Bao Yuan slowly reached out and pushed open the lid on the wooden box, and the jewels that were quietly placed in the box still shone brightly.

“…… You're still there. ”

"I'll keep it early in the morning." Bai Ling replied softly.

Bao Yuan's fingers gently ran over several of the beads—they were gifts from the concubine herself.

Looking at these jewelry, Bao Yuan's expression suddenly became a little painful, and he raised his sleeve and gently wiped his eyes.

Just as Bao Yuan raised her hand, Bai Ling's eyes quickly grabbed her wrist. Bai Ling brushed away the long hair on the other side of Bao Yuan's cheek - there were two scratched blood marks on it, and there was a visible bruise on the outside of the cheekbone.

Bai Ling gasped, "Your face ......"

Bao Yuan pulled her hand out of Bai Ling's hand hard, and she turned sideways and re-straightened her long hair with a few strokes.

"My family's ...... I've been a little upset these days," Bao Yuan said in a low voice, "Usually not like this." ”

Bai Ling immediately said, "Is it because of what I said last time, the streamlining of the Yamen?" ”

Bao Yuan nodded.

"In the past few days, many people in the yamen have been driven home, saying that they are waiting for news at home." Bao Yuan sighed lightly, "Last night, it seems that a few of his friends got the news that they could go back to the yamen to resume work, but no one has come to the ward to ...... us."

Bao Yuan's eyebrows frowned, "He went to the yamen this morning and asked what the reason was, and the people in the yamen just asked him to go back and wait for news......"

Bai Ling's face also turned cold - it sounded like this person from the Baoyuan family was definitely dismissed.

That's right, such a silverfish who runs to the gambling house all day long, but eats empty wages in the yamen, the yamen should have fired him a long time ago!

"He went to ask a few friends who went to work in the evening," Bao Yuan's eyes lowered, "They said it was all ...... The filial piety to the chief officials is not in place. ”

"Those few who returned to work gave gifts?" Bai Ling asked.

Bao Yuan nodded, "I said that I gave them all, some gave twenty taels of silver, and some said that I gave fifty taels, but our family is ...... here I really can't come up with this money. ”

Bao Yuan covered her eyes with both hands, trying her best to endure it, and after a few deep breaths, she looked at Bai Ling with red eyes.

"In fact, I hope that he can be sent home, he is not very old now, and he has the strength in his hands, if he is willing to come to this hundred flowers to work, a little more diligently, and earn no less than when he was in the Yamen......

"When the time comes, not only will we be able to take care of us, but he also knows that the money is hard to come by, maybe the gambling will change...... And I also inquired, and at the end of the year, the yamen will give a sum of money according to seniority......

"Didn't you ask me last time if I wanted to buy a new house outside and live a good life?" Bao Yuan choked up, "I calculated it a few days ago, if we work together as a husband and wife, and add the silver taels from the Yamen at the end of the year, we will be able to grit our teeth and buy a piece of land in the south of ......the city next year."

Boling handed him a handkerchief, "You've told him everything?" ”

Bao Yuan nodded.

"And what did he say?" Bai Ling asked.

Bao Yuan let out a long sigh again.

"He now spends his days staring at the news from the yamen, and he can't do anything else...... I also knew he wouldn't listen to him now, so I only mentioned it to him once.

"I wanted to wait a little longer, and by the end of June at the latest, the list of resignations should come down. When he dies of this heart, he will have to find another way...... But today, he doesn't know where he got the idea, and he has a crooked mind on Niannian! ”

Bai Ling was also surprised, "Niannian? ”

"He has been staring at Nian Nian since he came back from drinking today, I asked him what he was going to do, he hesitated for a long time, and told me that he wanted to exchange Nian Nian for silver - what to say, he will temporarily resist for a while, and when the chief is done, keep the seat in the yamen, and in the second half of the year, he will save money to redeem Nian Nian - I will not die!

"Wait—" Bai Ling frowned, "he wants to sell Niannian?" ”

Bao Yuan nodded.

"But where to sell?" Bai Ling's voice was slightly high, "Nian Nian is only three years old, what can he do if he sells it?" ”

Bao Yuan's voice trembled, "The boss of the lake...... Girls are always seven or eight years old, and there are also three or four years old, and they take ...... Raise it yourself, say yes, if you have guests, it's good to have this ......"

Before Bao Yuan's words were finished, Bai Ling had already felt a chill rise from his chest.

She was so angry that it took her a moment to react.

"Nian Nian is not a slave, the lake number dares to accept it!? Are they not afraid that the yamen will be held accountable? ”

"I'm to blame for this, I'm really to blame." Bao Yuan cried, "I used to feel troublesome, thinking that the household registration would be made every three years, and when the day comes, the people in the yamen will come to the door by themselves, so I didn't give Nian Nian the initiative to register for the household registration......"

“……”

Bai Ling was stunned for a long time before she stood up and walked to Bao Yuan's side and gently patted her back.

"Sister, don't cry yet...... What if she doesn't have a household registration, then she is not a slave? Buying and selling civilians at the feet of the Son of Heaven, this kind of illegal thing, they dare to do it? ”

Bao Yuan's face was bitter, and he choked up, "I went to ask a few familiar bustards in the afternoon, and they said that this Baihuaya was originally the boundary of the Teaching Workshop Division, and if there is no household registration, then the government will not be able to control this area......"

Bao Yuan took a deep breath, "I don't know what to do, so I can only take Niannian with me first." ”

"Let me say something, how can a gambler turn ......back," Bai Ling muttered, "Today I think of selling my daughter, tomorrow I may turn around and sell my sister too, but you still want to live with him." ”

Bao Yuanyuan choked and was speechless for a while.

"That's it, Sister Baoyuan." Bai Ling lifted Bao Yuan's shoulder, "You don't want to go back tonight, let's stay in Lanzi with Niannian." ”

Bao Yuan looked up a little dazedly.

Bai Ling continued, "Whether it's your man or your brothers, they can't chase here. In the Hundred Flowers, no one dares to trouble the Lan Zihao-"

Before Bai Ling finished speaking, Bao Yuan quickly shook his head, "No." ”

"Why?" Bai Ling was a little puzzled.

"I ...... I've bothered you enough to come to Lanzi to work, I can't-"

"What's the trouble is nothing more than two more beds in this room." Bai Ling hurriedly said, "If you don't think it's spacious, I'll go and ask for a room for the two of you tomorrow." ”

Bao Yuan still shook his head.

Bai Ling persuaded him for more than half a cup of tea, but Bao Yuan did not let go and was resolute.

In the end, Bai Ling was also annoyed, and his words became sharp.

Kebao Mandarin took it all the way, without the slightest refutation, she was silent for a long time, and finally bowed her head and said, "You don't understand, Bai Ling ......"

"What the hell don't I understand?"

"Now I have a longing, and I have been living in the flower lane of Baihuaya......"

Bao Yuan's voice was extremely low, and she looked at Bai Ling with red eyes.

"What if...... If anyone else knows, I've spent the night in the flower kiln...... Well, it's really unclear. ”

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