This matter seems to be a coincidence.
The three of them had just arrived in Pingzhou City today. They originally wanted to go to the market to buy some fresh hot cooking cakes to satisfy their hunger - after all, they had been traveling for several days and slept in the open, so they really should buy some hot food to commemorate their five internal organs. Temple.
Unexpectedly, by coincidence, they actually ran into a nasty incident in the market of a romantic young man who bullied men and women. So naturally when the road was rough, he came to help.
It's just that, as soon as the little girl announced her birth name, the three of them stopped laughing.
How do you say this? What a coincidence!
Ling You originally wanted to take advantage of the silence of the night to go to the west of the city to take a look at the current situation of the Yu family, and then escape quietly.
——He is also very poor now. He really can't leave any money to the Yu family, so he can only give his best.
Similarly, they expected that even if the Yu family was in dire straits, a skinny camel would be bigger than a horse, and they would not be able to despise the three of them for their one tael of silver that they wished they could part with.
What I didn't expect was that just by meddling in a random matter, the "rightful owner" was actually involved?
This is a bit difficult to handle.
After all, for the Yu family, their initial plan was just to take a look at the current situation from afar.
Entering the house?
The three of them frowned inwardly.
Don’t dare to think. Don’t dare to think.
Han Changsheng quietly pushed Ling Or's thin back, and while he turned around, he quickly winked at him.
The meaning is very clear - we don't want to be confused, it's not easy for us to enter the gate of Yu's mansion!
Unless they make up a fake name at random, won't the "benefactor" have to turn into a "dog thief" in a blink of an eye?
Ling You paused for a moment, then looked away slightly, then lowered his head and said:
"You don't have to be polite, Miss Yu. It's just a little effort. You don't need to be a guest. We are in a hurry and we have just eaten."
Yu Anan was slightly startled, and her eyes subconsciously fell on the oil paper bag that Han Changsheng was holding in his hand.
——Three hot pancakes that I didn’t have time to eat were clearly leaking out of the pocket... This?
Have you really eaten it?
Or is it just an excuse?
Han Changsheng smiled awkwardly.
He turned his hand and hid the cooking cake behind his back, and began to fight haha in order to hide it.
"Haha, I've eaten it, I've really eaten it. This is a snack I bought for my free time. It's just a snack..."
Compared with Han Changsheng, Xie Zhaoke could handle it much more easily.
Xie Zhao didn't need to draft a lie at all. She calmly took over Han Changsheng's lame words, pretended to be full of drama, and scolded him:
"I told you to eat less. You are just growing taller every day, but not brains. You are making me laugh, right? Who is a good person who eats so many snacks?"
After thinking about it, she looked at the little girl with a pleasant look in her eyes, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes, and said with a smile:
"However, although we won't eat the meal, we still have to send the girl home to prevent the evil young man from turning around and causing trouble again."
Ling You and Han Changsheng subconsciously looked sideways and looked at Xie Zhao calmly.
Well...how should I put it?
When the word "causing trouble" came out of Xie Zhao's mouth, especially if it was about someone else, it seemed a bit outrageous.
However, the kind-hearted Miss Yu An'an of the Yu family obviously did not understand Xie Zhao's "true face". After hearing this, she finally became happy again.
"This couldn't be better, thank you young heroes."
Yu An'an thought that it would take at least half an hour to walk from the east of the city to the west of the city. By then, she would chat with her benefactors about their daily life. When she arrived at Yu Mansion in the west of the city, she would invite them again. Maybe they would not be in love. He agreed.
So, several people set off together and walked towards the west of the city.
Yu An'an was obviously just an ordinary boudoir girl, not a martial artist, so her steps were extraordinarily small.
The three of them subconsciously slowed down their pace and kept the same pace as her without moving.
For them, the journey that could only be walked with two sticks of incense actually took half an hour.
On the way, Xie Zhao suddenly asked: "Miss Yu, Xie Zhao has something unclear, I don't know whether to ask."
Yu Anan was slightly startled, and then said in a good-tempered voice, "Thank you, Miss, you are too polite, but it doesn't matter."
Xie Zhao said "Huh", and when he saw people talking about people and ghosts talking nonsense, he actually smiled like a spring breeze and was full of elegance. The gangster spirit he usually found disgusting with dogs was completely gone.
"I'm confused. This girl is the daughter of General Pingwei in the west of the city. Why is there no servant around me when I go out?
The young lady is so beautiful. She goes alone to the crowded market in the east of the city. There are many people from all walks of life. If she bumps into everyone, wouldn’t it be unsightly..."
Yu Anan smiled when he heard this, but there was a hint of loneliness and embarrassment in that smile.
She was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "Miss Xie, you are joking, how can I be considered a lady? In the west of the city, the ancestral home... Although the ancestral home is large, it is an inheritance passed down by the ancestors. In fact, it has long since declined.
When I was young, my mother dismissed the enslaved maids in the house. We, mother and daughter, took care of everything in the house ourselves and never relied on others. "
The three of them were startled when they heard this.
Han Changsheng immediately exclaimed "Ah", "What? Such a big old house in Yu Mansion, but there are no servants at all?"
Xie Zhao also frowned, "Does the entire mansion only rely on two weak women, the madam and the young lady? How can you manage such a large area?"
...Besides, they are still two weak women who are not familiar with martial arts and have no strength to tie a chicken.
Yu Anan smiled softly and said gently: "In fact, it is not difficult to take care of. Since the servants and maids were dismissed from the house, my mother locked up many houses in the house, leaving only a small courtyard outside the outer gate. .
Although the courtyard is small, it is sufficient for our daily lives as mother and daughter. There are also many chickens, ducks and geese raised in the courtyard, and a small vegetable garden has been established. Together with the gifts and pension money left by my late father, it is enough for us, mother and daughter, to live on. "
Xie Zhao, Ling You and Han Changsheng couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they heard this.
What?
Most of the ancestral mansion was locked up, leaving only a corner for them to live in?
Even though his family was in decline, he was still the descendant of a dignified and powerful general. How could he live in such a miserable state?
No wonder, even in the east market of the city, the villainous young man from a wealthy family dared to bully her.
Ling or frowned.
"Miss Yu, what happened to the family? If there is anything we can do, I just say it's okay."
Yu Anan was stunned for a moment, then realized that they were overthinking, so he quickly shook his head with a smile and said:
"No, it's my mother..."
She thought about it and felt that it was no longer a secret in Pingzhou, so she stopped hiding it and continued frankly:
"That's what my mother meant. When I was young, I heard my wet nurse say that my mother's temperament has changed drastically since my father passed away, and her mood has been unstable. She is very different from the past...
Although I have never seen what my mother looked like, according to the wet nurse, my mother was the daughter of a wealthy family in Zhaoge. She was the most gentle and virtuous, and she was even more gentle and considerate in front of her father... Look at me, talking incoherently.
In short, in the next few years, when I was about five or six years old, one day, for some unknown reason, my mother suddenly said with a cold face that the family did not need so many people to serve her, so she dismissed all the servants and maids in the palace.
Among them was my wet nurse. Even those who signed the deeds of selling themselves to death, my mother burned them in public and gave them severance pay. "
When Yu Anan said this, he smiled at them comfortingly.
"So, the Yu Mansion has not actually encountered any changes. My benefactors don't have to worry about me. It's not because the family has no cash flow that they closed the mansion. It's just..."
"My mother is 'sick'. It's a heart disease."
