Every day, her sisters would hold her arm and read the newspaper together, praising the new literary talents in the newspaper, reading some tabloid gossip, and discussing it in a low voice together.
Her brothers often bought some food and fed her. She was on the journey for more than half a month, and when she got off the train, her face was obviously two times bigger than her sisters'.
Her sisters gave her the candies they were given every day, and she would cry if she refused, which was really scary.
The younger brothers' way of expressing their feelings was to come to her and play Buku when they had nothing to do. The old lady tried her best to persuade them to leave but failed. They came every day to attack their sister who was wearing a cotton cheongsam.
They left Jinshi in a lively atmosphere. Knowing that the foreign concessions would be dazzling, the old lady held a meeting for the whole family in advance.
There are so many prodigals among the Bannermen nowadays. If you don't want to sell even your ancestral tablets in the future, you'd better be careful. Who dares to smoke opium, gamble, or go out and play?
They were kicked out of the house and all ties were severed, leaving the house empty-handed without even a penny.
I'm going to say this beforehand, because this kind of thing happens all the time. For example, the person who used to live in front of their house had a higher status in the clan than theirs.
In the past, his family was famous for being particular about their appearance. It was said that the little princess in his family had rarely walked since she was a child. She had to take baths in milk since she was a child, and her skin was as delicate as a baby's.
Ever since her father started smoking opium, the family's situation has deteriorated. Later, he ran to Jinshi and sold his daughter to a 60-year-old man as a second wife just to smoke the drug.
It was said that there were many children in the family who were a generation older than her. Such cases were common. Some families even sold their ancestral property and relied on begging to make ends meet.
He often says that he can't fall down, but he is just being picky. He can't even make ends meet, but he still says that his ancestors followed Emperor Taizu to Beijing, and he is tired of the imperial meals in the palace.
Everyone in the family has been brainwashed by the old lady's daily nagging, telling them not to do anything that will ruin the family, and that arriving in Shanghai will be the beginning of a new life.
The house was arranged in advance by someone, and it was located in the French Concession, surrounded by celebrities and envoys from various countries.
At first everyone thought the old lady would be disgusted, after all, she was used to living in a large house with five courtyards, and everyone lived together here.
Who would have thought that during the few years the old lady lived in Tianjin, she became very fashionable and sometimes even drank coffee and ate cake.
She wore a big lachi (a Qing Dynasty hairstyle) and a late Qing Dynasty Han-style skirt and jacket, and sat on the couch holding a cup of coffee.
In today's terms, it was so cool! I didn't expect that the first person in the mansion to accept new things was the old lady.
"Why are you still so pretentious now that the Emperor has run away? This house is so beautiful. I've lived in a large courtyard all my life. Now I really want a house like this."
A Baroque-style house with four floors covering an area of more than three acres.
The family didn't know what Baroque architecture was, they just knew the house was beautiful and stylish, with plenty of rooms to accommodate the whole family, and they could even arrange one room per floor.
The old lady in the greenhouse loves it, and the lawn in the backyard is also very pleasant to look at.
"The owner of this house is a German. He knew that your family was from the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, so he left it for you.
Otherwise, such a nice house would have been sold long ago. The owner feels that letting a noble like you take over is the best way to repay the house."
The brokerage firm was very happy to take over this business. Not only could they get a commission, but they could also do business with the royal family. This felt really good.
"Okay, that's it. Go and complete the paperwork, and the house will be in my name. We haven't split up yet, so we'll talk about it when we do!"
Her family wasn't particularly wealthy in Beijing, but they were quick to react when the emperor fled! Not only did they save everything, but they also secretly bought a lot of valuable items from other people's pawnshops in Jinshi.
We soon moved into the new house and everyone was happy to be away from the disputes and live a quiet life.
My brothers and sisters continued to go to school and followed the local customs, learning to dress like Shanghai people.
The girls had their hair braided into two pigtails and wore school uniforms. The adults wore suits and robes, and the grandmother at home had her hair permed and wore fashionable clothes. (Wo Ke means aunt)
Just when Xian Yi was confused, someone came to contact her. She had just graduated from university and didn't know what to do, so she was introduced to be a middle school teacher.
In just a few years, she went from being a princess at home to a teacher at a Shanghai middle school.
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