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As soon as I left the inner room, I met Su Zhiheng. She looked embarrassed when she saw me. I looked at her expression, and there was something I didn't understand.

I didn't bother to expose her, so I just smiled and said, "Second sister, how about looking at the scenery?"

"Oh, yes, yes."

***

When I left the Yangyi Courtyard, I saw Chen Luo waiting for me outside.Seeing me coming, he smiled at me and said:

"I have ordered Wei Zi to buy three baskets of oranges and put them on the carriage."

"Well." I looked at him and said, "I still have to visit an old friend. If you find it boring, you can go to the tea house in the city to rest for a while. We will set off in an hour."

I know that the Shang Kingdom has a rule that Guining must return home that night. If it is overdue, it will be regarded as ominous. The distance between Yecheng and Licheng is not too close. I will delay it for another hour or two. It's late at night.

But this old man, I must visit him.

"The tea house is also very boring. You are going to visit an old friend. Do you want me to accompany you?"

I have no choice but to say: "As you wish."

It's good for Chen Luo to follow, at least someone carried the jar of green bamboo leaves I bought from the wine shop for me.

Chapter 18

This time I didn't bring Qingqian, and Chen Luo didn't bring Wei Zi either, it was just me and Chen Luo.

I brought Chen Luo to the hill behind the Su Mansion.He trekked through mountains and rivers along the way, and he didn't raise any objections to our itinerary.

"Why didn't you leave?" Chen Luo asked.

I looked at the desolate hill in front of me, and sighed softly: "This time, I'm really a little timid."

I took the altar of green bamboo leaves from his hand and said: "You wait for me here, I will talk to him and come."

***

I carried the altar of green bamboo leaves and walked alone to a solitary grave behind the hill.When Su Han died, he was only 14 years old. According to the Su family's ancestral precepts, underage children are not allowed to be buried in the ancestral grave, so he can only be buried here alone.

I unsealed the altar of green bamboo leaves, and the aroma of the wine quickly diffused into the surrounding air. I cleaned up all the weeds in front of the grave and sat cross-legged in front of the tombstone, starting to drink with Su Han one by one.

"You are lucky. This is the best Zhuyeqing in Licheng. See if I treat you well?"

"How are you doing down there? I'm fine, by the way, I'm married, didn't you expect that? Well, the one standing outside is my husband-in-law, isn't he pretty?"

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"Don't worry, I will come to accompany you in a few decades, and I will let them bury me next to you, so that you won't be lonely."

"I have to go, I will come to see you later when I am free."

I didn't make Chen Luo wait too long, and I said goodbye to Su Han when the jar of green bamboo leaves was finished.

When I came out, Chen Luo was still waiting for me.

Thinking that I have been working so hard for nothing for so long, and at lunch time, I was too busy peeling shrimp and carrying vegetables. I must not have eaten well, so I suggested with a little guilt: "How about I treat you to dinner?"

However, in this way, it will be even more delayed.

Chen Luo readily agreed.

I thought again, rules are death, people are life, so how can it be so important to fill your stomach?

...Anyway, if grandma asks, I will let Chen Luo take the blame.

So they took Chen Luo to Xinghualou, the largest restaurant in Licheng, and booked the most luxurious Tianzi No. [-] room. They ordered a table full of dishes, and of course the most famous Xinghualou wine.

I poured myself a glass of wine, and served another glass for Chen Luoman: "Although the apricot blossom wine made by Xinghualou is not as famous as the sangluo in Songshan, it is also a specialty of Licheng. You should try it."

Chen Luo raised his glass and drank it down, looking at me with worried eyes: "Tongtong, your complexion is not very good, what happened?"

"Just now, the old man I went to visit is my elder brother, the elder brother of a direct relative."

Probably because I drank too much wine, I actually had a little desire to talk.

Chen Luo pondered and said, "I've never heard you mention Brother Ling before."

"That's because he passed away when I was four years old. I fell into the water and he picked me up, but he didn't get up again."

"I still remember the first words Mrs. Su said to me when I woke up after being in a coma for three or four days."

She had scarlet eyes, and in my opinion back then, it was even a little scary, but the most terrifying thing was what she said, "Why didn't you die."

For a long time after that, I was having nightmares. I dreamed that after Madam Su said that, she rushed over and grabbed my neck. No matter how much I begged her, it was useless...

It wasn't until Madam Su was diagnosed with pregnancy a few months later that the way she looked at me was not so scary.

Nanny Gu said that when Su Han first left, Mrs. Su had only one daughter under her knees, but the concubine that Master Su favored gave birth to a son for him, so Master Su even thought of divorcing his wife and restoring the concubine, until Madam Su was born. The birth of dragon and phoenix twins is regarded as a great auspicious sign.Mrs. Su won the approval of Mrs. Su and kept her status as the main wife.A few years later, Mrs. Su established a firm foothold in the Su family, and the bastard from the concubine died in an accident. Madam Su found a mistake and sold the concubine that Master Su loved the most before. go out.

After that, Mrs. Su turned to ignore me.

Even the mistress regards me as transparent, and most of the servants of the Su family regard me as a transparent lady.

From the age of four to ten, in the six years, only my uncle will remember me, and when he brings things to the Su family every year, he will still remember to bring my share.

I remember my brother once mentioned to me that when I was born, this uncle happened to be present. At that time, Mrs. Wen came out to announce the addition of a daughter to the Su family. This uncle was very happy, and with a big wave of his hand, he sent five Zhuangzi with better harvests as my birth gift.

But my brother also said that this uncle is actually not my real uncle.Although Mrs. Su came from a famous family, her parents died young and she was brought up by her parents' close friends.This uncle is a child of the family that adopted Mrs. Su.

Uncle treated Mrs. Su well, but Mrs. Su didn't know why she didn't treat her elder brother who was not related but grew up with her childhood sweetheart very warmly.

I have heard some rumors about my uncle, saying that he is the richest man in the Shang Dynasty, but he is generous, generous, generous, and has a noble temperament without the slightest smell of copper.

When I was ten years old, my uncle came to Su's house as a guest. With a mentality of giving it a try, I found an opportunity to reveal some of my predicament to him.I was betting that if he was as benevolent and righteous as the rumors said, he would be able to save me from the predicament. If I lost the bet, my situation would only be worse.

I'm like a gambler who has little money left to gamble, but only has the courage to put all his eggs in one basket. Anyway, the situation is already so bad, so what does it matter if it's even worse?

Fortunately, I won the bet, my uncle scolded Mrs. Su and took me to the Chen family.Because of this incident, I was ridiculed by Mrs. Su for being too scheming, and I didn't refute it, just because I thought from the bottom of my heart that so-called scheming was a good thing, at least it would make my life better.

Speaking of which, even though I was a cousin in the Chen family, I had a much better life than being a real lady in the Su family. My treatment was the same as that of the eldest lady of the Chen family, Chen Qi.

The Chen family also has a pair of twin brothers and sisters. The brothers and sisters are very outstanding in appearance, especially the younger sister, who looks like a fairy walking out of a painting.It can be seen that my uncle is very partial to this pair of brothers and sisters, so when I first arrived at the Chen family, I had the intention of trying to curry favor with this pair of brothers and sisters.

But my elder brother is okay, but my younger sister is always indifferent no matter how I show my favor.

Later, I calmed down trying to please her, and just got along with her normally, but found that she was protecting me in some things.For example, when I first came to Yecheng, because the Su family did not invite me to teach me piano, chess, calligraphy and painting before, I was ridiculed by the noble ladies in Yecheng, "I am not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you might as well die." She didn't say anything at the time, but after returning to Xishantang, she ordered someone to set up pens, ink, paper and inkstones, chess and piano scores, and asked me which one I wanted to learn.