Chapter 82 The Snail Girl?
Yu Shan carried the injured man to Tao Tao's house, and Tao's mother quickly tidied up a side room so that the injured man could lie on the bed.
Tao Tao was sweeping the table and wiping away the dust.
This small room was originally used for storing miscellaneous items and was very messy and dusty, but it can still be lived in after being cleaned up.
Standing at the door, Tao's mother said somewhat helplessly, "Tao'er, who is this woman? Aren't her family worried about bringing her back like this?"
"I found it in a mass grave."
"What?!"
Tao's mother was taken aback, her expression showing a hint of panic.
"This...a mass grave?! Tao'er, the people who die in mass graves are all bad people! We...we should send her out."
In her eyes, those who could be thrown into mass graves were usually criminals or lowly servants from wealthy families who had made mistakes, and there was absolutely no need to save them.
I'm afraid that if Tao Tao saves this person and people find out, she'll definitely get into trouble.
Tao Tao paused for a moment, looking at her mother with slight surprise: "Mother, dying in a mass grave doesn't mean she wasn't a good person. It's alright. If she really was a wicked person, I will naturally hand her over to the authorities for punishment."
She cannot bring herself to stand by and watch someone die, especially someone in the funeral industry who is used to death and should not be numb to it.
Tao's mother frowned, a rare look of disapproval in her eyes. She pouted, but seeing her insistence, she ultimately said nothing more.
With an injured person in the family, Tao Tao discussed it with her mother and decided that she would go to the shop, while her mother would stay at home to take care of the injured person, as they still needed to discuss matters with Chen Jing and the others.
As dusk fell, the shop closed, and Tao Tao and her two companions carried a lot of things home.
They were all belongings of the fallen soldiers. She still remembered the despair and grief on the faces of the families when they arrived that afternoon, which brought tears to her eyes.
Some of the belongings had accompanied them to the battlefield and were stained with blood. The clothes that had been taken off the bodies were also filthy and needed to be cleaned as a sign of respect and cleanliness.
So the three of them washed and cleaned in the yard right after they finished eating.
Just then, Tao's mother rushed over and said, "Tao'er, that lady has woken up, go and see her quickly."
Tao Tao, who was squatting on the ground, stopped what she was doing, looked up at her, and then quickly put down her things, stood up, wiped her wet hands on the hem of her clothes, and went to the side room.
As soon as I went inside, I heard the sound of crying.
Tao Tao asked, "You're awake?"
She paused, raising her hazy eyes to look at the young woman approaching.
"Thank you... thank you so much, young lady... for saving my life..."
The room was dimly lit by only one candle, but you could still see her face, which was a mess from crying, and some scratches on her cheeks.
There were scratches on his arms and the side of his neck from being scratched by wild dogs.
For her, those three days were the darkest time of her life, more painful than being kicked to death on the spot.
"You must be hungry. I'll bring you some porridge in a bit."
Tao Tao didn't ask any questions or try to reassure her; she simply pretended to be nonchalant.
She nodded quickly.
Tao's mother cooked a simple bowl of lean meat porridge, added some chopped green onions, and it looked very appetizing.
She took the porridge from Tao Tao and, ignoring the fact that it was still steaming, wolfed it down. She was so hungry that she hadn't eaten anything for three days, and if it hadn't been for a light rain, she wouldn't have made it to where someone was.
Seeing that she had finished eating in no time, Tao Tao took the empty bowl, turned around and filled another bowl.
After eating two bowls of porridge and some leftover soup from dinner, she finally recovered.
After eating and drinking her fill, she revealed her origins before Tao Tao could even ask.
"This servant is from the Yang family in the north of the city. That day, the Sun family came to our door..."
She was the maidservant of Aunt Ye who was beaten to the point of barely clinging to life. Instead of receiving medical treatment, she was thrown into a mass grave to fend for herself.
Tao Tao smiled speechlessly, thinking to herself that this was quite a coincidence.
Hearing the young woman's laughter, she also felt quite ridiculous. She had been so loyal, yet she had ended up in such a miserable state.
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not laughing at you. My name is Tao Tao, and I run a funeral shop. I made that paper figure, and I'm also the one that Aunt Ye's lover is trying to frame."
"ah?"
Her face showed shock, and her eyes still held hatred for Aunt Ye and the Yang family.
"Don't worry, the matter is settled, and they have received their due punishment. You've died once, so you should be considered free now. After you recover, you can go wherever you want."
"I have something to do, you should get some rest."
Tao Tao got up and walked out. Looking at the closed door, she fell into deep thought.
There were many odds and ends drying in the yard. Yu He stood up after squatting for a while, stretched his aching back, and suddenly turned to look at the room with the light on.
He asked curiously, "Boss, what's the deal with that guy?"
"A person with a tragic fate? I don't know either."
Tao Tao smiled.
Yu Shan looked at the urns on display and said, "Boss, I looked at the list. Although I don't recognize all the characters, I know the numbers. It seems like our shop doesn't have enough."
"We need to use it by the evening of the day after tomorrow. Even if we have the carpenter work through the night, it probably won't be enough time. What should we do?"
Tao Tao glanced at the various urns and realized she had considered this point. She went to the carpenter that afternoon and asked him to make them as soon as possible, but it was still a drop in the ocean.
She did intend to collaborate with other companies, but given their disdainful attitude towards women last time, she felt uncomfortable and decided against it.
But we can try to meet up tomorrow.
She believed they wouldn't refuse; who would turn down a perfectly good opportunity to make money? They weren't stupid.
The next day, while the sky was still damp with dew, a commotion was heard in the courtyard at the crack of dawn.
Tao Tao happened to get up in the middle of the night and, still half asleep, pushed open the door to look. She found someone washing clothes by the well and immediately felt that this was completely outrageous.
She said speechlessly, "Mother, what time is it? Why are you up so early to do laundry?"
The man turned his head in confusion and smiled, "My benefactor is me."
Tao Tao jolted awake, rubbed her eyes, and tried to clear her head.
"It's you? Aren't you sleeping and doing laundry?"
Seeing the young woman's astonished expression, she suddenly felt uneasy, stood up, and said helplessly, "Was I...did I do something wrong? I just wanted to repay a debt of gratitude."
"I wanted to thank you, I didn't mean to wake you up."
Tao Tao smoothed her messy hair and yawned: "No, you're not fully recovered yet, so you should rest first. We can talk about repaying your kindness later."
She scratched her head awkwardly, "I'm lucky and I recovered quickly, I'm fine now."
“My benefactor, you can continue sleeping. After I finish washing up, I will start making breakfast. You can eat when you wake up.”
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