Chapter 323: An Unexpected Helper
Edition Chapter 323 An Unexpected Helper
The man raised his head, and there was still a vague appearance of his youth between his eyebrows and eyes, and when he saw Chunying, he looked puzzled: "I am, you #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Who is the girl?"
The last time Chunying and Mo Han met was when they were on Funing Street, five or six years have passed, and they have grown from a childish little girl to a tall and delicate girl, and they have changed their dress, where does he still recognize him? Chunying also understood in her heart, so she smiled and said, "I'm Lu Chunying, do you remember that in the past, the second son of the Hu family participated in a small shop called Red Lantern Ji, and we met in the store several times at that time, and later when you moved to Funing Street, I also went to the small courtyard you rented with Aunt Cheng."
Mo Han suddenly realized, and then looked at Chunying carefully, he had a simple bun on his head, a handful of black hair neatly tied behind his waist, wearing a water-red cloth jacket, a jujube red embroidered skirt, a coral hairpin in his hair, a jasper pendant hanging from his waist, and a silver bracelet on his wrist, standing there upright, like a decent lady, where is the inconspicuous little girl back then? I couldn't help but hesitate: "You #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; You're #x2027 right now; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」
Chun Ying smiled: "My family is no longer waiting in the Hou Mansion now, my father is doing some small business outside, and he is accompanying my mother to buy people today." Then again, why are you here? Brother Xiao Fei obviously said that you are now on an errand in Liu Yushi's mansion, and I heard that the adult is still very good to you, why do you want to sell yourself here?"
Mo Han's expression darkened, and his eyes turned red: "The lord is sick, he has been sick for a long time, but the medicine prescribed by the doctor is too expensive, the family has no money to get medicine, and the lady is planning to sell the dowry, and even the lord's favorite scrolls of calligraphy and painting are #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; If the old man is cured of his illness #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Know This #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; I'm going to get sick again#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; That's why I came here to sell myself in exchange for some silver for the old man's medicine#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」
Chunying was dumbfounded when she heard this, what is this called? O living servant! But isn't Mohan loyal to Hu Fei?! She hurriedly asked, "You came out to sell yourself, do your old lady know?!"
"The master has been in a coma for a few days, and both the lady and the young master have stopped me, but #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; The grace of saving my life, as well as the kindness of the past few years, I have always remembered it in my heart. Now that the old man is so sick, how can I stand idly by? I don't have anything, and the second young master is not in the capital #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; The only thing you can do is sell yourself#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」
Chun Ying opened her mouth, sighed secretly, and said, "Since your master has been treating you well, when he is well and knows that you sold yourself, I am afraid that I will be angry." What was his disease? Does it cost a lot of money? He is the Imperial History #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Got a lot of money every month, right? I heard that he is very trusted by the emperor, didn't the emperor send a doctor?" It stands to reason that this kind of official valued by the emperor should not be so desolate.
Mo Han lowered his head: "The lord died last autumn, and the lady and the young master both said that they wanted to give the emperor this book, but the lord insisted on refusing, saying that he had left the court, so he should not cause trouble to the emperor, not to mention that the emperor is busy with big things now#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; The old man's illness is actually an old disease, every autumn and winter, he coughs badly, and it should have improved after the weather warmed up, but for some reason, this spring has not improved, and it has dragged on until now. The doctor said that it is necessary to use a few precious herbs to stop the condition from getting worse, so #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」 He lowered his head: "I've been up for more than half a year, my family is empty, and several adults who have always been good friends with the lord have sent silver, but the lord has refused, I really have no way #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」 After a pause, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his head and said to Chunying: "Miss Lu, since you have money to buy people at home, why don't you buy me, I can do anything, I have strength, I am not stupid, I have also read books, I know a lot of words, and I can settle accounts!" You are an acquaintance, and you should know that I am honest and the most reliable!"
Chun Ying sighed: "When Brother Xiao Fei was in Jingli that day. I've always wanted you to go back, so I'll buy you for him, and I'll be happy when he returns." After that, he turned his eyes to the ground, where a large piece of coarse white cloth was spread, and on it were neatly written five words, "Thirty taels of silver", and he knew that it was Mo Han's worth. It can be seen from this word that he has really practiced calligraphy seriously, and if he buys it, he can also be a helper for his father, and when Hu Fei comes back, he will return the person to him. But the price is a bit expensive, no wonder he has been standing here, his appearance, clothes, and temperament are all outstanding, but no one stopped to buy him.
She thought for a while and said, "Although you are selling yourself, you have signed a death contract with the Liu family, so you have to say hello to them. I don't have so much money with me, so why don't you come home with me and get it?"
Mo Han groaned slightly, then agreed, pulled out the straw mark on his head, straightened his clothes, and followed Chunying.
Over there, Lu's mother had already bought a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old ordinary-looking woman, and walked out of the market satisfied, and when she saw her daughter, she said, "You don't follow me well, where did you go?!" If you ask someone to go on a kidnap, it's not fun!" Seeing Mo Han following behind Chunying, he was taken aback: "Who is this person?!" You #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; You're not going to buy a valet to go home, are you?!"
"This is Brother Xiaofei's former scholar, and I can't ignore it when I meet him. Chunying looked at the woman, her eyebrows were low, although she looked a little ugly, she looked at her manners, but she was honest. She taught a lot of little girls in Dongfu (Yan Zhou), and she was used to dealing with mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, so she had her own set of experience in getting along.
When Mother Lu heard that it was Hu Fei's scholar, she didn't say anything more, but still complained: "Then I should have come to see it, why did you come up with an idea?!"
Chunying smiled, didn't say a word, went all the way back to the house, only then went back to the room and took the silver out, and handed it to Mo Han: "The money is here, you send the silver back first, and then pack up your things, come over tomorrow, if you can't leave the adult there, I will ask someone to carry the letter."
Mo Han was already frozen: "You are #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」 I've never seen such a generous master, and she believes him so much?!
Chun Ying smiled: "If you were the kind of person who took the money and ran away, you wouldn't have left home with Brother Xiaofei in the first place, and would rather defend him for the sake of carrying the eldest young master of the Hu family on your back, besides, I know that Lord Liu's mansion is up, if you really don't come, I just go to the door to ask for it, and you don't want his name to be dragged down by you, right?"
Mo Han said solemnly, "Naturally not. I will come tomorrow!" Then he took out a piece of paper from his bosom, "This is my slave paperwork." Chunying took it and took a look, then put her sleeves into her sleeves, planning to turn around and let Hu Fei's deed together, and then raised her head and smiled: "Then I'll keep it for your little brother first." Mo Han paused, a little curious: "Your name is Second Young Master Xiao Feige? You #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Very much with him
Chun Ying blushed, smiled and said nothing, and the mother of the Xianglu over there was telling the rules to the newly bought daughter-in-law, and interjected when she heard the words: "You don't know yet, do you? Brother Hu and our family Chunying are married, just wait for Brother Hu to come back from abroad, and then they will pass through the door!"
Mo Han was taken aback, and looked at Chun Ying's eyes with a little strangeness: "You? With the second young master?!"
Chunying was upset: "What? Do you have an opinion?!"
Mo Han opened his mouth and closed it again. In his impression, Chunying is just a girl, although she is not now, but she still can't be compared with the second young master who was born in the imperial business, this family business is really high. But now he has become a servant of the Lu family, and when he said this to the master's family, he was looking for death.
Chunying naturally knew that in Mo Han's heart, she looked down on herself a little, but she didn't care, he looked down on herself because of his background, not his own personality, as long as they got along for a long time, people's hearts would still change. So she changed her smile again: "Go quickly, Lord Liu's condition is critical."
Mo Han bowed his head, turned around and hurried away.
Mother Lu felt a little strange: "Why did he leave?"
"Give him the money he paid to his old master."
"What?!" Lu's mother was shocked, "You just let people go like this, if he runs away #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」
"His deed is still with me." Chunying took out the piece of paper and raised it, "Besides, her original master is old, and she is a decent person, so she won't play tricks with us. If there is anything else, is it for nothing that my father invited the people of the yamen to eat and drink?" Mother Lu is just that, but she can't help but think about it.
Before dinner, Lu Yougui woke up with wine, and Lu's mother first counted him down, and then sued her daughter, asking him to teach her daughter more and not to buy a man at will. Chun Ying said impatiently: "I've said it eight hundred times, it doesn't count as if I bought it, but if I met it, I bought it back for Brother Xiaofei!" Brother Xiao Fei has wanted to buy him back for a long time, but it has never been successful, and now he is in difficulty, if I don't buy it, when he is bought by someone else, and his whereabouts are unknown, Brother Xiao Fei will definitely be sad when he comes back!"
Mother Lu pouted: "Even if that's the case, don't say anything and take the money away, you're too generous, that's thirty taels!"
Chunying didn't want to quarrel with her, so she turned to her father: "I know this person, and there are some ideas in my head that people don't like, but people are very loyal, as long as others treat him well, he will miss others for the rest of his life. I thought that my father was not young anymore, and it was hard for my mother to take care of such a big family, and my father was also very tired when he was running outside. Mo Han is young and literate, so he thinks he can help his father a lot. Sometimes my mother and I are at home, and we have to go out to do something, and someone else sends us, so I don't have to go to my sister's house every time to borrow someone. Thirty taels of silver is a bit more expensive, but to save someone's life, the word Mohan will thank us. Dad, think about it, he has only been in the Liu family for a few years, and his master is sick and has no money to get medicine, so he can sell himself for money, which shows his personality."
Lu Yougui had just woken up, and he still had a headache, so he rubbed his forehead and said, "If you buy it, you can buy it, it's good to have someone running errands." It's just that our house is so big, and you are a girl who has not yet left the cabinet, where will you put him?"
Chunying was stunned, and couldn't help but secretly regret it, why did she forget about it? Usually a family with a little background, there is a daughter and a manservant at home, the daughter lives in the backyard, and the manservant is naturally in the upside-down room. It's just that now she lives in the west wing of the front yard at home, and it would be a little strange to ask Mo Han to live in the backyard, so after thinking about it, she said, "Let him live with his brother, otherwise he will rent a room in his brother-in-law's carriage and horse shop for him to live." You don't have to tell me to move a room, do you?" In fact, she thinks that there is nothing to ○○○ There are so many rooms in the house, where can she live? It's just that you have to be careful about outsiders
Lu Yougui nodded slightly, and after a while, the newly bought daughter-in-law and sister-in-law made a meal and sent it to the table, and Lu's mother hurriedly called her son who was playing outside back, and the family started dinner.
There was nothing to do overnight, and early the next morning, Mo Han came, accompanied by a young descendant, who was born a little thin, with a thick bookish atmosphere on his face, and said to Lu Yougui very restrainedly: "The surname is Liu, Liu Qianli, is the original owner of Mo Ge'er, I heard that he sold himself for the sake of his father's illness, and he was really uncomfortable, but he was very pleased to see that Mr.'s family treated him very well, so he specially sent him here.
When Lu Yougui saw him, he also restrained a little, and took out the etiquette when he used to entertain guests: "Childe is too worried. The villain knew his former master, knew each other well, knew him as a loyal and righteous man, and treated him well, and the son did not have to worry. It's just the illness of Lord Fugami #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Don't know what matters? If necessary, the villain also knows a few pharmacies, and the medicinal materials sold are genuine, and the prices are fair, and the son only needs to tell him."
Liu Qianli just smiled and shook his head and said no need, looked back at Mo Han, his eyes were slightly red, and said in a low voice: "In the future#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Take care if you have free #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; Come and see us. My mother cried all night yesterday, if it weren't for the last resort#x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027;」
"This is a small voluntary, as long as the old man's illness can be cured, the little one is willing to suffer. That year, the little one was beaten half to death and thrown into the market, if it wasn't for the old man who bought me back home and extended the medical treatment, the little one would have died long ago. Now I can help the master, and the little one is happy. Please persuade the young master to persuade the lady more, don't be sad about the little one. The younger ones will visit the lord and the lady in the future, please take care of the lord and the lady and the young master. Lord's Illness #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; #x2027; If there is good news, please don't forget to send someone to bring a message."
Liu Qianli sighed, nodded solemnly, and said a few more words to Lu Yougui before leaving. Mo Han stood by the door and watched him leave, his eyes were red.
Lu Yougui didn't say anything, just ate breakfast silently, and told Sister-in-law He: "I won't come back for lunch today, you don't have to do my share." Sister-in-law He, noticing that he didn't seem to be very happy, responded carefully, and quietly retreated. Chunying stepped forward and smiled, "He is a friendship-oriented person, so it is inevitable that he will be a little sad. It will be fine in a while. Dad, did I send him to do it, if you don't have anything important these days, just lend him to me first?"
Lu Yougui raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to do?" I thought for a moment, "Is it going to the Seirun shop?" What the hell are you going to do?"
Chun Ying smiled, anyway, someone went, she didn't have to go out of the city: "Just ask Mo Han to do it, he is Xiao Feige's person, it's more convenient to do this." Seeing Mo Han turn around, he walked to the courtyard and said to him, "I want you to go out of the city, go to the house that Xiao Fei Ge bought in the suburbs of Beijing, and ask for some news."
Mo Han was stunned: "Did the second young master buy a house? What do you want to inquire about?"
Chun Ying suppressed her voice: "Xiao Feige's friend sent me a letter, saying that something may have happened to his property in Jiangnan, and I don't know the ins and outs, thinking that he still has servants in his house on the outskirts of Beijing, he should know some news, and he is about to go to them to inquire." It's not good for me to come forward in person, but since you're here, you'll go for me, right? Most of Xiao Feige's net worth is in Jiangnan, and if something goes wrong, he will suffer a big loss when he comes back from overseas in the future."
Mo Han hurriedly said, "Yes, then I'll go now, I don't know where the address is?"
Chunying gave him the address, and took out two taels of silver and a hanging: "You take this, use it for expenses on the road, or for some use, and if you can't come back in time at night, you can stay there for one night." Be sure to inquire into the matter. I remember that one of the little little guys that Brother Fei stayed there was called Mu Xun and the other was called Mu An, and they are both fourteen or fifteen years old now."
Mo Han put away the luggage he brought one by one, and only took two changes of clothes, Chunying told him the shop that hired the carriage and horse, and gave him another breakfast.
He hurriedly drank a bowl of porridge, put two buns in his arms, and went out.
"Looks like the legs are pretty neat." Lu Yougui Shi Ran walked out of the house, "But the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, his deed is with you?" It's better to go to the yamen earlier, and you don't have to distinguish whether it's yours or Brother Hu's, and you will also be a family in the future."
"What is Daddy talking about?!" Chunying went back to the room embarrassedly, Lu Yougui laughed, took a sip of tea, and went out.
After Chunying returned to the room, she thought about it and felt that what her father said was nothing bad. If Mo Han is under the name of the Lu family, it is more convenient to do many things, but you should also ask for Mo Han's own opinion.
Who knew that the next day Mo Han returned to Lu's house, and the news she brought back surprised her: "What did you say?! The eldest young master of the Hu family?! How would he have known that Brother Fei had bought these properties?!"