In a small courtyard in a certain alley in Yuncheng.

Xiaojuan squatted in front of Yang Huaming and was immersed in washing Yang Huaming's feet.

Yang Huaming sat on the stool. He did not enjoy the comfort of rubbing his feet as usual, nor did he tease Xiaojuan. Instead, he frowned and did not say a word the whole time.

Xiaojuan couldn't help but raise her head, looked at Yang Huaming, and asked: "Fourth brother, why are you so unhappy when you come back today?"

"Are you unhappy working in the fur shop? Tell Xiaojuan about it. Even if Xiaojuan can't help you solve your problems, it's better for you to say it than to keep it in your heart!"

Hearing Xiaojuan's gentle and delicate voice, Yang Huaming cast his gaze on the pretty face of the woman in front of him.

The irritability disappeared immediately.

He didn't say anything, he just raised his hand and gently lifted Xiaojuan's chin.

"Xiaojuan, if I, Yang Huaming, were a pauper and Yang Wenxuan hadn't asked me to be the shopkeeper of that fur shop, would you still be willing to follow me?" he asked.

At first Mrs. Liu was on guard against this maid, and would always find trouble with her without any reason, either hitting or scolding her.

At that time, Yang Huaming really didn't care about the maid at all. It was because of Mr. Liu's beating and scolding that the maid suffered a lot of grievances.

Yang Huaming only noticed her at this time. She was really a pitiful girl that made people want to hurt her.

In fact, at that time, I never thought about what to do to this girl.

Mrs. Liu then got even more serious and went to Mrs. Zhou to replace the maid and replaced her with an ugly woman to serve him.

This angered Yang Huaming.

When Mrs. Liu and the others returned to Changping Village, Yang Huaming went to Yang Mansion one day and met this girl.

It turns out that when Mr. Zhou exchanged her back, he sent her to do rough work as a clear punishment.

Yang Huaming felt that everything that happened to Xiaojuan was caused by the Liu family, and the root cause had a lot to do with him.

As a man, especially a man whose virility has been awakened again, Yang Huaming feels that he should shoulder this responsibility.

So, I begged Yang Wenxuan to have this maid as my concubine.

"Xiaojuan, let me ask you something," Yang Huaming continued.

"If I had nothing, would you still follow me?" he asked again.

Xiaojuan came back to her senses, frowned, and then nodded vigorously: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. The master has given this slave to you, fourth brother. In this life, I will be the fourth brother's person in life, and in death

It’s Fourth Brother’s ghost.”

Hearing this, Yang Huaming felt warm in his heart.

He raised his hand and held Xiaojuan's hand, "I'm afraid the Yang Mansion is about to collapse. Things have been going on constantly during this period. Something will go wrong here and there."

"They deliberately hid it from me, but I'm not stupid,"

"Looking at the accounts in the fur shop and them draining all the living money from the fur shop, the Yang family's business might go bankrupt," he said.

Xiaojuan was shocked.

"No wonder I went back to my house to see my brother and sister-in-law two days ago. They also told me that something big might have happened in Yang's house. Now everyone in the house is in panic," she said.

"In addition, the young lady died at this juncture, and the lady also returned to her parents' home. Now the house is in a mess, and she owes the monthly payment. She said that we will pay it together next month."

"Is that so?" Yang Huaming frowned, with a hint of thought in his eyes.

"Fourth brother, you should also make plans early." Xiaojuan continued.

"I'm worried that by then you won't get any benefits and will be dragged into the water by them. That would be a huge loss," she said.

Yang Huaming nodded, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. If the situation is slightly wrong, I will get out."

"Then where will we go?" Xiaojuan asked, "Are we following you back to Changping Village?"

Yang Huaming said: "I don't want to go back to Changping Village. That tigress Liu is there. Secondly, what happened last time has offended all my relatives and friends in my hometown!"

Hearing this, Xiaojuan bit her lip gently.

"Fourth brother, no matter where you go, just don't leave me behind. I can't go back to the Yang Mansion. If you don't want me, then I really don't know where to go..."

When talking about the sad part, Xiaojuan couldn't help but shed tears.

Fed up with Mrs. Liu's slovenliness and brutality, Yang Huaming's heart softened when he saw Xiaojuan crying.

He immediately pulled Xiaojuan into his arms and hugged her, coaxing: "Don't worry, as long as I, Yang Huaming, have a mouthful of food, you will never go hungry."

"No matter where I go, I will take you with me."

"I've already made plans for the store. In the next few days, there will be results. Please wait for my good news."

…

The afternoon after Yang Huaming made this promise to Xiaojuan, he came back from the fur shop early.

Driving a carriage, there were two large bundles of snakeskin bags in the carriage, and the snakeskin bags were bulging with money.

"Xiaojuan, hurry up, pack up our things and get in the car. Let's get out of the city in a hurry." Yang Huaming jumped off the carriage and entered the yard, urging Xiaojuan.

Xiaojuan was watering the algae flowers there, and was surprised when she heard this.

"Fourth brother, where should we go out of the city?" she asked.

Yang Huaming said: "Let's leave the city first. Go north, not south."

Xiaojuan said: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? I haven't even gone back to Yang's house to say hello to my brother and sister-in-law..."

"Don't say hello yet, several of the Yang family's shops have been sealed by the government." Yang Huaming said.

"I heard that the government is sending people to the Yang Mansion to arrest Yang Wenxuan and bring him to justice. I don't know what happened this time. Let's go out of the city and hide away to avoid the limelight."

"Come back after this has happened. It's important to save your own life first!" he said.

Xiaojuan quickly put down the kettle in her hand and went into the house to pack a few clothes.

Because it was summer, a small bundle packed the clothes that the two of them had washed and changed.

Mainly because silver is thin and soft.

Xiaojuan didn't have a penny on her. All the money was collected by Yang Huaming. Xiaojuan didn't know how much money Yang Huaming had.

Anyway, I saw Yang Huaming put the banknote into his underwear. There was a small pocket sewn inside the underwear and he hid it there.

The two people quickly got on the carriage at the door. When they saw the two big snakeskin bags with bulging things in the carriage, Xiaojuan couldn't help but touch them.

"These are all...clothes?" she asked in surprise.

Yang Huaming said: "I have been working for Yang Wenxuan for more than a month in vain, and I haven't even been paid a penny of wages. After all, I have to get some goods to pay for my wages, right?"

These are two large snakeskin bags of fur clothes stolen from the warehouse.

Yang Huaming made some calculations and took these two big bags of fur clothes to the north. It was probably difficult to sell them now that it was hot.
Chapter completed!