Chapter 104: The White Lotus at Home (20)
A-Niang has to wash the clothes for a rich family, and she also takes on a lot of errands to make shoes and clothes, and she doesn't have time to see Qiu Zhi.
After Bai Bingbing heard this, she naturally knew what Qiu Zhi's trip meant, and she didn't even think about spending a lot of money to take Qiu Zhi back, but she never told Ah Niang about this matter, so Ah Niang didn't know.
At first, Qiu Zhi didn't say a lot of ugly things after he was picked up, and Bai Bingbing didn't pay attention to him, anyway, he only had one leg now and couldn't do anything, so he didn't ask if he messed around, he only asked people to send him three meals a day, and she didn't care if he ate or not.
Qiu Zhi thought at first that Bai Bingbing was married to a rich man, but later learned that Bai Bingbing had already purchased this house three years ago, thinking that Bai Bingbing had shown an extremely poor appearance in front of them before, Qiu Zhi's heart was extremely unbalanced.
On this day, he crawled into Bai Bingbing's room.
Bai Bingbing was eating bird's nest, and when he saw Qiu Zhi coming in, he only raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and after eating the bird's nest in the bowl, he sent the maid to bring out the food on the table.
Qiu Zhi watched greedily as the delicate food that was basically untouched was taken away, and swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva.
Bai Bingbing asked people to send him only a bowl of white rice porridge, plus a steamed bun and a stack of pickles, sometimes a stack of green vegetables, no meat at all, compared with these food that was taken away, Bai Bingbing gave him is simply pig food.
"You have no conscience, you eat well here, and you don't even eat as well as a dog for me!" Qiu Zhi said as he lay on the ground.
Bai Bingbing raised his eyelids and waved his hand. Motioned for Cuilian to move a chair for Qiu Zhi.
"If you have the ability to sit down, I'll let people add some meat to your meals in the future!" Bai Bingbing said lightly.
Qiu Zhi looked at the round stool that didn't even have armrests, and gritted his teeth angrily.
He rubbed on it for almost an hour. Still didn't sit on it.
It's not that he can't sit up, it's that the stool is too high, not to mention, there is not even a place to support around, only two small round stools with slaps, and it takes some effort for people with convenient legs and feet to sit on it, not to mention him as a disabled person.
After many attempts to no avail, Akishi finally gave up.
"You're sincere. If you don't want me to eat something delicious, you might as well send me back! ”
What Qiu Zhi said was to ask Bai Bingbing to send him back to the adoption center, where he didn't have to do anything but lie down. Someone feeds him every day, and although the food is not as good as it is now, there are people who serve him anyway, and he will not look at other people's faces like a dog now.
Bai Bingbing heard his words. The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked into a mocking smile. "Do you think you're going to stay there forever? Do you think the imperial court will really raise you waste for nothing! If I hadn't brought you back, you'd have been a pile of bones by now. I don't know if it's just gratitude, and you even said such shameless words, since you feel wronged by me, go back to the Qiu family for me. See if it's comfortable with her or with me! ”
"Over the years, I have paid so much for you, in the end you don't know how to be grateful, I kindly took you in, and you are still so ignorant. Since you don't want to be here, let me out now! ”
Qiu Zhi wanted to turn his head back angrily. But he knew that if he really stepped out of this door and returned home, A-Niang would definitely not raise him a waste person by his side, when he was found by A-Niang in Tuoshan and taken back to live, Qiu Ying's medicine had been stopped, A-Niang said that the family really couldn't take out a penny, anyway, Qiu Ying's illness couldn't be cured, it was better to let her spend it like this, she could stay up as long as she could, if she really couldn't survive, she would get her a straw mat and bury her, and the money to buy a coffin might as well be to eat.
Qiu Zhi's heart trembled every time he thought of A-Niang's expression when he said this.
He dreamed several times that he was dead, and A-Niang didn't even prepare a straw mat for him, so she found a cart and pushed him directly into the mountains and turned his head and left.
If he goes back now, A-Niang will definitely not give him a good face, rather than not being able to eat enough and being scolded by A-Niang, it is better to be here, although there is no meat in the food he eats, but in any case, he will not worry about three meals a day, and the place where he lives is warm in winter and cool in summer, so he doesn't have to worry about clothing.
Bai Bingbing saw Qiu Zhi lying there without moving, knowing that he was reluctant to be here, so he said: "Since you don't want to go back, you will stay here obediently in the future, and after a while, I will take A-Niang and Qiu Ying over and let your family reunite!" ”
Bai Bingbing said 'reunite your family', and obviously this family does not include her.
Qiu Zhi listened to her words and wanted to say something, so he remembered that when Qiu Shuang left the house, Ah Niang was going to go out to find her, and he also worked with Qiu Ying to persuade Ah Niang not to go to her. At that time, he selfishly thought that if he didn't go to find Qiushuang, he wouldn't need to add more rice when cooking at home. But he never thought that Qiushuang was his sister and a member of their Qiu family.
Now, Qiu Shuang's treatment of them like this is also their own evil fruit, if Qiu Shuang is really as ruthless as them, I am afraid that she will not even look at them, let alone take them back.
When Ah Niang and Qiu Ying were picked up by the subordinates sent out by Bai Bingbing, the two of them stood side by side and looked at them in gorgeous clothes with white skin. Bai Bingbing, with a beautiful face, sat there and looked at them calmly.
The tea cup that Bai Bingbing put in his hand stayed on their faces for a moment before retracting his gaze.
A-Niang is much older than three years ago, as if she has aged all of a sudden.
Come to think of it, now she can't eat and dress well, not only has to do a lot of things, but also has to take care of the sick Qiu Ying, naturally she can't take care of her body, Qiu Ying has not been well treated, and now her body is not as good as before, the whole person is very thin, and the clothes she wears are still her favorite one many years ago, but now the patterns on the clothes have been worn so that she can't see what was embroidered before.
Her cheeks were thin and she saw only two hollow, godless eyes, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.
Seeing them like this, Bai Bingbing's heart ached.
She waved her hand and told Cuilian to take them down, and told her to go and ask Autumn Shadow for a doctor.
A-Niang opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.
Since bringing A-Niang and Qiu Ying back, Bai Bingbing has never been to see them, but she learned from the mouth of her subordinates that A-Niang often sits there alone and sighs, and Qiu Ying's illness has missed the best time for treatment, and now she can only rely on medicine little by little, plus she has been malnourished for a long time, and her body has long been in deficit, I am afraid that there will be half a year at most.
November 23.
Four years ago, Bai Bingbing decided to leave the Qiu family on this day.
After four years, she thought maybe it was time for her to talk to them.
When Bai Bingbing went to the courtyard where Ah Niang and the others lived, it was evening.
The weather on this day was the same as four years ago, the sun was shining, but there was no snow the day before, so the ground was not as wet as that day. Slippery.
When A-Niang saw Bai Bingbing coming, she was full of joy and wanted to walk over and take her hand to speak, but she was always embarrassed to open her mouth because of her face, so she just stood there quietly and watched Bai Bingbing go this way.
"Do you remember what day it was?" Bai Bingbing looked at the gradually falling sunset and asked A-Niang.
A-Niang didn't squeak.
Bai Bingbing knew that she definitely didn't remember, how could she remember the days when Qiu Shuang, who had never lived in her heart at all, couldn't get on the table, and was unkempt all day long?
"When I left home four years ago, I thought you were going to look for me, but I waited all night and didn't see you step out of the door."
Ah Niang lowered her head in shame when she heard this.
At first, she thought about going to her, but when she thought of the things she was doing outside, she felt that it would be a good thing if she really left, at least the family would no longer have to waste extra food.
Bai Bingbing didn't look at A-Niang's face that was flushed with guilt, and still continued: "I have always felt that I am a member of the family, so even if I suffer a lot and suffer a lot outside, I still think that one day I can let you live a good life, let you have fine clothes and food, let the Qiu family become the same as a long time ago, and let those Qiu family side branches who were once far away from us know that even if there is no protection of the clan, we can still live a good life!" ”
A-Niang raised her head and looked at Bai Bingbing, for a moment, she felt that she had never understood this daughter, she had never thought about this daughter, she only wanted to ask for more from her, so when she planned to sell her to Gu Yuanwai, she just thought that she could exchange a little money for her back.
Even if it was Qiu Ying, who was dedicated to her care, she also thought that if they could help her earn a lot of money, then she would be able to live a good life, and she would no longer have to live so humbly, so that the harmful Qiu Ying fell to this step, and Qiu Zhi became like this.
"Qiushuang, it's all my mother's fault, it's my mother who can't stand you!" A-Niang said guiltily.
Bai Bingbing looked at the tears overflowing from Ah Niang's eyes, and knew that Ah Niang really wanted to repent, so she slowed down her tone and said: "Autumn Shadow's time is running out, you should accompany her more in the future!" ”
After Bai Bingbing finished speaking, he turned around and planned to leave here.
Ah Niang originally wanted to say something more, but seeing that Bai Bingbing had turned around and was unwilling to say anything more, she had to wipe her tears and let her leave.
On the day when Autumn Shadow died, A-Niang called the maid to call Bai Bingbing.
After Bai Bingbing left, Qiu Ying pulled her and talked for a long time.
What he said was just some old things, Bai Bingbing just sat there and listened very carefully, and didn't answer.
Qiu Ying saw Bai Bingbing looking at her like a stranger, and her tears flowed even more. (To be continued......)