A Qi

Ah Qi felt that it was nothing, the injury on his young and strong body healed soon, but the five taels of silver he had saved from starving for three months was wasted.Every six months, the eldest brother of the family would come to Guangling City to look for him, and now it was almost time, and when he searched through the wooden box, there was only three taels of money left in it.

It has been a month since I saw An Rong again, Ah Qi was clearing the table in the lobby on the first floor, An Rong happened to be talking to the bustard below, and Chun Rui followed.

Ah Qi saw him right away, maybe it was because he looked so enchanting in the red dress, compared to others, it was hard not to notice him, there was a pink jade hairpin stuck in his head, The style is minimal, and the material is not ordinary at first glance.Ah Qi suddenly remembered the ivory hairpin she gave him. Although it was cheap, he bought it after three months of hard work. It doesn’t matter if he ruined his mind, but it was a waste of money. Ah Qi felt very hurt, but I’m afraid Even Ah Qi herself didn't know what was hurting her heart.

Ah Qi was afraid of Chunrui, and didn't want to face that person, she lowered her head and hurriedly cleaned up the leftovers on the table, and turned to leave.Unexpectedly, An Rong over there had finished talking with the bustard and was about to leave.

Chunrui watched Aunt Mei walk away, and shouted, "Stop!"

Ah Qi knew in her heart that she was calling her, but she pretended not to hear her and kept walking.

"Ah Qi, I called you, you are deaf, aren't you?"

The name was yelled out, Ah Qi couldn't pretend not to hear it any more, turned around, and saw Chunrui's domineering appearance, and the young master Ling standing next to him was gentle and peaceful.

Chunrui's aura is even more powerful today, with their young master at the side, Ah Qi can feel that complacent and majestic look from a long distance away.

Ah Qi reluctantly walked over, greeted An Rong, then lowered her head and said nothing.Now when he sees An Rong, he thinks of the hairpin that he saved money to give him. This thought is very precious to him. Originally, the money he saved was to subsidize his family.In fact, Ah Qi was completely overwhelmed, this sincere heart may be very precious to me, I hope that person can cherish it.But for An Rong who is well-clothed and well-fed, it is just one of the gifts from his many admirers, and it is the least valuable one.

Come to think of it, if Ah Qi knew this, he would definitely stay away from that person on the cloud, and his dirty hands as a handyman were never worthy of touching that coquettish red dress.But now he plunged headlong into the vast quagmire, deep in it, as if he didn't know, that person treated him slightly better than others, Ah Qi wished he could give him his whole heart.Is it love? Ah Qi doesn't understand.

Chunrui was afraid that Ah Qi would be beaten up by herself before, so she didn't dare to mention what happened that day these days, and she was holding her breath and had nowhere to vent it.Now that his son saw him working in peace, he had to settle the account a month ago.

"Ah Qi, now that Mr. Ling is here, why don't you tell me how the hairpin on my head became yours."

Ah Qi didn't want to talk to her, she still bowed her head and remained silent.

Xu Shi was ignored by others, and he was anxious and angry, wishing to lift Ah Qi's ears and force him to look up.

An Rong listened from the side, not knowing why, usually he would just ignore the nonsense between these maidservants and slaves, but now, he has nothing to do, so he just wants to have fun.

"What hairpin?" A cold voice sounded.

Hearing his young master's words, Chunrui became more confident and fierce, her eyes were shining brightly, but when the words came out of her mouth, her tone became miserable, and she added fuel and jealousy: "Mr. Ling, that day The servant was stewing bird's nest in the kitchen, and this Ah Qi suddenly rushed up, snatched the ivory hairpin from the servant's head, insisted that it belonged to him, and then beat me violently, causing several bruises on my body to hurt for several days."

An Rong roughly understood, and turned his eyes to Ah Qi, "Well done, why did you grab her hairpin?"

Hearing this, Ah Qi suddenly raised her head to look at the person in front of her, her eyes were full of loneliness and injury, this person asked herself in a calm and gentle voice, why did you grab her hairpin?

For some reason, Ah Qi thought of his mother at this time, and his mother asked him back then: Why did you steal brother's buns!It's just that this person's words were gentle, but his mother was furious, and kicked him directly after asking.Ah Qi is in pain, he is only nine years old, why does his elder brother and younger sister eat meat buns, but he does not.The person in front of him is just like his mother, who doesn't treat Ah Qi well, doesn't cherish Ah Qi well.

A layer of fog suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, everything became blurred and I couldn't see clearly.How should he answer An Rong's question——

This is what I gave you?Why don't you remember?This is obviously given to you by me?I spent three months saving money to buy it for you?

All explanations were in vain, and Ah Qi was overwhelmed by an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, as if she had been betrayed by her most trusted and favorite relatives.

Who in this world really treats him well, I'm afraid there is only one autumn official left.

Ah Qi stared at the man dumbly for a long time, blinked hard, couldn't cry, couldn't cry, it was too embarrassing.As if stuck in his throat, he ran away without saying a word, staggered, bumped into the wooden bench, almost tripped, his appearance was really embarrassing.

An Rong looked at the tortoise slave who fled in the wilderness, his eyes were thoughtful, and suddenly thought of the night of the Qiqiao Festival——

"The ivory hairpin, for you."

It seems that there is such a thing, he later gave the hairpin to Chunrui casually.Looking at the back of the man running away, An Rong couldn't figure it out.

Ah Qi ran all the way to the firewood room, and there was no one around at the moment, so he dared to squat down and curl up in the corner with his head buried. There was only him, Ah Qi, alone, living like a dog in this world of mortals.

And Qiuguan, but she is only a 15-year-old girl, what could he say to her, she didn't understand.

There was a rumbling in his head, Ah Qi thought about a lot of things, and all the causes and effects were clarified, he is still that turtle-slave handyman Ah Qi, he shouldn't have unreasonable thoughts, toads will never be able to eat swan meat .

In the days that followed, Ah Qi worked diligently and conscientiously. He was more diligent than ever before, and his personality was not so stupid. It's a little bit good, but the reward is not much.Ah Qi finally understands that the richer a person is, the more picky he is, he must account for every penny with you, and it cannot be spent in vain.Fortunately, these days, Ah Qi often finished his rough work, and just wandered among these guests, dripping water and wearing stones, and the rewards added up to hundreds of coins.

Ah Qi was working in the kitchen, heard Xia He and Qiu Ming talking, and vaguely understood that a rich guest came and asked Mr Ling to accompany him by name, but the madam disagreed and called Mr Yi .The guest was in a hurry and was making a fuss below.

Xia He urged Qiu Ming to go and have a look together, but Qiu Ming felt itchy, so he simply left the work in hand, didn't choose any food, and then he would talk about it when he finished reading.Ah Qi watched the two trot away excitedly, and was also curious about what the scene was, so she hurriedly cleaned the floor and went to the lobby on the first floor.

The distinguished guest was surrounded by people, and Ah Qi managed to squeeze in, only then did he see the appearance of this person, with a fat head and ears, and a big belly that looked like a pregnant woman, who kept yelling, and when he showed his teeth, his mouth was full. His yellow teeth smelt fishy, ​​sickly.According to the people around him, this man is a merchant who is in the silk business and has some family background. There are two private houses in Guangling City.

Aunt Mei also took a fancy to this man's money, otherwise he would have sent someone to throw him out if he was such a troublemaker.After thinking about it, it would not be considered a disadvantage to let Hua Ling come down to drink with him. If the backer behind him and Mr. Liang asked about it, he would just say that he was just drinking with the guests, and he did not do anything out of line. , it is estimated that they will not pursue anything.

"Chunrui, go up and call Mr. Ling down." After finishing speaking, he laughed with a playful smile, "Grandfather, please wait a moment, Hua Ling will come in a while."

The honored guest gathered the gold-trimmed clothes and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not too bad." He looked proud, his eyebrows danced, and he didn't deserve a beating.The distinguished guest looked around, and found that his shoes were stained with dirt at a glance. The villain got his wish and said with a crooked smile, "Whoever cleans this for me will own this gold ingot." Holding a golden ingot of ingot.

money!so much money!At that time, Ah Qi seemed to be possessed by a demon, and knelt down on the ground, knelt down and moved to the feet of the distinguished guest, stretched out his sleeves and carefully wiped the dirty spot.

After a while, the shoes were wiped clean, Ah Qi raised his head and waited eagerly for the reward, but the ingot dangled in the guest's hand a few times, without any tendency to fall to the ground.

The distinguished guest bared his big yellow teeth, and continued provocatively, "Turn around a few times like a dog, and bark a few more times."

People around were watching the fun, Ah Qi didn't think there was anything wrong, this matter was as common to him as eating and drinking water, he had no dignity, he wanted a lot of money, he wanted to spend the rest of his life like personal.He needs money.

Ah Qi lay on the ground, bowed his body, imitated a dog, walked on all fours, step by step, everyone around laughed, and Ah Qi also laughed, he will soon get an ingot, "Wow! Wang! Wang—”

Suddenly, the corner of his eyes touched a patch of red, first a pair of delicate embroidered shoes came into view, Ah Qi stopped his voice, and raised his head, the man was dressed in red, standing tall and straight, standing in front of the yellow-toothed guest, unblemished. wind and dust.