After a long journey, the father and daughter of the Xia family finally arrived at a small town near the capital, which was only half a day's journey away from the capital, but it was already afternoon, and even if they ran all the way, they could not arrive before closing the city gate. Therefore, Master Xia planned to rest here for the whole night, and then rush to the capital early in the morning of the next day.

The small town was crowded with pilgrims from all over the world who came to offer incense, and Xia Jin finally found a small inn and paid a high price to settle a group of people. Master Xia looked at the bustling pilgrims, a little uneasy, and then thought about it, he had already made preparations, there should be no major problems, and he was at ease.

As soon as the dinner table was served, the plate in front of Xia Ruixi had been filled with all kinds of dishes, and Xia Ruibei was still diligently putting vegetables in it, persuading her to eat more. From the afternoon when she met Zhao Mingtao, when she woke up, it seemed that all of a sudden, Xia Ruibei dramatically changed her attitude towards her, being courteous and affectionate, shouting and asking for warmth, just like a good sister.

Although Xia Ruixi didn't know what she was thinking, she would not live up to her courtesy, and in turn cared more about her and took care of her more meticulously and thoughtfully. After all, the body he occupies is connected with Xia Ruibei's flesh and blood, no matter how hateful Xia Ruibei is, it is impossible for him to deal with her with outsiders, the best way is to deal with her and coexist peacefully, even if he can't coexist peacefully, the person who breaks the balance should not be himself.

Since Xia Ruibei is now attentive to her, she should deal with it calmly and repay her with peach. When the opportunity is right, I will properly persuade Xia Ruibei, teach Xia Ruibei some ways to deal with people, and try not to provoke Xia Ruibei.

One has the intention to please, and the other has the intention to cooperate, which makes the relationship between the two seem much better on the surface. Master Xia was also very satisfied with Xia Ruibei's performance, and couldn't help but praise her.

Xia Ruibei looked very modest, hugged Xia Ruixi's arm affectionately, and smiled sweetly: "During this time, the second sister taught me a lot of things, and I realized how ignorant I was in the past, and in the future, I will let my parents and sister stop worrying about me." Xia Ruixi grinned and smirked cooperatively.

After dinner, Xia Ruixi took a comfortable hot bath, changed into clean clothes, sat on a chair and asked Chun'er to wipe her hair, while Wan'er took her clothes to wash. Wan'er has changed greatly during this time, since she was demoted, she no longer dared to dictate to Chun'er, but rushed to do the clumsy work she disdained to do the most before, leaving the opportunity to serve Xia Ruixi in close quarters to Chun'er.

This made Chun'er very uncomfortable, but Xia Ruixi understood Wan'er's little abacus. This girl is actually still shrewd, she knows where she has reached now, people hate it, and ghosts are disgusted. She saw that Xia Ruixi was getting better and better to Chun'er, and knew that she couldn't resist Chun'er's upward trend, so it was better to please Chun'er as soon as possible, so as to seek more benefits for her future.

Seeing Wan'er go out to wash clothes, Chun'er took a fan and fanned Xia Ruixi's hair, and said softly: "Miss, the slave has a sentence that I have been holding back for a long time, and I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Xia Ruixi was holding a book describing the customs of Tokyo in his hand, and he was fascinated by it, and he said "um" absently.

Chun'er said: "The slave maid feels that the third lady is a little strange during this time. She always keeps an eye on you when Mademoiselle is not looking, and one morning I saw her secretly learning from you. Chun'er has been discovering this problem for a long time, and in order to ensure that what she said to Xia Ruixi is absolutely true and accurate, she silently observed Xia Ruibei for a long time, until she was sure, and then came to talk to Xia Ruixi.

"What?" Xia Ruixi turned her head suddenly, Xia Ruibei didn't provoke and look for trouble, she could also be regarded as not daring to provoke Master Xia, staring at her, and currying favor with her, she could see it as a whim. But she never thought that Xia Ruibei would secretly learn from her behind her back and imitate her, what is this girl going to do?

"The slave said, the third lady secretly learns from you. The expression, tone, and content of the speech were exactly the same as yours, and I scared the slave to death at that time. She also told Fang'er that she knew why the lord and lady liked you, and in the future she would make the whole family like you like her. This is what Fang'er said to the slave maid herself, although the slave maid thinks it's a bit of that, but it's not bad, at least, she didn't find trouble to quarrel with you anymore. ”

Want the whole family to like her? Xia Ruibei's ambition is good and should be supported. However, her way is a little unbearable for Xia Ruixi, could it be that Xia Ruibei thinks that if she learns her every move, she can be loved by the whole family? Xia Ruixi shook his head, "Well, I know, don't mention this matter in the future." ”

"What's the matter?" Xia Ruibei symbolically knocked on the door and pushed the door in. Breaking in without people's permission, this habit is not good, Xia Ruixi frowned a little unhappily, if you want to be likable, you must first change this bad habit.

"Oh, Chun'er advised me to eat more fish, saying that it was good, but I didn't like it." Xia Ruixi casually found a reason to perfunctory her.

"I also hate eating fish, but my mother always forces me to eat it." Xia Ruibei walked to Xia Ruixi's side, and consciously leaned over to look at the book in her hand, "Hey, Tokyo is strange?" It turns out that the second sister likes to read this kind of allogeneous books? I thought you'd prefer to read poetry and ancient texts. ”

Xia Ruixi smiled, she couldn't tell Xia Ruibei, she was actually curious about Tokyo's customs because she listened to Xuan Wu's story about Tokyo, a bustling coastal city, right? What kind of world is that side of the coastal city? Will there be people with yellow hair, blue eyes and white skin? Do you also speak the ABC alphabet?

Xia Ruibei sat down and didn't leave, pestering Xia Ruixi to pull around. Seeing that it was late, Chun'er made the bed, Xia Ruixi yawned a few times, thinking that Xia Ruibei should say goodbye with a little look, right?

"Second sister, are you going to sleep?" Xia Ruibei finally stood up.

"Hmm." Xia Ruixi rubbed his neck apologetically, "I'm so tired of rushing like this every day, my bones seem to be falling apart." ”

Xia Ruibei's hand reached out to her shoulder and began to massage her, such an honor frightened Xia Ruixi's whole body stiff and gave her a layer of goosebumps. "Beibei, what are you doing here? We are sisters, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly. ”

Xia Ruibei stopped: "Second sister, I'm here to apologize to you." ”

"Huh?"

Xia Ruibei said a little embarrassed: "Last time, I shouldn't have said that about you, I was just too sad at the time." Actually, I've wanted to say this to you for a long time, but I haven't been able to wipe it off. ”

"Oh." Xia Ruixi felt that he would not say anything else tonight except for "uh-oh".

"Second sister, have you forgiven my sister?" Xia Ruibei looked at Xia Ruixi sincerely, waiting for her to answer.

"Forgive, forgive, I've never really been mad at you." Xia Ruixi was too frightened by her sudden confession, and she couldn't say anything.

"Second sister, shall I sleep with you tonight?" Xia Ruibei has to inch in.

"Well, I'm too tired, this bed isn't big, let's do it another day." Xia Ruixi refused without thinking about it, it didn't matter how Xia Ruibei imitated her, but she couldn't invade the territory where she slept anymore. Because, she was afraid that she would talk in her dreams and reveal her secrets, it is conceivable that if Xia Ruibei found out that something was wrong, she would definitely not let her go easily.

Xia Ruibei was extremely disappointed, and squeezed out an ugly smile: "Then I'll go." You have a good rest. Walking to the door, she turned around and whispered: "Second sister, I will arrive in the capital tomorrow, and in a few days, it will be the eighth day of the fourth month, do you think, can you burn incense?" ”

"Huh?" Xia Ruixi looked at her in astonishment, "I don't know, but I believe in Daddy." ”

Xia Ruibei pondered for a moment and said softly: "Second sister, if you burn incense on your head, can you ask for a sign for me in front of the Bodhisattva?" Ask him to bless me? ”

Xia Ruixi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that all the curvature and flattery during this period of time was for this moment. Then he agreed: "Certainly, definitely." Beibei, don't worry too much, everything will be fine. ”

Xia Ruibei shook her head sadly, didn't say a word, and turned away.

Chun'er sighed with pity: "I usually feel that the third lady is very proud, but now I feel that she is so pitiful." "To be a young lady, but at this point, before she passed the door, she faced the tragic fate of being widowed, which is worse than an ordinary girl.

Xia Ruixi sighed lightly, this is the fate of women in this era, and she is no longer so annoying about Xia Ruibei's capriciousness and hatefulness for a while. What is the saying? There will be pity for the hateful, and there will be abomination for the poor. Xia Ruibei is a hateful person and has pitifulness, so what about her? In the eyes of others, is she also the poor person with hatefulness? Can she and Xia Ruibei's lifelong happiness really be pinned on that ethereal god and Buddha?

Xia Ruixi couldn't sleep all night, and appeared at the breakfast table with two big dark circles under his eyes at dawn. Master Xia only drank a sip of porridge, saw Xia Ruixi's dark circles, and laughed dryly: "What did you do last night?" Isn't this look afraid to scare people? ”

Xia Ruixi could see that Master Xia was so worried and in a bad mood that he couldn't swallow it. And Xia Ruibei unconsciously put the chopsticks in the bowl and stirred around, her eyes were gloomy, and she didn't have the slightest appetite.

Xia Ruixi suddenly felt a little wrong: "Daddy, what's wrong?" ”

Master Xia frowned, and disguised a chopsticks and scrambled eggs with leeks and gave it to her: "Eat quickly, eat well and hurry." ”

Xia Ruibei hung her head, and tears couldn't help but drip on the table: "I saw that there were no dense people outside, all of them came to offer incense." They all want to burn incense. ”

Xia Ruixi coughed lowly: "Didn't my uncle write a letter to ask someone to arrange it earlier?" ”

Xia Ruibei couldn't help crying: "Besides, Daddy just received a reply, and they only said that they would arrange it as much as possible, but they didn't say it would be." Even if you stay on the hill and wait the night before, others can, and the next morning you can crowd those people? If you meet a nobleman, can you still squeeze with others? ”

Old Man Xia roared irritably: "What are you crying about?" You've got to give it a go, right? Since it is the meaning of the Buddha, before the last moment, who can say clearly? ”

Xia Ruibei swallowed her cry, and pulled Master Xia to beg: "Daddy? You must have a way, don't you? All her hopes are pinned on Xia Ruixi's burning incense, and it is about to come to naught, so why is she not sad?

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My dearest dearest, I'm sorry, it's even late, because the year is approaching, and there are too many birds in various surprise inspections, and I was suddenly arrested early this morning for a debriefing meeting until now, so, it's too late, and I crawled away in a gray way—