Chapter 2 This Damn Mature and Sensible
In the flash of lightning, she suddenly remembered that her grandmother had an old house, which seemed to be in the south.
Liu Luoying leaned affectionately on her elder sister's shoulder: "Sister, my grandmother asked me to dream last night that she was worried about the body and self-contained in the old house. She knew that we are not easy in trouble now, so she specifically told me to tell her that she could take her with her when she encountered difficulties when she escaped."
Liu Qingqing paused her hand, and a hesitation flashed in her eyes: "Ying'er, you really hear it. Grandma really said that? Uncle San went to the old house several times, but he never found anything..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qingqing felt that she was speechless. Her parents were busy with common affairs and had no time to take care of this little girl. Therefore, Luoying had been fostering her since she was a child, and the whole mansion belonged to her and the old lady were closest to her.
Now she was shaking the third master to the table to envy the old lady's belongings, for fear that her sister would not be able to bear it.
But Liu Luoying seemed to have not heard of it, and she still flashed her big round eyes, hugged her sister's arm and refused to let go: "Sister, I miss my grandmother, can we go back to the old house to pay homage to her grandmother?"
Liu Qingqing was so amused by her sister's tantrums that she was laughing and crying. Seeing her looking like she was splattering monkeys on the room, she couldn't help but laughed, bent her white fingers and gently scratched her nose, and sighed half-reproached and half-dolled, "You!"
The two sisters were having a fight in the room, but the eldest maid brought Xia and brought the medicine cup in, which interrupted the conversation.
Hu Xia saw Liu Luoying wake up, and was overjoyed. He hurriedly held the warm brass hand warmer and stuffed it into her hand, took the lead pillow and placed it behind her neck. Then he said happily: "The Imperial Doctor originally thought that it would take some time for the girl to wake up. He never thought that the girl was healthy, so he woke up today. The girl will definitely be blessed in the future."
Liu Luoying drank the medicine with the servant who hugged Xia, and raised her eyebrows to look at her when she heard this.
Bao Xia was the maid whom her mother came to serve her. In her previous life, she was disconnected from her parents after hearing the third aunt's provocation and was not happy about Bao Xia.
But she clearly remembered that in her previous life, she hugged Xia Zhong and protected her master, and worked hard to be an old girl for the rest of her life, and followed her into the palace. As a result, in an assassination commanded by Concubine Qin, she used her own life to protect her.
Looking at the familiar voice and appearance, it seemed like a different life, Liu Luoying fell a few more tears in a daze.
Liu Qingqing thought she missed her grandmother, so she hurriedly comforted: "Ying'er relaxed and finished the medicine here. When did my sister promise you that I hadn't done it? My sister will discuss with her father and uncle and set off for her ancestral home tomorrow."
When Liu Luoying heard this, she couldn't sit still. She drank the medicine completely and followed her sister to the main hall.
It is not yet the beginning of winter, but the weather is getting colder.
In the main hall, the once magnificent red carvings and wood decorations, countless blue and white porcelain vases were sold out at a low price, and even the silver charcoal used to keep warm in winter can't be burned now.
The two sisters walked around the screen and saw the clan sitting in the circle of the only black painted Pengya table, with different expressions.
The Liu family has three families. Liu Luoying's father Liu Chengan is the eldest son, and her second and third uncles are her second and third uncles.
Liu Chenganzi inherited his father's business and took over his grandfather's shop, which was a prosperous business in Beijing.
The third uncle Liu Chenguang is idle on weekdays, but at least he does some small business under his father's hands.
On the contrary, his second uncle Liu Chenxuan took the career of the government and now he has become a sixth-ranked champion in the capital.
Although they separated after the old lady passed away, the situation is now unstable and they get together to take care of each other.
Now Liu Chengan is sitting upright on the head. Seeing her weak and spoiled appearance, she frowned and scolded without saying a word: "Ying'er, look at how you have been spoiled all day long. Now there is a mess. Who has the extra heart to take care of you!"
Liu Luoying sighed in her heart.
My father has never been happy with her, not only because he was weak since childhood, but also because his mother was not in a proper position when she gave birth to her, and she died of labor and illness. Over the years, my father has always been picking on her and disliked her wherever she sees.
The third aunt took the opportunity to echo: "Ying'er, you are not in charge of the family and don't know that tea, rice, oil and salt are expensive! These days, the war has caused trouble, and the rice and flour at home are almost out of stock. You don't know how much of your daily medicinal materials will be. If this continues, you won't have any food to eat one day."
Liu Luoying, who was taken out and scolded after recovering from her serious illness, was very innocent. She clearly remembered that her medicinal materials and the expenses in the mansion were still the case with her father.
Liu Qingqing felt sorry for her sister, "Don't worry, the third aunt, there is a way to spend money in the mansion now."
Seeing the eldest daughter speaking, the third aunt An raised her eyelids and said in disappointment: "What can you do?"
Liu Qingqing hesitated for a moment, but finally told her grandmother about her dreams. She just hid Liu Luoying's name. If something goes wrong in the future, she will not blame her sister.
When everyone heard that the old lady still had her own body in the old house, they had different thoughts.
The third room was the most uneasy, and the third aunt immediately shouted, "What are you waiting for? I'll go to the old house tomorrow!"
Liu Chengan frowned and scolded: "What do you think of using your mother's body to support your family..."
"Brother, if you don't use that kind of body, how can you support this family?" The third uncle Liu Chenguang spoke slowly and glanced at Liu Luoying with a squint. "Brother, don't you want to see the Liu clan cut off the inheritance in our generation, right?"
"..." Liu Chengan finally fell silent.
The matter of going to the old house was settled like this, and each room went back to his own courtyard to clean up the things he had traveled tomorrow.
When she returned to Xuezhiyuan, Liu Luoying breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked Bao Xia and Fu Dong to help pack her bags. She opened the secret wall that she usually stored her body, took out a stack of silver bills, and told Yingchun: "You can exchange all these for cash, and then go to the clinic to buy some ointments that prevent headaches and fevers on weekdays, but there is only one thing, you should prepare a few more bottles of anti-wind and cold pills."
Yingchun just thought it was because her lady was sick every now and then, so she wanted to get a few more medicines for emergency needs.
Only Liu Luoying knows that although there are many prefectures and counties in the south and lush water and grass, there are also many refugees.
Once the Jin soldiers outside the pass set out, a large number of refugees flocked to the south. In addition, countless refugees died only because of the cold winter that was not seen in a century.
She can't stop natural disasters and man-made disasters. The only thing she can do is to take advantage of the peace in the world and prepare more medicine to prevent herself.
Liu Luoying arranged one by one, and the maids in Xuezhiyuan who had lost their backbone because they were about to fall and move, all of them were arranged in an orderly manner.
She was not idle at this moment and counted the maids and nannies in the yard, and they were willing to set off together tomorrow with the master's house. She did not make things difficult for those who had their own places. She also sold her own contract and left on her own.
Outside the courtyard, Madam Sun looked at her youthful and mature appearance and felt relieved. She smiled at Liu Qingqing beside her and said, "Madam is so relieved this time. Look at what the second lady arranged is more thoughtful than we thought."
"Yes." Liu Qingqing sighed, looking at her sister's busy petite back, her eyes full of care.
Chapter completed!