Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Mother and Daughter
On the night of the thirtieth day, she had a secret discussion with Cao Shu for a while, and after finalizing many things, Mu Bingyue began to go back to retreat.
In the past year, Mu Bingyue has been busier than anyone else, staying up late for a few days in a row, and the tired Mu Bingyue almost fell ill, but fortunately, after she finished writing those poems and songs, the rest was Mu Chengjie and Cao Shu's work.
This year's Lantern Festival is more lively and grand than any other year, but it lacks Wang Yuanwang, who won the first place in the Lantern Festival last year.
It is also an opportunity, that Wang Yuan was already famous after last year's lantern festival, and later shined at the banquet of Mu Bingyue's house, the poems were famous, and the poems that were casually made were passed to the ears of the prefect of Weicheng, and the prefect was very appreciative, so he set up a family banquet for Wang Yuan and his wife, and Wang Yuan's incisive and unique analysis of the country's maladministration was greatly appreciated by the prefect, and Wang Yuan was transferred to his side in a few days.
Therefore, the lantern meeting held by the Cui Book House is more exciting for those students, and Cao Shu, who has become a figure in the literary world, did not disappoint these students, and the poetry and lantern riddles produced by the Cui Book House are more than twice as difficult as the popular literary works of the previous year, which provokes all the students to compete for learning, and the fans that are written as prizes with various masterpieces are even more popular and become hot collections.
Mu Bingyue knew that if Fan Spinning wanted to gain a firm foothold in Huai County, the grade of the fan had to be raised, so she put a lot of effort into the style, layout, and selection of materials.
She invested heavily in the four skilled craftsmen, some are good at wood carving, some are good at jade carving, she painted the paintings she painted for most of the month, and handed over the jade to the four of them together with all kinds of wood and jade purchased from merchant ships, and let them play freely.
The trivial and busy work was almost over, and Mu Bingyue and Mu Chengjie finally poured out the time to choose the store location.
On this day, the two of them went shopping all morning and still didn't like it too much, the sun was getting hotter, and the four of them went to Xiaoshunzi's tea shed to rest, because Mu Chengjie was there, Shen Xue and Lian'er both restrained a lot, and after sitting down, they both drank herbal tea honestly.
Mu Bingyue and Xiao Shunzi inquired about a few more places, and were discussing with Mu Chengjie, when they heard a noisy noise in the small alley not far away, mixed with crying.
Mu Bingyue and a few people looked over, and saw a few officials coming out of it, and the noise in the alley gradually became louder, and there was a faint sound of resentment.
Someone at the tea stall couldn't hold back, so he paid for the tea and rushed there, and finally Mu Chengjie brought three people to rush over.
When Mu Bingyue arrived, he saw that the alley was already full of people, a man was holding a blank piece of paper to show the people around him, and behind him stood a woman about thirty years old and a girl about ten years old standing against the wall, the woman's forehead was covered with blood, the girl's young body was blocked in front of the woman, tears were indeed contained in her eyes, and she glared angrily at the man holding the white paper, "We have nothing to do with Liu Cheng for a long time, and the debt he owes, you go to him." ”
When the man who was holding a white paper and a woman dressed in flowers and branches was bowing down and making a small man, he glared and said: "Father's debt is paid by his son, it is justified, your life is hard, your father has run away, I can only take the small one." ”
The woman raised her eyebrows and swept to the man next to her, "I said keep one hand, can you call the shots?"
Mu Bingyue raised her eyebrows, first she felt that this person was familiar, it turned out to be him, the man who flew all over the banquet at her house.
First left a hand with horizontal eyebrows, immediately turned around to accompany Caution, and said with a smile: "The master, this black and white can be written clearly, that Liu Cheng mortgaged himself and his family, and the official sent the IOU to leave." ”
The woman's face turned from cloudy to sunny when she heard this, and she took a silk handkerchief and slowly fanned her cold, "Where is this old and young man worth twenty taels of silver?" There is a drought in Shangrao, and twenty taels is enough to buy more than sixty people! Are you stupid when I am? ”
Leave a hand to listen, and hurriedly said, "How dare you be small?" Mother Su, although this girl is small, she is indeed good, and when she grows up, she is no worse than the top brand in your Cuihong Mansion. ”
The people around him shouted and condemned Liuyi and Su's mother.
Leaving one hand to hear the reproaches around him, he said impatiently: "If you have an opinion, you will pay the money, and my heart will not be hard to keep one hand, so I will accept you one hundred taels." ”
The voices of the surrounding discussions suddenly became quieter, and they looked around with a satisfied hand, and continued: "Their mother and daughter have long been homeless, and I can find a way for them to live. Liu Cheng owes me more than that, I have already wiped a lot. ”
The voices of the surrounding discussion rose again, and the woman pushed away the little girl's hand to stop the bleeding for her, staggered to her feet, and gasped sharply, "Even if I die, I won't let you take Mo'er away." ”
"The Liu family, it is natural to repay the debt, now if you pay me back a hundred taels, I won't force you."
Mu Bingyue had already understood this matter from the discussions of the people around her, and when she heard this, she stepped forward and said, "Really? ”
Leaving one hand to know that their mother and daughter couldn't even take out a tael of silver, it was just nonsense, in order to block the mouths of the people, but I didn't expect someone to make a sound, and after hearing it, he looked at Mu Bingyue, and saw that it was the child of the family he went to eat that day, his eyes rolled, and he smiled: "It's serious, the little girl asked if this is to pay for it." ”
There are some people here who know Mu Bingyue, and they also know that she once spent a hundred taels to save a child, and after hearing this, they couldn't help but guess in their hearts.
Mu Bingyue ignored the suspicious gazes around her and asked, "Is your IOU real?" ”
After leaving one hand to listen, he stretched out the IOU to Mu Bingyue, and said hurriedly: "Of course it's true, the owner of the gambling house can testify." ”
After Mu Bingyue looked over and looked at it carefully, she looked at the two mothers and daughters who were standing on each other and said, "Liu Moyun, Wei Sulian is the name of the two of you?" ”
Wei Sulian nodded hesitantly.
"What is the relationship between Liu Cheng and you?"
"It's okay", Liu Moyun, who had been silent, said coldly, and did not look at Mu Bingyue during the period.
Mu Bingyue didn't care about her coldness, seeing her expression, she knew that this was probably the case, and she didn't ask any more, she asked her father for a hundred taels of silver, looked at her with a look of surprise and inexplicably left a hand, and said: "This is one hundred taels, one hand over the silver and the other hand over the IOU, all the neighbors will also be a witness today, in the future, Liu Moyun and Wei Sulian will leave a hand with you Liu San and two silver coins, Liu San will not be able to embarrass the two of them for any reason in the future, can you agree?" ”
Leave a hand to disagree, and as soon as Mu Bingyue finished speaking, he immediately said in a loud voice: "Agree, agree, two clear, two clear." ”
Unlike the elated one hand, the expressions on the faces of Wei Sulian's mother and daughter had long been ossified, and the inaction of the officials had already shattered all their hopes, and they never expected that someone would help them.
It wasn't until she squeezed out of the crowd with the silver in one hand that Wei Sulian woke up like a dream, pulled Liu Moyun and kowtowed to Mu Bingyue.
Mu Bingyue couldn't pull it up, and Mu Chengjie, who had been silent all along, saw it and stepped forward to help pull it.
Mu Bingyue saw that she really couldn't pull it, so she had to say: "Madame's forehead is still bleeding, and now it matters to Langzhong." When she saw that they were in tattered clothes, she took out some scraps of silver and handed them over.
Wei Sulian burst into tears and choked up, but she refused to accept it no matter what.
Mu Bingyue was afraid that she would be too excited, so she had no choice but to stop persuading, and said to Liu Moyun, who had been silent on the side and looked about the same age as her: "Your mother's injury is on the forehead, it can be big or small, no matter what, you need to look at Lang Zhong." ”
Liu Moyun hesitated for a moment, and finally took the silver from Mu Bingyue's hand.
Wei Sulian was busy asking her daughter to return it to Mu Bingyue, but Liu Moyun didn't move, Wei Sulian was at a loss, and said uneasily: "How can this be done?" The great kindness of the benefactor, our mother and daughter are beyond retribution, and if we want the benefactor's silver, how can we be at peace in our hearts? ”
"Then I will pay me back for the work, and I will be paid one hundred and fifty wen a month for food and housing, what do you think?" Mu Bingyue knew that they had long been homeless, and although the women's clothes had long been in tatters, they had some norms in their conversation and behavior, and they were afraid that they would not accept her help, so she said so.
When Wei Sulian heard this, the tears that had just stopped suddenly surged out, she was not a stupid person, how could she not know that the person in front of her really wanted to help her. She was on the street for a few days, and her heart was already numb to the betrayal of her relatives, but she didn't expect a stranger she had never met before, but she was willing to let them in the fire. ”
Their mother and daughter have long been without three meals, and they have nowhere to stay, they have received this great favor, but they can't repay it, and they feel ashamed, so they are afraid of not being able to accept Huiyin, and now they can't refuse when they hear Mu Bingyue so sincere.
It wasn't until Mu Bingyue and the others left that the crowd slowly dispersed, and Su's mother pulled aside to watch the lively people and asked, "Where is the girl who saved people?" "With such a look, I am afraid that in the future, I am afraid that the world will be able to match her and the woman will not be able to make a hand, her mother Su has read countless women, just by looking at her eyebrows and eyes, you can know what she will look like in the future. With such a look, he has such an aura when he acts at a young age, and he will definitely have extraordinary wealth in the future.
The man who was being held by the woman, when he saw that she was the one who pulled him, pulled back his sleeve in disgust, and swept it away like a fly, without looking at her and leaving.
Mother Su snorted lightly, wiped her forehead with a handkerchief, glanced nostalgically at the direction Mu Bingyue left, shook her handkerchief and walked away.
Xiao Shunzi also followed Mu Bingyue and walked back, shook his head, and said: "Then I earned a hand this time, everyone knows that person loves usury the most, and this hundred taels may have multiplied several times, just now it was only as long as Su's mother gave twenty taels." ”
Mu Bingyue saw that everyone had a big loss on their faces, and said lightly: "Don't worry!" I want him to vomit as much as he eats. "This man disregards human life and forces people to death, and she has to teach him a lesson.