There is also a big bag of chestnuts that are rich in red color, thick flesh, and delicious in Xinzhou.
There were many and rich things. Xia Mingyue happily collected them and prepared to eat them slowly.
And here, Shen Shujun is sitting in front of the window, carefully opening chestnut shells.
The maid Xiangmei added some charcoal to the small charcoal stove that was making tea nearby, and poured a cup of hot tea for Shen Shujun. "It's difficult to peel these chestnuts. Miss hurt her hand carefully, so let the maid do it."
"My grandfather was craving for chestnut cake, so I made some. I have a knack for opening chestnuts, so it won't be difficult at all."
As Shen Shujun spoke, she shook the chestnut-opening tool in her hand, with a proud smile on her face.
This smile was so brilliant and so understanding that Xiangmei felt a little dazed when she saw it.
She seemed to have seen the carefree time at home many years ago before the young lady came out of the cabinet. At that time, the young lady had such a smile on her face every day.
Now, her lady is back again. Although she has gone through some things, she is still smiling, just like the chrysanthemums placed on the windowsill, standing proudly despite the wind and frost.
Shen Shujun was peeling chestnuts. From the corner of her eye, she noticed that Xiangmei had been staring at her and laughed. "Why are you staring at me? Could it be that I have flowers on my face?"
"There are no flowers on the young lady's face." Xiangmei hurriedly denied, and at the same time told the truth, "It was the maid who wanted to look at the young lady..."
Xiangmei is the maid who has served Shen Shujun since she was a child. The two of them can be said to have grown up together, eating, sleeping and playing together, almost like sisters.
Theoretically speaking, when Shen Shujun got married, Xiangmei should have been married to Bi Xinghuai's family as a dowry maid. However, Xiangmei and her grandfather had the same view at that time and felt that Bi Xinghuai was not a good man, so they repeatedly advised Shen Shujun.
In anger, Shen Shujun threw Xiangmei into the Shen family's house and refused to follow her.
Xiangmei begged, but in the end Shen Shujun followed Bi Xinghuai without hesitation.
Xiangmei, who stayed in the Shen family's residence, was still a maid, but she became the eldest maid guarding Shen Shujun's previous residence. What she did every day was to lead two or three little maids to clean the residence carefully to ensure that it was kept clean at all times. Able to move in.
In the past few years, Xiangmei has been looking forward to Shen Shujun's return, but also afraid of Shen Shujun's return.
She was looking forward to it because she really missed the young lady so much, and she was afraid because if the young lady really came back, it would mean that her life in the Bi family was really unsatisfactory and she had to go home and seek refuge.
Now, the lady is back.
Although it was the latter she was afraid of, the young lady who returned had experienced everything, but her emotions were stable and her mind was more mature. She had seen through many things and did not feel sorry for herself. She was still the same young lady she had been before.
Xiangmei was happy about this, but she was often afraid that this was a dream, that in the blink of an eye she would wake up from the dream and her young lady would leave her again and step into the pit of fire that anyone with a discerning eye could see.
Therefore, she wanted to watch the young lady, all the time.
Seeing Xiangmei like this, Shen Shujun couldn't help but be touched in her heart. She paused in the action of peeling chestnuts in her hand, then reached out and pinched Xiangmei's nose.
In the past, when the two of them were at home, whenever they were joking and fighting, they would always pinch each other's noses.
"Help me get some more walnuts. Just peel them and make some amber walnut kernels. Grandpa likes to eat them."
Shen Shujun explained.
"Hey." Xiangmei's nose felt sour and she twitched hastily. She agreed and then ordered people to get the walnuts.
When the walnuts were brought over, the master and the servant gathered together, peeling the walnuts and talking.
Seeing the sun starting to set in the west, Shen Shujun looked out the window and was a little surprised, "Grandpa said he would come over to the meeting hall. Why haven't you come back yet?" "Maybe something happened temporarily." Xiang. Mei called the maid at the door to come over and asked her to go to the second door to call a boy to see if anything was okay.
When the little maid heard this, her expression changed slightly, and her movements became awkward. She only twisted the sleeves in her hands into one place, and her fingers turned white.
Shen Shujun noticed something was wrong and put down the chestnuts in her hand, "What happened?"
"This..." The little maid hesitated for a moment and then spoke hesitantly, "I heard someone said that two women came to the door, screaming for justice. The master went to deal with them."
"A woman who wants justice?" Shen Shujun asked, "Do you know who she is?"
"My servant doesn't know. I only heard from people that the old woman claimed her surname was Chen, and the young woman seemed to be surnamed Bai..."
Shen Shujun immediately pursed her lips.
One is old and the other is young. The former's surname is Chen and the latter's surname is Bai.
There has never been such a coincidence in this world. These two people were obviously her previous mother-in-law and Aunt Bai.
On the eve of preparing to leave for home in Jinqiu County, Bi Xinghuai came to the door. Shen Shujun cursed him righteously, gave him a warning, and kicked him out.
Then, in order to avoid being entangled by Bi Xinghuai, Shen Shujun went to the escort agency that day, packed up her things, and set off early.
Just before setting off, Shen Shujun heard that Bi Xinghuai had been arrested by the Yamen on the grounds that he had behaved inappropriately and had plotted against others in public.
Shen Shujun didn't know who Bi Xinghuai was plotting against, but he was caught and slapped, and his fate could be imagined.
At that time, Shen Shujun was relieved, but she was also afraid of any complications, so she still followed the established plan of starting early and left Jinqiu County early the next morning.
Later, Shen Shujun heard nothing else about Bi Xinghuai.
To be precise, she didn't want to deliberately inquire.
Don't even care.
She has completely given up. How Bi Xinghuai ends up has nothing to do with her.
If she knew it, she would feel relieved, but if she didn't know it, it would have no impact on her daily life.
What she needs to do now is to accompany her grandfather and learn to take care of the housework, so that she can support the entire Shen family on her own in the future.
But now, Chen and Bai came to the door?
Shen Shujun stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
"Miss..." Xiangmei opened her mouth to dissuade her, "My grandpa has already gone. I think it will be dealt with very quickly. There is no need for Miss to come forward again."
The reason why Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Bai were able to come to the door was either to curse Shen Shujun, or to cry out for Shen Shujun to change her mind, but no matter what the reason was, it was enough to show that the Bi family must have encountered some difficulties that were difficult to overcome. Kaner.
At this time, the lady cannot come forward even more.
At this time, Xiangmei was worried that her young lady would still care about the old feelings for the Bi family. If Ms. Chen and Ms. Bai cried bitterly and repented, and coaxed her with soft words, the young lady would obey the Bi family again and lose her own Judgment, that is really a huge mistake. (End of chapter)