After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

Chapter 38 The situation is not good

Master Chen was shocked by her action. "You, you, what are you doing in Yi Garden? Now that the poem is finished, if you want to curry favor with someone, giving gifts won't work."

"I'm not talking about any of these things you said. I'm going to meet someone."

"One of my neighbors was chosen and I want to meet her."

"Are you crazy? What neighbor? Your parents won't let you see him, so why are you going to see him?"

Then he remembered something, "Oh, could it be that she is your little..." It's no wonder that he would think so, after all, the girl who was chosen is about the same age as Yingge.

"You know what? You're quite sentimental."

Yingge did not answer him, but bowed again and said, "After thinking about it, I think only you can help me."

After all, it is the Chen family's garden. Who could be more familiar with it than the owner?

"Ha, you talk so nicely, why should I help you?"

"Because you lost the bet to me, I am now your big brother!"

When Master Chen heard her say this, his face flushed, and he blamed himself for asking such a question. "You, you got here by deception."

Yingge said, "How about this, since you helped me this time, I'll bet with you again, and you get to decide what the bet is."

Master Chen's eyes lit up. "Are you serious?"

Yingge said, "Seriously, I will never lie to you."

"What if I insist on not helping you?"

"Then let's be brothers. I don't think Master Chen is the kind of person who would go back on his word and turn his back on his friends."

"Hmph, I don't know if it will work, but I'll try to think of a way."

"Then Yingge, thank you, Master Chen. I'm at Xiaolin Hall at the foot of the academy mountain. If you're ready, just let me know."

After Master Chen finished talking, he walked away quickly. Yingge stood up and stood in the shade of the tree in silence. Today, she used all the relationships she had cultivated during this period of time. As a powerless teenager living under someone else's roof, this was all she could do. Just like she never thought that she would be killed just because she was with her comrades.

The bell for the end of get out of class rang in the academy and students flocked out. Mr. Zichun frowned slightly as he looked at the boy who was walking in the opposite direction of the other students.

The book boy pointed at Yingge's back and said, "Look, sir, he didn't even attend the morning class."

Although Mr. Zichun never saw her again after that day, it didn't mean that he didn't pay attention to her. She knew that Yingge went to school in the academy in the morning and went to Xiaolin Hall in the afternoon.

"What do you mean by self-study? Humph, it's just a group of students having fun. I heard from them that there are often some activities there."

Mr. Zichun stood with his hands behind his back and said nothing, but his face was not very good. "Of course she is not really studying. She is a woman, and her future ambition is not this. She just wants to learn how to manage things. He also knows all the students she interacts with. The Fu, Su, and Chen families are all the more prestigious families in Mo City."

She couldn't just let things go like this. She was the one who made the bet, so she would talk about it after Lu Gongqing left.

Yingge had been reading several volumes of books in Xiaolin Hall. When Su Qingyu arrived, he drank several cups of tea as soon as he entered the door, and kept fanning himself with the fan in his hand.

Yingge took the initiative to pour him a glass of water, which immediately cooled him down a lot from the summer heat.

"I think my knowledge reserve is definitely enough."

Seeing that he was drinking so quickly, Yingge poured him another glass of water.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother."

"It's not hard, not hard." Then he took out a list from his sleeve.

"Now, here you go."

The list was very detailed, with the girls' family background, address, date of birth, etc. all clearly marked.

Overall it's pretty good. In addition to some young ladies from aristocratic families, there are also some young ladies from small families. They are just right to keep your young master company, and they won't feel too restrained when they are together.

After reading it, Yingge thanked him and returned the list. However, Su Qingyu generously said, "No, you can keep it. I copied this one."

Yingge didn't linger for long and threw it directly into the small stove for boiling tea next to her. She didn't consider it finished until she saw a puff of white smoke coming out. Judging from the list, this choice was to cast a wide net.

Su Qingyu coughed and said, "You don't have to be too sad. Even if you are going to give your little lover a name, she can only be a concubine. If Miss Liu knew about it, she would still chase you and beat you up."

Yingge smiled and said, "Thank you for your comfort, brother. Although none of what you said was on point, I still want to thank you."

"Men, don't worry so much about my feelings. Women will always have them."

"Are you trying to say that there are plenty of fish in the sea, so why should we love only one?"

"Yeah, it turns out that people who can write poetry are different."

"Okay, it's almost done. It's time to delay your studies. Go get busy!"

After hearing what Yingge said, Su Qingyu simply stood up and left. This action surprised Yingge. She had never thought of skipping class. It was really strange. Halfway through the walk, Su Qingyu turned back and said, "I know you are sad. If you want to cry, just cry. I will pretend that I didn't see it and I won't tell anyone."

Yingge laughed. So this was what the man was thinking about. She waved to Su Qingyu and asked him to leave.

After he left, Yingge continued to read a few more volumes of books. After a while, she looked at the sky and went to Qinghe Academy alone.

I don’t know if Mr. Yan is here, there are some things I don’t quite understand!

When Yingge arrived, it was already the last class of the afternoon. Mr. Yan had already finished teaching the course. A group of students were playing around in the classroom. Su Fang saw Yingge coming in and shouted, "You actually skipped class!"

Yingge said, "I'm self-taught, isn't it wrong for me to skip classes?"

Fang Su was choked and felt bored, so he turned around and went to chat with other students.

Yingge ignored him and walked into the school alone. She didn't come because she had something else to do, but it was also strange that Zhu Nian didn't come today. Before she sat down, she heard Fang Su say again, "Zhu Nian, you skipped class!"

Everyone's eyes swept over Zhu Nian who was standing at the door, and they only heard him muttering "My sister was chosen, my sister was chosen." Fang Su laughed and said, "Yeah, then congratulations, Lord Lu must have rewarded your family with a lot of money, your family is going to make a fortune this time."

"My sister told me to study hard and not to send her home. I can't miss classes anymore."

When Zhu Nian said this, he looked dazed. He was wearing a long cloth shirt and carrying a basket of books. He gave people the impression of being dazed and depressed.

"My sister has been selected. She is going to Shangjing. She is leaving."

When Yingge heard his words, she was stunned. When she looked at the list just now, she vaguely remembered that the name was Zhu Sui.

It is the season of harvesting fruits in autumn...

"Okay, I already know, your sister has been chosen." Fang Su no longer intended to pay attention to him and ran away.

Zhu Nian stood there at a loss, and subconsciously said to the classmate closest to him, "My sister was chosen, my sister was chosen, he wants me to study hard, I can't let you miss class..."

The classmate just hummed a few words in response and ran away.

Zhu Nian walked towards his seat again, and when he saw Yingge, he said, "My sister was chosen. She was chosen."

Before, he could talk about his sister eight hundred times a day, and Yingge didn't want to pay attention to him, but at this moment, Yingge felt her nose inexplicably sore, she quickly turned her face to the side, coughed lightly, and said, "Okay, I get it."

Zhu Nian was somewhat at a loss, he touched his head and said, "After my sister was selected, she told me to study hard, I won't skip classes anymore."

Yes, she is right, you should listen to her.

Zhu Nian grinned when he heard her answer, but it was worse than not smiling. Yingge couldn't bear it any longer, she turned around and walked out.

Zhu Nian didn't ask her where she was going this time. Fang Su, who was always paying attention to others, said, "I told you, she skipped class again!"

When Yingge walked out of the school, she met Mr. Yan. She greeted him and stepped aside. Mr. Yan frowned slightly and said nothing.

After walking a long way, Mr. Yan looked back at Yingge's back, shook his head and walked into the classroom. He coughed and the laughter in the classroom suddenly quieted down.

Yingge walked quickly to the foot of the mountain gate, stood on the official road of the mountain, and looked down at the school for a long time without moving. After an unknown amount of time, a man walked out on the mountain road. Yingge kept looking at him, and the man next to him also saw Yingge, so he quickened his pace.

Su Qinghe came closer, Yingge glanced at him, still motionless, as if lost in thought.

Su Qinghe didn't say anything when he saw her. The two stood there for a while before Yingge's eyes focused on Su Qinghe. "How is it? Any good news?"

"No."

"If there is no good news, then it must be bad news?"

"Since Lu Gongqing inspected more than ten cities and twenty states a few years ago, he inspected about eighty women. One-third of them died of illness on the way, more than thirty died of illness in the capital, and the families of more than twenty have never seen them. Now they don't know whether they are alive or dead."

Yingge murmured, "This matter is not easy to handle..."

That's why the well-informed powerful families are so worried about their daughters being chosen.

The two were silent for a moment because of the news.

Yingge bowed to him. It was not easy to find out all this.

"Luckily, I met my brother when I got home and told him about it. He asked my grandfather for me. I heard that my grandfather was reluctant to talk about it at first, but later he said that it was his benefactor who asked him about it, so he told me about it."

"By the way, when did you become my grandfather's benefactor?"

"Well, I'll tell you later."

"That's right."

Yingge bowed again to express her gratitude, and the two fell silent again.

Su Qingyu said, "The young ladies who grew up in seclusion were all relatively young and had rarely traveled far, so it was understandable that they had some difficulty acclimatizing to the long journey."

Yingge said again, "This isn't going to be easy!"

Su Qingyu looked at her and said, "Why, do you want to have any other solution?"

"Didn't Doctor Li from Mocheng go to Shangjing? I can only write to him and ask him to take better care of the girls in Beijing, and then prescribe some medicine for them to help them with the discomfort caused by the local climate."

"You are very thoughtful. This is the only way we can do for now."

Su Qingyu smiled and said, "This is the best way. We are not too far from Shangjing. It will take at most a month to get there. Since Doctor Li from Shangjing has come to Beijing, he must be able to enter the Imperial Hospital. It would be safer to contact him."

"But, do you have his contact information?"

"Yes, he gave it to me before he left. It's the address of a store in Shangjing."

"Then I'll use my company's expedited delivery service to deliver it to you."

"Thank you so much. I'll go ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine now."

"Then do you have any way to pass the medicine in?"

"Yes, I asked Young Master Chen to arrange it."

"That's good. Their house is the most convenient."

After walking for a while, Su Qingyu turned left to the school, where Su Qinghe was waiting for him.

"How is it, has the message been delivered?"

"The message was delivered, but her attitude is a little worrying. She doesn't look very good. But now she is handling things calmly and calmly."

"This matter is not something she can handle without being calm. After all, if she is not careful, people will die, and the number of people who die may not be one or two, but many."

"I wonder if she would hide and cry if she knew this information!"

Will Yingge cry? The answer is no. After meeting Su Qingyu, she went back to Xiaolin Hall to write a letter. When she was halfway through writing the letter, a man who looked like a servant walked in from outside and asked, "Is this Xiaolin Hall?"

Yingge raised her head and replied, "Yes."

"Anyway, it was my young master who asked me to come. My young master's surname is Chen, and he asked you to wait for him at the city gate in two hours."

Yingge nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

After delivering the message, the servant left in a huff. Yingge continued writing the book she had just started, put away the things on the table, closed the doors and windows of Xiaolin Hall, and left with the basket.

When she passed the fishmonger, she said, "Hey, why are you skipping school again?"

Yingge said as she ran, "I have something to do!"

The fishmonger said to the people around her, "What can a young person do? The young people nowadays are so young."

Yingge ran all the way back to her hometown, and Xiao Taohong took the bamboo basket from her hand. "Master, you came back so early today."

Xue heard the voice and came out from another room. Yingge said, "Mother, I won't be back for dinner tonight. I have an appointment with the young master of the Chen family."

The young master of the Chen family, is that Chen Junhe?

Xiao Taohong said worriedly: "What's wrong? Is he going to hit you again?"

"Xiao Taohong, you're overthinking it. He's the one who calls me big brother. He's not going to hit me. I'm leaving first. I'm in a hurry."

"Kids nowadays have quite a lot of social engagements."

"Master Yingge is very popular now!"

"That's good. She won't be home tonight, so we can save on meals. I've just run out of thread for mending clothes, so I'll go to the market to buy some."

Xiao Taohong put down the basket that Yingge often carried and tidied up the yard. However, the iron rod that Yingge often used was missing from the firewood storage. Xiao Taohong wondered if it might have been taken back from martial arts training in the training ground. She didn't care and continued to pack up.