Xi Meizi snorted, "What's so strange about not being literate? Do you think that animal will teach us to read?"

Winter melon looked at the things in his hand, and had no choice but to say, "This is a deed of sale."

"Deed of Sale? What is the deed of sale?" Xi Meizi didn't react, and she looked surprised.

"Your sister's deed of sale, with the seal and handprint of Bunko." I really didn't expect He Wenguang to have a seal.

"What?" Xi Meizi was taken aback, snatched the deed of sale, and tried to see the contents of it through the light in the distance.

Unfortunately, the light was too dim for her to see clearly.

"Didn't you say you couldn't read?" Winter melon is curious.

"My mother taught me when she was alive, and I barely knew a few." Hi girl said.

Donggua remembers that Xi Meizi's mother threw herself into the river when she was five years old, that is to say, the few words that Xi Meizi knows now were all learned before the age of five.

"Then you can find a literate person to help you see, this is indeed your sister's deed of sale, which was only signed this afternoon, and it is still hot, it is true." Winter melon said.

Xi Meizi had already stood up and was about to go to find someone to see, but when she heard this, she paused and asked vigilantly, "Why is my sister's deed of sale in your hands?" Are you the one who bought her? Where is she now?"

Donggua smiled and said, "Have you heard that He Wenguang's creditor came to the door, He Wenguang couldn't get the silver, so he dragged your sister over to pay off the debt, and there happened to be two land sellers passing by your door, and I heard that your sister was a yellow flower girl, so they came to see the excitement, they picked a bunch of faults with your sister, and pushed the price to the minimum, in front of the creditor, He Wenguang didn't dare not sell, thirty taels of silver didn't pass his hand, and went directly into the creditor's pocket, right?"

"Yes, yes, He Laogou said when he saw people, he lost a lot of money, and his daughter, who had been raised for more than ten years, only sold it for thirty taels, I knew it was so, it was better to make a ** silver in advance, I'm bah, this animal!"

Xi Meizi was so angry that she trembled, thinking about the face of the beast when she heard the news and went to find He Laogou in the afternoon, she hated to kill him!

"Well, it just so happens that the person who bought your sister is my friend, I heard that they only bought the person for thirty taels, and I happened to save thirty taels of silver, and my friend was also happy, and handed over the money with one hand and the other hand, and gave it to me along with the deed of sale, and now I give you the deed of sale, you take it and burn it, don't let anyone else go."

Winter melon said very calmly, but the happy sister set off a storm in her heart: "You, you, you bought my sister? Really?"

"Yes, it's more true than pearls, your sister is now at Ruyi Inn, I gave five days' rent, and told her not to go out, you can go over and live with her, but it's best not to let your sister stay in Baoding, so that He Wenguang will find out that she will be sold sooner or later."

Winter melon suddenly remembered something, and took out a silver earring from his arms, with a red rope tied to the earring, as if hanging around his neck.

"You know this, your sister said, this earring was left to you by your mother, there are two in total, one for you and one for her, because she is worried about being snatched away by He Wenguang, so she has always been hidden close to her."

Xi Meizi took the earring, reached out and pulled out her own one from the collar, this is the most ordinary style, a small circle, but it is the only thought left to them by their mother.

Xi Meizi burst into tears, the young man in front of her, who had only seen two sides, did not lie to her, her sister was really still in Baoding, and she was not taken away by the two outsiders.

"Thank you, I'll go to the Ruyi Inn now."

Xi Meizi wiped a handful of tears with her sleeve, pulled her legs and left, walked two steps, suddenly turned around, and said to the winter melon, "You saved my sister, my life is yours."

With that, she couldn't wait to run into the crack, and soon disappeared into the night.

"She said that her life is yours, will her words not count?" Pumpkin asked.

Winter melon shook her head: "She can't protect her sister on her own, I'm still useful to her, she can't talk and doesn't count."

Pumpkin didn't understand, but he didn't bother to think about it because he was hungry again.

Pumpkin swallows hard and saliva, winter

Gua glanced at him and said, "Let's go, let's go home, I don't know what Cousin Zhang will cook at night."

"Making dumplings, when I went out in the morning, I saw Aunt Zhang bargaining with the person selling fennel at the corner of the street, how can I eat fennel without dumplings?" But if it's anything to do with eating, the pumpkin looks good.

"You can also steam steamed buns, wrap wontons, and scrambled eggs with fennel are also delicious, by the way, Aunt Cui wrapped the fennel in the lake and fried it, but it was fragrant."

This time it was the winter melon's turn to swallow saliva, it was not easy to buy fresh fennel in winter, she had to leave quickly, she wanted to eat it.

Back in Yuexiu Hutong, Zhang Yuanniang really wrapped dumplings filled with fennel pork, and Minghui counted them while eating, one, two, three...... After eating the tenth, Minghui put down the fast son, picked up the dumpling soup and drank it with a bone.

After drinking a big bowl of dumpling soup, Minghui stood up with a bulging little belly and went for a walk in the yard.

"Girl, how do you know so many? Isn't it unappetizing?" Zhang Yuanniang asked nervously.

"No, I just don't want to gain weight, today's dumplings are delicious."

Minghui patted Zhang Yuanniang's shoulder comfortingly, she didn't lie, today's dumplings are indeed delicious, but now it's night, she doesn't dare to eat more, she doesn't want to be like Mingjing, so fat that she can't even wear the wedding dress that has been prepared a long time ago, so she has to make one temporarily.

Anyway, there is a snack with Duoduo, and there will be no dumplings left today.

The next morning, Minghui dressed up and went out again with Duoduo.

Walking out of Yuexiu Hutong, they have become two winter melon and pumpkin brothers.

Passing by a stall selling donkey meat, he bought ten winter melons, and the pumpkins on the side swallowed his saliva, so winter melons had to buy two for him.

The Ruyi Inn is not in the downtown area, the place is remote, and when the winter melon and pumpkin arrive, the sun has risen very high.

The two knocked on the door, and it took a while for a woman's vigilant voice to come from the room: "Who?"

"Sister, it's brother." There was a smile in the voice of the winter melon.

The door opened a crack from the inside, and the happy girl tiptoed to look behind the winter melon, and saw that there was only a pumpkin, so she breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and dragged the winter melon in, and then stretched out her hand, and pulled the pumpkin in, and slammed the door shut.

The room was not large, with only one bed, one table and two chairs.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl sat cowered on the bed, looking at the winter melon with a wary gaze, but when her eyes fell on the pumpkin, it was much gentler.

"Little brother, it's you."

Xi Meizi glanced at the pumpkin, then at the winter melon, and said, "My sister said she didn't see you yesterday."

Winter melon nodded, pointed to the pumpkin, and said, "I asked my brother to come over yesterday."