Chapter 295 Who can help me with my miserable life?
Seeing the person approaching, Yang Si Niang couldn't believe it. In just two years, how could her sister, who was in her early twenties, look as haggard as a poor middle-aged woman? She walked out quickly from the shop to greet them.
Aunt Yang was in a hurry and did not recognize A-mei. She avoided Yang Siniang who was dressed as a woman and went into the teahouse.
"Sister?"
Hearing a familiar voice, Aunt Yang stopped suddenly, turned to look at the young man, and identified him carefully in confusion.
The young man's eyes were filled with tears.
She was suddenly startled, "Ah...Rong...?"
One can’t believe that the once gentle and beautiful sister has become so haggard.
One couldn't believe that he would see his sister again in this life.
Aunt Yang reached out and pulled her sister to the corner, until she reached a place where no one was paying attention to her, then she hugged her sister tightly, "Arong..." She cried quietly, finally seeing her relatives.
The two sisters hugged each other and cried bitterly.
I don’t know how long they cried before the two sisters calmed down.
Aunt Yang choked up and asked, "Arong, are mother and brother all right?"
The family fell into poverty overnight. It's good enough to be able to survive. What's the good thing about it?
Fourteen-year-old Yang Birong used to be innocent, but now she knows what it means that nothing is worth it. When people leave, the tea gets cold. She smiled bitterly, took her sister's cold hand and said, "Come in, let's talk while drinking morning tea."
Aunt Yang retracted her hand and didn't want to go in.
On the one hand, there were a lot of housework waiting to be done at home, and on the other hand, she had only a few coins in her pocket. When she looked up at the teahouse, she couldn't afford to enter even an ordinary one.
Yang Si Niang didn't know that her elder sister was in such a difficult situation, and she dragged her in by force.
"Sister, it's cold outside."
"I...Achen and Afu are waiting for me here."
"Aren't there mandarin ducks?"
Yang Si Niang still dragged her elder sister into the teahouse. She dressed as a man and stood at the door of the teahouse, pulling and tugging with her elder sister, attracting the attention of people coming in and out.
Aunt Yang had no choice but to compromise and went into the teahouse with A'mei.
The two found a corner and ordered tea and snacks.
Yang Si Niang came out early in the morning and was hungry. When the snacks and tea were served, she started to eat. Seeing that her sister did not move, she quickly handed the teacup to her left hand and took some hot snacks and stuffed them into her right hand. "The world is big, but eating is the most important thing. Sister, let's warm up first and then talk."
Seeing her sister still as carefree as before, Aunt Yang was both relieved and emotional, "Arong, where do you live now?"
Yang Si Niang stopped biting the snack, blinked subconsciously, and lied, "I live with Ah Jin."
It turned out that they were living with the second wife of the Su family. Aunt Yang breathed a sigh of relief and ate snacks with tea. When she ate the exquisite and delicious snacks again, Aunt Yang felt as if she was in a dream. It seemed that she was still living a good life with no worries about food and clothing in her mother's home. At that time, no matter what to eat or use, their family was the best in the alley because they had a capable mother.
Moreover, ever since my mother started working with the second wife of the Su family, the family business has been better and my mother has made more money, so when she got married, her dowry was considered quite good among the families of small Beijing officials.
The two sisters ate and chatted, "Ajin is engaged to the young prince."
Once upon a time, the Su family and the Yang family were similar, but now, one is on the rise while the other has fallen into the dust.
It is true that nothing is worthwhile in this world and things and people have changed.
Yang Si Niang didn't know that A Jin was engaged to Zhao Lan. She didn't dare to respond to her sister and pretended to be busy eating.
For a moment, the two sisters were suddenly speechless.
Well, let’s have some tea and snacks first.
After drinking a cup of tea, Aunt Yang didn't eat two pieces of dessert. Yang Si Niang asked her to eat two more pieces. Aunt Yang was embarrassed and cramped, "This dessert is quite delicious. I'll bring two pieces to your niece."
Aunt Yang is twenty-two years old this year, eight years older than Yang Siniang. She has been married for four years and has a daughter and a son.
My daughter is three years old and my son is one year old and they have just been weaned.
When Yang Si Niang saw that her elder sister wanted to take some snacks, she quickly asked the waiter to pack a new portion for her. Yang Da Niang refused and asked her not to spend money, but Yang Si Niang insisted on packing it up.
During the struggle, Yang Si Niang stared at her elder sister, "Sister, did the Tang family mistreat you?"
Aunt Yang pursed her lips.
Silence is the response.
Yang Si Niang pointed at the coarse clothes on her elder sister and said, "Even if he is only a junior official of the sixth rank and has no salary to support the family, when my elder sister got married, I not only gave her 5,000 taels of silver as a dowry, but also gave her two shops and 20 mu of good land in the suburbs. With all these alone, you wouldn't have to wear such shabby clothes, right?"
Aunt Yang became even more silent.
Yang Si Niang felt something was wrong. "Sister, your wedding money and wedding shop were not sold by the Tang family, were they?"
At this point, Aunt Yang finally couldn't hold back her tears. She looked up, trying to hold back the tears. "Dad's matter has implicated the Tang family. They... our Yang family is in the wrong..."
Yang Si Niang: ...
The two still talked about their miserable life.
In the end, Yang Si Niang didn't know how she got back to her residence. Outside, the sound of firecrackers was deafening. The New Year was approaching and everyone was in a festive mood. However, her sister had pawned the only gold hairpin left in her dowry to buy New Year's goods, and she could not help at all.
When she went out, she still asked Mrs. Pu for two taels of silver, went to find out news from her sister, and went to a teahouse to drink tea and eat snacks. She had spent almost all the money. Finally, when her sister left, she gave the remaining five cents of silver to her sister.
The New Year is coming, and it’s really lively.
But for Ning Hua, the seventh young master of Ningguo Mansion, it was too lively. Everyone who visited the Ningguo Mansion could talk about his marriage. Even the posts these days were in the name of making friends, asking him to go to various mansions to meet young ladies, which made him feel annoyed.
The attendant Ah Zhu said, "Young general, you grew up in the military camp with the general, so you don't like those young ladies who eat like birds, but there is no young lady as straightforward as Madam Su in the capital. Oh, no, there is a straightforward one..."
After saying this, Ning Qilang looked at him in surprise, "Who?"
"Your sister - Ba Niang."
"roll."
Ning Qilang was so angry that he started cursing.
Being scolded, Ah Zhu hid to the side with a giggle. After taking a look, she quickly came to her master and called out in a low and urgent voice, "My dear... My dear, look, that beggar is actually a woman dressed as a man. What is she doing? Is she secretly meeting with someone? Should we report this to Prince Zhao?"
Ning Qilang looked at his attendant as if he were an idiot, "If you talk nonsense again, I will really beat you up."
Ah Zhu then put away his smile and said seriously, "I will go and ask the person who followed me secretly right away."
Half a quarter of an hour later, Ning Qilang was having dinner at Zhao Lan's restaurant, Dongsheng Restaurant, but there was no one else in the private room except them and their servant.
Ah Zhu said, "My dear, the people we followed overheard that Wu Ah Rong called the wife of Tang Zhushi of the Ministry of Works "Ajie."
Ning Qillang was a military general, and had often served in the army with General Ning, so he didn't understand these minor officials from the capital.
Ah Zhu, however, was full of gossip and came up to his master with a mysterious look on his face, whispering, "The person we are following has said that Madam Tang's surname is Yang, and she is the once-famous Master Yang Jingzi."
Not many people knew about the case of the fake Yang Jingzi. Apart from the relevant personnel from the Imperial City Administration and the Dali Temple, the only person who knew was the emperor.
The two men's attention was drawn to Yang Jingzi, and they discussed Yang Jingzi's past deeds. It was said that the crown prince was killed by him, the previous emperor was also killed by him, and there was also the King of Wei who was once in the opposition. If you look at it from another perspective, the King of Yan was able to sit on the throne thanks to this person.
Therefore, in the eyes of the heads of prominent families, the emperor's handling of Yang Jingzi seemed confusing. Some people even said that Yang Jingzi was a spy from the Liaoxia Kingdom, who lurked in the Dayin Dynasty and replaced the real Yang Jingzi. He was even promoted from a seventh-rank minor official in the capital to a vice-minister of the Ministry of Justice and became a third-rank official. His promotion speed was legendary. During the time of the previous emperor, he was second only to the emperor and above ten thousand people. It was truly glorious.
The master and servant both overlooked the fact that a young lady surnamed Wu called a young lady surnamed Yang "Ajie". A long time later, when the master and servant discussed this matter again, they said as a matter of course, "Cousins and distant relatives may not have the same surname, but they can still be called "Ajie"!"
There is nothing wrong with the logic.
After the meal, Ning Qilang still didn't wait for Zhao Lan, and he no longer had the idea of telling him that his young lady had gone out secretly.
"Perhaps, while we were keeping an eye on her, Prince Zhao would also send someone to keep an eye on her."
That’s right, Zhao Lan’s people were indeed watching. As for why, there were more than one or two reasons.
When they returned to the other courtyard, Mrs. Pu saw that she was happy to go out and unhappy to come back, and wondered, "Young Master, didn't you see the Seventh Young Master?"
Yang Siniang's excuse for going out was to 'seduce' Ning Qilang. Only in this way would Mrs. Pu let her go out and take out one or two dimes from her bosom.
On the one hand, Yang Si Niang still wanted to go out and meet people, but on the other hand, she really didn't see Ning Qilang.
He nodded guiltily, "Yeah."
The Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Normally, well-behaved men stay at home. Even if they want to spend money on women, they have to wait until the New Year to avoid being talked about.
Mrs. Pu thought about it and suppressed her useless thoughts, still smiling, "Seventh Young Master may be busy, otherwise, let's talk about it after the New Year." She said this on the surface, but she became more stingy with the money. She thought to herself that if the master rescued her on a whim and then lost interest, she would have no money to make in the future. She decided to keep the remaining money well. After giving Yang Si Niang, who was dressed as a woman, an ambiguous glance, she went back to her room where she was burning charcoal to eat and drink.
Mrs. Pu ignored her and refused to give her any more money, which worried Yang Si Niangzi, as she wanted to get some money for her sister to celebrate the New Year.
But who can I borrow from?
Yang Si Niang thought of Su Ruojin, and she planned to go out early the next morning to meet her secretly. Originally, she wanted to go directly to find A Jin, but after her mother returned to them, she told them more than once not to look for A Jin again, and it would be best if they never met A Jin in this life.
She asked her mother, but her mother said nothing, as if she was afraid that she would come to find Ajin. She said that if she met Ajin casually, she would bring her something that would kill her. As a result, last time she knew that Ajin lived in Dongsheng Restaurant, she didn't dare to go to see her, so she had to sneakily throw a little note to her.
Originally, Yang Si Niang didn't believe what her mother said, but she tried it by throwing a small note and found out that someone was really following her. She was so scared that she hurried to the capital.
When we were playing together as kids, Ajin always said that the most dangerous place is the safest.
In the capital, the most secluded place is Xiangguo Temple. One reason is that there are many people there, and two is that you can often get food there, so Yang Si Niang hid near Xiangguo Temple.
Xiangguo Temple is a holy place that all the dignitaries in the capital must visit.
She met her cousin here as she wished, but the relationship between them, which had been incompatible before, was now as huge as heaven and earth. She fainted that time and thought she was frozen to death, but unexpectedly she was rescued.
Should she go find Jin? Will someone be following her?
Yang Si Niang tossed and turned and didn't sleep well that night.
The next morning, I woke up listlessly.
After much hesitation, she still couldn't think of a better solution, so she decided to go to Ajin secretly. She always had ideas and was sure she could come up with a solution.
Just when she was conversing with Mrs. Pu, the nobleman who came to save her arrived.
When the lazy Pu Pozi saw General Ning coming, she almost knelt down and kowtowed to him, calling him "father". No, Ning Qilang was her "father", the "father" of the God of Wealth!
Ning Qilang:......
He entered the villa, but he didn't expect that the young lady would dress up as a man again to go out. He stood with his hands folded, frowning, with the demeanor of a general, he was awe-inspiring without even getting angry.
Most people would be scared to death.
But Yang Si Niang didn't. She was busy with something and had no time to be afraid. She stepped forward and bowed, leading the people to the living room, and then bowed and said, "I told Mother Pu that I need to go out for a while."
When Mrs. Pu heard that Ning Qillang was coming, she jumped up from the bed in her room like a grasshopper, hurried to the living room, and bowed respectfully. The New Year was about to come, and the young man was still willing to come to the villa. What did this mean?
The young general likes the young lady.
Her good days were coming. She was smiling all the time and was very attentive. She even wanted to worship Ning Qi as if he were the Jade Emperor.
Ning Qillang looked at Yang Siniang and motioned for her to speak.
What are you talking about? She has already said it - she wants to go out.
Ning Qilang:......
But he was her savior, Yang Si Niang thought to herself, and she looked submissive, bowed and saluted, showing great respect.
Ning Qilang frowned, but didn't ask directly, just waited for her to answer herself.
Yang Si Niang is a patient person, and she is not one who would take roundabout ways.
The thought of being followed flashed through his mind, and he suddenly didn't dare to go look for Ajin.
If she doesn’t ask Ajin, she doesn’t know who else she can borrow money from.
Ning Qilang was still waiting for her reply.
Since she had to reply, she would...
She secretly adjusted her expression, and her carefree look just now instantly became well-behaved, sensible and lovable. She took out her silk hairpin, wiped the tears that she had forced out, and sniffed, "My lord, I almost froze to death in the corner. Fortunately, my lord saved my life. As the New Year is coming soon, I am going to buy some incense, candles, fruits and cakes to go to the Xiang Temple to thank the gods for their blessings, and also ask the gods to bless my lord to be safe and smooth. It's just... my bag..."
Yang Si Niang deliberately stopped here, looking shy and embarrassed.
Mrs. Pu was shocked. Was he trying to deceive her? Was he complaining to his master?
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