Quick travel to save a miserable life

Others did not hear the old man's words, but Lin Hui vaguely judged from the shape of his mouth that what he said should be: "This is not mine!"

Seeing that after the crowd dispersed, the old man who still couldn't get up looked so pitiful and helpless despite being about the same age as Lin's father. Lin Hui couldn't help but feel sympathy, so she stepped forward and asked: "Old man." Sir, where are you injured that prevents you from getting up?"

Hearing this, the old man raised his head to look at the kind-hearted lady with a big belly, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you madam for your mercy. I accidentally twisted my waist just now and can't get up."

Upon hearing this, Lin Hui asked her servant Lin Erniu, who was following him, to help the old man up and carry him to a nearby medical center for treatment.

Thinking that the old man had just argued with the pawnbroker over the jade pendant, he must not have enough money, so he simply asked the magistrate to give Lin Erniu ten taels of silver, and whispered to him.

The old man naturally did not mention his gratitude to Lin Hui.

After this, Lin Hui no longer had the interest to go shopping anymore, so she returned to her restaurant to rest.

Lunch was served in a private room in the restaurant. There were only the father and daughter in the room, and the other servants and maids had a separate table for dinner.

After dinner, Lin Hui mentioned to her father what she had just seen at the door of Yihe Pawnshop and asked him for confirmation.

Father Lin pondered for a moment after hearing the words: "This Yihe Pawn Shop and Yihe Silver House are both run by the Li family. My father has not had much contact with Mr. Li. It is said that the stewards and clerks of the Li family's shop are used to looking at people. Food, for wealthy people, the Li family's shop may be a good place, but for people from ordinary families, the Li family's business is quite dishonest, and they often cheat and shoddy goods."

After hearing this, Lin Hui knew something about it. It seemed that the Li family's business was quite unethical.

She actually has a vague plan in mind, which is about the Lin family's business, but the Lin family alone cannot do it. They must find a reliable business partner to join forces. Now it seems that the Li family will definitely be excluded from the list of partners who can cooperate. outside.

Then, Lin Hui pestered Father Lin to talk about the deeds of several other wealthy families in the county.

Lin's father gave a brief introduction. Seeing that it was already Lin Hui's usual lunch break time, and Lin Hui had already begun to yawn continuously, he stopped talking and urged Lin Hui to go home and rest.

Through Lin's father's narration, Lin Hui already had a general understanding of the existing large households in Yongning County, and she knew almost everything she wanted to know. Moreover, she was really sleepy now, so she took a carriage back home to rest. .

Father Lin stayed in the restaurant to continue handling some business matters.

Lin Hui fell on the bed and fell asleep when she returned home. Half the afternoon had passed when she woke up.

After waking up and getting dressed, he learned that Li Gu was not in the house at this time, so he called someone to ask about his whereabouts today.

The person who responded was a boy named Ma Liu who worked for Qi Guanshi. He was fourteen or fifteen years old and looked very smart.

He said that after the master and the lady went out today, the uncle was reading alone in the room and saw lunch time. Mrs. Wen went back to the lower house, and her uncle returned to his room.

At noon, the master and the lady sent word that they would not be back for lunch, so the uncle ate lunch alone, and then went back to his room to rest for a while. Before Miss, you arrived home, the uncle sent away the two boys who were following him and prepared to go out alone. .

On the way to the front yard, my uncle met the newly purchased servant Wen Niangzi. The two chatted for a while. Mrs. Wen even pulled one of my uncle's sleeves and called him "cousin". My uncle immediately shook off her hand. Then the two of them said a few more words, but they didn't dare to get too close, so they didn't hear what was said clearly.

Then Mrs. Wen returned to the lower house, and her uncle went out to the house of Butler Wang in the back street. He has not returned yet.

After listening to Ma Liu's report, Lin Hui asked the magistrate to reward him with a handful of money and let him go out.

Very good. As expected, I am getting more and more out of control.

In recent days, Li Gu has been running to Butler Wang's house frequently. He clearly regards Butler Wang as his backbone and goes there every day to discuss ideas and countermeasures.

It seems that the time for them to take action is not far away!

Butler Wang, on the other hand, looked at Li Gu who was sitting firmly at home and refused to leave. He was completely helpless.

Because Butler Wang said yesterday that there would be results today, after the Lin family and his daughter went out, Li Gu couldn't stay alone in the house, so he reluctantly finished lunch, rested for a while, and then wanted to go out to find out the news.

After finally getting rid of the two idiots who had been following him all day, he made them believe that he would always be in the house and would not go out, so he sent them out.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into his cousin waiting on the roadside halfway. Now the most important part of the plan to steal a dragon and turn a phoenix into a phoenix has not been implemented. The whole plan is stuck there and cannot be advanced. Li Gu is a little unhappy. Dare to face my cousin.

After all, she sold herself into the Lin Mansion with the child in her belly. If the plan did not succeed, she would become a real slave, and her child would be a slave as soon as he was born.

Thinking of this, Li Gu just wanted to go around it quickly, but this was the only way from the backyard to the front yard, and he couldn't avoid it no matter what.

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and exchange greetings with my cousin, asking how my life was in the past two days in the Lin Mansion. After all, it was in broad daylight and on the road, so I could only say this and nothing else.

My cousin was a little unhappy when she heard what he said to others. Although the food and accommodation in the Lin Mansion for the past two days were not bad, and were even better than before, in this Lin Mansion, she lost the most important thing. Basic freedom. .

The nun in charge of the servants' courtyard was very strict with her. She was told to stay in her room every day and was not allowed to go anywhere. She could only walk in the courtyard after eating. She was not allowed to leave the courtyard at will, let alone wander around.

Mammy said it was for her health. Now that her belly is so big, she is afraid of being bumped into when she goes out. If something goes wrong and affects her childbirth, how will she be able to breastfeed her future master and work as an errand? .

She couldn't help but complain a few words to her cousin, and Li Gu had to comfort her with kind words.

Li Gu came to Butler Wang's house and saw that he could get up and his complexion was better than yesterday, which showed that his condition had improved.

After a few greetings, Li Gu couldn't help but ask what the arrangement that Butler Wang mentioned yesterday was about and what the outcome was.

Butler Wang couldn't help but hold his forehead. This idiot, does he think that others are blind and can't see? He runs to his house every day recently, for fear that others will not know that he is connected with him.

As for the things I arranged, I thought it would be done today, but something unexpected happened in the middle and I'm afraid I won't be ready until tomorrow.

Therefore, I could only tell Li Gu that if anything could be done today, we would have to wait until tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, Li Gu, a fool, thought that his son was trying to deal with him, and he would not give up until he found out the truth.

In desperation, Butler Wang had to pick out his plans and tell him, and finally sent him out.