Chapter 6: Lifesaver
Although one of the stone houses arranged by Wang collapsed, there was still one that was barely intact.
Lin Qianqian carefully checked the stone house that had not collapsed. From the outside, the house seemed unsafe, but there was no problem with the main structure and it would not collapse in a short time.
It can be used as a temporary residence. She won’t stay in the Lin Mansion for too long anyway.
The sun is about to set, so we have to clean up quickly.
"Anko, let's clean the house together."
Hongdou was very dissatisfied with the yard, but she cleaned it when the girl asked her to.
If anyone comes to visit the girl in the future, they can see how Wang abuses the girl and ruin her reputation.
Xiaotao, who led the way, did not leave. She rolled up her sleeves and helped clean up the house.
She wanted to help on her own initiative. Besides sympathy, she was also more curious about the new Miss Qianqian.
Mother Sun is the most favored maid around the Madam. She usually has her eyes on her head and beats or scolds Xiao Tao and others on a daily basis.
But when she went to the manor to pick someone up earlier, Miss Qianqian actually managed to deal with Mother Sun in a very short time, which helped Xiaotao vent her anger.
Xiao Tao had just found a broken broom in the corner when an old woman with a staggering foot came into the yard.
Although the old woman was lame, she ran very quickly and knelt down in front of Lin Qianqian.
"Miss, I'm Mrs. Wu."
Although Xiaotao is young, she understands that if she wants to live longer, the fewer secrets she knows, the better.
She handed the broken broom to Hongdou, "Sister Hongdou, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Now that there were no outsiders around, Mrs. Wu's true emotions were revealed. She cried miserably and recounted her past.
"…The lady is missing, but fortunately the girl is still alive and well."
Lin Qianqian understood clearly that everyone around her mother had been sold out by the Lin family. The old lady Wu in front of her was not someone around her mother, but the servant who was assigned by Lin Qingyun to abandon the child, and then she felt compassion and saved the child.
And she, Lin Qianqian, is the child with an ill-fated fate.
Even a person who was not related by blood felt sympathy, but that scumbag father did not.
Lin Qingyun is not worthy of being a human being at all.
I can't see Lin Qingyun today, but I will see him in a few days. I don't know if I can bear it then and just kill that heartless guy.
Lin Qianqian was playing with an arrow in her hand. When she thought of Lin Qingyun, she became angry and the arrow in her hand immediately broke into two pieces.
Mrs. Wu blamed herself and said, "It's all my fault that I couldn't bear to see Madam deceived, so I told her the truth. Madam was so heartbroken that she went outside the city to worship Buddha every day, which led to her disappearance."
After Mrs. Wu told the truth, Lin Qingyun ordered her to be beaten with 10 boards, which caused her right foot to become lame.
Fortunately, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Lin were distant relatives, otherwise she would have been beaten to death on the spot.
Lin Qianqian helped Granny Wu up, "Granny Wu, it's not your fault that my mother went missing. I want to thank you for your kindness, otherwise I would have frozen to death in the mass grave in the snow."
Mrs. Wu was her savior.
The person who actually did something wrong was Lin Qingyun, and the initiator of all the evil was Lin Qingyun.
She returned to the Lin Mansion, firstly to find clues about her mother, and secondly to make Lin Qingyun pay the price he deserved.
When Lin Qingyun's intention to murder her own daughter was exposed, she even argued that she thought the baby was stillborn, so she asked Mrs. Wu to help her deal with it.
Later, Lin Qingyun did not receive any punishment. Instead, he was promoted step by step because he became the son-in-law of Prime Minister Wang.
Now that she is here, Lin Qingyun’s road to success is coming to an end.
Mrs. Wu cried and prayed to the heaven: "Madam, you have a kind heart, and good fortune will surely come to you."
Lin Qianqian also missed her mother. Her second aunt said that her mother was a very kind and wonderful person, and looked very much like her.
"Well, I will definitely find my mother someday."
Lin Qianqian chatted with Mrs. Wu for a while and learned a lot of things.
After her mother, Mrs. Jiang, disappeared, Mrs. Wang married into the mansion as a concubine. After entering the mansion, she sold all the people left behind by her mother.
Wang wanted to seize her mother's dowry, but she was unsuccessful in competing with Old Lady Lin. Currently, her mother's dowry is in the hands of Old Lady Lin.
Before Lin Qingyun passed the imperial examination, the Lin family was just a poor family far away in the south of the Yangtze River. Old Mrs. Lin had suffered a lot, so she valued money very much.
After Jiang disappeared, Mrs. Lin immediately took the dowry into her own hands.
As for the second son, Lin Qingping's position as the commander of the Five Cities Military Department, it was arranged by his grandfather when his mother first married into the mansion.
At that time, the Jiang family had not yet been exiled to the frontier.
Fortunately, the second brother Lin Qingping is a grateful person, and his personality is completely different from the eldest brother Lin Qingyun.
"Don't cry, Granny Wu. Let's move forward."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, girl."
Lin Qianqian regards Mrs. Wu as her savior. If it weren't for Mrs. Wu, she would have died in a mass grave in the snow.
Not only was Mrs. Wu's leg broken by the beating, she was also extremely thin from hunger, and most of her hair was white. She must have suffered a lot of abuse in the mansion.
Lin Qianqian promised Mrs. Wu: "Mrs. Wu, I will help you and your family redeem themselves in the future."
Ever since it was discovered that Mrs. Wu had saved Lin Qianqian, her son was transferred to a farm on the outskirts of the city to do hard labor.
Mrs. Wu quickly declined: "No, no, my son is originally from a farm family, and he is still working as a farmer in the farm. There is nothing wrong with it. It is your own good fortune that you are still alive, young lady."
Kind people always do good things without asking for anything in return.
Mrs. Wu also warned, "Young lady, now that you have entered the mansion, you must be careful everywhere. This Lin Mansion is a den of tigers and wolves."
"Thank you Granny Wu for your reminder. I will be careful."
Lin Qianqian and the other two worked together and finally managed to clean up the house before dark.
When it was time for dinner, no one brought the food over. This might have been something Wang did on purpose.
But it's not a big deal.
She would not feel at ease if she really used the food in this mansion.
It is difficult to guard against the shady tactics used in the inner chambers, and poisoning food is a very common occurrence.
It happened to be the first time that I met Mrs. Wu, my savior. Mrs. Wu was unwilling to accept any money, so I had to prepare some good wine and food to entertain her.
"Hongdou, go out and buy a pot of wine and some snacks to go with it."
As for oil lamps, beddings and the like, they were all in place and were brought into the carriage when they came from the farm.
The coachman Ada had already delivered the things to the mansion, and then drove the carriage to the courtyard that he had rented nearby in advance.
"Okay, girl, I'll go buy some wine and food right away."
Hongdou was very excited. She used to live in a remote countryside and it was not easy for her to come to the capital. Now, there was only a wall between them and she could go out and play anytime.
This small stable yard is located in the southwest corner of the Lin Mansion and has a low wall.
Hongdou jumped lightly and flew out of the mansion, and after walking a short distance she arrived at Zuixian Tower.
Zuixianlou was brightly lit, with strings of red lanterns swaying in the wind outside the gate. One could tell at a glance that this was not a cheap place.
Most of the people living in the Yubanqiao area are officials, so the restaurants nearby are of high quality.
Hongdou knew that the girl wanted to entertain her savior with some food and wine, so she bought fried peanuts, braised beef, boiled lamb, and fruit wood roasted duck.
I bought two of each of the four dishes.
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