The fire was soaring into the sky, crackling and turning half of the sky red, and the heat waves rushed to each other one after another, surrounded by people who were rushing to tell each other: "It's flooded! It's flooded!"
Yu Tang's legs were weak, if it wasn't for the servant girl Shuang Tao who supported her, she might have fallen to the ground.
"Miss, Miss!" Shuang Tao was so frightened by the scene in front of her that she couldn't speak fluently, "How could this happen? Didn't it mean that the nursing home of the Pei family would get up in the middle of the night to inspect their shop with the people from the yamen, the third master of the Pei family It is said that this summer is very hot, the sky is dry and everything is dry, and I am afraid of running out of water. A few days ago, I specially asked people to set up 38 large water tanks on both sides of Changxing Street, and asked the shopkeepers of various shops to fill up the tanks every day. Water, how can there be water in Changxing Street? Then, what about our shop?"
yes!
What about their shop
Yu Tang's eyes were wet, and the image in front of him was a bit blurred.
She was born again!
And it was reborn on the evening when their shop was burned.
Her family is harmonious and beautiful, her siblings are close, and she grew up to Jiji smoothly. Before that, the most unsatisfactory things in life were that her parents didn't let her climb trees and go down rivers, and they just kept her from going out to study female celebrities. As a result, the memory seemed smooth and warm, but the impression was not deep. Only this summer, a sudden fire destroyed all the shops on Changxing Street. The lacquerware shops of her family and her uncle's house were not spared either. Not only the materials in the shop were burned, but also the warehouses and workshops in the backyard of the shop were burned clean. The goods that were about to be delivered were gone, and the precious templates left by the ancestors were also gone. Began to despair.
Not far away, someone rushed into the shop to fight the fire, but was buried in the fire by the sudden collapse of the girder.
"The head of the house! The head of the house!" The woman ran over to save someone, but she was at a loss and didn't know what to do, so she was stopped.
There were also men who fell to the ground, patted their legs and cried loudly: "How can we live with this?"
Yu Tang and Shuang Tao were hit on the shoulders by people who rushed over one after another after hearing the news, and Shuang Tao recovered.
She hastily pulled Yu Tang aside, and said eagerly: "Miss, the wife is still sick, and the master is not at home, so you ran out without saying a word..."
Yu Tang also came back to his senses.
For Shuangtao at this time, she was just swinging on a swing and didn't stand firm, fell from the sky, and fell into a coma for a long time; but for her, she had already experienced the decline of her family, the death of her parents, the early death of her fiancé, and the widow's keeping the festival. Coveted by her uncle, she finally escaped from her husband's house, but was killed in the nunnery where she was sheltered.
The fire was important, but what was more important was her mother's condition.
Her father, Yu Wen, and mother, Chen Shiyao, were deeply in love. Even if her mother was injured when she was born, his father still loved her and her like treasures, and there was never any gap between her and her mother. Lingering sick bed, seven out of ten days on medication. A few days ago, her father learned from a friend that the imperial doctor Yang Douxing had returned home, so he rushed to Suzhou City to seek medical advice for his mother.
In the previous life, his father returned home without success, and his mother was frightened because she fell off the swing, her condition worsened and she was bedridden. The father made up his mind to take his mother to find another imperial doctor Wang Baichu who lived in seclusion in Putuo Mountain for treatment, but on the way back, the boat capsized due to wind and waves, and died unexpectedly.
"Let's go, go home quickly!" Yu Tang was so anxious that he ran home with Shuangtao.
"Wait a minute, wait a moment!" Shuangtao followed her pantingly and said, "Where are you going? Home is over there!"
Yu Tang stopped in his tracks and remained silent for a moment.
She hasn't been back to her home in Qingzhu Lane for ten years, and she doesn't even remember that there is such a small road between Changxing Street and Qingzhu Lane.
Perhaps it was because Changxing Street was flooded, and there were people walking around this quiet alley on weekdays, but everyone was in a hurry, looked up at her, and passed her with a heavy expression.
The courtyard in the back hall of the Yu family is quiet, a few clumps of tall and straight Xiangfei bamboos stand quietly in the moonlight, and the noise and chaos of Changxing Street seem to be something from another world.
The mother's cough was clearly audible, and there was a faint hiss that cracked her lungs: "How is Ah Tang? Are you awake?"
It was Mrs. Chen who was the personal attendant who answered my mother: "I woke up early in the morning and said that I need to eat fried chestnuts with sugar. Tell me, where can I find fried chestnuts for her at this time of year? You tricked me into drinking a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus syrup." After that, I ate another three pieces of peach cakes, and then I rested."
Yu Tang burst into tears.
In her previous life, she was heartless and her mother had been ill all year round. She didn't think it was a problem. Instead, she cheated on eating and drinking by falling off the swing, and did all the things her mother wouldn't let her do on weekdays. over and over. When her father took her mother to ask for medicine, she clamored for her father to bring her two packs of poria cocos powder before leaving the house, otherwise she would not endorse the book.
"Mom!" Yu Tang stood in front of his mother's door and couldn't help shouting.
The door opened with a "squeak".
Mrs. Chen poked her head out, winked at her, and said, "What does Missy want to eat again? It's about this time, and the fire in the kitchen has been extinguished. At most, I'll make you a bowl of fried rice to pad your stomach. But no more."
Yu Tang was stunned.
She was no longer the carefree little girl who was held in the palm of her father's hand and knew nothing.
Mrs. Chen looked strange, her mind was spinning rapidly.
Could it be that at this time in the previous life, the mother's condition was not getting better
Yu Tang's face darkened, and she couldn't help looking at Mrs. Chen with a bit of dignity. She gestured to Mrs. Chen to follow me, but her voice was a bit of a little girl's pampering: "My mother's Are you feeling better? I'm not hungry, I just want to say a few words to my mother."
This kind of Yu Tang makes Mrs. Chen very strange, very surprised. But she didn't have time to think about it, she nodded towards Yu Tang, but what she said was to stop her: "My wife just took the medicine, she has washed and rested, if you have anything to do, come back tomorrow!"
Yu Tang stretched his neck and looked towards the wing room.
The mother who was still talking to Mrs. Chen just now didn't say a word.
Obviously didn't want to see her.
Yu Tang's heart was heavy, and she tried her best to imitate her tone of voice when she was fifteen: "Okay! I'll go back to sleep first. Remember to tell my mother that I've been here."
"Remember! Remember!" Mrs. Chen smiled, and said pointingly, "It's cold and dewy, I'll take the eldest lady back to the room!"
How can there be any wind and dew in this season? It was just looking for an opportunity to talk to her in private.
Yu Tang responded, and went to his own wing with Mrs. Chen.
Because he walked in a hurry, the quilt was still scattered on the bed, and the soft shoes were scattered all over the place, one was in front of the bed and the other was in the middle of the room. Mrs. Chen scolded Shuangtao in a low voice: "How do you serve the eldest lady? The room is in a mess. If my wife sees this, I will teach you again."
Shuangtao blushed and turned to tidy up the room.
Yu Tang pulled Mrs. Chen to talk: "What's the matter with Muma? Don't fool me with words. I know that it is Liu Santie from Jimintang who often comes to our house to see a doctor for Muma. I will go to Jimintang to look he goes."
Mrs. Chen looked at Yu Tang in surprise.
Yu Tang grew up spoiled by her family. Although she was not raised badly, she was not a strong girl. This was the first time she was so aggressive.
Mrs. Chen couldn't help but hesitate.
Yu Tang knew his own affairs, at best he had no heart, at worst he had no brains. If something happened at home, she would naturally not rely on it, and no one would tell her.
She simply said to Mrs. Chen: "Look at me, I'm unkempt. I ran out just now. Changxing Street was flooded, and our shop was burned."
With the light like beans, Chen Pozi realized that Yu Tang's clothes were disheveled. She said in shock, "What did you say? Changxing Street is flooded?"
Yu Tang nodded: "The goods in the shop are all gone, the fields will not be profitable until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I have to see a doctor for my mother, so the family has no money."
It's not that she fooled Mrs. Chen.
This was the case in previous lives.
The Yu family has a small fortune, so it wouldn't be the case that the two shops would go bankrupt if they were burned down. But this time when the water went out, a batch of goods ordered by others in the warehouse was also burned, and the Yu family paid a large sum of money. The "Fishing in Songxi" that my father bought from a friend before Li Tang When it was time to give the money, my mother didn't want my father to be disappointed, so she decided to sell the family's 30 acres of high-quality farmland. When my father took my mother to Mount Putuo, she sold the family's 20 acres of farmland behind my mother's back... When she passed away, she sold the remaining 50 acres of fertile land for a decent funeral.
The property that my grandfather gave to my father was gone, and my uncle also encountered troubles, so he couldn't help her.
Only then will she agree to the Li family's marriage.
Thoughts flashed by, Yu Tang's expression became a little more serious.
She said with a cold face: "If something happens to Mommy, Father will definitely not spare you when he comes back!"
Mrs. Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
She is Chen's companion and also Chen's nurse. Chen is not good, she is more anxious and distressed than anyone else, and the young lady actually threatens her.
But seeing such a young lady, she felt inexplicably relieved.
She thought for a while and told Yu Tang: "The weather is too hot, my wife is suffering from summer, and I can't eat anything. I am worried about your injury, and I am also worried that the master is running around outside. If you can't eat well, you can't sleep. You seem to have lost a lot of weight." Circle, I dare not let you know."
Yu Tang felt guilty and blamed himself.
In her previous life, she always made her parents worry, and she never became their caring little padded jacket, let alone a reliance.
Thinking of this, Yu Tang couldn't help clasping his hands together, and said "Amitabha" towards the west.
In her previous life, she was not a devout believer, but the Bodhisattva took pity on her and let her return to the present, when her parents were still alive. Families are shattered and relatives are separated.
Yu Tang burst into tears like rain.