Red apricots make spring

Chapter 56
"Open the door! Open the door, open the door!" The officer slammed on the door vigorously, and the knocking sound seemed to hit the gentle heart, which made her more uneasy.

"Who? Slapped my door so loudly, you are a funeral!" The old widow hurried out of the house, opened the door and wanted to continue scolding, who knew that the officer's conspicuous police uniform caught her eyes, and she finally stopped in time. Shut up, and said with a smile: "Guan Ye, what do you want to do with your old lady?"

The officer glared at her fiercely, raised the portrait in his hand to her eyes and said, "Look carefully, have you seen this person before?"

The old widow squinted her eyes and debated for a long time, then smacked her lips and said, "It looks familiar!"

Rourou hid behind the door and heard this, almost vomited blood, really wanted to run out and cover her mouth, endured and endured, and finally stood there without moving, only to hear the butler of the Zhao residence ask in surprise: "Where did you meet? Hurry up Say!"

"Let me think about it, let me think about it—" The old widow sighed and said, "This man is old, his brain is not working properly!" She looked at the portrait carefully for a long time, and suddenly said: " I remembered!"

"Say!" The official was almost lost his temper by her, and his gentle heart was hanging in the air.

"Isn't this girl the third daughter of Li's family diagonally across the door?" The old widow praised: "Like! The painting really looks like it!"

"That house?" The officer pointed to a house diagonally across the door and asked, "Is that right?"

"Yes, it's his house!" The old widow nodded.

As soon as the officer turned around, he wanted to go to knock on the door, but the old widow hurriedly stopped him and said, "Officer, where are you going?"

"Search people!"

"What? You also search for dead people!" The old widow was startled, and forgot about her taboos. She spit twice and said, "The third daughter of the Li family died of a sudden illness in the first half year! Sir, why are you looking for a dead person?"

"Puff..." Wenrou couldn't hold back, she burst out laughing, fortunately through the door, her laughter was low, so no one noticed, only the official was so angry that he yelled for a while, and the butler of Zhao's residence was beside him She kept trying to persuade him to calm down, and the old widow also smiled and said good things. After a while of confusion, the official sent it off, glared at the old widow, and walked away.

Wen Rou heard that they had gone far, quietly opened the door and came out to have a look, and saw the old widow leaning against the door, threading needles in the sunlight, muttering something vaguely in her mouth, and only when she got closer did she hear what she was doing. He was cursing the official.

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Rourou quickly thanked her. Of course, she was not stupid enough to think that the third daughter of the Li family who passed away was really similar to Xiaohuan in the portrait. She also knew that the old widow's eyes were poisonous. Who is the person in the picture.She immediately recognized it, and even covered it up for Xiaohuan, this kind of favor is great.

"Thank you? What are you thanking me for?" The old widow pretended to be stupid, she just pushed her away, and patched the soles of her shoes again, then she rolled her eyes and said softly, "For some reason, I feel a little hungry inside."

"What does mother-in-law want to eat? I'll go and make it for you!" The old widow pretended to be stupid, and she was gentle and didn't point it out. Even if this matter was passed, anyway, the official will not come back to search for people, and it can be regarded as another hurdle. .

"Lao Luo, I lost all my teeth, and I can't chew anything, but the sesame jelly you brought yesterday, I tasted good." The old widow squinted her eyes and continued to repair the soles of her shoes.

"It's easy, I'll do it when I get back." She replied with a gentle smile, and then looked around the room worriedly, just happened to see Xiaohuan poking her head and looking out quietly, the two of them looked at each other, and their eyes were relieved Congratulations.

When she got home, Rourou was about to cook cold dumplings, but she was grabbed by the terrified mother Wen and asked anxiously, "What happened? I think the person in the portrait really looks like a little... happiness……"

"Mom, you didn't say anything just now, did you?"

"No, I didn't have time. You came back just as soon as they came to the door."

"That's good." Rou Rou said with a reassuring smile: "It's nothing, don't panic, if you keep your tone tighter from now on, nothing will happen. Mom, don't worry."

"But..." Mother Wen always felt that her heart was in a state of confusion, and she wanted to ask clearly.

Gentlely sighed: "Mother, don't worry about it, I'm going to make sesame cold dumplings now, you help me clean up the pig's feet I bought, and I'll make sauce-roasted pig's feet in the evening."

The weather is getting colder every day. After lunch, Xiaohuan brought the sesame balls to the old widow. When she came back to look for Wenrou, she was holding a thick cotton padded coat in her hand. She watched Mama Wen go into the kitchen to wash the dishes. Going back to the house, Lin Ruan bought the stickers for him, then lowered his head and handed the padded coat to Rou Rou: "It's getting colder, I thought that my mother had nothing to eat or wear in the prison, so I was in a hurry to wear it for the past two days. Can my sister find a way to bring this padded coat to her for me?"

Wenrou stretched out her hand to take it, and saw that although the stitches on the cotton-padded jacket were a little crooked and uneven, they were tightly stitched, very strong and durable, and said with a slight smile, "I said, why have you been so exhausted these past two days, have you been rushing to sew this cotton-padded jacket day and night? Don't burn your body!"

"It's not hard, anyway, I'm naughty when I'm idle." Xiaohuan has always been preoccupied recently, she doesn't laugh like she used to, and she has matured a lot.

Sighing softly, he stroked Fu Xiaohuan's hair and said, "I'll try it, I just happened to make some more sesame dumplings, and I'll take them to your mother together."

That's what I said, but I didn't see Mrs. Liu in the prison for three days in a row, and there was nothing I could do about her gentleness. Fortunately, I made a little more money selling food orders today, and at most broke a little money. Anyway, she gave money to the jailers every time. They are all willing to accept it, and they are not allowed to see Mrs. Liu, probably because they think the money is too little, but there are really enough jailers in charge of the prison, and the little money she bribed them is really not enough to put between the teeth if it is scattered among everyone. .

This time, Rourou went to the bank to exchange a hundred taels of silver in advance, but she didn't expect to pay a handling fee of three taels of silver!This is a big loss, two hundred taels of silver bills, a total loss of six taels of silver, enough for half a year's living expenses of a small family!Moreover, the cash that was exchanged was troublesome for her to carry with her. 97 taels of silver, calculated based on the catties she used in modern times, weighed about six or seven catties, but fortunately she had considered this issue in advance. He brought a bag, took the silver, stuffed it into the bag, hung it on his wrist, and walked out of the bank with a calm expression.

She took the money home first, and hid it secretly in the attic. She only took out 30 taels, wrapped it together with the cotton padded clothes made by Xiaohuan, and sesame dumplings, and put them in the bag, and then went out again to the yamen. Go to the prison.

Because she had been there many times in the past few days, all the guards knew her. As soon as she showed up, the skinny prison head immediately frowned and shook his head at her, signaling that she should not be allowed to see Mrs. Liu.

Wen Rou was not in a hurry, before approaching, she took out the money wrapped in oil paper from the bag, put it in the hands of the prison head, and said with a smile: "I made some food today, please give me a favor from some officials, and try it." Bar!"

(End of this chapter)