The weather is getting colder and the snow is getting heavier and heavier.
Bai Rou huddled in the woodshed, rubbing her cold hands.
She never thought about where her brother had gone. She only knew that no matter where he was, he would always come back.
A brother will never leave his sister alone.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside.
Bai Rou got excited, ran over to open the door, and called out: "Brother, are you back?"
After opening the door, I found that the person who came was not my brother, but my sister-in-law!
Bai Rou rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was dreaming?
This sister-in-law never leaves her house, so why did she come to the woodshed?
Lin Xiang'er wore a thick goose down cloak and a dome-shaped velvet hat that must have been well-behaved. She smiled at Bai Rou and called out affectionately: "Sister."
This name is really weird. I have never been called that before.
"Sister-in-law..." Bai Rou immediately became polite, lowered her head slightly, and bowed in a less than standard salute.
"It's getting cold, and my sister-in-law has brought you some clothes."
With that said, he gave the package in his arms to Bai Rou.
This made Xiao Nizi completely confused. She thought to herself: What is going on?
When did my sister-in-law become so considerate?
Even if you want to send clothes, you should ask a servant to deliver them. How can you deliver them in person?
The keen Xiao Nizi noticed that there was a deceit in it, and her expression became wary: "Sister-in-law, is something wrong?"
Lin Xiang'er was a little shy: "Well... I heard from your brother that you know there is a hole in the backyard where you can sneak out of the house."
"I...I...I don't know."
"Don't be nervous, my sister-in-law won't blame you. Now that your brother hasn't been back for a long time, my sister-in-law is afraid that your brother has lost his way outside, and wants to ask you to go out and look for him together."
"Ah?" Bai Rou opened her mouth, "Sister-in-law, you mean... you want to sneak out of the house? This..."
What is the identity of sister-in-law?
We are all ladies, noble and holy, spotless, always behave in a measured manner, follow the right steps, and never do anything irregular.
Are you going to sneak out of the house today?
Hearing this tone, he still wants to crawl out of the hole!
In an instant, the tall and majestic image of her sister-in-law was completely destroyed in Xiao Nizi's heart.
"It is said that Miss Lin is a well-educated and sensible lady, but she doesn't look like a good woman at all!"
Lin Xiang'er really didn't know that she was scolded by a little girl, so she continued to smile and said, "Your brother isn't coming back, aren't you worried at all?"
"Brother, he must have other things to do. He will naturally come back when it's time to come back."
Lin Xiang'er frowned: "Sister, you helped my sister-in-law this time. Next time, my sister-in-law won't let Butler Liu bully you."
Butler Liu was Xiao Nizi's nightmare. He nodded immediately, put on a brand new winter coat given by his sister-in-law, and quietly went out, taking his sister-in-law to the dog hole.
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When Bai Song woke up from his dream, the world turned white to him.
A chill swept over me, and I felt a little cold in my coarse rags.
Sangsang opened the curtain and held a brand new cotton coat in his hand.
"Bai...Brother Bai...gave it to you."
The little girl's voice was like that of a mosquito, her face was red, and she was even more delicate than Miss Lin.
Bai Song was heartless and ignored the little girl's shyness. He just thought that it would be a good thing to have a brand-new cotton-padded coat because he was cold.
I took it and put it on without even saying thank you.
Sang Sang didn't care, just seeing Brother Bai put on his clothes, he felt warm and warm in his heart.
The clothes fit perfectly, as if they were tailor-made, but they lack some color and look too monotonous.
Sangsang stood obediently like a student receiving comments from the teacher.
Unexpectedly, Bai Song didn't pay attention to his clothes at all. He turned around and asked, "Sang Sang, when did you come back? Are the medicinal materials ready?"
Sangsang was slightly disappointed and nodded: "I've bought everything. Seeing that Brother Bai is sleeping well, I can't bear to disturb him."
Next, Bai Song began to cook the medicine, and Sang Sang made a fire in front of the stove to cook.
What he ate was the venison bought by Bai Song, which was a delicacy that ordinary people did not often have.
The aroma of the meat attracted many neighbors to watch, asking what happy event Aunt Qu had encountered, that she could cook such a good meal.
Sang Sang was filled with joy and showed off to her neighbors without hesitation, saying that her big brother Bai had given her this gift, which made the people around her envious.
Another hour passed, the medicine was cooked and the meat was ready.
Bai Song first asked his aunt to drink medicine, and then helped prepare the meal.
Although it is a bit harder here, the Bilin family lives a comfortable life, and together with Sangsang, there is a sense of family warmth.
Bai Song didn't even want to leave.
But now Sangsang's father hasn't come back yet.
This mother and daughter are also naughty people who "know the rules". They said that because the master was not around, they could not use the chopsticks and let Bai Song eat first.
In this situation, Bai Song could only wait.
After waiting for a while, someone came from outside and said, "Aunt Qu, your man is about to be beaten to death in the western suburbs!"
Upon hearing this, the mother and daughter turned pale.
Huang wanted to go out in a hurry, but she felt unwell and almost fell down when she got up.
Sangsang stopped her mother: "Mom, you stay at home and I'll go take a look."
Sang Sang turned back to see Brother Bai, only to see that Brother Bai had already run out following the messenger.
At the western suburbs, onlookers have gathered around several times.
Bai Song heard someone talking outside.
"Have you heard? The old man from the Qu family actually went to the county to gamble."
"What do you mean? An honest man like Qu Heng actually went gambling? Who would believe it?"
"Ha, this is called knowing people but not knowing their hearts. That one from the Qu family looks quite honest, who knows what bad thoughts he has secretly?"
"Gambling money? Do the Naqu family have money to gamble?"
"He went to borrow money to gamble. He lost a total of eight guans. He had to pay back 12 guans with interest. He sold his daughter and couldn't pay back!"
"Oh My God!"
The onlookers who were watching were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat.
Twelve guan of money is enough for a family to live for two years.
Is this old man from the Qu family crazy? I don’t know what’s going on at home? Where did you get the courage to borrow money to gamble?
"Did you know? This old guy was beaten all the way from the city to the western suburbs!"
"You haven't been beaten to death yet?"
"So what if I'm beaten to death? The Yamen doesn't care about this kind of thing."
Bai Song listened and pushed the crowd aside arrogantly, only to see four or five lean men kicking an unkempt middle-aged man on the ground.
The person has been kicked to the ground, and it is not known whether he is still conscious, but the sight of blood on the ground is shocking.
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
Bai Song rushed forward and pushed the two of them away.
The thugs were stunned. Looking at Bai Song's brand new clothes, they felt that they had some status, so they stopped and asked, "Who are you?"
"Don't worry about who I am! I'll cover how much he owes."
"Pad it? Can you pad it? It's a full twelve strokes!"
Bai Song didn't hesitate, and directly searched out all the broken silver on Shen's body: "There are six or two and five taels of silver here. If you count six taels of silver, you will make a fortune!"
A group of poor people in the western suburbs were frightened.
My heart says, who is this?
How can anyone carry so much money with them when they go out?
The citizens of the small border town, many of whom had never seen what money looked like in their lives, were in a state of panic.
Several thugs were also frightened.
Everyone knew that people who were not of high status could not do business with money, so they were a little respectful at the moment.
"Master, this silver is real, but it can't be exchanged for twelve coins."
"Who do you think you are? I'm making money for you for no reason? I'll exchange this money for half a month, and the remaining money will come back half a month later, and I'll give it to you with interest."
After saying that, Bai Song smashed the silver over.
Several thugs hurriedly picked it up, then looked at each other, and the leader said: "Okay, today I will give you some face, and we will come back to collect the money in half a month. If we can't hand over the money, then we will take Qu Take your daughter away!"
He raised the document in his hand and said, "Look clearly, this is the deed of sale signed by Qu Heng himself."
