Chitose words

Chapter 25
This matter seems to be a coincidence.

The three of them had just arrived in Pingzhou City today. They originally wanted to go to the market to buy some fresh hot cooking cakes to satisfy their hunger - after all, they had been traveling for several days and slept in the open, so they really should buy some hot food to commemorate their five internal organs. Temple.

Unexpectedly, it was a coincidence that they ran into a bad thing about being a coquettish young man and bullying men and women in the market.So it is natural to see the injustice on the road, and to help.

It's just that, as soon as the little girl announced her birth name, the three of them couldn't help laughing.

How do you say this?It's just a coincidence!
Ling Hu originally wanted to take advantage of the dead of night to go to the west of the city to have a look at the current situation of Yu's family, and then escaped quietly.

——He is also very poor now. He really can't leave any money to the Yu family, so he can only give his best.

Similarly, they expected that even if the Yu family was in dire straits, a skinny camel would be bigger than a horse, and they would not be able to look down upon the three of them who had a tael of silver that they wished they could part with.

In the end, what I didn't expect was that he casually meddled in a nosy matter, and it actually came to the head of the "righteous master"?

This is a bit difficult.

After all, for Yu Jia, their original plan was just to take a look at the current situation from a distance.

Entering the room?

The three of them frowned in unison.

Don't dare to think. Don't dare to think.

Han Changsheng quietly pushed Ling Or's thin back, and while he turned around, he quickly winked at him.

That meaning is very clear - we don't want to be confused, it's not easy for us to enter the gate of Yu Mansion!

Unless they make up a fake name, won't "En Gong" become a "dog thief" in a blink of an eye?
Ling or paused slightly, he looked away slightly, then lowered his head and said:

"Miss Yu, you don't need to be polite, but it's a little effort, you don't need to be a guest, we are in a hurry, we have already eaten."

Yu An'an was slightly startled, her gaze subconsciously fell on the oiled paper bag Han Changsheng was holding in his hand.

——Three uneaten hot pancakes leaked out of the pocket?
Have you really eaten it?

Or is it just an excuse?

Han Changsheng smiled awkwardly.

He turned his hand and hid the cooking cake behind his back, and began to fight haha ​​in order to hide it.

"Haha, I've eaten it, I've really eaten it. This is a snack I bought for my free time. It's just a snack."

Compared with Han Changsheng, Xie Zhaoke could handle it much more easily.

Xie Zhao didn't need to draft a lie at all. She calmly took over Han Changsheng's lame words, pretended to be full of drama, and scolded him:

"I told you to eat less. You are just growing taller every day, but not brains. You are making me laugh, right? Who is a good person who eats so many snacks?"

After thinking about it, she looked at the little girl with a slight look of disappointment in her eyes, and said with a smile:

"However, although we won't eat the meal, we still have to send the girl home to prevent the evil young man from turning around and causing trouble again."

Ling He and Han Changsheng looked sideways subconsciously, and looked at Xie Zhao calmly.

Hmm. How should I put it?

The word "provoking trouble" came from Xie Zhao's mouth, especially if it was someone else's, so it seemed so outrageous.

However, the kind-hearted Miss Yu An'an of the Yu family obviously did not understand Xie Zhao's "true face". After hearing this, she finally became happy again.

"It couldn't be better, thank you young heroes."

Yu Anan thought that it would take at least half an hour to go from the east of the city to the west of the city. At that time, she would chat with her benefactors together, and when she arrived at Yufu in the west of the city, she would invite her again. I agreed.

So, several people set off together and walked towards the west of the city.

Yu An'an was obviously just an ordinary boudoir girl, not a martial artist, so her steps were extremely small.

The three of them subconsciously slowed down, keeping their pace with her quietly.

As far as they were concerned, the distance that could have been covered by two sticks of incense actually took half an hour.

On the way, Xie Zhao suddenly asked: "Miss Yu, Xie Zhao has something unclear, I don't know whether to ask."

Yu Anan was slightly startled, and then said in a good-tempered voice, "Thank you, Miss, you are too polite, but it doesn't matter."

Xie Zhao let out a "huh", seeing people talking about people and talking nonsense when seeing ghosts, unexpectedly smiling like a spring breeze, full of elegance and integrity, all the banditry that a dog would think of on weekdays was swept away.

"I'm confused. This girl is the daughter of General Pingwei in the west of the city. Why is there no servant around me when I go out?

Miss is so beautiful, going to the bustling market in the east of the city alone, where there are many people of all religions and ranks, wouldn’t it be unbeautiful if I offend my lady.”

Yu An'an smiled when she heard this, but there was a hint of loneliness and embarrassment in that smile.

She was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "Miss Xie, are you kidding? How can I be considered a lady? Although the ancestral home in Yufu in the west of the city is large, it is an inheritance passed down by the ancestors. In fact, the family has long since declined.

When I was young, my mother dismissed the slave maids in the mansion, and our mother and daughter took care of everything in the house, and never left it to others. "

The three were startled when they heard this.

Han Changsheng immediately exclaimed, "Ah", "What? Such a big old house in Yu Mansion, but there are no servants at all?"

Xie Zhao also frowned, "Does the entire mansion only rely on two weak women, the madam and the young lady? How can you manage such a large area?"

What's more, they are still two weak women who don't understand martial arts and have no power to restrain a chicken.

Yu Anan smiled softly and said gently: "In fact, it is not difficult to take care of. Since the servants and maids were dismissed from the house, my mother locked up many houses in the house, leaving only a small courtyard outside the outer gate. .

Although the courtyard is small, it is enough for the daily life of our mother and daughter.There are also many chickens, ducks and geese raised in the courtyard, and a small vegetable garden has been established. Together with the gifts and pension money left by my late father, it is enough for us, mother and daughter, to live on. "

Xie Zhao, Ling or and Han Changsheng couldn't help looking at each other when they heard the words.

what?
Most of the ancestral mansion was locked up, leaving only a corner for them to live in?

Even though his family was in decline, he was still the descendant of a dignified and powerful general. How could he live in such a miserable state?

No wonder, even in the market in the east of the city, the unscrupulous rich and wicked even dared to bully her.

Ling or frowned.

"Miss Yu, what happened to the family? If there is anything we can do, I just say it's okay."

Yu Anan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that they were thinking too much, so she quickly smiled and shook her head and said:
"No, it's my mother"

She thought about it, and felt that this was no longer a secret in Pingzhou, so she didn't hide it any more, and continued frankly:

"That's what my mother meant. When I was young, I heard my wet nurse say that my mother's temperament had changed drastically since my father passed away. She was moody and angry. She was very different from the past.
Although I have never seen what my mother looked like, according to the wet nurse, my mother was the daughter of a wealthy family in Zhaoge. She was the most gentle and virtuous, and she was even more gentle and considerate in front of her father. She looked at me and said incoherently. Something.

In short, in the next few years, when I was about five or six years old, one day, for some unknown reason, my mother suddenly said with a cold face that the family did not need so many people to serve her, so she dismissed all the servants and maids in the palace.

Among them was my wet nurse. Even those who signed the deeds of selling themselves to death, my mother burned them in public and gave them severance pay. "

When Yu An'an said this, he smiled at them comfortingly.

"So, Yu's mansion has not encountered any accidents. The benefactors don't have to worry about me. The family didn't close the mansion because they didn't have money. It's just..."

"My mother is 'ill', it's a heart disease."

(End of this chapter)