Ah Yao's mind was in turmoil, carrying a kettle, came to the main room of the east house, and saw that the utensils inside were dumped and messy, and he was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he remembered that he was smashed by Qin Ziyin, and turned to the west house, and saw her lying on the bed, crying, knowing that she was sick, and did not dare to alarm. Retreated and looked straight into the courtyard in a daze, only to feel that the words that Chun Tao said were turning over and over in his ears, and his brain was booming. Suddenly felt heavy in his hands, looked down at the kettle, and realized that he was going to pour water for Chang Sihao to wash his feet. At a glance, he saw the lights flashing in the west wing, so he ran over.

There was a noise of water in the house, and Chang Sihao's coat was dirty, and he took it off and was cleaning. Ah Yao came in and saw it, and hurriedly said, "Aunt Sun, this is the work of a servant, how did you do it?" Chang Sihao smiled: "What's the big deal about washing clothes? What's more, there are some floating soil on it, and it's very easy to wash." And said, "Hey, what did you call me just now?" Ah Yao was stunned by his question, his expression immediately darkened, his lips pursed lightly, and he didn't answer, leaning over to get the laundry tub.

Chang Sihao cut off his hand and grabbed her wrist and said, "Ah Yao, are you still angry with me?"

Ah Yao struggled and didn't shake it off, and said: "I didn't, what did I do...... I did" suddenly remembered what happened in the car, his face darkened, and said, "You let go." Chang Sihao said bitterly: "I didn't mean to peek at your body...... , Alas, you can scold me and beat me, but don't do that. ”

Ah Yao said: "What am I? Didn't you say you didn't see it? Why am I angry?"

Chang Sihao was slightly embarrassed: "I'...... See. ”

As soon as the words came out, the two looked at each other, and a pair of faces burned red, as if they were about to boil the pot and steam, they were embarrassed there, and they forgot to earn strength.

After a long while, Ah Yao's face turned pale, and he smiled sadly: "I was stripped naked and whipped when I was under the hands of the young master, and I have long lost half of my dignity, so what is the tightness of being looked at? What's more, my body was seen when you first entered the mansion that day, so what's the harm in looking at it again, why apologize?" Chang Sihao's hand loosened when he heard this, Huo Ran stood up, Ah Yao was caught off guard, and fell to the ground.

Chang Sihao waved his hand violently and said indignantly: "You go out, even if I need someone to do laundry, I don't want you!"

Ah Yao turned his head, his lips tightened, tears rolled down his cheeks, and he silently got up and walked out.

Chang Sihao's heart softened when he saw it, and he hurriedly grabbed her, and said gently: "Don't cry, okay? I'm not yelling at you, alas...... It's someone else's fault that others don't respect you, you give up on yourself and look down on yourself, so who is to blame?"

Ah Yao's body froze, shook for a while, and finally threw himself into his arms and cried.

Chang Sihao let out a long sigh and said slowly: "I am also a child of a poor family, I know that poverty will not kill people, but the shame brought by poverty is extremely fatal." I was always looked down upon, and over time, I forgot what dignity is and what face is. As the saying goes, laughing at the poor is not laughing at prostitutes, and people are even less sympathetic to the poor than prostitutes! How strange do you say this world is?"

He stroked Ah Yao's hair, let her tears wet his chest, and said slowly: "Can you let go of the firecrackers?" Ah Yao was slightly stunned: "No." Chang Sihao said: "Well, girls don't play with firecrackers, we boys like it very ......much," his eyes dimmed, "I remember when I was a child, once during the Spring Festival, a rich family set off firecrackers, and broke red paper, and the rich young master turned around and left, so I grabbed it with a group of children, rummaging through the broken paper for firecrackers that were not burning, so that they could be played." The rich young master looked back and was very happy to see us looking poor, so he pointed and scolded loudly, and took out a hanging firecracker, saying that if any of us kowtow to him, he will give him a few firecrackers. ”

Ah Yao's spirit gradually turned to his story, and the tears gradually disappeared. I only heard Chang Sihao continue: "There are a few friends who are greedy for fun, and they feel that kowtowing is nothing, so they knelt down, and I was also hesitating, and suddenly an adult came, went up and picked up one of them called Xiao Shanzi, and raised his hand to be two big mouths, which turned out to be Xiao Shanzi's father." His father had studied for a few years, but he had not made a name for himself, and he was a forced scribe who earned a small income by transcribing dossiers for others. At that time, he grabbed Xiao Shanzi and scolded: 'You spineless! If others look down on you, can't you look down on yourself? If you think you are a dog, how can people treat you as a human being?'"

Ah Yao's body trembled suddenly, and only those two sentences in his heart kept vibrating and echoing:

"If you think you're a dog, how can people treat you as a human?"

"You think you're a dog, how can people treat you as a human!"

Chang Sihao sank in his memories, his eyes flashed with excitement, and said: "At that time, I was stunned for a long time, and for the first time in my life I understood the meaning of 'backbone', not only did I not kneel, but I also threw away the firecrackers in my hand, and walked away with my head held high. After that, although my life was still poor, and I ate wild vegetables, grass roots, and tree bark in my mouth, I never felt that I was inferior or inferior to anyone!"

He grabbed Ah Yao's shoulders with both hands, pushed her away slightly, and looked directly into her eyes: "Think about it, why do we have to be treated as people with the same people, and we have to pity ourselves and sigh that our lives are cheap? Those who are rich and unkind, although they have a lot of wealth, but they do all kinds of evil, and they don't know how many people will be scolded behind their backs, compared with them, although we have no long things, but our hearts are upright, what can't we live with peace of mind?" You were bought to be a handmaiden, and it is your duty to serve others, but you must never forget your true self, and you are also an upright person, you know?"

Ah Yao looked at his eyes, and the tears that had stopped rolling down again, she nodded heavily: "Hmm!"

Chang Sihao was very satisfied, and reached out to wipe away the tears from her cheeks, with a smile on his face: "Okay! Okay, okay, stop crying, okay?"

Ah Yao wiped the corners of his eyes and pursed his lips and smiled: "I'm happy." ”

Chang Sihao smiled: "Cry when you're happy, cry when you're unhappy, you're the same as Xiaohua." ”

Ah Yao blinked and asked, "Who is Xiaohua?"

Chang Sihao smiled slightly, turned his back, paced half a step, and said, "It's my sister." After a pause, he added, "She...... It's dead. ”

Ah Yao's expression darkened, his long eyelashes drooped, and he suddenly thought of something, hesitated slightly, and asked timidly, "Brother Chang, are you ...... Would you like to be my brother?"

Chang Sihao was stunned when he heard this, and turned around: "What did you say?"

Ah Yao said: "I mean, since you asked me to call you Brother Chang, it is better for us to simply become brothers and sisters, you won't dislike me?" Seeing Chang Sihao's expression a little hesitant, he hurriedly continued: "What, you don't want to......?" That's not reluctant......"

Chang Sihao hurriedly intercepted: "No, I'...... Willing. The last three words were spoken very softly, and his eyes flickered a little. I thought: "A few days ago, I remembered the metaphor of her heart cup catching the rain to swing the clouds, and said that she said that she wanted to sweep away the clouds in her heart for me, and wanted me to live happily, with some affection in it, she was secretly liking me, it turned out, hehe, it turned out that I was doing it to myself." Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

He put his palm on the top of Ah Yao's head, looked at her face, and thought, "It's not bad to have such a sister." The more I looked at it, the more I felt as if my little flower sister, who had been dead for many years, had now grown up and stood in front of her, and the slight disappointment in my heart turned into joy. smiled: "Great, little sister, since I met you, I have paid attention, I feel that you are gentle, kind and lovely, and I like it tightly, with you, I finally have a relative in this world, and from now on, I will no longer be alone!"

Seeing him so happy, Ah Yao was sour and happy in his heart, and he also smiled with him.

The next day, when Yu Zhide came, he said to everyone, everyone congratulated, and Yu Zhide smiled and said: "Chang Ye recognized the sister, this is a big deal! He instructed the human: "You guys, go out to the ready-to-wear shop, call the tailor, and let's pick out two new sets of clothes for Miss Ah Yao!" Ah Yao Lian said, "No need." Yu Zhide smiled: "It should be, it should be." Master Chang, why don't you accompany Miss A Yao to the jewelry street again, and she will personally pick a few lovely things to buy as a souvenir. Chang Sihao said: "Okay." Ah Yao said: "I don't look good when I wear jewelry, so forget it." Yu Zhide smiled: "How can it be done? Chun Tao smiled sideways: "We are on the road, everything is simple because of ugliness, Ah Yao doesn't want to be sensible, but you come to join in the fun." Yu Zhide laughed and no longer insisted. Chang Sihao asked: "Can the military tent be purchased?" Yu Zhide nodded, waved his hand and asked someone to bring it in, Chang Sihao inspected it, and saw that its shape was the same as that used in the army, but the workmanship was much more meticulous.

The two discussed, Yu Zhide led the team first, Chang Sihao because Qin Ziyin cried and sang until the early hours of the morning as usual yesterday, and the two maids and himself did not have to rest, so they decided to postpone for half a day before leaving.

When I fell asleep, it was almost dusk when I woke up, and after dinner, I bought all kinds of snacks and dry food to pack up, and the four of them went on the road.

The night was quiet, Qin Ziyin was sick and laughed and would not attract onlookers, he jumped out of the car in anger, beat Chang Sihao, and then put out the fire, and stayed until the early hours of the morning, listening to her singing and hurrying, and the horse's hooves were obtained, and the bells were dingdang, but it was also full of fun. So he went on and on, resting in a secluded place during the day and marching at night.

Not a day to come to Hengyuan County, Yu Zhide welcomed the four people into the store, presented a pile of paper, and said: "This is the former young master sent someone to come here first, the contract of the purchased land, the time is in a hurry, a total of 2,379 acres were bought, the numbers are scattered, not very good-looking, the subordinates asked the local people to help screen, removed some of the not fertile enough, irrigation is inconvenient, etc., make up the whole number of 2,000 acres, please Chang Ye take a look." ”

Chang Sihao took it and looked at it, the top one, is a summary list, writing which land to buy, the owner's name and surname, how much silver is consumed, etc., the following ones are really land deeds, he was born in a farmer's family, and knows that if there is no official government to levy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, all kinds of exploitation, one acre of good land, enough to support two or three people to live, how valuable the items in those gift boxes are, in his eyes are not worth mentioning, never put it in his heart, holding this pile of land deeds in hand, but feel heavy, can't help but tremble slightly. He asked, "Are all those farmers voluntary?"

Yu Zhide only considered whether the weight of this gift was enough, but he didn't expect him to ask this kind of question, and said: "Most of these lands are purchased by large landlords, and the money is enough, and there is no loss to them. Our Qin family has always been fair, and they will never be strong, so Chang Ye can rest assured. Chang Sihao nodded, returned the title deed and list to him, knowing that letting himself see it was just a formality, and said, "Keep this document receipt and give it to the young master when you go back." Yu Zhide nodded.

Everyone rested for the night, took a bath and changed clothes, the next day from the early morning out of the store on the road, Hengshan to see near and far away, forty miles away straight for half a day to the foot of the mountain, only to see two figures far away to greet them, one of them is in his twenties, is a nun, the other is a girl dressed as a layman, the sword on the body is narrow and slender. Yu Zhide knew at a glance that the two of them were characters of the Hengshan faction, and they were busy stepping forward to give gifts and become famous.

The young nun said: "Amitabha, the donor and the donor come to Hengshan, the poor nun Yan Lu and the senior sister Sun Shouyun, at the order of the senior sister of the head of the family, waited here for a long time, never greeted from afar, and forgave the sins in person." Yu Zhide saw that there was no half of a figure at the foot of the mountain except for the two of them, and he was already dissatisfied in his heart, and secretly thought: "Hengshan has sent such a big shelf! The Qin family is calling for wind and rain in Shanxi, and it is many times more glorious than you, since Xinlu knows that it is a guest from the Qin Mansion, how can she send more people to greet them?