The glorious spring scene of the Red House

"Why is daddy so useless? If daddy, you are really useless, how can you let me live in this green brick house?" Yu Yan said pretending to be happy.

Father Yu smiled, staring at Yu Yan's wrist without speaking.

The people outside said that they were rushing back to sell watermelons, and they were about to leave after drinking water, and they couldn't stay.

Uncle Yu Xun brought his son in to see Father Yu, and left some money, saying it was to scare Yu Xun.

After everyone left, Liu closed the door tightly, and washed Yu Yan's unfinished clothes as if nothing happened.

Yu Xing moved a small bench and sat aside, helping her mother to float the clothes.

"Mom..." Yu Yu paused for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Aunt Su told me something yesterday, I think it's very good, and it can also solve Uncle's calculation. Aunt Su said that there is... ..."

Yu Xun vaguely said that Tian Su had a way to let her do the work of a palace maid.

Mrs. Liu was taken aback, stopped washing her clothes, and said in a dazed way: "How did this house become like this?"

The pillar of the family has collapsed, and it is not easy for the Liu family to continue to make a living.But no matter how difficult it is, it cannot be changed. The situation in this family is becoming more and more difficult.

The sons and daughters are getting older, and they have their own little thoughts, and it's not like Mrs. Liu didn't realize it.One thing after another, people don't stop.Sometimes Mrs. Liu wants to forget it, if she can pass it, if she can't, what else can she do?

Liu Shiqiang cheered up, lowered his head, washed his clothes, and buried his head into the stove, ready to boil the medicine her man wanted to drink, but he took Yu Yan as a transparent person.

As soon as a fire was lit in the stove, Mrs. Liu's eyes were smoked by the thin smoke, and she quickly wiped it with her sleeve.

Yu Yan stood next to her mother, unable to utter a word, so she had to go back to her room and continue to be her weed.

In the evening, Yu Jia came back with a small bag in his arms, which contained the money he earned these days, a total of twenty copper coins.

The money was originally hidden by Yu Jia, but now that everyone in the family knows about it, they naturally want to take it back and let their mother keep it.

Except for Father Yu who was lying down, the rest of the family sat at the table with bowls and chopsticks, eating quietly.

"Boom ghost fetus gl!"

Mrs. Liu put the bowl in her hand on the table and said, "Ah Yu, Ajia and your sister both talked to me about something today, do you have anything to say?"

Yu You slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks, chewed the food in his mouth twice, and only after swallowing did he tell his story.

Father Yu, who was eating silently with a bowl at the side, was also taken aback when he heard this.

The second son worked as a clerk in a bookstore, and after some ink, he could read a few words. They were happy in their hearts, but if they really worked hard to study, they felt afraid.

How can a family like them afford it!

"You don't have to worry about the tuition fee. I went to work at the husband's house, and the gentleman agreed to let me listen to it. I don't have the title of master and apprentice, but I can save some money."

Yu Jia kept humming at the side, co-authoring only he spent the family's "big money" in the past few years.

Liu Shi didn't cry this time, she has cried enough these days, and it would be a bit unseemly to cry any more.

Looking at the three children, Mrs. Liu was full of anxiety.Even though they were still children, they were forced to become adults.

Mrs. Liu asked weakly: "What about the job at the bookstore? We got help from the shopkeeper, so it's not good..."

Yu You said: "I went to work at that gentleman's house, and I was still the shopkeeper's middleman. My first three months' wages were all paid to the shopkeeper, and I got the rest."

"It's only after everything has been done, why don't you say anything!"

Yu You knelt down on the ground, and said calmly: "The food and lodging is included at the other end, and it can also reduce the burden on the family, and don't sign any paperwork for prostitution." Yu You emphasized.

Father Yu had already lost his appetite because of the bowls of bitter juice, but after hearing this now, he felt even more powerless.

"Originally... I discussed with your mother, let you two be brothers, go back to the countryside to farm with your uncle. Your mother and I will continue to live in the city with Auntie. Unexpectedly... "

I didn't expect children to be so creative.

What's more, I didn't expect that the children's thoughts could not be held back at all.

The eldest son stopped learning carpentry and went out to work hard to make money.

The second son is even worse, begging people to get things done, how can parents make trouble.

As for the little girl...

"Duo, duo, duo..." There was a knock on the door outside.

"Is Yu's sister-in-law at home?" It was Tian Su's voice.

Even if Yu Yan didn't tell her mother about that matter today, Tian Su would still come to tell her. It's just that Tian Su encountered an embarrassing situation, so she waited until it was dark before coming.

The three children were scrambling to clean up the dishes, and none of them wanted to stay in the room any longer.

Liu Shi and Tian Su were sitting face to face, with Father Yu lying beside them, the three of them didn't know what to say for a while.

In the end it was Liu who spoke first: "How is your face?"

Tian Su touched his face and said, "I was working in the dark last night and accidentally fell."

Mrs. Liu twitched the corners of her mouth and stopped asking. This Tian Su is good in everything, but the man she married is not very good.That man not only likes to drink, but also likes to beat people when he drinks too much. Tian Su's face is bruised and purple, and he said that he fell by himself, but Liu doesn't believe what he says.

Closer to home, Tian Sudao understood the purpose of his visit, and the conversation that followed went much smoother.

Tian Su's good friend Cui Siji is a few years older than Tian Su.It's just that people are in the deep palace, and there is no descendant left. After a hundred years, no one will pay homage to them, which is a bit desolate.

Cui Siji became a Siji two years ago, so he wanted to take in an apprentice, so that after a hundred years, someone would remember her and offer incense to her.

It's just that this dynasty stipulates that court ladies can return home to take care of their parents at the age of 25, with full filial piety.

Although there are only a few court ladies who leave the palace at a certain age, there is a family outside who is worried about it, Cui Siji feels uneasy after all.

After picking and picking for a long time, Cui Siji couldn't find anyone he liked.

Furthermore, the election of palace officials is done every five years, and sometimes it will be postponed for fear of wasting money and the people. Roughly speaking, there have been no elections for palace officials for six years.After all these years, the good ones have been picked long ago, so it's Cui Siji's turn.

Cui Siji was looking forward and looking forward, finally the Central Palace issued a decree, next year the palace will be selected among the people, he was very happy, so he took the errand and prepared with all his heart.

Tian Suneng and Cui Siji met by chance, but if they did, it would be the best thing.

When he heard that Tian Su had a daughter, Driver Cui wondered if he could bring that daughter into the palace, and when he was old, he would bring his friend's daughter out of the palace together.

At that time, it is good to be a company with friends and grow old together.

It's just that Tian Su came out of the palace where everything was good. Tian Su didn't want to think about those days in the palace, and he was not willing to let his daughter go through it again.

Cui Siji was rejected as soon as he mentioned it today, so he didn't force it.Cui Siji took a fancy to Li Juan, probably because of Tian Su, thinking that with such a relationship, he would be closer than others.

Cui Siji originally liked Li Juan with all his heart, but now he can't make it happen, so naturally he has to find someone else.

It is said that the first impression is the most important. When Cui Siji saw Yu Yan today, he felt comfortable in his eyes.

The Yu family's family background is not good, it's a bit poor if you really want to say it.

Yu Yan is not good looking either, with withered and yellow hair, and a thin head. Due to lack of nutrition, his small face is pale and yellow, and the blood on his lips is also faint.In the eyes of Cui Siji, who is used to beauties, they can only be considered ordinary.

But maybe after a lifetime, Yu Yu always exudes a spirit that is different from others, unlike other country folks, he has a shyness.A pair of dark eyes, with a bit of aura, it can be seen that he is a plastic talent.

Tian Su also knew the situation of Yu's family, and since she had grown up watching Yu Xing, she heard the voice of her friend, so she was naturally willing to make connections in it.

"It doesn't matter if you can't be selected. Today is very kind. When you send it back, you can bring some clothes and some silver cloth. If you parents are willing, let alone ten percent, it is ninety percent." Cheng Jiu can also do it. When it is done, there will be more than 20 taels of silver sent home, and you can too..." Tian Su smiled reluctantly, his bluish face hurting.

"Okay..." Father Yu interrupted: "Let's think about it again, this is a big deal."

Liu got up and said, "I'll see you off, it's getting dark, I have to wash my face with water."

The Yu family's house is so small, no matter how quietly you speak, as long as you have long ears in this family, you can still hear it.

Yu Yu's two older brothers wanted to straighten their backs and say to Tian Su, "They won't sell their sister, let alone let her go!" 'But in reality, it is impossible for them to say this.

As parents, I was also reluctant to part with it, but as the rice tank at home gradually bottomed out, and the family of five lost weight at a visible speed, they could only reluctantly make a decision.

Yu Yan's body, which was not fat at all, became thin into a handful of firewood, and his cheeks were slightly sunken, and Jun En was rippling.

But no matter how hard life is, Father Yu's injury is still being treated, and the medicine has not been stopped.

Now that a decision has been made, there is no reason to go back on it.

The two sides were ventilated, and it was settled. Yu Yan and his family only had more than 100 days of reunion.

Although Cui Siji couldn't go out of the palace often, he still cared about Yu Xun, gave some money to Yu Xun's parents, and bought some decent clothes for Yu Xun.

No more, no more.

Tian Su also did his best. On the one hand, he said a lot of good things about Yu Xing to Cui Siji, and on the other hand, he taught Yu Xing so that Yu Xing could be selected smoothly.

From the conversation with Tian Su, Yu Yu also knew why, that Cui Siji had to do his best to find someone who could support her in the old age.

During this period, Uncle Yu's family came to make trouble a few times, and made a lot of cruel remarks. The worst thing was that they wanted to sever the relationship, and Yu Yu's grandmother would not recognize Yu's father as his son.After hearing these cruel words, Father Yu developed a high fever that night, and fell into a drowsy sleep for two days before waking up.

After this incident, Yu Yan didn't want to stay at home any more, and just wanted to go to the palace as soon as possible so that her parents would be less harassed.Just because she is a woman, in the eyes of others, she is no different from the goods that can be bought and sold at will, but Yu Yu's parents who prevented this "sale" are weird in the eyes of others.

Yu Yu sometimes thinks dejectedly, since they are all servants of servants, why not be servants of the most honorable person in the world.

This year's weather was cold, and there was a heavy snowfall in mid-October, which made the Yu family's life even more difficult.

In November, Liu's brother and sister-in-law brought their mother to visit relatives, and brought some things along the way.Yu Yu's grandma, whose surname was Xu, was an old lady who could read and write. The names of Yu's brothers and sisters were all chosen by this old lady.

After hearing what her daughter and son-in-law said, this very knowledgeable old lady said that it was a good thing to send Yu Xing to the palace.

"A good child like ours should go out and see. The birds that leave the nest, regardless of male or female, have to spread their wings and fly high. Don't think that being born on the first day of the first month is so precious, others Believe what you say, there are quite a few people in this world who were born on the same day as the Bodhisattva in that temple, not necessarily, those people are all born with a heart of a Bodhisattva, right? It still depends on the fate of the individual."

These words sounded a bit like a curse, but they were also the truth, and only in this way could the parents feel at ease.

This year, the family of five lived in their own small home, lived through it simply, and did not return to the countryside.

By the time of the Lantern Festival, Father Yu was already able to walk around the grounds, but the news gradually spread on the street that the palace was going to choose a maid.

After Yu Xun learned about it, he realized that this dynasty has a very loose policy on drafting. If the parents of the daughter's family are unwilling, they will not separate the flesh and blood.

In fact, for people like Yu Yan, those father-in-laws and mothers who came out of the palace may not necessarily like it, but for some reason, in February, before Yu Yan's parents sent their daughter, here is Baojia. He wrote the booklet and led his father-in-law and mother-in-law to visit people one by one.

Now, just looking roughly at his appearance, Yu Yan was easily selected and brought into the car.

Although he had prepared before, seeing his daughter was about to leave, Mrs. Liu still couldn't help crying, and Father Yu even slumped on the ground, beating the blue bricks and stones.

After getting into the cart, Yu Xing saw many girls, some were about the same age as Yu Xing, some were thirteen or fourteen years old, and some were even younger than Yu Xing.

Yu Xie later found out that because of the rule that one can leave the palace at the age of 25, the palace deliberately selected young girls with shallow relatives, just to lock those girls firmly in the palace.