Chapter 276 This time I must bring my daughter back!
Duke Ningguo, Prime Minister Ning and others were also staring at her. This was the most important thing.
"They all match." Ning Leshu looked serious and seemed to be lost in memories.
"I remember it very clearly. My husband and I were being hunted all the way. To protect me, my husband split his forces into two groups and even sent a team of guards to protect me."
"It's a pity that only two of us died in the escape... We had been wandering in the mountains for a long time and had already lost our way. We had no idea which way was going."
"I thought I was going to die here, but unexpectedly I was saved by a hunter named Xiao Qing."
"He took us secretly to his house. Two guards carried me for several hours, and we finally arrived when I was about to faint."
"There aren't many people in his family. Besides a three-year-old son and a wife who is about to give birth, there's only his mother left."
"Their family was very poor, with only a few shabby thatched huts. I had severe stomach pains at the time and was about to give birth, but I didn't dare to say anything. Xiao Qing's mother offered to deliver the baby for me."
"Unexpectedly, Xiao Qing's wife also had a seizure at the same time. Xiao Qing's mother had no choice but to let us stay in the same room and deliver the baby for both of us."
"Xiao Qing's wife gave birth smoothly, but I had to endure it for a long time. Fortunately, both mother and child are safe in the end."
"When the child was born, Xiao Qing's mother said it was a son. I had already exhausted all my strength and didn't notice anything was wrong before I fainted."
“How would I know…”
I'm about to cry again when I say this.
Little did she know that the family who had kindly rescued them and helped her deliver the baby actually harbored evil intentions and secretly swapped her daughter, leaving her and her daughter separated for more than 30 years.
Ning Leyan was extremely angry: "I'm afraid that the hunter named Xiao Qing had this in mind when he rescued you."
Prime Minister Ning said, "It's hard to say when rescuing someone, but it must be true during childbirth. Otherwise, Xiao Shu wouldn't have said it was a son the moment he was born. I think Xiao Qing's mother is more concerned."
Everyone nodded. This mother and son may have discussed this privately. Seeing Ning Leshu dressed in luxurious clothes and protected by guards, they guessed that she was not an ordinary person.
So he wanted to switch their children and send his own child to the Ning family to enjoy a better life.
The Prime Minister's wife asked curiously, "Did you see your daughter at that time?"
Ning Leshu wiped away her tears and nodded, "Yes, I have. I stayed at their house for three days. Xiao Qing said that none of them could read, and they wanted me to help them choose a name for their child."
"I survived a great disaster and welcomed a new life, so I named the child Ying, which means welcoming a new life."
Everyone was stunned, and Ning Leyan looked incredulous: "So, you named your daughter yourself?"
Ning Leshu's eyes turned red again, and he felt extremely regretful.
Why didn't she look at her daughter more at that time? If she had looked more, she might have recognized her.
The others were also filled with emotion, perhaps this was the fate between mother and daughter.
"I'll leave in a few days, and this time I must bring my daughter back!"
She wished she had wings so she could fly to Chenjia Village to see her daughter immediately.
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Xiao Ying didn't know that the Ning family had confirmed her identity. She had been teaching the cook at home how to cook delicious food these past two days.
It’s not quite right to say that she was teaching. After all, she had only eaten many of the things but had never cooked them before, so it was all just talk.
But whether it is Zhu Qiao, Yuan Xiangyu or the newcomer Cuizhu, they are all good at cooking.
Often she would just take out the raw materials and roughly describe the production method and the finished product, and these people would be able to make it decent after tinkering with it a few times.
In just a few days, I mastered several ways to cook crayfish, and also made jelly, tofu, konjac, potato chips, sweet potato cakes, pumpkin cakes, corn biscuits and other things.
Only the more complicated cold noodles, rice noodles, flat noodles, potato noodles, sweet potato noodles, and preserved eggs are still being tried repeatedly.
By the time the food workshop opens, I believe all of them will have been made.
As a result, we have fresh food to eat every day at home recently, and no meal is the same again.
Cuizhu and the other two were also very happy. They had mastered so many kinds of delicious food at once, and they were so excited that they couldn't sleep at night.
This is like a martial artist suddenly obtaining many martial arts books, or like a scholar obtaining countless lost literary masterpieces overnight, or like a doctor suddenly picking up many rare medical books of miracle doctors.
The excitement and satisfaction are beyond words to describe.
Naturally, he became more respectful and awed towards Xiao Ying. A lady who could come up with so many kinds of delicious food must be the reincarnation of a god!
Xiao Ying was very happy to see them so motivated and gave each of them two taels of silver as a reward.
That afternoon, when she was tasting Cuizhu's freshly baked sweet potato cakes, several familiar figures suddenly came into her sight.
Xiao Qian and others who were sent to destroy the pawnshop and the organization behind it are finally back!
"This subordinate greets the master!"
The six people bowed in unison, with a faint smell of blood on them.
"You've all worked hard." Xiao Ying showed some appreciation: "How were the results of this operation?"
A hint of excitement crossed Xiao Qian's usually cold face. "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission. My subordinates and I have traveled across three states and destroyed a total of fourteen branches of the Yunteng Ya Clan, uprooting the entire organization and ensuring that no loopholes remain!"
"Over three thousand innocent civilians were captured in these fourteen pawnshops, and we have all released them. Those who were sold into slavery have also had their indentures returned, and can choose to return home or find another pawnshop."
"In addition, a total of 28,650 taels of gold, over 1,476,300 taels of silver, and thousands of pieces of jewelry, jade, and antiques were obtained, with a total value of at least 2 million taels."
"There are still more than 100,000 dan of grain, but I made a private decision and gave half of it to the captured people."
"There were also sixty-three horses, which, unable to be taken away, had to be sold for two thousand five hundred taels of silver. Finally, there were eighty-eight shops in various places, eleven farms, and over ten thousand acres of fertile land."
"However, we will not take over any of the shops, farms, or fertile lands. Otherwise, traces will surely remain and the authorities will come knocking."
She spoke fluently and methodically, recounting her gains one by one, the amounts involved were truly shocking.
After saying that, he presented several storage bags. Except for those that could not be accepted, he brought back everything that could be brought back.
Xiao Ying was also a little surprised. She really underestimated the wealth of these pawnshops. The gold, silver and jewelry alone added up to three or four million taels.
But when she thought that this money was obtained by exploiting the poor people, she was filled with anger.
She will not keep this money for herself. Since it is taken from the people, it must be used for the people.
With this money, she can focus on infrastructure construction and will be more confident in building Chenjia Village into a town and then a county.
“You did a great job.”
She praised Xiao Qian generously, saying that she was very pleased that he could distribute half of the food to the captured people.
"Thank you, Master."
Xiao Qian raised the corners of her lips slightly, feeling relieved. Her master was indeed a kind-hearted person and did not blame her for acting on her own.
Xiao Ying nodded: "You have worked hard this time, what reward do you want?"
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