CHAPTER XIII
More than ten days had passed since that night, and during that time, Yunu had not seen him again.
It's not that she avoided it, but that he didn't set foot in Yu Yayuan at all.
In the morning of this day, after serving Mei Gongzi and having breakfast, Yu Nu suddenly spoke softly: "Childe, Yu Nu wants to go out of the mansion, and I hope that Gongzi will allow it." ”
Mei Yanfeng was drinking tea, and when she heard the words, she made a movement in her hand, looked at her and said, "Are you going to do something?" ”
Before he finished speaking, the jade slave knew that he had misunderstood. can only explain in a low voice: "I haven't been to see my brother for a long time, and Yunu thinks of him in her heart, so I want to go and see." ”
Mei Yanfeng only thought that she was going back to the eldest princess's mansion, and didn't want to go to see her younger brother, so she lost interest: "Go, can you come back today?" ”
Yunu replied: "My younger brother is at my uncle's house in the suburbs of Beijing, and it will take a few hours to go back and forth, and I can't return home until dusk." ”
Since the day she was sold, although she would go back to see her brother every other month, she never stayed overnight, and sometimes even just sat for a while and left, without even finishing a meal.
Mei Yanfeng bowed his head and said lazily: "Go, go early and return early." ”
Yunu also nodded, stood up and retreated.
Yunu went back to the house to clean up a little, found his brother's name lock and carefully wrapped it in a veil and stuffed it into his arms, and took out two taels of silver and a string of copper coins from the locked small box, and then put on a hat and went out of the house from the corner door. She left Darong Street in front of the General's Palace, came to an alley, and got into a mule cart.
About an hour later, the mule cart stopped at the entrance of Yangjia Village.
As early as before getting into the car, the two sides negotiated the car money, and the other party also knew that she still had to go back to the city, so Yunu paid him half of the car money first, and told him again: "You wait here, I will come out in half an hour." ”
The mule driver was a man in his early twenties, not small, but with a shrewd and calculating face, and he said impatiently: "Go and come back quickly, don't make me wait for a long time." ”
The jade slave answered, and kept going to the village.
In the past, when she was in the eldest princess's mansion, every time she came back to the suburbs of Beijing, she took a mule cart surnamed Gong. That Uncle Gong is about fifty years old, with an honest and honest face, Xu guessed her life experience, so he sympathized with her, and let her stay at home more, saying that he was not in a hurry.
Yu Nu bit her lip tightly as she walked, and if she didn't know the way, or if she wasn't in a hurry, she wouldn't have gotten into such a person's car. It doesn't look like a good match, so it's better to come out earlier later.
Yunu's uncle's surname is Yang, his name is noble, and his family lives in the middle of the village.
My aunt's surname is Qian, and she has two sons and a daughter, and the eldest son, Yang Brown, is nine out of ten this year, and she will marry her daughter-in-law in the spring of next year. The second son, Yang Zhu, is seventeen years old, is a bad child, stubborn, and the demon king of the family. The youngest daughter is fifteen years old, the same size as a jade slave.
The niece had not appeared for two months, and Qian had been sitting steadily for the first month, but when no one had returned for the second month, he was a little restless. A few days ago, I took a special ox cart into the city, and inquired at the corner gate of the eldest princess's mansion, and when I asked, I said that there was no such person in the house. At that time, she was scared a lot, but she calmed down later, and the gatekeeper called out the girl named Qingyun, and then asked the ins and outs.
It turned out that her niece was sent to the General's Mansion by the eldest princess, and she was shocked and shocked, and the most was annoyed.
Annoyed that she hasn't come back since she went to the General's Mansion, thinking that this dead girl has hard wings and a ruthless heart, even if she no longer sends money back every month, but she plans to get rid of her family? With the death or life of her sick brother who no longer cares?
This may not be nothing, so in recent days, the Qian family has been very sluggish, because he doesn't think about tea and dinner during the day, and he can't sleep at night. The cash cow of six or seven years in the family fell overnight, and it was uncomfortable to be replaced by any one person.
In the morning, she sat in the courtyard as usual and tinkered with pig food, and the man who had made her "think about it for a long time" returned.
Qian was slightly stunned, and the next moment he stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Yu'er is back, I haven't seen my aunt for the past two months, hurry up, go sit in the house." ”
The jade slave did not say a word, and his face was as plain as water under the hood, and he followed her into the hall.
Qian rubbed the handle before pouring tea for her, and just handed the tea cup, a pair of eyes kept looking at her. Seeing that the eye-catching dress was much more delicate and decent than before, I knew that she was mixing well in the General's Mansion. There was a plan in his heart, and he smiled again: "Yu'er has not been seen for the past two months, is she too busy to take a break?" Or are the grandmothers embarrassed not to let you come back? ”
The jade slave had taken off his hat and placed it on the high table beside him.
Seeing Qian handing over the teacup, she didn't answer, only shook her head slightly, and her jade fingers stroked the delicate piping on the cuffs intentionally or unintentionally.
Let Qian wait for a while before he slowly spoke: "I think it's just that Yu'er doesn't say it, and my aunt also inquires about the news." As early as two months ago, I was sent to the General's Mansion by the eldest princess, and it has been two months now. The reason why I didn't come back was because I had just arrived at the General's Mansion, and everything was inconvenient, and now I ......" she paused, deliberately vague, "It's much more convenient now than when I first went......"
Qian Shi's eyelids jumped after hearing this, and after putting down the rejected teacup, he also sat down on a chair next to her: "Why did Her Royal Highness the eldest princess send Yu'er to the General's Mansion?" So what's going on? ”
Hearing this, Yu Nu didn't answer the rhetorical question, and looked at the Qian family with a flat gaze: "Uncle, guess why the good eldest princess sent me, not only that, but she just sent me alone, uncle, think about it, what's the matter?" ”
Qian has always been shrewd, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but look her up and down, as if he wanted to peel off her clothes and pierce her at a glance to find out. After a while, Qian said, "According to what Yu'er said, the eldest princess sent you to serve General Wei, the master of the horses?" ”
The jade slave pursed his lips and smiled, silent.
The more ambiguous her attitude was, the more convinced Qian became, and she couldn't help but gasp in her heart: "In this way, our family Yu'er will still be a noble person in the future!" ”
Yunu looked coldly, her goal had been achieved, and she didn't want to waste more time with her. She stood up and said, "Aunt is busy first, Yu'er will go and see her brother." ”
Qian hurriedly got up and personally led her into the sick cub's hut, and when she returned to the hall and sat down, she couldn't hide her feelings.
I couldn't close my mouth for a moment, in the past, this dead girl was just a thing in the eldest princess's mansion that sang and danced to amuse people, and the monthly money in a month was at most two taels of silver. Every time the dead girl took out 500 coins by herself, all she got back was one tael of silver plus more than 500 coins.
Now that she has entered the General's Mansion and has become General Wei's pillow person, the Wei family is the real Zhong Ming Ding Food House after generations of generals, with a deep family background and a pile of gold and jade. The dead girl was born beautiful again, and the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass, as long as the dead girl was willing to open her mouth, then wouldn't her Yang family not long ago want to ascend to heaven by herself, and she also became a nobleman!
The more Qian thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and hurriedly ran out of the hall to call the young girl back, and the two of them entered the stove room and began to cook on the fire.
Qian's person is a person who regards money as his life by nature, as long as it is something that has anything to do with the word money, she is willing to let her kneel down and call the ancestors to the dead girl. This is when the other party is in her favor, and once the dead girl can't come up with the money, it will be the day when the sick cub goes down to see the king of Hades.
When Yunu entered the hut, she saw that her younger brother, who was almost eight years old but looked like he was less than five years old, was kneeling quietly on the kang, holding the window with his little hands, and looking out of the window with dull eyes.
Just seeing this one back, she burst into tears and threw herself into her arms and hugged him tightly.
"Xiaojin, my sister is back to see you......"
His dark and clear but dull eyes obviously moved slightly, and he obediently leaned on his sister's arms, quietly feeling one hot teardrop after another fall on the top of his head and into his skin.
Yunu hugged him and cried for a while, but in the end he slowly cleaned up his feelings and wiped his tears.
She looked down at him, and saw that his little face with good facial features was pale and bloodless, and his expression was quiet and well-behaved, but he refused to speak.
Yunu touched his head and said softly: "Xiaojin, you open your mouth and call your sister." ”
Yujin raised her little face, looked at her fixedly, pursed her little pink lips, but refused to speak.
Yunu was very distressed, and didn't want to be too embarrassed for him, she lowered her head and kissed his forehead, and then took out a half-new and old name lock from her arms, and carefully put it on his neck and stuffed it into her clothes, while lowering her voice and saying: "Xiaojin, don't be afraid, my sister knows that they are bullying you, but my sister has no way for the time being, and after a while, my sister will definitely take you away." When the time comes, my sister will be with Xiaojin every day, and no one will bully Xiaojin, my sister will cook food for Xiaojin during the day, and I will sleep with Xiaojin at night, and we will be together every day. ”
Yujin still didn't speak, he just stretched out his slender little arm and hugged his sister tightly, his little fan-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and he remembered Fang Cai's words word for word.
The jade slave kept stroking his little face, and he couldn't get enough of it. It's just that time is limited, and it's time to leave even if you are reluctant.
Xu was aware of it, and Yujin slowly let go of the hand holding her sister and lowered her head slightly.
Yunu almost cried again, she was also reluctant, but in the face of the situation, there was no room for her choice.
She hugged her brother and kissed his forehead again, held back the reluctance in her heart, touched his hair and said: "The coachman is still waiting at the entrance of the village, my sister can't stay too long, this is going to go, Xiaojin has to take good care of herself, my sister will come to pick you up soon." After she finished speaking, she instructed, "But this matter can only be known by God, you know and I know, and you must not tell anyone, remember?" ”
Yujin nodded.
Yunu was relieved, looked at him again, and then opened the door and went out.
The Qian family tried every possible way to keep her after lunch before leaving, but the jade slaves all shook their heads and refused, and the Qian family did not dare to stay anymore after many times, and personally wanted to send her to the entrance of the village.
Yu Nu knew what she meant, so she took out the silver she had prepared before from her sleeve and put it on the case: "Yu'er has just entered the general's mansion, and there are some things that are still in a hurry, so I have to do this for the time being, and my aunt will use it and talk about it next time." ”
Qian was still dissatisfied, but after hearing this, he felt relieved, and after receiving the money, he said: "The family is still outside, don't worry, if Xiaojin's medicine money is not enough, my aunt will add it for you first, and he will not be left without medicine." ”
Yunu was unmoved, and still said: "Uncle takes good care of Xiaojin, once Yu'er gains a firm foothold in the General's Mansion in the future, it will be the day when my aunt's family will follow and soar." ”
Qian likes to listen to these things the most, and when he heard this, he almost patted his chest and promised, and responded with a smile: "Yu'er's words are obvious again, my aunt has always treated Jin'er as a parent, you just have to put a hundred hearts, serve well in front of General Wei, and strive to gain a firm foothold as soon as possible." Not to mention that your uncle's family is decent, just talking about Jin'er, you can also find a good doctor to see a doctor. ”
Yunu agreed with the second half of her sentence: "What my aunt said is very true, it's not too early, Yu'er should go back." ”
Qian hurriedly said: "That's the reason, you just went to the General's Mansion not long ago, you can't make General Wei unhappy." Hurry up, my aunt will send you off. ”
Yunu did not refuse, and was sent by her. Although Xindao's words are coaxing, he asks if he has this intention?
Naturally, only by gaining a firm foothold in the General's Mansion can she and Xiaojin's lives be guaranteed, and she will be able to rely on it, so that she can take Xiaojin away without hindrance.
So, she had no choice.
Inside the hut, Yujin was still kneeling under the window.
He looked through the small hole he had pierced with his finger, and saw his sister's back getting farther and farther away until it finally disappeared......
He was stunned for a long time, and with difficulty spit out two words in his throat: "Sister......"
The voice is immature and clean.