Although Hua Zhi was born and raised in Beijing, she has the figure of a southerner, with slender shoulders, a willow waist, and a swan neck. She is not tall, but looks slender.
When she deliberately hides herself, in the eyes of others she is just a good-looking girl with good temperament. But when she looks at you coldly and you have something to hide, you will not even dare to look at her.
Hua Jing, who was being stared at by her at this moment, subconsciously took a step back, her legs went weak and she fell to the ground. She tried to stand up in a miserable state, but failed after several attempts.
Everyone looked at her.
No one from the Hua family or the onlookers came forward to help her. She was ashamed and annoyed, tears streaming down her face, looking pitiful as if she was being bullied by everyone.
But who could have thought that such a pitiful-looking person would anger her own mother to death, and even try to muddy the waters of her mother's family even further, forgetting the grace of giving birth to her, forgetting the grace of raising her, forgetting the sisterly affection, and forgetting that everything she has now comes from her mother's family.
Hua Zhi looked down at Hua Jing, and just when everyone thought she was going to say something even more unpleasant, she turned and left, her cloak blown up by the wind and her hood slipping off.
From the direction where the women were standing, I could only see a side profile. She was indeed beautiful, with a high nose bridge and a fair complexion, which made her red lips look even more red.
Nanny Su quickly put the hat back on the girl and helped her up the stairs.
Butler Xu was too old to follow, so he came over and said, "Miss, the one outside..."
"Don't pay attention to her. If she dares to step into the Hua family's gate, you'll have to kick her out."
"Don't worry, big girl, she can't get in!"
The mourning hall was already being dismantled. Hua Zhi stood there and watched quietly. After a while, she said from the back, "According to the rules, will the mages come back?"
"I will come back to chant sutras for half an hour to dispel evil and darkness."
"Prepare some vegetarian fruits and treat us well."
"yes."
After returning to the room and washing up, Hua Zhi didn't dare to take a bath, for fear that she would not be able to get up.
He no longer wore mourning clothes, but instead put on a moon-white dress, which looked not much different from mourning clothes. All the descendants of the Hua family had to observe mourning for a year, and I wonder if other people had plain clothes to wear.
If the family business is doing well, I should make some plain clothes for everyone.
"Miss, please have some soup." Fudong brought a bowl of soup over and handed it directly to Hua Zhi's mouth. It smelled very fragrant.
Hua Zhi took a few sips and asked, "Did you add fungus oil?"
"Yes, I made it myself. I asked and it's not against the rules to eat it." It's a year long, I can't eat vegetarian food every day, my body can't bear it.
"Cook more and put it in the big kitchen."
"Yes." Fudong answered happily and ran and jumped out. Yingchun rubbed the stiffness on the young lady's shoulders and muttered, "What are you doing running and jumping around like? You learned all the rules in vain."
"It's no use talking to me, just tell her to go." Hua Zhi closed her eyes and let her body sway with her strength. It was a little painful, but she could bear it.
Yingchun stopped talking. If it weren't for the fact that Fudong was frightened, she wouldn't have been so indulgent.
It was already past noon when the master came back. After another half hour of ritual, the matter was finally completed. The masters ate more lunch than before.
After sending the monks out of the door, Hua Zhi bowed sincerely to Master Prajna.
Prajna returned the greeting, chanted a Buddhist name, and left with everyone. For a moment, Hua Zhi seemed to hear a sigh.
After taking a look at the shed, Butler Xu understood and bowed, saying, "She's gone. I'll have someone dismantle it right away."
Hua Zhi nodded, "Close the door, everyone is tired, take turns to rest. Oh, and let Xu Jie come to see me."
"yes."
Hua Jing returned to the Song family at this time, and the news had not spread yet. Seeing her panic-stricken expression, Old Madam Song thought that she was still in shock after losing her mother. She was kind enough not to find fault with her and let her go back to her room.
Hua Jing didn't ask her husband or where her children had gone. She went back to the room and bit her nails, thinking of a solution. She had to clear herself. She had to make people believe that she was wronged before those people spread the word. Yes, she was wronged.
Secretly making herself angry, Hua Jing rubbed her eyes hard until they turned red. She built up her emotions for a while, and only when tears covered her face did she call in her personal maid. If she wanted people to trust her, the people around her had to trust her first.
***
The Hua family's gates were tightly closed. Both the master and the servants were exhausted after these few days and had reached their limit. Except for the necessary people left to guard the gates, everyone else fell into deep sleep day and night, and the entire Hua family became quiet.
That night, Gu Yanxi sneaked into Hua Zhi's boudoir silently. The maid was sleeping soundly on the small bed, completely unaware that someone was close to their lady.
Hua Zhi did not sleep well, her brows were furrowed the whole time. Gu Yanxi resisted the urge to push her frown away. No one knew better than him how vigilant Hua Zhi was. Even though their fighting power was incomparable, he would definitely wake Hua Zhi up if he made any unusual movement.
He could only sit on the edge of the bed, and couldn't even look at her too intently, looking at her pale face with his heart filled with familiar emotions.
Just like the way to the north, just like when I received the news of Madam Hua's death, the same numb pain arose in my heart.
When his grandmother asked him, he said the time was not right. In fact, at that moment, he impulsively wanted to say Hua Zhi, Hua Zhi from the Hua family. He believed that with the affection between his grandmother and Old Madam Hua, and the love his grandmother had for him, she would definitely fulfill his wish and issue an imperial decree. No matter what the situation of the Hua family was, no matter how unwilling Hua Zhi was, she had to marry him after the one-year mourning period was over. If he was willing, they could even get married during the mourning period.
But after that moment he calmed down. He couldn't bear to break her wings or lock her up in the inner house. He didn't want Hua Zhi to look at him with disgust and dislike.
He wanted her to willingly put on his red wedding dress and become his wife.
He also wanted to see where the Hua family would go under her leadership.
He can afford to wait and is very willing to wait.
After falling asleep, Hua Zhi began to feel pain all over her body. She felt as if she was filled with lead. Every step she took seemed to be taken with all her strength. She moved herself to the front yard without making any sound.
It was no longer convenient to work in the inner courtyard, so she asked someone to clean up the courtyard that was previously used for rest during classes, and she worked here from then on.
"Miss, is your wound hurting again?" After enduring all the way, Yingchun finally couldn't help asking, but the wound on the young lady's leg had clearly scabbed over.
"The wound is growing new flesh, it's itchy." Hua Zhi explained nonchalantly, then looked at Nian Qiu, "Tell me about your income during this period."
"Yes." Nian Qiu spread out the account book and said in a clear voice, "In the thirty-two days since you left, Green Moss Lane has received a total of 4,162 taels of silver, of which the cost is about 680 taels. As the weather gets colder, business has been a little slow, but more and more people from wealthy families have come to buy. I believe that business will double when the weather gets better."
PS: The girls have not been enthusiastic these past two days. Maybe they don’t like Kong Kong anymore…