Chapter 188: A Pool of Remnants
Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu were stupid, glanced at each other, and looked at Mrs. Qu together: "Old lady, look at this ......"
Old lady Qu's face changed color, and she slowly nodded and said to Bai Zhihan: "Since this is the case, it is naturally up to Zuo Gongzi to choose, Zuo Gongzi now chooses you to be your maidservant, and it is also your creation." Zhi'er, your filial piety to your grandfather is remembered by your grandfather. Zuo Gongzi's medical skills are excellent, and his future is limitless. What's even more rare is that he is kind-hearted, he has repeatedly said that he doesn't want you to keep this promise, we forced others to make a choice, such a person, if you follow him, he can't treat you badly. In the future, you will do your best to serve Zuo Gongzi, and from now on, you will be a member of the Zuo family. You have this good home, we ......, and we will rest assured......"
When Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu heard this, they both wept and didn't dare to say a word.
Bai Zhihan kowtowed: "Yes, Zhi'er remembers the old lady's teachings." ”
Liang couldn't bear it in his heart, pulled Zuo Shaoyang, and said in a low voice: "Zhong'er, don't ......"
Zuo Gui turned his head, glared at her, and said in a low voice, "Shut up!" ”
Liang hurriedly let go of Zuo Shaoyang and bowed his head silently.
Old lady Qu said: "Although you are my granddaughter, but in the final analysis, you are a member of the Bai family, and we have no right to sell you into slavery, and you made this promise in order to ask Zuo Gongzi to treat me, in order to save my old life, and my grandfather can't force you to sell yourself as a slave." Everything has to be done if you are willing, so if you are willing to fulfill your promise, write down the deed of sale yourself, and then go with Zuo Gongzi! ”
"Yes!" Bai Zhihan kowtowed, got up and walked to the desk, raised his hand to study ink, and wrote the deed with a pen expressionlessly, and the room was quiet for a while. There were only low sobs from Old Lady Qu and Mrs. Qu.
Bai Zhihan wrote the deed, took the ink, and stamped the handprint. Picking it up with both hands, he walked in front of Zuo Shaoyang, knelt down on one knee, and handed over the deed with both hands.
Zuo Shaoyang took it, glanced at it, folded it, and put it in his arms. Said: "Get up! ”
Bai Zhihan stood up.
Old Lady Qu's weak voice said again: "Zhi'er, come here." ”
Bai Zhihan walked up to her grandfather.
"You get on your knees!" Old Lady Qu took a few breaths and said slowly.
Bai Zhihan fell to her knees again.
"Every word I say now, you must remember!" Old lady Qu stared at her and said word by word.
"Yes."
Old lady Qu actually stood up half of her body, stared at Bai Zhihan and said, "You swear, if Zuo Gongzi cures my illness, you are willing to give Zuo Gongzi as a wife, a concubine and a slave." Therefore, if you become Zuo Gongzi's slave or be blessed to become a wife and concubine in the future, it is all because of your own oath, that's all! If in the future, under your creation, you have a favor to Zuo Gongzi or his family, it is also a matter for them to repay you, but they can't break your oath because of this, and these two can't be offset. -- An oath is an oath, and it will not be broken for any reason! Remember? ”
"Zhi'er remembered."
"Then, what will you do if they don't let you be a wife and a concubine, and if you don't let you continue to fulfill your promise?"
"Zhi'er should swear to death!"
"Good! Just swear a poisonous oath to your face! ”
"Well," Bai Zhihan calmly took off a hosta from his head and spread it out in his hand, "If you violate this oath, you will be with this hairpin!" With a snap, the hosta was slapped heavily on the bluestone slab, and where the hand was raised, the hosta had been broken into several sections.
"Good! Worthy of being the descendants of my Qu family! Get up......" Old lady Qu seemed to have done something important, and lay back on the bed weakly, panting for breath.
The three members of the Zuo family looked at each other and couldn't make a sound.
Bai Zhihan stood up, took out most of the thousand-year-old ginseng from his arms, walked in front of Zuo Shaoyang, and handed it to him with both hands.
Zuo Shaoyang was shocked by what Old Lady Qu said just now, thinking that this Old Lady Qu was really rigid enough, and he attached too much importance to this promise, even to the point of rigidity. Seeing Bai Zhihan handing over the ginseng, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then understood what Bai Zhihan meant, since he couldn't be his wife, this ginseng was a dowry, so he naturally had to return it.
But Zuo Shaoyang didn't answer, and said: "The old lady's illness needs this ginseng, if there is no ginseng to continue to slowly recuperate, it is difficult to recover, and there may be a change." Since my quid pro quo is to cure the old lady's illness, it is natural that the old lady's illness will be completely cured, so that I can exchange the white girl for her maid. Therefore, the rest of the ginseng cannot be returned to me, and it is left for the old lady to take slowly. ”
After Bai Zhihan heard this, Haosheng glanced at him, turned around and handed the thousand-year-old ginseng to his grandmother.
Zuo Shaoyang turned back to Zuo Gui and said, "Dad, the matter is done, let's go?" ”
Zuo Gui nodded, got up and clasped his fists and arched his hands: "Old lady, then we will leave." Miss Bai should stay in your mansion to take care of the old lady first, and then talk about it after the old lady's illness is completely cured. ”
"No way!" Old lady Qu said blatantly: "I have Humble Jing and Aunt Long here, and I am already very good, so I will not be in the way." - Zhi'er has signed the deed of sale, and from this moment on, he is a member of your Zuo family. Zhi'er, you go back to the room to pack up your clothes now, and go back with Zuo Gongzi and them. ”
Bai Zhihan's pretty face, which was as crystal clear as white jade, still had no expression at all, and said softly: "The packing has already been packed." Go and get it, and you can go over. ”
Zuo Shaoyang was slightly surprised, and glanced at her, if this is the case, then this Bai Zhihan is really true to his word, and he is determined to fulfill this promise, and he can't help but be a little admired in his heart.
Old lady Qu was also a little surprised, and nodded slowly: "Even so, then let's go, there seems to be snow and rain outside." Aunt Long, you go and get a few umbrellas for Zuo Gongzi and them. ”
Zuo Shaoyang listened to it, and sure enough, he heard the sound of rain at the banana sycamore under the eaves of the porch outside the window.
Aunt Long agreed, trotted out, and quickly came back with three umbrellas. Nuo Nuo said: "Old lady, there are only three umbrellas at home......"
Bai Zhihan said softly: "I have a hat in my house. ”
"I'll get it." Aunt Long turned to leave.
"No need, this snow and rain shouldn't be heavy, I'll go over and get it myself." Bai Zhihan said softly.
Zuo Shaoyang and the others said goodbye, lifted the curtain and came to the eaves of the corridor, and saw that the ground had been white at some point, and when they looked up at the sky, it was gray, and the snowflakes were falling slowly, but the stone steps were wet, and the snow was still raining.
Zuo Gui opened an umbrella and didn't look at others, when he stepped down the steps and walked out, Liang handed the umbrella in his hand to Bai Zhihan, and smiled reluctantly: "Miss Bai, you can hold this umbrella, I'll share one with Zhong'er." ”
Bai Zhihan didn't answer, blessed with a gift, gently lifted the moon white dress, went down the steps, braved the snow and rain, stepped on the snow, and did not panic, as if walking in the snow, Tingting curled to the outside of the small courtyard.
Aunt Long hurriedly put her hand on the top of her head and ran out of the yard.
Seeing that Zuo Shaoyang was still standing on the stone steps and didn't move, Liang Shi hurriedly pushed him and said in a low voice: "Hurry up, take the umbrella and give it to the white girl!" ”
Zuo Shaoyang smiled faintly: "Mother, you are old, and a total umbrella will wet your shoulders, beware of catching a cold." Let's go! ”
After that, Zuo Shaoyang opened the oil-paper umbrella and went down the steps to follow.
Liang sighed, looked back at the old lady Qu and Mrs. Qu who sent them out, smiled reluctantly, opened the umbrella, and hurriedly followed.
Zuo Shaoyang came to the door of the weeping flowers, Zuo Gui was already standing there, and when he saw him coming, he said: "You go with the white girl to pick up the luggage, and your mother and I will go back first." ”
"Yes!" Zuo Shaoyang agreed.
Zuo Gui held an umbrella and walked to the back door. Liang handed the umbrella in his hand to Bai Zhihan again, but Bai Zhihan still didn't accept it, but just owed a blessing and stood solemnly. Liang was helpless, seeing that Zuo Gui was far away, he had to chase after him with an umbrella.
The Liang family caught up with Zuo Gui and said in a low voice: "Master, let the white girl come to our house as a slave, this ......, isn't this okay?" ”
Zuo Gui didn't stop, sighed, and said, "This is also a way that has no choice, so I can only let people come over first." After the two of them get along for a long time, Zhong'er can slowly see the good of the white girl, maybe she will change her mind, and she can marry again at that time. If you don't, you're dead! ”
Liang immediately understood Zuo Gui's intentions, and nodded immediately: "Then we can't be called by slaves in the future." ”
"That's natural, shouldn't we treat her like a daughter-in-law?"
"Okay, I'm just worried about Zhong'er, as soon as the two of them meet, it's like fighting cocks, he won't take this opportunity to abuse the white girl, right? Then we can't live with people. ”
"No, we don't know about our son? When have you ever seen Zhong'er bully someone? He is like a piece of wood, kind and kind, like you, only people bully him. But right now, he is angry, his mouth is colder, and he can say a few stingy words, but he won't really abuse the white girl. Let's rest assured. ”
The two of them walked out of the backyard door as they spoke.
Aunt Long first followed Zuo Gui and them to the backyard gate, closed the courtyard door after they went out, and then rushed back and said to Bai Zhihan: "I'll go get the hat first!" With that, he hurried to the small attic with his hands in the snow and rain.
Bai Zhihan is now a slave, so naturally she can't walk in front of Zuo Shaoyang, Zuo Shaoyang saw her standing slightly sideways by the side of the stone path, her hands on her waist, her hair and thin fragrant shoulders were wet with rain and snow, so she said lightly: "Do you want to come over and fight together?" ”
Bai Zhihan lowered his head: "No need, thank you young master." ”
"That's up to you!" Zuo Shaoyang walked forward. Bai Zhihan lowered his head and took half a step back, and followed Zuo Shaoyang forward.
Zuo Shaoyang paced, looking at a pond of lotus ponds by the stone path, and snowflakes slowly falling into the pond. The lotus leaves have long since withered and withered, and the withered yellow ground is scattered on the water, covered with white snow, gently swaying with the cold wind, like those ragged victims on the street.
Zuo Shaoyang looked at the scenery of snow and rain, and was very emotional, such a scene, but under the wind and snow, the residual lotus was simmering, like a beggar in the cold winter, thinking of the 'frozen bones on the road'. What else is there to appreciate the sound of the residual lotus rain?
Bai Zhihan saw him staring at the pond stupidly, and he didn't know what he was thinking, he was a little surprised, and looked at them, the remnants of the pond were full of frost and snow, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at them, and secretly thought in his heart, he will be the slave maid in this little man in the future, and his future will be as bleak as this remnant lotus?
(To be continued)