Chapter 3: The Rogues
At this moment, two maids came in behind him, one of whom was holding a tea tray with two cups of poured tea on it.
The lady behind the curtain opened her mouth, and her attitude was very cold: "Bow your head after the tea and leave, from now on remember that you are the daughter-in-law of my Zhou family, and don't do anything to lose the face of my Zhou family when you go to Zhuangzi." ”
Lin Zifu didn't like Mrs. Zhou's attitude very much, but she remembered what the scar woman said, knelt down with tea, and the maid directly took the teacup and sent it in, and the obedient kowtow ceremony was over.
After the two cups of tea, the maid urged her to leave.
The maid who sent her back seemed to be hiding something, but just sent her to the door of the room where the coffin was kept, and then turned and hurried away.
The scarred woman stood by the coffin, carrying two burdens in her hands, as if waiting for her.
"Did you send me away?" She looked at the woman expectantly, probably because the woman looked very fierce, but in fact, she was cold-hearted and warm-hearted, which made her have a little more hope in her heart, hoping that the woman would leave with her.
The woman handed one of the bags to Lin Zifu and said, "The carriage is waiting at the back door." ”
To be honest, Lin Zifu doesn't like this place very much, especially the oppressive environment of the Zhou Mansion, and Mrs. Zhou's cold attitude, she doesn't have a good impression of this place at all, and leaving early is an early relief.
I followed the Scar Woman out through a small door, I don't know if they were walking on a remote path, or if they were deliberately avoiding them, but in any case, no one was seen along the way.
There was a green-skinned carriage parked outside the small door, and the white-haired coachman sat a little impatiently urging: "Hurry up, you won't be able to catch up with the post station if it's late." ”
As the scar woman got into the carriage, she breathed a sigh of relief, and she still didn't know what the scar woman's name was, and asked respectfully, "Auntie, what's your name?" ”
The scar woman didn't expect Lin Zifu to ask her name, her life in the Zhou Mansion has been very transparent for so many years, no one in the Zhou Mansion is willing to talk to her, everyone avoids her and avoids her, and no one has asked her name for a long, long time.
At this moment, I didn't know how to answer, but I touched Lin Zifu's expectant eyes, and finally said coldly: "Aunt Ying." ”
Lin Zifu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Then I'll call you Aunt Ying in the future." ”
Leaving Zhou's Mansion, she was in a better mood, she felt free at this moment, and she was very kind to see Aunt Ying.
The corners of Aunt Ying's mouth were slightly hooked, and a trace of tenderness flashed in her eyes.
The road is long, and Lin Zifu, who is curious about everything, of course doesn't want to be idle, and the only one who can talk about trust is Aunt Ying, who is sitting next to her, and asks: "Aunt Ying, where are we going?" ”
Aunt Ying said in a hoarse voice: "Call me Granny Ying, on the Zhuangzi more than two hundred miles away, the Zhuangzi has a few acres of land and a small courtyard, which is the worst place in the Zhou Mansion industry, from now on the Zhou Mansion will not care about your food, clothing, housing and transportation, until the moment you die, you can't step into the Zhou Mansion half a step, I was sent by them to keep an eye on you, I am afraid that you will do something that will damage the reputation of the Zhou Mansion." "To put it bluntly, the whole Zhou Mansion doesn't want to see her, and it's just right that she is leaving with this unfavored lady now.
Aunt Ying's confession made Lin Zifu grateful, in fact, even if Aunt Ying didn't say it, she knew that Aunt Ying should have been arranged by Mrs. Zhou to spy on her, after all, Aunt Ying was carrying two burdens, and she looked like she was going to travel far away, plus Aunt Ying was also Mrs. Zhou's person.
Shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "It is a gift to me to be alive, as long as there is a shelter from the wind and rain, believe me, I will never starve you." Listening to Aunt Ying's meaning, it is not difficult to guess that in the future, the two will only be afraid of relying on each other and sharing weal and woe.
She is very confident in survival, she has lived in the countryside since she was a child, her family was poor when she was a child, she often dug wild vegetables with the children in the village to eat, and when she was a little older, she followed her parents to farm, and later went to university majoring in traditional Chinese medicine.
Since the Zhou family has given a few acres of land, at least you won't starve to death if you plant one.
Remembering that there was still a burden, he quickly opened it, and inside the bag was a set of plain white clothes, and a money bag was wrapped in it, but when the money bag was opened and poured out, it was only four thumb-sized pieces of broken silver.
"The Zhou family is really stingy, give such a little silver." She couldn't help but grumble.
Ying Gu reached out to cover her mouth at this time, shook her head at her, and then pointed outside.
instantly understood that Aunt Ying wanted her to guard against the coachman, and she couldn't say anything that shouldn't be said, so she immediately shut up with interest.
Put the money bag carefully in the cuffs, not to mention that the cuffs are very cleverly designed, and there is actually a small inner pocket to put things.
I ate the dry food given by Aunt Ying in the carriage, got off the carriage and rested for a while, and did not arrive at a post station until evening.
The location of the post station is very remote, and there are no people in sight from far away from the left and right.
Aunt Ying took her into the post station and asked for two ordinary guest rooms, and then entered the room.
After the coachman bolted the carriage, he knocked on the door of the two men and said in a low voice: "This place is remote, close the doors and windows at night." ”
Although he didn't say a few words to Aunt Ying along the way, the distance between them was much closer, and the world was not peaceful, presumably the inn in the wilderness was easy to be targeted by uneasy and well-meaning people.
Aunt Ying saw Lin Zifu's doubts, and said while making the bed: "There are a lot of rogues in this area. ”
Sometimes I was really afraid of something, and in the middle of the night, the whole post house was asleep, and suddenly, there was a shouting sound outside, and the firelight reflected the brightness of the courtyard.
The shopkeeper knocked on the door room by room, and was very anxious: "Hurry up and go out." ”
The people in the inn were all awakened, Lin Zifu had never encountered this kind of thing, when she thought of Liukou, she thought of the murderous demon in the TV series, and pulled Aunt Ying's arm and said in fear: "What about Granny Ying?" ”
Aunt Ying opened the baggage, poured out the silver in the money bag, handed it to Lin Zifu and said, "Put it with yours, quickly hide the silver." ”
Lin Zifu is not stupid, Liukou must have come for money, glanced at Aunt Ying's money bag, and found that the bulging bag must have a lot of silver.
After glancing left and right, there were really not many places to hide the silver, but when his eyes touched the flower pot behind the door, he quickly stepped forward and lifted the flower in the flower pot, threw the money bag into it, and put the flower back in its place.
The two walked out, and there were already more than a dozen people squatting in the yard.
Squatting under the scolding of the rogues, Lin Zifu's heart beat a little fast, worried about whether she could live.
When she was most scared, Aunt Ying actually held her hand, as if she had found a support, and she was not so afraid.
"Listen to me, the masters are just for money, and hand over all the money on your bodies, who wants to be honest and blame the masters."
Aunt Ying stood up at this moment, and Lin Zifu, who was holding her hand, was also pulled up.