The eighteenth day of the first month, the year is in the west. It is advisable to break the ground, repair the grave, build, recruit money, travel, seek wealth, seek medical treatment, and avoid marriage, Shangliang, An, separation, and acceptance.

The day has just dawned, the gates of Luofu are opened, leading a cuigai beaded eight treasure car, followed by two Zhulun canopy cars, and then more than 20 black paint flat-head cars followed, the inner three layers and the outer three layers were guarded by the guards, and the horseshoe carts were obtained, and the sound of the wheels was noisy and rushed towards the post road in the east.

The entire Yuhang City was awakened. There are even people who get up early to catch up on the street, watching the excitement on the sidelines.

"Look, it's the Luo family's carriage......"

"It's magnificent!"

"Just after the New Year, where is this going?"

"I heard that I went to Yanjing to see my daughter and son-in-law!"

Eleven Niang sat in the carriage, unable to hear the outside discussions, her hands were in her sleeves, and her fingertips gently brushed the cold and smooth cutting surface of the gem, but her heart could not be calm like a churning river.

It was a sapphire the size of a pigeon's egg.

It was given to her by the fifth aunt when she went to say goodbye to her last night.

"There are only those things in my house that the eldest lady has rewarded, and they are all books to be found, and they cannot be moved. Only this sapphire was given to me by the eldest master when I first went to Fujian, and no one else knew about it...... You go to Yanjing this time, it's a long way, and I can't follow you, you can take this away, and you can also exchange some silver for self-defense if you have anything. Listen to the eldest lady along the way, don't make her angry, get along well with Miss Five, and don't quarrel. Be patient in everything...... Be careful in everything......" At the end, tears were already raining down, "I figured it out." You don't come here here, only if the eldest lady likes it, you will have a good future...... In my life, I beg you to have a good home......"

Really figured it out?

I'm afraid it's just a last resort!

Thinking of this, Eleven Niang already felt that her nose was slightly sour.

The fifth aunt has long fallen out of favor, and when she was sick, her private money was almost spent, and this sapphire was probably left by her to protect herself......

"Rest assured, my mother has been very generous to me in the past few years, and she has also made new head jewelry, and I am not short of money in hand...... Keep this! ”

I have occupied this body and my heart is already weak, how can I ask for her things!

The fifth aunt insisted on giving it to her: "...... Although you have not come to see me often in the past two years, you have come to me every Dragon Boat Festival, August 15, and Spring Festival to greet me, and you have never been left behind. No matter how stupid I am, I know in my heart that you are afraid that we will be too intimate and make people feel uncomfortable...... At this point, you still don't say anything to me......" she cried like rain and pear blossoms, "you are old and have your own ideas." If you don't say it, I won't ask. I don't know if we'll ever see each other again...... I just want to say a word from the heart to you. You leave me alone, no matter what happens, you have to live. As long as you live, I will not be in vain to give birth to you...... You have a good life. ”

It was as if something suddenly threw herself into her heart, waving round and round waves, shattering her hard barriers, and the emotions hidden in her heart poured out...... Her tears welled up without warning.

The fifth aunt wiped her tears a little awkwardly: "Don't cry, don't cry." It's useless for me anymore. As long as I am obedient, the eldest lady will not do anything to me. You're different, you're away from home, and you don't have anyone to rely on...... The big lady's rewards are all things on the surface, and if you have this self-defense, you may be able to save your life. If you don't take it, how can I rest assured...... Put it away, don't let anyone see it......"

Eleven Niang sat in the carriage in a daze, thinking about the scene when the fifth aunt stuffed the blue stone treasure to herself, and her heart was mixed, and she couldn't tell what it was like.

She only knew that she owed too much to her fifth aunt......

Amber looked at the silent Eleven Niang, and her heart was in turmoil.

Yesterday at noon, Xu's mother suddenly came to tell them that Binju could also go with them!

There was a lot of joy in the house.

She still remembers Miss Eleven's smile - not the kind that makes people feel as gentle as a spring breeze, but like the smile of the sky after the rain, clean, clear, and clear.

In the flint lightning, she suddenly understood.

It turned out that this was Miss Eleven's heartfelt smile.

Her heart tingled slightly.

Only in front of trustworthy people, Miss Eleven will be like this!

So after Xu's mother finished speaking, she took the initiative to send Xu's mother out, wanting to avoid the upcoming joy in the house.

Who knows, when she walked out of the Green Tower, Mother Xu took her hand and looked at her with a smile for a long time. After looking at her for a long time, he said something that made her heart tremble: "Amber has grown up and become beautiful." But also remember that you have received the grace of someone who you have today! ”

Mother Xu would not say such a thing for no reason.

She thought about it, and a chill ran down her spine.

No one knows what happened in Yanjing? What was the real purpose of the eldest lady taking them? What if there is a ...... between Mrs. and Miss It's not a person inside and outside, don't say it, if something happens, I'm afraid she's the unlucky guy with the black pot on her back!

It was quiet in the carriage, and the sound of the carriage galloping outside came in clearly, and Miss Eleven was recuperating with her eyes closed, but she felt very depressed.

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The carriage slowly stopped after traveling for more than an hour, and a mother surnamed Jiang next to Mrs. came to ask Shi Niang, "Miss do you want to go to the toilet?" ”

Eleven Niang lifted the curtain and saw a simple tea house on the side of the road, the tea house was surrounded by the Luo family's nursing home, and several five big and three thick mothers-in-law were surrounding the tea house with a dark coarse cloth tent.

"The place is shabby, but if you want to go to the toilet again, it will be an hour later, and the young lady will still be enough!" Na Jiang's mother persuaded Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang saw the eldest lady getting out of the carriage and walking towards the tea house by Mother Xu.

"Thank you, Mom!" Eleven Niang smiled and thanked Jiang's mother, then put on a hat and got out of the car with Amber's help.

As soon as she got out of the car, Wu Niang, who was sitting in the carriage in front of her, was also helped out of the car by Ziwei.

The two looked at each other and smiled through the white gauze hats, and walked towards the tea house.

The teahouse was divided into two parts, the outside was a shed made of bamboo strips, and the inside was a small room.

The two stood in the shed and waited for a while, and the eldest lady walked out with the help of Mother Xu, and saw that Wu Niang and Shi Niang were wearing hats in a regular manner, she nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "The road is not as good as at home, you all have to bear a little bit." ”

The two of them bowed their knees in response, "yes".

The eldest lady got into the carriage, and Eleven Niang asked Wu Niang to go first, and when Wu Niang came out, she went in.

The room was divided into two rooms, a small tea room in front of it, a stove in the back, and a red lacquered toilet in the center of the tea room.

Eleven Niang endured the discomfort and solved the physiological problem, then walked out of the tea room and waited for Amber to come out, and the two got back into the carriage.

After a while, there was a chirping and chuckling from the side of the tea house, and Eleven Niang lifted the curtain of the car, and saw Du Juan, Du Wei and Wu Niang's little maid Zhuo Tao, Sui'er and others sitting in the carriage behind them talking and laughing into the tea house.

It's kind of like a service station on the highway......

The corners of Eleven Niang's mouth curled slightly, and she laughed.

I heard Jiang's mother's voice: "Girls, be careful to let people see jokes." ”

The little maidens either stuck out their tongues or grimaced, but they were quiet.

In this way, it took about half a pillar of incense to stop before the carriage restarted.

After noon, their carriage arrived at Hangzhou Mansion, but did not enter the city, and went north around the city to the wharf.

There was already a three-masted red-lacquered galleon waiting there, and the stewards had fenced a passage with their tents, and sent a rough woman to stand on the ladder of the red-lacquered ship and prepare to serve them on board.

The carriage stopped in an open space in front of the passage, which had long been emptied, and a man in his thirties with an old man with a white beard and a handsome young man in his early twenties came up to greet the eldest lady, who said a few words to them through the curtain of the carriage, and the old man and the young man respectfully retreated.

Amber explained behind Shi Niang: "The middle-aged man's surname is Tao, and he is the head of the Luo family in Hangzhou, and the gray-haired head of Niu Da - he opened a small silk cloth shop in Hangzhou Mansion and took goods from the Luo family's head office. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival, he will go to the eldest wife to say goodbye, and behind him is his youngest son Niu Jin, who takes care of the silk cloth shop of the Niu family. ”

Everyone is gone, but the tea is not cold. From this point of view, this Niu Boss is really a capable person......

Eleven Niang nodded slightly, and continued to look out with the curtain of the carriage.

I saw two palanquin bearers carrying a sedan chair with a tin soap cover and a sedan chair walking towards this side, followed by a forty-year-old capable woman, and there were seven or eight servants wearing soap clothes in front of the sedan chair and behind the sedan chair.

Amber smiled: "It's the wife of Lord Zhou, the prefect of Hangzhou." ”

As soon as her words fell, Eleven Niang saw the eldest lady helped out of the carriage by Mother Xu, and greeted the sedan chair, the mother-in-law next to the sedan chair saw it, and said a few words to the people in the sedan chair, the sedan chair stopped, and the officials were scattered around, and a forty-year-old woman wearing a royal blue makeup coat and a big green flower on her head got off the sedan chair, and the two saluted each other from a distance, and held their hands together with a smile on their faces. After saying a few words, Xu's mother sent a few boxes of gifts, and the eldest lady sent the woman on the sedan chair, and watched the sedan chair go away, then she turned around and ordered Jiang's mother a few words, and went to the boat with Xu's mother.

Mother Jiang first ran to the Wuniang carriage and whispered a few times, and then ran to the eleventh niang's carriage: "Miss Eleven, the eldest lady let you get off the car and get on the boat." ”

Eleven Niang watched Wu Niang get out of the carriage on the footstool and was helped by Ziwei, and she was also helped out of the carriage by Amber.

The two of them followed the eldest lady and got on the boat one after the other.

The ship was very large, divided into two floors, the guards and rough mothers-in-law lived on the top, they lived below, the eldest lady had four rooms, and she and Wu Niang had two rooms each.

Someone in the cabin had already prepared a steaming meal.

The eldest lady instructed them: "...... We'll be on our way in half an hour. ”

Neither of them was hungry and ate snacks on the way. But he didn't dare to brush off the eldest wife, so he ate half a bowl. During the meal, heavy footsteps could be heard walking through the corridor next to the cabin, and when the dishes and chopsticks were put down, the sound was gone. Mother Xu went out to take a look, and came back to greet the eldest wife: "The cage boxes are all packed." ”

The eldest lady nodded and instructed Mother Xu: "Then let's sail!" Strive to stay in Suzhou tonight. ”

Mother Xu left in response, and quickly turned back and replied: "There is another half pillar of incense and you can set off." ”

The eldest lady nodded, and said to the sisters, "You are tired all the way, go down and rest!" ”

Eleven Niang bowed and retreated, but Wu Niang said: "Mother is also tired, why don't I help beat my legs?" ”

"No!" The eldest lady smiled, "It's your first time on the boat, and you don't know if you're seasick or not, just take care of yourself." ”

Wu Niang saw that the eldest lady had made up her mind, so she retreated with a smile.

Luo Qiao was busy fetching water to serve the eldest lady to freshen up and rest, but Xu's mother had to count the cages with corals and tortoiseshells.

When Eleven Niang returned to the house, Holly was also counting the cages.

Thinking that they were on the boat with Jiang's mother, she couldn't help asking, "Have you all eaten?" ”

Binju still had the joy of being able to go to Yanjing on his face, and immediately smiled: "I didn't eat it." However, we were not hungry and had a snack on the way. ”

Holly also smiled: "Miss don't care about us, Mother Jiang said, let's go to the small cabin in half an hour - arrange food, let us count the things in each room first." ”

Seeing that the arrangement was in order, Eleven Niang didn't say anything, and rested with Binju and Qiu Ju and had a good night's sleep.

(I'm climbing and crawling on the lattice...... There is also a shift in the evening! ）