As the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped. There is some truth to this.

Let's just say that Nanwu City, probably in the center, is the place where the official office is located, around the official office, there is a large circle of official residences, and then outside, there are many differences.

The strange thing is that the fine bamboo alley where the green buildings gather is not far from the official residence.

The south of the city and the east of the city are all rich or expensive people, correspondingly, the restaurant restaurant Buzhuang rice shop is a high-end goods.

The north of the city is a little worse, and most of them are well-off families. The west of the city is filthy and destitute.

According to the impression of the eldest lady, tuberculosis is a disease that only exists in the west of the city, and it is occasionally heard of in the north of the city.

Although the third young master Jiang is ranked third, he is actually the eldest son of the long house. Thinking of the expression on her son's face, and thinking of her daughter-in-law's illness, the eldest lady couldn't help frowning, and raised her chin at the eldest girl beside her: "I called the young master to my room and asked him if I had something to ask." ”

The big girl didn't dare to slack off, and almost felt the courtyard of Third Young Master Jiang on her heels.

As a big girl with a head and a face next to the eldest lady, Xifeng rarely comes to the young master's yard.

She didn't want to be misunderstood for the young master's special meaning.

I haven't been here for a while, and the courtyard of the third young master looks a little different.

It was already night, but the lights in the courtyard didn't look very clear, only two wind lanterns were quietly lit. In the past, the maids lived in a dark building, and I don't know if there was no one to live in or they went to bed early. The main room was covered with thick curtains and curtains, barely revealing a little dimness.

The mother-in-law who guarded the door didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly let Xifeng in.

When the third young master heard that his mother was calling, he naturally lifted his feet and left. The first two little guys hurriedly chased after them with lanterns.

Xifeng was about to go back with him, but he didn't want the cold dew beside the third young grandmother to come out to say hello.

Hanlu was also by Madame's side, because the young master married a wife, Madame was not at ease, thinking that Hanlu was an honest and capable person, so she gave it here to serve the new young grandmother.

The two of them have always been good, but when they saw Hanlu coming, Xifeng was not busy leaving, anyway, Mrs. had a lot of people there, and she was not one of them.

"Why are you wearing so little?" Although Han Lu came out of the house, she was wearing a thick jacket, and seeing that Xifeng was only wearing a blue satin jacket, she hurriedly asked the little girl to come over with a hand stove.

Xifeng smiled: "This jacket looks thin, but in fact, it has duck feathers added to it, but it is warm." I followed Mrs. Tai to Mrs. Tai's side just now, so it was difficult to make a bear, not to scold. ”

Hanlu ignored what she said, just stuffed the brass hand stove into Xifeng's hand, and asked in a low voice, "You came from Mrs. Tai's side, how is Mrs. Tai now?" ”

Xifeng was taken aback, and asked about the master's condition, which was not allowed in this house. Although Hanlu is not yet twenty years old, he is also an old man, how could he ask about this.

Seeing Xifeng's hesitation, Han Lu smiled bitterly: "If you don't say it, I know it well, it's not like us," he said, and gestured to the room, indicating that he was referring to the third young grandmother, "It's the same disease." Now it's been dragged around, there are always two or three months, and the medicine residue can be packed in a sack, but it is not good. ”

Xu was in a hurry, Han Lu covered his mouth with a handkerchief, coughed a few times in a low voice, and hurriedly put down his hand, while picking up the teacup and drinking tea, suppressing the cough; Just look around. Fortunately, the little maids saw her two talking, and they were not around.

Xifeng smiled: "Look at you like this, it's just two coughs, it's just that the third young grandmother is asleep, can you still wake up?!" Even if you hear it, is it possible to blame you for this? ”

The person pointed out by the lady naturally has to have a face, and usually small things will not have a seizure.

Han Lu looked at Xifeng for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears, and for a while, the tears fell in strings, and she couldn't speak.

Xifeng couldn't laugh anymore.

What does this say?

Hanlu turned around without saying a word, and came in again after a while, with a small burden on her hand.

The burden is not much bigger than a slap, but it looks quite heavy.

Xifeng probably understood.

This must be Xifeng's softness.

Han Lu stuffed the burden in Xifeng's hand, looked around twice again, and said, "Good sister, you can help me keep this." If it's okay to turn around, of course it's best, if I have a bad one, give it to my old son for me. In the first few years in the house, I have also saved some things, and my old son and mother have these, and their hands are looser, so I don't need to look at my sister-in-law's face. ”

Xifeng grabbed Hanlu's hand holding the burden, didn't let her retract it, and asked, "Where has it come to this?" If you don't have a good time here, I'll give up my face with my wife and ask you to go back." It's really not good, out of this house, there will never be a long or short. ”

Han Lu's face was miserable, and she pulled her hand back fiercely, and said, "Good sister, you must remember to go back and wash your hands, it's best to burn today's clothes." Don't talk about us slaves, maybe...... No one can escape it. ”

Xifeng was shocked to her, thinking that from Mrs. Tai to the third young grandmother, and then to Hanlu, there were coughs, and when she heard Dr. Wang say that it might be tuberculosis, she stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Do you already know?" Don't think about it, Dr. Wang didn't say for sure, he just said that it was a little like tuberculosis, and it wasn't this one. How can we be such a rich and noble family with this disease? ”

Hanlu stood two steps away and sneered, "Why can't it be this disease?" Is the life of a rich man harder than that of a poor man? Not all of them were raised by their parents! I've seen it for a long time, but I just can't do it. ”

Saying that, Hanlu couldn't help coughing twice, and couldn't help it for a while, maybe he didn't want to bear it, and then he coughed down in one go, coughing until he couldn't breathe, holding a handkerchief to cover his mouth with one hand, and grasping his neckline with the other, and it took a while to ease up.

Seeing this, Xifeng wanted to step forward to help her pat her back, but Hanlu just waved her hand to prevent her from getting closer, gasped for two breaths, and continued: "Actually, the people in our yard have known for a long time, and no one dares to mention it." A while ago, the young grandmother was not so sick, and Miss Seven invited a girl Lin who knew medicine to come over and see it, and she didn't even touch the pulse, but she just looked at her face and asked about the condition, and Miss Lin said that it might be tuberculosis. The young master naturally didn't believe it, so he had a seizure at that time and drove Xiaoman out, and Miss Lin couldn't sit still, so she went immediately. ”

Han Lu squinted her eyes as she spoke, pulled the corners of her mouth, and said, "But what happened later?" I invited Wang Duzhong to come, and although I had less cough at night after taking medicine, I couldn't go to the root of the disease. A few of us young grandmothers around them gradually have symptoms, and they are always similar to young grandmothers, and they all endure it. ”

The more Xifeng listened, the more uneasy she became, pinching the small burden on her hand, and only felt very hot.