Evening Shaohua in the Red House

The surrounding audience talked to each other, and Li Shouzhong and the others roughly understood what was going on.

It turns out that this girl is said to be from Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River. Her mother died young, and she lived with her father since she was a child. A few months ago, she and her father went to Beijing to visit relatives.

He spent most of his pocketbook on the way to Beijing, and later he asked a doctor to take medicine, which was already exhausted. Now he is so poor that he can't even get enough money for the funeral, so he came up with this method of selling himself to bury his father.

There were more and more onlookers, and they were all sympathetic when they learned the reason, "Oh, it's also pitiful, and I fell into the streets at a young age."

"Yes, I heard that there is only one old father in the family, and now that the father is gone, I can't even get enough money for the burial, so I have to sell myself to bury my father."

"It's a filial daughter, but it's a pity that this life is too hard."

There was a lot of discussion among the people, but still no one came to help.

After all, they are ordinary people, just watch the excitement, who has the spare money to buy some girl.

Li Hou was honest and kind by nature. When he saw that girl bowed her head and shed tears, kneeling on the ground and crumbling, he couldn't help feeling sorry for him. He gently pulled Li Shouzhong's lapel and whispered: "Grandfather, this sister is so pitiful. How about we help her?" help her?"

Li Shouzhong glanced at the girl, smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "How do you want to help? Buy her?"

Li Hou hurriedly shook his head and said: "Our family has enough people, the grandson just wants to help her bury her father, and she doesn't need to sell herself."

Li Shouzhong has been an official for many years and has a lot of experience. He has long seen that something is wrong with this girl, but he just wanted to let Li Hou and Jia Lan experience it, so he didn't say a word to remind him, he just said: "Grandfather doesn't intervene, you can do it yourself. .”

Li Houxin was overjoyed, and immediately pulled Jia Lan forward and asked the girl, "Sister, how much money do you want?"

The girl raised her head when she heard the sound, and saw that it was a child of eight or nine years old. A trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, but then she saw that Li Hou was covered in brocade, and Jia Lan beside him was wearing a silver satin arrow sleeve embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and wearing a sapphire blue cover. The Kesi Silver Rat Coat has delicate eyebrows and eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a very impressive demeanor. I knew that I had met a young master from a wealthy family, so my heart moved, I lowered my head and wiped away my tears. Said: "Young master, if you can pay ten taels of silver, the slave family is willing to be a slave and a servant girl, and wait for your order."

The surrounding audience gasped when they heard this, this is not cheap, ten taels of silver is enough for a family to chew for half a year

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Li Hou had no idea about money, so he asked the young man to bring the money.

Li Shouzhong watched his grandson's actions coldly in the crowd, he was noncommittal on the face, but secretly sighed in his heart, this child is still too immature, so credulous, he has to teach him well when he goes back.

Glancing at Jia Lan again, he saw that he was frowning and staring at the girl, with a rather suspicious expression on his face, as if he was thinking about something, knowing that he was always alert and intelligent, if he had already noticed something, he couldn't help but smiled and nodded secretly.

At this moment, the servant had already brought the silver, and Li Hou was about to take it, but Jia Lan suddenly stopped him and said, "Brother wait a minute."

Li Hou didn't understand what he meant, and asked suspiciously, "Lan'er, what are you doing?"

Jia Lan took the purse over and glanced at the girl secretly, seeing that although she lowered her head, she couldn't help but stare at the purse in her hand out of the corner of her eyes. She was more and more sure of her guess, and her big black eyes gleamed. After a bit of cunning, she said crisply: "I saw that this sister is alone and has no one to help her. She might cause trouble if she took all the money. Why don't we help people to the end and send someone to the longevity shop to buy a coffin. Wouldn't it be cheap to ask someone to go to the funeral?"

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, and then they all said, "Exactly, the young master is very thoughtful."

The woman's expression froze, and her movements of wiping her tears stopped.

Li Hou didn't realize that something was wrong, and felt that what the little cousin said was quite reasonable, so he nodded and said: "It's Lan'er's thoughtful thinking, which is more appropriate."

The girl came to her senses when she heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to bother the young master, I can take care of it myself."

But Jia Lan said: "No trouble, it's cheaper if I ask two people to help, and ask my sister to lead the way."

The girl's expression froze, she promised, and slowly got up.

Li Hou immediately called two young servants over, and was about to give some instructions, when suddenly the crowd exclaimed, and looked up, but saw that the girl had already run out without warning, her legs and feet were even more agile than the man's, In an instant, he disappeared.

Everyone was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to their senses, and there was booing all of a sudden.

Li Hou is not stupid, he still doesn't understand that he has been duped, I am afraid that selling one's body to bury his father is all fake.

Today Li Shouzhong went out with two easy-going elders and four young servants, two of the young servants were annoyed and wanted to arrest him.

Li Shouzhong waved his hand to stop it, and said, "Forget it, let him go."

Looking at the woman's behavior, you can tell that she is a habitual deceiver. Such people usually have accomplices, so there is no need to mess with them.

The crowd around the audience cursed and dispersed one after another.

Li Shouzhong also took the two of them into a nearby tea house to rest.

The place of this tea house is not big, even a little shabby, but it is better than quiet.

Li Shouzhong asked for a private room, and ordered a pot of clear tea, several colors and finer ones, and two plates of preserved fruits.

Jia Lan concentrated on eating snacks and drinking tea, but Li Hou was still in a daze. He originally wanted to do something good, but he didn't expect to be deceived by others, and he was very frustrated.

Li Shouzhong originally planned to use this to teach a few words, but seeing his little grandson's dejected look at this time, he couldn't bear it, and swallowed all the words that came to his lips. You have learned a lot, and this is to tell you not to judge people by their appearance in the future, to think more about everything, and not to be fooled by others."

Li Hou slumped in response, still lacking energy.

Li Shouzhong turned his head to look at Jia Lan, his eyes were full of approval, and said, "I didn't expect Lan'er to be so quick-witted that she could see something wrong at a glance."

Jia Lan swallowed the pastry in her mouth, Fang shook her head and said, "I didn't notice it at first, but I just noticed something wrong when I saw her hands by accident."

Hearing this, Li Hou raised his head hurriedly and asked, "Hand? What's wrong with her hand?"

Jia Lan said: "The hands are fair and delicate, without any calluses or scars, and there are very faint traces of impatiens dyed on the small nails.

If it was true as she said, her family was poor and she lived with her father since she was a child, and she would have to do housework. How could she have such delicate hands?And I just saw the embroidered shoes under her feet. Although they look inconspicuous, they are made of brocade, and they are not affordable for girls from poor families.

My mother also taught me before that there are not many people in this world who look the same. People who look weak and pitiful may not be really pitiful. They are most likely pretending to deceive others. "

After these words, not only Li Houting was stunned, but even Li Shouzhong was amazed, and couldn't help asking: "Where did you learn these things?"

In the past two days, Jalan has given him more and more surprises, and he has become a little numb.

Jia Lan didn't know that his words and deeds were too surprising for a six-year-old child, so he shook his head and said, "No one taught me, but in my spare time, my mother would often take me to observe flowers, birds, insects and fish, and write a small note every day." , record the difference between today's leaves and yesterday's, how many flowers have bloomed, etc.; after a long time, you will naturally pay attention to some details.

Not only that, my mother also ordered someone to open a small piece of wasteland in the backyard and plant some melons and vegetables.

If I make a mistake, I have to go to the field to water and weed, so I know how hard it is to farm the land. After working for a long time, my hands will get blisters and calluses. "

Li Wan taught his son very attentively. He didn't want Jia Lan to be inactive in the future, unable to distinguish the five grains, and ignorant of the sufferings of the people. Therefore, he has been strict with him. Insect weeding.

After Jia Lan finished speaking, Li Hou was already stunned, and his heart was full of dissatisfaction.

Li Shouzhong was also happy and sighed, more and more sure that his grandson is a piece of jade in the rough. As long as he carves it carefully, he will shine brightly in the future. Thinking of this, he couldn't help stroking Jia Lan's little head and said: "Your mother is very considerate. , Lan'er is so smart, she will become a great weapon in the future, Mr. Ordinary may not be able to teach you anything."

Jia Lan didn't know about the apprenticeship, and when he heard the words, he only took them as compliments from his grandfather, blushing and remained silent.

The grandfather and grandson talked aloud, but they didn't know that their conversation fell into the ears of others.

In the private room next door, a 25-year-old young man wearing a royal blue brocade robe was full of surprise on his face, and smiled at the man in green shirt beside him: "Senior brother, how do you think this little doll grows? The jade snow is so cute Not to mention, it's amazing to be so alert and intelligent at such a young age, when I was his age, I was only able to play tricks with cats and dogs."

The two of them watched the good show downstairs just now from the window.

The man who was called senior brother was in his early thirties, dressed in a sky-blue long gown, with a clear, elegant and extremely handsome appearance.

A hint of interest flashed in the eyes of the man in the blue shirt, he touched his chin and agreed: "This kid is really interesting, Ziduan, do you know whose family it is?"

I don't know who the child's mother is, but she came up with such a novel way to teach her son. Although it is a bit strange, it has to be said to be very useful. The child is really smart just now, and even ordinary adults may not be sure about that alertness and insight. catch up.

Zhou Ziduan frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Just now, you seem to be Li Shouzhong, the Imperial College Jijiu, but I have never had any contact with his family, so I don't know much about their family."

Shen Yi tapped the table with his slender fingers like jade, recalled the words of the three grandparents just now, recalled that the little baby called Li Shouzhong's grandfather, thought deeply, and smiled after a while: "I seem to know who it is!" home."

Although he returned to Beijing for a short time, he is already familiar with most of the people in Beijing. He has always had a photographic memory, and he has already imprinted the history of the in-laws of each family in his mind. Just now Zhou Zhaoyi said that he remembered it

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He also knew about Li Shouzhong's visit to the teacher today. He had visited the teacher in Gu's mansion just before he left, and he roughly guessed what Li Shouzhong was up to.

It's just that I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet here.

At the beginning, he also wondered if the other party deliberately planned to wait for them here and acted out this play, but he quickly denied this idea. It was purely accidental that they came to this teahouse today, and even the family members didn't know about it. , let alone outsiders.

The author has something to say: transitional chapter, catch bugs tomorrow.

ps: All the red envelopes in the previous chapter have been distributed, but Jinjiang's backstage is more expensive. If there are any cute little ones that are missing, please leave a message to remind them.

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