"Dad, the 'daughter' has been in the palace for a few years, how is the family doing?" In order to prevent the atmosphere of the father and daughter from becoming stiff, Xiangru broke the silence and took some information by the way.

"Dani, look at your father's appearance, standing with your grandfather, everyone thinks they are two brothers. Ya'er, the home is not the same home as before. He Dawei thought about it and felt sad from his heart.

"Why? Dad, I remember that there used to be a medical center at home, what about the medical center? ”

"A few years after you entered the palace, you moved from other places to a big medical hall, which is open opposite our family medical hall, they have many doctors, good medical skills, and cheap consultation fees, so they snatched the patient away at once, and there was no income from the patient medical hall, and it closed down after barely supporting it for a year, so in order to eat, I had to sell the medical hall and buy a hut, and my father went to your grandfather's shop to be a sitting doctor, which maintained his livelihood."

"Oh, what about the house? How is stepmom? How are you siblings? I remember that my stepmother gave birth to a little sister before leaving, how are they all? ”

"Your stepmother is fine, after you left, you gave birth to a sister and a brother in a row, but who would have thought that your eldest brother would ...... a few years later? Alas, don't mention it, it's bad. I don't like to read, I don't know when I learned to drink, at first it was a small gamble, and then it was a big gamble, and after I owed gambling debts, I sold your two sisters to pay off the debts, and now I don't go home every day, I don't know where I died, only your stepmother and little brother are left at home, and I rely on the little money I earn every month, which is enough to eat. ”

"How so? The eldest brother is only a teenager now, right? With your father's connections in the county, didn't you find him an apprentice? It's not hard for you, right? He Dani pretended to be surprised.

He Dawei hid his face in shame and sobbed, "It's all my fault and your stepmother, you shouldn't spoil him so much, if you had been strict since childhood, you wouldn't be where you are today." ”

"The eldest brother is really, I don't know the blessing in the blessing, when I was a child, I thought that no one would look at me." He Dani herself didn't know what it meant to say something, but she let this emotion go, and the negative emotions that had been pent up for many years needed an outlet at the moment.

He Dawei heard the complaint in the words of the 'girl', remembered the neglect of this 'girl' before, and felt even more ashamed in his heart, hiding his face with his hands and not daring to look at the 'girl'.

"Dad, the matter has come to this, don't be too sad, I believe that the eldest brother has his own creation." He Dani pretended to be comforted.

"Ya'er, there is one more thing that Dad wants to tell you." He Dawei wiped his tears with his sleeve, and 'pumped' and 'smoked' and swallowed.

"Daddy has something to say."

"When you first took the Chinese medicine exam, the official sent good news, the family was already in a bad situation at that time, in order to turn over and live a good life again, I promised you to a family surnamed Lu in the county, got a dowry of 800 taels, bought dozens of acres of land, and thought that you would not have to worry about eating and drinking in the future. But I didn't expect that after your eldest brother learned badly, he 'spent' all the family's money, not only stole the family's land deed and sold it, but also sold your two younger sisters. After someone came to Beijing, saying that you are very capable, and won the appreciation of the big families in Beijing, I want to inquire if you have a match, and your eldest brother knows that he covets the dowry of others, and he simply retired the relatives of the Lu family, and everyone in the county knows that if the marriage with the people in the capital fails in the future, there will never be a family in the county to propose marriage. Ya'er, it's all your father's fault, it's all your father who hurt you, if you can't get married, how can you 'confess' to *** when you come to the future. He Dawei babbled a lot, and tears poured down again, like a leaky faucet.

"Dad, since the family was already depressed at that time, how did you get eight hundred taels of silver to return to the dowry?"

"Ya'er, my father is sorry for you, let the unfilial son know that the dowry 'jade' left to you by *** is in the hands of your stepmother, you may not remember, *** in-laws are open antique shops, the most valuable thing in the dowry is the 'jade' pendant, I don't know how the unfilial son knows about this, after rummaging through the cabinets at home, he ran to your grandfather's antique shop, your uncle recognized his own things, and paid eight hundred taels to buy it back without saying a word. The kid was still very proud, but I never had the face to pass in front of their store again. ”

"Dad, what about the other dowries left by my mother?" Xiangru had a faint expression on her face, but she suddenly realized in her heart, no wonder Yuan Pei would have a piece of high-grade ancient 'jade' as a dowry, it turned out that her mother's family was the one who opened an antique shop.

Xiangru didn't ask, but when she asked, He Dawei cried even more miserably, "Ya'er, the other things left by *** were sold to your stepmother early in the morning, and she said that she couldn't move her things in the house to take up space." ”

"In other words, what my mother left me at the beginning, there is nothing left at home?"

"Well, there is no one left, the family is already surrounded by four walls, if we hadn't hidden the title deed to your grandfather, I'm afraid your eldest brother would have robbed and sold it a long time ago, and then my father and mother would not even have a place to live."

"Dad, that is to say, if I get married, the family will not even have a decent dowry? The wedding box of other people's 'daughters' is full of ancestral things given by my mother, and I don't have any of them? ”

“…… Yes, my father knew that it was wrong, the dowry left by *** should not have been sold cheaply by your stepmother, and it should have been sealed and left for you to use when you got married. Ya'er, can you forgive Daddy? He Dawei wiped his tears and begged the 'daughter' to forgive him for what he had done before.

"Okay, I forgive my father, but I don't forgive my stepmother, why did she dispose of what my mother left me without permission? Who gave her the right? Xiangru's voice was full of ruthlessness, and her eyes were as cold as ice blades, and He Dawei trembled in his heart.

"Ya'er, there are thousands of mistakes, it's all daddy's fault, if you want to blame your father, you can blame your father for being confused, and when you have a new daughter-in-law, you forgot about your daughter, which made you suffer a lot, don't blame your stepmother, she has suffered a lot with her father over the years, and she was raised as a young lady at home back then. He Dawei's tears that had been slightly stopped before were like the flood peak that had discharged the floodgates, and he came down as soon as he said it.

"Okay, for Daddy's sake, I won't worry about my stepmother for the time being, but if she still gives me face like before when I get home, then Daddy won't blame the 'daughter' for not giving you face for the old man."

"Okay, okay, your stepmother won't, she won't." He Dawei hurriedly promised.

"Little brother, I've worked hard for you, just stop here." He Dani called the guy who was driving the car to stop the car and helped He Dawei down.

"Miss He, I haven't arrived at your house yet."

"I want to buy something, so I'm going to send it here, it's a cold day, please have a cup of hot tea, don't be too little." Xiangru 'touched' a five-text coin from her purse and gave it to the buddy.

The guy took the money and thanked him busily, calculating in his heart that two bowls of coarse tea were worth one penny, and five pennies was enough to drink ten bowls, and his face was even more happy.

He Dawei looked at the 'girl' and gave five cents at once, and his face wrinkled in distress, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to watch the young man drive the car and leave happily.

"Ya'er, you're too 'wasteful', it's a full five cents, enough to buy half a bucket of rice, you're too big." He Dawei saw that people were far away, so he dared to complain in a low voice.

"Daddy, five cents is just to buy a few 'meat' buns in the capital, it's not a lot of money, I serve those old men, ladies, young masters, young masters, young 'milk', young masters are not easy to talk to, follow their masters to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, who is rare for you a few 'meat' buns? They don't bother to glance at you without any good stuff. The little money sent by the palace every month is not enough to invite them to a snack. Xiangru knew that she only had twenty taels of change with her, so in order to avoid being found fault by her stepmother when she returned home, she first got some vaccinations from her father.

"Huh? Is the price of the capital so expensive? However, the people you serve are all superior people, and it is also appropriate for the subordinates to be domineering, and they are willing to accept your gift because they can afford you, and this money should be 'spent' and 'spent'. ”

"That's how to say, it's hard to survive in the capital. Daddy, you just said that the county costs five cents and a half bucket of rice, which is really cheap, and in the capital, a bucket of the worst brown rice costs 100 yuan. ”

He Dawei trembled and trembled, "The county's five-pennies and half-buckets are not good rice, it is better than the cheapest dregs, when the family was in a good situation before, this rice was bought to feed the 'chickens' and ducks and was afraid that the 'chickens' and ducks would choke to death, but now the family can only afford to eat such rice." Your little brother is still young, the family expenses are large, the 'medicine' shop usually has few patients, people are sick and now they all go to the big medical center, most of the people who come to the 'medicine' shop are minor diseases such as cold and cough, and the patients can only deduct a little commission from the 'medicine' fee after they catch the 'medicine', and they will be pitiful every month, far less than they all earn. ”

"Yes, it turns out that life at home is so difficult, I didn't expect it, I thought that my father's family was happy together, and I had long forgotten that I was a motherless 'girl'." He Dani looked at the street scene while not salty or indifferent.

"'Girl', don't be cold to your father, your father is about to die of shame." He Dawei hid his face behind his sleeve, and he really had no face to face the 'girl'.

"Daddy take me to the market, I'm used to eating white rice, and I can't swallow anything else." He Dani is as good as a stream.

"Okay, Daddy will take you to a few stores that the family frequents. Come, go this way. ”

He Dawei took He Dani to cross a few streets, the houses on the street were getting smaller and older, looking at He Dani looking around curiously, He Dawei only had an embarrassed laugh.

"Ya'er, I didn't live here in the house before, do you remember what the house was like before?"

"I still have a little impression, I vaguely remember that there are front and back yards, several houses, you live in a warm and bright big house, I live in a small house next to the kitchen with the servants, and I don't even have a complete quilt in winter, and the servants often talk about me behind my back, saying that the beggars on the street are better than me." Ho Dani browsed the homes and shops on the street while talking nonchalantly.

He Dawei regretted it so much that he couldn't wait to 'slap' himself twice, which pot was not opened, since the death of Yuan Pei, how could his big 'daughter' have ever received a little family warmth, and he was really not as good as a beggar on the street.

The father and daughter fell silent again, and were silent for a while.

He Dawei took He Dani through a few alleys, came to a street, the height of the houses on both sides of the street is uneven, some are 'door' houses, some are fence courtyards with bungalows and single-family houses, and some are courtyards like courtyards, although the pattern of the houses is different, but there is a unified feature that looks like dilapidated houses in disrepair, weeds grow in the cracks of the walls, I really don't know how many years of houses.

"Daddy, what you said about changing a big house for a small house is a house like this?" The environment is so bad that it is beyond He Dani's imagination, and the news that Xie Ziyan and the others conveyed to her did not say this.

"This house is cheap, didn't I think that I had some spare money in my hand after changing the big house to a small house, and I would be able to start another business in the future, but I thought that ......" sad things are unbearable.

"Is there still a place for me to sleep in the house?"

"Yes, you can sleep in the Westinghouse where your two sisters lived before, I have already discussed with your stepmother that I have left for you to come back to sleep, it has been empty, and I will clean it every few days."

"As long as there is a place to sleep, I don't pick. Daddy, take me shopping, look at your 'color', you haven't eaten 'meat' at home for a long time, right? ”

“…… It's been a long time since I've tasted the taste of 'meat', my dad can't make money without using it, and he can't even buy the pig's intestine to eat, and your little brother is as thin as a radish head. ”

"Yes, Daddy, this reminds me of the time when I could occasionally have a little vegetable soup and thick noodle steamed buns, and I have to thank God for the favor of God when I see some oil stars in the vegetable soup, I don't want to think about it, this time I think it's really much happier than my little brother, isn't it?"

"Oh, 'girl', don't say it again, besides, Daddy is really going to die headfirst."

"Then Daddy will take me to the home braised 'meat' shop, buy some braised 'meat' and come back to cook porridge, eat like this for a few days, and then slowly add oil when the stomach is used to it."

"Okay, you're a food doctor, how can you eat Daddy listens to you. Come, walk this way, there is a delicious braised 'meat' shop on this street. ”

He Dawei took He Dani to turn left and go straight, and didn't go far before he came to the braised 'meat' shop, where several customers were queuing, and the boss quickly called the customer 'meat' and cut 'meat' to collect money and change.

They all live in the neighborhood, and the neighbors all know each other, and when they saw He Dawei coming over, they all greeted him, and when they saw a girl next to him, they all asked curiously.

Xiangru generously pronounced her name and saluted everyone.

Hearing that He Dawei's eldest 'daughter' in the palace came back, these neighbors couldn't take care of their own marinated 'meat', and even the shopkeeper didn't care about the business, so he beckoned his wife and children to come out together.

"Look, what a peugeot girl, she looks so handsome." Aunt Jiadao.

"Doctor He is so blessed, with such a 'girl', she can enjoy Qingfu in the future." Aunt B.

"Yes, yes, the 'girl' can finally turn over when he goes home, if he moves away in the future, don't forget our poor neighbors." Aunt C.

"Or Dr. He has a vision, he was willing to send his 'daughter' into the palace back then, and this will not come back soon, and good days will follow, such a good girl must have a good in-law to be worthy." Uncle Ding Dao.

"Hey, it's a good thing for the 'girl' to go home, Dr. He must invite the neighbors to eat and drink." Uncle Wu said.

These neighbors are quick to talk one by one, He Dawei bows with a smile on his face, and He Dani only smiles quietly on the side, which makes the neighbors even more praise the outstanding temperament of the He family's 'daughter'

Entering the 'Door'