Everything that day flashed before my eyes like a revolving door.
It was a rainy late autumn. Xiao Duan had been ill for half a year. Seeing that winter was about to begin, he became even more intolerable to the cold weather.
The third uncle also lost a lot of weight, and his hair was all white on the temples. Together with the fourth uncle, he tried to get some wooden boards and tiles, and finally repaired the damaged roof.
My aunts are also sick and weak. Fortunately, my two younger brothers have grown up and can help share some of the burden with the family.
Lin Yunyan went to visit them.
Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said quietly: "The old lady has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in her life, but at the end of her life, she couldn't even light a charcoal pot. I have been in charge of the Lin family for so many years, and there have been so many comings and goings in the palace."
Money, how can I imagine that one day, the money I handle will not even be as good as what I give out as a reward in a month."
The more you are in charge, the more you understand the hardships of having to live with daily necessities.
What made Ms. Chen relieved was the money that the two maids who had been released before secretly sent over.
"Old Madam is a generous person, which is why she has good luck." Ms. Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "If we hadn't treated them well before, they wouldn't have secretly come to help us if we were in trouble. The old Madam's medicine money for these two months is considered
It’s settled.”
Nanny Ruan broke her leg a few days ago and has trouble walking.
Qingyan took the initiative to ask Ying to get the medicine.
Twelve taels of broken silver, which doesn’t look like much, but is very heavy.
Aunt Ruan was afraid that someone would snatch it away, so she asked Qingyan to stuff it into her purse and hang it inside her clothes, giving her many instructions.
After leaving, I didn’t come back until dark.
The fourth uncle went to the medicine shop. The doctor sitting in the hall and the medicine boy preparing the medicine all said they had never seen anyone.
Lin Yunyan borrowed Shenchen to help and asked around the streets and alleys. Several people pointed their fingers all the way to the west city gate.
Qingyan went out of town.
Where can I go out of town to buy medicine?
Nanny Ruan didn't believe it. At dawn the next day, she dragged her injured leg to the city gate and asked, saying that her niece was missing.
The soldier guarding the gate saw how pitiful she was, recalled something, and said that the woman hurriedly left the city.
Qingyan took away not only the money to buy medicine, but also the mood in Xiao Duan's heart.
The family business failed because of the mighty imperial power. This was not her personal fault.
Throughout the ages, many nobles and nobles have given hairpins, but they all ended up like this.
But she always remembers that she has been kind to others in her life. Although there are times when she is stabbed by others, everyone around her works together.
What Chen said was also what Xiao Duan was thinking.
But Qingyan proved that the relationship between goodwill and betrayal is not so close.
There are some people, no matter how kind you treat them, they will still fly away when disaster strikes.
For more than half a month after that, Lin Yunyan also tried to find Qingyan.
It's not that she doesn't want to accept the facts, but if they can prove that there is another hidden reason for Qingyan's disappearance, it will at least make Xiao Duan feel more comfortable.
The result, of course, was the opposite.
Little Duan's departure was very painful.
She knew that she would definitely not survive the winter, and she would not allow the younger generation to spend another penny on her.
The old lady, who had always been thin-skinned and put her own dignity and the dignity of her family first, went crazy before she died and refused to let her children and grandchildren be filial to her.
She became a difficult-to-maintain old woman known to her neighbors just so that her children and grandchildren would not have to bear the reputation of being "unfilial".
Smash the medicine bowl, smash the job bowl, drink a few sips of water at most.
After smashing it several times, I didn’t dare to buy medicine anymore and prepare some gram-chemical food for her.
It was precisely because he left so decisively that his father was so sad and angry when he knelt in front of his grandmother's bed.
And those scenes, after so many years, are still deeply engraved in Lin Yunyan's mind.
Beside them, Aunt Ruan and Aunt Cen exchanged glances.
The princess's attack was so sudden that they didn't even understand the ins and outs of it.
Nanny Ruan was a little better, because the old lady wanted to handle matters in high security, so she knew that the masters were discussing business behind closed doors, but that was all.
They had no idea what the princess asked Qingyan.
Since the old lady wanted Qingyan to speak, the mothers would of course obey her orders. It was only then that you and I mentioned the matter in the afternoon.
But now, the princess' expression doesn't look right.
There was sadness in his anger, and the grievance and sadness were clearly written on his face.
When has the princess ever shown such emotions in front of others?
When people look at it, they can’t help but feel distressed!
Aunt Cen and Aunt Ruan exchanged glances, waved their hands secretly, turned around and went straight to the house where Qingyan lived.
The atmosphere in the main room was solemn, and the other people had already avoided it.
At this moment, the people in the room with Qingyan were standing in the corner with their necks hunched, not daring to look at Aunt Cen.
Aunt Cen asked: "Where does Qingyan keep her money on weekdays?"
Qing Ling pointed to the small wooden box on the inside of the bed.
Aunt Cen climbed up, took it out and looked at it, and found nothing wrong with it.
She had no choice but to look through Qingyan's clothes again.
Seeing this, Qing Ling thought: "Mom Cen, did Qingyan bring something that she shouldn't have brought in before evening?"
Aunt Cen turned to her and asked: "Did you see it?"
"I didn't see it," Qing Ling said. "I went into the house and saw her crawling out from under the bed. She was startled when she saw me."
Aunt Cen narrowed her eyes.
Asking Qing Ling to light a candle, Grandma Cen bent down and pulled out a small cloth bag from the deepest corner of the wall.
When she opened it, Grandma Cen sneered.
Then, she picked up the cloth bag, strode back to the main room, and placed it directly on the table next to Xiao Duan.
A thud.
Aunt Cen is quite gentle, but the thing is really too heavy.
Xiao Duan took a closer look and saw a gold hairpin, a pair of south pearl earrings, and more than a dozen small silver ingots, the largest of which were two silver ingots.
The word "锞" can be said to be a daily reward. Little things add up. Little Duan can't remember how much she has been rewarded in the past, but the last time she rewarded five taels of silver ingots was when her daughter-in-law came to see her granddaughter, who was 100 days old.
She, that was all five years ago!
And the gold hairpin and earrings, weren't they the two things she lost at the beginning of spring?
"It was found under the bed." Aunt Cen reported.
Xiao Duan's eyes were heavy: "I'm very disappointed that the maid next to me is like this. Did you take her down and sell her away?"
Aunt Cen and Aunt Ruan immediately came up to drag the person away.
Lin Yunyan stretched out her hand and weighed the silver ingot: "Aren't you going to reprimand me?"
Xiao Duan smiled bitterly and shook her head.
Lin Yunyan was not surprised by this.
Grandma has never said anything bad with her mouth. She can't even curse people, dirty or not.
It's not a big deal to scold a maid who can't betray her master. What grandma should learn the most is to scold the shameless Duke Xu's house.
It seems that I have to give my grandmother more tutoring lessons.
In the yard, Qingyan, who was stunned by Lei Lifengxing, finally came back to her senses and started struggling hard.
"I didn't make it up, the princess said it all herself. I sympathize with the second lady... woo woo woo!"
Aunt Cen waved her hand and poked the handkerchief she had just put into Qingyan's mouth deeper.
"You stole the things and you took the money," Cen said angrily, "What the hell is your name!"
