On the way back, Fang's mother and Yuxi were in a carriage.

Fang's mother said with a bitter face: "Girl, I can't read, how do I do the account?" Before that, she only calculated the expenses of each month, and how much money was left at the end of the month, plus or minus to calculate the income.

Yuxi said with a smile: "When the time comes, please ask a bookkeeper, and don't want him to squat in the shop every day, just come over every once in a while to keep accounts." ”

Fang's mother was a little embarrassed: "How to calculate the salary?"

Yuxi said: "It's enough to pay two taels of silver every month." "In modern parlance, it's about finding a part-time accountant.

Fang's mother felt that the money was spent a little unjustly.

Yuxi shook his head and said, "Mom, there are no rules. The business of the bun shop is so good, when the two people you teach have learned how to do it, I am ready to open another branch. At that time, if the accounts are not clear, it is easy for people to fish in troubled waters. "Mother Fang has now accepted two apprentices, both of whom have deeds in hand, and Yuxi is not worried about them making trouble.

Fang's mother felt that what Yuxi said was reasonable, so she no longer objected.

Yuxi said: "Mom, my grandmother will come to the mansion in two days, and it will be difficult for me to go out of the mansion in the future, so if my mother has something, I will ask Hongshan's sister-in-law to help deliver the message." If there is something particularly important, you will come into the house yourself. ”

Fang's mother was a little relieved and said, "Girl, you have to learn from Mr. Song and your parenting grandmother." "If you learn well, you will be able to marry a good family in the future.

After entering the city, Yuxi separated from Fang's mother. Only then did Hong Shan speak: "Girl, if you open another bun shop, can you let my sister-in-law go to the shop to help?" The helper on the bun shop has a monthly salary of 800 yuan, and he also includes breakfast, and he is busy with other times in the morning to arrange his own work, which is really good. You must know that her monthly income for a first-class maid is only 800 yuan a month.

Yuxi smiled: "Let's talk about it when the shop opens, it's too early to say this." ”

As he was talking, suddenly the carriage braked suddenly. In the event of an emergency, Yuxi reacted quickly, and immediately grabbed the edge of the carriage with both hands and did not let himself crash into the carriage. Hongshan didn't react as fast as Yuxi, her forehead hit the carriage, and she got a big bag.

Hong Shan angrily lifted the curtain, and before she could question the coachman what was going on, the coachman hurriedly explained: "Miss Hongshan, there is a girl who suddenly rushed to the road, and I am afraid that I will hit the talent and quickly stop the carriage." "That's a person, not a brute, and the driver is also reflexively parked.

Hearing this, Hong Shan saw a girl lying on her stomach two steps in front of the horse, the girl was not very old, about ten years old, and she would fall to the ground with a pale face, and her clothes were still bloody, looking like a ghost.

Hongshan was so frightened that she sat back in the carriage.

When Yuxi saw Hongshan's appearance, she became curious. Lift the curtain and pebe out. Before she could think of anything, two people ran up to her.

The two people who ran over were both five big and three thick. One of the men, who had a black mole on his face, saw the girl on the ground and exclaimed, "Here." ”

After speaking, he strode over, and the eagle grabbed the girl lying on the ground like a chicken, and then snorted: "You run, why don't you run?

The girl's eyes were full of despair.

Yuxi looked at the despair in the girl's eyes, and somehow remembered that she had died in a thatched house. At that time, she was also so desperate. Yuxi's heart trembled, and she shouted loudly to the black mole man, "Put her down." ”

Hongshan immediately lowered the curtain of the car and said to Yuxi: "Girl, you can't save it, look at these are not good people!" This girl is a fugitive slave.

The black mole man turned his head and saw Yuxi's carriage and several family members around him, so he knew that it was a rich and noble family. mixed in the capital, this bit of eyesight is still there, and these two people don't dare to offend, so they immediately raised their voices and said: "Girl, this is the girl from our Chunxianglou." She waited for an opportunity to escape, and we arrested her to get her back. ”

When Hong Shan heard Chunxianglou, her face changed: "Girl, this can't be managed." "Chunxianglou is a brothel! How can you let the girl get involved with the people in the brothel.

Contrary to Hong Shan, Yuxi was relieved to hear that the other party was from Chunxianglou. The people in Chunxiang Mansion are easy to deal with, as long as they can afford the price, even if it is an oiran, they can buy it, let alone a teenage girl: "How much? ”

A different color flashed on the black mole man's face: "I can't be the master of this matter, if you want to buy it, you have to ask our master." ”

Yuxi didn't pay attention to the black mole man, but asked the girl who was caught by the black mole man: "How much silver are you worth?" Being able to escape from Chunxiang Building shows that this person is a brave person who is not afraid of death.

The girl's eyes burst with a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope: "Twenty taels." ”

Yuxi said to the black mole man, "I paid five times the price to buy her, what do you think?"

When the black mole man heard this, he hesitated.

The little girl had a hope of survival in her heart, stared at the black mole man and said, "If you must arrest me back, I will not live." "She'd rather die than do what these people wanted.

The black mole man knew that this dead girl was stubborn, and he didn't bow his head after beating me for I don't know how many times, and this time he took advantage of their negligence to escape: "Stinky girl, count yourself lucky." "This dead girl doesn't eat hard and soft, maybe she can't take it back, and she really looks for a short time. Anyway, it's not a national beauty, it's better to sell it, at least you can make a small profit.

The little girl's eyes showed a gleam, which meant that she had agreed to sell her. Thinking of this, the little girl looked at Yuxi with a blank eye. No one wants to die if they can live.

The black mole man shouted at Yuxi: "I'll let someone go and get her deed, and we'll pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

Chunxianglou was not far from their place, and the little girl's identity deed was quickly obtained. Yuxi said to the girl, "Let's see if that's your deed?"

After reading it, the little girl nodded and said, "It's my deed." ”

After getting the deed, Yuxi did not go directly back to the Gongfu, but went to Shangyuan Street. With this girl's current ghostly appearance, she didn't dare to take it back to the Gongfu, otherwise she would definitely have to be scolded.

Yuxi looked at the girl lying in the car, covered in injuries, and asked, "Who are you? How could you be sold to Chunxiang Building?"

The little girl said: "My name is Ling Qi, my father is Ling Yuanwai from Hexia Town, and my father died of illness half a year ago. ”

Hong Shan hurriedly asked, "Then why are you in the Qinglou?

When Ling Qi heard this, a hateful look burst out of his eyes: "I was sold by my stepmother. I was sleeping at home, but when I woke up, I was in the green building. ”

Yuxi looked at Ling Qi's face and said, "You don't deal with your stepmother, right?" Since Ling Qi's father is an outsider, his family must be good. Ling Qi is not a national beauty, and she can't sell it for a lot of money even if she sells it to the Qinglou with this appearance, and there is only one reason, Ling Qi has a grudge against her stepmother.

Ling Qi nodded: "If it weren't for her, my mother wouldn't have died." ”

Yuxi doesn't need to ask anymore to know, how can this girl's temperament and the enemy who killed her mother coexist peacefully. Her stepmother sold her to the Qinglou, not for money but for revenge: "Do you have any relatives at home? If so, I will send you back when you heal from your injuries." ”

Ling Qi shook his head and said, "The girl saved me, my life is the girl's." ”

can escape from Chunxianglou three times regardless of life and death, even if he is covered in bruises, he will not give up, it can be seen that his temperament is extremely resolute. This kind of person, if he can be truly obedient, will be a great help. Yuxi said: "You have to think about it. If you want to follow me, you'll be a maid, and you'll have to be a slave. If you go back, you will still be a good girl. ”

Ling Qi said sincerely: "Girl, I don't have any relatives in my family, and I don't know where to go even if I go back." There is a way to live with the girl. "It's better to follow the girl than to follow those who are inexplicable, even if you are a maid, at least your life and personal safety are guaranteed.

Seeing that she was not impulsive, Yuxi also nodded and said, "You go to Fang's mother's bun shop to recuperate your injuries first, and then talk about the rest when your injuries are healed." ”

Ling Qi nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Fang's mother was soft-hearted, and she was very sympathetic when she heard what happened to Ling Qi, so she asked Ling Qi to be helped to the backyard, and hurriedly asked her to ask for a doctor.

Mother Shen looked at the sky and said, "Girl, you have to go back, if you don't go back, the old lady will scold." "It's getting dark, and the old lady tells me that I must get home before it gets dark.

Yuxi said: "Mother Shen, you send someone to Hexia Town to check, is there really such a person as Ling Qi?" If this person lied and used someone of unknown origin, then I don't know what would happen.

When I returned to the Guogong Mansion, it was already the beginning of the year. Because he came back late, Yuxi was severely reprimanded by Mrs. Han.

Yuxi lowered her head and stood there obediently, reprimanded by the old lady.

Looking at Yuxi's appearance, the old lady couldn't help but think of Yuxi's biological mother Ning, every time she reprimanded Ning, Ning's was also like this. Thinking of this, the old lady panicked in her heart, "You go down!" There is a real need for fate between people, even if Yuxi is getting better and better, there is such a biological mother, and the old lady can't like Yuxi at all.

Yuxi respectfully stepped back.

Only Mother Luo was left in the house, and Mrs. Han said her true words: "This child, I'm afraid I can't raise it well." "Respectful on the face, but in fact very wary of her, otherwise he would not have guarded against Hong Shan and Shen's mother in everything, even if Hong Shan has surrendered, she still can't get her trust.

The mother smiled and said, "What did the old lady say about this? The fourth girl is your granddaughter, where is there anything that she can't raise?" ”

If it weren't for her own granddaughter, how could she allow such nonsense. Old Madam Han said: "I'm afraid that she will also have a dislike for her Lao Tzu?" If Yuxi is really not close to her biological father and has a grudge against the family, no matter how good Yuxi is, she will have to cut off her wings.

Mother Luo said carefully: "Old lady, let me say that the fourth girl is not such a cold-hearted person, you see that she is very close to the eldest lady and the second master." "The old lady and the four girls haven't seen each other a few times a month, where does the closeness come from. As for the third master, the third master has ignored the fourth girl too much over the years, but anyone who has some heart can't get close. Not to mention the four girls who have such a big temperament.

Mother Luo is very loyal to the old lady, and often analyzes problems for the old lady from the perspective of a bystander, and her old lady can also listen to it. Old Madam Han sighed and said, "Wu Clan, it's not a safe place. "Wu's style has made Yuxi and the third child more and more estranged. But the third child doesn't care about Yuxi's daughter.

Mother Luo also felt that this Wu family's eyelids were too shallow, and the means were clumsy, so she offended a lot of people before she came back: "When she comes back, the old lady will teach her well." ”

Old Madam Han shook her head and said, "I'm old, I don't have so much energy." When Ming'er gets married, I will let go and enjoy two years of happiness. "Qiu's housekeeper is very capable, but she is a scum in this regard, and she is not at ease when she hands over the family to Qiu's, and now she can only hope for her granddaughter-in-law in the future.

Mother Luo said with a smile: "When the prince marries, the old lady will have to worry about the marriage of the third girl again." Where can the old lady really be idle. ”

Mrs. Han sighed: "Yes, as the saying goes, raising a child is a hundred years old, and he will be ninety-nine years old, and he can really be idle." ”