Chapter 17 Poor Background
As soon as a few people got into the carriage, they heard Shen Xue babble: "Mother, how could this arctic fox be here?" ”
It turned out that Li Tong didn't take the Arctic Fox to the house just now, and after hiring the carriage, she was afraid that she would pull it down after a while, so she put the Arctic Fox on the car first, so Shen Xue only saw it now.
Mu Bingyue didn't raise her head when she heard this, and said lightly: "At that time, it was our money for the goods, so naturally we can't lose too much money, and besides, our house is still counting on it!" ”
"What house?" Li Shi and Li Tong asked at the same time.
Mu Bingyue looked up at the Li family and said softly: "Mother, the house that my father rented for us is about to expire, and I am saying that my father is also coming back. ”
Shen Xue looked at the snow fox in the cage in a daze, and muttered to herself, "Do you have to sell the Arctic fox?" ”
When Li Tong heard this, he secretly blamed his daughter for being ignorant, so he hurriedly covered it up and said: "If this fox wants to be sold, it will have to be sold quickly, and the slave and maid look at its appearance, I'm afraid it won't live for a few days." ”
Shen Xue was still sad about selling the Arctic Fox, and when he heard that it would not be alive for a few days, his eyes fell straight down.
Mu Bingyue rarely saw Shen Xue care about anything, and when she saw her like this today, she couldn't bear it, and said: "In a few days, it will be the day of Xiaoxue and Lu, since Xiaoxue likes it so much, then stay and use it as a gift for you."
Li Tong waved his hand again and again, "Little Miss, this can't be helped." ”
Shen Xue also hurriedly shook her head: "Miss, I still don't want it." ”
Mu Bingyue shook her head when she saw the two of them, knowing that they would shirk again and again, so she didn't say anything more, and said with a smile: "This fox looks like this now, I'm afraid that it won't be sold at a good price, but if Xiaoxue raises its spirits, it will be sold at a good price in the future." ”
Shen Xue listened, hurriedly responded, and stretched out her hand to tease the arctic fox.
Mu Bingyue shook her head with a smile, turned around to look at the seven girls, but saw her mother looking at her steadily, and said suspiciously: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”
Li's heart was full of suspicions, looking at his daughter's eyes that could not hide her spiritual qi now, she was stunned for a while, but she didn't know how to speak.
Mu Bingyue saw that her mother wanted to speak and stopped, thinking back to today's everything, and her heart couldn't help jumping suddenly.
Seeing his daughter's nervous face, Li couldn't bear to ask any longer, dispelled the doubts in his heart, and looked at his daughter lovingly: "Yue'er has been smart since she was a child, and she is so calm today, which makes her mother very relieved." "In any case, she is her Li Xiangyun's daughter, a daughter who God has taken pity on them and given to them.
Mu Bingyue knew that her mother had temporarily changed her mind, and she knew clearly that her mother was already suspicious, but she couldn't bear to embarrass her. It's not that she wants to hide it from them, it's just that she really doesn't know where to start, she is more afraid that her mother no longer loves her, but is afraid of her. But today's incident made her no longer deceive herself, and she couldn't be nostalgic anymore. The road of motherhood is still very long, and the person who can accompany her on the road is now sent to her by God, she ...... It's time to pull out.
Li Tong had already had some vague guesses in her heart, but she hadn't thought about it deeply, and Mu Bingyue's repeated actions today surprised her. Seeing Miss's expression, I knew that Miss was also suspicious. But seeing the silent appearance of the little lady, Li Tong also couldn't bear it, no matter what, the little miss was grown up by her, she didn't want to care why the little miss was always different from ordinary people, she only knew that the young lady and the little miss were her relatives, and they were the family she wanted to protect.
Shen Xue didn't notice the abnormality of the atmosphere in the car, and happily teased the arctic fox in the cage, laughing from time to time: "Miss, look at it just now, it looked up at the slave!" ”
Mu Bingyue replied absentmindedly: "Got it."
Shen Xue was dissatisfied with her young lady's coldness: "Miss, it looked up at the slave just now!" ”
Mu Bingyue was originally full of melancholy, but at this time, she was pestered by Shen Xuehu, her heavy heart was slightly lowered, and she said with a smile: "I'm afraid I'm impatient for you to poke it when you get old!" ”
Shen Xue snorted dissatisfiedly when she heard it, and then stopped.
The bright moon, which is not yet round, gradually rises high into the sky. A transparent gray cloud, faintly obscuring the moonlight, the moonlight was like a mist woven from silver yarn, hazy enveloping the earth.
The lights of every house are on, like the stars in the sky, and the sky seems to be holding its breath and listening to the laughter from time to time.
"My uncle should be here during the festival next year." Li Tong didn't want the atmosphere in the car to be dull, so he opened his mouth first.
"Yes, then our family will be reunited." Li lovingly hugged his daughter into his arms, "Yue'er, you can also have your father with you." ”
Mu Bingyue snuggled tightly into Li's arms, greedily enjoying this moment, and she indulged herself in the maternal love that would make her selfish for the last time.
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"Here we are." The voice of the coachman outside the car pulled Mu Bingyue back to reality, she came back to her senses, slowly left her mother's arms, and the smile returned to the corner of her mouth, just because she didn't want them to notice the abnormality.
"Under the big year, it's really troublesome for the master." Li Tong got out of the car and quickly took out the broken silver and put it in the driver's hand.
"No trouble, no trouble." The coachman took the money and looked at it, and immediately smiled, and only after all five of them got out of the car did he drive the carriage away.
After Li Tong put Qiya on the bed, he went to boil the medicine, and Shen Xue also put down the cage in his hand and followed to help.
Li Shi washed Juan Pa, avoided the wound and carefully scrubbed Qiya, Mu Bingyue saw her mother taking care of Qiya carefully, and the big stone in her heart was finally put down.
Because the four of them had to keep the New Year, they all made up for sleep during the day, and although the night was late, they didn't feel much sleepy. After Shen Xue served Qiya and drank the medicine, she took the Arctic Fox over, and the four of them teased the Arctic Fox, and the atmosphere that became cold slowly warmed up during the New Year because of Qiya's affairs.
At that time, Qiya, who was lying on the bed, finally woke up, and suddenly saw Mu Bingyue and the four of them, and was startled. After Shen Xue's explanation, he slowly let down his guard in his eyes and looked at the four of them gratefully. When Li Tong told her that her deed of sale had been torn up, Qiya suddenly cried bitterly, and cried for a while, if it wasn't for the persuasion of the four people, I am afraid that she would have to cry like this.
Qiya cried enough, choked in her throat, and was about to get up and kowtow to the four of them, but because of the wound, she fell back to the bed.
Seeing this, Li hurriedly held her down, checked the wound, and saw that it was not unhindered, so he put his mind at ease and said: "You are injured, these false courtesies will be waived, and the meeting is fate, you can recuperate with peace of mind!" ”
Although Qiya didn't fully understand, she still knew the idea, and she was grateful, but she didn't know how to express it, and looked at everyone with tears in her eyes.
"Why is that woman so cruel to you?" Shen Xue couldn't resist her curiosity after all and asked.
When Qiya heard this, although she knew that the woman would not hurt her, she still shuddered and saw that the four of them were looking at her with concern, her heart warmed, and she spoke slowly.
It turned out that Qiya's family suffered a disaster, and when she was six years old, she was sold by her family to the one named Shang Chun. If the income is not good, not to mention that there is no food, you will be beaten to vent.
Slowly, their juggling troupe became famous, and their income gradually improved, but the boss often took money to go to Yihong Courtyard, Shang Chun's family was a tigress, and her temper was extremely explosive, and the boss lady's father was a well-known bandit leader in the area who killed people without blinking, and Shang Chun's trip to Yihong Courtyard was finally spread to the tigress's ears. The tigress's father beat Shang Chun half to death, and threatened Shang Chun to go to Yihong Courtyard again, so he threw him into the canal to feed the fish, so Shang Chun restrained a lot.
But behind his back, he redeemed the good friend of Yihong Courtyard and took it with him. And Qiya is getting older, that Shang Chun has a lustful heart, and wants to get involved with her several times, she lies that she has correspondence with Xiaohong, the maid next to the boss, and threatens him If he doesn't restrain himself, let Xiaohong tell the proprietress that Shang Chun has restrained a lot. And that Zhong Cui, because she was getting older and older, had no children under her knees, and Shang Chun didn't dare to give her a name, and when she saw that Shang Chun coveted her, she held a grudge, so she often found something to scold her......
After Shen Xue heard the scolding, Li and Li Tong were also angry.
Li Shi said silently: "I didn't expect you to suffer so much at such a young age. ”
Shen Xue asked in a low voice, "I don't know what your name used to be?" ”
Qiya's expression darkened, and she replied, "It's called Qiya." There are many sisters in the family, and I am the seventh, so I am called Qiya. ”
Li didn't want to touch her heart, and didn't dare to ask any more.
Seeing her mother's unbearable look, Mu Bingyue sighed slightly, and asked, "Do you still have contact with your family?" ”
Although Qiya knew from Shen Xue that it was the girl in front of her who saved her, but seeing her indifferent expression and keeping silent, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened. At this time, when I heard her ask, I didn't dare to slack off: "There is no contact." ”
Mu Bingyue had already expected it, and then asked, "You are now a free body, what are your plans in the future?" ”
Qiya's face was dazed, she never thought that she would be able to regain her free body one day, this was something she never dreamed of, this moment came so suddenly, she couldn't see the road in front of her for a while, she said to herself in a panic: "I'm already homeless." After speaking, Wuzi was shocked by her own words, she already owed a lot to her benefactor, and she couldn't drag her benefactor down.
Qiya hurriedly said: "I'll leave tomorrow ......." ”
Seeing that her little face turned white, Li Shi hurriedly said, "What are you in a hurry to go?" Peace of mind is that although our family is not a rich family, it is still okay to give food to eat, if you don't dislike it, just stay. "My daughter has always been a bodhisattva, and she was going to take her in, so she would know that Qiya was homeless, and she would let her stay. It's better for her to speak out and keep it, but the seven girls in the province don't know the situation, thinking that only one child is willing to keep her, and others don't want to do it!
"This ...... This ......", Qiya was at a loss, not knowing what to say.
Li Shi teased: "Are you disgusted? ”
Qiya hurriedly shook her hand, her anxious face turned white, "No, no." ”
Li Zheng said: "If it's not, let's treat this as your home!" ”
Qiya couldn't cry when she heard it, and no one could stop coaxing.
After a while, he choked up and stopped, and Li took Juan Pa to wipe Qiya's tears, "It's good to cry."