17. Chapter 17
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He Huan's fierce words made Tao's face turn from white to red, and he forgot to cry for a while. He Jing had never seen the eldest sister speak like this, so he could only look at her with wide eyes.
"I ...... I ......" Dow came back to his senses, tears poured down, and he said while crying: "I have said everything I can say, and I have done everything I can do, if something happens in the future, don't blame me!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.
He Huan didn't catch up to explain, but grabbed He Jing and said to him: "Brother Jing, maybe the eldest sister really shouldn't show up, but think about it carefully, if everyone doesn't do anything and just waits passively, can life get better on their own?" The eldest sister believes that you will definitely be able to top the high school rankings, but before that, we all have to eat and dress, my aunt is old, and my aunt is not in good health, are we all stupid waiting for the silver to fall from the sky? ”
He Jing walked away in a daze, and quickly caught up with Dow. He Huan watched his back disappear at the gate of the courtyard, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. She did everything she could just to return to Shen Jinglun, but a Xie San appeared for some reason.
"Xie San." He Huan repeated these two words silently, suddenly opened his eyes, hurriedly walked out of the West Cross Courtyard, found Bai Shao in the kitchen, and whispered a few words to her.
Bai Shao listened to He Huan's instructions and looked hesitant, but in the end she nodded in response, took off her apron and walked straight out of the gate of the He family, and hurried to the Shen family.
Bai Shao didn't walk long, and a black shadow appeared in the night, following her like a shadow, and followed her step by step. Bai Shao didn't realize it, and quietly walked to the side door of the Shen family according to He Huan's instructions. She muttered to the mother-in-law guarding the door for a long time, and the door slammed shut. She looked around nervously, and the shadow hurriedly shrank behind the wall.
After half a cup of tea, the door creaked open, and a seven or eight-year-old girl walked out. Bai Shao was stunned for a moment, seemingly surprised. After a moment's hesitation, she bent down to speak to her. The dark shadow looked at them from afar, smiled slightly, and took a few steps back to disappear into the darkness.
When Bai Shao went to Shen's house to report the news, He Huan called Uncle Zhang to speak and asked him if he had a way to find out Xie San's identity.
Uncle Zhang said with an embarrassed face that the couple had worked in the He family all their lives, and they didn't know the ruffians on the street. After saying this, he reminded He Huan again that people like Xie San are not good at messing with Yunyun.
He Huan kept a calm face and did not speak. She once heard Shen Jinglun say that most of the people in the yamen were from poor families. In the northwest corner of Jizhou City, there are many ruffians and hooligans, but there are also a lot of quick catches. There was little hope, but she might be able to start there.
Seeing that it was already very late and it was time for a curfew soon, He Huan could only tell Uncle Zhang to go to the yamen early the next morning to find Lin Zhutou, first, to ask him if he had caught the person who intercepted the carriage, and second, to inquire by the way, whether anyone in the yamen had heard the name "Xie San".
Zhang Bo stood with his head down, silently listening to He Huan's words. When she finished speaking, he whispered, "Miss, the old lady has explained before leaving......"
"It's an old lady." He Huan corrected unceremoniously, "You must know that your husband and wife are the descendants of the He family, not the marriage of your aunt and grandmother." ”
Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, He Huan had already preemptively said: "Don't say that grandma is in Qingsongguan at the moment, even if she is at home, she is old, and it is not appropriate to work too hard." Take the events of the past few days as an example, I want to pawn the screen left by my mother, also so that my family can have money to buy rice and grain. This kind of trivial matter, in fact, does not need to alarm the aunt and grandmother. She sighed, and then sighed: "You are all old people in the family, it is impossible not to know that the situation at home is no longer as simple as before, and it is no longer as simple as having more pairs of chopsticks and more people." ”
Uncle Zhang listened to He Huan's chatter, and his expression changed slightly. She was clearly hinting to him that if the two of them couldn't recognize who was the master, she would have to sell them. For a while, he was a little flustered and a little unconvinced. They had served her grandfather, and even the Wei clan was polite to them......
"Uncle Zhang, if I remember correctly, my aunt and grandmother are three or four years older than you, and if you are in an ordinary people's house, you should almost hug your great-grandson."
He Huan said extremely plainly, but Uncle Zhang listened with cold hands and feet. The two of them have no children and no daughters, and if they leave the He family, they will probably starve to death on the side of the road. He Huan can send the Wei clan to Qingsong Temple, can't he deal with them? In the end, the Wei family is He Huan's own grandmother, no matter how fierce the trouble is, it is still a family in the end, but the two of them are just servants of the He family, what qualifications do they have to make irresponsible remarks in front of the master? Besides, with Wei's temper, if she really wants to make trouble, she won't necessarily protect them.
Thinking of this, Uncle Zhang's attitude immediately softened, and he said respectfully that he would go to the yamen early tomorrow morning to inquire.
He Huan was very satisfied with his attitude, and nodded and ordered him to retreat. Listening to her indifferent tone, Uncle Zhang vaguely felt that she was different from before, but he couldn't say anything wrong. He didn't dare to look up at her, and secretly glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to see that the plain white skirt covered her feet, and above her knees, she clasped her hands and hung naturally on her thighs. Zhang Bo didn't dare to continue to look up, he only noticed that his originally rough hands seemed to have become white and slender, and his original dark gray nails had been carefully polished and slightly glowed with a soft luster.
"Anything else?" He Huan asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Bowan suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly saluted and retired.
After Uncle Zhang left, He Huan looked down at his fingers. These days, she soaks her hands in warm water with vinegar every day, which was taught to her by the Shen family's housekeeper mother, because Shen Jinglun likes beautiful and clean fingers. But now she doesn't take care of her hands for him, she simply wants to keep her best in every detail, no matter how small. She didn't know when it was a habit, maybe it was a year of subtly influenced by him.
Half an hour later, Bai Shao returned from the Shen family. When He Huan learned from her that Zizhu had sent a seven or eight-year-old maid to pass the word, she couldn't help but be surprised. According to the rules of the Shen family, the little maid can't run around alone after nightfall.
"What does that little maid look like and what are her characteristics?" He Huan's voice raised a few points.
Bai Shao thought about it, shook his head, and couldn't say why. He Huan frowned and thought for a long time, staring blankly at the candle flame.
Early the next morning, He Huan woke up at the right time, she washed and tidied up, and when she walked out of the West Cross Courtyard, she saw He Jing watering flowers under the corridor. "Brother Jing." She whispered.
"Big sister." He Jing hurriedly put down the water scoop and turned around to say hello. When his gaze touched He Huan, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He Huan was wearing a blue-gray pleated skirt, with narrow sleeves of the same color on it, and the clothes were only three or four percent new, which was the old clothes He Jing was used to, but it was different from the past, she had two lilacs on her ears, the skirt was decorated with tassels, and her hair was carefully combed, although only a simple wooden hairpin was inserted, but the jet-black hair looked smooth and soft under the morning glow, setting off her smiling face more fair-skinned and bright.
"Eldest sister, are you going to go out later?" He Jing lowered his eyes.
"I didn't go out today, what's wrong?" He Huan turned his head to look at the red and bright sun. She likes the vibrancy of the early morning, which makes her feel that life is full of hope.
He Jing looked at He Huan again, only to see the glow falling on her long eyelashes, leaving a shallow shadow on her face. He suddenly remembered that although the eldest sister was still wearing old clothes these days, her daily clothes seemed to be carefully matched. He originally thought it was because she was going to the Shen family to meet guests, but now it doesn't look like it. "Eldest sister, didn't you say that there is nothing happy about it, so you don't need to dress up?"
"If you don't have anything to be happy about, you should dress up and make yourself happy, don't you say?" He Huan replied casually, his eyes fell on the potted plants under the porch, bent down to pick up the water scoop on the ground, slowly watered the flowers one by one, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Jing, what the eldest sister said last night, have you thought about it?" ”
"Yes." He Jing nodded, staring blankly at her movements. He felt that the whole house was bare and gray, so he planted these pots of flowers and plants despite everyone's obstruction. He always knew that the eldest sister didn't say anything because she loved him, but he believed that she must have felt that he should spend his time watering flowers reading. But at this moment, she helped him water the flowers for the first time, but her movements were so natural and beautiful, as if this was a very ordinary thing.
"Eldest sister, don't you think that I waste my time reading by tending to flowers and plants every day?"
He Huan stopped his movements and said with a smile: "Maybe it used to be, but it won't be in the future." Looking at these tender green leaves, the mood is naturally good; If you're in a good mood, you can get twice the result with half the effort when you read, which is good. ”
"Really?" A smile spread across He Jing's face.
"Of course it's true. If we can sell the screen smoothly today, we will simply buy some more flower seedlings and plant them in the yard, maybe it will not be long before they can bloom. ”
"Eldest sister, do you really want to find the shopkeeper Huang of Yongji Pawnshop?"
"yes." He Huan nodded, "What's the matter, did the eldest aunt say something?" ”