Chi Xia turned around and pounced to look at his mother, at this time, the down-and-out eldest lady had just been frightened by her brother's behavior, a rough person was a rough person, and she dared to do the same to her sister.

Replying to his coat with both hands, he sobbed silently, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

Chi Xia's eyes were also a little uncontrollably red, she had never been treated like this since she was a child, how could she not be frightened. But she still managed to calm her emotions, gently hugged the eldest lady and comforted her: "Mother, it's okay, let's leave immediately, never come back." ”

"Okay, good ......" The eldest lady and Chi Xia hugged each other, and both of them knew that all the belongings had really been handed over, and if they didn't succeed in returning to Chi Mansion this time, they would become benevolent.

After the two of them had sorted out some supplies, they immediately left the place they feared, and Chi Xia did not forget to take the handkerchiefs that the eldest lady had worked so hard to embroider for a long time, and sold them for some money, and barely stayed in a humble inn.

Then the eldest lady sorted out her emotions, and went out to inquire about Chi Fangrui's whereabouts, it was said that he would go to a place on the outskirts of the capital tomorrow to personally investigate, and this place was also very close to the eldest lady's house.

God help me, the eldest lady pulled Chi Xia to sit on the bed at night and explained her plans for tomorrow, she cherished Chi Xia's hand and said, "Xia'er, if I fail tomorrow, I will beg the master to let you go home, okay, you can't suffer with your mother." ”

Chi Xia hugged the eldest lady and said, "Don't, mother, I have to be with my mother no matter what." ”

"Well, my good daughter, we will succeed tomorrow."

She hugged her child and held her like a treasure. The child is innocent, she can't suffer with her, and she also believes that her master will not be so ruthless, at least he will not implicate the child with these angers.

Since she has suffered so much, the eldest lady has also figured out that instead of living such a poor life, she will never come out, she also has to gamble, she must be the eldest lady of the Chi family again, and let those who bullied her when she was down have a good taste of the bitterness!

The next day, the two took out the two most torn plain clothes from their bags and put them on their bodies, and deliberately tied tight clothes around their waists, making them look very thin.

Despite this, she still cleaned up her surface, tied her hair into a simple bun with a simple wooden hairpin, washed her face and body, and managed to get some flowers to soak in the water, so that her body had a faint fragrance.

The eldest lady is already young, but she is only about thirty, which is the most graceful time in a woman's life. Her skin was as white as snow, as fine as congealed fat, and as soon as her two curved willow eyebrows drooped down, she looked like I was pitiful. Beauty is a woman's weapon, and the eldest lady naturally wants to make good use of them and make the most of them.

For Chi Xia, the eldest lady also used the same method, taking care of her quietly, like a hibiscus out of the water.

Chi Xia asked puzzledly: "Mother, don't we have to pretend to be pitiful, why do we dress ourselves up cleanly?" ”

The eldest lady told her, "Silly boy, if you look disgraced and see if your father is willing to talk to you." Anyway, when the time comes, you just have to cry with your mother and tell your father how much you have suffered outside, aren't you very good at coquettishness with your father, know how to do it. ”

"Mother, I know!" If she can't do this little drama, how can she be her father's pearl.

"Let's go, we have to hurry over, or we won't meet your father."

On the other side, Chi Fangrui sat in the carriage and stared boredly at the scenery outside the window, last month because of his negligence caused a loss of thousands of taels of silver, the emperor is angry, in order to save the king's heart, he has personally asked for various initiatives in recent days.

No, the emperor was worried that no one was willing to go to the countryside in person to collect monthly taxes and fees from those village officials, so he sent Chi Fangrui.

This job is the most difficult to do, and the emperor naturally has to pay for it, but some of the official history money is always not satisfied, and in order not to be scolded, many times the officials who have to levy it personally touch their pockets and take out the money to make it up.

But fortunately, this time it went well, Chi Fangrui collected enough taxes and fees in one go, which also made his hanging heart fall, and the rest was only to wait for him to return to Beijing to make an errand.

Suddenly, he saw two people standing on the side of the road, dressed in brown coarse clothes, who seemed to be a woman with a child. At this time, the carriage approached, and he instantly saw the faces of these two people clearly, and his heart was shocked, wasn't this the eldest lady and his daughter who were driven out of the door by him?

I haven't seen him for a long time, I miss it very much, Chi Fangrui, as a man, naturally doesn't always remember the love of his children, but now when he sees it, this longing is like a rushing wave, which makes him feel sad uncontrollably.

He stopped the carriage, then straightened his clothes and got out of the carriage, and he looked at the two familiar people on the side of the road, his eyes full of affection.

Ji Xia snuggled up to her mother, sobbing quietly and with tears on her cheeks. She grabbed the eldest lady's arm tightly and asked her, "Mother, I'm so hungry, when will we be able to eat?" ”

The eldest lady gently touched her daughter's face and said, "Good daughter, when the mother finds a way to earn money, you don't have to go hungry." ”

Chi Fangrui was even more distressed when he heard such a conversation, what could two women do, let alone make money. Seeing them so pitiful, Chi Fangrui spontaneously felt a desire to protect them, and wanted to take care of them more and more, after all, they were women who had a relationship with him.

"Madam, Xia'er!" Chi Fangrui called them tentatively, and the two turned around together and saw Chi Fangrui not far from them.

"Sir."

"Father!"

Seeing Chi Fangrui, Chi Xia ignored her mother's obstruction, and rushed up and threw herself into Chi Fangrui's arms, and Chi Fangrui also hugged her with his backhand. He felt the shape of his daughter, only that she had lost a lot of weight, and she didn't look so healthy.

The little face was pale, there was no blood on the thin lips, and the tears of Douda flowed uncontrollably from her eyes, and she said while crying: "Father, Xia Er misses you so much!" ”

"Good, Xia'er." Chi Fangrui comforted the daughter in his arms while looking up at the eldest lady who was a little overwhelmed opposite.

The eldest lady covered her mouth with one hand, and his eyes were also a little red, with a thin layer of mist in his eyes. She rubbed her eyes, took two steps forward, and looked at Chi Fangrui with a tender look like water, which made Chi Fangrui's heart move.

He opened his other hand, and the eldest lady also threw herself into Chi Fangrui's arms, resting her head in his neck socket, and tears flowed down her eyes.

"Sir!" Her already coquettish voice was now pretending like this, Chi Fangrui couldn't control it at all, and he completely relented. He hugged them tightly and called them softly, whispering in their ears, "I'm here, I'm here." ”

But for a moment, before Chi Fangrui could react, the eldest lady took Chi Xia and left his embrace, only two or three steps away from him.

"Sir, why are you here?"

"There's business, but that's settled now." Chi Fangrui still wanted to get closer to them, but they took a step back with every step they took closer, "Why are you here?" ”

"My lord is confused, I live near here, but my parents didn't accept our mother and daughter and kicked us out, so I had to take my daughter out to make a living by myself."

The eldest lady couldn't bear to wipe her tears as she spoke, seeing the eldest lady like this, Chi Fangrui also felt that she should know that she had learned a lesson from what she had done wrong before, and it was time to let them go home.

A home without relatives and women is imperfect, Chi Wan got married, the eldest lady and Chi Xia were driven away by him again, the whole house was very empty, only Chi Fangrui was alone, and he felt very lonely even sleeping on the bed.

Chi Fangrui took a step back and said, "Madam, it's going to be dark outside, and it's not safe for you two women to be outside, so let's go back." ”

Chi Xia looked happy and said, "Mother, father agreed to let us go back, and we can finally go home." ”

However, the eldest lady was still not satisfied, she took out a letter of resignation from her pocket and handed it to Chi Fangrui: "Master, you have already kicked our mother and daughter out of the door, how can we still have the face to go back?" ”

After that, the eldest lady was about to pull Chi Xia away, how could Chi Xia be willing to leave, she was crying very sadly, her eyes were red, and her tears were falling down, and Chi Fangrui was very distressed when she saw it.

"Father, I don't want to live that kind of life without enough food and clothing, and I don't even have a place to sleep every day, so my daughter has to shiver with her mother in the cold wind. Father, persuade Mother, please! ”

At this time, Chi Fangrui couldn't hold back any longer, he stepped forward in three steps and two steps forward to snatch the letter of resignation in the eldest lady's hand, and tore it to pieces without hesitation, scattering it in the haystack on the side with the wind.

The eldest lady was shocked: "Master, who are you?" ”

Chi Fangrui grabbed the eldest lady's hand and said, "Madam, you forgot that thing, come back to the house with me." ”

Chi Xia and the eldest lady glanced at each other, and they were overjoyed, this trick can be regarded as being used in the idea, the hard work pays off, Chi Fangrui still has them in his heart, as long as they rely on this, they are the winners.

Back in Chi Mansion, the eldest lady turned into the high-ranking lady again, and so did Chi Xia, who became the eldest lady of the Chi family again. Because Chi Fangrui was ashamed of them, he showed favor to the two of them in every way, wanting to make up for his mistakes.

The two of them got what they wanted, and they also swore that they would never again be reduced to the pitiful, low-voiced appearance they had before, and they would always be on top!