Chapter 341 The second girl
"Uncle?" Huo Xi called him.
Mrs. Wu was serving her two grandsons for dinner. Seeing Li Shiwu's eyes fixed on the dispute on the pier, she pushed him with her hands.
"What are you looking at? You can take care of this kind of thing? We have no power or influence. If we attract people's attention, there is nothing wrong with Xi'er."
Li Shiwu didn't look back, he was a little uncertain: "That woman..."
"What happened to the woman?"
"Do you think she looks like Ningxiu?"
"Ningxiu?" Wu shi tilted her head and thought for a while, then immediately stared at the woman with wide eyes.
Huo Xi felt that the name Ningxiu was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. Just as she was contemplating, she saw Wu Shi slap her thigh hard: "Isn't it Ningxiu, it's her!"
I wanted to get up, but was pushed down by Li Shiwu: "Didn't you just say that you attracted people's attention and ruined Xi'er's business? Now you have to do something!"
Mrs. Wu took a look at Huo Xi and sat down again.
Put her head close to Huo Xi: "Does Xi'er think the name Ningxiu is familiar? But you were still young at that time, so you may not remember her. Ningxiu used to be your mother's dowry maid."
Huo Xi immediately had an impression when he heard it.
Back then, her mother married into the Zhang family and married several servant girls, and Ningxiu was the eldest. I bought it since I was a child and have been with my mother all the time.
In the Zhang family, she also stayed with her mother for two years. It was not until her mother gave birth to her that she let Ningxiu go out to marry. She married a small butler in the shop of my grandfather's house.
As soon as she got married, her mother released her life deed, and her grandmother also released her man's life deed. She and her husband lived outside, only working in the grandfather's shop, and often visiting mother in the mansion.
Huo Xi saw that he was an old man, so he couldn't do nothing about it.
Seeing that Ningxiu was driven away by her head and her legs were raised, she was still paralyzed on the ground in a daze, until a pair of children threw themselves on her and wept, and then she came over, shedding tears. He took his children and left.
Huo Xi wanted to follow, but Li Shiwu held her back: "Granduncle followed to see the situation." He got up and followed.
Mrs. Wu whispered: "Let your uncle go and see the situation first. Now that so many years have passed, people's hearts are changeable, so it's not easy for you to reveal your identity. But your uncle can. If her family is good by then, let's see In the past, I will also help her."
Huo Xi nodded.
After they finished eating, they led Yin'er and Yi'er to watch the big boat at the pier for a while, and then led them back to the boat.
The two siblings were running and jumping on the deck, very happy, and kept clamoring to come again, which amused Wu Shi and Huo Xi.
"Two leather monkeys, their hearts are wild after going out. They are reluctant to go home, and their parents don't want them anymore."
Several people thought the cabin was stuffy, so they all sat on the deck and chatted, while Yin'er and Yi'er grabbed the edge of the boat to watch the fun.
Half an hour later, my uncle returned to the boat.
Shaking his head and sighing, he talked about Ningxiu.
Ningxiu's man Zhu Zhongquan, like Ningxiu, is both orphans. The two of them were bought back by their grandmother when they were a few years old and stayed at Li's house.
The two have been working in their grandfather's shop since they got married. Later, after an accident happened to the Li family, they were not affected because they were good citizens.
Using the saved money to open a restaurant in the capital, the business is booming. Unexpectedly, they were envied by others and burned down their shop. Unable to stay in the capital, I moved all the way to Ningbo.
The two of them are diligent, but they can live on. Ningxiu took care of the three children at home, and she did some needlework to sell, while Zhu Zhongquan worked at the dock, earning one or two taels of silver a month.
It's just that Zhu Zhongquan's leg was broken by the cargo a few days ago.
Hit your head but don't want to pay for it. He only said that Zhu Zhongquan dropped his goods and caused him to lose his business, and the money was compensation.
Huo Xi and Wu Shi shook their heads and sighed.
"Did Ningxiu recognize you?" Wu asked.
"How can I not recognize it. Plop knelt down towards me, crying loudly." Li Shiwu sighed.
"His family moved back from the small courtyard they used to live in, and the family moved to a shantytown in the outer city. Zhongquan had one leg broken and was paralyzed on the bed with a death-defying expression on his face. His eldest daughter was afraid that he would be overwhelmed. He stared at him in the room with a good eye. When he saw me, he was emotional, and hugged me and cried until his face was covered with tears and snot."
Li Shiwu sighed deeply after speaking.
Brothers and sister-in-laws from other clans treated their servants generously. Back then, the family was harmonious and happy, but there was only one disaster.
"Did you give him money?" Wu asked him again.
Li Shiwu nodded: "I carried him to the hospital and left him some money for treatment. His leg was healed, but he didn't have much money, so it didn't work well. There were still broken bones inside. Take it out. The doctor said it was cured, but it is still lame.”
Wu Shi and Huo Xi couldn't help sighing after hearing this.
“Leave lame as long as you are alive.”
"Yes, that's what I persuaded him. There are three children at home." Li Shiwu shook his head and sighed.
Because of Ningxiu's incident, it was delayed for a long time, so I simply stayed at the pier for another night and set off tomorrow morning.
Unexpectedly, the next day, the group had finished breakfast at the pier and was about to board the boat, when Na Ningxiu took her eldest daughter to find her. Said that he would sell himself to Li Shiwu's master.
Li Shiwu was a little embarrassed and looked at Huo Xi.
Ningxiu also looked at Huo Xi, her body shook violently. Taking a closer look, Mrs. Wu stood in front of Huo Xi and blocked her gaze.
Ningxiu lowered her eyes.
Huo Xi thought about it, her mother and grandfather let go of her husband and wife's life deed, and it's not easy for her to sign them again.
But they felt sorry for holding their granduncle's money, and they wanted to sell themselves because they had nothing of their own. It may also be that ordinary people who have no power and power are afraid of being tortured.
Looked at Ningxiu's eldest daughter, thought for a while, and only signed her eldest daughter.
gave her twenty taels of silver.
"Your man is still in the hospital now, so it's not good to follow us back to Beijing. Please stay in Ningbo with peace of mind. Soon, the second son of the Li family will come to Ningbo to open a shop. If you and your wife are willing, you can come to the shop to help."
"Yes, yes! Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!" Turning around, he pulled his daughter and told her to listen to what the Master said.
Zhu Xia He is only nine years old. Although she looks like a little adult, she is about to leave her parents and siblings, with tears in her eyes and a sad face.
Wu comforted her: "Don't worry, the Lord is kind, there will be a time when your family will be reunited in the future."
Ningxiu nodded again and again, took her daughter to tell her, and gave Huo Xi a deep look before leaving, then turned and left wiping away her tears.
A group of people boarded the boat, and the boat quickly left the dock.
Xiangcao was very happy to see that someone was finally with her, took Xia He, showed her around, and prepared various things for her
I feel sorry for this sister.
Can't help but ask Huo Xi: "Girl, why don't you let Lei Da and the others beat that head, so that they can get back the money from Zhu's family?"
When he thinks of Xia He's younger sister's money being swallowed by bad guys, he gets angry.
There is another chapter at noon
(end of this chapter)