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I don’t know how many days have passed. From the day Zhao Xiaomei returned to Yuyi Town, her life returned to the discipline of discipline.
During the day, she would listen to Mr. Fan's lectures in her room, with no one around except the reading boys and the slaves who only flattered her. Without Mr. Fan's permission, Zhao Xiaomei would not even be able to see her brother.
Even after a day of studying, she could not rest in peace. No matter where she goes, there will always be one or two slaves with her - when she goes to have a meal, they will be by her side to urge her to pay attention to her appearance; when she goes to visit Zhao Kuo, they will guard the door so that they can always inform them about the two brothers and sisters. things, good or bad; even when they were dancing around the house, they never left their side.
If one day Mr. Fan and Mr. Zhao Wei are in a good mood, they agree that the younger sister will go out with the servants to buy wine, meat, cloth, spices and other daily necessities. Just when the little sister thought she could finally walk out of the house, she didn't know that she could only sit in a sedan outside, and she could only give orders and didn't have to do anything herself.
No matter where she goes, there is always someone to protect her from the wind and rain. Even if she faces the harshest blow, it will only be punishment from her elders.
Such days must be very happy and happy, right?
"It's not like this!" Zhao Xiaomei said to herself more than once: "Why do I have to be like this?"
Such doubts echoed in the younger sister's mind more frequently when she met her future husband's family. This was also the time when she saw her destiny most clearly - the two young masters, Tong Yi and General Tong, who came all the way from Woye Town, were actually here to get married.
And Zhao Xiaomei's fate seems to have been secretly decided by others since she was born. Like Yao Caiwei, the daughter of the Yao family, she will marry the Tong family brothers as a symbol of the friendship between Yuyi Town and Woye Town, and the little sister has never even seen the Tong family. His eldest brother Tong Yao.
From that moment on, Zhao Xiaomei knew that she was no different from the refugees and refugees huddled on the street corner. They are all puppets at the mercy of fate. It's just that the younger sister is a little luckier. She has a brother who truly loves and cares for her, many true friends, and someone she truly admires.
There is still hope in her heart, but she is not as brave as anyone else, and she can't think of any way to break the status quo. No matter what you do, it seems that there will be no good results for yourself and Yuyi Town.
She is too weak, as if the "teaching" she has received since childhood was just for today: to achieve her weakness, to develop her habit of relying on others, and to make an originally free soul voluntarily become a prisoner of fate. .
Even Zhao Kuo didn't dare to go beyond his father's wishes, and Zhao Xiaomei naturally didn't dare to make any decisions. She didn't even dare to have a single evil thought, because once she had such thoughts, she knew that she would only be in more pain.
"Just sit back and wait for death. At least this will not hurt anyone except myself... For the safety of Yuyi Town, the daughter of the Zhao family should come forward."
This seemingly great sentence, full of meaning of self-sacrifice for the sake of righteousness, lingers in that extremely weak heart. In fact, Zhao Xiaomei knows very well that this is at best a kind of superb self-comfort.
After the Tong family left, she watched the moonlight getting dimmer and dimmer every night, and the autumn wind becoming bleaker day by day. Gradually, she became so sad that she forgot about time, leaving her no time to take care of her makeup and clothes. She seemed to be getting used to a life where she didn't think about anything and didn't expect anything.
Unless she had to leave the room, she refused to take a step outside. In the eyes of others, they will only think that this is caused by the fear in the heart of the girl to be married, and they will never care about what she is thinking.
Not long after the days of laziness and decadence, one day, a boy suddenly brought a piece of news. He ran all the way from the gate of Zhao Mansion shouting: "Yixiao Huangquan is dead! Yixiao Huangquan is dead!" with a loud voice. It had to spread throughout the Zhao family.
My little sister has never seen such a big battle in a long time. So, she took the beautiful clothes that she hadn't touched in a few days, dressed up casually, and walked out quietly.
What the younger sister never expected was that Bai Feng and Lou Jinghua were talking in detail in the yard outside the house. Upon seeing this, the little girl immediately closed the door, leaving only a small gap, and then ran back to the dressing table in a panic, almost frantically smearing all kinds of powder on her face.
She didn't know why she did this, maybe it was because of her shame. All in all, she had to dress up nicely before going out.
After a while, Zhao Xiaomei finally walked out calmly. She aimed at the two people over there, walked straight over, and asked: "I have seen Mr. Bai, I have seen Sister Lou... Why are both of you here today? I heard It was that smile that caused death, so I guess Sister Lou also got her silver back, right?"
"Although I only got back three thousand taels, it's enough..." Lou Jinghua smiled sadly, then patted the little sister's head lovingly and replied: "I heard that our little sister is getting married. ?It’s really a good thing in succession.”
"You...you all know?" the younger sister said in fear.
"Yes, your father is about to discuss with General Yao how to hold a wedding banquet!" Lou Jinghua said: "Poor me, my family is in ruins and heavily in debt. Even if I want to marry, no one dares to marry me."
"Then...were you talking about me just now?" The younger sister stared at her eyes and turned to the daughter of the Lou family in front of her, and then to Bai Feng, looking very nervous.
"Miss Zhao, I was just asking Miss Lou if there was any plot against her along the way." Bai Feng responded: "Also, please allow me to wish Miss Zhao a good marriage."
"You...what are you talking about! Who dared you to say that? I'm not married yet!" After the little sister said this, she turned around and returned to the house angrily. No one knew the exact reason, maybe even Zhao Xiaomei herself. can not say it clearly.
Seeing that Zhao Xiaomei was angry with him, Bai Feng felt helpless. Maybe even Lou Jinghua saw some clues from it, so she also teased: "Bai Shaoxia, you are really 'caring'!"
Bai Feng smiled and said: "Miss Lou, we are going to say goodbye. I hope that no matter whether Mr. Zhao sends the remaining seven thousand taels as promised or not, you will not give up. You will never give up if you grovel and beg others to get it. It will be more secure than what you earn with your own sweat and blood.”
"Thank you, Young Master Bai, you are a real hero! If you have any difficulties in the future, please come to our Lou family. Even if our Lou family becomes poor and homeless in the future, this little girl will never forget your kindness." Lou Jinghua dialogued Feng's admiration was beyond words. He always nodded slightly and lowered his eyebrows in flattery in front of the other party, trying to express all the appropriate good intentions.
After bidding farewell to the daughter of the Lou family, Bai Feng turned around and planned to sneak into the place where Zhao Kuo was under house arrest. However, there were four guards standing in front of the door of that room, and it was a sunny day, so the guards were very tight. Even if he was good at climbing over walls and climbing over walls, he couldn't blatantly go up to the roof.
So, he could only knock on Zhao Xiaomei's door in the name of apology, hoping to ask for help.
