"The whip marks on Miss's body are much shallower, and if you apply the medicine two or three times, you should be able to get all right." Lu Xiu told Lan Xiaoting about her observations.

Lan Xiaoyou twitched the corners of her mouth, was it easy for her to make such whip marks? Although the whip of the county lord of Jiayi was very heavy, her body had been strengthened for a round, and the whip was drawn on her body, leaving only shallow traces, and as soon as she ran the aura, the whip marks disappeared. In order not to make people suspicious, she had to use her aura to fake and make this bruise like a whip mark on herself.

"It's all your credit, otherwise my injuries wouldn't have healed so quickly!" Lan Xiaoyou praised Lu Xiu, lest this girl blame herself all the time.

"This is what a slave and maid should do, and it is not worthy of the praise of the young lady." Lu Xiu put the medicine bottle, washed her hands with the water in the basin, and brought a plate of winter dates to Lan Xiaoyou.

Lan Xiaoyou picked up one and ate it slowly, the skin of the jujube is thin and the meat is crispy, sweet and slightly fragrant, and the taste is very good.

"This date is good, you can eat a few too." Lan Xiaoyou beckoned Lu Xiu and Xinghong, and while they were not paying attention, he threw the jujube core of the winter jujube into the space. The jujube pit landed on the ground of the space and immediately burrowed into the dirt, and after a few moments, a little green bud emerged from the black earth, and soon grew to more than three feet tall.

"Thank you, Miss Three." Because Lan Xiaoyou often shared food with the personal maid, Lu Xiu and Xinghong did not shirk it, and after thanking them, they grabbed a few dates and ate them in small bites.

"This is planted by Zhuangzi in the east, right? It tastes really good. Lu Xiu praised while eating.

"It's not. The dates in the east Zhuangzi are not as big as these, and these are the dates sent by the sister-in-law to marry the Zhuangzi. Lan Xiaoyou said to Xinghong, "Later, I will send the building blocks I made to my sister-in-law as a return gift for dates." ”

Xinghong hurriedly nodded and wrote it down. The rough girl in the courtyard walked in and said: "Third Miss, Sister Xinghong's second brother is outside the second gate, saying that she has something to find Sister Xinghong, let Xinghong go out." ”

Lan Xiaoyou knew that Qiusheng must have clarified the affairs of the Chong family, and said to Xinghong: "You go quickly, come back and tell me about it after asking clearly." ”

"Yes." Xinghong didn't eat dates anymore, so she immediately stood up and followed the little maid out of the yard.

Lan Xiaoyou was not in the mood to eat dates, and looked at the door from time to time, unable to calm down. Lu Xiu was quite surprised when she saw Lan Xiaoyu's reaction, she had never seen her young lady so attentive to people. Even for the third prince, I didn't see Miss so attentive. If it weren't for the young lady who said that the eldest son of the Chong family was still a child, Lu Xiu would have thought that her young lady would be empathetic and don't fall in love!

After about two incense sticks, Xinghong finally returned. Lan Xiaoyou didn't wait for her to take a breath, and then asked, "How?" Has your second brother found the Chong family? How's their family doing? Are you having trouble? ”

Xinghong nodded: "I found it, but the situation of the Chong family is very bad now." ”

Lan Xiaoyou thought of the changes in the Chong family that Chong Zhusheng told him in his previous life: Chong's father was robbed on the way when he went out, and one of his legs was broken, which caused other illnesses. In order to treat Chong's father's illness, the Chong family had to sell all the land, but the money from the sale only cured half of Chong's father's illness. In order to completely cure Chong's father, the Chong family had to borrow money from Yinzi. In the end, although Chong's father's illness was cured, the entire Chong family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot, and the person who put the money came to the door and was so miserable that the whole family almost jumped into the river. In order not to be forced to death by the people who put the money in the seal, and in order not to let his family starve to death and freeze to death, Chongzhusheng sold himself into the palace on the day of the first snowfall, and used the money to repay the money, leaving hope for his parents and younger brothers and sisters, but he cut off the future and the hope of life.

“…… Although Mr. Chong's illness has a complexion, it is not completely cured. Xinghong's crunchy voice pulled Lan Xiaoyou back from his past thoughts, "But the treatment can't be stopped, otherwise the previous efforts will be wasted." In order to treat Mr. Chong's illness, the lady of the Chong family decided to borrow money from Yinzi. ”

"Inks and money?" Lu Xiu was puzzled, "What is this?" ”

Lu Xiu, who grew up in the Hou Mansion since she was a child, had never heard of the existence of Yinzi money.

Xinghong explained to him: "Yinzi money is usury, money lenders issue loans at usury, and the principal and interest are calculated together when due, and the borrower must repay them in installments, and the interest is very high, and some are even higher than the principal and interest." I know a family whose family borrowed money from Yinzi, but as a result, they couldn't afford to pay it back, which eventually led to the destruction of the family. ”

Lan Xiaoyou: "Yinzi money, one to pay three; Profit rolls profits, turning over year after year; Borrow for one year, repay for ten years; It's not over for a few lifetimes! ”

This sentence was told to her by Chongzhusheng, and it is a folk summary of the common saying about putting Yinzi money.

"The third lady also knows about Yinzi money?" Xinghong was surprised, even Sister Luxiu didn't know what Yinzi money was, and her own young lady was a daughter of the Hou Mansion, so she would know!?

Lan Xiaoyou: "I saw it in the book. ”

"Oh-" Xinghong and Luxiu were not surprised, thinking that Lan Xiaoyu had really seen it from a book. Her own lady is so knowledgeable and talented!

"You can't let the Chong family borrow money from Yinzi." Lan Xiaoyou asked Xinghong, "Do you know how much money the Chong family is missing?" ”

Xinghong said: "The second brother inquired clearly, Mr. Chong's treatment cost was still five taels of silver, and the lady of the Chong family decided to borrow ten taels of silver and leave five taels for backup." ”

"Is it only ten taels of silver?" Lu Xiu was surprised. She thought that it would take a lot of money to force the family to the point of borrowing money from India. I didn't expect it to be only ten taels of silver. She wore more than ten taels of jade bracelets on her hands.

Lan Xiaoyou and Xinghong both looked at Lu Xiu, a girl who didn't know the suffering of the world, with indescribable eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lu Xiu asked suspiciously.

Xinghong: "Sister Luxiu, ordinary people can live for two or three months with one tael of silver." These ten taels of silver are enough for the living expenses of ordinary people for a year. ”

"Ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary person's life for a year?" Lu Xiu couldn't imagine, "Ordinary people must have a bad life." ”

"That's how most of it goes." Xinghong said, "Sister Luxiu, you are very happy, and you have never suffered hardships. Like when I was a child, I couldn't eat at home. In order not to starve to death, my father and my mother took us to sell ourselves into the Hou Mansion. The first meal I had when I entered the Hou Mansion was the first full meal I had since I was born. ”

"Uh...... Hearing you say that, I feel really happy. Lu Xiu thought of her life since she was born, not to mention being hungry, she had never done any heavy work, and she followed the third young lady, just like the deputy young lady, "Miss, can the slave also do her part in helping the Chong family?" ”