After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

Yingge roughly checked his body when he woke up on the street, and then heard his nominal mother calling him "poor son" over and over again. When he returned to Liu's house, he was called "Young Master" and "Little Master" by others. He thought he was a woman disguised as a man, but after the physical examination, he was obviously a real woman. Otherwise, how to explain the small hill on his chest? But, for a woman to be called "Young Master", is it a cosplay of this world, or has she entered a magical world? Why is it a bit unbelievable?

Yingge sighed slightly, feeling somewhat helpless. Perhaps it was her words that attracted the attention of the person outside the door, which was then pushed open.

The young woman lifted the bed curtain and asked with concern: "Ge'er, what's wrong with you? Is your head still hurting now? Have you remembered anything?" As she spoke, tears rolled down her face like beads that had broken off the string. "I'll go call a doctor for you and come to see you again," she said, and was about to walk out.

Yingge quickly grabbed the woman's sleeve and said, "Mom, I'm fine now. I feel much better. There's no need to call a doctor."

This is Yingge’s mother, Xue, a young woman who loves to cry at every turn and has become a crybaby.

Although Xue wanted to seek justice for her son and was worried about his health, she was very relieved to see Yingge wake up. As Yingge requested, she sat by his bed, chattering about his concern. She also talked about many things that the Liu family did after the incident, most of which were meant to persuade him.

He would not comment on whether Yingge Yuan forgave her or not. The main thing was that the original occupant of this body was indeed gone, and he had no right to forgive the person who hurt her on behalf of others.

"Mom, my memory is a little fuzzy right now. I can't remember clearly and I forgot some things."

"What?" Xue said as she was about to get up and go find the doctor for a check-up.

Yingge stopped her.

"There's no rush for this. Just forget it. I'll remember it slowly later. There's no need to call a doctor."

The palace physician is a famous doctor outside and has been living in the Liu Mansion for a long time. From this point of view, the Liu Mansion still attaches great importance to them mother and son.

To prevent Xue from nagging and crying, Yingge raised the biggest question he had since traveling through time: "Mom, come here and let's talk. Why do I have to dress like a man when I am a girl?"

When this question was asked, Xue was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened, she stepped forward to cover Yingge's mouth, and looked out the door in horror.

She first went outside and asked one of Yingge's personal maids to watch over them in case anyone came to disturb them. Then she checked whether the doors and windows of the room were tightly closed. Then she sat down in front of Yingge's bed again and said in panic, "You don't remember these things. Have you really forgotten?"

"Yes, mother, you'd better tell me about this matter, in case I don't know the situation and let it slip that day. This matter is very important!"

"This matter is indeed important." Xue said as she wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"Your father and the master of the Liu Mansion were classmates and good friends. When they were close, they could eat and live together. They joined the army together and started as a soldier. Later, your father was injured in a battle and had to apply for early retirement. Master Liu was very brave and saved the commander-in-chief during the battle. He was promoted by that nobleman all the way until he became the commander-in-chief himself. He retired due to his advanced age."

"Your father retired due to injury and came home. The compensation the court gave him was barely enough, but he had to take medicine all these years, and your uncles were always asking for money. As time went by, no matter how much money he had, it wasn't enough."

"When your father was away at war, the court was in turmoil and the world was in chaos. I was a woman with no husband at home and was restricted in every way. In order to protect myself, I could only raise you as a boy. Over time, I couldn't change this habit."

"This time, in accordance with your father's last wish, he was worried that we, an orphan and a widow, would be bullied by those relatives after his death, so he wrote to his former brothers to ask them to lend a hand and seek refuge with them. As a mother, I consider that you are getting older and it would be inconvenient if you were to return to being a girl, so I simply let you dress as a boy, so that we, an orphan and a widow, would be safer outside. Besides, we haven't seen your father's good friend for many years. In this world, people's hearts are the most uncontrollable. If you were a boy, he might value us more. After all, you are the last blood of our Ying family."

After Xue finished speaking, she lowered her head and wiped away her tears.

"But, there is one thing I didn't expect. I didn't expect that your father's previous joke with Master Liu about marrying his children would lead to some misunderstandings. I also didn't expect that Master Liu is such a man of promises. He is ready to arrange the marriage between you and his daughter before you even meet. This is really a bit hasty, and you can't even tell him about your affairs now."

Before asking, Yingge had guessed various scenarios, but this was the only reason she hadn't thought of. She felt helpless. This woman was too bold.

Mrs. Xue probably realized that this matter was beyond her expectations, and said softly, "I originally thought that since you are so obedient, and you are also good-looking, and you are the son of his old friend, we could slowly develop a good relationship before telling Mr. Liu. That way, he would at least consider our relationship and not drive us out of the Liu family, leaving us to live in the open."

After saying this, Xue started crying again.

Yingge thought about it and felt that this could not be done this way. It was fine if you just went to seek refuge with someone, and it was fine if you cheated them for food and drink, but you even cheated on their own daughter. This was in ancient times, and women in ancient times attached great importance to their reputation. If they brought shame to Miss Liu, it would not be easy for them either.

"Mom, after thinking it over, I think I should tell Master Liu directly about this matter before it gets out."

As she said this, Yingge was about to get up, put on her coat and shoes, but was stopped by Xue.

"Son, let's not tell her. I can't afford to lose face. Let's keep it a secret or wait until our relationship deepens before we tell her. Otherwise, we'll just be reduced to living on the streets again after arriving in Mo City. What am I going to do as a woman? Woo woo woo..."

"Mom, this matter has to be resolved sooner or later."

"Then I'd rather delay it for one more day. Maybe when you become successful in the future, it won't be too late for us to repay him."

Yingge smiled bitterly. As a young boy, how could he repay a family as rich as the Liu family in the future when he was just a kid?

"It's hard to say for sure. Who can predict the future, right?"

"Right now, their daughter and mistress are still at Master Liu's father-in-law's house and dare not come back. The servants who followed them that day were also punished. It's inappropriate to talk about your situation at this point. Besides, you are still sick. Let's think about it again."

Yingge is a modern person. This kind of thinking is somewhat similar to the TV dramas she watched. Aren’t there some extreme characters played in those TV dramas? She hated them at first, but she didn’t expect that after traveling through time, she herself would become such a person.

I'm afraid she got a script about a vicious female supporting role, someone who steals someone else's fiancé, or a pretty girl. Why does it feel like a typical villain or cannon fodder role?

She pressed her aching forehead uncomfortably, hoping to ease her current mood.

With a creak, the door was pushed open from the inside, and Yingge walked out neatly dressed. The maid standing outside the door asked in surprise, "Master, why are you out? Can you get out of bed now?" As she was about to run over to support her, Yingge dodged her.

The little girl's name is Xiao Taohong. According to Mrs. Xue, they rescued her because they felt sorry for her on the way to seek refuge. She is only 9 years old this year. Originally, the Liu family had assigned her a servant, but Mrs. Xue said that they were all honest and poor people and could not enjoy the blessing of being served. So they rescued a little girl on the way here and it would be enough to have her serve them. In the end, they felt it was not appropriate to reject their future breadwinners, so they could not refuse her kindness and only accepted another maid who was the same age as Xiao Taohong.

One of them was guarding outside the door, and the other served her by serving her tea and water when she was sick. Although they were not very old, they were both lively and smart.

"Sir, let me walk with you around this courtyard."

"Well, if I stay in the house any longer, I'm going to get moldy."

It has been three days since Yingge was found. During these days, the doctor came to see her every day and made her drink a lot of bitter medicine. Her mouth has no taste. There was no entertainment in ancient times, and she was bored to death.

"Well, young master, we won't go far. There is a small garden in front of this courtyard. We can go and take a look." Xiao Taohong introduced enthusiastically.

The small garden is indeed a small garden, but the scenery in the garden is nice and the flowers are trimmed very delicately. Xiao Taohong was worried that Yingge would catch a cold again after just waking up. When she just came out, she didn't dare to take too many cold drinks. She helped Yingge sit in the pavilion in the garden. The lush plants blocked the pavilion, making it barely visible. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't know there were people here.

Yingge let Xiao Taohong play with her, and she sat alone in the pavilion.

A moment of silence also gave Yingge time to think. She had been in this ancient time for some time and was still recovering from her illness. But if she recovered, what should she do? Even if she didn't want to make a living on the edge of a knife like in modern times, she still had to make a living, otherwise she and her mother wouldn't be able to survive, right? She couldn't always rely on others for support.

Yingge was lost in her own thoughts for a moment. A breeze blew away her thoughts and a faint floral scent wafted through the air. Yingge took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

Although it was not her wish to come here, now that she is here, she has to face reality.

What were the jobs that women in ancient times were allowed to do to make a living? It seems that the restrictions on women in ancient times were quite strict.

She could consider the modern profession, but she didn't want to live with such a worry every day. However, if there was really no other way, then it would be the only last alternative.

Woman, woman, she murmured, and suddenly thought, what does a woman have to do with him? She is now dressed as a man, so things will be much more convenient.

In the future, at worst, she could be a man for the rest of her life, have a career that she could maintain for a long time, and find ten or eight handsome men or something. Hmm, thinking of this, she chuckled happily.

From this point of view, Xue had hit the jackpot unexpectedly.

"Hey, who's there? Come out quickly."

Only then did Yingge notice two maids dressed as maids coming out from among the flowers and trees in the garden.

When they saw clearly that it was Yingge, they knelt down and saluted, saying, "It turns out to be the young master of the Ying family." One of them said to her.

Yingge recognized the two people as second-class maids in the Liu residence. He remembered some of the ways in which the people who had visited him in the past few days dressed.

Yingge smiled at them as a response. After all, he was a modern man, and even if he was living under someone else's roof now, he would not be timid towards two maids.

A maidservant came and perfunctorily said goodbye, her actions unable to conceal her disgust.

Yingge has learned some things during the past few days. Maybe many people in the Liu Mansion hate him now. Fortunately, he already has a general plan, and these small soldiers and generals have no effect on her mood at all.

She got up to look for Xiao Taohong and prepared to go back.

The two maids did not walk too far. They stood in the shade of the flowers and trees in the distance and commented on Yingge. One of them said, "She looks like she is dying. She is so sick and weak. She dares to covet the young lady. She is just like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. She doesn't even consider whether she is worthy of her."

Faint sarcasm was heard, but Yingge didn't care. There were so many people in this world who disliked you, so there was no need to disperse all your energy on these trivial details.

"It's because of her that I was blamed by the Second Madam. The originally agreed marriage has also fallen through. The Second Madam blamed me for not taking a good look at the young master and getting involved in the affairs of the eldest lady. Now, it's us servants who are suffering."

"Sister Xiao Zhao, what do you think we should do?" the maid asked in tears.

The maid named Xiao Zhao patted her on the shoulder, glanced at Yingge in the distance, and said, "There is a way to talk about this. I'll tell you..." As she spoke, she whispered in the maid's ear.

Yingge didn't know at this time that the two maids who met her today were plotting against her, and she couldn't care about these things.

She had already returned from her walk, supporting Xiao Taohong. Xue went to the front yard to thank those who had visited her and her son during this period of time. She came back with a bunch of gifts. She picked up a piece of cloth, measured it on Yingge's body, and nodded with satisfaction.

The Second Madam wanted to apologize again and again today, saying that she would come and apologize in person when their cousin master got better, and Master Liu also repeatedly blamed himself. This was because he did not supervise his children well.

Yingge smiled faintly and shook his head when he heard this. Whether these words were polite or sincere, he had already made up his mind.