HCB Chapter 204: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 01
Chapter 204: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 01
The weather was extremely hot and humid, there was not a breath of wind, and the thick air seemed to be frozen.
On the small couch beside the bed in the inner room, a young girl with her hair untied was lying in a vain manner, holding a round fan like a cat catching butterflies in her slender fingers, fanning it intermittently.
The beaded curtain moved slightly, and a maid walked in quickly with a newly filled ice basin. She took a look at the sweat on her young lady's forehead and quickly replaced the ice basin that had already melted next to the couch.
"Miss, let Cherry fan you!" As she said this, she knelt down beside the small couch and used a small fan to slowly blow the cold air in the ice basin towards you.
The slight coolness slightly dispelled the heat in the air. Gu Li felt so comfortable that she wanted to sigh. She turned her head and looked at Cherry, whose hair was sticking to her forehead due to sweat. "No need to fan me. Cool down yourself too!"
"Cherry is not hot!" Cherry took out a handkerchief to tuck the sweat off her forehead, and smiled as she offered her opinion, "Miss, Cherry will fan you. When you are not so hot anymore, Cherry will help you put on your tunic and skirt, okay?"
I don't know what's wrong with the young lady. She is particularly afraid of the heat these days. Not only does she stay in the inner room all day and doesn't go out, she also doesn't dress properly.
Just like now, the young lady only wears a cloud silk cotton inner garment and a pair of mulberry silk wide trousers, without even touching the skirt.
Even so, the young lady did not dress properly. She leaned on the small couch with her clothes open, casually revealing the sky-blue bellyband embroidered with lotus leaves underneath.
If the nanny saw this, she and Grape would definitely give them a good scolding, and the young lady would also be lectured by the lady.
Gu Li turned over, and finally did not expose her beautiful spring scenery completely. She turned sideways to face the small window and said lazily, "I'm not going out, why should I wear so many clothes? I won't wear any."
Cherry wanted to cry but had no tears. She didn't know how many times she had tried to persuade the young lady, but she just wouldn't listen. "Young lady?"
Gu Li ignored Yingtao's aggrieved cry and closed her eyes. "It's so hot, don't bother yourself. Go take a nap with Grape. I'll take a nap too."
Cherry knew that she couldn't convince the young lady, so she stood up hesitantly, looked at the young lady who had closed her eyes, and left reluctantly.
After the maid left, Gu Li turned over and lay down again, keeping motionless, trying to reduce movement and sweating.
She didn't know why she was so afraid of the heat.
"You should go out and meet your general!"
A long-lost voice rang in Gu Li's mind.
Gu Li was unmoved. She had been urged for more than an hour, and she was so annoyed that she became numb and pretended to be dead.
"Don't rush me. It's not like I won't go. It's just too hot outside. I'll go out after the sun goes down."
Just like now, Sanliang kept urging her to save her future husband who had fallen off the cliff, but she just refused to move. She just lay there like a salted fish.
"If you don't save him, he might die!"
Gu Li remained unmoved. "Without vigorous vitality, how can he sit on the position of general? This is my test for him."
Sanliang: "He is your future husband!"
"If you say so, then so be it!"
"Then how are you going to fulfill your original body's wish?"
Gu Li opened her eyes and looked past the small wooden window to the slightly curled leaves outside. She was currently living on the second floor of a loft halfway up a mountain. As far as she could see, she saw a hot and dazed light.
The original body had two wishes, one was to marry a great general, and the other was to protect her family.
In this small world where Gu Li lives, she was originally born into a merchant family. Her father, Shen Hongshan, was the richest man in Yonghe Prefecture. He and his wife, Lin, had two sons and one daughter.
Although the couple had always had a good relationship, Mr. Shen also had three concubines, each of whom had several illegitimate sons and daughters.
Merchants do not have such a serious distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children as officials do. Only when the offspring are prosperous and the family is united can the family's property be better protected. Therefore, even though Mr. Shen has many children, the children in the family get along relatively harmoniously.
Of course, what Mr. Shen favored the most were the three legitimate children born to his wife.
The eldest son, Shen Gonglin, is the eldest son of the Shen family. He has been learning how to do business with Master Shen since he was a child. He moved to the front yard early and now he can support half of the Shen family on his own.
The second son, Shen Qianlin, was born to Aunt Liu and was a bastard's son.
The third child is Shen Guli. As the first daughter of the Shen family, she has received unprecedented favoritism from Master Shen.
The fourth child, Shen Helin, is also a legitimate son and is the younger brother of Shen Guli from the same mother.
The fifth child, Shen Zhihe, is the son of Aunt Fang and is now thirteen years old.
The remaining six and seven children, aged four and two respectively, were both born to Aunt Xuan.
Judging from the names of the concubines, the other concubines are called by their surnames, but this concubine Xuan is called by her maiden name.
It is not difficult to see that this concubine is very much favored by Mr. Shen.
Also since this concubine Xuan came into the mansion, the other concubines no longer had the chance to get pregnant.
Aunt Xuan almost monopolized Mr. Shen, and even his wife, Mrs. Lin, was suppressed by her.
The reason why Shen Guli is now in a villa in the suburbs instead of in the Shen Mansion in Yonghe Prefecture is not because she came here to escape the summer heat, but because she was punished by Master Shen to come here to reflect on her mistakes.
Aunt Xuan was pregnant again, and pregnant women were afraid of heat, so she took up most of the ice in the mansion. In order to prevent her son and daughter from being without ice basins, Lin had to reduce the amount in her own room. When Shen Guli found out, she personally went to the storehouse and took away the ice that should have belonged to her mother.
That afternoon, Aunt Xuan almost had heatstroke because the weather was too hot and she had a miscarriage.
After Mr. Shen was called back to the mansion by the servants, he learned the whole story. Without listening to Shen Guli's explanation, he ordered her and Lin to be exiled to the villa.
Mr. Shen's original words were: "Since there is not enough ice in the mansion, and you are so afraid of the heat, why don't you just go to Lingshan Villa to escape the heat. Wait until Aunt Xuan is pregnant and the hot summer is over, then you can come back."
Mr. Shen didn't care who was right or wrong. He only cared about the unborn child and the weak and unable to take care of herself Aunt Xuan.
He didn't even care about the dignity of his wife and just packed up the mother and daughter and threw them onto the farm.
Shen Guli felt that her father's favor for her had gradually disappeared with the entry of Concubine Xuan into the mansion, and her position in the Shen family would eventually be lost. That was why she was so determined to find her own husband, even if she had to marry him off to repay a favor!