Chapter 42 Forty-two

When Juexin returned home, Yun was still sitting in his room waiting for him.Qin, Shuhua and Juemin are all talking here.When Yun saw Juexin walking in tiredly, he was startled, and immediately asked with concern: "Big cousin, is Brother Mei alright?" Juexin shook his head in pain, then sat down on the movable chair.Shuhua hastily poured a cup of spring tea from the teapot simmering on the "Wu Geng Chicken" and brought it in front of him.He drank his tea, circled his eyes over the faces of several people in turn for a while, put down his cup, sighed, and then began to tell Yun and the other three people what he saw at Zhou's house. He did not explain when he narrated.Only at the end did he say wearily and with a bit of indignation: "I don't think my cousin will be well. It will only be a month or two at most."

"Now we can only hope that Wang Yunbo's medicine will work," Yun said with tears in her eyes, and she still wanted to save the hope that had flown away. No one believed Yun's words.Juexin hesitated for a while, then finally shook his head and said, "Wang Yunbo's medicine is not very useful. The prescriptions he prescribed were nothing more than a few common medicines to stop bleeding and nourish the lungs. When I sent him out, he secretly told me, Cousin Mei’s illness is difficult to recover, so he can only prescribe a random prescription to try it out. He also said that if he can be seen earlier, there may be a way.”

"It's all uncle's fault, he's the one who caused everything," Shuhua said angrily. "It's not just one person's fault. The system also has something to do with it. Otherwise, how could my uncle hold my cousin's life in his hands and let him handle it alone?" Juemin said with a hint of a lesson. Juexin stared at Shuhua in surprise, then at Juemin.Qin nodded secretly when she heard Juemin's words.Neither Shuhua nor Yun quite understood what Juemin meant.But Yun didn't have time to think about other things, her mind was already full of worries.

"If cousin Mei's illness is not cured, then the Zhou family will be over from now on. Let's see what kind of tricks uncle will have in the future! Thanks to him living for dozens of years, he is so confused!" After a few words, I feel unhappy. "Third sister!" Juexin cried out in pain.He glared at Shuhua, then secretly looked at Yun.Yun sat quietly on the chair, buried her head and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief.He turned his eyes back and said to Shuhua: "Stop talking nonsense. The Zhou family will not end, my cousin is happy." "Cousin is happy? That's pitiful! Regardless of having children, I think uncle will treat him (her) the same way he treats cousin Hui and cousin Mei!" Shuhua retorted angrily. .

These words are too much.Unable to bear it, Juexin said angrily: "From your tone, it seems that you will only be willing to knock down uncle!" After he said that, he turned his eyes to look at Yun, worried that what Shuhua said would hurt Yun's feelings. Shuhua chuckled and didn't answer him.Jean smiled too.Qin called softly: "Third cousin, move your mouth and make a gesture to Shuhua. Shuhua nodded, then walked to the writing desk, leaned against one end of the writing desk, looked at Juexin gently, and called He said: "Brother. "Jue Xin turned his eyes to look at her in surprise. She went on to say:" I have something to discuss with you.I want to study in school in the second half of the year. "

"You want to go to school to study?" Juexin asked with wide eyes in astonishment. "Yes, I've already made up my mind. I'll go into the 'One Female Teacher' where Sister Qin has studied. Sister Qin is willing to help me, so I don't have to worry about failing the exam," Shuhua replied excitedly.She thought that her brother would not hinder her determination. Juexin lowered his eyes for a while, and thought for a while, but his mind was so confused that he couldn't think of anything.He pondered and said: "I think the third father and the others must not agree." He did not express his own opinion.

It was as if a gust of wind had blown a cloud or two over Shuhua's face.She froze for a moment.But a smile appeared on her lips immediately.This is laughing.She said with a bit of contempt: "Let them gossip. I'm not afraid! This is my own business, why should I care whether they agree or not!" "But third dad is the head of the family, and you are his niece," Juexin said thoughtfully.He was still thinking, but still couldn't think of anything. Shuhua was a little angry.She argued: "Yes, he is the head of the family. There are many weird things in the family. Which one do you think he is in charge of? He can't control bad things, but he will take care of good things. Only you are afraid of him! I am not afraid of him." Yes. I must go to school to study. If you don’t agree, my second brother will help me!” After she finished speaking, she got angry and went back to the original chair and sat down.

Juexin seemed to have been hit by an accident, and his face turned pale.He lowered his head and said nothing.Juemin walked up to him slowly, and was about to talk to him, when he suddenly raised his head and complained to Shuhua, "Sister, why are you angry? I didn't say that you are not allowed to enter the school. No matter what It's always time to discuss slowly and think slowly. You know, I always try my best to help you. I'm only doing it for your own good..." The door curtain moved, and a girl's voice floated in from outside: "Madam is here." Qixia opened the door curtain, and Zhou's plump and short body swayed into the room.Juexin immediately shut up.Everyone in the room stood up.

"What are you arguing about?" Zhou asked with a smile.She said to Juexin again: "Mingxuan, you just came back? How is your cousin's illness?" Her eyebrows gathered together, driving away the faint smile on her face. Juexin gave Zhou the movable chair in front of the desk.After Mrs. Zhou sat down, he told her in detail about Young Master Mei's condition, and he also told her what Wang Yunbo whispered when he got into the sedan chair. Zhou Shi listened quietly, the dark clouds on her face kept increasing, people could see that anxiety and indignation were distorting her fat face.She waited until Juexin had finished speaking, then sighed loudly, and said with a bit of resentment: "This is fate. I never thought Brother Zai would be so confused! I said that my son should see a doctor if he is sick. He always refuses." Listen to what other people say. As long as he understands a little bit, why would he make such a fuss. Mei Wazi is also very pitiful."

"Auntie is right. Uncle is too cruel. I feel sorry for sister Mei. How will she live in the future?" Yun said sympathetically, her eyes turning red again. Shuhua's anger dissipated long ago after hearing Juexin's few answers.When she heard Yun's words, she praised with a smile: "Cousin Yun, you are too kind. People are against you, but people are sympathetic to others. I am not such a person." Yun shook her head and said, "Third cousin, you didn't hear what big cousin said just now. My younger sister Mei is telling the truth. She is also a miserable person. After all, my situation is much better. I still miss that little grievance." What are you doing?" She asked Zhou Shi with a smile: "Auntie, do you think I'm wrong?"

"That's right, Miss Yun is kind after all," Zhou replied with a nod.She said to Shuhua again: "Third daughter, you should also learn from your cousin Yun. It is better to be kind. This is also a blessing for the future." "Oh, Mom still talks about accumulating blessings in the future!" Shuhua laughed, "I have already made people hate me by living this life alone. I have caused a lot of trouble for everyone, and even Mom has suffered. I still Dare to live a second life?" Shuhua's words swept away the sorrow on Zhou's face, and a smile appeared on her face.She said: "Third daughter, you can talk! What's a little trouble? Anyway, they (she refers to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Chen, etc.) only have that kind of tricks. I'm not afraid now. I think I should Let the young people be happy. When you are young, you are not in the mood, but when you are old, you must have a strange temper, just like your fourth aunt." Shuhua secretly looked at Qin and Juemin, and smiled knowingly at each other.Juemin praised: "Mom's words are very enlightening. I agree with Mom's opinion. Third sister, let's cause more trouble for Mom in the future. It is easy to cause trouble in this mansion. Mom said that Mom is not afraid. We don't have to worry too much." When he said the last two sentences, he still rolled his eyes at Shuhua. "Mom is really not afraid? I have one thing to ask mom to promise me," Shuhua went on happily. "What's the matter? What's the matter? What tricks are you up to? It seems that you sisters have discussed it a long time ago," Zhou interrupted and asked kindly. She thought Shuhua was joking. "Mom, in the second half of the year, I will go to the school where Sister Qin studied. Sister Qin promised to help me, and both the eldest brother and the second brother promised to help me. Mom, you must agree," Shuhui said to Zhou with a smile. Shi begged. Zhou frowned, unable to answer for a while, but her expression didn't change much.Shuhua's joyful expression seemed to fade a bit, but she still waited for Zhou's answer with hope.Qin took this opportunity to speak to Mrs. Zhou: "Auntie, I think it's good to let the third cousin go to school. Anyway, she has nothing to do when she is idle in the house, but she is anxious. The times are different now. Read more Books can also increase your knowledge. The teachers in our school are all pretty good." Juemin went on to say: "Mom, sister Qin's words are also very reasonable. There are not too few women who go to school to study. Third sister is very ambitious. If she is not allowed to study, it will be a pity if she is buried." Zhou Shi sighed slightly, but her face was still very gentle.She kindly said: "I also understand what you mean. I never thought of interfering with you. I have nothing to say. I don't think there is anything wrong with going to school. For example, Miss Qin, if you have been in school, you will Bijin understands things. To be honest, I have always liked you. It can be seen that you have not learned badly after entering the school." She looked at Qin and smiled kindly. "However, the girls from our Gao family have never been to school. Even you used to study with your master in the study room. They were not happy, and they wanted to gossip behind your back." She looked at Shuhua and said sincerely: "I would rather agree. You go to school. But I'm a little worried, I don't know what they will say. Although the third father is stubborn, he is still a decent person. Only your fourth father, fourth aunt, fifth father, and fifth aunt like to gossip. The fifth aunt has gotten better recently. The fourth aunt and Aunt Chen have been against us recently. I really hate their way of working together. Their faces are white, and they always smile when they talk. It's really a face A traitorous minister! And she hides her bad thoughts." Zhou shook her head while speaking, her words were in a hurry, like a string of beads rolling out of her mouth one after another, but her voice was clear, making the obedient No one will miss a word.When she finished speaking, she gritted her teeth unconsciously, and her anger rose.Then she turned her head and told Qixia, "Pour me a cup of hot tea." Everyone looked at Mrs. Zhou silently.After she took the cup of tea brought by Qixia, drank half of the tea juice in it, and suppressed the rising anger, Juemin said to her in defense: "We also know that mother has mother's difficulties. But I think They can't do anything wrong either. They haven't set a good example themselves, so how can they control us? We also can't make trouble with them, lest they make troubles and ruin our own future in vain..." "Wait a minute, what's going on outside?" Zhou suddenly stopped Juemin. "Fifth father and fifth aunt are arguing again. They don't fight every few days, as if they are not enjoying themselves," Shuhua said mockingly. "What's the point of arguing like this? It's so disturbing in the middle of the night, it's really heart-wrenching to hear," Zhou said with a frown. "It doesn't matter if they quarrel, only the fourth sister suffers. If the fifth aunt can't win the quarrel, she will take out her anger on the fourth sister later. I think one day I will have to torture the fourth sister to death!" Shuhua said angrily, She forgot about herself. "I know you guys are discussing how to murder me. You don't think it's enough for someone to bully me, you still have to help. Others say that your Gao family has good rules, and I have never seen the reason why my uncle ran into his sister-in-law's house in the middle of the night! Which Do you know what you are talking about?..." Shen's high-pitched and loud voice suddenly broke into the room. "I can do whatever I like, how can you, a shameless 'surveillance', take care of it?" Keding snapped back and slapped the table twice. "Qixia, close the window quickly, these words make people feel anxious, Zhou ordered Qixia irritably. Of the three carved lattice windows facing the opposite wing, only the middle one was half open. Juemin was afraid that Qixia would not be able to reach the window stick, so he said bravely, "Wait for me." He walked to the window, Take off the window stick, put the window down, close it, and fasten it again.At this moment, Keding and Mrs. Chen quarreled even more fiercely in the wing diagonally opposite.People can hear shouting and cursing, the sound of porcelain falling to the ground, and the sound of chairs and stools falling to the ground. "Wait until I get the third dad," Juexin said to himself in pain.He stood up to go outside. "Mingxuan, don't go," Zhou suddenly stopped in a low voice.Juexin stopped and looked at Zhou in astonishment, not understanding why she didn't go to him to tell Keming.Knowing what Juexin was thinking, Mrs. Zhou explained to him: "Third Dad can't control it. If he could control them, there would be no trouble. You invite Third Dad here, but let him be more angry .I see that they are prone to quarrels, so I simply let them be 'injured' once, so as not to make frequent quarrels in the future." After she finished speaking, she felt a little happier in her heart.When she saw Shuhua, Juemin, Qin, and Yun these young people's eyes focused on her face, she suddenly felt her eyes light up.She looked at these faces in surprise, they were all young, upright, and kind faces, without the wrinkles of sophistication or the color of worry.She felt a rush of relief, as if her troubles had left her completely for a moment.She understood a little bit: this era belongs to these young people in front of her, and only they can give her a little light and a little warmth.She happily said to Shuhua: "Third daughter, I promise you to enter the school. We don't care about them. Let them talk good and bad, you just study your book hard. You have ambition. You must fight for your breath in the future. You all have to fight for my breath. " These unexpected but firm and encouraging words illuminated the hearts of several young people.Guang was full of happiness covering their faces, and Lian Yun also smiled with satisfaction.Shuhua almost jumped up for joy.She happily said loudly: "Mom, you are so kind! I will definitely repay you in the future!" She was so happy and they were so happy! (Juexin also smiled emotionally with tears in his eyes, his eyes stopped on the picture he was used to seeing, and he spoke to "her" quietly.) None of them noticed a familiar footsteps hurriedly Passing by the door, I didn't notice a girl calling at the door of the main room: "Miss Si." While running, Chunlan called Shuzhen.She saw Shuzhen running down the aisle, about to run into the garden.She hastened to catch up.The sound of her footsteps caught the attention of those in the room. "Most likely someone has gone to invite the third dad," Shuhua said indifferently.But she heard Chunlan calling "Miss Four".She wondered to herself, "Why is Chunlan calling Simei? Simei must have escaped." Chunlan yelled again from the outside gate of the garden. "The fourth cousin ran into the garden. Let's go and persuade her to come back," Qin said suddenly, and walked towards the door.Shuhua and Juemin followed her silently. They walked out of the aisle, and just walked through the outer door of the garden when a shadow fell on Qin.Qin hurriedly supported the little girl, and asked gently: "Chunlan, what's the matter, you're so flustered?" Chunlan looked up at the three of them with crazy eyes, and suddenly burst into tears and said, "Miss Qin, Miss Third, Master Second!... Our Miss Fourth... jumped into a well!" She burst into tears. "Go and tell elder brother," Juemin told Shuhua solemnly.Shuhua didn't make a sound, just turned around and left. "No way?" Qin said in surprise. "Chunlan, don't cry. Let me ask you, how did you know Miss Fourth jumped into the well?" Juemin asked Chunlan with a violent heartbeat.He also hoped that Chunlan was wrong. "I saw Fourth Miss running out in a fit of anger....I followed her....I called her, but she refused....She ran into the garden, and I chased her....I saw a shadow flickering on the mouth of the well. I still I heard the sound of falling down the well," Chunlan continued to sob.Shuhua came with Zhou, Juexin and Yun.It was at this moment that the whistle of the lamp factory sounded.It was still the wailing sound, but at this night, at this moment, how miserable and terrible it sounded in the hearts of these people! "Brother, what should we do?" Shuhua shivered, half panicked and half sad. "We should hurry up and try to save fourth cousin," Qin said anxiously, tears streaming down her face. Juemin ignored them.He ordered in a deep voice: "Chunlan, you go back and tell the Fifth Master and Fifth Wife. Qixia, you go and light a wind and rain lamp. Brother, please go out and call Yuan Cheng and the others. I will call in the kitchen." to the firehouse." "Okay, you guys go quickly. My heart is beating very hard. I never thought that this kind of thing would happen again in the mansion," Zhou urged panting.She was in a mess, and she couldn't think of any other way.She also stomped her feet and said, "God, we must bless the fourth girl to be saved!" Juexin, Juemin, Qixia, and Chunlan hurried around.Qin and Yun accompanied Mrs. Zhou at the gate outside the garden.I feel that the light in the new house shines through the white screens and curtains, creating some patterns on the stone floor and soil when lying softly in the well.Shuhua suddenly strode into the garden. "Third cousin, where are you going?" Qin asked from behind in astonishment. "What's the use of standing here and waiting? I'm afraid the fourth sister will die soon," Shuhua replied anxiously and annoyed, and walked to the well alone in anger. Shuhua walked to the well, only to see a black hole, the wooden cover was put aside, and a bamboo pole with a hook leaned against the short eaves of the corridor by the well.Nothing has changed.From the cracks in the stone slabs came the mournful cry of crickets.From the gate of the garden came the whispered conversations of Mrs. Zhou, Qin and Yun.She couldn't bear the silence.She bent her head and looked into the well.All she saw was a little off-white.She cried out in grief: "Fourth sister." She seemed to hear the answer.She opened her mouth and made a louder voice calling her fourth sister.She was so excited that she forgot she was shouting: "Fourth sister, if you hold on for a while, we will come to rescue you!" Qixia led Zhou, Qin, Yun, etc. to the well with a wind and rain lamp.With tears in her eyes, Qin said to Shuhua: "Third cousin, you don't have to shout, she won't hear you. Stand back." "She heard it. I called her, but she still agreed!" Shuhua argued enthusiastically.Qixia lifted the wind and rain lamp to the mouth of the well, and Shuhua put her head in front of the lamp.But she still couldn't see the bottom of the well.The light shone on her face, and the tear stains on her face were shining there. The surrounding darkness suddenly thickened, and the lights went out.Juemin took the fireman and cook's subordinates and hurried in from the outside with the lights on.Behind them followed a few maids.The wellside suddenly became lively. The cook's underhand hung the wind and rain lantern in his hand in front of the railing under the eaves of the corridor.It was much brighter all around.The fireman lowered the bamboo pole into the well, trying to hook something up.Everyone held their breath watching his movements.He tried several times, but to no avail.He discussed other ways with the cook's subordinates.The cook's subordinates took the lamp from Qixia's hand again, and managed to hang it on a thick branch of the old pine tree overlooking the mouth of the well.The stoker remembered the rope, so he ran back and got it from the kitchen. There was a lot of noise, and everyone was talking about it.Shen took Chunlan half-run and half-walk into the garden.With disheveled hair, tears and snot all over her face, she cried hysterically: "Fourth daughter," and ran frantically to the mouth of the well. "Fifth Aunt, be careful," Qin quickly grabbed Shen's sleeve and reminded gently. Shen looked at Qin, as if she didn't know Qin.She looked at the other people standing by the well, and she suddenly reprimanded loudly: "Why are you all watching in vain? You didn't even try to save her?" No one paid any attention to her.She bent down at the mouth of the well and cried loudly, "Fourth Girl" and "Zhen'er". Juexin came again with Yuan Cheng, Wende and two bearers.The well was crowded with people.Everyone had their own ideas, everyone was vying to speak first, and Shen wailed from time to time, and called Shuzhen's name in a spirited way to interrupt them.No one can dissuade her, she has lost her reason.Keding, the father, never came.Juexin and Juemin commanded everything by the well. Sad news travels fast.There are more and more people.Even Jueying and Juequn came to see the excitement.After the fuss, the fuss continued.Anxiety increased.Everyone was discussing in different ways, crying and complaining mixed together.After a long time of discussion, and under "heavy rewards", people decided to go down the well to save people. Amidst the noisy voices, the two bearers lowered the young fireman into the well with thick ropes.A rope was tied around the stoker's waist.The rope followed the husband's body and slowly fell down.The bearers bowed their heads and kept talking to the fireman.The rope was no longer falling, but it was still wobbling slightly.The bearers were loudly asking for release.The rope jerked a few times and stopped again.All eyes were on the rope.Hope wrestles with pain.This is an embarrassing moment.Even those who like to talk are silent. The rope moved again, and the fireman shouted loudly from below.The bearers began to pull the rope.The cook's assistant, Yuan Cheng and Wende also went to help.The five of them pulled hard, pulling up the rope inch by inch.Everyone's eyes followed the rope.Everyone's heart also beat with the rope.Everyone keeps some words on their lips, just waiting for a moment to let the emotion explode freely. Then a terrible thunder sounded!Yuan Cheng, Wende, Juexin, and Juemin all rushed to the mouth of the well and squatted there bent over.They were moving a thing, and kept uttering short words.They stood up slowly and slowly moved away from the mouth of the well.Juexin and Juemin carried Shuzhen's body down the steps by the well.Wen De and Yuan Cheng followed behind.Gao Zhong and Su Fu also came from outside.The light of the wind and rain lamp unintentionally fell on the beautiful face with small eyes and small mouth. It was still the same sad and sad face. The front bangs were tightly attached to the forehead, the eyes were closed, and the left eyelid and the There are still a few strands of blood on the left forehead, and the blood seeps into the water drops and drips continuously from the temples.The mouth was slightly closed, and there was blood at the corner of the mouth.The clothes were soaked in water and wrapped around her thin body.There was only one embroidered satin shoe on her little foot.A loose braid hangs down heavily, dripping water along the way. The women screamed in agony and terror.Some shed tears, some closed their eyes and sighed.Shuhui called a few times in grief: "Fourth sister!" She cried sadly.Jean, too, covered her face with her handkerchief and sobbed. But the most painful and saddest among these people is Shen.Seeing Shuzhen's face, she rushed over, grabbed the cold hand that was still dripping, and wiped her face on Shuzhen's body with tears and yells.Juexin and Juemin had to stop on the steps, they couldn't move anymore. "Fifth brother and sister, don't be sad. Let's talk about it after carrying the fourth girl back to the house," Zhou quickly went to grab Shen's arm and persuaded. Jueshi refused to obey, and still hugged Shuzhen's body with tears and refused to let go.Juemin couldn't help but turned around and said to the people next to him, "Please persuade me." Keming came with Mrs. Zhang holding a hookah.Cuihuan followed them with a lamp.They already knew about it.Keming was sullen and said nothing.He was very upset.He seemed to have received a big blow.He saw a portent of an inevitable disaster.He didn't particularly care about Shuzhen.He was bemoaning his fading ideal.He knew that they were approaching the road of destruction step by step. Mrs. Zhang walked over with her big belly in her hands to help Mrs. Zhou comfort their fifth sibling who was crying so sadly.Qin also went to persuade Shen.The few of them finally pulled Shen away.Without using boards, Juexin and Juemin hugged their heads and legs, and carried Shuzhen's body down the steps.Wende and Gao Zhong helped carry Shuzhen's back.They walked slowly out of the garden gate.Many people followed behind them, and Shen kept wailing sadly on the road. Juexin lifted Shuzhen's upper body.He filled his head with painful thoughts.His tears fell on Shuzhen's cold face from time to time.Juemin lifted Shuzhen's leg.He was always tormented by regret and regret.He gritted his teeth, not letting himself shed a tear.He looked at the sleeping face, painful memories constantly gnawing at his brain.He had promised to rescue her, and she had been waiting for his help.Now he had betrayed the trust of a lonely little girl so easily that there was no remedy. They carried Shuzhen out of the aisle, down the patio, through the door of the main room to the right wing.They didn't need to do this job.But they sent Yuan Cheng and Su Fu away, and raised Shuzhen's head and feet automatically.Yuan Cheng bent over his backpack with tears in his eyes, walked up to Juexin several times, and said, "Master, let me carry it." Su Fu followed quietly.Juexin just shook his head without answering a word.That was the last thing they could do to this little sister, this lonely little sister, who needed their love, yet they didn't give her the right amount of love, and they left her to walk alone road to destruction.She lived lonely and died lonely. At the age of fifteen, she was like a flower bud that was knocked down by a storm before it bloomed. They walked on in silence.Shuzhen's body became heavier in their hands.This is a work of love.It's also painful work.This soft and thin body suddenly turned into something like a block of iron.Not only does it weigh heavily on their hands, it also weighs on their hearts like a stone.Overhead was a vast, dark sky, followed by a swarm of wobbling, grunting shadows.Where can they push this weight on their hearts?A resentful voice cried out in Juemin's heart: "Why do we all live, everyone lives, and you should die alone? Why do people force you to go that way? You have never hurt anyone!" But now everything is superfluous.She couldn't even utter a word or a sound of complaint from her bloody little mouth.He looked at the sky, the sky was still vast and dark, and the stars all over the sky couldn't add much brilliance.The Big Dipper always points to the north, and the Polaris is still so bright.They have seen the human world for tens of thousands of years, and they cannot give him an answer now.This is a dark, hopeless time.But no one noticed Juemin's terrifying face. They entered Shuzhen's room.Chunlan had already lit the lamp.Nothing had changed in the room.There is still Shuzhen's unfinished needlework on the desk.Mrs. Hu, the maid of the fifth room, went first to remove the curtain on Shuzhen's bed.Wende and Gao Zhong let go of their hands and stood aside, helping Juexin and Juemin put Shuzhen's body on the bed.Shuzhen's head rested quietly on the snow-white pillow.Juemin pulled a thin quilt to cover her body.Juexin also took out a handkerchief and wiped the water and blood off her face.She seemed to be still in a dream, and what she had must have been a miserable dream.As soon as they left, Shen immediately rushed over frantically.She pulled back the thin quilt and leaned over Shuzhen's cold and wet body, crying loudly like a little girl.Chunlan knelt by the bed, buried her head at Shuzhen's feet, and wept sadly. The room is full of people.But besides the master and servant, the one who was crying loudly was Xi'er who just ran in.Juemin saw Juexin standing in front of the desk and didn't want to go out, so he tugged on Juexin's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Let's go." They came out, and as soon as they walked down the stone steps, the cook's underhand came over to Juexin and said, "Young master, the firehouse is waiting for a reward. Please turn the young master back to Mrs. Fifth." Juexin frowned.Seeing the fireman standing under the window of Shuzhen's room, he replied shortly, "Get it in my room!" Without turning back to see Mrs. Shen, he hurriedly followed Juemin to the opposite side down the aisle. When they reached the door of the room, they saw the cook's underlings and the fireman following behind. Juexin ordered, "You just wait here," and he and Juemin lifted the curtain and went in. Qin, Yun, and Shuhua were talking in the room, while Qixia and Cuihuan stood by and listened.Seeing Juexin, Cuihuan said, "Eldest Young Master, I'll wait for you here, Third Master invites you to go." Juexin responded, but went to the inner room first.From a drawer inside he took out a bag of fifty cents.He opened the paper bag, grabbed a handful of silver coins, and took them to the door of the room.He opened the door curtain, handed two to the cook's underhands, and ten to the fireman, seeing them happily thanking them and leaving, he went back into the room. "Brother, why should you give the reward?" Shuhua asked in surprise, her eye circles were still red. "Isn't it the same? Why should I bother Aunt Fifth again? It's for Fourth Sister anyway. I can only do this little thing for her..." Juexin didn't finish his sentence, tears fell again. Qin and Yun are still listening to Min's speech.Cuihuan looked at Juexin with concern, and said softly, "Eldest young master, wait until I fetch a basin of water, and you wash your hands before leaving." "Okay," Juexin nodded resignedly.He felt a little better.He also said several words to Qin and Yun. Cuihuan took the washbasin and went out, and came back after a while.Juexin wiped his face and washed his hands, then walked out with Cuihuan. "Brother has suffered enough blows tonight," Juemin said to Qin in a low voice when he saw Juexin's back was covered by the door curtain. "I don't understand why unfortunate things always happen one after another? They all happen to be crowded into one night!" Shuhua interjected irritably. "But you are lucky, your work has succeeded," Qin comforted Shuhua.She was actually comforting herself, because only by mentioning this matter could she see hope and dispel her sorrow. "Of course I succeeded, but the fourth sister——. Why couldn't we think of a way for her earlier?" Shuhua said painfully and regretfully.She raised her head, and stretched a hand behind her back to pull through the braid and tug hard. Others can only answer her for a moment of silence.The crickets chirped louder on the steps outside the window.It is such a sad lament.Outside the carved lattice window, Shen's mad cry was sent from Shuzhen's room.There is only so little time!Everything has changed.They were still sitting in this room, and it was as if they were having a dream. "Fifth dad is so unreasonable! He knew that the fourth sister jumped into the well, not only did not come to take care of the fourth sister's affairs, but ran to the small mansion. This kind of person is also worthy of being a father!" Juemin suddenly said angrily.His heart was filled with hatred. "Fifth aunt is also pitiful. If this is the case now, why did you torture fourth cousin?" Qin's mind was filled with Shen's crying, so what she answered had nothing to do with Juemin's words. "I think of my fourth cousin, she also mentioned this afternoon that she will have a birthday at the end of the month, and she wants to invite me to eat noodles," Yun said desolately, her eyes were red, and tears were shining again. "It's okay if we go over there to see her now, this is the last time," Qin said sadly, and stood up. "Then we'll go right away," Shuhua also stood up and said. "The coffin won't come in until after dawn. It's good for you to go and see her. She's probably giving her clothes now," Juemin said gently to them. But he still stayed in the room and did not go out with the three girls.