Yuanping Town is the town closest to the outskirts of Beijing. Many families in Beijing have bought land here. The farm where Aunt Xue lives is the property of the Su family's ancestors. It is said that when the Su family was at its peak a hundred years ago, this farm provided poultry and meat for the master family. Later, they could not afford to support so many people, and several farms were abandoned.
The carriage creaked to a stop before it reached the destination. Outside, I heard a man's rough voice and the sound of boxes being moved.
Jiang Qi walked to the side of the car and said, "Madam, someone is moving something in front, we have to wait for a while. If we take a detour, it will be even farther."
Su Qingyu didn't mind waiting a little longer and said, "Then wait a while."
She lifted the brocade curtain on the carriage window and looked forward through the gap.
Several horse-drawn carriages were carrying things to the houses on the roadside.
They looked like big boxes, five feet wide and half a person tall. It took four people to lift them in. There were more than twenty boxes on the ground, and it would take a while to move them all.
Su Qingyu then said to Jiang Qi: "You guys, go and give them a hand."
Jiang Qi also had this idea, and upon hearing this, he led his men forward.
"Brother, let us help you move." Jiang Qi said with a smile, and reached for the box at his feet.
But as soon as his hand touched the box, he heard someone shout, "What are you doing? Don't touch it."
Jiang Qi was startled suddenly, and then someone came over and grabbed his wrist.
"We have good intentions, you don't have to shout so loudly. If you don't move away, we can't get through." Jiang Qi smiled, but his eyes were cold. He slowly reached out and pried open the man's hand.
Jiang Qi and Wen Zhu have different personalities. Wen Zhu is always steady and serious with her subordinates. Jiang Qi, on the other hand, smiles all day long, and only blushes and becomes shy when facing Zhenzhu.
The guards below all said behind Jiang Qi's back that he was a smiling tiger. He looked easy-going, but in fact he was not easy to mess with.
The man whose wrist was pried open by Jiang Qi suddenly widened his eyes and was about to take action.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man came out and tried to smooth things over.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Is this brother going to go over there? We will move aside immediately. Why would we need your help? If we move to the side, you will be able to pass by right away."
After saying that, he glared at the man next to him and ordered everyone to move their things away quickly.
Jiang Qi glanced at the box on the ground and said jokingly, "Is this money from some master's family? Why are you so cautious?"
The people who were moving things nearby suddenly tensed up. While moving the boxes away, they looked at Jiang Qi and others warily.
Jiang Qi brought ten people with him this time, and the other side also had more than ten people. But he had the women of his family behind him, so even though he had some doubts in his heart, he still said, "Just kidding, we're leaving now, sorry to bother you brothers."
As the carriage passed by, Jiang Qi smiled, but he was actually on full alert. The people standing on the roadside were the same, watching Jiang Qi drive the carriage past with caution.
After the carriage passed, a man walked up to the middle-aged man and asked, "Do you want to get rid of the people of the Third Master of the Shen Family?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "No need. The people sitting inside should be the women of the Shen family. If we act rashly and anger Third Master Shen, it will not be worth it."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's change places and go."
Su Qingyu sat in the carriage, looking at the house she had just passed by. She felt that this place was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where it was.
Soon they arrived at the house where Aunt Xue lived. When Su Qingyu got off the carriage, she casually asked Jiang Qi, "Who were those people just now?"
Jiang Qi shook his head and said, "I can't see through it, but they are all martial artists. Could it be that some lord embezzled the money and left it here?"
But these things have nothing to do with them, and they are not something they can delve into.
Su Qingyu ignored the matter and asked Jiang Qi and others to wait outside while she took the pearls and jadeite in.
Jiang Qi was worried, "Madam, how about I go in with you?"
Su Qingyu shook her head: "My father's concubine is inside, it's not appropriate for you to go in. Don't worry, if something happens, there is jade. Besides, you just stay outside the door, nothing will happen."
Feicui went up and knocked on the door, and it was Aunt Xue who opened it.
Su Qingyu almost didn't recognize her. She was much thinner than when she was at the Su's house, and her face was sunken. She looked several years older than when she was at the Su's house.
She was wearing a blue-gray cotton jacket and had only a silver hairpin in her hair.
When Aunt Xue saw that the person coming was Su Qingyu, she was stunned for a moment, then bowed and greeted her.
"Miss, how did you find time to come here? Please come in."
This is a two-story house. Walking through the corridor is a small courtyard with neatly stacked wood on the edge of the courtyard.
Aunt Xue led Su Qingyu into the shabby hall with only one table. She wiped the long wooden bench with her sleeve and said, "Miss, this bench looks worn out. I wipe it every day."
He went to the stove, fetched the kettle, heated a bowl of water and poured it for Su Qingyu.
"Aunt, please stop busying yourself and sit down. I came here to ask you something."
His eyes fell on Aunt Xue's hands, which were covered with crisscross cuts from chilblains.
Su Qingyu looked around but didn't see Su Yuankai. She guessed that he was sleeping or playing somewhere.
Aunt Xue poured some water and sat down opposite her, tugging at her collar awkwardly.
Su Qingyu took the portrait handed to her by Feicui, opened it and placed it on the table in front of Aunt Xue.
"Aunt, please look, is this the person who took the child away that year?"
Aunt Xue took a look and her eyes were fixed on the painting.
"Yes, it's her. She can't be bad."
"She was the one who took the child away. Did you find the child? Where is he?"
After Aunt Xue asked the question, she realized that she had said something out of turn. This was not what she should have asked.
Of course, Su Qingyu did not answer. Instead, she put away the scroll and asked Zhenzhu to take it.
She planned to leave this painting to her brother. Looking at the expression of Princess Yongning in the portrait and the smile of her brother, we can tell that the relationship between mother and son was very good at that time.
This painting is a thought for his brother, but it also represents the bond between them as mother and son.
Su Qingyu asked again: "The person you met at Shen's house last time, or the person in the painting, who looks more like the one who took the child away?"
Aunt Xue said, "Of course it's the portrait in the painting. The person I saw at Shen's house that day also looks like him, but his expression and spirit are not as good as the one in the painting."
Su Qingyu heard the answer she wanted and stood up to leave. Suddenly she heard the sound of a door opening, followed by voices.
"Mother, Uncle Gao and I roasted a chicken for you. Give it to you."
The first person to come in was Su Yuankai, carrying a basket with a piece of oil paper inside and a steaming chicken on top. He must have roasted it himself, because the chicken was heated unevenly and some parts of it looked like they were about to burn.
Su Yuankai was wearing a cotton-padded jacket of the same color as Aunt Xue’s, and his face was as dirty as a kitten.
There was another man behind him, who looked to be in his forties and was a farmer from nearby. His clothes were patched, but he looked at Su Yuankai with a kind look.
I guess it's the Uncle Gao that Su Yuankai mentioned.
Aunt Xue saw this and said quickly, "I have a guest here, Brother Gao, please go home first."
He winked at her and pushed the person out.
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