Red House Farm Stay

Qing'er knows that Jia Zhuo is not a person who speaks very pompously. Once she is particularly enthusiastic about someone, she either wants to calculate, or wants to calculate.

She pulled Meirui's hand, pretending to be angry and said, "Come on, let's go and see what they said, in case they speak ill of me in front of Granny Meng."

"You cheapskate." It was the first time for Mei Rui to see Qing'er dissatisfied with Jia Zhuo, it was a little fresh, and she felt relieved, this is normal.It's not dear, how could it be really that good.While talking, there was a smile on his face, and he didn't object to being dragged out by Qing'er.

Granny Meng has only one son, and the daughter-in-law took the child back to her natal home a few days ago.Her son is not often at home, and she is the only one at home, and she likes to visit outside the most.She also likes other people to visit her house. The courtyard door is closed all year round. The neighbors all know her habit.

Jia Zhuo was dragged to Granny Meng's house, and pretended to be annoyed: "Grandma is still dragging me, you and Rui'er have become a family."

When Granny Meng heard what she said, the smile on her face deepened, "Silly girl, I told you to come to Granny a long time ago, and I told you that it's not too late to come now."

"What did the mother-in-law say? I don't want to be a concubine." Jia Zhuo got angry and stood up to leave.

"Oh, I said, why is this child so irritable? After listening to the mother-in-law, Bao Zhun can't move." Granny Meng thought she knew Jia Zhuo's situation very well. The orphan girl below, she looks so good-looking, even if she is smart, she knows that it is a good business.It's good to have a baby, and in the future, I will set up a big family, and the Wang family will have nothing to worry about in this life.

"There is such a good thing, why didn't you tell my grandma." Jia Zhuo lowered his head shyly, and didn't mention leaving.

"Your grandma, it's not about me, two relatives are in front of you, even if there are good ones, it's not your turn. You, you are fourteen this year, and you should make plans for yourself. There is a chance , you can’t let it go, otherwise, if you pass this village, there will be no such shop.”

When Granny Meng saw that there was something going on, she spoke more vigorously.

"I stay at home and work every day. Where can I seize the opportunity?" Jia Zhuo covered his mouth and became more shy.

"There is a good opportunity now, it depends on whether you want to take it or not."

"I also ask mother-in-law to advise." Jia Zhuo raised his head, his big eyes blinked and blinked, and the innocence and delicacy were fully displayed in the movement of his eyes.

Damn, an old woman likes her after seeing it. If a man sees her, she'll be fine.Granny Meng became more and more excited, and slapped her thigh, "Prince Zhongshun is buying a maid..."

"Hey, what good thing should I do, dare to trick me into selling myself as a slave, you wicked woman, aren't you afraid of retribution?" Jia Zhuo's complexion changed again, and his pretty face was flushed, because of anger, his cheeks and cheeks were red, almost dripping Bleeding, obviously very angry.

"Hey, hey, listen to me, why are you in a hurry again. You say you are serving a girl outside, but if you can serve the prince, you are afraid that you will lose your glory and wealth."

"That's slavery too, grandma won't agree."

Granny Meng saw that she seemed moved, and hurriedly played the side drum, "By marrying far away, you can sign the contract of sale yourself, but it's just a formality, even the wife of the county magistrate has to salute when she sees the person who serves the prince. "

When Granny Meng talked about her pride, she giggled.

"Did Mei Rui be sold to Prince Zhongshun by you?" Jia Zhuo asked abruptly.

"She does embroidery work at home every day. An old woman like me feels distressed when she sees it. This is a way for her to survive. In the future, she will thank me."

Sure enough, there is no such a coincidence, all nephews from the natal family are deceiving.

"You are like this, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?" Jia Zhuo walked to the door, turned to look at Granny Meng, there was no shyness on her face, and she looked at her with a frosty expression.

"Grandma Meng..."

Jia Zhuo opened the door, Qing'er supported Mei Rui, and stood at the door, Mei Rui looked at Granny Meng, and just said three words, but couldn't continue.

"Go, I will testify to you and tell your parents the truth." Jia Zhuo also supported Mei Rui and said to her.

"Xiaozhuo, Qing'er, you go back, I have something to say to Granny Meng privately." Mei Rui withdrew her hand from Qing'er's.

"Rui'er, what do you have to say to this kind of person." Qing'er was anxious, "We will help you, if not, we will report to the police."

"I beg you, go back." Mei Rui looked at Qing'er and thought to herself, tell her parents, if they know about it, they will only try to squeeze more money from Granny Meng.Report to the official?Who is Prince Zhongshun, does a small county magistrate dare to take care of him?

"Let's go." Jia Zhuo gave Qing'er a hand. She saw the flaw and let Mei Rui know that she had been deceived.They can't handle the rest.What's more, Mei Rui obviously has her own plans.

Qing'er looked at Mei Rui again, but Mei Rui didn't look at her at all, so she had to be led out by Jia Zhuo, turning her head every three steps, but Mei Rui never looked back.

"Sister, why are there such bad people, why are there such bad things." Qing'er couldn't understand, when Jia Zhuo came to her house, she was too old to understand such complicated things.There is only a vague impression that Prince Zhongshun is not a good person.

Only today, hearing Granny Meng's words with my own ears is like being poured a bucket of cold water over my head, and I am stunned.

She substituted Mei Rui, happily preparing to get married, but only after she went did she find out that she had been sold.A teenage girl is going to serve an old man in his 60s.No one could accept it, and it was possible to hit the wall with shame and anger at that time.

Jia Zhuo also thought about it, and found that this was really a knot, a knot that could hardly be untied.

"Sister, what do you think Rui'er will do." Qing'er wants to hear Jia Zhuo tell her that there are ways to solve all these things, and some of them will get better.

"I don't know either." Unable to imagine, Jia Zhuo held Qing'er's hand even tighter.

"Don't tell grandma and them when you go back, Mei Rui may not want to say anything."

"I see." Qing'er nodded, the little sister went home with a sad face, when grandma asked, she reasoned that the Mei family didn't even prepare a dowry for her, it was really embarrassing.

"The mung bean soup is ready to drink. Hurry up and drink a bowl and go into the house to rest. The heat is too hot in the afternoon, so don't start sewing."

Grandma Liu didn't ask much about the Mei family, just like them, she also had a slight melancholy hidden in her brows.

At this time, the two brothers of the Yuan family also had a fierce quarrel. Yuan Ziwen never thought that there would be such a day when he would look at his elder brother with such eyes.

"Brother, you clearly know that there is a problem with this matter, so I won't talk about the matter of buying someone. I bought it from Ren Yazi, and it's clean. But you really don't know, what is he doing in private? In the inn where I stayed, the woman on the left brought a child from a relative’s family back home, and the woman on the right brought a little girl back to the countryside to get married. When did the woman of a rich family have such great power to be in the caravan? It's such a coincidence that they're all girls in their thirteens, fourteens, or five years old, I don't care, I'm going to tell Mr. Qin."

Yuan Ziwen's eyes were full of anger, and he could understand that the elder brother's friendship with Prince Zhongshun's followers was also to save himself a way out.But seeing the behavior of the disciples, one should know that this kind of person is unbearable to be a friend.

"Ziwen, this retainer has been recommended by Prince Zhongshun, and he will serve in Chaoping Mansion next year. You are still young and don't understand the dangers of an official career. It's far from being as simple as you can read good books and write good articles." The Yuan family said nothing. He is an ordinary family, and his life is a little better, and it doesn't help him in his official career at all.

The wife has also been booked a long time ago, and the wife's family is worse than the Yuan family, let alone help.The only thing that can help her in the future is the marriage made by her younger brother.But there are too many variables in the middle, if the uncle of the Li family doesn't make it through to him, the official position will change, what should he do.

After seeing a lot of the behavior of the officials' children in Yuenan Academy, he understood that he had almost no chance of winning if he fought alone compared with these disciples who devoted their entire family's efforts to cultivate them.What the family can't provide him, he has to create by himself.

Connections, connections or connections, the connections he has spent so much time managing must not be destroyed by a trivial matter.

But how could my younger brother understand? Yuan Zishang patiently explained to him, "I have also asked about these little girls, and there is nothing suspicious. Otherwise, you can ask these little girls yourself. If you want them to go, they still don't know." Willing to go. As for Mr. Qin, you may not know that the Cha family has already invested in the eldest prince."

"This is related to..." Yuan Ziwen sorted it out carefully, Mr. Qin married a young lady from the Cha family, and the Cha family turned to the eldest prince, who has always been on good terms with Prince Zhongshun.

It turned out to be like this, Yuan Ziwen said angrily: "Sure enough, the officials are protecting each other, working in collusion."

"Slap." Yuan Zishang slapped Yuan Ziwen's face, both brothers were stunned.

Yuan Ziwen covered his face and ran out, Yuan Zishang withdrew his hand and gave a wry smile.I can only comfort myself that Ziwen is still young and has been living under the wings of his parents. One day, he will understand his difficulties.

What the two brothers didn't know was that outside the study, Li Xiaojia was holding a pastry box with a thoughtful expression on his face.Yuan Ziwen ran so fast that he didn't see her at all. Li Xiaojia left before Yuan Zi went out. No one knew that she had been here.

This is not surprising, Li Xiaojia has been traveling between the two families since she was a child, and the Yuan family does not have many people serving them, so they have long been used to Li Xiaojia's appearance from time to time, and no one paid special attention to it.

Li Xiaojia left alone, thinking about the conversation between the two brothers just now.Prince Zhongshun, a teenage girl, these words jumped out, and they were spinning rapidly in her head.

The more Li Xiaojia thinks about it, the more she feels that this is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to cut grass and roots.She will always remember her elder sister, the letter she wrote after she got married.

The elder sister had just conceived a child, and the brother-in-law quickly took her childhood sweetheart cousin into the door as a concubine, and was as gluey as glue in front of her.My elder sister is angry but can't do anything, she still has to pretend to be generous.As a result, the confinement was not done well, and I was left with a whole body of illness, and I couldn't regenerate.I can only watch my concubine give birth to sons one after another. If it weren't for the support of my natal family, I'm afraid I can only guard my daughter and hide away.

"Xiaojia, what are you doing? Didn't you mean to send the cakes to Ziwen? Why did you bring them back as they were?" Mother Li came in, thinking that the two of them were having an awkward fight again.

"The brothers have something to talk about, and I brought it back when I was upset." Li Xiaojia deliberately hugged her mother coquettishly, "Give it to parents, not him."

Seeing that nothing happened, Mother Li breathed a sigh of relief.He also told his daughter, "The relationship between you and Ziwen since childhood is not comparable to others. Even if you were distracted for a while, you are now engaged, and he is not allowed to do anything wrong. The mother of the Wang family has also inquired about it, but it is not true. Those villains who cling to each other indiscriminately are probably planning to get closer, so don't think too much about it."

"That Heitan head?" Li Xiaojia curled her lips, she didn't believe that Jia Zhuo would take a fancy to that Heitan head.

If Jia Zhuo knew, he might vomit blood in anger. Ban'er really does not conform to the traditional aesthetics of white-faced scholars in this era.But the bulging muscles and wheat-colored complexion are much more attractive to Jia Zhuo than the helpless white-faced scholar.

"What a mess, he is also Ziwen's classmate, so don't talk nonsense outside." Mother Li patiently taught her a lot of truths before leaving.

"I know, I know." Li Xiaojia nodded impatiently, her mind drifting away.

Prince Zhongshun was finally about to set off. Starting from Jinling, he had to pass through Wannian County, and then take the official road to Chaoping Mansion.Mei Rui was dressed a day earlier, and was delivered by Granny Meng to the woman in charge who lived in the inn.

Granny Meng looked at Mei Rui with a smile on her face, "The girl is so smart and capable, she must be able to do something in the palace. Why don't you listen to me and persuade Jia Zhuo to go with you. A hero and three helpers, you Two sisters are better than one."

Mei Rui looked at Granny Meng. The sleeves were sewn with 200 taels of silver forced out of Granny Meng, and the belt was sewn with two golden plum flowers Jia Zhuo gave her.

Hearing the words, he pursed his lips and smiled, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they are unwilling. If we really go, who knows whether it is a helper or an opponent."

"Girls do important things, and old women are forced to do so. You..."

"I won't blame my mother-in-law. This is fate. If you don't walk over, who knows whether it is good or bad." Mei Rui stopped looking at Granny Meng, took a deep breath, followed her mother-in-law who came out to meet her, and walked into the room. Inn.

Ban'er, Yuan Ziwen and a few classmates made an appointment to see Yuan Zishang off. There was a knock on the door of the house early in the morning. Qing'er opened the door and saw that it was a seven or eight-year-old child, eating osmanthus cake with both hands A mouthful of crumbs.

He asked vaguely, "Does Wang Tianzuo belong to your family? He asked me to bring a letter back, saying that he wanted a girl named Jia Zhuo to meet him in Xirui Tower."

Jia Zhuo had already heard the voice coming out from the backyard, still holding a handful of vegetable leaves in both hands.He and Qing'er looked at each other, then heard Jia Zhuo ask the child, "Did Wang Tianzuo really tell you to pass the message? Is he a white-faced scholar and wearing a blue gown?"

The child shook his head, "No, it's a black boy, wearing a blue gown."

They were all right, Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief, already [-]% believed it was what Ban'er asked someone to bring.

"Thank you for bringing the letter. I'll be there in a while." Jia Zhuo grabbed a handful of peanuts from the room and stuffed them into the child's arms. Seeing the crumbs he ate, he squatted down and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Is this sweet-scented osmanthus cake bought for you by Chuanxin's sister?"

"Yeah." The child nodded subconsciously, then said nervously, "My brother bought it for me."

"Oh, yes, it's brother, I was wrong." Jia Zhuo smiled softly, wiped his mouth clean, and then closed the door behind him.

"Who is it, and what do you want to do?" Qing Er asked nervously as she heard everything standing beside her.

"It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided. If we hide this time, what should we do next time we reappear? We must know which thief remembers us."

"Then what should I do?" Seeing Jia Zhuo began to remove his hair and wash his face with water, Qing'er couldn't help being anxious, they were just two little girls, how could they have any chance of winning in this way.

"Listen, I'll go there alone, don't talk, it's not that I won't take you, but that if something happens, I don't even have someone to report it, it's really bad." Fortunately, grandma went to bed and went back to sleep , Jia Zhuo thought to himself, it would be much easier to just persuade Qing'er.

"This..." Qing'er followed Jia Zhuo all the way, watching her pull out Ban'er's old clothes and put them on her body, and then wiped a black thing on her face and hands.

Soon, Jia Zhuo became a dark-skinned, skinny country boy.Ban'er's clothes used to be worn in the countryside, and almost all of them were patched. Anyone who saw such a person would not take a second look.

"What is this?" Qing'er saw this thing, couldn't help wiping it away, then wiped it off in distaste.

"The wild fruits picked on the mountain are smashed and dried, and they can be washed off with water." This is one of the benefits of living in Xiaodongshan before. The wild flowers, grasses and fruits all over the mountains can be tossed casually.At that time, I was always afraid of being found by the people of Prince Zhongshun, so I made a spare.

She never told anyone, who would have thought that she would use it when she thought she would no longer need it.

"Don't worry now, even you won't be able to recognize him, let alone the person who is behind the scenes." Jia Zhuo turned around, Qing'er nodded, then shook his head again.

"But……"

"Don't worry, I promise, just take a look at who it is and come back." Jia Zhuo hugged Qing'er, slipped out of the gate, and instead of going out through the usual intersection, he took a detour and took another exit to Xirui Building went.

At the door of Xirui Building, two women were talking.A woman in charge said anxiously: "Why don't you come, we are leaving soon."

"I know, I'll be here soon. This one, I dare say, all the girls in your room combined, can't compare to her one finger." It's as if it was stolen, so awkward.

The woman in charge curled her lips, knowing that the children of relatives were all lies, maybe they were cheated from somewhere.But she couldn't control these things, she was hooked by the word stunning.

Of the girls in the room, there was only one girl named Mei Rui who reckoned that she could really suit the prince's wishes, and the others were said to be beautiful, but they were really worthless in the palace.But the prince likes fresh and tender little girls, especially those from good families, and it is better to charge more than less, it seems that they have put their heart into it.

"Okay, then I'll wait, old sister, please don't let me down." The two women had their own ghosts, and each exchanged a smirk.

There is an intersection not far from Xirui Tower, and Jia Zhuo must pass through from the direction of his home.But Jia Zhuo took a detour and went around directly from the back.

Sure enough, at the intersection, I saw Li Xiaojia, and there was a stout woman beside her.Jia Zhuo looked at the distance from the intersection to Xirui Tower. If she appeared, it would only take a few breaths for the woman to restrain her and drag her to Xirui Tower.

Before anyone could react, she had already been stuffed into the carriage, and left with Prince Zhongshun's convoy.

The timing was well grasped, the person who reported the letter paid great attention to details, and the location was chosen just right. She has become smarter, Jia Zhuo commented in his heart.If she hadn't known in advance that Prince Zhongshun's followers were making trouble in Wannian County, she might have been fooled.

leave now?Jia Zhuo was a little undecided.

It doesn't matter if she yells, it's best for her not to have anything to do with Prince Zhongshun.Moreover, she didn't want to offend Yuan and Li's family for Ban'er.Baner and Yuan Ziwen have a good relationship, and they can get to know Yuan Zishang, and they will meet more people in the future.

Such people are always inevitable.This kind of thing, more or less, more or less serious, will never be the last time.Do you want Ban'er to offend everyone for her?Ban'er is not afraid, but she is.

After thinking about it, she ran to the calligraphy and painting shop, and the waiter almost drove her out. She touched the copper plate and came out, holding her throat, begging for a pen and paper, and wrote a note.

Then he went to the gate of the city, spent a few more coppers, found a little beggar, told him something, then went home, changed his clothes and washed his face.

She made a detour all the way back, taking advantage of the yard where no one was entering, and even grandma didn't get up.Except for Qing'er, no one knew that she had been out.

"Remember, someone came to look for me, but because I had a quarrel with Ban'er, I thought he came to ask for peace, and refused to forgive him, so I didn't go."

Qing'er nervously said: "I know, but, but..."

"Although I can't do anything to her, but if I don't cause her any trouble, wouldn't I be named Jia for nothing?" Jia Zhuo comforted Qing'er, continued picking vegetable leaves in the backyard, and spread out the dried fish , Prepare dried fish with sauce.

"Prince Zhongshun should have left the city." Qing'er looked at the sun, Prince Zhongshun left, it means Yuan Zishang left, and Ban'er should come back.