Yu Shu and Aunt Liu worked together to help Aunt Cui back to the Little West Room in the side courtyard. Ji Hyotani still had a conscience. He knew that he had wronged someone and beat her up like this, so he asked the housekeeper to call for a doctor to treat Aunt Cui. After the prescription was written, Aunt Liu followed the housekeeper to get the medicine.
Aunt Cui had a servant girl named Qiao Sui in her room. When something like this happened, she only knew how to stand by the bed and cry. She was completely useless.
Yu Shu endured the demonic sound while following the doctor's instructions. She leaned against the bed and massaged Aunt Cui's chest, taking the opportunity to look around the room.
From the perspective of modern people, Aunt Cui lived in a standard two bedrooms and one living room. All that was missing was a kitchen and a bathroom. The furnishings in the bedroom were not very particular, but the necessary curtains, screens, dressing table, and clothes rack were all there. It looked like she was living a good life. At least, it was much more luxurious than the cottage that Yu Shu and her brother lived in.
Aunt Cui now lived in a small building by herself. The concubine who lived with her had committed the crime last night. Just now, a pair of shoes was found, and she was dragged to the woodshed by two strong female servants. Yu Shu was not interested in her fate. Instead, she was curious if she would give up the 'Second Young Master'.
With the mood to watch a show, Yu Shu mischievously imagined Third Master's reaction when he found out that the person who stole his woman was his nephew. She was so distracted that she did not notice that Aunt Cui was slowly waking up. It was the tearful servant girl who saw her first and opened her eyes.
"Auntie, Aunt, sob sob, you're finally awake."
"Oh, it hurts," Aunt Cui cried out in pain. When she saw the crazy Yu Shu clearly, she subconsciously frowned and said weakly, "Why, why are you here?"
Yu Shu thought to herself, "If I weren't here, I don't know where you'd be thrown by now."
"Don't you remember?" Yu Shu was afraid that if she was kicked, her brain would be damaged.
Aunt Cui touched her forehead and thought for a while. She remembered what happened before she was thrown on the street. Hatred appeared in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and cursed,
"Which little bitch framed me?"
Seeing that Qiao Sui still had the strength to curse, Yu Shu knew that she was fine. She sat up from the bed and wanted to find water in the room for Qiao Sui to drink. Aunt Cui had already asked about what happened to Qiao Sui.
She heard intermittently the part where Yu Shu woke up in the middle of the night to burn joss paper, bumped into the adulterous couple, heard their conversation and reported it to Third Elder Master. Aunt Cui coughed twice and scolded Yu Shu's back,
"Damn girl, you can't even see a person clearly. Ahem, what a waste of your big eyes."
Hearing this scolding, Yu Shu put the half-filled water back on the table and turned to Aunt Cui.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. Xiaoxiu is still waiting anxiously."
After that, without listening to Aunt Cui's call, she ran out. Outside the small west pavilion, Yu Shu combed her messy hair and looked at the sky above her head that had turned gloomy. She sighed and felt inexplicably annoyed.
***
From a distance, Yu Shu saw Yu Xiaoxiu squatting at the door in a daze. She crossed her arms and walked into the courtyard.
When Yu Xiaoxiu saw her, he immediately got up and ran to her. His thin and dry face was still full of panic. For the first time, he took the initiative to hold Yu Shu's hand.
"It's okay, it's okay," Yu Shu didn't wait for him to ask. She patted his shoulder and walked into the room, comforting him, "I've figured it out. It was Third Master who misunderstood Niang. I've brought her back and invited a doctor to treat her. Auntie Liu went to get medicine. I knew you hadn't heard the news, so I ran back."
Yu Shu didn't want Yu Xiaoxiu to listen too much about the trivial matters in the woman's tent, so she didn't explain it in detail. She just said it in a few words.
Yu Xiaoxiu was confused. When he walked to the door, he suddenly threw Yu Shu aside and wanted to go out.
"I, I'll go see Mother."
"Don't." Yu Shu quickly grabbed him and pulled him into the room. "Mother is asleep. If you go now, won't you wake her up? I told you it's okay. You still don't believe me?"
With Aunt Cui's attitude just now, if Yu Xiaoxiu really went there, he might hit the muzzle again. She came back after taking the medicine, so she didn't want Yu Xiaoxiu to be scolded again.
Yu Xiaoxiu also knew Aunt Cui's temper. When he heard that she was asleep, he didn't insist on going to see her. When he entered the room, he suddenly thought of another thing.
"After you left for a while, Third Elder Master sent someone to find a bag of paper money under your bed. Why did you buy it?"
Yu Shu walked to the bedside and lay back on the bed. She looked at the patch on the bed curtain and said,
"What else can I buy paper money for? Of course it's for burning. Otherwise, how can I spend it? "
Yu Xiaoxiu walked to her bedside and said, "Of course I know it's for burning. Who are you burning it for?"
"For myself." Yu Shu blurted out. After saying it, she realized that she had spoken too fast. She turned around and saw Yu Xiaoxiu's eyes wide open. She smiled awkwardly and said,
"I've been unlucky recently. I think I provoked a little ghost. So I burned some paper money. Bye."
Yu Xiaoxiu put away his shocked expression. He was not in the mood to talk to Yu Shu anymore. He turned back to his bed and lay down.
Yu Shu closed her eyes for a while. Because she had to work at Cao Zixin's place in the afternoon, she had to get up and comb her hair. She said goodbye to Yu Xiaoxiu and lied that she was going to ask for the paper money. She pretended to be a teenager in the back room, wiped the bottom of the pot, and slipped out of the door.
***
Business was quiet this afternoon. There were no customers before dusk.
"Clack clack clack". Yu Shu's abacus made a messy sound. Cao Zixin finished wiping another inkstone. He turned to look at Yu Shu, who was frowning. He put down the things in his hands, went to the back of the counter, ground the ink, took out paper, and wrote a string of words. He handed it to her and said,
"If you really have nothing to do, read these words. Don't bully those abacus beads."
Yu Shu tilted her head and glanced at him. She lowered her head and put the abacus back to neutral. She pretended to apologize,
"I'm sorry. I hit you too hard just now. Did it hurt?"
Seeing that she was being funny, Cao Zixin laughed. He took back the written paper and put it aside. He cleared his throat and said with concern,
"What's wrong with you? Weren't you happy yesterday? Did you encounter something difficult? Why don't you tell me? I might be able to help you. "
Yu Shu originally thought that Cao Zixin was a good person. Today, she realized that he also had the hidden attribute of a caring sister.
Under Cao Zixin's "caring" gaze, Yu Shu couldn't help but think of teasing him. She blinked her eyes, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Didn't I buy a bag of paper money yesterday? When I went back, I realized that there was no place to burn it. If I burn it at home, my mother will scold me. If I burn it by the roadside, the neighbors will be angry. Shopkeeper, if you really want to help me, find a place to burn the paper money for me."
Cao Zixin touched his chin and thought for a while. He actually replied,
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