Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 412

The man said expressionlessly: "How many homes do you have?"

Yao Zhuer shrank back and trembled all over. She lowered her head and dared not ask any more questions. She moved towards the carriage. She thought it didn't matter where she went.

Before she could sit down firmly, the carriage started moving, causing Yao Zhuer to almost fall down. She quickly sat down, her nervous heart unable to relax. However, the rare opportunity to be alone still made her confused mind clearer.

The man just now said that he wanted to send her home?

Could it be my parents’ home?
She felt happy in her heart, but the next moment, she felt a little nervous. She didn't know what her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law's attitude would be when they saw her coming home.

She knew that it would not be a good life for her married daughter to return to her parents' home, unless her parents loved her very much.

But was she loved? When she was a girl at home, she was sure of it.

But since the marriage with the Xie family was arranged, she felt something was different.

It’s a pity that she never goes out of the house, is not a smart girl, and has no experience at all. So, she doesn’t know whether she is important in her parents’ hearts?

The man who picked him up drove the carriage forward unsteadily without saying a word.

Soon they arrived at the gate of Yao's house. The man stopped the carriage and shouted to the girl in the carriage: "We are home!"

The man didn't seem to like talking and his words were very brief, but Yao Zhuer heard them clearly. She didn't dare to ask, so she quickly jumped off the carriage and looked up. It was indeed her mother's home.

The Yao family was not wealthy. Although his father was a minor official, he felt only a little more superior than ordinary people at the feet of the emperor, surrounded by streets full of nobles and royal families.

The family still lived a frugal and tight life. Although she was pretty, her mother kept her at home doing embroidery work and rarely let her go out or do laundry or cooking. She said that she was a girl and should take care of her hands and not get them rough.

Now that I think about it, it was probably because she was pretty that her parents had the idea of ​​marrying her off to a good family in the future.

Seeing her staring at the door of her house in a daze, the man coughed, intending to remind her.

Sure enough, Yao Zhuer came back to her senses immediately, looked at the man embarrassedly, and forced a smile at the corner of her mouth, but she couldn't see it herself, so the smile was very forced.

Perhaps it was because she was standing in a familiar place, Yao Zhuer's heart finally settled down. Only then did she believe that the man had really rescued her from that dark prison and sent her home.

"Big brother, may I ask your name? Thank you for saving me. I..."

She wanted to repay him, but she had nothing, so how could she repay him?

The man couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, with a moment of surprise in his eyes, as if he was confused by the girl's innocence: Was she not curious about who rescued her? Was she not worried about whether there was a purpose for rescuing her?

"My name is Sun Jifei. I wasn't the one who saved you. I was just responsible for sending you home."

For some reason, Sun Jifei actually told the girl in front of him his name. However, although Sun Jifei was not a patient person, he seemed to have an inexplicable sympathy for those who had clean eyes and were very weak and innocent, such as Zhang Tianyao who existed as a medicine man, and the silly girl in front of him.

"Go in, I'll wait for you to enter and then go back to report." Seeing that Yao Zhuer seemed to want to say something, Sun Jifei hurriedly stopped her.

Yao Zhuer wanted to ask who saved her, but seeing that Sun Jifei's face had turned cold, and he obviously didn't intend to continue talking to her, Yao Zhuer timidly shut up again. She walked over and knocked on the door, but for a long time, the door didn't move at all.

Sun Jifei leaned against the shaft of the carriage, quietly watching the delicate girl in front of him knocking on the door. From the gentle knocking at the beginning to the gradual use of force at the end, it was obvious that she was anxious.

Sun Jifei received the order to pick up Yao Zhuer this morning. Before that, he didn't know anything about Yao Zhuer. He just heard Qin Sui say a few words in the morning that she was a poor woman who was implicated by the Xie family.

She was already petite, and because she had trouble eating and sleeping in prison, she quickly became so thin that she looked like she could fall over if the wind blew. Fortunately, she was young and her skin was still tight, so she didn't look too haggard to be seen in public.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the door open. Yao Zhuer turned her back to Sun Jifei and kept knocking without looking back, because this was her only hope.

What should she do if she can’t knock on the door?
Sun Jifei knew that she was crying.

I couldn't help but walk over and said to her, "Don't knock, let me go in and see if there's anyone in the room."

Then he climbed over the wall into the yard, thought for a moment, and opened the door directly.

The door was bolted from the inside, so logically, there should be someone in the room.

But after they looked around, there was indeed no one in sight.

Moreover, the house was emptied of everything, with only a few objects scattered on the floor, as if they had been left behind in a hasty move.

Yao Zhuer's tears kept falling one by one, and she ran to the kitchen again. There was no pots or pans in the kitchen, only a dark stove and a large water tank.

It was obvious that the family had moved away, but the door was bolted from the inside. Where did they move from?

Sun Jifei soon discovered that the family had a side door that was locked from the outside. Outside was a remote back alley with few people walking around, but it was wide enough for a bullock cart to pass through.

Yao Zhuer squatted on the ground and cried loudly. She suffered torture in the Xie family for more than a month. Later, she was thrown into prison and spent several days in fear. She was finally rescued for unknown reasons, but found that her family had run away.

It is a fact that her family gave up on her and ran away.

Sun Jifei quietly waited for her to finish crying, until she raised her red and swollen eyes, then asked: "What are you going to do?"

Yao Zhuer shook her head, and then said, "Let me stay here first!"

Sun Jifei looked around, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send you some things later. Get settled first and then we can talk about other things."

Yao Zhuer knelt down and kowtowed to Sun Jifei. Sun Jifei reached out and pulled her arm to help her get up, but he let go immediately after touching her. Then Sun Jifei avoided her and said, "Don't be so polite to me. I'm just an errand boy. I didn't save you."

Yao Zhuer stood up and wiped away her tears. She seemed to calm down and her eyes were peaceful. She even smiled at Sun Jifei. This time the smile was much more sincere.

She said with a nasal voice: "If possible, can you tell me who my savior is? I may not be able to repay you, but at least I want to know the name of my savior. Moreover, even if I can't repay you, I can light a long-burning lamp at home to pray for my benefactor."

Sun Jifei said: "You don't have to think so much. If I need you to know, I will come to you naturally. Just take care of yourself!"

Yao Zhuer blinked her red and swollen eyes, somewhat confused about what Sun Jifei said, but seemed to have a vague sense that this favor was probably not free, and she would have to pay it back eventually.