Feng Heming

Chapter 58 And wait, I have a solution
"Let's go and have a look." Jiang Chuqing held Jiang Yuanxi's hand and was about to go there.

"Little lady, your sugar figurine." The old man just finished pinching the last sugar figurine.

Jiang Chuqing took the sugar figurine that looked like herself, handed the sugar figurine that looked like Jiang Yuanxi to her, and gave Ah Jiu a wink.

Ah Jiu nodded, took out a dime of silver from his purse, and handed it to the old man under cover. The old man felt the difference when he took it, and said quickly: "Little lady, you don't need so much. The little old man doesn't have so many copper coins. I'll give you back." .”

Jiang Chuqing smiled, "Old man, I really like the sugar figurine you made, so don't refuse, I'll hurry to see the situation over there too, old man, next time we meet, make me another sugar figurine."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Jiang Yuanxi away. The old man looked at the backs of the group, held the silver in his hand tightly, and sighed: "What a warm-hearted little lady, the Taiyi God will bless you all safe and happy."

In view of what happened to Jiang Yuanxi outside a few days ago, the guards guarded the two tightly this time, for fear of being bumped into.

The two stopped in a corner, and they could already see the scene inside.

A little girl about twelve or thirteen years old was kneeling there, her head bowed, she was dressed in sackcloth, her face was pale, and she looked sad. From Jiang Yuanxi's point of view, only her profile could be seen, thin and thin A kind of cyan color, presumably it should be the reason of not eating well for a long time.

There was a mat in front of her, on which lay a dead body, covered with a white cloth, with a few mosquitoes flying on it.

There is also a sign in front of the mat, which says "Sold one's body to bury one's father" in large characters. The handwriting is neat, and it must have been written by someone who can read.

There was no one within ten feet of the little girl and the mat, and everyone moved away from the corpse in unison.

Dead people are very unlucky, and everyone doesn't want to get involved, even Jiang Chuqing is pulling Jiang Yuanxi and standing at a certain distance.

What Jiang Yuanxi heard were the whispers of the onlookers.

"This girl is from the village next door to me. Five years ago, her aunt went to pick up firewood, rolled down the mountain, and broke her leg. Her father, in order to heal her aunt, was a servant who got up early and was greedy. Body, no, it can't last for these years, the couple walked back and forth, leaving her alone."

"Then why don't the people in the village help her father to clean up the affairs behind her?" Someone asked in confusion.

"Hey, her family just moved here. It took a few years to have two acres of land. In order to treat the disease, even the land was sold. The villagers helped her mother's affairs. Those who have the energy to continue to help punish her father?

It's not easy for everyone, and my son, daughter, and grandson are opening their mouths to eat. Besides, she is half-grown, and without her elders, everyone wants to help support her, but they are powerless. "

"That's right, children who are half-grown, eat poor old people, not to mention the county towns and villages around the capital, even here in our capital, there are some people who can't afford to raise children."

"Actually, there is a couple in my village. The family has six acres of land, and there is only one son under their knees. That son has a bit of dementia. He is still like a six-year-old child. He once wanted to adopt her as a child bride, but she said her father Mother made an appointment for her before she was alive, and she is unwilling to break her promise."

"He is a good boy who keeps his word."

These whispers fell into Jiang Yuanxi's ears, causing her to raise her eyebrows.

Jiang Chuqing, who was on the side, had already looked at the little girl with eyes full of admiration, "Keep her promise, and would rather sell herself than bury her father, she is pure and filial, she is really a good girl."

"Ajiu!"

Jiang Chuqing yelled, and Jiang Yuanxi hurriedly stopped her, "What are you going to do, Fourth Sister?"

"Give her ten taels of silver, and let her have enough money to bury her ancestors."

Jiang Chuqing looked at Wu Niang with puzzled eyes, "Could it be that ten taels of silver is not enough? Ah Jiu, how much silver did you bring?"

"Back to Si Niangzi, the servant brought out 50 taels of silver." Ah Jiu replied.

Jiang Yuanxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, as the fourth sister, she was always warm-hearted, she didn't want to see people suffer, and she didn't have a concept of money. She walked all the way before and took whatever she liked, and Ah Jiu was responsible for paying the money behind her, without asking the price at all.

The old sugar maker from before, because he heard that his livelihood was difficult, gave him a dime without even asking how much money he wanted.

It's the same now. Seeing that little girl is pitiful, she feels sympathy again, and she pays ten taels of silver when she makes a move.

Ten taels of silver is enough for a family of five in the capital to eat white noodles every day for three months.

Fortunately, the fourth sister was not stupid enough to really buy this girl back home. The servants of their aristocratic family have always had children from the family, otherwise they would have mixed with other people's spies, and the family would be like a sieve.

In particular, their Jiang family is extraordinary now, and there must be no mistakes. She has not forgotten that in her previous life, the Jiang family had no sign of rebellion, and the whole family was punished. Who knows what went wrong at that time?

"Fourth sister, do you know what ten taels of silver means? Ten taels of silver can buy two acres of good farmland, three acres of middle field, and five acres of good farmland in the counties and villages around the capital. If you give her ten taels of silver in public, I'm afraid When she walked out of the city gate, she was about to follow her to meet her father, and the family of three was reunited."

Jiang Yuanxi's words made Jiang Chuqing slap her forehead in frustration, "It was because I didn't think carefully enough that I almost did something bad with good intentions, so what should I do now? It's impossible to just watch her kneeling there, right?"

Jiang Yuanxi glanced at the kneeling little girl, and smiled inexplicably, "Fourth sister, don't worry, Wu Niang has a plan, just wait."

She beckoned to a guard, gave some instructions in a low voice, and the guard led away. Jiang Chuqing kept her lips pursed and listened quietly.

While the two sisters were waiting for the guards to return, there was a box in the restaurant opposite them, and there were four people sitting there.

The young man's clothes may be exquisite or luxurious, some are leaning against the railing, some are lying on the couch with their clothes loosened, their complexions are rosy and unrestrained, some are sitting leisurely and holding a wine glass and taking a few sips.

A young man lowered his head inadvertently, his eyes fixed sharply.

"Hey, why is that little girl here?"

Although his voice was low, the room had just gone through a fight, and it became quiet, and everyone else heard him.

"Hey, which girl can get the attention of Mr. Wen, let me see what she looks like."

Lu Zijin also looked around Li Zhongwen, and saw Jiang Yuanxi and Jiang Chuqing at a glance, "Hey, isn't that the girl from the Jiang family who had a good chat with Ah Zhong last time?"

"Huh? Where is it? Let me see!" Cui Yushu directly pushed Lu Zijin away and looked out the window.

"Sure enough, it's Wu Niang, and Si Niang is also there, but who is that man with a big belly?"

(End of this chapter)