When I first saw it today, it was like the face of an old man.

Meng Yi, Ning Le Yi and Gu Zi'an actually drank from three or two cups of tea in the morning to dusk. For her, there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity in Le Yi. Meng Yining rubbed the eldest sister's cloth silk in her hand, looked at the direction of Yan Rong outside the window, and asked in a whisper, "Is my eldest sister okay?" ”

Le Yi smiled: "Okay, it's like being in your own home." The first time I saw you, I thought you were very different personalities. Master was in retreat, and she kept the villa in order. ”

"Then why didn't she look for me?" Meng Yining asked.

Although she was in good health, she couldn't survive the winter at the bottom of the mountain, and her legs would be in pain. In the past two years, she searched through the library of the villa and found a prescription. After studying day by day, I actually healed my legs. Originally, she wanted to go with me this time, but this time it was dangerous, and Master asked me to find you and come back. ”

Meng Yining nodded, his fingers stroking the stitches and threads on it.

Le Yi and Gu Zi'an laughed and talked, although they were far away in Lingfeng Mountain, they knew the major events of the present dynasty well.

"Let's talk, I'll go out and breathe." Meng Yining got up as she spoke, she had heard too many things this day, and she wanted to go to the river to go around, she needed time to digest it.

Walking along the Lotus River, Meng Yining looked at the streets and alleys where the lights were bright, and the merchants had lit up bright yellow lanterns. She held a skewer of fruit, the oily brown sugar on top was crystal clear. Walking and stopping, I suddenly saw a familiar figure limping slowly on the road.

Meng Yining walked up quickly, pulled over the thin figure who was a head shorter than her, and looked at it: "Why are you?" "Isn't this the "little bug" who was crippled by He Miaomiao that day? Why does it look like it's hurt again?

She pulled the child to a small corner, squatted down and asked, "What's the matter?" Didn't you heal your leg last time? It's not been out for two days, why are you injured again? ”

The "little bug" has not yet recovered from the shock in the mansion just now. Seeing this somewhat familiar and unfamiliar face, he opened his mouth but didn't know how to speak. Meng Yining wiped her dusty face with her sleeve, touched her calves that were as thin as her own arms, and asked with concern, "Did those people in Hefu beat you again?" ”

"Little bug" looked at the butterfly hairpin on Meng Yining's head and remembered the identity of this girl.

She said timidly: "It's me who is not good, I stole something and was beaten by my mother." Although he said so, his eyes were red and very aggrieved.

This frightened Meng Yining.

"My brother didn't have anything to eat, so I stole a steamed bun for him. He was found and kicked. The cold wind blew through the thin clothes and shivered on the little girl's face.

"You have a younger brother?" Meng Yining asked.

"Well, it's in that mud house north of the city." She kept her head down.

Meng Yining knew that in the north of the city, the tall and low houses were uneven, and he could smell a strange smell when he stood in the distance. Because it was on the border of Chengping City, no one had to take care of it all the time, and it became a place for homeless people and sick people. People sometimes jokingly refer to it as "Ant Alley". Meng Yining once passed by this place on a rainy day and saw people shoveling the leaking water in their houses into a one-person-wide alley with shovels, which was muddy and smelly.

"Why there?"

"It turned out that our sister and brother had been in Hefu, but my brother was sick, and the housekeeper wanted to throw him outside and fend for himself. But there were also a few sisters who interceded for me, so I was asked to find a place to settle him. It's not good there, but it's good to have a room. The little girl's brows were tightly knit, and when she thought of her brother, tears could not stop falling.

"Don't worry, my sister will figure out a way for you."

As she spoke, she picked up the little girl and went to a steamed bun shop, and the hot smell of meat made the little girl stare at her. Meng Yining ordered two drawers of pork and hazelnut mushrooms and a drawer of vegetarian stuffed wild vegetables. The little girl gobbled it up, grabbed one and put it in her mouth.

Meng Yining dragged her cheeks, watched her eat violently, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The little girl was stunned.

"Miss told them all to call me a bug or a little bug."

Meng Yining nodded and asked rhetorically, "Last time I went back, were you okay?" ”

Speaking of this, the little insect's eyes seemed to brighten up, and there was a touch of red on his little face: "After the two sisters went back last time, they were severely punished by the young lady, but they didn't say that they were not mine, and I can still serve in the hospital in the future." Although she was punished the day before yesterday, the old mother didn't break her mouth and said it in the ear of the young lady. ”

The little bug smiled a little.

There were two drawers of buns left, and she cautiously asked Meng Yining, "Can I take it away to my younger brother?" ”

"When you're full, go back to the house, sneak around, don't let your young lady find out. I'll take your brother out and find someone to see, and you can go to the Broken Moon Tower to find me." Meng Yining said, ready to entrust the matter to Le Yi.

The little insect seemed to let go of a sigh of relief: "You saved my brother's life, you saved my life," as she spoke, she put down her chopsticks and was about to kneel down with her hands trembling and holding on to the table, Meng Yining hurriedly hugged her: "Your leg is not good, you don't have to thank me, I have something to ask you." ”

Meng Yining rolled his eyes, looked around at no one around, leaned over and whispered: "The Crane clan is flying and domineering, and one of my very good personal maids was beaten to death by He Miaomiao. I heard that the Crane Mansion and the Zhou Mansion have official positions, and if you find any trouble, you will take the trouble to inform me. ”

The little insect listened to it, thought for a while, and nodded solemnly: "Sister, don't worry, you have already saved me once, and now you have saved my brother, I will definitely remember your words!" ”

From her tenacious eyes, Meng Yining saw what she used to be.

The younger brother who found the little bug in the slum was as light as a kitten he picked up on the side of the road. The child's serious illness at that time was almost better, although his face was still a little sickly, but his eyes were still clear and bright, like flowing water by a stream. On weekdays, he went out to beg on the streets, occasionally doing small jobs and mixing two mouthfuls of dry food. Now when he saw a stranger, although he was a little afraid, he rejoiced when he heard that his sister had asked him to pick him up.

When he returned to the Shattered Moon Building, Gu Zi'an had already returned to the house, and Le Yi was looking at the art of war scrolls he had brought with him. Meng Yining, who was a little hesitant when she saw the probe probing her brain, said with a smile: "Why haven't you seen me for a while, but there is an extra child." ”

When Meng Yining heard Le Yi joking with herself, her tone rose: "Since you are familiar with my eldest sister, then I won't treat you as an outsider." As he spoke, he explained the story of Hefu and this child.

Le Yi squatted down, looked at the little insect's younger brother, and chuckled: "I think of the winter night when Master picked me up." As he spoke, he looked up at her again.

Between the four eyes, there seems to be fireworks going off. Meng Yining looked at Le Yi's shadow in his eyes, with a smile in his eyes. On the bustling street, the shouting is continuous, and the food on the table is still full of aroma although it is cold.

She added a pair of chopsticks, and at noon, Le Yi instructed the braised pork made in the kitchen.

Well, it seems that this gourmet's master is the eldest sister.