After Yang Jinxi finished this sentence, she turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia. Only Xu Mingwei was left staring at her back, lost in thought. It turned out that Lady Helan had spoken words to help her vent her anger, and the matter of the marriage had come true. Wasn't the Prefecture Duke Mansion and the Fu Family already interesting? I wonder how Lady Helan did it, and did not teach the Fu Family to see through it?
Xu Mingwei was a little curious, but she felt his mood drop. When it was time for dinner, Lady Helan saw her sluggish appearance and her heart was bright. She sent her down, hugged her and asked, "Did you see your sister Jin Xi in the afternoon? "Why, are you not happy to see her?"
Xu Mingwei shook her head and said, "It's just that I feel that my days passed too quickly.
Lady Helan tapped her forehead and laughed, "Little ghost, you are even trying to play around with me. You saw that your big sister Jin Xi had obviously stolen the person Fu Ninghui liked, but did not feel that there was anything wrong with doing that, so you felt a chill in your heart, right? "
Seeing that his thoughts had been exposed by the Lady Helan, Xu Mingwei felt a little embarrassed and nodded with a red face.
The Lady Helan laughed, "That's nothing. She had seen it before her mother left, so she shouldn't have seen too many people talking about it. Not to mention that she was only a good little sister, even if they were blood sisters, there would be many who would do bad things for the sake of a marriage. Some of them knew that their sister couldn't bear to see Liu Xu and went to another house to change their sister's perfume bag. Some of them were jealous that their sister had gotten a good marriage, while others took the chance to twist their sister's hair with scissors in the middle of the night … These people looked bright on the outside, but what dirty things couldn't they do behind their backs? Your Big Sister Jin Xi did not do anything, it was only a marriage arranged by an adult. If she follows his orders and marries, what is there to feel guilty about? "
Xu Mingwei also knew that the back of the house was normally a place with hidden impurities, it was just that when this happened to someone close to him, she wouldn't be able to accept it so easily. Mentioning this, Xu Mingwei became curious. For the sake of her future life in the Fu Clan, Lady Helan would definitely not be able to win over her family by herself. However, she did not know what methods she used to make her do it, so she raised her head and asked.
The Lady Helan said, "At that time, that old granny of yours came to me to explain in detail how Fu Heng and the young prefecture lord ruined your marriage, so naturally, I would not listen to her side of the story. Afterwards, he found those few monks and Daoists, guess what? As expected, it was Fu Ninghui who did the deed, how old was she back then? To have this kind of courage and insight, and not know shame, the Prefecture Duke Mansion wouldn't even acknowledge a daughter-in-law like her, she would actually call herself that, and prepare so much! Mother got someone to greet those monks and Daoists. She pressed a handprint on the recording paper to prevent this bad girl from playing tricks again. Do you think the County Princess is willing to be relatives with the Fu Clan? If she really wanted to, she wouldn't have delayed it for so many years. However, since the young prefecture lord likes it, County Princess will watch it first. "
Xu Mingwei thought that it was no wonder she had not heard the news of the young duke and Fu Ninghui's engagement. It was because the County Princess did not like Fu Ninghui.
The Lady Helan continued, "Back then, the confessions of the few Daoists and monks who had pressed their hand seals naturally could not be revealed to us, but it was actually done by someone who was willing to stick his head out and do it."
Having said that, what else did Xu Mingwei not understand? Lady Helan used the Yang Family to punish Fu Ninghui, and the Yang Family did not lose out, as they talked about a good marriage, each taking what they needed.
This matter quietly passed by just like that. After resting at home for a few days, Xu Mingwei gradually recovered from her shock. She heard that the Su Zhou Prefecture Lord had brought his family and family to the capital city. Fortunately, at that time, the family members were all praying in the half moon festivity, and just happened to miss out on the mob. It was just that half of the servants and concubines that were kept in the family were hurt, and even the ones that had accumulated over the years had been swept clean by the mob. This time when she came to the capital, she had come at the behest of the imperial edict, and also for the sake of her children's marriage. Seeing that his family was in a mess, that Prefect of Suzhou made up his mind. He would send his son to the Yue family to seek refuge.
Lady Liang was probably very dissatisfied with her decision, and had not seen her for the past few days. Even Old Lady Xu was not happy, and said something similar to "don't bully the young when they are poor", which caused Lady Liang to blush, not daring to reveal any more expressions of disdain.
Xu Minglan, on the other hand, saw that she was revived and had regained her charming appearance. She was also willing to visit the big room's second room. Xu Mingmei laughed at her. As expected, she was two more people who were about to go out in the Spring and Autumn period. was indeed easily defeated, she scolded, one day, she would be the one who leaves the pavilion, if he had the ability, don't make her hold back.
Speaking till here, Xu Mingmei became depressed, seeing that the sisters had already agreed to return, but she did not have a chance, and did not know where she would end up.
Fortunately, there was still the national mourning, so Xu Mingmei was not that eye-catching even when she was old. She wanted to mention the premise in the Lady Ji, that whenever the Lady Ji didn't speak much with her, she would rush to Zhang Luo's precious son. In the end, she was still a girl. Xu Mingmei always felt ashamed when she said it herself, but after doing it two times, the courage she mustered disappeared completely. She didn't dare to bring it up again.
Xu Mingwei comforted her, something that was destined would eventually come, and there was no need to rush. However, she could only sigh in her heart. Lady Ji, as a mother, didn't have much to show for it, year after year. If it wasn't for her son supporting her back, Old Lady Xu would have despised her a long time ago.
On the other side, the Master Fang's body became even worse after winter. At the start, he could barely take a one-day lesson every two days, but after half a day, he had to take a break of three to five days. She felt thathe was dragging down his student's lessons, so she asked Old Lady Xu for her leave.
The Old Lady Xu was naturally not willing to let them go, and told the family to take good care of the Master Fang. The doctor said that whatever was good, regardless of how expensive the medicine was, it was all carefully stewed. Although Master Fang was tough, he could not change the old man's intentions. He could only shamelessly stay at the Xu family to peacefully recuperate.
Xu Mingwei and the others had no school to go to, and Lady Helan saw that they were bored to death, so she passed the burden of making porridge to the ladies of the Xu family.
Amongst everyone present, only Xu Mingmei and Xu Mingwei had ever tried out the butler. Xu Mingdong, Xu Minghe and Xu Minglan had only seen the people from the La Eight Houses in the past, and thought that it was just a porridge being cooked, how big of a deal it was, and so they did not really take it to heart.
When the matter was at its end, Xu Mingmei and Xu Mingwei would arrange for each of them to take care of their own affairs. Only then did they realise that there were so many other ways, not only did they have to guard against the lack of beans, there were also ways for various families to send them and take back their gifts.
Xu Mingdong had never seen someone like this before at home. After taking half of the list Xu Mingwei gave her to deliver the porridge, he complained incessantly, "With so many people here, how could I possibly send them back in a day?"
Xu Mingmei snickered from the side: "I don't know who will be so relaxed as to pick up this job."
Xu Minglan took the other half of the name list and was worried too, "Ming Dong is right, I'm afraid that there are not enough people at home to order them around, even a horse carriage is not enough."
Xu Mingwei laughed, "It's been enough in the past years, there must be a way. "We'll know when we call a few of the stewards to ask them about it tomorrow."
Xu Mingdong and Xu Minglan thought that this was the only reason why they could take their own lists and leave.
Xu Mingmei was the one who cared about the boxes of food, the one she cared about was the big head, picking the beans and making the porridge was her job, so Xu Mingdong had no confidence to speak, so even if she was in a difficult situation, she would still listen to her.
The Old Lady Xu knew about this, so when everyone paid their respects at the Kangping Courtyard, she smiled and promised the four of them.
These words stirred up the enthusiasm of the four people. They asked the steward about the past years, and the people who sent the porridge were all those old people. Who was the one driving the carriage … After a busy day, Xu Mingdong and the others had actually managed to formulate a plan.
Xu Mingdong and Xu Minglan were busy at the back, but Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingmei had been busy for a few days already. One was busy opening up the storage room to check on the vessels, while the other was busy supervising the process of picking out the beans, washing the beans, soaking the beans, and cooking the beans … After looking at the beans for a few days, Xu Mingwei felt that she wouldn't be willing to drink bean porridge again for a year.
Xu Mingdong and Xu Minglan also felt the same way. On the day of the eighth day, they sent porridge to all the families they were on good terms with. Not even two hours later, those families sent porridge to the Xu family. The porridge cooked by the other families were also about the same. They all felt like they were drowning in the porridge.
The rice porridge that the other families had sent over was usually shared among their servants in the past, but this year, Xu Mingwei had his family members eat bean porridge separately, so every family member who worked at the Xu family could bring a bowl of porridge to drink, thus, all the rice porridge was left behind. In the evening, the four sisters had the servants build a big pot at the mouth of the alleyway and boil all the porridge together. They gave it to the common folk who had no money to eat and the sound of applause rang out.
When Old Lady Xu was old, sshe liked to hear about the Xu family. After that, he gave each of them a set of colorful garland made of gold, and added another person with a red packet of 10 taels of silver. After suffering for so long, the four sisters felt that it was worth it.