Jiaohua

Chapter 552 Love Between Men and Women (Part [-])
It is really difficult to ask how much silver taels to borrow.

Looking at the girl in front of her and the rumors about her, Pan Shuyi knew that her life should be rich, so naturally, she wanted to borrow as much as possible.

She was a little embarrassed, but she opened her mouth and asked for 20 taels.

After she finished speaking, she felt that it was a bit too much. She was afraid that the other party would think she was greedy, and she wanted to change her words. Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the study to write a note first."

Pan Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and the fingers that were pinched together on her legs loosened a little.

Xia Zhaoyi got up to leave, Pan Shuyi watched her go into the study, then looked away, quietly looking at the courtyard.

The small courtyard is not small, with lush flowers and trees, simple and elegant. There is a large open space in the north, with a few wooden stakes and plum blossom stakes, and there is a small weapon rack beside it, with only three spears and two big knives.

A voice suddenly came from the other side: "Hello! Hello!"

When Pan Shuyi turned her head, a young man was standing outside the courtyard, calling her.

Pan Shuyi pointed to herself: "Me?"

"Come here!" Liu Xianbao called.

Pan Shuyi got up and went over.

"Is Miss Xia angry?" Liu Xianbao asked anxiously, "Did she scold me?"

"Why scold you?" Pan Shuyi was puzzled.

"Then, she didn't say anything when she came back?"

Pan Shuyi looked at him in confusion and shook her head.

"Okay." Liu Xianbao became even more depressed. I don't know if she is not angry, or if she feels that there is no need to be angry at all. If she feels that there is no need to be angry, then should she just say that she really doesn't take him seriously? .

Thinking about it, his eyes fell on Pan Shuyi, Liu Xianbao took a look and said, "Who are you?"

"Who are you..." Pan Shuyi asked without confidence.

"Okay, don't ask anymore, I don't care who you are." Liu Xianbao muttered, turned and left.

"It's weird." Pan Shuyi also muttered, turning around and walking.

Xia Zhaoyi came out of the study with two slips and silver.

Pan Shuyi looked it over carefully, raised her head to say thanks, signed her name, and pressed her fingerprints. The 20 taels of silver she held in her palm was heavy, which made her feel extremely at ease.

Old Tong carried the hot water to the bathroom, Xia Zhaoyi went back to his room and got his own set of clean clothes. When Pan Shuyi reached out to take it, her eyes were red and she thanked her repeatedly.

When night fell, Lu Ningjin didn't come, and Xia Zhaoyi didn't go back to the house immediately after dinner, fearing that Pan Shuyi would be uncomfortable, so they sat with her in the courtyard for a while.

After bathing, the girl whose hair was refreshed, looked very fresh, with beautiful features, bright eyes and white teeth, and she was still sick, and she looked even more lovely when she coughed.

What she talked about was basically what she saw on the road. She met many kind people, but she also met many wicked people. She was so hungry that she ate turf.

Old Tong asked her what she planned to do in the future, Pan Shuyi shook her head, thinking of the money and IOUs in her arms, she said again: "I can find a job, or I can find a good family to marry and give them more lives." With a few sons, I won't be too busy."

"Hey," Old Tong said happily, "That's a good idea."

Zhili frowned, and looked at Xia Zhaoyi.

Xia Zhaoyi sat next to him, his face calm and peaceful.

"I'll leave when I recover from the illness," Pan Shuyi said again, "If Miss Lu is coming tomorrow, I'll go to Qingque Pavilion to find her the next day."

"She won't come tomorrow," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Tomorrow eighteenth, it's Linning's turn to collect taxes, troops, and food. The whole of Linning will be very busy, and no one will dare to walk along the village roads."

"Conscript?" Pan Shuyi subconsciously looked at the three men beside her.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle looked back at her, and when they heard the word conscription, they didn't take it seriously, their faces were calm and unwavering.

"I'm not going." Old Tong said.

"I'm not going either." Zhi Changle followed closely.

As deserters five years ago, Lao Tong and Zhi Changle couldn't keep their faces off, feeling ashamed of themselves and unable to hold their heads up.

But Zhili has been by their side for these years, the cynical young boy criticized the entire government for nothing, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, he scolded everything that could be scolded, and when it came to their desertion, Zhili rebuked them Why, in a place like the Jiangnan barracks where people are not treated as human beings, they didn't run away earlier, and stayed there to help the tyrants, there must be innocent people who were implicated by them without their knowledge, and maybe even lost Life.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were bombarded with years of accusations, and the guilt in their hearts was abruptly explained away.

"Just pay the money and food," Xia Zhaoyi said, "If you pay the people, you can stay."

Pan Shuyi nodded, and said in a low voice: "In this way, it can be flexible, and it is not considered a tyrannical government. I have seen all the way here, and passers-by are all praising the heaven and the emperor. Maybe in our lifetime, we can still see the unity of the country."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled, but did not speak.

"Little Senior Sister." Zhi Li said at this time.

Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, and saw Zhili stretching out his hand and pointing outside.

The moonlight is bright tonight, the night sky is vast, and the visibility of the entire sky is extremely clear.

Where Zhili stretched out his hand to point, a figure landed on the ground. It looked like the owner of the figure was squatting there motionless.

Liu Xianbao listened for a while, but found that there was no sound at all.

Feeling something at this time, he raised his head and looked forward, Zhili was holding a pole in his hand, with one hand on his waist, and he was smiling at him friendly.

Liu Xianbao got up and took a step back: "I, I'm here to find Miss Xia."

"Stalker, are you bothered?"

"I made her unhappy today, and I want to apologize face to face."

"Thinking too much?" Zhili sneered, "You alone can affect whether she is happy or not? Who are you?"

"..."

"I, I like Miss Xia." Liu Xianbao lowered his head and lowered his voice.

"There are a lot of people who like my senior sister. If I can line up from here to that tree, if my senior sister responds to everyone's request, oh well, I can't be too busy."

"What nonsense?" Xia Zhaoyi's voice came from the yard, clear and light in the night, and the tone was as cold as ice.

Zhili curled his lips, and said to the inside: "I was wrong!"

"Can I go in and meet Miss Xia?" Liu Xianbao said.

"No!" Zhili knocked the pole in his hand on the ground, and said again, "No!"

"Miss Xia, he seems to like you very much." Pan Shuyi said.

Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "It's his business to like me, and it has nothing to do with me. I've already made it clear what needs to be said."

"He's probably not the only one, Miss Xia is so outstanding, there must be many people who like you." Pan Shuyi said enviously.

"That's someone else's business, it has nothing to do with me." Xia Zhaoyi said.

However, mentioning the relationship between a man and a woman reminded her of many memories from the past.

It's not her memories, but Tao Lan.

(End of this chapter)