When I came out of the court, it was almost dusk, and the setting sun covered the afterglow with a layer of warm color, and spread quietly on the street.

Chu Yao, who had not entered a drop of water all day, was in a trance at this moment, and had a sense of nirvana for the rest of her life.

Someone came out one after another, and most of the innocent guests were released after the case was concluded, and they didn't dare to point fingers at her in front of the yamen, but only dared to whisper, and went away in twos and threes.

Chu Yao was still puzzled by something, and turned her head to ask her mother with a sad face: "Mother, didn't I use all the 1,000 taels that the Lu family gave me to buy a house at that time?" Why do my aunts and uncles still think I have a thousand taels? ”

The only people who knew about this thousand taels were her and her mother, and her mother also saw her stuff a thousand taels of silver tickets into the hands of the Lu family, and the lignified note was also written in front of her mother.

Zhou Shi heard Chu Yao suddenly ask this, and Ai Ai avoided her eyes, and only after half a sound did he understand his words: "The person from the Lu family later sent the silver ticket back, and I know that you refused to accept it, so ...... So I secretly left ......."

Chu Yao was speechless for a moment, and was very disappointed in her mother: it turned out that the root cause of this unwarranted disaster was her mother's greed and showing off.

On that day, the Lu family came to deliver the deed, and her mother pressed her handprint regardless of her wishes, so she had to admit it, and repeatedly made it clear to her mother that she hoped that her mother would discuss with her about anything in the future before making a decision.

But her mother still accepted the 1,000 taels sent back by the Lu family without telling her.

If it weren't for such a terrible thing today, my mother doesn't know how long she would have to hide it from her?

Zhou saw his daughter standing there quietly, with no waves on her face, and looked at her with a cold gaze......

Zhou panicked, no matter what she did to make her daughter unhappy before, her daughter would never look at herself with such eyes, she would refute, persuade, and even quarrel with her. But now, my daughter refuses to say a word to her, is it because she is too disappointed in her? Will she resent her mother because of this?

"A-Yao, my mother is wrong, my mother will never do such a thing again." Zhou hurriedly apologized to his daughter, "My mother will not have any more dealings with them in the future, my mother promises that it really won't, don't be angry with your mother, okay?" It's a big deal, I'll return the 1,000 taels to the Lu family, I don't want it, and I don't want a copper plate......"

Chu Yao turned her eyes away, not wanting to see her mother crying and apologizing to herself: "I'm tired, go home." ”

Before leaving, she said goodbye to Su Nian, and asked her a few words by the way what her plans were after leaving.

Su Nian smiled, very relaxed: "Ah Yao don't worry about me, my father taught me to read and write since I was a child, and I plan to be a female teacher in the future, if it doesn't go well for a while, I can also copy books for others to make money, and I ......can't go hungry after all."

is also a person who is separated from her, Chu Yao admires her very much for having a skill to make a living for herself: "Cousin-in-law...... No, I'll call you Sister A, Sister Sister came forward to testify for me today, I am very grateful in my heart, I have a shop in my hand, I haven't thought about what to do to make a living for a while, if Sister Ah doesn't like it, I want to hand over the shop to Sister Ah to run a private school or open a bookstore......"

Su Nian thought that she made the decision because she was eager to repay her kindness and made it impulsively, so she smiled softly and said no: "It's not a kindness for me to testify for you today, but I feel very guilty in my heart, if I had found an opportunity to remind you earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer this hardship." You can keep the shop, if there is anyone in the shop who needs my help in the future, you can come to me. You're frightened today, go back and get some rest......"

Although Chu Yao is indeed a little impulsive, she will never regret it in the future. Su Nian did not accept her kindness for the time being, and this kind of thing could not be discussed in a few words.

I'll talk about that later.

Qiu He came to Chu Yao's side crying, and said helplessly: "Cousin, my father and my mother have been locked up, and my brother's marriage is gone, and my brother said that I was the ...... to do it."

Today in the public court, Qiu He's testimony also played a great role, the third aunt slapped her on the spot, and the third uncle pointed at her and scolded her for not having a daughter in the future. Although Qiuhe's brother was not imprisoned, he ended up alone, and when he left the court, he took off his wedding robe and threw it away, and left with a scolding.

Qiuhe didn't dare to go home, she knew that her brother had a bad temper, and if she went back, she would definitely be beaten.

"You come home with me, the new house I bought, there are a lot of rooms, you can live as long as you want," she broke up with her family because of herself, and Chu Yao didn't say much about her parents, just wiped away her tears for her, and coaxed softly, "Don't cry, when we move over, I'll take you to the tile shop to shop, buy you rouge snails, and the new peach blossom dew, okay?" ”

Qiuhe paused to cry and asked her, "What is Peach Blossom Dew?" ”

"It's used to apply the face," Qiu He is a little girl who loves beauty, she likes to dress up when she is young, Chu Yao knows how to make her happy, "I heard that if you use peach blossom dew to apply your face, your skin will be white and ......tender."

After saying goodbye to Su Nian, Chu Yao took Qiu He into the carriage together.

is still in Jiang Qingci's carriage.

Today, he was busy with the front and back, which made Chu Yao very unhappy. She looked at him several times, wanting to say something to him, but every time her eyes met, she was about to speak, but the other party hurriedly looked away, as if deliberately avoiding her.

After doing this a few times, Chu Yao's words of thanks brewed in his heart were not said after all.

She thought that he must have been too troublesome today, and he must be tired.

Zhi'en was a picture report, Su Nian helped her, she wanted to send her a shop, Qiuhe helped her, she could give her rouge gouache, Jiang Qingci also worked hard to help today, what should she say?

The previous antiques, calligraphy and paintings were all bought back by Pei Zhan, but now there are still things at home that can be used?

Let's go back and buy some gifts on the street.

When the carriage arrived at the door of the house, when Chu Yao said goodbye to Jiang Qing, he suddenly asked her: "Mrs. Chu, when are you moving?" ”

"Pack up tomorrow and move the day after tomorrow." It doesn't matter if it's an auspicious day or not, it's good to get busy and forget about these worries.

I thought he was just asking casually, but I didn't expect that on the day of the move, Chu Yao and Qiu He had just packed up their things and were about to move out, so he brought two little guys over and stood in front of her house generously, smiling warmly and comfortably: "Mrs. Chu, I'll help you move." ”

He was obviously fully prepared, dressed in a neat narrow sleeve indigo straight jacket and a wide-brimmed brocade belt, a little less elegant and a little more down-to-earth freshness.

The eyes of the aunts and aunts who were chatting around with pu fans were suddenly attracted by him.

Chu Yao was surprised, but inevitably a little flustered: "No, no, how can you bother Yanei?" ”

"Don't bother, we men always have more strength, you and Sister Qiuhe take some light ones, and leave the rest to us." He took the wooden box in her arms, and the two servants immediately got busy with their hands and feet, moving their luggage and belongings to the ox cart hired in advance......

Chu Yao was a little confused, and for a moment she couldn't believe that the gentle and elegant noble son would come to help her do such rough work.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, and he suddenly became so attentive, is it because of ......

Chu Yao secretly glanced at Qiu He: Isn't it because of Qiu He?

At the wedding banquet the day before yesterday, his gaze and smile from afar across the crowd seemed to be aimed at Qiu He.

Today is even more direct, knowing that Qiu He lives with her and will help move together, so she specially brought two people over to help.

It must be!

Autumn lotus is delicate and cute, and at the same age as flowers, it is a good time to attract people.

After figuring this out, Chu Yao was not as cramped as Fang Cai, and she was a little more calm and relaxed when facing Jiang Qingci.

She and Qiu He were responsible for taking some small bits and pieces, and the heavier ones were handed over to Jiang Qingci and the two little guys.

Zhou's body was fat and bulky, and several of their young people were busy back and forth, not only could they not get their hands on it, but they added to the chaos, so they simply took the pu fan and went to sit outside, chatting with the women and old friends in the neighborhood.

When those people saw her coming, they naturally couldn't help but ask: "Whose family is that?" looks so handsome, looks very familiar with your family, A-Yao, isn't it your future son-in-law? ”

Zhou knew Jiang Qingci's identity, and inevitably showed off a little: "That Lang Jun is the son of a big official in Suizhou City, and he is friends with my family A-Yao, A-Yao almost suffered a loss the day before yesterday, and it is thanks to this Lang Jun that he helped A-Yao get justice......

As for the future son-in-law, Zhou never dared to think about it: "But people are noble sons, my A-Yao has been married and had children, and they are not compatible, and they are not ...... to A-Yao today."

She thought the same as Chu Yao, thinking that Jiang Qing came to Qiuhe when she left.

"It's not at your family, but at Cousin Yao?" The women were old and their eyes were sharp, and they shook their heads after listening to Zhou's words, "No, I think it's for your family...... Yao."

Zhou still didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "Don't make fun of my A-Yao......

With Jiang Qing's resignation and their help, the things that could have been moved in two hours were emptied in more than half an hour.

Chu Yao took one last look at the empty courtyard, and then locked the door.

Zhou and his neighbors instructed again: "If my two sons come back one day, you must tell them that we have moved to the city and live in Shuanghuai Lane next to the tile shop, and tell them to go there to find us......"

When Chu Yao heard these words, her heart couldn't help but feel pantothenic.

After many years, there is no news of her two elder brothers, and the people who were arrested and sent to the army with her brothers have all come back alive, even if they are killed in battle, there are letters and pensions sent back, but her two elder brothers have not seen anyone alive, and they do not know life and death.

Jiang Qingci invited Chu Yaoqiuhe and Zhou to ride in his carriage, and let his two servants take care of the luggage in an ox cart.

In the car, Jiang Qingci was a little surprised: "I just heard from my aunt that your newly bought house is in Shuanghuai Lane, so coincidentally, my family also lives in that alley......"

"Really?" Chu Yao was stunned for a moment, "It's really a coincidence, but I really didn't know that your mansion was also there......"

"In the future, we will be neighbors, if there is anything you need help with, just ask."

"Yanai has already helped me a lot, and I don't even know how to repay ......"

"What do you say about repaying or not, if Mrs. Chu is my friend, you don't have to be polite to me." As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and took out two palm-length white porcelain long-necked bottles from the wooden box on his side, "I heard you mention peach blossom dew the day before yesterday, so I asked someone to go to Jiarenzhai and buy two bottles, you try it, if it is easy to use, I will go back and ask someone to buy more ......" said and handed it to Chu Yao and Qiu He.

Jia Ren Zhai is the best fat powder shop in Suizhou City, the things in it are excellent, and the asking price is naturally quite daring. In the past, when she was still in the Lu family, she would occasionally go shopping with the two girls of the Lu family, and it would cost more than a dozen taels of silver to buy a few sporadically.

I don't know how much these two bottles of peach blossom dew cost?

It seems that he really likes Qiu He, and what she coaxed Qiu He to say casually that day was actually listened to by him, and he specially asked someone to go to Jia Renzhai to buy it.

I was stained with the light of autumn lotus, and I also got a bottle.

Qiu He was overjoyed, accepted it with joy, and thanked him shyly: "Thank you, Jiang Yanei." ”

"Let the Yanai break the bank." Chu Yao had a smile on her face, but she was thinking in her heart that the money she spent on peach blossom dew could not make her family go out in vain, and she would have to pay him a bigger thank you gift when she turned around.

The favors owed to him are snowballing, getting bigger and bigger.

When they arrived at the new house, it was already noon, and the ox cart pulling the luggage had not yet arrived, so they were so tired that they found a place to sit and rest.

A few days ago, Chu Yao found someone to clean the house inside and out, and it was quite clean, but there was no furniture. Qiu He sat on the swing, tired and drowsy. Jiang Qingci sat on the stone bench, looked at the house, and praised her for her good vision. Because Zhou didn't contribute, he was in good spirits at the moment, wandering around at will, and the more he looked at this courtyard, the more he liked it.

Chu Yao was not idle, she planned to go to a nearby restaurant to order some meals, and when the ox cart arrived, everyone would have lunch together.

"I'm going to buy some food at a nearby restaurant, what do you want to eat?" She asked.

When Qiu He heard what he was eating, he immediately happily reported the name of the dish: "Cousin, I want to eat Dongpo meat!" I still want to drink ginger honey water! ”

"Okay." Chu Yao smiled and looked at Jiang Qingci, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Jiang Qingci stood up: "I'll go to the restaurant with you and help you carry things......"

Chu Yao had the intention to keep him here and Qiuhe for a while: "Yanei should rest here for a while, I'll just go by myself, there are idlers in the restaurant, I'll just ask them to bring it back." ”

"It's okay, I'm not tired......"

"It's been a busy morning, how can you not be tired?" As soon as he stood up, Chu Yao just caught a glimpse of a cut in his clothes, which was about two or three inches in the position of his lower waist.

There were needles and threads in these small bags that happened to be moved over, and Chu Yao asked Qiu He to find them: "Qiu He, while it's okay at this moment, you can help Jiang Yanei mend his clothes." ”

"Well, good!" Qiu He glanced at Jiang Qingci, lowered his head and smiled, and quickly went to find a needle and thread.

Chu Yao went out of the house, although Jiang Qingci didn't tell her what she liked to eat, but she had eaten with him once before, and she still remembered where they ate and the dishes they ordered.

So she went to the restaurant again and ordered the dishes from the last time. In the early autumn, the four-cheek perch and lettuce are fat, as well as the Dongpo meat that Qiu He named to eat, Chu Yao paid the money after explaining the residence, and asked the shopkeeper to arrange the idle man to send it over.

On the way back, I went to the shop that sold cooked water, asked for ginger honey water and perilla cooked water, and slowly walked back.

There were not so many clouds in the early autumn afternoon, and the sun shone down brightly, and the streets were silvery, and in a short time the skin was a little reddened.

I knew I should have brought an umbrella to go out.

She was a little wilted from the sun, and she lowered her head to count the green bricks on the ground, and her steps became more and more procrastinated......

An indigo-colored straight coat suddenly appeared in front of her, and the pattern of the bamboo forest embossing pattern made her immediately recognize the other party.

Looking up, Jiang Qingci was holding a green umbrella, and the noble and elegant son was like a clear spring, standing on the silver street, smiling extremely kindly.

"I'll come," he took two jugs of boiled water from her with one hand, moved the umbrella above her, and turned to walk side by side with her, "Let's go, A-Yao......"

The last two words, as if with a little shyness, were extremely light, but they were still heard by Chu Yao.

Wait, something seems wrong?

Why don't you call her Chu Niangzi?