Xiaoxiang Academy
The fire was soaring into the sky, crackling and illuminating half the sky, and the heat waves were rushing higher and higher. People were running around to tell each other: "There's a fire! There's a fire!"
Yu Tang's legs were weak. If it weren't for the maid Shuang Tao holding her up, she would have fallen to the ground.
"Miss, Miss!" Shuang Tao was so frightened by the scene that she couldn't speak clearly. "How could this happen? Didn't the Pei family's guards get up in the middle of the night to patrol their shops with the people from the government? The third master of the Pei family said that this summer was particularly hot and dry, and they were afraid of fire. A few days ago, they specially asked people to set up 38 large water tanks on both sides of Changxing Street, and asked the shopkeepers of each shop to fill the tanks with water every day. How could there be a fire in Changxing Street? Then, then our shop
What should we do? "
Yes!
What about their shop?
Yu Tang's eyes were moist, and the image in front of her eyes became a little blurry
.
She was actually reborn!
It was not like she was reborn on the evening when their shop burned down.
She had a harmonious family, close siblings, and grew up smoothly until she reached the age of . Before that, her life was no satisfactory at most. It was that her parents did not allow her to climb trees or go to the river, and forced her to study needlework and not let her go out. Therefore, her memories were no longer smooth and warm, but not deep. Only this summer ,a sudden fire burned down all the shops on Changxing Street. Her family and her uncle's lacquerware shop were not spared
The materials in the shop were burned, and the warehouse and workshop in the backyard of the shop were also burned to ashes. The goods that were about to be delivered were gone, and the precious templates left by the ancestors were gone. The Yu family was broken up and declining. Someone nearby wanted to rush into the shop to put out the fire, but was buried in the fire by the suddenly collapsed beam.
You ran out without saying a word at home... "Yu Tang also came back to her senses.
For Shuangtao at this time, she just swung on the swing and didn't stand still, fell from the air, and was unconscious for a long time; but for her, she had already experienced the downfall of her family, her parents died, her fiancé died young, and the widow's festival was coveted by her eldest brother.
She finally escaped her husband's house, but was killed in the temple that protected her. This fire is important, but what is more important is her mother's condition.
Her father Yuwen and mother Chen's flounder are deeply in love. Even if her mother was injured when she gave birth to her, his father loved her mother and her like a treasure.
There was never a gap, but her mother was entangled in the bed after she was born, and she was taking medicine seven days out of ten days.
Her father learned from a friend a few days ago that the imperial physician Yang Douxing had returned to his hometown, and he specially rushed to Suzhou City to seek medical treatment for his mother.
In his previous life, his father returned without success, and his mother was frightened because she fell on the swing, and her condition worsened.
He was bedridden. His father decided to take his mother to find another imperial physician, Wang Bai, who lived in seclusion in Putuo Mountain for treatment, but on the way back, he encountered wind and waves that capsized the boat and died.
"Let's go, hurry up and go home!" Yu Tang was instantly anxious, and pulled Shuangtao to run home.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
Shuangtao ran with her panting, while saying, "Where are you going? Home is over there!" Yu Tang stopped and was silent for a moment.
She has not returned to her home in Qingzhu Lane for ten years, and she doesn't remember going from Changxing Street to Qingzhu Lane.
There was such a path between them. Perhaps it was because Changxing Street was flooded, and there were people walking in this secluded alley on weekdays, but everyone was in a hurry, looking up at her and passing her with a heavy expression.
The yard in the back hall of the Yu family was quiet, and a few tall and straight Xiangfei bamboo branches and leaves stood quietly in the moonlight.
The noise and chaos of Changxing Street seemed to be from another world. The mother's cough was clear and audible, with a faint hiss cracking her lungs: "How is Ah Tang? Are you awake?"
The one who answered my mother was Mrs. Chen, who was serving her: "I woke up early in the morning, saying that I need to eat sugar-fried chestnuts. You say, where can I go to give her this time?
Looking for sugar to fry chestnuts? Tricked me into drinking a bowl of osmanthus sugar water, and then ate three pieces of peach crisp, and then I took a break. "Yu Tang's tears welled up.
In her previous life, she was heartless, and her mother was sick all year round. She didn't think it was a problem. Instead, she used herself to fall off the swing to cheat her to eat and drink, and did everything her mother didn't let her do on weekdays. When her father took her mother to ask for medicine, before leaving, she still clamored for her father to bring her two packs of Poria powder back, otherwise she wouldn't endorse it." Mom! "Yu Tang stood in front of her mother's door and shouted uncontrollably.
The door opened with a" creak ". Mrs. Chen stuck her head out, winked at her, and said,"
What does the eldest lady want to eat again? At this time, the fire in the stove hall is out, at most for you.
Yu Tang was stunned.
She was no longer the little girl who was held in the palm of her father's hand, carefree, and knew nothing.
Mrs. Chen's expression was different, and her mind was turning quickly.
Could it be that at this time in her previous life, her mother's condition was not good?
Yu Tang's face sank, and she looked at Mrs. Chen with a dignified gaze.
She gestured to Mrs. Chen to come with me, but her voice was a little indulgent: "Is my mother's illness better?
I'm not hungry, I just want to say a few words to my mother." Such Yu Tang made Mrs. Chen very strange, Very surprised. She didn't have time to think about it, nodded to Yu Tang, and said something to stop her: "Madam has just taken the medicine and has washed up and gone to bed. If you have anything, come back tomorrow!"
Yu Tang stretched her neck to look at the wing room.
The mother who was just talking to Mrs. Chen didn't say a word
Obviously didn't want to see her.
Yu Tang's heart was heavy, she tried her best to imitate the tone of her fifteen-year-old speech: "Okay! I'll go back to sleep first. Remember to tell my mother that I came." "Remember! Remember!" Mrs. Chen smiled and said meaningfully, "It's cold and dewy, I'll take the young lady back to the room!
In this season, there is no wind and dew? But
I just want to find a chance to talk to her in private. Yu Tang agreed and went to his own room next door with Mrs. Chen.
Because they left in a hurry, the quilt was still thrown on the bed in a mess, and the soft shoes were scattered all over the place, one in front of the bed and the other in the middle of the room. Mrs. Chen scolded Shuang Tao in a low voice: "How do you serve the eldest lady? The room is a mess. If the lady sees it, she will teach you a lesson again." Shuang Tao blushed and turned to clean up the room.
Yu Tang pulled Mrs. Chen to talk: "What happened to Mom? Don't bluff me. I know that Liu Santie from Jimin Hall often comes to our house to treat Mom. I will go to Jimin Hall to find him."
Mrs. Chen looked at Yu Tang in surprise. Yu Tang was spoiled by his family. Although
She is not a crooked person, but she is not a strong girl. This is the first time she is so arrogant, and Mrs. Chen can't help but hesitate.
Yu Tang knows her own business. To put it nicely, she is not scheming. To put it bluntly, she is just brainless. If something happens at home, she is naturally not someone you can rely on, and no one will tell her.
She simply said to Mrs. Chen: "Look at me, I am disheveled. I just ran out. Changxing Street was flooded and our store was burned down."
Under the dim light, Mrs. Chen found that Yu Tang's clothes were messy. She was shocked and said, "What did you say? Changxing Street was flooded?"
Yu Tang nodded: "The goods in the store are all gone. The income from the fields will not come until after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I also have to treat my mother's illness. There is no money at home."
She didn't mean to fool Mrs. Chen. It was like this in her previous life.
The Yu family had a little money, so they wouldn't fall into ruin just because the two shops were burned. But this time, the fire broke out, and a batch of goods ordered by others in the warehouse were also burned. The Yu family lost a large sum of money. It was time to pay for the painting "Fishing in Songxi" by Li Tang, which my father had bought from a friend. My mother didn't want to disappoint my father, so she decided to sell 30 acres of good farmland at home. When my father took my mother to Putuo Mountain, she sold 20 acres of good farmland at home without my mother's knowledge. After my parents passed away, she sold the remaining 50 acres of good farmland for a decent funeral.
The property that my grandfather had given to my father was gone, and my uncle was also in trouble and couldn't help her. That's why she agreed to the Li family's marriage.
The thought flashed through her mind, and Yu Tang's expression became heavier. She said coldly, "If anything happens to Mom, Dad will definitely not forgive you when he comes back!" Mrs. Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was Chen's companion and her wet nurse. She was more anxious and distressed than anyone else when Chen was not doing well. The eldest lady actually threatened her. But she felt relieved when she saw such an eldest lady. She thought about it and told Yu Tang, "The weather is too hot. Madam is suffering from summer heat and can't eat anything. She is worried about your injury and the master running around outside. She can't eat well and can't sleep. She has lost weight and dare not let you know." Yu Tang felt guilty and blamed herself.
In her previous life, she always made her parents worry, and she had never been a caring little cotton-padded jacket for her parents, let alone a support. Thinking of this, Yu Tang couldn't help but put her hands together and chanted "Amitabha" towards the west. In her previous life, she was not a devout believer, but the Bodhisattva took pity on her and let her return to the present, back to the time when her parents were still alive. She will cherish the present time and not let the hatred of the previous life repeat itself, and not let this family be broken up and relatives separated. Yu Tang's tears fell like rain.