h2 > Rudong sympathized with Ajuan's sister-in-law, mother and son, and didn't dare to imagine who would arrange them to calculate the girl's chess pieces, but her thoughts have always been simple: the girl has always been smart, since the girl is suspicious, there must be a reason for suspicion, or it is safer to investigate, she never thought that Ruqiu, who grew up together, would betray the girl?

Zhiruo smiled secretly, Rudong is such a loyal and simple person, who always puts her master's likes and dislikes and thoughts first.

Mo Forget's movements were very fast, and he sorted out the news that he came back early on the morning of the third day and sent it over: "Girl, that Feng Cheng's name is Cheng Yijuan, a native of Chengjiagou, Qingcheng, Qingzhou, and her son Feng Nianzu is seven years old this year, nicknamed Xiaohu. It is said that Cheng's husband went to Beijing three years to catch the exam, died of illness on the road, Cheng lived alone with his children, last year their hometown was drought, the villagers fled to the famine, seeking a way to survive, she also took Xiaohu to the north, came to Los Angeles to join her cousin, and then the thing was the same as what Rudong said.

At the beginning of last year, Zhang Fugui split up and bought the small courtyard of Cheng's cousin's house, and moved to Fucheng with his daughter-in-law and son. Girl, there shouldn't be any problems with either of them. However, it is better to ask the people of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau to help inquire when they go to Qingcheng. ”

Zhiruo nodded: "Well, when someone goes to Baishui Town, bring a letter to Brother Cunren." "Orphans and widows are really pitiful, and since they are destined to meet, as long as there is no doubt, she doesn't mind helping.

When Cheng Yijuan's mother and son were led in front of Zhiruo, Zhiruo's intuition told her that there should be no need to check.

As soon as Cheng Yijuan entered the door, she pulled Xiaohu to kneel: "Xiaohu kowtow to Miss Yin, if it weren't for Miss Yin, our mother and son would definitely be gone......" If Xiaohu is dead, what is the meaning of her living?

The mother and son knocked their heads three times, Rudong and Xi Diela couldn't hold it, "The lives of our mother and son are girls', these three heads must be knocked no matter what, otherwise God can't tolerate it." ”

Zhiruo didn't speak, but quietly observed every expression and every movement of the mother and son, especially the eyes, which are the most difficult to deceive.

Cheng Yijuan's face was full of gratitude and excitement, and a little happiness for the rest of her life. The thin little tiger has a pair of bright and transparent big eyes, and is a little timid at first, but after Zhiruo asks him a few words with concern, he relaxes a little and answers the questions in an orderly manner.

Cheng Yijuan said eagerly: "I beg the girl to keep our mother and son, I can do needlework and cooking, uh, I can do the work in the field." Although Xiaohu is younger, he has no problem helping with chores, running errands, and laying hands. Early this morning, she took Xiaohu to have a snack and asked to see the "eldest young master", and the shopkeeper Guo handed her twenty taels of silver, saying that it was given by the eldest young master, so that the mother and son could go back to their hometowns, or rent a decent house by themselves, so that they didn't have to stay in the mean Zhang family. She didn't collect the cashier, but only begged for their mother and son to thank the "eldest young master" in person. Shopkeeper Guo thought for a while, but still asked the carriage to send them over. When she arrived at the plum garden and saw Rudong in women's clothes, she knew that her benefactor was a girl.

Zhiruo sighed lightly: "Sister-in-law Ajuan, Shopkeeper Guo and Rudong should have told you, we only need people who sign the death deed in Meizhuang, Xiaohu is already seven or eight years old, and he can help you share a lot of burdens in a few more years, are you really willing to let him be a slave for life?

Although twenty taels of silver is not too much, the mother and son save some money, and there is no problem for half a year, or even a year. What's more, Cheng Yijuan can still find a job to do, can't she? With the confidence of twenty taels of silver, the pressure is not so great, and she can find a more stable job or other livelihoods. As far as she knows, if the needlework is better, only doing needlework can afford the basic life of their mother and son, and if the embroidery skills are excellent, it will be easier. In another two or three years, Xiaohu can also become an apprentice, wouldn't it be better than becoming a slave?

Cheng Yijuan shook her head and said: "We already owe the girl a great kindness, we can't accept the girl's silver anymore, by the way, we used almost one tael of the five taels of silver that the girl gave us last time, and we have to return the rest to the girl." As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver wrapped in a cotton cloth from his bosom.

"Miss Yin," Cheng Yijuan kowtowed again, "I know that you don't lack slaves, girl, and you may not care about the twenty or thirty taels of silver, but for me, the girl is the lifesaver of our mother and son, and this kindness is greater than the sky, and it cannot be calculated with silver." Xiaohu followed me as a slave for life, and all he lost was freedom, but he was also an upright man, worthy of heaven and earth and himself; on the contrary, if I taught him to be at ease and not to repay his kindness, and then accept the girl's silver in vain, then what I let my son lose is his conscience and backbone. ”

"Sister-in-law, have you read a lot of books?" Zhiruo was a little moved, and even a little shocked. Although she felt that this woman's temperament was not simple in front of the dim sum door before, this remark made her feel that she was not only resolute.

Cheng Yijuan nodded: "My father used to be a jinshi, and later because he was not suitable for some styles of officialdom, he was excluded everywhere, so he took my mother and our sister and brother to resign and return to the hometown, bought dozens of acres of land and tenanted out, opened a private school in the village and became a gentleman, and my younger brother and I also studied for a few years. ”

"Oh?" Zhiruo asked strangely, "Do you have a younger brother?" Rudong said that Cheng Yijuan's parents are gone, and now there is only one relative of Xiaohu.

Cheng Yijuan nodded: "Yes, our sister and brother are twins, but when we were fifteen years old, my younger brother met a bad guy on the way back to the village from the county school, and there has been no news at all, everyone said that he must not be there, otherwise he would not have gone home for so many years." Since my brother's accident, my mother has been seriously ill, and her body is getting worse day by day, and she is gone in less than half a year. My father managed to hold out for more than a year, and when I got married, my father also fell. "The sad thing that she didn't dare to touch for a long time, she didn't know what happened today, and she said it in one go. She may really be a lonely widow, without her father, without her brother, without her father-in-law, and almost lost her son a few days ago.

Zhiruo and a few people are also emotional, after so much pain, it is not easy for Ajuan's sister-in-law to survive, Xiaohu is her only pillar, right?

"Okay," Zhiruo felt that his eyes were a little damp, and quickly changed the topic, "Since you have decided, you can stay, and Aunt Qiang will help you get the deed." ”R1152