Yipin Farmer

"Master, master, it's not good..." The maid Xiaohui ran over in panic, "Master fainted."

After hearing this, Brother Ting Shuang hurried to the main courtyard.

It turned out that Meng Kejian fell down when he was going down the steps, and he fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The whole family panicked and asked the doctor to make medicine.

The doctor came over and took the pulse, shook his head, and said that Meng Kejian was in a hurry, depressed, and had a stroke, and the symptoms were very severe. He couldn't guarantee anything, so he had to prescribe ginseng soup to try it out first.

Ting Shuang didn't understand medical principles, but she also knew that Meng Kejian's age, and his eating and resting habits, were prone to three highs, namely high blood pressure, high blood fat, high blood sugar, and prone to cerebrovascular accidents.With such a body, one must not worry about it, but such a major event happened at home, and he was so stimulated, and his health was not good before, how could he not get sick?Judging from his symptoms, it is likely to be a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.This disease is also very difficult in modern times, not to mention that in ancient times, craniotomy was not possible, and it was impossible to remove blood clots.

Although Mrs. Yang didn't understand medical principles, she knew that ginseng could hang one's life. The doctor didn't prescribe other medicines, but directly served ginseng soup, which meant that the old man's illness might be at its deadline.I was extremely worried and sad, thinking that the family still needs to be maintained by myself, so I had to force myself to be calm, and ordered someone to make medicine and send it to the doctor.

The whole family was in panic, and no one could sleep a wink all night.The ginseng soup was boiled, but the patient couldn't drink it, and it didn't improve after trying to drink it.In the evening of the second day, Meng Kejian completely stopped breathing, and left without leaving his last words. The whole Meng family cried.

Yang suppressed her grief, wiped away her tears, and began to arrange things in an orderly manner. First, she ordered people to paste a funeral note on the door, and asked people to go to the coffin shop to buy a coffin.

Without the head of the family, there are only widows and orphans left in the family. At this point, it is impossible to reopen the shop.Yang decided to take the children back to the hometown to help the spirit.

After selling the small farm and house in the outskirts of the city, he barely repaid the money he owed, and he had to pay a severance pay for dismissing his staff. Yang took out the little money left at home, and found someone to sell furniture and so on, and pooled the money to disperse. to the guys.The guys were very moved to see that the proprietress was so affectionate in such a difficult situation, and they all expressed their willingness to come back if they reopened one day in the future.

Yang also took out the contract of sale of the servants and returned them to the servants, ordering them to find ways to survive.The servants were a little bit reluctant. After leaving the Meng family, they might not be able to find a better master's family, but there is no feast that lasts forever. The Meng family has fallen, and they have to find other things to do.

Mrs. Yang took her private house and distributed it to her servants, saying: "The family really can't afford more money, and each person pays a penny, which is regarded as travel expenses, and it is a little bit of kindness."

The servants were so sad that they shed tears and had to leave separately.

The brothers were already at a loss, seeing Yang's composure and orderly arrangement of things, they felt a little relieved.

Yang took out her best clothes and asked Ting Shuang to use them for expenses and funerals.

Ting Shuang had never been in a pawnshop before, and never thought that one day she would deal with a pawnshop.He had only seen descriptions of pawnshops in Lu Xun's novels before. The tall counters and cold faces made people frightened just thinking about it.But at this point, you have to bite the bullet and get in.

I thought the pawn shop was under the guise of the word "dang", but there are no such shops in the streets. After asking, I found out that the pawn shop here is not a word, but a pictogram, with two huge strings of coins hanging on it.Ting Shuang thought it was a money shop when she saw it on the street before, but only now did she know it was a pawn shop.

After entering, I saw Zhao Gongming, Guan Gong and other gods of wealth enshrined on the wall.The counter is very high, and you have to tiptoe to pass the clothes and bags. The shopkeepers in the pawn shop are different from the service personnel in other industries.Ting Shuang suppressed her unhappiness, stood on tiptoe and handed her clothes and bags, and was very upset to see the other party's superior behavior.

The clerk opened the bag, gave a price, and then sang the tickets. The leather clothes were said to be "bare and hairless, insects and rats bitten", and the satin clothes were said to be "missing collars and sleeves, worn and old".

Ting Shuang was very angry. Isn't this bullying? Seeing that he was short of money, he took the opportunity to exploit him.I was so angry that I almost started to quarrel, and finally understood why the counter of the pawn shop was so high, probably to prevent customers from going up to fight and argue.

"Is it right? It's not right to leave." The shop assistant wrapped his clothes and threw them back to him without raising his eyes.

Ting Shuang was so angry that she carried her clothes bag and went out, wanting to find the next family.Squatting by the door of the shop was a man in his thirties wearing a small cap crookedly.Seeing him come out with a bundle in his arms, I advised him not to find another house.

There are rules in the pawn shop, all leather clothes are called "bare board and hairless", good clothes are called "dilapidated and old", and mahogany and red sandalwood are called "miscellaneous wood", etc. This is to prevent damage during storage and cause customer disputes, but In order to be able to sell the goods for money at the time of death, the pawnshop is very careful about the preservation of the goods, and generally there will be no damage.Therefore, customers have to acquiesce in the pawnshop's bullying behavior that treats good as bad.

What's more, it's useless even if you switch to another pawnshop. The price offered by the pawnshop has a uniform standard. Therefore, the price offered by each pawnshop is the same. The pawnbrokers can only let them exploit in order to wait for money in a hurry.

Gritting her teeth in anger, Ting Shuang had to bear it again and again, and went back with her bag in her arms, thinking that he might be the only one among the time-traveling people who went to the pawn shop to see people's faces.

I had no choice but to swallow my anger and let the vampire exploit me.

The shop assistant receives the goods, sings the ticket, writes the ticket, marks it, and puts it into the warehouse.After a series of procedures, a package of clothes was turned into several pawn tickets. Ting Shuang looked left and right, but did not recognize any of the characters on them. It may be a special font used by the pawnbroker, which only people in the industry can recognize.

After collecting the pawn ticket and just leaving the house, the middle-aged man squatting at the door came over to buy the pawn ticket, usually half of the face value, Ting Shuang tsk-tsk, these people are too good at thinking about money, actually squatting at the door of the pawn shop to collect the pawn ticket , aren't you afraid of being kicked out?

The current period of the pawn shop is two and a half years. Ting Shuang thought about it, and would return to her hometown to farm soon. She was afraid that there would be no chance to redeem the pawn, so she resold the pawn ticket to the little pawn at half the face value.

Coming out of the pawn shop, a gorgeous blue-draped carriage galloped over proudly, and Ting Shuang hurriedly avoided to avoid being touched.A voice came from the car: "Are you okay?"

Ting Shuang raised her head and was stunned. It turned out that this person was the Mr. Bao who had met three times.

Mr. Bao didn't expect it to be him. Seeing him dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ting Shuang didn't expect to see him in this situation, and let him see him going in and out of the pawn shop, which made him extremely embarrassed for a while.He coughed dryly, and said hello, "Master Bao?"

"Want to go home? Come up and I'll give you a ride."

Ting Shuang was about to refuse, but when she thought about going back to the countryside, she was afraid that she would never see him again in this life, and felt a little bit reluctant.Recalling the first time we met, his charming demeanor, his heroic archery, has been lingering in my heart.I want to make friends with him, this guy is not Han Chinese, and he is a bit arrogant, so I dare not further associate with him.The last time he saved him from being insulted in a restaurant, instead of thanking him, he even punched him without apologizing.This time the parting is imminent, we will meet again indefinitely, there are some things that need to be said quickly.

Ting Shuang got into the car, blushed, and said, "Well... I haven't thanked you for what happened last time."

"It's nothing." Mr. Bao said, "It's nothing more than a little effort. I happened to be drinking there, and I heard the boy say that someone is going to hurt you, so I went to take a look. It was just a coincidence."

"But..." Ting Shuang blushed even more, and said apologetically, "I misunderstood you and beat you. I wanted to apologize to you for a long time..."

Mr. Bao smiled and said: "It's nothing, I hurt you too, everyone is evened."

"What?" Ting Shuang was puzzled.

Mr. Bao explained: "That...you have been poisoned by that medicine. The medicine is a bit strong. I relieved you with my hands, but the effect is not obvious. I heard that the poison can flow out of the body with the blood, so I took the knife on your buttocks. It was stabbed twice..."

Ting Shuang's face darkened, no wonder her butt hurt so much that day, and there was blood, it turned out to be this guy...

"That knife is very small, it's okay to poke it twice, anyway, the flesh on the buttocks is thick..."

Such an explanation made Ting Shuang's expression even worse.

Mr. Bao saw that his complexion was not good, so he quickly explained and took out a knife at the same time.It is the pocket knife that the Manchus carry with them when they eat white meat, and it is luxuriously inlaid with precious stones.

"It's such a small knife."

"No matter how small a knife is, it's still a knife." Ting Shuang snatched the knife angrily, "The murder weapon was confiscated."

Saying that, he lifted the curtain and jumped out of the car.Mr. Bao called him from behind, but he didn't answer.

I regretted it when I got home, I haven't asked this guy's full name, identity, home address and so on.After thinking about it, what if I asked?Now that I am a penniless pauper, if I make friends with him again, I will inevitably feel like I am clinging to him, which will be looked down upon by others.

Playing with the knife in his hand, he felt a sour feeling in his heart, and his butt also hurt.

The spirit stopped in the Meng family house, and the buyer urged them to move, and they had to vacate the house.Ting Shuang didn't feel anything yet. Ting Hui and Ting Ke had lived in this house for more than ten years, and they were about to leave, and they had no hope of returning here in the future, so they couldn't help crying again.

Feeling sad, Ting Shuang patted them on the shoulder, promising that he would make good money in the future and buy the house back.

When she was crying so confusedly, a plain sedan chair came and stopped at the door, and a beautiful young woman got out of the sedan chair, graceful and graceful, wearing exquisite silver ornaments, white chrysanthemums on her temples, and a blue sharp-haired gown. Xiaolan's biological mother, Mrs. Chen who remarried to the Chen family.

She went up to offer incense in front of the coffin, and then said to Mrs. Yang: "I am also very sad that something like this happened at home. Xiaolan will only live a hard life if she follows you. Sister-in-law should let Xiaolan follow me."

Ting Shuang thought she was nostalgic, so she came to worship in plain clothes, but she didn't expect that she came to have a child.My impression of her has deteriorated a lot, but in this situation, there is no reason and it is impossible to keep Xiaolan half as good as the rich and powerful Chen family. It's just that we have been together for so long, and the lively and lovely Xiaolan is also very happy. Having feelings, I was really reluctant, so I had to look at Yang Shi to see how she would respond.

Yang frowned, and said, "Xiao Lan is a child of the Meng family, so naturally she should stay in the Meng family."

As soon as Mr. Meng, who was in charge of the family, left, Mrs. Chen lost her fear and said bluntly: "What good can Xiaolan do by staying in Meng's house? You haven't bound her feet until now. Isn't this delaying her life? With her Looks, if you have a good pair of feet, you will definitely marry a wealthy family and become a young mistress. But how do you raise her? It is a matter of the child's life, and you don't care at all."

Her reasoning sounds purely unreasonable to Ting Shuang, but it cannot be refuted in this era. The Meng family did not bind Xiaolan's feet. From the outsiders' point of view, it means that they don't care about the child and delay her life. There is no reason at all. .

Mrs. Yang pondered for a long time, but she had no choice but to let her take Xiaolan away. Ting Shuang objected very much, saying that Mr. Chen wanted to take Xiaolan as his concubine when she grew up, so she couldn't let Xiaolan enter the Chen family anyway.

Yang looked at him, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Shuang'er, if you want to protect your family from wind and rain, you need to be wide enough, understand?"

"Huh?" Ting Shuang was stunned.

"With Xiaolan's background, entering an official family can only be a concubine, not a regular wife, unless her father and brother are rich and powerful and can find a good marriage. But do you have one? With her appearance, she will inevitably encounter bullies in the future. Then you Do you have the ability to protect her? Rather than being snatched by some bad old man in the future, it is better to be a concubine in the Chen family, after all, Mr. Chen is young, beautiful and famous."

Ting Shuang, who asked a few questions, was speechless.The Chen family is rich and powerful, and it would definitely be useless for them to fight hard, and it would even harm their own family.

Yang also said: "If you want to stand up for your family, you have to have this ability, otherwise the egg hits a stone, and you hurt yourself and hurt others. That's not brave but stupid."

Seeing Ting Shuang squatting on the ground frustrated and sad and pulling her hair, Yang sighed and comforted: "Don't feel bad, Xiaolan is still young, and there are seven or eight years before she gets married. You don't want her to be a concubine. After a few years of making myself stronger, I will challenge the Chen family, and now I have no choice but to do this, and with her own mother around, I won't suffer too much."

She didn't have a daughter, and she always loved Xiaolan as her own daughter. Now that she had no chance to see her again, she was very sad, her eyes were swollen from crying, and Ting Shuang was also very sad, but she had no choice but to Hate yourself for not being strong enough, protecting your family is just empty talk.

On the day of departure, the hired carriage stopped at the door, and the whole family was busy moving things. Tingzhi didn't see her mother come out, so she knocked on her door, but found that the room was empty, so she hurriedly reported to Mrs. Yang.

Yang's expression was solemn, and he said, "Look around and see if her things are still there?"

After a while, Ting Shuang said nervously: "Er Niang's things, her delicate jewelry are gone."

Ting Zhi turned pale when she heard this, Yang remained calm and asked, "That's all?"

Ting Shuang plucked up her courage and said, "Mother's delicate jewelry seems to be missing."