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Chapter 129

The text is being revised, and in order to better explain the previous situation, so I put a few chapters out, if you don't like it, you can skip it!

The redness on the branches is almost exhausted, and the fallen flowers are all over the courtyard steps.

The Fifth Miss, Xu Chunjun, dropped the embroidery needle back into the center of the needle, and on the red silk gauze was a picture of a half-finished double-sided hairpin lady.

"Girl, you're tired! I've been sitting here since early in the morning, and my maidservant is hurting your neck." The one who spoke was a maidservant with big eyes and slightly plump skin, named Lvshu.

She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xu Chunjun.

"It's better to be in a hurry. The second sister will leave the pavilion next month. The big things are complete. Although there are small things, I have to prepare more." Xu Chunjun sipped his tea and said: " It’s convenient to use by yourself, and it’s also good to give it away.”

"Miss is the most careful one. The second young lady married just in time for the hot weather. When the time comes, the gauze clothes will be matched with this handkerchief, tsk tsk..." Lvyu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Who doesn't take a second look."

Although the handkerchief is small, the girls put in a lot of effort on it, which is not much easier than others making an embroidered jacket.

"Sister Ziling has been in my aunt's room for a long time, why hasn't she come back?" Lu Shu looked out the window and said, "Don't tell me there is something going on over there?"

After saying this, he regretted his slip of the tongue, took a peek at the young lady, and changed his words: "It's probably because I met someone and got caught up. Sister Jasmine and the others couldn't let go when they met."

Xu Chunjun stood up calmly, and said: "I should also go to see Third Aunt, I must have used the medicine by now."

The "three aunts" in her mouth are the "aunts" mentioned by Ziling, Xu Lang, the third daughter of the Xu family's previous generation.

Xu Lang was ill now, Xu Chunjun got up early and sent his maid to deliver the flowers he had inserted.Knowing that the third aunt never sees people without grooming, so she only went to visit at this time.

Before she reached the door, she heard footsteps, and Lvyu couldn't help but feel a little frightened. She could hear Ziling's footsteps, but they were obviously walking faster than usual.

It's really not because the Xu family has been careless since the new year. First, the eldest son Xu Daoheng ignored the persuasion and finally became a monk. The eldest wife Bai and the eldest grandmother Yang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both cried and wiped their tears Almost lost half life.

These two were too sick to get out of bed, and the doctor came and went like a revolving lantern every day, which disturbed people's hearts.Unfortunately, in February, there came the sad news that the eldest lady Xu Chunlan had died of dystocia in Meizhou.

This lady was a concubine from a long family. Her biological mother, Aunt Feng, passed out when she received the bad news. She managed to save her, but closed the door all day long to wash her face with tears.

The long room was full of gloom and mist, and the whole house became dumb and silent. Xu Lang, who had been in charge of the house for nearly a month, also fell ill.

Xu Chunjun didn't say anything, but he admired this aunt the most in his heart.

Back then, his grandfather Xu Youguang Shangshu was convicted of the reform and was exiled to Youzhou to build the Great Wall together with his three sons.

Xu Shangshu died of illness while in exile, and his three sons Xu Ze, Xu Run and Xu Gai are still in Youzhou.

The rest of the Xu family can only go back to their hometown, Siyuan County. It is really a married couple with their children, so how sad is the situation?
It was so difficult to travel all the way back to my hometown, and the wives were sick and crying, but it was all useless.

Only Xu Lang supported from the beginning to the end, leading a few loyal servants to repair the house, sweep the courtyard, and arrange everyone properly.

Later, he took back his ancestral land and planted it himself, and built a family school next to the ancestral hall.

He hired a tutor with his own monthly money, and made it clear that the juniors in the family, regardless of gender, must be enlightened at the latest of five years old.

Nearly ten years have passed, and the juniors of the Xu family have grown up one after another, and life is gradually getting better.Although far less prominent than when he was in the capital, he can be regarded as a well-to-do family in the local area.

Xu Lang has never been married, and now he is almost 30 years old and still alone.

As soon as the Xiangzhu curtain moved, a girl with a narrow body and slashed shoulders came in. Her clothes, shoes and socks were cleaner than others, as if she had just been ironed and put on her body. She was a smart and safe person.

Xu Chunjun saw the abnormal expression on her face, and the uneasiness in his heart became heavier.

"Girl," Zi Ling gasped, sweat dripping from the tip of her nose: "Something serious happened!"

After hearing this, Lvshi couldn't help but her knees became weak, and she stretched out her hands to prop herself up on the table.

"No matter how big the matter is, you have to talk slowly." Xu Chunjun's temperament was calm and quiet, and her voice was the same.

After hearing this, Zi Ling calmed down a little, and took a few breaths before speaking again: "The slave girl was going to deliver flowers to my aunt just now, and the second housekeeper happened to go in in a hurry to report. I didn't have time to get out, so I heard a few words. Then my aunt said They called us all in, and said that it is better to let us know directly than hearsay, but we are absolutely not allowed to tell others, otherwise we will be beaten to death."

"Then you still tell us..." Lvzhi interjected.

"You can't hide it from the girl!" Zi Ling gave Lv Chun a slow look, and said in her heart that this girl is really serious.

"Second steward must have lost his mind, that's why he's in such a panic," Xu Chunjun said, "But what happened to second elder brother?"

After hearing this, Zi Ling couldn't help chanting a sentence of Buddha, and said: "Young lady is so clever, she really is the second master!"

Now the Xu family is divided into three houses. At first, Xu Lang considered that the family had a large population, and relying on the ancestral land alone could only feed and clothe him, so he tried to start a business.

Due to her status as a woman, she couldn't show her face in public, so she asked Xu Daoheng of the long house and two housekeepers to go to Huzhou to sell brocades and silks, opened a silk and satin shop locally, and sold them to other places.

Xu Daoheng's natural indifference, due to his status as the eldest son of the eldest son, he gritted his teeth and persisted for several years.

Later, Xu Dao'an from the second room grew up, and he was quick to say and think, and he was more suitable for doing business than the elder brother.

Xu Daoheng was so happy to let go. In the past three or four years, the second young master has been in charge of the outside business, and he only needs to report the accounts to Xu Lang every month.

"What happened to the second brother?" Although Xu Chunjun was from the third room, his concern was not feigned.

"Second young master and the others brought two boats of material from Huzhou and went back. They were stopped by the water transport manager in a neighboring county. The routine inspection was nothing. Who would have thought that they would find three hundred catties of material from our boat?" Salt." Ziling said: "They said that the second young master was stealing and selling salt, and they were arrested at that time, and the boat and goods were also impounded."

Xu Chunjun didn't speak, she knew in her heart that something serious happened this time.

Salt smuggling is a felony, and the laws of this dynasty clearly state that those who smuggle fifty catties of salt shall be punished with death.

This is a full three hundred catties!
"Girl, what should we do!" Lvyu cried anxiously.

Xu Daoan is the pillar of the family, and the whole family must rely on him.

Now that he has been arrested as a private salt dealer, it is really tantamount to the sky falling for the Xu family.

Xu Chunjun thought for a moment, and then said: "Take care of your mouth and don't talk nonsense, the third aunt must be planning, we can't help so don't make trouble."

Aside from her nephews, she is the youngest in the family, and she is also a concubine, so she knows how to be humble since she was a child.

Don't talk if you can't say it, don't do it if you can't do it.

Not to join in the fun but not to show off, this is entirely for self-protection.

"What the girl said is, don't come out of this yard, lest you can't hide everything on your face," Zi Ling told Lu Yu: "Don't ask people to fill in the hole."

Having said that, Xu Chunjun felt uncomfortable after all.It's just that she is soft-spoken, and there is no room for her to speak in this family.

　The text is being revised, and in order to better explain the previous situation, so I put a few chapters out, if you don't like it, you can skip it!

　　
　
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