Xu Qing walked back to the bedroom and saw Su Qian sitting by the bed, sorting out clothes. These clothes were all for the little guy in the future to wear.
Xu Qing sat next to Su Qian and said, "Why did you ask Xuan'er to buy children's toys?"
Su Qian said: "The princess said that children love to play, so they must have some toys."
Xu Qing said with a smile: "The baby will not be born until nearly five months, and it is not that he will have toys to play with after he is born. We have to raise him for a long time, but it is a bit early to prepare now."
Su Qian said, "It's better to prepare for a rainy day. Only by preparing it in advance will it not be messy when it's time to use it."
Xu Qing said dotingly: "Okay, it's whatever you say. By the way, the thermal pavilion is decorated. Do you want to move there? Although the weather hasn't really gotten cold yet, the season has indeed entered winter."
Su Qian nodded and said, "It's Mr. Yifu's."
Xu Qing said happily: "Well, when my father-in-law and Xuan'er come back later, we will move into the Nuan Pavilion after dinner."
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In the capital
Xuan'er has followed Su Qian into the capital several times, and is still very familiar with the roads.
The last time Xuan'er entered the city, she saw a shop selling some exquisite baby toys, but she didn't buy them at that time because the young master was born long ago. Xuan'er still remembered the location of the shop.
She wanted to finish shopping as soon as possible and then go home. Her uncle said he would wait for her to come home for dinner...
Perhaps because Xuan'er was walking so fast, she accidentally bumped into a woman wearing coarse clothes who was coming towards her. The two of them took a step back.
After Xuan'er reacted, she quickly stepped forward to support the old woman and apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Are you okay?"
The woman in coarse cloth originally thought she was a fair girl in a pink skirt. She thought she was from an extraordinary family and didn't dare to offend her. However, seeing Xuan'er's repeated apologies, she became hardened and pointed.
Xuan'er: "What do you use your eyes to vent your anger on? Something that doesn't have eyes..."
Since the fault was hers, Xuan'er didn't dare to say anything else. She just kept apologizing and said: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
Xuan'er apologized several times, but when she raised her head, she saw the woman in coarse clothes pointing to a clear round scar on the back of her right hand.
Xuan'er's delicate body suddenly trembled...
This scar... I also have this scar on my mother's hand...
At this moment, a young man ran over not far away, followed by some people holding short sticks chasing the young man.
The young man immediately hid behind the woman: "Mother...mother...save me...save me..."
Xuan'er looked at the young man and the woman in front of her, her big eyes moist.
Before he had time to think too much, several men with wooden sticks had already surrounded him.
The woman looked at the young man and stamped her feet angrily: "You kid...why are you gambling again! And you have people come to your door..."
The leader looked at the woman with a short stick in his hand and said: "This time I owe our gambling house five taels of silver again. Please pay the money quickly."
When the woman heard about five taels of silver, her eyes suddenly darkened. How could she get five taels of silver?
Even if I sell her, it won’t be enough!
How could this unlucky son owe so much money...
The leader saw that the two people had no reaction, and urged: "Get the money out quickly, the whole family is poor, how can you come out to gamble when you are so poor?"
The woman begged: "Can you please extend some time..."
"Give me some time?" the leader said impatiently, "Do you want me to be graced with my grace? Hurry up and get the money, otherwise I will send you to the Yamen to be punished!"
Just when the woman's eyes were pleading and she was at a loss, Xuan'er said: "I will pay five taels of silver for them, you... don't embarrass them."
As he spoke, he took out five taels of silver from his purse and handed it over.
The leader took Xuan'er's money and looked at the lady and the young man with disdain: "What bad luck... let's go!"
The middle-aged woman looked at Xuan'er who was spending a lot of money. She changed her attitude and thanked her profusely: "Young lady is really kind-hearted and compassionate. Thank you, girl..."
Xuan'er pursed her lips and asked uncertainly, "Is your hometown from Yongzhou?"
The middle-aged woman was surprised and said: "How did the girl know? My hometown is Yongzhou. There was a disaster not ten years ago. I escaped. Fortunately, God closed the curtain and went all the way to the capital to beg for food. Now I have a child."
Stand and do some business.
The more Xuan'er listened, the more complicated the expression on her pretty face became, and there was a hint of sobs in her throat: "Mother... I... I am Xuan'er..."
"Xuan'er...what Xuan'er?" The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and then looked in disbelief at the well-made pink dress in front of her, and the hair accessories on her head also looked quite exquisite.
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I guess some people believe that she is a young lady from a wealthy family. Is this the little daughter who was lost due to the famine?
This...how is this possible?
So a little girl who should have been bullied to death even if she didn't starve to death, how could she still grow so big?
The middle-aged woman asked uncertainly: "You...you are really Xuan'er..."
A teardrop rolled down Xuan'er's oval face. She looked at the woman and choked up: "Mother... I am..."
The middle-aged woman looked at the aristocratic Xuan'er and suddenly showed joy and said: "Xuan'er, you are still alive, my mother thought... you look like this, you have been taken in by a rich family? Do you have money?
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Xuan'er choked up and said, "My uncle, young lady, and master are all very kind to Xuan'er..."
The middle-aged woman said: "That's good. Now our family still owes five taels of foreign debt to open this stall. Your brother also needs money to get married and have children. See if you can come up with five taels of silver. It won't be difficult to give him some more."
Bar."
When Xuan'er heard this, she immediately shook her head and said, "No... no, this money won't do it..."
When the middle-aged woman heard that the girl she gave birth to dared to disobey her, she said angrily: "Why not? You were born in my tenth month of pregnancy. Now I can't do it with your money? If you don't give it to me, believe it or not."
I'll take your brother to a wealthy family's house to see if they still need you."
The choked sobs on Xuan'er's face suddenly turned into a look of panic. She shook her head quickly and said, "No...don't...don't disturb my lady...she's pregnant...don't make trouble..."
The middle-aged woman put her hands on her hips and said, "Then quickly get the money to marry your brother."
Xuan'er covered her purse and shook her head: "No, this money is the money given by the lady. It is used to buy things. It is not Xuan'er's money. Xuan'er only brought five taels of silver... Xuan'er... Xuan'er's."
The money is still in the house..."
The middle-aged woman hummed: "Then we will follow you to the house to get it."
At this moment, the young man whispered: "Mom...now she...she is a maid from a wealthy family. Let's go with her...if we get to her territory and she turns her back and refuses to recognize anyone..."
The middle-aged woman patted the young man's hand and said, "This girl is usually timid and afraid of getting into trouble. I don't dare to lend her courage."