Fair Lady

With the help of the neighbors, the mourning hall was quickly tidied up, and Yen Zirou was washed and neatly put into the coffin.

Shujie took his younger siblings and bowed to the neighbors: "Thank you, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters."

Aunt Li patted Shuyao and Shuwen's little heads: "Brother Jie is going to keep watch tonight, and everyone will come to help in the morning tomorrow and bury your mother next to your father's tomb. Sister Yao and Brother Wen are still too young , there is no way to keep vigil all night, go to sleep after a while, I will let Chunsheng come over to accompany your eldest brother.

Sister-in-law Ajuan also said: "Our uncle Qingfu will also stay with Brother Jie."

The carpenter's wife said: "Don't worry, the carpenters and the others have already arranged shifts, and the two of them will stay here to help in turn.

Shuyao looked at them with big teary eyes: "Thank you two aunts, thank you sister-in-law Ajuan, Yao'er will take my younger brother to bed and listen to my elder brother."

In the previous life, uncle Zhen Dafu and aunt Lin refused the help of the neighbors, Shuyao was instigated by Cuizhu and drove them away crying and making a fuss, only a few servants brought by Zhen Dafu let Zhen Zirou go. Into the coffin.It was the eldest brother Shujie who insisted on setting up a simple mourning hall, lit white candles, and stood guard in the hall alone. She and Shuwen were dragged to sleep by Cuizhu.

Thinking about it now, at that time Zhen Dafu and Mrs. Lin were trying to smuggle things away at night. What they didn't expect was that the uncle and third uncle's family would get the news so soon.

Shuyao looked at the hourglass on the shelf, guessing that her uncle and third uncle would be arriving soon.

Sure enough, as soon as the neighbors went out and the three brothers and sisters of Shujie knelt down, a group of people swarmed in at the door, and the ones walking in the front were the eldest uncle Xia Linyu and the third uncle Xia Linang.

The ancestor of the Xia family, Shangyuan, was the founding hero and the hereditary Marquis of Yongping.Xia Shuyao's grandfather had been the marquis for less than three years, but was framed and implicated in the case of abolishing the crown prince's rebellion. Later, although it was found out that he was not involved in the rebellion, he was deprived of his title because he had too many contacts with the rebel general.Since then, the Xia family has been in decline and returned to Yulin Town from the capital.

Shuyao's grandfather had three sons, only his father Xia Linxuan was born to the maid of the house (later raised as an aunt), and his uncle and third uncle were both born to his original wife, Mrs. Xia.Xia Linxuan's status in Xia's family was very low. When his original wife Zhao Shi (Xia Shujie's mother-in-law) gave birth, one of Xia Linyu's concubines also gave birth. With help, she desperately gave birth to Shujie, but she left a serious illness and died within two years.

After the Zhao family gave birth, Xia Linxuan asked for a separation of the family in a fit of anger. Back then he almost left the house without leaving the house.

In addition, Shuyao has two aunts, Xia Ruoxue and Xia Ruoyun.Xia Ruoxue is a prostitute, married before the fall of the Hou Mansion, and stayed in the capital. Her husband's family is the Duke An's Mansion.Shuyao from the previous life once begged to come to the door, but Xia Ruoxue just sent a little maid out to give her ten taels of silver, and didn't even let her in, and told her not to come in again in the future.

Xia Ruoyun and Xia Linxuan were born to the same mother, and their aunt married a landlord who was 12 years older than her in the suburb of Lucheng County as the continuation. Thanks to Xia Ruoyun's beauty, gentleness and good at housekeeping, the landlord treated Xia Ruoyun well.

Xia Ruoyun has a good relationship with Zhen Zirou's sister-in-law, and loves Shuyao's three brothers and sisters very much.However, in the previous life, Xia Ruoyun died of dystocia before Shuyao "returned" to Shangshu Mansion, that is, half a year later. It is said that the fetus was too big to be born, and as a result, both mother and child died.

Both Xia Linyu and Xia Linang came to this courtyard for the first time, and they didn't come when Xia Linxuan passed away more than a month ago.That is, a few days ago Xia Linang's son Xia Shuwei was in a teahouse and occasionally heard someone talking about the bandit robbery three months ago. It is said that the owner of the goods was Yao Qianguan, a well-known wealthy businessman in the Zhou Dynasty. Send him two large boxes as a thank you gift.Everyone knows that the thirty large boxes that Yao Qianguan was robbed were either silver or precious medicinal materials. That is to say, what Xia Linxuan received as a gift was probably a box of silver and a box of medicinal materials.

How much silver and medicinal materials should there be in such a big box?Xia Linyu and Xia Linang couldn't sit still anymore. Originally, the old lady Xia was going to call Zhen Zirou over to give a lecture, and find a name to get the two boxes of things away. She didn't expect to hear that Zhen Zirou was seriously ill and was about to die before she sent the message. Zhen Zirou's natal elder brother and sister-in-law all rushed over from Daming Fucheng.Is this okay?As soon as the torrential rain stopped, their brothers immediately came to look for them, and when they reached the door, they saw the white curtain hanging.

As soon as Zhen Dafu heard that someone from the Xia family was coming, he rushed out: "What are you doing here? My sister has been ill for so long and none of your Xia family has come. Now that everyone is dead, what are you doing here?"

Shuyao gritted her teeth secretly, this person is really thick-skinned, mother has been "sick" for so long, have their Zhen family ever been here?How did the mother become "sick"?

Xia Linyu cast a disdainful glance at Zhen Dafu: "This is Xia's family, and the family name of this yard is not Zhen."

"You," Zhen Dafu said angrily, "so what? You have separated a long time ago. Who doesn't know that your brother-in-law left the house without leaving the house? Even if the surname Xia in this yard has nothing to do with you."

"Doesn't it have nothing to do with your surname Zhen?" Xia Linang snorted coldly.

The few neighbors who stayed to help watched the two groups of people fighting red-faced, but no one paid any attention to the three children kneeling in front of the coffin. They couldn't help shaking their heads. What kind of uncles are these?I don't usually come here, and when someone dies, they come to quarrel, what are they fighting for?This yard belongs to three children.

Shuyao suddenly remembered that she had forgotten something, and said softly to Shujie, "Brother, I'm going to the toilet." After speaking, she quietly backed out.

Arriving at mother's room, there was no one there, Shuyao closed the door, moved a chair and climbed up to take down father's bow on the wall and the quiver next to it, thinking about hiding it in the box, but the things in her hand disappeared immediately.And the big red box appeared in my mind, and the bows and arrows were all placed in the sundry compartment.Shuyao was overjoyed, that's great, she was still worried that someone would come in suddenly, and it would be too late to show the box, and it turned out that she could throw things in with her consciousness.When she was happy, Shuyao conveniently put several pieces of jewelry in the drawer of her mother's dressing table into the sundry compartment.

Then, Shuyao hurried back to her own room and put her treasure chest into the big red box. The treasure chest was made for her by her father. It contained the pocket money she had accumulated for many years and the jewelry her parents bought for her. Although it is not very precious, it is all the love and affection of her parents.In the previous life, even this treasure chest was searched, and it is not known whether it was Lin who took it or Cuizhu stole it.

After packing up the things, Shuyao took the oil lamp and went to the hut, which was next to the utility room. Shuyao looked at the piles of hay and chopped firewood in the utility room, and a bold idea rushed into her mind.

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