Chapter 40: Pity for Love
The snow disaster has not gone, and the severe cold is still there, but the people who stood in a long line and waited to receive the relief food no longer had sad expressions on their faces, because they saw the hope of survival, and some even laughed with each other.
Wen Xin was wearing a thick jacket, and the bright blue material was as bright as new.
Now he is not the little beggar he used to be, he takes care of all the big and small things of this disaster relief shop, and in the Xiao family, except for Deng Jiu, the most talkative person is now Xiao Wenxin.
The genius was bright, Wen Xin lowered his head, and although the light was not very good, he still carefully checked the accounts of food expenditures.
Wen Xin is the son of Xiucai, naturally literate, and his mother also warned him not to be ungrateful, so although he has gained power, he is still conscientious, for fear of embarrassing Xiao Jinxuan.
At this moment, a chuckle came from behind Wen Xin.
"Look at the accounts and don't go to the back account room, I'm afraid my hands are stiff here, I'm afraid my hands are stiff, hurry up."
A copper Rui beast hand stove was handed to Wen Xin, he smiled, and when he saw that it was Xiao Jinxuan who came, he was not polite, and held it directly in his hand.
"Jinxuan, why did you come so early, come over at noon next time, at that time, the sun is full, and it won't be too cold to come out."
When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, she glanced at the people in line, and said softly: "It's okay to be idle in the house, so I can't rest assured, so I came over." ”
As soon as her voice fell, she only heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then Zhou Xianrui's voice sounded behind her.
"It seems that the king is not the only one who is disturbed by this snow disaster, and the fourth lady is also a caring person."
Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly turned around to salute, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Rui cares about the suffering of the people of Yangzhou, and Jinxuan's meager work does not dare to compare with His Royal Highness." ”
Zhou Xianrui smiled when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "The king of Pingji has heard enough flattery, the fourth miss doesn't need to be so polite, I still like it better, that day in the carriage, the young lady talked freely." ”
Xiao Jinxuan just smiled and didn't answer, the royal people are the most ruthless, the **** edge is too much, and now it's better to be restrained.
So she turned around, looked at Wen Xin, and changed the topic and said: "Recently, those dignitaries and dignitaries have been actively donating materials, how is the harvest." ”
Wen Xin was thoughtful and knew that the other party was diverting the topic from him, so he hurriedly took the conversation.
"It wasn't ideal at first, but His Royal Highness the former Tianrui King, after he personally came to donate things, this group of guys became much more active, rice, meat, vegetables, cotton clothes, and charcoal donated anyway,"
Speaking of this, Wen Xin suddenly smiled: "By the way, the Miss Meng family is the most interesting, and she actually sent the chickens and ducks in her house to her house every day, sometimes a dozen, sometimes three or four, without a day of interruption." ”
Xiao Jinxuan smiled when she heard this, knowing that what Wen Xin said must be Meng Liangjun.
This Miss Meng is now a regular visitor to her courtyard, and always comes to talk and play with her.
Knowing that she was busy with the snow disaster, the other party said that she wanted to help her, and donated food and materials to her Meng Mansion the most, and now she still sends poultry eggs here every day, this frankness and kindness are really rare.
At this moment, I saw only three carriages, loaded with vegetables and grains, escorted over, and when the group approached, they found that the leader of the team was actually Lan Zhi.
Lan Zhi didn't seem to expect that Xiao Jinxuan would be here so early, so she stepped forward to give a blessing.
"Miss, watch your body, don't freeze, Lan Zhi is not blessed to serve you, but I always remember you in my heart."
Xiao Jinxuan glanced at her, looked at the three carriages again, and didn't answer Lan Zhi's words, but asked softly, "Who asked you to send these things?" ”
Even if the Xiao family transports things here, she should know, because she has to report the money and amount to her, but she has no impression of these three carts of things.
Hearing this, Lan Zhi hurriedly said: "This is purchased by the eldest lady with her own private money, and she said that she also wants to contribute, and she should accumulate virtue for Miss Lian Er, hoping that she will get better as soon as possible." ”
Xiao Jinxuan nodded, glanced at Lan Zhi, smiled and said, "Mother really has a heart, then let's transport it in, I also believe that if my mother does good deeds like this, my sister will definitely get better soon." ”
Lan Zhi even claimed that it was when she heard this, and then she hesitated, and said in a low voice: "Miss, I really know that I am wrong, because I have followed you, so the eldest lady always looks at me unpleasantly, and she scolds me if she is beaten or scolded, so let me come back to you." ”
Xiao Jinxuan glanced at her calmly, and said calmly: "Mother is the eldest lady of the Xiao family, it is a blessing that you can serve, let's go in quickly." ”
Lan Zhi's eyes turned red when she heard this, and Zhu Xin on the side saw it, and she couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly stepped forward to grab her, and accompanied Lan Zhi to send the things to the back of the disaster relief shop.
Zhou Xianrui saw all this in his eyes but didn't speak, just stepped forward and asked, "Fourth Miss came so early, but she has already eaten." ”
Xiao Jinxuan shook her head, when she went out, the sky was not bright, where would she have the appetite to eat so early.
Zhou Xianrui smiled and said: "In this case, I'll accompany Miss Fourth to eat something, it's not good for your health to be so hungry." ”
Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan was stunned, she didn't expect the other party to invite her to dine at the same table, but she knew that it was inappropriate, so she naturally couldn't agree.
I saw that she suddenly pointed to the rice porridge that was being distributed to the people, and said softly: "Don't bother King Laorui, there is no ready-made food here, everyone else can eat it, and I can eat it. ”
The backyard of the shop is still very spacious, Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianrui are now sitting in the guest house used to rest in the backyard, with four cakes in front of them, a plate of potato cold dishes, and the two of them are also holding rice porridge and eating slowly.
After taking another sip of rice porridge, Xiao Jinxuan didn't look up, but asked out loud: "Your Highness, then **** let Wen Xin tell you about the king, I don't know if you can send someone to reinforce you." ”
Four days ago, when she got the silk cloth from the jade gourd, she knew that the matter was serious, and immediately informed Zhou Xianrui that she had seen the other party in person today, and she was going to ask a question.
Zhou Xianrui put down the porridge bowl in his hand and said calmly: "This king has sent my two shadow guards, and the seventh brother is brave and strategic, and he will be fine." But the fourth lady believes that what is said on the silk cloth is not a lie. ”
Xiao Jinxuan raised her head and said with a smile: "If it is a trap, then it should be aimed at Your Highness, but it is precisely this thing that has been handed over to me, which can only show that the person in the secret has no malice, but he is not able to reach His Highness, or this person is familiar with me, but no matter what the reason, this person is absolutely not malicious." ”
Zhou Xianrui nodded, and looked at Xiao Jinxuan deeply.
"Listening to the fourth lady's tone, it seems that she has guessed who the messenger is."
Xiao Jinxuan raised her eyebrows: "I'm not sure, but I'm a little sure." ”
After speaking, she picked up a hard, somewhat burnt cake, took a hard bite, and chewed it carefully.
Zhou Xianrui also picked up the cake, only to feel that the cake was as hard as a stone, and he smelled a big smell of paste before he ate it, and his brows furrowed.
"I didn't expect that the fourth lady, as the daughter of Xiao Mansion, would be able to swallow such coarse food and drink such tasteless porridge, I think you must have suffered a lot in all your years in Zhuangzi."
At the plum blossom banquet that day, when he saw Zhou Xianyu's gaffe, he ordered someone to investigate Xiao Jinxuan afterwards, but the result surprised him very much, he didn't expect that the other party would live so hard when he was young.
Xiao Jinxuan's face was calm, she smiled very casually, and said calmly: "Your Royal Highness is a prince, naturally I have never experienced the taste of hunger, this kind of cake is hard and unpalatable, but it is resistant to hunger, when you are hungry, take a bite, the taste is more delicious than the delicacies of the mountains and seas." ”
Zhou Xianrui's deep eyes silently looked at the woman in front of him who was still nibbling on the cake, and a touch of pity couldn't help but emerge.
"Listening to the tone of the fourth lady, couldn't you even eat this kind of cake before? Even if you live in Zhuangzi, you shouldn't care about food and clothing. ”
I haven't eaten this kind of cake for too long, and Xiao Jinxuan also felt that it was difficult to swallow, so she hurriedly drank the porridge, which was much more comfortable.
"The house will still send things, but there are two subordinates on the Zhuangzi, who always deduct from them, and the rest of the poor little food, of course, has to be left to my young brother, so at that time, the most I ate was wild vegetable mush, nest head."
The subordinate she refers to is naturally Mother Bai and Ping'er, these two people rely on the support of the Ning family, and they have to confiscate most of the money sent by the Xiao Mansion and use it for their own use, for more than ten years, it has always been like this, without exception.
Then she waved the cake in her hand, and said with a smile: "This thing is simply delicious compared to the nest that can smash people when thrown out, and I am reluctant to eat this cake at that time, and a cake can be eaten evenly for several days." ”
When Xiao Jinxuan talked about this, after all, it was all a matter of the previous life, so she said it very casually, and she should just talk about it to relieve her boredom.
But after Zhou Xianrui listened, the hand on his lap unconsciously clenched a little.
Originally, although he admired Xiao Jinxuan's strategy, he finally felt that this woman was too scheming and too vicious.
But now he is a little relieved, he experienced ups and downs in his childhood, and it is not surprising that his heart is like this, if it weren't for this scheming, I am afraid that the people in the Xiao Mansion would have already left the bones of the woman in front of him.
Stretched out his hand and handed the only plate of potato cold vegetables in front of him to Xiao Jinxuan, Zhou Xianrui's tone, with a hint of undetectable pity, said softly: "There are still vegetables here, just eat more porridge." ”
The two people in this room are just eating and watching silently, and the atmosphere is warm and quiet.
But outside the house, there were also two people hiding in a secluded place, looking around from time to time, whispering something.
One of these two people is Lan Zhi, and the other will definitely be able to recognize Xiao Jinxuan if she is there. Because the other one turned out to be the girl named Yazhi next to Qian Yingluo.
Seeing that these two people were sneaky, the one named Yazhi asked in a low voice: "How is it, Xiao Jinxuan is soft-hearted." ”
When Lan Zhi heard this, her eyes flashed with resentment, "That slut is hard-hearted, I deliberately reddened my eyes, she was unmoved, I am afraid that it will not be possible if she wants to be framed closely." ”
When Yazhi heard this, she secretly felt a pity, but immediately asked again: "Then you can talk about the bamboo heart, is she willing to keep you to help in this shop?" ”
At this time, Lan Zhi smiled, snorted and said: "That bamboo heart is the most soft-hearted, and the person is stupid, I only said that I felt sorry for Xiao Jinxuan, and wanted to stay here in private to make some efforts, so she agreed, and now this girl is a celebrity in front of the slut, and she is very majestic." ”
What she said was sour, after all, Zhuxin was a wild girl before, and she was also her most faceful in front of Xiao Jinxuan, but now that this Zhuxin is powerful, she is down, and her heart is naturally unhappy.
Yazhi was very satisfied when she heard this, and immediately said: "Don't move for the past two days, and when the people here relax their vigilance, I will meet you outside, and then I will act according to the plan, understand?" ”
Lan Zhi bowed when she heard this, and said flatteringly: "Sister Yazhi, don't worry, you go back and tell the county lord, I will definitely not disappoint her." ”
As long as this matter is done, not only can he stay by the county lord's side in the future, but he can also avenge Xiao Jinxuan's revenge that day.
A flash of hatred flashed in Lan Zhi's eyes, wait and see, in a few days, Xiao Jinxuan has you begging bitterly, when you kneel in front of me, I will also slap you hard!