Qin Qing came in first, sideways to the side, and then came in was a very thin and stiff little boy who could be seen to be nervous across the yard, this was Yang Chengzhi's son Yang Xing, behind Yang Xing, an equally nervous woman hung her head and crossed the threshold.

"Don't be afraid, don't think too much, it's the fifth master's sister, the ninth lady." Qin Qing confessed in a low voice, still at the front, went to the bottom of the steps, and saluted Li Xiachang, Li Xia bowed his head: "Mr. Qin has worked hard." ”

"Don't dare to be," Qin Qing smiled and bowed again, pointing to Mrs. Yang and Yang Xing to introduce, Li Xia motioned to the two, "Come and sit down and talk." ”

Mrs. Yang and Yang Xing fell two or three steps behind Qin Qing, and they had already knelt on the ground, kowtowing for I don't know how many heads, Qin Qing pulled Yang Xing, Duan Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Yang, and half-helped her and half-pulled her up the steps.

Li Xia silently looked at Mrs. Yang.

She is only twenty years old this year, but the twenty-year-old Yang lady in front of her is aged and gray like she is forty or even fifty years old, she can't see any official family, or even the breath of the daughter of a small rich family, she is not as good as those old and decrepit prostitutes under the roots of Nancheng.

Li Xia's eyes drooped for a moment before he looked at Yang Xing, who was too thin and small, standing behind his sister, hanging his head, and standing motionless.

"Sit down, the eldest lady sits here, Brother Xing'er comes and sits here, takes the inkstone, and brings this plate of snacks to Brother Xing'er. This is the shrimp cake of the old Zhu family, which is very famous in the capital, you can try it. Li Xia greeted Mrs. Yang and Yang Xing with a smile.

Duan Yanxian's subordinates pressed Mrs. Yang a little hard to sit down, then took the plate of shrimp cakes, pulled Yang Xing to sit down, and sent the shrimp cakes to him to hold.

Yang Xing took a shrimp cake and lowered his head to eat it, Mrs. Yang saw that he had eaten it, her expression seemed to be a little more relaxed, she turned her eyes and looked at Li Xia for half an eye, then quickly dodged away, and lowered her eyelids, "Mr. and the fifth master are great benefactors." Mrs. Yang said thoughtlessly.

"The eldest lady is polite." Li Xia smiled gently, "When the fifth brother returned to the house yesterday, he told me about the eldest lady and Xing Ge'er, and entrusted the eldest lady and Xing Ge'er to me, I don't know what the eldest lady's plans are." Li Xia paused, and said with a smile: "The fifth brother only said the misfortune of the eldest lady's family, and nothing else, I thought, let people ask Mr., it is better to meet the eldest lady directly and ask in person." ”

Mrs. Yang's face was stunned, as if she didn't understand the question asked by Li Xia, or it was something that had nothing to do with her. Yang Xing lowered his head, finished eating a piece of shrimp cake, and took another piece.

"Are you from Taiyuan Mansion?" Li Xia saw that Mrs. Yang was only dazed, and immediately changed the topic.

"Yes."

"Who else is there in my hometown? Want to go back to your hometown in Taiyuan? By the way, your parents' coffins are still in Ji County? ”

"There is no one anymore, I never thought about it, Daddy, said that it was buried next to Beijiuyi, A-Niang had been sent to Yizhuang, and it was Mr. Zhang Luo's burial, in Ji County." Li Xia's question was extremely specific, and Mrs. Yang's voice was a little looser.

"Do you want to send your parents' coffins back to their hometown in Taiyuan Mansion for burial?" Li Xia looked at Mrs. Yang who was obviously relaxed, and her heart was sad, she didn't know what Mrs. Yang was like before the age of fifteen, the person in front of her had no future, only the present, only the real problems one by one, and the others had been forgotten a long time ago.

Mrs. Yang's face was a little dazed, "I didn't think about ......"

"Well, people die like lights go out, and when they enter the ground, they will be safe, and it is not appropriate to be alarmed, let's not talk about this, has my brother studied?"

"In the past, Daddy taught his younger brother to read thousand-character texts and hundreds of family names, and then he ......" Mrs. Yang glanced at her younger brother who was concentrating on eating shrimp cakes, and did not continue to say the rest of the words.

Li Xia followed Mrs. Yang's gaze to Yang Xing and said with a smile: "Isn't it delicious?" I also love this shrimp cake, you can take one and give it to my sister to taste. ”

Yang Xing immediately put down the shrimp cake in his hand, took one and handed it to Mrs. Yang.

"Can Brother Xing still memorize thousand-character texts and family names? Do you still know all the words on it? Li Xia watched him hand over the shrimp cakes, and then asked.

Yang Xing nodded and nodded again, but did not speak.

"Do you still want to study?" Li Xia then asked.

Yang Xing paused, raised his head slightly, and cautiously glanced at Li Xia from above his eyelids, Li Xia met his gaze, smiled, and asked again, "Do you still want to study?" ”

"I want to write well, so that I can copy books for others in the future." Yang Xing replied cautiously.

"Do you want to be a copyist in the future?" Li Xia couldn't say what mood he was in.

"Hmm." Yang Xing's voice was very heavy, he lowered his head, and looked as if he was nervous again.

"How do you want to be a copyist? Have you ever met Mr. Scribe? Li Xia said with a smile.

Yang Xing nodded first, "It's Daddy Dong, let me practice calligraphy well, if I have a good handwriting, I can be a copyist in the future, that is, I sit and copy books, the wind does not blow and the rain does not get wet, and there is tea to drink." ”

It seems that this makes Yang Xing extremely yearning, and when it comes to this, he even talks more.

"Daddy Dong?" Li Xia looked at Mrs. Yang, but Mrs. Yang lowered her eyelids and didn't look at her, Li Xia had no choice but to put away the question in her eyes, "Daddy Dong is a guest who often comes to your house?" ”

"Well, he was on an errand in the yamen, and he said that it was ......" Mrs. Yang's voice suddenly choked, and she twisted her head violently, and it took a while before she choked out the words behind her, "I often talk about things in the yamen in the past, just talk about it, and put a few dollars." ”

Li Xia remembered the bookstore that the fifth brother had said.

"It's really good to be a copyist." Li Xia pretended not to see Mrs. Yang's choking, turned to Yang Xing, and said in a cheerful tone: "Then have you been practicing calligraphy?" ”

Yang Xing nodded.

"To be a copyist, it's best to read a few more books, and I'll find a place to send you to read for a few more years, so that when you're older, you can be a copyist, or," Li Xia paused and stared at Yang Xing, "Like Daddy Dong, go to the yamen to find an errand and do a book or something." ”

Yang Xing looked up at Li Xia, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

"Then it's settled." Li Xia smiled at Yang Xing, looked at Mrs. Yang and said, "Then let your brother study for another two or three years, and I'll ask Mr. Qin to find a suitable school for your brother in a while, what about you?" Do you want to watch your brother study, or will I find a suitable person for you to marry? Or, do you still imagine that in Ji County? It's easy. ”

"Brother," Mrs. Yang glanced at the shrimp cakes and looked at her brother, "I don't need to look at it." A person like me, ...... married" Mrs. Yang couldn't say anything, "I have no ability, I don't have any ability, just this body, I want to eat......"

"I can arrange the meal for you, if you can't do anything, it's just a few hundred dollars a month, it's very easy." Li Xia interrupted Mrs. Yang's words.

Mrs. Yang stayed for a moment and looked up at Li Xia, "Then I, then ......"

"I look at it this way, I'll find a school for your brother first, and then find a small courtyard next to the school, you and your brother live, I will send you a lot of money every month, you first take care of your brother's diet and daily life, and then slowly think about the future. What do you think? Li Xia made the decision for her.

"Okay." Mrs. Yang breathed a long sigh of relief, and the whole person suddenly relaxed and lived.

Li Xia called Qin Qing and Guo Sheng, ordered to go down, watched Mrs. Yang and Yang Xing follow Qin Qing out of the courtyard gate, stood up, walked through the Moon Cave Gate with Duan Yan, and got into the car at the back door.

"Ugh." Sitting in the car, Li Xia leaned on the pillow, thinking about Mrs. Yang, and sighed.

"This lady Yang seems to be ...... It's kind of silly. Seeing that Li Xia wanted to speak, Duan Yan spoke first.

"The fifth brother told me earlier that when her aunt heard that Yang Chengzhi was dead, she threw down her two children and hanged them with a rope. When I saw Mrs. Yang at this time, I could figure out why her aunt hanged herself. Not everyone in this world can support themselves for women. ”

Li Xia's tone was soft, and he was silent for a while before he continued: "Most of them are like Mrs. Yang and her aunt, who are only suitable for taking care of food and clothes at home and taking care of the family's diet and daily life. Mrs. Yang is already not easy, and it is not easy. ”

Duan Yan twisted her eyebrows, the girl's words, she couldn't understand much, isn't this supporting family all women? Elephant Lady, Elephant Huo Ancestor, Elephant Girl......

How can the girl say that most of them are like Mrs. Yang? Mrs. Yang is really like a fool......