Like last time, Qin E took Gray Wen out of the back door of Xiaoyue Nunnery, and a soft sedan chair was already waiting there. The two sat in a sedan chair and soon arrived at Yicuizhai.

Qin E unexpectedly saw Meng Jingke.

"Shopkeeper Han has other important matters today, I'll take you to see Xia Zhu. ”

Although she didn't know what kind of place Qilin Gate was, looking at everyone's respect for Meng Jingke, it was obvious that he was a big man who turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain. Are the big guys so idle?

Qin E looked at Hei Qi, Hei Qi's eyes looked at his nose and nose, and he stood next to him with a straight face, not showing a single eye.

Meng Jingke coughed lightly and said, "Let's go." Striding out, Qin E had to follow closely.

Neither of them noticed Hei Qi's distorted expression.

The soft sedan outside the door was replaced by a very ordinary flat-topped carriage. Meng Jingke boarded the car, Qin E stood under the car and hesitated, and then sat down.

Meng Jingke glanced at her and said, "It's not good to ride a horse today." ”

Qin E nodded in understanding, and the two met their eyes and quickly moved away.

There was nothing to say all the way, but fortunately, Gray Wen was also in the car, and Hei Qi was catching the car outside, which was much better than the embarrassment when he was alone.

Qin E felt that the carriage had been gone for a long time, and slightly lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw that the scenery on both sides of the road was not as bustling as the East Street, and there were rows of low houses in a mess. The deeper you go along the road, the more dilapidated the house becomes.

Xia Zhu lives in an alley at the end of West Street.

The alley was too narrow for the carriage to drive into, so several people got off the carriage and switched to walking.

Qin E lowered her hood and cautiously followed behind Meng Jingke. On both sides were lazy men basking in the sun and women picking vegetables and laundry, looking at her curiously. Meng Jingke's face was strained, his eyes swept slightly, and everyone retracted their heads, not daring to look at it a second time.

Qin E looked at Meng Jingke's generous and steady, as if she could support the back of a piece of the sky, and her heart was steady and warm.

But the steadfastness and warmth quickly turned into a thorn, which pierced her deeply, reminding her of the madness and unreality of this thought.

Behind the dirty, short fence, there is a low, dark house, or rather a shack, which is more accurate.

There are a lot of rags piled up in the yard, but they are neatly placed, which makes this poor courtyard reveal a touch of coolness.

Hei Qi stepped forward and knocked on the door that was about to fall, Qin E waited nervously, the door creaked open from the inside, and a little girl as big as Nianxi raised her face and asked, "Who are you, what's the matter with coming to my house?"

The little girl was very thin, but her cheeks were white and neat, and her cute appearance looked out of place in this dilapidated courtyard.

Qin E's inexplicable affection for her, especially the little girl's crooked smiling eyes, made her heart soften into water.

Qin E lifted her hood, squatted down and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl blinked and said, "Sister, you are really good-looking, better than my mother." Oh no, my mother looks better. I mean, although my mother is not as beautiful as you, she is the most beautiful in my heart, not that you are not good-looking. ”

Qin E laughed and rubbed the top of her head with pity.

Someone in the room said, "Chuniel, who are you talking to?"

Qin E's hand stiffened, and she slowly raised her head.

A woman came out of the black hole with a basin, and Chuniel ran over and hugged her, "Mother, a beautiful sister is here." ”

Qin E struggled to stand up, "Xia Zhu." ”

The wooden basin in the woman's hand fell to the ground, spun around a few times, and was picked up by Chunil. The girl looked back and forth uneasily with a wooden basin, and hid behind the woman in some fear.

"You're Miss!"

Qin E burst into tears, "It's me, Yuan Niang!"

Xia Zhu knelt on the ground, tears on his face, "Miss, are you back?" God opened my eyes, I have survived for so many years, and I finally see you again!"

Qin E helped her up from the ground and said with tears in her eyes: "I have been looking for you for a long time, and I thought I would not find you again." ”

Xia Zhu cried for a while, wiped away his tears, and dragged Chun Nier from behind, "Come and see the eldest lady." ”

Chuniel timidly said a blessing.

"This kid?"

"This kid isn't mine. Xia Zhu said: "Miss, who do you think she looks like?"

Qin E was stunned for a moment, and looked at it carefully again, "Could it be that she is?"

"She's Chunlan's child!"

Qin E shook her hands, gently touched Chun Nier's cheek, and swept her fingers over those sparkling smiling eyes, "I just think these eyes look kind, it turns out that she is Chunlan's daughter!

Qin E subconsciously looked into the house, expecting Chunlan to suddenly come out of it.

"Chunlan is dead. Xia Zhu put her arms around Chun Nier, "I didn't see her two years ago, I saw her for the last time, and she entrusted the child to me." ”

Qin E's heart was empty, "Why didn't she have it?"

"When Chunlan and I were sold, I was sold to human traffickers, and Chunlan was taken by Mama Wei to a distant relative of his, that is, a brute!"

Qin E didn't expect that there was still something about Mama Wei here, and listened to Xia Zhu again: "That beast is good at gambling and drinking, and when he loses money in gambling, he drinks desperately, and when he gets drunk, he beats Chunlan hard." When we were sold, we swore that no matter what the situation, we would live and find an opportunity to avenge our wife. Chunlan was aggrieved and begged to live with him, and was beaten to death several times, but she gritted her teeth and survived. ”

Chunlan's body was already weak, and she was tortured day and night by that animal birthday for two years, and when she gave birth to a child, she had a difficult birth, so she hung her life with one breath. When Chunnier was a year old, the brute lost money in gambling and sold Chuniel. Chunlan fell ill in a fit of rage, and when I arrived, I had time to take one last look at her. ”

"Chunlan begged me to rescue Chuniel and bring her back to Madame. Xia Zhu reflexively ran into the house and retrieved a sachet carefully wrapped in a handkerchief, "She also asked me to give this to the eldest lady." ”

It was a small sachet in the shape of a spring silkworm, simple in color, made of very ordinary silk thread and cotton cloth, but exquisite workmanship, interesting shape, very cute.

"This is what Chunlan promised to do for me, and she finished talking in the morning, but my mother had an accident at noon, and I never saw her again. Qin E pressed her face tightly against the sachet, and her gurgling tears wet the sachet, "Chunlan has always remembered, she has always remembered." ”

Chunlan who loves to sit at the head of the bed and sew clothes for her, Chunlan who always smiles with a pair of eyes, Chunlan who accompanies her every day and night, Chunlan who takes care of her like a mother when she is sick, hugs her and smiles and says, "Our eldest lady will definitely be the most beautiful woman in the capital in the future, and she will definitely find the best husband" Chunlan, the Chunlan who still remembers her little wish in the end.

Chunlan, who is as gentle as water and has a temperament like an orchid, has disappeared like this, forever.