Red Mansion: He Doesn't Want to Bend

Han Yun led them into the house, and the butcher's wife took the umbrella and put it on the porch.Han Yun asked them to sit down, opened the curtain to enter the back room, and shouted as she went in, "Mom, Aunt Li is here next door."

Shi Po was originally holding the soles of her shoes in the house. Hearing what Han Yun said, she quickly set aside her needle and thread, and said, "Please come in quickly. It's early autumn, and there is a draft outside, so it's very cold."

Han Yun stood there, raised the curtain, turned half of her body out, and shouted: "Auntie, my mother told you to come in."

"Hey." Aunt Li responded, stood up, and led the girl behind her inside.

Shi Po saw that Aunt Li was leading a drenched girl behind her, so she couldn't understand.At the moment, he didn't say anything, just picked up the needle and thread and put on the thimble, and said casually: "Hey, old Li's, why do you have time to come over today?"

Aunt Li sat on the rose chair by Granny Shi's hand, and said with a smile, "It's not good for me to take it all by myself. After much deliberation, only sister and you are a good place to go." Said Then, she waved to the girl who had been standing beside her silently: "Lianxi! Come here!"

"Go, go to the kitchen and boil a pot of water for your Aunt Li to make tea." After dismissing Han Yun, Po Shi raised her head and took a serious look at the girl named Lianxi.The clothes she was wearing were of good material, but they were very messy, and the embroidered flowers were soaked in water so that they could not be seen.The girl's appearance is also good, although it is scribbled and messy, after all, the original chastity and beauty can be seen from this chaos.

Shi Po took a look, then looked away, and said softly: "Old Li's family, where did you find the girl, you have the heart to ask her to come here under such heavy rain."

Old Li's family waved their hands, not caring at all: "It's not that I raised her, and I have nothing to do with her left or right. This girl is solid, and she can bear it."

Even Shi Po, who is used to buying and selling people like this, can't help but sigh, Lao Li's family is too hard-hearted.Even if it is not raised by oneself, it is still a life if it is sold to others for money.Why bother to practice others?

With such a heart in mind, I couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy.He stretched out his hand to summon Lianxi to take two steps forward, and his voice softened: "Come on, come forward and let me have a look."

Lianxi took two steps forward, without bowing her head, just looking straight ahead.Even after being reduced to this point, there is still a sense of dignity in his demeanor.

When Po Shi saw this, she felt even happier, so she asked, "I just heard from your Aunt Li that your name is Lian Xin?"

Lianxi replied: "Mom, my name is Lianxi, the lotus of lotus seeds, the stream of streams."

"You can read?" Shi Po was startled. If she could read and behaved like this, she was not a lady of a rich family, but a big girl who served her master in a deep house. How did she fall into this position? this level?Besides, I said that although some family members committed crimes.I have never heard of such a thing recently.Shi Po's eyes on Old Li's family became more and more strange: "Old Li's, if you don't tell me the truth today, no matter how good this girl is, I dare not accept it if she can sell for a thousand taels of gold."

The smile on the face of Lao Li's family froze slightly, and he said immediately: "Sister, who am I, you don't know yet? I definitely didn't kidnap this girl, and I didn't mean it for money, but to see her alone She looks good even at a young age. I'm afraid that if Mr. Gui takes a fancy to her and sells her to a brothel, then this girl's life will be ruined. Why don't you bring her to my sister, it's a decent place to go. After several years of treatment It’s the same thing for a big family to do something, and if it’s done well, it will be released in a few years. If you have hands and feet, why bother to do the flesh and blood business.”

That's all for now, Han Yun over there has already brewed a pot of tea, put it on a wooden tray, and brought it in.I poured a bowl for Lao Li's family first, and then poured a bowl for her mother.There was another small celadon bowl, and she also poured a bowl of tea, and offered it to Lianxi, and said softly, "Take a sip of tea to warm your body."

Old Li's family hated Han Yun's behavior the most, so he snorted and said, "Girl Yun, it's good to remember her. After all, we are from the official family, and we can't even afford tea. You have free tea for the little hooves."

Han Yun ignored her and just handed the tea bowl to Lianxi.Lianxi accepted it, bowed her knees and saluted, and said softly, "Thank you, miss."

Because Shi Po wanted to ask something, she was afraid that Lianxi and Shang Hanyun would be here, and the old Li's family would not tell the truth, so she said, "Miss Lian, I see that you are soaked through, and I am afraid it is very cold. I have The eldest daughter is already married, and there are still old clothes left by her at home, which are about your age. Is it good or not, at least it is dry, ask Han Yun to find it and change it for you."

Lianxi bowed to Po Shi and said, "Thank you, Mom."

At that moment, Han Yun took Lianxi out, and then Granny Shi asked Old Li's family: "Where did you come from?"

Old Li's family put down the tea bowl, and said coldly: "It's troublesome to get to the bottom of it. If you don't want her, I'll just change her."

Seeing this, Mrs. Shi couldn't help sneering and said: "Old Li's family, at least listen to me, why bother to do such a heartless thing. There are people who are greedy for money and lose their lives. How can you sell such a girl in your hands?" Damn, tell me quickly, don’t take it as a treasure today and return to your hometown with the money tomorrow, it’s really not worth the candle.”

"You cursed me?"

"I'm telling the truth! There are those who picked up people and sold them indiscriminately. The family who lived under the bridge originally, how did you make a fortune, and why didn't you? What their sons did was stealing people's children. A few years ago, on New Year's Eve, I stole a brother who was setting off firecrackers outside the house. He was born so well, he thought it was a rare commodity to live in. After that, he worked hard to raise it, and wanted to sell it to a childless family. Who knew that Brother, it turned out to be the son of a Yuanwai Lang, tsk, after hiding for more than half a year, he was finally found, sentenced to be beheaded after Qiuhou, he was caught and beaten to pieces."

This made Lao Li's heart tense, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly asked: "I've heard of this before, and the rumors say that he was sentenced for stealing valuable things from others. I didn't expect that there would be such a thing. layer."

"So how did you get here, you girl, why don't you tell me quickly? I said it earlier, you send it back, this is a big deal. If it's too late, I'm afraid you will go with the person under the bridge as a companion .”

A jerk from Old Li's family hurriedly said: "Sister, I really didn't kidnap this girl. It turned out that my mother was ill yesterday and wanted to see me, so I went back with two taels of meat and stayed for one night. When I came back today, it was raining, and the road was not easy to walk. One foot was deep and the other was shallow. Seeing that the rain was getting heavier, I wanted to go to the mountain temple to hide from the rain. The road was sideways, and there was no one there. But when I went in today, I felt like I tripped over something..."

But in a place like the mountain god temple, the old Li's family thought it was an apparition of a god, so frightened, he knelt on the ground, regardless of where the mountain god statue was, and hurriedly kowtowed his head.After knocking a few times, she felt something was wrong, raised her head, and saw a drenched girl standing beside her, with a pair of dark eyes, which first scared her, and then let her breathe a sigh of relief.

Old Li's family sat on the ground and scolded: "Damn girl! Which family's child! Stumbling people here quietly! I want to ask your parents!"

The little girl looked about seven or eight years old, she sat on a pile of straw, but she looked very good.She only heard her whisper: "I have lost my parents a long time ago, I am afraid I can't find my aunt. I didn't see my aunt in the future, but I tripped my aunt. This is my fault. It's just that I have no money. Can't describe it."

Hearing that she had no father or mother, the old Li's family felt unlucky to meet a cloistered one!After spitting, he cursed: "Bah! You tripped someone, is there any reason? My leg hurts a lot, I'm afraid I fell down. You have no father or mother, and you don't have any money with you, so let me eat for nothing." This loss? I can't! I'm going to drag you to the official!"

She just bluffed her a few words casually, how could she know that the little girl was still unruffled and not panicked, and then said: "Since this is the case, I have an idea. Auntie might as well listen to it. My parents are gone." , only me was left. I came to Suzhou to join my grandparents’ house. How could I know that my grandparents’ house had been robbed and burned down. At that time, the nanny was seriously ill, she couldn't be cured, and still died. Besides, because the nanny took medicine, she owed a lot of debts. I just found out yesterday that the shopkeeper who lent me money, he and the brothel The tortoise in the movie is a little friendly. He wants me to pay back the money. If I don’t pay for it for a while, he will sell me to a brothel. My family was originally a scholarly family. Even if my parents are gone, I will never If you refuse to enter that kind of place, you will disgrace the lintel. I pretended to obey, and escaped overnight. Because it rained all night, they couldn't find me for a while. It's just that this happened again today. Auntie, you." She paused, "I thought about it, I have no property, no relatives and friends, and I am the only one, how many taels of silver can I sell. Why don't you sell me, Auntie? I stumbled over my aunt's mistake, and on the other hand, I asked my aunt to take out five hundred dollars and send it to the shopkeeper. I am not someone who refuses to pay back the money, but I don't want to go to the brothel. Auntie At any rate, take pity on me and send me to a decent maid. It’s better than going to a deep house to serve people.”

Old Li's family was originally greedy for money, seeing that she is indeed a good girl, she must be able to sell for a few taels of silver.I also heard that she owed the shopkeeper only five hundred wen, and if I paid back the five hundred wen, the rest would be my own, so I was very happy.Where can I think about anything else, I just think about the white money.

She then said: "You are lucky, there is a woman living next door to my house, she is an official's matchmaker, she is serious and never does such a thing. When the rain is lighter, you can just let me go .”

"Sister, that's it. I don't dare to hide a word from you." The old Li's family told Po Shi, and said: "It's not that I forced her, it was her suggestion."

Granny Shi held the tea bowl, thought for a while, and then asked: "Does that girl have a surname? What is the surname of the grandparent's family she mentioned?"

Old Li's family said: "I've asked, and she said her surname is Xu, and her baby name is Lianxi. My grandfather's family name is Zhen, and it turned out to be Master Zhen's house that was burned down a few years ago..."