At noon, a faint fragrance filled the house, and a four-fold screen embroidered with plum blossom pictures divided the house into two sides. [No pop-up novel website]
On the couch, Xu Nuo finished drinking the medicine with a grimace. Nanny Li hurriedly fed her the candied fruit and advised: "Madam, there is no need to be in such a hurry..."
I drank the medicine in one breath.
Xu Nuo took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth: "You have to drink after all. Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. Once the pain is over, it will be over."
"My lady is right." Aunt Li nodded in agreement. First, he added incense to the incense burner, then took out the white-glazed Ding kiln tea cup with lotus petal pattern, and sat down on his knees to order tea for Xu Nuo, his movements were like running water. Then she told Chuntang to keep an eye on the fire in the room, and turned around to leave, but Xu Nuo suddenly called her out: "Mommy, I want to talk to you, everyone else should go out."
Xu Nuo wrapped the quilt tightly around his body, leaving only half of his face exposed.
After several maids left, he spoke again: "Mommy, I left home early when I was a child, and now I have lost my memory. I don't know much about what happened at home. Please explain it to me, so as not to make a joke in the future."
Grandma Li is Lu's wet nurse and is over fifty years old. A year ago, she was the one who taught Xu Liuniang etiquette when she just entered the house. She also often took care of Xu Liuniang's yard on weekdays. This time, she was taking care of it here with all her clothes on.
For various reasons, Xu Nuo believed that she was trustworthy.
"Since the lady has her heart, the old slave must know everything."
Grandma Li was secretly surprised. The Sixth Lady grew up outside and was aloof and disliked talking to others. She had not really gotten to know the Xu family for a year after returning home, but now she actually took the initiative to ask about things in the house?
"Excuse me, Nanny." Xu Nuo's slender arms reached out from the quilt and took the tea cup from Nanny Li.
When Nanny Li ordered tea, the aroma of tea filled the room. She didn't pay attention to what kind of tea it was. Now she held the tea cup in her hand and smelled the light aroma, and then she realized that it was Biluochun.
"The ancestors of the Xu family are tea merchants and have been running the Biluochun business in Suzhou. However, there are many tea merchants in Suzhou, and the Xu family is not prominent. It was not until the old man took over the family business and started the Hangzhou Longjing tea business that the business improved. Over the decades, it has become a wealthy family in Suzhou. The old lady handed over the business to the uncle seven or eight years ago, and the uncle is also quite good at business management. He has also started other businesses and added many shops. The business is booming. "
Grandma Li speaks neither humble nor arrogantly. She obviously comes from a wealthy family. Even though the Xu family is very prominent now, she doesn't say it with the slightest hint of admiration.
Xu Nuo nodded, holding the teacup and asked, "Is the tea I drink coming from the Xu family's own tea house?"
"Of course." Nanny Li smiled. Seeing Xu Nuo hand the tea cup back, she hurriedly reached out to catch it, scooped out tea soup from the tea pot with a long-handled tea ladle and filled Xu Nuo.
"At the age of nineteen, Alang was ranked third in the second class of Jinshi. Over the years, his official career has been going smoothly, and the Xu family has become a truly famous noble family..." Alang is Xu Nuo's father.
After drinking two cups of tea, Nanny Li had already given a clear overview of Xu Mansion.
When Grandma Li was talking, Xu Nuo remembered that her mother, Lu, had taken the mute medicine by mistake before she fell into coma. She didn't see her coming when she woke up all morning, so she was a little worried: "Mammy, how is mother now?"
"Madam is recuperating, that's why she didn't come here. Madam, please don't do it because she doesn't care about you. What she cares about most is you. It's just that she's not in good health, otherwise she would be the first to visit you." Aunt Li is a smart person. , Xu Nuo guessed what she was thinking with just one question.
The protection of Mrs. Lu in her words made Xu Nuo feel warm in her heart. Mrs. Lu was so kind-hearted that she indeed deserved such protection from Grandma Li.
"Mommy, what you said is obvious. I may have forgotten how well my mother treated me in the past year, but she still asked you to come and take care of me when she was unwell, so you know she cares about me." Xu Nuo lowered his head and touched Xiu De Neat and round nails, with a gentle voice.
"It would be nice if you know how hard I have put my wife." Nanny Li bowed low and her voice was choked with sobs.
Xu Nuo noticed that Mother Li was abnormal after mentioning her mother. She turned her eyes and remembered that Doctor Ji did not seem to leave immediately after opening the pharmacy for her in the morning, but followed her father to another place in a hurry. In my memory, no one in the house except my mother and myself has been sick recently, so Doctor Ji must be treating my mother.
Thinking that her mother was probably seriously ill at the moment, Xu Nuo couldn't help but become anxious.
He tapped the table with his fingers, and after thinking for a moment, he said loudly, "Come here, I need to wash up and change clothes."
Xu Liu Niang had been wandering outside for the past few years. Her body was strong enough and not as delicate as the daughters of ordinary officials. Xu Nuo felt that she was fine and decided to visit her mother, Lu.
Her mother died young in her previous life, and when her mother was still alive, she was busy with work and had no time to spend with her, so she hardly enjoyed maternal love. But from Xu Liuniang's memory, she could see that Mrs. Lu loved Xu's daughter to the core. Such a woman now became her mother, and she felt truly happy.
Since God has given her the opportunity to have a new life and parents who love her, she will definitely not let it down.
Regarding the dead Xu Liuniang, Xu Nuo believed that he had the responsibility to live well for her and punish her murderer.
As soon as he finished speaking, two maids came in.
Aunt Li thought about the past when the Sixth Lady didn't like to dress up, and she didn't like to be cared for by others. She had always done things like changing clothes and washing herself, but now she actually knows how to order people?
"Which one do you think is better, ma'am?" After washing, a maid came over with two sets of cross-collar skirts and a pair of trousers to ask for permission.
Xu Nuo took a look and found that none of the colors were too bright. She thought to herself that this servant had some eyesight. Her mother was ill now, so wouldn't it be unfilial for her to dress in bright colors? Then he pointed casually and asked, "What's your name? How old are you?"
Of course she knew the name of this maid, but she had to do all the tricks of pretending to have amnesia.
"Little Chun Tang, I'm fourteen this year." The maid looks pretty and behaves gracefully. After answering, she immediately changed Xu Nuo's clothes.
There were two heaters set up in the house. After changing his clothes, Xunuo felt a little hot. He sat in front of the bronze mirror and kept fanning himself with his hands.
Chuntang took the comb and prepared to comb Xu Nuo's hair, but another maid spoke first, with a crisp voice: "Madam, my little Huan'er is twelve this year. I learned a new way of combing my hair in a bun a few days ago, and I think it suits her well." This lady’s clothes.”
Xu Nuo looked at her for a moment and nodded slightly.
When Huan'er saw Xu Nuo nodding, her brows lit up with joy. She immediately grabbed the horn comb from Chun Tang's hand and knelt down behind Xu Nuo.
From the corner of his eye, Xu Nuo saw Chun Tang exiting silently, with no displeasure on his face.
Chuntang was assigned by Mrs. Lu a year ago. She moved from the wife's room to the room of an uneducated wife who had returned home after being separated for many years. However, she never complained and always tried her best.
This Huan'er has never made any mistakes in her work, is more flexible, and can make her master happy, but she was once Xu Qian's personal maid.
Only this one, the ring cannot be left.
Her presence in the room was a ticking time bomb.
With her own whereabouts not completely known to Xu Qian? It must have been this Huan'er who told Xu Qian about her amnesia.
Huan'er naturally didn't know the idea of promise, and just wanted to express herself. Her dexterous hands kept flying, and after a while, a refreshing bun was formed.
"Madam, can you use this hairpin?"
Xu Nuo had been thinking about something, but she came to her senses after being asked by Huan'er, and saw Huan'er holding a shining gold hairpin.
This hairpin has a flat olive-shaped head, with a high-relief pattern of flowers and beads on the top, and a hollow curly grass pattern on the bottom. There is also a ruby inlaid at the bottom of the hairpin. The tail of the hairpin is tapered into a tapered shape. The whole hairpin is very beautiful. Luxurious.
The hairpin was gorgeous, but it shouldn't be worn today. Xu Nuo reached out and took out a simple white jade hairpin from the jewelry box: "Just use it."
Huan'er rolled his eyes in a circle, said nothing in response, took the hairpin and inserted it into his black hair.
Xu Nuo noticed that Huan'er had not left, and still knelt down behind him, curling his lips: "This bun is well done, I will reward you."
"Thank you for the compliment, ma'am. This is what a young man should do." Huan'er thanked her, then stood up, took the reward from Aunt Li with a smile on her face, and stepped back.
He is a money-grubber, and he can be driven out with little tricks.
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