Why is Yuegui so panicked?" Zhuang Shuyi felt strange.
Under the guidance of her mother, her maid had long been calm and would never have done such rude actions.
"Miss, someone from Xiuhe's family came. She said that her younger brother Zhuzi was captured by the patrolman. She said that he had committed a taboo and wanted to be shot." After saying that, Yuegui had time to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
"What? I'll go find my father." Zhuang Shuyi's face turned pale and could not wait at all. He lifted the corner of his skirt and ran away, but her feet were not yet fully recovered, and she limped when she ran, which was a bit ridiculous.
But no one present could laugh. Yang Bo immediately stood up and chased her and helped her walk.
"Xiuhe? Isn't that the eldest maid from Liuliu before?" 6 Puyi still had an impression of the maid who protected Liuliu very much. Because the maid was very outstanding, it still impressed him after six years. He also stood up and wanted to chase him.
Zhuang Shuting quickly advised, "Shh, cousin, don't go. Xiuhe has been dead for five years. I heard that she drowned in the water to save her sister. Sister knew that she was dead and had a serious illness."
"What. I'm dead?" 6 Puyi said with a pity. "Why don't you let me go?"
"It's useless for my cousin to go. It's better not to cause trouble. That person has been dead for five years. But now, people from her family are still begging my sister to do business. Last year, she asked her sister for a thousand oceans, saying that she wanted to marry and have children for Xiuhe's younger brother. Sister actually gave it to her."
When Zhuang Shuting said this, she suddenly remembered something and quietly glanced at Sister Lan.
At that time, the second wife found out and made a big fuss. Sister Lan was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to talk to them for a month. She asked Zhuang Shuting to say that it was just a vulgar thing like money, so why should she take it to heart?
However, my grandmother also said that my second uncle's family had already used the property they had allocated, and now they had already demolished the east wall to repair the west wall, which was not much better than the family living in that poor knot.
Poor Sister Lan, she can’t make a few new clothes a year and can’t buy many new accessories.
Let go of the matter here first and talk about Zhuang Shuyi running out.
"Help me pick up Zhuang Shiqiao, director of the Education Bureau, and tell him that Zhuang Shuyi has something to do to find him." Zhuang Shuyi tightened the phone tightly, and his fingertips turned white.
"Liuliu, what are you calling me?" Zhuang Shiqiao was in a meeting. When he heard that it was a call from his baby girl, he ignored everything. He found a reason and sneaked out and listened to the phone.
"Dad, it's not good. Xiuhe's younger brother Zhuzi was arrested. He said it was martial law. He had violated the taboo and was going to shoot him. Dad, go and help him." Zhuang Shuyi made the words clear after a few words.
"It's Xiuhe's business again. Liuliu, you can't follow them in everything. Raising these people's hearts is not a good thing." Without looking in person, Zhuang Shuyi also knew that his father's brows were definitely frowning.
"But Dad, life is at stake, you can save him first. If it's too late," Zhuang Shuyi bit his lower lip and begged. "Dad, Xiuhe is dead to save me. If I don't save her brother, then there will be no one in her family."
"Tell me, what time is this? You never ask me for anything other than books. That group of people are good. They treat you as a Bodhisattva in the temple and worship you, and they have whatever you want. You say... Oh, forget it, tell them, this is the last time."
Zhuang Shuyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the chair. Only then did he realize that his feet were hurting so hard. "It hurts so much. Ah Nian, my feet hurt so much."
Yangbo immediately took off her shoes and socks and saw that it was swollen. He asked Yue Gui to find ointment, apply it on her, and massage it to relieve the symptoms.
"It hurts so much." Zhuang Shuyi's eyes were filled with tears, and he grabbed Yang Bo's arm pitifully. "It hurts, don't try too hard."
"Then I won't rub it." Yang Bo's face stopped showing and shrank his hands. He looked at her tears, and he couldn't even use the strength. He took out a handkerchief from his arms and gently wiped her tears. "Stop crying."
"I insist on crying. You rub it. I feel in pain." Zhuang Shuyi said unreasonably.
Yang Bo shook his head, sighed helplessly, and started to massage her again.
Chapter completed!