Red makeup against the world

Chapter 4 Sister and Brother Love

Xu Wanzhen stayed in front of the spirit, and saw that the maids cleaned up A Niang very cleanly.There was no trace of pain on the beautiful face, her eyes were closed as if she was in a deep sleep, and the memories of A Niang's love for her in every possible way appeared in her mind.

A Niang is a gentle woman who combines the beauty of Jiangnan, and she has never seen her scolding loudly.Holding her toddler with gentle hands, taking care of her sick self in undressed clothes, and gently exhorting my father when he was away.But I never thought, this time is farewell!
Sad emotions were churning in her heart, it was a pity that Xu Wan really didn't have the blessing to enjoy the mother who loved her child so much.Simply no longer depressed, and cried a lot.

The grief of losing a mother, the confusion of traveling to this strange dynasty, and the hesitation about the future are all vented.

It was already getting dark after returning to Yingyun Pavilion, Xu Wanzhen felt exhausted.

After all, this body is only 13 years old, and it is a young lady raised in a deep boudoir, lacking exercise.Fortunately, the backyard of the Xu family was big enough, and Auntie was not in good health, so Xu Wanzhen often took her younger brother to play in the garden, enjoying the snow in winter and playing in the water in summer.The child is full of energy, playing more with Xu Wenyu is equivalent to exercising his body, otherwise he will be panting if he walks a few more steps.

Seeing that Sangzi and the little maid had replaced all the decorations in and out of the yard with plain, and all the clothes of the maidservant had been replaced with coarse linen clothes, Xu Wanzhen nodded secretly.

Sang Zi was specially selected for her by Mrs. Xu, who just passed away. When she was seven years old, her hometown was flooded, so she sold herself into the mansion, and grew up with Xu Wanzhen. She was her most trusted personal maid.

Sangzi is very organized, petite and handsome, smiling all day long, with a pair of cute dimples on her cheeks, everyone in the house likes her.

Xu Wenyu had already woken up, and was sitting absent-mindedly, while the nanny was coaxing him to eat snacks.Seeing Xu Wanzhen coming in, his eyes lit up, and he rushed over: "Sister, where have you been? They won't let me go find you." The little mouth pouted aggrievedly.

Xu Wanzhen embraced Xu Wenyu, looked at his deer-like wet eyes, thought that the child was frightened by A Niang's death, kissed his pink cheek, and said softly: "Yu'er, sister is here. I will always be with you in the future, and I will not go anywhere."

"Really? Don't lie to me?"

"Well, sister will never lie to Yu'er." She said and stretched out her finger to Xu Wenyu, "Let's pull the hook."

With Xu Wanzhen's guarantee, Xu Wenyu was obviously relieved, and went to sleep with the nanny after eating snacks.

Xu Wanzhen ordered Sangzi to prepare linen clothes and shoes for her and Xu Wenyu.From tomorrow onwards, the siblings will be dressed in uniform and filial piety, and mourn at home.After a hundred days, the ceremony can be changed into light filial piety clothes, and the filial piety is not completed until three years later when the clothes are removed.

At this time, another big maid, Ge Ma, walked in angrily, bowed her knees and said: "Miss, I came back from the front yard and heard the woman at the third lady's place talking nonsense."

Ge Ma was the son of Xu Wanzhen's family who entered the mansion when he was nine years old, one year younger than Sangzi.She has a fiery personality and can't hide her words, because her parents and relatives are all servants of the Xu family, and the news is the best.

The family style of the Xu family is rigorous, and the style is not extravagant. As the eldest lady of the Xu family, she is equipped with two maids, two maids, and two maids in the courtyard.

Since the third wife is going to split the family, there must be no good things to say, Xu Wanzhen thought for a while, and said: "Does it mean that our eldest wife will implicate them?"

Ge Ma was taken aback, Miss looked different today, instead of asking anxiously, she could guess Sanfang's dissatisfaction.He hurriedly replied: "Yes, miss, there are still some extremely ugly words."

"Don't pay attention to those words." Xu Wanzhen said indifferently: "Don't pay attention to what you hear in the future, just tell me. Ge Ma, let the people in the yard come to the door, I have something to say."

After a while, Sangzi and Ge Ma stood in front of the door with two little maids and two rough envoys. Xu Wanzhen said in a deep voice: "Since you are here with me, I don't care about the past. From today onwards, our courtyard Don’t spread anything about anything in the house. If you hear something outside, come back and tell Ge Ma, and don’t talk too much.”

Xu Wanzhen's face was serious, showing the prestige of being pampered and high-ranking in her previous life, and her small body exuded an irresistible demeanor.The maids and women had never seen Xu Wanzhen such a serious lecture, and they all thought that it was due to her maturity through accidents, and they all obeyed orders.

"If I hear any gossip, I'll find out and throw it out immediately. Let's all go away."

At Xushi, Sangzi removed the double flat buns for Xu Wanzhen, and Ge Ma waited for her to finish washing.Xu Wanzhen said: "You all go back to sleep tonight, you will be tired enough tomorrow. I don't need to stay overnight here."

Ge Ma hesitated and said: "Miss? No one is dispatched at night, how can this be?"

Xu Wanzhen glanced at her indifferently: "From now on, I will only say what I say once."

Seeing this, Sang Zi gently tugged on Ge Ma's sleeve, and the two quietly retreated.

Back at the residence, Ge Ma asked, "Don't you think Miss is a little strange today?"

Sangzi thought to herself, it is indeed so.The former young lady was innocent and romantic, and the whole family loved her to the core, and arranged almost everything for her, and they were not willing to bear her hardships.

Xu's family runs a fabric embroidery shop, except that embroidery must be learned well, and other things are not forced, so the young lady's temperament is very simple.

At the beginning of the year, the madam also planned to hire a foster nun for the young lady, who would teach her manners and the ways of the world, because she was afraid that she would be disadvantaged if she married into her husband's family in the future.Unexpectedly, the world is unpredictable, after this catastrophe, the young lady has become mature and stable.But as a maid, you can't say that.

"Miss is sad now, you have to keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense." Sang Zi told Ge Ma seriously: "You have to remember what Miss said just now, don't think there will be exceptions for the two of us."

Ge Ma stuck out her tongue mischievously, "Sister Sangzi, you need to remind me often."

Seeing this, Sang Zi eased his expression, and said: "Actually, this is fine, right now is the time of chaos. I also feel bad if Madam is gone, and Miss can be like this, we can rely on."

But Xu Wanzhen was sitting alone at the table, holding a cup of hot tea, thinking carefully.This is a habit she has developed in modern times. When encountering things that need to be considered carefully, she must have a cup of hot tea in her hand to calm her mind and think carefully.

After waking up at noon, it took only half a day. My mother's new funeral, the grandson's divorce, the separation of the third bedroom, and the grandmother's dispute.What's more, in modern times, Xu Wanzhen has never really made a decision by herself.But in the current situation, he had to come up with an idea.

After thinking about it for a while, the tea was cold for a few cups before Xu Wanzhen put out the candle and went to bed to rest.

(End of this chapter)