Chapter 243, go with the flow

After everyone gradually adapted to the outside environment, Lin Xinhui exclaimed: "Mother, why didn't they come out in the Ming and Qing Dynasties?" ”

The female cell head had not yet left, and was driving them away quickly, the old lady's face sank, and she stepped forward to ask the female cell head why the Xie family man did not release him.

The female cell head still said expressionlessly: "To let it go or not to let go, it is an order from above, how do we know, you go out quickly, if you want to wait outside, do you still want to come in?" ”

After speaking, a group of people began to push and shove, the old lady was afraid of causing any more trouble, so she endured her anger and ordered everyone to go out and talk, at this time, two dirty boys walked out of the entrance of the men's prison, followed by two cell bosses urging them to hurry up, Changsheng recognized at a glance that it was Jinwen and Jinshu, the two were already haggard and without human form, and they were not stable in walking, because they had not yet adapted to the brightness outside, and the two of them suddenly sat on the ground and covered their eyes with their hands after they walked out.

The old lady and Lin Xinhui walked over with a scream, hugged one in one hand and cried, Lin Xinhui asked in surprise, "Why are there only the two of you?" What about Daddy and Third Uncle? ”

Changsheng saw that the cell boss was about to start training again, and hurriedly grabbed the old lady: "This is not the place to talk, let's go first!" ”

Only then did everyone come to their senses, and they came outside with difficulty, and the cold wind was blowing. The older Jinwen adapted to the outside environment a little, was so cold that he shivered, and said with a sob: "Those people only let me and Jinshu come out, and the third uncle asked me to tell the old lady that he and his father are fine inside, so let the old lady not worry, and they will come out after a while." ”

"How are they?"

Jinwen nodded and said: "The third uncle said that we should go back to the ancestral grave to live, saying that there is a house built by the uncle to buy the land, and those will not be copied, and the family of the grave keeper lives there, and there is food and housing, so that we can't freeze and starve to death, let us go back there and wait for them!" ”

The others were all overjoyed when they heard the news, only the old lady's face was extremely gloomy, and Changsheng was also taken aback, only then did he remember that he had watched "Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, which contained the plot of Qin Keqing giving Wang Xifeng a dream before her death, and asked her to buy a house and sacrificial fields around the ancestral tomb, because these homes will not be copied away, which can ensure that the Jia family has no worries about food and clothing, although they cannot be rich and noble, but at least they can cultivate and read heirlooms.

It seems that Mingche knew these things early, so he would buy a house next to the ancestral grave in advance, and even did not hesitate to have an unpleasant quarrel with the old lady.

Looking quietly, everyone else was overjoyed, but only the old lady had a very gloomy face, and it seemed that she had thought of it.

But the old lady is an old lady after all, and her face quickly softened and said, "That's good! That's it! Fortunately, Mingche attaches great importance to the sacrifice of the ancestors, and placed the ancestral field and house in advance, we finally have a place to go, don't panic, Wugong County is not far from the capital, and it is not very cold now, as long as it comes out, slowly think about going back, it is bitter, and it is only bitter for a few days, and the prison is so bitter that it has come out, as long as it comes out, what are you afraid of? ”

Everyone nodded in unison, Changsheng smiled bitterly, so many people, all sick and weak women and children, Xie Mansion in Beijing must have been copied, no one dared to take in old friends and relatives even if they went, and now food and housing have become a problem, Wugong County said that it is far not far and not close, and the ancestral tomb is even outside the city, do you have to go back? This group of people will not have to be a few days, so they can only be beggars.

Changsheng remembered that he and Jinshu still had the only remaining four taels of silver on their bodies, did he want her to contribute the only family wealth?

Of course, the old lady also thought of the problem at hand, she ignored the pointing and pointing of the pedestrians on the street, and still said unhurriedly: "Don't think about it so much, let's leave this unfortunate place first!" ”

Lin Xinhui has suffered to the extreme in prison, and then look at the children's emaciated and humanoid faces, and their dirty appearance, I thought it would be better to come out, but who knows that there is nowhere to go now, if you want to go back to the old mansion in Wugong County, it is not possible to walk back, do you want to be a beggar to beg for food all the way back?

Lin Xinhui couldn't help but say: "Mother, such a big thing happened, why didn't the eldest sister come to see us?" Pei Xiang is so favored, even if he can't save us, can't he temporarily settle us first? ”

The old lady shook her head: "There must be a last resort reason why she doesn't come, maybe the situation is not as good as ours!" Don't say so much, let's go out of the city first while the sun is good, see if you can find a temple or something, it's really not good, just beg for food and go back, it's better to live your life than anything else, and you can also ask what happened to the Xie family being copied along the way. Hurry up and walk away, lest you run into acquaintances who don't look good! ”

Changsheng was stunned, the old lady can really be at peace with what happens! Lin Xinhui and her aunt both cried when they heard this, and the old lady stopped: "What are you crying about?" The Xie family has fallen to such a point, we will definitely have to suffer, the master is still in prison, we finally came out, what is there to cry about? What's more, there are still a few acres of land in the ancestral grave house that can be planted, and it is a big deal to cultivate and weave in person in the future to become a farmer! If your children and grandchildren are angry, they will earn their lives with you again, what is there to cry about? A few aunts, if you don't feel bitter, stay it, and if you don't feel bitter, disperse! ”

Everyone stopped crying, Changsheng was so cold that he shivered, and only held Jinshu in his arms and listened to them say that he had no place to go in Beijing, and the old lady would never let herself take Jinshu away, so she could only follow them first, anyway, the ancestral tomb house has a house and land, if Mingche had expected such an outcome, it would definitely not be bad, at least there would be no worries about food and clothing, and at present, it is the best place to go.

First of all, Aunt Qiu and Ming and Qing Dynasties, two young and beautiful aunts, came over, although after a few months of prison torture, but they are young and naturally beautiful, and under a closer look, they still do not hide their beauty. Aunt Qiu took the lead and said, "What the old lady said is true? Shall we go on our own? It just so happens that I have an aunt of the same clan who married into Beijing, so I'm going to take refuge with her now! ”

The old lady nodded, and when she saw someone taking the lead, several younger aunts came over to stand with them, including Aunt Lu, another concubine of Ming Che. Lin Xinhui saw that they were deeply favored by the Ming and Qing dynasties before, but now the Xie family is in trouble, and they have suffered a lot and the future is unpredictable, but they can find another good place with their youth and beauty, and immediately screamed: "Old lady! It's too cheap to let them go on their own! It's better to sell them for chariot money! We can also change into some clean clothes and hire a car to go back, so the kids don't have to go hungry! If you want me to say, it is the highest price when sold in the kiln! ”

Several aunts exclaimed, if the old lady was moved, their fate was likely to be like this, and they looked at the old lady in horror one by one and waited for her to speak.

The old lady reprimanded: "Xinhui! You're confused! Although our Xie family is in temporary trouble, they are always famous families, just let them leave on their own, how can they do that kind of thing? Besides, they didn't make a mistake! ”

Aunt Qiu said loudly: "I'm not a cheap concubine, I'm a noble concubine, and I'm the uncle's concubine, how can the second lady send it at will?" Let's hurry up, this time it's bad enough, if there is any more trouble, don't implicate us! ”

Speaking of Mingche, Lin Xinhui thought that he had brought disaster to the Xie family, and she scolded fiercely: "The uncle's concubine is also from the Xie family, I can't send you, can't the old lady either?" What about concubines? Even if I can't sell you, I can always get you! ”

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Aunt Qiu snorted and left by herself, and a few more people who had a place to go or had other plans left, and the old lady looked at all this expressionlessly.

Soon, only Aunt Li and Aunt Mo in the big room were left in the concubine room, and only two cheap concubines who were carried up by the son of the family were left in the second room.

The old lady nodded, and said solemnly: "You have to think about it, Xie Mansion is no longer than before, several masters are still in prison life and death, although we are temporarily safe, but the blessings and disasters are unpredictable, no one knows what will be difficult, not to mention maybe even life is gone, you must think about it!" As the saying goes, the phoenix is not as good as the chicken, we may go back after the days are not as good as the villagers, the villagers can still live uprightly, we have to live in the eyes and ridicule of others, if you stay not only not as good as the slaves and maids in the past, but also do housework and even poor food and clothing, can you think about it? ”

These four are either dead set on the ground, or they really have nowhere to go, they all nodded in agreement, saying that they share weal and sorrow with the Xie family, and Aunt Li also said emotionally: "I am the son of the Xie family, and I have been a concubine with my uncle since I was a child, and the big * grandmother in the past also treated us well, how can I turn my back on the Lord and leave when Xie Fu is in trouble?" I know that I am not qualified to educate the eldest lady to serve the old lady, but it is still okay to do laundry, cooking, sprinkling and sweeping, so please rest assured that the old lady! The others swore by one by one.

The old lady said movingly: "Xinhui, have you heard, from now on you must treat them well, if the Xie family can become rich again in the future, you will not be able to forget your affection today!" ”

Lin Xinhui didn't say anything against this time, and the remaining eleven people, big and small, supported each other, lowered their heads and walked forward slowly.

Changsheng is struggling with whether to contribute the silver for everyone to buy clothes, eat and hire a car, does he really want to beg for food? She couldn't pull that face, and she didn't want Jinshu to suffer that kind of pain at a young age.

After thinking about it, four taels of silver is nothing, but these dozen people will suffer a lot less, and when they get to the ancestral tomb of the Xie family, they will no longer be short of food and clothing, she took advantage of everyone's inattention to quietly pull the old lady, and was about to say to her, when a person flashed out on the side, and whispered with a crying voice: "Old lady!" ”

It turned out to be a mother-in-law dressed as a servant, and Changsheng was strange, and the old lady exclaimed in a low voice: "Mother Zhu? How did you end up here? What about the pearl? How is she? How is the Pei family? ”

Mother Zhu grabbed her and pointed to the two inconspicuous carriages on the side, and whispered: "Mrs. Pei is all right, let's get in the car, and talk slowly when we get to the place!" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, supported each other and got into the two carriages, and couldn't help but show joy on their faces, it turned out that Xie Mingzhu sent them to pick them up, they didn't have to go back to begging for food, at least they could take a bath, change clothes and eat a full meal, walking on the road with this outfit, it was really uncomfortable to be pointed at.