Chapter 15: Inquiry
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"It's my maid Dongmei. Qin E paused and said, "Don't hide it from my aunt, we are already exhausted." My mother and sister had to take medicine to see a doctor, and the five taels of silver per month were changed before they were hot. In order to exchange for money, she did everything she could, Qiu Ju also ran to beg Mama Li to find her needlework to do, and her eyes were swollen, just to get an extra income of dozens of dollars. ”
Qin E sighed and continued: "Yesterday, Dongmei sneaked to the mountain to chop firewood, and accidentally fell off the mountain, her leg was opened a lot, and her skirt was wet with blood. We are under guard here, and if we let the clan know that she has secretly escaped, we will not spare it. But for such a serious injury, we don't even have any medicine for the injury. I thought about it, but I had to ask my aunt for help and help me prescribe some medicine for external and internal use, and I secretly gave it to her. ”
Qin E finished speaking in one breath and looked straight at Aunt Mei, who was silent.
After a while, Aunt Mei asked, "It's really appropriate for me to help you buy medicine, but aren't you afraid that I will tell the patriarch?
Qin E said solemnly: "Why we came to the old mansion from the capital, my aunt should know very well. In this world, there are many icing on the cake, but there are few charcoal in the snow, and my aunt is the one who sends charcoal to us. My aunt is in charge of our share, not to mention the monthly money, even rice, flour, oil, grain, cloth, and coal have never been lacking. I didn't understand it before, but in the past few years, I have seen a lot of people who treat us as mud trampling, and I have also experienced my aunt's affection. ”
"It's just a matter of duty, Miss don't need to thank you. ”
"Aunt Yu is a gesture, but I can't help but remember this kindness. My aunt is kind-hearted, and Qin E is very impressed. Today's reluctant invitation is really helpless, and I ask my aunt to help Dongmei. ”
Qin E got up and saluted dignifiedly, Mei Shi hurriedly got up and held her up, and said, "The eldest lady doesn't need to be like this." ”
Qin E grabbed her hand and pleaded, "Please help us with my aunt." ”
Aunt Mei responded: "Miss, don't worry, I promise you." ”
Qin E's heart suddenly relaxed when she heard this, and she stood up with her strength.
"If I want to do something, I won't stay longer. Tomorrow there are two more truckloads of coal to be delivered, and I will come back to ask for tea. Aunt Mei picked up the cotton hand tube on the kang and said goodbye to Qin E.
Qin E looked at Aunt Mei's back and was a little distracted. I didn't expect Aunt Mei, who looks gentle and gentle, to be so simple and decisive in doing things, but she has some of the coolness of the children of the rivers and lakes.
In order to get medicine for Meng Jingke, she racked her brains and couldn't think of a way, until she saw Aunt Mei, and suddenly thought that she could ask Aunt Mei to find medicine in the name of Dongmei's injury, which was both reasonable and cover-up.
Hiding it from Aunt Mei, Qin E felt quite guilty. But the matter is very big, no matter how much she believes Aunt Mei, she still doesn't dare to tell the truth.
Besides, she always felt that Aunt Mei was a bit mysterious.
They are just a bunch of irrelevant people who have lost their power, and for their sake, Aunt Mei seems to have done more and her attitude is too respectful.
There are also winter plums.
Aunt Mei seems to take special care of Dongmei.
In the previous life, Dongmei had an accident, and it was Aunt Mei who found the injured Dongmei for the first time. It was only then that she found out that Aunt Mei was very good to Dongmei. But one after another, she was taken back to the capital, and she never saw Aunt Mei again, so these things were forgotten.
This time, as soon as she saw Aunt Mei, she thought of this idea.
Sure enough, when she heard that Dongmei had an accident, Aunt Mei immediately agreed.
Why is Aunt Mei so good to Dongmei?
Dongmei is an orphan, she was raised by the Shen Mansion since she was a child, and she has always followed the Shen family, and the two should not know each other.
Is there any relationship between the two?
Qin E was puzzled.
Qin E went to see Meng Jingke, and happened to meet Dongmei, who was holding hot tea and was a little sluggish.
Seeing that her face was not good, Qin E said worriedly: "What's wrong, is it uncomfortable?"
Dongmei rubbed her temples and muttered, "I don't know what's going on, I have a terrible headache." ”
Qin E thought that she might not have rested well yesterday, so she persuaded her to lie down: "There is me here, you go and rest." Then he whispered his remarks to Aunt Mei: "You just stay in the house these days, don't let people see it, and when you ask, you say that you twisted your foot." ”
Waiting for Dongmei to leave, Qin E brought a small casserole to Meng Jingke's side, lifted the lid, and the aroma was overflowing, which made people's index fingers move.
Qin E said while holding the porridge: "You have an injury on your body, it's best not to drink tea." ”
Meng Jingke put the tea aside. Just took a sip, the tea was bitter and astringent, and the cloudy tea soup base was finely crushed tea dregs. This kind of tea, I'm afraid that the last people in the Qin Mansion won't drink it.
Meng Jingke glanced at Qin E.
Qin E changed into a grape purple short jacket with a garcinia yellow jacket on the outside. Like the rose-red cotton jacket on the mountain, the material is good and the color is positive, but when worn on a little girl who has not yet reached the curtain, the color is too heavy, and it looks like a beautiful little girl stealing the clothes of an adult.
Although the cuffs were densely embroidered with a circle of green entwined branches, Meng Jingke still saw the worn raw edges with a torch.
This should be Shen's old clothes.
It seems that the little girl's life is very hard.
Qin E waited for him to finish drinking the porridge, and said straight to the point: "Meng Shaoxia, I secretly brought you back, it's inconvenient for people to know, so there is no way to hire a doctor for you." But don't worry, I've already managed to get some medicine for my injuries. ”
"Miss Qin rescued me from the mountain and took the risk to take me in, Meng Jiu is grateful. ”
"If you are grateful or not, let's not talk about it. But if you have silver on Shaoxia, you might as well take it out. Qin E said calmly: "Shaoxia should be able to see that our family is in a very difficult situation, and it is difficult to prescribe some good medicine to my son." ”
Meng Jingke was a little surprised, and said slowly: "What the girl said is reasonable, but I didn't think it through." As he spoke, he took his hand into his bosom.
He remembered that he brought a few silver tickets with him when he went out, but after digging for a long time, he didn't touch a single silver ticket in his arms, except for the evidence that the third prince resold disaster relief food.
He went to his waist again and touched it, but there was not a copper plate.
Meng Jingke looked at Qin E's eyes full of hope, and felt embarrassed for the first time in his life.
Qin E saw that he didn't move for a long time, and couldn't help asking, "Shaoxia has no money?"
Meng Jingke coughed dryly and said, "The one I originally brought with me may have been dropped during the fight." ”
Qin E couldn't hide her disappointment: "This is also normal." He lowered his head and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, while quickly counting the little money in his hand. After thinking about it, I demolished the east wall to make up the west wall, and I couldn't help but sigh.
Meng Jingke was unable to sit up at this sigh. At that time, how could he care about these things, and he spent a lot of money to buy something at his fingertips, who would have thought that one day he would eat a little girl's soft rice.
But he couldn't do anything about it.
That's a penny to stump a hero.
Seeing that Qin E had packed up her things and was about to leave, Meng Jingke couldn't help but call out to her: "Miss Qin, I will definitely repay ten times the expenses for today's expenses in the future." ”
Qin E muttered in her heart, of course you have to pay back the money, seeing that you are a rich person, do you really want to eat my money for nothing? It's just that what's the use in the future, I want money now, now!
Meng Jingke felt as if he had said something wrong, but he had no clue. He subconsciously used his mind and looked at Qin E fixedly. "What is Miss Qin thinking?"
Qin E's black and white eyes opened wide, like water, and his shadow was reflected in them.