Feng Heming

Chapter 57 Selling Yourself to Bury Your Father?

"Wu Niang, the third lady of the Gu family sent this to you. She said it was a mere gift. I hope you don't take offense." A Fang took a box and put it in front of Jiang Yuanxi.

At that time, Jiang Yuanxi was sitting on the couch, holding a scroll in his hand and reading it seriously.

Hearing A Fang's words, she took the box, opened it, and saw a letter on it, Jiang Yuanxi picked up the letter, and saw the thin paper under the letter.

Jiang Yuanxi read the six sheets of tissue paper, opened the letter again, shook his head with a smile, "This is not a mere gift, it's a big gift."

A Fang blinked curiously, Jiang Yuanxi covered the box, handed it to A Fang, and said: "The third lady of the Gu family has sent six rouge prescriptions as my thank you gift, you can take them to A Niang, and I will make them for you." Take out these rouges, and I will give you some to use when the time comes."

As a personal maid, Afang had known for a long time that Wu Niang hadn't used those rouges recently, so she promised, took the box and went to Shi'anyuan.

Jiang Yuanxifu continued to hold the scroll and look at it.

Less than half an hour later, the cleanliness in Wutong Garden was broken.

"Wu Niang, Wu Niang, great spring, don't stay in the yard, let's go out for a stroll."

A crisp and sweet voice sounded in Wutong Garden.

"Hi, four ladies."

The maids in Wutong Garden greeted An and saluted one after another.

Jiang Chuqing waved her hand, came to the study room familiarly, and saw Wu Niang in the study room without any mistakes.

"Sure enough, I knew you must be here."

Jiang Chuqing was not surprised, she knew long ago that if her cousin was Mu Xiu, she would still stay in the study.

Jiang Chuqing sat down beside Jiang Yuanxi, wrinkled her nose and looked at the scroll in her hand, snatched it bluntly, took a look, it was a copy of "Lushi Chunqiu".

She put it away and said, "You have memorized this book backwards when you were seven years old, why do you still take it so seriously?"

"The Master said: You can learn the new by reviewing the old, and you can be a teacher."

Jiang Yuanxi's words just started, but was interrupted roughly by Jiang Chuqing, "Stop! Good girl, you dare to say it to Fourth Sister, I think you are itchy, look at the trick!"

"Oh, Fourth Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, I don't dare to do it again, please forgive me"

Immediately, Jiang Yuanxi's laughter and begging for mercy resounded in the room. After a commotion, Jiang Chuqing finally put away her sinful hands and stopped scratching.

Jiang Chuqing pushed the strand of black hair from her ear back to her head, and squinted at Jiang Yuanxi, "Hurry up and tidy up, and go out with Fourth Sister. You are either studying ethnology or practicing martial arts all day long. I'm afraid you don't remember that you are a little lady." Alright."

Jiang Yuanxi was speechless for a moment, "Which clan brother is speaking ill of me behind my back?"

Jiang Chuqing let out a "puchi" laugh, "Get up, Fourth Sister won't tell you, lest you turn around and compete with them in the martial arts arena, and then Fourth Sister will be taught by her clan brother."

"But Aunt told me to shut myself up at home and think about my mistakes." Jiang Yuanxi said distressedly.

Jiang Chuqing smiled triumphantly, "I asked my aunt before I came, and my aunt said that as long as we bring enough guards, it will be fine."

Jiang Yuanxi got up, went back to the room and changed into a dress, Jiang Chuqing was eating some fruit when she came out, seeing her well, looked up a few times, nodded in satisfaction,

"That's right. A little girl from every family always hangs out with her brothers. Tell me, how long has it been since you played with your sisters? You've been with your brothers for a long time. I'm afraid you don't behave like those Brother Smelly is as rude as you, how will you marry in the future?"

Jiang Yuanxi smiled flatteringly, admitted his mistake obediently, and did not refute the fourth sister. The ambition she revealed to her grandfather was only a secret between their grandparents. She let go of such a bold statement once, and she will use actions later. Realize it, and the result will always be more convincing than the spoken word.

Jiang Chuqing looked at her well-behaved younger sister, squinted her eyes and stretched out her hands to pinch her face, and she couldn't put it down, "Why do you say that your girl's skin is so good, it's better than my nephew's skin, it's really unreasonable .”

Jiang Yuanxi let the fourth sister pull her face, muttering in his mouth: "It's three poles in the sun"

"Ouch, I almost forgot to go out for a walk because of you, girl, let's go."

Jiang Chuqing pulled Jiang Yuanxi and rushed out, followed by Jiang Chuqing's personal maids, Ah Jiu and A Fang, who hurried out.

"Wu Niang, let's make a sugar figurine." Jiang Chuqing left the mansion, like a bird flying free, chirping and chatting along the way, pulling Jiang Yuanxi along.

"Old man, make a sugar figurine for each of the four of us."

The old man laughed, "No wonder the old man saw a magpie when he went out today. It turned out that he met four fairies who came to visit him. Okay, little lady, the old man will pinch it for you later."

Jiang Chuqing had a big smile on her face, "Old man, you really know how to talk."

"What the old man said is the truth, I don't want to deceive you little ladies."

The old man's hands were fast and steady, while looking at Jiang Chuqing, he quickly squeezed the sugar figurine in his hands.

Jiang Yuanxi was on the side, also chatting with the old man about family matters, but they were asking about some family matters.

"Old man, do you have land at home?"

The old man sighed, "How can there be any land? The people living here in the capital are not as good as those in the countryside. At least those in the countryside still have a few acres of land."

Jiang Yuanxi asked again: "Then is the food in your family decent?"

The wrinkles on the old man's face seemed to have deepened a lot, "I can't live without it, the daily food is just like that, the ration is corn, I can only eat one egg in three days, and I can only eat one meal of white flour in five days.

Hey, it’s good to be able to fill their stomachs. It’s better than those ordinary people in the countryside. They depend on the weather for food. If the weather is bad, they may starve for a year. If they can’t make it, they will sell their daughters. "

Jiang Chuqing's eyes widened, and she couldn't hide her surprise. She was shocked by the old man's words. She didn't expect that there would be people at the feet of the emperor who would count the days to eat an egg. Eggs were in her order. It is the least appearing, who makes eggs the cheapest ration.

Jiang Yuanxi felt a little heavy in his heart, even the people in the capital had such a hard time eating, so what about the people outside the capital?

Just when Jiang Chuqing's eyes were full of sympathy and Jiang Yuanxi's heart was heavy, there was a sudden noise at the end of this street.

Many people gathered around to watch.

"Hey, what happened over there?" Jiang Chuqing looked at the movement there suspiciously.

The old man also took a look, and sighed again, "It's a little girl who is going to sell her body to bury her father, and she appeared here once yesterday."

"Sell yourself to bury your father?"

Jiang Chuqing's eyes widened slightly, she didn't want to be caught by something that was only in the storybook.

The old man explained: "Yes, both parents are dead. If she doesn't sell herself, she won't be able to live anymore. If she can be bought by a rich family and taken in as a maid in the mansion, it will be a fortune teller."

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Ah, little fairies of Koukou Book City, when you pass by, give a five-star praise, okay?

(End of this chapter)