Struggle of Baochai

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On the carriage, Yinger looked at Baochai worriedly.

How could Ying'er, who has been with her since she was a child, not know what kind of temper her own girl has. The girl has always been upright, gentle and polite, but today she was molested by a young man in broad daylight with words. Presumably, the girl must be upset.

Baochai looked out through the glass window of the carriage: "It's nothing."

Seeing that Baochai was still sombre, Yinger thought about finding something to make her happy, so she smiled and said, "I heard that Jinyi Pavilion has new clothes again. When the girl was listening to cross talk, I chatted with a few girls and listened to Zhu's girls. It is said that her lady bought a western suit, which is very beautiful, I think the girl might as well buy a suit and wear it, not to mention anything else, just looking fresh."

Baochai looked through the glass and saw not far away a boy in patched clothes supporting a girl about six or seven years old, who seemed to be brother and sister. The two were walking in the market with difficulty, and the girl cried for some reason. , the boy squatted down and coaxed.

That's all for nothing, but Baochai is very familiar with the girl's appearance, especially the little rouge mole on the girl's forehead, Baochai will not mistake it, this girl should be Xiang who was raped and beaten to death in the previous life. water chestnut.

"Ying'er, call Song'er over here."

Baochai turned her head and gave Yinger a word, and when she turned her head, her eyes were fixed on Xiangling again.

Seeing the young man coaxing Xiangling, he finally took out two copper coins from his pocket and bought a bunch of candied haws for Xiangling on the street, but Xiangling was so coaxed that he burst into laughter.

For a while, the carriage stopped, and Song'er, a young servant, stood beside the carriage and listened to Hou Baochai's orders.

Baochai thought for a while, opened the car window, pointed at Xiangling and the young man, and said in a low voice, "You follow them quietly, and see what their backgrounds are. Find out and come back and tell me."

"Girl, don't worry." Song'er patted her chest as a guarantee, and Baochai asked Yinger to give Song'er a silver dollar, and then let him go. Baochai let the carriage continue driving, passed through the downtown area, and turned a few more times At the intersection, I saw Xue's concierge from a distance.

The carriage drove to the door, Baochai helped the little girl's hand to get out of the car, entered the courtyard from the side door, turned around the courtyard paved with carved stones, bypassed the hanging flower door, and went directly to the main house along the corridors on both sides.

Now that Xue Hong is away, Xue's mother has nothing to do except remove the housekeeper every day. When Baochai came back, she was choosing fabrics with a few girls, and she only said that she would make seasonal clothes for Baochai and Xue Pan.

Baochai went up to ask Ann, and was dragged by Mother Xue to ask some questions. She intended to make Mother Xue happy, and her words were naturally convenient and witty. In addition, she had a good memory, so she could tell the cross talk about that iron mouth. She learned almost every word for Xue's mother, but she only coaxed Xue's mother to laugh until her stomach hurts, and she hugged Baochai and screamed heartily.

Mother Xue's eldest girl named Tongfu came forward with a smile: "It can be seen that the girl is eloquent, no worse than the famous iron mouth. I see, if the girl talks about cross talk in the future, she will smash the iron mouth. Zhang's rice bowl."

Baochai got up, grabbed Tongfu, twisted her face and looked straight at her: "I'd like to see which one has iron teeth and copper teeth, my good sister, the words you made up of your girl just now may not only grab the iron A job with an open mouth, copper mouth, gold mouth, silver mouth, jewel mouth, my sister can grab it all, Amitabha, it is really the sister of Tongfu, all the famous mouths will bow down."

"Young lady can only find faults with us." Tong Fu twisted his body but refused: "Miss, wait and see, this time I embroidered hornets on all the girls' summer clothes, and let the girls weave me."

Baochai burst out laughing, hurriedly bowed and begged for mercy, and bowed down for a while before coaxing Tongfu back.

Xue's mother looked on happily, and Baochai was also happy to entertain her relatives with colorful clothes, and joked with Tongfu for a long time, only feeling tired from laughing before getting up to leave.

When she returned to her room, she happened to meet Que'er, and Que'er approached and whispered: "Girl, Song'er has been waiting outside for a long time, saying that she has something to report to the girl."

"Where is he?" Baochai asked in a low voice while opening the curtain to enter the room.

"I asked him to wait in the small pavilion outside the door, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds for him to eat. I think I haven't finished eating yet." Que'er replied softly.

Baochai sat down, took the wet towel from the little girl Lier and wiped her face: "Let him in."

After a while, Ying'er came in with tea, and Que'er led Song'er through the curtain to enter the door.

As soon as Song'er entered the room, she said hello to Baochai, stood aside with a smile and clapped her hands and replied, "Girl, I have already asked carefully about the little girl and boy you asked me to inquire about."

"Speak." Baochai took a sip of tea and listened carefully.

"It's a crime, girl, you don't know, that little girl should be seven or eight years old this year, not much different from the girl's age, but because she often starves, she looks thinner, so I heard the neighbor next door Said that her mother died early, and now she lives with her father. The boy who is with her today is a child from the neighbor's family, and she can play with her very well. Then I asked the landlord of her rented house carefully, The landlady is a bad-mouthed one, she whispered to me that the little girl's father might not be her own, he looked like he was kidnapped, because one day the landlady got up at night and heard the sound of beating and scolding, so she eavesdropped For a while, I realized that her father beat and scolded her every day, and scolded her so hard that day that he even said something about abducting and selling her."

Song'er spoke very cleverly, and explained the matter clearly in a few words. After hearing this, Baochai asked again: "You should ask carefully."

"Ask carefully." Song'er smiled: "I remember the address clearly, it is Qingshui Lane about two or three miles away..."

Baochai nodded when she heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Hurry up and find your brother, just say what I say, let him take your father's name sticker to the government office to report the case, and rescue the girl, it is also a merit for us. "

Song'er agreed, saluted again, and walked out quickly.

As soon as he left, Baochai leaned on the chair and lost his mind.

She only knew that Xiangling's background should be good, but she was abducted by kidnappers when she was a child, and she didn't know how many times she changed hands before she fell to such a miserable state. In her previous life, she never asked about it carefully. Xiangling should have stayed in Jinling for several years.

Thinking of the love in her previous life, Baochai just said that she didn't see it, and that's all, if she saw it, she would give her a hand if she could, rescue Xiangling, find her parents for her, or give her a lifetime of happiness. .

"Miss?" Ying'er stepped forward and interrupted Baochai's thoughts: "Miss, you haven't finished your homework yet, but you have to do it now."

It was only then that Baochai realized that today she was just being stubborn and had forgotten her homework, so she hurriedly asked Yinger to take out a pen and paper, and found a book to put aside all other thoughts, and began to write her homework carefully.

Speaking of which, Baochai is an extremely intelligent person, especially with an amazing memory. In her previous life, there were so many intelligent daughters in Daguanyuan, and even an extraordinary person like Daiyu. No matter how good the memory is, it is also worthy of what the ancients called ten lines at a glance.

Although the current schoolwork is different from what she learned in her previous life, Baochai can catch up with the progress through rote memorization for many days. She unfolded the book, finished the poetry homework first, and then started to do the arithmetic homework. When it was getting dark, Baochai finally finished all the homework.

She wouldn't be afraid of poetry and essays, but her arithmetic is different from what she learned earlier, which took a lot of effort.

Ying'er put away her homework and asked, "It's time to set the meal. Miss, can I go to the front yard to accompany my wife?"

Baochai stood up, flexed her wrist, and smiled, "Let's go."