Chapter 4 Looking for a Backer
Chapter 4 Looking for a Backer
Miss Si treated her kindly in her previous life, and "first encounter" in this life used a painting to tease her badly. Good and bad are entangled with each other into an inseparable mess.
Yu Zhi was wrapped in hemp, like a chrysalis surrounded by silk, and Xinhu was caught off guard by a small stone named 'Wei Pingxi'.
The stones were smashed down, and ripples appeared on the surface of the lake.
Before the ripples are healed, Yu Zhi wakes up and is busy making money to support the family, saving money to treat A Niang's illness.
Roughly speaking, Liushui Lane can be roughly divided into two types of people: those who eat and wait to die, and those who refuse to admit defeat, and those who generally follow the sun like sunflowers.
Yu Zhi and Yu Mu are the latter.
Before dawn, Yu Zhi got up, cleaned up and went to the mountain to pick flowers with bamboo baskets on his back.
Not a quarter of an hour after she left, the blind mother Yu fumbled to do some work within her power, but saw her fingers flying, weaving a small bamboo basket that was easy to learn.
As far as this little ability is concerned, I don't know how many times I have been cut by bamboo before I am familiar with it.
The mother and daughter did not fight for steamed buns, but with the same determination, they tried their best to live a good life.
After weaving the bamboo basket, which couldn't be sold for four fen, Yu's mother kept busy.
The sun gradually rose.
The sky is clear and the spring breeze is pleasant.
Yu Zhi walked along the long streets with a bamboo basket on his back, his porcelain white face was healthy and ruddy, and his willow leaves were dazzled by the spring light of April.
She is not in a hurry to get close to pedestrians, she always has to distinguish between good and evil people by their faces.
Flowers are sold exclusively to gentle and honest scholars accompanied by female companions, or to young and beautiful girls with crisp laughter.
"How do you sell this flower?"
"A bundle of two pennies."
The bright-coloured flowers are beautifully tied with hemp rope, adding a touch of elegance to the freshness and nature.
The petals are soft and stretched, stained with the crystal dew in the morning, the flowers have a light fragrance, white, red, pink, yellow, colorful, embellishing the human eye.
Hearing the asking price of two pennies, the other party curled his lips, probably because he thought the price was too high.
Yu Zhi whispered softly: "The delicate flower complements the beauty, and my sister matches this flower very well."
The ones who bought the flowers were the maids who were next to the prostitutes in the flower houses nearby.
How can an inferior person with low status in the eyes of outsiders match with the rich and bright peony?
The girl took another look, and saw that the flower girl praised her from the bottom of her heart, without any hint of sarcasm or contempt. She felt good about it, and seeing Yu Zhi's poor clothes, she couldn't help saying, "It's ten cents."
Yu Zhiren has a beautiful face, tender and delicate, with a sincere expression when complimenting others, and a warm and soft voice, standing tall and graceful there is more charming than a whole spring flower.
Swearing at people can soften people's hearts, let alone flattering others intentionally?
A dozen bouquets of flowers were sold in a quarter of an hour, and Yu Zhi left the street with a bamboo basket on his back.
All the way to avoid the romantic children who are not easy to provoke, avoid the jealous crowd of colleagues, and stop at the intersection where people come and go.
"Miss Four? Miss Four?"
Wei Ping turned his head with a smile, his beautiful eyes flashed, and the shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop held the new goods that came in yesterday, and immediately fell silent.
This is the bustling area in Lingnan Prefecture, and it's unbelievable that she can meet the beauty she has been dreaming of here.
Fourth Miss Wei was in high spirits and moved forward, trying to see more clearly.
Yesterday, the girl with red eyes and soft anger at her for being unreasonable, today she changed into the white washed dress with embroidered makeup, coarse linen clothes, and wooden hairpins, all plain and unadorned.
Without any gaudy decorations, it looks especially natural and beautiful.
Seeing her, Wei Pingxi's mood immediately improved after being gloomy early in the morning.
The beauty smiled when she met everyone, and unhurriedly sold the flowers in her bamboo basket. Clusters of spring flowers embraced this good girl, which made Wei Pingxi feel itchy.
"come over."
The shopkeeper of silk and satin village held his breath and stepped forward.
Wei Pingxi was in a good mood when he saw Yu Zhi. At first sight, the shopkeeper respected her like an ancestor, and smiled: "I will still eat you?"
The shopkeeper was teased by her, and his heartstrings relaxed and his face bloomed: "It's a villain's honor to be eaten by Miss Fourth."
Anyone can say flattery.
A coldness flashed across Wei Pingxi's eyes, and his gaze rested on Yu Zhi's face again, and after a while, there was a bright and radiant look on his lips again.
"Let's see if she looks good?"
Looking along her fingertips, the shopkeeper saw Yu Zhi's appearance and figure clearly, and said: "It looks good. However, compared to Miss Si, it's still very different."
"The difference between cloud and mud?" Wei Pingxi sneered, "Are you blind?"
She suddenly turned her face, not in a scolding tone, but in a humming tone.
The shopkeeper hurriedly slapped his face with a hand: "Hey, are you blind? I didn't realize that it was the person that Fourth Miss was looking for."
He talks nonsense when he sees people, and talks nonsense when he sees ghosts, Wei Pingxi is too lazy to get angry with him.
"Make her a pomegranate-colored embroidered dress."
She nodded lightly: "Use the most expensive materials in your shop."
"Yes."
The seamstress in the store specially went to buy a bouquet of flowers in order to estimate Yuzhi's body size up close.
Fourth Miss Wei took a fancy to the bought flowers, and Fourth Miss held up the flowers in one hand, as if meditating.
She didn't speak, no one could guess what she was thinking.
The maids beside her, Fei Cui and Agate, followed the young lady to look eagerly at the charming girl Yu, and were immediately knocked on the head by a folding fan.
"What are you looking at?" Wei Pingxi smiled, "That's Miss Ben's."
Emerald Agate has been around her since she was a child, and she has learned how to read words and expressions. Seeing her high interest, she looked at her and joked: "I haven't got it yet."
Fourth Miss Wei didn't think so.
"Go and buy the remaining flowers in her bamboo basket."
"Yes, Miss Fourth."
The emerald man left, and Manao then asked: "Miss, don't you want to scare that girl?"
"Sesame courage, why scare her?" Wei Pingxi turned around leisurely, and smiled brightly: "You are not my lady's person yet, when you become my person, it will not be too late to bully her."
Agate heard the words and looked out the window.
Miss Yu happily tied up the remaining flowers and gave them to Fei Cui with a happy smile, as if thanking Fei Cui with her mouth.
What a nice girl.
……
Yu Zhi's flower sales went smoothly today, and they were all sold out when the flowers were the freshest. She put away her purse and walked home with an empty bamboo basket on her back. Unsuspectingly, a rich man followed behind with suspicious eyes.
After leaving the silk and satin village, Wei Pingxi led the emerald and agate to block people in a narrow alley.
Brother Gongzi was overjoyed to see such beauties all of a sudden.
Before he could speak out, he was kicked on the knee by the maid beside the beauty, and he knelt down completely in disgrace.
Miss Si is beautiful and cold, she hides a knife in her smile: "You dare to touch someone else, don't you want to die?"
Gentle and soft voice, murderous indifference.
The rich man saw her eyes clearly, and fell from warm spring to cold winter in a flash of panic.
……
Yu Zhi panted and walked to the corner, and waited until he dared to poke his head out.
After confirming that no one was following her, she relieved herself, saying that she was too cowardly to be suspicious.
Today's harvest was good, and I met a proud buyer and made a full five hundred coins.
I finish work early, and when I get home, I can take the bamboo baskets woven by my mother and send them to the shop for sale.
After selling the bamboo baskets, I can earn another [-] Wen by helping people copy books in the afternoon.
She made a lot of small calculations, summoned up the courage to turn to the pharmacy and invited an experienced doctor to come to see a doctor, and went straight to Liushui Lane full of expectations.
Liushui Lane.
Yu's mother fell headlong into the deep hole in front of the house, calling every day unresponsive, and making the earth not work well.
No one paid attention to her, most of them were just watching a joke.
The alley is dark and humid all year round, and the road is narrow, so Yu's mother seldom goes out in normal times.
This time, he was tricked out by the neighbor on the grounds that "Yu Zhi was bullied".
How bad the human heart is, decay and malice breed where the sun doesn't shine.
People in Liushui Lane adhere to the principle that more things are worse than less things, and they don't bother to work hard in life, so naturally they don't have time to meddle in other people's affairs.
Diao's mother-in-law hated Yu Zhi for not agreeing to be her daughter-in-law, so she deliberately dug a hole in front of Yu's house.
The blind woman fell into the pit and couldn't climb up, and happened to sprain her ankle when she fell.
Diao's mother-in-law is a widow, relying on having a son, she bullies orphans and widows without mercy.
Standing outside the pit, she gloated and watched people make a fool of herself, with her hands on her hips: "You deserve it! Blind old woman, you dream of asking your daughter to climb high branches all day long. It's a good idea. You are blind and dare to look down on my pillars. Pooh! Who dares to see your daughter?" marry?"
Yu Zhi heard the piercing cursing of Mrs. Diao, and the phrase "blind old woman" fell into her ears. Her face was pale, and she hurried home.
"Hey girl!"
The old doctor shouted with the medicine box on his back, but no one answered.
"Auntie!"
When Yu Zhi arrived at the door of the house and saw A Niang fell into the deep pit, he got angry and glared at Diao Pozi.
As the name suggests, Mrs. Diao was stared at with a guilty conscience, and the more guilty she became, the higher her arrogance rose.
"What are you staring at, what are you staring at? You're a foxy girl that no one wants!"
Yu Zhi's eyes were red with anger, and there were many people around, all of them stood by and watched.
"Zhizhi, Zhizhi..."
Mother Yu groaned, and the pain hit her heartbreakingly, and she was so painful that she had no energy to scold Mrs. Diao.
Besides, if she really starts to fight with words, she is not the opponent of Mrs. Diao.
The mother and daughter are alone, and someone took this opportunity to tease Yu Zhi and asked her to call "Brother Love" before she would help pull Yu's mother out of the pit.
Yu Zhi's lower lip was about to bleed, and he searched for a bamboo pole without saying a word, struggling to get her mother.
Mrs. Diao fanned the flames, inducing the ruffians in the alley to touch Yu Zhi's fair face and straight and slender legs.
Just as it was bustling, Yu's mother in the deep pit let out a howl, swearing heart-piercingly and recklessly.
The blind man who usually has the best temper suddenly went crazy, and it was no longer interesting for everyone to watch.
No one around to help, let the mother and daughter spend the night with the stars and the moon at the door of the house!
People who are unhappy always want to see others living even worse.
In the end, the old doctor who rushed over showed kindness and helped La Yumu get out of the pit.
"Auntie, Auntie!"
Yu Zhi's feet became weak and he knelt down with a plop, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and wept.
The old doctor has seen many poor people at his age, but who in this world is not pitiful if he is busy making a living?
He's here to make money.
For Yu's mother's eyes, he first took care of her ankle injury, and when he finished looking at his eyes, his heart sank.
He can't cure this eye disease.
"Doctor, how is my mother's condition?" Yu Zhi asked with red eyes, wiping away tears.
"This……"
If it were a doctor who had lost his conscience, he would not be able to extort money from the mother and daughter.
It's just that the old doctor saw that Yu Zhi was born well and was about the same age as his youngest daughter, and the blind woman was really pitiful.
He sighed: "Instead of wasting money on eyes, it's better to move out of this place and find another house to live in."
As his words fell to the ground, the last hope in Yu Zhi's eyes was also shattered.
How bright the willow leaf eyes are in the daytime, how dim they are at this moment.
"Doctor, is it really hopeless?"
"The old man is not good at learning."
Compared with her daughter's sadness, Yu's mother was calmer, holding her daughter's hand silently, trying to give her the strength to continue.
At night, the farce of the day is gone, Yu Zhiwo sheds tears silently in her mother's arms: "Let's move out, we won't live here anymore, Aunt, I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of Zhizhi, it's my mother who doesn't live up to expectations, it's my mother who dragged Zhizhi down..."
"Auntie..."
Yu Zhi's clothes were wet with tears.
Recalling the scene where Mrs. Diao asked the rogue to touch her face and legs, her body trembled, and she re-tasted the despair in her previous life before she was forced to death.
She drowned by diving.
In her previous life, she hadn't let the bad guys take advantage of her, and in her new life, there were many people with miscellaneous eyes in the daytime. Those men only dared to look at her with lewd eyes, and they didn't dare to be instigated by Mrs. Diao.
But what if?
What if one day they can't bear it anymore?
By then, would she have to die one more time?
Having died once, I know the pain of death.
Yu Zhi thought angrily and helplessly: Why does she have to live like this?A Niang can't save her, and she can't protect herself.
Orphaned and widowed, powerless and powerless, he is doomed to be a poor little bullied.
Why should she be a poor little girl?
She grew up so big, she didn't steal or rob, and she never said a word of exaggeration to anyone, so why should she be kind and be bullied?
She hates it so much!
"Zhizhi, Zhizhi, don't cry."
"Auntie!"
Yu Zhi cried out, together with the misery of her previous life, crying so hard that the woman's heart was about to break.
"Aniang..." She choked up and said, "If, if my daughter does something bad, will Aniang forgive me?"
Yu's mother is a loving mother who always puts her daughter first, she has a sheep nature, if those people didn't make too much noise during the day, she would not yell like a lunatic if she is good-natured.
"Between mother and daughter, how can there be forgiveness or non-forgiveness? Zhizhi is Aniang's darling, and Aniang only hates herself for wronging my baby."
"Not wronged, my daughter is not wronged."
Yu Zhi sniffed.
She figured it out.
She wants to find a bright way of life for herself and A Niang, and find a backer that no one dares to bully her.
Miss Wei Si is not bad.
novelraw