21. At first sight
With a flash of thunder, the light reflected Ling'er's face pale, her legs swinged, trembling and grabbing the hand of the green warbler, and asked in a trembling voice: "Sister, yes, is it haunted?" ”
The green warbler wanted to say that she wouldn't do anything bad and wasn't afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, but she still couldn't help beating the drum in her heart. She had the courage to listen to it, vaguely like Liu Song's voice, hoarse and sad: "My son, why are you as ruthless as your father-"
She chuckled in her heart, is it not, no, although this Young Master Liu is not good at acting like a living dead, his body and bones have always been stable. She pulled Ling'er, and the two walked quickly to the young master's room.
At a glance from a distance, the door of the house was wide open, and the two of them stepped into the threshold, and there were the Yu family couples who had just come back, and they couldn't stop persuading Mrs. Liu to mourn.
The green warbler was still a little lucky before entering the door, but now she finally made a judgment, and her heart suddenly sank. She paced slowly, and whispered to the bed, but she was frightened at this look. I saw that Young Master Liu's face on the bed was purple and swollen, his eyes seemed to be about to break out of his sockets, and he was about to fly out, and his mouth was half the size of his face. This appearance seems to be scared to death when I see a ghost, which is very weird.
The green warbler's heart was like a drum, and she felt a cold air rushing in from the center of her feet, and she was excited. Seeing Young Master Liu die so tragically, she was a little embarrassed, although she was afraid of him and tired of him, but she didn't hate him. When she first came to Liu's house, Young Master Liu was already like this, the two of them never said a word, and there was no injustice or hatred. What the hell is going on? Could it be that where does the body hurt, life and death?
Liu Song still called for his son, but Lu Ying didn't dare to ask her, so she pulled the woman of the Yu family, "Auntie, how did Young Master Liu go?" ”
The aunt of the Yu family was embarrassed for a while, secretly glanced at Liu Song on the bed, leaned into her ear and whispered, "I choked to death by eating balls." ”
"Huh?" The green warbler was stunned, and couldn't believe it. She looked at it, and sure enough, there were two bowls of balls on the small table next to the bed. The aunt of the Yu family pointed to her on the bed again, she stared at her suspiciously, and looked closely, only to find that Young Master Liu's wide open mouth had exposed his throat, and there was a ball of white flowers, which was indeed blocked, and it must be the ball.
Looking at Liu Song, who was still beating his chest and crying, the green warbler shook his head helplessly. The doctor clearly said that he should not be allowed to eat sticky, hard, and large pieces, and these uncontrollable foods are easy to stick and block his throat and throat, and these wives know it. She loves her son, she won't leave even a trace of minced meat to herself, a little maid, and she will be happy when she enters the young master's mouth, but now she has killed her son, why is this so painful?
When Liu Song was tired of crying, the man of the Yu family hurriedly asked her for money, and went to the coffin shop to buy old clothes, a thin coffin, incense, candles, paper money, and other things. And they took their axes and unloaded the door of the house, and set it before the bed. took off Young Master Liu's clothes, tried his whole body with hot soup, broke his straight limbs, and changed into old clothes. After placing him on the door, everyone carried him to the hall with their heads facing the door, and the soles of their feet lit lanterns.
The man of the Yu family remembered something, and hurriedly said to Liu Song: "Mrs., I have to be buried in three days, so I have to quickly ask someone to choose a cemetery with good feng shui." ”
Liu Song touched Young Master Liu's wooden pillow in a daze, and said dumbfoundedly: "Okay, okay, you go to the jar and get the money." Go to the temple on the mountain to find a high monk, and choose a good place for my son to be surrounded by mountains, where streams meet, and where yin and yang are reconciled, so that my son can sleep comfortably underground, so that he can shelter the descendants of my Liu family. ”
The man of the Yu family touched the only few copper coins in the jar, and was embarrassed and at a loss, how could this money be enough to invite a monk, and besides, there were no descendants in the Liu family, and the roots of the only seedlings were broken.
Lu Ying wondered in her heart, Feng Yuan must have given Mrs. Liu a lot of silver, where did the money go? The room was still with a broken table, the clothes were still old, and even the coffin was the cheapest poplar wood bought.
The aunt of the Yu family shook her head and whispered to her: "Mrs. recently found an old woman who danced for the young master, I think it is an old man who is a fool, but Mrs. didn't listen to my advice, and the money was cheated away." ”
The green warbler pursed her lips, looked at Mrs. Liu, touched the silver ticket in front of the placket, and endured it without saying a word.
She didn't want to be the idiot who repaid her grievances with virtue, but Mrs. Liu didn't let her go.
After Mrs. Liu heard the embarrassment of the Yu family, she looked around, where were there any valuable objects in the house? Suddenly she saw the green warbler, and her eyes lit up.
I've been on the shelf in front of my little maid for many years, and I'm used to it. She cocked Erlang's legs and smiled contemptuously at the green warbler, and the boss said impatiently: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't you take the silver to honor and honor your young master, thinking that if the person is gone, you can be contemptuous?" ”
Hmph, the green warbler straightened her waist and sneered in her heart. I have nothing to do with your Liu family now, what kind of two-skin face are you licking? Thought that if you beckoned gently, I would have to go upside down and be abused by you? Why!
Why? In an instant, she collapsed again. Hey, if it weren't for Ling'er's matter, she would have wanted to pull her mouth sarcastically at Mrs. Liu, and laugh three more times, but who makes the shape better than people?
After obediently taking out a silver ticket of ten taels and handing it to the man of the Yu family, Lu Ying began to worry in her heart, it stands to reason that Mrs. Liu's son had just left, and it was inappropriate to mention Ling'er to her at this time. But Ling'er is good-looking, who knows if Mrs. Liu will have something to do after a while? Besides, this Liu family is short of silver, so it can be estimated at this time.
Glancing at Mrs. Liu, who was being smug, she pulled up a smile and said with a pleasant face: "Madam, I happen to lack a girl now, I wonder if Mrs. can let me redeem Ling'er?" ”
Mrs. Liu was stunned, and then her face sank, why, even the slave and maid don't call themselves slaves? What a cheap hoof who climbed the branch and forgot Ben! I thought that I had been rewarded with a little silver from Feng Ye, so I thought that I had become a rich man, and I put a big clove of garlic! "Ling'er is a capable person, not only a top two, but also honest hands and feet, you can't buy such a good girl outside, it's not good for less than one hundred taels of silver!"
This, this is clearly deliberately embarrassing! Ling'er was not convinced, and was about to open her mouth to reason with her, but was pulled by the green warbler. With a wooden face, she said coldly to Mrs. Liu: "I didn't bring so much silver with me, so I will call the maid to go back and get it." ”
Mrs. Liu was stunned, she wanted to make the green warbler ugly, but who knew that it was such a result, and she could really take out a hundred taels of silver? She narrowed her eyes, took a closer look at the little maid in front of her, and saw that the green warbler's face did not seem to be fake, her head was full of pearls, the luxurious fabric on her body was full of gold threads, her face was white and red, and her life must have been extremely moisturized.
She looked at Ling'er again, and the little hooves were hiding behind the green warbler, probing her head and not daring to look at her. Hmph, think you can sit back and relax if you find a backer? Thought it could fly out of the palm of her hand? Why is my son lying alone on the bed, you cheap minions can spread your wings and live a good life? Phew! No way!
She sneered, hid the viciousness under the corner of her eyes, squinted at the green warbler, and said in a strange manner: "To tell you the truth, I value Ling'er very much, and I treat her as if she were my own daughter, and I will be given a pension in the future." After a pause, his eyes glared fiercely, and he said sharply: "I'll put my words here today, don't say a hundred taels of silver, even ten thousand taels of silver!" ”
"You!" Lu Ying choked angrily, she never expected that this Mrs. Liu would be such a scoundrel, and the kung fu of two sips of tea would be empty and white-toothed. It's just a little girl, as for holding it tightly in her hand, don't you let a hundred taels, is it crazy?
What else can be done now? Her thoughts raced.
If Feng Yuan still had some leeway, she regretted that she didn't go back to Liu's house earlier, if she knew what happened to Ling'er at that time, she would have begged him earlier, but now it doesn't work. Because of the incident a few days ago, she has become a frightened bird, and she is still curled up and napping beside the fierce lion, and she has no time to take care of herself, how dare she dare to bother him to beg him, this matter can only be discussed in the long run.
No matter how disappointed he was, he only cried with Ling'er and the two of them, and the green warbler had no choice but to leave.
There is a flower shelf in the backyard of the South Gate house, when the hibiscus flowers bloom, more than a month has passed since the first arrival of the green warbler, and the days are comfortable, and those who have nothing to do all day long read the book.
What I see is nothing more than a talented and beautiful woman spending a full moon and the like, as if you are in the scene, and you are the blessed woman who is hurt and pitied, at first glance it is intoxicated, and when you see too much, you will get tired.
Suddenly wanting to read some storytelling and travelogues, the green warbler took the maid Qiuyun to the bookstore.
It swayed all the way, and finally stopped after walking for a long time.
Lu Ying got off the sedan chair and looked up, it was a bookstore named "Jingqian Zhai", located on Yanxi Street.
The door is not big, but there is an endless stream of people coming in and out.
She waited at the bottom of the stairs and let the others go first.
When the crowd was a little thinner, she was about to take a step, when suddenly a gust of wind blew a stack of rice paper, which landed right at her feet.
"Oops!" She hurriedly raised her feet, but it was too late, and there were small footprints on the rice paper on the top page.
"It's Xiaosheng who offended the girl, please forgive the girl."
She was annoyed by her own recklessness, and before she came back to her senses, she had already squatted down in front of her, burying her head in picking up paper and making amends, so busy with her work.
When the scholar picked up the paper and stood up to look at the green warbler, he suddenly looked at her motionless as if he had been immobilized by a spell.