Yun Xiang has been in the Zhou Mansion for so long, and she has always been angry with the original owner, but in the Madame and eldest brother, she has been able to maintain a lotus-like image, which shows that she is not a vegetarian.

"But Miss, what Yun Xiang said just now is completely inconsistent, her yard is so far from here, how could she walk so far to take a walk, and Lu'er is sick, she may not be such a considerate master of the maid, she will take into account Lu'er's feelings, these are all suspicious points, why don't we just hand them over to Madame and ask?"

Ripples could see that today's Yunxiang was indeed suspicious, but Zhou Ziwei actually let her go so easily, which made Ripples even more puzzled.

Zhou Ziwei turned her head and looked at Ripples with satisfaction, "Ripples, you are getting smarter and smarter, but these are our guesses, Yun Xiang is a pitiful and helpless and empathetic person in the eyes of everyone, our words are empty, who will believe it, so it is inconvenient to alarm Mrs." ”

"And sometimes, we don't pull the rope too close, otherwise the extremes of things will be reversed, forcing the dog into the alley, there will be disaster, if we force Yunxiang too tightly, it is very likely that Yunxiang will bite us back, maybe it won't cure her at all, let's take our time, and wait until we really find her handle."

Zhou Ziwei said and stepped into the courtyard, Ripple listened to Zhou Ziwei's words, felt unreasonable, and nodded, "Miss, it's Ripple who is too stupid." ”

Zhou Ziwei suddenly stopped and turned to look at the ripples.

"Ripples, you found out that Yun Xiang has a relationship with the previous doctor, you must not tell anyone about this, not even the eldest brother, now that the doctor is dead, there is no proof of death, we still need to find evidence again."

"Ripples, you remember to find someone to keep an eye on Yunxiang, if you need it, you can ask Qingyuan for some help."

"Yes, miss."

In a thatched hut on the outskirts of the city, the old woman put down the needle and thread in her hand and sighed heavily, her eyes full of exhaustion.

"Alas, now it's winter, the weather is cold, and this year's harvest is not good, there are many farmers who have paid taxes and grain, and there is nothing left, and they can't survive this winter.

"After paying the taxes, there is nothing left?" Zhao Yuer was stunned, she didn't even have anything to eat, let alone wear, Zhao Yuer never thought that the people would live such a life.

Zhao Yuer thought that the northern city country has always been smooth and prosperous, and although most of the people do not live a life of fine clothes and food, they should probably be able to eat and dress warmly, but they did not think that it would be such a situation, although Wanping County is remote, but Wanping County is located on the road on the west side of the capital, and it is the throat road into the capital, so Wanping County can be regarded as a relatively wealthy county.

And now that the people around Wanping County are so miserable, Zhao Yuer can't imagine whether the people in other places are even more miserable and pitiful than she saw now.

"Yes, there are people who freeze to death along the way, and people who starve to death, the world is not good, but there are frequent thieves, some people actually take this opportunity to rob women, food, money, this way, it is very difficult and dangerous, the girl should return the same way."

The old woman had already seen many such scenes, but she just looked at Zhao Yuer and Xiao Di, and didn't want them to go to danger, so she said a few more words, the time was not early, the old man got up, gently blew out the candle flame, and rested earlier, you can also save some charcoal and candle flames.

Zhao Yu'er saw that the old man blew out the light and walked out of the house, so she had to lie down, this room was the room where the old woman's son and daughter-in-law lived.

Zhao Yu'er glanced around, everywhere was in tatters, even the quilt covered was a thin layer, Zhao Yu'er had to take out the sheep fur that she and Xiao Di were wearing in the baggage, and the old woman must have divided the quilt to them, presumably it was also cold at this moment.

So Zhao Yuer gently got out of bed and gave the two old men a coat, barely covered, while she and Xiao Di snuggled up to cover another room, adding a coat, which was slightly better, so that they would not shiver from the cold.

If it weren't for the two old men who took pity on them, they might have to spend the night in the cold wind outside.

Zhao Yu'er was a little confused about her plan for a while, where should she go now, if she returned to Wanping County, she was likely to be arrested, but when she went to Daxing County, Zhao Yu'er didn't have the confidence that they would be able to arrive.

She really didn't expect this winter to come so early, and so urgently, suddenly caught her a little off guard, she has always lived with clothes to reach out for food to open her mouth, she has never felt cold in winter, but this time she really felt the cold.

That's it, let's talk about tomorrow's things, she can't think clearly for a while, let's rest well and recuperate first.

"Miss, let's hurry up and go into the house, it looks like it's going to snow this day, it's so clear and bright." Ripple looked at the sky, said in a cold sweat, and walked all the way, and his hands and feet were no longer obedient.

Zhou Ziwei glanced at the courtyard outside, it was indeed much brighter today than before, it had been frost for a few days, the weather was so sudden and cold, maybe it was going to snow.

This year's winter came in a hurry, too early, as if I couldn't wait.

Zhou Ziwei bowed her body, lifted the curtain and walked into the house, Ripples walked into the warm room, and then the door closed inside, and the whirring wind that could be heard just now disappeared in an instant.

Zhou Ziwei took off the big coat on her body and handed it to Ripples, and another girl sent a coat over, after Zhou Ziwei put it on, she sat at the table not far from the brazier, and only after she was warm up did Zhou Ziwei pick up the books on the table and read them.

Ripple looked at Zhou Ziwei reading at night again, a little worried, and walked over.

"Miss, reading at night is not good for your eyes, this light is dim, it hurts your eyes, it's not early, it's better to wash up and rest early."

In the middle of the night, the air whirred, snowing, dense and tight, rapid and continuous, the whole Wanping County seemed to change into a white plain clothes, plain and dazzling, everywhere snowy, willow branches, roofs, everywhere hung with white goose feather like down snow.

The next day, on the street, there was a cheer from a child, "It's snowing, it's so beautiful, you can build a snowman." ”

Ripples got up and saw a thick layer of snow everywhere in the yard, and he was in a good mood, as if because of the snow, his mood became very bright.