Xie Yue woke up very early.
The weather has entered autumn, but no one has given her a thick bedding. The thick clothes in previous years have been put away, so she can only wear clothes at night and wrap herself in a thin blanket to sleep.
She pushed open the window with half of the paper blown off by the wind. Under the dark sky, a thin layer of frost had condensed on the weeds outside. It was already so cold. No wonder she woke up from the cold.
Xie Yue had just come out of that layer of blankets and couldn't help but shiver when the wind from the window blew her.
There were footsteps outside.
Xie Yue made a distinction and showed hesitation.
But in this moment of hesitation, the footsteps got closer.
Xie Jintang walked into the house quietly, and saw a man sitting in front of the window. She was startled by the suddenness: "Ah Yue?" She had already seen her clearly: "Why are you up so early?"
Xie Yue turned around and smiled weakly: "Didn't sister come so early?"
Xie Jintang touched her head: "Don't I want to come see you earlier?" Then he said softly and mysteriously: "There is something important today, and I'm afraid you'll forget it."
Thank you for not forgetting the moon.
Qingyi Mountain is about to select and recruit talents. As a second-rate family, the Xie family has also received two quotas this year. This is the first time in the past ten years. Everyone from top to bottom pays great attention to it. To a certain extent, Xie Yue She was even more neglected, otherwise she wouldn't have been given a bedding in previous years.
Xie Yue's sense of presence in the Xie family was all given by Xie Jintang.
Xie Jintang has shown extraordinary talent in magic at a young age and is the only hope for the second brother of the Xie family to compete for the spot in Qingyi Mountain.
The selection of Qingyi Mountain is nominally required for all the children to participate. Xie Jintang came here so early today because he was afraid that others would not let him go or not tell Xie Yue to go, so he took her there himself.
Although Xie Yue doesn't think this has anything to do with her.
Xie Jintang held Xie Yue's hand with a firm gaze: "Ayue, follow me."
Then it was iced.
She held Xie Yue's hand as if she were holding a piece of soft ice.
Xie Jintang was stunned and glanced at the pile of quilts on the bed. Even though they were piled loosely, it was not difficult to see how thin they were.
Xie Yue said nothing.
Xie Jintang didn't say anything, but held Xie Yue's hand harder and pulled her forward.
As long as they are selected today, even just her, no one will dare to bully Xie Yue in the future.
Xie Jintang took Xie Yue back to his house.
Different from Xie Yue's dilapidated house, Xie Jintang's house was richly and elegantly decorated, with groups of servants and maids. The moment they walked in, a servant spotted them and came up to them and said, "Miss, when are you going out?" ? I was so blind that I didn’t even see it.”
Then he saw the disgraced Xie Yue behind Xie Jintang.
The look in his eyes when he sees a poor relative coming to visit him in the autumn wind.
Still the kind who beat Qiu Feng many times, stalked him, and acted shamelessly.
Xie Yue lowered her head.
Xie Jintang turned back after crossing the threshold and stared at the person. Although she was young, she had a power that ordinary people could not match: "I think you are really blind?"
The man finally realized what Xie Jintang was talking about, and said with a smile to Xie Yuepi: "Hello, Miss Second."
She saluted Xie Yue.
Xie Yue, however, seemed to be frightened and hid away, her eyes wandering, and she wrung her hands. After a long while, she whispered in a low voice: "Mama is fine."
Things that don’t fit on the table.
Not only did this grandma think so, but Grandma Xie who came out also thought so.
Grandma Xie has been in the Xie family for many years and has worked hard. She was given the surname of the master's family, which can be said to be very important among the servants.
Even Xie Jintang had to give in a bit when facing Auntie Xie: "Auntie, today is the Qingyi Mountain selection. All the children of the clan will participate. I will bring Ah Yue here first."
Aunt Xie looked at Xie Yue for a long time, until she saw that Xie Yue was embarrassed and clenched her hands tightly, and then she said coldly: "Does the second lady want to participate?"
Xie Yue was startled and subconsciously let go of her hands, waving her hands and saying, "No...it's not..."
Xie Jintang stood in front of her and said, "Mommy, that's what Qing Yishan said. You and I have no right to interfere. If Ah Yue doesn't go and offends Qing Yishan, then that would be a big mistake."
Auntie Xie made a short sound to Xie Jintang, but still said: "It is certainly inappropriate for the second young lady not to go, but if she goes, she is a person abandoned by the gods, will she really not offend all the immortals?"
Xie Yue lowered her head.
Xie Jintang said: "It's not that I don't respect the gods, but my Xie family is just average in the entire Chen country. Not to mention there are so many countries in the world. Who is abandoned by the gods is more outrageous than a person who cultivates immortals? What's more, Ah Yue and others I haven't done anything in the past year, and I haven't had any trouble, so I'd better not make assumptions based on just a few words."
Nanny Xie had something to say, but she looked around and finally said to Xie Yue: "Since the second lady wants to appear in front of others, she should follow the slave to change clothes first."
Xie Yue looked at Xie Jintang, who nodded before she dared to follow the girl on her side.
The concept of people abandoned by God is actually not rigorous enough, and it is not widely circulated.
Legend has it that a woman born in a yin year with a yin month and a yin day is extremely unlucky. If the woman's mother also dies during childbirth, then such a person is extremely yin and the gods will abandon her.
That's what Xie Yue is.
Her mother was of low status and was the daughter of a slave in the family, commonly known as a family child. Later, she was favored by Xie Zhonghua, the second master of the Xie family. She did not even earn the title of aunt and died after giving birth to Xie Yue.
Xie Yue's status as a slave was like that, but when she defeated her own mother to death and was still too young to work, she became worse than a slave.
After being hungry and full, Xie Yue grew up to the age of fourteen. Compared to the seventeen-year-old Xie Jintang, who was as delicate as a flower, he was like a stick of skinny wood, dry and gray, without any color.
Xie Yue couldn't fit into Xie Jintang's clothes, and even her personal maid's clothes were too big.
In the end, I took some clothes from a skinny third-class girl and made them smaller, so that I could barely wear them to see people.
Grandma Xie looked at her, still dissatisfied: "Let her wash it again."
A basin of cold water in the autumn morning, I took off my clothes and poured it from head to tail.
Xie Yue was so cold that her lips turned purple and her whole body trembled, but she did not resist.
The way Grandma Xie looked at her, she had no pitiable qualifications at all. Not only was she unsympathetic, but she was so thin that she felt uncomfortable and almost looked unlucky.
A slightly larger stream of water poured from Xie Yue's head to the crook of her neck. Xie Yue could hardly stand and endured it for a long time. Her hair wet by the water flow stuck to her cheeks. She lowered her eyebrows and looked selfless in suffering. .
Almost gentle.
