There is no phoenix

When Grandma Liu brought Ban'er to the vicinity of the Yanjiang Tower in Dongmendu, it was almost Shenshi.Fortunately, Ban'er could read and write, and after searching for a while, he found Zuixiang Pavilion.

Grandma Liu asked Ban'er to wait outside, and approached the Drunken Country Pavilion by herself, and was about to go in. Two men guarding the door came over, stopped Grandma Liu and said, "What are you doing here, old lady? This is not where you came from!"

Grandma Liu hurriedly took out some pieces of silver from her body, put them in the hands of the two men and said, "I'm going to talk to the mother here, and I beg the two uncles to do me a favor and make it easier for me!"

The two men took the money and saw that Grandma Liu seemed to be a person who knew the world, so one of them said to Grandma Liu: "Look how pitiful you are, come with me!"

Grandma Liu followed the man upstairs and came to the outside of a room. The man went in for a while, only to hear a woman inside say: "Come in!"

Grandma Liu walked in.The woman saw that she was a country old woman in her 80s and [-]s, she looked at her with disdain, and continued to eat melon seeds on the table, without looking at Grandma Liu, she said: "You are an old woman from the country, what kind of favor do you want from me? "

Grandma Liu knelt down and said, "Please do me a favor, Mom, I want to ask Mom to help find someone!"

The woman sneered and said, "You old woman, who do you want to find? Tell me, who are you looking for?"

Grandma Liu then said seriously: "I am looking for my niece, sister Jia Qiao, who came here more than ten days ago."

Hearing what Grandma Liu said, the woman said disdainfully, "I'm not going to hide it from you. I heard you say that someone sent me here, but do you have the money to redeem him?"

Grandma Liu said, "I don't know how much money Mom wants?"

The woman said: "The person who sent it said that he spent a lot of money. We have used slaves and maidservants to raise delicacies from mountains and seas for more than ten days. Seeing you in your seventies and eighties, it is so pitiful. If you are sincere, I don't want you to pay too much." Here, you give 300 taels to lead people away!"

After hearing this, Grandma Liu realized that she only had 500 taels from Jia Mu in her pocket, so she begged: "To tell you the truth, we have been looking for her for several days. In order to find her, the whole family walked away, sick and sick, begging." Mom, can you have less?"

The old lady looked at Grandma Liu, stood up and said, "As for the money, there is no less. Besides, it was agreed by your girl's family. I will give her half a month, and now there are still the last two days. I But let me tell you, if it weren’t for the fact that she was young, crying badly, and looking for a life, I would have asked her to pick up the guest. If you have enough money, you can naturally redeem her. You can hear me clearly, there are only two days left!”

Grandma Liu saw that the bustard was determined, so she knelt down and begged, "Thank you for your kindness, mother. Can my mother take me to meet Qiaojie first? If I see someone, I will go back and get the money!"

After hearing this, the woman had no choice but to say: "Old woman, come with me."

The woman was in a good mood and led Grandma Liu to Qiaojie's house.It turned out that when the shopkeeper Zhou came to discuss the sale with her, the madam only spent 900 taels of silver.At the beginning, Qiao Jie was a strong-tempered girl who went on hunger strike and killed herself. Later, because she couldn't deliver the letter, she cried day and night.

The old bustard thought of Qiaojie’s words about people and money, and was afraid that if the trouble continued, Qiaojie would not live long. She regretted paying 900 taels for such a frightening girl. .Today, Grandma Liu, such a rustic country old woman, agreed to redeem Qiaojie, and soon got back more than 3000 with her capital and profits, she was very satisfied.

Arriving outside Qiaojie's house, the woman opened the door and said to Grandma Liu, "Go in, she's inside."

Grandma Liu looked around and walked in. Seeing that Sister Qiao was sitting by the bed wiping her tears, she hurriedly approached and called out tremblingly, "Sister Qiao!"

After hearing this, Qiaojie saw that it was Grandma Liu, and hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Grandma Liu and cried bitterly: "Grandma! Grandma, save me!"

After Qiaojie finished speaking, she quickly fell down.

The girl next to her saw her, and hurriedly helped Qiaojie to the bed with Grandma Liu. The bustard also panicked when she saw her, and gave Qiaojie half a cup of hot water.Grandma Liu shed tears when she saw that Sister Qiao was too thin, her eyes were red and swollen, without a gleam of her former glory.

After a while, Sister Qiao woke up and burst into tears. Grandma Liu comforted her and said, "Sister Qiao, don't worry, Grandma will definitely redeem you. The old lady, Mrs. Heping and many others are waiting for you to go back. Now go back and get the silver!"

Grandma Liu said to the woman standing aside again: "I beg Mom to have a few more days, I'll go back and collect some money!"

The woman said: "You are pitiful, I will give you three days. If you don't come to redeem people in the afternoon on the fifteenth day and eighteenth day, you will really have to pick up guests in the evening."

Grandma Liu knelt down and thanked again: "Thank you mom, I'll go back and get the silver right away!"

After Grandma Liu finished speaking, she held Qiaojie's hand again and said, "Sister Qiao, you have to rest, the board is still outside, I will definitely raise some money when I go back, you wait for grandma!"

Sister Qiao nodded, and then Grandma Liu walked out in peace.

When Grandma Liu and Ban'er returned to Jiamu's place, it was already sunset.Grandma Liu told everyone that she had found Qiaojie, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Grandma Liu comforted Jia's mother on the hospital bed and said: "Don't worry, old lady, Sister Qiao hasn't picked up the guests yet, but she is too thin. That mother wants 300 taels of silver, and I have already asked Baner to go home and pay 300 taels for him to marry a daughter-in-law in the future." If you bring money, it will be less, I'm afraid you still have to think of a way!"

After hearing this, Ping'er said, "I'll ask Qiaojie's uncle for it! When the second grandma left, she took all the bodies she could bring to Jinling, and said that Qiaojie would rely more on this uncle in the future. I'll go and ask him for money. Redeem Miss Qiao."

Ping'er finished speaking and walked out immediately.

Watching Ping'er go out, Jia's mother sighed, "My four granddaughters, the eldest granddaughter enjoyed the blessings in the palace, helped the family for so many years, and finally got a little princess, but they all went away for no reason. The second granddaughter got married and suffered more than a year of grievances, and now she doesn’t know whether to live or die. The third granddaughter became a princess and went to Nanhai. Girl Yun and Girl Lin had no parents since they were young, and it was pitiful to see them. They are lucky to have such a good life. The family is in trouble, and these girls have tried their best to help us by sending money and goods. Now they have old and Little one, I can't ask them again. I think back when the family was fine, these girls were the ones who treated them the worst, but they were the only ones who gave charcoal in a timely manner. It was Miaoyu who only lived in our house for two or three years. As a princess, I still remember the kindness and help of living in the Grand View Garden. Old in-laws, when sister Qiao comes back, I want to see these girls again, I'm afraid I'm going, I'm really tired!"

Grandma Liu, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Zhao, Qiu Tong, Jia Zheng and Jia Lan couldn't stop their tears streaming down their faces.

When it was time to eat dinner, Ping'er came back and said that he had spent a lot of talking, but Wang Ren only took 100 taels of silver.

Then Mother Jia asked Amber to take out the 300 taels sent by Zhou's family to marry Qiao Jie, and then added the money sent by Daiyu Xichun and others, counting the 300 taels that Ban'er went to get, it should be 80 [-] taels, then he sighed and said to Mrs. Xing Ping'er and Jia Zheng: "I am [-] years old now. I have tasted all the ups and downs, joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of life, and I am tired. I may go there at any time. Zheng'er , now that you are the head of this family, there is still hope for Baoyu Huaner, you have to take good care of this family, although we are now a small family, if Baoyu and the others can live up to their expectations, there will be hope."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he knelt down and agreed with tears.

Jia's mother called Jia Lan again, and said: "Lan'er, you are a good boy with ambition. Remember, the ancestors of our Jia family were good, but today not only is the glory gone, but also being bullied by villain merchants. Remember, win glory for our ancestors, let your mother have hope, and let our Jia family have hope!"

Jia Lan also hurriedly knelt down and said, "Old lady, Lan'er must work hard, so as not to humiliate my ancestors!"

Mother Jia asked Grandma Liu to come forward again and said, "Old relative, you are a poor relative in our family, but you are the one who values ​​the most affection. You have helped us without complaint or regret in several disasters, but we can't repay you. If you and Ban'er don't dislike it, when Qiaojie comes back, take Qiaojie to your place. I believe that if Feng girl is alive in heaven, she will agree."

Grandma Liu said: "Old lady, do you mean that you are willing to promise sister Qiao to me?"

Mother Jia nodded and said, "Yes, I wonder if my in-laws will dislike her?"