Qiao Yi

"Master, there are people from the capital."

At this moment, Qiao Yi had just woken up from a short nap, and her mind was still not clear enough, when she heard Chu Liu say that someone from the capital had come.He yawned, two tears came out of the corners of his eyes, and he was still lazy, so he said indifferently, "Come on, come on."

Would it be impossible for him to go out to meet him in person?

The quilt on the bed was made from the new cotton harvested this year. It was so soft and warm that he didn't even want to get up when he was lying on the bed.

Seeing their young master like this on the first day of the sixth day, he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.Their young master is going to hibernate like a small animal on the mountain as soon as winter comes. He stays in bed all day and refuses to get up. Time to get up and have lunch."

I just know that their young master's health has not been very good all the time, and they get sick every time. They prepare soup and medicine all day long. On the sixth day of the sixth day, they feel sorry for their young master, so they dote on their young master most of the time.

Of course, there are some things that their young masters cannot be allowed to do, or their young masters should not be allowed to do them, otherwise they will be the ones who feel sorry for themselves in the end.

People from the capital, what if something happens?I still want to see you.

"Aha...what's the rush, let's wait. Don't be in a hurry to eat lunch. Who is here, did you say anything?" Qiao Yi stretched her waist, feeling in her heart that the capital sent someone over Nothing good will happen.

He hasn't thought of him as a concubine over there for more than ten years, and now he suddenly sends someone over, what good can it do?Even if there is a good thing, it must not be discussed with him.

Xiao Chuliu said, "It was said that it was a manager surnamed Zhang. He didn't say anything, but he said he wanted to see you, young master."

The latter one is really because he forgot to ask the other party what's the matter just now...

"uh-huh."

Qiao Yi sat up from the bed, looked at the little six who was more anxious than him, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Then let's go and see you. Little six, bring me the clothes." This man came Now, it doesn't seem good if you don't go to see him, so let's go and see him, and find out why the person is here.

He was a little dizzy when he just woke up and sat up. Qiao Yi knew that his body had low blood sugar, so every time he woke up, he would feel a little uncomfortable when he got up. This was why he liked to stay in bed.But now compared to the time three years ago, the body he raised has improved somewhat.

Little Six took the clothes hanging at the end of the bed and put them on for their young master, poured some hot water from the pot into the basin, there was already some cold water in the basin, it was just right to soak in hot water.He picked up the towel hanging on the shelf, wet it, wrung it dry, and took it to wipe their young master's face.

Zhang Guanshi and the two who had been waiting outside for a long time heard footsteps and subconsciously looked up.

The person walking in front is the third young master of their Qiao Mansion, right?

This third young master was born with a good-looking appearance, delicate eyebrows, a small face as big as a palm, and a pair of red phoenix eyes looking forward to shine.Probably because he is still young and his facial features have not yet developed, the boy's appearance looks a bit indistinguishable.

Zhang Guanshi originally thought that a bastard raised in the countryside must be cowardly and cowardly, not daring to see others, but he never expected that the third young master would have such an appearance and temperament, he did not look like a child raised in the countryside at all.He had seen several young masters in Beijing before, and in comparison, none of them had a better appearance than this third young master from concubine.

But what's the use of being born with a good appearance, isn't it a bad life?

The third young master didn't look like he was in good health, his pale complexion was sickly, and he had to be supported when he walked.Guanshi Zhang couldn't help but sympathize with the third young master, a concubine who was sent to the countryside to be raised at birth, and the yard where he lived was also dilapidated. The place is good, presumably the third young master's life in the countryside will not be too good.

"You are Guanshi Zhang from the capital, right?" Qiao Yi had a little smile on his lips, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.While Guanshi Zhang was looking at him, he was also looking at the butler sent by the Qiao Mansion, so Qiao Yi didn't lose the sympathy that flashed in Zhang Guanshi's eyes.

pity?Does he look like someone who needs a servant's sympathy?

"..." Qiao Yi.

"Back to the third young master, the younger one is the steward of the outer courtyard of Qiao's mansion, surnamed Zhang." Steward Zhang was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was annoyed at how stupefied he had looked at the third young master just now, and bowed slightly to salute, "Slave." I have seen the third young master."

"En." Qiao Yi sat down on the main seat, and asked no one to sit down, "Guan Zhang is here, what's the matter?" I didn't see the two people bring anything, so it wasn't The one who came to deliver things, he still thought that the Qiao family remembered that he was here, so they could send him some money and food, and he was afraid that this wish would come true.

The so-called "going to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing", the people at the Qiao family will not be full and have nothing to do, so they specially send a housekeeper to see if he, the bastard, is doing well in this village, so it must be for some reason. of.Since it's not a gift, the Qiao family won't give him any benefits, that is to say, what is there in his place that the people from the Qiao family planned?

So here comes the question, he is a bastard who has nothing, besides him, what else can the people in the Qiao family think about?

It has to be said that Qiao Yi guessed right on this point, the Qiao family just hit him with the idea.

"Go back to the third young master, the second master and the second wife miss the third young master, and send the younger one to pick up the third young master and go back to the capital." The second master and the second wife that Manager Zhang said are the second master Qiao Zhengzong and the second wife of the Qiao Mansion. Wang's, that is, Qiao Yi's biological father and aunt.

His own father and aunt miss him?This reason is quite sufficient.

This was the funniest joke Qiao Yi had heard in the past three years. A biological father who beat him to death as soon as he was born, and an aunt who sent an old mother to poison him to death, would these two people miss him?Qiao Yi sighed in his heart.

He is not the dead original body, so he will not take this sentence seriously.

The first sentence can be ignored, but the latter point is the key point. His cheap father and aunt sent someone to pick him up and go back to the capital?That's a thing.I haven't thought of him over there for more than ten years. Is there any purpose in sending someone to pick him up suddenly?I'm afraid that in all likelihood, nothing good will happen.

It's not easy for him to ask this question directly to the manager who came to pick him up. This person may be someone close to his aunt. After suffering a loss, he has to guard against it.Besides, this person is only in charge of the outer court, so he doesn't necessarily understand the affairs of the inner court.

Right now, he has to do a full set of acting. His current identity is Qiao Yi, the third young master of the Qiao Mansion, so he has to play this role well so that no one will doubt him.

As a concubine who was kicked out of the house, the original body must really want to go back to the capital, go back to Qiao's house, longing for his father's attention, but it's a pity that little Qiao Yi died, maybe his father didn't remember him Such a son is here.His heart shrank slightly, Qiao Yi knew that this was the original body's unwillingness, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Enduring the discomfort in her heart, Qiao Yi pretended to be moved, her eyes were a little unbelievable, her lips trembled slightly, she looked at Guanshi Zhang and asked, "Father and mother really miss me, really? Father and mother sent Zhang Guanshi, and you came to pick me up and go back to the capital?"

"Back to the third young master, it was the second master and the second wife who sent the younger one to pick up the third young master. The second wife also specially sent someone to tell the younger one to take the third young master back to the capital as soon as possible." Zhang Guanshi said.

In fact, it was only the second wife who sent him to pick up the third young master, and the second master didn't care about it at all, for fear that he didn't want to see this bastard.

Qiao Yi could tell from Guanshi Zhang's words that his aunt had sent someone to pick him up, and it seemed that he was in a hurry.That is to say, it wasn't his cheap father who wanted him to go back, it was probably the aunt Wang who sent someone to pick him up?

The last time my aunt Wang let someone not kill him, what's up with my aunt Wang this time?Qiao Yi pondered in his heart, he asked Guanshi Zhang a few more words, but he didn't find any useful information, so he said, "Guanshi Zhang must have come all the way from the capital, and he was tired on the road, why don't you guys come here first?" Let Zhuangzi rest for two days. After I have someone pack up my things, I can leave for the capital the day after tomorrow."

"Second Madam has already prepared a set of food and clothing for the Third Young Master, and the Third Young Master can simply go on the road." Guanshi Zhang wished to leave immediately tomorrow, and did not want to waste too much time here.

Oh, the aunt is still so kind to him?

Qiao Yi raised her eyebrows slightly in her heart, and said, "When I go back to the capital, I must thank my mother well." He knew that Guanshi Zhang meant that he didn't need to clean up everything so that he could get on the road as soon as possible. As if he understood Guanshi Zhang's words, he just pretended not to know.

After all, he is a master, and it is impossible for a servant to lead him by the nose.

But his aunt is in such a hurry to let him go back to the capital, is there any "good thing" waiting for him in the capital?Qiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, no matter if he dug a hole ahead and waited for him to jump, it was time for him to go back and meet his good aunt, so he was going to the capital this time, so he decided to come with him right away. Manager Zhang who picked him up went to the capital.

He will prepare things for him. It should be because the aunt Wang is afraid that he, a concubine, will lose face to the Qiao family when he goes back to the capital, so people will prepare food and clothing for him in advance.Sudden being so kind to him is probably not for nothing, right?Regardless of whether he gave it for free or not, nothing good will happen to the aunt.

It would be a fool not to take advantage of the advantages, and save him from spending his own money to buy them.

In the three years since he came here, he didn't have many opportunities to get out of Zhuangzi, let alone go outside to make money.If you have that kind of heart, you have to have that kind of life. With his shabby body who can't catch his breath after walking three steps, it's already pretty good to be able to go down to the village. It's just a fool's dream to want to go to the town.

Usually he will see a doctor for the villagers in the village, and the villagers don’t have much money in their hands. Not many villagers will pay for seeing a doctor. Some rice grains were brought to him, and occasionally someone brought a piece of meat.

There are only three of them in this village, including himself, and the rice they eat every year is rented by the villagers below the village. Occasionally, Wang Dahu will bring rabbits and pheasants at the foot of the mountain for extra meals.He promised the dead hunter not to let Wang Dahu go up the mountain to hunt, but he never let Wang Dahu go up the mountain to hunt. There is no danger at the foot of the mountain, so he let Wang Dahu go to trap rabbits and so on. The villagers exchange some daily necessities.

So at the moment he is really poor, the poor clanking kind.

Qiao Yi himself is a person who doesn't have much desire or pursuit for living materials. For him, it is enough to have enough food, clothing and warmth to meet these basic requirements of life.There is usually no opportunity to spend money here. One of the biggest advantages of the era of small-scale peasant economy is that people can be self-sufficient in their lives, even if they have no money, they can still live.But once you walk out of the house, it may be a problem if you don't have much money.

As for his aunt Wang's sending someone to pick him up to the capital, I'm afraid he won't know until he arrives in the capital. Anyway, he can be sure that it won't be a good thing.

The soldiers came to block the water and the soil, but Qiao Yi was not very afraid of this aunt.

"These two are my servants. The one on the left is Chu Liu, and the one on the right is Wang Dahu. Manager Zhang, if you need anything here, you can find them." Qiao Yi introduced the two people beside him, Wang Dahu said, "Dahu, take Guanshi Zhang to the empty room at the back to rest first."

Zhang Guanshi heard that the third young master had decided to leave the day after tomorrow, and it would take about a day and a half, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Director Zhang, please." Wang Dahu led the people to the back.