Yu Shu was not surprised to hear Xue Rui talk about his family. He had several half-siblings. Even the businessman Ji Hyotani had several wives and concubines. The Xue family was a big family. How could a man not have many children? These five children were considered few.
On the other hand, Xue Rui had a younger sister, and this had exceeded Yu Shu's expectations. Because she'd known him for so long, yet she'd never heard him mention her, and she couldn't help but be interested in this' Little Sister Jin Xun 'that she'd never met.
"Really? She is only one year younger than me? Then I must meet her another day. "
Xue Rui nodded and smiled. He drank the remaining half of the wine and asked casually, "You left the city last night. Did you find Young Hero Jing's whereabouts?" "Cough, cough." Yu Shu choked on the porridge and coughed twice. She picked up a white handkerchief that was folded into a square on the side and wiped her mouth. She said, "No, I was heading for the Ascending Cloud Monastery at first. Later, I strayed into the forest and lost my way without seeing anyone. Fortunately, I wasn't eaten by the wolves." "Well, then I'll continue to send people to look for him."
"No need." Yu Shu looked up at Xue Rui and said half-truthfully, "He must be deliberately avoiding me. There is no need to look for him.
Xue Rui stared at her face and nodded. "I know." Yu Shu did not know whether Xue Rui had noticed something. However, she could not explain to him about Jing Chen. She could only choose to avoid it.
"I almost forgot something." She cleverly changed the topic. She suddenly said, "When are you free these two days? I looked at the restaurant's account a few days ago. I have some ideas to tell you." Xue Rui heard this and thought for a moment. He said, "I have something to do today. Tomorrow. Is it convenient for you to come out in the morning or in the afternoon?" Yu Shu said, "Anytime is fine."
Xue Rui asked, "Aren't you going to teach Ji Xingxuan divination?"
Speaking of Ji Xingxuan, Yu Shu smiled. "She has no time to learn these two days. It doesn't matter."
Xue Rui did not understand. Seeing her treacherous smile, he knew there was something fishy. He asked curiously, "What ideas did you come up with this time?"
Lin Fu and the others left after serving breakfast. There was no one else in the front building, so Yu Shu was not afraid of being noisy here. She smiled and said to him, "It's nothing. Don't you need three coins to perform divination with copper coins? I asked her to find them."
Then, she rambled on about the method she taught Ji Xingxuan to choose the divination money. Xue Rui listened to her explanation and found it logical and logical. He looked at her doubtfully and asked, "Is it really that difficult to choose?"
"Haha, of course, it's to coax her. You really believe it?" Yu Shu laughed. She shook the chopsticks in her hand and winked at him. "Actually, as long as the three copper coins are used and have the same 'Nian' character, it's fine. I'm just finding something for her to do. I want to buy a few days and bully her at the same time." "You …" Xue Rui shook his head and laughed. He knew that she did not have good intentions. But he could not hate her when she was so frank.
After eating, they did not stay in the building for long. Yu Shu asked Xue Rui to send her to the Ji family. As soon as she got out of the car, Yu Shu was stopped by Xue Rui. "Shu."
"Ah?" Yu Shu turned around and moved to the side of the car. She saw Xue Rui's hand reach out and put something in her hair. She raised her hand and touched it. The soft touch did not feel like gold or silver. Instead, it felt like a plant.
Xue Rui looked at her face that was illuminated by the cluster of golden-yellow incense and revealed a bewildered expression. He smiled faintly, but there was a layer of mist between his handsome brows. "Today is the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, women should wear flowers to celebrate."
Yu Shu looked at the smile on his face. She was in a trance for a moment. She gently touched the flower in her hair. She was happy. "Thank you, Big Brother."
Xue Rui nodded. He looked at her a few more times. Then he waved his hand. "Go." The seventh day of the Chinese New Year was the day of the Chinese New Year. As the name suggested, it was to celebrate the birth of a person. On this day, people would cut the ribbon and stick gold leaf to celebrate. There was a new batch of lanterns outside the Ji Mansion. The two rows of trees at the entrance of the mansion were hung with flower ropes. Everywhere was colorful.
Now everyone in the Ji family knew that a girl had come to the mansion. When the gatekeeper saw that Yu Shu had come back, he did not stop her from entering. Instead, he ran to report to the housekeeper. Yu Shu went back to the small courtyard where she temporarily lived as if nothing had happened.
The maidservant Sang Er was not in the courtyard. The door was not locked. Yu Shu pushed the door and went in. She first looked for Kim Bao. Yesterday, she left it in the room with a plate of snacks and a plate of water. She was afraid that it would run out.
If Goldie was really bitten to death by cats and dogs, Yu Xiaoxiu would definitely fall out with her.
In the end, she quickly found Jin Bao sleeping under the pillow on the bed. Just as she was about to praise him, she saw a copper coin under the pillow from the corner of her eyes. She was puzzled that this little thief had changed from stealing silver to coveting small coins. Who would have thought that when she picked up the copper coin, she saw the words' Zhao Qing Tong Bao 'written on it. Wasn't this the money that Ji Xingxuan had received for sixty years?
Yu Shu sat on the edge of the bed with a strange expression. She looked at Kim Bao and looked at the copper coin in her hand. She thought it was most likely that Ji Xingxuan left this coin in her room the day before yesterday and Kim Bao took it away. Otherwise, this little thief couldn't have stolen it from someone else's room.
If so, then he really became a demon.
Yu Shu casually stuffed the copper coin into her waist pouch and put a handkerchief under Kim Bao's head. She was careful not to wake him up and stuffed the copper coin into her sleeve. She walked to the door of the bedroom and stepped back. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror under the window and saw clearly that Xue Rui was wearing on her hair. She couldn't help but secretly think that it was beautiful.
She couldn't tell the name of the golden flower that looked like a small embroidered ball. She only knew that it was neither winter jasmine nor plum blossom. Three to five flowers were fixed on the comb woven with green vines. Occasionally, there were two green leaves, which formed a bright flower that made people look more outstanding.
After looking at herself in the mirror for a while, Yu Shu hummed a tune and went out of the bedroom. She went outside to look at the old locust tree in the corner of the courtyard. Originally, she wanted to splash a bowl of chicken blood on it, but Jing Chen told her not to see blood, so she had to think of another way.
As soon as Yu Shu went out of the courtyard, she ran into the housekeeper who had heard the news and found her, "Miss Yu, our master wants to talk to you."
Yu Shu planned to go see Aunt Cui first, and then go to Zhao Hui's house to find Doctor He to get the prescription. When she heard that Ji Huaishan wanted to see her, she was very reluctant to go, but she couldn't not give face to the old man, so she could only follow the housekeeper.
This was the first time she saw the old man of the Ji Family's tea room. Yu Shu stood downstairs, and Ji Huaishan sat upright on the armchair, playing with a game of chess in front of him alone. He also held a yellowed chess record in one hand.
Yu Shu's sharp eyes saw a word and a half exposed on the cover. She guessed that he wasn't looking at a chess record, but the chess spirit scripture that used black and white pieces to predict the future.
"Great Master."
Ji Huaishan didn't raise his head and asked, "You didn't come back last night?"
Seeing that he already knew the answer, Yu Shu said, "I didn't come back. The young miss of the Xue family asked me to stay the night."
Ji Huaishan said, "You are now living in my estate. Mr. Xue specially asked me to treat guests well. However, you are a girl. If something happens to you and something happens to you, wouldn't it make things difficult for me? Next time, before you go out, leave a direction and let people know where you are going. Do you hear me? "
Yu Shu really didn't like the tone of this old man when he spoke to her, but she had acted improperly yesterday, so she deserved to be criticized by him. She faked a smile and said, "Don't worry, I will remember to tell you before I go out next time."
Only then did Ji Huaishan raise his head to look at her and said, "If there's nothing important, you better not go out. Teach my granddaughter the Six Symbols as soon as possible, and then you can go wherever you want."
Yu Shu thought to herself, 'Originally, you don't have to care where I go.'
However, she said, "Great Master, don't be impatient. Everything has to be done step by step. Only slow work can produce fine work, right? What I taught Miss Ji was what Taoist Qing Zheng taught me. If you think it's too slow, why don't I walk a few steps away and only pick the important parts for her to learn? "
Ji Huaishan clearly knew that Yu Shu was arguing with him, but he didn't want to argue with a little girl. He looked at her coldly and said, "Teach her how you should teach her. Don't be crafty and play tricks.
Yu Shu said seriously, "Great Master, don't worry. I will definitely take good care of Miss Ji. If she dares to be crafty and play tricks, I will be the first to tell you. It's up to you whether you want to hit her or scold her."
Ji Huaishan snorted coldly and asked the housekeeper to bring Yu Shu out. He didn't want to see her, so he wouldn't be bothered.
When Yu Shu left the door, she used her finger to tease Kim Bao who had just woken up and stuck his head out of her sleeve. She thought to herself that this Old Man Ji better not look for her. Otherwise, she would stop him every time she saw him, and he wouldn't feel good.
On the way back to Zhao Hui's house, Yu Shu first went to the big money house and exchanged the two thousand banknotes given by the Ji family for money. She then exchanged it for a small bag of silver. She went to a few shops in the neighbourhood and bought gifts for Zhao Hui and the rest.
On the seventh day of the New Year, the number of pedestrians on the streets was more than the previous few days. Men, women, old and young were all holding flowers and grasses in their hands. Their faces were full of smiles, as if they were bathing in the spring breeze. The peddlers and merchants once again showed their faces. Yu Shu saw that there were handmade flowers and grasses that were very beautiful, so she bought a few.
Carrying a pile of things, she hired a sedan chair at the corner of the street and Yu Shu returned to Zhao Hui's house.
The courtyard door was wide open, and there was a long string of ribbons hanging from the tree in front of the door. The moment Yu Shu entered, she saw Shen Nanny and Yun Dou standing on a stool and sticking flower paper on the window. She called out to them, and Yun Dou jumped down from the stool in surprise and ran to the back to inform Zhao Hui, "Madam, Madam, Young Master, Miss is back!"
Shen Nanny, who was steady and had many children, came up to help Yu Shu carry her things and followed her to the backyard.
Just as they passed through the doorway, a figure rushed over and shouted, "Jiejie!" That person held her arm. Yu Shu freed her hand to pinch Yu Xiaoxiu's cheek. When she raised her head again, she saw the big-bellied Zhao Hui being supported by He Fangzhi as they walked out of the house. Zhao Hui's face was full of joy as she looked at her. She couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and also a little funny.
She had only been away from home for three days, but why did she miss her as if she had been away for three months?
The few people chatted and laughed as they entered the house. Yu Shu sat beside Zhao Hui, and Yu Xiaoxiu stood beside her.
Xiu, she gave out the gifts she bought one by one. He Fangzhi gave out a Xuanzhou bunny hair, Zhao Hui gave out a rhinoceros horn comb, and Yu Xiaoxiu gave out a pack of jade paper. She even bought Shen Nanny and Yun Dou's gifts.
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