Chapter 17 The enemy's road is narrow
In the summer night, Chu Huaixian sat in the study and read at night. The wind blew from outside the window, and the room was very cool.
There is a "bang" sound to break this tranquility. Chu Huaixian only frowned and continued to read his book.
The lotus flower was in the side room, squatting on the ground to pick up the broken cup, and the Liuchun beside him was just disdainful. Liu Xia didn't look at the lotus. He took a ruby red tea bowl and poured the pouring herbal tea to Chu Huaixian.
"What did you fall again?" Chu Huaixian asked casually. Liu Xia lowered his hand and said, "It's the tea bowl that the prince likes."
"Hmm."
Chu Huaixian had nothing to say, and Liu Xia withdrew. Chu Huaixian, who had read a few pages of the book, picked up the tea just sent and was dissatisfied.
I came here for more than 20 days from the lotus flower and fell three or four things. She is not too clever, compared with Lin Xiaochu. From the lotus flower, Mr. Chu will think of Lin Xiaochu, and then he will be angry.
It is more or less difficult to stay in spring and summer. Chu Huaixian knew in his heart that he did not help Lotus or blame Liuchun and Liuxia, because the people he needed were smart and alert, and they would not be easily scared by their second uncle in the future, and they would not be easily bullied by others.
The two maids made things difficult for the lotus without much effort. Chu Huaixian felt that the lotus was not worth helping. In addition, the lotus was not familiar with it at the beginning, and she was a little clumsy.
The last reason is that Chu Huaixian let the lotus come in, which was agreed by Xiaochu; now he doesn't like her very much, and he also thinks that Xiaochu is her neighbor.
Most of the Zhuangzi where Lin Xiaochu lives are tenant farmers of the Chu family. The rumors released by the matchmaker: "Xiaochu is afraid that the prince will force him to escape." This word spread from the mouth of the stewor below to Jin Xier's ears, and then to Chu Huaixian's ears.
The first big injustice in my life happened. Chu Huaixian can't help but be angry when he thinks about it.
Put down the book and put down the tea bowl. Chu Huaixian walked out of the yard to look at Geng Xinghe.
"The prince," the lotus timidly bowed her hand to the prince in the corridor. Chu Huaixian just walked into the corridor and went out of the courtyard. He remembered again that if Lin Xiaochu had stolen my flowers and asked me to buy them with a smile on his face, she would definitely not let Liuchun Liuxia bully them like this, nor would she always be so timid. It's not even a good spirit.
When he said that the prince forced her, he just bullied her once. Mr. Chu didn't feel guilty at all. It was her nonsense. I'm not surprised about this!
I walked around and came back to sleep. The night in the room was either in spring or summer. Lotus is so clumsy that Chu Huaixian can't open her mouth to let her stay up at night. Although I don't like Liuchun and Liuxia, I can only endure it. There is no one to wait in the room!
It took Lin Xiaochu to leave the village for a month. Lin Xiaochu and Lin Xiaoyi, who live in my sister's house, help my sister sell snacks, which is not idle.
On this day, my fifth aunt came. The fifth aunt ran a long way to find Xiaochu.
"Someone wants to buy it in your yard. It's an outdoor villager. The man is honest, the woman's face is kind, and there is an old mother and two children. They are all honest people." The fifth aunt entered the door and said, "Let's make an appointment. Go and print a fingerprint and sell the yard to them. Twenty taels of silver in total.
Lin Xiaochu's eyes lit up: "So much!"
"This family has a foreign accent. After looking at it several times, it was settled, saying that it came from the frontier and saved money to settle in the Taiping Realm. I heard it from a veteran in the city and said that the accent was correct. And the money matchmaker, she has always wanted to help your yard, but I refuse. When she saw that the family wanted to buy, she quarreled with them and pointed at each other and scolded their ancestors.
Sounded like this, Lin Xiaochu was also somewhat suspicious: "Then book it the day after tomorrow. I often go to the restaurant that sells flowers in the city. I will arrive earlier in the morning."
It was agreed that the fifth aunt only drank a bowl of water and had to rush home on the same day. Lin Xiaochu sent her out, looked at the back of the fifth aunt, and thought to herself that she had to thank her for a taels of silver. Without the fifth aunt, there will be no twenty taels of silver.
After hearing this, my sister felt uneasy: "Let your brother-in-law go. You don't have to go." Lin Xiaochu thought about it: "Everyone knows whether the room is mine or I'm going."
Lin Xiaochu, who never went out at his sister's house, hired a car early the day after tomorrow to rush to the city. On the way, he didn't show up in the car, so he arrived at the appointment safely.
Sun Erhai hid in the dark with several people. He recognized that Lin Xiaochu got out of the car and endured until she sent the car away and walked into the restaurant. Sun Erhai shouted, "Catch that girl, that's the girl who escaped."
First, the fifth aunt entered the private room and was shocked when she heard the shouting: "Xiaochu, go!" A man suddenly appeared around him, who was waiting to sign a contract with Lin Xiaochu.
The daughter-in-law of a foreigner who stayed in the private room showed a sinister smile and still said, "We are short of money. They found the scene we played."
It was too late for the fifth aunt to stamp her feet to regret cursing. She hurried to the outside of the restaurant and only saw Sun Erhai chasing Lin Xiaochu with several people.
Lin Xiaochu knew that she must not fall into the hands of Sun Erhai. She relied on her light body and there were many people on the street in the morning. The left one drilled and the right one hid, leaving Sun Erhai and others behind.
Running two more steps, Lin Xiaochu suddenly stopped. She was not as familiar with Sun Erhai and others in the alley. Sun Erhai took two people to stop in front of Lin Xiaochu from the alley.
"Hmm, where are you still running?" Sun Erhai couldn't help sneering, and he was also a person who could do things. He said loudly to the surprised people on the street, "Please let me go. This is the girl who escaped from a large family. She was ordered by her master to take her back and send her to the official. Don't disturb the neighbors."
After shouting like this, the people behind Sun Erhai and Lin Xiaochu slowly approached. Lin Xiaochu looked left and right and had nowhere to go. Sun Erhai shouted like this, and the shops on both sides could not go in. Everyone showed an expression of avoiding things.
I don't have time to argue with Sun Erhai here that I didn't escape. Lin Xiaochu looked forward and backward, looking at... This long street is very lively, and there is also a restaurant next to it. There are Mr. Chu standing upstairs, and there are several people around him.
I have long recognized that it was Lin Xiaochu's Chu Huaixian and sneered at her. This girl also has today! Looking at the people before and behind her, Chu Huaixian hesitated for a moment. Should I help her or not?
Sun Erhai shouted that she was the girl who escaped from someone else's house. Chu Huaixian had heard that she didn't like it. However, in just a month, Lin Xiaochu was unwilling to be a girl for himself. Will he still be a girl for others and then escape? It can only be that Sun Erhai is talking nonsense; or Sun Erhai came to arrest Lin Xiaochu in the name of his own family.
What's the use of grabbing a good girl back? Chu Huaixian was worried about Lin Xiaochu when he thought about it. Sun Erhai's face was ferocious and caught by him. This girl doesn't expect a good life.
Although he is angry, Chu Huaixian still doesn't like the scene in front of him. Non-official and non-service, why do these hoodlums arrest people on the street? Lin Xiaochu, who raised his face under the restaurant, quickly caught this trace of hesitation and sympathy, and there was also anger.
Lin Xiaochu jumped up without hesitation and strode up to the restaurant.
"Brother Huaixian, did the beauty come to you?" Liang Longzheng also recognized the flower girl and was in the mood to make fun of Chu Huaixian when he saw her running upstairs.
"It doesn't mean that you want to buy a girl. Why did she become an escaped girl from someone else's house?" As soon as Liang Longzheng asked, in the sound of the floor, Lin Xiaochu had run to him and knelt down in front of Chu Huaixian: "Sir, I'm not running away."
Chu Huaixian was stunned for a moment, and then came up angrily and said coldly, "Hum!"
Liang Longzheng was also stunned and laughed at Chu Huaixian: "The girl who escaped from your house?"
"You didn't hear that she didn't escape." Chu Huaixian is not angry.
Sun Erhai caught up with him and saw that the princes were all there. He came over and sang, "The princes forgive the rudeness of the little people. Lin Xiaochu agreed to send them to the prince's house. He didn't want her to escape without saying hello. The princes may not know that she borrowed a lot of money from me before she fled, allowing the villain to catch her to meet the official.
"Are you arresting people in my name?" Chu Huaixian frowned and really hit the reputation of our family. Seeing Sun Erhai bowing his head, Chu Huaixian hasn't spoken yet. Lin Xiaochu shouted:
"I don't owe him a penny! Guys, don't believe him!"
"Shut up!" Chu Huaixian scolded Lin Xiaochu and then asked Sun Erhai, "How much money does she owe you? Do you have an IOU? Who is a middleman?" Sun Erhai took an IOU prepared early from his arms, which was evidence that he was going to send Lin Xiaochu to see an official after he caught him.
Sun Erhai also knelt down: "There is only one charge for this IOU, and it is also a fool. The money matchmaker made a middleman. At that time, the prince fell in touch with her again. I looked at the prince's face and did not force her to press her fingerprints. It's important to ask the prince to make the decision for the little people.
On the IOU, it says 300 taels of silver, which is Chu Huaixian's selling money to Lin Xiaochu. After reading it, Chu Huaixian smiled mockingly at Lin Xiaochu: "There are all witnesses. I remember you recognize a few words. Do you have a look for yourself?"
Lin Xiaochu took over the IOU. Except for no fingerprints, the Chinese witnesses were all money matchmakers. Is this IOU also credible? Lin Xiaochu looked at Chu Huaixian in disbelief.
"Do you want to say that this loan is fake?" Chu Huaixian reminded Lin Xiaochu, "Is it difficult for you to forgive a woman after he sued you to see an official?" Humph, Chu Huaixian hummed again! I'm just teasing you. Of course, I'm not good. I can play tricks on you, but you are angry and run away. Now this is in my hand and there are witnesses. Let's see what you do!
"I! What's the use of borrowing this money? Lin Xiaochu burst out in a hurry.
Sun Erhai was not in a hurry: "This money is the money you borrowed from the land." Lin Xiaochu stared at him angrily, biting his teeth and couldn't say anything more. At this time, I don't know where to find him to testify.