"Take me to meet your mother," Gui Mingyue commanded.

The group followed the doctor and twisted around to a narrow alley, and at the end of the alley, a mud-walled thatched hut was crumbling in the cold wind.

With a squeak, Li Ling'er pushed open the door, the room was dark, and Li Yu hurriedly moved two small stools that could still sit on Gui Mingyue and Yu Hongbo.

Yu Hongbo shook his hand and told the doctor to hurry over to diagnose the old Li family, and Li Yu and Li Ling'er also followed.

Yu Hongbo opened his mouth and asked: "Yue'er, you have never been the kind of nosy person, and you are a businessman, is it worth it to take out two hundred taels to save this person this time?" ”

When Gui Mingyue heard her cousin say it so bluntly, she almost didn't say that she couldn't afford to be early, and couldn't help but have a black line: "Is it worth it, wait and see what this doctor says!" ”

After the doctor pricked Lao Li's family a few times, and poured a few mouthfuls of decoction, she woke up leisurely, and when she saw that her children were beside her, she gently called: "Ling'er, Yu'er." ”

Li Ling'er couldn't hold back crying anymore, and then sobbed and told her mother about her father being forced to death.

When the old Li family heard this, they almost didn't come up in one breath, and fainted again.

"This Li Ling'er too, her mother is still sick, why did you tell her such a big thing, in case she can't stand it again......" Jin Qi'er couldn't help but reproach.

Gui Mingyue patted her hand and said, "She will know the news sooner or later, right now this Li Ling'er is looking at the doctor and us, even if she said that her mother fainted for a while, the doctor can wake her up, so she can rest assured." ”

"Oh, I see, this Li Ling'er has a lot of eyes." Jin Qi'er sighed.

Sure enough, as Mingyue said, after the old Li family fainted, after a few stitches from the doctor, he returned to clarity. Li Ling'er was relieved to see that she was awake, and then returned to Mingyue and told her in detail how she spent two hundred taels of silver to save their whole family.

The old Li family is a loyal person, hearing that the words struggled to get up, the doctor did not stop, Li Ling'er and Li Yu helped her to Gui Mingyue, knelt down, the old Li family said with tears: "Miss's great kindness, our family has nothing to repay, I heard Yu'er say that Miss is interested in the idea of the old body's hairpin-making skills, and I am willing to follow Miss as a slave and a servant for the rest of my life, please Miss don't dislike it, take us in!" ”

Then he asked Li Ling'er to bring paper and pencils, and the family signed a deed of sale and death, and firmly handed it over to Gui Mingyue.

"Are you literate?" Gui Mingyue saw that Li Ling'er actually wrote well.

"Miss Hui's words," Li Ling'er replied respectfully: "Ling'er has been studying with her father since she was a child, and she is not only literate, but also has a little ability to calculate accounts. ”

Gui Mingyue nodded with satisfaction, she saved this family, and she did go for the hairpin-making skills of the old Li family at first, but she didn't expect that the daughter of this family could also bring a surprise to herself.

"Okay, then you can follow me from now on, with Jin Qi'er," Gui Mingyue said again: "You will be called Yinshen'er in the future, okay?" ”

Li Ling'er couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard that she could serve Miss personally, and she admired Gui Mingyue before, and immediately said, "Miss Yinshen'er Xie." ”

Due to the illness of the old Li family, Gui Mingyue and they had to stay in Ezhou for some more time. Her illness is actually poisonous, and the disease is not serious, but because she has no money for too long, her body has suffered a lot of losses.

Gui Mingyue spared no money to buy some medicines and ingredients that were very supplemented, and let Yinshen'er eat it for her mother. Facing the grateful eyes of Yinshen'er and Li Yu, she waved her hand so that the sister and brother didn't have to take it to heart. With the thoughts of her past life, she has always known the importance of talents.

The craftsmanship of the old Li family can't be bought with any amount of silver, but it's a pity that people in this era often treat people as bad people, let alone craftsmen, and even they feel that their lives are like mustard.

Of course, Gui Mingyue will not try to change the thinking of people in this era, she only does what she thinks is worthwhile, to put it bluntly, she is a businessman, except for her own family, everything else has to be sold at a price, just see if one is worth it.

Ten days later, the poison of Lao Li's family has been resolved, and Lao Li's funeral is almost done.

Gui Mingyue immediately wrote a letter and instructed a small servant brought from Nanyang County to escort the mother and son all the way back to their home in Yu Village, Nanyang County. He turned his head and asked Yinshen'er if he wanted to go to Nanyang County with his mother and younger brother, or if he wanted to travel with him.

"The slave is willing to follow the young lady and serve with her." Yin Shen'er said without thinking. Gui Mingyue nodded, and the group arrived at the riverside. Yu Hongbo chartered a boat, he and Gui Mingyue, as well as the little maid, luggage or something, happened to be full of boats.

"Miss, I heard the young master say that we will pass by Dongting Lake by boat, and he said that the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake is rare to see." The first time Jin Qi'er took a boat, she felt extremely fresh, and chattered.

Gui Mingyue also had some yearning when she heard this, and couldn't help but look at the vast river, not knowing when she would be able to reach Dongting Lake.

Suddenly, the boat shook. Then he rushed forward, and the fisherman hurriedly propped up the sails and balanced the hull.

"Yue'er, be careful, the river here is narrow, there are whirlpools, and the water is turbulent, pay attention to it." Yu Hongbo shouted inside on the deck.

"Got it, cousin, you have to be careful outside, too." Gui Mingyue struggled to stabilize her body in the swaying cabin.

"Miss, look, what's that?" Jin Qi'er pointed to several dilapidated ships in the distance, and the sound of killing could be heard from the boats.

After carefully identifying it, Silver Pendant said, "The boat with the green flag should belong to the Groove Gang, and the other side may be a water bandit...... Oh no, miss, we've got a bandit. ”

As soon as Yin Shen'er's words fell, Yu Hongbo strode into the cabin with a solemn expression, untied a dagger from his body, and put it in Gui Mingyue's hand. He lifted a wooden plank in the cabin, and it turned out that there was a mezzanine underneath, motioned for Gui Mingyue and the two girls to go in, and told them not to come out on the boat, and not to make a sound.

Gui Mingyue watched Yu Hongbo walk out of the cabin worriedly, Yu Hongbo nodded at her and motioned for her to relax. The silver pendant quickly covered the wooden board, and the three of them curled up quietly in the mezzanine.

I only felt that the ship was no longer shaking, it should have sailed to a stable territory, and the sound of killing had stopped.

The three masters and servants were just about to breathe a sigh of relief, when the boat stopped, and only a few people jumped on board.

I only heard Yu Hongbo shouting: "It turned out to be a friend on the zygote" (jargon: it turned out to be a friend on the road)

Someone came and said, "It's just some old people who eat drift money." (We're all doing some headless work)

Yu Hongbo said: "It's easy to say, Yu and the three rudder Ma Ye are friends, this time I am going back to my hometown and passing through your land, and I also ask you to make it convenient." As he spoke, he took out a few silver tickets from his bosom and offered them respectfully.

The person who came turned around and smiled at the people on the boat behind him: "This kid is still sensible," he said, turning his head to look at Yu Hongbo and asking: "Even if he is a friend of Ma Ye, everything is easy to say, but there are no women on this boat, right?" You know the rules, you can't cross a woman on the river, unless it's for our brother for nothing, hahaha. ”

"No, no, the little brother knows the rules."

The visitor glanced inside and outside the cabin again, and there were only two small servants, and then waved his hand and turned back. Calm returned to the ship.

Yu Hongbo subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Whew, Jin Qi'er also breathed a sigh of relief, grinned and called "Little ......" Before the word sister could be spoken, she was covered by Yinsheng'er.

The corners of the person's mouth raised, the horizontal flesh on Scar's face trembled, stopped, and slowly turned around.

"Friend......" Yu Hongbo saw that he was back, and secretly screamed that it was not good, so he quickly won.

Jin Qi'er was suddenly frightened and silent, she didn't know that the water bandits were doing business on this river all the year round, and their ear power was already different from ordinary people, although her voice was very small, but unfortunately it was also heard.

The faces of Gui Mingyue and Yinshen'er in the mezzanine became more and more solemn, and Gui Mingyue tightly held the dagger in her hand.

The person who came pushed Yu Hongbo aside, and was about to lift the curtain of the cabin, Yu Hongbo made a color, and the two kung fu guys immediately entered a state of alert.

The three people in the mezzanine were also suffering, Jin Qi'er's head was sweating, and tears were pouring down. Yin Shen'er glanced at Miss Gui Mingyue quietly, her eyes seemed to be saying something, and Gui Mingyue hurriedly shook her head to stop her.

However, as if he had made up his mind, the silver pendant suddenly bowed to his feet, raised his hand to open the plank above his head, and jumped into the cabin.

At this time, the water bandit happened to lift the curtain with one hand, and when he saw the silver pendant, he couldn't help but shout: "Oh, I really hid a chick, these tricks are bright enough." ”

Yin Shen'er didn't say a word, and slammed his head into the side of the bandit's waist, which was the knife wound left from the fight with the Cao gang just now.

The water bandit groaned, flashed back, and the silver pendant jumped into the river, and after two flutters, there was no movement.

The little girl who jumped into the river to commit suicide with lightning speed on her back was stunned and didn't react for a long time. Later, someone proposed to go into the water to search, but was stopped by the leading boss, and after a while, the little girl should have drowned.

Yu Hongbo reacted, immediately ran to the side of the boat, and cried loudly: "Sister! ”

The water bandits saw that he was crying miserably, and now that the people were dead and the money was obtained, they were afraid that the Cao gang would fight back, so they withdrew.

Yu Hongbo saw that they had retreated, so he got up and wiped the sweat on his head, and pulled Gui Mingyue and Jin Qi'er out of the mezzanine.

Gui Mingyue looked at the river and muttered, "Cousin, can you still find the silver pendant when you go into the water at this time?" ”

Yu Hongbo sighed, shook his head, and looked at the vast river, Yinzhuer has been diving for so long, and the water flow upstream and downstream is so turbulent, it should be impossible to find anyone.

"Woo, it's all my fault, I deserve to die, I killed the silver pendant!" Jin Qi'er blamed herself, was ashamed, regretted, and couldn't help crying.

Gui Mingyue's face was expressionless, she didn't say a word, but in fact, her heart was surging with emotions, she didn't expect that Yinshen'er could die for her without saying a word. She is the soul of a modern person, cherishing her life more than anything, and it is hard to imagine that someone is willing to give her life for her now, which gave her a great shock.

"Cousin, I want to go back downstream to find her." She was unwilling to find the silver pendant. Gui Mingyue has an obsession in her heart that Yinshen'er will definitely not die, I remember that when she came out of the mezzanine, the meaning in her eyes did not seem to be a decisive goodbye, but a confident plan.

"Good!" Yu Hongbo was also moved by the girl's courage, so he asked the boatman to turn his head, and after the rapids, he landed, and now there was no one around, so he could only wait anxiously.

Two days passed, and there was no movement on the river, and Gui Mingyue began to be a little anxious.

On the third day, there was fog on the river, and Jin Qi'er, who had been refusing to rest with red eyes, stared at the river motionlessly, and suddenly pointed to the river incoherently and said, "Miss, Miss, look, that ...... So, isn't it a person? ”