The gold foil of the five-petal sunflower celadon bowl is obviously very old, and it has a mottled glow under the light.
A plain white hand put the spoon dipped in concoction back into the bowl with the bottom still left. Xi Fuwei took out the embroidered handkerchief from her sleeve, leaned over and wiped the sweat from her forehead to her brother Xi Fucui who was lying on the bed. The mountain-like eyebrows frowned slightly: "Brother, do you feel better?"
"I feel much better." Xi Fucui, who is five years older than her, is in his prime. He is the eldest son and the only son of Xi. The brother and sister lost their mother when they were young. They were raised by their father Xi Zongwang. For more than three years, the father and son have been raised. We depend on each other for life and have a very deep relationship. When I saw my sister asking about it, I immediately smiled and said softly, "I feel a lot more relaxed today. I think I'm almost ready."
However, when he said this, there was an abnormal blush on his pale face, and his thin voice was even more erratic and weak, which made Xi Fuwei's heart sink.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he still endured it and just smiled: "Brother, counting the time, Qiu Wei's ranking should be close. I don't know if you will get the solution this time." Yuan?"
"Our Dongchang Mansion seems to be a little depressed now, but before the Huiteng River was silted up, it was also a place of outstanding individuals and produced many talents. Even now, there are so many masters that it is impossible to solve the problem." Xi Fu. Hearing this, Cui was humble at first, and then said confidently, "But the top five should be fine!"
As the saying goes, "thirty-year-old Jinshi" means that you are still young when you are thirty years old.
Although Xi Fucui is only taking the provincial examination at the moment, at his age, it is an honor to be able to pass the exam. Now, before the results are released, he claims to be in the top five, so that people who don't know about it will think that he is arrogant.
But in fact, as the most famous talent in Dongchang Prefecture in recent years, he established his reputation as a child prodigy when he was eight years old.
When he was only fifteen years old, he passed the childbirth examination and was once the youngest scholar in Dongchang Prefecture.
He originally planned to take the Provincial Examination at the beginning of the new year, but when he was extremely happy, he suddenly suffered a serious illness, which made him lie down for two years before he recovered.
Before the end of the game this time, he was almost in recovery.
Who would have known that the climate in Dongchang Prefecture suddenly changed during the exam, and it rained heavily for several days. The rooms in the examination room were in disrepair, and were leaking from the wind and rain. Many candidates who were usually in good health fell ill, like Xi Fu Cui, who was in trouble, only made matters worse... He managed to hold on until he stepped out of the examination room with his front legs, then fainted on his back legs!
At this moment, Xi Fuwei recalled the shock of the father and daughter witnessing all this outside the examination room. She was frightened and couldn't help complaining again: "Since the eldest brother knows his talent and is still young, why should he end up in such a hurry? If not This time I took part in the autumn exam, and you won’t be lying here now. Seeing you like this makes me and dad very worried!"
Xi Fucui was sarcastic when he heard the words. In fact, he had heard these words several times in the past two days. He felt regretful in his heart. After all, Xi Zongwang was old and he had no brothers to help him. Although he had a male heir, he was Tongfang was born, and Tongfang also had dystocia... What if he had a misfortune, a family of old, weak, women, and children, how would he survive
But the done deal is now too late to regret.
At this moment, I was racking my brains to think of words to coax my sister, when I heard a soft cough from the door.
The brother and sister asked at the same time: "Who? What is it?"
Then I heard Xi Fuwei's personal maid Zhan Chun whispering through the door curtain: "Master, Miss, someone from the Wen family has come. Now I am talking to the master in the main room, because one of the people who came is the aunt of the eldest master Wen. The master invites the miss Go out and talk to Mrs. Su!" Upon hearing this, Xi Fucui hurriedly urged his sister: "Your fiancé's aunt, don't neglect her! Go and have a look quickly, lest people think you are deliberately neglecting her if you are late!"
"This marriage was originally decided upon because I saw you, eldest brother, getting admitted as a scholar with your hair tied up, and because of your future success." Xi Fuwei didn't care much and said, "If you knew I was here, If I stay with you, I won’t be offended!”
"Wen Xianyun is the eldest son of the leading wealthy family in Dongchang Mansion. We have all met him in person. He has a very upright appearance and is famous for his filial piety." Xi Fucui persuaded her with a smile, "If it weren't for the fact that he is the eldest son, he needs to inherit Wen Xianyun. The family business has delayed my homework, and now I am at least a scholar... It is not easy to find a husband like this. If you are more attentive, people will hear that your family likes you, and they will love you more after you get married. no?"
Xi Fuwei twitched the corner of her mouth, stood up, but did not go out. Instead, she came up to him and whispered: "I just heard that he was very filial, so I felt unsure... His father just paid it back, he kissed me Mom is said to have very strict rules! For such a filial son, if there is something my mother-in-law doesn't like after I leave the cabinet, who do you think he will help?"
"Don't talk nonsense, Mrs. Wen family is very virtuous." Xi Fucui was slightly startled after hearing this, frowned subconsciously, and said, "Besides, this marriage happened five years ago when you were only ten years old. It was settled in a hurry. At first, my father felt that it was wrong for the two families to be incompatible with each other, and he was afraid that you would be wronged after you went there. But seeing the Wen family's sincerity, he agreed... In the past two years, you have seen the Wen family's enthusiasm for our family. Doesn’t he sound like someone who would choose people based on their family status?”
But after a slight pause, he still whispered, "If you are really worried, I will cancel this marriage for you when I feel better, and then I will choose the one you like... Life-long events in a girl's family are the most important. I am only your sister, so I must make sure that you get married as you wish!"
Xi Fuwei stretched out her hand to touch the corner of her mouth, then suppressed her smile and said, "Brother, just concentrate on recuperating! That's what I said... The Wen family values you so much, and for your sake, they won't let the Wen family Madam bullied me!"
The brother and sister said a few more words, and Zhan Chun came over again to urge her. Then she asked someone to come in to wait on Xi Fucui. She tidied up her appearance and went to the front to meet the guests.
In the main room, Xi Zongwang saw his daughter arriving late, frowned and scolded: "There are no rules! I told you earlier that a distinguished guest was coming to the house, but he didn't come until now! Why don't you hurry up and give you Uncle Wen Shi and Aunt Su?" Please excuse me?!"
But before the guest could speak, he changed his face to a smile and explained for his daughter, "Quinzi has not been well these past two days and has been resting on the bed. This child has always had a deep relationship with her brother. No, he has been waiting at the bedside all day long. , the moment just now was when the dog was about to take medicine, it must have been delayed for this reason!"
"What my parents said is outrageous." The visitors were a couple, and there were four or five attendants standing behind them. The masters and servants were all dressed up very well. Hearing this, they hurriedly said, "We are all members of the family, so we must be kind and niece." Came out in a hurry? Besides, the harmony and friendship between brothers and sisters is what we as elders would like to see. How can we blame the virtuous niece for this?"
He also asked about Xi Fucui's physical condition, "The master of the house knew that his nephew was ill, so he was very anxious! But now he is caught up in something in another place and can't come back for the time being! So he wrote a letter asking us to come over and take a look, and he took it with him by the way. Use the old ginseng to replenish your body."
Xi Zongwang quickly declined: "This is a good thing! I can just keep it for my own use. Where can I give it to the dog?"
But the guest's attitude was very firm, saying that the head of the Wen family had written in his own handwriting that the goods taken out from the warehouse by his mother's hands must be delivered to the Xi family.
If the Xi family doesn't accept it, they won't be able to explain it when they go back.
After the two parties gave in several times, Xi Zongwang finally accepted it: after all, Xi Fucui's current situation is indeed not very good, and he needs precious medicinal materials to nurse him back to health.
He felt overwhelmed and sighed: "My in-laws have worked too hard in the past two years!"
"As you said, such a good child is the fiancée of our eldest son!" Mrs. Su smiled when she heard this, looked at Xi Fuwei kindly, and said, "Speaking of this marriage, the head of the family also mentioned it in the letter. Here we are, the eldest son of our family and your son were classmates in the past. He is one year older than your son in age. Now he is twenty-one and has some time to take care of part of the family business... The master of the house means that it is time for the eldest son to get married! Look at this... ?”
Hearing this, Xi Fuwei quickly stood up, lowered her head and said, "Dad, Uncle Wen Shi, Aunt Su, I'm going to the kitchen to see how the lunch is being prepared!"
This is an unwritten rule nowadays. Girls are not allowed to listen to talk about their life events.
However, because Xi Fuwei's biological mother died young and her brother concentrated on his studies, she helped Xi Zongwang take care of everything at a very young age. She saw many scenes and was not as shy and timid as those rich ladies who had been raised in boudoir.
In her opinion, she wanted to hear such an important matter from beginning to end in person... The problem was that if she did this, the Xi family's reputation would be lost!
So at this moment, he immediately followed the rules and "shyly" went out. After sending away the servants on the left and right, he walked around to the back of the house. Seeing that no one was there, he turned over neatly and climbed up to the roof like an ape. I peeled off a few tiles for my feet, made a small hole, and looked down, watching and listening at the same time.
As expected, the discussion about her leaving the cabinet began, and it went very smoothly: the Wen family was very optimistic about Xi Fucui's future, and they loved Xi Fuwei very much. Both the number of betrothal gifts and the scale of the wedding far exceeded Xi Zongwang's psychological expectations.
They even took the initiative to hint that the Wen family had sent out all Wen Xianyun's roommates and the like to ensure that when Xi Fuwei walked through the door, she would see a clean and undisturbed backyard!
Not to mention that Xi Zongwang was smiling from ear to ear despite the generous conditions, and Xi Fuwei, who was eavesdropping, had nothing to say.
Thinking of her worries about her fiancé being too obedient to her parents, she sighed and thought to herself, she might as well forget about it. After all, the Wen family was treating the Xi family favorably, and they still had to be picky and even cancel the engagement. I'm afraid no one will poke the Xi family's backbone!
Putting aside her hesitation about the marriage, Xi Fuwei restored the tiles and landed on the ground. She was about to go to the kitchen to make a show when she suddenly heard a noise coming from the front. She frowned and immediately turned around to see who it was. Being so unruly and disturbing Xi Fucui's resting time
Unexpectedly, when I went to the front, before I even asked, I was pulled by a group of maids and women, who excitedly announced: "The person bringing the good news is here! Our young master is ranked third in the Asian championship list in high school!"
Xi Fuwei was stunned, and then she remembered that the Guibang was actually released today, but the Xi family was worried about Xi Fucui's condition, but they didn't take it seriously!
When I realized what was happening at this moment, I was so ecstatic that I didn’t even bother to personally greet the person who announced the good news. I just said, “Good luck!”
Lift up your skirt and run back!
Halfway through the run, he saw the maid serving Xi Fucui coming towards him with a anxious expression. When she saw Xi Fuwei, before she could tell her the good news she had just received, she immediately said: "Miss! It's not good, the young master... He just suddenly started vomiting blood!!!"
"!!!" Xi Fuwei's eyes widened instantly!