Chapter 092: There Is a White Lotus at Home (8)
After a while, Bai Bingbing clearly heard the creak of the door being opened.
Then there was another sound of sooting, perhaps because the thief was so flustered that he accidentally touched the bench placed on the side of the door, making a clicking sound.
Xu was hit with some pain, Bai Bingbing clearly heard a 'hiss', obviously gasping in pain.
Bai Bingbing covered her mouth and smiled.
I secretly scolded this thief in my heart for being stupid enough, the moonlight outside was so good, I couldn't even see the bench at the door, was this eye blind.
Just as he was thinking wildly, a muttering voice came.
At first, Bai Bingbing thought that the thief was talking to himself, so he didn't take it to heart, but laughed at the thief in his heart.
After listening to it for a while, she faintly realized that something was wrong.
She could clearly judge that there was not only a thief in the house, but also an accomplice of the thief.
Suddenly, she heard a female voice coming from her.
The female voice sounded familiar, and after thinking for a moment, she suddenly remembered that it was the voice of Autumn Shadow.
How could Autumn Shadow be muttering with a thief outside, could it be that Autumn Shadow didn't fall asleep like her, and found a thief coming in, got dressed and got out of bed to catch the thief?
No, if she really caught a thief, she wouldn't have had to be so sneaky. touched, must have woken up A-Niang directly, and shouted loudly by the way.
It must be that Qiu Ying and this little boy are acquainted, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.
Thinking of this, Bai Bingbing sat up as if he had discovered something extraordinary. He shouted loudly: "Catch the thief, catch the thief!" ”
When Bai Bingbing usually speaks, his voice is extremely loud. What's more, she is now shouting at the top of her voice.
When she finished shouting, the dog next door barked wildly.
Ah Niang was sleeping in the same room with Bai Bingbing, so she naturally heard Bai Bingbing's shouts, she jumped off the bed with a spirit, put on only a coat, picked up the big long stick placed next to the bed and walked out violently.
Bai Bingbing also hurriedly put on his clothes and came out with him.
Autumn Shadow was talking to the man when she heard someone shouting to catch the thief. I was stunned for a long time before I reacted, and I hurriedly pushed the man out.
But that man finally saw Autumn Shadow once, where was he willing to leave so quickly. wiped it on Qiu Ying again, and then reluctantly left.
When A-Niang and Bai Bingbing came out of the house, they saw Qiu Ying standing alone at the door, staring blankly at the empty courtyard.
Bai Bingbing knew that the man must have been let go by Qiu Ying, and said to Qiu Ying with some insinuations: "I heard movement outside. I thought it was a thief. I didn't expect it to be you. Why didn't you sleep late and ran out to bask in the moon! ”
Qiu Ying didn't speak, twisted a little, turned around, and went straight back to her room.
Seeing this, A-Niang originally wanted to ask Qiu Ying what had happened, but seeing that she didn't want to speak, she had to return to her bed stupidly.
After this trouble, it is a little difficult to fall asleep again.
Ah Niang simply got into Bai Bingbing's bed. whispered to her: "Qiushuang, you tell your mother." What are your plans? ”
During this time, A-Niang's attitude towards Bai Bingbing has changed a lot, and the reason why A-Niang wants to take this opportunity to discuss things with Bai Bingbing is because of that incident.
It all started five days ago.
Five days ago, a distant side branch of the Qiu family came here to find A-Niang, saying that he was looking for A-Niang, but in fact, he came here to see how A-Niang was doing, and whether it was really as those people said, eating the last meal without the next meal.
When A-Niang heard the news, she was really bored for a long time.
She originally thought that Qiu Ying happened to have five taels of silver from Zhou Zuo in her hand, and if the relatives at home really came at that time, she would more or less clean up the house, at least not let others look at the ruins.
A-Niang is an extremely face-loving person, even if she drinks water every day, she will never make people feel that their family is so poor and dilapidated.
Who knew that before she mentioned it, Qiu Ying said that the silver was given to her by Zhou Zuo, and she wanted her to buy some decent clothes, and take her to the tea party organized by some nobles in a few days. Since Qiu Ying said so, A-Niang didn't want to ask her for it with a shy old face.
Although A-Niang is an extremely ruthless person, this is only for Qiushuang, who makes Qiushuang look good and not good-looking, and if she has no ability, she will only be a coolie.
The family really can't come up with extra silver to make up for it, and seeing that people are about to come to the house, A-Niang is so worried that she hasn't eaten for a day.
After Bai Bingbing found out, he persuaded her to come, if she was sick because of this worry, the family would have to come up with money to ask for a doctor.
As soon as A-Niang heard this, she did whatever she should do, and no longer sat there sighing.
On the day when relatives came to the house, A-Niang took out some money she had saved for a long time and bought some pastries and fruits to entertain her relatives.
When the relatives saw that the house was very tidy and tidy, and there were fruits and pastries to eat, they couldn't help but be a little more suspicious of the words passed back by those people, so they pulled A-Niang and said some gossip.
Seeing that it was time to have lunch soon, A-Niang was a little difficult, there was only a little rice left at home, and the only little green vegetables were still for the neighbors, if you cook later, what should you do, there is nothing at home, people come so far away, if you don't make a few decent dishes, it is difficult to ensure that people chew the root of their tongue after they go back, saying that she picks the door, and even relatives are reluctant to cook and eat, for fear that others will eat her poorly.
Just when she was worried, Bai Bingbing came back.
As soon as Bai Bingbing entered the door and asked the elders, he said to A-Niang: "A-Niang, the table of banquets you asked me to book in Zuixian Building has been booked, and the shopkeeper said that we will go in a while, and we will be able to serve the dishes soon." ”
Ah Niang looked at Bai Bingbing with some suspicion, the cheapest dish in Zuixian Mansion costs twenty yuan, and a table of banquets costs at least a few taels, is she crazy.
Bai Bingbing saw A-Niang looking at her, nodded at her and said, "Mother, let's go over first, it's better for relatives to come to us for a trip, it's better to eat outside." ”
A-Niang stood there and still didn't move.
Since A-Niang didn't move, the relatives who came naturally didn't take the initiative to talk about the past.
Bai Bingbing saw A-Niang standing there stunned, so she took the hand of her relatives and said: "My mother may think that it is too embarrassing to take you out to eat, after all, you should cook for you yourself when you come from so far away, but I think it is better to go out to eat, first, you can talk more, and secondly, I can invite you to eat some of the specialties here!" ”
Seeing Bai Bingbing pulling her relatives out, Ah Niang hurriedly followed, and pulled Bai Bingbing aside with a smile to her relatives.
Without waiting for A-Niang to speak, Bai Bingbing said to her, "You can go with confidence, everything has me, and besides, people come here this time, maybe they will never come again in the future, our future days will definitely be better and better, if they go back and chew the root of their tongue behind their backs, your face will not be bright." You can rest assured to take her there, everything has me, it's a big deal, I will come here every day to wash the dishes for them, even if I wash them for three years, I'm not afraid! ”
With Bai Bingbing's words, A-Niang's heart that had been hanging finally fell to the ground.
This meal, A-Niang ate a very bad meal.
As long as she thinks that her daughter will have to wash the dishes here for three years in the future, her heart is extremely uncomfortable.
If it weren't for the fact that she loves face and doesn't want her relatives who laugh at her to look down on her even more, she wouldn't have slapped her swollen face and become fat, and let her daughter suffer this crime in vain.
After satisfying this vanity, Ah Niang felt more and more that Bai Bingbing was the one who was really good for this family, unlike Qiu Ying, who only knew that she was for herself and didn't think about this family at all.
Bai Bingbing was tired all day and was very sleepy, and when she saw A-Niang's question, she didn't want to answer, so she only said vaguely: "What do you think?" ”
A-Niang thought that Bai Bingbing would go to Cuilou in a few days, and she was a little anxious, "If you are not there in the future, where are you going to go?" Mother wants to hear what you mean? ”
Bai Bingbing was sleepy and dazed, "Let's talk about it later, I have to get up early tomorrow to work, let's sleep!" It's going to be dawn in a little while! ”
Ah Niang saw that Bai Bingbing yawned several times, and it was not good to delay her from sleeping, so she muttered: "Okay, then you can sleep!" After speaking, his nose was sore, and tears were falling down.
Bai Bingbing knew that Ah Niang must have a bad feeling in her heart, but she was too sleepy, and she had to continue to track down the whereabouts of those people tomorrow, so she really didn't have the energy to comfort Ah Niang, and soon she fell asleep.
The next day, the sky was still bright, and Bai Bingbing was ready to get up and cook.
Who knew that as soon as she got dressed and was about to wash, she saw A-Niang say to her with concern, "It's not dawn yet, you go to sleep for a while, and I'll call you again when the meal is ready in a while!" ”
Qiu Ying, who got up and was about to go to the toilet, happened to hear this change, and she couldn't help but snort coldly.
In her opinion, A-Niang must have thought that Qiushuang would go to Cuilou in a few days, and she must have been a little reluctant to go, so she was angry and did everything that Qiushuang should do so early.
Bai Bingbing didn't know why Qiu Ying laughed mockingly when she passed by her.
However, she didn't have the heart to think about why Autumn Shadow did this, and the most important thing in front of her now was to find out who was behind it, and where those people were going to be taken.
Ah Niang saw that Bai Bingbing was soulless all morning, not to mention how sad she was.
She must be worried about what will happen to the family in the future if she loses this job.
Speaking of which, she was only fifteen years old in a few years, and she had to help the family earn money to supplement the family early, and she used to beat and scold her, but she never resented her at all, such a daughter is what she should love with her heart. (To be continued......)