Chapter 6: The Poorer You Go
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With Zhao's instructions, Xu Yunhua took Qing'er back to the courtyard, the stewed white fungus soup before they left was still on the stove, and Qing'er was busy bringing a bowl to the master.
"Girl, the soup is warm, it's the right time to drink it, and the maid has added wolfberries and raisins to it according to what you said, so you can taste it."
Xu Yunhua sat at the table, held the white porcelain bowl in his hand, scooped it up with a small spoon, and drank it in small sips.
Qing'er saw that her master was drinking happily, so she went around her back and gently rubbed her shoulders for her, "Girl, is this comfortable?" ”
"Comfortable, comfortable." Xu Yunhua nodded.
Seeing that a small bowl of white fungus soup had bottomed out, Xu Yunhua remembered the jewelry that her second aunt bought for herself today, so she patted Qing'er's hand and motioned her to stop, "You go and get my eight treasure chest." ”
Xu Yunhua said that the eight treasure chest is a small box made of ebony given to her by her mother, and this box is also one of the things that her mother married into her husband's family, because there are eight spaces and eight small drawers from top to bottom, so it is named "Eight Treasure Chest", which stores most of the jewelry she has brought or has not yet had time to bring.
"Whoa."
Qing'er agreed, and after a while, she took out the box from the closet next to the bed in the tent, and then opened the lock on it with the key she kept closely.
In Qing'er's memory, the girl moved to the second master's house for more than four years, but she rarely let her open the box.
When the box was put in front of her, Xu Yunhua personally got started, first opened the top layer of small drawers, and she vaguely remembered the things inside, which were small bracelets made of silver or gold for babies and small objects such as longevity locks, because she was getting older now, these things were no longer needed, so they had been stored here.
Looking down at the second and third floors, there are some colorful hairpins and hairpins, including gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones, wrapped in small scarves and neatly placed together.
"Girl, look, this step is still a golden phoenix, and the eyes of the phoenix are inlaid with rubies, which is really rare." Qing'er couldn't help but say.
Xu Yunhua picked up the step shake and put it in his hand and looked at it slowly, it was really a good thing, it was very exquisite, and when she remembered the origin of this step, she couldn't help laughing.
"I remember my mother told me that this step was originally my aunt's, when I was young, when I went to my uncle's house for the first time, I fell in love with my aunt's head at a glance, and I cried if I didn't give it, so my aunt gave it to me directly as a meeting gift, but I was young, so I didn't have the opportunity to bring it, so I saved it here."
Looking at this step full of memories, Xu Yunhua couldn't help but remember her grandfather's family again.
She remembers that her mother's family has always lived in Dingzhou, and when her parents were still alive a few years ago, the two sides have always been in contact, but with the death of her parents, she came to live at her second uncle's house in Baotao County, and there was no more contact.
In her impression, her grandfather's family has always been good to her, and her uncle's family has a cousin and a cousin, who were her best playmates when she was young.
Thinking of this, a hypothesis suddenly popped up in Xu Yunhua's mind, if his parents died, he went to his grandfather's house, and his grandfather, grandmother, and uncle's protection, presumably his life would not be as worried and unsatisfactory as it is now.
Seeing that the master was a little stunned, Qing'er stood on the side and asked carefully, "Girl, what do you want?" ”
Xu Yunhua came back to her senses and smiled, "Oh, it's nothing. ”
After putting the step back into the third drawer, and taking out a few pieces of jewelry that could get into Xu Yunhua's eyes, the master and servant continued to look down, and when they reached the fourth layer, there were five taels of silver bills, a total of ten, a full fifty taels. Xu Yunhua has not been here for a long time, and she is not so sensitive to the currency symbols used in this era, but she has settled an account, for a girl like her, who only has two taels of money a month, fifty taels can already be regarded as an astronomical amount.
And then there is the fifth layer, which is a hairpin ring used by some young girls, but in contrast, it is mainly made of silver, these are all after coming to the second uncle's house, the second aunt during the New Year's holidays, and some other elders and relatives are rewarded, no matter in terms of quantity or quality, it is not good.
The sixth, seventh, and eighth floors are empty.
When Xu Yunhua saw this, she finally took stock of all her property, but it seems that she, the eldest girl of the Xu family, is really anticlimactic, and she is getting poorer and poorer.
Thinking of this, Xu Yunhua sighed, and instructed Qing'er to put the hairpin and earrings rewarded by the Zhao family today, and then picked out an inconspicuous silver ring from the fifth layer and rewarded her.
"Thank you, girl." Qing'er didn't seem to expect her reward, and she was overjoyed.
"Come, you comb my hair, I've been tossing for a long time, I'm a little tired, I want to squint for a while."
With that, Xu Yunhua got up and sat in front of the dressing table, and a bronze mirror was placed in the center, which clearly reflected her appearance.
Although she came here and became the eldest girl of the Xu family, she has been half a month younger, but Xu Yunhua is still a little uncomfortable with her current eyebrows, so she has never dared to look at herself carefully through the mirror.
But there is a saying that 'if you come, you will be safe', if this nonsensical crossing was originally arranged by God, then what she can do is to accept this arrangement safely, work hard here, at least for herself in exchange for a safe and smooth, and well-fed world!
Thinking about this truth, Xu Yunhua suddenly felt a lot calmer, she raised her head to look at the person in the mirror, and looked carefully, on the small melon seed face, the eyebrows were like distant mountains and daisies, the eyes were like autumn water waves, under the high nose bridge, the lips were not dotted and vermilion, coupled with smooth and delicate white skin, and hair like clouds and algae, the combination was perfect.
If it grows for another two years, she will definitely be a stunning beauty who can grow into a famous city!
No wonder Xu Peihua hates herself so much, it seems that her hate doesn't come out of thin air, it's unreasonable, at this age, I'm afraid that ordinary girls don't like to meet opponents who look better than themselves, not to mention that she is still a cousin who dangles under her nose every day, she wants to kick but can't kick away, and it is inevitable that she will not be put aside by others for comparison when she stands together.
Thinking about this, Xu Yunhua was not so disgusted with her cousin.
"Girl, your hair has been combed, and the servant will help you to take a nap on the couch."
It's still daylight at this time, and it's always unruly to go to bed, in order to prevent Zhao from catching the slightest mistake on their part, Xu Yunhua and Qing'er are always so cautious on weekdays.
But as soon as the two of them stood up and walked to the Furong couch, they heard someone coming in the hall outside, and the master and servant looked back and saw that it was Caiping, the maid who was waiting for the Zhao family in the main house.