Chapter 17: Three Branches

In the car at the back of the convoy, Sanzhi was lying in the middle of the car.

There was no blood on her face. One leg was wrapped layer after layer. The maid sitting across from her was packing up the extra straps and said, "You are also a good blessing." If you hadn't recognized the little lady, your leg would have been crippled. ”

Sanzhi looked at her in horror, but did not respond. as if they hadn't heard.

She was afraid, afraid that these people were taking her words. Ever since a maid named Ah Xin came to ask if there was a maid named Sanzhi, and asked her if she recognized a little lady of the Liu family, she refused to say a word.

Seeing that she didn't squeak, the maid didn't care, so she no longer inquired about her and Liu Xiaohua, but said: "I see, she is really willing to pay for it." In order to make meritorious service in front of the son and ask for money, he didn't even want his life. The greed for money to this extent. ”

Sanzhi couldn't help but say, "Don't talk nonsense. You don't know her. ”

"Also, you are companions with her, you must know much better than me......" The maid covered her mouth, grabbed her hand affectionately and shook it gently, "Good sister, for the sake of me serving you, tell me about it......"

Sanzhi immediately looked away from her, and silently withdrew his hand.

The maid didn't think so, as if she couldn't see her coldness at all, and said to her mysteriously: "I'm not afraid to sue you, my future husband is the close guard of the son, he said, if it weren't for your fellow countryman today, we would probably be more than lucky, and even the son's life would hang by a thread." Childe took a fancy to her and said that he wanted her to serve in the house. I thought about it, since you are fellow villagers and have such a good relationship, as long as you tell her, she will definitely save your face for your son, and let you work in the house. ”

The maid said, as if she had unintentionally flicked her sleeves, "Come to think of it, the prince will not ask you to do anything, your companion is our savior after all, and he likes your companion so much." When you enter our son's mansion in the future, with her to take care of you, it will be time to enjoy happiness. ”

The cloth on the maid's body is not good for the people outside. However, what has Sanzhi, a little girl who has just come out of the mountains, seen? Even if it is a coarse cloth clothes, they are all great clothes in Sanzhi's opinion, let alone this kind of bright satin. She couldn't believe that there would be someone at home who even wore such good clothes and gold and silver jewelry. Looking at the maid, my eyes were hot. The eye lingered on her bracelets and fabrics. Finding that the maid was looking at herself, she quickly looked away.

The maid covered her mouth and smiled, "You like this?" Immediately took her hand, put the bracelet on her hand, and said happily, "We met by fate, since you like it, this will be given to you." Don't be embarrassed, I can still afford to give this thing. ”

Sanzhi stared at the bracelet, this, is this gold?! I don't know what material the stone on it is, it's full of treasure. She had never seen a penny, let alone touched gold and precious stones. And now, such a bracelet is on her wrist? She reached out in disbelief and touched it, it was literally on her wrist!

The maid laughed at her action: "Poof, my good sister, it's good that you look at these things now. I'm afraid I'll think I'm shabby in giving gifts. I give you this is just a piece of heart, the courtesy is light, and the friendship is heavy. People like me are just inferior slaves and maids in the house, and they can't get any better ones. Unlike my sister, who is lucky, when she enters the house in the future, she must be a first-class girl. At that time, if I call you sister again, you must not dislike me for a while. With good things, I will never remember a few points. ”

Sanzhi looked at the bracelet in a daze, touching it for a long time, and his blurred eyes seemed to be in a sweet dream.

But suddenly, when she thought of something, her expression changed, and she immediately took off the bracelet and stuffed it back into the maid's hand very strongly, as if it were a poisonous snake instead of a gold bracelet on her hand. The maid didn't catch it in time, and the bracelet fell to the ground in one fell swoop.

The maid never expected her to suddenly make such a move, she was stunned for a moment, picked up the bracelet, and said in an annoyed manner, "Sister, do you look down on me?" ”

Sanzhi shook his head, "No." He glanced at her quickly, and immediately stared away evasively, no longer looking.

The maid was a little annoyed. But this kind of affection was only fleeting, and immediately smiled again, "Did I suddenly send you something and scare you?" ”

Three branches do not squeak.

"I'm sorry. I've been in the inferior for many years, and I want to keep up with the superior for so long. The maid looked ashamed.

"How do you know I can do the best." Mieda asked hesitantly.

"This ......" the maid was stunned, and then her expression became very natural, "I said, your little sister is the life-saving benefactor of our son." Do you want to be superior, just beg her well, isn't it a matter of her words? When the time comes, not only you, but the people in your village, will follow her. It's all a good life. ”

Sanzhi glanced at her and said nothing more.

The maid sighed and said, "We are low-class slaves and maids, and we only have one tael of silver a month. Not as good as those who are superior. ”

A tael of silver!

A few hundred big coins is only one or two pieces of silver. How much fruit had to be washed in the village, and how long was it less, there were only ten big dollars, let alone hundreds.

And these two pieces of silver are only the monthly money of the inferior slaves.

Mitsuji bit his lip. Lowered his eyes and did not speak.

The maid pretended to sigh and said, "But I don't know if she will take care of you." If you go to her, maybe she'll deliberately prevaricate. You are young and simple-minded, and you don't know that many people in this world have bad thoughts, for fear that others will touch their own light. ”

"The best of the flowers!" Sanzhi immediately retorted.

"Poof. Let's just say that you are simple and kind. The maid covered her mouth and smiled, "Haven't you heard of the precedent of being able to share hardships but not wealth and wealth?" In this tribulation, people are grasshoppers on the same rope. No one can do without anyone. But if one of them becomes rich, it is really this time and that time. She used to be good, but now it's different. As he spoke, his expression was very agreeable, and he looked at Sanzhi, "Maybe, she won't agree to let you work in the house." ”

"Don't talk nonsense! Why didn't she say yes? Sanzhi said angrily, "You will talk nonsense." ”

The maid smiled, but didn't say anything, just looked her up and down: "Then who knows." ”

Sanzhi pursed his lips tightly and refused to speak again.

"Actually, it's not as good as that. As long as you sign the contract of workmanship. She just doesn't want you to touch her in the house, and she can't do it. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom on which he wrote, "This person is the most cheeky." If you are here, how can she not take care of you if she is your countryman? ”

Sanzhi just glanced at the paper quickly, and never looked at it again.

"As long as you draw a charge on this piece of paper, even if you undertake the work of my son-in-law's house, then there will still be less than dozens of silver cars per month." The maid put the contract in front of her and sighed, "You're really lucky." After speaking, he took out the red clay and stretched it out in front of Sanzhi, "Press it." "I was unwilling to let her take such a good thing, but I had to accept the decadence of reality.

But the three branches did not move.

"What's wrong with you?" The maid was displeased. His face sank suddenly, "I just talked to you for a long time, and if you ignore me, forget it, at most you just look down on me." But now, you don't even pay attention to my son-in-law's orders? This contract is already a great favor from Childe to you. How dare you ignore it! ”

But Sanzhi still didn't speak. She clutched the collapsed futon with both hands, her nose opened slightly, and she looked very uneasy, and it could be seen that she was very in awe of the 'childe' in the maid's mouth, but she just refused to reach out and press the fingerprints.

The maid finally got impatient. She was coaxed and deceived, but it was useless, "You must be too ignorant." Do you know who our son is! ”

Sanzhi finally spoke at this time, "I...... I can't read. Don't know what it's written on"

The maid said angrily: "Didn't I tell you? That is, if you sign it, you can enter the house to work. ”

"I don't know how to read." Sanzhi turned over and over again, but it was still the same sentence.

"Could it be that Childe will lie to you by writing this contract?! Okay, you don't have to say more. I'll go back to Childe now. Childe is originally well-intentioned, but you don't appreciate it. The maid sneered, and her tone suddenly became sharp.

Sanzhi was terrified. But he bit his lip tightly. Refuses to bow their heads.

The maid was so angry that she stood up and was about to speak, when the carriage stopped.

Sanzhi immediately endured the pain and got up from the collapse, "I'll go see Ah Hua." ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stopped her, the anger on her face was no longer there, but she laughed and said, "Look at you, I'm just joking with you, you won't really make me angry." This is what you and I would like to do or not. If you don't want to, don't you forget it? I'm just anxious for you, and I feel like you've given up a great opportunity. Okay, if you don't want to sign it, don't sign it now. Your legs are not good, so it's better not to move around. If you have a disability at that time, it won't look good. ”

Sanzhi lowered his head and said stubbornly, "I want to see Ah Hua." ”

The maid's face was already very impatient, and she endured: "Your companion may be serving by my son-in-law's side at this time, and you won't see her." You think she's like you, you can't even tell the difference between good and bad. After I watched, your companion ate and drank spicy, and you only had to watch. He reached out and pressed the three branches back onto the collapse, trying to force her to continue lying down.

"I want to see Ah Hua." The words of the three branches turned over and over again became this sentence. As she spoke, she pushed the maid away and sat up again. I held on to the wall of the car and walked out.

The maid had no strength as hers, and she fell and squatted as soon as she was pushed. Sharply said, "You! ”

"Ah Hua." Sanzhi suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "I heard Ah Hua speak. Ignoring her, he opened the curtain. But when she saw the strange appearance of a noble girl in the distance, the woman was stunned.

The woman swallowed the words she was about to scold, frowning and looking at her line of sight. I saw a young girl standing upright in the snow outside the temple, dressed in warm clothes that made her eyebrows look picturesque. Where is it like going all the way with someone like Sanzhi, and he said in disbelief: "That's your companion?" Are you really from a village? "The maid just listened to the leading maid's instructions to do things, and she hadn't seen Liu Xiaohua.

Sanzhi was equally shocked. She stared at the distant figure and didn't speak.

The maid looked at her and smiled, "You see." Your companion is much smarter than you are. It's not like you, I don't know what to do. ”

In front of the door of the clan temple, Liu Xiaohua broke off her drink, and the three branches so far away heard it, and the big monk and the guards standing at the gate of the clan temple naturally heard it, and immediately turned their heads to look at Liu Xiaohua.

The great monk didn't recognize Liu Xiaohua at all.

After all, she is dressed in gorgeous clothes, and she is accompanied by a maid behind her, and she looks like a noblewoman. So he couldn't associate this little lady in brocade with the dirty village girl before. So he didn't dare to look at her more, so he immediately bowed his head, not daring to look directly, for fear of colliding with the nobleman.

Ah Xin saw that Liu Xiaohua got out of the car, and hurriedly followed, but he didn't say much, just looked at Liu Xiaohua and the monk in puzzlement.

"What did this man do wrong?" Liu Xiaohua asked.

The great monk said: "He committed the crime of stealing......" He stopped suddenly as he spoke, obviously thinking that Liu Xiaohua's voice was very familiar, and looked up at her.

A person like him, with a vicious gaze, immediately distinguished that the so-called noble girl in front of him was the village girl, although he was shocked, but the resentment in his eyes flashed, and then as if nothing happened, he said: "He conspired with his fellow villagers to steal the property in the temple, and when others ran away, he was caught." According to the rules of the clan, he who commits the crime of stealing, he will break his hands and feet. That's why he looks like this. ”

smiled and said to Liu Xiaohua, "I don't know if the little lady and the sixth son have met two teenage girls on the road, if they do, please tell one or two, those two women are his accomplices." Even if we can't find them, we'll have the clan come forward early tomorrow morning to inform their families. Let their families come and suffer on their behalf. It is the fault of parents whether they are raised or not. ”

Ah Xin didn't think much about it, she looked at the figure lying on the ground covered in blood, and asked curiously: "What did he steal and break his hands and feet?" ”

"It's not a precious thing. However, I, Liu, have always paid attention to the style of the door. As long as it is stealing, it is a loss of character, and no matter whether the stolen items are high or low, they have to break their hands and feet. The Liu family can't tolerate such filthy people. ”

The great monk was very complacent. A cloudy one-eyed stared at Liu Xiaohua, and he was still saying: "Actually, it is already light to break hands and feet, someone was stoned to death by the clansmen for stealing a piece of bread before." ”

asked Liu Xiaohua again: "I don't know the little lady, have you seen two women on the road?" "The eyes are like poisonous snakes