Wishful Things

A carriage stopped slowly outside the gate of the Minister of War's mansion, and the maid helped Zhou Wei to get out of the carriage.

At this time, a boy with a round figure and cheeks came with a servant and shouted: "Big sister!"

Zhou Wei turned his head to look, only to see that it was his elder brother Zhou Zhi.

Seeing the greased paper bag held in the hand of the servant behind him, Zhou Wei said helplessly, "Brother went out to buy food again?"

"Yeah, the crispy roast duck in Heshi Street is still hot, do you want to try it?"

Zhou Wei shook his head quickly: "You should eat by yourself."

She was so stupid when she was a child, she would eat whatever her elder brother ate, if not, how could she have become like this? Hey, big brother missed her.

"Then I really don't want to keep it for you?"

Zhou Wei glanced at him. As the brother and sister were walking towards the mansion, she couldn't help sighing and said in a low voice, "Elder brother, eat less too. It's hard to find a wife if you're so fat."

Of course, if only one person can lose weight between her and her eldest brother, let her lose weight.

The young man said frankly: "What are you looking for a wife for? My head hurts from my mother nagging all day long. Shall I marry another daughter-in-law and come back and chatter with me?"

"Try to tell your father about this, and see if he can break your leg..."

"That's why I never tell my father." Zhou Zhi glanced at his younger sister's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Which house did you go to today? Don't it be the Xia family again?"

Zhou Wei asked noncommittally, "What happened to the Xia family?"

"That Miss Xia Si has never been easy to get along with..." Zhou Zhi sighed, "You don't like her either, so why force yourself to be so close to her."

"I don't want to force myself either." Zhou Wei half-jokingly said: "If the eldest brother can also come back with the champion, why should I go to curry favor with others?"

Zhou Zhi opened his mouth.

What does this have to do with him not being the number one pick?

His father is now the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Zhou family has a place in Beijing, so he feels that the situation is already very good.

But the younger sister insisted on pushing up, always thinking about things beyond her ability, if he really won the first prize, then she might still feel that she was not standing high enough——

He didn't want to spend too much effort on these illusory and endless things.

He can read books, but Uncle Xu said that reading is for understanding, as for fame, it is incidental, there is no need to force it deliberately.

It would be nice to eat more delicious food to save the time and effort.

The eldest sister really couldn't think about it. She was eating well, so why did she suddenly choose to starve herself.

The two brothers and sisters had different ideas, and they also felt that they could not get together, so they separated in the front yard.

Zhou Wei went back to the courtyard and just sat down when she heard the big servant girl preaching: "Earlier, Miss Xia Si sent someone to send a letter to the girl."

Xia Xi?

Zhou Wei had some expectations in her heart, but after reading the letter, she still frowned in confusion.

Zhan Yunjiao...

Why did Xia Xi suddenly want to see Zhan Yunjiao?

...

The moon and stars are thin at night, and the next day will be fine again.

Zhou Wei went out early in the morning and rode a carriage to an old residential house in the south of the city.

Even though she has already picked out the most common clothing and jewelry today, standing here at this moment still looks out of place with the surrounding scene.

This is where she asked someone to find out yesterday afternoon, where the Zhan family's mother and daughter live now.

Covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, Zhou Kuo walked through a messy alley on tiptoe, and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

The maid stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"who?"

Behind the door came the voice of a girl guarding against temptation.

Zhou Wei knew it in his heart.

Orphans and widows living in this kind of place are naturally inferior to the peace and quiet of Qingyunfang.

"Jiaojiao, it's me." She took a step forward and replied out loud.

The people inside seemed to react for a while before opening the door.

Seeing the person standing outside the door clearly, Zhan Yunjiao was stunned for a moment, and said pleasantly: "So it's really Miss Zhou, I just thought I heard it wrong!"

Zhou Luo smiled.

Just now, he didn't hear that it was her at all.

After all, I was not very familiar with it.

"Why did Miss Zhou come here?" Zhan Yunjiao asked while inviting people to the courtyard.

Her intuition told her that it was absolutely impossible for Zhou Wei to come to see her laughing.

"Come and see you." Zhou Wei looked around the courtyard and sighed, "You and your aunt really suffered."

While speaking, he took the money bag from the maid and stuffed it in: "I heard that my aunt is sick, this is my heart..."

Zhan Yunjiao was a little startled.

"How can I collect money from Miss Zhou..."

Seeing her saying this, but holding the purse tightly in her hands, not even daring to be polite, lest she lose her politeness, Zhou Luo knew that the life of the other party must be really difficult and embarrassing.

"It's okay, just return it to me when you are free in the future."

After Zhan Yunjiao looked embarrassed for a moment, she finally said: "Then thank you Miss Zhou."

Immediately, I will invite someone to drink tea in the hall.

Zhou Wei didn't want to waste time, so he said: "I won't drink the tea, but I came here today, and there is indeed another matter."

Sure enough, there is nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall...

If the matter can't be settled, shouldn't the money be taken back?

Zhan Yunjiao suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, and asked cautiously: "I don't know what is it?"

"Miss Xia Si wants to see you." Zhou Wei stopped beating around the bush.

Xia Xi... wants to see her? !

Thinking of the past between the two families, Zhan Yunjiao subconsciously wanted to refuse, but because of the money bag, she still suppressed her emotions and asked: "Miss Xia...why do you suddenly want to see me?"

It couldn't be because she saw the jokes there the day before yesterday, so he wanted to trouble her, right?

"I'm just a messenger, and I don't know much." Zhou Wei smiled and said: "But don't worry, it may not be a bad thing--if you are worried that Miss Xia is trying to embarrass you because of the old affairs of the two families, then it is even more superfluous. Just think about it, if she really wants to do something, why bother to ask you to meet at the Xia Mansion?"

"Go to Xia Mansion?" Zhan Yunjiao was even more surprised.

"Yes, but you have to go there quietly." Zhou Wei said: "I will go with you, you just need to feel at ease."

"But..." Zhan Yunjiao still had no idea, her eyes hesitated and repeated.

"Jiaojiao, don't think I'm speaking directly..." Zhou Wei sighed slightly: "If you have no one to help you in your current situation at home, I'm afraid you won't be able to last long. Going to Xia Mansion this time may be a chance."

Chance……

Zhan Yunjiao tightly held the purse in her hand, her heart was full of emotions.

These days, she has experienced too many difficult situations that she never dared to think about before. The elder sister who has already married is not afraid to help her and her mother because her husband's family is watching her closely.

And my mother was crying or coughing all the time, and it was difficult for her to eat at home, but she still had to spend money to burn incense and worship Buddha every day.

Now she can't count on anyone, she can only rely on herself...

Just go... She really didn't believe that Xia Xi dared to do anything to her in the Xia Mansion!

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