After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

Xiao Taohong, who was guarding the door, jumped with laughter at the laughter and dropped the crutch in her hand. She was not angry and nodded. Well, Master Yingge is really popular. You see, everyone who sees him likes him.

Yingge said helplessly, "Is this really so funny?"

Zhilin laughed for a while and then stopped laughing, saying, "This thing itself is not funny, but if it is true then..."

Yingge said, "Miss Yutang sings very well. It's normal for me to not know what to say."

"No, I don't think he sings as well as I do, and I don't find it funny."

Yingge laughed and cupped his hands to him, saying, "I really admire you."

Zhilin returned the greeting by saying, "Thank you very much, thank you very much, you're welcome, you're welcome."

The two smiled at each other, and Zhilin said, "Okay, sing it out, I'll listen."

Yingge was no longer reserved when she heard him say that, and she just sang the tune she knew. Zhilin listened carefully and had no intention of making fun of her. When she finished singing, he just said, "I have never heard such a tune. I can't say it is good, but I can't say it is bad either."

Yingge said, "Just be original. Yutang's singing skills cannot be improved in a short period of time. Once you succeed this time, we can slowly teach you in the future."

Zhilin nodded to show that he understood, and said that he would bring the piano over tomorrow so that they could practice a few more times. Then he stood up and was about to leave.

Yingge opened the bag that Yutang brought, took out two pieces of silver and said, "This silver has been exchanged."

Zhilin was stunned for a moment and said, "You are..."

Yingge gave him half of the money and said, "This is hard work pay. There is a golden house in the book."

"Did you still charge money?"

"Of course I have to charge you. It's only natural that you earn money from your own labor. Workers are the most glorious."

Zhilin laughed out loud after hearing this, "Yes, workers are the most glorious."

Yingge said, "Miss Yutang said that if she can win the prize this time, she will give her an extra 200 taels of silver. If she can't get it, this is all she can give as a thank you gift."

Zhilin took the silver and said casually, "So, for the two hundred taels of silver, I have to work harder and do my best."

The singer gestured in the air, "It's not two hundred taels, but one hundred taels. Then we'll each take half, one hundred taels each."

Zhilin laughed again and left.

Ye Muyang said that Zhilin's mother was blind. Zhilin not only had to go to Zhang's house to work every day, but also had to go to the school after work. In the evening, he had to take care of his mother and take extra classes. The family didn't even have an oil lamp for studying, and they had to rely on the help of neighbors to work in the fields for lighting. If he had more money, his life should be better.

Yingge looked at the sky and thought it was time to go to the academy to study.

"Master, let me take you there." There was a mountain road to go to the academy from here. Yingge took her crutches and refused Xiao Taohong. She just asked her to look after the house, and she left alone.

The clanging sound of the cane made a light sound on the mountain road. Yingge walked slowly but steadily. Not long after walking, she was attracted by a sight.

She looked up and saw a person standing at the end of the road ahead. In the early morning light, her face was not clear.

Yingge walked a little faster, and when she arrived in front of the man, she smiled slightly.

Su Qinghe kept looking at her without saying anything, just gauging her up and down. She was wearing her old clothes, but she had lost a lot of weight. Her originally thin figure now looked even thinner, with a pointed chin.

Yingge let him watch without saying a word, and even turned around considerately. Then, not giving up, she put the crutch in her other hand and held the crutch in her right hand.

Su Qinghe smiled when he saw this and said, "Congratulations, it's intact."

Yingge returned the greeting and laughed.

"The letter you asked me to bring has been delivered to Dr. Li in the capital. He didn't reply, but he sent someone to tell him that he knew."

Yingge thanked him again.

Su Qinghe looked at her for a while and said, "Do you need me to arrange a carriage?"

Others would definitely not understand this, but Yingge knew it after a quick thought. He first talked about going to the capital, and then mentioned the carriage. The general meaning was that he was going to send Chunqiao away.

Yingge looked at Su Qinghe and said, "No need."

Su Qinghe said, "Jun and Young Master have arranged everything, right?"

Yingge still didn't answer, but just looked at him with a smile.

Su Qinghe stepped aside and stepped forward, saying, "Don't think that I don't know if you don't tell me. Don't try to lie to me. I won't be surprised if you do something like this later."

Yingge followed and said, "But I wonder how Master Qinghe knew this, and he's not surprised at all."

Su Qinghe turned around and looked at his right shoulder, then pointed at her. "Master Yingge doesn't seem to be someone who is willing to suffer a loss. Not to mention that he was injured like this, even if it was a minor injury, he is not the kind of person who would forget a grudge with a smile."

"Hearing you say this, I feel like I'm not a good person in your eyes."

Su Qinghe glanced at her from the side and said, "Have you forgotten the first time we met? Do you still remember that time? You shot yourself in the foot in front of a stranger like me."

On the first day, it seemed that something like this happened. A maid framed her for peeping at her bathing.

"Unfair, I was just trying to protect myself at that time."

"Do you think I'm a fool? If you wanted to hide it from me, you wouldn't ask me so many questions. Adults may think it's just a child's curiosity, but if you knew, you and I are of similar age, and we know what each other is thinking."

"Master Qinghe is a few years older than me, so he's not a child anymore. You're probably thinking too much."

"Humph, if you didn't want me to know so much, why didn't you come to ask about your little neighbor's affairs for so long? It's obvious that you didn't ask because you were trying to avoid suspicion and you already knew about her situation."

"Everyone basically knows this. I can just ask others. I don't need to bother you any more."

Su Qinghe saw that he couldn't get the truth out of him, so he just said okay and turned away.

Yingge quickly followed and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, be more generous."

The cane behind him made clanging sounds, and it was obvious that the owner was in a hurry.

After all, the injury was just healed, and there was still some lack of energy and blood. And this was a mountain road, so Yingge was soon exhausted and out of breath. Su Qinghe deliberately slowed down his pace, and Yingge caught up.

"This matter is too serious. Look, no matter how careful I am, you still figured it out."

"I can guess that one reason is that I am familiar with you, and the other is that I was also involved in some of it. But who would have thought that you would be so bold?"

Yingge looked at the young man in front of her and smiled silently. Actually, it was not quite appropriate to say that she was familiar with him. It was probably because she was not very familiar with the people here, and their guesses were only half right.

"I didn't think too much about it at first. I just heard from others that two women fell into the water and died in Yi Garden. I asked around. Even if I couldn't guess the answer, wouldn't that make me a fool?"

Yingge said, "Yes, we did take a risk that day, but there was really no other way."

Su Qinghe stopped and asked, "How did you get this injury?"

"When I was escaping, I pretended to fall into the water, and then I ran into the assassin and got hurt."

Su Qinghe smiled and said, "You are lucky. Otherwise, you would have pretended to jump into the water and thought you could escape. Now no one has found you. Otherwise, you would have been injured not only in your arm, but also in your head."

"The head on my neck is real, but I know that even if it is there now, if you hit me again, my head will swell up."

The young man looked thin and disheveled, pointing at her and said.

Yingge chuckled, feeling proud and happy.

"How audacious!"

Yingge bowed to him, as a way of persuading him to help find the Su family shop.

"You're welcome. If I don't think things through, I'll be in trouble too, so don't worry about that."

Yingge smiled at him and said downstairs, "No need, the letter has already been written and the person will be on his way soon."

Su Qinghe said that although Chen Junhe was a little arrogant, he was still very smart. After saying that, he began to urge Yingge to go to the academy to attend classes.

Yingge responded, turned around and strode away.

"Hey, don't be so proud, this is just because you are children..."

The reason for being children is because they are not easily remembered by adults, and it is not because what they want to do is too perfect.

"Oh, I see. You're so long-winded!"

The mountain breeze in early autumn was still a little hot. Su Qinghe stood in the grass in the mountains, his clothes rustling in the wind. In the distance, the bell for the school class rang, but Su Qinghe stood there motionless.

"Brother, what are you doing standing here alone?" Su Qingyu held the fan and hung it on his shoulder. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, go to the academy and study."

"Okay, stop thinking about it. Mr. Zichun wants to teach us about craftsmanship today, so we have to go there quickly."

After they finished talking, they walked away.

Yingge had already arrived at the school, and was surrounded by curious questions.

"Hey, you finally came to class. Tell me, how did Chen Junhe beat you?"

"I didn't expect that you, who are so skinny and weak, would dare to fight..."

The students were chattering, but Yingge ignored them and just looked at the empty seat next to him and asked, "Why didn't Zhu Nian come to class?"

"Hehe, he was imprisoned as the assassin who killed Lu Gongqing..."

"So there wasn't enough time that day to move Zhu Nian away. This was within her expectations. She just hoped that he would be released after verification. This would be the best."

"After all, no matter how hard we investigate, we can't find out his motives..."

It better be this way.

Mr. Yan walked into the classroom and coughed loudly. The noisy classroom immediately became quiet. Yingge also sat up straight and listened to the class attentively.