Poor children

Chapter 40 The second young lady secretly promises

一
At dusk, the heat is gradually dissipating. The sky is covered with red clouds, reflecting the swaying willows on the river. The ripples on the river are reddish. People in the countryside have to rest as soon as it gets dark. By this time, the people by the river have already dispersed.
Seeing Chunya staring at the river in a daze, Tie Daner said, "You should go down, don't you want to take a bath?"

"Turn around, don't peek"

"No, what is there about you that is worthy of being peeked at?" Tie Dan'er said the truth. Chun Ya is a few years younger than him. Although she has some development, it is still early.

"Anyway, just turn around."

"Can you swim? I turned around. What would happen if you were swept away by the river? Then if you think something is wrong, just call me loudly."

"Oh" although she is the daughter of the royal family, although Chunya has no worries about food and clothing, no one has given her such care. Baozhen is the eldest daughter, and she is very good at pleasing people. She is like a jewel in the house. She is the second daughter of a concubine, and her mother always thinks that she is a daughter and is not as good as Baozhen, so she is always sarcastic and sarcastic towards her. Today, Tiedan'er's words actually warmed her heart.

Tiedan'er sat leaning against the willow tree with her back to the river. Chunya took off her clothes and walked into the river. The cool water of the river made people feel refreshed physically and mentally. Such a scene had never happened in the palace before. There was no accusation or complaint or being criticized. People ignore her, and the person sitting by the river seems to exist only to protect her. Although she is a young lady, she has never been truly valued by her relatives who value her. She will always live in the shadow of Baozhen. Amid her mother's disdain, her grandmother and father never paid more attention to her, and her mother was unwilling to take another look at her. It didn't matter if she had enough food and clothing, she still lived like air, so who would take her seriously? really existed
"What's your name?" Tie Dan'er asked her
"Chunya, what about you?"

"My name is Tiedan'er." After thinking about it for a long time, Tiedan'er asked, "Are you really separated from your family? I still feel like you have something to hide."

"I ran away from home. Everyone in my family only liked my sister, and my mother always thought I was useless. Being in that family made me feel like an outsider, and no one loved me." Chunya raised her head to her shoulder. Said while stirring up the water

"Is your family rich?"

"Yes, I don't know. Maybe my father has some money," Chunya said.
"You are so blessed that you don't know how blessed you are. No matter how much I love you, you still have a father and a mother. Your family has money and you don't have to worry about food, isn't it? Do you know how many people worry about food all day long? Are you pitiful?" Tiedan'er arrived.

Chunya didn't speak anymore, and the two of them became quiet. It was almost dark. Chunya went ashore and changed into Tiedan'er's clothes, then picked up the clothes she had changed and looked at them.

"Your clothes are already in tatters, so you should throw them away." Tiedan'er arrived.

"Why did you turn around?"

"I heard your voice coming up from the river, but you didn't speak for a long time. I was worried about you too."

"Let's go back." Chunya arrived
two

The kitchen of Wangfu is as busy as usual

"Oh! Hurry up, hurry up, what time is it? Why is breakfast so bad today? Several girls in the courtyard are already waiting at the door. If you continue to be so clumsy, Yes, if you miss the master's dinner, we will lose all the face, young and old, so hurry up! Watch your skin carefully." Mrs. Su was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "Oh! Who is that?" Mrs. Su pointed at a A cook said, "There is no need to cook breakfast for the third lady. She said she has no appetite and won't eat it. You should quickly see who else has not done it yet and go help with it."

"Third Madam, you usually have to pay close attention to breakfast. Why didn't you eat it today?" asked Pao'er.

Mrs. Su whispered to her, "I heard that the second lady in the mansion disappeared at noon the day before yesterday. All the servants in the mansion were sent out to look for her. The prince also asked Master An, the admiral of the capital, to call all the soldiers in the city to search together, but they haven't been found yet. , I’m afraid something unexpected happened. If he was abducted by gangsters, I’m afraid he won’t be able to come back. I heard that the prince is very angry, and if he wants to catch the perpetrator, he will be cut into pieces.”

The poor boy didn't say anything after listening to Mrs. Su's words. He squatted in front of the stove and filled the fire while thinking about things, but he didn't even hear the cook tell her to put the fire away.

The poor man heard that Tiedan'er rescued a girl the day before yesterday. How could it happen that a girl was lost in the mansion on the same day? What's more, it was the same girl who was lost. If she was found by the person who was looking for her, no matter how it happened, Wouldn't it be bad to treat him as a kidnapper just because he asked questions?
"Poor boy! My ancestor, what are you thinking about?" Mrs. Su said anxiously. "Seeing that today is so busy, you are still making trouble. Why are you distracted at this time? You might as well light me on fire if you are lighting a fire like this." Save yourself the trouble, I won’t be alive if I can’t cook well.”

The pauper came to her senses when Mrs. Su called her. She thought that she would question Tiedan'er carefully when he came again, but she must not have any accidents and get into trouble again.

three

Today, Tiedan'er came earlier. Tiedan'er had already arrived in the kitchen before lunch was cooked. There were many people who came to eat every day, and everyone in the kitchen was naturally familiar with her. Mrs. Su Because he was the adopted brother of the poor child, he took extra care of her. Seeing that they were still busy, Tiedan'er went to the woodshed to help the poor child carry more firewood and put it next to the stove, so that she could save some for the next time she made a fire. strength

"Is Tiedan here for dinner again?" a cook asked

Tiedan'er scratched his head in embarrassment
Mrs. Su hurriedly said, "Don't be embarrassed, young master. Can such a big kitchen save you a meal? Usually poor children and girls are nice, and big guys treat you as if they are their own. This is what I made this morning. The red bean and yam cake I got was originally prepared for the master in the yard, but I forgot that the master has no appetite these days, and he doesn’t eat these sweet and greasy things. We can’t eat so much, so we wrapped it up a long time ago. I want to ask the girl to get it for you when the young master comes."

"Mother Su, give it to me. I'll hold it for Brother Tiedan'er." After saying this, Lai Bao reached out to pick it up.

Tie Dan'er came to Mrs. Su in two steps and snatched it away. "Thank you so much, mom. I can just keep it myself." Tie Dan'er put the snacks in her arms and turned around to glare at Lai Bao. "You gave it to me yesterday." The bowl of salt water made me drink two more buckets of clean water. I didn't sleep all night last night. I was either drinking water or going to the latrine. I don't dare to let you touch my food today."

"No wonder you came so early, Brother Tiedan'er. Did you just come here because you couldn't sleep at night? I also told you that I really couldn't tell the difference, and I didn't mean to make you wrong. Besides, I said someone took a sip. Just drink it out, you actually drank a big bowl, yesterday you said you don't blame me, are you regretting it today?" Laibao felt aggrieved again.
"I didn't, I didn't. I also choked badly yesterday. I just wanted to swallow the steamed buns, so I drank too much. Don't cry. If you cry, the poor boy will definitely be angry with me. , Isn’t it okay that I was wrong?" Tiedan'er arrived

"Then give me that snack and I'll keep it for you."

"Lai Bao, did you go to see the old Taoist priest yesterday?" Tiedan began to change the subject, "Are you going to go too today? Has your sister prepared anything for the old Taoist priest? Why don't you keep the old Taoist priest's food?" Wouldn’t that be more interesting?”

Laibao was thoughtful and hurried to the house where they lived without talking to him. Tiedan'er patted the snacks in his arms and let out a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)