"Uncle Zhong, Yiyao is young and ignorant, he said something that shouldn't be said at the beginning, which made Uncle Zhong and the uncles in charge sad, you and your father have known each other for many years, and you treat me and my brothers as your own on weekdays, and the pain in your heart will not be less than ours when the eldest brother leaves, Yiyao was not sensible at the beginning, and said so many things that made you sad, Yiyao is here to compensate you!" As soon as Chu Zhong's words fell, he saw Chu Yiyao come over and kneel down directly in front of him.

"Miss, never!" Chu Zhong hurriedly helped her up, Chu Yiyao refused, took his hand and tears gradually grew in his eyes, and said aggrievedly, "Uncle Zhong refuses to forgive Yiyao, refuses to go back with Yiyao, and Yiyao can't get up." ”

"Miss." Chu Zhong shouted helplessly, "Why are you doing this?" ”

"Uncle Zhong, now the Chu family is far less peaceful than when you left, the second brother and I don't interfere in the affairs of the business house, Ying Zhu is young, those stewards rely on the old and sell the old, and it is not clear whether they have taken a lot of benefits in private, if you don't come back, this family may not be able to support Ying Zhu to grow up." Chu Yiyao said that it was uncomfortable, tears kept falling, and when she thought of what happened to the Chu family in her previous life, she felt 10,000 regrets and 10,000 heartaches in her heart.

Chu Zhong sighed, there are some things that he can know with a little inquiry, but he made up his mind that he didn't want to go back, so he would rather turn a blind eye.

What I never expected was that the eldest lady would come to beg him in person, when the eldest young master had an accident, the eldest lady cried and made trouble, blaming herself for not following him together.

"Miss, you get up first." Chu Yiyao saw him loosen his mouth, helped Baosheng's hand up, wiped his tears and followed him into the house, the house was full of small wooden boats, large and small, some of which had been polished and smoothed with tree paint, exuding a faint smell.

"Miss, you drink tea." Chu Zhong boiled a pot of tea and came out, Chu Yiyao didn't sit down, just watched between his many ship models, stretched out his hand to touch the small side of the ship, and the big ship he saw on the dock looked a little cute here.

Chu Zhong is a good carpenter, many of the things she played with at home when she was a child, including the small wooden horse she rode, were all made by him, and some of his small handicrafts were also sold in the shop.

"Uncle Zhong, you still do this." Chu Yiyao found a cute woodcarved bird from the shelf, the wings were all installed with other wood chips, vivid, she also had one in the past, and later was taken to play by her little nephew Ying Zhu, and it broke after falling twice.

"The shop at the corner of the street said yes, and there is only one left." Chu Zhong looked at the smile on her face, and remembered that five or six years ago, when the old lady was still there, no one played with the young lady, she sat in the garden and cried, and the maids couldn't coax her, when he took a wood carving bird similar to this one to her, she took it in her hand and said thank you to herself, which gave her a smile.

Chu Yiyao was stunned, he left the Chu family because he didn't take anything with him because of guilt, and now he has to rely on this to make a living, looking at the paleness between Chu Zhong's hair, she trembled slightly and picked up the wood carving, her head drooped slightly, "Uncle Zhong, you can follow me back to the Chu family later, it's okay for people to clean up the things here." ”

"Miss, I can't get over this hurdle in my heart." After being silent for a long time, Chu Yiyao heard Chu Zhong sigh and raised his head, Chu Zhong had a trace of regret on his face, "If I had gone with the eldest young master that day, such a thing would not have happened, no matter what, I would have survived." ”

"If Uncle Zhong also went that day, then today, Yiyao wouldn't know who to ask for help." In another life, she also thought clearly, there are still few merchant ships in Jinling, and if the storm at sea is so easy to avoid, it will not damage those lives.

"Uncle Zhong, I had a nightmare the other day." Chu Yiyao put down the wood carving in his hand, "I dreamed that Ying Zhu hadn't grown up yet, the second brother didn't care about the affairs of the business house, the Chu family was occupied by the second uncle, and all the stewards didn't listen to us, and later, the second brother disappeared, and the sister-in-law and Ying Zhu were driven out of the Chu family, and those people rushed into the Chu family in front of me, knocked over the tablets of my father and mother, and ransacked the Chu family." ”

Chu Zhong heard a touch of surprise in his eyes, fell into deep thought, the room was quiet, Chu Yiyao didn't continue, she can mature but can't mature too much, beyond what a teenager should have, and it should also cause unnecessary trouble...

In the afternoon, the carriage returned to Chu Mansion, and the second uncle who was in a hurry to go out was greeted at the door, Chu Yiyao greeted sweetly, Chu Hanqin didn't seem to expect her to come back so soon, he looked stunned, glanced behind her, and then smiled, "It's Yiyao." ”

"Where is the second uncle going in such a hurry?"

"The goods on the dock have arrived, the second uncle went to take a look, your second aunt just mentioned you, they are new to the city, and they are not familiar with this Jinling, and they want you to take them out for a walk." Chu Hanqin walked over and touched her head, and then walked out of the door.

Chu Yiyao returned to Yifeng Courtyard, but in just half a day, the peacock stopped two visits to the Treasure Pavilion, and after purifying his face, Chu Yiyao asked Bao Chan to send the things he bought back to his sister-in-law, and after resting for a while, Chu Miaolan's soft voice came from outside, "Second sister is back?" ”

Then, Chu Miaolan's figure appeared at the door, the seven or eight-year-old girl had not yet grown, and she was not like the second aunt, but she was born with a natural weakness, wearing a pink jacket, and walked in a little timidly.

Chu Yiyao looked at her outfit and frowned slightly, it wasn't that she was unwell yesterday, she came here with so little clothes, and it wasn't her fault that she was sick again when she went back.

"Bao Sheng, go find a cloak suitable for Miss Miao Lan." Bao Sheng left, Chu Miaolan did the opposite side of her, and smiled at her, "Second sister, I'm not cold." ”

"Chu Miaofei is your second sister, don't shout mistaken cousin Miaolan." Chu Yiyao saw that Baosheng brought the cloak, and motioned to Chu Miaolan's maid to put it on her, "It's cold in my Yifeng courtyard, you better put it on, lest the second aunt come to me because of the weak wind and cold." ”

Chu Miaolan's hand that was about to be taken off paused, and finally put it down and took a sip of the teacup on the table, and occasionally turned around the room, looking restrained.

"Sister Yiyao, what is that?" Halfway, Chu Miaolan stretched out her hand and pointed to the shelf placed next to the screen, and looked back at Chu Yiyao with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"It's just a shelf, Sister Miaolan, you don't even know this?" Chu Yiyao snorted coldly in her heart, she said indifferently, her little hand gently touched the cup, Chu Miaolan sat down directly and walked to the side of the shelf.

She was short and couldn't reach it, but she was very curious about Chu Yiyao and said, "Sister Yiyao, what is in here, can you show me?" ”

Chu Yiyao followed her line of sight, and sure enough, she couldn't escape being discovered by her in a different place, it was the box where the jade stone was placed, and the ink-colored box was inconspicuous on the entire shelf, but she was caught by her at a glance.

"It's nothing, it's just a little thing that doesn't pay any money." Chu Yiyao waved her hand, the hand under Chu Miaolan's sleeve quietly clenched a little, a harmless smile appeared on her pale face, and she said with some grievances, "I just want to see, not to ask Sister Yiyao for it." ”

It was this harmless look that provoked her like a sinner, and if she said a few more heavy words, that is, the sin should be dead, Chu Yiyao sat there without moving, she didn't speak, and it was even more impossible for Baosheng next to her to go to the shelf to take down the box, Chu Miaolan was no matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't do it herself.

"Aren't you tired standing like this?" After a long time, Chu Yiyao drank the second cup of tea and said kindly, "Otherwise, I will send someone to let the second aunt pick you up, Yifeng Courtyard is not a long way away from you." ”

Chu Miaolan had a look of wanting to cry without tears, and the topic couldn't bring back the things on this shelf, her legs were a little sore, Chu Yiyao saw this, and didn't wait for her to reply, she directly ordered the peacock to go to the Treasure Pavilion to report, stood up and pulled Chu Miaolan to the edge of the collapse.

It didn't take long for Chu Miaofei to be ordered by her mother to come and pick up her sister, she seemed much more straightforward, and she didn't have many pairs when she met Chu Yiyao in Huizhou, let alone here.

Chu Yiyao now recalls that this lobby sister looks much cuter, in the past days in Chu Mansion, she was willful, Chu Miaofei was also willful, and the two of them almost got to the point of hating each other.

"Second sister, you're here." Chu Miaolan saw that Chu Miaofei seemed to have more confidence, Chu Miaofei had a face very similar to Xiao's, even this commanding appearance was similar to Xiao's, "Whoever asked you to come here, if you want to take medicine, you can't find anyone." ”

"I'm here to see Sister Yiyao, I think she will be bored at home alone, and I have my sisters to accompany me." Chu Miaolan swept away the grievances just now, but said very intimately, holding Chu Miaofei with one hand, fully expressing her greetings and concern for Chu Yiyao.

It was a humming sound that sounded almost at the same time, but Chu Yiyao put it in her heart, Chu Miaofei snorted, and looked down at Chu Miaolan, "I think she doesn't need you to accompany her, so let's go." After speaking, he pulled Chu Miaolan and walked to the door.

"Baosheng, send the ladies out, be careful on the road." Chu Yiyao got up and followed them to the door, watching them disappear around the corridor and around the corner, the smile on his face faded.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled into the corridor, with a touch of gold, lazily reflected, a few birds chirping in early spring, Chu Yiyao stood under the corridor for a while, and footsteps came from not far away.

Bao Chan came back after sending things, Chu Yiyao asked her to go to the second brother's yard again, as expected, the second brother was not at home, Chu Yiyao walked into the study, looked at the letter paper for a while, dipped it in ink and began to write.

It didn't take much time for her to hand the letter to Bao Chan, "Send it to the Qin family to Miss Qin Manqiu." ”

The second brother has always had a good relationship with the second young master of the Wang family, and she didn't believe it without Wang Jiting taking care of the affairs of Chunmanlou, since it was inconvenient for her to come forward, she had to ask Sister Qin for help.