Thinking of this, Xiao Lian returned to Tong Shan Tang, where Bai Jiao was lying on the couch and sleeping soundly.

It seems that Old Doctor Chen took good care of Bai Jiao.

He put the ribs in Tongshan Hall first, and then gave old doctor Chen three ribs as a thank-you gift. After asking where Li Qinghou's mansion was, he went to the Hou's mansion single-handedly.

Xiao Lian walked slowly on the side of the road, thinking about how to speak when the time came.Unexpectedly, a carriage passed by arrogantly, causing him to fall to the side of the road, covered in dirt.

Dust was flying around the carriage, and Xiao Lian felt his lungs were full of dust. He stood still and coughed hard.

The carriage was still galloping, and someone in the carriage lifted the curtain and stuck his head out and shouted: "Don't you look at the road while walking? You deserve it if you hit it."

As soon as Xiao Lian saw the man's face clearly, he felt sick to his stomach.It turned out that the man's face was full of pits and pits, and there was no good place on the whole face.

The man must have seen Xiao Lian clearly, but the carriage was traveling so fast that it had already gone a long way.Xiao Lian only had time to hear "This looks like...", but he didn't know what the rest of his words were.

The carriage rumbled away without stopping.

Xiao Lian coughed hard again, then patted the ashes all over his body, before continuing on his way.

I do not know when, the sky fluttered and sprinkled with heavy snow.

The snowflakes are swirling one after another, which looks really beautiful.When it sprinkled on Xiao Lian's hair and face, it was icy cold.Xiao Lian wiped the melted snow on his face, feeling worried.

With such heavy snow, it might be difficult to go back with Bai Jiao later, so let's finish the work quickly and go back earlier.Thinking of this, he quickened his pace.

When he was about to arrive at the Zhongninghou Mansion, the road surface was covered with white snow.

Xiao Lian was walking on the road, and found that there was a rut in the snow that was always extending ahead.As far as the eye can see, the rut marks stopped abruptly in front of the Zhongninghou Mansion.

A carriage was parked in front of Zhongninghou's mansion.In the Gaomen compound of Zhongninghou Mansion, the glazed tiles on the gate tower were almost completely covered by heavy snow.

The gate was open for some reason, and a doorman was standing in front of it, stamping his feet back and forth, rubbing his hands together and exhaling.

Xiao Lian didn't think too much, thinking that he was here for a try, so he politely asked about the situation before he came to the porter's room.

When he explained his intention of coming, the concierge showed contempt on his face. He looked Xiao Lian up and down and said, "See that we are in charge of the servants? Why, do you think we are loyal to the Marquis of Ning and want to sell ourselves? You don't even look at you, you look like a beggar with a gray nose and a stove face, we still don't like it. Don't think that we accept everyone in Zhongninghou Mansion, we only accept people with serious teeth. "

Speaking of this, he turned his eyes, "But if you want to enter our Marquis's Mansion, maybe I can give you a trick. See the carriage at the door? It's Liu Mazi's carriage, and he's from Yahang. The weather is so Leng, if you are sincere and let me drink a few sips of hot wine, and I can say a few words for you, maybe I can arrange you into our Hou's residence."

After all, the concierge smiled and rubbed his right thumb and index finger, the meaning was obvious.

Forget it, the lives of the servants are in dire straits, he wants to save his mother, not jump into this pit of fire.

Xiao Lian thought about it, took out a few copper coins from his bosom, and stuffed them into the porter's hand: "Brother, it's not respectful to be mean. I want to ask you something."

The concierge took the money, although he thought it was too little, but when he was about to open his mouth, he only heard a conversation behind the door.

The concierge's face changed instantly, and he immediately put the money in his sleeve, and then he pushed Xiao Lian to sit on the ground, and then there was a cursing voice: "Where is the Hanako, we Zhongning Hou's mansion is also yours!" In? Hurry up and get out."

Xiao Lian fell down and sat in the snow. It didn't hurt, but he was really embarrassed.

He managed to stand up, only to see two people walking out from behind the door.

One of them had a pockmarked face. When he saw a person standing in front of the door, he took a special look at it, but when he saw Xiao Lian's face covered in snow and dust, he lost interest in an instant.

He withdrew his gaze, and warmly said goodbye to the people around him: "Cousin, don't worry, next time I will definitely send you a big crab full of yellow fat, and I won't make it difficult for you in front of Lord Hou again." .”

Xiao Lian thought to himself, this pockmarked face looks like Liu Mazi, and the person in dark blue clothes beside him should be Liu Mazi's cousin, Liu Guanshi.

Guanshi Liu showed displeasure: "If you know it's difficult for me to do, I will serve some snacks. I don't want it next time if it's not a big one."

"Definitely, then cousin, don't send the road slippery away, I'll go back and catch big crabs for you." Liu Mazi said as he went down the steps and walked to the side of the car.

"Virtue, get out."

"Hey, I'm leaving."

Liu Mazi got into the carriage neatly, and the carriage went away quickly.

Guanshi Liu turned his gaze to Xiao Lian, and then he looked disgusted: "Where is the beggar, who wants to come to our Zhongninghou Mansion to eat and drink when it is snowing. Old Sun, drive him away, don't dirty the visitors eye." After that, he turned around, breathed on his hands with his chest in his chest: "This day, people are freezing to death. Old Sun, drive away this beggar and close the door quickly."

The concierge got the order and acted immediately. He raised his hands forward, as if he was chasing chickens: "Did you hear that? Our manager Liu Guanshi has spoken. People look down on you, so don't even think about entering our Hou's mansion." , Hurry up and get out!"

The clay figurine was still angry, Xiao Lian stretched out his hands: "Where's my money?"

"What money? Who saw your money. Besides, you are a beggar, how can you still have money? Who knows if you stole someone's money? If you don't care, I will send you to the government! Get lost!"

The concierge became sullen and ferocious, and grabbed a long wooden stick and was about to come over to beat Xiao Lian.

Although Xiao Lian was in a hurry, he also knew that there would be no firewood to burn in the green hills, and it was not appropriate to confront each other for the time being, so he hurriedly turned and left.

He was far away, and he could still hear the concierge's insolent laughter.

Xiao Lian secretly clenched his fists.The dog sees people as inferior, and beats him like a dog.A man depends on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle, right?become.

On the way back, he deliberately turned into a tailor shop, and when he came out, he carried a few sets of clothes.

Just now he exchanged an ingot of gold to buy two sets of winter clothes for himself and Bai Jiao.Now that it's snowing, Bai Jiao has become like this again, it's inconvenient to have no clothes to change.

He didn't feel sorry for the money he spent, and he had already figured out how to buy back his mother.

That Guanshi Liu is not an easy person, and he will probably end up being beaten if he begs for his mother.Didn't Zhongyonghou urge him to offer a big crab?Then give him a big crab.

Xiao Lian could still remember how crazy the crabs were looking for him to die during that month in the Baisha River.As long as you dress brightly, you don't have to worry about not getting back the money you spent today.

The road was slippery, so Xiao Lian didn't think about waiting for dark.

He quickly went back to Tong Shan Tang, borrowed their water to wash his face, took an extra piece of cloth and tied the shopping around his body, and said goodbye to Old Doctor Chen, then picked up the little Baijiao who was still sleeping soundly, and went to Go outside the city.

Bai Jiao was obviously afraid of the cold, Xie Bai who was in charge of taking care of his things at that time forgot to load some charcoal on the painting boat.

But today he bought too many things, because it was not easy to carry, so he didn't buy any more charcoal, and let Xiao Baijiao live for another night.

When he went back, he couldn't help but be thankful that he didn't buy charcoal.

Because the road was slippery, he fell hard again.Fortunately, he had quick eyesight and quick hands, and acted as a back for Bai Jiao in time, but the ribs in his waist hurt him badly.

"What's going on today? My feet seem to have no roots, and I keep falling." Xiao Lian muttered, getting up with difficulty and hugging Xiao Baijiao tightly. When he was walking, he looked at his feet with 120 hearts, for fear of falling again. Xiaobaijiao fell.

Because of this, he didn't see the slightly trembling eyelashes of Little Douding in his arms.

Xiao Lian quickly took Xiao Baijiao back to Huafang, and it was not dark yet.

He carried Xiao Baijiao, whom he had been holding in his arms, to the bed, and rubbed his arms vigorously to relieve the soreness.Then he took out the children's clothes that he bought for little Baijiao from the burden that he was carrying all the way, and put them neatly folded by the bedside, and tucked in the quilt for Baijiao before turning around and busying himself with his own business.

He walked on tiptoe in the painting boat, tidied up his things like an ant moving house, and dragged them to the cabin where Jiang Chen used to live.

Right now, there are two people in three cabins on the boat, sleeping on the floor is not as warm as sleeping on the bed, and you have to bear the risk of being hit by Bai Jiao again, so it is reasonable to live separately.

During the whole process, Xiao Lian accidentally bumped and bumped several times. He held his breath and turned his head to look at the villain on the bed, but without exception, he found that little Baijiao was still sleeping soundly.

He breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether to be relieved or disappointed for a moment.

Even if he moved all the things on the old boat to the painting boat, he didn't have much property, and the moving work was completed quickly.

Xiao Lian got off the boat, collected a lot of firewood in the forest on the bank, and then found a nearby big tree that could temporarily shelter from the wind and snow. He took out the ingredients and cooking utensils in the open space under the tree, and stewed pork ribs and ginger soup.

The rich meaty aroma permeated the surroundings, making the mouth water to flow down.

Xiao Lian was busy working in front of the fire, when suddenly, he heard the door of the boat not far away creak and open.

Immediately afterwards, a clear and clear child's voice came out: "What the hell did you make? It should not be fish soup. It is so smelly, is it mutton?"

Xiao Lian turned his head to look over, and saw that Xiao Baijiao had put the newly bought winter clothes on top of his original clothes, and his whole body was wrapped round and round like a small ball.

Xiao Lian was a little embarrassed. The clothes were a little too big. He didn't answer the conversation immediately, but said, "Is the clothes too big? Take them off at night and I'll help you change them."

He was taken care of by his grandfather since he was a child, but his grandfather didn't know how to do such a job.He learned some needlework from Aunt Niu, who was also a boatman.He can't do such fine embroidery, but he can handle basic sewing.

"It's okay, it's just covered outside, so it's warm." Bai Jiao stretched his hand forward, exposing his little hand vigorously.The sleeves were a bit long just now, and his hands were covered under the sleeves, making it inconvenient to move.

However, after a few breaths, the little hand was covered again.

Xiao Lian smiled and waved at him: "Come here and enjoy the fire, I'll roll up your sleeves for you."

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