in spring

Chapter 141

Memories of the past popped up in Chunying's mind.She remembered that she had suggested to the third young master to try to get Zhou Nian to "return" to the capital in an upright manner, so as not to be caught by Mr. Liang's side again in the Hou Mansion.However, Zhou Nian was demoted as an official slave since he was a child, and entering the Marquis Mansion as a servant is the most practical method.When he appeared today, his words and deeds had no intention of hiding from others. Obviously, there was no need to hide his whereabouts anymore!

Chunying immediately became happy for Zhou Nian, and she felt a little ready to move, and wanted to ask Zhou Nian to clarify.But since Zhou Nian signaled her not to talk to him, it must be inconvenient.He is a servant, so he should be in the outer courtyard. She is a girl in the inner house, so it is really not easy for others to avoid seeing him.If only he had a place in the backstreet, she could stop by and visit when she came home from leave.As for now...

Chunying rolled her eyes, and suddenly remembered the third young master, Zhou Nian, he must be very clear about it.Should he be home by now?Just go to Huanhuaxuan and ask him!Thinking of this, Chunying felt a little resentment in her heart, the third young master knew that she cared about this matter, Zhou Nian came back, why didn't he tell her?
Having made up her mind, Chunying quickly poured the tea and brought it into the main room, but the tortoise had already got up to leave.Chunying shrank her head a little guilty, and was ready to be scolded a few times, but Miss Biao sat at the table in a daze, with a faint sadness on her face, until Linglong stepped forward and called her, She just stood up and went back to the room without saying anything.

Chunying watched her turn and leave, and suddenly felt sorry for her.This quiet girl is only at the age of just graduating from elementary school in modern times, but her every move is no different from that of an adult. Not only must she be bound by the ancient boudoir etiquette norms, but she also has to bear the burden of supporting the family after losing her father. It's really not easy.

Chunying left the tea on the table, went back to her room sullenly, felt sad for Miss Biao for a few minutes, then came to her senses and knocked herself on the head.

Everyone has their own destiny, no matter how pitiful Miss Biao is, there is no sign of collapse.The deity didn't say anything, so what's the matter with her as an irrelevant outsider?Let’s get back to the things we care about!

She poked her head to look outside, Shi'er went to talk to other maids, the aunt fell asleep, and Miss Biao went back to the room, Aunt Qing was either at the bedside of the aunt or packed her luggage with Jinxiu and Linglong, from now on Before dinner, I should be able to get a few hours of free time, and I can find an excuse to go back to Huanhuaxuan.

She took out a belt from Xia He's bundle, hid it in the bottom of the suitcase, and then found Shi'er and said, "Shi'er, it seems that a belt is missing from the things Xia He gave me. It’s in the lotus house, I’m going back to look for it.”

Shi'er and Sang'er were in the middle of talking, and they hurriedly said: "Then you go, go back early, if someone calls you, I will answer for you."

Chunying thanked her with a smile, turned around and hurried out, but didn't pay attention to someone running from the other direction of the corridor, just bumped into him, the other party "Ouch", took two steps back, and fell to the ground.

Chunying hurriedly apologized to the other party: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you didn't fall, did you?" Looking carefully, it turned out to be Yulan.When she thought of the rumors about Mei Xiang before her marriage, she began to feel uncomfortable.

Yulan sat on the ground and screamed in pain: "Oh, you fell to my death! Where are you going if you are so reckless?"

Chunying naturally wouldn't answer, but stepped forward to pull her up.Yulan limped and helped her to sit on the railing next to her, checked her ankles, and complained: "You girl, you hit me hard! It's fine if you hit me today, if you hit someone else tomorrow , but not so easy to talk about."

Chunying twisted her hands and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry..." Yulan gave her a look, tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Forget it, since you feel sorry for me, why don't you do something to make amends for me? "

"What is it?"

"Boil medicine!" Yulan said bluntly, "Aunt Qing asked me to boil medicine for her, she said it was for headache. Now I hurt my foot, it is not convenient to work, I need someone to heal my injury. Can you boil it for me?"

Shi'er came out of the room and looked at her feet suspiciously: "Is it really hurt so badly? It was just a bump."

Yulan pursed her mouth, took Chunying's hand and said with a smile: "Good sister, just help me this time, my foot really hurts, so I can't delay any longer. You know best if you hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days. Is not it?"

Although she was skeptical about Yulan's personality, it was a fact that she bumped into her, and Chunying didn't mean to shirk it: "No problem, I'll go out for a while, and I'll cook it for you when I come back. Where are the medicinal materials?"

But Yulan hastily supported the porch pillar and got up: "My sister, if you are not in a hurry, you can finish the medicine before going out. The things are with Linglong. I am really in pain, and I have to go to the hospital immediately." After saying that, she limped out the door.

Ten'er frowned and said, "How can you still walk so fast after hurting your foot? It doesn't matter if you boil the medicine, why did she ask you to do it?!"

Chunying was also muttering in her heart, the other party walked so fast that she didn't even have time to interject a sentence, so her plan had to be moved back.After thinking about it, she shrugged her shoulders: "Forget it, no matter how badly she was injured, I did accidentally bump into her. Besides, Aunt Qing has always taken good care of me, and it's okay to help her make some medicine."

She turned to look for Linglong.Hearing Chunying's words, the other party squinted his eyes: "Yulan went out? Isn't she seriously injured? Can she still walk?" She seemed very dissatisfied.Chunying had no choice but to say: "She seems to be in pain, probably because she is worried that there will be sequelae, and she wants to find someone to treat her? Sister, where is Aunt Qing's medicine? Is she sick?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just a chronic illness, and my aunt suffers from it every month." Linglong took out a pack of herbs and an earthen pot from the inside, and pointed to the corner of the corridor: "That's the downwind place, you can boil it there, three bowls Boil water into a bowl, and remember to bring two red dates with you when you deliver the medicine."

Chunying took the medicine and the earthen pot, looked at the place she was pointing at, and couldn't help thinking: Shouldn't the medicine be boiled in the tea room?At that corner, no matter from the main room or Jinxiu and Linglong's room, they could see clearly. Could it be that... Linglong is still guarding herself?
She felt a little disappointed. In the past few days, Aunt Qing had relaxed her control a lot. This morning, she and Shi'er went back to Huanhuaxuan to play, and no one said anything. She thought she had gained a certain degree of trust.

Silently, she followed Linglong's words, took a small bench and sat at the corner of the corridor, and set up a small medicine stove to boil medicine.The smell of the medicine was not bad, but the process of watching the fire was very boring. She began to hope that Yulan would come back soon so that she could change hands to find the third young master, but in the end she waited and waited, but no one was found.

Who did Yulan go to for treatment?If she was injured, she would definitely stay in the room and ask someone to bring the medicinal oil.If you rush out to find someone, what if you can't find anyone?What if I fall down again halfway and aggravate the injury?
While thinking wildly, she fanned the stove feebly, and a gust of wind blew in, faintly bringing a few words: "...don't teach mother to worry..." It sounded like an aunt's voice.

Chunying stopped and looked around, but she didn't see the figure of the aunt, but the window behind her was open, and the wind came through the window on the other side of the room, bringing the voices in the room to her ears .

It seemed that someone was crying softly in the room, Chunying couldn't hold back her curiosity, she looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she carefully moved the bench towards the window to hear it more clearly.

The aunt continued to talk in the room: "...My brother is still young and has mediocre qualifications. In the future, I will probably only be able to keep it...after two years, I will be able to pass it. Is it possible...to delay the flowering period..." She seemed a little excited , coughed several times, and the anxious voice of Miss Biao came from the room: "Mother, mother!"

After a while, the aunt's breathing calmed down, and she said slowly: "Your grandmother's family... the family is prominent, and you are a close relative of your mother. For the sake of being a mother, I will definitely protect you... Brother You Pin Good natured, although a bit out of touch, after all, he is still young...Although he is inferior in learning, it is enough to inherit your uncle's title in the future..."

Chunying curled her lips, thinking that the aunt's eyesight is very problematic, the third young master's character is pure and good? !He is the master who can plot cruelly when he sees who doesn't like him!At such a young age, everyone pretended to think he was a good boy, and just by this alone, he knew that he was not good enough...

The conversation in the room is still going on, Miss Biao seems to be trying to convince her mother: "My mother must know about my younger brother, aunt..." When she said this, Chunying suddenly caught a glimpse of Jinxiu coming out of the room, and was startled , hurriedly sat back to his original position, and fanned the stove as if nothing had happened.

Jinxiu walked past her and glanced at her: "Don't fan it too hard, the fire is too hot, and the medicine will be overcooked."

Chunying responded with a dry smile, lightened the fan's strength, and only after her figure disappeared did she put her head back and continue listening.

"...How could your grandmother and uncle allow her to mess around? It's just been in custody for a few years...You are still young, how can you know how to take care of it? It's not a long-term solution to leave it to the housekeeper. Your second uncle is also a scholar, so it's not common Your uncle has a lot of capable housekeepers, just ask them to take care of..."

"Mother!"

"Don't always think too badly about people... Your uncle has a wealth of his own, so how could he covet the Huo family's property? He loved his mother the most since he was a child... From now on, if there is something good or bad about your mother, you will be here My family, I will never be wronged..."

"Mother……"

"I know...cough cough...you read Lanzhang...you have known each other since childhood, you know everything, Lanzhang is smart and has a good character, but...Your Uncle Gu and your father have known each other for more than ten years, and he is just the magistrate. I only served three terms... In the future, at most, I will be a chief minister, and my foundation in the court is also shallow. How can it be compared to your uncle's family... I heard from your Aunt Gu that when she was an official in a poor place, she still wanted to be an official. Cooking, doing laundry, growing vegetables by yourself...Yi'er, you have been pampered since you were a child, how did you suffer so much?"

Miss Biao was silent, Chunying felt that she had heard the big gossip, so she held her breath and listened more attentively.

The aunt coughed for a while, and then continued: "Don't be unconvinced, it's for your own good as a mother... Lan Zhang is an old man, after two years, he will get married... You must be filial, Brother Rong The son is young, how many years can he wait for you? Besides, our two families are not engaged, it is just a verbal agreement between your father and Uncle Gu, and there is not even a token...Good Yier, just listen to my mother's advice...don't I'm worried about my mother..."

Miss Biao sobbed softly from the window, but there was still no clear answer.Chunying sighed silently, and sat back in her seat, feeling that Miss Biao was even more pitiful, and she no longer had the desire to gossip.

The medicine was finally boiled, Chunying carefully poured it into a porcelain bowl, thinking that there were still a few red dates missing, and was about to get up to look for it, but saw Yulan rushing into the courtyard gate excitedly, her feet could not be seen injured at all.Just as she was about to call her, Yulan came over first: "The medicine is ready? My sister has worked hard, so I'll send it over right now!" She picked up the bowl and left.Chunying hurriedly chased after a few steps, remembered the red dates, and turned to look for them again.

When she found the red dates and rushed to Aunt Qing's room, she saw Yulan standing by the door, listening to the voice inside, and in the room, Aunt Qing was talking to Jinxiu.

Chunying walked over hesitantly, hesitated for a while, and then made no sound, only nudged Yulan silently.

But Yulan seemed to be taken aback, and let out a short scream, and when she turned her head and saw Chunying, her eyes widened.

The people in the room had already heard the movement, and Aunt Qing asked sharply, "Who is outside?!"

Yulan's face turned pale.

(Everyone is eavesdropping... begging for pink tickets...)
(End of this chapter)