Red apricots make spring

Chapter 36
The woman was startled by her, she opened her eyes and looked at her blankly, smiled softly and wryly, and had no choice but to comfort her: "Mother, I have made up my mind on this matter, so don't worry about it."

"Alas—" the woman sighed, lowered her head, and said softly: "But my mother has some skills, and I don't want to see you suffer like this. Since you have made up your mind to redeem yourself, then go ahead... It's just mother What I said earlier was also the truth, if you don't listen, you will suffer in the future..."

Guessing that Mrs. Cai is coming back soon, seeing that she still wants to continue the old-fashioned conversation, Rou Rou can only interrupt her decisively: "If there is any trouble in the future, I will never blame my mother. Don't worry! But there is one more thing right now. I have to trouble my mother to do it."

"what's up?"

"The matter of redemption." Rourou thought for a while and said, "When you bring me back the five taels of silver tomorrow, let someone pass it on. Go and say hello to Madam."

When she heard that she wanted to see Mrs. Zhao Fu, she opened her mouth wide open again in astonishment, and asked after a long while: "I look like this, can Madam see me? What should I say when I see her?"

"Say you want to redeem me! Ask her how much ransom she needs." Wen Rou thought about this all night, and guessed that the ten taels of silver was not enough to redeem her body, so she took out half of it to solve the Wen family's food and clothing problems first. She didn't feel at ease with the remaining five taels, so she hid it by herself, and when she had saved enough money for redemption, she gave it to Ruhua's mother to redeem the deed of sale.

"But... but..." The woman waited for a long time, and finally said: "The Madam of the Zhao family knows our family background! If you have money, you won't sell your daughter. How could she believe that I have money to redeem you?" ? Don’t rely on you to steal something from the mansion. If you fail to redeem yourself, you will be beaten.” This was what she had been worried about before, and her daughter suddenly gave her so much money, so it must have been stolen, right?
"I didn't steal or rob, they have no evidence, how could they rely on me to steal something from the mansion?" Ruan Rou pondered for a while and said: "Well, you can say that I have betrothed to a family since I was a child, Later, the family got into trouble and moved away, and there has been no news for many years. You just think that the marriage is broken. Who would have thought that the son of the family suddenly came a few days ago, dressed in a bright coat and hat, so it is not decent. I got rich, and brought a betrothal gift to agree with you on an auspicious day to welcome me through the door, and when I heard that I was sold as a maid in Zhao’s mansion, I volunteered to pay some money to redeem me.”

Hearing this set of words, the woman was stunned for a while, with admiration in her eyes, but she couldn't even utter a word.Seeing her surprised look, Wenrou felt amused in her heart, after all those classics, novels and other miscellaneous books were not in vain when she was in school, and she made up a story and told a lie!Alas, she didn't want to lie either, she was just forced to be helpless!

"Mother, have you memorized it all?" Gently nudged the woman and asked inquiringly.

"Remember...remember..." The woman rubbed her hands on the hem of her clothes twice, smacked her tongue and said, "Rou'er, why do you think I'm so flustered? I won't say anything wrong tomorrow Right? What if my wife asks me about other things, and I can’t tell you what to do?”

"Don't be afraid, mother, you should go back and think about it carefully. Think about all the things my wife might ask you, and tell two lies. If you don't understand anything, when you come to see me tomorrow, ask me That's it." Rourou knows, in fact, the wisdom of ordinary people is not low, if Ruhua's mother talks to people of her same status, at least at such an age, it is not uncommon to hear and see things. One thing can be justified, the most important problem is that she is weak in nature and has never seen the big world, so she is prone to stage fright, so after thinking about it, she comforted her: "When you talk to Madam tomorrow, don't think about her identity. Noble, just treat it as a commonplace conversation with your neighbors, just take it easy."

"Hey, then I'll think about it when I go back." The woman replied in a panic, feeling a little restless.

Previously, Wenrou was somewhat afraid that she would covet her ransom money, so when she mentioned her plan to keep the money at home, Wenrou was once angry, and her face was a little stern. Looking at this woman now, it is not that she does not want to see her. Considering her daughter's future, it's just that secular concepts make her value her son more. At this point, she shouldn't be ignorant of the money to redeem herself. She felt relieved, her anger disappeared, and she became gentle with her again.How else could she be blamed?I can only sigh that her family is poor, if she is rich, why would she sell her daughter to raise a child?Most likely they should raise Ruhua as a treasure, just like what Su did to the third girl, Zhao Yan.

The two looked at each other in this room, each with their own thoughts, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, Rou Rou knew that it was Mrs Cai who had returned, so she hurried over to open the door, and saw that she had bought four-color snacks and was busy loading dishes Son, then smiled and said: "Don't bother mother-in-law, my mother said where to go." Then, she took the four-color dim sum, took two pieces of glutinous rice cakes and handed them to Grandma Cai, saying: "Save these dim sum for mother-in-law to drink with tea. Let's go." She handed the rest to the woman and said, "Mother, bring these to my younger brother so that he can recover from his illness with peace of mind."

"Hey——" the woman took it quickly, and she didn't know what to say anymore because she was so upset, she just chatted casually with Mrs. Cai, and then left.

Rourou accompanied Mrs. Cai to have a cup of tea, and she also said goodbye and went back. Along the way, she thought about what she said to Ruhua Niang, and found no loopholes, so she let go of half of her heart, and the other half of her heart was hanging. Worried that the Zhao family would ask for too much money to redeem her body, she would really have nowhere to go for it for a while, and besides, she didn't know if Ruhua's mother would be able to successfully complete the task she entrusted to her tomorrow, it was a bit mysterious to think about it!However, the boat will be straight when it arrives at the bridge. Don’t worry about tomorrow’s matter. It’s useless to think too much now. Why don’t you go to Mrs. Liu to discuss when you can sell food bills again, and you will probably be able to save enough The money for the ransom.

Thinking about something in her heart, she walked slowly. After walking for a long time, she hadn't arrived at Zhao Yan's yard. She looked up and saw that the fork in front of her was leading to the study of Mr. Zhao's mansion. She felt disgusted and speeded up Bu Zi, she didn't want to meet that old man who almost spoiled Ruhua at such a critical moment.

Unexpectedly, she had just turned a fork in the road and hadn't gone far when she suddenly heard a sobbing and crying sound behind her. She stumbled.

Rourou hurriedly supported the flower tree beside the road, stood firm and looked forward, her heart jumped suddenly, that petite figure, who is not Xiaohuan but who?

"Xiaohuan——" Rourou saw Xiaohuan running out in such a panic, she knew in her heart that something must have happened, and in a hurry, she had already completely forgotten the rules of the Zhao family's servants not to make loud noises, and raised her voice. Called her name, but Xiaohuan didn't seem to hear her, ignored her, just covered her face and ran to the big kitchen while crying, and disappeared after a while.

(End of this chapter)