This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Plains Marquis Mansion can be said to have not passed.

Not to mention arranging wine and admiring the moon, I didn't even eat together at night. Cheng Shaomu went out, but he still went far away, and he may not come back for a month.

The son is not at home, and there are many troubles in the house, and Mrs. Cheng is not even in the mood to set up wine. simply eat their own food, and they don't have to spend the holidays together.

The masters are like this, and the subordinates don't need to say it. According to the old practice, one more dish on August 15 is also considered a reward.

"It's rare to celebrate the holiday, and the uncle is not at home, if you want to go home for the holiday, just go back and come back before the day after tomorrow." Li Yingluo said to everyone.

The girls usually have holidays, but the New Year's holiday has always been the busiest time, and the girls naturally have no rest.

It's a rare opportunity, and the master is not at home, so it is reasonable for the girls to want to go back for a holiday and reunite with their families.

"Thank you, sister, just in case it ......," Hui'er said worriedly.

Of course, it is good to be able to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but thinking of Tianxiang who was taken away, she doesn't want to lose her errand because of a Mid-Autumn Festival.

Shen Xiu smiled and said, "It's okay, if the uncle blames it, I will bear it." ”

With Shen Xiu's guarantee, the little girls immediately relieved. Everyone knows that as long as Shen Xiu opens his mouth to Cheng Shaomu, there is nothing that will not be done.

Everyone packed up, and those who had a home to go back to went home, leaving only a few little girls and a few rough mothers-in-law in the courtyard.

"You can go back too." Shen Xiu said to Li Yingluo.

Li Yingluo has been on an errand for seven years, and she has not celebrated the holiday with her family. It's a rare opportunity, Li Yingluo should also go home.

"I'm ......" Li Yingluo also wanted to go back, but looked at Shen Xiu with some concern: "Then isn't there only you left in this house." ”

Shen Xiu laughed when she heard this, and said, "Isn't there still a little girl, I'm in the house again, will I still be abducted." ”

"But you ...... alone," Li Yingluo couldn't help but say, if she wasn't there, wouldn't Shen Xiu be even more lonely alone.

Shen Xiu said with a smile: "The two of us have spent so many Mid-Autumn Festivals together, and this one is not bad, so let's go back while it's still early." ”

"It's your birthday." Li Yingluo said.

Shen Xiusheng was born on August 15, which is easy to remember, but ......

On the big day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, even Cheng Shaomu will not celebrate a girl's birthday. For a long time, Shen Xiu's birthday was either passed early or later.

As for this year, it may be that there are too many things, and Cheng Shaomu has forgotten it at all.

Actually, it's no wonder that Shen Xiu is indifferent to Cheng Shaomu. No matter how affectionate Cheng Shaomu said, the girl still slept correctly, but now that there are so many things, she even forgot her birthday.

If it doesn't matter if the wife is still there, there is always an identity to rely on, and the only thing Shen Xiu can count on is the love of the male host.

"I'll make it up to me when you come back." Shen Xiu said with a smile, and urged Li Yingluo again: "Go back quickly." ”

Li Yingluo said: "Then I will come back tomorrow night, if you have anything, just send your mother-in-law to my house to look for me." ”

"Got it." Shen Xiu said with a smile.

Li Yingluo simply cleaned up and went home, and Tingfeng Xuan, who was originally quite lively, suddenly became cold.

The basic tidying up and tidying up of the little girls have been done, and when it was time for dinner, Shen Xiu was about to go to the kitchen to get food, when he saw the kitchen woman carrying the food box over, and said with a smile: "The uncle had an order before leaving, today is the girl's birthday, so let us prepare a table of wine and food for the girl's birthday." ”

Shen Xiu was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I'm tired of my mother." ”

"The girl is so polite." The mother-in-law said with a smile.

Shen Xiu called the girl to set the table together, took a penny of silver and stuffed it to her mother-in-law, and said with a smile: "I'm tired of my mother to go and take it to the bar." ”

The mother-in-law took the money and left with a smile.

The little girls set the table, and Shen Xiu called her mother-in-law over again. A table of wine and food, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival again, it is better for everyone to have fun.

"Uncle is so good to my sister." The little girl said with envy.

Shen Xiu smiled without saying a word, looked at the wine jug on the table, and said with a smile: "It's rare to have wine, everyone drink happily." ”

Everyone celebrates the festival together, but it is much more lively. In the end, the little girl and the mother-in-law cleaned up the follow-up, Shen Xiu left the two mothers-in-law to watch the night in the house, and after checking around, they made sure that the front and back doors of Tingfeng Xuan were closed, and then returned to the room.

On the candle lighting, Shen Xiu poured himself a cup of tea, and he couldn't help but sigh a long sigh.

Recently, the atmosphere in the house has been tense, and Cheng Shaomu is in a bad mood, and even she and Li Yingluo have to be careful to serve the marquis, and they are also extremely tired. It's rare that there is nothing to do today, and you can also take a good rest.

However, Shen Xiu didn't rest for long, the house had to be cleaned up, and things had to be tidied up. It's good to have a big room, of course, but it's also a hassle to clean up.

As she sorted out the cabinets, she felt like she was taking out the small box at the bottom of the box.

In it is her savings in the past few years, in addition to the monthly salary, there are some small things, which she collected in the bazaar, among which there is a white jade wrench, which was bought last time.

Although it is a thief, if it is done properly, it should be worth some money.

She has nothing to rely on, and a little silver around her is better than nothing.

"Alas, I hope this silver can make me ......" Shen Xiu said to herself a little bit, but she couldn't continue.

She hopes to get rid of the status of an official slave, she hopes to rehabilitate the Shen family, and she hopes to find her parents and brothers.

But all this hope, like a dream, was too far away from her.

Or she should accept her fate early and honestly be a concubine for Cheng Shaomu, if she is lucky enough to give birth to a son, maybe there will be hope in the future.

But why, she always felt so unwilling.

"Why did I survive, I ......"

seemed to be talking to himself, but it unconsciously made Shen Xiu burst into tears.

She thought of her mother, a daughter from a famous family, who married a good woman. The biggest worry in my life is just the wrong color of my nails.

When the officers and soldiers came in to raid the house, they could only hug her tightly, but they were quickly separated. Although they were all women, they were not imprisoned in one place.

She hadn't seen her mother since......

Later, she remembered that she admired her aunt, although she had always been at odds with her mother, but at this time she was very simple, hanged herself, and ended up with a whole corpse.

Not to mention that after entering the workshop, it is in prison, whether it is a man or a woman, life is worse than death.

In fact, over the years, she has also wondered why she was able to survive the three years she entered the workshop without incident, until Mrs. Cheng found her and then took her away.

She has always felt that if all this can go so smoothly, there must be a benefactor behind it.

The Shen family has been rich and prosperous for all these years, with countless relatives and friends, and countless objects of kindness, maybe it is really the Shen family's good retribution.

"If there is fate, I must repay this kindness." Shen Xiu said silently.

After thinking about it like this, Shen Xiu almost didn't sleep well all night. Even if I close my eyes occasionally, I will be awakened by nightmares.

Raiding the house, exterminating the clan, and entering the church, as if the sky had fallen, it was terrible, it was terrible.

When she opened her eyes, the sky was already bright, and the nightmare made her a little dazed, and even the sunlight outside the window seemed a little dazzling.

"What's the matter, you haven't gotten up yet."

Suddenly, a sentence came from outside the window, and it turned out to be Li Yingluo's voice.

Shen Xiu woke up instantly, got up and opened the door for Li Yingluo, but couldn't help but be surprised: "Why did you come back so soon?" ”

When I left, I said okay, I will only come back this afternoon, and it is only early in the morning.

Li Yingluo looked a little uncomfortable, and almost forced a smile and said, "I have nothing to do at home, so I came back early." ”

Shen Xiu knew that something was wrong, so she invited Li Yingluo to enter the door, and said, "I haven't freshened up yet, you can take care of yourself first." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingluo responded and walked straight into the door.

She was very familiar with Shen Xiu, and she didn't need Shen Xiu to greet her, so she sat down outside to drink tea.

Shen Xiu washed her face and changed her clothes, and saw that Li Yingluo had not spoken, and said, "Go home, aren't you happy?" ”

I haven't been home for the holidays for so many years, it's rare to go home for a trip, and the family should be happy.

"Nothing unpleasant." Li Yingluo said, but the expression on her face looked very annoyed.

If only something unhappy really happened, nothing happened, but it was even more depressing.

Grandfather, both parents were on errands in the Plains Marquis's Mansion, but unlike her, they were able to go home often. It's like going to work, when you're done with work during the day, you can go home.

And she has been eating and living in the house all these years. You can go home when you're free, but you don't really have to go home.

Shen Xiu sat down next to Li Yingluo and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just, it's just...... It's rusty. Li Yingluo said.

In the past, she only came home occasionally, and her parents were also very busy, and they all had something to say, and they almost didn't feel anything, so they were busy.

And this time she went home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, her relatives were there, and it should have been a happy time. But she felt a little at a loss, not only her, but even her parents.

It's her sister Yunshang, who is the intimate little padded jacket of her parents, and her parents' love for her, she really sees it in her eyes.

She wasn't jealous, and she didn't feel that her parents were particularly partial.

is also a daughter, one can't see each other a few times a year, and can't talk much. And the other one has always been by her side, and her personality is also gentle and considerate, and when Chenghuan knees, her parents will naturally love her more.

Human nature, but it makes her a little sad.

She always thought that she was right, even if the family had money, there was no shortage of her, and it was definitely not wrong for her daughter's family to earn a little more when they could earn it, and to have more silver in their hands.

But......

Family affection has been worn out a lot in time, if she has been at home and does not earn this monthly money, maybe her relationship with her parents will not be so estranged.

"You are not at home all the year round, and it is inevitable that you will be unfamiliar." Shen Xiu comforted her, "When you go back, it will be fine." ”

"I hope so." Li Yingluo said, but she was a little annoyed, and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter, I'm going to get married anyway." ”

It's just that there is some emotional rustiness, but the dowry is the same, and the grandfather has prepared it.

Two houses, one field, five hundred taels of silver.

These silver are nothing in the eyes of the master, but the granddaughter of the big housekeeper can marry so much, which is a lot.

"Don't talk badly." Shen Xiu said.

She knew very well that Li Yingluo would enter the house as a girl, and she also thought that she could subsidize the family, but the family would not need it later.

She is also thinking about earning a little more money and less burden on her family.

"Are the two girls in the house?"

Suddenly, a sentence came from outside the door, and the two couldn't help but stop the topic.

Li Yingluo got up and opened the door, and it was the housekeeper's daughter-in-law who came over, and asked, "Sister-in-law is here, but what's the matter?" ”

Seeing that it was Li Yingluo, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm here to spread the word, the uncle's wedding date has been set, and on the sixth day of October, the girls have to start preparing." ”