Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Chapter 24
The other party just glanced at him, and then revealed his true identity. Yunzhu touched his face unconsciously, how recognizable was he?I didn't think I looked like anyone in the Zhao family before?

Hearing the cough of many officials waiting behind him, he had to ask hastily: "Yes, madam has good eyesight. Let my daughter inquire, do you know where the former family in this yard has gone?"

In case of moving far away, it would be easier to make plans for the next step, and then thinking that many officials were still waiting for her outside, and she still had things to do on her body, so it was even more difficult to delay. The questioning look fell on the pregnant woman, hoping that she would speak soon.

"As you said, this yard is indeed owned by the Zhao family and our husband and wife, but the Zhao family never said where they moved to when they left.

Mrs. Zhao only left a message for our husband and wife, saying that if a child of four or five years old is found, she will say that Zhao Sanmei is waiting for you at Liu's house in Zhushikou.

Oh, but this was all last year. Are you five or six now?Mrs. Zhao also said that you look like her, and you really do. "The woman looked Yunzhu up and down, and talked about the old things with a smile on her mouth. Every time she said a word, Yunzhu's heart sank even more.

Although she is not familiar with the capital city, she also knows a large residential area like Zhushikou. There are two sweeping girls in Jiamuyuan who live in Zhushikou.

So, is Zhao San really married?

Saying goodbye to the husband and wife, Yunzhu returned to the carriage thoughtfully, facing the questioning expressions of the officials, Yunzhu stopped the joy in her heart, and said with a wry smile on her face: "The family has already moved away, and I have to trouble Brother Da today. I don't know how far it is to Zhushikou from here? If I delay Brother Da's official business, I will wait at the gate of the city for Brother Da to come back."

Seeing the man opening and closing the door, Duoguan knew that Yunzhu's family had moved away. When he heard about places like Zhushikou, although Duoguan was hesitating, he said, "It's okay, although this place is far from Zhushikou, but Zhushikou is close to the city gate. I was going out of the city, and I won't delay any more to see you off."

Yunzhu nodded, and before the officials handed down the small stool, she used her hands and feet to run up in three or two steps, and climbed into the carriage with a bold posture.Duoguan held the stool leg that hadn't been pulled out with one hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he cursed inwardly, forgetting, this is a chivalrous woman.

As soon as she got into the carriage, Yunzhu sat with her legs crossed and squatted in the corner by the door of the carriage, while waving the whip, the horse's hooves clattered and turned around.

According to the heartbeat that I don't know when it will return to normal, I can't help but feel relaxed. The world is so big here, and there is no communication. Once we are separated, it will be as difficult to see each other again.That's good, forgetting each other in the Jianghu, she somehow took over Zhao Liu's body, and she couldn't make up her own mind to help the original Zhao Liu cut off all ties with her native family.

It doesn't matter if you move away, after all, the court ruled that it is a gray area for parents to sell their sons and daughters.But it is against the law for children to abandon their parents. If they are unlucky and caught, their lives may be in danger.

Now the Zhao family's parents ran away by themselves. From now on, she, Yunzhu, is an orphan without father or mother!

Going out of the slums, the street scene along the way became bustling again, and Yunzhu felt a lot more relaxed. Cars, horses and pedestrians gradually slowed down, and Yunzhu, who turned into a semi-literate traditional Chinese character, tried hard to identify the billboards of the shops.

It is good to have a special car. After wandering around this noon, the cloth shoes with layered soles only occupied a few blades of grass. Yunzhu made up her mind to establish a good relationship with Qingwen Duoguan brother and sister, so she chatted with the taciturn Duoguan: "Just now I heard from that Yaman that the house on West Street costs a thousand taels of silver! Seeing this, isn't the elder brother worth a lot of money?"

Throughout the ages, many people have said that money is dung, but I have never heard of anyone who dislikes too much dung.

Hearing these words, Duoguan was really lively. Because of Yunzhu's young age, he couldn't show his foolish temperament, but he couldn't help revealing some elation between the lines. If it was about the housing prices in the capital, he knew a little bit about it.

Duoguan spat out the leaves of grass in his mouth, and said triumphantly: "The houses on West Street are cheap for a thousand taels, but no matter how expensive they are, they are not as valuable as those on Ningrong Street! In the future, when you little sisters are free, you can go to my place and ask sister-in-law Qingwen to make sticky bean cakes for you to eat!"

Yunzhu made a shallow bow, and said along the way: "Then I would like to thank Elder Brother Duo in advance. In the past, I only knew about the wealth of the capital, but I didn't know how to be rich. Now, when I heard about the house price, it is concrete. You must have extraordinary skills to be able to settle there!"

Both sides vaguely reveal the intention of making friends, and you are also familiar with each other when you come and go. Yunzhu is young, and the sound of "big brother" is very pleasant to the ears. After hearing this, Duoguan felt happy, so he took advantage of the trend.

Regarding the matter of buying a house, it is too early for Yunzhu now.But in the future, there may be plans in this regard, so listening to many officials' high-spirited talks about the housing price structure, although a bit watery, is not completely useless.

Ningrong Second Mansion is full of flowers and brocades. It is located on the west side of the core circle of the capital, surrounded by many wealthy mansions, and the house prices are naturally the highest in Beijing.

Relying on many functions, everyone bought a house in the alley in the west of the city and married a daughter-in-law. Although it was emphasized several times that the house was half rented and half bought, it still cost 300 taels of silver!
300 taels!Yunzhu was speechless secretly, she couldn't think about this question any more in a short time, the more she thought about it, the more she felt prickly.So I turned to look at the prices in the capital. I couldn't afford a house or a field, so I could only turn my attention to food.

When he saw pine nut candies at 180 ren per catty in the fruit shop, he stopped the carriage without hesitation and added a catty for himself. Although the price was expensive, it was much more reasonable than the big kitchen.

Thinking about the purpose of my trip, I bought half a catty of peanut candy for another [-] ren, which was tied up in a square shape with red paper and twine, and held in my hand, it could be regarded as a gift on the table among children.

Without hurrying, Duoguan drove his carriage into Zhushikou unhurriedly. The name sounded rude at first glance, and it was not a place where rich and noble people lived. All they could see was a patch of low and dilapidated houses, mostly small houses built with loess and brown tiles. They were probably five points better than slums.

The aborigines who come and go on the street are all burden-carrying shopkeepers and clothes washers, and there are freshly washed clothes and groceries hanging outside the houses.

During the period, there were children playing around, like a freshman in a dilapidated place. Yunzhu felt that she had gained a lot of stature in the past year, but she was only six years old, and her face looked like a young girl.

"Old man, is there a newly married family surnamed Liu near here?" After asking several times, the other party seemed to be in a hurry and ignored them, only a kind-hearted old man sitting under the eaves smoking a hookah smiled at them.

"What?" The old man said indistinctly while puffing out clouds and mist.

Seeing this, Yunzhu thought it was because she was old and her ears were hard to use, so she curled her hands into a trumpet shape and shouted at the old man, "The Liu family! The newly married Liu family!"

The little girl's voice was already high-pitched, and with the loudspeaker amplifying it, even the officials sitting beside her trembled, let alone the old man who trembled and spilled water from the pipe all over the floor.

The old man held up the hookah pipe, and said angrily: "Oh, you little lady, you are so rude, what are you doing so loudly, I am not deaf!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I thought you..." I thought you had presbyopic ears, Yunzhu's cheeks were flushed, you waved your hands repeatedly, and jumped off the side of the car to bow and salute.

Before Yun Zhu could speak, the officials clasped their fists together and saluted slightly: "I'm bothering you. We are here to find someone. The sun is high now, so we can't delay. May I ask if you know any household surnamed Liu near here?"

Duoguan was tall and strong, with a fierce appearance, but he made such a polite gesture, the old man didn't dare to underestimate him like a cloud pearl, he looked at the two of them back and forth twice, and without going around in circles, he said bluntly: "I don't know."

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Both Duoguan and Yunzhu saw flames in each other's eyes, who is this!
Just as he was about to turn around, he heard the old man say leisurely, "I didn't know, my family just moved here, but there is a family in front of me who was married during the autumn harvest. You can see it when you go there. The red lantern hasn't changed color yet!"

Following the direction of the old man's eyes, the two of them drove the carriage all the way forward. They almost reached the city gate after turning all the way, and only saw a dilapidated private house at the corner of the street.

A pair of red paper lanterns hung at the door of the house. The outer side of the lanterns has been weathered and faded, but the inner side is bright red and festive.

Presumably this is what the old man said.

Estimating the time, Yunzhu looked at the city gate that was close at hand, hesitating to let the officials go to their official duties first, but at worst she couldn't find Zhao San, so she just waited for him to come back by the city gate and then went back to the mansion.

Duoguan still had that calm look on his face, only saying that he brought out the person, and he had to look at the right place before he could leave. He sat on the car with a foxtail in his mouth, and watched Yunzhu go to knock on the door.

This small door is very shabby, looking in through the gap, the yard looks overgrown with weeds, it looks more dilapidated than the Zhao family's previous yard, Yunzhu tightened her heart and stepped forward to knock on the door, but before she put her hand on the door, she heard a male voice shouting from behind: "Who are you looking for?"

Well, this is the second person today who asked her who she was looking for.

(End of this chapter)