Poor children

Chapter 170
一
Early in the morning, Wu'er went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Pong'er, while Pong'er sat in the yard and read a book. He knew that she liked rocking chairs, so Cheng He brought one for her when he came yesterday. This really flattered her. Mind……

At this time, two women who were doing laundry in the west wing happened to come out and were going to do some work in the backyard. They saw the poor boy sitting in the yard reading a book.

"Hey! Isn't this a married princess? What happened? Was she driven back by her husband's family?" one of them said

The poor boy only looked up at them and continued reading.
"How can that be possible? I heard that the fate was too harsh, and the husband's family was completely destroyed." Another person said, "Even if there is no one in the husband's family, a girl like this can just find someone in charge of the house to rely on, and she will not starve to death." "

"Yes, as long as this woman has a good face, she doesn't have anything she wants? It's just that she is very arrogant, how could she be so casual like you?"

"Hmph! What's so arrogant about? He's just a bitch and a bastard..."

Before she could finish her words, she was kicked in the back by the prince who came in. She fell to the ground with an "ouch", "Who dares to kick me?" the shrew scolded.
"How dare a despicable servant to despise her master like this? How courageous are you!" the prince said angrily.
When the two women saw that the prince was coming, they were so shocked that they knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy.

"Come here, take them out, beat them up, and drive them out directly. Don't let them stay in the capital." The prince became angry.
"Wait a minute..." Pao'er put the book on the table and said

"You must not be soft-hearted and plead for them," the prince said.

The pauper laughed and said, "They have a laundry stick in their house. Go take it out and beat them with it."

"Yes." Several guards brought by the prince should arrive.
"You are all young and strong people. Don't save your strength just to be lazy. If it doesn't hurt them, just go with them." The poor boy arrived again

"Don't worry, miss," the guard said and took the two crying women out.

two

"Why are you here so early in the morning?" The poor man stood up and helped the prince to sit down.
"Fortunately, I came. If I didn't come, you wouldn't be bullied by those two maids?" The prince said again, "You are usually so eloquent, why didn't you say a word today?"

"They are just two servants. If I seriously argue with them, wouldn't I be devaluing myself?" the poor man laughed.

"You have a good attitude." The prince also smiled after hearing this.
"Why are you here so early in the morning? Have you eaten?" asked the pauper. "If you haven't eaten, come and eat with me later."

"Last night, a friend of mine came from Tubo Kingdom and brought me some Tubo food. I wanted to bring it for you to taste, but it was a little late yesterday, so I had to bring it for you early this morning... "The prince put the things he carried in his hands on the table.

"Thank you, dad, for thinking of me so much." Pao'er thanked him hurriedly, "Is dad's friend from Tibet? Or is he doing business there?"

"He is from Tubo. He came to the Central Plains when he was young and was killed. I saved him. Unexpectedly, he is now the Tubo national teacher..." the prince laughed.

"Tubo's Imperial Master?" Paoer asked.

"Exactly" the prince opened the food he brought for the poor children and started eating it
The pauper was stunned for a while, and when he saw the prince eating dried meat, he said, "Didn't you bring this for me? Why did you eat it?" "You kid, the older you get, the more stingy you are. What's wrong with your father eating a little?" The prince has arrived
"My lord, why are you here?" Wu'er came in from outside carrying a food box.
"I'm here to eat. What delicious food has Miss Wu'er prepared for us?" the prince laughed.

"My master eats light food, just porridge and side dishes. I wonder if the prince likes it?" Wu'er said as he put the food on the table and added, "Outside the gate, there are several guards beating the two with laundry mallets. A woman, I think she is the two who live in the west wing. They screamed like slaughtered pigs and were beaten to a bloody pulp. I don’t know why..."

"I have some old grudges with them," Pao'er said, "You go and prepare some incense candles, paper money, cakes and fruits. I'm going to see grandma tomorrow morning..."

three

The prince went back after breakfast, while the poor child thought about it all morning in the yard. It was not until lunch that the poor child calmed down and asked Wu'er to change her clothes.

After the two of them packed up, they went directly to Shopkeeper Xu’s Zhong’an Hall.
"Hey! The third boss..." Shopkeeper Xu saw the poor boy coming and hurriedly greeted him.

"Shopkeeper Xu already knows?" Pao'er asked

"Yes, I received a letter from the eldest master early in the morning." Shopkeeper Xu hurriedly poured tea for the poor man himself. "Is the third master coming here today for something?"

"Yes!" Poor Er took a sip of tea and said, "I would like to ask shopkeeper Xu to send someone to the mountain to invite the second master."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to invite you right now." Shopkeeper Xu called a boy after saying that, "You can set off now and go back to the village to invite the second master. Just ask the third master to invite him."

The boy hurriedly agreed to leave but was stopped by the poor boy, "Tell the second boss to ask him to bring a stick..."

The young man responded one by one and hurried off. If the horse is fast enough, he can go up the mountain after dark. The second master will be invited tomorrow afternoon.
four

The next morning, before dawn, the pauper took his five children out of the city to go to the mass grave. The pauper had been here before getting married, but no one had taken care of it this year. The grass on grandma's grave had grown so tall that the two The individual put down what he was doing, pulled up weeds, filled grandma's grave with new soil, placed tributes, lit incense, candles and paper money.

The pauper sat next to his grandma's grave, saying nothing but quietly watching Wu'er burning paper for his grandma. He also remembered that grandma was beaten to half death by those two women that year, and he guarded her all night, but I don’t know when she left. Grandma didn’t even say a word to herself when she left. Fortunately, there were people who helped to prevent grandma from being buried. Now many years have passed, and those two vicious women have been After receiving retribution, he thought that a good person like grandma would have been reincarnated into a good family to enjoy happiness. Thinking of this, the poor boy grabbed a few more handfuls of soil and filled it on grandma's grave.
"Master, it's very windy here, let's go back earlier," Wu'er said to the poor boy after burning the last paper money in his hand

"Okay, okay..." Poor laughed and said, "It's time to go back quickly, presumably Erdang's family is busy on the road and may not be able to eat, we have to go back quickly and prepare the food and drinks, and we can have a full meal when Erdang's family arrives... …”

"You...what are you talking about?" Wu'er became shy when the poor boy said something that was on his mind, "I'm just worried that you got caught in the wind in the field and it would be bad if you caught the cold again. How could you be so kind as to be a donkey liver and lungs..." …”

"It's my fault, I'll apologize to our Miss Wu'er here first." Poorer smiled and said, "We still have to go back quickly, don't ask the second master to arrive first but can't find us. With his bad temper, Don’t rush to death…”

(End of this chapter)