Red apricots make spring

Chapter 202
Stepping into the door, Rourou glanced first, and found that there seemed to be no one in the house, she called mother a few times, but no one responded, and was about to go to the kitchen to have a look, Xiaohuan had already gone in before her, and she would turn around soon He came out and said: "The kitchen has prepared a lot of dishes, but the aunt is not here, could it be that she went to the next door?"

"Go and have a look?" Mrs. Liu suggested.

Ruan knew that they were curious about why Zhao An came here, so she didn't object, she nodded, and went to the next door to knock on the door.

Soon Yun Dan came out and opened the door, seeing them, she immediately smiled and said: "But you are here to find the old lady?"

"Yeah." He said with a gentle smile, "Is my mother here?"

Yun Dan welcomed them in, and said: "The old lady and the master went out together, and they will be back in a while."

Mama Wen going out with Lu Ce?Wen Rou was very surprised when she heard the words, and blurted out, "What did they do?"

"This, the little ones don't know too well."

Although Yun Dan said so, he obviously understood it from the look on his face, probably he just didn't want to say it.Wen Rou didn't ask any further questions, and looked around the house in a blink of an eye, and found that the layout of this house was similar to the one she lived in, but it looked more desolate. After all, it hadn't been lived in for a long time. However, it is not possible to arrange the plants in a short while.

Xiaohuan and Aunt Liu also turned their heads to look around, seeing that there seemed to be no one else in the house except Yun Dan and a newly bought maid, they couldn't help showing a bit of disappointment on their faces.

"Husband..." Yun Dan told Madam to follow her words, almost forgot to turn around for a while, but fortunately she stopped in time and said with a smile: "What are you looking for, girl?"

"I didn't find anything." Gentle denied, before confirming that Lu Ce's new servant was Zhao An, she didn't want to reveal her reason for coming.

Fortunately, Yun Dan didn't ask any further questions, and welcomed them to the living room to sit down, and asked the newly bought maid Yan Luo to serve tea, while he stood aside and talked with her.

Not long after, the courtyard door squeaked and was pushed open.A man dressed in commoner clothes with a sad expression on his face walked in first with a large bag in his hand, followed by Lu Ce and Mama Wen.

"Wei Dao went to the restaurant to look for you but was in vain, so you have come back." Mother Wen raised her eyes to see Wen Rou, a smile appeared on her face immediately, she was about to continue talking, but she saw a strange expression on the faces of Wen Wen and others, Their eyes also stared blankly at her side, and when they turned around, they found that the person they were looking at was not Lu Ce, but the newly bought servant, and what was even more strange was that the servant was also staring blankly at her. They, with extremely surprised expressions, couldn't help wondering very much in their hearts.

"You guys know each other?" Lu Ce noticed that everyone looked wrong and asked.

No one spoke, Yun Dan and Wen's mother didn't know it, Wen Wen and the others had mixed feelings in their hearts, and they didn't know where to start, but Zhao An was uneasy, and didn't know whether to say they knew each other or not. After all, in retrospect, Wen Wen, Xiao Huan It's not suitable for the three of them, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu, to talk about what happened in the Zhao Mansion back then.

In the end, Ruan Rou spoke first. She stood up and bowed to Zhao An, and said with a smile, "When I was in Zhao's residence, I took care of her a lot. I didn't expect to see him again."

"I... small... no... dare not accept the gift..." Seeing that although the fabric of Wen Wen's clothes is not luxurious, it is not affordable for ordinary small families. It is obvious that her status is different from the past, Zhao An couldn't help guessing secretly that she was the mistress of the house, and she wanted to go forward to return the gift, but she was holding something in her hand, and she didn't dare to say something to reminisce, so she froze there for a moment, panicking at a loss.

Seeing this, Lu Ce smiled slightly, and without interrupting their conversation, he only motioned for Yun Dan to take the things in Zhao An's hands, turned away the servant girl, picked up an empty chair and sat down.

Mother Wen really wanted to ask, but she knew it was not appropriate to intervene at this time, so she sat down silently like Lu Ce, but her eyes kept rolling, looking at this and then at that.

"Brother Zhao An." Xiaohuan also rushed forward and gave a salute. After seeing Zhao An, she didn't feel panicked or afraid, because she knew beforehand that he was an excellent person.

Zhao An returned a salute in a panic, and stammered: "Xiao...you are Xiaohuan..." He turned his head and looked at Sister Liu again, "Sister Liu...you already..."

"It's hard for you to remember me." Aunt Liu was filled with emotion, wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, and forced a smile, "If you don't talk about the past, how could you end up here?"

Zhao An was touched by this question, his expression became even more dull, and his head was lowered even lower.

Seeing him like this, Wen Rou knew that there was something hard to say, so she immediately interrupted and laughed: "But I was confused, I just focused on talking, and forgot to have dinner, what's the matter, let's talk slowly later..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhao An suddenly knelt down, didn't speak, and only kowtowed to Wen Rou.

"How do you say..."

Ruan was flustered, and was about to go forward to help Zhao An, when he took another two steps on his knees, turned to Lu Ce, kowtowed, and said in a crying voice: "I beg, please be kind, can you take me The daughter-in-law bought it together?"

"Your wife?" Before Lu Ce could speak, Xiaohuan couldn't help but burst out in surprise. She remembered that when she left Zhao's residence, Zhao An didn't marry a wife.

"Get up and say something." Although Lu Ce had doubts in his heart, he didn't show the slightest bit on his face, he just gave Yun Dan a wink, Yun Dan understood, and immediately stepped forward to help Zhao An up.

"Is your daughter-in-law also from the Zhao family?" Wen Rou asked slowly.

"Mrs. Hui—" Zhao An wanted to kneel again, but Yun Dan held her arm tightly and couldn't kneel down.

This statement made Wen Wen extremely embarrassed, she glanced at Lu Ce uneasily, and argued, "I'm not a lady...you don't have to be so..."

"A girl like a flower..."

Zhao An didn't know Wen Rou's real surname, so he changed another address in a panic. Who would have thought that when Lu Ce heard the name, his eyes would turn on Wen Rou's face, and he said with a suppressed smile, "It really looks like a flower like a jade."

Is this a compliment or a sarcasm?Wen Wen was even more embarrassed, unable to even speak, but fortunately Xiao Huan reminded Zhao An and said: "My sister's surname is Wen."
"Miss Wen!"

This time it was finally right, she let out a soft breath, and found that fine beads of sweat had ooze from the tip of her nose, she quickly waved her hands and said, "Don't worry about calling me, let's talk about things quickly, what's wrong with your wife?"

"I don't know if Miss still remembers Xiaoyan?" Zhao An took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "She is the rough envoy of the Zhao family..."

"Xiaoyan?" Mrs. Liu vaguely remembered.

Hearing this name, Rourou couldn't help but think of the night when she got lost and lost her way, her mood darkened, she nodded and said: "I remember her."

"I remember that too." Xiaohuan wondered, "Why, did Sister Xiaoyan marry you?"

"Yes——" Zhao An lowered his head even lower, with an unconcealable sadness in his tone, "She and I were both sold out of the Zhao Mansion, and after going around for a while...we separated...now we don't know. Is she dead or alive..." At this point, his voice choked up, and it was obvious that the husband and wife with Xiaoyan had a very strong relationship in the past.

Wen Rou felt sorry for him when he heard the words, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

Mother Wen couldn't help but interjected: "It's a crime to break up the husband and wife!"

"Is that old man Zhao doing it again?" Speaking of Master Zhao, Aunt Liu gritted her teeth with hatred.

Xiaohuan felt the same way, bit her lip and remained silent.

"No..." Zhao An said hoarsely, "It's that poisonous woman of the Li family!"

When Li Shi was mentioned, he gritted his teeth with hatred. A man who was originally quite strong, his eye circles were red at this moment, and he immediately told what happened to him.

It turned out that not long after Ruan Wen and Xiaohuan left the mansion, Zhao's mansion allocated some older maids to the servants who were supposed to marry, and Xiaoyan was assigned to Zhao An.At first, the two just made do with each other, but as time went on, they developed some feelings for each other, and when Xiaoyan became pregnant, the two became more and more inseparable.

But at this time, the master of the Zhao family collected a lot of money, went to Beijing to open up joints in various places, and donated to the government. The second wife, Mrs. Li, couldn't bear to be lonely, so somehow she hooked up with Zhao Qi, the eldest son of Master Zhao.At first, the two of them were sneaking in and out of each other. Later, because Su was seriously ill and bedridden, he lost all scruples. He even dared to do that indecent thing behind the rocks in the garden in broad daylight. It happened that Xiaoyan bumped into him, and Li Annoyed and ashamed, she relied on her to steal her jewellery, was gagged, dragged her to a small courtyard, and beat her hard. When Zhao An got the news and rushed to intercede, the child in Xiaoyan's belly was dead. Got knocked out.

When Zhao An narrated this experience, his tears couldn't hold back. He was afraid that people would see him, so he just lowered his head, clenched his fists, and bit his lips to bleed. They all wiped away their tears, and urged him: "What happened later? How did you escape?"

"Thanks to the third girl..." Zhao An choked up and said, "She happened to pass by that day... Although she didn't know what it was, she pleaded for us again and again... That poisonous woman of the Li family is no more than her favor... And he was worried about keeping us in the mansion, so he immediately...called someone to go...to sell our husband and wife..."

Speaking of this, Zhao An couldn't restrain his grief, his body was trembling non-stop, he only held his face with his hands, and wept bitterly.
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(End of this chapter)