Queen's Development

Chapter 35 Mother and Daughter
After writing the letter, Lin Jia ordered Ah Qing to invite Ye Chunshan over.

Ye Chunshan is a close friend of his father, King Xingping County. This time Lin Jia came to Zhao County, because he was worried that he would not be able to convince the public because he was young, so the King of Xingping County sent Ye Chunshan over, and brought the most elite guards of the palace—— —According to the system, the king of Xingping County can raise [-] soldiers to guard the palace, and the [-] soldiers brought by Ye Chunshan are all carefully selected from the soldiers of the king of Xingping County!

Ah Qing was a ghost, so she went straight out of the county government office and went straight to the martial arts field opposite the county government office.

Ye Chunshan was practicing in the martial arts field with his guards in the snow. Hearing that the county magistrate had an invitation, he ordered his deputy Shen Xin to continue to direct the drill, and he followed Ah Qing to the county government through the snow.

Lin Jia was standing in front of the back window looking at the flying snow outside, when Ah Cheng's voice came from outside: "Master, Master Ye is here!"

After pondering for a while, Lin Jia said lightly: "Master Ye, please come in!"

Ye Chunshan, who was wearing the uniform of a fourth-rank military officer, walked in. A thin layer of snow fell on his body, bringing a layer of cold air as soon as he entered.

Lin Jia glanced at Ah Cheng.

Ah Cheng stuck out her tongue, quickly took a duster, and helped Ye Chunshan brush the snow off her body.

When only herself and Ye Chunshan were left in the room, Lin Jia lowered her eyes and said slowly, "Master Ye, I have something to trouble you for."

Ye Chunshan immediately got up and said respectfully, "Sir, please tell me!"

Lin Jiajun blushed slightly, and said slowly: "I want to ask Mr. Ye to help me investigate a person."

Ye Chunshan stared at Lin Jia with bright eyes, waiting for Lin Jia's next words.

Lin Jia's face was hot, and he knew that his face must be blushing, so he took a deep breath and told himself in his heart: Lin Jia, why are you blushing?You haven't done anything shameful!
But no matter what he did to build his mind, the heat on his face just couldn't go away.

Lin Jia was completely desperate for her thin skin, and sat there in a daze, without saying a word.

Ye Chunshan is a close confidant of Xingping County King Lin Tao, so he naturally knows that this handsome and sickly young man in front of him is the most beloved son of Xingping County King, and also the most beloved nephew of the current Yongtai Emperor Lin Yuanpai, but he is different from his father, Xingping County King Lin Tao. There are two extremes - as a father, Lin Tao has no integrity and is extremely shameless; while as a son, Lin Jia is the most shameless, and has both mental and physical cleanliness, which has reached the point of pathology.

Seeing that Lin Jiajun's face was blushing, and Xiuchang's eyes were watery, Ye Chunshan remembered what the prince told him before he left-"If Ajia's face is slightly red, it means that he is just shy; if his face is completely red , his eyes seem to be covered with a layer of water, you must not think that he is shy, he is angry with himself!"

Ye Chunshan was able to climb to the position of fourth-rank military officer at a young age, so he was naturally extremely thoughtful. He stood there without saying a word, watching his nose, nose, nose, and heart, as if he had forgotten the passage of time.

Lin Jia picked up the almost cold tea on the desk and took a sip. The slightly cold tea made the heat on his face slowly drop.

Only then did Lin Jia continue: "Lord Ye, help me check Li Xixi in Yanzhi Lane, who she has been with on weekdays, and what relationship she has with the county magistrate Hu Yingzhi and the county captain He Lianshan."

Ye Chunshan cupped his hands and saluted, and said respectfully, "Master, you asked me to check Li Xixi from Rouge Lane, right?"

Lin Jia knew that Ye Chunshan was careful, so she nodded her head just to make sure.

As soon as Ye Chunshan left, He Lianshan came.

After talking about business affairs, He Lianshan smiled and talked about what happened last night: "Fortunately, the lord left first last night. The lord walked ahead, and the official also left, but when the official left, the snow had already fallen heavily. It's a bit slippery, it seems that Mr. Hu's treat, but he didn't choose the right time!"

Lin Jia looked up at Helian Shan, her long eyes were clear: "Master Hu treats guests? Didn't Lord Helian know about it before?"

He Lianshan knew that Xiaozhi County was testing him, so he argued: "My lord, the lower official originally proposed to have a large private room in Meixilou, the largest restaurant in Zhao County, and all the officials would accompany you to have a drink together. Mr. Hu proposed to go to Yanzhi Lane, and the lower officials have just arrived, and they are not familiar with the county officialdom, so they agreed."

Lin Jia looked at He Lianshan's eyes and found that he had typical double eyelids and big eyes. The eyes under the sword eyebrows were black and white, very clear, so she smiled slightly, changed the subject, and talked with He Lianshan about the imperial examination in Zhao County : "Lord Helian, I heard that Zhao County has not had a Jinshi for ten years, and a Juren for five years. What's going on?"

He Lianshan's expression suddenly became serious, and said: "My lord, after I came to Zhao County, I also heard that Mr. Hu, the county magistrate, was the last one from Zhao County to be elected. For five years, there was no one in Zhao County. Admitted."

Lin Jia said in a gentle voice, "What do you think is the reason?"

His expression is a normal expression of superiors caring for subordinates, and his voice is very gentle, but this expression is paired with his childish 16-year-old handsome face, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't go well.

He Lianshan simply lowered his eyes and did not look at Lin Jia: "My lord, although I don't care about the county school, I have also studied this issue. I think there are many reasons, but there are two most fundamental ones. One is the atmosphere of the entire Zhao County. There are problems, and the second is that the county school has not been properly run.”

As soon as Lin Jia heard it, she felt very concerned, and looked at He Lianshan with a smile: "Master Helian, please continue!"

He Lianshan continued: "Zhao County was famous for being rich in handsome men and beautiful women in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so much so that the family concubines raised by the rich and powerful in the capital were prolific in Zhao County, and in the courtyards, Zhao County was often used as a signboard. There was an atmosphere."

"The people of Zhao County benefit from selling their sons and daughters. Most of them think that reading and literacy is not as good as selling their sons and daughters. The reading atmosphere in He County is not strong. As for the county school, if you have time, I will accompany you to take a look!"

He was the son of a general, but his father passed away and his family fell, so that the dignified Wu Jinshi was reduced to serve as a county lieutenant in Zhao County.

Since he came to Zhao County to be an official, He Lianshan was naturally passionate and wanted to do his part to manage Zhao County well, but after a few months of coming, He Lianshan found that the entire Zhao County Like a pool of stagnant water, I can't change the entire officialdom in Zhao County, so I can only do my own job well, and then muddle along.

Now that Lin Jia is a young magistrate, He Lianshan puts his hope of change on Lin Jia.

As the snow fell harder and harder, Yuzhi and Qingcha held an umbrella together, followed the instructions of the grocery store clerk, arm in arm with each other, walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and finally reached the first alley.

There is a wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the alley, engraved with the three characters "Grandma Wu".

Yuzhi smiled and pointed to Qingcha: "Qingcha is here!"

Qingcha also became happy and said, "Let's go!"

Holding an umbrella in her left hand and tea in her right hand, Yuzhi turned into the alley.

The snow in the alley was so thick that Yuzhi and Qingcha were wearing deerskin overshoes, and they really stepped on a hole.

The two of them supported each other and walked to the first house in the alley.

Seeing the "Grandmother Wu" sign hanging outside the door, Yuzhi knew that this was the house of Mrs. Wu Yuhui, the grocer's worker, so she stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Yuzhi had just knocked on the door a few times before she heard footsteps coming from inside, followed by a little girl's voice: "Who is it?"

At the same time, the door opened a crack, and a little girl stood behind the door, looking at Yuzhi and Qingcha curiously.

Yuzhi said with a smile: "Is this the house of Mrs. Wu Yuhui, Human Tooth?"

The little girl smiled and nodded: "It's my home."

Only then did Yuzhi say: "We want to buy a rough maid, so come and have a look!"

The little girl smiled and said: "My mother is in the house, please come in!"

She opened the door, welcomed Yuzhi and Qingcha in, and led them to the yard.

The yard was neat and tidy, and there were a few trees planted in the yard. Because it was winter, the leaves had fallen, and Yuzhi didn't recognize what kind of tree it was.

The owner's family is obviously a diligent person. Although there is a thick snowfall in the yard, the snow on the green brick road used for walking in the yard has been swept away, and there is only a thin layer of floating snow.

A thick light purple curtain with chrysanthemum pattern was hung on the door of the open room of the main room. Before reaching the door, he shouted: "Mother, someone is here to buy a maidservant!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door curtain was lifted, and a young woman in her 20s poked her head out and asked with a smile, "Where are the guests?"

Yuzhi and Qingcha took a closer look and found that this young woman was very beautiful, with a snow-white oval face, black and curved eyebrows, double eyelids and big eyes, clear and lively, her lips should be smeared with balm, very red Moist look.

The little girl pointed at Yuzhi and Qingcha for her mother to see: "Mother, it's here!"

The beautiful young woman sized up Yuzhi and Qingcha, her eyes circled around Yuzhi twice, she thought to herself: How can such a beautiful girl come out to buy a servant girl herself?Seeing how she dresses up, she should be a maid too!
She smiled slightly, came out and saluted, and invited Yuzhi and Qingcha in.

The open room is covered with blue bricks, and there is a big brazier. An iron hook hangs from the roof beam above the brazier. An earthen pot is hung on the iron hook, and the water is gurgling. The room is full of water, but it is not cold. .

The young woman let Yuzhi and Qingcha sit down on the chairs by the west wall, and she sat down on the armchair in front of the case, and told the little girl: "Xingyun, make tea for the guests!"

The little girl agreed, and quickly took out two tea bowls, scalded them with boiling water, then squeezed some tea leaves from the picker on the table, put them in the two tea bowls, and then poured boiling water into them. One was placed on the small table between the jade gardenia and the green tea.

Yuzhi smiled and said in the lingering tea fragrance: "Sister-in-law Wu, I want to buy a rough servant girl. I wonder if you have someone suitable here?"

Mrs. Wu Yuhui didn't smile or speak, she was pleasing to look at, she smiled and said: "I have two or three consignors here, but I don't know if the girl has any other requirements?"

Yuzhi had already thought about it in her heart, and immediately said: "It's enough to be clean and quick to work, to be strict with your mouth, and to be honest with others!"

Mrs. Wu Yuhui laughed immediately, and said: "If you must have a beauty, I may not necessarily find it for you immediately. The condition of the girl is not rare!"

At this moment, there was a sudden wailing sound outside, and it was very miserable.

Yuzhi raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Wu Yuhui.

Mrs. Wu Yuhui saw that the little girl looked at her with a pair of beautiful green eyes. It was obvious that she suspected that she had done something bad, so she gave a wry smile and said, "It's Xu Er's wife and her daughter from Xujiagou in the west of the city. Xu Er died. Now, the parents-in-law and the elder brother-in-law decided to send this mother and daughter to me for sale. I wanted to be a clean person and not be sent to a prostitute, so I kept it and wanted to see a real family..."

Yuzhi said with a smile: "Since that's the case, Sister-in-law Wu will take us to have a look!"

Mrs. Wu Yuhui has dealt with people all the year round, and she has long seen that the sweet and lovely of the two little girls is the one who is in charge, so she led Yuzhi and Qingcha out of the bright room and went to the west wing.

Mrs. Wu Yuhui stood in front of the door of the west wing and knocked on the door, saying, "Miss Xu Er, it's me!"

The door opened, and the person who opened the door was a slender young woman with puffy eyes and a white velvet flower in her hair. She looked only 21 or [-] years old, with fair skin, willow eyebrows and almond eyes. Eight colors.

She bowed her knees and bowed, and invited everyone in.

Seeing that the young woman was holding a seven or eight-year-old girl by her hand, Yuzhi was looking at her with black and white eyes, full of fear, and couldn't help feeling a little sad, so she asked the young woman, "You are Xu Er. lady?"

The young woman lowered her head and timidly answered "Yes".

Yuzhi thought for a while and asked, "Can you cook and do laundry?"

Before the young woman could speak, Mrs. Wu Yuhui laughed first: "She cooks the best food, I can prove that!"

Yuzhi asked again: "How about the needlework?"

The young woman was still timid, and when Mrs. Wu Yuhui saw this, she took out a small padded jacket from the sewing dustpan on one side and opened it for Yuzhi to see: "She made this for her daughter, miss, look at the stitches, how fine! "

The young woman suddenly looked at Yu Zhi, her wet eyes were full of fear: "I...my daughter and I will not...not be separated! If our mother and I are to be separated, I would rather hit the wall and die!"

Her voice was trembling, and it was obvious that she mustered up a lot of courage to speak out. As she spoke, she pinched her daughter under her creaking nest desperately, and both mother and daughter trembled.

Seeing this, Yuzhi's nose was sour and her eyes were moist - this mother, at this point, still has to protect her own daughter; and her own mother, as long as she can sell her for more money, she doesn't care if she is sold Where to go!
Yuzhi was already determined to buy the mother and daughter, but she was afraid that Mrs. Wu Yuhui would open her mouth, so she calmed down and asked, "Sister-in-law Wu, if you buy them, how much money will you get?"

Mrs. Wu Yuhui looked at Yuzhi carefully, and said: "I don't know which family the girl is from? Why does she look a little strange?"

Yuzhi smiled slightly, and said: "I'm the new servant girl in the magistrate's inner house. I want to buy someone to do rough work. If Sister-in-law Wu's price is right, I can take him away right now!"

When Sister-in-Law Wu heard this, she beamed with joy and said, "Since it's in the magistrate's house, it's easy to talk about. I don't want to talk about my daughter-in-law. The mother's 12 taels of silver, the daughter's three taels of silver, a total of 15 taels of silver, girl What do you think?"

When Yuzhi heard this, she felt that the price was a good deal. She was afraid that things might change and someone would cut her off, or someone would take advantage of her, so she said, "Then let Xu Erniang and her daughter pack their bags and come directly to us. Go back, sister-in-law Wu, you also go there, let's find a servant in the county government office to be a middleman, exchange the value of the money, and write the deed, what do you think, sister-in-law Wu?"

Mrs. Wu Yuhui didn't expect that the little girl looked so delicate and timid, like a delicate flower, but did things so neatly and methodically, she said: "The girl is really clear about things, I will take their mother and daughter to the county government with the girl! "

(End of this chapter)