Chapter 271, A Place of Accommodation

Because it is still the first month, it is early spring, but in fact, the cold is still pressing, a few trees have not yet sprouted, and there is a house of light red thin clouds in the east, although it is cold, but it looks like the weather is good today.

Narrow green brick alleys, simple but neat courtyards, gray houses, gray brick floors, and a few pieces of cleanly washed coarse cloth clothes were hung on the clothes poles. There was smoke rising from the roof of a low stove, and the room was filled with an enticing fragrance, adding a bit of the smell of fireworks in the world, and Changsheng was cooking.

She wore a hairpin cloth skirt, tied with a blue cloth printed headscarf to wrap her head to prevent the ashes from falling into her hair, and a small apron with a homely coarse plaid cloth tied around her waist, cutting vegetables on the board, and her dress was not as exquisite as when she was in her hometown in Yunzhou, an old woman with a wrinkled face was burning a fire under the stove, and the stove room was warm.

"Auntie, I'm hungry, are you okay with breakfast?"

Shu'er, who combed her double bun, walked in, also in a coarse cloth skirt, with only a few ribbons of ordinary texture wrapped around her buns, completely like the youngest daughter of an ordinary family, but her delicate eyebrows and snow-white delicate skin, as well as her elegant words and deeds, are a little incompatible with this small courtyard.

Changsheng turned around and said angrily: "Shu'er, you don't concentrate on studying again, the plan for a year lies in the spring, the plan for a day lies in the morning, and now it is spring and morning, you can read for a while and eat, obedient, this morning my aunt will cook an egg for everyone."

But the smile in her eyes betrayed her and she was not angry, Shu'er said to Jiao'er: "No, aunt, I want to kick the shuttlecock for a while and carry it to grandpa just now, grandpa said that I can be a female showman, and my mother-in-law said yes?" ”

The old woman who burned the fire was full of love, and pulled the little girl into her arms: "Yes, yes, Shu'er is smart enough, she can read so many books, and besides, the girl will not take the top exam in the future, don't be too bitter about the child, let's go, my mother-in-law has the final say, you go and kick the shuttlecock for a while, wait for a while to eat, and then go to play with the second girl after eating, okay?" ”

Shu'er grimaced at Changsheng, and went out happily, no longer seeing the elegant appearance of the rules just now, the child adapted quickly, although she basically strictly adhered to the etiquette and teaching she received since childhood, but the change of the environment and the relaxation of the atmosphere made her reveal the child's innocence and liveliness from time to time.

This is the first time she has lived in a home that everyone loves her, although this home is very simple, but the heart of a child is the most sensitive, and she can feel that everyone in this family really loves her.

First of all, she has a grandfather, and this mother-in-law in coarse cloth clothes not only spoils her more than Aunt Changsheng, but also is much kinder than the meticulously dressed grandmother at home, and will no longer meet the second uncle and aunt who glared at her coldly when they saw her, and the neighbor also has a young lady named Erniu who also likes her, teaches her to play a lot of things, and can tell many interesting things that she has never heard of, in short, Shu'er likes it very much.

Changsheng looked at Jin Shu's lively and innocent appearance, smiled and shook his head, the next generation is really helpless, although it is not his own granddaughter, but Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu, who have been desolate under their knees for many years, have loved her and Shu'er, the two nieces and nephews who have been obtained from nothing, to the point of spoiling, if it weren't for Changsheng's insistence, they wouldn't even let Changsheng cook.

"Uncle, you are too used to Shu'er, this child, you have never been so lively as you are now"

In fact, she also hopes that Jin Shu will be more like the children in her previous life, innocent, lively and reckless, so that her childhood will be colorful, but no, that will only harm her.

After all, Jin Shu is from a famous family, hiding here is just an expedient measure, and she will always return to her own living environment in the future, what if she can't adapt at that time? Or what if you are ridiculed and looked down on as an unruly crazy girl?

Changsheng always had a hunch that her life with Jinshu would not always be like this. So she can only do everything possible not to destroy her child's nature, but also not to let her become a wild girl who behaves casually and without rules.

Aunt Xu smiled and blamed her: "The children of your big families are also pitiful, although they eat well and dress well, but there are many rules, girls have to read so many books, unlike our small families, they are all rough-raised, so that the children are strong"

Said sadly: "You don't know, people want their children and grandchildren to be by their side when they are old, I and your uncle have no children and no daughters around us for more than ten years, and we can't even receive a letter from home, the family is cold every day, people are laughing during the New Year's holidays, we both hide in the house and cry, since you came, I and your uncle are ten years younger, and finally have such a granddaughter as Shu'er, it's too late to hurt, where are you willing to scold her?" ”

Changsheng hurriedly comforted her, until he amused her, he started to stir-fry, secretly thinking that no matter whether she was rich or poor in the future, she must send the second elder to the end, and let Mingjing try to find their son, they may not want to follow their son to the light, but they definitely want to know if their son is safe and how he is doing, but he hates this unfilial son, and he doesn't even have a letter to report safety, if he finds him, he will be tied up and come back to see his old father and mother.

When the meal was good, the sun had just risen, Uncle Xu had already chopped a pile of firewood, Shu'er kicked the shuttlecock for a while, and her little face became red.

She pitied the two elders for living too hard, and both subsidized their lives with the money they brought, not only did they have a lot of rich meals, but also added a lot of daily necessities to the family, so although they added two mouths to eat, the Xu family's living standard has improved a lot.

Uncle Xu felt ashamed of them, and was even more afraid of suffering them, and wanted to make more oil bread to sell every day, Changsheng was afraid that they would be tired, so he resolutely refused to allow it, and was afraid of arousing the suspicion of others, so he just let him sell as usual.

She also has a dozen taels of silver given by Mingjing and a hundred taels of silver tickets given by her eldest brother, which is enough for this family of four to live for several years, as for the future, Changsheng can't manage so far, just live a good life now, she believes that there is no endless way.

The population of the Xu family is extremely simple, and the small courtyard is also very simple. Facing is three main rooms, the room is not big, simple to simple, but extremely clean and comfortable, the middle is the Ming Hall, both sides are bedrooms, on the left is Uncle Xu and his wife, on the right is Uncle Xu's son's bedroom, the old couple for more than ten years can not look forward to their son coming back and die, just for Changsheng and Shu'er to make a bedroom. On the left side of the main house, there are two connected transepts, low and narrow, one for the stove and the other for the utility room and firewood room.

She also had no choice but to let Mingjing find Uncle Xu, and she and Shu'er were temporarily hiding here.

After she and Mingjing planned to take Shu'er out of the Xie family, they have been looking for a place to stay. Because if the Xie family finds out that they have been deceived, they will definitely look for her and Jinshu everywhere in order to hold Mingjing hostage again, in order to control Jinshu again and blackmail Mingjing, with the old lady in the hall, no matter according to the national law and family rules, no one can take away her control of Jinshu, so once she escapes, she can't be found by the Xie family no matter what.

The hometown must not go back, and the Xie family will definitely inquire about whether they have returned to their hometown first. She and Mingjing agreed that it was best to create the illusion that the two of them had escaped from the capital, and then hide in the capital. And this foothold is either in the courtyard of a deep house where outsiders are not seen, or it is a gathering place for ordinary people, so it is not so easy to be found by the Xie family.

But when Mingjing couldn't find a suitable place to stay for a few days, there was no complete peace of mind in the courtyard of the deep house, and there was no relatives of the small people in the market, and there was really nothing to do, Changsheng remembered Uncle Xu Baozi Xu who kindly helped her leave Beijing when she just left the palace.

Although she didn't have much contact, Uncle Xu's enthusiasm and kindness left a deep impression on her, and she often thought that if she had the opportunity to visit the two old men in the future, she intuitively believed that Uncle Xu's family would definitely take her in.

Not only because of the enthusiasm and kindness of the two old people, but also because of the simple population of the two old people's families, only the two of them, the only son to the foreign merchants, no news for many years, never care about their life or death, the two of them are desolate and old and helpless, when they left Beijing, Uncle Xu revealed that if Changsheng returned to his hometown and had a bad time, he would come to them to be his daughter, Changsheng couldn't bear to let him down, so he responded indiscriminately, in fact, he didn't expect that she would not be able to stay at home at that time.

She clearly remembered that Uncle Xu told him that he lived in Wicker Lane at the south gate, which was close to the city gate, and was a place where grass people and small traders and hawkers gathered in the market, there were many and chaotic people, there were many people who went to relatives and friends from other places, and the people in the government did not care, as long as Xu Baozi people knew that if they really couldn't inquire, they only needed to wait for him at the mouth of Wicker Lane every day (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.), and he would definitely carry a basket of bread to sell, and Mingjing found Uncle Xu through this method.

According to the words discussed by the two, he told Uncle Xu that he was Changsheng's cousin, and after Changsheng returned to his hometown, he couldn't stay because of something at home, so he took his little niece who was unattended to him, but he couldn't get along in the capital, and wanted to go to Liangzhou with someone to do business, where the road was far away, remote and desolate, and it was unknown whether he could gain a foothold after going, so it was inconvenient to take Changsheng and his little niece to wander around together, but he didn't dare to leave the two women and children without anyone to take care of them.

When he was in a dilemma, Changsheng remembered that he had received Uncle Xu's enthusiastic help when he left Beijing, and felt that he was very close to Uncle Xu and the eldest lady he had never met, and believed that Uncle Xu would help her again, so he had the same intentions.

And Uncle Xu's son is not filial, he often blames his father for being poor, and after leaving home to join the merchant many years ago, he has no news like the world has evaporated, and he doesn't even have a letter to the family, and he doesn't ask whether the second elder is alive or dead. The old couple has been desolate for many years, and Changsheng has been friends for several times, seeing that she is smart and capable, kind-hearted, they love her very much, and go back to praise the old wife, and the two unanimously regret that they do not have such a caring and capable daughter, so they are old and helpless.

After Mingjing explained his intentions, he was overjoyed.