Red apricots make spring

Chapter 246
ten days later.

Wearing clothes with two inconspicuous patches, Zhao Yan entered the Lu residence with apprehension.While waiting in the outer hall of the Wutong Pavilion, she quietly looked around at the furnishings around her, and found that there was no luxury, but very elegant.Although it doesn't look as gorgeous and rich as when her family was not defeated, but when people are in it, they feel very comfortable.Especially the broken-grained piano randomly placed on the table, judging from the cracked broken grains on the body, it has gone through more than 500 years of vicissitudes, which made her want to reach out and caress it. sound impulse.It's just that out of the corner of her eye, she saw a servant standing aside, constantly looking at one of her maidservants, she suddenly remembered her current identity, immediately suppressed the longing in her heart, and lowered her head to feel sad secretly.

As a child, although she couldn't blame her parents, Zhao Yan still felt resentful towards her father. If it wasn't for his many unrighteous actions in the past, how could he be inexplicably removed from his official position?How could the Zhao Mansion be suddenly overwhelmed by people with unknown origins and collapse to such an extent in an instant?Even his mother, Mrs. Su, was actually disappointed in him, so she was depressed all day long, and died of illness before she could live a long life.

Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, Zhao Yan quietly wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

The two older brothers were not angry either, and started grabbing the family property regardless of their father's serious illness.She managed to find the ginseng stored at home and made soup, and took a bowl to her father, but was snatched by her elder brother, who was counting antique calligraphy and paintings in her father's room, and fell to the ground with a violent throw, porcelain pieces were scattered all over the soup. Juice splash.The eldest brother also said coldly: "It's easy for the old man to die early, and you still give him ginseng soup? Look at the current situation of the family, is it someone who can afford ginseng soup? Prodigal daughter!"

Eldest brother harbored resentment towards her father, she only thought it was because of the betrayed Li family, although she felt that elder brother was shameless and unfilial, she never thought that he would be so cruel as to negotiate with second elder brother to sell her.The second brother finally couldn't bear it, and proposed to marry her. Who would have thought that the eldest brother snorted and asked back: "You raised her before she got married? The dowry was deducted from your share of the family property? And her money for selling herself, Should you give me half of it?"

Three sentences left the second brother speechless, and she even begged on her knees, willing to be a maid for the elder brother and the second brother, only begging them not to sell her, but the elder brother kicked her to the ground and shouted: "You Maid? What can you do if you don’t touch the spring water with your ten fingers? I have to buy two maids to serve you!"

Enduring the pain, she knelt and crawled to the second elder brother's side, holding his leg and crying bitterly, but the second elder brother turned his head away from her, and finally uttered in an embarrassing way, "Eldest brother is the father, I can't control this matter, you accept your fate! "

Hearing this, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley, but instead she raised her head and laughed loudly, smiling, but tears kept pouring out involuntarily.Does the second brother know the reason why the eldest brother is a father?His biological father, still paralyzed on the bed, witnessed all this with his own eyes, pointing at his two older brothers with bulging veins on his forehead, unable to say a word.

Sellers also pay attention to who they sell to.The second elder brother suggested selling her as a servant girl. As long as she works diligently and is favored by the master of the family, she can still be a concubine. Fortunately, she has a mouthful of food and can be served by others.The eldest brother patted him on the head and cursed: "Are you stupid? How much money can you get if you sell her as a maid? Look at her again, does she seem to be able to work? Don't be unable to do it at that time, and be beaten all day long." Get scolded!"

As the elder brother said, he turned his head and smiled flatteringly at her: "Elder brother still loves you as a girl, how about selling you to enjoy the blessings?"

She is ignorant and puzzled, can she still enjoy happiness after being sold?How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she shook her head vigorously, but she couldn't do anything about it. The eldest brother ignored her and turned around to go out. The second brother looked at her shyly, and slipped away quietly, leaving only her father, hanging With a deep breath, he wheezed on the bed.

The next day, the most famous Goulan old bustard in Yanchang City personally brought two turtle slaves to buy someone. Seeing her appearance, she smiled gently and kindly.She only thought that the old bustard was a good person, and thought that after all, he was her biological brother, so she would not be too cold and heartless, who would have thought that the next conversation between the elder brother and the old bustard would shock her as if struck by lightning, and she would stand there dumbfounded, unable to make a sound.

"Mom, don't you think my girl looks pretty good?" The elder brother smiled shamelessly.

The old bustard drank tea calmly, "No matter how good it is, it's not worth 500 taels of silver."

"I have allowed you to use the name of the Zhao family! The spoiled and spoiled girl in the big family knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She can write poems and songs as soon as she opens her mouth. With this gimmick, mother can make a lot of money every day! Besides, She is a girl with a yellow flower who has not left the court, if she is sold to death and never redeemed, why is she not worth 500 taels of silver?"

The older brother's words became more and more evil. She had already sensed that something was wrong, and she panicked like a mosquito. Who would have thought that the old bustard said again: "You just ask her if she is willing to accept her fate to pick up the guests. If she is obedient, I will give you the 500 taels of silver. But if she is disobedient, looking for life and death, one negligence, and she hits her head to death, wouldn't my money be wasted? I have to pay for her to buy a mat wrap!"

Only then did she realize where she was going to be sold, she was completely desperate, and before her elder brother came to ask her, she slammed into the corner of the table first——

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan unconsciously raised his hand to caress the bruise on his forehead that hadn't faded away, and smiled wryly.

Unable to seek death, a turtle slave with sharp eyes and quick hands stepped aside the table, and she fell headfirst to the ground. Before she had time to seek death again, she was picked up by her elder brother and slapped in the face, making her dizzy for a while. Immediately afterwards, he was tied up with rope by the two tortoise slaves.

At this time, she was completely dumbfounded, her eyes were dry, she couldn't even cry, she sat there in a daze, listening to her elder brother continue to bargain with the old bustard.In the end, the 300 taels of silver were sold, and the eldest brother happily held up the cinnabar ink pad to imprint his fingerprints. At this time, a throwing knife was shot from nowhere, and the elder brother's hand was firmly nailed to the table.

The eldest brother screamed miserably, and the old bustard jumped up and screamed, "Killer—"

The scene was chaotic, but for some reason, seeing her elder brother's miserable appearance covered in blood, she felt extremely happy in her heart!

At this time, two teenagers jumped into the house, both dressed in green clothes, and beat the two turtle slaves to the ground in two or three strokes, one of them even took off a shoe from the turtle slave's foot, and threw it away, the shoe flew away It got into the mouth of the old bustard, and she blocked her with two "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu".

"Whoever speaks again, the young master is going to start killing today!" The older man in Tsing Yi glanced coldly at the hall, and just pulled his shoe out of his mouth, the old bustard who wanted to scream again immediately said Swallowing it back, a mouthful of cold air entered his stomach, hiccupping because of choking, and afraid that this would be a noise, he quickly covered his mouth, opened his eyes wide, and looked at the two men in Tsing Yi in horror.

Her elder brother wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but just as he bent his knee, he touched the palm nailed on the table, and cried out "Ouch" in pain, but was slapped mercilessly, his face immediately swelled up, and tears welled up in his eyes He kept spinning around, but he didn't dare to cry anymore, so he just begged in a low voice: "My lords, if you like my sister, just take her away, she will be yours from now on, I just ask you to show your kindness and forgive me. dog's life..."

The younger person in Tsing Yi had always been very indifferent, but when he heard such shameless words, he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart. He glanced at her elder brother in disgust, reached for the pen and ink on the table, and scribbled on the paper. Write on it.

Another man in Tsing Yi stepped forward to help her up, and untied her from the ropes that bound her body.

She stood there, surprised and joyful, no matter what the identities of these two people were or what they wanted to do when they broke into her house, as long as they didn't sell her into the fence, she was willing to do whatever they asked her to do.

After a while, the younger man in Tsing Yi finished writing, lifted the paper and blew it lightly, and when the ink was dry, he put it in front of her elder brother and said, "Let's draw!"

She quietly raised her eyes to look at the paper, and saw that the paper was full of handsome and straight handwriting, she felt admiration in her heart, and couldn't help but look at the young man in Tsing Yi who was writing, who would have bumped into his cold and stubborn eyes , I don't know why, but my heart skipped a beat.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan's face burned slightly.

The two youths in Tsing Yi didn't snatch her, instead they handed over five hundred silver to his elder brother, dragged his elder brother's hand, and stamped their fingerprints on the deed of sale, stained with blood.Afterwards, she followed them all the way to Kyoto, stopping in a ruined temple for half a day on the way.She didn't know what they were going to do when they bought her, and they didn't talk to her very much. After spending a few days together, in their conversations with each other, she still understood the older boy in Tsing Yi, whose name was Yun Dan, and The younger boy in Tsing Yi was named Ye Yu.

She is already disheartened towards her family, her father is doing it on her own, and the two elder brothers may not end well in the future. From then on, they will go their separate ways and never see each other again!

Zhao Yan sighed softly, thinking about what Yun Dan and Ye Yu bought her for.Probably, he wants to be a maid in this mansion, but does it cost 500 taels of silver to buy a maid?

Just when he couldn't figure it out, Zhao Yan heard Yun Dan's voice behind him, "Madam, walk slowly, people can't run away."

She hurriedly turned around, looked up timidly, and was disappointed to find that Ye Yu hadn't appeared, but why did the woman who hurried over and was called Mrs. but dressed as a young girl look familiar? ?

Zhao Yan was looking her up and down wonderingly, but she stopped in her tracks, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Miss San, long time no see."
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(End of this chapter)