Bai Shijun's face was embarrassed, "The problem is her situation, it's useless to just take medicine, most of the old man's illness is from starvation——"

"Okay, yes, I kind of get it."

Bai Yi couldn't listen anymore, he rolled up his sleeves and walked to the door in a few steps, "You can't see people starving, so let your daughter starve with you, right?" ”

Bai Shijun shook his head again and again, anxious like a grasshopper on a hot pot, and couldn't finish his words for a while, "I'...... I didn't expect it, I just, I just thought the family was still, still-"

Bai Ling leaned against the wall, her eyes were a little weak, she didn't look at her father, she just sighed in a low voice, "Dad, money doesn't come from the wind, every time you come to me to pay money, how much money is left in the family, don't I tell you?" ”

Bai Shijun was about to cry, and replied with a bitter face, "I didn't pay attention to ......"

Bai Ling raised his head, looked at Bai Shijun with burning eyes, a little spark rarely popped out of his eyes, and his voice also turned higher, "Okay, even if you don't remember how much money you have left at home, you promised to leave at least two dollars of silver for your family every month...... How did you spend all the money on your own? ”

Without waiting for Bai Shijun to answer, Bai Yi on the side had already stepped forward and hugged Bai Ling.

He looked coldly at Bai Shijun, who didn't know how to be good in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Don't pay attention to him, brother will take you out for a good meal, anyway, he doesn't need to eat food himself, just drink the northwest wind and be full!" ”

Bai Yi hugged his sister and walked out the door, Bai Ling only felt that his nose was sour, and he couldn't say anything.

Before going out, she turned around and saw Bai Shijun frozen alone at the kitchen door, looking like a lifeless wood sculpture in the dim twilight.

There are no people in the alley today, perhaps because there are carriages of Jinyi guards at both ends of the alley. The stalking in the palace has always been so undisguised, because deterrence is also an indispensable part of this "stalking".

Bai Yi heard footsteps behind him, and he didn't look back, knowing that he had followed the tail behind him. He looked sideways at Bai Ling's expression, and his steps slowed down - Bai Ling in his arms didn't know when his eyes were red.

Bai Yi shook his arm, and his voice was soft, "Why are you crying?" ”

Bai Ling calmed the corners of his mouth, shook his head and said, "Hey, I'm ...... I just thought, why is it so hard to live here? ”

Bai Yi also sighed, he looked at the road ahead, "Dad is that kind of person, he is always better to other family members than his own family, you don't pay attention to him." ”

"But I'm still so angry, hey, he's really angry with me like this," Bai Ling tightly grasped the clothes on Bai Yi's back shoulders with both hands, and suddenly was stunned again, a little annoyed, "I patronized the accounts just now, and I didn't feed the chickens at night!" ”

Bai Yi laughed, "Don't worry about those chickens, we're still hungry, we'll get them when we come back later." ”

Bai Ling's throat moved, and she raised her eyes to look at Bai Yi, "But where did you get the money?" Doesn't your Baiwei House only settle the bill once a year? ”

Only then did Bai Yi free a hand, dug it out on his chest, took out a bulging money bag, gently threw it into Bai Ling's hand, and said with a smile, "Our task tonight is to eat all this bag of money!" ”

Bai Ling was shocked, took it in his hand and turned it upside down, only to feel heavy, and then carefully pinched the money bag, and found that there were some copper plates and broken silver inside, and it was estimated that there were about one or two.

"Why are there so many...... How much silver do you have in a month? ”

"I was promoted at the beginning of February, and I forgot to tell you." Bai Yi had a smile on his face, "Now, eight dollars a month!" ”

Bai Ling was stunned, Bai Shijun's month's salary was converted into silver taels, which was about five yuan.

Eight Coins of Silver...... It's enough to make a family of three eat meat for two months!

“…… Didn't it just a penny before? ”

"That's the price of the fireman, I'm a kitchen assistant now," Bai Yi said with a smile, "But the kitchen assistant also depends on whose cook you are helping, my master Wan Fushun is the golden sign of Baiwei Building, I follow him, and I get it every month, so I have seven more yuan." ”

Bai Yi paused, and then said, "I received my father's letter this morning, so I hurriedly went to the master to ask for leave. When he heard that something had happened to my family, he directly settled my monthly money for January and February, and was afraid that I would not be enough, so he asked me if I wanted to pay him a little more. ”

“…… That's nice. Bai Ling sighed heartily.

"What is this," the light smile in Bai Yi's eyes became radiant again, "Master Wan's dividends from Baiwei Building alone are eighty taels, not counting the wages and rewards of those families and nobles who invite him to come to the door."

"When I stay up for another two years, even if I get out, no matter where I go to the back kitchen, the monthly money will start at least two taels!"

Bai Yi tossed Bai Ling in his arms again, and took bigger steps under his feet, "Our hard days should come to an end!" ”

Chaotian Street is probably the most prosperous place in Pingjing, and Baiwei Building, where Bai Yi learned to cook, is also here.

Half of the sky is lit up by nighttime lights, and on days when there is no curfew, the entire street is covered with red lanterns.

Chaotian Street is on the central axis of the capital, and at the end is the palace gate, and Bai Ling rarely comes to this area, let alone see the night view here.

However, if you don't look at it, you won't understand why Pingjing, located in the southeast corner of the empire, is called the heart of the Great Zhou.

In March, the willows in the south have been pulled out of the buds, and in the hazy night, countless merry boys, picturesque and beautiful, sing and laugh in the lit pavilion.

Any wine shop and canteen on the side of the street is a place where a lot of money is spent, and the trenches who enter and exit it are like carp crossing the river. The bright moon that once shone on the 24th Bridge also shone on this lively and extraordinary world.

Walking here, Bai Ling felt that she was out of place with all around her, and she looked at these bright and green warblers and swallows, and only felt that she was close to them, but it seemed like two worlds apart.

Bai Yi put down Bai Ling, and the brother and sister held hands and walked slowly on the street.

The storefronts along the way are lined up, and Bai Yi tells Bai Ling about it one by one. Whose chef has a unique famous dish, which song and dance studio bought which brand's top brand and hid it in the snow, Bai Ling listened to it freshly, and the fatigue of the day was all left behind.

Finally, the two stopped in front of a chicken soup wonton shop in a deep alley.

Bai Ling pointed to the store and said to Bai Yi, "Let's eat this tonight, right?" ”

"That's it?" Bai Yi was a little surprised, "How much is a bowl of wontons?" I know there's a Huaiyang kitchen in front of me, and it's a must-"

Bai Ling smiled and tugged at Bai Yi's sleeve, "I can't walk anymore." ”

"It's not far, go two or three hundred meters ahead—"

Bai Ling didn't listen, just stubbornly pulled Bai Yi's sleeve, "Let's go." ”

Bai Yi couldn't, so he had to follow behind Bai Ling and walk to the wonton shop.