Aunt Li nodded.

"Alas, things are unpredictable, and we can only look back."

Li Xue, standing aside, listened quietly to Lin Jiuyue and Aunt Li's conversation. She recalled her past as the head of the previous household, and tears began to flow unconsciously.

Lin Jiuyue heard Li Xue's soft sobbing and turned her head.

"Li Xue, what's wrong?"

Li Xue shook her head slightly.

"Miss, I'm fine. I just remembered something from the past."

Lin Jiuyue didn't ask what was going on. She just looked at Li Xue quietly.

Li Xue looked at Lin Jiuyue and moved her lips. But in the end, she said nothing.

Aunt Li spoke when she saw her daughter like this.

"Miss, Li Xue has a miserable life. Alas, it's all because we, as parents, are incompetent. We couldn't even protect our own daughter, and she became a servant from the moment she was born."

Lin Jiuyue curled the corners of her mouth.

Aunt Li and her husband used to be slaves. They both sold themselves to the Li family. Later, they gave birth to a daughter, Li Xue, who naturally became a servant of the Li family.

I just don't know what mistake this family of three, oh no, it's Li Xue, made that made the owner of the Li Mansion forget their past friendship and sell all three of them.

"Aunt Li, can I ask what crime did Li Xue commit? Why did the Li family sell out your entire family of three?"

Lin Jiuyue still believes in her own judgment.

The three members of the Li family didn't look like they were capable of committing any serious offense. So how did they manage to displease their master?

"Miss, this, this..."

Aunt Li hesitated to speak, which made Lin Jiuyue feel a little itchy.

"Aunt Li, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Aunt Li's family has been bought out by Lin Jiuyue, and Aunt Li has no intention of hiding her affairs in the Li Mansion from Lin Jiuyue.

However, I was worried that my daughter would be upset after hearing about this, so I endured it all the way.

Now that her daughter seemed to no longer care about this matter, Aunt Li hesitated whether to tell Lin Jiuyue about it.

"Miss, my parents sold me to the Li family when I was young, and later Mrs. Li betrothed me to Li Xue's father. They only had one daughter, Li Xue."

"You also know that the children born to us servants, especially those who have signed a death contract, are also servants."

"Li Xue grew up with my wife and me in the Li Mansion, and she was very familiar with the eldest young master of the Li Mansion. Later, the eldest young master got married, but he always kept Li Xue in his heart. He thought that after the eldest young master's wife gave birth to the eldest son, he would take my Li Xue as his concubine."

Lin Jiuyue nodded.

The Madam Li that Aunt Li mentioned earlier should be the mother of the eldest young master.

"And the eldest lady is jealous, and we both know it. The eldest young master once told me and Li Xue's father about this matter, and we politely declined."

"I don't know how the eldest young lady found out about this. She took advantage of the eldest young master's absence and sent someone to sell us three off."

Lin Jiuyue: ...

So, Aunt Li and her family of three were sold, but the eldest young master of the Li family didn’t know about it?

Oh my god!

How lucky was he to have bought a house like this?

If the eldest son of the Li family still misses Li Xue and comes looking for her, what should she do? Should she return her to him or not?

"Aunt Li, have you ever thought about finding another opportunity to go back and explain the situation to the Li family's eldest young master?"

Aunt Li shook her head.

"The Li family's eldest young master's wife was afraid that the Li family's eldest young master would find us, so she sold us from Yangzhou City to the capital. Even if we wanted to find us back, we don't have that much money."

Lin Jiuyue's lips moved.

The waters in rich families are really deep.

"It's better to be sold. Given our Li Xue's situation, if she returns to the Li family, she won't have a place to stay."

The eldest young master of the Li family was willing to protect his daughter, but he couldn't stay in the mansion all day. Now the eldest young lady had just sold her daughter.

If the eldest young lady really regarded her daughter as a thorn in her side, she might directly order her to be beaten to death. By then, it would be too late for her to regret.

Lin Jiuyue nodded.

Li Xue looks like a delicate little white flower. If I were a man, I would be moved if I were to get along with her for a long time.

But it's a pity that I am a woman. And a woman with normal sexual orientation.

"Since you don't want to go back to the Li family, then just do your job well here. As long as you behave yourself, you won't be treated unfairly in the future."

After listening to this, Aunt Li nodded gratefully to Lin Jiuyue.

"Miss, you are a kind person. We are able to stay together after being sold. It is all thanks to you. If it weren't for you, I don't know what our family would be like now."

"Especially Li Xue. If she hadn't been sick, she would have been sold to a place like that by now."

After Aunt Li finished speaking, she raised her hand and wiped away her tears.

Speaking of the illness, Lin Jiuyue hadn't had time to ask.

"Li Xue, what's wrong with you?"

Li Xue shook her head slightly.

"Miss, I don't know either. Maybe it's typhoid fever."

Lin Jiuyue frowned.

Typhoid? Isn't that the flu of the 21st century?

Looking at Li Xue's appearance, her face was pale and she coughed from time to time. She originally looked weak, and now she looked even more "weak".

However, in my opinion, Li Xue’s condition is definitely not just typhoid fever!

Um, that’s not right. In this era, there are no antibiotics, so typhoid fever is still difficult to cure.

"How long have you been ill? Have you ever been treated?"

Li Xue shook her head.

"He's been ill for over a month now. We servants, how can we afford treatment? If he recovers, it's because he's lucky. If he doesn't, it's just fate."

Lin Jiuyue frowned when she heard this.

Li Xue is so young, how come what she said gave me the feeling that I could see through life and death?

Is it because the blow he suffered at the hands of the previous master was too great?

"Li Xue, it's wrong for you to think like that."

"As the saying goes, a good death is worse than a miserable life. Think about your parents. They worked so hard to raise you. If you were gone like this, what would your parents do? Would they let them die young?"

"Your parents could have chosen a better place to live, but they refused to be separated from you. They have sacrificed so much for you, how can you say such depressing words?"

If it were someone else, Lin Jiuyue wouldn't say so much nonsense.

But this person is Li Xue. And he bought her with his own money.

Although it was lower than the market price, it still cost money. If Li Xue died like this, wouldn't I lose a lot?