Yan Cigui

Chapter 23 What is your name?

 Everything that day flashed before my eyes like a revolving door.

It was a rainy late autumn. Xiao Duan had been ill for half a year. With winter approaching, he became increasingly intolerable to the cold weather.

The third uncle has also lost a lot of weight, and his hair is all white on the temples. Together with the fourth uncle, he tried to get some planks and tiles, and finally repaired the damaged roof.

The aunts are also sick and weak. Fortunately, the two younger brothers have grown up and can help the family share some of the burden.

Lin Yunyan went to visit them.

Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said quietly: "The old lady has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in her life, but in her last days, she couldn't even light a charcoal pot. I have been in charge of the Lin family for so many years, and there have been so many comings and goings in the palace." Money, how can I imagine that one day, the money I handle will not even be as good as what I give out in a month."

 The more you are in charge, the more you know the hardships of having to pay for food, rice, oil and salt.

What made Chen feel relieved was the money that the two maids who had been released before quietly sent over.

"Old Madam is a generous person, which is why she has good luck." Ms. Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "If we hadn't treated them well before, they wouldn't have secretly come to help us if we were in trouble. The old Madam's medicine money for the past two months is considered It’s settled.”

 Mother Ruan broke her leg a few days ago and has trouble walking.

Qingyan took the initiative to ask Ying to get the medicine.

Twelve taels of broken silver, which doesn’t look like much, but is very heavy.

Nanny Ruan was afraid that someone would **** it away, so she asked Qingyan to stuff it into her purse and hang it inside her clothes, giving her many instructions.

　　After leaving, I didn’t come back until dark.

The fourth uncle went to the medicine shop. The doctor sitting in the hall and the medicine boy preparing the medicine all said that they had not seen anyone.

Lin Yunyan borrowed Shenchen to help and asked around the streets and alleys. Several people pointed their fingers all the way to the west city gate.

 Qingyan went out of the city.

 Where can I go out of town to buy medicine?

Nanny Ruan didn't believe it. At dawn the next day, she dragged her injured leg to the city entrance and asked, saying that her niece was missing.

The soldier guarding the gate saw how pitiful she was, recalled something, and said that the woman hurriedly left the city.

Qingyan took away not only the money to buy medicine, but also the mood in Xiao Duan's heart.

 The family business failed because of the mighty imperial power. This was not her personal fault.

Throughout the ages, many nobles and nobles have given hairpins, but in the end they all ended up like this.

But she always remembered that she had been kind to others all her life. Although she was stabbed sometimes, people around her worked together.

 What Chen said was also what Xiao Duan was thinking.

 But Qingyan proved that the relationship between goodwill and betrayal is not so close.

 There are some people, no matter how kind you treat them, they still fly away when disaster strikes.

 For more than half a month after that, Lin Yunyan also tried to find Qingyan.

It’s not that she is unwilling to accept the facts, but if they can prove that there is another hidden reason for Qingyan’s disappearance, it will at least make Xiao Duan feel more comfortable.

 The result, of course, was the opposite.

 Little Duan’s walking was very painful.

 She knew that she would definitely not survive the winter, and she was not allowed to spend any more money on her.

The old lady, who had been thin-skinned all her life and put her own dignity and the dignity of her family first, went crazy before she died and refused to allow her children and grandchildren to be filial to her.

She became known to her neighbors as a difficult-to-maintain old woman, in order to prevent her children and grandchildren from being stigmatized as "unfilial".

 Smash the medicine bowl, smash the rice bowl, and drink a few sips of water at most.

　　After smashing it several times, I didn’t dare to buy any more medicine or prepare good food for her.

It was precisely because he left so decisively that my father was so sad and angry when he knelt in front of my grandmother's bed.

 And those scenes, even after so many years, are still deeply etched in Lin Yunyan’s mind.

Beside, Aunt Ruan and Aunt Cen exchanged glances.

The princess's attack was so sudden that they didn't even understand the ins and outs of it.

Nanny Ruan was a little better, because the old lady wanted to do things in a safe manner, so she knew that the masters were discussing business behind closed doors, but that was all. They had no idea what the princess asked Qingyan.

Since the old lady wants Qingyan to speak, the nuns will of course obey her orders. Then you and I mentioned the matter in the afternoon.

 But now, the princess's look doesn't look right.

There was sadness in his anger, and the grievance and sadness were clearly written on his face.

　　When has the princess ever shown such emotions in front of others?

　It makes people feel distressed when they look at it!

Grandma Cen and Grandma Ruan exchanged glances, waved their hands secretly, turned around and went straight to the house where Qingyan lived.

The atmosphere in the main room was solemn, and the other people had already avoided it.

At this moment, the people in the room with Qingyan were all standing in the corner with their necks hunched, not daring to look at Grandma Cen.

Grandma Cen asked: "Where does Qingyan keep her money on weekdays?"

Qing Ling pointed to the small wooden box on the inside of the bed.

Grandma Cen climbed up, took it out and looked at it, and found that there was nothing wrong with it.

 She had no choice but to look through Qingyan's clothes again.

Seeing this, Qing Ling thought: "Mom Cen, did Qingyan bring something that she shouldn't have brought in before evening?"

 Mother Cen turned to her and asked, "Have you seen it?"

"I didn't see it," Qing Ling said. "I went into the house and saw her crawling out from under the bed. She was startled when she saw me."

Grandma Cen narrowed her eyes.

Letting Qing Ling light a candle for illumination, Grandma Cen bent down and pulled out a small cloth bag from the deepest corner of the wall.

 Opening it, Grandma Cen sneered.

 Then, she picked up the cloth bag, strode back to the main room, and placed it directly on the table next to Xiao Duan.

 A thud.

Grandma Cen can be considered light-footed, but the thing is really too heavy.

Little Duan took a closer look and saw a gold hairpin, a pair of south pearl earrings, and a dozen small silver ingots, the largest of which were two silver ingots.

The word "锞" can be said to be a daily reward, and little things add up. Little Duan couldn't remember how much she had been rewarded in the past, but the last time she rewarded her with five taels of silver ingots was her Yaonv holding her granddaughter, who had been a hundred days old, to see it. She, that was five years ago!

And those gold hairpins and earrings, weren't they the two things she lost in spring?

 “It was found under the bed,” said Aunt Cen.

Little Duan's eyes were heavy: "I'm very disappointed that the maid next to me is like this. You took her down and sold her far away, right?"

 Mother Cen and Aunt Ruan immediately came up to drag people away.

Lin Yunyan stretched out her hand and weighed the silver ingot: "Aren't you going to reprimand me?"

Little Duan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Lin Yunyan was not surprised by this.

Grandma has never said anything bad with her mouth. She can't curse anyone, dirty or not.

It's not a big deal to scold a maid who can't betray her master. What grandma should learn most is to scold the shameless Duke Xu's house.

 Looks like I have to give my grandmother more tutoring lessons.

In the yard, Qingyan, who was stunned by Lei Lifengxing, finally came back to her senses and started struggling hard.

“I didn’t make it up, the princess said it all herself. I sympathize with the second lady...wuwuwu!”

Grandma Cen waved her hand and pierced the handkerchief that had just been put into Qingyan's mouth deeper.

“You stole the things and you took the money,” said Granny Cen angrily, “What the **** is your name!”

There will be an update later today.

 (End of this chapter)