For the old nun, the girls she raised were no different from raising pigs and sheep. If there was a difference, it should be that the girls were sold at a higher price.
Moreover, according to Jiujiu's observation, most of the people who bought the girls from the old nun were high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Among them, a girl named Yingge was sold to the local magistrate by the old nun.
Moreover, according to the conversation between the old nun and the magistrate, it seemed that the old nun wanted to give her to a prince in exchange for a better future.
Jiujiu knew that not every place under the sun was bright. But it was really disappointing that a nunnery that claimed to raise orphaned girls was so dark.
Probably because the old nun wanted to give Jiujiu to the prince, she spoiled Jiujiu very much.
When other girls were satisfied with a cotton quilt, Jiujiu was covered with a light down quilt and ate very delicately. Even the powder and lipstick on her face seemed to be bought at a high price from other places.
It could be imagined how much the old nun and the magistrate wanted to please the so-called prince.
Jiujiu lay in bed and looked at the pink mosquito net above her head. She felt that she had to leave as soon as possible.
On the second day when Jiujiu was about to leave,
Qing Feng's master, the abbot of the temple next door, passed away.
In fact, when Qing Feng's master was adopted, he was already in poor health. In the past few years, he had been holding on with his last breath. But Jiujiu did not expect that he would pass away so soon.
Probably because Qing Feng had always refused Jiujiu's request to marry him, the old nun had seen him too many times and was too lazy to care that Jiujiu went to find the little monk. Now that the little monk's master passed away, she even pretended to take a few taels of silver and asked Jiujiu to give it to Qing Feng so that Qing Feng would have money to help the old monk with the funeral.
The old monk was very stingy when he was alive. After his death, he even asked Qing Feng to bury all his money with him. The few taels of silver that the old nun pretended to give to Qing Feng just happened to solve Qing Feng's urgent need.
After Qing Feng tied up the old monk and arranged the funeral, the cook, who was in charge of cooking, packed up his luggage and left because of the old monk's death. Qing Feng was the only one left in the huge temple.
Sitting on the stone bench, Qing Feng looked at Jiujiu, who was like a lotus flower rising out of the water, and said, "Jiujiu, I'm leaving here tomorrow."
"Leave? Where are you going?"
"Before my master passed away, he told me to go to the capital to find my biological parents."
After saying that, Qing Feng took out a jade pendant from his bosom.
The moment she saw the jade pendant, Jiujiu's pupils suddenly shrank. She directly reached out to grab the jade pendant and quickly stuffed it into her sleeve. She smiled at Qing Feng who was confused and said, "Anyway, you're going to marry me in the future. Take this as a token of our love."
Qing Feng reached out to grab the jade pendant back, but he was too embarrassed to touch Jiujiu's body. He could only sit there anxiously with a red face.
Looking at Qing Feng's red cheeks, Jiujiu smiled. She played with her fingers and said, "I've heard people say that if you marry a chicken, you have to follow the chicken and if you marry a dog, you have to follow the dog. Since I'll marry you sooner or later, I'll go to the capital with you."
Qing Feng told Jiujiu that he was going to the capital just because he wanted to say goodbye to Jiujiu. Now when he heard that Jiujiu wanted to go to the capital with him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's a long way to go. It's very tiring to eat and sleep in the wild. You'd better stay here."
Although the old nun didn't like him very much, she was very kind to Jiujiu. Although he would feel lonely without seeing Jiujiu, it was better than letting Jiujiu accompany him to suffer hardships.
"I'm not afraid of suffering. Besides, if you don't come back, who am I going to marry?" Jiujiu pouted and asked with an aggrieved look.
Qing Feng was speechless.
Seeing that Qing Feng didn't speak, Jiujiu said again, "Besides, you don't know that my master is bad. I eavesdropped on her a few days ago. I heard that she was going to sell me."
"Sell you?"
Qing Feng looked at Jiujiu nervously and asked, "She wants to sell you?"
Jiujiu nodded and said, "I didn't know until a few days ago that those Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters who left the temple didn't go outside. They were all sold by my master. Moreover, she talked with someone about selling me a few days ago."
Jiujiu's eyes turned red when she spoke of selling her out. She blinked her eyes and looked at Qing Feng pitifully.
"If you don't take me with you, you probably won't see me when you come back."
Qing Feng, who had made up his mind not to take Jiujiu away, suddenly hesitated.
However, Jiujiu had always been eccentric. He was not sure whether Jiujiu's master was really going to sell Jiujiu or Jiujiu was lying to him.
Seeing that Qing Feng was hesitating, Jiujiu stood up and said angrily, "Since you don't want to take me with you, then forget it. I won't count on you. When my master sells me, I'll directly jump off the cliff and die. I don't want to be abused by others and annoyed by you."
After saying that, Jiujiu covered her face and rushed out.
Seeing that Jiujiu ran out crying, Qing Feng panicked instantly.
Qing Feng hurriedly stood up and grabbed Jiujiu's arm.
Jiujiu's arm was thin and soft as if it had no bones. Qing Feng had an illusion that Jiujiu's arm would be broken if he used a little strength.
Qing Feng quickly let go of her arm as if he had touched a soldering iron. He apologized repeatedly, "I didn't mean that. Don't cry. I'm willing to take you with me."
Hearing that Qing Feng was going to take her away, Jiujiu stopped crying and raised her head. She looked at Qing Feng with her red eyes and asked, "Are you really willing to take me away?"
Qing Feng nodded and said in a low voice, "But I don't have much money. If you go with me, I'm afraid you'll suffer."
"I'm not afraid of suffering. I'm just afraid of being sold by my master."
In normal days, Jiujiu was as soft as a little ball in front of Qing Feng. But now, she cried like a little rabbit with red eyes. Because they grew up together, Qing Feng only felt that his heart was pricked by a small thorn when he saw Jiujiu crying like this in front of him. He felt sour and soft, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Qing Feng stepped in front of Jiujiu and reached out to touch the top of Jiujiu's head. He promised in a low voice, "I won't let your master sell you."
"Then are you willing to take me with you?"
Qing Feng nodded.
He grew up with Jiujiu, so he was naturally willing to take Jiujiu with him.
However, although Jiujiu grew up in a nunnery, she was spoiled by the old nun. He didn't have any extra money on him, so it wasn't a problem for a man like him to suffer a little. However, if a delicate little girl like Jiujiu were to suffer with him, it wouldn't be good.
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