Chu Yunli and Liu Hui took leave of absence and rushed to the back door. The person who reported the news was no longer there.
This is a bit strange.
Since it's so urgent, shouldn't we wait for her to go back together?
The mother-in-law was also quite surprised: "Miss Yuhe, could it be that person was joking with you? I just wanted to call him, but he ran away. However, the old man is old, so you should go back and have a look."
Zhou Yuhe used to go back once every half a month. She had just returned the day Chu Yunli came. If Chu Yunli went back then, it would inevitably arouse the old man's suspicion. So she didn't go.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, this trip is inevitable.
Zhou Yuhe's family's yard is in the outer city. The Wengcheng is very large. She rented a carriage and it would take half an hour.
It was already past noon when we arrived, and the courtyard of the Zhou family was surrounded by families of similar financial status. Most of the men were working in the dyeing workshop, while many of the women were weaving at home, and some went to the weaving workshop.
When they saw Chu Yunli passing by, many people greeted her.
In order to make her grandmother live well, Zhou Yuhe once deliberately revealed that she was the eldest girl next to Mrs. He.
Of course, she signed a living contract and was already fourteen years old when she went to Liu Hui's side. Nowadays, women must get married when they are seventeen at most. In other words, Zhou Yuhe can still work there for three years at most. Therefore, she and herself
Liu Hui knew that she wouldn't be able to stay for long, it was just a transition. When Liu Hui found the right person, she would be replaced.
However, this title is very useful. When the people in the alley learned about her identity, they were very willing to give her face and help take care of the old man.
The closer she got to the Zhou family, the more Chu Yunli felt that something was wrong.
Everything was normal around her. If the old man really fell and someone went to He's house to tell her, there was no reason why these people wouldn't know.
Several families next to the Zhou family went to the weaving workshop. Chu Yunli had no place to ask, so he simply raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Unexpectedly, the door opened as soon as there was a knock. It was not that someone opened the door, but that the door was not bolted at all.
Chu Yunli became wary.
Grandma Yao is a cautious person, and there are people from all walks of life in this alley. She always remembers to close the door.
Chu Yunli pushed the door open and closed it smoothly.
If Zhou Yuhe came back and found this situation, he should have left the door open so that he could escape easily or call someone to help. But now Chu Yunli was here, and he dared to plot against her. He would have to beat her enough before letting her go.
So, she not only closed the door, she also bolted it tightly.
"Milk, are you there?"
There was no movement in the room. Chu Yunli strolled over, pushed open the door of the main room, and saw Mr. Yao sitting on the chair facing him.
To be precise, he was tied up. His whole body was tied tightly, and his mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth.
Chu Yunli frowned. No one else was found in the room. She raised her hand to loosen Yao's ties and took her cloth: "Mistress, who tied you? How long have you been tied up?"
Yao's eyes were looking at the table. The moment he was loosened, he immediately jumped on the table.
Chu Yunli had already discovered the note on the table before she entered the door. She got it first before Yao, opened it and took a look: a thousand taels of silver note, put it under the big stone at the door tomorrow, otherwise the old man will be poisoned and the immortal will be hard to come by.
save.
The Yao family is still coming to rob it.
Chu Yunli let her snatch it, and when she saw Yao snatching the note, she stuffed it into her mouth.
After a little thought, I understood why the people behind the scenes made things so complicated.
The old man was old and had only one granddaughter to depend on. He probably didn't want to threaten his granddaughter with his own life. The people behind the scenes tied her up and made a bet on her. They asked Zhou Yuhe to come back and see this piece of paper in person.
But Yao insisted on swallowing it up, just to cover it up.
Because Zhou Yuhe could only weave cloth before, in Yao's eyes, her granddaughter was illiterate at all.
Seeing Yao's face full of eagerness, chewing and chewing, Chu Yunli looked helpless: "Miscellaneous, I can read, I've seen it all."
Yao: "..."
She smacked the paper in her mouth: "This paper is nonsense, don't pay attention to it. I'm not poisoned at all."
Hearing what she said, Chu Yunli became more certain of her thoughts. Yao was indeed illiterate and shouldn't know what was written on the paper.
To say this, it must be that Mrs. Yao would rather die than tell her granddaughter that she was poisoned and threatened. The people behind the scenes had no other choice, so they tied her up and gagged her.
Chu Yunli didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He helped her to a chair and poured tea for her. Just looking at Yao's chapped lips, he knew that she had been tied up for a long time.
After thinking about it, Chu Yunli went out and found a half-year-old child from a neighbor's house two yards away. She gave him money and asked him to go to a restaurant on the street to get some good food.
Yao heard it in the house and reprimanded: "You are still too young. You can make this meal at home. The food bought outside is more expensive than it was a generation ago. The fourth daughter-in-law, Li Si, is the stingiest. She usually buys the cheapest vegetables. Anyway, she has fired outsiders.
I can’t even tell…”
Chu Yunli interrupted with a smile: "We don't eat every day, we just treat it as taking care of our neighbors' business."
Yao poked her forehead: "You! I asked you to save a dowry. You are so lavish. Who do you dare to marry? Even if someone dares to marry, with your energy, you will definitely quarrel every day."
"I honor my milk, and no one can stop me." Chu Yunli pressed the teapot: "This is yesterday's tea. You can't drink it anymore. I'll burn it for you later." Then he said seriously: "If that man dares to stop me,
I, don’t let me show my filial piety to you. That’s definitely not a good thing, and it’s just a mediocre life.”
Yao poked her again: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chu Yunli took the teapot to the kitchen, lit a fire and boiled water, not only for drinking, but also for the elderly to wash.
The water has just been boiled and the food has been delivered.
Mrs. Yao was so hungry that her hands and feet were soft and her face was not good. Chu Yunli put the food on the table and handed over the porridge: "I've been hungry for too long. This is good."
Yao was still a little angry: "I can cook it by myself, it only takes a quarter of an hour. It's just a matter of a few grains of rice, but you have to go out and buy it."
Chu Yunli patiently coaxed: "It's me who wants to eat. You are so sick and it's hard for me to come back. Do you still want to cook by yourself? You are taking advantage of me. Stop nagging and eat quickly. Is it cold?
It’s delicious. If you spend money to buy cold food, won’t you lose even more?”
"You are the only one who is so unreasonable!" Yao scolded. But there was already a smile on his lips, and he thought of his granddaughter's illness, and said: "I have been hungry for too long, so I don't look good. They didn't feed me at all."
What kind of medicine should you take? Don't do anything stupid. It's three hundred taels of silver. This old lady can earn so much in one life, so it's worth it!"
Chu Yunli made a move.
In other words, they wanted Mrs. Yao to ask her for three hundred taels, but unfortunately the old lady still thought it was too much and would rather die than embarrass her granddaughter.
The person behind the scenes wrote the note and temporarily changed it to one thousand taels.
There was a sneer on Chu Yunli's lips, "One thousand taels! You really dare to speak!"
With a lot of thoughts in my heart, I became more and more patient: "Okay, I will listen to you."
Before coming back, Chu Yunli had told Liu Hui that the old man had fallen and he might not be able to go back today. It was the same situation when he came back. She didn't plan to go back today and had to settle the old lady.
Although there are many people in this alley, no one has noticed that something happened to the old lady at home. This place is not safe at all. It is best to move people to a small courtyard not far from He Mansion. It is quiet and full of people there.
As a family with a small fortune, they usually pay special attention to unfamiliar faces. There are officers and soldiers patrolling near South Street, which can at least intimidate them.
The old lady was old. After Chu Yunli helped her wash up, she helped her get on the bed and lie down.
"Miss Liu is a good person. You should serve her well. She won't treat you badly. By the way, stay away from that male master. Even if he has intentions, you can't have those thoughts. If there is any involvement between master and servant,
If you fall in love with a man, it won't get better... Keep your eyes open and find a suitable one. If you are sincere to him, he will also be sincere to you... When you have children, you will be the closest person to each other. When the time comes,
Life can always get through..."
The old lady shed tears while giving instructions. After speaking, she was choked with sobs and could not speak.
She was afraid that she would not be able to tell her in the future.
When Chu Yunli put her hand under the quilt, she had already felt her pulse secretly. It was true that she had drunk poison, which was very difficult to cure. The people behind the scenes said that exchanging silver for the antidote was bullshit.
However, now that Chu Yunli is here, she cannot let the old lady go like this. She smiled and said: "Why do you want to leave me? Didn't you say you didn't drink poison? I'm still waiting for you.
You’re taking care of the baby for me, don’t think about it and go to bed quickly.”
The old lady was very sleepy, and she fell asleep quickly with her company.
Chu Yunli then went out and went to the medical clinic on the street. He wandered around a few times. When he came back, he prepared medicine and drank it. When the old lady woke up, he put it to her mouth and drank it forcefully.
After the old lady finished drinking, she frowned and said, "What is this? It's so bitter that I won't drink it anymore."
Chu Yunli put down the bowl and stuffed another plum into her mouth: "Sweet mouth!" Then she replied: "This is a tonic. It's quite expensive. It cost three taels of silver, my monthly salary for a year. I just finished it."
Eat it all, don’t waste it by drinking it.”
old lady:"……"
She clutched her chest with a look of pain on her face: "What a prodigal! At my age, everything I eat is superfluous."
In fact, she was afraid that she would have a stomachache or a headache that would stop working all of a sudden. After all, she had seen them take the medicine with all kinds of poisons, so it must be poisonous.
Looking at the granddaughter in front of me, I couldn't help but want to give some instructions.
When Chu Yunli saw this, she immediately changed the subject: "Mistress, I want to take you to move. Live in South Street. The rent has been paid for half a year."