Not long after the two of them took the medicine, it was time for dinner. Yu Fuling touched her belly and said, "I always feel that I have gained some weight recently! Here, I always eat and sleep, and I don't have to do any work. I am not used to it."
Yu Jiao smiled. She was still young and in the period of growing up, so she didn’t care about being fat or thin.
Yu Fuling used to eat two bowls of rice at every meal in the past few days, but today she tried to restrain herself and only ate one bowl.
After dinner, the two of them recited medical books under the candlelight. Yu Fuling thought of her lost purse and said, "What if the purse cannot be found? Is the jade your father left you valuable?"
Yu Jiao dipped the ink in the ink and said hoarsely, "It's not a valuable item. My mother gave it to me when I went home some time ago. It's just a thought for me."
In Meng Yujiao's memory, she had a deep admiration for her father. Her father Meng Qingyun treated her very well. Although the family was not rich, he was reluctant to let her do any work and even never let her go to the fields. Liu Sanniang would sometimes embroider some things and sell them in the town to supplement the family income, but Meng Qingyun never let his daughter do those things.
It can be said that he did his best to pamper his daughter.
If the jade button cannot be found, there is nothing that can be done. Liu Sanniang has already given it to her and she probably won't ask for it back. However, she feels a little empty and uneasy in her heart.
Seeing that she was a little depressed, Yu Fuling comforted her, "Who knows, maybe Magistrate Yang will help you find it tomorrow! I didn't expect that there would be a thief in Qingzhou Prefecture, and a female thief at that. That woman is too bold to steal people's things in broad daylight."
Yu Jiao thought about her past life. Her grandfather taught her to be kind, but this world is not black and white. Good deeds may not be rewarded, and evil deeds may not be punished.
She has followed her grandfather to save the dying and the wounded, and cure diseases and save lives since she was a child, but what has she got in return?
When Yu Jiao thought of the death of her senior brother Fu Chuan, she felt a little breathless. She put down the pen in her hand and said, "I'll go sit in the courtyard."
Seeing that her face looked a little strange, Yu Fuling tactfully did not follow her. Through the window, she saw Yu Jiao standing in the yard, looking up at the full moon with a somewhat lonely expression.
The more Yu Fuling got to know Yu Jiao, the more she felt that she was different from all the girls she knew.
She used to like Chen Rou very much, even with a hint of secret envy. Chen Rou was pretty and always spoke softly. In Yu Fuling's eyes, a woman should be like Chen Rou, making people feel pity and love.
But after staying with Yu Jiao for a long time, she didn't know when she started to like Chen Rou so much. Chen Rou was still as beautiful and gentle as before, but Yu Fuling's perception of her had changed.
Even if a woman is not as beautiful as Chen Rou, but has a gentle and likable personality, she can still live a good life.
Compared with that kind of pretentious weakness, she now prefers Yu Jiao's tenacious character.
Yu Jiao looked at the full moon in the sky and suddenly realized that the Mid-Autumn Festival would be just a few days away.
In the past, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would always cook a table of delicious food. Grandpa and senior brother Fu Chuan would watch the moon in the yard while eating the food she cooked and drinking. When they were drunk, neither of them would admit that they were drunk. Grandpa would then test senior brother with various medical books. If senior brother got the answer wrong, Grandpa would look very proud and say that senior brother was drunk first and could not drink as well as an old man like him.
In fact, the senior brother can drink much better than grandpa. When grandpa goes back to the room to sleep in a daze, the senior brother will help her clean up the mess on the table and accompany her to watch the moon on the roof.
Yu Jiao thought of the time when her grandfather and senior brother were by her side. Her eyes reddened slightly and she smiled silently with some difficulty.
In the West Garden of the Mu family, Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi had not yet fallen asleep. They were sitting in a small pavilion in the garden. There were a few side dishes and two jugs of wine on the stone table.
Liu Ziqi looked up at the full moon in the sky. On his palm lay a safe jade buckle. The jade buckle was smooth and delicate, and it was obvious that it was often played with by someone.
He pinched the green necklace on the jade buckle and sighed, "After all these years, I wonder if Su Jian still remembers me as her brother."
Gu Yun took a sip from the wine glass, looked at the jade button in his hand, and said, "How could you not remember? Sister Su Jian was very smart when she was a child. You two have always had a deep relationship. She will definitely not forget you as her brother."
Liu Ziqi smiled bitterly and said to his own reflection in the wine glass, "You didn't even recognize me. I have changed so much over the years. I'm afraid she wouldn't recognize me if she saw me."
"But you are still you. It would be better if no one could recognize you. This way you can live well." Gu Yun said in a muffled voice.
"Sometimes I don't know if there is any meaning in living like this." Liu Ziqi took a sip of wine, and there was a bitter taste between his lips and teeth. His life was bought with the lives of many people. In fact, he was not qualified to ask such a question.
Gu Yun understood his distress, stood up and patted him on the shoulder, then sat down against the wooden pillar where the measure was resting. "I heard that the emperor intends to use the money from the dredging of the Si River to build a Taoist temple, so the money for dredging the Si River has not been allocated yet. There has been a lot of rain in the north this year. If the court officials cannot persuade the emperor to allocate the money for dredging, when the autumn rain comes, all rivers will flow into the river, and the water level will rise sharply. The people in the north will probably suffer."
Liu Ziqi put away the jade button and said calmly, "My father submitted several memorials, but they were all intercepted by Cheng Ying. Shen Tian is now trying his best to please him, and he is unwilling to ask more about the dredging, for fear of annoying the emperor."
Gu Yun sighed, "It's not easy for Elder Liu. Most of the cabinet members are Shen Tian's people. If the emperor really abandons the people for his own selfish desires and causes floods in the north, the people will suffer, which will shake the foundation of the country. There is a saying in the warning book that the people are complaining and the natural disasters are happening one after another. It may not be a bad opportunity."
"Be careful with your words." Liu Ziqi's face darkened as he reminded in a low voice.
Gu Yun looked around, stood up, and did not mention what he had just said. He only said, "I have drunk too much. I have to go to the bathroom. I still have to watch that little girl twisting catgut tomorrow. Don't sit too long. Go to bed early."
Liu Ziqi nodded, and after Gu Yun left, he drank the remaining half pot of wine by himself, stood up dejectedly, and returned to his room.
The next day, Yu Jiao went to Yang's house again. Yang Yuanchen told her apologetically that the thief had not been caught yet and her purse had not been found.
The examiners are about to enter the examination room, and a banquet will be held today. After the banquet, the inner curtain officer will enter the inner curtain area in the back hall, and the outer curtain officer will also wait for the students to enter tomorrow. Yang Yuanchen is so busy that he has no time to help Yu Jiao find her purse.
But before leaving, he said to Yu Jiao, "Miss Yu, I have already told the runners of the government office to continue to help you find your purse. I have also arranged for people to patrol the streets day and night. If the thief commits a crime again, he will be caught on the spot, and then Miss Yu's purse can be recovered as well."
Yu Jiao already knew that the purse was not big enough to be found, so she thanked Yang Yuanchen and went to West Garden with Yu Fuling.
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