"Mother...... Grandpa, you said I looked a little like my mother. Xiao She'er frowned slightly, and the old man knew that she must have remembered something, so she didn't answer, nodded, and just listened to her. Since you know who I am, you also know that the wife here doesn't like me and asked me to come here as a maid, isn't it? ”

"And do you know why?"

Xiao She'er recalled that when his wife first saw her, she had some panic and some displeasure in her eyes.

"It must be because my wife knew my mother, and she didn't like her, she hated her, and even feared her. However, she did not expect that there was such a coincidence in the world, that I was the daughter of this man she hated. It's just that you don't like me.

"And because grandpa, you've been ...... I've been crazy and dumb, grandpa, you live here, and my wife must be disgusted with you. So out of sight and out of mind, I sent me to you too. Later, when I saw her again, you asked me to make this ugly look, and I wouldn't make her suspicious. Xiao She'er sorted out her mind and said what she thought in an orderly manner.

"Well, I guess so. The wife here, hum, Liao Biqi, this girl, before the door, your grandmother said that she was an embroidered pillow, she was brave and ignorant, but she loved pomp and circumstance. Where is she worthy of yours? The old man said and couldn't help but feel proud of his granddaughter.

Xiao She'er only knew that Mrs. Lu Dao's surname was Liao, and then she knew that Lu Dao was called Liao Biqi.

"Grandmother knows this Mrs. Liao's character very well, is it ...... Is it a relative? "The woman in the boudoir is easy not to see the living, because Xiao She'er has this question.

"Son, do you know who I am? Who is your mother? The old man Zhuang Rong asked, knowing that Xiao She'er didn't know, and said to himself: "The ancestor here, Cao Gongguohua, and I are my uncle and cousin. Cao Gong has no brother or brother, and he is like a brother to me. At the beginning, the two of us were officials in the same dynasty, and they were relatives, and his son Cao Xi married your grandmother's niece Liao Biqi, while my only son married his youngest daughter, Cao Jue, whose name is Shengyi. ”

When Xiao She'er first heard her mother's name, she couldn't help but burst into tears, she had expected that her mother had a very good relationship with the Cao family, and now she knew that she was the daughter of the Cao family, but she was not surprised.

The old man was also a little sad, "Your father...... Because a case was implicated, the first emperor Zhenzong Emperor ordered to be executed, and Liu Shengren [Note 1] of the previous dynasty, that is, the current empress dowager, because I ...... Because I had some small merits, and I remembered the contribution of my father and son to the same dynasty as officials, I only confiscated the family business, cut off the official position, and sinned not as much as my wife and parents. Because your grandmother is old, and your mother is still pregnant with her second child, how can she withstand the fright, and finally ...... All went...... The Queen Mother asked the Cao Mansion to take me in because I was related to the Cao Mansion......" The old man stopped talking about this, thinking that there was a lot involved in this, she was a small child, and she was simple by nature, so why let her know so much......

Xiao She'er was already in pain like a knife, threw herself into her grandfather's arms, and fainted from crying. The tears of the old man, who had cried dry a few years ago, could not stop flooding again and again today. The tragic situation of ruining his family is even more for this immature and helpless granddaughter.

When Xiao She'er woke up, she was sleeping in the tent covered with a quilt, and the light outside the tent was as dim as a bean, which was even more miserable. The light reflected the shadow of an old man sitting dumbfounded, motionless like a wood carved clay sculpture. Xiao She'er only felt a pain in the middle of the person, and then she knew that she had fainted. Presumably, the old man woke her up, and put her to sleep. Xiao She'er was calm, the sky was faint, and she sat up with tears in her eyes, for fear of making her grandfather sad. When I opened the curtain, I was shocked that my grandfather had aged so much overnight.

"Children are not filial." Xiao She'er stumbled out of bed and snuggled under her grandfather's knees, "I shouldn't make grandpa sad." ”

"Silly boy, although I knew you were my granddaughter, I didn't recognize you. I only carefully ask you to study and study medicine, hoping that in the future, the knowledge I have studied all my life can be inherited from you, and I hope that you can read and understand reason, and have a skill. And arrange the next back road for you, which can ensure that you have a lifelong dependence, I ...... Death is also blind. I didn't think I could recognize my grandchildren...... This was a bonus...... Look at me I'm really confused, it's time to go to the third young master's side, the things have been packed for you, go wash your face and comb your hair, paste this proper thing, you can go......"

Xiao She'er's face was embarrassed, although she was sent away, she had never heard of anyone being sent over to take over to take care of the elderly. I don't know if it's really busy and forgetful, or if it's done on purpose. The old man said, "Go ahead, it's okay." When you didn't come, someone brought me food every day, sometimes only firewood and rice, and I still had to keep my life...... Besides, you are in this house, and there are also people who rotate on errands, and you can often meet each other. ”

Although Xiao She'er couldn't rest assured, she had to obey her fate. Wearing ordinary clothes, in fact, she only has ordinary maid clothes to wear, and the maid in the house receives two sets of new clothes every season every year. Only by following the powerful master, can you have the opportunity to be rewarded with good clothes to wear, and sometimes the master will also reward some good fabrics, and let people cut and wear them by themselves, but this kind of reward Xiaosheer has never gotten. Comb a simple double bun and still tie a green head rope. I went to the well platform to wash my face.

She looked upright at the basin of water, and often saw this face, but she only felt that it was used to it, and today she realized that "the body is skinned, and the parents are received", looking at her appearance, it was like seeing her parents, and she was stunned and wanted to cry.

[Note 1] Sage: In the Song Dynasty, she was called the empress. Liu Shengren, Empress Liu of Song Zhenzong.

[Note 2] Mao Zheng Moment: It is equivalent to about 6:15 now.