Yan Cigui.

Chapter 23 What's Your Ghost Name?

All kinds of things flashed in front of my eyes like a revolving lantern that day.

It was a rainy late autumn, Xiao Duan had been ill for half a year, and seeing that winter was coming, he couldn't bear the cold weather even more.

The third uncle also lost a lot of weight, and his sideburns were full of white hair. Together with the fourth uncle, he managed to get back some planks and tiles, and at least repaired the damaged roof.

The aunts are also sick and weak. Fortunately, the two younger brothers have grown up and can help the family share some of the burden.

Lin Yunyan went to visit them.

Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said quietly: "The old lady has enjoyed the glory and wealth all her life, but in the last days, she can't even light a charcoal basin. I have been in charge of the Lin family for so many years, and there are so many people coming in and out. Money, how can I imagine that one day, the money I handle is not as good as what I tipped out in a month."

The more you are in charge, the more you know the pain of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

What relieved Chen Shi was the money quietly sent by the two maids who had been released before.

"The old lady is generous, so she has a good relationship." Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "If we hadn't treated them well in the past, they would not have come to help us secretly when we were in trouble. The old lady's medicine money for the past two months is considered It's gone."

Aunt Ruan broke her leg a few days ago and it was difficult for her to walk.

Qingyan took the initiative to ask Ying to grab the medicine.

Twelve taels of silver, it doesn't look like much, but it is very heavy.

Afraid that someone would snatch it away, Ruan Nanny asked Qingyan to stuff it into her purse, and then hung it inside her clothes, reminding her ten thousand times.

This time, I didn't come back until it was dark.

The fourth uncle went to the pharmacy. The doctor sitting in the hall and the drug boy who prepared the medicine all said that they had never seen anyone.

Lin Yunyan borrowed Shen Chen to help, and asked around the streets and alleys. Several people tapped their hands, and they tapped all the way to the gate of the west city.

Qingyan left the city.

Where do I need to go out of town to buy medicine?
Nanny Ruan didn't believe it, and at dawn the next day, she dragged her injured leg to the gate of the city to ask, saying that her niece was lost.

The soldiers guarding the gate looked at her pitifully, recalled it, and said that the woman hurried out of the city.

What Qingyan took away was not only the medicine money, but also the tone in Xiao Duan's heart.

It was not her personal fault that the family business was lost, and it was lost to the mighty imperial power.

How many honorable hairpin tassels throughout the ages have ended up like this in the end.

But she always thinks that she has been kind to others all her life. Although there are times when someone stabs her, the people around her are all working together.

Chen's words were also on Xiao Duan's mind.

But Qingyan proved that kindness and betrayal are not that close.

There are some people, no matter how good they are treated, they will still fly separately when disaster strikes.

For the next half month, Lin Yunyan also tried to find Qingyan.

It's not that she is unwilling to accept the facts, but if they can prove that there is something hidden behind Qingyan's disappearance, at least Xiao Duan can feel more at ease.

As a result, of course, things backfired.

Xiao Duan walked very painfully.

She knew that she would definitely not survive the winter, and she would not allow the younger generation to spend any more money for her.

The old lady who had been thin-skinned all her life and put her own decency and the decency of the family first, went crazy before her death to prevent her children and grandchildren from being filial to her.

She has become a hard-to-serve old woman known to her neighbors, in order to save her children and grandchildren from being stigmatized as "unfilial".

Smashing medicine bowls, smashing job bowls, and drinking a few sips of water at most.

After smashing it a few times, I didn't dare to buy medicine and prepare her a diet for her.

It was because of his decisiveness that his father was so sad and angry when he knelt in front of his grandmother's bed.

And those scenes, after so many years, are still deeply engraved in Lin Yunyan's mind.

On the side, Nanny Ruan and Nanny Cen exchanged glances.

The Princess's attack was sudden, and none of them understood the ins and outs of it.

Nanny Ruan was a little bit better, because the old lady wanted Gao An to handle things, she knew that the masters were discussing business behind closed doors, but that was all.

They didn't know what the princess asked Qingyan.

Since the old lady wanted Qingyan to speak, of course the nuns obeyed, so you and I mentioned the matter of the afternoon.

But now, the princess's expression doesn't look right.

There was sadness in the anger, and the grievance and sadness were clearly written on his face.

When did the princess show such emotions in front of others?
It makes people feel distressed when they see it!

Nanny Cen exchanged eye contact with Nanny Ruan, waved her hands secretly, turned around and went straight to Qingyan's room.

The atmosphere in the main room was solemn, and the rest of the staff had already avoided it.

At this moment, those who shared the room with Qingyan all stood in the corner with their necks curled up, not daring to look at Madam Cen.

Nurse Cen asked: "Where does Qingyan usually keep her money?"

Qing Ling pointed to the small wooden box inside the bed board.

Nurse Cen climbed up, took it out and had a look, there was nothing wrong with it.

She had no choice but to look through Qingyan's clothes again.

Seeing this, Qing Ling thought, "Mama Cen, did Qing Yan bring something she shouldn't have brought in before evening?"

Nurse Cen turned to her and asked, "Did you see it?"

"I didn't see it," Qing Ling said, "I went into the room and saw her crawling out from under the bed. She was shocked when she saw me."

Nanny Cen narrowed her eyes.

Asking Qing Ling to light a candle, Nurse Cen bent down and pulled out a small cloth bag from the deepest corner of the wall.

When she opened it, Nanny Cen sneered.

Then, she picked up the cloth bag, strode back into the main room, and put it directly on the few bags beside Xiao Duan.

A thud.

Nurse Cen was also light-handed, as the things were too heavy.

Xiao Duan took a closer look and found a gold hairpin, a pair of pearl earrings, and more than a dozen small silver clasps, the largest of which were two silver ingots.

The word "锞" can also be said to be a daily reward, and the accumulation of a small amount becomes a lot. Xiao Duan can't remember how much she rewarded in the past, but the silver ingot, she rewarded five taels of silver ingots last time. She, that was all five years ago!

And the gold hairpin and earrings, aren't they the two that she lost at the beginning of spring?

"It was turned out from under the bed." Madam Cen reported.

Xiao Duan's eyes darkened: "I'm very disappointed that the maid beside me is like this. You take her down and sell her away?"

Nurse Cen and Nurse Ruan immediately came up to drag people.

Lin Yunyan stretched out her hand and weighed the silver ingot: "Aren't you going to reprimand me?"

Xiao Duan shook his head with a wry smile.

Lin Yunyan was not surprised by this.

Grandma never said any bad words with her mouth, and if she was asked to swear, she wouldn't know whether it was dirty or not.

It's not a big deal if you can't scold the maid who betrayed the master. What grandma should learn most is to scold the shameless Xu Guogong's mansion.

It seems that I have to give my grandmother more tutoring.

In the yard, Qingyan, who had been dazed by the swift action, finally regained her composure, and struggled vigorously.

"I didn't make it up. The princess said it all. I sympathize with the second lady... woo woo woo!"

Nanny Cen shook her hand, and stabbed the handkerchief that had just been stuffed into Qingyan's mouth a little deeper.

"You stole the things, and you took the money," Cen Momo said angrily, "What the hell is your name!"

　There will be more changes later today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)