"Where did you get all this money?"

Hearing me ask, for some reason, Liu San'er's face became a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "There is no money at home, I went to the pawnshop in the town to be a thing, so I have a little money." But—" he said, frowning slightly, as if he didn't want to mention it again, so he waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's all over, it's okay if you're okay now." ”

After saying that, he smiled at me.

Looking at his clarifying eyes, I suddenly felt a little overwhelmed.

Just now in the back room, Aunt Liu said to me, many dramas will have such a "life-saving grace to promise" drama, although I don't think Liu San'er will make such a request to me, and he can't save me with this idea, but these days, he has taken such meticulous care of me, no matter what, I feel that I have owed a debt that cannot be repaid.

At this moment, a soft voice suddenly came from outside-

"Third brother."

When Liu San'er heard this, he hurriedly walked out and opened the door, and saw Rue Xiang standing at the door wearing a new blue cloth skirt, and when she saw him open the door, her cheeks were slightly pink with a smile. The two of them returned to the room while talking, and I stood up with my support for the table, and said with a smile, "Rue, you're here." ”

"Ah, light, you're there too."

It was a bit of a no-brainer, but I didn't care, I just stood there with a smile. Rue Xiang asked Liu San'er with concern: "How is your injury?" I said let me help you in the past two days, but you refused. ”

Liu San'er laughed heartily, moved the injured hand, and said, "Look, it's really fine, don't worry." The doctors have all said, don't take something too heavy to let the wound crack and it won't get in the way. I'm going to go to town tomorrow. ”

"You're going to town? That's great, let's go together. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"My mother is going to take me to the town to find a fortune teller to write a letter to my brother and them." Rue Xiang said happily, looking at Liu San'er's eyes watery and shining.

Liu San'er frowned: "Why bother to find that fortune teller, he has to charge twenty wen for writing a letter, it's not cost-effective." If you can't write it for you, it's fine. ”

"But your hand—"

Liu San'er looked down at his hand, only to remember that he was still injured, and immediately sighed.

I had been standing by and watching silently, when I stepped forward and said softly, "If you don't dislike it, let me write it for you." ”

They both turned their heads to look at me at the same time: "You-?" ”

"Hmm."

"Lightness?" Liu San'er was stunned: "Are you literate?" ”

"Recognize some."

Liu San'er laughed in surprise and said, "You are so amazing." There are very few women I know who can read. ”

He patronized me and said this, but he didn't notice that Rue Xiang's face next to him was a little pale, and he lowered his head in embarrassment. I hurriedly played a round game: "Rue Xiang girl, what do you want to write, just sue me." ”

"I'll go back and ask my mother." After speaking, Rue Xiang walked out without looking back.

I looked back at Liu San'er, I wanted to say something, but I didn't know how to speak, so I could only sigh softly. When he heard this, he immediately turned to look at me: "What's wrong?" ”

"No, nothing." I casually asked, "You also studied?" ”

He nodded, "Hmm." When I was a child, my parents sent me to private school for a few years. ”

In the days when I lived in Jixiang Village, I found that there were very few people studying here, and the whole village seemed to have only one Xiucai, and now he is also old, and he has a lot of books piled up in his house, which are actually used by his family to light the stove, which is really a pity, and most of the others are as illiterate as Ruexiang.

Unexpectedly, Liu San'er was literate.

"I don't think there are many people in this village who are studying."

"Yes, I don't know why my parents would provide me with education, because they don't know how to read. But I haven't been there for a few years, and I still remember that my husband just finished talking about "University", so I didn't go again. ”

"Why?"

He smiled faintly: "I don't have any money, I can't read anymore." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and saw that although he was smiling, the smile was not as hearty as usual, but a little bit of loneliness. However, it was only for a moment, and he immediately covered it up, and said with a smile: "But it's okay, fortunately, I know a few words, so I won't be blind and fooled by those corrupt officials at will." You probably don't know, they used to bully the people in the village, take some waste official documents, and ask everyone to pay some messy taxes, but fortunately, I just came back from Yangzhou at that time and saw through their tricks. ”

As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and said, "Those people are like fish, and they will definitely not end well!" ”

Looking at his angry expression, I was a little speechless.

The affairs of the south are not overnight, nor are they ordinary people understandable, Pei Yuanhao is in the upper position, although he has the heart to govern the south well, but the administration and governance can not be achieved overnight, especially now that he has sabotaged the negotiations between Shengjing and Jiangnan, it also indirectly shows his attitude. In fact, as long as anyone who understands the situation a little bit can also see that it is impossible for Shengjing to watch the Central Plains sit big, or give up the glory, wealth and pleasure brought to them by Jiangnan taxes, Pei Yuanhao wants to create a prosperous era that belongs to the Central Plains, and he must get rid of Shengjing's containment in the north. In this way, most of his energy will be more or less scattered over there, so he is still a little powerless in the south.

It's just that if this continues, I don't know where the situation in the south will go.

As soon as they chatted for a while, someone came outside, but it was not Rue Xiang who went and returned, but Rue Xiang's mother, Aunt Zhao, walked straight in.

I can't say that I am strangers to this Aunt Zhao, but even if she sees me, she rarely talks, so she doesn't speak ill of each other, and she never gives a good face. I didn't know why at first, but now I can understand it.

As soon as Liu San'er saw her, he hurriedly greeted her: "Auntie, why are you here?" What about Rue? ”

"She, she suddenly said she wasn't feeling well, so she couldn't come."

"Oh."

As she spoke, Aunt Zhao turned her head to look at me, frowning slightly: "Listen to Ruxiang, you can write a letter?" ”

I hurriedly laughed, "Yes." ”

"You're a girl, and you can read?"

"I taught some from my family."

“……”

Looking at Aunt Zhao's expression, I didn't seem to believe it, but I still asked Liu San'er to go to the house of the deceased old Xiucai in the village to borrow pen, ink and paper. Spreading the paper on the table, I dipped the almost bald pen in some ink and asked, "Auntie, what do you want to say to Ling Lang?" ”

Aunt Zhao kept looking at me with chills, and at this time she seemed to suddenly come back to her senses: "Ah? It is to tell them that they should be careful in the war, and don't patronize and fight hard. Rue and I are still waiting for them to come back. ”

"Hmm."

"Also, I asked someone to bring them two cotton clothes before, ask them if they fit, and come back with a word, if it's not good, I'll do it again. It's a cold ...... to the north."

"Okay."

I nodded, and while agreeing, I picked up the pen and wrote, and then Liu San'er on the side said: "Auntie, didn't you say before that Brother Zhao and Second Brother Zhao should come back this year?" Why do you still have to fight? ”

"Hey, damn it, I don't know what's going on in the north, not only did I not let them come back, but I heard that a lot of people were also sent, so the two of them can't come back this year! This winter, it will snow heavily in the north, and I heard that even people's ears will be frozen! Pity my sons......"

Aunt Zhao was still chattering, and my hand holding the brush couldn't help but tighten slightly.

There's still a war going on in the north? Still sending more people?

The ban on fishing was promulgated, that is to say, Pei Yuanhao has been in Yangzhou, more than a month has passed, how about his negotiations with the south should have a result, although I didn't deliberately care about things over there, but Yangzhou City has been very calm in recent days, and there is no ****, which also shows that their negotiations should have progressed.

If this is the case, plus Pei Yuanhao bombarded Empress Yin's ship before, then the royal family and Shengjing should have embarked on the road of breaking!

Now, we are still sending more troops and horses to the north, can we say that there is a big war in the north?

I was thinking in a daze, Liu San'er looked at me: "Light, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Huh?" I snapped back to my senses, looked at them, and immediately laughed, "It's nothing, I'm almost done." ”

A letter was written in a short time, I picked it up and dried the ink, then folded it into a buckle and handed it to Aunt Zhao: "You can take it well, you can hand it over to the people on the post road." ”

Aunt Zhao looked at the letterhead in her hand, and then looked at me, but she was very shocked, she was silent for a while, stretched out her hand, and took out twenty coins from her arms and stuffed them into my hand: "Here you are." ”

"What are you doing here?"

"I can't let you work in vain, you're not in good health."

I looked at her stiff expression, and my heart was faintly touched. Actually, I know that she doesn't like me very much, because of her daughter Ruexiang, but the sentence just now still reveals a trace of concern. This is the most simple common people, there is no conspiracy, no calculation, love when you should love, hate when you should hate!

I hurriedly refused, but she insisted that I accept it, and the two of them insisted for a while, and I finally said: "That's it, auntie, I'll charge you ten dollars, and you don't insist anymore, okay?" ”

She thought about it and agreed.

I took the ten money, turned around and handed it to Liu San'er.

He was stunned for a moment, and before he could ask, I said: "You go and tell the family, we will buy pen, ink and paper, and if someone in the village wants to write a letter in the future, you don't need to rush to the market to find the fortune teller, I will write to you, a letter is ten dollars, regardless of the number of words." ”

When he heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled: "Okay! ”