As soon as the words came out, Lin Niangzi already regretted it a little.

In the past few years, she has been supporting her mother-in-law and taking care of her young son alone, but no matter how criticized she is, no matter how hard she lives, she has never asked others for help.

Lin Niangzi didn't know why she asked for help from the eldest girl of the Feng family, who had only met twice this time, perhaps because although the eldest girl of the Feng family was much younger than her, the leisurely and quiet meaning around her made people subconsciously regard her as a wise elder.

However, because of her own difficulties, she asked for help from people who were originally irrelevant, which was also contrary to the creed that Lin Niangzi had always adhered to, so before Feng Zhige could respond, she hurriedly said: "Big girl, just treat me as if I didn't say anything." ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately turned his face away, as if he was very embarrassed.

Lin Niangzi's words made Feng Zhige a little surprised, but in just a moment, she put down the surprise on her face, and said to Lin Niangzi: "Yes." ”

Feng Zhige's impression of Lin Niangzi is not bad, but he just holds it by hand.

Feng Zhi Song should be refreshing, but I didn't know that Lin Niangzi was surprised at this time.

Lin Niangzi witnessed Feng Zhige's coldness in the face of Mrs. Hu, and Feng Zhige at that time seemed awe-inspiring to her.

She originally thought that such a girl, who was from a famous family, would be great if she could say a few words in harmony with herself, so how could she agree to take her in?

But I didn't expect Feng Zhige to respond to this request that Lin Niangzi felt a little abrupt like this.

After being surprised, what surged in Lin Niangzi's heart was gratitude to Feng Zhige.

Feng Zhige didn't know what her "can" meant to Lin Niangzi, but Lin Niangzi herself knew that if Feng Zhige hadn't taken her in, maybe in another day or two, she and Xiaobao would have to sleep on the streets, and the little silver she had left, even if she lived in the cheapest inn, was only enough to pay for two days' room. Not to mention that she and Xiaobao still have to eat.

Lin Niangzi didn't want to find a job to do, but she didn't find a job, and she suffered a lot of ridicule, no matter what kind of shop it was. As soon as I saw that she was still carrying a small treasure, I was busy letting people drive her out.

If it weren't for the fact that she would be cornered, with Lin Niangzi's pride, she would not ask Feng Zhige, who had just seen the second side, for help.

If she's the only one, she'll be fine. But Xiaobao is still so young, she can't bear to let Xiaobao sleep with her.

From Huzhou to the capital, a journey of thousands of miles, more than half a year, this is the first time that someone is willing to pull her, especially Feng Zhige's approval also made her Xiaobao exempt from the possibility of sleeping on the street without three meals, how can Lin Niangzi not be grateful?

The icing on the cake is easy in the capital, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

What's more, she is still such a young lady from Houmen, who helps herself, a market woman, regardless of the reason?

"Multi-...... Thank you, big girl. If the eldest girl has any sending, I, I ......" In a moment of excitement, Lin Niangzi only felt that her eyes were hot, and she was even a little incoherent for a while.

Feng Zhige stopped Lin Niangzi's grateful words, "In life, who can not have a difficulty, don't be in a hurry to thank me, maybe, there will be a time when I need to rely on you in the future." ”

Lin Niangzi took a deep breath. gradually calmed down her excited feelings, she only smiled at Feng Zhige's words, she knew that Feng Zhige was just comforting her, just because she was a market woman with no long things. What is there to rely on for Feng Zhige?

The two of them didn't say much, and there were already a lot of people around to watch the excitement during this son's time.

Feng Zhige first got into the carriage with Banxia Fufeng, and then Banxia reached out to take the little treasure in Lin Niangzi's hand, and Lin Niangzi got into the carriage.

Xiaobao was taught very well by Lin Niangzi, even if she was held in her arms by the strange Banxia. Although there was a slight timidity in his eyes, he just looked at Lin Niangzi with his eyes tightly, and did not cry loudly.

It wasn't until Lin Niangzi got into the carriage and took Xiaobao over that Xiaobao's expression was a little relaxed, and she raised her eyes to look at the various furnishings in the carriage, with some curiosity in her eyes.

Lin Niangzi was a little sad when she saw this.

In order to save money, she and Xiaobao went to Beijing all the way to the cheapest carriage, a young woman with a child and a group of big men crowded together, the strangeness and ambiguity in the eyes of those men, Lin Niangzi couldn't help but tremble when she thought about it until now.

If she hadn't forgotten to keep herself in the crowd all the way, and when she slept at night, she would have been crowded with the innkeeper after paying for the room, I am afraid that she would not have been able to reach the capital safely.

Under such circumstances, Xiaobao was tightly held in her arms most of the time, how could she ever sit in a spacious and comfortable carriage like now, and look at the furnishings in the carriage at will?

Thinking of these, Lin Niangzi couldn't help but ask herself in her heart, in order to get an answer, she rashly took Xiaobao to the capital, and let Xiaobao suffer so much with her, is it really worth it?

There was silence in the carriage, but until she got out of the carriage, Mrs. Lin couldn't come up with an answer.

Feng Zhige directly brought Lin Niangzi's mother and son to Liuyun Pavilion, Liuyun Pavilion is already big, and the maids and mothers-in-law are separated in the inverted seat room and the back cover room, but the wings on both sides have been uninhabited.

Lin Niangzi and Xiaobao were placed in the east wing by Feng Zhige.

After the arrangement was made, she sent someone to Rongxi Hall to inform Mu Qingwan.

Mu Qingwan was already extremely relieved of Feng Zhige, but she just picked up a poor mother and son and came back, in the eyes of Mu Qingwan, who thought that her daughter was right about everything, this was really nothing.

Lin Niangzi's mother and son settled down in the Liuyun Pavilion.

Xiaobao obviously had never set foot in a place like the Hou Mansion before, and since he entered the Hou Mansion, he has been looking left and right intently, and later entered the Liuyun Pavilion, and there was a little more subtle smile in his big and divine eyes, and later he even made a crisp laugh under the teasing of the maids in the Liuyun Pavilion.

Lin Niangzi was packing her luggage and walking out of the wing room, and an osmanthus tree at the door of the wing room was faintly blocking her face.

Seeing Xiaobao's smiling face, she only felt that her eyes were hot, and the question she thought about all the way undoubtedly had an answer.

It's all her fault, she shouldn't have let Xiaobao suffer so much with her for the sake of a negative man.

Lin Niangzi's expression suddenly became firm, and the sorrow and despair that were originally hidden in her eyes also disappeared like spring snow.

She turned her head sideways, looked at Feng Zhige, who appeared beside her at some point, smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Big girl, you say, am I stupid?" ”

Feng Zhige didn't speak, Lin Niangzi is obviously a person with a story. She has no intention of knowing other people's **, but if Lin Niangzi wants to talk, she doesn't mind being a quiet ear.

Sure enough, Mrs. Lin only paused slightly. And he continued.

"My husband and I were childhood sweethearts......"

This is actually another story of Chen Shimei.

Lin Niangzi and her husband were originally childhood sweethearts who grew up together, Lin Niangzi's husband's surname is Liang, because he studied with the old Xiucai father who opened a private school since he was a child, and later passed the Xiucai examination, and the neighbors called him Liang Xiucai.

Lin Niangzi and Liang Xiucai have been engaged since childhood. When they reached marriageable age, the two became relatives under the dictation of their parents.

After getting married, the two lived a harmonious and beautiful life every day, but the good times did not last long.

A few years ago, Liang Xiucai went to the provincial capital to participate in the triennial township test at the behest of his father.

This was a great thing, but the sudden death of the Liang family's old Xiucai cast a shadow on this family that should have been a happy one.

Liang Xiucai was not there, Lin Niangzi dragged her body to take care of her father-in-law's funeral, and finally gave birth to a son after conceiving in October.

Afterward. Lin Niangzi and her mother-in-law received a letter from Liang Xiucai, saying that he was selected as a lifter in the township examination, but in order to go to the capital to participate in the subsequent Spring Festival, he would not go home for the time being.

Although Liang Xiucai couldn't come back in time, Lin Niangzi and her mother-in-law only had joy in their hearts.

In this way, while taking care of her mother-in-law and children, Lin Niangzi waited at home for her husband to return home, and every time she heard others mention Liang Xiucai in an envious tone. Lin Niangzi is modest in her mouth, but she also hopes that Liang Xiu will be able to return to her hometown.

It's just that Lin Niangzi never thought that she would wait left and right. In the end, he only waited for a bad news.

Liang Xiucai fell in the first spring, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he threw himself into the moat of the capital!

This is the news brought back by the villagers in the capital.

After hearing the news, Lin Niangzi only felt that the world was spinning for a while.

However, no matter what, after all, she is old and young, and she has to carry the burden of this family with her weak shoulders.

Although the Liang family was also a small producer before. But Liang Xiucai took almost all the money in the family when he rushed to take the exam, after all, no one expected that Lin Niangzi's guild would die so suddenly.

There is no silver at home, and there are two mouths to raise, and in desperation, Lin Niangzi can only take care of the shopkeeper of Zhiweixuan, guide the way for female guests in Zhiweixuan, and rely on those rewards to support the family.

The Liang family has produced two talents, and Mrs. Lin's appearance made her mother-in-law angry enough, and she even refused to recognize her as a daughter-in-law for a long time.

But no matter how difficult it was, Lin Niangzi persevered.

She doesn't steal, she doesn't rob, she doesn't betray herself, every penny of money she earns is exchanged for sweat, Lin Niangzi doesn't think she needs to be forgiven by her mother-in-law.

Fortunately, although her mother-in-law doesn't understand herself, her son Xiaobao has been well-behaved and obedient since he was born, and he can be regarded as the only brilliance in Lin Niangzi's gloomy life.

Lin Niangzi originally thought that such a day would go on forever.

But first, because of Mrs. Hu's matter, Lin Niangzi didn't want to take the initiative to leave Zhiweixuan, and then inadvertently learned about other things from the mouthful of the fellow who sent the news to Lin Niangzi from the capital.

It was actually a coincidence.

After Lin Niangzi left Zhiweixuan, she found a job in another shop, and happened to meet the fellow on the way home that day.

Although the news from the fellow was bad news for Mrs. Lin, no matter what, Mrs. Lin was very grateful to this fellow, if he hadn't kindly sent the news back, I'm afraid she would never have known about her husband's death until now.

Therefore, when she met the fellow, Lin Niangzi exchanged a few words with the man with gratitude.

Lin Niangzi never thought that he would hear such words from his fellow countrymen.

The fellow has been staying in Huzhou since he came back from the capital, he drank some wine that day, some drunk, Lin Niangzi greeted him, under the wine, he said a few more words to Lin Niangzi.

"Hiccup, Mrs. Lin, you are also a hard-working person, not to mention that your husband eats and drinks spicy food in the capital. I lied to you that I was dead. ”

Lin Niangzi has always remembered this sentence clearly.

After saying this, the fellow staggered away.

And Lin Niangzi, she stood in place in a daze, and she didn't move her legs for a long time.

That night, Lin Niangzi stayed awake all night. Early the next morning, I went straight to the villager's house and asked what was going on.

The fellow wanted to shirk at first, but then he knew that he couldn't hide it from Lin Niangzi, so he could only tell the truth.

This fellow did go to the capital, and he did meet Liang Xiucai in the capital.

But. The Liang Xiucai he saw was completely different from the Liang Xiucai in his impression.

They are all decades of old neighbors, and this fellow can be said to be clear about the situation of the Liang family, in a small place like Huzhou, relying on Lin Niangzi's father-in-law to open a private school for decades, the Liang family can only be regarded as having a little extra money in their hands, and it is estimated that there is nothing left after Liang Xiucai rushed to take the exam.

To the surprise of the fellow, he saw Liang Xiucai in a famous restaurant in the capital, and the fellow was a junior in this restaurant, and Liang Xiucai in his eyes was not only dressed to show his wealth. You can also enter and exit this restaurant without changing your face.

Curious, the fellow stopped Liang Xiucai when he left.

Seeing this fellow, Liang Xiucai was obviously very surprised, and even a little weak-hearted.

However, Liang Xiucai's weakness was only temporary, he called the fellow to order a table of dishes in the restaurant and invited him to a big meal, but when the fellow asked how he developed, he always talked about him.

Since then, Liang Xiucai and the fellow will also meet every ten days and a half months, relying on Liang Xiucai's generosity, the fellow has really eaten some things that he couldn't think of in the past.

Until a certain day. When Liang Xiucai met with his fellow villagers, he took out a hundred taels of silver, saying that he wanted to ask him to bring a message home.

The fellow actually had the idea of returning to his hometown at that time, and he was just taking a message along the way. There are still one hundred taels of silver to take, one hundred taels of silver, even if he can only get it after working in the capital for ten years, how can such a good thing be pushed back.

But he didn't want to, the message that Liang Xiucai asked him to bring back was not the villager who imagined to report his safety home. Or let his family go to Beijing to enjoy happiness, but let him tell Mrs. Lin and his old mother that he had died in the capital!

Such a request, the fellow was naturally very surprised, he vaguely felt that there was something strange in it, but in the face of the temptation of a hundred taels of silver, he finally responded to Liang Xiucai's request.

And then what happened, Lin Niangzi also knew.

The fellow took the silver and set off home, and personally told Mrs. Lin that Liang Xiucai tried to fall and threw himself into the moat.

After listening to the ins and outs of the matter, Lin Niangzi felt that the sky seemed to fall all of a sudden.

She never thought that in the past few years, her husband, who she thought had died a long time ago, would let people tell such a big lie, and when she endured the guidance of others every day to make money to raise her son and support her mother-in-law, her husband, who had read the books of sages for many years, actually left them with lies and lived a luxurious life in the capital.

How does Mrs. Lin accept such a lie?

Therefore, Lin Niangzi didn't have time to explain to her mother-in-law carefully, she only said that she would go to Beijing to find Liang Xiucai, and hurriedly entered Beijing with Xiaobao.

It's just that the capital is so big, Lin Niangzi rushed in like a headless fly, in this vast sea of people, I only know the name of a restaurant that maybe Liang Xiucai has long gone, how can I find Liang Xiucai's person?

Kyoto is not easy.

Lin Niangzi didn't have much money on her body, she had been in the capital for a long time, and today she was almost exhausted, if it wasn't for the chance encounter with Feng Zhige and her party, I'm afraid she was now worrying about tomorrow's meal.

The words that had been pressed in her heart for a long time were all poured out, and Lin Niangzi also felt relieved.

She turned her face to look at Feng Zhige, and a little sadness appeared on her face, "Big girl, do you know why I was in such a hurry to go across the street at that time, and even almost crashed into the carriage of the Hou Mansion?" ”

Feng Zhige shook his head.

"Because ......" Lin Niangzi remembered the scene at that time, and the sadness in her eyes was even worse, "I saw that negative person, he was across the street, not only wearing silk and satin, but also surrounded by a group of equally well-dressed servants, if I hadn't shared the bed with that man for all those years, and knew his every move very well, I am afraid that I would not have recognized him at all, just that it was a rich and noble son of a family in the capital." ”

Lin Niangzi still remembers that in the afternoon, she suddenly saw the person who had been looking for a long time, especially when she saw him living so proudly, and the resentment and unwillingness that suddenly rose in her heart.

Yes, just unwillingly.

Although the requirement for a woman at this time is to marry and obey her husband, why can Liang Xiucai lie about her death and let herself take care of her mother-in-law and son alone?

Feng Zhige was silent for a while after listening to it.

No matter where it is, there are many people in this kind of Chen Shimei, especially in this era when women are regarded as vassals of men.

Lin Niangzi has been very depressed in her heart for most of the year, and at this time, she can finally have someone to talk to, and after saying the words in her heart, the depression in her eyes has dissipated a lot, and she has returned to the firmness when Feng Zhige first saw her.

"So what are you going to do in the future?" Feng Zhige asked.

"What should I do?" Lin Niangzi was also a little confused, but then said, "I don't know what to do, but I will probably take Xiaobao back to Huzhou." ”

Thinking of her mother-in-law who stayed alone in Huzhou, Lin Niangzi felt sad again.

After learning that Liang Xiucai not only did not die, but on the contrary, lived such a prosperous life, Lin Niangzi didn't know what to do with her mother-in-law.

After going back, tell her the truth, and reconcile with Liang Xiucai?

Or is it really just that Liang Xiucai is dead, as usual? (To be continued.) )