When passing the Longhu Hall, Mrs. Bian stopped and went in to talk to Mr. Bian, while Aunt Feng and the others went straight back down the mountain.
Xia Zhaoyi squatted behind an abandoned roof, holding a branch and tracing the topography of the mountain on the damp ground.
Hearing noise in the distance, he raised his head and happened to see the group of servant women in the backyard.
The tall servant woman was held by several women's arms. She could now walk on her own. She looked at Aunt Feng who was walking in front angrily and wanted to rush up to her and ask her why.
Aunt Feng looked cold and walked gloomily.
All the women followed her, very quietly.
Even Yu's mother felt a little uncomfortable and did not dare to come forward and talk to her.
Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows slightly, put down the branch in her hand, stood up, stepped forward to the outside of the collapsed wall, and watched them leave.
The whole section of the road here is deserted and overgrown with weeds. Only after walking half a column further ahead can you see a pier.
There was no one on guard for such a long period of time, which made Xia Zhaoyi feel strange, so she stopped here.
Now I met Aunt Feng and the others, and judging from their faces, they didn't seem to be doing well.
After the bridge was broken, Xia Zhaoyi thought that these people would have various solutions, but she really didn't expect that they would actually make these servants go around in such a big circle to pick things up.
It's not that these bandits are merciful, but the mountain roads after the rain are slippery and difficult to navigate. If they make a mistake, all the hard-earned rations will be wasted.
There are so many ways to get food, why did you choose this stupidest one?
However, since he is already here, he must know about the fact that he beat her up.
It doesn't matter, there is no difference between knowing tomorrow and knowing in advance now.
The steps of the servants were tired, and they walked very hard with their bamboo sticks.
Xia Zhaoyi saw Yu's mother's back, thought for a moment, and then turned to look northwest.
Maybe, just give Yu Ma a helping hand.
She turned back to look at the map on the ground, flicked it, turned and walked towards the southwest corner.
When the servants and women came down the mountain and passed the intersection where they came from, everyone's faces were calm, as if there were no bodies there, and they didn't even squint their eyes.
It wasn't until she reached the foot of the mountain and reached the flat ground heading toward the back mountain that Yu's mother couldn't help but turned around and looked behind her.
Aunt Feng also stopped in front and turned around to wait for her.
Yu Ma looked back and met Aunt Feng's eyes, frowned, and walked towards her.
When the other servants saw Aunt Feng stopping, they also stopped. Aunt Feng said calmly: "You go back first."
The servants said nothing and continued walking forward.
Aunt Feng looked at Mama Yu who was approaching and said in a low voice: "Are you still worried about Ah Li?"
"Well," Yu Ma nodded, "I didn't expect that you would actually stand up for her just now."
"Don't think too much of me. Just because I hid her from you first, I will have to keep hiding it from her later, otherwise neither of us will end well."
Yu Ma nodded again and walked forward.
They had already put a long distance away from the servants and women.
"Tell me," Aunt Feng said as she walked, "you treat this Ah Li just like you treat Qian Qianqian. She is different from other girls. Qian Qianqian is strong, capable, well-behaved and honest. If you treat her well, I can
I have figured out some truth, but you have never cared about this Ah Li before."
"If I tell her, I'm afraid you will also find her uncomfortable," Yu's mother said.
"If she doesn't go well anymore, I'll keep her safe now."
Yu Ma sighed softly, turned back and looked around, and said, "Do you still remember that Lin Youqing?"
Aunt Feng's hair suddenly stood up: "Don't scare me, is she really her?"
"How can that be the case," Yu's mother said, "On that day, I took a girl to Qianshan, and when I came back, I ran into Ah Li arguing with Liu Sanniang at the stone bridge."
"She dares to argue with Liu Sanniang?" Aunt Feng was surprised.
"No, it was so loud that she cursed Liu Sanniang with all the curse words that she could not say. I was also shocked at the time, but when I saw how fiercely she scolded her, she looked timid. When Liu Sanniang glared at me, I almost lost my legs.
But the stammering woman continued to curse. I thought it was strange, but later I found out that she was covering for others."
"For whom?"
Yu Ma paused and said in a low voice: "It was probably Lin Youqing. The place where Ah Li and Liu Sanniang were standing at that time was not far from the entrance of the dungeon."
The location of the underground house has always been near the back mountain, which is also to facilitate their delivery of meals.
Aunt Feng was even more surprised and said, "I really didn't know that there were such things."
"Yes, although I don't know what she is covering, but seeing that she had the courage to go against Liu Sanniang in order to help Lin Youqing, even if she was beaten like that by Liu Sanniang, I felt that this girl is also somewhat chivalrous and kind.
Loyal and courageous.”
"Indeed," Aunt Feng said, "In this backyard, there will be no good consequences for offending Liu Sanniang, the hot and evil thief. Even those older women don't dare. She is a little courageous as a little girl."
"Maybe newborn calves are not afraid of tigers."
"It's worth appreciating," Aunt Feng nodded, "but this kind of personality is not suitable for survival in this dragon's pond and tiger's den. I helped her by accident this time, but I won't do it next time."
Mother Yu responded and said, "I don't know how she offended Lianping and Suxiang this time, but she doesn't seem to be able to deal with this one in our backyard."
Yu Ma raised her chin forward slightly, alluding to the tall servant girl.
"she?"
Aunt Feng sneered: "How can she not deal with Ah Li? She doesn't deal with me. She finally felt that she had a handle on us and wanted to trip me up in front of Mrs. Bian."
She looked at the servants in front of her who had already walked out a long way, and said, "I didn't expect that she tripped herself. In order to steady her feet, she had to step on the pear."
"You usually treat her well."
"No matter how thin we are, the people in the backyard are all tired." Aunt Feng said calmly, "It's the front hilltop that puts pressure on us, but in the end these women hate me."
Mother Yu nodded and said no more.
I don’t know what to say, but nothing can change the situation anyway.
The night is dark like ink. On the hilltop next to the cliff in the south, there is a small courtyard with bamboo shadows swaying. At the end of the corridor, there are dim lights.
Outside the door, a little maid was sitting on her knees on the ground, holding a cattail leaf fan in her hand, leaning against the door at the back, sleeping soundly.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the swaying curtains on all sides of the corridor and couldn't help but smile. This place on the entire mountain seemed to be the most pleasant.
Seeing that the maid was sleeping soundly, she didn't want to disturb anyone's sweet dream, so she walked down the small steps of the corridor and walked to the door on the other side.
Raising his hand and knocking, Su Juren's voice sounded: "Who?"
"Ah Li." Xia Zhaoyi said loudly.
Su Juren was flipping through the book. He was stunned when he heard this, put down the book and stood up.
"Ali."
Su Juren opened the door, looked at the little girl, and said in surprise.
