Chapter 956: Dressed Up for a Meeting
Zhou Shuyao did not come out until it was almost dark.
There was a knock on the door, and the little maid asked worriedly, "Miss, are you okay?"
Zhou Shuyao's throat was so hoarse that she finally responded.
The little maidservant secretly breathed a sigh of relief outside the door. The old lady specifically asked her to pay attention to the girl's emotions at all times, fearing that the girl would be upset.
Zhou Shuyao carefully collected the book he had written, stroking each word with trembling fingertips.
"I'm so stupid." She murmured and cried.
She stayed in the room for a long time, until Cancan knocked on the door, and then she walked out drowsily.
"Aunt Zhou, please eat something..." Cancan looked at her quietly. She always thought that Aunt Zhou would become her aunt.
Zhou Shuyao's eyes were red and swollen. He squatted down, pondered for a moment and asked: "Cancan, you... when you came to borrow books, did he ask anything?"
Cancan was stunned: "The first time I borrowed a book, Cancan was young and couldn't lie. When she saw uncle, she always stuttered and couldn't speak clearly, but uncle didn't make it difficult for Cancan. He gave me the book that Cancan wanted."
"After that, he never asked again."
"Sometimes I don't even tell him what book I want to borrow. My uncle is really good and his guess is so accurate."
Zhou Shuyao couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.
Cancan has just started learning and doesn’t need these books yet.
This is all prepared for myself.
"What's wrong, aunt?" Cancan asked cautiously.
Zhou Shuyao shook her head and walked out the door taking Cancan’s hand. He was holding a book and a piece of Lu Yanshu's clothes in his arms. She held the thing tightly against her heart and walked towards the front yard.
Cancan opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything.
Once she came to borrow a book and was about to knock on the door, but when she got to the door, she slammed it open.
The uncle hurried forward to help her up. A breeze blew and the papers on the table fell off.
At that time, she didn't know many words.
I only recognize one of the characters, "Yao".
She pointed at the paper and asked her uncle, "Uncle, what's written on it? Is it Aunt Zhou Shuyao's Yao?"
At that time, my uncle was already the prime minister in the court, a powerful official who had the final say in the court.
My ears turned red when I heard this.
“No, don’t spread it and ruin Miss Zhou’s reputation. Cancan can’t tell anyone else…” Cancan said “oh” obediently.
Later, when she learned to read and write, she would occasionally think of that scene and finally understand.
That is Zhou Shuyao's "Yao", which also means a graceful lady that gentlemen desire.
At this moment, Zhou Shuyao looked down at Cancan who had stopped walking: "What's wrong, Cancan?"
Cancan hurriedly lowered her head, shook her head, and said in a muffled voice, "It's okay, Aunt Zhou."
If Aunt Zhou became her aunt, she would tell her about this and let her understand her uncle's intentions.
But now that her uncle is dead, these words can only become a shackle for her throughout her life.
She could not get out for the rest of her life and was trapped inside.
Cancan lowered her head. She didn’t dare to say anything, and she couldn’t say anything.
She didn't want to harm Aunt Zhou.
When they returned to the front yard, Cancan coaxed her to drink two mouthfuls of rice porridge, and Zhou Shuyao went to guard in front of the mourning hall again.
Xu Shiyun almost begged: "Shu Yao, get up quickly. If you do this, what will happen to your reputation..." Yan Shu was dead, and she allowed Shu Yao to act like this as a widow. She couldn't harm such a good girl.
Zhou Shuyao knelt before her respectfully.
His back was straight and his eyes were determined.
"Mom, Yanshu has passed away, and I can no longer fulfill my filial duties to you. From now on, Shu Yao will be your eldest daughter-in-law. I will fulfill Yanshu's last wish and fulfill my filial duties to you two elders." From now on, Yanshu's parents will be like her parents.
“Please bear witness together.”
Xu Shiyun was so anxious that tears rolled down her cheeks: "Ayao, no! I understand your feelings, but Yanshu would definitely not want to see you like this, Shuyao..." Xu Shiyun looked at her almost pleadingly.
"Madam, if you don't keep me, I will have to live my whole life with the ancient Buddha and guard his spirit tablet." If it weren't for her elderly parents, she would have succumbed long ago.
Xu Shiyun hugged her and cried inconsolably.
"I just want to marry him, we agreed." He said, if you can get through this safely, I will marry you.
If you don't cross...
I will dress up for your funeral and still... marry you.
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