Chapter 72: The girl who came to pay back the money
"What's going on?"
Li Chengqian stood up and looked outside.
The little Chuzi reacted quickly and walked out.
In front of Li Chengqian, he was a slave.
But in front of these servants and maids, he is the master.
Looking at the flustered servants outside, Xiao Chuzi frowned and asked: "What's the fuss about? I wonder if His Highness is going to rest?"
Seeing the little Chuzi come out, the servant was startled and said hurriedly: "Steward Zhou, there is a little beggar outside. I must know His Highness."
"When we stopped her, she forced her way in."
"There's nothing we can do."
"Know Your Highness?"
"joke."
Little Chuzi snorted coldly: "Let's go, take me to see you."
When the little Chuzi walked out with the servant, he saw a group of servants surrounding a little girl in ragged clothes.
The servants were once explicitly prohibited by Li Chengqian from attacking the common people unless there was an emergency.
Therefore, they are just surrounding each other and do not dare to make any extraordinary moves.
Little Chuzi walked out and looked at the little girl outside. He felt that she looked familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen her before.
"You said you knew His Highness?"
The little girl nodded timidly: "Yes."
Then, she carefully took out a small hanging coin from her arms: "I'm here to pay back the money."
Pay back the money?
Who pays back?
Little Chuzi raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to pay back His Highness's money?"
"Uh-huh……"
The little girl nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Before, I was sick, and His Highness paid to save me, so I have to pay back the money."
Little Chuzi was just about to say something when he heard a voice coming from beside him.
"Didn't I tell you that you don't have to pay it back?"
Li Chengqian stepped out from behind Xiao Chuzi.
The little Chuzi, who had been so imposing just now, suddenly lost half his momentum and stood respectfully behind Li Chengqian.
"No way." "My mother said that you must pay back what you owe others."
The little girl shook her head and took two steps forward holding the copper coins.
But before she could get close, she was blocked by the servants around her.
Seeing these fierce-looking men, the little girl stepped back timidly.
After thinking about it, she simply put the copper coins on the ground, then looked up at Li Chengqian: "I'll just leave the money here. Remember to take it away, otherwise it will be picked up by others tomorrow."
After saying this, the little girl looked at the men around her, and then walked away slowly.
Li Chengqian stepped down the stairs and picked up the bunch of copper coins from the ground.
Looking at the thin back of this little girl, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken.
Forty or fifty copper plates were hung on it.
She should be able to earn this money for a long time...
He had better luck, and he lived in the royal family as soon as he came to this world.
If he hadn't gone to the north with Li Shimin, he might never have tasted the feeling of hunger.
As for the girl named Yuan Yuan in front of her, having a full meal has been a luxury for her since she was born.
After a long time, Li Chengqian raised his head with a wry smile: "What a silly girl."
…
Leaving Li Chengqian's mansion.
Yuan Yuan returned to the thatched house where he lived.
When she walked in the door, a woman was already waiting there.
This woman is about twenty-six or seventeen years old.
Because she had been exposed to the wind and sun all day doing rough work, her skin was very rough, and her palms were as thick and short as a mallet.
Seeing her daughter entering the door, the woman smiled lovingly: "Have you sent the money back?"
"Um."
Yuan Yuan sat beside the Tukang, his head lowered.
"What's wrong?"
"unhappy?"
The woman gently stroked her head: "You must pay back the money you owe others. This is the duty of a human being."
"Mom, I'm not unhappy because of money."
The woman raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then what's wrong with you?"
"The money is gone, I can make some."
Yuan Yuan said a little aggrievedly: "It's just...their servants don't believe me and call me a little beggar..."
"That's why."
"It doesn't matter if others say a few words."
The woman smiled and took her into her arms: "We live our own lives, no matter what they do. Aren't we two happy and joyful living together?"
"I'm so happy."
Yuan Yuan leaned on her mother's arms and swayed her little feet playfully: "No matter where I am, as long as my mother is with me, I will be very happy."
The woman chuckled lightly, took out two small cakes from the package next to her and handed them to Yuan Yuan.
"Because you are so sensible, my mother will reward you."
Seeing the cakes, Yuan Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up and she said happily: "Jujube cake!"
She brought a piece of jujube cake to her mother's mouth and said, "Mother, eat it too."
"Mom has eaten."
"No, no, mother must eat together, otherwise I won't eat either."
The woman had no choice but to take a bite and then put away the remaining half.
Seeing this, Yuan Yuan finally started to eat his piece of jujube cake. He took a bite and said with a bright smile: "Thank you, mother."
The woman looked at her with a smile.
Seeing her daughter's sensible appearance, she felt even more distressed.
She was originally a dowry maid from a wealthy family, and she married into her husband's family along with the young lady.
At that time, she was not liked by the young lady, so she was sent there purely to increase the number of people.
But for her, it was nothing, it was just a change of place to live her life.
But she never would have thought that her uncle would take notice of her, who did not show off in anything.
My uncle has been pestering me several times to no avail. Someone actually gave her medicine and raped her while she was unconscious.
Later, when the young lady found out, she became furious, ordered someone to beat her severely, and kicked her out of the house.
The young lady is of noble birth, and the uncle dare not disobey her.
Moreover, in the eyes of these people from wealthy families, she was just a dispensable item.
And that's not even the worst...
Not long after she was kicked out, she discovered she was pregnant.
And nine months later, with nowhere to go, she could only give birth to her daughter in a ruined temple.
From then on, mother and daughter depended on each other.
Yuan Yuan is also sensible and never causes trouble for her.
Even at a young age, I went out to find work by myself to make money to supplement the family income.
But the more sensible her daughter is, the more she blames herself as a mother.
She hated herself, why did she bring her into this world when she obviously couldn't raise her.
She hated herself because she could have promised to be her uncle's mistress, but she refused.
Although the outer room cannot see the light, it can still have enough food and clothing.
My daughter will not suffer so much like me.
But now, it was too late to say anything, she could only hold her daughter tightly in her arms.
"It's all my mother's fault. It's my mother who has dragged you down..."
She did not say these words.
Yuan Yuan's eyes were full of doubts, wondering what was going on with her mother.
I don’t even know why my mother cried suddenly.
…
At this time, inside the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion.
Li Chengqian finally accumulated 10,000 points after making everyone in the house resent him countless times.
Open the system store and select ‘Li Guang Archery Skill Pack’.
"Obtain, Li Guang's Archery Skill Pack."
"Skill learning completed, skill evaluation is S."
"Hey, you want to spank me?"
"There is absolutely no way I would give you a chance."