Unknowingly, Ji Ruoxue had been wandering outside alone for more than half a month.

In the interim, she has changed a lot.

For example, making a bed and stacking it for laundry and cooking...... Well, well! In fact, she still hasn't learned these things, but she still has made progress, at least she has realized the value of money, learned how to spend money, and there will no longer be the kind of ten taels of silver on the street to buy the other party's penny wallet...... That kind of jaw-dropping thing.

However, even so, the silver coins she had hidden in her sleeves before began to slowly decrease at a rate that could be seen by the naked eye, although there were shops in the Xiliehou Mansion in various places, and she could withdraw some silver coins at any time with her identity, but she had never dared to go to the business to withdraw money, because she knew that if she went to withdraw money, she would leave traces.

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"The ideal is plump, the reality is cruel", this sentence is the truest portrayal of Ji Ruoxue now.

Although, she knew that going to her family's business to withdraw money would leave traces, and she was also ready to make careful calculations and save money in the future...... But soon she found that she had thought too much, and all the preparations she had just thought about were useless, because, just when she was about to pay after breakfast, she felt empty, and the purse containing the money on her body was gone, and she searched all over her body, even the body of Elk Xiaohua, but still did not find her purse.

Well, you guessed right, as you thought, she lost her wallet.

Ji Ruoxue stood in front of the breakfast stall and was so anxious that her face was flushed, her wallet was lost, her breakfast money had not been paid, and she had no way to pay it now...... When she was at home before, Ji Ruoxue had heard Mr. Storytelling talk about this kind of situation of not paying for meals, and Mr. Storyteller called this kind of eating overlord meals.

"Do you want to eat the overlord meal?" Ji Ruoxue muttered in a low voice.

"No, Mr. Storyteller said that people who generally eat overlord meals are not good people...... I can't do that. Ji Ruoxue quickly rejected her idea of eating an overlord meal.

After thinking about it for a while, Ji Ruoxue didn't know what came to mind? His eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to himself: "Xue'er, you can do it, come on!" ”

Just when Ji Ruoxue finally mustered up the courage to shyly explain the situation to the store and said that she could stay to wash the dishes to pay off the debt, fortunately, the kind-hearted store saw her embarrassment and generously forgave her. But then, Ji Ruoxue faced the biggest problem, that is, she is really penniless now, although breakfast has been solved and she will not eat the overlord meal, but the next lunch and dinner are gone...... In other words, she has to find a way to make money. I have to say that in fact, the eldest lady from an aristocratic family is actually quite strong, and soon Ji Ruoxue thought of a way to make money, and her first way was to help the owner of the breakfast stall wash the dishes, in exchange for her own meal money, after explaining her thoughts to the boss with a shy face, the boss also readily agreed. But when Ji Ruoxue applauded her thoughts, full of anticipation and hoped to earn her own food money with her own hands, she was dumbfounded when she followed the breakfast stall owner to the back kitchen, she really had never seen such a dirty kitchen, and even when she looked at a large pot of greasy dishes and chopsticks, her first reaction was to feel a little sick to her stomach, and then ran out, and then she vomited out all the breakfast she had just eaten......

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can fully understand Ji Ruoxue's true reaction. She is the concubine of the Xilie Marquis's Mansion, and her status is even more noble than those princesses who are not valued...... Although she had also entered the kitchen and learned to cook, she had never seen such a dirty kitchen environment, but she was right, how could the kitchen here be compared with the kitchen in the Xiliehou Mansion?

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"Xue'er, you have to overcome your heart, you have no money anymore, you have to work hard to earn food money for yourself......" Ji Ruoxue said to herself to cheer herself up.

After a cup of tea, Ji Ruoxue, who was tightly wrapped all over her body, finally overcame the fear in her heart and entered the kitchen again. This time, Ji Ruoxue was prepared, and she didn't run out immediately after entering, but then there was a crackling sound of dishes breaking in the kitchen.

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Ji Ruoxue once saw in a book that a penny is difficult for a hero.

Before, she didn't believe this sentence very much, but after trying various ways to make money in this day, she finally believed it completely.

So, she comforted herself with peace of mind and said: "Even a hero can be stumped for a penny, let alone a weak woman......

After convincing herself, Ji Ruoxue also gave up her method of making money with her hands, and decided to go to her own business to withdraw money.

Soon she took action and withdrew a large sum of money from her family's business.

However, although this money has solved her own food, clothing, housing and transportation, the disadvantages are also obvious, as she herself thought, her traces were exposed...... Although she managed to get rid of two groups of people who came to look for her by her disguise technique, she had to choose to go to the more secluded wilderness and forests in order to avoid encountering those who came to look for her again.

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For people who run away from home for the first time, generally in the initial period, they will feel that everything is very new, they are full of curiosity about everything, they feel that the outside world is very exciting, and they feel that they have come out very right...... But after a while, when the novelty has passed, they can't help but think of the good things at home...... Once you have a thought, you can't control it, and the more you don't think about it, the more you can't help but think about it...... In the end, an unsolvable cycle is formed.

This situation is not hypocrisy, but a true expression of one's own emotions...... If you talk about literature and art a little more, then this may be called "nostalgia." ”

And "nostalgia", if you think too much, you will slowly attach to a specific kind of thing, and most of them will be attached to the food you used to eat the most, and then you will miss the taste of that food very much, feel that it is the best thing you have ever eaten, and then miss it.

Ji Ruoxue was like this at this time, and her "homesickness" all fell on the bowl of chicken soup in the Hou Mansion.

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There were dots of snowflakes in the sky, and Ji Ruoxue rode slowly through the forest on the back of the elk flower, and the elk looked back at its owner from time to time, as if she wanted her master to run with it...... But Ji Ruoxue now does not have the interest of stepping on the wind and snow as before, nor is she happy, but a little listless.

Looking at the elk's eager gaze, Ji Ruoxue stroked its neck, lay on its ear and whispered: "Xiaohua, I'm homesick, I miss my father, I miss my mother, I miss my eldest brother, and now I especially want to drink a bowl of chicken soup made by my mother......"

The elk seemed to understand Ji Ruoxue's words, and felt that its owner was in a bad mood at this time, so he snorted in response and continued to walk slowly with his head down.

"Xiaohua, why do you say that you can't drink chicken soup outside and can't taste at home?" Ji Ruoxue continued to ask.

The elk turned its head to look at its owner, and said to himself, "How do I know this?" However, the forage outside is not as delicious as the forage at home.

"I know, it must be a different way, I remember when my mother was making chicken soup, the chicken was slowly simmered in an urn and over a charcoal fire...... My mother will also put some soaked tea tree mushrooms in the chicken broth...... Yes, yes, it must be that they are doing something wrong? But...... The chicken soup I drank yesterday also has tea tree mushrooms in it? Why does it still taste wrong? Ji Ruoxue muttered to herself.

"What to do? Xiaohua, I really want to drink the chicken soup made by my mother now! I used to drink a small bowl and get full, but now I feel like I can drink a big urn in one go...... However, I can't go back now, it's all to blame for Mu Qiuhuang's big villain, it's all to blame him, if it weren't for him, I would be able to go back and drink the chicken soup cooked by my mother now...... Mu Qiuhuang is that big villain, how can he go to the Qinglou? He's really ......."

As soon as she thought of Mu Qiuhuang, Ji Ruoxue couldn't help but grit her teeth at it, and then blamed all the sins she had suffered on Mu Qiuhuang's head, and then scolded Mu Qiuhuang angrily...... I have to say that Mu Qiuhuang's role is still very great, at least when Ji Ruoxue scolded Mu Qiuhuang, the thirst for chicken soup in her heart became lighter.

And the three words that appear most frequently in Elk Xiaohua's mind during this time are also "Mu Qiuhuang".

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After silently sulking for a while, Ji Ruoxue's thoughts turned to the chicken soup again, recalling the taste of the chicken soup.

"This would be good, if only I could have a bowl of chicken soup to drink......" Ji Ruoxue thought so, and gradually her eyelids seemed to feel a little heavy, and then slowly fell asleep on the back of the elk.

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"Cher, you're finally back?" The mother looked at herself with concern and said, "Xue'er, why have you lost weight?" Is it not good to eat and drink outside? ”

"Crazy girl, you are so bold, you dare to leave your brother and me and sneak out alone, are you looking for a fight?" The elder brother reprimanded himself in his mouth, but his face was full of joy when he saw him come home.

I pinched the corner of my clothes and peeked at my father carefully, I already thought that my father would be angry at me for sneaking out, but I never thought that my father said in a calm tone: "It's good to come back!" ”

Daddy's eyes were a little red, and he continued: "It's Daddy's mistake, if you don't want to marry that Mu boy, you won't marry, tomorrow I will let people go to Beiyu to withdraw from the marriage......"

"Yes, Daddy is right, little sister, you are not allowed to sneak out in the future......" The eldest brother reprimanded.

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"Mother, I want to drink your lazy chicken soup......"

"I know you like to drink this, my mother has prepared it for you......"

Looking at the golden chicken soup in the bowl on the table, smelling the tempting fragrance, and glancing at the family, Ji Ruoxue picked up the soup spoon and scooped a spoonful of chicken soup into her mouth and swallowed it, and finally couldn't help crying.

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Hearing the crying of her master, Elk Floret turned around and licked her cheek with concern.

After being licked by the elk, Ji Ruoxue rubbed her eyes, and when she saw clearly that she was still alone outside, she remembered that she had fallen asleep just now, and it was just a dream she had.

"How nice it would be if everything in the dream was real?"

Ji Ruoxue muttered to herself, and then cried again, crying more sadly than crying in her dreams.