Chapter 164 The two children left home without permission

Yangzhou is not far from Jinling, which is separated by a river, or Hangzhou, where emperors and nobles temporarily reside.

There have been frequent reports of battles coming in from the front lines in recent days. Although they are not good news, they are no longer the bad news of defeated soldiers as in the past. Yangzhou is still safe.

My uncle's leg had reached the next important stage of treatment and it was inconvenient to move. Li Yaoguang followed Ji Mo's advice and stayed in the villa for a while. After two days, he would replace the plaster on his uncle's leg with a bandage and then continue to go south to cross the river.

Soon it was the day for Cheng Su to remove the plaster. As it concerned the future life of the head of the family, everyone took it very seriously.

Li Yaoguang settled his younger brother down early in the morning, left a bunch of snacks and gadgets in the house, gave the little guy some instructions, and asked the maid in the yard to say hello. Then, together with his aunt, he pushed his uncle to Ji Mo's private pharmacy in the front yard.

They had not been walking for a while when Yi Ge'er ran over from his yard.

Li Yaoguang and the others were on guard against Xu Miaoniang but not against Yige'er. Knowing their attitude and understanding the rules, the maidservant naturally did not stop them. She just did her job and kept busy while watching from afar, leaving space for the two little ones.

When Yi Ge'er came, Yang Ge'er was sitting on the warm room in the house with his little feet crossed. When he saw Yi Ge'er coming, Yang Ge'er happily jumped down from the warm room to greet him.

As a result, before he got close, Yang Ge'er saw Yi Ge'er frowning and looking depressed. Yang Ge'er was very worried, so he quickly pulled him into the house and pushed all the delicious and fun things that his cousin had reserved for him in front of Yi Ge'er.

"Brother Yi, you eat and play, this is delicious!"

Looking at the delicious food that his friend pushed in front of him, Brother Yi curled the corners of his lips. He wanted to smile at his friend, but unfortunately he had something on his mind and his smile was uglier than crying.

Seeing his friend like this, how could Yang Ge'er not be worried? He couldn't help but sit down next to the friend, tilting his little head to look at Yi Ge'er with concern.

"Brother Yi, what's wrong with you? You look weird. Are you having trouble? If you have any trouble, tell me. We are good friends. If you have any problem, tell me and I will help you find a solution."

"Help me find a solution?" Yi Ge'er murmured. Meeting his friend's sincere eyes, Yi Ge'er thought about it and nodded heavily, "Okay!" Then he told him about the thing that had been bothering him for the past few days.

"Brother Yang, tomorrow is my eldest sister's birthday. Ever since my parents passed away, my eldest sister has been unhappy. Especially after coming here, my eldest sister cries every day. Sometimes she stares out the window for a long time and doesn't even respond when I call her.

I think my eldest sister must be missing home and her parents. Brother Yang, my eldest sister is my only relative. I really want her to be happy and not sad!
In the past, every time my eldest sister celebrated her birthday, my parents would prepare birthday gifts for her. At that time, my eldest sister smiled so happily! Dad said that I was a man and had to support the family business and protect my mother and eldest sister. Now that my parents are gone, I have to make my eldest sister happy, so, so..."

"So you want to give your eldest sister a birthday present on behalf of your parents to make her happy?"

“Hmmmm…” Brother Yi nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice, and looked at Brother Yang with admiration on his face, “Brother Yang, you are so smart.”

"It's just so-so." Yang Ge'er waved his chubby little hands, not being polite, but: "Brother Yi, what are you going to give your eldest sister?"

Although his father, mother and cousin told him to stay away from Brother Yi's eldest sister and not to be alone with her, Yang Ge'er still softened his heart when he saw his little friend in such a difficult situation.

"I don't know either," Yi Ge'er was embarrassed by the question, and the whole little man was deflated, "In the past, my parents always gave my eldest sister beautiful clothes, earrings, hairpins and other things, and my eldest sister was very happy at that time."

"Oh, then you can give these too." Yang Ge'er thought it was a very smart suggestion, but Yi Ge'er got discouraged and his shoulders slumped. "I, I don't have any money." The money was in the hands of the eldest sister. It was all lost in the villa outside Yangshan County, so... "I, I can't afford it."

"Is that so..." Yang Ge'er was also embarrassed.

If he were in his previous home, there would be money in his mud pig, which was earned during festivals, but he didn't take it with him when he left home. Now he is so poor. Although he has delicious food and fun things, and his cousin is very kind to him, he doesn't have any small change. Yang Ge'er was also very regretful, and could only suggest, "Brother Yi, why don't we put away these delicious food and fun things, and you can take them back and give them to your sister as a gift tomorrow."

Brother Yi looked at the things on the table and shook his head: "No, these are yours, I can't take them."

Yang Ge'er was anxious, "We are good friends, what's mine is yours, and these are not valuable, you can use them to coax your sister first, and you can return them to me later."

Brother Yi still shook his head, "It really won't work."

"Why?"

Yi Ge'er said apologetically: "Yang brother, I can't accept it, and, and, my elder sister doesn't like these children's things, I, my elder sister likes..." Thinking of the things that his elder sister said she liked, Yi Ge'er was instantly deflated.

I am still young and cannot give you a smooth and happy life.

Sumptuous clothes and ornaments, delicious food, but I am poor and cannot afford them;
Suddenly I feel so useless!

Yi Ge'er's head was lowered with worry, but he really wanted to make his elder sister happy. What should he do?
Brother Yi pulled his head with both hands, wishing he could tear his skull off.

Yang Ge'er felt very uncomfortable and quickly reached out to pull him aside to persuade him.

While the two kids were struggling, Yangger accidentally pulled out the longevity lock that Yiger's parents had put on his neck when he was born. Yangger was surprised to see it.

"Hey, jade lock! Brother Yi, this is valuable."

When Yi Ge'er, who had walked into a dead end, heard this, his eyes lit up. He held up the thumb-sized, but transparent jade lock on the red rope with both hands and showed joy on his face.

"Brother Yang, are you serious? Is this thing really valuable?"

After all, Yang Ge'er was a young man from the Marquis's Mansion. Even though he was not favored, he was more knowledgeable than ordinary children. He nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, this is a good jade, it must be valuable."

Brother Yi was ecstatic, "Hahaha, that's great!"

Faced with his friend's joy, Yang Ge'er couldn't bear to disappoint him, but he had to pour cold water on him, "But Brother Yi, where are you going to exchange it for silver?"

Yi Ge'er was also stunned when he heard this. Yes, even if he had the jade lock, where could he exchange it for money?

Yi Ge'er fell into deep thought, and suddenly thought of the clansmen who used to come to his house every autumn and beg for rent exemption, otherwise their winter coats would have to be pawned at the pawnshop. Yi Ge'er's eyes lit up again, and he pulled Yang Ge'er's ear and whispered something. The more Yang Ge'er listened, the brighter his eyes became, and he nodded repeatedly, and finally firmly grasped his little friend's hand to reach an agreement.

The two little ones who thought they could accomplish great things secretly conspired and even made a "detailed" plan. In a place where the maids could not see, the two little ones cooperated tacitly, and secretly sneaked out of the yard behind everyone's back and came to the wall at the northwest corner of the courtyard.

Seeing Yang Ge'er crawling out with his butt sticking out, Yi Ge'er hesitated, "Brother Yang, can we really get out from here?"

Yang Ge'er turned around and patted his chest to assure, "Brother Yi, this is the hole that my Desheng and Black Whirlwind dug a few days ago. They went out to have fun today and haven't come back yet, don't worry."

With a word of relief, the two kids actually escaped in front of everyone, and no one in the courtyard noticed until...