Chapter 4: The Past
The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and it was a good sunny day.
Zhou Shaojin's mood became brighter like this weather.
Although there is still some uncertainty in her heart, as long as she thinks that her sister is by her side and their sister's life is still stable and quiet, she is a little less hesitant and a little more calm.
Counting the days, it is only seven or eight days before the birthday of the ancestor of the second room, as long as she waits patiently, she can know whether she has had a ridiculous dream or is alive again.
Zhou Shaojin asked Shi Xiang to help her find clear paper and charcoal pens, and she wanted to make a few summer clothes for her sister.
That way, she doesn't have to think about it anymore.
In the past, she would do needlework when she encountered this kind of thing, and then she didn't think about anything, and during the flying needle threading, her mood would gradually calm down, and those worries would gradually disappear.
However, it's not all true.
At first, it was Mother Fan who took care of her diet and daily life, and Mother Min sent her sister to be the housekeeper, but later Mother Min was old and went home to raise her, and her sister acquiesced to the housekeeper sent by Mother Zheng sent by Lin Shisheng.
Thinking of this, Zhou Shaojin shook his head.
Lin Shisheng...... To be honest, it's pretty good for her!
I don't know what he's doing now? Is there such a person?
She sighed softly and drew a pattern at her desk.
Zhou Youjin was startled when she came into the room, pointed to the patterns on the table, and said hesitantly: "This, you painted it?" ”
Bright and gorgeous, she has never seen it, and it doesn't look like it's popular in Jinling.
"Hmm." Zhou Shaojin raised her head and looked at her sister with a smile, "Is it good-looking?" ”
The room covered with Korean paper was still a little dark despite the daytime, her porcelain-like white and smooth skin shimmered a little in the darkness, and her big apricot eyes were bright and quiet, as if they were shining jewels, clear and moving.
It's beautiful!
Zhou Chujin couldn't help but touch her sister's head and smiled: "It's good-looking!" It's just that I've never seen it before, so I'm a little surprised. I used to only see you writing and drawing in the house, but I didn't expect you to be able to draw patterns by yourself. ”
She was a little emotional, but more proud and happy with honor.
Zhou Shaojin was very happy in her heart, and couldn't help but smile, and said, "Then which one do you like?" I'm going to make you two sets of clothes. ”
After she went to the Grange in Daxing, she had nothing to do every day, except for the Jokhang Temple to worship the Buddha, she was at home to play with flowers and plants, embroidery and tailoring. What is it to draw a pattern, Guanyin has embroidered like her. Later, he gave Lin Shisheng a gift, and he was praised by the nobles in the palace. She was afraid that someone would ask for it, so she deliberately took the time to embroider a few more, but who knew that Lin Shisheng never mentioned this matter again. As a result, Lin Shisheng didn't mention it, she didn't ask, she forgot about it, and finally didn't know where Fan's mother put her things.
Zhou Shaojin felt a little pity when he thought about it.
It will take a lot of time to see these tricks, my sister has this heart, Zhou Chujin already feels very happy, she smiled and said: "Don't be so troublesome, two days ago, my aunt called Tailor Feng into the house and made me a few more clothes." If you're okay, embroider two handkerchiefs for yourself, right? In four months' time, my grandmother's birthday will come, and when you give it as a birthday gift, my grandmother will be very happy. As she spoke, a trace of remorse flashed between her eyebrows, and she hurriedly said, "Why don't you ask Tailor Feng to come into the mansion to make you a few summer shirts?" I remember that you liked the jade white silver yarn very much, and when you were small, you took it out and wore it twice, and I had exactly two horses there......"
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but feel hot.
My sister is afraid that she will be too careful, right?
In the past, as soon as she heard what her eldest aunt had done for her sister, she would be depressed for several days, and she was a little uncomfortable with her sister and the people around her. Now it seems that the eldest aunt couldn't be more right. Regardless of anything else, let's just talk about making clothes. She is still young, it is the time to grow taller, and she has made too many clothes, and some of them are small before they are even up, and they are only pressed to the bottom of the box. My sister is about to get married, even if she can't finish dressing, she can still reward some of the Liao family's maids and wives when she goes to the Liao family, which is also a rare dignity.
"Sister." She interrupted Zhou Chujin's words gently, took her sister's hand, and said sincerely, "The silver yarn is a tribute, and the idlers don't know it, it was the old lady who specially entrusted the long house by her grandmother to get it from the capital, and it was left for you as a dowry, you gave it to me, how can the one hundred and twenty dowry be gathered?" After saying that, he winked at her narrowly.
Zhou Chujin froze.
Sister, when did you learn to tease her?
You know, her sister is good at everything, but her mind is too delicate, it's not good if it's light, it's not good if it's heavy, and sometimes she doesn't know what to do, especially when things involve herself...... That's good now...... It's like two siblings who have nothing to do...... It's always been out of her reach!
Zhou Chujin had tears in the corners of her eyes, and she couldn't stop saying, "It's okay, it's okay." It's just two rulers, and my sister has a lot of good things, so if you fancy something, just take it......"
Zhou Shaojin's eyes also turned red when he heard this.
My sister got married and had a dowry brought in by her biological mother with red makeup, a grandmother, an aunt, etc., but she had nothing. Father doesn't care about her, brother-in-law helped her make a matchmaker, after sister and brother-in-law, sister gave her half of her dowry, although her brother-in-law is the son of the Liao family, the money is in the public, she doesn't have much self-care, borrowed 1,000 taels of silver from the same year, and made up 3,000 taels of silver for her to make a box of money, although Lin Shisheng later pulled his brother-in-law to do a pile of sales and buy, and made up for the money, but he owed his sister and brother-in-law a lot of favors......
Guilt, remorse, and shame are intertwined in his heart, whether it is to thank or apologize, Zhou Shaojin can't say it, so he has to cover his ears and steal the bell without thinking about it, he found himself under the steps, pretended to be frolicking and pushed his sister, and said coquettishly: "What did my sister say?" Is my eyelids so shallow? I'm still waiting for my brother-in-law to ask my brother-in-law for a big red envelope when he comes to marry my sister's house! You won't be reluctant, will you? ”
Zhou Chujin suddenly blushed with shame, and stepped forward to cover Zhou Shaojin's mouth: "Little girl, dare to say anything, be careful I let Mother Fan teach you a lesson!" ”
"Mother Fan is reluctant to teach me a lesson!" Zhou Shaojin dodged with a grin.
The two sisters chase and laugh in the house.
The Fan Liu family and the Ma Fushan family inside and outside all breathed a sigh of relief.
It's raining and it's sunny!
Zhou Shaojin stayed in the inner room in the afternoon to draw tricks, Zhou Chujin had to learn to manage housework with Grandma Chu, and in the afternoon, he followed Grandma Chu's side. The Wanxiang residence where the sisters lived was peaceful and quiet, the maids and women were relieved, and the courtyard was once again brisk.
When it was time for dinner, Cheng Yuan's little servant Songqing suddenly came over and said, "The young master heard that the second cousin was suffering from the cold, so he asked me to send some windproof holy blades." ”
Under the medicine box, there is also a colorful butterfly kite.
Zhou Shaojin was silent for a long time.
Sixteen-year-old Cheng Lu, she doesn't remember it anymore, and Cheng Lu in her memory has a hideous face.
She ordered the Spring Festival Gala that came in with a complicated mood: "You go and tell Songqing, I'm sick and it's not easy to see guests, let him thank my cousin for me, and when I'm better, I'll invite him." ”
The Spring Festival Gala was surprised.
In the past, the second lady was very happy to take over Uncle Uncle's things, but today she has no energy!
She replied "yes" in confusion and bowed back.
Zhou Shaojin was in no mood to draw tricks.
The Cheng family has a total of five rooms, and Cheng is a five-room side branch, which is further separated from the other four rooms. Although he lost his father at a young age, his family was wealthy, he was famous, his mother Dong was determined to keep the festival, and the young widowed Mrs. Guan was quite sympathetic to the Dong family, and the Dong family was born in the market, there was no capable person in her mother's family, she was orphaned and widowed, and the festival was because she was counting on the Cheng family to protect their mother and son and keep the family's wealth, so she was naturally willing to be close to Mrs. Guan. After coming and going, the relationship between the Dong family and the fourth room is closer than the relationship between the fifth room, and Cheng Lu has also passed the county and government examinations because of the careful teaching of the Cheng clan to teach the course.
In her impression, Cheng Lu participated in the college examination in April, ranked sixth, and became a student with good rice.
With Cheng Xu's age, no matter where he is placed in, he will shine, and he was born in the Cheng family and studied in the Cheng clan - two years ago, the fifteen-year-old Cheng Xu was killed, and the hospital took the lead and became the head of the case in the year of Gui Si.
Zhou Shaojin frowned, stood up and walked around the room twice before his mood calmed down. Just as he was about to clean up his mood and pick up the charcoal pen again, Cheng Ji's eldest maid came over.
"Miss Second Cousin!" She smiled and bent her knees and handed over a wooden box, "Our young lady asked me to come and see your illness?" Q: When will it be good? Uncle Zheng went to Mount Tai and came back, brought a few boxes of white-faced Sichuan fans, and our young lady asked me to bring a box over, saying that you can draw a few fans when you are bored, and you can use them in the summer. ”
Uncle Zheng, Cheng Ji's brother.
Cheng Ji, the eldest lady of the Cheng family's three-room ...... The one who played with her from childhood to adulthood...... In the end, he pushed her into the abyss with his own hands......
Zhou Shaojin looked at Cuiyu and remembered the letter that Cheng Ji asked Cuiyu to bring to her before he died, which only had the words "I'm sorry" written on it...... She was suddenly a little afraid of seeing Cheng Ji, as if the scabbed wound would be torn open, and her heart and lungs would be bloody and painful.
"You go and tell your young lady, I, I will be well in a few days." Her voice was astringent, "When I'm ready, I'll go and play with her." ”
Miss Tuesday's spring pity flowers came to autumn sad leaves, I don't know why I was in a bad mood again.
Cuiyu smiled and agreed, but said goodbye with some disapproval in her heart.
Zhou Shaojin's chest was dull like a big stone, and he was just looking forward to the birthday of the ancestor of the second room coming soon.
Falling like this, it is like a blunt knife cutting meat, which is too uncomfortable.
What she didn't expect was that things would soon change.
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Sisters, I am at work as usual on National Day, and there is no Internet, it takes half an hour's drive from work to home, and the manuscript has not been proofread...... It's a lot of headaches.
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