Chapter 21 (2/2)

Yin's sitting in the yard spinning thread, see two strange young students into her yard. She was a rural woman, and she seemed a little restrained: ”what can I do for you, boys?” Murong Zhining cried excitedly, ”adoptive mother, I'm little linger.” Caisang also ran to squat in front of her: ”aunt, I am Er Ya.”

Yin didn't react for a moment and was stunned. She rubbed her eyes slowly with her hands as if she wanted to see better. Murong Zhining kneels in front of her: ”have you forgotten me? I'm little linger. You picked it up outside the village six years ago. Think again. ”

Yin is very excited. She grabs Murong Zhining's hand and says, ”it's really little linger. It's really you.” Yin recognized Caisang at the same time. She hugged Caisang and sobbed: ”good boy, I am heartbroken at the thought of your dishonorable father and father selling your mother and daughter. It's all right, just come back. ”

Yin's surprised to see the two girls, rubbing hands at a loss, and after a long time happily said: ”I'll find clothes for you and change them, and then make you a meal. When your adoptive father comes back, the family will have a happy meal.”

Murong Zhining and Caisang change into two sets of coarse cloth clothes handed by Yin family. They were worn at home by Yin family's daughter before she married. Although the clothes are coarse and old, they are clean and comfortable to wear. ”This is what your sister Xiaohua used to wear at home. She married to the next village. Her man is a teacher.” Murong Zhining also remembered that when Yin adopted her, she had a son, a daughter and two children.

Yin happily went to the kitchen to cook. She killed her old hen and stewed a pot of soup.

Murong Zhining and Caisang changed clothes, sat in the yard to help wipe corn, and teased each other that they were little village girls.

In the evening, when the butcher finished selling meat and went home, Yin welcomed him into the door happily, muttering, ”little linger and Erya are back.” The butcher was also stunned for a long time before he came back. He walked into the yard with a smile, only to see two girls, with a simple smile.

The four sat around a small table, eating and chatting about what happened in the past few years. Yin looked at Murong Zhining and said, ”I went out to send meat back that year, and you're gone. I thought I was playing, and I didn't care. After a while, I was told that a young woman with a face took you away. I want to go after him. The man said that he would have gone a long way in the carriage. ”

Murong Zhining doesn't think it's necessary to tell her her her real experience. She is just a peasant woman and will be frightened. Murong Zhining touched Yin's hand and told a white lie: ”I was taken to the city by a trafficker and sold to an official family to be a servant girl. Just then the second servant girl was there, so we knew each other. When the great official went to work elsewhere, he sent our servant girls out. ” Yin nodded his head frequently: ”it's good. It's good if you don't suffer. My adoptive mother will find a husband for you to live in peace. ”

Caisang secretly makes a grimace to Murong Zhining, and the two girls smile at each other.

Murong Zhining asked Yin, ”why don't you see my brother?” Yin smiled and said, ”a Niu went to work as a soldier in the city the year before last. He brought back the letter and said he had a good job.”

Yin turned his head and looked at Caisang: ”your dishonorable father, who was injured in his leg by the debt collector last year, is lame and has a hard life. I often send him some food in the past. You can visit him when you have time. After all, it's your own father. ” Caisang said with tears, ”just listen to my aunt.”

Caisang took out a ingot of gold from his arms and handed it to Yin Shi: ”this is my salary and reward when Ning'er and I left the official house. I'll give it to my aunt for our food and clothing.” Yin pushed back the gold ingot: ”you are all my children. How much can you eat? You can keep the money for yourself and make dowry later. Settle down. ”

Caisang shoved the treasure into her hand: ”if aunt refuses to take it, we'll go.” Yin quickly took over the gold ingot. She had never seen so much money. Yin helplessly rubbed his hands: ”I'll keep it for you for the time being.”

In the evening, Murong Zhining and Caisang lie on the bed and talk in the same quilt. The room is very simple, but it makes them feel warm and reassured.

Murong Zhining lies side by side with Caisang. She looks at Caisang's eyes and asks, ”where did you get so much money?” Caisang gave a sly wink: ”stolen.” Murong Zhining reached out and scratched her nose: ”you are so stupid, you will starve to death as a thief.”

Caisang laughed: ”in fact, it's your blessing. The emperor rewards me. Once the emperor came to me privately and asked me what you like. I said you like oranges. I didn't expect the emperor to reward me with a ingot of gold. I'm afraid you scolded me for being greedy and didn't dare to tell you. ”

Murong Zhining thought of one thing. One time the flaming beacon made people send a basket of oranges. In that season, there were no oranges at all. She now guessed that it must have been Yanfeng who made people run far away and bought it from other places.

Caisang sees Murong Zhining's red eyes and asks, ”do you want the emperor? If you are the emperor's concubine, the emperor will love you very much. ” Murong Zhining shook her head: ”I don't have that blessing, and I don't want to be constrained in the palace. By the way, your brother a Niu, it turns out to be my brother. ” Caisang's face turned red, showing a coquettish look.Two young girls are running crazy on the mountain outside the village. They have been away from the general's mansion for more than ten days, which is their happiest day in recent years. They picked a flower and a wild fruit, and went to the back of the mountain noisily. The men and women who do farm work nearby stop their work and look at them enviously. Two young girls are going over the hill to visit Caisang's father in another village.