Delicate Flower Chapter 1: Fire

The fire soared into the sky, crackling and turning half of the sky red, and the heat waves rushed towards each other one after another. People around them were rushing to say goodbye: "The water is gone! The water is gone!"

Yu Tang's legs became weak, and if it weren't for the maid Shuangtao holding her up, she would have fallen to the ground.

"Miss, eldest lady!" Shuangtao was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he could not even speak. "How could this happen? Doesn't it mean that the Pei family's nursing home would get up in the middle of the night to inspect their shop with the people from the yamen? The third master of the Pei family said that this year's summer is particularly warm, the weather is dry, and things are dry, and he is afraid of fire. A few days ago, he specially ordered thirty-eight large water tanks to be set up on both sides of Changxing Street, and asked the shopkeepers of each shop to fill the tanks every day. How could Changxing Street catch fire when it was full of water? Then, what about our shop?"

Yes!

What to do with their shop?

Yu Tang’s eyes were moist, and the images in front of him were a little blurry.

She was actually reborn!

And he was reborn on the evening when their shop was burned down.

Her family is harmonious, her siblings are close, and she has grown up to the age of hair. Before that, the most unsatisfactory things in life were that her parents wouldn't let her climb trees and go down rivers, and they would restrict her from going out to study as a female celebrity. Therefore, her memory seemed smooth and warm, but not very impressive. Only this summer, a sudden fire destroyed all the shops on Changxing Street. Her family's and her uncle's lacquerware shops were not spared either. Not only the materials in the shop were burned, but also the warehouse and workshop in the backyard of the shop were completely burned. The goods that were about to be delivered were gone, and the precious templates left by the ancestors were gone. As a result, the Yu family was in ruins. Beginning to be depressed.

Someone not far away rushed into the shop to put out the fire, but was buried in the fire by a sudden collapse of the beam.

"The boss! The boss!" The woman ran over to save people, but was at a loss as to what to do and was stopped by someone.

There were also men who fell to the ground, slapping their legs and crying: "How are we going to live like this?"

Yu Tang and Shuang Tao were bumped on the shoulders by people who rushed over after hearing the news, and Shuang Tao came to his senses.

She hurriedly pulled Yu Tang to the side and said eagerly: "Miss, my wife is still sick, and the master is not at home, so you ran out without saying anything..."

Yutang also came to his senses.

For Shuangtao at this time, she was just swinging for a long time and could not stand firm. She fell from the sky and was unconscious for a long time; but for her, she had already experienced the decline of her family, the death of her parents, and the untimely death of her fiancé. , a widowed woman was coveted by her uncle as a widow. She finally escaped from her husband's house, but was killed in the nunnery that protected her.

While the fire was important, what was more important was her mother's condition.

Her father Yu Wen and her mother Chen Shi had a deep love for each other. Even though her mother was injured when she gave birth to her and had nothing to do, his father still loved his mother and her like a treasure. There was never any rift, but her mother herself After she was born, she stayed in the hospital bed and took medicine for seven out of ten days. His father learned from a friend a few days ago that the imperial doctor Yang Douxing had retired and returned to his hometown, so he rushed to Suzhou City to seek medical advice for his mother.

In his previous life, his father returned without success, and his mother was frightened because she fell on a swing. Her condition worsened and she became bedridden. My father made up his mind to take his mother to Wang Bai, another imperial doctor who lived in seclusion in Mount Putuo, for treatment. However, on the way back, the boat capsized due to a storm and died unexpectedly.

"Let's go home quickly!" Yu Tang was immediately anxious, pulling Shuang Tao and running home.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Shuangtao said as he ran after her panting, "Where are you going? Home is over there!"

Yu Tang stopped and was silent for a moment.

She has not returned to her home in Qingzhu Lane for ten years, and she does not even remember that there is such a path from Changxing Street to Qingzhu Lane.

Perhaps it was because Changxing Street was flooded, and there were usually people walking around in this quiet alley, but everyone was in a hurry. They looked up at her and passed her by with heavy expressions on their faces.

The yard in the back hall of the Yu family is quiet, with several towering Xiang Fei bamboo branches standing quietly in the moonlight. The noise and chaos of Changxing Street seems to be in another world.

My mother's cough was clearly audible, with a faint hissing sound that cracked her lungs: "How is Ah Tang? Are you awake?"

The person who answered the mother was Mrs. Chen, who was serving as a personal attendant: "I woke up early in the morning and said that she needed to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts to feel better. Tell me, where can I find sugar-roasted chestnuts for her at this time of year? She lied to me about a bowl of sugar-roasted chestnuts. I drank the sweet-scented osmanthus syrup and ate three pieces of peach cake before I rested."

Yu Tang burst into tears.

In her previous life, she was heartless. Her mother was sick all year round, but she didn't think it was a problem. Instead, she cheated on food and drink by falling off the swing, doing things that her mother wouldn't let her do on weekdays. Did it all. When her father took her mother to ask for medicine, before leaving, she clamored for her father to bring her two packets of Poria powder, otherwise she would not endorse it.

"Mom!" Yu Tang couldn't help shouting while standing in front of his mother's door.

The door opened with a creak.

Mr. Chen poked her head out, winked at her, and said, "What do you want to eat, Miss? It's this time, the fire in the kitchen is out. I'll make you a bowl of fried rice at most to pacify your stomach." There are many, but there are none."

Yutang was stunned.

She is no longer the carefree little girl who was held in the palm of her father's hand and knew nothing.

Mr. Chen's expression was strange, and her mind was spinning rapidly.

Could it be that at this time in the previous life, my mother's condition was not getting better?

Yu Tang's face darkened, and she couldn't help but look at Mrs. Chen with a dignified look. She gestured towards Mrs. Chen to come with me, but her voice was a bit like a little girl's indulgence: "I Is your mother feeling better? I'm not hungry, I just want to say a few words to my mother."

This kind of Yu Tang makes Mrs. Chen very strange and very surprised. But she didn't have time to think about it, and nodded towards Yu Tang, but what she said stopped her: "My wife has just taken the medicine and has washed and rested. If you need anything, please come back tomorrow!"

Yu Tang stretched his neck and looked towards the wing.

My mother, who was talking to Mrs. Chen just now, said nothing.

Obviously he doesn't want to see her.

Yutang's heart was heavy, and she tried her best to imitate the tone of her voice when she was fifteen: "Okay! I'll go back and sleep first. Do you remember to tell my mother that I've been here."

"Remember! Remember!" Mrs. Chen smiled and pointedly said, "You are so cold and exposed, I will take the eldest lady back to the house!"

In this season, where is the wind and dew? It was just a matter of finding a chance to have a few words with her in private.

Yu Tang responded and went to his own wing next door with Mrs. Chen.

Because I walked in a hurry, the quilt was still messy on the bed, and soft shoes were scattered everywhere, one in front of the bed and the other in the center of the room. Mrs. Chen scolded Shuangtao in a low voice: "How do you serve the eldest lady? The house is a mess. If my wife sees this, I will teach you a lesson again."

Shuang Tao blushed and turned around to clean up the room.

Yu Tang pulled Mrs. Chen to talk: "What's going on with Mom? Don't fool me with your words. I know that the person who often comes to our house to treat Mom is Liu Santie from Jimin Hall. I will go to the hospital then. Find him in the public hall."

Mr. Chen glanced at Yu Tang in surprise.

Yu Tang grew up being pampered by her family. Although she was not raised crookedly, she was not a strong girl either. This was the first time she acted so aggressively.

Mr. Chen couldn't help but hesitate.

Yu Tang knows his own affairs. At best, he has no scheming, at worst, he has no brains. If something happened at home, she would naturally not be relied upon, and no one would tell her.

She simply said to Mrs. Chen: "Look at me, I'm unkempt. I just ran out, Changxing Street was flooded, and our shop was burned down."

Under the bright light, Mrs. Chen noticed that Yu Tang’s clothes were disheveled. She said in shock: "What did you say? Changxing Street is flooded?"

Yu Tang nodded: "The goods in the shop are all gone, the fields will not be profitable until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I have to treat my mother, and the family has no money."

This is not what she said to fool Mrs. Chen.

That's how it was in the past life.

The Yu family has a small fortune, but it's not like they were destroyed after two shops were burned down. But this time there was a leak, and a batch of goods ordered by others in the warehouse were also burned~IndoMTL.com~The Yu family lost a large amount of money. The father had bought a painting of "Songhu Lake" by Li Tang from the previous dynasty from a friend. When it was time to give money to "Diao Yin Tu", my mother didn't want her father to be disappointed, so she took the initiative to sell thirty acres of the family's prime farmland. When my father took my mother to Putuo Mountain, she sold twenty acres of the family's farmland behind her back. Fertile land... After her parents passed away, she sold the remaining fifty acres of fertile land in order to have a dignified funeral.

The property her grandfather gave to her father was gone, and her uncle was also in trouble and couldn't help her.

Only then will she agree to the Li family’s marriage.

Thoughts flashed across his mind, and Yu Tang's expression became a little heavier.

She said with a cold face: "If anything happens to mom, dad will definitely not spare you when he comes back!"

Mr. Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She is Chen's companion and Chen's wet nurse. Chen is not good. She is more anxious and distressed than anyone else. The eldest lady actually threatens her.

But seeing such a young lady, she felt inexplicably relieved.

She thought for a while and told Yu Tang: "The weather is too hot, my wife is suffering from summer pain, and I can't eat anything. I am worried about your injury, and I am also worried that the master is running around outside. He can't eat well and can't sleep. People are watching. I’ve lost a lot of weight and I don’t dare to let you know.”

Yu Tang felt guilty and blamed himself.

In her previous life, she always made her parents worry, and she never became their caring little cotton-padded jacket, let alone someone they relied on.

Thinking of this, Yu Tang couldn't help but clasped his hands together and recited "Amitabha" toward the west.

In her previous life, she was not a devout believer, but the Bodhisattva took pity on her and allowed her to return to the present, to the time when her parents were still alive. She will definitely cherish the time now and prevent the hateful things from her previous life from happening again. Don't let this family be torn apart and relatives separated.

Yu Tang’s tears fell like rain.