In the pouring rain, a thin gray figure ran with his head in his hands, running crookedly.

"Stop, stop, run like a lost dog, what are you! It's you, it's quiet! A loud voice exploded in the night.

Zhenjing was drenched in the rain, and a few locks of sideburns stuck to her cheeks like appliques. She hunched over, gasped for breath, and exclaimed in surprise, "Great, great! I've finally found you, Uncle Taichen! ”

"What's the name of the ghost, you fell into an evil spirit in the middle of the night, or you have been sitting in the spirit hall for too long and are crazy!" Taichen crossed his waist and scolded.

"Uncle He, it was Master who asked me to take care of Miss He," Zhenjing shrank her head pitifully and muttered, "That Miss He doesn't seem to be quite right, you can go with me to take a look, she can't remember her name, she must have broken her brain, I saw a big bruise on her head, you have bone-setting wine and deer antler cream......"

"What bullshit! Your master asked you to look at her, so you just watched her well, what a fool of yourself all over the world! Taichen's stature is tall and wide, he can fit in three or four Zhenjing, and his voice is as competitive as his size, "A local doctor like me can only cure cats and dogs like you, the one in the east chamber is a delicate person, where am I worthy of her to see a doctor!" ”

"But uncle, I don't know anything, and I don't know how to take care of patients, everyone says that you are a good doctor, and you are warm," Zhenjing put her hands together, made a posture of worship, and begged, "Why don't you come with me to take a look, it's your merit to look good, and Miss He won't blame ...... if you don't look at it."

Taichen interrupted her irritably: "Go, go, go!" The old lady is so sleepy that her head is wooden, where should you go honestly, and then let me see you scurrying around, and the old lady will uncover your skin! ”

Zhenjing turned around in frustration, and just took two steps, only to hear Taichen shouting behind him, "Stop!" Zhenjing turned around in surprise and looked up at Taichen's face with a blank eye. Taichen's eyebrows are very thin, and it looks like there are no eyebrows in the dark, but a pair of eyeballs are so bright that they seem to glow on their own. She stared at Zhenjing with a smile and asked in a low voice, "Dead girl, how do you know I have deer antler cream?" ”

The cold wind whistled through the dampness, and Zhenjing couldn't help but snort, and stammered as she replied, "It seems to ...... I forgot...... I don't know who said it......"

"Zhenjing, why are you standing here, didn't Master let you go to the East Chamber?" A voice interjected, and it was a Taoist aunt about thirty years old, with a face like a full moon, beautiful eyebrows, and long hair that reached her ankles.

The long-haired Dao Gu walked slowly from a distance, raised her hand and draped a Taoist robe on Zhenjing's head, and scolded sharply: "You are stupid, why don't you walk with an umbrella?" How many times have you said that you have been a deaf ear! ”

"Senior sister, why did you go, I've been looking for you," Zhenjing pursed her lips aggrievedly, "You don't know, the room in the east wing is dark and cold, so I went to the warehouse to get some bedding and candles, but they said that the master didn't speak, so I couldn't give anything, and I went to the kitchen again to bring a stove, but they said that the weather has been getting cold recently, and my own stove is not enough, so I went to ...... again."

"Yo, isn't this Uncle Taichen!" The long-haired Dao Gu seemed to suddenly find Taichen, revealing a very frightened expression, and then smiled again, "Uncle Shi, on this windy and rainy day, you stand on this tuyere and do something, carefully catch the wind and cold, that's not fun!" Taichen glanced at the two of them coldly, and turned away without saying a word.

The long-haired Dao Gu turned her head again and counted out Zhenjing loudly: "You, you, I don't know that everyone is tired for a day, and they just stopped at this time, are you shouting so much to make everyone quarrel?" Let's be a Taoist temple here, do a dojo and do a ritual, that is our housekeeping skills, we are not good at serving patients, if anyone feels that they are neglected and don't like to live here, go home as soon as possible......" Speaking of this, her words stopped abruptly, but she suddenly "poofed" and smiled, so that Zhenjing, who had been bowing her head and being scolded, was stunned for a moment.

The long-haired Dao Gu looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so she held Zhenjing's cold little hand, stuffed her with a key, and said in a low voice: "This is the key to the cellar in the East Chamber, although the quilt and mattress inside are old, they are all clean; When you pass by the mourning hall, turn around and take some pastries and water away quietly, then Miss He has just woken up, and it is not appropriate to eat more. ”

Zhenjing's little face wrinkled, and she grinned and cried, "Woo...... Sister Zhenzhu, I'm ...... I knew you were the best! ”

"Come on, let's do it tonight, you're messing around like this, you'll only hate her plainly, go quickly!"

Zhenjing blinked strangely: "However, everyone didn't know this Miss He before, why did they all have red eyebrows and green eyes when they heard that Miss He had come back to life, as if they had a grudge against her for a long time?" ”

Zhenzhu sighed and whispered: "There are more people who praise the high and step on the low, I heard that Miss He was not treated well in the Luo family originally, and she couldn't even do funerals at home, so of course the villain despised her." Moreover...... Originally scheduled for the Chaodu Dojo in the twentieth day, I heard that the Luo family actually offered a sky-high price of one hundred and fifty taels, so that Guanli would give her a beautiful funeral, and everyone would have a reward at that time......"

Zhenjing's eyes widened in disbelief: "What? Could it be that just for the reward of a few hanging dollars, they just want others to die?! ”

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the raindrops seemed to have their own life, like thousands of silver beads with broken threads, falling on the soil, and the soil began to suck greedily. Sucking.

"People die for money, birds die for food, you, you, why make such a fuss. No matter what they have in mind, they don't have good intentions, so you should be cautious these days, don't run out in a panic at every turn, ask for this and that for a while, and shout for the doctor to take medicine for a while, don't you understand what the master means? On the bright side, I worked against the master and her old man, and I didn't have your good fruit to eat. Go ahead, take care of her, and I'll go see her tomorrow when I'm free. ”

Zhenjing nodded, and ran towards the mourning hall in a puff of smoke.

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The sky was bright and the rain had stopped. The sky was spotless with the rain, and the moon had not yet set, but the sun had already crept up.

I cried happily all night, and my calm mind was washed away like the sky. He Angelica looked at the sky where the sun and moon were in the sky, and smiled faintly. How fair God is, he gave himself this second life, how can he live up to it.

Oh, those who slander me, those who deceive me, those who insult me, those who laugh at me, those who despise me, those who despise me, those who beat me, those who kill me, in a few years, you will look at me!

He Angelica took a deep breath, lay flat on the bed, briefly moved the joints, and found that not only did he have sprains on his feet, but also his arms and back were extremely sore, and his lower abdomen was not very cool. He took his left hand and put a pulse on his right hand, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's really hurtful to die again." ”

Her current body is full of vitality, her mouth is astringent, her dreams are frightening, her eyes are cold and tearful, her ears are chirping, her waist and hips are heavy, her joints are sore, her back is tired, her yin is deficient and night sweats, and her limbs are weak...... Oh my God, I'm glad I'm still alive. There are many ways to heal, but at the moment there are neither medicinal materials nor silver needles, and it is not impossible to press acupuncture points and massage meridians to slowly recuperate, but if you want to see results, you are afraid that you will have to wait for six or seven days......

Holding a clay pot in her arms, Zhenjing trotted all the way into the house. Like offering a treasure, she held the jar in front of He Angelica and said with a smile: "Look, hot water is here, come quickly, come and eat snacks!" ”

He Angelica frowned and took the jar in her hand, put it on the edge of the bed casually, dragged her arm with her backhand, lifted her sleeve to inspect, and sure enough, he saw a large red trace, and couldn't help but say: "Silly girl, remember to wrap the hot water in the back." ”

Zhenjing stuck out her tongue and retracted her hand, spread out the handkerchief next to the pillow, revealing more than a dozen pieces of osmanthus cake and peach kernel cake, and said with a smile: "Miss He, you are younger than me, why do you speak like an adult!" ”

He Angelica picked up a piece of crisp and took a small bite, tasted it carefully and said: "Well, this is a new one made three days ago, and the peach kernels are made of high-quality materials, but the craftsmanship of the production is inferior, you see, it's all fried here." Even the sugar is used incorrectly, and the peach kernels should be fried with black sugar and a few drops of vegetable oil. ”

Zhenjing didn't close her eyes all night, ran back and forth more than a dozen times, and her stomach had already sung about the empty city plan. She stared at the piece of peach kernel cake with bright eyes, swallowed her saliva, and sighed in her mouth: "You young ladies from big families are so delicate in eating!" ”

He Angelica smiled, pushed the pastry outward, and said, "Come, let's eat together!" ”

Zhenjing waved her hand again and again and said, "I can't help it, I can't help it!" It's your food for the whole day, and I won't be able to steal it until the evening......" Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

As if he hadn't heard it, He Angelica picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, stuffed it into Zhenjing's hand, and said: "The noodles of this osmanthus cake are really bad, it's not so much osmanthus cake as osmanthus cake, come, eat it!" With that, he raised Zhenjing's hand and brought the cake directly to her mouth. Zhenjing had no choice but to take a bite, and the sweet and soft taste made her immediately forget to be reserved, and solved the pastry in two bites, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile.

"Although the craftsmanship of making dim sum is really not good, but fortunately, the osmanthus sprinkled on it is freshly picked, and it is fragrant and refreshing. Moreover, osmanthus is pungent and warm, which can dissipate cold and break knots, which is very good for your menstrual cramps. He Angelica handed her two more osmanthus cakes, "Hurry up and eat, let's eat all these snacks first, and then worry about the next meal." ”

Zhenjing's face turned white and red, her eyes almost fell out, and her mouth was so big that she could swallow an egg. She grabbed He Angelica's hand tightly and asked, "He ...... Miss He, how do you know...... Am I coming to that? No one knows about it here except for the senior sister......"

He Angelica smiled: "Don't worry, I just touched your pulse, and I saw that your face was pale, there were faint bruises under your eyes, and there was a faint flush on your cheeks, which was a symptom of blood loss and poor blood qi, so I guessed it." Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. ”

"You...... It's amazing! Zhenjing was surprised and shy, "You can feel what is wrong with me just by touching it casually...... It's just amazing! ”

Last month, I had my first period, and Zhenjing didn't dare to let anyone else know, so she only told Zhenzhu alone, begging her to teach her how to deal with this, and begging her to keep it a secret for herself.

Zhenjing remembered that when Zhengong first came to Kwai Shui at the age of fifteen, he hid the changed things under the bed, and was later discovered by Uncle Taichen, who slapped Zhengong a few times and scolded Zhengong loudly for being "shameless" and "cheap. people". That incident made Zhengong a laughing stock in the water business view, and it is still occasionally mentioned by people to this day. And she herself became an adult before she was twelve years old, and if she let others know, she wouldn't become everyone's laughing stock!

He Angelica guessed what was on her mind, and explained softly: "It's really quiet, the time of menarche in a girl's house varies from person to person, and there is no unified time, so it may not be bad to come early." Although you are slender, your physique is on the hot side, so it is not strange at this age. You must not be shy because you are not careful about menstruation, once you fall into the root of the disease, you will regret it. In small days, cleaning and keeping warm are the first priority, and it is best to rinse it with hot water every night, and then soak in hot water to invigorate the blood. Also, while I'm grateful for you running for me, remember not to run like this in the cold wind and rain in the future. ”

Zhenjing looked at He Angelica in amazement, and asked again and again: "Wow, how do you understand everything?" Who taught you? You know more than Senior Sister Zhenzhu, are you really only ten years old? ”

He Angelica smiled faintly and said to himself: "Yes, this is really strange." ”

"Ah, don't move! Look, your expression looks like an adult! ”

“……”

The two of them ate while talking, and in the blink of an eye, a jar of hot water and a bag of pastries were solved.

As soon as Zhenjing finished eating, she began to frown sadly, sighing: "Oh no, no, no! It's all my fault for being a gluttonous cat who actually ate all your food for a day! This sucks! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! ”

He Angelica leaned on the pillow with a smile, looking at Zhenjing.

In her previous life, she liked this little girl with a true temperament very much. In those dark years, it was all thanks to her help and comfort to get through. Taishan and Taichen both regarded He Angelica as the most inferior girl, and they beat and scolded at every turn, adding fists and feet, and greeted her with whatever they touched. Even when she was a child, she did farm work on a farm outside the city, and she never had such a hard time.

I remember one time, she picked up water for a whole day, her legs trembled, and a layer of blood peeled off her shoulders, but she didn't eat a single meal. When she was very hungry at night, she covered her head with the quilt and cried secretly, and suddenly felt that someone poked her, so she quickly wiped away her tears and lifted the quilt.

I saw Zhenjing sitting on the edge of the bed and smiling at her, smiling so much that she couldn't see her eyes with her teeth, and she was as bright as a starlight in the dark night.

Zhenjing raised her right hand and said, "Here, two big white steamed buns, from the kitchen!" Then he smiled mysteriously and spread out his left hand abruptly—"And, this!" ”

“…… Meat! She wiped away her tears and exclaimed, "Where did the meat come from?" ”

Zhenjing smiled and said: "Just now I was passing by the backyard and saw Uncle Taichen secretly cooking dog meat, while she was going to the kitchen to get salt, I saw that there was no one around, so I grabbed a handful and ran away!" ”

She stared blankly at the half-baked pieces of meat in Zhenjing's palms, and suddenly cried loudly: "Your hands are blistered in water......

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt! Hurry up and eat, and sleep well when you're full! Zhenjing hurriedly wiped her tears and comforted, "Xiaoyi, don't cry, your mother will come to pick you up, and she will be even happier to see you when she eats a little fat...... Wait, she's coming! ”

She nodded, crying and eating, those few pieces of dog meat that were neither cooked nor salty were the best things she had ever tasted.

Later, her mother really sent Song Po to pick her up. She really wanted to take Zhenjing with her, but Taishan refused to let her go, saying that Zhenjing's father owed a large amount of land rent to Shuishangguan, so she sent Zhenjing here to work. She asked how much she owed, and Taishan replied with a smile, "It's thirty taels now."

At that time, she was penniless, and even her most cherished golden lock of immortality was stolen from Guanli. So, she had no choice but to run to beg Song's mother to put it on first, and then ask her mother for it. Mother Song told her expressionlessly, first, she didn't have the spare money to borrow anyone, and second, the Luo family served a lot of girls, and she could buy three or four good girls with eight yuan. I have traveled all over Yangzhou City, and I have never heard of any family that spends thirty taels of silver to buy a maid. So I gave up.

Before leaving, she took Zhenjing's hand and whispered, "You wait, I'll take you away as soon as I have enough money." Zhenjing smiled and nodded, "I'm fine here, you don't have to worry about me, hurry up and go home to see your mother!" ”

When she returned home, she went to beg her mother again, and her mother's statement was the same as Song's mother, and after saying a few words, her mother said that she was tired and went to the back hall to recite the scriptures.

After that, she started saving money on her own. The second aunt who was in charge of the family reduced her monthly allowance to the same as the first-class maid in the family, and it was one or two taels of silver per month. After saving and saving, she saved for more than a year, and secretly used a few pieces of clothing and jewelry, plus the twenty-four silver coins given by the old lady, she finally scraped together thirty taels of silver. And the maids who served her constantly reminded her explicitly and implicitly that the masters of the other houses were all generous and kind, and the people under them could often get rewards of various names...... She kept pretending not to understand, and after a few times, those maids didn't regard her as their master at all.

Taking the opportunity of incense, she walked into the water merchant temple again, and found Taishan with silver in her heart, and asked to redeem Zhenjing. Taishan took the money bag, checked it and returned it to her, and said with a smile, thirty taels was already last year's price, and now it is forty-two taels, and - half a month ago, Zhenjing was bought as a concubine by a sleepover Master Wei.

In the end, Tae-sun gave her a contemptuous look and turned to leave, leaving her alone in a daze. How so? Zhenjing is only twelve years old......

She hasn't seen her since.

Now, looking at the still lively and cheerful girl in front of him, He Angelica's lips hooked an arc, and his eyes were as black as well water, but there was a faint blue fire dancing inside. This time, she not only had to take Zhenjing away, but also let the Luo family carry them away in an eight-carrying sedan chair!

Zhenjing was squatting at the door and "snapping" with flint to shoot sparks, trying to light a brazier with hay to keep warm, but the sparks couldn't burn after a long time. Suddenly, she felt a chill down her spine, and subconsciously turned her head to look, just in time to bump into He Angelica's strange expression, and suddenly screamed strangely, and said with a smile: "Wow, why are you staring at me like this, you can see me hairy." ”

He Angelica smiled warmly and said softly: "Zhenjing, thank you, thank you very much." ”

Zhenjing grimaced: "Miss, I'll just light a brazier, so you won't fall in love with me like this!" ”

"Come with me, okay?"

"Huh?! Do you want to go for a walk? No, no, the wind outside is so strong that it will blow you down as soon as it blows! ”

“…… My small character is 'Qingyi', so you can call me Xiaoyi in the future. ”

"Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi, hahaha, it's quite smooth, but it's like a boy's name."

"Then let's go together, shall we?"

"Huh?! Do you really want to go for a walk? Then you wait, I'll go find you a thicker robe!" ”

“……”

"Hey, why are your eyes red and swollen, hehe, you cried your nose yesterday?"

“……”

"Hee-hee, you see, I also know how to 'see, hear, ask, and cut', am I also very good?"

“……”