Chapter 31: The Nurse
"Nurse, is it really you? You're not dead?" Ying Zhen was surprised but also a little surprised, maybe it was the feelings in Xu Youzhi's body, after all, Xu Youzhi hadn't seen his nurse for more than ten years, and the intimacy of his childhood filled Ying Zhen's heart at this time.
"Well, I was saved by a person, and I was already in Peijing when I woke up." Yi Niang can also see that she is very happy, the little Yuzhidu has grown so big.
The two hugged each other tightly, and after that, Ying Zhen asked what happened to Yi Niang and why she was in this brothel.
"When I woke up, the man who saved me was gone, and I had to go out to earn a living on my own, and when I sang very well, I went out on the street to perform, and a big family took a fancy to my voice, so they bought me to play for their family. The people there were very kind to me, but then the big family was in the middle of the road, and I had to find another way out, and during this time, I saw many poor women, who were all abandoned, living on the streets, and who had no way to make a living, and who were also women, and I sympathized with them. During my time in a large family, I also had a lot of property and saved a lot of money, and at that time I thought that I must open a place to take these women in, so that they could support themselves, so I opened a small restaurant at that time. Although my money is not small, but it is still barely enough to maintain the business, in the beginning, the business is very bleak, and I have lost a lot of money, but I still give some money to those poor women every month, so that they can live their lives, and then they say that they will come to help, and they will not be paid for a year. Some of the women were singing, some were dancing, and some were simply fighting. Some of the customers took a fancy to the dancing of these women, so they came every day, and then the business gradually improved, and then it changed to this, who knew that I just said that, the more the store opened, the more popular it became. During this time, if any woman wants to leave, then I will not refuse. ”
"It turns out that not all brothels are as bad as I thought." Ying Zhen once again refreshed the three views in this world.
"By the way, what's going on in Xu's house? Aren't they bad for you and the second lady, by the way, and my daughter. Why don't you all come to Peijing, with the family wealth I have accumulated over the years, it will be enough for you to live a good life, at least it will be better than being angry with the Xu Mansion in Yunnan. ”
Ying Zhen's nose was sour, and now the two of them are still an indelible scar in Ying Zhen's heart, "Yi Niang, the house is still the same, but my mother and your daughter Xiaozhu ......"
"Xiaozhu, what's wrong with Xiaozhu!" Yi Niang looked at Ying Zhen with wide eyes, as if she already knew what bad news it was, and wanted to find something from her that she wanted to know.
"I'm sorry, Yi Niang, my mother and Xiaozhu both died because of me, and they both blame me."
Yi Niang, who heard the news, lost her vitality and sat paralyzed on the ground, like a lifeless puppet, talking and laughing with Ying Zhen just now, but now she has no strength in her body.
Ying Zhen told Yi Niang the ins and outs of the matter.
"Nanny, I'm sorry, but in the end I hurt her!"
"Child, it's not your fault, you can only blame you for being born in a rich family, which is unavoidable."
"By the way, Yi Niang, this is Xiaozhu." Ying Zhen carefully handed Xiaozhu's urn to Yi Niang, "Before she died, she said that she wanted to be buried with you, since you are still alive and well, then Xiaozhu will be handed over to you." ”
Yi Niang gently stroked the urn, as if she was touching her own child, looking at the box, as if Xiaozhu was in front of her now, "Xiaozhu, I haven't taken good care of you in my mother's life, how ridiculous, even your name was not taken by me, I have only seen you once in my life, that is, when you were born, but now I can only hold your ashes and be sad alone." I must be the most incompetent mother in the world, right? I'm going to bury you in this backyard from now on, and I'll be able to see you every day, okay? ”
Ying Zhen didn't know how to comfort Yi Niang, she could only watch her cry silently holding Xiaozhu's ashes, Ying Zhen was a little confused, this was not the result she wanted to see, why did the relatives around her leave her one by one, and she could only watch their relatives sad, are these really Xu Feng's fault? Is it the biggest mistake to be yourself?
In a blink of an eye, a few days have passed, and in the next few days, Ying Zhen has been spending time in Liucaiyuan, Yi Niang is very good to herself, and she can even be said to be meticulous, but the more this is the case, the stronger Ying Zhen's guilt becomes.
On this day, Ying Zhen was listlessly wandering in the backyard of Liucai Garden, looking at the tombstone carefully made by Yi Niang for Xiaozhu, Ying Zhen didn't know how to feel, and there was a sound of tapping and tapping footsteps behind her, and suddenly a woman came, turned around, and it was the girl who "insulted" herself:
"Is that you? You turned out to be a girl, and it's ridiculous to think about it, but I didn't even see it. Without waiting for Ying Zhen to speak, she apologized: "I'm really sorry for what happened last time." ”
"Uh, no... It's okay. Both smiled awkwardly. Isn't it normal not to be able to see it? It's the first time I've been recognized as a man. "By the way, what's your name? You're a beauty. "Ying Zhen really wants to get to know her, she seems to be a very good person.
"Dragonfly." She smiled kindly at Ying Zhen.
"That's good!"
"Thank you." Dragonfly bent her neck and looked behind Ying Zhen, it turned out that she was looking at Xiaozhu's tombstone. "She's Yi Niang's daughter, I've often heard Yi Niang talk about her before."
"Hmm."
"Speaking of Yi Niang, I also want to thank her for adopting me, she is really a very good person." She had a sad face, as if something very depressed was going on.
"Do you have something on your mind?"
"Nope!" She denied it directly, which made Ying Zhen feel more and more wrong.
"No... No. "The dragonfly left.
What's going on? She must have something on her mind, but she didn't say it, Ying Zhen inadvertently squinted and found that there was a person standing in the corner next to her, looking at the dragonfly in the distance, isn't it Yi Niang? Sneaky, why is everyone so weird.
Ying Zhen quietly walked behind Yi Niang, she didn't even notice that she was coming, Ying Zhen called Yi Niang, she was obviously frightened, "What happened?" So are you, and so are dragonflies. One by one, it's so strange. ”
"You kid, you scared me to death, hey, speaking of dragonfly, she's also a child with a story......"