In the deepest part of this row are several broken grass huts. This is really a thatched hut, the roof is not half a tile, it is all old straw. After a winter of snow, there is little sunlight here, and the straw looks damp to the naked eye.

When Chunshui came here, he slapped his tongue first: "How can you live here?" When you get old, you will have a headache and low back pain, the wind will be cold to the bones, and finally you can't move. "Chunshui is like a doctor.

There lived a pair of old men inside, as Chunshui said, sleeping on a wooden bed and unable to move, covered thinly, and wearing old clothes; Then there are women with yellow faces and thin muscles, and skinny children.

Xiao Chu took the food and old clothes from Chunshui, handed them over kindly, and touched the child's head. Coming out of the house, Chunshui handed over the handkerchief first, and pouted how high his mouth was: "Wipe your hands, it's not that it's okay, you only give things, don't touch them, and don't touch them......"

"....... if you get sick, Childe will definitely find you something." Xiao Chu took the handkerchief, and also took the half of the words under the spring water, and said with a smile: "Look at your little pout, pouting again." ”

Sometimes Xiao Chu also teased Chunshui: "Do you know? I used to live there, and it was worse than this. Chunshui was anxious: "Those with red lips and white teeth can't say this again." In the past, I couldn't mention it. ”

Xiao Chu continued to tease her: "Look at the child's old clothes, when Xiaoyi wears these old clothes, she is almost the same as her." Chunshui muttered: "Who dares to say that in the family now, little girl, I went out to pay a visit today." It's the granddaughter of Bachelor Zou's family, and they've been having a good time lately. ”

Xiao Chu smiled and laughed, so he was also happy.

After dispersing the things in her hand, when she came out again, she saw Mrs. Jin talking proudly with Tongli, she was wearing a colorful coat in one hand, and a new horse whip with yellow wood in her hand, and her speech was categorical: "I will give money, and anyone who is sick and cannot work will be given two catties of rice and noodles a day per person, and then five hundred yuan for medicine." ”

The chief laughed a few times, and the other ladies followed, all of them were atmospheric: "How many people are here?" Forget it, we'll pay. Then there is Mrs. Jin's generosity: "It's not enough to only give rice noodles and medicine money, and then give some money to buy some broth to nourish." ”

There are two kinds of people in this world, one who has a surplus of money and the other who does not have enough money. If there is a surplus and wants to give relief to the poor, there are too many poor people.

The reason why Xiao Chu still walks around with Mrs. Jin is that he is moved by her kindness from time to time. Chu Huaixian has a complaint about Mrs. Jin, and from the perspective of Xiao Chu, there are many people who have a complaint about the eldest son of Chu.

If you change to any person, you can't be a person who does good deeds and has a good heart and is good to the end. Lin Xiaochu couldn't do it, so she still walked around with Mrs. Jin, and she didn't want to share with anyone easily.

But today, Mrs. Chu hesitated, there are a lot of people here, one person has five hundred yuan a day, two days is one tael of silver, there are fifty people, and one person has to pay ten taels of silver for three days of taking medicine. Fifty people is five hundred taels, not including or barely including rice and noodles.

Xiao Chu is now short of money in his hand, so he went out and brought the only one hundred taels of silver. Sure enough, Mrs. Jin has a lot of good deeds, and these too many good deeds also make Mrs. Chu not without trouble.

Twelve people came, Mrs. Jin was single and uncontrolled, and she didn't come out with a hundred taels of silver, and the lady below had the highest status, which was Mrs. Chu Shao, and when she came out, other people didn't dare to compare with her, so they went down. Therefore, Mrs. Jin always added a sentence in private afterwards: "Everyone knows that you have no money, and you report the money, and it is mine." ”

How could Mrs. Chu use hers, Xiao Chu lamented in her heart, and the one hundred taels of silver in her sleeve were not guaranteed. Fortunately, Chu Huaixian said that he was the first to say that the eldest prince of Chu was not generous. Besides, everyone knows that Mrs. Chu has no money and is a person without a dowry. Xiao Chu can also think openly, and threw out the words early, her husband is not generous. It doesn't matter if others want Chu Huaixian not to give her money, or Xiao Chu refuses to come out. So Mrs. Jin gave one hundred taels, and although Mrs. Chu Shao couldn't help it, she smiled and said, "You are a rich man, I can't compare with you, I will pay fifty taels." ”

Fifty taels of silver were gone.

Mrs. Jin's beautiful eyes winked at Xiao Chu, and when she turned her face to ask others, she was actually thinking in her heart, how much money was still in Mrs. Chu's hands? There aren't many of them anyway.

The rest of the ladies are side by side with Xiao Chu, and there are two new princesses of the county who have come to Beijing today, they are not familiar with each other for the first time, and they only know Mrs. Jin's reputation for being kind and charitable, and her personality is still unclear. These two refused to stand out, so they only had to stand side by side with Mrs. Chu Shao. And the rest of the people went down, thirty taels, and twenty taels, and in a short time they made up five hundred taels.

Li Changle came to take the silver, and Mrs. Jin sneered at him: "I, you know." I'll come back in three or five days, I want to let me know that you have hacked money, hum, there are still the princesses of Qingli County King, the princess of Jian Rui County King, and the young lady of Chu Shaofu's family, none of them will spare you. ”

The two princesses of the county liked it, and they paid for it to buy fame. Mrs. Chu was faint, although Mrs. Jin didn't point to any of them, but she always felt a little famous.

When everyone returned, the ladies were delicate, and went to Madame King's house to rest. The two princesses of the county and Mrs. Chu sat side by side and sat with her to talk.

"What kind of clothes are the latest in Kyori?" King Qingli was curious about Xiao Chu's new clothes: "This is new, right?" Xiao Chu smiled: "It's new." "I only bought the clothes for a few days, and I made them, and they are not new.

Mrs. Jin came over happily, and the sleeves of her robe were unfurled: "Look at my clothes, they are the same fabric as Mrs. Chu's." "Everyone was envious, and they made an appointment to go shopping tomorrow to buy clothes and jewelry, which is better than March 3.

Mrs. Chu no longer accompanies her, she only made an appointment with them to see them on March 3, and went back first after drinking tea. Mrs. Jin sent her out, leaned into the car again, stuffed her hand into Xiao Chu's sleeve, and smiled like Xiao Chu's own sister: "You're welcome, where do you have money, I'll give you this money." ”

Of course Xiao Chu didn't want to, he pushed her back, and said with a smile: "I have it, will it be out if I don't?" Mrs. Jin said again: "Next time you want to come, please come back three times," playfully stuck out her tongue like a girl: "Hurt me to think about it all the time." ”

When the carriage moved, Xiao Chu was almost depressed. Mrs. Jin is good here, but she has to have a big hand. It is said that the people she knows are all big hands, and they come to it several times a month, and it takes two or one hundred taels of silver to be enough.

Every month to see the poor, it costs dozens of taels to spend money to buy fame; Then what can everyone say when they get together, a bunch of women, saying that clothes are better than jewelry, buy new clothes and new jewelry, and then come together to see and do it. Mrs. Chu stroked her forehead, and it costs money to move around.

Anyway, in modern times, doesn't it cost money to make friends? Especially the wives who pay these high-ranking officials, it costs even more money. Dress yourself up and go to some teahouses and teahouses with them, which doesn't cost anything.

If he still has a business, Xiao Chu's heart will hurt when he thinks about it. More than 3,000 taels of silver, which is not a small amount.

Mrs. Jin sent Xiao Chu away, and when she came back with the silver ticket in her sleeve, her steps were brisk. Radiant and the ladies circled around, and then sent them all away like sisters.

Walking in the front door, Qibao car, Cui Hu car, Bixiang car, all of them are rich and noble. In the back door came a woman with a green cloth bun and an old dress to cover the clothes inside. She knocked on the door with her head down, and the person who answered the door said timidly, "I want to see Mrs. Jin." When the doorman saw that it was her, he was immediately displeased: "Our lady is not available." "Reach out and close the door.

The woman burst into tears, and despite the ugliness, she blocked the door with her cowardly body, and pleaded: "I beg my mother to report it, and I am not far from death." The janitor let her in, and brought her in with the path in the backyard, and asked her to wait in the flower hall without a good voice: "The old lady is sleeping well, you come and wake me up, wait." ”

"Mother Lao," said the woman, with a skilful courtesy. The janitor went up to the hall and muttered to himself: "What kind of official's wife, when we don't have money, it's not as decent as us." ”

After half an hour, Mrs. Kim came out, with a lovely smile and a beautiful posture; The woman who came in wept and hung her head, and she was very pitiful. Mrs. Jin, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress, called out with a smile: "Second Young Lady Fang, I almost can't recognize your clothes." Mrs. Fang Er was ashamed, and made a few salutes to Mrs. Jin as if she had a candle, and burst into tears: "I came to beg Mrs., a few more days, I will definitely pay back the money I owe you, just ask you to give a few more days, okay?" ”

"How many days of grace?" Mrs. Jin smiled, and Mrs. Fang Er seemed to have hope, and said carefully: "Ten days can be made?" Mrs. Jin smiled at her: "You are a fool to me, ten days later, your old man will go out of Beijing to inspect, he is gone, who can I ask for silver?" ”

Second Young Lady Fang was like being struck by lightning, her face twitched a few times, and she said timidly in a low voice: "My father-in-law is at home, if you sue me in front of him, he will only let me kill myself, and I won't be able to get your money back." The desperate Second Young Lady Fang begged bitterly: "Keep my life, and I can also pay you back the silver." ”

"Is your life still worth anything to you?" Mrs. Jin smiled lightly, and her words were also light. In despair, Mrs. Fang Ershao said everything: "You have a few days of grace, my husband and wife are still affectionate, and he will slowly help me pay back this money; I also have two sons under my knees, both of whom are angry, and when they are older and win, the money will not be less, and if you push me to a dead end, you will have no money. ”

Mrs. Jin laughed arrogantly twice: "Your father-in-law, Lord Fang, has a reputation for integrity, and people like me have always said that they do not abide by women's morals. You don't pay it back? Okay," Mrs. Jin slowly changed her face, her two eyes hung up, and her soft voice hissed like a poisonous snake: "I won't give him your IOU, I will send it to the Ministry to sue you, sue your Fang family for not paying back the money, and sue your Fang family for gambling." Second young lady, in the dowry you lost, the house, but you are gambling every day. ”

Second Young Lady Fang threw herself on the ground: "Please, please, this silver was lent to me by you in the future, when you borrowed it, you were kind, you said you are not in a hurry, you and I are good sisters, you don't wait to ask for it." ”

"Yes, you and I are good sisters," Mrs. Jin said casually: "Your husband is in the military department, good sister, it's not easy to ask for money, do as I say, there is an official document, you tell me the content above, I can give you a grace for half a year." ”

This idea was said the last time Madame Jin changed her face and asked for silver, and she was even more gentle at this time: "Go, do as I say, not only let you owe, but also give you money to gamble." When you don't want to be at home, you can be happy with your gambling money. ”

When Second Young Lady Fang left from the back door, her eyes were glazed, and she took stiff steps. The sun was shining on the street, and in the eyes of Second Young Lady Fang, it was cold everywhere.

This long street is full of pedestrians, but there is no place for Mrs. Fang Er's feet to get down.