I brought five birds to eat and drink with my girlfriends in ancient times

Shangguan Yue knocked for a long time but no one opened the door. Is there no one living in this yard?

Impossible! The yard outside is clean and weed-free, and the gate is also quite new.

Is it that Junlan Garden is too big and the people inside didn’t hear it?

It’s true. Junlan Garden is very big, with a front garden, a back garden, and then to the flower hall.

Then you have to pass the rockery, bridge, corridor, etc. before you reach the master bedroom.

When a couple gets married, there will be someone guarding the gate. But if a few years pass and no one comes to visit, there will be no need to guard the gate anymore.

Li Junlan had four personal maids as a dowry, one for each season: Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Grain Full, and Grain Rain.

Chunfen is calm and good at arithmetic, so Li Junlan lets her manage the dowry shop and farm, and the profits are pretty good.

But Li Junlan has been in a half-dead state and doesn't care about anything.

Fortunately, she is the principal wife and can live freely, and she does not have to give her dowry. Otherwise, the current concubine Zhang would have wanted to embezzle money long ago.

The old lady was in charge of the household affairs. Because of the simple family, she relied on the little inheritance accumulated by her ancestors and the pension given by the emperor. Although she was not rich, she had enough food and clothing.

Although Aunt Zhang did not have the power to manage the household, she relied on her reputation in front of the old lady. Moreover, the old lady was her great-aunt, and she bribed the servants to deduct the expenses of Junlan Garden.

If it weren't for the dowry prepared by Chunfen, Li Junlan would not have been able to live such a comfortable life.

He would have died of starvation or illness a long time ago.

Xia Zhi manages Li Junlan's dressing, washing, etc...

Xiaoman loves food and eats until his whole body is full. He is responsible for everything in the small kitchen.

Guyu was in charge of cleaning. Since the yard was too big, the other three helped to clean and tidy up when they were free.

There was originally a maid to clean the house, but Li Junlan was cowardly and depressed, and didn't care about anything.

Aunt Zhang took the opportunity to dismiss the second and third rank maids, but she could not move the four who came with the dowry because they did not have indentures, otherwise Aunt Zhang would not have kept any of them.

Although everyone seemed to be living in isolation from the world, Xiaoman often had to go to the big kitchen to get food.

Even though the money was deducted from the general, Xiaoman only cared about getting the information. It was worth it to get some silver to know the general's situation.

It's her own young mistress's fault for not being able to help. If even the maids don't try their best, how can the master be happy in this life?

A few days ago, I heard that the general had won a great victory at the border and was named the Great General of Protecting the Nation. I heard that the emperor rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, etc.

In the past few days, they have been trying to persuade the young lady, but she is still the same. She even looks like she doesn't want to live anymore. How can they not be anxious?

It was almost noon, and the general might come back from the palace at 5 p.m. or 3 p.m., but the young lady was still like this, which made the maids very anxious.

Xiaoman thought it was not a good idea and decided to go and get more information. She asked Chunfen and Xiazhi to persuade the young lady again and immediately went to the front yard to check the situation.

Shangguan Yue, who was standing outside the door, was so tired from slapping the door that she was about to die. She was just thinking about whether to climb over the wall or find a dog hole to get in.

The door suddenly opened from the inside, and Shangguan Yue threw herself into the arms of the person inside by inertia.

Ouch! …Why is it so soft and doesn’t it hurt?

Both of them were stunned.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

They both asked at the same time.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Looking for my mother!"

"Who is your mother?"

"Li Junlan! What? Are you Li Junlan? The Li Junlan who let her daughter die of starvation and disease?"

"Ah? Are you the eldest daughter? That's impossible. Isn't the eldest daughter being raised by the old lady? How could it be like this?"

Looking at the skinny girl in front of him wearing short, whitish clothes, tattered shoes, cucumber-like skin, and hair that curled up casually like dead grass, Xiaoman couldn't imagine that this was the same lovely young lady from before.

But from her features, you can still tell that she looks like a young lady, and a bit like a general.

Xiaoman has a lot of questions she wants to ask the eldest lady.

"Take me to see my mother. We can talk about anything after we see her."

Xiaoman hurriedly turned around and took Shangguan Yue to the bedroom.

It takes a long time to walk to the bedroom, and my two skinny legs are almost broken.

Shangguan Yue really missed Chen Bianbian’s nest in her previous life. It was small and exquisite. Although it was only a few dozen square meters, it was comfortable. She didn’t like a big and cold home.

"Young Madam! Young Madam!"

He shouted loudly before the Xiaoman people arrived.

Shangguan Yue picked her ears. The broadcast-level sound was really harsh.

"Xiaoman! Keep your voice down, you're disturbing the young lady's rest."

Xia Zhi frowned, glanced at the young lady who was sitting in the rocking chair with her eyes closed, and blamed Xiaoman for breaking into the bedroom.

"The young lady is here. This is the young lady! Xia Zhi."

Only then did Xia Zhi realize that the little person behind Xiaoman, although dressed in tattered clothes and thin and fragile, was neither humble nor arrogant, nor cowardly.

Although her features and eyebrows are very similar to those of the young lady, they are completely different from two years ago.

Wasn't the eldest lady living a good life? How could it become like this?

Is this really the eldest lady?