Chapter 438 Her retribution has come

Maybe I can find the old woman who was sold to an unknown place, and the son who was sold away.

The most pitiful thing about being a slave is not being beaten or scolded, but having your family scattered everywhere. Originally he had a wife, two sons, five grandsons, and one granddaughter.

Because their first master's house was confiscated, the whole family became government slaves. Later, they moved to the second master's house, and more than ten years later, their house was confiscated again.

This time they were not so lucky. The old woman, her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren were all sold separately. No one knew where they were sold to.

Whenever he thought of it, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He didn't know if he could see his own children in his lifetime, let alone if they were living well. This was the third time he was sold, and this time he was bought and sent to the Duke of Anguo's mansion.

It is said that the family of Duke Anguo is extremely kind, so he felt much more at ease, thinking that there would be no chance of him being sold out in the future.

Being a slave, you have no choice.

No matter how the masters treat them, it is not excessive. They just hope that the family can live together happily and be a comfort to each other.

Yetingyu brought the housekeeper back to the small courtyard. Chenxiangxiu and Xu were sitting at the gate making shoes like ordinary women in the west of the city. They were surprised to see their daughter bringing someone back.

"Mother! Aunt! This uncle said he came to look for Dad." Ye Tingxiao looked around, "Where's Dad?"

Chen Xiangxiu stood up and answered, "Your father went to the farm in the suburbs to meet an old friend."

The housekeeper immediately bowed to Chen Xiangxiu respectfully and said, "Old servant Wang Wanli greets the Duke's wife, Miss! Auntie!"

The servant who followed him knelt down with a plop: "I, Li Gouzi, greet the Madam, Miss! Auntie!"

"Are you the people rewarded by the emperor? How did you find this place?" Chen Xiangxiu was very surprised.

Xu stood aside and sighed repeatedly. She knew in her heart that the master had not been living in the Duke's Mansion, and the servants might be feeling uneasy, so they came here to find him.

But the master was sad and had no intention of moving. His parents were murdered, and as a son, he only learned the whole story at this time.

In the morning, the master told her and his wife that he would send someone to Wan's hometown to bring the uncles to the capital. The shops, land and real estate that the Cheng family returned to belong to Wan, and they should not accept them.

She and her wife also felt that it was reasonable. How could they take their uncles' things? That was the foundation of the Wan family's descendants.

Wang Wanli bowed deeply again: "Although I am an official slave awarded by the emperor, the indentures of all the people in the palace are here. Please accept them, madam."

After saying this, he pulled out a cloth bag from his bosom and opened it. Inside were the indentures of the slaves, the properties, and the deed to Zhuangzi.

Chen Xiangxiu took it and looked at it, then handed it to Xu: "The master is out, you go back first and tidy up the house. Our family is simple and there are not so many rules.

Let's discuss and see when to move back. We will definitely move back before the New Year, don't worry!"

Wang Wanli wanted to persuade him again, but then he thought that his master had his own plans and he was just a servant and could not interfere too much.

Finally, he bowed and left with Li Gouzi.

Ye Zhenghai came back from the farm and Chen Xiangxiu told him about this. Finally, the family sat down to discuss and decided to move back after five days.

When Du Jiang and Yao Meixian found out, they prepared some gifts for him. They were not expensive things, just some food they made themselves.

There seems to be an unwritten agreement between them that no matter whose family has a happy event, they will not give gold, silver, jade or other expensive gifts, but only things they have made by themselves.

Even though Yao Meixian was the eldest princess of Dongchen Kingdom, she was still as ordinary as when she lived in Liangjun City. She was not wearing silk or satin, but fine cotton.

Can't be more low-key.

If she wasn't someone familiar, no one would know her identity.

Chen Xiangxiu's family background was not high, and she was not familiar with the noble ladies in the capital. She didn't like to go back to the Duke's Mansion because she didn't want to socialize. She felt that it was unnecessary to engage in those empty talk, and it was even more boring to listen to those false and polite words.

Du Wanwan comforted her: "Mother! Let's live a noble life. If we can avoid associating with those noble ladies, we should do so as little as possible. When we see them, just smile at them. As for the rest, just watch more and talk less."

Ye Tingxiao agreed: "Wanwan is right. Our family does not need to make friends with anyone. It is enough to just deal with it on the surface. Dad! Will Second Uncle go back to the Duke's Mansion with us?"

Originally, Ye Zhengqiu was the third uncle. The second son, Ye Zhengchun, was a bastard and was kicked out of the Ye family, so Ye Zhengqiu became the second uncle.

"Ask him his opinion. It would be great if he could go back. We are the only two brothers left in our family." Ye Zhenghai sighed helplessly, "Your grandfather worked hard all his life, but he was schemed by a woman and even lost his life, leaving only the two of us brothers."

Chen Xiangxiu looked at him sympathetically: "Then go talk to him tomorrow! You are the eldest brother, the eldest brother is like a father, he will listen to you."

"Okay, I'll talk to him tomorrow."

Ye Zhengqiu didn't expect that his elder brother would invite him back to the Anguo Mansion, and he was as happy as a child. Liang also shed tears of joy, and it was the best thing to be able to return to the Anguo Mansion.

In the future, our children’s marriages won’t be too bad.

It's not impossible for the eldest brother not to let them go back. The title of Duke of Anguo was earned by him himself, not inherited by his ancestors.

With the old lady's matter in the middle, it is understandable to leave them out.

But the eldest brother didn't do that and took them along. How could he not be happy?

After the old lady was taken back by the Cheng family, she was thrown into the woodshed.

When the wives of the eldest and second brothers of the Cheng family heard what had happened, they were struck by lightning and became dumbfounded.

The eldest son's wife exclaimed, "What are you talking about? Oh, God! Are you going to let us live? My granddaughter is about to come of age, and with something like this happening, how can we talk about marriage?"

The second son's wife suddenly fell down on the chair: "My eldest sister-in-law is so shameless. She actually cheated on the old marquis? And gave birth to a bastard? She was divorced and sent back to her parents' home. Is our family unlucky for eight generations? Why must we take her in?"

Just as the commotion was going on, the old lady's daughters arrived. News spread extremely fast in the capital, and it was difficult for them to pretend not to know.

The mother-in-law and children at home all cursed at them. They hurried to Cheng's house and saw the old lady in a miserable state in the woodroom, and they also cursed at her.

Say whatever ugly words you want.

The old lady raised her head and looked at her three daughters whom she had loved dearly in the past. Now they were pointing at her and scolding her with ferocious faces. Suddenly she found it very funny.

She had been scheming and scheming all her life, but she had never expected that she would be scolded so badly by the three bastards she had given birth to.

It is true that bad things should not be done, and if they are done, there will be retribution.

Her retribution has come.

Tired of scolding, the three daughters left together, no one cared about her life or death.

The old lady looked at their backs and laughed out loud, “Hehehe.”

(End of this chapter)