"Mom, get up and take the medicine." The woman in a coarse skirt brought a bowl of dark medicine in from the outside, walked to the bed, and said softly to the old woman lying on the bed.
"Cough, cough!"
The old woman had white hair and wrinkles on her face. She looked ahead blankly and groped to sit up. The woman hurriedly handed over her hand.
"Where do you have the money to buy medicine?" The old woman asked, holding the woman's hand and staring blankly at the door.
Only then did I see clearly that there was no sparkle in her eyes, and she must have been blind a long time ago.
"Business has been good these days and I have saved some money." The woman handed the medicine bowl to the old woman's mouth and said.
The old woman murmured: "Why are you wasting this money? I don't have many days to live, so I might as well keep it for the Dragon Boat Festival..."
"Mom, stop saying these words and drink the medicine quickly." The woman sighed and urged.
She glanced at a jar in the corner. Under the jar was buried the silver given by the young master yesterday.
I used that money to buy medicine for my mother, and I still have more than nine taels left. I can save some money and use it for a few years. I must not let those people find it.
Those two gentlemen were both good people, and good people should be rewarded. She prayed silently in her heart that nothing would happen to them.
The old woman drank the medicine silently. The woman picked up the medicine bowl, but before she put it down, a crisp sound came from outside the door.
"Mom, I'm back."
Hearing the girl's voice, a smile appeared on the woman's lips. Tomorrow she would go out and buy a few feet of floral cloth to make a new dress for the Dragon Boat Festival. She had wanted a beautiful floral skirt for a long time.
The little girl jumped into the room with cheerful steps, stuffed a white thing in her hand into the woman's mouth, and asked happily: "Mom, is it sweet?"
Before she could react, several more figures walked in from the door. The woman's expression changed and she hurriedly protected the little girl behind her. Could it be that those people were here again?
The first thing that caught his eye was an old face.
The woman was slightly startled, and the vigilant expression on her face disappeared. Over the years, whenever they encountered a problem that could not be solved, this old man would appear. Although they had never communicated with him, they had generally guessed it.
His origin.
When another familiar face appeared in front of her, the woman immediately stood up.
"Is someone coming?" The old woman couldn't see it, but she could feel that an outsider was coming to the house, so she asked aloud.
It seemed that they were not the evil people who often came here. Her son worked during the day and came back at night. She was wondering, how many years had it been since no outsiders came to this family?
After Li Yi entered the room, he looked around.
It is not an exaggeration to use this word to describe the family.
Apart from a stove and a bed, there was no other furniture. There were really only four walls left. The only small bed was in the corner, with an old woman with gray hair half lying on it.
There is also a small room inside, separated by a curtain, and you can peek through the gap. The space is not big, and there is only room for a bed.
"Benefactor..."
The woman hurriedly came over and rubbed her hands, looking very embarrassed.
If it weren't for the young master in front of her, she wouldn't have the money to buy medicine for her mother. It's not an exaggeration to think that the ten taels of silver can be regarded as life-saving money for them.
"Auntie." Li Yi looked at the woman and said.
The woman was about to open her mouth to say something, when she suddenly saw the young noble man say something. She was startled, her mouth was half-opened, and the expression on her face became blank.
"Young lady of the He family." The old man surnamed Li took a step forward, looked at the woman and said, "This is your sister's child."
"Yu Niang, is Yu Niang back? Where is Yu Niang?" Before the woman could react, an anxious voice suddenly came from the room. The old woman was anxious to get off the bed because she couldn't see
The reason was that he stepped on the ground and rolled off the bed, but he didn't care at all and struggled to crawl towards the door.
"mother!"
The woman exclaimed, hurriedly ran over, and helped the old woman up. The old woman stared blankly in the direction of the door, two lines of tears rolled down from her empty eyes, and murmured: "My beautiful lady,
Where is my beautiful lady?"
The little girl stood there blankly, not knowing what was going on. It was the first time she saw her grandma like this, her face was pale and she was at a loss.
"Grandma, don't worry, my mother is not in the capital. I'm here this time to take you back." Li Yi didn't know if she could still suffer such a thing if she told the old lady that the beautiful lady she talked about had passed away more than ten years ago.
I was so shocked that I could only offer words of comfort at this time.
As for the truth of the matter, let's tell her slowly.
And after seeing them living in such a place all these years, he could also guess what kind of hard life they lived. Naturally, he couldn't ignore it. Just now, Li Yi had already thought of taking them back to Qing'an Mansion.
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No matter how long the nobles in the capital stretch their hands, they can't reach Qing'an Mansion.
"Are you Yu Niang's child?" As if she thought of something, the old lady temporarily forgot about Yu Niang's affairs, grabbed Li Yi's hand, and kept rubbing his face with her other rough palm covered with calluses.
Then he murmured: "Yu Niang's child, my grandson, is so handsome, just like Yu Niang..."
As the old woman spoke, her voice gradually became quieter, she tilted her head and snored slightly.
Being overjoyed or sad is the most depressing thing. Li Yi hurriedly helped the old woman to the bed and let her lie down. After covering him with the quilt, he turned around and saw the woman, his aunt, looking at him with complicated eyes.
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In fact, when he learned that the little girl was called He Duanwu, Li Yi understood where the familiar and kind feeling towards her came from.
Because both of them still have half of the blood of the He family.
And the reason why I am familiar with the noodles at that stall is probably because I have eaten them since I was a child.
"Aunt Xiu, pack up and leave here today." He learned from Uncle Li that the youngest daughter of the He family was named He Xiu. Li Yi looked back at the woman and said.
"Okay..." Hearing Li Yi's unquestionable tone, the woman opened her mouth and finally spit out one word.
Seeing the little girl standing there stupidly, Li Yi walked over and rubbed her little head. The woman followed, looked at the little girl and said, "Duanwu, this is my brother."
The little girl nodded mechanically, looked up at Li Yi, and whispered in a mosquito-like voice: "Brother."
Her little mind hadn't yet figured out what exactly happened, but she knew that this "brother" was different from the one she had silently called in her heart before.
