Chou Chou heard Qingyan ask her to help find the way to Chen's house. He didn't know what she was going to do specifically, and thought she was going to do some heroic deeds.
After hearing her thoughts, I was speechless for a moment.
"You just listened to the gossip from your neighbors and assumed those things were true? What if it's not what they thought?
Those are just their guesses. If the truth of the matter is different, wouldn't we be very embarrassed by then? "
Hearing this, Qingyan stopped and said with some hesitation: "But what if it's true? If Mrs. Xue was really abducted, it would mean she has no family. When the time comes, she will be tortured to death, and no one will No matter.
Forget it if we don’t know, but now that we hear it, and he has the same surname as me, if we don’t care, we’ll always feel a little uncomfortable.
We all have to leave anyway. It's within our capabilities and we won't lose anything. We can take action when it's time to take action.
And whether it is true or false, there is no way to investigate, and there is no time now. Even if this place is not far from the capital, it will not be possible to find out clearly in two days, let alone what happened more than ten years ago.
Xue Minghua refuses to go home, most likely because she is afraid of damaging the reputation of other women in the family. Her family will definitely not publicize that a girl in the family is missing.
This is not like what was shown on TV, where you can just go to a tavern and find a scholar who knows everything about the world. "
Chou Chou nodded helplessly, although it still felt that Qingyan was a bit nosy. They met by chance, no, it should be said to be an unrelated person, just a surname. Just now, they helped to put away the stick that hit people, and also To have the legs of the Chen family broken was already considered as an act of benevolence and righteousness.
Hiding in the dark and attacking people is what it likes to do most, and most of them would never think of doing it to themselves.
But if you go to help someone openly and make up many excuses, it will find it troublesome and unnecessary.
But since you want Qingyan to be happy, then go ahead and treat it as a way to make the child happy. The relationship between it and Qingyan is not that of a little master and a pet. It can be said that Qingyan is the one it has seen since childhood, and it treats Qingyan as a child. She doted on him like her own child.
Besides, they will leave the day after tomorrow anyway, so the subsequent troubles will not bother them. How they live in the future depends on the Xue family's own destiny.
However, they didn't want to be too deliberate, so they thought for a while and said: "You can pretend to be looking for people nearby, especially the people in the alley, and ask them if they know this Xue family.
I saw that there was an embroidery stand in the Xue family's house, with a semi-finished product on it, which looked quite exquisite. There was no embroidery on their clothes. They probably made money by selling embroidery. Just say you recognized her at the embroidery shop. The embroidery was exactly the same as the embroidery left at home, so I found it after asking.
Anyway, it's just a reason. If you give me a few coins when you inquire, as long as you know something, I should be able to tell you what kind of person Xue is. "
Qingyan listened carefully and wrote down everything Chou Chou said. Sure enough, the beasts had lived for a long time, and even if they were not in the world, they would know some things about the world.
Qingyan came to East Street again, and everyone before had already left.
Following the path pointed by Chou Chou, we arrived at the entrance of the alley in the first row. There happened to be an old lady sitting there, holding a straw fan in her hand and fanning herself. It was almost noon, and the old lady didn't reply. The person who cooks at home must be an idle person who has someone to take care of him. This kind of person should know a lot of things.
Qingyan stepped forward and said politely: "Madam, please ask me, do you know that there is a thirty-year-old woman named Xue nearby?"
The old lady stopped what she was doing, looked her up and down first, and then said, "Who are you? Why are you asking this person?"
Qingyan said directly: "I am her clan sister. I came here to visit relatives. When I was shopping, I saw her embroidery at the embroidery shop, so I asked for her address and came here. Does she live here?"
The old lady's eyes flashed and she said, "No, I don't know him. You can go look elsewhere."
Qingyan didn't notice the old lady's expression, thinking that Mr. Xue might not interact with others that much, so she didn't know anyone who lived in this alley.
Just as Qingyan was about to pretend to walk in again, she should know someone who was close, she was stopped by someone.
I saw a woman coming out of a yard not far from her, waving to her.
"This girl, I may know the person you are looking for."
The old lady just glared at her and said, "Qiaoling, where do you know me from? Go back quickly and stop talking nonsense."
The woman glanced at her, but did not go back obediently. Instead, she walked directly to Qingyan and said, "Mom, I know you are afraid of offending the shrew of the Chen family, but what kind of life did Mrs. Xue spend in the Chen family? It’s not that I don’t know, now it’s not easy for someone from my mother’s side to come over and inquire, but you didn’t recognize this person and pointed them away. Doesn’t this make them miss the opportunity to reunite?”
Qingyan looked at the woman, then at the old lady, and took back her previous thoughts. It turned out that it was not that Mr. Xue lived in seclusion, but that everyone here knew about her affairs!
It's just that an outsider like her suddenly appeared, and the other party didn't want to offend the Chen family by talking too much.
It seems that the Chen family is quite a deterrent in this alley.
Qingyan took out five copper coins from her bag and stuffed them directly into the woman's hand before saying, "Please tell me, sister-in-law, that the Chen family is not good to my sister? I came from the capital. I will go back in two days, and when my family asks how my sister is doing, I always have to explain."
The woman was startled when her hand was suddenly grabbed by Qingyan. Just as she was about to pull back, she felt the touch on her hand, and her eyes immediately lit up.
Don't worry, sister, I will definitely have a good talk with you. Come on, come on, it's too hot outside, let's go to my house and talk. "
As she spoke, she pulled Qingyan into the yard next to her, and Qingyan also followed her force into the yard.
"Hey -" The old lady wanted to say something else, but the woman named Qiaoling opened her hand towards her.
When the old lady saw the copper plate in her hand, she immediately shut her mouth and sat back on the stone pier. She looked around carefully, as if taking a breather.
Qingyan followed her strength and followed her into the courtyard.
The yard is not big, only fifty or sixty square meters, and the two rows of houses in front and back are all upside-down houses.
Because it was the first one at the entrance of the alley, the row in front was probably rented out as a shop, so the house in the back had to be the same as the one in front, built opposite to others, facing south and north.
There are three main rooms in total and one wing room. The house is not small, but the orientation is not good. In addition, the current windows are all made of wooden lattice, so it is very dark inside.
But fortunately it is summer now, the door is open and the curtain is raised, so at least I can still see things.
