Liu Dingmao rushed to the gate to take a look, and was stunned for a moment.

The person who came was really a big family with a family.

A white man came up first: "Brother-in-law, I'm causing you trouble." ”

Liu Dingmao looked at the eyes, "You, didn't you have a fire in your home and all of them were buried in the fire?" I also specially sent someone to Qingzhou Mansion to find out the truth, and the next person came back and said that it was true, the Bai family had already been burned to the ground by the fire, how could it ......?"

"Well, it's hard to put into words—can you go in and say?

"It's the uncle-in-law of Cheongju Mansion. Liu Wan whispered to the dumb aunt.

The dumb aunt was stunned, this man is Bai Ziqi's father? Then the women behind him, especially the eldest one, who looks like the eldest lady Chen, should be Bai Ziqi's mother.

The future parents-in-law came to the door, so they should be taken in.

But looking at Liu Dingmao's meaning, it seems a little reluctant.

And this Bai Yulin's family is really embarrassed and depressed, the clothes on their bodies are old and thin, and their faces are scorched, especially the Chen family, who seems to be very sick, leaning on a woman, and will fall down at any time.

The dumb aunt gently walked over to support Chen.

Look at Liu Dingmao with a distress look.

Liu Dingmao looked left and right, except for his own servant Yahuan, there were no outsiders looking at the door, and quickly nodded: "Go in first and then talk——"

There were a total of nine people, Bai Yulin, Chen, Bai Yulin's three aunts, two boys, two women and four concubines.

The dumb aunt envoy Liu Wan: "You go and tell the second aunt to see where the relatives are placed." ”

Liu Wan ran away.

The second aunt came out soon, she was a housekeeper during this time, and lived in the middle courtyard again, so the whole person was completely like a different person, capable and neat, and came out to meet everyone one by one, Liu Dingmao took his brother-in-law to the study to drink tea, and his inner family was taken to the middle courtyard.

The kitchen quickly prepared the food and served it, Chen and the three aunts and wives were still holding on to the shelf, and the eyes of the four children were green when they saw the food, especially the youngest child, who threw himself on the table and grabbed the steamed bun with his hand and ate it, "I haven't eaten such a soft steamed bun for a long time——"

The dumb aunt was distracted, she didn't know where Bai Ziqi was, did he know that his family was suffering?

Chen couldn't sit still, so the dumb aunt helped her lie down, checked her pulse, and asked for a bowl of rice porridge to feed her personally.

After eating and drinking, Chen had spirits, but in fact, the illness was not serious, but he was suffering from the wind and cold, and his spirit was not good, and he seemed to be hungry.

The dumb aunt was embarrassed to say it, but she just said that the road was tiring and she lost both her qi and blood, and she needed to recuperate.

Chen opened his eyes and looked at the dumb aunt, then at the second aunt, and then at the house in front of him, this is the residence of her sister, she used to come here and live, but she didn't think that she had come for a few years, her sister was gone, things were wrong, and even the people who lived in the house had changed, and she couldn't help but feel gloomy.

The dumb aunt looked tired when she saw that everyone was full, and knew that what she needed most now was a good bath and then a rest. looked at the second aunt, "Aunt Bai and I will take it back to the corner courtyard to raise it, but the other aunts and cousins still need to arrange a place to live." I have to trouble the second aunt. ”

"Let's stay in the room. I've got someone to clean it up. I also asked someone to prepare for the change of clothes. ”

The dumb aunt nodded and helped Chen away.

When he entered the corner courtyard, Chen was a little surprised, "I heard Brother Wan say that you are his daughter-in-law, why do you live in such a place?

Chen just bumped into Fu'er's face and retreated in fright, but after all, she was a woman from the mansion and quickly held her footing.

"Come with me. The dumb aunt gave Chen a smile.

When she entered the house, the dumb aunt looked into Chen's eyes, "Does my aunt want to take a bath first, or sleep and rest first?"

Chen smiled embarrassedly, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't taken a bath for a long time." ”

The dumb aunt boiled water herself, mixed half a basin of hot water in a large wooden basin, drew the curtain, and set up the bath towel, and then helped Chen into the curtain.

The dumb aunt helped Chen undress and found that she was actually very thin, which may have been caused by too much hardship during this period of displacement. And this Chen is much more reasonable with the dead Chen, and when she takes off her underwear, she is embarrassed, and stretches out her hand to push the dumb aunt: "I'll do it myself." ”

The dumb aunt was not reluctant, and withdrew to sit outside the curtain and wait. Hearing that it was almost washed, he took out a dry dress and handed it into the curtain, "Here are a few of my clothes, my aunt will make do with them first, and Ming'er will find someone to cut new clothes for my aunt." ”

When Chen changed her clothes and came out, she looked very sleepy, and the dumb aunt hurriedly helped her to sleep on the kang.

Chen was not polite, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The dumb aunt put down the curtains, poured dirty water with Qiao's mother, cleaned up the house, and began to dispense medicine again, and personally guarded the stove to boil the medicine.

Chen woke up in the scent of medicine, opened his eyes, and looked at her with a small and white face in front of him, "Auntie is awake, why do you look at me like this, I am a dumb aunt, and my aunt doesn't know me?"

Chen licked his lips and smiled lovingly: "I'm thinking, Brother Wan is so blessed, my brother-in-law is so blessed, why did I marry you such a good daughter-in-law, thank you for your child - this is the most solid and sweet sleep I have slept in the past few months." As he spoke, his eyes welled up with tears.

The dumb aunt hurriedly handed her a handkerchief, "Auntie, don't cry, disasters are only temporary, they will always pass, and life will get better." ”

Chen shook his head with tears in his eyes: "It's difficult, you don't know, our family is supported by the master, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, your uncle-in-law has been a person who doesn't care about the family since he was a child, and he has relied on the master for half his life, and now the master is gone, and our backer has fallen." My son is a sensible child, but unfortunately he is still young, and he has not started a family, and now his life and death are unknown.

The dumb aunt secretly thought in her heart, Bai Yulin is a playboy, and she has known that she is messing around in the fat powder pile all her life, which she has heard of a long time ago, and she heard it as a joke at that time, but now the family's problems are in front of her, and even the most basic livelihood has become a problem, which has to make people worried.

On the way back to Lingzhou Mansion, I also heard others talking about it as if it was more than just a fire. How did you get out?"

Chen frowned, thought about it, and looked at the dumb aunt, "You are not an outsider, and you are such a sensible child, so I won't hide it from you." The fire was not accidentally started as rumored outside, nor was it set by others, but by ourselves. ”

The dumb aunt listened quietly, she actually had this premonition for a long time, so it was not strange at all.

Chen sighed: "It's all the master's arrangement." The old man acted carefully, and since he arranged it like this, he must have his reasons. We left the house that night in the midst of a fire, and all the servants had already been dismissed. Your uncle's concubines who had no children also left with their own silver and soft clothes. A few of us were left and rushed to a mountain overnight. I can't say exactly where, but I haven't been able to go out since I entered the mountain, and I've been staying in the mountain. I originally brought some money, but I lost it in the escape, and the rest changed my food and clothing, and I waited hard until now, and recently I heard the news that the master has died, and we have no hope, your uncle-in-law simply took us out of the mountain, and Qingzhou Mansion did not dare to go back, so I could only come here to join my sister. I didn't expect my sister to be dead. ”

The dumb aunt brought the boiled medicine and personally served her to take the medicine.

After taking the medicine, Chen looked at the dumb aunt and suddenly sighed, "In the past few months, we have been hiding everywhere, and we have really suffered a lot. I have no choice but to come to you. ”

The dumb aunt tucked the quilt corner for her, "It's okay, it's like arriving here at home." Settle down first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

Chen stretched out his hand to hold the dumb aunt's little hand, rubbing it lovingly, "What a good boy." If only I had a daughter like you. ”

The dumb aunt's heart suddenly jumped, this is Bai Ziqi's mother-in-law, her future mother-in-law. If I really tie her up, I will definitely be much more comfortable in the future.

Chen smiled and fell asleep again.

In the study, Bai Yulin finished eating and drinking, wiped his mouth, looked at Liu Dingmao, his eyes were full of embarrassment, "Brother-in-law also knows, I have been absurd for half my life, I only know how to eat, drink and have fun, and now the backer behind me is gone, and the whole family is still waiting for me to feed." I don't have an idea of what to rely on for my livelihood in the future. I can only come to my brother-in-law to live here for a while. ”

Liu Dingmao was a little embarrassed, and he was embarrassed to drive people away directly, so he could only nod vaguely: "Let's stay first." We're going to figure it out slowly. ”

Bai Yulin is a person who has no interest, and as soon as he heard that he could live here temporarily, he let go of his heart, and since then he has really lived a life of idleness in Liufu all day long.