Zhu He's death naturally alarmed relatives and friends, among the four major families of Xu Mu and Zhang Zhu, only Zhang Fu was in Beijing, Xu Qingtang was too old to come forward, Zhang Fu had the responsibility to investigate the cause of death, so he rushed to Zhu's house in person as soon as possible.

As a result, it was learned that Zhu He actually died on the woman's belly, involving Zhu Neng's concubine and her maid, because Zhang Fu only ordered to cover up the facts with a wry smile, and declared it to the outside world because of the violent illness, as for whether the outside party believes it is another matter, at least he only dares to laugh behind his back.

Not to mention Zhu He's funeral, although Chu Chu's very witty 'ghost body' that night escaped for the time being. But a few days later, Mrs. Zhu still found out that she was killed, and she hated it to the core. Because he couldn't be executed without direct evidence, and he was afraid that he would be ugly, he ordered Chu Chu to be driven out of the house.

Only allowed to bring personal clothes, and the savings of the past few years have been copied and rewarded to other girls. Chu Chu was unwilling, because she had always had a 'friendship' with the housekeeper Zhu Gui, so she came out and cried and begged someone to take her in as a second room.

In fact, Zhu Gui is good friends with her, it is nothing more than Chu Chu is the confidant of the fifth aunt, and she is good-looking, out of the inferior nature of men. His wife is jealous and doesn't rub sand in her eyes, plus Chu Chu has become his wife's enemy, and Chu Chu's temperament is watery Yanghua, how dare Zhu Gui dare to take a big risk? immediately turned his face and denied the old feelings.

Chu Chu was half angry, seeing that no one dared to take her in, so she had to go home cheekily.

Her family name is Qi, she is a small family in Jinling, and she sold Chu Chu to Zhu Mansion as a maid because she couldn't live a good life. My father has long since died, and my mother, who is deaf and blind in her seventies, and her only brother is very good, but the family is poor and can't study, so she sells some fresh fruits and sells them on the street every day, earning 100 yuan and buying food to support her mother.

Chu Chu has hardly cared about his mother's family over the years, and now he is back miserable. My brother went out early in the morning to do business with his burden. When I entered the dilapidated courtyard, I saw my white-haired mother sitting alone on the kang.

After all, it was his own mother, Chu Chu stepped forward and shouted excitedly: "Mother! ”

The old lady thought for a while and didn't recognize who it was, so she closed her eyes and asked, "Who called me?" ”

Chu Chu said loudly: "Mother, it's your daughter Chu Chu." ”

"Chu Chu?" In an instant, the old lady opened her eyes, but she couldn't see anything clearly, her arms trembled and groped around, and she shouted, "Is it Chu Chu?" Chu Chu, where are you? ”

Chu Chu grabbed his mother's hand, put it on his face, and cried: "I don't want the child to see you again." He began to cry bitterly.

Speaking of which, Chu Chu entered the Zhu Mansion when he was thirteen years old. It's been more than ten years, and the old lady cried day and night because she couldn't meet her daughter, and her eyes were broken. It can't be said that the Zhu family is unkind, and in the vicious rich family, it will not completely prohibit people from contacting their relatives, except for the palace.

First, many poor families feel ashamed because they sold their daughters with their own hands, and the sale is other people's property, and they have no face or are unwilling to cling. How could an honest person like Chu Chu and her mother dare to go to the Guogong Mansion and ask to see her daughter? thought that he would never see him again, and Chu Chu himself did not have the heart to go home to see, and over time he had completely cut off contact with his relatives.

Second, in ancient times, people often moved around. Slavery is the property of the family, and if you want to go, you have to go with it, and the result of the long separation between the two places is obvious. In short, this is what it is, feudal society is cruel. But man is still that person, and humanity never changes.

In ancient times, there was a clear distinction between social classes, and it was not false that there was a difference between respect and inferiority. The problem is that there are no immutable laws. For example, your maid has served you since she was a child and grew up together, and you have been with each other day and night for more than ten years, will you still treat her as a slave? Quarrel a few words, sit together to eat, do you care that she doesn't know the etiquette of dignity and humility? Maybe you will, but the result of this is that you are detached from morality, and the closest people around you can't treat her as a human being, so what will other servants think of you?

I often see people in the book review area accusing how people dare to look down on the master? It's too unrealistic, I'm sorry, this is the truth, don't think that if you are a young master, no one will dare to contradict it, it's too naïve. When a strong domestic servant and a weak family master, don't think how much he will respect you, there are many examples of children of rich families being beaten by children of inferior families, otherwise those emperors who were killed by eunuchs have something to say.

Chu Chu also felt sad when he saw his mother like this, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried. After crying, Chu Chu looked at the small house, which was not tiled but covered with thatch, the walls were made of mud, and a section of the courtyard wall collapsed in half, and the windows were not bad, and they were airtight with discarded newspapers.

At this time, Chu Chu regretted not being at the beginning, why didn't he take some money from his family at the beginning? It's a pity that it's too late to regret it, she has always been used to living in high-rise buildings, and at this time she felt desolate, sitting and stunned for a long time, casually coping with her mother's cold and warmth.

At noon, Chu Chu wanted to cook for his mother, went out to take a look, there was not a single firewood or a grain of rice at home, and turned around and came back to ask his mother. The old lady said with tears in her eyes: "Son, you don't know that your brother is sick and has been off the fire for three days. ”

Chu Chu's tears flowed again, and for a while his heart was like a knife, and he finally realized that he had been too unfilial all these years, so he hurriedly wiped his tears and said, "Is my mother hungry?" I have a silver hairpin, which can be exchanged for a few hundred dollars to buy rice and meat to eat. ”

"Absolutely not." The old lady shook her head vigorously, "When you go back, won't you be beaten?" Mother is not hungry. ”

Chu Chu cried: "I won't go, the wife of the house let me out because I am old and serve my mother." ”

The old lady hurriedly asked, "Do you want to pay back the silver?" ”

"Don't pay it back." Chu Chu sighed.

"That's good, that's good, Amitabha, bless your wife with a long life." The old lady was happy at this time, and her old face smiled heartily.

"Mother, you're so sitting."

Chu Chu, who was ashamed in his heart, raised his hand and took out the hairpin, cut it with a knife, took half of it and went to the pawnshop on the street, and exchanged it for five hundred copper coins. Then I went to the rice shop and bought a few liters of rice, but I found that I forgot to bring a rice bag or something, so I simply carried it in my pocket.

I spent 40 yuan to buy a roast duck, went home and washed half a liter of rice, I forgot that I didn't have firewood for cooking, and I hurriedly ran out to buy a load of firewood for 10 yuan.

I was busy in the stove room for a long time, and my whole face turned black, not to mention, a pot of rice was cooked like porridge, who had never done such rough things, I thought of many ways, and I didn't cook the rice successfully.

Even so, her mother was overjoyed at the tempting smell of rice, so Chu Chu filled two bowls and brought two pairs of bamboo chopsticks in. The old lady who had been hungry for three days held the bowl and drank, Chu Chu hurriedly went to find a plate to put the duck on, who knew how to find it, there were only two bowls at home, and most of them were used to exchange for food.

"Alas!" Chu Chu sighed deeply, directly opened the lotus leaf bag, and took a piece of duck meat with chopsticks and sent it to his mother's mouth.

The duck meat was soft and easy to digest, and the old lady smacked her lips and said in surprise: "This is not a dried rot, why is it so delicious?" ”

Chu Chu was relieved and sad at the same time, and said, "This is roast duck." ”

"Oops." The old lady said happily: "Thanks to my daughter's blessing, I still have this food in this life, I haven't tasted this taste in seven or eight years." As he spoke, he took a bite of food and looked expectant: "Is there anything else?" ”

Chu Chu covered his mouth vigorously, tears were already flowing down like a waterfall, and he endured it and said, "It's too much, just eat it." ”

"Hey." The old lady ate a piece of meat beautifully, "Leave some for your brother to taste, you can eat too, my mother will be full after two bites." ”

"It's enough for our family of three to eat, you eat hard." Chu Chu was really sad in his heart, even though he was very hungry, he couldn't eat half a mouthful.

After serving the mother, the rest of the food was placed on the table, and the two sat on the kang and talked.

In the evening, her brother Qi Dashou came back with an empty burden, saw Chu Chu at a glance, was surprised, and secretly said Who is this grandmother?

Chu Chu still recognized his eldest brother, and ran out and shouted, "Brother." ”

Qi Dashou was stunned for a while, put down his burden, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a sister, I don't recognize it." ”

"Brother, I'm still your Qiao'er." Chu Chu looked at his brother wearing an old blue cloth jacket, a coarse cloth belt around his waist, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet.

Qi Dashou asked why did you come back? Chu Chu said again that his wife thought she was old and let her go. Qi Dashou nodded, didn't ask any more, and the brother and sister entered the house together.

The old lady listened to her son's return and asked, "How much money have you made today?" ”

Qi Dashou said: "It's a good day, I gave five hundred yuan of fruit on credit, and it was sold out in an instant in the imperial city of Xu's mansion." They still wanted to buy it, but I didn't have it, so I hurried back and sold another load, and I sold it out. At that time, I thought that the business of Xufu was so good, so I took 50 yuan to honor the steward of other people, who knew that the steward asked how many people there were in our family and how their livelihood was? I told the truth, the housekeeper took pity on our family, and asked me to pick it up Ming'er, and take care of our family in the future, and only accepted my filial piety of ten copper coins, and told me that if I see the old man and young master in his house, don't forget to say that it is a good deed he has done. According to this calculation, we can earn 200 yuan a day, and our family of three will have enough to eat. ”

After speaking, he took out two hundred copper coins from his waist, took them in his hands, and went out to buy rice.

Chu Chu said: "There is still a lot of rice, and I didn't finish the rice I cooked at noon, but there are no vegetables at home." ”

The old lady hurriedly said, "There are ducks, what else do you want?" ”

"There is only half of it left, who should I eat it for? Let's buy some more. Chu Chu insisted.

Qi Dashou didn't say a word, went out to buy four yuan of tofu, and bought ten yuan of winter vegetable leaves, twenty yuan of lard, came back and cooked half a pot of soup and vegetables, and heated the rice, even the remaining duck meat, bean curd, a bowl of soup, and a bowl of rice, and gave it to his mother first.

Chu Chu saw that it was still early, and said, "Why do you have dinner now?" ”

"Are you a big family?" Qi Dashou said with a smile: "We don't have an oil lamp at night, we have dinner and rest early, and we will go to work tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Chu Chu sighed lightly in his heart, stopped talking, and secretly said how can such a day be lived? (To be continued......) R1292