Jiang Xinyue didn't answer the words again, just raised her hand, Fang Cannon and Liu Xin'er bypassed the mother-in-law and returned to the car, and after a while, they moved some exquisite boxes, Fang Cannon also carried a big bamboo basket covered with a cloth, and walked behind Jiang Xinyue, Ruan Mianmian, Mu Ruqing and Uncle Hua also came to help, and distributed these foods to the children, the mother-in-law was a little at a loss, so she had to stand aside with her breath and didn't dare to say a word.

The white cloth on the basket was lifted, and inside were all full of snow-white steamed buns, as soon as those children smelled the fragrance, they suddenly couldn't help it, and the saliva at the corners of their mouths of a few young people flowed to their chins, Ruan Mianmian They first divided two steamed buns by themselves, these children held the steamed buns in their hands and did not eat them first, they actually learned from the mother-in-law to Ruan Mianmian and saluted them, Ruan Mianmian persuaded them to help them up, watching the children gobble up one by one, everyone looked at each other, and their eyes were relieved.

After dividing the steamed buns, Liu Xin'er opened the pastry boxes again, there were all kinds of pastries in the boxes, all of which were exquisite and beautiful, she put the pastries away, and let the children take whatever they wanted, these children didn't coax at all, they came forward one by one in an orderly manner, each person only took two pieces, and in the end there was a small half box left.

Mu Ruqing and the others were amazed at the politeness of these children, and grabbed the pastries with their hands and stuffed them to the children who looked thinner, they were a little shy to push, and Mu Ruqing insisted on letting them accept it. After dividing the food, Fang Cannon was afraid that the children would choke on eating too quickly, so he gave the children the water in the water bladder to drink, and everyone looked at the dirty little faces of these children in the yard, and then turned around and prepared to leave after they finished eating the food.

Ruan Mianmian didn't talk to anyone alone to catch up, she had already looked at them one by one when the children were eating, there were many people who knew them, but more people didn't know each other, many people were gone in the past six months, but they didn't know if they were picked away or died.

Originally, there were a few girls who were close to Ruan Mianmian's age, but they were probably already fifteen years old and were expelled, and those younger ones didn't remember her very well.

Yipinxiang and his party wanted to leave, but the old woman really came up, smiling with wrinkles on her face: "County Lord Niangniang, you see this small courtyard is broken like this, you are also really doing good deeds, why don't you just reward a little silver from between your fingernails, and we can also repair it for the children, we can always shelter from the wind and rain, right?" ”

Looking at this old woman's style, Ruan Mianmian just wanted to gag, how could this mother-in-law let go of such a rich wrongdoer, whenever a noble person came to give her, she said so, but when the noble person left, she changed her face, let alone repair, even the clothes and gadgets given by the nobleman she had to take away.

Jiang Xinyue stood beside Ruan Mianmian, naturally felt her clenched hands, knew that she had anger in her heart, patted her arm, and said seemingly casually: "The children are pitiful, they really want to help, but I don't know how much silver the court allocates to this orphanage every year?" ”

The mother-in-law smiled on her face: "Do you know, the imperial court allocates fifty taels of silver to our courtyard every year, but there are so many children, just eating is not a small amount, this food and clothing, as well as daily use, are all filled with money to fill the bottomless pit, or I post a lot in private." ”

Jiang Xinyue glanced at the unclothed children behind her quite meaningfully, thinking that this mother-in-law was really powerful when she opened her eyes and said nonsense, but her face still didn't show it, but there were some questions in her tone: "I see that these children are dressed so shabby, and they are all skinny physiques, so they must not need those silver?" ”

"Yo, you grew up in that palatial place, clothes to reach out for food to open your mouth, how do you know the hardships of our ordinary people, this child is raised, it takes time and money." The mother-in-law decided that she grew up in a high-ranking family, and like those people in the past, she was ignorant and simple and compassionate.

"Oh, I don't know, Mianmian, is that so?" Jiang Xinyue's face was innocent at this time, like a white plum blossom blooming in frost, and she was noble and ignorant.

Ruan Mianmian looked at this mother-in-law, her eyes were bored, and she turned her head to Jiang Xinyue and said: "Half a day of hard nest heads, a set of torn clothes changed from others a year, and the children who are driven out of the age can have clean old clothes, and have never given anything else to the children, these children are too many ten taels in total, and the remaining forty taels are probably used to support her own children, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the mother-in-law immediately changed her face, twisted her eyebrows, and said with some fierceness in her eyes: "The girl can't talk nonsense, although you said that you went out from us, but who knows whether it is true or false?" Besides, it's not uncommon for this distribution to occasionally not be sent to everyone, and the girl didn't get it, so it can't be said that we didn't send it? ”

Liu Xin'er is also short-tempered, seeing that this woman is so shameless, she rolled up her sleeves and crossed her waist: "Look at what you said, the cost of fifty taels a year, that's it?" It was freezing cold, and when we came in, we saw that the child was drinking ice water from this broken tank, and there was not even a decent quilt on the bed in the room, and fifty taels of silver could only survive the winter like this? Phew!"

The mother-in-law was speechless, unable to say a complete word, only staring and trying to quibble, but was interrupted by Jiang Xinyue: "You mother-in-law has bad intentions, ignores your conscience and is greedy for money, and you want to blackmail from others, I think you are tired of life." Ruqing, the cannon, tied her up and sent her to the yamen of the capital to send her, here I will arrange another steward to come over. ”

Mu Ruqing and Fang Cannon immediately walked towards the mother-in-law, wanting to tie her up, but how could this mother-in-law be restrained, her eyes were horizontal, she ran out of the door quickly, sat on the ground with her buttocks, and cried loudly: "Come on, help!" It's a bully! Bullying the old woman! "Hands and feet are constantly fluttering and waving, and there is a posture of a shrew scolding the street.

Yipinxiang and these people have been doing business with kindness, not to mention that they are all high-ranking officials and nobles, but they are also polite guests, and suddenly saw this scoundrel mother-in-law, and they were helpless for a while.

The woman cried for a while, and then a dozen sturdy men ran from everywhere, and there were a few women holding children around the corner of the street to watch the excitement.

When the mother-in-law saw someone coming, she hurriedly shouted: "Da Niu Er Niu, these people slander me and want to arrest me to see the official, you go and tell the foreign master!" Immediately two young men ran away, and the rest of the men stood beside the woman and watched.

"This palace is the lord of Jingshu, you are rude! This woman broke the law, and we arrested her according to the rules, and I see who dares to stop it. Jiang Xinyue had already put away her weak appearance, she was a chivalrous woman, so naturally she was indispensable, and those men were all shocked.

The woman's eyes flashed, and she said sharply: "She said that she is the county lord and the county lord?" When they came to us today, they still wanted to block our money, hmph, tie them up and feed them to the dogs! ”

Those men also understood a little at this time, these people actually came to smash the field, the income of this orphanage is not this mother-in-law is greedy for ink, if you see the government, I am afraid that the neighbors in the vicinity will be implicated, who in this neighborhood has not shared the benefits? After all, this is not in the city, what is the disappearance of a few people without knowing it, they have dealt with a lot of children who died here in the past, and these girls are really...

Facing the disgusting and calculating gazes of these men, Yipinxiang and everyone looked awe-inspired, Mu Ruqing and Fang Cannon stepped forward to block in front of them, their faces were ugly, anyone could see that this matter was not simple, I am afraid it was not so easy to deal with, this woman also asked people to call a helper just now, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out for a while.

Ruan Mianmian was also unhappy at this time, after all, it was she who proposed to come to the orphanage, if she let the person of Yipinxiang put herself in danger, she was the most unhappy to go, she said loudly: "This one next to me is the current Jingshu County Lord, and the other is the second lady of Anyang Houfu, I am Ruan Mianmian, the eater of Yipinxiang in the capital restaurant, before this we told many people that they will come here today, you can go and inquire if there is anyone in the capital who does not know me." Besides, if something happens to the county lord, will the government let it go, will it not be able to find out here? Now hand over this mother-in-law, we can ignore the past suspicions. ”

Unexpectedly, a tall man who took the lead in the group of men laughed: "Little lady, you are really naïve, no matter how powerful the government is, you can't get here now, this piece has always been our final say, why don't you understand the truth that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake?" Or do you obey us obediently and suffer less sin? ”

Ruan Mian tightened her brows angrily, Fang Cannon blocked in front of her, seeing that there was tension on both sides, she was about to make a move. Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er are both powerless little girls, and Uncle Hua is old, but Jiang Xinyue's martial arts skills can still resist, but it is not easy to protect these people.

Jiang Xinyue was already angry at this time, and secretly said that it was difficult to mess with the people, so she took out the sword on her waist and rushed over, Mu Ruqing and Fang Cannon were in front of Ruan Mianmian and them to protect.

When the children in the orphanage saw that the two sides were about to fight, they were so frightened that many of the younger ones ran into the house and couldn't come out, and only a few slightly older people knew Ruan Mianmian, who stood behind them and refused to leave.

Jiang Xinyue's toes touched the ground and jumped lightly, and a few tossing and turning came to these men, and the sturdy man reacted, and threw a punch aimed at her temple, looking like he was using all his strength. Seeing that the fist was in front of him, the people who were a pinched incense pinched Jiang Xinyue's sweat, but Jiang Xinyue herself didn't look at it, and walked around sideways, and the person had already arrived behind the man.

She swung the hilt of her sword and slammed it into the back of his head, and the man fell to the ground as if his bones had been sucked away, rolling his eyes and seeing that he was unconscious.