Chapter 27 The Swing and the Plum Tree
Jun Zhenxian came early the next morning.
He spoke with my father in the front hall.
I wandered through every part of the house.
In my courtyard stood a large swing, exactly like the one in the general's residence in the capital.
A big plum tree had been planted there too.
My father said, "Jun Zhenxian arranged it all."
Jun Zhenxian.
Courtesy name Huaixian.
I was dazed for a second, and I felt my face heat up.
Jun Zhenxian said he would take me out for a walk.
During the years he left the capital, after going to the border, he settled directly in Jiangnan.
The small bridges and flowing water here were poetic and picturesque.
My mother wrote in her letter that she was from Jiangnan in her world.
So the year she married my father, he hurriedly bought this residence in Jiangnan.
Along the way, Jun Zhenxian introduced me to many things unique to Jiangnan.
At a fabric shop, he stopped.
He pulled me inside.
Jiangnan embroidery was the most famous.
He told the shop assistant to bring out only the expensive and best ones.
In no time, money flowed out like water.
I clicked my tongue.
The shops my mother left me already earned plenty of profit every year.
"Jun Zhenxian, you're not secretly running a bank, are you?"
I teased.
His hand paused.
Fine, fine.
I won't mention money again.