Yao Rong smiled and beckoned to Ye Heqi, signaling Ye Heqi to follow him.

The two have lived in Yefu for many years and are very familiar with the road in Yefu, Ye Heqi knew that she was going to the side door as soon as he saw the route Yao Rong took.

The small door was opened to facilitate the entry and exit of servants and the transportation of daily necessities, and Ye Heqi rarely went there, but he also knew that there was a gatehouse guarding there.

There is also a watchdog.

At night, the porter rests in the adjacent wooden hut, and whenever someone approaches the side door, the dog barks to wake the porter.

Thinking of this, Ye Heqi's heart suddenly lifted, wanting to remind Yao Rong, but he didn't dare to make too much movement, so he reached out and pulled Yao Rong's sleeve.

Yao Rong turned around.

"Dogs?"

Yao Rong nodded.

Ye Heqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Her mother knew that the dog dared to go through the small door, and there must be a way to deal with it.

At this time, it was the darkest time before dawn, the north wind was howling, the frost was biting, the few sycamore leaves were blown by the wind, and the heavy objects that were blown off by the wind were blown down, and they slammed on the ground with a "bang", and rebounded several times.

Ye Heqi's heart also jumped several times with "knock", "knock", and "knock", for fear that these noisy sounds would wake up everyone in Ye Mansion.

It's noisy.

She had never noticed that the night in Peking was so noisy.

Finally, the long, winding corridor came to an end.

The lantern hung high in the air emitted a faint glow, signaling that the destination was close at hand.

Ye Heqi also saw the dog.

It lay on its stomach on the ground, curled up in the wind, not knowing whether it was asleep or not, and its tail wagged from time to time.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, it jerked up from the ground.

Ye Heqi secretly barked badly in his heart, but he didn't hear any barking from the puppy. She turned her head to look at Yao Rong, her face was both surprised and happy.

Yao Rong smiled at her comfortingly, pulled her around the puppy, and came directly to the door.

The inside of the door was just locked with a deadbolt, Yao Rong moved lightly, pulled the deadbolt open, and quickly opened the wooden door to a distance for one person to pass through.

The wooden door that had fallen into disrepair was pulled between the doors, making a squeaky sound that made people squeak.

This movement could not be avoided, Yao Rong could only speed up his movements, pull Ye Heqi out together, and then quickly pull the wooden door closed.

Just as Yao Rong completed this series of actions, the porter walked out of the wooden house rubbing his sleepy eyes.

He looked at the side door, which was nothing unusual, and then at the dog standing next to the side door.

"Strange...... I guess the dog hit the door or the wind blew too hard...... Hey, it's getting colder and colder, no, no, no......"

The porter was so cold that he stomped his feet, and hurriedly retreated back into the house with his arms and neck bent.

Outside separated by a wall.

Yao Rong pulled Ye Heqi and ran wildly all the way.

Seeing that Yao Rong ran out of the alley and didn't stop, Ye Heqi gasped and asked, "Mother, where are we going?" ”

Everything happened so fast, so fast that their mother and daughter had not communicated in advance, and Ye Heqi didn't know Yao Rong's specific plans.

"We can no longer stay in Peking. The Ye family has a lot of contacts in Beiping, and it is easy to find us and arrest us back to the Ye ......Mansion," Yao Rong said as he ran.

She didn't say what she planned to do in the second half of the paragraph, but Ye Heqi's thoughts coincided with her: "Then let's find a rickshaw right away and let the rickshaw take us to the train station." We can find scalpers to buy train tickets to Shanghai. ”

"Okay, Shanghai is good, it's a big city."

After running for a while, Ye Heqi said strangely: "Mother, aren't rickshaws usually parked over there, why do we continue to run?" ”

It had already been some distance since he left Ye Mansion, Yao Rong's pace slowed down a little, and he had enough breath to say longer.

"When I was a guest in other mansions, I heard the wives gossiping about a concubine from a big family who ran away with her daughter, and finally ran out of the house, but because the rickshaw driver recognized them, he guessed from their words and deeds that they might have escaped, and he actually pulled them back and used them to get a large reward from that family."

This is not Yao Rong's nonsense, but it did happen in the memory of the original body.

The rickshaw driver got the reward, but the last hope of the mother and daughter was ruined......

When the original body heard the news of the mother and daughter again, the daughter had been forced by her father to marry a high-ranking official as a third room, repeating her mother's fate; My mother was crazy all day long in the back house, and her mind was a little unconscious.

Ye Heqi was stunned, sure enough, no matter how wide her vision is, when it comes to actual life experience, it depends on her mother.

"And how long are we going to run?"

"It's almost dawn." Yao Rong looked at the sky that was already white, "Go around this alley and go to the street." ”

Ye Heqi's thoughts also turned quickly, and he made up a reason at once: "If someone asks, we will say that my grandmother is sick, and we have to catch the earliest train back to our hometown to visit relatives." ”

Yao Rong's eyes bent: "Okay, just do it." ”

When the white of the fish belly gradually spread into a morning light, Yao Rong and Ye Heqi also came to the street.

There were already early shops that had opened for business, and a few pedestrians were wearing thick clothes and walking through the streets, so Yao Rong and Ye Heqi did not look abrupt.

"Madame, Mademoiselle, where are you going?" A sharp-eyed rickshaw driver pulled the cart to the two of them.

Ye Heqi said calmly: "Go to the train station, we rushed back to our hometown to visit my grandfather. ”

The rickshaw driver was not suspicious and smiled and let them into the car.

After getting into the car, Ye Heqi held Yao Rong's hand tightly, and kept looking at the city that was still half-asleep, feeling that he was also half-asleep.

It wasn't until the three big red characters of "train station" came into her eyes that she felt like she had suddenly woken up from her dream.

"Mother, it's time to get there."

Ye Heqi's voice and even his body were trembling.

Last night, Old Madam Ye was really angry with Yao Rong.

Old Madam Ye originally wanted to attack on the spot, and asked the housekeeper to drag Yao Rong's mother and daughter to the ancestral hall, when she realized her mistake, and when she would end the punishment.

But Mrs. Ye has been persuading her by the side, and the doctor came quickly, so Mrs. Ye did not mention this stubble for the time being.

After sleeping all night and feeling a little better, Mrs. Ye ate a bowl of porridge under Mrs. Ye's service, and ordered someone to bring Yao Rong and Ye Heqi over.

This time, Old Madam Ye learned a lesson, in addition to her and Mrs. Ye in the house, there were also a bunch of servants, as long as Yao Rong dared to disobey her like yesterday, she would directly let Yao Rong be pushed to the ground.

As a result, the servant went for a while and ran back sweating: "Old lady, lady and lady are not in the house......"

"I asked Cuihuan, who was waiting for Miss, and Cuihuan said that she hadn't seen Miss this morning......"

Old Madam Ye's face changed slightly, and she thought of the worst possibility: "You go again, go into their house, and see if they have any valuables?" ”

"And the rest of you—" Old Madam Ye instructed the other servants in the house, "all go out, search the doors of every room in the Ye Mansion, and then ask the main entrance and the two gatehouses on the side, and see if anything has been found this morning." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the servants who had gone out to inquire about the news returned to the house one after another.

Listening to their words, Old Madam Ye's face turned from blue to white, and then from white to blue.

In the past, Mrs. Ye went out to attend a banquet, and she had also heard that the concubine of a certain family had escaped.

But the concubine is not a serious master, and it is normal for her to want to run away after being mistreated.

Who would have thought that the two masters in the house would actually escape!

If this spreads, their Ye Mansion will become a joke in the whole of Beiping.

Thinking of that scene, Old Madam Ye couldn't help but cover her heart.

"Quick! Get the doctor here! Mrs. Ye instructed Mother Wang.

Wang's mother hurriedly ran out, but she thought in her heart: No wonder when she asked the doctor last night, her wife asked her to spend more money and let the doctor stay in Ye Mansion for two days before leaving......

Old Madam Ye almost couldn't get up in one breath, but she couldn't faint at this time, so she stiffly said to the housekeeper next to her: "Quick! Go to the train station to find someone, and after finding them, lock them all up in the firewood room! ”

Yefu was in chaos, and the two people who caused this situation were hiding in an uninhabited alley.

Yao Rong is very experienced, long before he escaped, he had already hidden all kinds of valuables close to his body, only some broken money and clothes were placed in his baggage, and the clothes he was wearing were also the most ordinary.

Ye Heqi also has this awareness, but she is not good enough.

Yao Rong helped her adjust it slightly.

There's no way, it's been a chaotic year, and there are all kinds of people on the train, and if you accidentally show your wealth, you may cause some trouble.

Even if Yao Rong is not afraid, but when he goes out, this kind of unnecessary trouble can be avoided or avoided.

"Alright, let's go buy tickets." Yao Rong said to Ye Heqi.

Ye Heqi nodded in response.

They found the scalpers first, bought two second-class tickets to Shanghai as soon as possible, and looked at the departure time door for a while, Yao Rong and Ye Heqi went to buy some steamed buns, sweet potatoes and eggs for their breakfast and lunch.

As soon as I finished eating a bun, the train entered the station.

Yao Rong and Ye Heqi immediately followed the flow of people and got on the train.

The second-class tickets are two dollars more expensive than the third-class cars, so most of the passengers here are brightly dressed.

Yao Rong and Ye Heqi sat in their places.

When the train finally started, Ye Heqi's originally straight back immediately relaxed, and a relaxed and comfortable smile appeared on his face.

"Mother, this is my first time going far away." Ye Heqi whispered.

From modern times to the Republic of China, she took a train for the first time.

Yao Rong said: "This is the second time. The first time was when I went to Beijing from my hometown to join Yefu. ”

Ye Heqi asked, "Mother, are you afraid?" ”

Yao Rong felt funny in his heart.

This question, she asked Ye Heqi if it would be more appropriate.

"Don't be afraid, I think it's better than staying in Ye Mansion no matter what."

Ye Heqi's eyes bent: "Well, mother, don't be afraid." We said okay, in Yefu, you protect me; Outside, it's my turn to protect you. ”

Yao Rong smiled and corrected Ye Heqi's words: "I'm not the same person I had to hold your hand when I went out two months ago. Now we are in a relationship of mutual protection. ”

Ye Heqi nodded: "Yes, it's to protect each other!" ”

Since recovering her memory, she has been deeply trapped in the gap between the two eras, unable to accept Mrs. Ye's arrangement calmly, and unable to completely resist Mrs. Ye's arrangement.

She tried to fight in the past, but her attempt failed, and her struggle was not taken to heart.

Just when she was at a loss, her mother pointed her the third way.

——Give up the comfortable life of Yefu and run towards an unknown fate.

It's a path she never envisioned before.

Ye Heqi didn't know what was waiting for her ahead, and she didn't think about what work she would do to make a living after escaping from Ye Mansion, but she felt-

After studying the characters for two months and reading the "Women's Daily" for a month, her mother dared to give birth to this kind of courage.

So how can she, a teacher who has lived in modern times for fifteen years, behave worse than her mother?

She's a traverser too!

"Mother, I will try. Your life after you escape, no matter what, will not be worse than staying in the Ye Mansion. Ye Heqi assured Yao Rong.

Yao Rong touched Ye Heqi's braid, and said softly: "As long as our mother and daughter work together, life will definitely get better and better, even if there will be many difficulties at the beginning, I am happy in my heart." ”

The two ate some more, and Yao Rong asked Ye Heqi to catch up on sleep for a while, and then make up for sleep when Ye Heqi woke up.

This year's iron train is really too difficult to sit, fortunately, the road from Beiping to Shanghai is very smooth, the train did not encounter any failure halfway to stop for maintenance, before Yao Rong and their hands finished eating, the train finally arrived in Shanghai.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange is completely different from Beiping.

Beiping is conservative and fashionable, with courtyard houses and tall western-style buildings staggered.

Here in Shanghai, as far as the eye can see, it is rare to see a one-story bungalow. Pedestrians come and go, and dress more modernly.

It was already dark when they got off the train, and Yao Rong and Ye Heqi planned to find a nearby hotel to rest for one night and then think about the follow-up arrangements.

Old Madam Ye and Mrs. Ye waited in the house for a whole day before waiting back for the housekeeper and his party.

Old Madam Ye was lying on the bed, with a wet towel on her forehead, and her face was extremely weak.

As soon as she saw the housekeeper, regardless of Mrs. Ye's obstruction, Mrs. Ye immediately lifted the quilt and sat up, looked behind the housekeeper, and said angrily: "You have been going for a day, and you haven't arrested anyone back?" ”

The corner of the housekeeper's mouth was bitter: "Back to the old lady, when we arrived at the train station, there were already three trains at the railway station, which were bound for Shanghai, Nanjing and Tianjin. After that, we stayed at the train station and didn't see the lady and the lady. Maybe...... Maybe the young lady and the lady escaped on one of those three trips. ”

Mrs. Ye stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Ye: "Mother, are we going to report to the official?" ”

"Reporter?" Old Madam Ye was so angry that she slapped Mrs. Ye's hand away, "You think our Ye family is not ashamed enough, right?" ”

She didn't have the slightest strength at this time, and Mrs. Ye was in pain, but she didn't dare to show it on her face.

Old Madam Ye propped up the bed with her right hand, her face changed back and forth a few times, and suddenly said, "For such a big matter, Fuguang must be notified." Write a letter to Fuguang and ask him to find a way to go back to Beiping again. ”

"It's the New Year." Old Madam Ye emphasized, "Let him come back with Wencui and Yaozu." If Wen Cui's woman still refuses to come back, then she will never have to enter the gate of our Ye Mansion in the future. ”：，，