Summer night, summer insects chirped, Chu Huaixian sat in the study and read at night. The wind was blowing through the windows, and it was very cool inside.

A sound of "dangchang" broke the silence. Chu Huaixian only frowned and continued to read his book.

The lotus flower was in the side room, squatting on the ground in embarrassment to pick up the broken cup, and Liuchun beside him was just disdainful. Liuxia didn't look at the lotus, took a ruby red tea bowl, poured the herbal tea from the well and sent it to Chu Huaixian.

"What did you fall again?" Chu Huaixian asked casually. Liuxia lowered his hand: "It's the tea bowl that Childe likes." ”

"Hmm."

Chu Huaixian didn't say anything more, and Liuxia withdrew. Chu Huaixian, who had read a few pages of the book, picked up the tea that had just been delivered, and his face was not satisfied.

In the more than 20 days since I came from the lotus, I have fallen three or four things. She is not too clever person, compared to Lin Xiaochu. From the lotus, Chu Gongzi will think of Lin Xiaochu, and then he will be angry.

It is somewhat difficult to stay in spring and summer. Chu Huaixian, who understood in his heart, did not help the lotus, nor did he blame Liuchun and Liuxia, because the person he needed was a person who was clever and vigilant, and would not be easily intimidated by the second uncle in the future, nor would he be easily bullied by others.

The two girls didn't spend much effort to make things difficult for the lotus, Chu Huaixian felt that the lotus was not worth helping, and the lotus was not familiar with it for the first time, so it was a little clumsy.

There is also a last reason that Chu Huaixian let the lotus flower in, and it was Xiao Chu who agreed; I don't like her very much now, and I also think that Xiao Chu is her neighbor.

Lin Xiaochu's Zhuangzi is mostly tenant farmers of the Chu family, and the rumors released by Qian Matchmaker's wife: "Xiaochu is afraid that the son will be forced to flee." These words spread from the mouth of the steward below to Xi'er's ears, and then to Chu Huaixian's ears.

The first great injustice in my life, this happened. couldn't help but make Chu Huaixian angry when he thought about it.

Putting down the book and putting down the tea bowl, Chu Huaixian walked out of the courtyard to look at Geng Geng Xinghe.

"Childe," Lotus timidly lowered her hand to Childe in the hallway. Chu Huaixian just walked into the corridor and went out of the courtyard. He remembered in his heart that if Lin Xiaochu had stolen my flowers and let me buy them with a smile on her face, she would definitely not let Liuchun Liuxia be bullied like this, and she would not be so cowardly. Not even a clever one.

What did Gongzi force, didn't he bully her once, Chu Gongzi didn't feel guilty, she was talking nonsense in front. I can't blame you for this!

I went around outside and came back to sleep, and the night in the room was either to stay in spring or to stay in summer. The lotus flower is so clumsy that Chu Huaixian can't open her mouth and let her go to the night. Although it is not pleasing to the eye for Liuchun and Liuxia, I can only endure it. You can't leave the room without a waiter!

It took a month for Lin Xiaochu to leave the village. Lin Xiaochu and Lin Xiaoyi, who live in Sister Shengdi's house, help Sister Shengdi make snacks and sell them, and they are not idle.

On this day, the fifth aunt came. The fifth aunt ran a long way to find Xiao Chu.

"There are people in your yard who want to buy, it is an outdoor villager, the man is honest, the woman is kind, and there is an old mother and two children, all of whom are honest people." When the fifth aunt entered the door, she spoke: "I said that I would make an appointment, and you would go and press a handprint and sell the yard to them." a total of twenty taels of silver. ”

Lin Xiaochu's eyes lit up: "So many!" ”

"This family all spoke with foreign accents, and they looked back and forth several times before they settled, saying that they came from Biansai, and they had saved money to settle in the Taiping Territory. I asked the veterans in the city to listen to it, and they said that the accent was correct. There is also a rich matchmaker, she has always wanted to help the economy with your yard, but I refuse. When she saw that the family wanted to buy it, she had a big quarrel with them, pointing at each other and scolding their ancestors. ”

Sounding like this, Lin Xiaochu was also a little suspicious: "Then book it the day after tomorrow, in the restaurant where I often go to sell flowers in the city, I will arrive early in the morning." ”

The matter was good, the fifth aunt only drank a bowl of water, and she had to rush home that day. Lin Xiaochu sent her out, looked at the back of the fifth aunt, and thought in his heart that he would want to thank the fifth aunt for a tael of silver. Without the fifth aunt, where would there be these twenty taels of silver.

After hearing this, Shengji's sister felt uneasy in her heart: "Let your brother-in-law go, you don't have to go." Lin Xiaochu thought about it: "Everyone knows that the house is mine, or I want to go." ”

Lin Xiaochu, who never went out at his sister's house in Shengdi, hired a car to rush to the city early the day after tomorrow. Along the way, he didn't show up in the car, so he got to the appointed place safely.

Sun Erhai took a few people to hide in the dark, recognized the real Lin Xiaochu got out of the car, and endured until she sent the car away and walked into the restaurant. Sun Erhai shouted violently: "Catch that girl, that's the girl who escaped." ”

The fifth aunt who came into the private room first came out and was taken aback when she heard the shout: "Xiao Chu, go quickly!" A person suddenly rushed out of his side, and it was a foreigner who was waiting to sign a contract with Lin Xiaochu.

The daughter-in-law of the foreigner who stayed in the private room showed a sinister smile, still in a mouthful of foreign dialect: "We are short of money, and they found this scene that we played." ”

It was too late for the fifth aunt to stomp her feet and regret cursing, she hurried outside the restaurant, only to see Sun Erhai chasing Lin Xiaochu with a few people.

Lin Xiaochu knew that she must not fall into the hands of Sun Erhai, she relied on her light body, and there were many people on the street in the morning. The left drilled and the right dodged, leaving Sun Erhai and the others behind.

After running two more steps, Lin Xiaochu suddenly stopped. She was not as familiar with the alley as Sun Erhai and the others, and Sun Erhai led two people from the alley to the front of Lin Xiaochu.

"Hmph, where are you going?" Sun Erhai couldn't help sneering, he is also a person who can do things. He shouted to the surprised people on the street: "Neighbors, please let go, this is a girl who escaped from a big family, and I am ordered by the master to arrest her and send her to the official, so you don't have to be disturbed." ”

After shouting loudly like this, the people behind Sun Erhai and Lin Xiaochu slowly approached. Lin Xiaochu looked left and right, and there was nowhere to go. Sun Erhai shouted like this, and the shops on both sides couldn't go in, and everyone showed an expression of avoiding things.

Arguing with Sun Erhai here that he didn't escape, and he didn't have time. Lin Xiaochu's eyes looked forward and backward, and he saw that ....... long street was very lively, and there was also a restaurant next to it, with Chu Gongzi standing upstairs, and a few people around him.

Chu Huaixian, who had long recognized Lin Xiaochu, sneered at her, this girl also has today! Looking at the people in front of her and behind her, Chu Huaixian hesitated, should I help her or not?

Sun Erhai shouted that it was a girl who escaped from someone else's house, but Chu Huaixian didn't like it when he heard it. However, in just one month, Lin Xiaochu was unwilling to be a girl for himself, would he still be a girl for others and then escape, it could only be that Sun Erhai was talking nonsense; Or Sun Erhai came to arrest Lin Xiaochu in the name of his own family.

What's the use of catching a well-born girl back? Chu Huaixian was worried about Lin Xiaochu when he thought about it. Sun Erhai, who had a meaty face, had a hideous face, and was caught by him, don't expect this girl to have a good life.

Although he was angry, Chu Huaixian still didn't like the scene in front of him. Non-official and non-official, why do these gangsters arrest people on the street! Lin Xiaochu, who raised his face under the restaurant, quickly caught this trace of hesitation and sympathy, as well as anger.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiaochu jumped up and strode towards the restaurant.

"Brother Huaixian, the beauty came to you, right?" Liang Longzheng also recognized the flower girl, and when he saw her running upstairs, he was still in the mood to make fun of Chu Huaixian.

"It's not that you want to buy a girl, why did she become someone else's girl who ran away?" Liang Long was just asking, and in the sound of the floor knocking, Lin Xiaochu had already rushed to his side and knelt down in front of Chu Huaixian: "Childe, I'm not running away." ”

Chu Huaixian was stunned for a moment, then his face came up angrily, and he said coldly: "Hmph!" ”

Liang Longzheng was also stunned for a moment, and laughed at Chu Huaixian: "The girl who escaped from your house?" ”

"You didn't hear it, she didn't run away." Chu Huaixian was not angry.

Sun Erhai led people to catch up, and when he saw that the sons were there, he came over and sang: "The sons forgive the villains for being rude, this Lin Xiaochu said that he would send them to the son's house, and he didn't want her to run away without saying hello." The sons may not know that she borrowed a lot of money from me before she fled, and let the villain arrest her to see the official. ”

"You're arresting people in my name?" Chu Huaixian frowned, it was really under the pretext of our family's reputation. Seeing Sun Erhai bow his head and bow down, Chu Huaixian didn't speak again. Lin Xiaochu shouted:

"I don't owe him a penny! Sons, don't believe him! ”

"Shut up!" Chu Huaixian scolded Lin Xiaochu, and then asked Sun Erhai: "How much does she owe you, but there is an IOU, who is Chinese?" Sun Erhai took an IOU from his arms that he had prepared a long time ago, which was evidence that he was going to send Lin Xiaochu to see the official after he caught her.

Sun Erhai also knelt down: "There is only one charge on this IOU, and it is also a villain, a middle-aged person made by a money matchmaker, at that time, Gongzi fell in love with her again, I looked at Gongzi's face, and did not force her to press her handprint." Ask Childe to call the shots for the villains. ”

On the IOU, three hundred taels of silver were written, which was the money that Chu Huaixian gave to Lin Xiaochu for selling his body. After Chu Huaixian saw it, he smiled mockingly at Lin Xiaochu: "There are all witnesses, I remember you recognize a few words, can you see for yourself?" ”

Lin Xiaochu took the IOU, except that there was no handprint, and the Chinese witnesses were all money matchmakers. Is this IOU also trustworthy? Lin Xiaochu looked at Chu Huaixian in disbelief.

"You want to say this IOU is fake?" Chu Huaixian reminded Lin Xiaochu: "I know that he sued you to see the official, and it will be difficult for you to allow others after the woman goes to court?" "Hmph, Chu Huaixian snorted again! I'm just playing tricks on you. Of course, I'm not good, I can play tricks, but you run away in anger, and now this excuse is in your hand, and there are witnesses, see what you do!

"Me! What is the use of borrowing this money? Lin Xiaochu was anxious and burst out with a sentence.

Sun Erhai was not in a hurry: "This money is the money you borrowed from Shengdi." Lin Xiaochu glared at him angrily, his teeth gritted loudly, and he couldn't say anything anymore. Shengdi didn't know where he was at this time, and where to find him to testify.