Chapter Ninety-Six: Autumn Apricot Solstice
Stayed in the villa for five or six days, every day or accompanied Mrs. Tai and Bai Yuanchun to play cards and chat, or painted small scenes in the garden, occasionally accompanied by Wu Hao rowing, and also went to the highest place of the villa to stay in the cloud pavilion to climb high and look far away to enjoy and play for half a day, during which Bai Qiyu also mentioned that it was time to go back, and was left by Bai Yuanchun, and said that she would be sent back to her house before the people of Linfeng City came to Beijing, and Bai Qiyu lived with peace of mind. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
On the day she returned home, Mrs. Tai and Bai Yuanchun both gave a lot of rewards, and Wu Hao gave her away.
The carriage drove out of the villa, Bai Qiyu stretched out in the car, and said with a lazy expression, "There is no free body again." ”
Wen Ying smiled and joked to her, "You can leave the house every once in a while, where will you lose your free body?"
Bai Qiyu lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out, and said, "How is it the same, it is always uncomfortable to go out of the house secretly, and it is really free to go out of the house openly." ”
Wen Ying said with a smile, "Which woman in the boudoir doesn't go out of the door? Wait for the young lady to get married in two years, and ......" Before Wen Ying finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly stopped, and saw that Bai Qiyu's face was the same as if she hadn't noticed, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and was about to say something, Bai Qiyu put down the curtain and looked at her and said, "Whether you can marry or not, even if you are married, how comfortable can such a person be? It's better to be independent early." ”
The two of them were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the main street, Wu Hao rode in front, walking unhurriedly, but halfway through but was blocked by the lively flow of people, so he let the carriage stop first, and sent the humanitarian front to ask what was going on.
The little guy squeezed into the crowd quickly, but saw that it was a young girl who claimed to be Qiu Xing who voluntarily sold herself as a slave in order to protect her younger brother.
When the little servant came back to report, Bai Qiyu was already wearing a hat and was helped out of the carriage by Wen Ying and stood beside Wu Hao.
I heard that the woman's name was "Qiu Xing", and I couldn't help but say, "What does that girl look like?"
The little girl said, "The little one can see clearly, although the girl is dressed in shabby clothes, but her appearance is upright, and her eyebrows are clear, no, there are many people who have a little money who want to take advantage of this opportunity! But the girl also said that it costs a hundred taels of silver, which is a lot of money, and it is said that she wants her younger brother to go to school." ”
Bai Qiyu looked at the crowd in front of him and said to Wu Hao, "Let's go and take a look, if it's really difficult, we can also help her." "But I thought in my heart that this couldn't really be arranged by Song Che, right?
Wu Hao asked the little guy to open the way and escorted Bai Qiyu to the middle of the crowd.
The onlookers saw that they were dressed extraordinarily and knew that they were either rich or expensive, and consciously made way of the way.
When he got to the middle, Bai Qiyu looked there, and a girl was sitting on the ground with a seven or eight-year-old child in her arms, and she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly, sure enough, it was Qiu Xing.
He motioned for Wen Ying to step forward to help her up, and then glanced at Wu Hao and said, "I want this girl." ”
Ignoring Wu Hao's puzzled eyes, he walked over, looked at the slightly thin child with his eyes slightly open, and asked, "Where is the girl?
Qiu Xing had already seen Bai Qiyu, and quickly replied at this time, "The little woman is a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing, and her family has been ruined by the disaster, leaving me and my younger brother to rely on each other, begging Miss to buy me, right? I can do everything, laundry, sewing, tea and rice sprinkling, I can do it, I just ask the girl to let my younger brother read and write!"
Saying that, he was about to kneel down and kowtow, Bai Qiyu hurriedly pulled her, wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, this drama still has to do a full set, so he had to persuade, "Don't worry, since I bumped into it, it is also fate, in the future, you will follow me and do something in the house, but I didn't bring so much silver today, you go back to the house with me, how about I make arrangements?"
Qiu Xing looked at her and stopped talking, Bai Qiyu smiled, "You can rest assured," and pointed at Wu Hao again, "This is the son of General Wu's mansion, it won't be a lie to you, right?"
The people around also recognized Wu Hao, and some well-wishers echoed, "Yes, girl, this Young Master Wu has always been benevolent and righteous, you can rest assured, this time you can be regarded as meeting a good person." ”
Qiu Xing hesitated for a moment, looked at the child in her arms, then nodded and said, "I believe in you, thank you for your help." ”
After saying that, Bai Qiyu asked Wen Ying to take her into his carriage, but fortunately, the carriage was spacious, and it was not crowded for the two of them.
The people around also chattered and dispersed, and the carriage began to move again.
When she got to the carriage, Qiu Xing immediately let go of the child in her arms and shouted, "I'm tired, I'm tired!"
The child stood firmly in the carriage with his feet sensitively, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "I'm tired, I can't really sleep after pretending to be in the sun for so long." ”
Bai Qiyu laughed, asked Wen Ying to pour tea for them, and asked Qiu Xing, "What kind of trouble are you guys making about? Your master is too idle, right?"
Qiu Xing drank the tea and said with a smile, "Don't Miss Seven want me to serve?" and sighed, "Also, I'm not as smart as Sister Chunxue, not as capable as Sister Xia Bing, and not as dexterous as Sister Dongcicada....."
Wen Ying pursed her lips and smiled, Bai Qiyu laughed, "I didn't know that Qiu Xing was both smart and dexterous and superb in martial arts, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to invite her!"
Then he asked the child next to him, "I haven't seen this kid before, have I?
Qiu Xing said, "This is Xiaohuzi, who was rescued by the fourth master during the famine a few years ago, and he usually works in a small shop and follows the shopkeeper to learn to write and settle accounts, and he is very clever, and the fourth master said that he can help Miss Seven run errands or something." ”
Bai Qiyu listened and took candy and pastries from the box for him to eat, "That's it, you can go to the kitchen to help in the future, I will tell the mother-in-law, you can do some errands, and when you have nothing to do, you can go to the front yard more." ”
The thinner little tiger has a pair of black and bright eyes, which looks very flexible, he thanked him happily, and then took the snack, and said, "Miss Seven, don't worry, don't look at my young age, young age also has the advantage of being young, and others will not pay too much attention to observing and probing things." ”
Bai Qiyu nodded in agreement, "There are not many people in Baifu, but it is much more convenient." ”
Several people chatted quietly all the way, Wen Ying briefly introduced the people and things of Bai Mansion to the two, and Bai Qiyu occasionally added two sentences.
When he arrived in front of the Baifu Gate, the carriage entered the small courtyard directly from the side door, and the Hanging Flower Gate could be seen not far away, Xiaohuzi pretended to be honest again, and Qiu Xing also led him out of the car with a sad face.
Wu Hao dismounted and walked to Bai Qiyu's carriage and said, "Aunt Seven, take two strangers back like this, I'm afraid it's not easy to explain to Grace Garden, right?"
Bai Qiyu smiled, "It's okay, I'll just talk truthfully in a while, and my mother is also very lenient." ”
Wu Hao was noncommittal, obviously not believing it, but even she didn't believe it, so she just said it.
The gatekeeper had already sent someone to Graceland to report the news, and Bai Qiyu instructed the mother-in-law to place Qiu Xing and the two in the wing room next to the flower hall first, because Bai Yuntang was not in the house, and the group went directly to Graceland.