Chapter 95 Pushing into the ditch
"Ah..." Tang Tian didn't even need to act surprised. Her stunned expression was like something straight out of a textbook. She waved her hand and said, "Sister Xiao, don't try to trick me. If you were really confiscated and exiled, how could you be like this now?"
Tang Tian looked at Xiao Jiuyue. Even though she was dressed simply, her demeanor did not resemble that of an exile.
"This dessert was made by the chef after he saw you. Come and try it. How does it taste?" Tang Tian handed the mint cake forward and said, "It's refreshing and cool, and tastes great."
Xiao Jiuyue didn't answer, but said seriously: "My father was wronged."
Tang Tian dropped the mint cake in her hand onto the table. Her eyes widened as she looked at her in disbelief and said, "So, Sister Xiao, is she really... the daughter of the Minister of Revenue?"
"It was like that before." Xiao Jiuyue didn't expect that the point Tang Tian grasped was this. It was a little unexpected, but also reasonable.
"Sister Xiao, have you ever been to the palace? What is it like in the palace? Have you seen the empress in the palace?" Tang Tian was as curious as a little baby. She was particularly curious about the place where power was most concentrated in Shengjing.
"The imperial palace is a luxurious palace, and the ladies in it are all beautiful."
Clothes make the man, and Buddhas rely on gold ornaments. Those who can enter the palace as concubines either have a strong background or outstanding appearance. They have been living in luxury since childhood. Even if they only have three-tenths of appearance, they can still be pampered to have seven-tenths!
"Tiantian, the Xiao family is guilty. If you are afraid of being implicated..."
Before Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Tang Tian immediately interrupted excitedly, "Sister Xiao, I'm not the kind of person who would kick someone when they're down."
Tang Tian held her hand tightly, wanting her to feel her thoughts. She continued, "Sister Xiao, before we left, my parents said that no matter whether you are the Xiao family member whose family was confiscated and exiled from Shengjing, you are my savior! There are no ungrateful people in my Tang family, and I, Tang Tian, am certainly not an ungrateful one."
"My father also said that since you can come to Hongdu and Lancang County safely, you are not a sinner!" Tang Tian looked at her with clear eyes and said, "I don't care. You are my savior and my lucky star. Without you, there would be no candy shop for me. We must keep cooperating!"
Tang Tian's voice was sincere, straightforward and warm.
"As the saying goes, it's easy to meet the King of Hell, but hard to deal with little devils." Xiao Jiuyue chuckled, feeling Tang Tian's soft, cotton-like hand. She asked, "The Xiao family has offended many people."
"My father said that if the Xiao family had not been harmed by a villain, I would never have met the daughter of a Shangshu Mansion in my life. My father asked me to learn from you." Tang Tian grinned: "Sister Xiao, if you return to Shengjing in the future, you must remember me!"
Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked, "Do you think the Xiao family can be rehabilitated?" It had been half a year since the incident with the Xiao family, and all the members of the Xiao family hoped that they could be rehabilitated, but she knew very well that since the Xiao family had been confiscated and exiled, it would definitely not be possible to be rehabilitated overnight.
"Of course I believe you." Tang Tian nodded affirmatively. She was afraid that Xiao Jiuyue wouldn't believe it, so she looked at her a little embarrassedly and said, "Sister Xiao, do you know how I felt when I first saw you? I felt that you must be the daughter of a wealthy family in Shengjing."
"When I heard the rumors about the Xiao family...I couldn't believe it at all. Who else could be so miserable as Sister Xiao when they encountered such a big thing?"
Tang Tian looked at Xiao Jiuyue with eyes full of admiration and said, "Although I haven't seen anyone's family members being confiscated and exiled, I have seen that when the male members of the family get into trouble, many of the female relatives either cry and wail, or stay at home all day and night without even a smile. There are even worse cases..."
Tang Tian paused and said, "What's worse is that they don't even have the courage to live."
Tang Tian tilted her head to look at her, "But the Sister Xiao I know always has a light in her eyes, bathed in the sunshine, as if no difficulty can ever defeat you!"
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"Bah, what young lady? It turns out that your family was exiled, so you returned to the old house in a dishevel." Goudan's mother hadn't been able to go to the workshop to work for several days. Seeing them earning eighty cents a day while she could only wander around in the vegetable garden, she felt anxious and jealous.
When Goudan's mother heard the news when she went to the county today, she was so happy.
"That's right. Apart from the two children, the old lady, the lady, the concubine, and the third lady, I have never seen a male owner in the Xiao family!" Sun Liuniang stared at the old house of the Xiao family. Most of the houses in the village have five or six rooms, but the old house of the Xiao family on the hillside has thirty or forty rooms in the front and back yards!
There are several small courtyards in the backyard, and a small lake is dug in the middle. Although it is not big, they are envious of the spacious courtyards when they look at them from the mountain.
"Then there's no male owner." Goudan's mother, holding a handful of melon seeds, spoke with great enthusiasm, spitting at the Xiao family's old house and saying, "What a bullshit young lady! What's the point of a home without a man?"
"Goudan's mother, stop spouting nonsense." Aunt He, passing by with a basket of radishes, overheard Goudan's mother say, "I think you're jealous that Miss Xiao won't let you work in the workshop, right?"
"Bah, who cares."
Goudan's mother was extremely jealous, but she pretended not to care. She looked at Aunt He and said, "Widow He, you and the Xiao family are in the same boat! If you try to curry favor with the Xiao family, who knows, with so many servants and guards in the Xiao family, maybe they'll give you one."
Aunt He's face changed, and she put the radishes she was carrying aside. She rushed forward and rushed towards Goudan's mother, pulling her hair and slapping her: "You are spewing shit from your mouth, I will wash it off for you!"
Aunt He was no longer happy with her fanning. Seeing the water in the ditch next to her, she grabbed Goudan's mother and pushed her directly into the ditch: "I am a widow. My husband died early. Whether I find a husband in the future or not is none of your business."
"I told you not to curse the Xiao family, I told you not to curse Miss Xiao." As much as Aunt He hated the Xiao family in the past, she now defends them!
The Xiao family rescued Changqing and fattened up He Lian. Now, He Lian also helps with work in the Xiao family and gets paid every month. She also works in the workshop. He Changqing is also planning to rebuild three rooms in the autumn. When he heard what Goudan's mother said, he hated her even more!
“Hmm…”
Goudan's mother was pressed into the water and struggled desperately, saying, "Help...Help..."
"Widow He, you, you need to let go immediately." Sun Liuniang stood aside. Widow He looked like a mad woman. She didn't dare to approach and could only shout, "Someone's going to die!"
Aunt He didn't have any more strength to press down, so she let go of Goudan's mother. After Goudan's mother finished coughing violently, she said angrily, "Widow He, are you mentally ill? The Xiao family beat your son Changshun to death, and you are still helping the Xiao family."
"You're still not in your right mind!" Aunt He rushed forward and pushed Goudan's mother into the ditch again. Madam Gan was dead, Xiao Song was gone, and the guards who used to beat people with boards in the old Xiao family mansion were all driven away. Changqing also took revenge, and the account of the eldest son Changshun could no longer be blamed on the Xiao family.
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