Lu Yuan frowned slightly. The two of them said the same thing. "When you were looking for the Second Young Lady, did you search the bedroom?"
"I looked for it, but there was no one in the room before. I only saw the second young lady in bed after dark. She was unconscious and had a high fever."
Lu Yuan was pregnant at the time and was traveling all night. Her mother and brother passed away suddenly. She was so exhausted that her child died in the womb. She had no time to take care of these things.
The aunts said that Yaoer only recognized her mother like that because she heard her mother screaming in pain during childbirth and was so scared that she was scared out of her wits. So she believed it and didn't think about what Yaoer had experienced during the time she had been away.
Lu Yuan thought for a moment and then said, "Do you still remember who were the midwives who delivered my mother?"
Su Min thought about it carefully, "It was so sudden. The midwife Du that Madam had arranged in advance was not at Huayang that day, and the Lord had gone to the neighboring county. Fortunately, the Second and Fourth Madams brought the midwife with them."
"Is that all there is?"
"Besides the Second and Fourth Madams and their respective maids who came with them as dowries, there were also several first-class maids."
Lu Yuan frowned: "Where are the maids and servants in our main house?"
"When I went with Qiao Yun to search for the Second Young Miss in Madam's courtyard, I saw several of Madam's maids waiting at the door with hot water."
"Bang!"
Lu Yuan slammed the teacup down on the table. "Does that mean no one from our main house is serving my mother in her room?"
Sumin was so frightened that her heart was trembling and she didn't dare to respond for a moment. Now she also knew that there must be another hidden reason behind the lady's difficult childbirth.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yuan understood what was going on, and suddenly recalled the scene when the midwife took out his younger brother from his mother's belly.
It would have been easy to carry her brother out, so why did she have to wait until her mother closed her eyes and she arrived before doing so?
A terrible thought came to Lu Yuan's mind. Could it be that they didn't want their brother to get out safely?
If so it's murder!
"Okay, go back and serve the Second Young Lady well."
Lu Yuan got up and hurried away to Si Chuyu's study...
Xiao Lingyu brought several guards from the Xu family to the bamboo forest. Looking at the three-meter-high wall, he was surprised for a moment. The villagers had repaired the wall half a day ahead of schedule.
Xiao Lingyu looked at everyone, and they all had smiles on their faces as if they were waiting to get their wages.
Wu Qingshan approached and asked, "Madam Su, how is it? Is the quality acceptable?"
Xiao Lingyu nodded. "Everyone finished the work half a day ahead of schedule. Everyone will receive an extra five cents today. Could you please ask the village chief to line up and let them collect their wages?"
A quarter of an hour later, a long line formed in front of the village chief's house.
For the sake of safety and speed of distributing wages, Su Ningjie brought the Xu family members to the Wu family yard early in the morning and prepared stacks of 800 copper coins. It would be easier to add an extra 5 coins, and then distribute wages to the villagers according to the list.
"Uncle, you have received your wages." Su Ningwen approached and whispered to him.
The villager glanced at Su Ningwen, his lips curled slightly, "Uncle, I haven't received it yet. My name is Wang Dabao."
Su Ningjie looked up at Wang Dabao, confirmed his name with him, and checked it on the list. "Third brother, Wang Dabao hasn't received it yet."
He would cross the villagers off the list after they received their wages.
"Second brother, he has received it. He said his name was Li Sanshun before. Please take a look at the list."
Su Ningjie looked through it for a long time and found Li Sanshun's name with a line through it at the 30th place on the first page.
Wang Dabao said calmly, "I am Wang Dabao. It's just my turn in the queue."
"Brother, brother, he lied. I remember it clearly."
Upon hearing this, Wu Qingshan and Xiao Lingyu turned their heads to look over, and the villagers queuing behind also stretched their necks to look over.
"Third brother, what's going on?"
Su Ningwen explained it in detail to Xiao Lingyu, who looked at Wang Dabao in front of him coldly.
"I'll give you a chance. Are you Wang Dabao? Otherwise, not only will you not get paid for these ten days, but you'll also have to go to jail!"
Xiao Lingyu just noticed that Su Ningwen was sitting next to him with a small stool. Maybe he was bored and came over to watch the brothers distribute money. It turned out that he was helping to identify people.
The third child has the ability to remember everything he sees.
Xiao Lingyu only gave Wang Dabao two breaths before turning to look at Wu Qingshan. "Village Chief, please arrange for someone to invite the heads of the neighboring villages..."
Li Sanshun was terrified and begged for mercy: "I am Li Sanshun, I am here to collect my wages for Wang Dabao."
"Why didn't you say that just now?"
Li Sanshun: "I...I forgot in my haste."
"Li Sanshun, you're so bold! You're really bringing shame to our village by wanting to get an extra paycheck."
More than a dozen villagers from Li Sanshun's village ran over and dragged him away while cursing.
Wu Qingshan couldn't help but spit as he watched the receding figure. He turned to Xiao Lingyu and said, "Madam Su, maybe he forgot to tell me."
Xiao Lingyu didn't bother to argue with such people. She just wanted to make sure the people who worked got paid. "Maybe that's the case."
A quarter of an hour later, a burly man in a sweatshirt came running over from the next village. "I'm Wang Dabao, I'm here to collect my wages."
"Why did you come just now?"
Wang Dabao scratched his head. "I... I saw a lot of people queuing up, so I went back to eat something before coming back. Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something wrong?"
Wu Qingshan shook his head. "You were the last one to receive your wages. You almost lost everything."
After lunch.
Xiao Lingyu called Xingyun aside and said, "Go back and tell your eldest daughter that I will go to the county to meet her the day after tomorrow, and ask her to have dinner at Luoxia Cottage that day."
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