The girl opened a pair of black and white pupils, looked at Song Lingyue for a moment, took the pill with her dirty little hand and swallowed it in one gulp.

"I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't have time to ask what your names were?" Song Lingyue's tone was very soft, for fear of scaring these girls who were like frightened birds.

"Name?" The injured girl snorted, biting her lower lip as if in pain, but quickly covered it up, and said to Song Lingyue: "Since Miss has already bought us, she is our master, please give us a name and let us get a new life." ”

After the injured girl finished speaking, she was about to kneel down for Song Lingyue with her body propped up.

The other two slightly older girls saw that she knelt down to Song Lingyue and hurriedly knelt down, leaving the two smaller ones, still a little dazed, pulled by the two big ones, and knelt in front of Song Lingyue together: "Please give the master a name." ”

The voice is not very neat, but you can also hear the girls' desire for a new life.

Song Lingyue pursed the corners of her lips, with the experience of collecting Lu Li last time, she was no longer as resistant as before.

"My surname is Song, so you should follow my surname Song." Song Lingyue thought about it and said, but it was really difficult to choose a name Song Lingyue, she was a waste of her name.

After thinking about it for a long time, Song Lingyue decided to use the simplest way to name them, and directly call them Song one, two, three, four, five.

But the girl's family is called Song Yi, it's okay, but these other names are inevitably a little unbeautiful.

Thinking like this, Song Lingyue suddenly had an idea, pointed to the injured girl and said, "From now on, your name will be Song Yi, the eldest in line, and your sister will be their sister." ”

She paced back and forth under the grass shed, and said: "As for the two of you, you are Song Er, you are Song Shan, and as for the two small ones in the back, one is called Song Si and the other is called Song Wu." ”

But anyone who is literate can hear that the name is the homonym of one, two, three, four, five.

As soon as Song Lingyue's words fell, she heard the five girls in front of her kneeling down in unison, and bowed to her in unison:

"Song Yi, Song Er, Song Shan, Song Si, Song Wu, meet the master."

"Hurry up." Song Lingyue helped Song Yi up, "You have injuries on your body and it's not good to move, Song Er, Song Shan, you have to take care of her." ”

Song Er and Song Shan both nodded yes.

When Qi Mo came back with the carriage, Song Lingyue instructed Song Er and Song Shan to help Song Yi to make the carriage, and settled Song Yi before letting them carry Song Si and Song Wu into the carriage.

The group returned to the small courtyard of Shuangcha Lane in a majestic manner, and Aunt Li was surprised when she saw Song Lingyue and Qi Mo going out for so long, and when they came back, they brought a carload of girls.

Song Lingyue simply whispered a few words to Aunt Li, and Aunt Li also became sympathetic.

"Aunt Li, I'm afraid that my small courtyard can't accommodate so many people, and I have to borrow your house for use, I don't know if it's okay?" Song Lingyue discussed with Aunt Li.

"Why not? I still have three tiled houses empty, just enough for a few of them. Aunt Li hurriedly agreed.

Song Lingyue thought for a while and said, "Also, Aunt Li, do you have any clothes that you can't wear?" These girls' clothes are in tatters, and they should be cleaned up, I'm afraid they don't have enough clothes over there. ”

"Lingyue still has a lot of clothes that I haven't worn, so it should be just right for those two little ones to wear. I also have some old clothes there, so it would be appropriate to change them to wear them. Aunt Li looked at Song Yi and the figures of the others, and thought about it, "Well, it should be dressed." ”

"That's good, fortunately, there is hot water at home for twelve hours, so they can freshen up and dress up, but I'm afraid that Aunt Li will have to bother." Song Lingyue arched her hand towards Aunt Li.

Song Si and Song Wu looked like they were only five or six years old, thin and pitiful, and at this time they timidly pulled Song Yi's skirt, looking at the people in front of them strangely and timidly.

When Aunt Li saw their appearance, her heart softened, and she spoke softly for a while before taking Song Si and Song Wu to the bathhouse to take a bath with the help of Song Yi.

Song Yi, Song Er, and Song Shan are all big girls, and they know how to wash, so Song Lingyue didn't care about them, just told them the location of the bathhouse and asked them to clean up by themselves.

After the five girls washed up, returned clean clothes, and dressed up again, when they appeared in front of Song Lingyue, Song Lingyue almost didn't recognize them.

The dirt on the face before was cleaned, revealing a beautiful floor.

Song Yi is the oldest, but she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, her eyebrows and eyes have grown, she is gentle and lovely, but it complements her to obtain this Yi word.

Song Er's skin is darker, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, revealing a sense of excitement, and his big eyes are playful and cute.

As for Song Shan, he is not outstanding in appearance, and his temperament is relatively introverted, so he just stood obediently on Song Yi's right hand, quietly and silently looking at everything in the courtyard.

Song Si and Song Wu are still young, and they can't see anything, but they are no longer cramped as before, and they are already intimate with Aunt Li at this time.

"Not bad, not bad, after freshening up, one by one is more beautiful than the other." Aunt Li held Song Wu in her arms, looked at a few people one by one, and closed her mouth with satisfaction, "Lingyue, don't say it, you are quite good at picking people." ”

Song Lingyue touched her nose, what would she pick people, she was soft-hearted purely because she saw that these girls were pitiful, and Song Yi begged her desperately.

"From now on, a few of you will live with us, I will introduce you first, and everyone will get acquainted with each other." Song Lingyue first introduced herself, then introduced Aunt Li, Gu Langzhong, as well as Qi Mo and Liu Liang, and finally introduced Xiangling and Song Yanzhi.

One by one, Song Yi, as the eldest of them, was the first to ask: "I don't know what Miss needs us to do?" ”

Song Lingyue touched her nose, she bought these five girls on impulse, and she really didn't think about what she wanted them to do.

"Why don't you help with the housework first, and these Aunt Li will help you arrange it. Song Yi, you still have injuries on your body, you can rest for a few days and wait for the injuries to heal. Song Lingyue touched her nose, she could only arrange it like this first.

These five girls are all peasant girls, and from the moment they can hold a broom, they can't break their hands, and when they are older, they will have to go to the fields with the people in the house to farm.

This bit of housework is really nothing in the eyes of Song Yi and the others.

Song Yi, Song Er and Song Shan are older, and they can help Aunt Li do some housework, the three of them work quickly, and their hands and feet are brisk, and they have won Aunt Li's favor after only two or three days.

As for Song Si and Song Wu, the two of them were about the same age as Xiangling and Song Yanzhi, and it didn't take long for a few people to play together.

Song Lingyue saw that Song Si and Song Wu were still young, and it was not easy to arrange for them to do something, so she explained that Xiangling and Song Yanzhi could teach them to read and write.

Song Yi and the others will also sit on the side to listen when they are free, and the learning atmosphere at home is unprecedentedly strong.

In the past, Song Yanzhi went home like he went crazy with Xiangling, but now when he comes back, he has to teach the girl in the house to read and read, like a little teacher, this enthusiasm for reading has been completely aroused, and his knowledge has improved a lot.

Seeing that her family business was expanding little by little, Song Lingyue also had the idea of expanding her house.

When that group of workers came to work at home, it was inconvenient to have a female dependent at home, so it was better to buy or rent an empty yard, so that work and life could be separated and not interfere with each other.

Song Lingyue asked Aunt Li to inquire if the nearby neighbors were willing to give up the house to them.

Unexpectedly, he really inquired about the descendants of a family surnamed Zhao, and intended to sell his ancestral house.

The ancestral house of Zhao Housheng is next door to Aunt Li's house, and if it is linked with Aunt Li's yard in the future, it can just become a whole compound, which is quite convenient.

Song Lingyue was moved, and after asking, it turned out that Zhao Housheng planned to enter Beijing next year to take the exam, but it was a pity that he had exhausted his family's money by studying hard in the cold window over the years, and he had no choice but to sell his ancestral house if he wanted to enter Beijing to take the exam.

"This Zhao Housheng has such a big certainty, will he definitely be able to go to high school? Why even the ancestral house has to be sold. Song Lingyue drank the chilled white fungus lotus seed soup and asked Aunt Li.

Aunt Li pursed her lips and said, "What are you sure about?" He has been famous for three consecutive years, and his family's foundation has almost been hollowed out, and now he has to break the kettle and try again. ”

"Since the name of Sun Mountain has fallen three times, why don't you find a job to do first?" Song Lingyue became more and more surprised, her eyes widened, and she was puzzled.

Aunt Li smiled and said eloquently: "Then Zhao Housheng has read all the books, and now he is full of only the one that can be famous." His ancestors also used to be champions, and their ancestors wanted to continue the original scenery, but unfortunately, no one in their Zhao family had won the champion except for that champion. This Zhao Housheng's father only went the year before last, and his only last wish was to hope that he would be the top student in high school and glorify the lintel. ”

"I see, I don't know if I should call him pitiful or pedantic." Song Lingyue held her chin and shook her head.

"If you really sympathize with him...... Aunt Li paused, and then continued: "When you buy his ancestral house in a while, give him an extra fifty taels or twenty." ”

Song Lingyue snorted and laughed: "It's okay, an elm head like him is afraid that he won't hit the south wall and won't look back." ”

With Aunt Li's matchmaking, Song Lingyue quickly bought the ancestral house of Zhao Housheng's family for one white tael of silver.

Although the ancestral house of Zhao Housheng's family is a little dilapidated, it is not small in area, two in and two out, six guest rooms are arranged in a mouth-shaped shape, there is a small cross-courtyard in front and back, and there is a back door, which is very convenient to enter and exit.

Song Lingyue took a fancy to the area of Zhao Housheng's ancestral house and the advantages of easy access.

This Zhao Housheng, who patronizes and reads on weekdays, doesn't take much care of his yard, which causes the yard before and after to be overgrown with wild grass, which looks even more dilapidated.