Chapter 223 Small means

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"Lady Thorn" > to ......"

As the door outside the flower hall sang loudly, Feng Shi in the flower hall became even more cramped and uneasy, a handkerchief twisted back and forth in his hand, and it looked like it was about to be scrapped. Her daughter, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, was also nervous, and it seemed that this visit to Xiaoxiao was a very important event for their mother and daughter......

Surrounded by the four maids and Cui Qiao behind her, Xiaoxiao entered the flower hall gracefully. It's not that she likes to talk about pomp, but when she first arrived in Hangzhou, she didn't know who was worthy of intersecting and who needed to be wary of, so she could only put up a shelf of Mrs. Shi's "> to watch other people's reactions.

When I entered the flower hall, I raised my eyes and saw that Mrs. Feng "> stood up respectfully and blessed herself, a young and very beautiful little beauty beside her. I think it's her daughter. It's just that why do the mother and daughter have dishes on their faces? Also, the clothes on their bodies are also ordinary burlap that ordinary people can afford, why is this? Why does the wife and daughter of the dignified Shangzhou Wupin Sima seem so ...... Shabby......? Yes, shabby, the first impression of this mother and daughter is shabby!

Take a closer look at the hands of the mother and daughter, Feng's hands are not to mention, they are extremely rough, which is understandable, after all, she has been in charge of housework for so many years, and looking at the dress of their mother and daughter, she knows that the family background will definitely not be very good. However, her daughter, who is no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, has a pair of jade hands that should have been green and white, but at this time she looks dry and coarse yellow, where is this like a young lady in an official family, ">?" To put it mildly, even the rough maid of Jiangfu looks much more expensive than her......

Indeed, Feng and her daughter saw that the maids behind Xiaoxiao were all wearing gold and silver, while her own mother and daughter had no long things. Such a strong contrast made her even more inferior and cramped:

"The lower woman Feng took the little girl's colorful clothes to meet the lady" >...... Feng stood up after the salute, his head did not dare to raise too high, his eyes shrank and wanted to look but did not dare to face Xiaoxiao. While whispering the words of greeting for the first meeting, he carefully took a small package from his daughter Caiyi:

"This is a little bit of the heart of the wife and the little girl, and please ask the lady to "> smile, don't dislike ......"

Xiaoxiao listened to Feng's words, watched her every move, and saw that the small package she handed over was a small green cloth package, and I didn't know what was wrapped in the package, and it looked like it was no more than the size of a palm. I couldn't help but think in my heart, but I didn't expect what my husband said to be true...... If a banquet is held and all the officials and families in Hangzhou are invited to participate, I am afraid that he will be able to collect thousands of taels at once......

However, this Feng mother and daughter are so shabby, why do they want to give gifts to themselves? Thinking like this, Xiao Chong Cuiqiao gave a look and motioned for her to take the package and open it. Cui Qiao is already smart and clever, and after being with Xiaoxiao for so long, she has long been "> heart-to-heart with her wife, and this kind of thing is not the first time she has done this kind of thing to treat people. After getting the > signal from Madame, she stepped forward lightly and took the package from Feng Caiyi, who was two or three years younger than herself. At the moment of receiving the package. Xiaoxiao and Cui Qiao clearly saw deep helplessness and heartache in Feng Caiyi's eyes......

Although Feng's mother and daughter forcibly suppressed their emotions and did not show it, they forced a smile. But the confusion in the little heart was even worse, and when Cui Qiao opened the package, the smile on the little face gradually froze. I saw that in the package, there were silver beans, both new and old, and I am afraid that they had been stored for some time.

These silver beans, in fact, are some loose silver taels, which are cut from those silver cakes of five taels or ten taels and one ingot, and are used as small payments, and their value is not much more than a large coin. Feng's mother and daughter were dressed so shabby, and the gifts they gave were so shabby. And when he and his husband came to visit Hangzhou in a hurry, what was the matter?

"Mrs. Feng" >, I don't know what you mean? "No matter how smart Xiaoxiao is, he has been confused at this time, which one is this singing?

Feng Shi saw that Cui Qiao opened the package and did not exchange it on the spot, but calmly put it into his arms. The expression on his face was very complicated, with bitterness and helplessness, but also a hint of joy, and a trace of ...... Gnashing teeth and hating. She doesn't know how to hide her true emotions like Xiaoxiao, and she shows everything on her face. Therefore, these complex expression changes, all of which fall into the eyes of Xiaoxiao, hence the previous question.

Feng Shi heard Xiao Xiao's question, and finally put away those complicated thoughts in his heart for the time being. But because I was too excited. I didn't know where to start for a while. At this time, her daughter Feng Caiyi next to her spoke softly:

"Mrs. Hui" > words, the little girl and her mother came to "...... >" this time specifically to pay homage to Mrs.

"Oh? Is it? That's all? This Feng Caiyi was a little more timid than her mother, but Xiao Xiao saw that she was about to stop talking halfway, so she asked softly.

Feng Caiyi may be a little bold, but she is too far away in front of Xiaoxiao. Hearing Mrs. Thorn Shi's > unrelenting question, she twisted for a while, but finally pursed her lips tightly and nodded lightly: "Hmm!" ”

"Hehe, it's a little interesting...... Xiao Xin thought of it, looking at the gift given by the mother and daughter, he knew that this was probably the Feng family's best efforts to come up. And looking at Feng Caiyi's heart-wrenching expression, these silver beans may not come easily. The silver beans that were earned so hard to earn nothing else just to pay homage to themselves, not to mention Xiaoxiao, even Cui Qiao and those maids in Jiangfu on the side didn't believe it.

"Miss Caiyi" >, my lady "> ask you, I hope you can think carefully before answering, if you miss the opportunity, I'm afraid it will be difficult to say ...... in the future." Cui Qiao admired Caiyi's courage in her heart, so she reminded and hinted.

That Feng Caiyi was also smart, she understood Cui Qiao's hint. looked up at Cui Qiao's eyes deeply, with a struggling expression on his face, and finally gritted his silver teeth after a long time:

"Mrs. Hui" > and this sister, in fact...... The little girl and her mother took the liberty to come this time, in addition to paying homage to the lady's ">, there are also ...... There is one more thing to ask for......"

'Sure enough, it's ......', this is the common aspiration of all the Jiang family. The little willow eyebrows shrugged up slightly:

"What?"

"Mrs. Hui" >, the little woman's uncle, is now being imprisoned in the prison of the Assassin's Mansion, and the little woman dares to beg Mrs. "> show mercy." Every day, I can send someone to visit and send some coarse tea and light rice...... "Since it has already begun, Feng Caiyi simply poured beans into a bamboo tube, and said it all in one go. Then he remembered something, and hurriedly added:

"Madam> please rest assured, even some of the servants use the leftover leftovers, and the little girl and her mother will regularly send silver beans over as a ...... of food money and gratitude."

Xiaoxiao and Cui Qiao on the side widened their eyes, there is such a thing in the world?

"Could it be that in the prison of the Assassin's Mansion, there is no food for the prisoners? Even if you really don't care, then why don't you deliver the food yourself? Do you want to beat around the bush and find me? The question mark in Xiaoxiao's mind turned into a series of questions, and he threw it over!

Feng, who was sitting in the guest seat, finally came back to his senses, and when he heard this, he first stopped Feng Caiyi's urge to open his mouth to answer, and then sighed:

"Mrs. Hui" > words, all the prisoners in the Assassin's Mansion Prison are in charge of food, but only the cousin of the husband, since the day he was arrested in the prison, the former Lord Assassin Shi issued a strict order not to give food. Just every other day, half a bowl of gruel hangs for his life. If it weren't for the fact that a jailer in the prison had an old relationship with her husband and secretly informed her husband of the news, I am afraid that this cousin of the little girl would have starved to death in prison a long time ago......"

"Then why did you find Mrs. Ben, "> here?" "Xiaoxiao still doesn't know what the situation is.

"Mrs. Hui" > that a year ago, the jailer spread the word that if he could no longer guarantee three meals a day, I was afraid that the cousin of the husband would not be able to survive. The husband was so anxious that his head turned white overnight, and the wife couldn't bear to see the husband so anxious, so she cheekily came to the door and went to the Assassin's Mansion to pray for the former Assassin's wife to "> and beg her for help." The Lady of Thorn Shi > couldn't help the pleading of the lower woman, and agreed, but ...... But ......"

"But I want you to send some money every month. Right? "Xiaoxiao has roughly guessed what is going on......

Feng Shi nodded again and again when he heard this: "Madam" > wise, it is true. At that time, Mrs. Former Assassin Shi "> asked her to give her 500 yuan a month. Although it was expensive, in order to save his cousin's life, the husband and the wife gritted their teeth and agreed. The Lady of Thorn "> is also trustworthy, and will send someone to bring two meals to her cousin every day. Although it is not rich, it is the same as the food of the people in the Assassin's Mansion. However, after four months, the family's small savings were finally exhausted, and they could no longer afford to pay the monthly allowance of 500 yuan. The husband sold one of the family's ancestral houses and a shop, and the two thousand guan he received were lost four months later. At this point, the family has nothing to sell, and it is destitute......"

"As far as I know, Lord Feng Qinglian is the fourth most powerful person in Hangzhou Mansion, why is he so poor?" Xiaoxiao asked the most perplexing question in her heart.

Feng Shi smiled bitterly, and his smile was extremely desolate: "Mrs. Hui" >, it is true that the husband is Sima of Hangzhou, but there is a history of Hangzhou Thorn, a long history of Hangzhou, and a don't drive in Hangzhou. These three people colluded and deceived their superiors and subordinates, and they had already run Hangzhou City like an iron bucket. However, the husband is honest and self-controlled, upright, and refuses to go along with them, and the reason why they have not been sent to the state prison for the same reason is because the husband is in charge of forty percent of the government soldiers in Hangzhou, so that they are jealous. However, if it weren't for the imperial court to temporarily transfer the predecessor of the assassin away, I'm afraid it wouldn't take much time, and the husband would not be able to escape this catastrophe.

Even so, the husband was unable to rescue his cousin from the prison of the Assassin's Mansion. Fortunately, the husband is a civil servant and writes well. In order to prevent his cousin from suffering in prison, every day after returning home from an errand, the husband went to the market to sell words. There are those siblings to take care of them, but no one comes to harass the husband. The concubine is a ...... with the little girl every day Washing some clothes, earning some money and silver beans, plus the financial support of my husband's siblings, I barely survived two months. But two months later, the husband's siblings and brothers could no longer come up with extra money to support the husband. The husband and the wife, as well as the little girl, tried their best every month to save money and save money, but they could only make up more than 200 yuan. As a result, the previous Mrs. Thorn Shi "> suddenly changed her face, and said, "The money is halved, and the food is also halved", and the previous two meals a day were reduced to one meal a day, and they were all leftovers......

Although Xiaoxiao is a woman, she is also angry when she hears it. However, it is obviously inappropriate to just listen to Feng's one-sided words, and she still understands the truth that if you listen to it, she still understands the truth that she is partial to belief and is dark. So he suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded calmly to indicate that he understood. Then I remembered that after listening to this Feng family for a long time, it was not clear what her cousin's surname was, and for what reason she was arrested in the prison of the Assassin's Mansion. So he asked:

"Mrs. Ben" > know, by the way, Mrs. Feng ">, the cousin of the honored husband, who is the surname ......" said this, and the small voice suddenly stopped abruptly. Because she remembered the person her husband talked about last night, a person she had seen herself. That is the Yangzhou scholar who lived in the Li Mansion of his father-in-law when he was in Beijing.

The husband's family name of Mrs. Feng's "> is Feng, and his cousin is naturally also surnamed Feng, and it just so happens that the scholar is also surnamed Feng. It's just that this is Hangzhou, but Feng Gongmin is from Yangzhou. Thinking of this, Xiaoxiao naturally continued the previous words and asked hesitantly: "But...... The former county magistrate of Qiantang County...... Feng Tan Feng Gongmin from Yangzhou? ”

Without waiting for Feng to answer, Feng Caiyi exclaimed with some surprise: "Madam" > know the little girl's cousin? Feng's spiritual head was also shocked, and his eyes widened full of hope, looking at Xiaoxiao with burning eyes, hoping to get a positive answer from her.

The result did not disappoint them, and they saw the young Lady Thorn," > nodded slightly, and then heard the > of Mrs. Thorn, and replied in a firm and unquestioning tone:

"Don't worry, Mrs. Ben > ...... this matter."

Feng Shi and Feng Caiyi saw that Mrs. Shi was "assassinated> and they agreed, and both mother and daughter were overjoyed, and they almost jumped for joy. But then Feng Shi remembered again, and said softly:

"Madame" > the heart of the Bodhisattva, and the wife is grateful. However, the wife heard that the current prison of the Assassin Mansion is strictly guarded by Ouyang Ziming's cronies. Madame: "I'm afraid it's not easy for > to get in......"

Before she finished her words, she heard Cui Qiao chuckling a few times on the side: "Mrs. Feng" > can rest assured, today, where my wife "> want to go, I'm afraid few people can stop ......"

Feng Shi was stunned and looked at Xiao Xiao with a look of disbelief. But seeing that there was a confident smile on the little face, it seemed that what the maid said was not half false. Feng's mother and daughter couldn't help but secretly speculate in their hearts: "> this young Lady Thorn Shi, is there anything else that is so great? I've never heard of it before......

Xiaoxiao didn't care what they thought, glared at Cui Qiao with a slightly reproachful eye, and then commanded:

"Cui Qiao, order someone to prepare a carriage, and then ask someone to go to the other courtyard to invite Uncle Qin over, just say that I want to go out, and ask him to take someone out with me......"

Cui Qiao took the order and went out, Xiao Xiao turned around, and chuckled at Feng:

"Mrs. Feng" >, Mrs. Ben "> first came to this city of Hangzhou, and many places were not very familiar. I happen to have nothing to do today, can I ask Mrs. Feng to "> be a guide and take Mrs. Ben" > to visit this Hangzhou city? took the liberty to ask Mrs. Feng to "> don't be surprised......

Mind? Where to meet the blame? Feng Shi and Feng Caiyi were simply pleasantly surprised and inexplicably flattered! The dignified Mrs. Thorn Shi ">, in this Hangzhou city, that is the first lady" >. The first lady "> the day after she came to Hangzhou, she wanted to invite their mother and daughter to travel to Hangzhou together. Shaozi even brought those traitors who had been planning and wanted to deal with their husbands, and they would not dare to act rashly. If you can't ask for such a good thing, how can you be weird? Quickly nodded like a chicken pecking rice:

"Madam" > have this Yaxing, the wife and the little girl should accompany each other, this is the honor of the woman, Mrs. "> how to blame it? ”

"Hehe, well, when the next person prepares the carriage, we will set off. By the way, please Mrs. Feng"> don't call yourself a 'lower wife' anymore, Mrs. "> older than me, don't be so polite, let's ...... 'you and me' commensurate"

Feng didn't dare to say anything, and he had no choice but to reveal a little truth: "Don't hide it, my cousin Feng Feng Gongmin, who was the same year as my husband, was in Beijing when he went to the exam and waited for the release of the list. Cousin Ling lives with his husband in the mansion of Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, and that is my father's mansion......"

Feng Shi and Feng Caiyi suddenly realized: It turns out that this is the case, the cousin is actually the same year as the trusted Lord Thorn Shi, and there is such a relationship, it seems that this time, the cousin is saved. Thinking like this, the hearts of the mother and daughter suddenly relaxed a lot. Feng Caiyi said with a cheerful smile:

In this way, the little woman can be called Mrs. "> a teacher......

Xiao Xiaomei's eyes rolled: "Why?" ”

"Because the little girl has already worshiped her cousin as a teacher, Lord Thorn Shi and Uncle Cousin are the same year, and naturally they are also the little girl's master, so Mrs. "Isn't > the little girl's teacher......"

Xiao Xiao Xiao sighed for a while, this girl's mind is very smart, and she has brought the relationship between the two sides closer without a trace. After chatting for so long, Xiao Xin was almost sure that what Feng said was the truth. Because of this, she wanted to get closer to the Feng family in order to win the full support of Feng Qinglian, who was in charge of the soldiers of Hangzhou City. That's why she invited Feng to visit Hangzhou City together. At this time, listening to Feng Caiyi's twists and turns to pull out such a layer of relationship, Xiaoxiao didn't care, and said with a smile:

"In that case, I, the teacher, want to give you a greeting gift. In this way, when you get to the market later, the master will give you a gift, and you can choose whatever you want......"

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