Everything that day flashed before my eyes like a revolving door.
It was a rainy late autumn. Xiao Duan had been ill for half a year. Seeing that winter was about to begin, he became increasingly intolerable to the cold weather.
The third uncle also lost a lot of weight, and his hair was all white on the temples. Together with the fourth uncle, he tried to get some wooden boards and tiles, and finally repaired the damaged roof.
The aunts are also very sick and weak. Fortunately, the two younger brothers have grown up and can help the family share some of the burden.
Lin Yunyan went to visit them.
Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said quietly: "The old lady has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in her life, but in her last days, she couldn't even light a charcoal pot. I have been in charge of the Lin family for so many years, and there have been so many comings and goings in the palace." Money, how can I imagine that one day, the money I handle will not even be as good as what I give out as a reward in a month."
The more you are in charge, the more you know the hardships of having to pay for food, rice, oil and salt.
What made Mrs. Chen relieved was the money that the two maids who had been released before quietly sent over.
"Old Madam is a generous person, which is why she has good luck." Ms. Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "If we hadn't treated them well before, they wouldn't have secretly come to help us if we were in trouble. The old Madam's medicine money for the past two months is considered It’s settled.”
Grandma Ruan broke her leg a few days ago and has trouble walking.
Qingyan took the initiative to ask Ying to get the medicine.
Twelve taels of broken silver, which doesn't look like much, but is very heavy.
Afraid of being snatched by others, Nanny Ruan asked Qingyan to stuff it into her purse and hang it inside her clothes, giving her many instructions.
After leaving, he didn't come back until dark.
The fourth uncle went to the medicine shop. The doctor sitting in the hall and the medicine boy preparing the medicine all said they had not seen anyone.
Lin Yunyan borrowed Shenchen to help and asked around the streets and alleys. Several people pointed their fingers all the way to the west city gate.
Qingyan went out of town.
Where can I go out of town to buy medicine?
Nanny Ruan didn't believe it. At dawn the next day, she dragged her injured leg to the city gate and asked, saying that her niece was missing.
The soldier guarding the gate saw how pitiful she was, recalled something, and said that the woman hurriedly left the city.
Qingyan took away not only the money for medicine, but also the mood in Xiao Duan's heart.
The failure of the family business was due to the mighty imperial power. This was not her personal fault.
Throughout the ages, many honorable men have given birth to hairpins, but in the end they all ended up like this.
But she always remembered that she had been kind to others throughout her life. Although she was stabbed sometimes, everyone around her worked together.
Chen's words were also what Xiao Duan was thinking.
But Qingyan proved that the relationship between goodwill and betrayal is not that close.
There are some people, no matter how kind you treat them, they still go their separate ways when disaster strikes.
For more than half a month after that, Lin Yunyan also tried to find Qingyan.
It's not that she is unwilling to accept the facts, but if they can prove that there is another hidden reason for Qingyan's disappearance, it will at least make Xiao Duan feel more comfortable.
The result, of course, was the opposite.
Little Duan's walking was very painful.
She knew that she would definitely not survive the winter, and she would not allow the younger generation to spend another penny on her.
The old lady, who had always been thin-skinned and put her own dignity and the dignity of her family first, went crazy before she died and refused to let her children and grandchildren be filial to her.
She became known to her neighbors as a difficult old woman, just to spare her children and grandchildren the stigma of being "unfilial".
Smash the medicine bowl, smash the job bowl, and drink a few sips of water at most.
After smashing it several times, she no longer dared to buy medicine or prepare food for her.
It was precisely because he left so decisively that his father was so sad and angry when he knelt in front of his grandmother's bed.
And those scenes, even after so many years, are still deeply etched in Lin Yunyan's mind.
Beside them, Aunt Ruan and Aunt Cen exchanged glances.
The princess's attack was so sudden that they did not understand the ins and outs of it.
Nanny Ruan was a little better, because the old lady wanted to handle matters in high security, so she knew that the masters were discussing business behind closed doors, but that was all.
They had no idea what the princess asked Qingyan.
Since the old lady wants Qingyan to speak, the nuns will of course obey her orders, and then you and I mentioned the matter in the afternoon.
But now, the princess' expression doesn't look right.
There was sadness in his anger, and the grievance and sadness were clearly written on his face.
When has the princess ever shown such emotions in front of others?
When people look at it, they can’t help but feel distressed!
Aunt Cen and Aunt Ruan exchanged glances, waved their hands secretly, turned around and went straight to the house where Qingyan lived.
The atmosphere in the main room was solemn, and the other people had already avoided it.
At this moment, the people in the room with Qingyan were standing in the corner with their necks hunched, not daring to look at Grandma Cen.
Aunt Cen asked: "Where does Qingyan keep her money on weekdays?"
Qing Ling pointed to the small wooden box on the inside of the bed.
Aunt Cen climbed up, took it out and looked at it, and there was nothing wrong with it.
She had no choice but to look through Qingyan's clothes again.
When Qing Ling saw this, she thought: "Mom Cen, did Qingyan bring something that she shouldn't have brought in before evening?"
Aunt Cen turned to her and asked, "Did you see it?"
"I didn't see it," Qing Ling said. "I went into the house and saw her crawling out from under the bed. She was shocked when she saw me."
Aunt Cen narrowed her eyes.
Asking Qing Ling to light a candle, Grandma Cen bent down and pulled out a small cloth bag from the deepest corner of the wall.
When she opened it, Grandma Cen sneered.
Then, she picked up the cloth bag, strode back to the main room, and placed it directly on the table next to Xiao Duan.
A thud.
Aunt Cen was very light-footed, but the thing was really too heavy.
Xiao Duan took a closer look and saw a gold hairpin, a pair of south pearl earrings, and more than a dozen small silver ingots, the largest of which were two silver ingots.
The word "锞" can be said to be a daily reward, a little adds up to a big thing. Little Duan couldn't remember how much she had been rewarded in the past, but the last time she rewarded five taels of silver ingots was when her daughter-in-law came to see her granddaughter who was 100 days old. She, that was five years ago!
And the gold hairpin and earrings, weren't they the two things she lost at the beginning of spring?
"It was found under the bed," said Grandma Cen.
Xiao Duan's eyes were heavy: "I'm very disappointed that the maid next to me is like this. You took her down and sold her away, right?"
Aunt Cen and Aunt Ruan immediately came up to drag people away.
Lin Yunyan stretched out her hand and weighed the silver ingot: "Aren't you going to reprimand me?"
Xiao Duan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Lin Yunyan was not surprised by this.
Grandma never said anything bad with her mouth. She could not curse anyone, dirty or not.
It's not a big deal to scold a maid who can't betray her master. What grandma should learn the most is to scold the shameless Duke Xu's house.
It seems that I have to give my grandmother more tutoring.
In the yard, Qingyan, who was stunned by Lei Lifengxing, finally came to her senses and struggled hard.
"I didn't make it up, the princess said it all herself. I sympathized with the second lady... woo woo woo!"
Aunt Cen waved her hand and poked the handkerchief she had just put into Qingyan's mouth deeper.
"You stole the things and you took the money," Granny Cen said angrily, "What the hell is your name!"
