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31. Chapter thirty-one(1/2)

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When she arrived, Wen Yu had already gotten up and was lying in front of the desk. His fingers were dipped in tea and painted on the table. A cluster of Xiangfei bamboos were planted outside the window. The bright sunlight shone through the bamboo leaves and fell on the table like it was crushed, illuminating mottled shadows. His fingers were so white that they were a little transparent.

This child is not very healthy.

Yuan Jin sat down next to him and asked softly: "Wen Yu, what are you painting?"

Xue Wenyu didn't answer, it seemed that saying so many things last night was indeed a miracle.

Yuan Jin held his hand and took him to the table and sat down: "I heard that you had studied with several brothers at home. What can you recognize?"

But he was still staring at the water marks on the table, as if he wanted to go back and continue painting.

Yuan Jin continued to ask in a gentle and firm tone: "Do everyone in the family recognize them? Do you know the people like grandmother, aunt?"

It seems like I haven't heard of it.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Jin sighed lightly and had to ask him: "Who am I?"

Xue Wenyu's eyelashes moved and finally said softly.

"elder sister."

OK, no matter whether he knows these people or not, he still recognizes her sister.

"Do you remember what we discussed yesterday? What is that?" Yuan Jin asked him.

Xue Wenyu said: "I want to do something for you."

Seeing that he still remembered, Yuan Jin put Xue Wenyu back and asked him to continue painting his. He called the Madam Song who served Xue Wenyu to ask. "I have always known that Wenyu's mind is different from ordinary people, but I don't know what his situation is. Since you have raised him since childhood, you must also know what his situation is. Let me talk to you carefully."

Madam Song was a nanny whom Cui brought up from the kitchen in order to take care of Wen Yu. She is simple and has taken care of Xue Wenyu for so many years. Although she has not been meticulous in every way, she has never let him suffer.

Although I don’t know why Miss Fourth suddenly cared about Wen Yu, Madam Song still started to talk to her carefully.

"I don't know what the disease is, but the Fourth Young Master seemed a little abnormal since he was a child. He often sat at the table and drew with water, and one stroke took one or two hours. If he was disturbed, the Fourth Young Master would be unhappy and even had a temper. He was not as naughty and like other children."

"After the age of five, the master sent the fourth young master to his study in his home. But the fourth young master never listened to his husband and did not answer questions. Because he acted too strangely, he was bullied by several other young masters. Therefore, he did not go to the study at the age of eight, so he kept it like this."

Yuan Jin frowned when she heard this. She knew about a person in this situation.

There was an emperor in the previous dynasty who liked to do carpenter work, and he ignored the government affairs on weekdays and did not like to communicate with others. But this emperor actually had a very good memory and could tell in detail what the eunuch around him said to him one day, and even could recite a complete memorial that he saw a few months ago. So although this emperor never went to court, he could handle state affairs properly.

Wen Yu...is it a similar disease?

Maybe he will be more sick, after all, as he grows up, no one has ever guided him to take care of him. The outside world always laughs at him and bullies him, which will only become more and more sick.

"Then is there anything else wrong with him?"

Madam Song thought for a while, "It's true. The Fourth Young Master actually has an extremely good memory and is even very smart. Sometimes the wife looks at the housekeeper's account and knows if it's right. She can recite it one by one. It's a pity that the Fourth Young Master is of this kind, otherwise she would be a genius."

Madam Song sighed again: "But what can this be done? The Fourth Young Master is sick, even if he really gets into the officialdom of science and technology, he may be difficult."

Yuan Jin nodded.

She probably knew what was going on with Xue Wenyu. It was indeed not as simple as she thought. It would be a matter of time and night to correct Wenyu's disease. She planned to move Xue Wenyu's residence to her so that Xue Jinyu would not bully him, but could also take care of him at all times.

However, the most urgent task is to take Wen Yu to meet the old lady and ask Mrs. Xue to agree to Wen Yu to choose together. Tomorrow they will go to the Duke Dingguo Mansion to ask the old lady to take a look. If they don’t go, it will be too late.

Yuan Jin's girl Liu'er came over from the side: "I saw the Fourth Young Master's wardrobe. It was either short or old, or some colors and patterns were not good-looking. I really couldn't find a suitable one."

Yuan Jin said: "It's too late today. But we can't help but make him two decent clothes. How many monthly routines does Wen Yu have every month?"

Madam Song replied, "Mrs. said that the young master is all at home, so there is no need for monthly procedures."

Yuan Jin tskated. Cui was really stingy. If you couldn't go over and ask Cui for money, that would be fine. She was just a rooster who was irreverent.

Yuan Jin said to Liu'er: "Go and talk to the nanny who is purchasing and ask her to bring a piece of royal blue silk tomorrow afternoon."

Liu'er whispered, "Madam, how do you get the money for buying Hangzhou silk?"

"Let's get out of my monthly routine." Yuan Jin said.

Liu'er's voice became lower: "My wife, you have eight cents a month, and it seems that it is not enough to buy a piece of Hangzhou silk material..."

Yuan Jin was silent for a moment. After she came, she still didn't know her monthly routine. Eight coins... In the past, the ordinary palace maids around her had three taels of silver. She was really poor by herself!

"Then don't have Hangzhou silk, is ordinary silk cloth enough?"

Liu'er nodded: "It's enough, but in the past month, our house will probably be in a tight life."

"Let's do it first." Yuan Jin saw that the time for greeting was coming, so he took Wen Yu out first.

Unlike the Dingguo Duke Mansion that imitated Jiangnan architecture that I went to that day, the Xue family is a very typical Jinzhong building. In the Xue family courtyard, a wide stone path passes through the courtyard, dividing the courtyard into two rows of north and south, one end is the gate tower and gate, and the other end is the Xue family ancestral hall, which corresponds to the gate. Yuan Jin took Wen Yu and walked out from the southern courtyard. She held him all the way, and Wen Yu held Yuan Jin's hand tightly.

"Are Wen Yu scared?" Yuan Jin asked him.

Xue Wenyu was silent.

It was not the first time he was walking on this road, but the first time he was led by another person on this road.

It seems that something is different.

He wasn't afraid, he just didn't like this uncertainty.

"Don't be afraid, my sister will help you in everything." Yuan Jin didn't care whether he was afraid or not, and whispered to him.

The main hall of the North Courtyard is the residence of Mrs. Xue. She stepped into the eaves of gold-painted powder and then walked through a clean stone corridor and saw the main hall. Madam Xu, who was beside Mrs. Xue, led the two into the main hall.

If Yuan Jin arrived at this time on weekdays, there would be no trace of the main hall yet. Today, the people from several rooms came early and sat in the main hall to drink tea in the order of teeth.

The ones standing next to Zhou, the big house were Xue Yunhai and Xue Yuanzhen. Xue Yunhai was wearing a straight calamus pattern, with a long body, and was handsome. It is said that she has been very talented in studying since she was a child, and she will leave the provincial examination next year, which made Zhou feel very proud. Xue Yuanzhen wore a green woven golden makeup and a snow-white moon dress today, which made her look beautiful and exquisite and noble.

The second wife Shen took her son Xue Yuntao. Shen was also from a scholarly family. It is said that her father was a Jinshi of two and had been a Hanlin bachelor. Xue Yuntao was standing there talking to the two sisters. He was very handsome and had a bit of romantic appearance at a young age.

Jiang took her five-year-old son Xue Yunxi, while Yunxi still looked like a white bun, standing next to her mother and forcibly energetic.

The fourth room felt that there was nothing they had to do today, and none of them came except Yuan Jin and Wen Yu.

Yuan Jin happened to sit next to Jiang with Wen Yu. Jiang is a very smart and versatile person. He smiled and looked at Xue Wenyu: "Wen Yu is here to pay tribute to his grandmother today?"

Xue Wenyu naturally drank his tea and did not look at people.

Yuan Jin said, "Don't be surprised by my third aunt, he doesn't like to talk."

Everyone has heard of this stupid son in the fourth room, but Jiang is not surprised. She was just a little curious about what Xue Yuanjin brought Xue Wenyu over to do.

Xue Yuanyu had already seen Yuan Jin bring her silly brother, and smiled and said, "What's the matter with the fourth sister? Is it because I'm bringing a fool? Do you want him to try it too?"

Xue Yuanshan gently pulled her sister and scolded her: "At this time, why are you talking about these things?"

It’s okay if you fight with the fourth wife on weekdays. Now the important thing is to choose the prince of the Duke’s Mansion, rather than the stupid son of the fourth wife. Her sister has always been ignorant of the importance and does not distinguish between occasions, which makes people trouble.

Xue Yuanyu was dissatisfied with her sister saying: "You were not like this before, and I said what I did."

Shen turned around and glared at his two daughters: "The old lady is coming out, please be quieter!"

Raising two daughters is really a headache. They quarrel every three days and quarrel every two days and quarrel every two days and quarrel every two days and quarrel every two days. Both of the daughters felt a little aggrieved and turned around and stopped talking.

Sure enough, in just a moment, Old Mrs. Xue asked to help her out. When she saw so many people waiting, she said, "Why are they all here?"

Zhou smiled and said, "Isn't this just trying to understand something clearly with my mother? I'll have a response tomorrow. After all, it's such a big thing, so we don't dare to be careless."

Old Mrs. Xue nodded and was very satisfied with her eldest daughter-in-law's attitude: "It's best to be prepared." She sat down and called Xue Yunhai to the front. After asking carefully, she was very satisfied with his preparation and answer.

Zhou was secretly proud when she saw her son being praised. In fact, in her heart, she felt that the two people in the second and third rooms could not compare to her son anyway. Besides, her daughter Xue Yuanzhen was also outstanding. Although Qin praised the little daughter of the fourth room when she went to the Duke Dingguo Mansion last time, she was just a polite house.

It was because she felt that Xue Yuanhai had the greatest chance of being selected, so Shen talked to her overnight last night, and the two decided to join forces to squeeze out one of them first, so as not to be snatched away by others.

She glanced at Shen, and Shen stood up, coughed and said, "Mom, I think it's probably inappropriate for Yunxi to go there this time."

When Jiang heard this, her smile gradually faded. She and the eldest and second houses came from different backgrounds. She came from a merchant family and she usually had friends with her sister-in-law from these two scholarly families. Unexpectedly, Shen suddenly came here. When she saw Zhou drinking tea quietly and not talking, she knew that the two were together.

"Why did my second sister-in-law say that? I, Yunxi, is old enough, and there is no reason not to choose."

Shen smiled and said, "Don't be angry for the third brother and sister. After all, no matter which room we choose, it will be the same in our Xue family."

Jiang spitted at Shen first. Since she said that it would be the same for anyone to choose, then she should not let her son choose!

"Mom, I think Yunxi is still young and is just stuck at the age of five, which is no longer suitable. Besides, since Yunxi was born, he has been seriously ill and has not been very healthy. Such a candidate has been sent over. The old lady of Dingguo Duke is probably not happy to see that he is a sick person." Shen said.

Old Mrs. Xue just listened to drinking tea and did not express her opinion.

Jiang stood up calmly and bowed first: "Mom, although Yunxi is stuck at the age of five, since the old lady is determined to be five years old, she will not dislike it. What's more, Yunxi is still young. When the child was young, no one had any headaches or fever? Although Yunxi has never been very healthy, he has never been sick and unable to get out of bed. But Yuntao..." As he said that, "Yunhai is smart and studious, and has a lot of talent. His wife has no objection."

Yuan Jin was listening, but the third aunt responded appropriately and well-educatedly. She still stirred up the second house in the big and second house, which was much higher than that of Shen.

Sure enough, after hearing Jiang's words, Old Mrs. Xue closed the tea and said, "Second wife, I have to serve you a bowl of water for you. Since Yunxi meets the conditions, I will always take it to see it. As for whether it succeeds, I will only look at the Duke Ding Mansion."

Seeing that he failed to persuade the old lady, Shen signaled Zhou to see him.

Zhou himself would not say his identity. Since he had reached this point, he smiled: "Mom is right, it is not fair not to go to any room."

When Mrs. Shen heard that Mrs. Zhou did not only help her, but also made things smooth. She felt naturally uncomfortable. Everyone had made an appointment to exclude the third room, but it seemed that she was the only one who was the evil one. She sat down a little angrily. When Mrs. Xue asked her if she had any objections, she could only say that she had no objections.

This time the three rooms broke up and left unhappily. Although everyone smiled when they left, they were afraid that they had already scolded each other's ancestors for the eighteen generations.

Yuan Jin looked a little nostalgic, but it reminded her of the past when she was in the palace and the concubines of all ages were intriguing in front of the empress dowager.

Three women can just sing a show.

After this dispute, Old Mrs. Xue was also a little tired. This matter might make the family even more uneasy. She had to keep her energy and stare at her. But everyone had left, and she saw that there were two people left in the spot, which was Xue Yuanjin from the fourth room... and their gangster Xue Wenyu.

Old Mrs. Xue didn't really have a deep impression of her granddaughter in the polite house. Recently, she remembered her deep impression because of Qin's praise.
To be continued...
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