How much silver do I need to borrow? It's hard to ask.
Looking at the appearance of the girl in front of her and the rumors about her, Pan Shuyi knew that her life should be very wealthy. Naturally, she wanted to borrow as much as possible.
She was a little embarrassed, but she still opened her mouth and asked for twenty taels.
After saying this, she felt it was a bit too much. She was afraid that the other party would think she was greedy, so she wanted to change her words. Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the study to write a note first."
Pan Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief, and loosened her fingers on her legs.
Xia Zhaoyi stood up and left. Pan Shuyi watched her enter the study, then withdrew her gaze and quietly looked toward the courtyard.
The courtyard is not small, with luxuriant flowers and trees, simple and elegant. There is a large open space in the north with several wooden piles and plum blossom piles. There is also a small weapons rack on the side, with only three long guns and two broadswords.
Suddenly a voice came from the other side: "Hey! Hey!"
Pan Shuyi turned around and saw a young man standing outside the courtyard, calling her.
Pan Shuyi pointed at herself: "Me?"
"Come here!" Liu Xianbao shouted.
Pan Shuyi stood up and went over.
"Is Miss Xia angry?" Liu Xianbao asked uneasily, "Did she scold me?"
"Why are you scolding you?" Pan Shuyi was confused.
"Then, she didn't say anything when she came back?"
Pan Shuyi looked at him confused and shook her head.
"Okay." Liu Xianbao became even more depressed. He didn't know whether she was not angry or just felt there was no need to be angry. If she felt there was no need to be angry, did that mean that she really didn't take him seriously?
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Thinking about it, his eyes fell on Pan Shuyi. Liu Xianbao looked at her for a few times and said, "Who are you?"
"Who are you..." Pan Shuyi asked back without any confidence.
"Okay, don't ask anymore, I don't care who you are." Liu Xianbao muttered, turned around and left.
"It's weird." Pan Shuyi also muttered and turned around.
Xia Zhaoyi came out of the study with two notes and silver.
Pan Shuyi looked over it carefully, raised her head and thanked her, signed her name, and pressed her fingerprints. The twenty taels of silver in her hand was heavy, which made her feel extremely at ease.
Lao Tong carried the heated water to the bathroom. Xia Zhaoyi went back to the room and got a set of clean clothes of her own. When Pan Shuyi reached out to take it, her eyes were red and she thanked her repeatedly.
When night fell, Lu Ningjin didn't come, and Xia Zhaoyi didn't go back to the house immediately after dinner. He was afraid that Pan Shuyi would feel uncomfortable, so he sat with her in the courtyard.
After taking a bath, the girl's hair was refreshed. Her appearance was very fresh, her facial features were beautiful, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright. In addition, she was still sick, and she looked even more lovely when she coughed.
Basically what she talked about was what she saw on the road. She met a lot of kind people, but she also met a lot of bad people. She was so hungry that she even ate grass.
Lao Tong asked her what she planned to do in the future. Pan Shuyi shook her head. Thinking of the money and IOUs in her arms, she added: "I can find a job, or I can find a decent family to marry and give them more children."
If I have a few sons, I won’t be living a bad life.”
"Hey," Old Tong said happily, "That's a good idea."
Zhili frowned and looked towards Xia Zhaoyi.
Xia Zhaoyi sat next to him, his face calm and calm.
"I will leave when the illness is cured," Pan Shuyi added, "If Miss Lu comes tomorrow, I will go to Qingque Pavilion to look for her the day after tomorrow."
"She won't come tomorrow," Xia Zhaoyi said. "Tomorrow, on the 18th, it will be Lining's turn to collect taxes, troops and food. The whole of Lining will be very busy, and no one will be able to walk on the rural roads."
"You want to recruit soldiers?" Pan Shuyi's eyes subconsciously looked at the three men beside her.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle looked back at her. When they heard the word conscription, they didn't take it seriously, and their faces were calm and unperturbed.
"I'm not going," Lao Tong said.
"I'm not going either." Zhi Changle followed closely.
As deserters five years ago, Lao Tong and Zhi Changle have always been ashamed of themselves and unable to hold their heads up.
But Zhili has been with them all these years. The cynical young boy has criticized the entire government as useless. From top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, he has scolded everyone who can be scolded. When it comes to their desertion, Zlili rebukes them.
, why in a place like Jiangnan Barracks where people are not treated as human beings, why didn't they run away earlier and stay there to help the tyrants do evil? There must be innocent people who have been harmed by them without their knowledge, and maybe even lost.
Life.
Under the constant bombardment of accusations for years, Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were forced to put away the guilty feelings in their hearts.
"Just pay the money and food," Xia Zhaoyi said, "if you pay the people, you can stay."
Pan Shuyi nodded and said in a low voice: "In this way, it can be flexible, but it is not a harsh rule. What I saw along the way here is that passers-by are praising Emperor Tianding. Maybe in our lifetime, we can still see the unification of the country."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said nothing.
"Sister," Zhili said at this time.
Xia Zhaoyi looked towards him and saw Zhili reaching out and pointing outside.
The moonlight is bright tonight, the night sky is vast, and the visibility of the entire sky is extremely clear.
Where Zhi Li stretched out his hand, a figure fell on the ground. From the looks of it, the owner of the figure was squatting there motionless.
Liu Xianbao listened for a while and found that there was no sound at all.
Feeling something at this time, he raised his head and looked forward, Zhi Li was holding a pole in his hand, with one hand on his waist, smiling friendly at him.
Liu Xianbao got up and took a step back: "I, I'm here to find Miss Xia."
"Are you bothered by the constant stalking?"
"I made her unhappy today, and I want to apologize in person."
"Are you thinking too much?" Zhili sneered, "You alone can affect whether she is happy or not? Who are you?"
"..."
"I, I like Miss Xia." Liu Xianbao lowered his head and his voice became low.
"There are so many people who like my senior sister. They can line up from my place to that tree. If my senior sister can respond to everyone's request, oh my, she will be too busy."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xia Zhaoyi's voice came from the yard, clear and light in the night, and the tone was like ice.
Zhili curled his lips and said inside: "I was wrong!"
"Can I go in and see Miss Xia?" Liu Xianbao said.
"No!" Zhili knocked the pole on the ground and said, "I won't send it away!"
"Miss Xia, he seems to like you very much." Pan Shuyi said.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "It's his business to like me and it has nothing to do with me. I've made it clear what I need to say."
"He shouldn't be the only one, Miss Xia is so good, there must be many people who like you." Pan Shuyi said enviously.
"That's all other people's business and has nothing to do with me," Xia Zhaoyi said.
However, the mention of love between men and women reminded her of many memories from the past.
