C17

The three of them continued to walk through the streets. Since it was still early, they were not in a hurry to go back. Luo Qiuyun simply brought Chen Jing and Luo Tianxiang along to stroll around.

At the same time, in a corner of the west side of the city, a middle-aged man and a teenage boy were looking around for work. Unfortunately, no one was willing to accept them. Because one of the middle-aged man's legs was lame, the youth beside him was very thin and weak.

Most of the people working at the pier were looking for manual labor. A middle-aged man with unsuitable legs led a skinny youth, asking who would be interested in him.

However, these two were related to Chen Jing. If she were to meet them, she might be able to recognize them as her mother's elder brother and nephew from their appearance.

As for why he was here, he would have to start from the beginning.

Chen Jing's uncle, Yu Biao, used to be a famous hunter in the nearby area. Unfortunately, he met Blind Bear more than ten years ago and crippled his leg.

As the head of the Yu Family, without a single leg, it was equivalent to losing a family's livelihood. Yu Family, which was originally not a wealthy family, fell even further because of this!

Fortunately, Chen Jing's mother was still alive at the time, and her parents would occasionally give her a living allowance to survive. However, because of this incident, the Yu Family had received quite a lot of supercilious looks from their parents, which was one of the main reasons Chen Jing's mother died of illness soon after.

After that, Chen Jing's father went as well, leaving behind only Chen Jing as the only child. Since they had this relationship, as an uncle, Yu Biao should also bring Chen Jing into the family to raise her, but Yu Biao's family was extremely difficult.

Finally, the young Chen Jing moved into Chen Laoer's house. Yu Biao felt that he had let down Chen Jing, his niece, and found out that Chen Laoer had treated Chen Jing pretty well. He didn't even dare come to the door, afraid that others would find out that Chen Jing had such a destitute uncle who had disgraced Chen Jing …

Chen Jing had no impression of her uncle, whom she rarely saw. She only heard that his family was very poor, and that one year his family didn't have any rice left in the pot. Uncle even brought a few cousins to the city to beg for food.

This was something that the people from Chen Village had mentioned because someone had met them before. Chen Laoer and his wife were afraid that Chen Jing would imitate their mother and help the outer sect, so they specifically reprimanded Chen Jing, preventing her from stealing anything in the house. At that time, Chen Jing had also become sensible, but because she was young, she naturally couldn't be of any help.

After that, slowly, there was no news of the outer sect disciples anymore. Chen Jing thought that they were starving, but she didn't know that Yu Biao dragged his broken leg down the mountain to hunt for prey to feed his family.

Everyone was extremely hungry, especially the elderly and the children. No one saw them and they would think that even a slight gust of wind would be able to blow them away.

Now, at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, it became more and more difficult to get food under the mountain. Yu Biao wanted to try his luck and drag his eldest son into the city to see if he could find a job.

The eldest son was sixteen years old this year. In the past, everyone thought that he was too thin, and since he was too young, he wouldn't accept him. This year, he was also one year older.

Unfortunately, things were not as good as Yu Biao had imagined. In the morning, the number of people heading to the dock to find work was much more than the number of people that needed to work. Yu Biao and his son, who did not have any advantages, naturally ended up being ignored.

Yu Biao, who had nothing to do, pulled his son and squatted on the ground with a face full of despair. On the other side, Chen Jing, who did not know that her uncle had also entered the city, was following Luo Qiuyun towards the direction of the dock.

Luo Qiuyun hugged Luo Tianxiang because the little guy said he wanted to see the boat. Coincidentally, Luo Qiuyun also wanted to know about the daily life of the ancient porters, so she headed towards the dock.

It just happened like this. Luo Qiuyun hugged Luo Tianxiang and led Chen Jing around the pier. They met the father and son of the Yu Biao who were curled up in a corner.

"Mother, look at them … They are so pitiful! " Luo Tianxiang, the kid, suddenly pointed at the two people in the corner.

Luo Qiuyun and Chen Jing looked over at the same time. Before Luo Qiuyun could say anything, Chen Jing noticed something strange. "Why do these two look so familiar?" Chen Jing was puzzled.

When Yu Biao and his son heard a child's voice calling them, they subconsciously looked over. When their eyes met Chen Jing, they were both stunned.

"Mother, mother, do you think this grandfather is very similar to Aunt Jing?" Luo Tianli's childish voice sounded out once again. Luo Qiuyun looked back at the Wu father, son and son duo and found they looked quite similar. Other people might think they were part of the same family.

"Uncle?" Chen Jing's eyes widened as she muttered in disbelief.

When Yu Biao and his son heard the two words, they were completely shocked. They stared at Chen Jing without knowing when their faces were full of tears.

"Aunt Jing, who is your uncle?" Luo Tianxiang was now able to speak out in front of strangers towards people he had recognized. It was all thanks to the fact that Luo Qiuyun had taken him up the mountain a few days ago and stayed with Chen Jing every day.

Of course, the main reason he asked this question was because of the fact that the word "uncle" had piqued his interest. In Luo Tianxiang's eyes, his uncle was just like Luo Tianli, someone who had to let him play with everything he had.

"You are Uncle Chen Jing? Why did we end up like this? " Luo Qiuyun did not wait for Chen Jing's reply. Seeing that Luo Tianxiang was interested, she asked first.

Chen Jing was afraid that her uncle would offend Luo Qiuyun, so she quickly reminded them before the Yu Biao and his son could reply, "Uncle, this is my family's young miss, I have already sold myself to the Luo Family to be a servant girl."

"What?" Child, you... How could you? Is Chen Er not good to you? " When Yu Biao heard that Chen Jing had been sold to be a servant girl, he immediately thought that Chen Er and his wife must have treated her badly and looked extremely regretful.

Chen Jing shook her head and said, "No, Uncle, I will explain this to you in the future. Don't worry, I have been living a good life in the Luo Family now, but I haven't heard news about you all for many years."

"Uncle, did you encounter some trouble?" "I don't mind telling you today that my young mistress is kind and may be able to help!" After saying that, Chen Jing turned around to look at Luo Qiuyun. Seeing that she didn't intend to refute her words, she knew that what she had said just now was not a false guess.

Yu Biao looked up at Chen Jing, then turned to Luo Qiuyun and Luo Tianxiang, sighing, "Ai, Uncle is useless. Yu Biao looked up at Chen Jing, then turned his head to Luo Qiuyun and Luo Tianxiang, sighing," Uncle is useless.

With that, Yu Biao recounted what happened to Chen Jing and the others over the years. When Chen Jing heard this, she felt sad. Luo Qiuyun sympathized with him, but she admired Yu Biao, a man with a strong will.

The family will move here and take care of Chen Jing as well. I was planning to raise some chickens and ducks on the hill I bought earlier, and then we would build a chicken house, duck house, and a few other houses that would be enough for you guys to live in.

"This … Is this possible?" Yu Biao seemed to be in disbelief. Only after seeing Luo Qiuyun confirm it over and over again did he finally dare to believe that he wasn't dreaming.

"Great, great! The heavens have eyes!" "Thank you miss, thank you miss. From now on, Yu Biao's family will serve you as servants." As Yu Biao spoke, he knelt in front of Luo Qiuyun and kowtowed.

Luo Qiuyun quickly stopped him. "No, no, I don't need any servants. If you really want to thank me, you can help me settle this matter in the future."

Seeing this, Yu Biao knew that the new boss was kind, but he didn't want to make the other party lose out. He immediately swore: "Don't worry Miss, if Yu Biao and his family do not comply in the future and dare to do well, the sky will strike us!"

This was an extremely heavy oath, and the ancient people believed in it. If they were to say something like this, it would be equivalent to selling their bodies to Luo Qiuyun.

"Uncle Yu, no need to be like this. You're Chen Jing's uncle, an elder. I'll call you that in the future. Is that alright?" Luo Qiuyun asked.

"I am grateful for Miss's kindness. This humble one shall accept it." Even though Yu Biao's family was in dire straits, he had been a teacher for a few years when he was young. He had some ink, so he was able to understand how important Luo Qiuyun was to him.

Of course, Yu Biao also knew that the other side was giving Chen Jing face, but, in the future, their family would be serious and this kind boss would definitely not make things difficult for him, maybe he would continue to spend more time on it. At that time, his clothes and food would be free of worry.

In the past, when he worked in large families, he had to sell himself to others. This way, he would no longer be a good citizen.

However, from what she said before, it was obvious that she didn't want him to sign any kind of agreement. In other words, she wanted him to stay or leave, how hard would it be for him to meet such a kind family? While Yu Biao was grateful, he was also determined to follow Luo Qiuyun even if it meant death.

"Alright, then let's do it this way. Take these silver taels and go home. After my house is built, you can come back." Luo Qiuyun said as she stuffed five taels of silver into Yu Biao's hands.

Yu Biao immediately thanked her, and then said to Luo Qiuyun, "Miss, can you let us move here immediately? I want to … "I want to work earlier, otherwise Yu Biao will feel uneasy in his heart, and the parents of his family will feel uneasy. Besides, my family doesn't have anything to clean up, so it's fine if you don't want to go there!"

"You can move here?" Luo Qiuyun frowned slightly as if she had something up her sleeve. "But I don't have anywhere to place you guys in."

Luo Qiuyun said. Thinking that the family really didn't have any extra rooms for Yu Biao's family, she couldn't help but feel troubled. Could it be that Yu Biao's family would be squeezed into the east wing? However, there were only two rooms in the east wing, how could this be enough?!

"Miss, there is no need to worry. Yu Biao's family does not need to prepare a special room, as long as there is thatch covering their heads from the rain, even a pigsty, cowshed or chicken coop is fine. The Yu family is grateful to you for reconstructing it." With that, Yu Biao immediately pulled his eldest son to kneel before Luo Qiuyun again!