Chapter 4·Letter

While Bai Rongxuan was secretly planning, Tang Xueli had already entered with the service of the maid.

Tang Xueli is the same age as Tang Xueping, only a few months younger than her. However, she is the one who looks most like Zhang among her uncle's four daughters. She has a standard oval face, fair and delicate skin, and a pair of eyes full of tenderness like autumn water. She smiles

There are also two shallow pear dimples on the side of the mouth.

"Sister Li!" As soon as Tang Xueru saw her, he immediately rushed forward, hugged her and acted coquettishly, "Why did you come here? I haven't seen you for some time! You don't know that you miss me... Ouch

!This dress of yours is so beautiful. When did you make it? Let me take a look."

Tang Xueli was wearing a lake blue dress. The color of the skirt was slightly lighter, and the collar and skirt were embroidered with small but delicate pear blossoms. She smiled, nodded at Tang Xueru's forehead and said, "Why are you one year older?

Are you still making such a fuss? When will you understand something?"

Tang Xueru pouted in dissatisfaction, "Why is it that when everyone sees me, I speak a lesson?"

Tang Xueli looked at Bai Rongxuan's expression carefully, "I heard that you were sick, but are you feeling better now? Are you still feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Bai Rongxuan shook her head quickly, "I don't know why I got sick. I've taken two sets of decoctions now and I'm much better. Sister Li, don't worry." She then ordered Cuiping to move a stool for her.

Tang Xueli's maid Chun'er hurriedly moved the stool over without waiting for Cuiping to move. Tang Xueli sat down, held Bai Rongxuan's hand and said, "I'm still thinner. I have bird's nests brought back by my father from outside. I'll look back later."

Have someone send it here so you can recuperate yourself."

"Oh, Sister Li, you still have such good things as bird's nest, and do you have anything else?" Tang Xueru came over and asked.

Tang Xueli said, "Only a little bit, not much."

Bai Rongxuan was eager to know the news about Xiangshi and quickly asked, "Who did Sister Li come with?"

"Follow me to my father," Tang Xueli said, "I just collected the things for ancestor worship yesterday. I quickly came over to see the old lady today. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. I've been really busy this year, so I don't know.

Just as relaxed and comfortable as usual.”

Before Bai Rongxuan could ask, Tang Xueru asked curiously, "Didn't Aunt Xiang come with you?"

Tang Xueli was startled, with a flash of discomfort in her eyes, "With her status, how could she come to see the old lady at this time? Before going out, her father suggested that she come with him, so that she could kowtow to the old lady and get familiar with my little aunt.

, it will be easier to move around in the future, but Aunt Xiang said that she would not come to kowtow until the first lunar month, so my father had no choice but to bring Brother Rong and me here."

Tang Xueru curled her lips and nodded, "This Aunt Xiang is quite knowledgeable and sensible."

However, Bai Rongxuan knew that this was just a ploy by Mrs. Xiang before she could stand firm. She glanced at Tang Xueli and advised her to be on guard against Aunt Xiang's words, but she swallowed them back. Speaking of these at this time, not only Sister Li

I believe that if the news reaches Xiangshi, given her personality, I am afraid that she will be immediately alert and may even cause unnecessary trouble for herself.

Bai Rongxuan was hesitant about how to remind Sister Li to be careful. Mother Wu hurried in and said, "Miss Li, the master is going back and is looking for you."

Tang Xueli stood up in a hurry, "Why are you in such a hurry? I just sat there for a while." She looked quite surprised.

In previous years, Tang Chongzhou would have lunch in the second room before going back.

Wu Ma smiled and explained, "I don't know what happened to Young Master Rong. He kept crying. The elder was so troubled by him that he had no choice but to go back early."

Her father had always pampered his only son. Tang Xueli nodded with a blushing face, and told Bai Rongxuan to take good care of her health and come to visit her again in a few days. She also told Tang Xueru that she was one year older and should understand some things and not act like before.

Then he reluctantly said goodbye and left.

Bai Rongxuan was still ill and could not get out of bed to see the guests off, so she had to ask Tang Xueru to send Tang Xueli out. When Tang Xueru came back, she even invited Tang Xuexuan.

Tang Xuexuan looked at this sister who was giving him a headache inexplicably, "What are you doing? What can't you say properly, why do you have to talk about it like this?" He looked at Bai Rongxuan again, "Why are you still so sick? Eat it.

If the medicine still doesn’t work, do you want to see another doctor?”

Before Bai Rongxuan could say anything, Tang Xueru asked curiously, "What's going on with Brother Rong? Why are you crying for no reason?"

Tang Xuexuan rolled his eyes speechlessly, "What do I think is a big deal, and you are just doing this? It's not a big deal. Brother Rong took a fancy to an object in the grandmother's room and wanted it. If it was something else,

That's all, but that thing was given to my grandmother by my grandfather. My grandmother couldn't part with it. Brother Rong refused to let me go, so he started making trouble. The only young master in the eldest house actually lay down and rolled on the ground in front of the servants. It's really even a businessman.

She's not as good as a shrew. My uncle didn't have the nerve to stay for dinner, so he went back with an embarrassed look on his face."

Tang Xueru snickered twice, "I'm afraid it's not that grandma is reluctant to part with it, but that she doesn't want to give it to me, right?" After all, it's no secret that Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Huang don't want to see Xiangshi and Brother Rong. Every time Tang Chongzhou brings Tang Xuerong to present treasures,

Even if you approach Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Huang, you won't get a good look.

"What nonsense!" Tang Xuexuan glared at his sister, "You are the only one who talks too much!" He is the eldest son of the family, and he has been busy in the shop with his father for some days. He is much more stable and mature than before, but there are no elders in the room, so he also

He couldn't help complaining: "To be honest, this Brother Rong really doesn't look like a child of our Tang family. Not only does he have a sinister appearance, but he is also uneducated and incompetent. I just heard from my uncle that Brother Rong has already made two people angry."

Sir, until now when others hear that they are going to give lessons to the young master in the Tang family's room, no one is willing to come. But my uncle still treats this as a joke. I really don't know what is going on in his head."

Maybe you simply think that your son's behavior can only be regarded as naughty and cute? However, Tang Xuexuan's words still made Bai Rongxuan distracted.

She still remembered Tang Xuerong's appearance when he was a child. His eyes were long and thin, and he looked like a fox no matter how he looked. He looked nothing like anyone from the Tang family. Did he follow the Xiang family?

But no matter how Bai Rongxuan recalled it, she could never remember Xiang's appearance.

Tang Xueyuan sat for a while and then followed her father to the shop to have a look. In the early years, the Tang family's tea shop would not open until after the Lantern Festival, but now it is difficult to do business, so it opened with firecrackers on the second day of the first lunar month.

, some guests will give some tea as gifts when visiting relatives and friends.

After he left, Bai Rongxuan asked Tang Xueru, "Do you know what Mr. Xiang looks like?"

"What is it like? Just..." Tang Xueru tried hard to recall it, and finally said, "Just like a woman!"

Bai Rongxuan suddenly felt like she was asking the wrong person.

In the evening, Bai Rongxuan was served by Wu Ma and Cuiping. She had just taken medicine. Tang and Huang came to visit her. They saw that although her face was still pale and bloodless, she was in good spirits and talked more.

Only then did I feel relieved. By chance, a little maid named Sanxi came in holding a small brown paper bag, "Madam, Mother Cui said this was sent by someone from Miss Li, and she specified that it should be given to Miss Xuan."

"What is it?" Mrs. Huang took it and opened it. It turned out to be a small bag of bird's nests. Although it was not much, it was in good condition. Mrs. Huang smiled and handed it into Wu's hand, "Give it to you ladies."

Okay, let's go back and stew some to replenish her health." Wu Ma quickly took it and held it in her hands carefully, as if she was afraid it would be blown away by the wind.

Mrs. Tang was puzzled, "I'm afraid this bird's nest is not cheap, so why did it get delivered to you?"

Bai Rongxuan explained, "This morning, Sister Li and my uncle came to kowtow to my grandmother. They heard that I was sick and came here to visit. She said that she had some bird's nests at home and wanted to give them to me for recovery. At that time, they just said it casually, but I didn't even go.

I thought about it in my heart, but I didn’t expect that she would still remember it.”

"Xueli is a rare and good child." Huang said with emotion, "She is only a few months younger than Xueping. Xueping is getting married this year, but her marriage has not yet happened. Now Xiangshi has entered the

After getting married, my eldest brother is soft-spoken, so I’m really worried that he will marry Xueli out of nowhere.”

"Xiang is not a meddlesome person, don't think too much about it." Of course Tang didn't know Xiang's true identity, so she was still speaking for her, "Although the eldest brother doesn't have any ideas, the marriages of his first few children didn't have any big problems.

Wrong, learn English, learn Fen, learn Lian, the marriage is pretty good, and the life is prosperous."

"Then it's not his credit, it's my sister-in-law's spirit in heaven who is protecting these poor children." Mrs. Huang said distressedly. Of course, the only person she could call sister-in-law was the deceased Mrs. Zhang.

Just like this, after the fifteenth day, every household turned off the lights. Bai Rongxuan's body was getting better day by day, and she could already take a walk with Wu's support. Tang and Huang had been worried about her illness for a whole month. Now,

Finally feeling relieved, Bai Rongxuan discussed with Mrs. Huang, "Auntie, I'm feeling much better now, so just give the Cuiping back to Sister Ping. She still has to embroider her dowry, and she can't do it without a capable person around her."

The second room of the Tang family is not considered a wealthy family, and there are not many servants. In addition to the concierge and an old steward leading two young men who look after the home, there are only a few old mothers and grandmothers in the backyard who serve personally.

The only maids are Cuiping, Sanxi, Chuntao and a young girl named Xiaoyuan. Xiaoyuan can't help much yet and can only run errands to pass on messages. Cuiping is about the same age as Tang Xueping and has been in the Tang Dynasty since she was a child.

The family knew everything about it. Tang Xueping was getting married this year. Huang and Mrs. Tang discussed that they wanted Cuiping to come with her as a dowry maid.

The Tang family is a philanthropic family. Although Cuiping is a servant, Mrs. Tang still called her to the front and asked her what she meant. Cuiping's parents died young and were sold to the Tang family by someone else. Over the years

The Tang family treated her very well, unlike other families who frequently beat and scolded their servants. The eldest lady had a gentle personality and was a rare good person, so she was willing to follow Tang Xueping.

Bai Rongxuan and Tang Xueru have not had a regular maid around them since they were young. One is taken care of by Mother Wu, and the other is taken care of by Mother Cui.

This time, because Bai Rongxuan was ill and Sanxi and Chuntao were still young, Mrs. Tang was worried that Wu’s mother would have to serve the Tang family and take care of Bai Rongxuan, so she temporarily transferred Cuiping here. Now Bai Rongxuan is in good health.

Mrs. Huang was also worried about her daughter's dowry, so she nodded in agreement.

After February 2nd, when Bai Rongxuan was almost in good health, her brother Bai Xiuzhi sent a letter from Nanjing.
Chapter completed!