Twenty-one extra episodes, ten years of dreams are frightening
"You can't keep people here, so you can get drunk and get off the orchid boat. A green spring water road, passing by the place where the orioles are singing at dawn."
The willows at the ferry are green, and the branches and leaves are deserted. From now on, I will no longer send brocade books, and there will be no basis for painting the clouds and rain in the building."
The light under the window is as dim as a bean, the tabletop is wiped clean, the hairpin flowers of my daughter's house are delicate and graceful, and the not-so-high-quality ink is splashed on the rough paper, but the writing is still romantic and tactful, but every word is sobbing.
Blood and tears are painful. Xu Jinshu feels sorry for the frosting he bought with money. He always has to do it himself, grinding out as much as he uses. He must write it cleanly and not waste any bit.
The light was dim, and she was afraid it would hurt her eyes, but she did it deliberately to better cover up the figure reflected in the window paper. The fourth girl of the Xu family did not dare to shed tears in front of others, so she could only hide in her hut.
I saved my money through hard work and exchanged it for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and quietly expressed my pain of missing my mother.
Aunt Lan, who gave birth to her, died miserably. She was so weak that she could hardly swallow the decoction. When she was young, her plump and white forehead was already covered with veins. When she was dying, she was most worried about her daughter. Originally, Xu Jinshu could have a direct relative.
The brothers took care of each other, but unfortunately died in a fight in the backyard of the house.
Her aunt had taught her since she was a child that there should be distinctions between concubines and concubines, be wise and protect oneself, and never compete with the eldest lady and young ladies in the main house.
What's more? Aunt Wan, who has both children, and Aunt Ju who comes from the old lady's house, which one is not living a more dignified and noble life than their mother and daughter, and they don't have to put down their face to please the housekeeper despite being rich.
Half a year before Aunt Lan's death, Jinxiu, the eldest daughter of the family, was already in charge of the old lady. She married an official from a nearby county, and there was no mother-in-law to make things difficult for her. If she married her, she could be in charge of the central government and have no worries about food and clothing, but there was no one around.
If you become an official in the early dynasty, you can see the end of your life at a glance.
The eldest girl's biological mother was of low status, and because she gave birth to her first child, she was neglected by her wife in her early years and sent her far away. She couldn't talk to her at home on weekdays. Such a marriage was considered a good match. However, there was only one horoscope, and the wife's daughter was his daughter.
The second girl, Jinzhu, has not yet been betrothed to another family, how could she allow the concubine to make an announcement first?
Occasionally there were arguments in the front yard. Jinshu was observing filial piety. Apart from her maid Axiang, there was no extra manpower to follow her loyally. This made it easier for her to walk around without being disturbed by the eyes and ears of the main house. I heard that the wife was dissatisfied.
It's strange that the master didn't want to make plans for his legitimate daughter, so something happened at home, and Jinzhu's marriage proposal had to be delayed.
What he said more than anything else was that he disliked Aunt Lan's death as unlucky. Even if Jin Shu heard this, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow the blood, and never dared to jump out to argue. Back in the room, Axiang was indignant and had to fight four times.
The girl persuaded her to calm down a little, and she had endured it for so many years, so it would be just a little while longer.
In fact, the wife values the legitimate concubine and has already made arrangements for the second young lady. At first, she was attracted by the Lin family in the south of the city. There is an in-law who works in the government office. Last year, it seemed that a cousin from the wife’s mother’s family came to the door and wanted to kiss her.
, I don’t know how to put it. Seeing that the marriages of the previous sisters are about to be settled, Jin Shu guessed that he was about to get married soon.
Even if Aunt Lan is alive, she has no right to take care of herself. She has to rely on her wife to be kind and take her to some gatherings and poetry gatherings of women's families to let others know that the Xu family has such a daughter, who is delicate and quiet, and has already reached her prime.
The year of marriage.
But, listening to the wife's resentful attitude, I'm afraid she has to express this tone before she is willing to seriously choose a family for this concubine - Zuo is just like the eldest sister, in exchange for a lot of betrothal gifts for the Xu family, or joining a family.
If the in-laws are helpful and send a moderate dowry, it means that the eldest lady in charge is virtuous and treats the children equally.
Aunt Lan left behind a meager savings, which was far from enough for Jin Shu to leave the palace. The eldest sister’s biological mother finally came out of the wife’s house, and Wan Auntie came in with a lot of money. As for the third sister, the dowry naturally came from the old lady’s house.
It came out... After such a calculation, Xu Jinshu also felt worried for himself, and suddenly he felt disgusted. His mother's funeral had just passed, so why did he have no conscience to think about getting married.
But Ah Xiang was open-minded and said that during her lifetime, her aunt had always been worried about her daughter's marriage. However, Jin Shu was only in his prime years, so his wife always made the same old excuse, saying that the four girls did not grow up in front of her, lest she
If he follows his birth mother's petty attitude and doesn't know how to manage the family, it would be a joke if she goes out on a wrong trip. She should be carefully educated at home for a few years, and it won't be too late to go out and see her again.
"Who are you trying to scare? I'm just jealous that our girl is prettier and more likable than her second girl. I'm afraid that if the fourth girl goes out, no one will look up to the second girl."
The maid's thoughts must not be spread out of the house. Aunt Lan left her earnest instructions. Axiang did not dare to forget, but she had to take good care of the fourth girl. She could not let her master suffer because she could not control her mouth.
Of course Xu Jinshu himself knows what his wife is thinking. If he is under the roof, he can tolerate it. After all, the old lady is still here, and he will not watch his granddaughter turn into an old girl.
Half a year passed, and the sedan chair outside the party finally came to the door, beating gongs and drums and carrying away the eldest sister. Jinshu was able to change into silk clothes and wear the same pearls and jade jewelry as the second lady, and stood at the front door to see them off. A few drops fell from the red hijab.
Tears fell on the newlywed's gold shoes, leaving speckled spots.
Jinxiu made a good start, and the girls behind her began to prepare their dowry lists one after another. Jinshu knew that he would have to wait for three years, so he was not in a hurry to embroider the wedding dress, and did needlework every day to supplement the expenses. Occasionally, when he had some free time,
Either practice calligraphy or practice the piano left by my mother.
She understood that Aunt Lan was born as a musician, which was why she suffered a life-long tragedy; she swore that she would never follow the same path as her biological mother. She would rather marry into a poor family and struggle to make a living than belittle and despise herself by being a concubine.
The oath was made in my heart, but before I could declare it generously in the sun, suddenly a thunderbolt struck from the blue, making Jin Shu completely confused - the master wanted to find a new concubine, who was a famous boat prostitute on the water.
, using wine and teasing to ask the other party to serve him, but he didn't expect that there were already customers behind him, and they were the main ones that Xu's business relied on for survival.
This stirred up a hornet's nest, and Mr. Xu's business plummeted. Even the dowry prepared by the second lady was used to fill the vacancy, but it was only a drop in the bucket. They said that tiger poison cannot eat its seeds, but when Axiang came back, Xu Jinshu was still embroidering handkerchiefs.
, thinking that she could supplement the family income. She knew that her biological father did not care for her, but she did not expect that he would be so ruthless as to sell her for two hundred taels of silver.
With her luggage light, Jin Shu put on A Xiang's clothes, pretended to pour night fragrance, and escaped from the house overnight. The streets were cold under the moonlight, and coarse clothes were not enough to protect her from the cold, but she didn't realize it, and her heart was already freezing.