C11

By the end of the month, when the money was paid, or when there was something important at home, so many stewards in the courtyard were waiting for a word from her, arranging everything properly.

When he thought that he could be like the Lady Helan, able to finally be proud and proud in front of the servants, able to regain some face, the Lady Ji was extremely happy. He lay on his bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, wondering why the day was so slow. She described how the steward and his wife stood respectfully in front of her, waiting for her to speak. Finally, she fell asleep in a daze.

Seeing that Old Master Xu could not even hold back his temper anymore, he quickly pulled his head forward. The Buddhist Monk led his juniors and the others in the convoy ahead. With outsiders present, the Old Master Xu restrained himself and endured it a little.

Xu Mingwei was actually just thinking about how the two brothers, Xu Mingbai and Xu Mingzhang, as the eldest grandson, would also go back to their hometown with their elders to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. After going back and forth for such a long time, what would happen to the lessons left in the academy? In the whole Xu family, other than the concubine son Xu Tianyuan, whom three rooms had remembered in the family tree before, all the other concubines' children were left at home and did not follow.

The concubines and children of the Xu family could not be ranked with their legitimate sons and daughters. For people of Xu Mingwei's generation, regardless of boys or girls, everyone was clear about their age. However, the name of the concubine was different. The people of the Heavenly generation in the other row would choose their names according to their respective rooms.

If a concubine born to a concubine were to study hard, he would have a chance to stand out. If you did well in the clan studies, you would be like Xu Tianyuan in the three rooms, and be recorded in the family tree. Otherwise, you would be like the concubines of the people in the Xu family, paying a large sum of silver and being released.

The days of concubinage were more difficult than those of his bastard son. The Xu family's bastard son worked hard to find a way out for him, but the concubinage could only try their best to please his mother. They hoped that when his mother found him a family, she would use more effort to prevent herself from being married off. After all, for a noble family like the Xu family, even if it was a concubinage with a lower status, it would still be enough to have an official with a poorer status than them.

On the other hand, in some of the smaller houses, there were some concubinage s that had been humiliated to death by their direct mothers. As long as the Patriarch did not pursue the matter and did not pursue the matter, he would lie and report the death and illness.

When Xu Mingwei first passed through, she thought that she, Xu Mingbai and the other two children that were born in Lady Helan were in the main house. When she was just one year old, she saw a few of the bastard concubinage s that greeted the Lady Helan in Lady Helan's room.

Amongst the concubines and concubinage s in the main house, there were two who were the same age as Xu Mingzhang. So it turns out that when Xu Tiangang came back, he wasn't idle either.

The more Xu Mingwei saw, the more she felt that this world was a paradise for men, to be able to walk freely outside, to return home with her lovely wife and concubine, to hug him left and right, to be able to leave after patting her butt, and to not need to be coaxed or deceived, naturally there would be a bunch of women who would be willing to bear the hardships of having babies for him for ten months, and to give birth to a string of children for him.

The poor thing is a woman.

She was still sighing when her hand was pulled. Xu Mingwei looked to the side and saw Xu Mingmei smiling at her with her round eyes wide open.

"Don't be sad Seventh Sister, it won't be long before he will be back. Furthermore, we are still at the mansion, so when you have nothing better to do, come and play with me."

Xu Mingwei understood that she had misunderstood, but it was not easy to explain. She could only nod her head in expectation.

Compared to her calmness, Xu Minglan seemed to have lost control of himself. This was the first time she had been separated from her family for so long. At first, she didn't think so, but her heart was filled with the excitement of entering the palace. But now, seeing that the carriage was leaving and only she was left in the courtyard, she pursed her lips and let go of her throat to cry. She still wanted to chase after the carriage, but fortunately Lady Ji got hugged by the wet nurse in time and coaxed her for a long time.

Once Old Master Xu brought the family away, the entire Xu Residence immediately became empty.

Xu Mingmei rested for a while in her courtyard. Afraid that Xu Minglan and Xu Mingwei would feel lonely, she picked up a handkerchief that she had just embroidered a few needles with, and brought Wan Feng along to fourth wife to look for Xu Minglan. Just as she approached the Xueju, the head maid, Jun Lan, stopped her. She accompanied Xu Minglan with a smile and said that the young lady had just fallen asleep because she was tired.

Xu Mingmei did not want to disturb him, so she turned around and was about to head towards Xu Mingwei's residence.

Seeing that she was leaving in a hurry, Wan Feng's hair was in a mess. He stood up to help her fix it, when he suddenly heard from inside that Xu Minglan asked Xi Shi, "Did that annoying upstart leave?"

Xi Shi stood outside the door in distress and did not reply. Wan Feng stood at the side with his hands down, pretending she did not hear anything, but Xu Mingmei turned and smiled to Xi Shi, saying loudly, "Sister Xi Shi, please tell Fifth Sister that Ming Mei is leaving now."

There was no sound in the room.

Xi Shi's face was burning red, he did not say a word, and did not say a word either. In the end, he gave Xu Mingmei his blessings for the new year.

Xu Mingmei did not mind, and returned the greeting, calling Wan Feng over, and the master and servant then slowly left.

Xi Shi watched as Xu Mingmei's figure disappeared from her sight behind the arch, and she heaved a long sigh of relief. The scene just now was so embarrassing that people would have liked to dig a hole to hide in.

Just then, Xu Minglan peeked her head out from inside, and after confirming that Xu Mingmei was no longer here, she turned and flew into a rage, and scolded, "Earlier, he was not too far away, why did you not give him a reminder? Someone else heard it from behind the scenes. "

Xi Shi lowered his head and stood by the door without making a sound. The maidservants in the room looked at each other, but none of them dared to speak. Seeing the displeasure on the young lady's face, they all lowered their eyes and moved to the side.

The entire Xueju was so quiet, it was as if a pin drop could be heard. Xu Minglan cursed for a while before she stopped. Xi Shi saw that her expression had eased up a bit and tried to persuade her, "six girls's good temper is famous in the palace, and this servant saw that she didn't seem to be angry when she left, so it would be better for this girl to be more intimate with her later.

Xu Minglan rolled his eyes at her, and said: "What kind of person is worth trying to curry favor with? My father is a government official, so what about second wife's uncle? Even my mother is much more powerful than my second concubine. There's no need to bring up such nonsense. "

Xi Shi did not understand, since he was not worried that the six girls would take those words to heart, then why would his lady be so angry? However, she didn't dare to ask and silently retreated to the side.

Although Xu Minglan said that she hated rich people and was a nouveau riche, in truth, she was extremely envious. Although his family was rich, they were for outsiders to see. Every month, there were only a few examples, so it would take at least half a year for them to buy a piece of jewelry for the Scenic Spot. Lady Liang also loved her son, so the small amount of dowry and private money she had spent on her brother Xu Mingfeng was definitely not enough to cut meat for her to buy jewelry.

To put it in the words of the Lady Liang, this child was not even old yet, so what was the use of dressing up like this? The silver saved in the future, wouldn't it have to be added to her dowry list?

The last half of Lady Liang's words were even more hurtful, "Even if you dress up again, can you get past your Seventh Sister? Isn't it all for nothing? "