Poor family rebirth girl

Chapter 57 Weakness and Armor (1)

Qingfeng Building is located in the southwest of Huai'an City, on the edge of Moon Lake.

This place with beautiful scenery has always been a good place for literati to sing poems and drinks. There are many restaurants and tea shops and other entertainment places, ranging from luxurious to simple, and there are often some horse-drawn carriages on the roadside to solicit business.

Su Ya wanted to call for a car, but was stopped by Yan Shi: "Xiao Ya, it's rare for mother to go out, if you are not tired, let's go back."

Su Ya felt sad when she heard the words. For the secret in her heart, she tried all kinds of means, not only to keep Yan away from Qingjiangpu, but also to prevent Yan from staying a little away from home, like a bird in a cage, sitting in that little house every day. In the courtyard, take her out, welcome her home, wash her clothes, and keep her warm.She never dared to ask her mother if she would feel bored and lonely, because even if she got the answer, she would not be able to make better changes.

She tilted her head and looked at Yan's prematurely grown hair at the temples. After some time, the grayness seemed to add another layer.

Sometimes, Su Ya even felt that Yan Shi didn't really know anything about her thoughts, just like today, when she was taken away and sent back, Yan Shi didn't see her face being slapped by Cao Qingyuan. Sad and weeping, but then he just held back his trembling and didn't ask any more questions.

Perhaps her mother was always worried when no one was around.But she couldn't ask.

Su Ya raised her head, poured back the tears that were about to overflow, and said, "Okay."

It was early spring, and green cattails had already protruded from the lake surrounded by withered and yellow reeds. Taking advantage of the warm sun at noon, someone was pushing a raft and groping in the water, picking up one after another. The slender Puercai were pulled out from the water, and the roots were cut off skillfully and carefully with a knife, and they were stacked on the raft.

"It's time to pick Pu'er vegetables again," Yan sighed softly, "The lake is still frozen."

Huai'an Pu'er cuisine is famous all over the world, and there is a saying that "no catfish can make a feast". Every time around the Dragon Boat Festival, cattail vegetables are in full bloom, and it is the most indispensable delicacy on the table of Huai'an people.

However, this February's Puya is obviously an exception, which is definitely not affordable for ordinary people-because it is rare and the effort to pick it is too labor-intensive.

The surface of the water was still covered with thin ice, and the cattail collectors were half-immersed in it. They bent their knees and dived from time to time, trembling, while groping in the mud at the bottom of the water. When they found something that could be picked, they cut off the cattail cattails with a small knife that was as long as a finger. stem.After searching one by one like this, it takes half a day to pick a handful, but when the outer skin of the rhizome is peeled off, there is only a pinch left.

With such a great effort and cost, the puerya in February is more expensive than gold, and a plate is worth two or three months of consumption by ordinary people, but it is the finishing touch of a luxurious banquet.

Su Ya has never eaten puerya in February, so she can't figure out the difference in taste between it and the puerya in peak season. Could it be that the puerya after being touched by hands shaking from the cold can enhance the temperament of diners?
The corners of her mouth slightly raised ironically, but her mouth was very gentle, and she said: "Yes, in two months, I will be able to eat Pu'er dishes made by my mother again, and I want to eat stewed tofu for the first meal. "

Yan stopped by the lake, staring at the water surface in a daze, after a while, raised her right hand, patted Su Ya's hand on her arm, and said softly: "Little Ya, mother has no other thoughts. , I just want you to be safe and sound, free from disease and disaster... Or, just find a good man to marry?"

"...Mom?" Su Ya's heart twitched, her body stiffened slightly.

"Little Ya, our life is much better than those who pick cattail buds in the icy water in February, but you still often have nightmares and talk in your sleep at night, and you can't wake up even screaming," Yan said still Looking at the water, he patted the back of Su Ya's hand lightly with his fingers, "Marry into a good family and have someone you can rely on, so don't be bullied like today."

"mother……"

"Mother doesn't want to become a burden to you," Yan narrowed his eyes slightly against the glare of the sun, and there were faintly two shallow lines of time in the corners of his eyes, which couldn't be hidden, flickering in the fine lines, "You After being beaten, my mother was heartbroken, but she couldn't do anything, and she didn't even dare to fight her life, because she was afraid that I would be sorry for my daughter's desperate efforts to protect her."

Su Ya felt that her heart was so suffocated that she wanted to explode. She quickly took a deep breath, pulled out her arm, opened her arms to tightly embrace Yan Shi, and pressed her left cheek, which had been deliberately avoiding Yan Shi's sight, against her neck. Finally, when the throat was not so tight, he forced a smile and said, "What's the point of living without my mother? Don't worry, I'm not willing to work hard. I just got hurt today, and we will leave later." Those people would be better off staying away."

While the mother and daughter were standing by the Moon Lake, Qiu Nianyun also received a report from the house slave who stayed behind in Qingfenglou.

After she returned home angrily, she didn't like everything she saw, and she felt angry when she heard everything. Qiu Nai told her that the task was completed, but the embarrassment of being forced to show weakness by Su Ya still lingered in her heart. .

"What did you say? Cao Qingyuan arrested Su Ya's mother?"

Qiu Nianyun sprinkled all the fish food in his hand into the water, regardless of whether it fell on the crushed ice under the shadow, he sat up straight all of a sudden, his eyes sparkled, "It seems that Su Ya is not her man?"

"There are few people in the courtyard, so I dare not follow too closely. I can't hear what is said in the wing room clearly. It depends on the situation." The servant said: "After you came out, Miss Cao Scolded in the room, then went out angrily, entered Chunshenzhu, took the woman back to Qingfeng Building after two cups of tea, and then about another incense stick, Su Ya took the woman out Qingfenglou, I heard her calling that woman a 'mother', and I saw that the two of them looked very similar."

"Tsk! This Cao Qingyuan is really sleazy."

Qiu Nianyun suddenly lost his temper, and waved his hand to let the servants go down, overlooking the koi carp slowly swallowing fish food in the pond, his eyes gradually softened, and he murmured: "Su Ya is just a poor wretch who has been kneaded. How much do you want to argue with her?"

The maid next to her was carefully observing Qiu Nianyun's expression, and at this moment she asked tentatively, "Miss, are you really not going to punish that Su Ya?"

Qiu Nianyun squinted and said: "What is there to punish? She was just telling the truth. How could the daughter of my dignified Cao Du's mansion not have the capacity to tolerate people? Then she would be like that ignorant Cao Qingyuan." the same as the mean guy?"

The eldest maid hurriedly showed her thumbs up and praised: "Miss, you have the demeanor of everyone!"

Although this flattery is not very skillful, it obviously suits Qiu Nianyun's state of mind at this time. She reservedly coughed lightly, waved her hand and said, "Anyway, Su Ya has never been my person. I used her to choke Cao Qingyuan to death today. That's great, if I get acquainted with her again, won't I lose my identity?"

She thought for a while, and then ordered: "Just remember, not only will we not embarrass Su Ya in the future, but we will continue to take care of her business and make Cao Qingyuan mad!"

The eldest maid nodded seriously, indicating that she had written it down.

Qiu Nianyun only felt that the depression of being contradicted by Su Ya was swept away, and he raised his voice and said, "Come on! Accompany Miss Ben to catch five sons. If you play well today, you will be rewarded!"

　See you at the old time at night~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)