After Ah Qiao and Jun Qiu walked away, Su Jin could vaguely hear Ah Qiao and Jun Qiu say: "Ah Qiu, your family is so good, you can actually eat boiled sweet potatoes, my sweet potatoes are ground into flour and boiled into porridge, only my father and brother who do heavy work can eat thick ones, and I, my brother and my mother all drink soup......

Su Jin listened, looked at the sky, returned to the house, took off his shoes, and touched the deformed feet of the original owner, the time was too long, the bones were deformed, and it was difficult to recover.

The sky gradually darkened again, and in the Xiang family's mansion in the town, the eldest lady of the Xiang family was settling the accounts, and when she heard the maid coming in to report that everyone was coming, Mrs. Xiang thought for a long time, but she really couldn't remember who everyone was Zhou.

Du Chun, the nurse on the side, saw Mrs. Xiang like this, and knew that Mrs. couldn't remember who Zhou Da was, so she leaned up and reminded softly: "Madam, it's a guy from the dyeing house, his family is from Youfu Village, didn't Mrs. see a girl when she went to Youfu Village to pick up the young master last month, I like it very much, let Zhou Da's wife inquire?" ”

Hearing the nurse's words, Mrs. Xiang suddenly realized, and recalled the face that looked like an old man in her mind.

When she first saw the girl in Youfu Village, she seemed to go back to when she was seven years old, and her wife took her to Du's house, but the Du family's concierge was not transmitted, and finally Miss Du, who came back from outside, saw that she and her wife were pitiful and took them in.

How big is the Du Mansion, as if there are ten of her houses, the garden of the Du Mansion seems to be impossible to walk, the wife of the Du family is sitting in the living room, graceful and luxurious, obviously she didn't say a few words, but she feels as if she is facing the compassionate and cold Guanyin in the grandmother's Buddhist hall.

It was obviously difficult in the mouths of his father and wife, but Mrs. Du solved it in one sentence.

When she went back, her wife told her that Miss Du liked her and asked her to please Miss Du, and if she liked Miss Du, her family would be able to gain a foothold in Lingcheng.

At that time, Mrs. Xiang didn't know what Miss Du's liking meant, until she was sent to Du's mansion and became one of Miss Du's many playmates, she found out that Miss Du's liking was really the best thing in the world.

Miss Du gave her pearls casually, so that her aunt could go to Western medicine and use the best medicine.

Miss Du's casual post to her can make her father, who has always been dignified, kind to her, and even live a better life with her aunt.

Miss Du's words, her brother can enter the best school in Lingcheng.

Mrs. Xiang really misses those days, during that time, she read and read with Miss Du and came into contact with the world she had never seen, but unfortunately, those days were too short, but in five years, Miss Du went abroad to study, and she did not go out with Miss Du because she was engaged to the Xiang family.

Mrs. Xiang still remembers what his wife and aunt said to her, women are born with a hard life, and the happiest days are only a few years of childhood, and there are few people in this world who can do whatever they want like Miss Du, she has too many things to consider, parents, family, brothers and sisters.

Seeing that her wife was distracted, the nurse coughed slightly, returned to the eldest lady, nodded to the nurse, and the nurse said, "Liu'er, you go and invite her in, the lady wants to see her." ”

When Osmanthus came in with the little girl, she was a little cramped, and there was only one voice in her heart, that is, Xiang Jia was really rich, and even the little girl was dressed better than the ordinary people outside.

Her husband is an old worker who dyes the house to the Xiang family, the eldest son cultivates the land of the Xiang family, the master of the Xiang family takes a fancy to her husband, and allows her son to pay less rent than ordinary tenants, her younger son learns skills in the account room of the Xiang family, and the youngest daughter marries the shopkeeper of the embroidery village, she thinks that she is also a person with a head and face in the blessed village, but she is not as good as a maid.

However, the maid's outfit was given to her, and she was reluctant to wear it, so she tried it during the New Year's holidays.

Osmanthus thought about it, calmly said hello to the eldest lady, and finally talked about Xiao Junqiu under the gesture of the nurse.

"Madam, the little girl's name is Xiao Junqiu, she is thirteen years old this year, her family fled ten years ago, and her father died early......"

Osmanthus talked about Xiao Junqiu's situation, and seeing that the eldest lady was fascinated by what she heard, she continued: "But a few days ago, I went to Xiao's house to convey your meaning, and Junqiu's mother didn't want Junqiu to come to work at home. ”

"It's also understandable what mother is willing to leave her child." Mrs. Xiang was about to say forget it, when she saw Osmanthus pouting and said, "What's because of this." ”

"Madam, you don't know, this Xiao Junqiu is actually not the daughter of the Xiao family, it was picked up by the Xiao family and the couple on the way to escape, I heard the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family say that when she picked up Junqiu, she wanted Junqiu to bring a child to their husband and wife, and later Ah really gave birth to a son, so she raised Junqiu as a daughter-in-law.

This Junqiu, in the Xiao family, he can do everything, when Mr. Xiao was there, he was better, he read and read with the children in the village, and after Mr. Xiao died, the heavy work and dirty work of the Xiao family were all pressed on the little girl. ”

"If you want me to say, madam, you value her is a blessing for Junqiu, and it is better to serve Mrs. to the house than to weed in the field, fetch water for the house, and wash clothes in the cold river in winter......"

Listening to the woman in front of her say this, Mrs. Xiang's impression of Su Jin was extremely bad, and she felt uncomfortable when she thought that the girl was doing such a hard thing with a face very similar to that of the old man.

However, Mrs. Xiang also secretly told herself in her heart that even if Xiao Junqiu was not a child of the Xiao family, she had nothing to do with Miss Du.

Although the two look similar, Xiao Junqiu's eyes are not as bright as Miss Du's, her hair is not as black as Miss Du's, and her complexion is not as white as Miss Du's.

Thinking about the eldest lady, the anger in her heart gradually came down.

"This Junqiu, he is thirteen years old, not as tall as my little girl, my little girl is only eight years old, this child, life is ...... hard"

Osmanthus said while carefully checking the face of Mrs. Xiang, she thought, this is all she can do, it can be regarded as repaying Mr. Xiao for teaching her youngest son to read and write, but this Su Jin is also strange, they all believe her words, why don't they let Junqiu go.

Although Osmanthus didn't know why Mrs. Xiang took a fancy to the thin and small Junqiu, and even asked her to lobby again and again, she thought, maybe this was Junqiu's opportunity.

Xiang Dame pondered for a moment, and said to the nurse next to her: "You go to the account room to pay a hundred oceans and hand it over to the Zhou family." Then he said to Osmanthus: "This must be enough for that lady to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

When Osmanthus heard this, her eyes lit up, and before she could speak, she heard the Tao continue to the eldest lady: "As long as Xiao Junqiu comes to my family to do things, I can introduce Mrs. Xiao's son to the school in the provincial capital, and the expenses incurred during the study period will be sent to the family." ”

Osmanthus went out of Xiangfu satisfied, after Osmanthus walked away, Xiang Heng walked out from behind the pillar, he looked at the woman who was far away, and really couldn't figure out why his mother took such a fancy to Xiao Junqiu's girl.

Although he used to love to play with that girl, but since Xiao Junqiu rejected his mother repeatedly, he hated her, and was rejected by a little girl, Xiang Heng felt very shameless.

Su Jin didn't know that someone was planning to take away her well-behaved eldest daughter, and she was packing things at this time.

Because the original owner was weak and attached importance to his only son, he was reluctant to endure hardship, and there was not much money left from the original owner and her husband.

Su Jin looked at a small yellow croaker and a few jewelry, snapped the box shut, and took a small hoe, moved her little feet to dig under the pomegranate tree, she remembered that there was something down here.