Chapter Fifty-Nine: Men's Clothing
Yu Yu was indeed so happy, she didn't notice Lin Jia's abnormality at all, after she hugged Lin Jia, she rushed over to pick up the set of cyan little girl's clothes, hats, shoes and socks, and ran out quickly like a deer.
Lin Jia: "......"
However, after a cup of tea, Lin Jia heard a light cough from outside the bright room, and then the newly replaced gauze curtain on the door was opened, and Yu Yu, who was dressed as a small maid, came in, and looked at Lin Jia with bright eyes: "My lord, is it appropriate for me to dress like this?"
Lin Jia looked at Yu Yu, and saw that her black hair was combed up, tied to the top of her head with a cyan ribbon, and her white and tender little face was not powdered, her eyebrows were thick, and her cherry lips were red, she was clearly a very delicate little girl, so she raised her hand against the tip of her nose and smiled slightly: "It's very suitable."
After Lin Jia's words, Yu Yu was overjoyed, and immediately jumped in: "Adult, the little one will accompany you to the county office!"
Lin Jia saw her so happy, and her heart was also happy, and she said in a dumb voice: "Okay!"
Ah Qing and Ah Lan were waiting for Lin Jia at the door of the duty room, and when they saw Lin Jia bring out Yu Yu, who was dressed as a little girl, a smile appeared on their faces, they took a step behind, followed Yu Yu, and followed Lin Jia into the back door of the county office.
After the road from the inner house to the county government, Yu Yu has walked several times, but she has never been so happy as today, she feels that the soles of her feet seem to be equipped with springs, and every step is excited, eager to sing and dance to celebrate.
Lin Jia went to the outer study first and sat down behind the bookcase.
Ah Qing was responsible for guiding Yu Gardenia and explained in detail what Yu Gardenia should do - Yu Yu was mainly responsible for paperwork and serving tea and pouring water.
Yu Yu has a very good memory, Ah Qing only said it once, she wrote it down and repeated it to Ah Qing.
Ah Qing knew that Yu Yu was smart, but he didn't expect Yu Yu to be so smart—so many things, she had only listened to them once, and she had completely memorized them—and he smiled and gave Yu Yu a thumbs up as a sign of appreciation.
With the help of Ah Qing, Yu Yu quickly entered the role, sat down after holding a stack of files and a small bookcase prepared for her in the study, and began to file files.
Lin Jia sat behind the bookcase and quietly instructed the documents.
Not long after, Ah Qing walked in and reported: "My lord, someone is beating a drum and crying out!"
Lin Jia didn't speak immediately, his eyes wandered to look at Yu Yu, and found that Yu Yu's eyes were shining, full of longing to look at him, he couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, so he said, "Yu Yu also go and have a look!"
Yu Yu smiled all over her face, and replied "yes" crisply.
Lin Jia sat behind the black lacquered public case, with the secretary Xu Wenju sitting on the right hand, and the county Cheng Hu Yingzhi and the chief bookkeeper Shen Qiuming on the left.
Yu Yu, who was dressed as a little girl in Tsing Yi, stood beside Lin Jia, her big eyes were full of curiosity, looking at the hall.
Hu Yingzhi wore an official uniform and sat upright in his place today.
After he sat comfortably, he raised his eyes to look at Lin Jia, but saw a little guy standing beside Lin Jia who he hadn't seen before, he couldn't help but be stunned, looked over intently, recognized it as Yu Yu, and was stunned for a moment.
Yu Yu found that Hu Yingzhi recognized him, so he winked at Hu Yingzhi and signaled Hu Yingzhi not to expose it.
Hu Yingzhi lowered his eyes and thought silently: Lin Jia is not a person who does not distinguish between public and private, how much does he love Yu Gardenia, and he actually brought Yu Yu to the county hall of the county office?
At this moment, a woman cried out loudly: "My lord, please call the shots for the old woman!" The old woman's son was killed! ”
The crying got closer and closer, and soon an old couple dressed as a wealthy family in the countryside were ushered in by the servants.
The mother-in-law stumbled in, and as soon as she entered the lobby, she knelt down with a "poof": "Master, my eldest son disappeared for no reason, it must be my bad eldest daughter-in-law who colluded with the adulterer and harmed my eldest son!"
The old man was silent, but knelt down with the old woman.
Hearing the old woman crying, he hurriedly reprimanded in a low voice: "This is the court of the magistrate, don't talk nonsense!"
The old woman wiped her tears with a handkerchief, sobbed and cried lowly.
Lin Jia picked up the shocking wood and knocked it, and began to ask about the case.
Mrs. Xu's face was full of tears, and she cried: "My lord, the eldest son of the old woman is gone!" It's gone! ”
Lin Jia's slender fingers tapped on the black lacquer bookcase.
Ah Lan on the side said in a deep voice: "Speak well!"
When Xu Laohan heard this, he raised his hand and patted Mrs. Xu's hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Hearing Xu Laohan speak like this, Mrs. Xu was immediately furious, and immediately said, "I have to say!" I have to say it! ”
She kowtowed to Lin Jia again, took out a sweat towel from her sleeve pocket and wiped it on her face vigorously, and then she spoke.
It turned out that the old man and the old woman were Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu in Xujiagou in the west of the city.
Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu have two sons, Xu Erlang fell ill and died last year, Xu Erniang remarried, and Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu followed Xu Laoda to live.
Who knew that late at night more than ten days ago, Xu Dalang and Mrs. Xu had a quarrel, and they went out angrily, but they never returned, and there has been no news so far.
Mrs. Xu suspected that Mrs. Xu had murdered her eldest son with the adulterer, so she dragged Mr. Xu to sue.
As soon as Yu Yu heard Mrs. Xu say that her family was from Xujiagou in the west of the city, she immediately thought that Xu Erniang was also from Xujiagou, so she listened attentively.
The more she listened, the more wrong she became, Xu Er died, and Xu Erniang remarried - is this the pair of Xu family in-laws who sold Xu Erniang?
Yu Yu carefully observed Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xu, and found that Mrs. Xu was about half a hundred years old, with a golden hairpin in her hair bun, gold earrings on her ears, and the clothes she wore were also made of satin.
Mrs. Xu's eyes kept crying, although she kept wiping, but the tears never stopped, and the handkerchief she used was also made of fine silk yarn.
Yu Yu observed Xu Laohan again, and found that Xu Laohan looked quite decent, and he looked much younger than Mrs. Xu.
When Mrs. Xu was crying, Xu Laohan kept his head down, as if it was not his own son who was missing; Occasionally looking up, his eyes are uncertain, as if his heart is weak.
Seeing this situation, Yu Yu couldn't help but be a little suspicious.
Lin Jia's expression did not change, and her long eyes looked at the old couple kneeling under the hall with a touch of deep thought.
Old man Xu knelt there silently.
Mrs. Xu took a step on her knees, looked at Lin Jia with tears on her face, and hissed: "My lord, I ask my lord to be the master of my wife!"
As she spoke, she cried again: "My eldest son, ......"
Lin Jia had already asked about the situation, and instructed: "Take the Xu family and his wife down to rest, don't go out during this time, and wait for the county government to summon them at any time!"
Mrs. Xu was stunned there, and was slapped on the head by Mr. Xu, and then she came to her senses, knowing that the county magistrate had taken over the case, and immediately kowtowed three times with "dong dong dong": "Lord Xie!" Adults are really hanging in the mirror! ”
Old man Xu dragged Mrs. Xu away.
After returning to the study, Yu Yu used a porcelain bowl to make Lin Jia and sent it over.
Lin Jia was looking at the case record of the secretary Xu Wenju, and when he saw Yu Yu coming in with a tray with a porcelain bowl, he pointed to the front of the bookcase with his slender fingers and said, "Put it here!"
Yu Yu gently placed the porcelain bowl in the position that Lin Jia pointed to, but did not leave immediately.
Lin Jia glanced at her, lowered her head and continued to look at the record.
Yu Yu always felt that if she didn't say it, she was really panicked, but when she said it, she was afraid that Lin Jia would think she was nosy, and she wouldn't bring herself out to play in the future, so she was very conflicted.
Seeing Yu Yu standing quietly in front of the bookcase for a while, he walked away again; came back and stood for a while, and then walked away, Lin Jia was angry and funny, and raised his eyes to look at Yu Yu: "If you have something to say, say it well!"
When Yu Yu heard this, she immediately trotted to Lin Jia's bookcase, her hands clasped together and her eyes lit up: "My lord, then I really said it!"
Lin Jia glanced at her: "Say it!"
If you don't let Yu Yu say it, Yu Yu will go back and forth over and over again, and he won't let his eyes dazzle!
Yu Yu held the edge of the bookcase with both hands, and said seriously: "My lord, the old couple surnamed Xu just now seems to be the in-laws of our family's cook, Xu Erniang!"
When Lin Jia heard this, she raised her eyes and looked at Yu Yu: "Is that the cook you bought?"
"It's her," Yu Yu nodded and said, "At that time, I went to the house of Wu Yuhui's mother-in-law, and saw Xu Erniang's mother and daughter being sold by her in-laws, and saw that they were pitiful, so I bought them back!" ”
There was a hint of deep thought in her big eyes: "My lord, Xu Erniang's life experience is very consistent with the situation described by Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu, if Xu Erniang is really the second daughter-in-law of Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu, I think the old husband and wife of the Xu family are dressed as rich families, since they are rich families, why would they sell their widowed daughter-in-law and granddaughter?"
Lin Jia observed the expressions of Xu Laohan and Mrs. Xu in the court, and had already felt that this case was boring, so after listening to Yu Yu's words, he said: "You go and bring Xu Erniang, mother and daughter over for questioning!"
Yu Yu replied "yes" and hurriedly ran out.
Lin Jia couldn't help but laugh as she looked at Yu Yu's back as she left the dust.
When Yu Yu wore women's clothes, she was obviously a gentle and moderate daughter's family, but as soon as she changed into a little girl's dress, she immediately turned into a little girl, and she was no longer a daughter, and even walked much faster than before, it was like a gust of wind.
He took a sip of the tea brewed by Yu Gardenia, and felt that the tea taste was very close, not strong or light, and the tea taste was fragrant, and he couldn't help but smile - Yu Gardenia was really his treasure!
Xu Erniang was taking Jin'er to dry her freshly washed clothes in the backyard, and when she heard Yu Yu calling her, she hurriedly greeted her, and said with a smile: "Miss Yu Yu, the slave family is here!"
Seeing Yu Yu dressed as a little girl, she couldn't help but smile shyly.
Jin'er watched from the side, also squinting and smiling.
Yu Yu stepped forward to hold Xu Erniang's hand, found that it was a little cold, and hurriedly used her own hand to help her warm up, and then said in a low voice: "Erniang, today I followed the adults to the county office, and a pair of Xu Laohan from Xu Jiagou came to report the case, saying that their eldest son Xu Shaozong was missing, and it was suspected that he was killed by Xu Daniang and the adulterer......"
As she spoke, her eyes looked at Xu Erniang, observing Xu Erniang's reaction.
Xu Erniang's body shook and almost fell to the ground.
Yu Yu hurriedly hugged her.
Jin'er's face turned pale, and she stepped forward and grabbed the placket of Xu Erniang's clothes.
Xu Erniang's face was sallow, her lips were white, her whole body trembled, and there was a burst of fear in her voice: "Xu Shaozong is the eldest uncle of the slave family, and the dead husband of the slave family is Xu Er, whose name is Xu Lizong!"
When Yu Yu saw Xu Erniang like this, she knew that there must be something inside, so she helped Xu Erniang to sit down on the wooden stool on the side, and she herself sat down next to Xu Erniang.
Xu Erniang didn't know when she burst into tears.
Yu Yu put her arms around her and said softly: "Don't worry, with me, our adults are in charge of you, if you have any grievances, tell them!"