Chapter 1820 Renzijuan has different thoughts when he sees the building collapse.

When Lin Hongyu returned to the capital city, she did not go to Feng Mansion first, but went straight back to Ningrong Street.

She has never returned to the capital city for more than half a year, and it can be said that she is eager to return home. Especially when she thinks that the Rongguo Mansion was raided and her parents were imprisoned with the Jia family, this is even more difficult for her to accept.

In addition to Mother and Laozi, she also has two brothers in the Rongguo Mansion. One is seven or eight years older than him, but works in Jinling. The other is only four or five years older than her, but he is also married and lives in Zhuangzi outside the city. As a small steward, Ping'er said that he should not have been arrested, but he didn't know how to deal with the people in the village outside the city.

Other people from Rongning Second Prefecture were generally kicked out of the house, and now most of them rent houses around Ningrong Street outside the house. However, it is not clear whether people from outside the city have returned to the city.

There are many people in this situation. Originally, everyone lived in Rongning's second mansion, but now both mansions have been raided. The masters involved in the case and some important management personnel have been taken away by Long Jinwei for review, and the rest are not important. The person was sent out temporarily and was on bail pending investigation, and was not allowed to go out.

Life is not so easy these days. Three meals a day have to be spent. Without the big tree of Jia's family, many people don't know where to find a living. Now when refugees come to Beijing, they are slaves. The first selling prices of maidservants are much cheaper.

Walking on Ningrong Street in a daze, Lin Hongyu felt indescribably sour in her heart.

This place has become much more depressed and deserted. Although Rongning Street was much worse than in previous years, after all, there are still one or two thousand people from Rongning Second House living on this street. These people come and go. There were still a lot of them, and most of them I knew, but today, I really didn’t see many people along the way, and most of them passed by in a hurry. Even the one or two acquaintances just nodded and passed by without having time to say anything. .

 “Ruby?!”

Passing by the door of Ningguo Mansion, the door had already been sealed. Lin Hongyu stopped hesitantly, took a look, and then walked forward. She didn't know what her brother's condition was now. Ping'er came and went in a hurry, and he didn't know. I didn't have time to ask, so I was the only one who came back to inquire. Fortunately, so many people in the house were kicked out, so I didn't worry about any accidents.

Suddenly hearing a shout, Lin Hongyu turned around and saw a woman on the street holding a laundry basket greeting her in surprise. Lin Hongyu blinked and then recognized that this was not Qixi from Baoyu's house. What?

"Qixie?" After all, Lin Hongyu had stayed in the Baoyu House for a while and was very familiar with the girls in the Baoyu House. Moreover, she was far better at dealing with things than Qingwen, so she worked with Xiren, Sheyue, Qiu Wen, and Qi. The relationship between Xie, Meiren and Zixiao was still good. At least when she went from Yihongyuan to Wang Xifeng's place, she didn't make her tea cold after leaving.

Looking at Qi Xie's simple appearance, Lin Hongyu rubbed her eyes and almost didn't recognize her.

This girl used to dress up when she was in Yihongyuan. She is different from Zixiao, Meiren and Xiren, Sheyue and Qiuwen. The three Xiren girls dress relatively plainly, but Zixiao and Qixi The three girls, He Meiren, like to be dressy, and they are always beautiful and dazzling in their dressing, and they are also very popular with Baoyu.

Today’s outfit is no longer plain, but truly simple.

"Qixie, is it really you? What are you doing here?" Lin Hongyu stopped and asked in surprise: "Second Master Bao..."

After the words were spoken, Lin Hongyu remembered that Baoyu had already gone to prison, but Qixie did not go in, and it seemed that he was not implicated.

Qi Xie's face darkened, "Don't you know that all the Jia family members were sent to prison, and the second master Bao was no exception. Xi Ren was also implicated and arrested. It turned out that all the other masters in the house except Xi Ren, were imprisoned." Everyone was expelled from the Rongguo Mansion by the government, and we had nowhere to go, so we temporarily found a house to live in in Tashui Lane on the side of Rongning Street. Fortunately, there was still some autumn pattern and musk moon. I am saving up, so I can barely make a living..."

"Huh?" Lin Hongyu didn't expect Qiu Wen Sheyue to be with Qixie and the others, so she quickly asked: "So everyone in Yihong Courtyard is with you?"

"Well, two of them are gone, Liang'er and Bihen are gone, and the rest are with us. Now we have no livelihood, so we went to do some laundry work. We can't just sit back and have nothing, right? "Qixie's face turned gloomy, and she subconsciously held the laundry basket on her arm, smiling helplessly: "What about you? Didn't you go out with the second mistress? Why did you come back alone?"

Lin Hongyu was stunned for a moment and then quickly explained: "My second grandma hasn't come back yet. I came back to see my parents and brother..."

"Your parents..." Qi Xie shook her head.

"I know, so I came back to look for my brother. There is nothing that my parents can do. They can only wait for the government to take action. I also want to ask my brother to see what will happen in the future."

 Lin Hongyu didn't know exactly what happened to her brother's village, but it was estimated that it would be sold, which meant that her brother, who was in charge of the village, would also be missing, so she had to ask about it.

"Isn't your brother in the village outside the city?" Qixie still knew the situation of Lin Hongyu's family, and said casually: "All the household items in the mansion and the shop in the village have been confiscated by the government. The same is true in the village outside the city, but the people in the mansion After being kicked out, Zhuangzi outside the city did not do that. I heard that the original people should continue to take care of it. After all, no one in the government would take care of it. I guess they should wait until it is sold and then deal with it together with the next family, but instead After losing the master, some were unwilling to do it and ran back to the city. They all lived in this area. It seems that they didn't see your brother. However, during this period of time, the war was in chaos, and everyone was in a mess and had no thoughts. , maybe he lives in some nook and cranny, it’s possible that he hasn’t been seen yet.”

"Then I'll take the time to go out of the city and have a look." Lin Hongyu's mind was not actually on this. His brother was so old, so there would probably be no problem. He didn't want Yuanyang's brother to be in charge of the old lady, so No matter what happens, it won't be his turn. "So it's such a mess here, and no one comes to ask questions? We don't have a backbone, so dragging our feet like this is not the answer, right?"

"Alas, all the people in charge of the whole family were taken away by the government and sent to prison. Now they are all like headless flies, as if they have been cramped. The entire Jia family is discouraged and every one of them is listless. ..." Qi Xie sighed repeatedly, "You also know that the government has been in arrears with monthly payments for the past six months, and when everyone was kicked out by the government, they could hardly bring out much savings, so now everyone is worried about how to make ends meet and where to go. Do you still have the mind to take care of other things? That is, Yuanyang comes over every day to see and ask who is struggling, and also helps to take care of one or two, and gives charity to two, but that is not a long-term solution, she is Fortunately, I heard that the old lady gave her to Uncle Feng a long time ago, and she was freed. But she is just a slave, not a grandmother. Even if Uncle Feng favors her, he can't let her take care of her. With so many people in the Second Mansion, right? Even mountains of gold and silver are not enough."

Qi Lai talks a lot and rambles, probably because it has been a long time since she met someone who can speak from the bottom of her heart.

Lin Hongyu had gone out a long time ago and had nothing to do with the Jia family. She had just come back from the outside and was unclear about the affairs in the house. Moreover, Qi Xie also thought that Lin Hongyu's dress was not bad, so she just said something All the words were shaken off.

"Yuanyang comes here every day?" Lin Hongyu didn't expect Yuanyang to be so benevolent and asked quickly.

"Well, she basically has to come here every day, but she can't take care of it. Now, apart from those who were taken away by the government, there are more than a thousand people left in the two mansions. How can they manage them? That is, the original mansion The familiar ones, the friendly ones, and the ones who really can’t even afford food, Yuanyang is just helping them, otherwise who can afford to take care of them?”

While Qi Lai was talking, she suddenly saw something and pointed out quickly: "Look, isn't that Yuanyang coming? Uncle Feng treats Yuanyang really well. He lets Yuanyang come over in a carriage every day. He really treats Yuanyang as his aunt. Come and see, I don’t know how many lifetimes of virtue Yuanyang’s ancestors have accumulated to get such good luck.”

Qixie's words were full of envy. She thought about how she wanted to get into Baoyu's house but couldn't. Later Baoyu went to Niu's daughter. Hearing that Niu's daughter was extremely jealous, she attacked one of them. In the past, Baoyu only agreed after begging for help, but even so, with Xiren's good-natured nature, he stayed low and acted like a child, and was still made difficult to accommodate by the Niu girl. He returned to Yi several times. When Hongyuan came to speak, she wiped her eyes and said nothing.

Yuanyang also saw Lin Hongyu at a glance. He got out of the car and rushed over here, his face full of joy: "Hongyu, when did you come back? Some time ago, Ping'er said that you might come back next time. My second grandma is in Cangzhou. Is it okay?"

Hongyu had already been warned by Ping'er before she came back. She knew that Yuanyang was already a little suspicious of the second grandma, so she quickly said: "Fortunately, grandma is still a little weak and her appetite is not very good. It is estimated that she will need to be nursed for a while." , maybe we can come back next summer and autumn.”

"How long do you have to wait?" Yuanyang was actually convinced that Wang Xifeng was pregnant with a child and had to avoid going outside to give birth. Moreover, the most suspicious person for the man carrying the child was Uncle Feng, but for this kind of thing , even though it is common in wealthy families, it is still invisible after all. Even if they know it well, everyone can only pretend not to know. By counting the days, Yuanyang can guess that this is most likely Wang Xifeng's birth, and Hongyu is back. Reported.

“It’s nice over there in Cangzhou. My second grandma thinks it’s comfortable to live there, so I might as well stay there for a few more days, but maybe I won’t necessarily come back a few days earlier.” Hongyu answered carefully.

 (End of this chapter)