Chapter 68: The General is a Great Man
In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed.
That day, Yu Tianzheng took Yu Xiaorui to visit the General's Mansion, and really brought a letter of recommendation from Guangde School to Du Xiaomeng, and Yu Xiaorui really only played with Du Xiaomeng for a while, and then the Yu family father and daughter did not take any other action, and quickly returned home.
Du Xiaomeng originally wanted to find a time to go to Hongyuan Temple to see Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu, but Old Man Zhan's condition has not necessarily improved much, plus Zhan Qi sent someone to Hongyuan Temple two days ago, she learned that Aunt Jiang's injuries are gradually improving, and she thinks that their mother and son will have someone to take care of them in the temple, so there should be no problem. So she put aside her travel plans for the time being, and wanted to wait for Yu Tianzheng to help her find another suitable school before visiting them.
After another two days like this, Du Xiaomeng didn't wait for Yu Tianzheng's reply, but waited for someone she didn't expect to meet.
On this day, Mr. Zhan said that he wanted to eat the potpour-filled tofu made by Du Xiaomeng, so she went to the vegetable market to select the ingredients, and then went to the kitchen to Zhang Luo. While she was busy in the kitchen, the old servant guarding the door hurriedly came and reported, "Miss Du, someone outside the gate wants to see you." ”
Du Xiaomeng stopped what she was doing and asked, "Who wants to see me?" ”
The old servant of the gate had a look of panic on his face, and said in an unnatural voice, "It's a leper woman." He glanced at Du Xiaomeng and kindly suggested: "Miss Du, do you want me to answer her for you and let her go back?" ”
Du Xiaomeng hurriedly stopped the old servant and said, "No, I'll go see her." ”
She hurriedly washed her hands and walked briskly towards the gate of the General's Mansion. When she heard the old servant say the words "leper woman", she guessed that the person who came should be Aunt Jiang, but it has only been a few days, and the injuries on her body must not have healed, she should still be recuperating in the Hongyuan Temple at this time, why did she come to the General's Mansion?
The old servant followed closely behind her and dissuaded: "Miss Du, that is a leper woman, her body is not clean, you better not go." ”
Du Xiaomeng turned back as she walked and said, "I'm not afraid." ”
She understood the old servant's concerns. Leprosy is a terrible disease that can kill people and be contagious for people in this era, and people in this era generally do not know much about leprosy, and the vast majority of people think that people who have recovered from leprosy are still terrible infectious agents, and they should avoid people of that kind for fear of being infected.
"Miss Du!"
The old servant was still following behind, but Du Xiaomeng didn't hear it, so she simply ran up and left the old servant far behind.
Coming to the gate of the General's Mansion, Du Xiaomeng looked out and didn't see anyone, she was about to raise her eyes to look around, when she heard someone shouting: "Sister Du!" ”
Looking in the direction where the voice came from, I saw that in an inconspicuous corner a few meters away from the gate, Aunt Jiang, who was on crutches and still had a few scars on her face, was standing there supported by Ah Shu.
Du Xiaomeng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Aunt Jiang, the injuries on your body haven't healed yet, why didn't you come to Hongyuan Temple to recuperate your injuries and come here?" ”
Aunt Jiang's distorted face showed a distorted smile and said, "The injuries on my body have improved a lot, and if I don't want to continue to trouble others, I will ask the abbot to let me go down the mountain." ”
As she spoke, she was about to kneel down to Du Xiaomeng, Du Xiaomeng quickly supported her, this help should have been pulled to the wound on her body, only to see that she couldn't help but snort softly, and her face was even more distorted.
"Aunt Jiang, what are you doing here?" Du Xiaomeng held her body tightly and didn't dare to move, for fear that she would get the injuries on her body again.
Aunt Jiang's deformed fingers grabbed Du Xiaomeng's hand and said, "I came here today to thank Miss Du and the general, if you hadn't saved me, I would have died on the mountain." She pushed Ah Shu beside her, "Ah Shu, kneel down to my sister." ”
"Don't do that!" Du Xiaomeng hurriedly freed up a hand to hold Ah Shu, who was about to kneel, pretending to be angry, "Don't kneel!" If you kneel again, I won't talk to you! ”
Hearing her say this, Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu gave up the act of kneeling down to thank the benefactor.
Du Xiaomeng glanced at Ah Shu, and said with some reproach: "Ah Shu, how did you do it?" Your mother's injuries haven't healed yet, and if she wants to go down the mountain, you should dissuade her and let her recuperate well in the temple, how can you let her run around? ”
Ah Shu lowered his head a little aggrieved and said, "Sister Du......"
"It's none of Ashu's business!" Aunt Jiang hurriedly spoke out to defend her son, "I insisted on going down the mountain." I haven't been working for a few days, and I don't know when I'll be able to save enough money for Ah Shu to go to school. ”
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, just like Aunt Jiang, no matter how difficult it is, for the sake of the child, she also does her best to hold up a small world with her crippled body.
In order to make this poor mother feel relieved, Du Xiaomeng smiled and said to Aunt Jiang: "Aunt Jiang, you don't have to worry about finding a school anymore, I have already asked someone to find a suitable school for Ah Shu, and the person who promised to help me find a school knows a lot of people, and with his help, I should soon be able to find a school that is willing to accept Ah Shu, maybe I won't charge you a penny of tuition!" Du Xiaomeng didn't make it clear who was asked to help find the school, there was no need to be too clear, it would save some unnecessary trouble.
Aunt Jiang was overjoyed, and her voice trembled excitedly: "Really? Thank you so much, Miss Du! Ashu, did you hear that? You'll be able to read and write in the academy in no time! ”
Looking at the ecstatic smiles on Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu's faces, Du Xiaomeng's heart also became happy.
Aunt Jiang was excited for a while, and suddenly a sentence came out of nowhere: "The person who helped Ah Shu find the school is a general, right?" General, he's such a nice guy! ”
Du Xiaomeng didn't know why Aunt Jiang thought of Zhan Qi's head, she only knew that she had asked that guy for help, and as a result, he threw her to Yu Tianzheng at once. Hmph, if you don't want to help, just say it, why did you throw her to someone else if you agreed to help her?
She was very dissatisfied with Zhan Qi's actions in her heart, but she didn't say anything in front of Aunt Jiang. After all, Zhan Qi is Aunt Jiang's life-saving benefactor, Aunt Jiang's heart must be full of indescribable gratitude to Zhan Qi, and she regards Zhan Qi as a good person who is rare in a century.
Aunt Jiang seemed to suddenly remember something, and shouted, "Ah Shu, take out the things." ”
Ah Shu took out a small bamboo basket with a few eggs from behind him, and Aunt Jiang said embarrassedly: "Miss Du, you can accept this, I hope you don't dislike it." ”
Ah Shu handed the small bamboo basket to Du Xiaomeng with both hands, and raised his eyes to look at her with gratitude.
Those eggs are probably the most valuable belongings in their family now. Du Xiaomeng deliberately straightened her face as if she was very angry, raised her voice a little and said: "Aunt Jiang, you used to be enthusiastic about helping my aunt and young lady to tide over the difficulties without asking for anything in return, and now I should help you back, if I still take your thank you gift, am I still a human being?" ”
"But, Miss Du......"
Aunt Jiang wanted to say something, but Du Xiaomeng interrupted her all of a sudden, and said very seriously: "If you want me to accept these eggs, you will look down on me!" I'm going to be angry and upset! ”
Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu looked at each other, they were afraid that Du Xiaomeng would really be angry, so they didn't dare to insist on giving her eggs anymore. After saying a few words of thanks, Aunt Jiang hesitated, peeked at the gate of the General's Mansion, and asked, "Miss Du, is the General at home?" I, I would like to thank him personally. ”
Du Xiaomeng was about to tell them that Zhan Qi hadn't come back yet, but as soon as Cao Cao was mentioned, Cao Cao arrived. Before she could speak, she heard Zhan Qi's voice coming from behind: "Aunt Jiang, Ah Shu, why are you here?" ”
Hearing his voice, Du Xiaomeng's first reaction was to look up at the sky, seeing that it was just past midday, she turned her head to look at Zhan Qi behind her with some surprise, and naturally: "Huh? Coming back so early? ”
Zhan Qi said: "I don't have much to do today, so I'll come back early." ”
Seeing the life-saving benefactor, Aunt Jiang excitedly asked Ah Shu to help her approach Zhan Qi, and said repeatedly: "General, thank you!" Thank you for saving the lives of the women, thank you for helping the children find a school, thank you! As he spoke, he wanted to kneel down again. Du Xiaomeng, who had been prepared, hurriedly grabbed the two of them, and persuaded them a few more words before dispelling the idea of their mother and son kneeling down to express their gratitude.
Aunt Jiang pulled Ah Shu and bowed her head and bent down to say words of gratitude to Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng, and repeatedly thanked Zhan Qi for helping Ah Shu find a school.
Du Xiaomeng rolled her eyes at Zhan Qi disdainfully.
Looking at her contemptuous little eyes, Zhan Qi suddenly felt that he knew something about what she Du Xiaomeng was thinking. She misunderstood that she didn't help and deliberately sold her to Yu Tianzheng, right?
Zhan Qi was thinking about whether to explain to Du Xiaomeng, but Du Xiaomeng no longer paid attention to him, stepped forward and pulled up Aunt Jiang and their two mothers and sons, and said, "Aunt Jiang, your injuries are not healed yet, it is not appropriate to walk around too much, I will send you back first." ”
Zhan Qi didn't think much about it and said, "Take my car back." ”
Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu looked at Zhan Qi blankly with a flattered look, and Zhan Qi said to them, "You wait here for a while, I'll go and get the car." After speaking, he quickly walked into the gate and disappeared, and after a while, Shen Wan drove a carriage out of the general's mansion and walked straight to the three of them. Zhan Qi leaned out of the car and said, "Get in the car." ”
Aunt Jiang and Ah Shu were so nervous that they didn't know what to do, Du Xiaomeng pushed Ah Shu with a smile and said, "Why don't you help your mother into the car?" ”
Ah Shu woke up like a dream with an "oh", and helped Aunt Jiang, who had not come back to her senses, to get into the car with Du Xiaomeng.
Soon, the carriage took them to Liulipo. The carriage couldn't get in, so it could only be parked in the open space before going downhill, Du Xiaomeng said to Zhan Qi: "I'll send Aunt Jiang and them in, you wait here for a while." ”
After speaking, she and Aunt Ashu Fujiang got out of the car, they just got out of the car, Zhan Qi also jumped out of the car and said to Du Xiaomeng, "I'll accompany you in." "Liulipo is the worst place in the capital, and he doesn't worry about letting Du Xiaomeng run inside.
Du Xiaomeng glanced at him, and thought of him throwing himself to Yu Tianzheng for no reason, and immediately felt that it was a little unpleasant to look at him, so he said sarcastically: "General, this is a slum, not a place where a dignitary like you should come." ”
Zhan Qixiang didn't hear the sarcasm in her tone, and smiled casually and said, "I've even crawled through the pile of dead people, is there any place I shouldn't go?" Let's go! ”
Yo? There was even a time when Du Xiaomeng couldn't hit Zhan Qi.
Looking at Zhan Qi's relaxed face, Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. She simply closed her mouth and didn't speak, and walked in front with Aunt Jiang, treating Zhan Qi who was following behind as non-existent air.
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