Chapter 1: Downfall

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At dawn, it rained last night, and not long after it stopped, there was still rain dripping from time to time on the pomegranate trees in the yard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Xu Lan stood in the courtyard and stretched. The yard was still quiet, she picked up the broom and began to sweep up the fallen leaves in the yard. I heard the sound of the door opening in the outer yard, it should be Mama Li in the front yard who got up. This is a small courtyard with two entrances, and the front yard is now inhabited by the Wang family's housekeeper and his wife, as well as Mama Li and Xiaoshunzi who are washing on the stove and pulp. There is also an ear room outside the yard, which is a place to keep horses and park carriages.

Xu Lan saw that the inner courtyard was almost cleaned, so she took the broom to the outer courtyard. The outer courtyard is not so easy to clean, because Mama Li has reclaimed a piece of land in the open space behind the ear room, and just yesterday she planted the seeds, and there is still a little mud brought in from outside the yard.

Xu Lan swept it and took water from the water tank in the corner of the wall and began to flush the ground.

The door squeaked open again, and Mama Li was carrying a basket, just returning from buying vegetables at the morning market. The morning market is three blocks away, but it is very close from the street through the alley.

"Mama Li, you're back" "Yes, Miss Lan, the slave will go cook right away." Mama Li still can't change her words, she has been staying in the Xu family for 20 years, but the Xu family moved here only this year.

Xu Lan looked at the ground and rushed almost to the ground, so she followed Mama Li to the stove to help. Xu Lan can now easily light firewood and burn it, in fact, she didn't use firewood in her previous life, and she couldn't light it at the beginning. Fortunately, Mama Li didn't get angry, but just taught her carefully. If the Wang family followed Mama Liu, who was waiting, I am afraid that Xu Lan would have a few more bruises on her body. Although she was also called Miss when she was in Xu's house, she often didn't have enough to eat, and she was often beaten and scolded by Mama Liu if she didn't pay attention to it, but she lived here, and after Wang assigned her to work with Mama Li, although she still scolded her, she didn't have to suffer from flesh and skin. Before waiting for that cheap daddy to come back, his life should not be sad. Xu Lan is in a good mood.

Xu Lan saw that it was almost burning, and she didn't care about the stove, said to Mama Li, took the hot water on the stove, and sent the copper kettle to the inner courtyard to wait for the Wang family to get up.

Xu Lan saw that the door of his brother Xuan'er's west chamber had opened, and hurriedly poured water from his brother's basin first, this cheap brother was a few months older than her. It's my tenth birthday in just over a month. Wait for him to wash up first. Brother Xuan was also born with a golden key, stretched out his hand from his clothes, opened his mouth with food, and was used to being served, and at first he didn't believe that he actually wanted to live in this small courtyard. was in a mood all day long, until the Wang family was angry with this precious son a few times before he finally accepted this fact.

Xu Lan wrung the face towel and handed it to him, dressed him, splashed the water and hurriedly ran to the east wing.

Wang Shi had been sitting in front of the bed, and he had been hanging for two months, just looking at her with cold eyes. Xu Lan poured water by herself, wrung the handkerchief and lowered her head to serve the Wang family.

When Wang saw Xu Lan's face, he thought of the former Aunt Xue, and thought of this woman who took away her husband. She married to Xu Mansion for half a year and was pregnant with Brother Xuan, and gave birth to her eldest son the following year. At that time, it was a bolt from the blue, if it weren't for Mama Liu, who had followed her since she was a child, she might not have been able to step over.

Watching Aunt Xue enter the door, holding a six-month-old belly. Fortunately, she has already given birth to her eldest son, otherwise she would never have given birth to a child!

Xu Yiliang, this bastard! Do this kind of thing, but what can you do, and how can you be willing to Brother Xuan.

Xu Yiliang gradually began to sleep in Yanliu at night, did not return home at night, was coaxed to gamble again, coaxed him to gamble more and more, and finally sold the house without telling his family, and gambled on two shops in good locations. But in a few breaths, these terrible images flashed through Wang's mind, and he almost wrenched the veil!

Fortunately, his brother came over in time to help solve the problem, so he lived here, and as a result, he had to sell Zhuangzi and took this broom star back.

threw the washed handkerchief into the basin with a "snap" and splashed Xu Lan's face. Xu Lan wanted to take the basin and smash it, but she couldn't help it, lowered her head and walked away with the basin.

After all, Wang is also a poor woman.

It's been more than a year since I've been here, although some of my habits have changed. But after living in another world for 30 years, some of my thoughts and behaviors have become deeply ingrained. Fortunately, although there are often strange behaviors, everyone also thinks that she is young, and it is over that she pretends to be stupid. The body's memories were not erased, but they were intermittent, as if they were often returning to a dream. And I heard that it was during the reign of Xuanxiaozong, and I had never heard of this dynasty at all.

Xu Lan knew that the biological mother of this body was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but Mama Liu beside the Wang family was also a ruthless character, otherwise the Wang family would not be able to compete with it at all, Aunt Xue died when she was four years old, and she was not impressed by her. Since her sudden death, she has lost her support, and she is not even as good as a maid in the house, and then she was sent to live in a grange in the countryside for more than a year by Wang on the excuse of illness. The cheap dad took Wang's brother to sell Zhuangzi again, and then he remembered that he was still in Zhuangzi. If Zhuangzi hadn't been sold, I'm afraid I wouldn't have taken it back.

The idea of freedom and equality for all. But in this feudal society, the hierarchy is so clear, and one's own mind can only turn oneself into a monster.

When he arrived at the side hall, Brother Xuan was already sitting on the table to eat. Frowning, obviously not very satisfied with the food, but also did not want to do unnecessary resistance.

Sister Xu Tang stood in the side hall and saw Xu Lan coming. He stepped forward and called "sister".

Xu Lan smiled at her and nodded.

Wang came over and sat down at the table sluggishly.

Xu Lan saw that the Wang family would not think of them, so she pulled her sister to sit down at the table.

"Mother, can I not go to school, I can learn well at home." Xu Xuan looked at the Wang family carefully.

Wang seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and after a few breaths, he looked at Brother Xuan and said, "No, you don't have to worry about anything else, just give me a good school." Mother is still waiting for you to be nominated for the gold list. ”

Xu Xuan looked at Wang's stern expression and didn't dare to make a sound.

Thinking that the classmates in the school except for Wang Jian still treated him like before, the other classmates were estranged from him and often pointed fingers. Huaiyang County is quite far away from Xijing City, and he has to stay alone in the school hall every day, and he can only go home every few days.

Thinking about it, I couldn't eat it and ran back to the West Chamber.

Wang watched his son run away without finishing his meal, and Brother Xuan, who was the person on the tip of her heart, hurriedly followed to watch.

Xu Lan didn't care about them. I took a bun for Xiaotang.

"Xiaotang, eat more, grow up quickly."

"Thank you, sister."

Xu Lan looked at this concubine with a smile. This sister is very well-behaved, but she is also very introverted. Her mother is Aunt Li, Aunt Li is the maid of the Wang family, in order to contain Aunt Xue, she was raised to Xu Yiliang as an aunt, but she died in childbirth. Raised by a nurse since childhood, although it is with the Wang family, but not close, after moving here, it is a room with himself, and the maids who have been waiting around him since childhood have been dismissed, and he has become quite dependent on himself.

Zhuangzi found a buyer, and his cheap dad went to Zhuangzi to deliver, and he will be back in the next two days.

It is said that after the accident, Wang reported to his brother, beat Xu Yiliang when he came over, and asked him to write a letter of guarantee. brought a housekeeper and a grandmother to help, and the Wang family had a quarrel and originally wanted to go back to his parents' house to live, but he didn't know why he stayed.

Although the Xu Mansion is not a rich family, it is also quite prosperous. The ancestor was originally a farmer and then went into business, and he earned two shops in the hands of Mr. Xu. After buying a house, he moved to live in Xijing City. Shinong industry and commerce, the status of merchants is the lowest, and Old Man Xu wants Xu Yiliang to study and gain fame and change his court. So since he was a child, he was asked to close the door and study. He also asked for the Wang family, although the Wang family was also from a scholarly family, his family background was very ordinary, and Xu Yiliang had been admitted to the Xiucai examination at that time, and the portal population was simple, which was also a good family business.

Xu Yiliang is the only son in the family, with two older sisters, who married into a merchant family in a neighboring county.

Mrs. Xu was very pampered to him, and Xu Yiliang was also a very obedient child when he was a child, and he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of eighteen. But he also developed an ignorance of mundane things and acted afloat. It's easy to be blinded.

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