The last time she caught this little yellow-haired mouse, it escaped once. This time, Yu Shu didn't let her guard down. She found a cow tendon rope to tie its hair and tied it to the leg of the bed. The little yellow-haired mouse had just fainted and was lying on the ground. Its fur was different from that of a normal gray mouse. It was shiny, long and fluffy, and didn't look dirty at all. When it curled up into a ball, it looked quite cute.
Yu Shu went out to wash her hands and picked up a branch under the wall. When she came back, she saw Yu Xiaoxiu looking at the little yellow-haired mouse. Yu Shu walked over and squatted down to look at it with him.
"Sis, it's so small. How can it steal money?" Yu Xiaoxiu stretched out his hand and gestured. The mouse was not even as big as his palm.
"I saw it with my own eyes. How can it be wrong? Last time, you accused me of stealing money from under your pillow. This little thief did it. " Yu Shu used the branch to poke its head. It had a round bean-like nose, triangular ears, a small fingernail, a snow-white beard, and the fur around its left eye was black and shiny. It looked like it had been punched by someone. This was the first time she looked at a mouse so closely. She felt that it did not look like a mouse. How could a mouse not look disgusting?
Yu Xiaoxiu said doubtfully, "Then why did it come here?"
"Who knows?" Yu Shu poked it again. As she looked at it, she suddenly felt that it looked familiar. It seemed that she had seen it somewhere before. It was a little mouse with yellow fur. Hiss …
That's right! On the day she transmigrated, in the Ji family's ancestral hall, there was a yellow-skinned mouse under the offering table!
Yu Shu's eyes lit up. When she looked at the little yellow-haired mouse again, she felt a sense of familiarity. She looked up at Yu Xiaoxiu and smiled, "You must be bored staying in your room every day. This little thing looks interesting. Let's keep it as your companion."
He couldn't bear to kill a little thing that was fated to be with her, but it would be a pity to let her go, so he decided to keep her.
"Raising, raising rats?" Yu Xiaoxiu's eyes widened. "Who would raise rats!" "Why can't we raise it? There are people who raise flowers, birds, and insects. What's wrong with raising a mouse? Teach it to love cleanliness and not to run around. Also, give it a name." The more Yu Shu spoke, the more she felt that it was feasible. She immediately stood up and walked out. "I'll go boil some hot water for it to take a bath."
"Eh? Sis, sis … "Yu Xiaoxiu couldn't get a response from Yu Shu. He wanted to cry but had no tears as he looked at the little ball at the foot of the bed. Although it was quite boring to be alone in the room, he didn't want to be with a mouse.
***
Yu Shu spent the whole morning tormenting the little Goldie. She washed it and basked it in the sun. Of course, she did it behind Qiu Xiang's back, so she didn't scare the little maidservant to death.
The little thing woke up when it was bathing. It squeaked and wanted to scratch people, but Yu Shu pressed it into the basin and made it drink a few mouthfuls of water. She flicked its head twice and then it became obedient. Yu Shu held its tail and put it on the windowsill to bask in the sun. It didn't even dare to run away. It sat up obediently with its butt up and used its claws to wipe the wet fur on its face. From time to time, it turned its head and carefully glanced at Yu Shu, afraid that she would do something to it again.
Yu Shu pinched its tail and turned her head to discuss with Yu Xiaoxiu. "Xiaoxiu, what name do you think we should give it?"
Yu Xiaoxiu had just seen with her own eyes how her sister bullied the little thing. She felt a bit of pity for it in her heart, so she did not resist it like before. Looking at the golden ball under the sunlight, she thought for a while and said, "How about calling it Jin Bao?"
"Kim Bao?" Yu Shu thought for a while and felt that it was a good idea. She decided on the spot. "Okay, this name is auspicious. Let's call it Kim Bao."
As she spoke, she turned her head and called out to it twice. Seeing that it ignored her, she poked its little head with her finger. The little thing shrank its neck, and the dried fluff on its collar puffed up. It didn't realize that from now on, it had changed from wild to domesticated.
In the end, Yu Shu wasn't sure whether this little thing was a real mouse or not. She was afraid that it wouldn't be clean, so she didn't directly give it to Yu Xiaoxiu to play with. She dried it, tied it again, tied it to the foot of the bed, and found some snacks to feed it. Kim Bao sniffed it and ate it obediently. It didn't resist Yu Shu's feeding. After eating, it even used its claws to wipe its face, as if it loved to be clean. Yu Xiaoxiu couldn't help laughing. It smiled for the first time in days. At noon, Aunt Liu came to deliver lunch. Yu Shu hid Kim Bao under the bed, so she didn't find it.
It rained in the afternoon, and the yellow woman didn't come. Yu Xiaoxiu took the medicine and went to sleep. Kim Bao curled up under the bed, with its back to the siblings, and secretly rubbed the rope around its neck with its front teeth.
Yu Shu pretended not to hear the little movement. She took a stack of paper and spread all the books that she copied when she studied with Qing Zheng on the table. She found all the useful ones one by one, and matched them with Yu Xiaoxiu's eight characters of birth. She looked for loopholes that could be tampered with —
Master Qing Zheng once mentioned to her that people's faces were divided into two kinds: dynamic and static. In layman's terms, static was the facial features, and dynamic was the complexion. One was born with it, and the other could change at any time. One was the internal cause, and the other was the external effect. Sometimes it was easy to confuse the two.
What she needed to do now was to turn the external effect into an internal cause in a certain period of time to confuse people.
This was the inspiration she got from the physiognomist of the Xue family that day. It was a coincidence that because Yu Xiaoxiu was beaten and injured, as his sister, there was a bloody light on her face. The color of her complexion did not disappear, and the expert physiognomist saw it. The physiognomist couldn't determine whether it was dynamic or static, so he postponed it for three days. He thought that if the face was dynamic, the bloody light would disappear, and then it would not affect the marriage.
Yu Shu wanted to make a fuss about this matter. The Ji family pushed her out because of her stupid life, and the Xue family was so careful because they were afraid of meeting a widow, which was the so-called Jinx.
Yu Shu was very sure that she was not the Jinx. As Qing Zheng said, even her stupid life was not hers, but it didn't mean that she couldn't make a move to make herself a "Jinx" temporarily.
If the Xue family found that the Ji family promised to marry a "real" widow who almost ruined their family, would the Xue family spare the Ji family? Thinking of the time when Zhao Hui was wrongly accused of being a "Jinx" and was convicted of marriage fraud, all her dowry was confiscated and the case was taken up. This kind of thing couldn't be cleared up. If they didn't become enemies, they should be happy. How could they dream of marriage?
As for Miss Xingxuan, if she didn't find a suitable man, she shouldn't force her to marry him. Why should she hurt others? As the saying goes, it's better to tear down ten bridges than to ruin a marriage. Yu Shu didn't have any psychological burden when she did such a wicked thing. In fact, she even regretted it. She could only borrow someone else's hand to teach the Ji family a lesson. She couldn't do it herself.
After the deed was done, Ji Hyotani couldn't get anything on her. He didn't know that she had the ability to "steal the sky". He would definitely vent his anger on them. However, in order to appease the anger of the Xue family, he didn't dare to kill her. Without her value, they would probably drive her, a "widow", out of the Ji family. At that time, she didn't need to sneak around. She could take Yu Xiaoxiu to the capital openly.
As for the young master of the Xue family … Yu Shu could only gloat that he didn't have the "luck" to marry Ji Xingxuan.
***
After three days, Ji Hyotani took Yu Shu to visit the guesthouse of the Xue family again. Yu Shu had made preparations early in the morning. She asked Aunt Liu to help move Yu Xiaoxiu from the east room to the west room. She put a kitchen knife under his pillow and a basin of dirty water under the bed. She also burned a handful of ashes and put them at his feet. She closed the window and reminded him to light the candle by the bedside after an hour.
Before leaving, Yu Shu patted her face in front of the mirror. She thought that if Qing Zheng knew that she used the book he taught her like this, he would be so angry that his beard would curl up.
Yu Shu and Ji Hyotani went out of the door. She deliberately fell at the door and dawdled for a quarter of an hour. She calculated the time and got on the sedan chair. Everything was ready. She was a little excited in her heart. She didn't expect that she would be closed at the guesthouse …
"The young master is sick. Governor Xu has no time to entertain guests today. Master Ji, please go back."
Sick? Yu Shu was stunned. She felt depressed that this person was sick at the wrong time. At the same time, she was a little worried. It rained last night. Could it be that he caught a cold?
Ji Hyotani first expressed his concern. After the ceremony, he asked, "Did Governor Xu say when we should come again?"
"The director didn't say anything."
Ji Hyotani didn't get any news. He resentfully left with Yu Shu and returned to the Ji family. As soon as they left, some people came to the guesthouse. A man and a woman got off from a horse carriage. Behind them was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old handsome young man. The man was the second master of the Liu family, Liu Jingtai. The other one was Xue Wenzhe and his son, who were now living in the Liu family. The youngest sister of the Liu family married into the Xue family in the capital. This was a big event in Yiyang City. Xue Wenzhe's father was the nephew of Minister Xue. They weren't very close. In addition, the Liu family didn't know that Xu Li brought people to Yiyang City. It was only yesterday that Liu Jingtai met Master Ji.
Secondly, at the dinner table, he let it slip. Only then did he know that the director of Minister Xue's family came to Yiyang City and that the Ji family had a chance to get married. "Wenzhe, when you see Governor Xu, you must be polite. Do you understand? And your eldest cousin, you haven't seen him before. Don't be rude. "
"I know, mother. You've said it many times." Xue Wenzhe answered absent-mindedly. Ji Xingxuan left the day before yesterday. He couldn't see her off. He had been sulking until now.
Liu didn't know his son's thoughts. He watched as his brother knocked on the door. After a while, he came back.
"Second brother, what's wrong?"
"He said that Young Master is sick and can't receive guests."
"Ah? Did he see a doctor? Is he not acclimatized? "
"He didn't say that. I want to ask the Ji family. You can take Wenzhe back first."
Liu Jingtai alighted from the carriage at the entrance of the Ji family. Liu and his son sat in the carriage and went home. Xue Wenzhe's anger had finally subsided. He was curious about something else. "Mother, why did Eldest Grandpa's family come to Yiyang? Why didn't father come?"
Liu said casually. "The Ji family wants to get married to your Eldest Grandpa's family. They're here to ask for gifts."
"Get married? With who? "
Liu didn't know what his son was thinking. "I heard that your Eldest Grandpa has his eyes on the fourth daughter of the Ji family. He wants to ask for her to be given to your eldest cousin."
Xue Wenzhe was stunned. The next moment, he sat up abruptly. His head hit the roof of the carriage.
Liu was startled. He hurriedly helped him up. "What are you doing? Let mother take a look. Does it hurt?"
Xue Wenzhe grabbed Liu's hand. His face was pale. "Mother, mother, the Ji family wants to marry Xingxuan? No. How can she marry? How can she! "
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