Poor children

Chapter 172
一
At night, the poor boy was sleeping soundly, but he heard a commotion in the kitchen in the corner door of the mansion. The servants and women living in the yard here also got up and ran into the mansion.
Pao'er also got up, put on some clothes and walked out of the room to check, "Wu'er, go to the kitchen and have a look. What's going on?"

"Master, I'm going to see you right away. You'd better wait in the room first. It's windy at night. Don't catch yourself from the cold wind." After Wu'er said this, he helped the poor boy into the room.

After only a cup of tea, Wu'er came back from the kitchen. "Master, hello. The young mistress in the mansion over there is going to give birth. I heard it's twins. None of the servants over there dare to neglect them."

"I see..." After saying this, the poor man sat down with a tea bowl and began to think about it.
"Master! Master!" Wu'er called her softly

"Huh?" Paoer finally calmed down.
"Don't you have some friendship with that young lady? Do you want to go over and have a look?" Wu'er asked

"No...I can't go," said the poorer. "What does that old lady think of me? Now that her great-grandson is about to be born, if she doesn't feel unlucky when she sees me, I shouldn't feel uncomfortable." Son answered

"They are so unreasonable, why do they slander you like this for no reason?" Wu'er asked.

"It's not for nothing..." After finishing her words, Pao'er fell into deep thought. After a while, she said to Wu'er again, "Go to the kitchen and call the mistress."

After Wu'er answered the call and went out, Pao'er took out his pen and ink and wrote a letter.
After another half hour, Wu'er brought Xiaosan over

"Girl, are you looking for a younger one?" Xiao San stood at the door politely.
"Mistress, how is the young mistress inside?" Paoer asked.

"Girl, I am the lowest servant in the house. How can I let him know about the master's affairs? Some of the ladies in the kitchen have gone to deliver hot water. Maybe they can know something..." Mistress returns

"It doesn't matter. If there is any news, your eldest young master will send someone over to tell me if he knows I'm thinking about him." Pao'er said, "I have something urgent right now, and I want to ask you for help..."

"Oh! Just give me the instructions, I will do my best," the mistress said

"Go and borrow a horse. I have a letter here. I want you to help me take it to Qingfeng Temple in Liangyue Mountain. You must hand it to the master, the old Taoist priest." The poor boy picked up what he had just written from the table. He wrote the letter and said, "Wu'er, take some money and give it to the mistress."

After Wu'er responded, he took some money from the box and handed the letters to the mistress.
"Mistress," the pauper said again, "You are quick with your hands and feet, and you are smart and sensible. This matter is urgent now, and you must handle it well..."

"Please don't worry, girl!" After saying this, the mistress said goodbye and hurried away.
Seeing the mistress leave, Wu'er closed the door and turned back to see that Pao'er had returned to the kang. Wu'er hurriedly went over to help her tuck the quilt.
The poor boy just leaned on the pillow and still had many thoughts
"If the master is worried, why not ask Shopkeeper Xu to find someone to deliver the letter? Wouldn't it be more appropriate? Why use an outsider?" Wu'er asked while sitting next to the poor boy.

"It's true that Shopkeeper Xu is one of his own, but I don't know the basics of his people. All of his clerks are literate. The letter I wrote to the old Taoist priest must not be read by others..." said Pao'er. arrive

"Oh... I know, the mistress can't read, so it's safe to ask him to bring the letter, right, master?" Wu'er suddenly realized

"Illiteracy is a problem. He is the lowest-ranking slave in that mansion. No one takes him seriously. He is also smart and smart. We should treat him better. After all, he can come in and out of the mansion and he will always be useful. "The pauper said again

two

At noon the next day, Xiang Xing came happily and said, "Girl, girl..."

"It's Sister Xiangxing here..." Wu'er heard Xiangxing calling for someone in the yard and immediately came out to greet her.
"Wu'er, what is the girl doing?" Xiang Xing asked. "My master is reading inside. When he came back the day before yesterday, he found all the books she had read before. In the past few days, she has been holding them and not letting go. I’ve been reading books all day long,” Wuer laughed.

"My wife got some nice-looking fabrics and asked me to bring them over to cut clothes for the girl..." Xiang Xing hurriedly handed the fabric in her hand to Wu'er, "I'll go in and see the girl..."

three

"Girl, where are you reading?" Xiang Xing opened the door curtain and saw the poor boy sitting by the window leaning on a pillow and reading.

"Oh, it's Sister Xiangxing here, come and sit down." Pao'er hurriedly closed the book, patted the empty seat next to him and motioned for Xiangxing to come and sit down.

Xiang Xing hurriedly sat over and asked with a smile, "How are you these days, miss? I should have come over to take a look, but there are so many things going on in the house these past two days that I have no time to come over."

"I know," Pao'er also said with a smile, "I heard a lot of chaos in there last night, but what happened in the house?"

"I also came here to say hello to the girl. Our young mistress gave birth to two young boys this morning."

"Really?" Pao'er was surprised and happy when he heard this, "Rongwen suddenly became the mother of two children, how wonderful it is!"

"Because it was the two young masters, everyone in the mansion was extremely happy. The two young masters here burst into tears. The old lady over there hurriedly sent people to Liangyue Mountain to ask the old immortal to come down to the two young masters. The young master is doing some arithmetic."

"Sister Xiangxing, try it quickly. This is the milk tea from our northwest. You can still drink it." Wuer made milk tea by the charcoal stove in the courtyard and brought it in.
"Milk...milk tea?" Xiangxing has never drunk this kind of thing before, looking at it fresh
"This is made with black tea, milk, and sugar. It's very sweet. People in the northwest like to drink it." Paoer took a few sips of the milk tea handed over by Wu'er.
Xiang Xingbing also picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. "Oh! Why is this so fishy? I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy it if I don't have this blessing."

Wu'er laughed when he saw her like this

"Hurry up and get your sister Xiang Xing a cup of ordinary tea." Poor laughed and said, "Bring some of the dim sum I made myself, and divide the rest into three portions."

"I'm really lucky to be able to eat the snacks made by the girl," Xiang Xing laughed.

"What I'm making this time are all northwest flavor snacks. I'll ask my sister to bring the three portions in, and give one to each of my father, my wife, and Rong Wen." Pao'er said, "Rong Wen is so happy with Lin'er, so it stands to reason that I She should go and see it in person, but I’m afraid my identity will bring bad luck to her, so it won’t be possible for her to visit, so I’ll ask my sister to take me to ask her, okay?”

"Girl, you need to know that no one in our yard believes in the girl's bad luck. As long as we take the old lady's thoughts into account, we are so careful. There are some reasons for this. Girls, please don't feel sad," Xiang Xing advised.

"I don't know how much my wife and sister love me. If I hadn't been protected by my wife and sister since I was a child, I would have froze to death and starved to death. I will never be able to repay this kindness in my life." The poor boy took Xiang Xing's hand and said
Xiangxing's eyes instantly turned red because of her words, "What did the girl say? Doesn't it mean that we are treated as outsiders? If the girl lives well, we live well. The girl is the one who does big things. Right now The difficulties are only temporary and will definitely get better in the future.”

"Then I have to borrow my sister's good words," the poor boy laughed.

"Okay, okay! I don't dare to delay any longer. The good news in our house has been spread. I think there will be more people coming to congratulate me tomorrow. There are still many things to do, so I should go back." Xiang Xing After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye.
"Okay, sister, go and get busy. Wu'er will go and see you off..."

(End of this chapter)