The Rebirth of Han Yuxi

Qiu Shi had always been indifferent towards Yuru. “Just let her toss and turn. You don’t have to pay attention to her.” First, Yuru pretended to be sick to avoid going to classes. Then, she said Qiu Shi was being biased towards Yuchen and Yuxi by providing both of them with a small kitchen. Now, she was making such a move. Qiu Shi used to think that Yuru was clever and sensible, but now she felt more and more that Yuru was short-sighted, clearly showing that she was a person of humble birth.

Yuxi was ready to quit while she was ahead (Chinese idiom : stop before going too far), and she immediately changed the subject, “Eldest Aunt, how is the little maid rules learning progress?” According to her opinion, it was better if she herself trained that little maid. Then she would feel much rest assured.

Qiu Shi smiled and said, “She has complete her rules learning as others. I will send her to you this afternoon.”

Not long after, Rose Courtyard welcomed a newcomer.

Yuxi looked at the little girl kneeling on the ground who was as thin as a bamboo pole. She was very suspicious, thinking if this person was really the strong person that Qiu Shi had mentioned. “Do you really have a lot of strength?”

The little girl who was somewhat scared said, “Miss, I have been stronger than others since I was young.” If Yuxi hadn’t made it clear that she needed a strong little maid, she would not have been able to enter the eyes of the mama of the person in charged of the residence.

Yuxi felt that seeing is believing, “Then, you can show it to me by moving this table.”

Looking at the little girl walking over and lifted the table, Yuxi was convinced that she was indeed strong. The table weighed more than thirty catty. She herself could not lift it nor move it. “Put it down!” Seeing the other party kneeling on the ground again, she asked, “What’s your name? Where is your home? How did you get to our residence?“

The little girl answered, “My name is Sanya. I live in the mountains. I have two sisters and one brother. The family had to chip in to pay for my brother’s education and to buy a farm, so, mother sold both my sisters and me.” As to where her home was, she also did not know.

紫堇 (Zijin) / Corydalis edulis Maxim

Source | Baike Baidu

Yuxi had nothing to say. Many families favoured sons over daughters, and there were countless people sold their daughters for their sons. Sometimes, Yuxi was also very glad that she was born in the state residence. Even if her father did not care about her mother’s premature death, she never had to worry about food and clothing. Just in the morning, she saw some herbs and said, “From today on, your name will be Zijin (corydalis).” The name Sanya was such a poor taste.

Zijin kowtowed three times to Yuxi and said, “Thank you for giving me the name and I will remember it.”

That night, when Yuxi was writing in the study, she asked Zijin to follow her. Seeing Zijin looking at the big characters written by her with her eyes filled with admiration, she smiled and asked, “Do you want to read?”

Zijin hurriedly shook her head and said, “No.” Reading was a very expensive thing. Where did she have the qualification to learn? However, watching Miss wrote characters warmed the heart and delighted the eyes (Chinese idiom : find the scenery pleasing to both the eye and the mind).

Yuxi smiled, “I will teach you to read, but you have to remember one thing. You are my people and you will only listen to me in the future.” She decided to cultivate Zijin as her confidant. The people in the residence were so intertwined that they could do ordinary things, but when it came to secret matters, she was not at ease, so she only dared to let Hongshan be responsible for inquiring news and doing some less important things. Even if Hongshan had decided to be on her side, she only dared to give some secret matters to Moju or Motao. There was nothing could be done about it since Hongshan’s family were in the residence. In case the Old Madam or someone took her family, threatening her, Yuxi didn’t believe that Hongshan would still stay by her side.

Zijin immediately knelt on the ground and said, “Handmaiden is born as Miss’s people, and when in death will be Miss’s ghost.”