An old donkey slowly stopped in front of the house of Gu Zhao, a member of the Ministry of Rites.

An old woman and two beautiful girls walked down from the simple donkey cart, and their clothes were also shabby. The old woman grabbed a young girl in one hand, and without saying a word, she went straight to the door of the Gu family, and was naturally stopped by the conscientious Gu family's gatehouse.

The porter of the Gu family was in his early thirties, strong and strong, and opened his arms to block the gray-haired old woman in front of him, and then saw the two girls with white filial piety flowers on their heads, and said, "The head of the family is doing a happy event......

Today is the day of Gu Zhao's eldest granddaughter and Hu Sizu's eldest grandson Xiaoding, Hu Sizu is Mrs. Liao's deceased father-in-law, so today is the day when Mrs. Liao sets a daughter-in-law for her son Hu Qilin.

According to the rules of the wealthy family in his hometown, eighteen pieces of gold, two hundred taels of silver ingots, cloth, tea, green wine, dried vegetables, dried meat, cakes, and fresh fruits were packed with eight loads and sent to the Hu family.

The Gu family lives in a rented house in the capital, and the Hu family now only has one incense stick from Hu Qilin. The Gu family, the Hu family, in the capital full of powerful people, can be said to be an inconspicuous family. The two families didn't want to attract attention, so the grandchildren's small set of gifts only wanted to be thoughtful for a few times. Then set up a table to thank the people who made the marriage, and invite a few relatives and friends to witness the marriage of a pair of children. Such a happy event, an old and mean old woman and two girls who seem to be filial want to break in, what kind of trouble do they want to make?

The porter was blocked in the center of the main entrance, and he couldn't help but say: "Go, go, where does the bad luck come from." ”

Who would have thought that this old woman who didn't know how to be polite still had a look of anger, took a sip of the porter, and said in surprise: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, the old body is the old aunt and grandmother of the Changxing Hou Mansion." ”

King Jing said that the Marquis of Taining's Mansion would accompany Jia Fu to the funeral. Under the strangulation of King Jing and King Xiang, the father and son shared a daughter, arson slaves in the township, interfering in the selection of military attachés, and the pigtails of the Marquis of Taining were pulled out one by one.

The Taining Hou Mansion has been destroyed, and Mrs. Deng can only bring out the Hou Mansion of her mother's head to deter Xiaoxiao.

The porter turned a corner, and then put the person on the number, lowered his head slightly, and said with a glance: "Today's head of the family is very happy, it is really inconvenient to entertain Mrs. Deng, and my lord will go to the Changxing Marquis Mansion to ask for advice another day." ”

The lord of the Gu family is from the Jinshi and the first generation, and he is different from the faction of the Changxing Marquis Mansion, and he has no friendship at all. Therefore, the old aunt and grandmother of the Changxin Hou Mansion played the prestige on the head of the Gu family, but they couldn't.

This is the spirit of Wenchen not to succumb to the powerful.

Mrs. Deng choked for a while, dragged her own granddaughters, Deng Luying and Deng Luwu, with her left and right hands, and said loudly: "Call the Yu family out, I want to ask her, her two nieces, she doesn't care?"

Deng Luying was dragged by Mrs. Deng and staggered, buried deep and couldn't see her face. Deng Luwu, who was a few years younger, sobbed softly.

The porter smashed his mouth and said, "The old lady and the two girls will be later, and the younger one will have to ask his in-laws first." ”

Two years ago, the incident was so violent, who doesn't know! It's only been two years, and this old lady Deng can't get in.

Mrs. Deng watched the porter go in to report, spit out a breath of depression fiercely, and in an instant, she changed her face of love, and hugged her two granddaughters and said sadly: "Your mother is gone, your father is gone, the Hou Mansion is down, and the trees are scattered." You have to be smart, and when you see your aunt later, you cry and kneel and beg her. ”

Deng Liangbi died before the Taining Marquis Mansion was taken away, and he committed suicide in shame to the outside world, and only Mrs. Deng knew how he died. Immediately after seizing the title and raiding the family, Deng Shuo, the former Marquis of Taining, only had one breath left, and he was still breathing, Deng Lianglian and several other adult men were exiled to the Northeast, and the remaining group of old and weak women and children earned their own lives.

Changxinghou promised to send Mrs. Deng to the end of his life, but he never promised to raise Mrs. Deng's children and grandchildren together. So the money to raise these two granddaughters, Mrs. Deng hit the Liao family with the idea.

Deng Luying didn't speak like a gourd with a sawed mouth, and Deng Luwu said timidly: "Old lady, will my aunt take care of us?"

Old Mrs. Deng still wanted to take control of the Xiao family, and said savagely: "The Gu family is a family, you are nieces, and you are all relatives, if she ignores you, what will the Gu family think?"

Deng Luwu hooked his head, thinking about how to beg his aunt to take them in.

These days, she and her sister were locked up in the house by Mrs. Deng, doing embroidery work every day, from dawn to dark, before they were allowed to eat a full meal. It turned out that from the daughter of Houmen to the daughter of a criminal minister who lost her father and mother, her life was soaked in bitter water, Deng Luwu didn't want to live such a hard life.

Mrs. Deng shrugged the corners of her mouth and forcibly endured the humiliation. Her favorite eldest son, Deng Lianglian, is going to be exiled to the bitter cold land of the Northeast, and her few silver coins are simply not enough to pay for it. She had to do whatever it took to get the money. raised Deng Luying and Deng Luwu's silver, so he came to ask the Yu family for it.

After a while, Mrs. Liao's servant beside Mrs. Lin came to invite, and said in a bad voice: "Mrs. Deng, please." ”

Mrs. Deng pulled Deng Luying and Deng Luwu inside, and Lin stretched out his hand and said, "It's better for Mrs. Deng to ask alone, the two girls have filial piety, and the wife agrees, and the wives and grandmothers of the Gu family can't agree either." ”

Deng Luwu grabbed Mrs. Deng's hand tightly, and she still had to cry and beg her aunt to save her from the sea of suffering.

The Lin family was tightly blocked. In the stalemate with the Lin family, Mrs. Deng pulled away Deng Luwu's hand little by little.

Seeing a group of people disappear into Biying, no one left a look for the lonely sisters, Deng Luwu grabbed Deng Luying's hand with tears in his eyes and cried: "Sister...... Sister ......"

Crying speechlessly, it was Deng Luwu's fear of fate. Deng Luying also stood trembling, her eyes were dark.

The two sisters snuggled up to each other on the bench in the door I don't know how long they sitted, a gust of wind blew through the hall, wrapped in a quiet fragrance, Deng Luying looked for incense, a woman in a rose-red smoke gauze Biluo gown slowly walked over, her delicate face was soft and quiet in the bright sunshine, but her face was expressionless, giving people a kind of light and alienation, can only look from a distance and can not get close to the choke.

The person who came was Li Yue, but Deng Luying didn't know his identity, so he didn't know each other, and with spontaneous restraint and panic, Deng Luying stood up stiffly, and also pulled his sister Deng Luwu.

"The third girl of the Deng family, the fourth girl?"

Li Yue stopped in front of the two sisters and said hello.

Deng Luying held her breath and was slightly blessed, and said, "I don't know Madame's surname?"

"Mu Zi Li. Li Yue did things well, and she went straight to these two girls, and said, "Shicai, Mrs. Deng asked your aunt for 10,000 taels, do you know?"

Deng Luying was surprised, and Deng Luwu exhaled: "Ten thousand taels!"

Li Yue said lightly: "What do you say?"

Deng Luying and Deng Luwu both trembled slightly.

The Deng family has no silver, the old man is half-dead, and the aftermath has to be handled; the uncles are exiled to the Northeast and need to be dealt with all the way; and there are more than 20 old and weak women and children, and their food, clothing, and housing are all silver. Deng Luying and Deng Luwu knew that Mrs. Deng was coming with them to fight the autumn wind, but a dozen of 10,000 taels of silver, it was really Mrs. Liao's silver that was blown by the wind.

"The two girls are not small, raise them for a few more years, buy a decent dowry, find a solid family to marry, and spend tens of thousands of silver. ”

Li Yue relayed Mrs. Deng's words word for word, and said: "The world is ups and downs, you should also be sensible." ”

The Deng family is too short of silver, all the female dependents can only eat a full meal by doing embroidery work every day, and the days without silver are too bitter, Deng Luwu asked Li Yue tremblingly: "Mrs. Li, has my aunt agreed?"

Li Yue showed disdain and said, "You may know, you may not know, your mother and aunt broke off their sisterhood two years ago, what did your sisters do and said in front of the gate of the Taining Marquis Mansion back then? Do you think you are worth 10,000 taels of silver?"

Deng Luying knelt on the ground in frustration and shame, hiding her face and speechless.

Deng Luwu burst into tears and cried weakly: "I don't know...... I'm not sensible...... It's the old lady...... I don't know!"

Speech is not a sentence, full of weakness, so you can only go with the flow and be fiddled by others.

Li Yue didn't bother to criticize Deng Luying and Deng Luwu, took out a silver ticket and said, "Your aunt asked me to hand it over, you can take it." ”

Deng Luwu opened her tearful eyes and saw that it was a silver ticket of one thousand taels, she hesitated for a moment, and took it tremblingly.

Living up to the trust, Li Yue turned around and left.

Deng Luying, who was kneeling on the ground, saw that Li Yue was about to disappear in front of her, and knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Mrs. Li, how am I going to live?"

Once crushed into mud, the daughter of Houmen was not as good as ordinary people, Deng Luying shouted in confusion: "How should I live?"

Li Yue turned her face sideways, and half of her face exuded a golden glow in the sun: "The third girl is fourteen years old this year, fourteen years old is not young, you must fade away all ignorance, don't expect other people's mercy and charity by luck, bold, decisive, necessary ruthlessness and ferocity, as long as you can live day by day, you can give up anything." ”

For the answer, Deng Luying didn't have much hope, but she firmly heard Li Yue's heartfelt teachings after experiencing it herself.

"Mrs. Li, please stay, please wait a little longer. ”

At that moment, Deng Luying's brain protruded left and right, and she needed a moment to calm down, but before she calmed down, she clearly knew that she still needed a little mercy from Mrs. Li in front of her.

Li Yue waited quietly.

Deng Luying thought quietly, finally got up, and stretched out her hand to her sister and said, "Give me the silver ticket." ”

Deng Luwu didn't know what her sister was going to do, but instead tightened the silver ticket and said worriedly: "Sister......"

"Give it to me!" Deng Luying grabbed it and scolded: "Take a thousand taels of silver in your hand, do you think you can keep it?"

An old pious woman above, a few aunts and uncles, sisters in the next room, brothers in the same room, 10,000 taels?

Deng Luying got the silver ticket, and with a little hesitation, she walked towards Li Yue firmly, two steps away from Li Yue, knelt down straight, handed over the silver ticket and looked up and said: "Mrs. Li, my sister and I need this silver, and we don't have the strength to save it, so I kneel and beg you, I beg you to send twenty taels to Deng's house every month...... No, as long as you live, it's enough, and you will send ten taels to the Deng family every month, and you must hand it over to me in person. ”

Now Deng Luying gave up her daughter's shy face, bumped her head on the ground, and pleaded: "Mrs. Li, please tell your aunt again, please take care of our sisters one last time." 166 Reading Network