Flower house in Daliu Village, southern suburbs of Beijing.
Since selling their daughter to the Rongguo Mansion, the Hua family's life has become better and better, especially Ruizhu who has asked people to send money from time to time.
In two years, the Hua family bought another two acres of medium-sized farmland thanks to the daughter who was renamed Xiren. Life was about to get better, but Hua Zifang didn’t pay attention to it at night. After kicking off the quilt, I felt top-heavy when I got up the next day.
Hua’s mother hurriedly asked a doctor for her son. He was almost healed yesterday, but she didn’t expect that early in the morning, Hua’s mother asked her son to get up for breakfast. She didn’t answer for a long time. When she opened the door and went in, she found that her son didn’t know why. He fell to the ground and froze all night, and his body was already half cold.
“Oh, my son...”
When a howl came from the small courtyard, in the haystack not far away, the two men who were woken up looked a little excited.
It’s done.
It’s still an easy job.
Young and evil died, and you have to be buried tonight.
The two of them relaxed as they waited for Hua Mu to find someone to bury her son.
No matter how powerful Mr. Dong and Mr. Lu of Shuntian Prefecture were, they would never have imagined that they could do this.
You can’t find the bodies in the mass graves, right?
According to what their housekeeper meant, why is it a mass grave? When we all work together, we can’t just have a grand burial, but we also have to have a place to live.
Last time I talked about mass graves, I just didn’t want to talk to you Shuntian Mansion.
If you have to dig it, then dig it.
They, the Prince of Jin, are upright and not afraid of slanting shadows.
It’s cold in winter, and although the body doesn’t rot easily, it’s not that easy to find anything on the face after ten days and a half.
The two of them were waiting for the Hua family to bury someone here. A few villages away, the same scene was happening.
……
Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ningyuan.
After Baoyu practiced martial arts with Jiao Da, he was too tired to walk, so he simply asked the little maid to go back and report that he was eating at the uncle's place.
"Uncle, I'm so hungry too."
While waiting for the food to be served, Baoyu had already eaten two roasted chestnuts by the brazier.
“Haha, that makes you feel so pitiful.”
Shen Ning gave away half of the sweet potato she had been waiting for for a long time, “I think you want to eat my roasted sweet potato, right? ”
"Hehe!"
Baoyu took it with a smile, "Thank you, uncle!"
Because these things are too vulgar, they are not available in Xifu.
But the aunt buried it in the brazier like this, and when she took it out, it was really fragrant and warm.
Tear open the crispy skin, and the special aroma of sweet potatoes will hit your nose, making people salivate.
The flesh of the sweet potatoes is golden and attractive, and some of them seem to be covered with syrup. Take a bite...
Oops~
The meat inside is soft and delicate, sweet but not greasy, with a unique sweetness smell.
Shen Ning felt a little sad for the half piece of sweet potato she just gave away.
When Baoyu saw it, he quickly turned his little body sideways.
His sweet potatoes were still very hot, so he could only eat them while blowing them.
“Is it delicious?”
Shen Ning asked him.
“Hmm~”
It tastes different from home.
The eggplant dish at home is paired with twenty chickens. Although it tastes very good, Baoyu doesn't know why, but she always feels that the ones here are sweeter.
"The old lady asked you yesterday if you had anything to eat?"
"Yes."
Baoyu turned around with bright eyes, "I'll follow you. The old lady talked about Brother Rong's appetite. She laughed for a long time and said that if I eat here again, she will have two dishes delivered."
"This is because I am afraid that you will eat it. Not full? ”
Shen Ning was speechless.
“No!”
Baoyu shook his head hurriedly, “Grandma is afraid that Brother Rong won’t have enough to eat.”
“…poof~”
Brother Rong who strode in happened to hear, "Uncle Bao, let's eat here from now on!"
He and his grandmother were able to enjoy two more courses.
"Yeah." Baoyu nodded vigorously, "Auntie, after I have practiced martial arts, can I just be here with you to eat and rest?"
"Of course!"
Nothing is wrong.
Don't say there is no shortage of food at home, even if there is...how much can a child eat?
"If you don't want to go back, just ask someone to go to the kitchen and tell Aunt Li."
The more people there are, the more delicious the food will be.
Especially Baoyu is a beautiful child.
Shen Ning also didn’t want him to be spoiled by Jia’s mother.
Obviously, the old lady can barely raise a girl, but she really can't raise a boy...
Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, and Baoyu in the Red Mansion are all useless.
The man in the family cannot support himself, so he can only sell his daughter in disguise.
“She will be happy to cook more for you.”
Aunt Li is writing a recipe.
In order to write the recipe, she is now learning to write from Qingzhu and the others.
There are a total of thirty-six people in Shen Ning's courtyard, including the sweeper, the janitor and other women.
It is impossible to cancel.
This is the dignity of everyone.
Because she has Jia Yue here, last time Youshi said that she had fewer people here and needed to make up for a few more.
Shen Ning didn’t object either.
When you come to her, you can learn to read and write in your spare time, and exchange experiences with each other about needlework, eating, etc.
Everyone will live a happy life when they go out in the future.
"That's right, Aunt Li is most happy to cook Ningcuixuan's rice."
Brother Rong added with a smile, "Aunts will all give their opinions. Last time, Cousin Lin even took a Talk to Aunt Li about the food in this travelogue. Then we had Tibetan butter tea and Jiangnan crab roe soup dumplings. "
"Then...do I want to make a comment?"
Baoyu has never eaten the two dishes he just mentioned.
Hearing this, I couldn’t help but feel a little yearning.
“It’s done!”
Brother Rong nodded, “Which dish do you think was not delicious yesterday?”
“They were all delicious.”
Baoyu said: "But I think my aunt's roasted sweet potatoes can also be a dish."
"..."
"..."
What a compliment!
My mouth is so sweet.
Seeing how happy his grandmother was, Brother Rong decided to learn from him in the future.
"Really? I also think my roasted sweet potatoes are particularly delicious."
"But grandma, I didn't eat them."
Brother Rong was filled with resentment.
He had eaten roasted sweet potatoes with his grandmother, but when he came here today, he only smelled them.
"You can't rely on me to do this. Go to your Uncle Bao."
Baoyu took a look and quickly took the last bite of the sweet potato, "It's gone."
He shouted angrily. Said, "The food is here, we can eat."
As he said that, Xiren and Sheyue brought a food box over.
"Madam, our old lady said, I will give you two more dishes."
"Yeah!" Shen Ning nodded, "Put it on!"
She noticed that Xiren's expression today was different from usual, and his eyelids were a little swollen.
But I’m too lazy to ask.
But she didn't ask, but Baoyu asked, "Sister Xiren, what's wrong with you?"
When others were treating him badly, Sister Xiren was still the same as before.
"...No, it's nothing."
After being sold in, she was no longer herself.
Even if her brother dies, she...can't go back.
After receiving the news of his brother's death at noon, Xiren secretly cried bitterly behind his back.
I feel sorry for my brother’s sudden death, and I’m even more worried about my mother.
How can mother live without her brother?
The land that my family finally bought, I don’t know which family will benefit from it. She desperately wanted to go home and visit.
But when the master went to greet the old lady, he didn’t know what he said, and the old lady kept getting angry.
Finally, the eldest grandma and the second grandma accompanied me to touch the leaf cards. I felt better, but it was getting late.
Xiren wanted to tell Baoyu that night and ask Baoyu to take a leave of absence for her, so that she could go home, burn a piece of paper for her brother, and then settle her mother down.
"Why is it nothing? Are you crying?"
"I really have nothing."
When we were in Xifu, Xiren didn't even dare to say anything. Not to mention Dongfu.
The eldest lady obviously doesn’t like her.
Xiren whispered: "Second Master, you are ready to eat. The old lady is waiting for you."
"Oh~"
Baoyu looked at the two dishes sent by his grandmother, one One is rouge goose breast, one is shredded chicken and shark fin soup, both are still spicy Steaming with heat, it was obvious that it had just been cooked, so he brought it over, "Mother, this shredded chicken and shark fin soup is delicious. Please have a bowl first."
"Be good!"
Shen Ning touched the little guy's head and let Qingzhu serve her a small bowl.
This meal, because there were two extra dishes brought by the old lady, Brother Rong even burped after finishing it.
Baoyu heard this and hurriedly asked Xiren, "Sister Xiren, I asked you to bring the Xiaoshi Hawthorn Pills, did you bring them?"
"Yes."
< br>Xi Ren hurriedly took out a small porcelain bottle from his purse.
“Brother Rong, why don’t you just take a hawthorn pill!”
"Hahaha, I think grandma wants to eat more."
His grandma also ate half a bowl of extra rice today.
Brother Rong poured out two hawthorn pills with a smile, threw one into his mouth and handed the other to Shen Ning.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to take a hawthorn pill at night."
There is no shortage of hawthorn pills here for Shen Ning.
In this world, food is her biggest motivation to get up and exercise every day.
In order to prevent herself from eating herself into a big fat person, doesn’t she have to find ways to restrain herself from eating every day?
But no matter how restrained you are, there will be times when you can’t hold it back, just like today.
I won’t talk about the rouge goose breast, but the shredded chicken and shark fin soup...
Shen Ning suppressed the urge to have a second bowl.
But just like that, I still ate half a bowl of rice.
And before eating, she even tried to die by eating half a sweet potato.
If I had known it earlier, I would have left it to Brother Rong.
Shen Ning took Brother Rong's hand and ate Baoyu's hawthorn pills, which were sour and sweet.
"The old lady misses you, so go back early!"
"Yeah!"
Baoyu bowed to Shen Ning, "Auntie, I'll come back tomorrow."
Xi Ren couldn't wait any longer and helped him put on the raincoat. He bowed to the owner here again and quickly took Baoyu away.
“Sister Xiren, what’s wrong with you?”
“Sister Xiren’s brother is gone.”
Sheyue said: "I received a letter from home at noon. She wants to go home tomorrow."
"... then go back!"
Baoyu said: "Tell Sister-in-law Lian a word That’s it.”
Second sister-in-law Lian is the housekeeper at home.
Because she is sister-in-law and cousin, she has always been very kind to him.
Baoyu saw Xiren crying again, and hurriedly pulled her hand, "Do you want me to say it?"
"...Today, the master paid his respects to the old lady. The old lady was very unhappy in the end. "Happy."
Xi Ren wiped her tears, "Second Grandma Lian has been with the old lady. I didn't." Find an opportunity to say it."
"It's okay, I'll go talk." Baoyu said, "Let's go there now and I'll ask her to get a car for you."
As he said, I thought of something, "You know where the money box is, go get it yourself."
He didn't pay attention to this before.
But after this period of time, Baoyu gradually felt the benefits of silver.
If he gives money to his servants, some servants will treat him better for a while.
"I would like to thank the second master for the reward on behalf of my brother!"
The tears fell heavily.
Going home without money means going back in vain.
With money and a car sent by the government, the village and clan would not dare to do anything to her mother.
Early on the next morning, Wang Xifeng indeed sent a car to Xiren.
When she returned to Daliu Village, her mother could no longer afford her bed.
"My son..., why did you come back?"
Hua's mother cried until her voice became hoarse, "Your brother..., your brother is no longer here! He has left us and my mother behind."
Xi Ren hugged his mother, tears streaming down his face. Luo, "Mom, why did brother..."
"I don't know, he obviously slept well, I even tucked him in before going to bed."
Hua's mother couldn't accept her son dying like that.
He is obviously going to be fine.
Her lively son...
“Who knew that he would be lying on the ground so early in the morning.”
Hua’s mother cried until her eyes turned black, “My son, it hurts me to death. "
"Mother~Mother~~~~"
Xi Ren's tears also fell, "Is my brother with dad? I'll go see him."
"Aaah~~~~"
Hua Mu cried loudly.
She lost her son and was too embarrassed to see her husband after his death.
Xi Ren cried for a long time before finally persuading his mother to go to the place where his father and brother were buried, carrying the paper money and ingots he bought on the way.
Climbing a small hill, I could see it immediately, but I didn’t expect that someone was digging something there.
Her heartbeat accelerated rapidly, and she quickly stepped back.
Working as an errand in Rongguo Mansion, mingling with the maids and women in the mansion, she heard a lot of things.
Of course, in the past half year, Da Gao has been popular in Dongfu.
Second Grandma followed closely and asked the sisters who could read to read the imperial edict to them.
In that big court, there are not only laws, but also cases from various places from time to time...
Xiren's mind was filled with so many horror stories and cases that she didn't dare to go forward.
My brother's grave may be being dug, she is alone, and there are two...
Snowflakes are still falling sparsely at this time, and there is almost no one outside.
Xi Ren did not dare to delay, so he left his basket and ran to the village chief's house.
After a while, three gongs rang, and all the villagers in Daliu Village were alarmed.
A group of people carrying poles and hoes rushed towards the cemetery in a furious manner.
……
Rongguo Mansion, it’s time and Xiren hasn’t come back yet.
Wang Xifeng was very angry.
Their maids are not allowed to stay out overnight.
Especially when the old lady gave Baoyu the attacker, part of it was to give it to the people in the house in the future.
Although according to the current Jia family rules, Baoyu can no longer accept attackers, but it is absolutely not okay for her to spend the night outside like this...
"Ping'er, go find Lin Zhixiao and ask him to send someone to Liujiacun immediately to take a look."
Over in Dongfu, someone broke into the house a few days ago.
Even if nothing was said over there, Wang Xifeng could guess from various things outside that the people from the Jin Palace were not giving up and were still staring at their Jia family.
In this case, if Xiren stayed out overnight...
It would be terrible if he was bribed by someone.
Wang Xifeng made a prompt decision and asked Lin Zhixiao to find someone.
Ping'er hurried away.
But not long after, she came back again.
Also accompanying him back was Xiren.
At this time, Xiren was in a state of embarrassment. When he saw Wang Xifeng, he knelt down and said, "Please Second Grandma, please make the decision for me." (End of Chapter)