Then there is the issue of manpower.
Su Qingyu went to the lobby of the Shi Mansion and specifically looked at the rotten pillar. The red paint had peeled off, it was crumbling, and it was full of termites. She pushed it with her hands, but it didn't move at all.
Xu Yizhi and Ye Sisi went to solve the manpower problem.
The second young lady was still crying in the west wing. Now the washbasin had to be cleaned twice a day, otherwise blood would overflow from it.
Mr. Shi brought her new embroidered shoes.
The difference between three inches and four inches is actually not that big.
But Mr. Shi insisted that the second young lady wear four-inch shoes on her three-inch feet.
This is his way of demonstrating his authority.
It is also a means of taming.
Seeing the second young lady sitting there in silence, Su Qingyu took the initiative to speak: "Young lady, are you hungry? Do you want me to make you a cup of tea?"
The kitchen has been running low on ingredients lately.
"We've run out of bone meal. It's time to restock."
The second young lady's long black hair was spread out on her chest. She stared at the tip of her shoes and said to Su Qingyu, "Shuangxi, the shoes are too small."
Su Qingyu squatted beside the second young lady, and the straw in the second young lady's mouth fell on Su Qingyu's hair.
"Miss, you don't have to wear them." Su Qingyu touched the second young lady's embroidered shoes. The brocade felt smooth and wrapped around her bulging deformed feet.
"Why hasn't the scholar come to see me yet? Did you tell him that he could leave through the back door?"
"He knows. The young lady told him personally."
"Shuangxi, aren't you hungry?" The second young lady put her hand on her belly. "You eat less and talk more than before."
Su Qingyu did not respond to the second lady's question, but told her: "The scholar is going to cut down the pillar."
The second young lady suddenly stood up from the bed, picked up the embroidered shoes on the table, and put them in her mouth to chew. While chewing, a strange sound came from her throat.
The voice was both crying and laughing.
She seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.
Finally, a scholar came who did not run away but went to cut down the pillar that symbolized Master Shi.
The scholar's actions touched the second young lady's obsession.
On the other side, Shen Sinian told the eldest young master Ye Sisi to prepare to chop the pillar. The eldest young master also took action. He put down the corpse hanging in the room, stuffed the red silk in his hand into his throat, and then tore the red wedding dress to pieces.
Xu Yizhi and Ye Sisi found the axe.
They walked to the woodshed to avoid being seen by the eldest lady, and spoke in a voice loud enough for her to hear the story of chopping the pillars.
He found the eldest lady again and pretended to say the same words unintentionally.
The next day.
Outside the stone mansion, the sound of gongs and drums and suonas echoed through the sky.
The lock of the woodshed had long been rusty, and the shabby wooden door could be pushed open with a little force.
The eldest lady pushed the door open. She was skinny and there was no sign of humanity on her face. She only had the last bit of energy left to support her numb body as she walked towards the lobby.
The second young lady took off her red embroidered shoes. Her foot was broken in the middle, and the four toes except the big toe were bent towards the center of the foot, pointing like sheep's hooves.
At this time, the second young lady was walking on the bluestone road wearing only white socks, and was heading towards the lobby as if she was being summoned, and Su Qingyu was following behind her.