This year's cold winter came early, and it snowed heavily at noon yesterday for a full night.

Before dawn, the person sleeping peacefully in the bed suddenly opened his black and white eyes, staring at the dim curtain for a long time.

starry eyes, complex expressions; Unbelievable..... Or maybe it's a dream.

At this time, Zhao's mother was speaking outside the house, and she was disciplining the maid who was waiting outside.

"Why are you doing things like this, the girl is young, and now she has been sick for more than half a month, and others haven't come to see it, you cheap hooves don't even care to serve your master! As long as there is a day when I am in charge of this courtyard, it will not be your turn to be the chief director. Mother Zhao was angry, raised her slap and slapped it, and a crisp sound resounded very clearly in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound outside, Zhu Jiu coughed lightly a few times, and called weakly: "Mother Zhao." ”

The silent side courtyard can be heard at the slightest bit of movement in the house.

The maid choked and was annoyed.

Mother Zhao couldn't care about her, this little girl hated her, and when she heard the girl in the house calling her, she hurriedly pushed the door and half entered.

"The girl is awake."

"Why did the girl get out of bed, the old slave helped you to lie down, it was freezing outside." Zhao's mother helped her girl to the edge of the bed in distress.

She thought that what the old man said before he died was false, but she didn't want it to be true.

Zhu Jiu anxiously asked Zhao's mother: "Mother Zhao, what year, month, and time is today?" ”

Zhao's mother thought that her girl was sick and confused, and she didn't know what year, month, and time it was, so she said: "The girl is in a hurry, and it is important to go back to bed and warm up quickly." ”

"Mother Zhao, just tell me that it is!"

How could she not be in a hurry, she didn't know when, and she didn't know if she could catch up.

Seeing that her girl suddenly became stubborn, Zhao's mother had no choice but to reply: "This year is the thirtieth year of the Apocalypse, the eighth day of the lunar month." Thanks to the girl's wake-up, when the day comes, she will go to Zhutangyuan to see you..."

Before Zhao's mother finished speaking, Zhu Jiu suddenly took off her hand and ran out barefoot.

Run fast, and in the blink of an eye, the person will disappear.

"Sister, sister....." Zhu Jiu read as he ran.

She remembered that that year was also a few days before the eighth day of the lunar month, and the two sisters were invited to the north courtyard to drink soup.

Later, the mother in charge over there sent her back first, but her sister didn't come back.

When she woke up, Zhao's mother told her that her sister had an affair with the boy who entered the north courtyard three times, and she had been cooked by the door.

If she had woken up earlier that day, her sister would not have died.

But when she was young, how could she know this, when she was sent back that day, she didn't know why her body was hot, she always felt hot, and that feeling was shameful.

Zhao's mother had no choice, so she brought a needle and stabbed the soles of her feet, and it took her to relieve herself.

And today, when my sister was cooked, she is now in the North Courtyard.

"Girl, where is the girl? It's cold outside, so I'm going to put on my shoes and socks. Zhao's mother hurriedly took her shoes and socks and chased her out.

Zhu Jiu ran all the way, her feet were numb from the cold, and the dense needle holes in the soles of her feet made her hurt every step she took.

From the side courtyard at the end of the house in the south courtyard, how can it be a step to run to the side courtyard with three entrances in the north courtyard gate.

The Zhu family's house occupies two whole streets in Jinzhou.

Zhu Jiu ran to the south courtyard gate in pain and entered the second door, and fell to the ground before he passed the courtyard gate.

This fall, the blood from both hands flowed, and after a while, it was stained red with snow.

The maid who was cleaning saw that someone had fallen, so she hurriedly came over to take a look.

When I saw the pendant around Zhu Jiu's neck, I recognized it as a girl in the house at a glance.

"Girl, are you alright?" The cleaning maid quickly helped the person up, Zhu Jiu was cold, his body was covered with snow, and his face was blue and purple.

Even the fingers of those hands were frozen and couldn't open.

She looked at the maid in front of her with a shudder, and begged in a trembling voice: "Hurry.... Hurry up and talk to the old ancestor and save the eighth girl, she is in the side courtyard of the third entrance of the north courtyard..."

The maid is not Zhu Jiu's maid, but the sprinkler who enters the second door of the South Courtyard.

Zhu Jiu is the concubine of the master of the third entrance door in the south courtyard gate.

The maids who can carry it clearly do not dare to meddle in their affairs, and most of the maids who can't carry it are new maids.

After hearing this, I knew that it was a girl, not to mention the girl in which room, as long as it was the master's business, I should report it first.

The ancestor lived in the courtyard of the hall, and from the second door of the south courtyard, he had to trot with a stick of incense.

The maid hesitated a little, and then Zhao's mother chased after her, and saw that her girl was frozen into a snowman, and she almost didn't cry.

Seeing that the girl was taken care of, the cleaning maid listened to the words and rushed to the ancestor to give a message.

"Girl, why do you want to waste yourself?" Mother Zhao choked and hugged her girl, took a cloak to wrap her, and stuffed her frozen hands into her arms to warm up.

Zhu Jiu was no longer able to speak, she gritted her silver teeth and her eyes were red, and she hated her powerlessness.

Mother Zhao hugged the person back with difficulty, and went to boil hot water again.

Zhu Jiu lay on the bed for a long time, if it weren't for Zhao's mother taking off her hot clothes and stuffing her into the futon to warm her, I don't know when she would be warm.

The girl who was going to boil the water waited for a while and didn't see any movement.

"Girl, old slave go and look at those lazy little hooves." Zhao's mother put on her jacket and gently pushed the door out.

I went to the small kitchen to see where the fire maid was busy here.

The kitchen is cold and cold, and I didn't even get snow water into the pot.

Zhao's mother went to the house angrily, only to see the maid Chunlin, who had been cold two days ago, lying on the bunk.

"Where did Chunxing go?" When Zhao's mother asked, she learned that Chunxing had just packed her things and went to the South Courtyard to set an errand at the Sanjin Gate, saying that she had been greeted by Nan's mother over there two days ago and had made a fire errand.

Today is the eighth day of the lunar month, and I will go to ask for a reward.

Mother Zhao couldn't get angry when she heard this, but she couldn't go to the third door to find someone.

The last side hospital in the south courtyard is sluggish, and all that is served is a mother and two maids.

At present, my mother is old, the maid is sick, and she is running, and she can't even care if her master is sick.

Early in the morning, Zhu Jiu also alarmed the mother of the second entrance of the South Courtyard.

The second lady has a good heart, but she doesn't take care of it.

Knowing that the ninth girl had fallen in front of her house, someone came over to take a look.

What's more, today is the eighth day of the lunar month, and it is also a big deal for the girls to see their ancestors.

The south courtyard is a compound after all, and it doesn't matter if you enter the door three times, and the other doors don't touch it.

If you touch it, you have to take a part of your heart, so as not to let people fall into your mouth.

The second person sent someone to the door, and brought a lot of winter things. Among them, there were a few clothes that could not keep up with the fashion, and silver charcoal and decoction to ward off the cold were also delivered.

Although it is not the best, it is also a real charcoal in the snow.

Zhao's mother reddened her eyes with gratitude, and after thanking her repeatedly, she quickly took the things to the house to warm her girl.

Zhu Jiu was lying on the bed, his body warmed up, and the pain naturally came, which was not much.

"Mother Zhao, can the maid talk back? If you don't come, you have to bother your mother to run and ask for a question. Zhu Jiu knew that it was too late, but he was looking forward to seeing his sister come back alive.

Mother Zhao held back her tears and choked her throat.

happened to be going to inquire, and this morning the sweeping maid who ran errands for her girl came to the yard.

This girl doesn't look outstanding, but she looks real.

"Hello Mother Zhao, the slave maid went to Zhutang Courtyard and passed it on to my sister in the door, but I didn't know that this matter might be conveyed." The maid looked embarrassed, and Zhao's mother didn't say much.

Then I touched my body for a while, but I couldn't find anything on my body to reward.

Until the sound of Zhu Jiu came from inside the house, Zhao's mother hurriedly pushed the door in.

"Girl."

Mother Zhao came in in response, Zhu Jiu coughed non-stop, and handed over a soft silver bracelet in her thin little hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Take it and reward her." ”