73. Chapter 73
But said that Gu Sanniang was escorted to the women's prison, but she was not wronged again, the only thing that worried her was the children outside, just when she was at a loss in her heart, the door of the women's prison was opened, and two female handymen walked in and shouted: "Gu, come out." ”
Gu Sanniang was a little surprised, she thought about it, followed them out of the prison door, and saw a person standing outside, he saw Gu Sanniang and said, "You are Gu's family?" ”
Gu Sanniang nodded, and the man said again: "My surname is Xue, and I am the steward of the Assassin's Mansion, my third aunt's wife saved your young lady and son-in-law, and the third aunt's wife ordered me to invite you back to the house to reunite with the child." ”
Hearing what he said, Gu Sanniang was secretly surprised, not to mention her fate with the third aunt of the Assassin's Mansion several times, just to say that this steward means that she can avoid prison?
Gu Sanniang thought for a moment, she was imprisoned left and right, no matter how bad the situation was, it couldn't be any worse, so thinking about it, she said to Steward Xue: "I have long heard that the third aunt's wife is kind-hearted and is a well-known philanthropist in Tongcheng, and I have to go and thank her in person if I can save her this time." ”
Steward Xue didn't say much, there was a little girl who came over with a carriage, Gu Sanniang got into the carriage, and a few people drove the carriage towards the Thorn Shi Mansion.
Along the way, after thinking about it, Gu Sanniang never guessed the intentions of the third aunt's wife, it is said that these high-ranking families will not deal with ordinary people like them, is it difficult for the third aunt to rescue her from prison just because of injustice? After thinking about it for a long time, the sky became darker and darker, and before I knew it, the carriage arrived in front of a tall mansion.
There was already a stout woman waiting at the door, she led Gu Sanniang into the house from the side door, the two of them walked for a long time, and then entered the inner house, at this time, a well-dressed servant woman saw them, took the initiative to meet them, she first looked at Gu Sanniang a few times, and then retracted her gaze, and said: "The third aunt is waiting in the courtyard, please follow me." ”
Gu Sanniang thanked her with a smile, first asked her title, heard her claim that her surname was Yang, and called Sister Yang affectionately in her mouth, because she had doubts in her heart, so she knocked on the side and sounded, in fact, this daughter-in-law surnamed Yang is not a decent person who serves in the house, and she can't tell the specific reason, but she sent Lang Zhong to see a doctor for Brother Yu'er before, so she told her about the situation of the two children.
When Gu Sanniang heard that Brother Yu'er was sick, her heart was tight at first, and then she heard the Yang family say that he was fine, so she relaxed slightly, but her pace sped up a little, thinking that she had seen the two children earlier, and that she had thanked the third aunt and wife.
Not long after, they entered the inner courtyard, and two more maids came out, at this time the sky was dark, the maids were holding lanterns in their hands, and after seeing Gu Sanniang, they first raised the lanterns in their hands and took a look, and then they quietly led her inside.
It is only said that the three of them just entered the second gate, and they saw that there were many people standing at the door of the main house, these people were holding lanterns in their hands, surrounded by a woman dressed in wealth, thinking that she was the third aunt's wife, only to see that she was of medium stature, and her appearance was beautiful, and the most striking thing was the pair of blood-red gourd-shaped gemstone earrings that she wore in both ears, which were shining brightly under the light of the lamp, so that people could not take their eyes off.
"Mother-" First of all, a familiar voice sounded, Gu Sanniang looked at it, wasn't it Xiao Yezi, Xiao Yezi ran towards her while shouting, but in an instant, Xiao Yezi threw herself into her arms.
Although it was only one day, the mother and daughter seemed to have been separated for a long time, and before she could hug her daughter, she heard a voice shouting: "Sanniang! ”
The one who called her name was Mrs. Sanniang, she was not afraid of losing her manners, let go of the hand held by the maid, and stumbled towards Gu Sanniang, and then Gu Sanniang was hugged by her, and she cried with tears in her eyes: "Huangtian Bodhisattva, I finally asked me to find you." ”
Just when Gu Sanniang was confused, I heard her cry again and say, "Sanniang, I am your second sister." ”
Gu Sanniang's brain exploded with a 'buzz', she looked at Gu Erniang stupidly, and couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Mother, she is really an aunt, she knows that you have a scar on your calf." Xiao Yezi thought that her mother didn't believe it, so she rushed to say to her.
Gu Erniang took her hand and cried: "Have you forgotten, the scar on your leg was scratched by a tree branch when you were nine years old when you went to work in the fields, and there was a lot of blood at that time, I was simply frightened." ”
How could Gu Sanniang forget this, after she was scratched, her second sister found herbs to paste for her, at that time she was catching up with the farming, even if she injured her leg, her father still forced her to do farm work, her second sister always took advantage of her father's absence, told her to rest, and quietly stole eggs from home for her to nourish her body.
Her own sister, who had been missing for more than ten years, stood in front of her, Gu Sanniang couldn't believe that God would take care of her like this, she looked at the pair of earrings that Gu Erniang was wearing, she clearly remembered that they passed by two years ago, why didn't she recognize her sister at that time.
"You're stupid, why don't you call me?" Gu Erniang saw that Gu Sanniang was stunned, and slapped her arm angrily.
Gu Sanniang's fugue's primordial spirit finally returned to its place, she looked at Gu Erniang, her tears were like beads with broken threads, and she cried and shouted, "Second sister, are you really you?" ”
"Not me or which one?" The two sisters who have been separated for many years can no longer be suppressed, they don't hold their heads and cry, their hearts are full of joy and sorrow, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are waiting in the yard shed tears for a while, and someone stood up and persuaded: "Mrs. San, the reunion of sisters is a great joy, you all take care of yourself, don't cry for this, besides, Gu Niangzi was frightened today, please come into the house and have a good rest." ”
Seeing this, Gu Erniang hurriedly pulled Gu Sanniang with one hand, and pulled Xiao Yezi into the house at the same time, at this time, the servants and wives of the family brought soup and cleaned their faces with the two of them, and after freshening up, Gu Sanniang went to see Brother Yu first, the child had just fallen asleep with medicine, and she took Xiao Yezi back to Gu Erniang's main house, this time the maids had already served the food to the table, but the Gu family sisters didn't care about the meal.
The two sat under the lamp, Gu Erniang looked at her sister's face, couldn't help crying again, she said: "The eldest sister is gone, I can still find you, God is pitiful, it is not in vain that I have done good deeds and accumulated virtues over the years." ”
Gu Sanniang also wept silently, she said: "Who would have thought that you would be in Tongcheng, in the past two years, I have often traveled back and forth between the two places, and I have passed by you several times, if you hadn't rescued Xiaoyezi, I don't know how long you and I would have been separated." ”
Speaking of this fateful trick, the two sisters held each other's hands and wept, but fortunately, they met again, Gu Erniang recited the Buddha name in her mouth, and asked about Gu Sanniang's experience, Gu Sanniang simply said a few words to her, and Gu Erniang was immediately relieved when she heard that she had remarried, she said: "Presumably my brother-in-law must be a good one, or you wouldn't drag your son and daughter to Beijing to find him." ”
Gu Sanniang was afraid of bluffing her second sister, so she didn't mention Shen Zhuo's involvement in the lawsuit of fraud in the imperial examination for the time being, she said: "The husband treats me very well, and when he comes back, I will bring him to thank the second sister." ”
After speaking, Gu Sanniang asked Gu Erniang about her experience in the past ten years, Gu Erniang told her carefully, in addition to being a subordinate for more than a year when she was first sold, she has been living without worrying about food and clothing in the future, and now she has found her own sister again, and the two regrets in this half of her life can be regarded as one.
Gu Sanniang knew that her second sister was a concubine for Lord Thorn Shi, there was Mrs. Thorn Shi, there was a concubine room of the same generation, and there was a large family of grandfathers and daughters-in-law to get along, and her second sister did not have a brother or sister to rely on, and her mother's family had no one to rely on, so it was definitely not as easy as she said, she sighed a few times in her heart, and asked: "I heard that you went back to your hometown to find us, and the two of them didn't entangle, right?" ”
Gu Erniang shook her head, she said, "Why not?" The woman my father married still licked her face and said, if they hadn't sold me, I might not have been able to live a good life today. ”
After hearing this, Gu Sanniang trembled with anger, she said: "Second sister, you must not be soft-hearted, if it weren't for him rubbing his mother, why would his mother have left early, and our sisters would not have been separated for so many years." ”
Gu Erniang is the person who has spent half her life in the inner house, not the kind of person who blindly abuses the good people, even if what the stepmother said is true, she also hates them for forcibly selling her that day, so she would rather do good things to those people she doesn't know than cheapen the Gu family and his wife.
"Don't worry, they don't even know where I am, and even if they find me, I won't give them half a penny."
The two sisters said in the middle of the night, the mother-in-law outside came in a few times, urging them to rest, Gu Sanniang was worried about Brother Yu'er and Xiao Yezi, so she said that she wanted to go back to see the two children, and wait for early tomorrow morning to talk to Gu Erniang.
Entering the courtyard where Xiao Yezi and they lived, the maid who was waiting in the house already knew that this person was the sister of his aunt's wife, so he was very polite to her, Gu Sanniang came to the back room, and saw the two children sleeping next to each other, she looked at the look of the royal brother with the lamp, and saw that his breath was calm, so she was relieved.
On this day, Gu Sanniang experienced great joy and sorrow, this time she saw that the two children were safe and sound, she only felt very sleepy, there were still servants outside, Gu Sanniang knew that she was not sleeping, they also had to do it, so she asked them to rest, and she herself still returned to the inner room, holding the two children and falling asleep.