"......" The thirteenth prince raised his hand to interrupt the attendant's words, and said softly, "Don't be nervous, we are not the bad people you imagined, we are indeed the children of a big family, but we are not creditors." My name is Zhao Hong, this is my sister Zhao Linxue, who is one day younger than me, and this one is Nangong Xue. The three of us are college students. ”

"Students? Those young masters and young ladies should go to the academy instead of coming to me, right? The woman asked alertly.

"That's right, we're here to learn something about you." Zhao Hong said, "On the other hand, we also want you to do me a favor. ”

"......" The woman didn't respond immediately when she heard this, and said after a while of silence, "Su'er, you go first to take care of grandma, and mom will talk to these people about something." ”

Saying that, the woman put down the little boy named Su'er, and Su'er nodded and entered the house. Then the woman said, "Sit down." After speaking, Nangong Xue and the three of them sat on the stone bench, and the attendants who followed stood at the door. Then the woman went into the house and brought out six bowls and a teapot, and then placed the bowls one by one on a table made of tree stakes, and poured water on each bowl. He said, "Drink water, our little family has nothing to entertain you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Sit down, too. Zhao Hong replied. After saying that, the woman took a bench and sat aside.

"What do you call it?" Zhao Hong asked.

"My name is Su Yixue." The woman replied lightly.

"Then we'll call you Aunt Sue." Zhao Hong nodded, and then he took out a pen and paper from his satchel, leaned into Nangong Xue's ear and said, "I'm a little angry about Xiaoxue's inquiry, and I don't know where to start, you can help the two of us ask." ”

Nangong Xue smiled and nodded, then took the pen and paper, and then asked, "Aunt Su, we want to know about your family situation, do you think it's convenient for you to talk?" ”

"......" Su Yixue looked at these people again, looked into the house again, and replied, "My name is Su Yixue, I married my man when I was twenty and fourteen years old this year, my man's name is Tian Hongsheng, the same age as me, I have a son and a daughter under my knees, I gave birth to my eldest daughter Tian Ruo at the age of sixteen, and gave birth to my youngest son Tian Yongjie at the age of eighteen. Mother-in-law is not in good health, for many years to rely on medicine to maintain, in order to see a doctor for her mother-in-law, she has spent all her family savings in the early years, and then borrowed, Hong Sheng in order to repay the debt every day early and return late to work, all day long carpentry in the field, just to earn more money. Because I have to take care of my mother-in-law, I can only take on some embroidery work from Lin Xing every day, and do it at home. Fortunately, these two children are sensible and basically didn't let me worry too much. They usually help me clean the house and do some of the housework that they can do. ”

"What about your mother's family?" Nangong Xue asked, "Do they know the situation on your side?" ”

"Hey, my mother's family is also very hard, and they are all farmers, but fortunately, my father's and mother's health is quite tough, so I don't have to worry about it." Su Yixue replied.

"Then you are all the only seedlings in the family?" Nangong Xue continued to ask.

Su Yixue shook her head and said, "I have five sisters, one brother, one elder brother and two older sisters. Sister Hong Sheng has four sisters, two older sisters and one younger brother. In order to facilitate learning from the master, the younger brother lived in the master's house, and the younger brother is still an apprentice to learn the pottery pot craft from the master. ”

"What's wrong with my grandmother?" Nangong Xue asked.

"My mother-in-law used to have gastritis and often had stomach pain, and then she occasionally coughed and phlegm, and people were not energetic, and the doctor said that people would get such and such diseases when they were older, so take good care of them." Su Yixue said with a melancholy face, "As soon as the spring of the past two years has passed, I have been sneezing very badly. We didn't have much income, and when my mother-in-law got sick, she basically took medicine for a long time, and spent too much money, and now she can't even look down on seeing a doctor, let alone taking medicine. In order to let the family eat, I can only grieve my mother-in-law. ”

"......" Su Yixue said as Nangong Xue nodded and recorded, and her heart was also sour for a while. From the moment he entered the door, it was obvious that Su Yixue's son was only two years old, and he had a thin little body, and the clothes he was wearing were full of patches and very thin. The whole family is in a dilapidated state, and even so, it is not easy to be taken care of by such a thin woman. Nangong Xue couldn't help but admire Su Yixue in her heart.

Nangong Xue whispered to Zhao Hong: "Do you listen to grandma's illness to be cured?" Are you sure? ”

"Hmm......" Zhao Hong nodded and said, "I don't think it's too difficult to listen to her description, I still have to see how to do it." I have to find a way to get her to allow me to see a doctor with Xiao Qi. Just listening and not looking, Sensei said that it was just the two of us who came to the doctor and didn't dare to go down. ”

"Okay, I'll try." Nangong Xue replied. He turned his head and thought about it, and then asked, "Aunt Su, it would be rude if we didn't visit the grandmother if we came." You see ....... ”

Su Yixue thought about it and felt that what Nangong Xue said made sense, nodded and said, "Then you can come in with me." So saying, he led them into the house. Entering the house, Nangong Xue found that there were few facilities in the house, in the center of the house was the main hall, there was a square table with legs, and there were two chairs and there was nothing else, the left hand side of the house was the kitchen, although it did not go in, but the visual inspection was only three or four square meters, there was a stove, sporadic visitors on the stove dishes or something, because there were not many so they were listed on the stove, and then there were two tanks of different heights next to the stove, Su Yixue's daughter Hui'er washed clothes in the kitchen, Hui'er was surprised by the strangers who came in, Zheng Zheng looked at these people. Nangong Xue smiled and nodded towards Hui'er to show friendliness. Hui'er smiled back when she saw it. After that, Nangong Xue looked to the right-hand side again, this is the bedroom, and across the threshold of the bedroom is a fire kang, with four quilts neatly stacked on the kang, and there is a mattress next to the quilt that is too old to be in the old one, and this quilt or mattress has a lot of patches. It's really chilling to watch, Zhao Hong and Zhao Linxue couldn't imagine being so poor at all, the two of them turned around and said something to the attendant, and then the guard handed over the money bag he was carrying to Zhao Hong, Zhao Linxue whispered: "Let's leave this money for them when we leave in a while, it's really sour to see their lives." I never imagined that the life of the poor people in Xicheng would be like this. Zhao Hong listened and nodded. In this bedroom there is also a bedroom in which is even smaller, in the back room there is an old wooden bed, and on the opposite side of the bed is a large wooden box. Su Yixue's mother-in-law is recuperating in this house, and at this moment, Su'er is feeding her grandmother water and drinking next to her. When Su'er just finished feeding the water and the group came in, Su'er put down the bowl in her hand and ran behind Su Yixue and looked at these people with her little head tilted.

"Don't be afraid, they're here to see grandma." Su Yixue patted Su'er's little shoulder a few times, and then said to the old man lying on the bed, "Mother, they are students of the academy, come to our house to see you." ”

The old man sat up with Su Yixue's support, and after looking at these people, he coughed a few times, and said weakly: "There are distinguished guests, please sit down, old slave, how can this be a distinguished guest to come to visit?" We apologize for being physically incapacitated. What is the reason for your visit today? ”

"Grandma, we are just visiting Xicheng District, just come by the way to see you, no need to salute, you have a good rest, our visit is also disturbing your quiet. How much you are offended, how much you forgive. Nangong Xue hurriedly replied.

"Cher, it's not good to let them sit and stand." The old man commanded. Su Yixue nodded, moved the two chairs in the main hall, and then brought in the small bench she was sitting on before, and said, "There are not enough stools at home, just three." That's the three left......"

"It's okay, let them sit on the kang in the outhouse. They won't mind that much. Zhao Hong replied. So saying, he let the guards who followed him sit down on the fire pit and rest. After arranging the attendants, Nangong Xue gave Zhao Hong a look with her back to Su Yixue's family, and motioned for him to sit closer to the old man, so that he could find an opportunity to check the pulse. Zhao Hong saw what Nangong Xue meant, so he pulled Zhao Linxue to sit in front of the old man, Nangong Xue also walked to the old man's house, and then pulled up the family and asked, "Grandma, what is your surname?" How long will you be this year? ”

The old man replied, "Don't let your surname Zhang marry and follow your husband's surname Tian." It is not a long life, but it is not a year of confusion. ”

"That's when I asked the old man, I was reckless," said Nangong Xue took the opportunity to pull Tian's hands and said. "Grandma, you are still young, you will definitely get better if you take care of your illness."

After speaking, he transferred it to Zhao Hong and Zhao Linxue and continued: "You see that grandma's hands don't look old at all, do they? Zhao Hong and Zhao Linxue seized the opportunity to take the pulse after understanding, and then kept changing the topic and replied: "No, it's not the year of confusion, according to us, you can still live more than 100 years old if your body is well raised, you can recuperate well, don't think too much." You see you have a little grandchild with you, how nice is that? And you are not old from the physiognomy, it is because of your weak body and lack of energy that you seem to be a little old. Actually, you're still very tough. ”

Tian smiled happily when coaxed by these people, and Zhao Hong and Zhao Linxue took this opportunity to pay attention to Tian's tongue. Then the two of them quickly fell down and continued to take the pulse. And Nangong Xue was covering up beside her, coaxing the old man to be happy, and trying to make the two of them observe more carefully. When they felt that they could, the two of them gave Nangong Xue a look and signaled that they could withdraw. At this time, Nangong Xue put the money raised by the three people in front of Tian's and said: "Grandma, we didn't buy you anything when we came to visit, I'm really sorry, this money is not much, but it is also the intention of the three of us, please be sure to accept it, you use this money to recuperate, I believe you will get better soon." ”

"There are still some here," Zhao Hong hurriedly added, "You can stay, and buy something for your granddaughter and grandson to eat, and you can eat better." ”

"That's embarrassing. Take it away, the old slave really can't afford this favor. Tian prevaricated. But no matter how much they prevaricate, it won't help, and even Su Yixue can't push the money back to Nangong Xue and them. After the three of them put down the money, Xiang Tian said goodbye to Su Yixue and then turned around and left with the attendants.