"When I came in, I saw an old man squatting outside your door, and he looked so pitiful, could it be that he owed someone a salary?" Li Molin procrastinated and didn't want to leave.

"Chen Biyun will come in to get things in a moment, and Young Master Li can wait for a moment to chat with the beauty." After a pause, he saw the grapes on the table, "This grape is just enough to please Miss Chen." ”

Before she finished speaking, Li Molin looked out of the door defensively, hung his head and said, "You also know that I don't have any personal feelings for her, but my mother and the second lady are very close to each other, if the second master doesn't leave, who knows what will happen." I listened to my mother and her old man chatter all day long, and my ears were calloused. Li Molin was still in high spirits just now, but at this moment, mentioning this matter was like frost hitting an eggplant.

"What are you doing with me, it's your Li family's housework, and I can't take care of my second uncle's housework." Xi En said coldly.

Li Molin originally had the mentality of seeking pity and discussion, but who knew that she was poured a basin of cold water, and saw her with a straight face, which was definitely not like pretending. The little luck that was still there just now disappeared, and he didn't say goodbye, hung his head, and went out listlessly.

Here Xi'en couldn't sit still anymore, his eyes looked at the list out of the warehouse, and he didn't understand a word for a long time. I simply got up and took the grapes, and planned to go to the front to see my mother and her old man. Who knew that when he stepped out of the hospital, he saw that the old man who was kicked out by Yanrui was still squatting under the wall, holding his head with both hands, and he couldn't hear the cry, as if he was asleep. It is the sun in the west at noon that can dry people, and the white flowers shine so that people's eyes hurt.

"The old man is very hot here, be careful of heat stroke, let's leave quickly." I have been a beggar, and I can understand what it feels like, although I drove people out of my own family, Xi'en still can't help but come forward and greet with concern.

The old man thought that he was crying groggy, listened to people talking to him, slowly raised his head, rubbed his eyes tightly, and knelt on the ground, "Miss, my old man did nothing wrong, for the sake of the Buddha, just reward me with a bite of food, I still have my little grandson." The old man is hungry, but the three-year-old can't stand it, and he has to give a batter a day! He said sadly, one line said, one line wiped tears with his sleeve.

"You're not a local?"

"I fled from the north, I really can't walk here, the good people of the young master took me in, but why do you want to drive me away, I can't figure out where I did something wrong, even if I was beaten and scolded a few times, just don't drive people away."

Xiangxiang came from outside, looked at this scene, and said with a smile, "Your piety is too heavy, the Buddha and his old man don't know if you have seen it." Uncle can let you raise your old Uncle Niu, and can you raise an old guy again? You thought that the Chen family was the porridge shed of the imperial court, and the porridge shed was not there every day, so you quickly sent it away. If you run away from the famine, you may have some plague on your body! ”

Xi En glared at Xiangxiang viciously, "Your family's silver can't be obtained this month, and the second uncle will have to enter Beijing in a few days, and then I will let someone send a large share." Xiangxiang didn't dare to touch Xi'en, after all, several people in his family ate and drank on the big house. But when I heard that there was a big bag of silver, I was so happy that I didn't bother to bother with her anymore, and I turned around and left with a proud gesture.

The Chen family's big room is spacious, and a few pots of ice are placed everywhere, and the wind blows through the hall inside and out. Mrs. Chen was resting in the room, Yan Rui took a fan to fan her mother, and the shopkeeper Chen was outside planning to look at the account books.

Xi'en took the grapes into the door, first stepped forward to pour the residual tea in front of his father, skillfully picked up the kettle, then put it down, turned around and went into the kitchen to add the mung bean soup that Liu's mother had just made. "The weather is hot, Dad also rests, drink some mung bean soup to relieve fatigue." Shopkeeper Chen put down his abacus with satisfaction and looked at the grapes in his daughter's hand, "You keep it for yourself to eat, your mother's mouth is not good, and you are lazy to eat this sour thing." ”

Xi'en smiled and said nothing, and entered the inner room with a plate, "Mother doesn't eat sour, I'll bribe my brother with this, and I have something to ask the eldest young master." ”

Yan Rui heard his sister say that he asked for himself, and said with a smile, "It's good that you don't count me, and you still have something to ask me?" ”

Xi En knew that he was still guilty of today's events, but he didn't mention that, just took the fan and continued to fan the wind. At this time, Mrs. Chen also woke up and looked at the pair of children with a smile.

"The old man who was kicked out by you feels like he was wronged, you look at arranging other jobs for him, and there is no big obstacle if he doesn't work in the dye shop."

Mrs. Chen exclaimed, "You drove people away? ”

Yanrui knew that his mother was a fasting and reciting Buddha, but he didn't dare to mention that he was frightened, so he didn't speak.

"It's okay, a person from out of town came to our dyeing workshop to find a living. My brother is afraid that he is not reliable, and it is always good to have multiple hearts. "Xi En helped Yanrui cover up.

"That being said, but being a man still has to be based on kindness, not to mention that our business is doing well in front of us, I don't know how many people are red-eyed, and we can't offend people for no reason."

Yan Rui hurriedly said, "I see that there are more and more people coming in and out of the dyeing workshop now, so let him be a janitor, and give him some food and rice money every month." ”

Xi En nodded, "That's the best." Serving the mother used a few grapes, and said, "Look at how much silver is still in the account, and I will prepare some for the second uncle." ”

When the shopkeeper Chen heard the mention of "Second Uncle" inside, he also walked in and sneered, "I also see that he won't leave without a colorful head, this is not his own family, but a plague god." ”

Although Mrs. Chen felt that what her husband said was mean, she couldn't find words for a while, so she only lowered her head and didn't speak. Xien patted her mother's hand, "The second uncle returned to Beijing to be an official, which is the face of our Chen family, and the Beijing officials are bitter, so we should help them." ”

"We didn't eat a few meals a year when we were poor, and he still had meat to eat for three or five days. I didn't see him come back with silver to help, this time we came back to eat and drink, and it was a big deal before leaving, and the face was enough, but it was still relied on. "Yan Rui has seen the second uncle's mean face. Thinking that he couldn't live poorly at the beginning, he also went to Beijing with his father to fight the autumn breeze. The second uncle stayed in the grandfather for a total of three days and ate a meat meal, and sent the person back after giving two taels of silver.

"Kill the brother who can't leave his family, and the second brother will have a prosperous life, and we will also be wiped out, right?" Mrs. Chen is humane.

"Give him fifty taels of silver, and leave early and have a good morning!"

Xi En smiled, "Fifty taels he can't even live for two months, just go back to Beijing where you don't need to do anything, just give him two hundred taels, not bad for this bit of silver." It's hard to let the second aunt cry and wipe her tears to come to the door to beg, but at that time, it seemed that we were stingy. ”

Shopkeeper Chen thought that most of the money had been spent, but at this time, it was okay, sighed, got up and went out of the door, and went to play with his abacus beads again.

Xi'en and her mother looked at each other and smiled, knowing that her father was distressed about the silver, and he was there to settle the account.