The mother and daughter looked strange and pitiful, if he could, Chu Yun wanted to buy the recipe for that noodle, a few hundred taels of silver, under normal circumstances, even if it was a mountain empty, it would be enough for a solid and wealthy life under five mouths for a lifetime.

First, because he really liked the taste of that noodle, and the reason why he was willing to spend far more than several times the value of the silver to buy a recipe was purely because of his inexplicable affection for the little girl.

"Young master~, the front is the Zhao family~."

After turning a street corner and walking dozens of steps, the old man surnamed Chu pointed to a deep alley and said, "The Zhao family is inside~." ”

Even in later generations, no matter how prosperous the city is, there are old and dilapidated places, not to mention this era, in Kyoto, not only the royal family and various dignitaries live, but also in the inner city of the capital, there will also be poor families who do not have enough to eat.

This was obviously a place similar to a slum alley, and when Chu Yun and the three of them walked along a narrow alley, the road ahead was blocked by a group of children.

The alley was already narrow, and there was no way for seven or eight children to pass around it.

"Little Hanako, your father doesn't want you anymore~."

"Hey~! What's in your hand, show us~? ”

"Let go~, if you don't let go, I'll beat you~!"

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"What are you doing~!" Seeing a little girl who was surrounded by them, pushing and shoving, Chu Yun walked over quickly and shouted.

Seeing someone coming, the bear children immediately dispersed, and the little girl picked up a cloth bag on the ground, which had just been accidentally dropped on the ground by them in the process of scrambling, patted the dust on it, and carefully put it in her arms.

Then, she raised her head to look at the figure walking over, and the expression on her little face couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Chu Yun walked over quickly, helped her gently pat the dust off her body, and asked, "Dragon Boat Festival, why are you here, your mother~?" ”

"My family lives in it, and my mother decocts my grandmother at home~." Seeing the brother again, the little girl raised her head and said with a happy smile.

After speaking, she suddenly tilted her head and watched the little fat man stuff a piece of fragrant pastry into his mouth.

The little fat man blushed a little when she saw it, handed over a paper bag in his hand, and asked, "Do you want to eat~?" ”

"Dragon Boat Festival~?" As if remembering something, Chu Yun suddenly looked at her and asked, "What's your surname~?" ”

"The surname is Zhao, Zhao Dragon Boat Festival~." The little girl raised her head, looked at him with big bright eyes, and whispered.

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"Mother~, get up and drink the medicine~." The woman in the coarse cloth dress brought in a bowl of black medicine from the outside, walked to the bedside, and said softly to the old woman lying on the bed.

"Ahem~, ahem~!"

The old woman, with her white hair and wrinkled face, looked blankly ahead, groped her way and sat up, and the woman hurriedly passed her hand.

"You~coughcough~Where do you have the money to buy medicine~?" The old woman grabbed the woman's hand and asked as she looked out the door with her eyes dazed.

Only then did she see that there was no trace of brilliance in her eyes, and she should have been blind for a long time.

"Business has been good these days, and I've saved some money~." The woman put the medicine bowl to the old woman's mouth and said.

The old woman muttered: "What are you doing with wasting all this money~, I don't have many days to live, so I might as well keep ...... for the Dragon Boat Festival." ”

"Mother, don't say these words again, hurry up and drink the medicine~." The woman sighed and urged.

She glanced at a jar in the corner, and under that jar was buried the silver given by the boy yesterday.

I used that money to buy medicine for my mother, and there are more than nine taels left, saving a little money, enough for the family for a few years, and I must not let those people find it.

Those two distinguished guests are good people, and good people should be rewarded, she silently prayed in her heart, they must not do anything.

The old woman silently drank the medicine, and the woman picked up the medicine bowl, and before she could put it down, a crisp sound came from outside the door.

"Mother~, I'm back~."

Hearing the little girl's voice, a smile appeared on the corner of the woman's mouth, and when she went outside tomorrow to buy a few feet of flower cloth, she could make a new dress for the Dragon Boat Festival, she had wanted a beautiful flower dress for a long time.

The little girl jumped into the house with a cheerful step, stuffed a piece of white in her hand into the woman's mouth, and asked happily: "Mother~, sweet~?" ”

Before she could react, several more figures walked in from outside the door, the woman's face changed, and she hurriedly protected the little girl behind her, could it be that those people are here again~?

The first thing that catches your eye is an old face.

The woman was slightly stunned, and the vigilant expression on her face disappeared, for over the years, whenever they encountered a problem that they could not solve, the old man would appear, and although he had never communicated with him, he had probably guessed his origin in his heart.

And when another familiar face appeared in front of her, the woman immediately stood up.

"Is someone coming~?" The old woman couldn't see it, but she could feel that there were outsiders in the house, and asked out loud.

It seems that it is not those wicked people who often come, her son works during the day and comes back at night, she wonders in her heart, how many years has this family not been to outsiders~?

After Chu Yun entered the room, he looked around. The family is surrounded by four walls, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it with this word.

There was no furniture but a stove and a bed, and there were really only four walls left, and the only small bed was in the corner, on which an old woman with gray hair was half-lying.

There is also a small room inside, separated by a cloth curtain, and you can see a little clue through the gap, and the space is not large, I am afraid that it is only the place where a bed is placed.

"En~Engong......."

The woman hurriedly approached and rubbed her hands, looking very cramped.

If it weren't for the son in front of her, she wouldn't have the money to buy medicine for her mother at all, and the ten taels of silver would not be an exaggeration to be their life-saving money.

"Auntie~." Chu Yun looked at the woman and said.

The woman was about to open her mouth to say something, when she suddenly saw the young noble man say something, and she was stunned, her mouth was half open, and the expression on her face became dazed.

"The little lady of the Zhao family~." The old man surnamed Chu stepped forward, looked at the woman and said, "This is your sister's child~." ”

"Yu Niang, is Yu Niang back, where is Yu Niang~?" Before the woman could react, an anxious voice suddenly came out of the room, and the old woman was in a hurry to get off the bed, and for the reason she couldn't see it, she stepped on the air and rolled off the bed, but she didn't care at all, and struggled to crawl in the direction of the door.

"Mother~!"

The woman exclaimed, hurriedly ran over, and helped the old woman up, the old woman looked at the direction of the door in a daze, two lines of tears rolled down from the empty eyes, and murmured: "My Jade Niang~, where is my Jade Niang~?" ”

The little girl stood there in a daze, not knowing what was going on, the first time she saw her grandmother like this, her little face was pale and she didn't know what to do.

"Grandma, don't worry~, my mother is not in the capital, I came here this time to pick you up~." Chu Yun didn't know if she could still suffer such a blow if she told the old lady that the jade lady in her mouth had passed away more than ten years ago, so she could only comfort her like this at this time.

As for the truth of the matter, let's tell her slowly.

And after seeing that they had lived in such a place all these years, he could guess what kind of hard life they were having, he naturally couldn't ignore it, just now, Chu Yun had already moved his mind to take them back to Sujiang Mansion.

No matter how long the hand of the nobles of the capital stretches out, it can't reach out to Sujiang Mansion.

"You are the child of Yu Niang~?" As if thinking of something, the old lady forgot about Yu Niang for a while, grabbed Chu Yun's hand, and the other rough palm covered with calluses kept rubbing against his face, and muttered: "Yu Niang's child~, my grandson~, is so handsome, follow Yu Niang's ......"

As she spoke, the old woman's voice gradually became quieter, and she tilted her head sideways and snored slightly.

The great joy and sorrow were the most sad, Chu Yun hurriedly helped the old woman to the bed, let her lie flat, and after covering the quilt, he turned around and saw the woman, that is, his aunt, looking at him with complicated eyes.

In fact, when he learned that the little girl's name was Zhao Duanwu, Chu Yun understood where the feeling of familiarity and affection for her came from~.

Because the two of them also have half of the Zhao family's blood.

And the reason why I am familiar with the noodles on that stall is probably because I ate them when I was a child.

"Aunt Xiu~, clean up and get out of here today~." Knowing from Chu Bo's mouth that the youngest daughter of the Zhao family is called Zhao Xiuniang, Chu Yun looked back at the woman and said.

"Good ......." Hearing Chu Yun's undoubted tone, the woman opened her mouth, and finally spit out a word.

Seeing that the little girl was still standing in place stunned, Chu Yun walked over and rubbed her little head, and the woman followed, looked at the little girl, and said softly: "Dragon Boat Festival~, this is my brother~." ”

The little girl nodded mechanically, looked up at Chu Yun, and whispered in a mosquito-like voice: "Brother~." ”

The little head hadn't figured out what was going on, but she knew that this "brother" was different from what she had silently called in her heart before.

The old man fell asleep deeply, and the aunt was tidying up in the house.

The little fat man Chu Chengcai and the little Duanwu sat on the big stone at the door, showing off their treasured delicacies one by one, no one knew how many things could be hidden in his arms, and the fragrance wafted out far away, attracting a few children to hide from afar and swallow saliva.

"Come~, you're welcome~, eat~."

He generously pushed everything to the side of the Little Dragon Boat Festival, patted his chest and said, "I still have a lot of them at home~, next time I invite you to eat something more delicious......"

After thinking about it, he added, "However, you also want to invite me to eat your noodles~." ”

The temptation of food for children is still not small, finally, there is a little girl about seven or eight years old walked over slowly, pointed to the pastry in a paper bag, and asked in a low voice: "Little brother~, can you give me this to eat~?" ”

The little fat man showed a kind smile on his face, and said very simply: "Don't give it~!" ”

Seeing the little girl leave with tears in her eyes, the little fat man pursed the corners of his mouth, the reason why he gave these good things to the little Dragon Boat Festival to eat was because he was the eldest brother's sister, that is, his own sister, don't think that he didn't see her among the people who surrounded the Dragon Boat Festival just now, and he wanted to ask himself for something to eat, hum~! Think beautiful~!