The older boy is called Xiaoliu, whose original name is Liu Xiaoliu.
He still remembered where he was from, but Su Yixin asked him if he wanted to go back. Xiao Liu shook his head and said he didn't want to go back.
After asking, I found out that his parents had a total of eight children. He was the sixth, so he was named Xiaoliu. The first five were all brothers, and he was also a boy. The seventh was still a boy, and the eighth I just gave birth to a daughter.
In this era, boys are expensive, but if they have many children and are poor, that's it.
The family was too poor to open the pot, so they had no choice but to sell Lao Liu and Lao Qi to Ren Ya Zi. Xiao Liu's brother Xiao Qi, who was one year younger than him, was just sold to Ren Ya Zi because he was more straight-looking than Xiao Liu, so he was sold to Ren Ya Zi not long after. One family bought it.
In this way he was separated from his brother.
Xiaoliu, on the other hand, wandered around and was finally bought by the manager of the vaudeville troupe. He thought that as long as he worked hard, he would definitely be able to have enough to eat.
But this steward will gamble as long as he makes money.
After they lost, they were left to suffer miserably. They didn't learn any other skills, they only learned the skill of defrauding money, using their children's identities to defraud well-intentioned people out of their money.
This is basically the case for the other four.
There are many children at home, so we can’t open the pot.
They are the least popular at home, so they are sold.
In this situation, even if Su Yixin could roughly deduce where the children's home is based on their appearance, it would be inconvenient to send them back.
After asking about the situation, Mrs. Wang arranged the room first to let the child rest.
"Lengqiu, go to the Yamen and get the bonds of these children settled."
"Ma'am, do you want them to stay?"
Su Yixin nodded: "These are good children. Xiaoxiao is one year old now, so I can play with her."
Why did the steward hit the child?
It must be the child who refuses to cooperate.
It is not easy to do this at such a young age.
The county government was not in trouble.
Lian Qiu just came back from the county government office in the dark.
The next day, Su Yixin's five children were renamed. Xiaoliu was named Su Hui, the other two boys were named Su You and Su Ming, and the other two girls were named Su Qiao and Su Ying.
These five children have reached the time of enlightenment.
After much thought, Su Yixin decided to invite a teacher to teach at her house.
After coming up with this plan, they asked Mrs. Wang to take charge of cleaning up the vacant front yard and turning it into their school.
As for the teacher, it doesn't have to be a famous Confucian. He just needs to be able to teach them how to read and calligraphy, and how to understand books and principles.
Su Yixin asked Lianqiu to inquire about it.
There is really someone who is very suitable.
She just has a bad temper, and from Lianqiu's description, she seems to think of herself as a noble person, so the wife will most likely not agree to a powerful person like Su Yixin.
Su Yixin decided to come to invite her in person.
It's not far away, just a quarter of an hour from where they watched the sideshow a few days ago.
Su Yixin deliberately wore gold and silver and looked very noble.
Lianqiu looked puzzled: "Madam, I heard that this Duan Fuzi doesn't like powerful people. Doesn't the way you dress up make him even more displeased?"
"I have my own way."
Although she wears gold and silver, Su Yixin's clothes are mainly light.
When waiting to go out, Lianqiu was carrying large and small bags of things. Su Yixin looked back and said to Lianqiu: "Just take this thing and put the rest back. Don't follow me. I'll go."
"Madam, slave..."
Seeing Lianqiu's worried eyes, Su Yixin said: "Why, are you afraid that I will bully others? Don't worry, I have tricks to deal with people of this temper."
"Woman, take me with you."
Luo Wushang jumped onto the horse with a sigh.
Su Yixin said nothing, put the gifts into her storage bag, got on her horse, and quickly disappeared around the corner.
If you ride a horse, you can get there in less than a quarter of an hour.
Su Yixin tied the horse under the big tree opposite and found Mr. Duan's house based on the information provided by Lianqiu.
The house cannot be said to be dilapidated, but it is really old.
You can see what's going on in the yard from the crack in the door.
Su Yixin raised her hand and knocked on the door.
The woman who was sweeping the yard quickly put down her broom and opened the door.
She saw a bejeweled young woman standing at the door. Looking at the bejeweled young woman, she didn't feel tacky. The magnanimity around her was even better than the nobles in the palace she had seen before.
Bao Yunli asked doubtfully: "Who are you looking for?"
"Are you Mrs. Duan? I'm looking for Mrs. Duan."
"Who are you?"
Su Yixin said: "I am the wife of the new envoy from Cangwu County. My surname is Su."
Bao Yunli looked at Su Yixin in surprise: "Are you Princess Ruian?"
"it's me."
Bao Yunli nodded and thought: No wonder.
It turned out to be Princess Ruian.
"The princess invites you inside, and the old woman goes to call him."
The house is a two-entry house. From the courtyard to the main hall, no one else was seen. Lianqiu said that Master Duan had an ancient temperament, so he lived with his wife.
Arriving at the main hall, Mrs. Duan apologized: "There are only two of us in this house, the princess will be here later."
After about a cup of tea, Mrs. Duan appeared.
Duan Fuzi was not seen.
Mrs. Duan brought tea, poured a cup of tea for Su Yixin very apologetically, and said, "Don't blame me, Princess. My wife has a weird temper. No matter what the old woman says, she won't come out to see her."
Mrs. Duan calls herself an old woman, but she is actually in her early forties. Because she does everything herself, she looks older than her real age. She looks more like forty-five or sixty-five.
Su Yixin raised her eyebrows almost invisible.
It seemed that Lianqiu was being reserved. This was probably not an ordinary dislike of powerful people.
Su Yixin smiled, picked up the teacup in her hand and drank.
"Is this tea unique to Guangdong and Guangxi?"
Mrs. Duan nodded with a smile: "Yes, his favorite is this Maojian, which is indispensable every day. There is no other tea at home, which makes the princess laugh."
"Won't."
Bao Yunli thought that Princess Ruian would see no one and would leave after just sitting for a while.
Unexpectedly, it was lunch time at noon, and she had no intention of leaving yet.
Bao Yunli can't be punished.
After several hesitations, he finally said, "If the princess doesn't mind, why don't you stay and have a casual meal?"
Su Yixin was waiting for Mrs. Duan's words, and immediately nodded: "Okay, then I'll trouble Mrs. Duan!"
Bao Yunli got up and went to the kitchen to cook.
Su Yixin put down the tea cup and said, "Mrs. Duan, how about we come together?"
"When I was young, my husband and I were still cooking in Wangjia Village. I was the one cooking, and my skills were pretty good."
Duan Zhian, who was eavesdropping next door: "..."
Can she cook?
Bao Liyun and Su Yixin walked side by side to the kitchen. After hearing what Su Yixin said, she asked: "We have also heard about Princess Ruian. It's just that Princess Ruian has been doing business since she was a child. Her family is very well-off. The old woman looks at Princess Ruian." It’s not like my hands can cook. I didn’t expect…”
Chapter 2 is a little later!
