This old woman's dress seems to be ordinary, but she can speak and act in the style of everyone, and Shen Rui and several people politely replied: "The old man is at his own convenience." ”

Dong Shuang returned, feeling that this old woman was kind and majestic, and looking at him with a little deep meaning; Shen Jue and Shen Rui saw that this old woman was not ordinary. Although this is wearing a cloth jacket, it is a high-grade plain cloth that is difficult to buy locally in Songjiang.

It's just that this old woman doesn't have a pair of small feet like ordinary rich and noble women, but has a pair of heavenly feet, and she doesn't follow the side, so she doesn't look rich.

The old woman saw that several young people were polite, bowed slightly, and led the little boy away.

Looking at the old woman's back, Shen Jue said: "Listening to this voice, it doesn't look like a local, with an accent from Suzhou Mansion." ”

Qu Shi, the wife of the second master of Zongfang, is a native of Suzhou Mansion, and she speaks Gusu soft language. Shen Jue listened to it for a long time before he said this.

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Maybe my mother's family is from Suzhou, but I should have married to the North." ”

Although this old woman has Wu Yin, her speech is still different from that of southerners, like the tone in which southerners speak Mandarin hundreds of years later. Especially for children, the north tone is heavier and the south tone is shallower.

Shen Jue snorted twice and muttered: "That kid is so hateful, his face says that he looks down on people, who is a hairy child, he owes such a beating......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a scream in front of him: "Stop, what are you doing here?" ”

It was the voice of the little boy just now, Shen Jue frowned when he heard it, and said, "Let's go, go over and have a look."

A few feet away, there was already a circle of people.

On the ground kneeling was an old beggar in tattered clothes, with gray hair and eyes like rotten peaches, prostrate on the ground, picking up a person's shoes, crying: "Uncle left two dollars for the old woman, my boy is still waiting to grab medicine to save his life, please ...... uncle"

The man who was pulled, complained, wearing patched clothes, also dressed as a beggar, and sneered: "Your rotten gambler son, wife, son, and daughter have all been sold, and you still don't repent, and you have broken your arms and legs, you should have died a long time ago." ”

The old beggar cried: "The old woman only has this one son, begging the uncle to have mercy." ”

The little boy next to him looked angry, and he bent his neck and wanted to step forward, but was pulled by the old woman.

The middle-aged beggar glanced at it and said, "When I got the silver in my lord's arms, there was no reason to spit it out." Oh, the kind-hearted people are erected there, are you asking for the wrong person?

The old beggar followed the middle-aged beggar's hope, her face was stunned, and then she turned around, walked a few steps on her knees, and kowtowed to the little boy: "Little good man, pity my old woman, save my son's life......"

The little boy was at a loss, and the old woman had a bit of solemnity on her face.

"Get up, get up...... When you are old, give me a little kowtow, and I will lose my life. The child's voice was crisp, but it also completely leaked out of the foreign accent.

Shen Rui looked at the crowd of onlookers, and saw that two of the men exchanged glances with Fang Cai Zhuangqi, and when they looked at the little boy and the old woman, their eyes were obscure

The old beggar on the ground refused to get up, but only pulled the child's shirt and cried, obviously bullying the child's kindness and softness.

The boy couldn't help the old beggar, so he looked at the old woman beside him for help.

The old woman frowned slightly, but did not speak.

The little boy had no choice but to look at the middle-aged beggar and said angrily: "The silver you just robbed was given to this eldest lady, you are domineering, robbing on the street, you are not afraid of seeing officials?" ”

The beggar said "Ha Lu Ha" twice, and said triumphantly: "What if you give it?" The old woman's son is a bad gambler and owes the uncle money. Paying off debts is a matter of course, who can say that the uncle is not? ”

The boy snorted and said, "You are a beggar yourself, where is the money to lend to others?" Don't scare me, return the silver to me quickly, or arrest you and go to the official with all your hands and feet, but you are not a good man, but you are not afraid of embarrassing your ancestors."

When Shen Rui heard this, he felt that he was going to suffer, and sure enough, he saw the beggar angry, and said: "What a stinky boy, the hair has not grown yet, dare to talk to your uncle, it's really begging."

With a loud shout, he rushed after the beggar. The little boy was already frightened, and the old woman stood sideways in front of the little boy and said, "Stop."

The beggar was furious, where would he be obedient, and saw that a fist as big as a child's head was about to fall on the old woman.

The old woman closed her eyes involuntarily under the fright, but the expected pain did not fall on her.

"Little official, don't meddle in your business......" I heard the beggar say angrily.

When the old woman opened her eyes, she saw that there was another person in front of her, and she happened to stop the beggar, who was one of the young men.

The young man was not large enough and looked thin, but one hand grasped the beggar's wrist so firmly that he could not pull it back.

The person who stepped forward was Shen Rui, he didn't like to do much, but seeing the injustice, he couldn't let this old man and young man be beaten, so he impulsively stepped forward to stop him.

The beggar has always respected people by his clothes, but seeing that Shen Rui was dressed ordinarily, he didn't take it to heart, this body was imposing, he hesitated a little in his heart, and he still said toughly: "That little kid's bad words hurt people, I can't help but teach Bu a lesson..."

In addition to the farmers and businessmen, there are also first-class "beggars", which are lowly registrations. These people can only engage in lowly jobs, and are not allowed to go to school or become officials.

These people, it is rumored that the ancestors were traitors when the Jin army went south in the Southern Song Dynasty, and later after the Jin people retreated, they were compiled as lazy people by the imperial court, and when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, they were renamed "beggars". The most taboo thing for beggars is to hear people mention their ancestors.

Shen Rui said: "Tong Yan is unscrupulous, and it is not a loss of identity to care about it." Although he didn't like what he said, in the end, he had a good heart before, and he only looked at the Buddha's Christmas today, and spared him. As he spoke, he let go of the man's arm.

Shen Jue came to his senses on the side, hurriedly came over, and said, "It's just, looking at their old and small, what is the point of thinking about it?" Why don't you turn big things into small things and small things, everyone is happy and happy. ”

Shen Jue has always been flamboyant, wearing a big red brocade robe, with a sachet and a jade pendant hanging around his waist, looking like a rich and noble little official, and speaking a Songjiang dialect, which is different from Shen Rui's kind of mixed official language, the beggar glared at the little boy and said: "For the sake of the two little officials, and spare you first, don't play tricks in the future, learn to speak human words"

The little boy's face was blue and red, and his face was full of stubbornness and wanted to fight back, but he was frightened by the beggar's momentum, tears rolled in his eyes, and his face was full of grievances.

Shen Rui saw that although the beggar was relieved, his gaze at the old and young was still not good, so he said: "You are a beggar in the south of the city, and you have a noble surname?" Under the rule of Jiang Fujun, the government is harmonious, he loves the people like a son, and the life of the beggars is better than before? ”

When the beggar heard this, he glanced around, and saw many people looking at him curiously, so he couldn't help but put his face down. It's not because of his beggar background, but because Shen Rui pointed out his identity. The little boy was generous, he had already been targeted by him, and he had already contacted a good person, and he would suffix these two people and slaughter a fat sheep in a while. But now that the identity of this young man has been broken, how can this old and young man suffer a loss and report to the official? Although he seeks wealth, he is not a poor and vicious person, and he cannot have the intention of killing people.

Regardless of whether the young man was intentional or unintentional, in the end it ruined his plan, the beggar looked at this Shen Rui with a little unkindness, and two people came out of the crowd and stood behind the beggar.

In front of everyone's eyes, Shen Rui was not worried, but Shen Jue was taken aback, and hurriedly stood in front of Shen Rui, covering him tightly, and said: "Our Shen family often gives porridge in Nancheng, and Fan Er, the beggar in Nancheng, is also an old acquaintance with his father. ”

The beggar was stunned when he heard "Shen family", and said, "Which Shen family?" ”

Shen Jue straightened his chest and said, "Naturally, it's the Shen family of Shenjiafang in Beicheng?" ”

The beggar was not good at his face, and said with a little urgency: "There is a lady Sun, can the little official know it?" ”

"Sun?" Shen Jue glanced at Shen Rui and hesitated: "The Shen family has nine rooms, and there are many side branches, which room is the head of the house that the master is talking about?" ”

The beggar said: "It is the earlier owner of Taiping Mixing, the good lady Sun"

"Huh?" Shen Jue was surprised and said, "That's my sister-in-law in the next room...... It was gone three years ago. ”

The beggar's face changed greatly, and he couldn't hide his grief and said: "The villain knows that when the eldest lady went out of the funeral three years ago, we beggars in Nancheng followed behind and sent them out of the city. It's just that the nobles are in front of them, and they don't dare to move forward. ”

When Shen Jue heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, and said, "Aunt Yuan has always been kind-hearted, but she has really helped many people. ”

The strong man nodded and said: "Mrs. Sun is a living Bodhisattva, when I was out of business, the old lady was seriously ill, exhausted the family wealth, no rice into the pot, no money to catch medicine, my family was in a hurry, I wanted to pawn myself, and I happened to meet Mrs. Sun." Mrs. Sun sent Qian Mi and invited a doctor, which saved my mother's life. We beggars are lowly people, and we can't repay our benefactors, so we can only give the eldest lady a ride when she leaves. I heard that the eldest lady has a son, I don't know how the situation is now? If you are bullied, although we don't have the ability to protect each other, we can do it for him. ”

Shen Jue was dumbfounded when he heard this, and pointed to Shen Rui next to him: "Isn't it here?" This is the only child left by my eldest aunt, who kept filial piety outside in the early years, and took off his filial piety at the beginning of the month. ”

When the strong beggar heard this, his tower-like body immediately became half a cut shorter, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said, "It was the little benefactor who was on top, and the villain kowtowed to you." After all, it is "bang bang bang" three rings.

The two men behind were not idle, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "I've seen the little benefactor." ”

Shen Ruiyuan still wanted to step forward to help people, but this one and two were like this, so he could only avoid the side and said: "A few people should be invited first, and a few people who are kind are the deceased mother, the kid has no merit, and he is really shameless to accept this gift." ”

There were more and more people watching the excitement on the side, Shen Jue felt uncomfortable, and said, "Hurry up, everyone here thinks we are singing a big opera." ”

When the three of them saw the people watching the excitement pointing and pointing, they also got up in disagreement.

There were people who were standing nearby, and when they heard the conversation between these people, they couldn't help but gossip and talk a lot, and said: "Mrs. Sun, is the one who was deceived and sold in the weaving factory?" ”

The one said: "It's right, it's a kind-hearted person, but a good person is not rewarded, don't say anything about the death, and leave a son who was tortured back then, and there is only one breath left......

Those who knew more about the inside story couldn't help but shake their heads and said, "The He family is not kind. ”

Another humane: "I heard that the property left by Sun Niangzi was divided into two halves, and the petty officials who were born to them only got a small half, and most of them were taken up by the eldest son......

Someone was upset and said, "What's the matter? This mother's dowry can't be obtained by her own son, and she has to let the sin take the lion's share......"