Cheng Gao has already married, and Zhou Shaojin no longer has an excuse to stay in the fourth room for a long time.
Today Cheng Xu was having lunch in the outer courtyard, so she was lucky enough to avoid him. What about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow
Cheng Xu is Madam Guo’s grandson. It is filial piety for him to come to visit Madam Guo. Can she stop him
Even as for Mrs. Guo, she is old and is looking forward to having many children and grandchildren to take care of her. But as time goes by, I am afraid that she will develop some resentment.
It really came to the point where I had to leave.
After seeing off Cheng Gao and his wife, Zhou Shaojin saw that Yuan looked like she had something to say to Madam Guo, so he got up and returned to Fucui Pavilion.
Chun Wan said with a smile: "Second Miss, take a nap quickly! Otherwise you will be too tired to go to Jiashu Hall later."
Because they wanted to keep Cheng Gao and his wife at Hanbi Shanfang for lunch, Mrs. Guo sent someone to inform Mrs. Guan. Mrs. Guan invited Mrs. Guo to Jiashutang for dinner in the evening, saying that the guests who came had gone back one after another in the afternoon. The first meal after the new daughter-in-law came home was to invite the people from the eldest house to gather together.
Mrs. Guo happily agreed.
Zhou Shaojin will also go with you later.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't fall asleep. She sat on the armchair by the window and whispered, "I'll play with my nephew for a while before going to sleep."
Chun Wan couldn't help asking, "Who did you make this for? Are you in a hurry?"
Zhou Shaojin said half-truthfully, "I made the fan for Uncle Chi. Miss Nanping asked me to do it. I wanted to finish it as soon as possible and start making small clothes for my nephew."
Chun Wan was relieved and smiled, "Then shall I make you a cup of stronger tea?"
Zhou Shaojin agreed with a smile.
Xiao Tan walked in happily and said, "Second cousin, Miss Cuihuan, who is with Miss Jia, is here."
What is she doing here
Zhou Shaojin thought about it and asked Xiaotan to bring her in.
She knelt down and saluted Zhou Shaojin, saying, "Second cousin, my young lady wants you to go to Manfang Pavilion."
Zhou Shaojin was surprised: "What are you going to Manfang Pavilion for?"
It was a pavilion not far from Hanbi Mountain House, by the lake. In the midsummer, standing there, you could see green leaves and lotus flowers. But now it was autumn, the lake was full of withered flowers, and the wind was already cold.
Cuihuan smiled and said, “My young lady said that she will wait for you there, and then we will go to the apricot orchard together.
Xingliu Garden is Cheng Gao’s new home.
Zhou Shaojin laughed and asked as he packed his things, "Does Madam Gao know that your young lady is coming over?"
"I know!" Cuihuan stepped forward swiftly to help her put away the needlework, and said, "The time was set by Madam Gao. She said she was afraid that if it was any later, they would have to have dinner."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded, changed her clothes, thought for a while, asked Chunwan to pack a few boxes of snacks for her, and then followed Cuihuan to Manfang Pavilion.
They walked westward through a winding bamboo forest. After walking for about half a cup of tea, Zhou Shaojin discovered that several Taihu stones of different shapes could be seen from time to time along the path.
She couldn't help but stop.
In the gardens of Jiangnan, if this kind of Taihu stone appears beside a bamboo path, usually if you go further ahead, you will see a stone forest or rockery made of Taihu stone.
Cuihuan looked at Zhou Shaojin in confusion.
Zhou Shaojin asked: "Why did you think of going here?"
Cuihuan said: "Uncle Zheng said it's closer this way!"
Zhou Shaojin suddenly felt that his breathing had stopped.
After a while, she said softly, "Since it was my cousin Jia who asked me out, why did you bring up Mr. Zheng?"
Cuihuan smiled and said, "When I was going out, I met Master Zheng. Master Zheng had just come back from outside and said that he had left a few pieces of Chengxin paper in the study room of the outer courtyard, and asked me to go and get them from the servant of the outer courtyard. Miss Jia was still waiting for me! I hesitated for a moment. Master Zheng asked me what was wrong. I thought it was not a bad thing, and I didn't dare to lie in front of Master Zheng, so I told him. Master Zheng pointed me to this road and asked me to go and come back quickly to help him deliver the Chengxin paper to Linglong Pavilion." As she spoke, she looked confused and said, "Second cousin, is there something wrong?"
yes!
What's wrong
Cheng Ji decided to go to Xingliu Garden on a whim. Cheng Ji was always afraid of Madam Guo, so she asked Cui Huan to invite her to meet at Manfang Pavilion. Cui Huan accidentally met Cheng Zheng, who pointed a path to her... Everything seemed so reasonable... If she hadn't seen the Taihu stone beside the path, if she hadn't seen the bamboo forest, if she had no memory of her past life...
Zhou Shaojin stood in the middle of the bamboo forest, took a few deep breaths, and said in a deep voice: "You lead the way!"
Cuihuan replied "OK", but there was suspicion on her face.
Zhou Shaojin didn't want to say anything more.
Some things, when they are supposed to come, will always come.
She couldn't hide even if she wanted to!
But she is no longer the timid and cowardly Zhou Shaojin of her previous life, not the Zhou Shaojin who would look for her own mistakes first when something goes wrong!
She whispered a few words to the Spring Festival Gala.
The Spring Festival Gala was shocked.
Zhou Shaojin looked at her without saying a word, his pair of black and white eyes were as cold as stars.
Chun Wan gritted her teeth, nodded fiercely, and said, "Miss, don't worry, I'll get it right away."
Zhou Shaojin nodded and watched Chunwan leave the bamboo forest.
After walking a few steps, Cui Huan found that Zhou Shao Jin had not caught up with her, so she turned back and looked at Chun Wan's disappearing figure. She couldn't help but ask, "Second cousin, what are you doing..."
"I remembered that I had made a waistcoat for Mr. An, so I asked Chunwan to go back and get it and bring it over." Zhou Shaojin said with a smile, but his hands hidden under his sleeves were clenched into fists.
I hope she is wrong!
I hope this is just her imagination!
Zhou Shaojin lowered his eyelids.
Cuihuan and Zhou Shaojin chatted while waiting for the Spring Festival Gala: "Second cousin, are you doing embroidery again? The pair of kang screens you embroidered for our young lady last time were praised by everyone. Second cousin, how did you come up with the idea of embroidering kang screens for our young lady? Do people in Luoyang sleep on kangs? Can't they sleep on beds?"
She would marry and follow Cheng Ji, and she was more worried than Cheng Ji about what the situation in the Li family would be like.
Zhou Shaojin said to her, "I have never been to Luoyang, so I don't know what it is like there. But I heard that people in Huanghe sleep on a kang, but I don't know if it is true. After you go there with cousin Jia, you may want to write back when you have time so that the maids at home can also see it..."
Cuihuan listened and couldn't help but wonder.
The weather is so cool, why is there sweat on the second cousin's forehead
She was about to ask a question when Chun Wan came running over breathlessly: "Second Miss, I got the waistcoat!" After saying that, as if afraid that Zhou Shaojin would not believe it, she shook the waistcoat in her hand towards Zhou Shaojin.
Zhou Shaojin smiled.
Cuihuan was even more strange.
Why does the second cousin's smile look so forced
Are you feeling unwell
Cuihuan thought she should show some concern, but Zhou Shaojin had already walked forward: "Don't let cousin Jia wait anxiously."
Too!
Cheng Ji has a quick temper and can't stand waiting for people.
Cuihuan had no choice but to keep the words in her heart and hurried forward with Zhou Shaojin.
In a blink of an eye, they saw the Taihu stone rockery.
The mossy bluestone slabs meander upwards, with white wild flowers swaying beside them, full of wild interest.
Zhou Shaojin’s face turned pale.
She still remembered that in her previous life, when she and Cheng Ji walked up there, she almost slipped on the moss.
Are we in that cave again
Zhou Shaojin never dared to think about those details.
I just felt a dull pain in my limbs.
She walked up step by step, and every step she took felt like she was walking on the tip of a knife, causing her pain like being tortured to death.
The cave was dark and the humid air hit me in the face.
There was someone sitting on the bluestone slab at the entrance of the cave, holding his chest and groaning.
The autumn afternoon sunlight was blocked by the towering trees, and only the outline of a man could be made out.
Chun Wan said nothing, but held the handkerchief tightly in her hands.
Cuihuan was greatly surprised. She took two steps at a time and walked forward, shouting, "Who's there?"
The man looked up, and his handsome appearance could be vaguely seen.
"Yes, it's Uncle Xu!" Cuihuan felt relieved and stepped forward and knelt down to salute.
Cheng Xu was drunk and sat there blankly, like a clay statue, without any reaction.
Cuihuan took a few steps forward and asked gently, "Master Xu, why are you sitting here alone? Where are your followers?"
Cheng Xu looked at her with a dull expression.
Cuihuan sighed, turned around and said to Zhou Shaojin, "Second cousin, Master Xu is drunk. He may be afraid of losing his composure in front of his elders, so he is hiding here alone. Do you want to watch over Master Xu here? I'll go get Huanxi."
For some reason, Zhou Shaojin wanted to laugh.
In her previous life, she was like this too, so she foolishly walked over and asked him if he wanted her to find his personal servant... But Cheng Xu hugged her tightly... He let her cry, beg for mercy, and curse...
Then Cheng Ji came back and screamed... Then, many people rushed in!
But in this life, the person who brought her here was Cuihuan.
Zhou Shaojin just found it funny.
She walked slowly towards Cheng Xu.
My heart feels like it is immersed in ice water, cold from the inside to the fingertips.
Cheng Xu grabbed her hand.
A stench of alcohol hit me.
Zhou Shaojin's heart sank and he vomited with a "wow".
"Second cousin!" Cuihuan, who had not walked far yet, ran over worriedly.
But before she could get close, Cheng Xu had already pulled Zhou Shaojin into his arms, mumbling: "You are Shaojin, I know, you are Shaojin..."
Zhou Shaojin was not frightened silly like in his previous life. Instead, he used all his strength to push him away in a disgusting manner.
Despite this, her wrists were still held tightly by Cheng Xu and she couldn't break free.
Chunwan rushed forward and stood between Cheng Xu and Zhou Shaojin.
Only then did Zhou Shaojin feel a piercing pain in his wrist as if it had been broken.
Her eyes suddenly turned red, and she hissed, "Cheng Xu, do you know what you are doing?"
Two lives, this sentence lingered in her mind for a long time, but she couldn't find the answer.
Cheng Xu paused.
Someone rushed in, punched Cheng Xu in the face, and shouted, "Scumbag!"
Cheng Xu staggered back, unwilling to let go of Zhou Shaojin's hand, causing Zhou Shaojin to almost fall into his arms.
The man quickly hugged Zhou Shaojin in his arms and kicked Cheng Xu.
Cheng Xu cried out "Ouch!" and covered his chest, then let go of Zhou Shaojin.
Zhou Shaojin felt that half of his body was numb, and he couldn't help but hide in the arms of the person who came and shouted "Jiying".
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Sisters and brothers, today's update!
PS: The superior unit will come to inspect tomorrow, so I can’t control the time. The update will be around 11pm. But I will try to update it earlier.
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The typos have been corrected. If there are any omissions, please forgive me. I have proofread it for the second time.
※(To be continued)