Shen Yueying took a deep breath, folded the paper, and put it at the bottom of the drawer, a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes. No matter how much this girl is stronger than herself, it is still herself who should go to Zhang Yuanwaifu.

As long as she becomes Miss Zhang's companion, she will be different from Shen Wangxin. At that time, who cares about a peasant woman who spends her days digging in the field?

As soon as Shen Yueying thought of this, she heard the door creak.

It turned out that Wu Jinhua came in with a bowl, and said to Shen Yueying with a smile: "Come, Yue girl." Mother soaked an egg for you, you and En'er spent their brains on reading, you have to be careful to know? ”

Shen Yueying stood up, drank the eggs in one go, and asked, "Mother, can I go to Miss Zhang's side?" ”

Wu Jinhua smiled: "Why can't it be?" Don't forget that your second uncle is the Xixi of that girl, and your sister Xiangxiu has been studying with her for so many years, and she is about to get married, so the position is not reserved for you? ”

Although Shen Yueying still had worries in her eyes, she was relieved after all. Thinking that as long as these seven days passed, Shen Wangxin couldn't hand over the five taels of silver, and gave the person to Aunt Lian's family, she would be able to sit back and relax, right?

It rained heavily all night, and it was dawn when Shen Wangxin woke up.

She pushed open the temple door and saw that the rain had stopped, and was thinking about how to get to the county, when she saw an ox cart slowly driving in the distance.

The ox cart was driven by none other than the idler who chatted under the banyan tree yesterday. His family is engaged in a vegetable sales business, and he has to load a large cart of vegetables to sell in the county town early every morning.

Early this morning, he was driving the ox cart past the Haizhou Temple outside the village, when he saw a thin voice and shadow in front of the temple looking at him. When I got closer, I found that the little girl in front of me was not Shen Wangxin, and couldn't help laughing: "Heart girl, your father and mother are really so ruthless, throwing you alone in Haizhou Temple?" ”

Shen Wangxin waved his hand at him and said, "Brother Zhao, are you going to the county seat?" ”

Zhao Qi glanced at Shen Wangxin, there were a lot of mud spots on his trouser legs, and he was holding a branch in his arms, like a little flower who asked for food, remembering what she asked herself about yesterday, and asked: "What, are you going to the county to treat the illness of the little son of the Ling family in the county?" Didn't I say, should you really have the idea of treating the little boy and come to pay back Aunt Lian's money, right? ”

The ox cart didn't stop, but slowed down as it passed by Shen Wangxin. Shen Wangxin's eyes jumped down quickly, she made such a big move, but Zhao Qi only felt that the ox cart only sank slightly, and the girl in her teens was as light as a cat.

"Really?" Shen Wangxin said seriously, "I am sure to cure the little boy's illness." ”

As soon as the words came out, Zhao Qi laughed: "What do you know about a half-grown girl?" There are so many doctors in the county who can't cure the disease, you girl brag and aren't afraid to laugh off her big teeth? ”

When Zhao Qi saw yesterday's incident, he felt pity for this little girl, and he intended to help her. It was expected that she was not going to the county seat to treat the little son, but to seek refuge with someone, so she pretended to believe it.

He moved the whip in his hand and threw it on the cow's buttocks: "I can talk to you first, I can't tell others that I took you to the county seat." ”

Shen Wangxin, who was at the back of the car, agreed, and Zhao Qi was relieved.

On the Shen family's side, Shen Yueying had breakfast at home, and hurriedly left the house to go to Haizhou Temple to find Shen Wangxin. The roads in the village are paved with stone slabs, and you can walk on rainy days, but when you get out of the village, it is different, they are all roads made of yellow mud, and when it rains, the ground is full of potholes, and every step can be stained with a large lump of mud on your shoes.

Shen Yueying walked out of the village with one shallow foot, and when she arrived at Haizhou Temple, a pair of shoes on her feet could no longer be seen, and half of her skirt seemed to be soaked in muddy water.

But when she went to the temple, where was the shadow of forgetfulness?

When a few women came in the temple to burn incense, she immediately asked, "Aunts, do you see my second sister?" It rained all night last night, but it didn't kill us in a hurry, and I heard that she came to the temple early in the morning, why didn't anyone see her? ”

A woman said, "You said that you are a girl, right?" Before dawn, I saw that she got into Zhao Qi's ox cart and went to the county seat, thinking that your family wanted her to go! ”

Shen Yueying's face turned white when she heard this, and she didn't care about replying to her words, so she hurriedly ran home with her skirt.

When the women saw her reaction, they gathered around and began to discuss.

"I said that the Shen family is not so ruthless, it must have been angry yesterday that he threw his heart girl out, didn't the girl come out early today to find someone?"

The other woman sighed and said, "If you want me to say, that girl is too unconscious." It's said that she is pitiful, and she is indeed pitiful. I think she's too tossed, won't there be nothing to do if she marries a sunspot? ”

The rest of the women chimed in, chatting and burning incense for the Bodhisattva.

Shen Yueying hurriedly ran home, Shen Fugui was just about to go out, and when she saw her daughter in a panic, she hurriedly asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?" But what's wrong with the girl? ”

Shen Yueying hurriedly shook her head, and after a long pause, she said, "I heard that the second sister followed Zhao Qi to the county. Dad, did you say that she was not satisfied with our decision, so she went to the county to ask Zhang Yuanwai for an explanation in person? To say, the position of this accompaniment was originally hers, I ......"

Shen Fugui sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that this is not impossible. Otherwise, what would she be doing in the county? But didn't he tell her a long time ago that she was not allowed to go to the county as an escort? dared to agree with her, but she didn't take his words seriously in her heart!

With a "bell", Shen Fugui slammed the hoe on his shoulder to the stone slab, and his eyes were red with anger.

When Wu Jinhua heard this sound, she hurriedly came over to take a look, saw the father and daughter's face gloomy, and heard the name of Shen Wangxin just mentioned, vaguely guessed the ins and outs of the matter, and hurriedly pulled off the apron on her body and scolded: "This debt collector!" I'm going to the county seat to get her back and see how she explains to me today! ”

She was about to rush into the house, but was stopped by Shen Fugui.

He had a serious expression on his face, and said coldly: "It's better for me to go, what's the use of you going to the county seat with a woman?" Don't worry, the second brother is still doing Xixi in Zhang's mansion, and she can't be allowed to be a demon in the county. I went to the county to tell my second brother about the matter, but she was a little girl, maybe she couldn't get into the door of Zhang's mansion. ”

Wu Jinhua also felt that it made sense when she heard this, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to wrap a few flatbreads for Shen Fugui to eat on the way, and Shen Fugui took some silver from the room, put the flatbread in his arms and went on the road.

On the other side, Shen Wangxin arrived at the door of the county mansion under the guidance of Zhao Qi.

I saw a vermilion door, and the left and right doors each had a beast-shaped knocker made of brass. There is a plaque painted with gold on a black background hanging on the door, and the two words "Liu Fu" are displayed on the plaque. There were two housekeepers standing in front of the door, each wearing the clothes of a small servant, and when they saw Shen Wangxin's appearance, they stopped people in front of the door, looked at Shen Wangxin, thinking that it was a little beggar from somewhere, and immediately drove people to the side.

Shen Wangxin was not in a hurry, and said his reason: "I am here to treat your little son." ”