"Uncle Chen, we'll have a snack tonight!" Su Qingluan stood with one foot outside the door and the other inside, holding a bamboo pole in one hand and a bamboo basket in the other. She looked up, revealing her smiling face beneath her straw hat.
"Madam, you're back?" A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties came out from the door and took the fishing rod and fish basket from Su Qingluan.
The middle-aged man in front of him with dark skin and kind appearance was initially just a poor man who fell in front of Su Qingluan's carriage.
It was said that his family had suffered a disaster, his wife and son died on the road, leaving only his two granddaughters to depend on each other, and they were on the verge of death.
Su Qingluan had just come up from the small mountain village below the cliff and wanted to walk around. She didn't want to take the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren with her. After all, she herself was very worried about how to raise the money for traveling.
Unexpectedly, these three people were grateful for the meal and helped drive the carriage, move the luggage, serve tea and water, and were busy running around, making Su Qingluan feel embarrassed to send them away.
After a few visits, she had no choice but to keep the person - anyway, according to Su Qingluan's own abilities, as long as she worked hard, there would be many rich people hiring her as a cook, and it would be enough to support a few servants.
Originally, Su Qingluan thought that if she came across a suitable place along the way, she would be able to find a place to accommodate the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren - after all, although this man was only in his forties, he was old enough to call himself "old man" in this era.
The oldest of Uncle Chen's granddaughters is only seventeen years old, and the youngest is only thirteen. Even if Su Qingluan does not think that marriage is the only way out for women, for women of this era, finding a family to settle down is indeed the relatively easiest way out for them in this era.
But she never expected that these three people were determined to follow her. They were unwilling to stay even if there was a suitable place, and they were even unwilling to accept the salary given by Su Qingluan. They only wanted to serve Su Qingluan wholeheartedly.
Although the two girls were young, they were very careful and organized, and Uncle Chen was not an ordinary illiterate person. His accounting and interpersonal skills made Su Qingluan wonder why such an experienced person would not want to follow her to be a manager.
Uncle Chen said, "If it weren't for Madam Su, the three of us would have starved to death long ago." The two maids, Chen Qiao and Chen Hui, thought the same thing.
So Su Qingluan took the three of them along the way, and they visited the scenery of the north and the small towns in the south of the Yangtze River. They experienced the customs of the Miao region and witnessed the fierceness of the nomadic people.
In the past two years, Su Qingluan has been traveling around the world, just as she had imagined. This made her sigh that even if she had been to similar places in her previous life, the feeling was completely different in a different time and space.
In the past two years, Su Qingluan has been traveling and earning money with her skills. She has met many interesting people and has also felt the changes that the change of dynasties has brought to society.
After the old emperor passed away, Su Qingluan thought Xiao Huan would take the throne, but unexpectedly, the successor was a child who was ranked sixteen and was said to have just turned ten. It was said that Xiao Huan served as regent.
When Su Qingluan heard the news, she was full of questions: What is the difference between this and directly succeeding to the throne?
No, it is different. It is more troublesome and will cause endless troubles - if Xiao Huan still wants to be emperor.
Although her head was full of questions, Su Qingluan didn't bother with those power struggles and lived her life peacefully.
But as time went on, she gradually discovered that both her housekeeper, Uncle Chen, and the two girls, Chen Qiao and Chen Hui, were unusual.
It is true that they are loyal to themselves and work hard - but too loyal and too hard.
Whether it's their ability to deal with people or to do things, the three of them far exceed the scope of ordinary "stewards" and "maids". Su Qingluan has seen the quality of the stewards and maids of wealthy families. To put it bluntly, these three people in her family will do no worse than others in any wealthy family.
But it was these three people who made Su Qingluan feel puzzled: she was just a cook, powerless and without any influence, so why would she let these three outstanding people work like slaves for her?
Su Qingluan has never had a narcissistic problem. She knows her own worth very well and understands that there must be something wrong when things are abnormal.
She didn't think there was any particularly large conspiracy. After all, although she wasn't completely broke, her frequent travels hadn't given her much opportunity to accumulate wealth over a long period of time, so she didn't have a fortune that would be coveted. As for power, she certainly didn't have one.
Su Qingluan didn't like this unresolved feeling, so she simply told Chen Bo and the other two why they stayed and if there was anything they wanted. In view of their hard work for so long, she was willing to help as long as it did not affect her bottom line.
Unexpectedly, the three people on the opposite side admitted that they were "entrusted by someone" very straightforwardly, but denied that they had asked for anything in return. They just said that the person asked them to take care of Su Qingluan with all their heart.
Su Qingluan asked again and again but to no avail, and the other party didn't seem to have any intention of harming her, so she simply let it go - although she had some guesses in her mind, she immediately denied them. Sometimes, being too self-righteous is not a wise choice.
So after a while, the weather gradually became warmer, and Su Qingluan suddenly had the idea of going fishing one day, and she actually caught something.
After a day of fishing, Su Qingluan didn't want to finish cooking, so she handed the task over to the sisters Chen Qiao and Chen Hui. Under Su Qingluan's "training", their already good cooking skills had made great progress, and they were fully capable of becoming their own masters.
Su Qingluan was strolling around the yard that she had rented for three months, and before she knew it, she arrived at the outer wall of her neighbor's house.
This neighbor seemed to have moved in a month or so ago, but she had never seen him. Su Qingluan thought, maybe he was a super socially anxious otaku?
Just then, she heard the sounds of "da", "da", and "da" coming from the other side of the wall.
This sound was really familiar. Su Qingluan had heard it countless times from Xiao Huan - it was the sound of chess pieces being dropped on the chessboard.
Damn it, why did I think of that guy again?
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but raise her voice and ask, "Friends over there, I happened to catch some big fish today. Would you mind coming over to try some?"
As soon as she said that, Su Qingluan regretted it: They were playing chess so happily, why did she interrupt them by making a sound?
Just as he was about to apologize, he heard a very familiar voice say, "In that case, I will be honored to refuse."
Then, the sound of clothes breaking through the air was heard, and "Mu Xingzhi" - "Mu Xingzhi" with healthy legs appeared in front of Su Qingluan.
Uncle Chen, who was about to invite Su Qingluan to have dinner, seemed to be used to it and turned away.
"You..." Why are you here?
Su Qingluan felt as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"The paperwork was tiring and boring, so I came here." The person in front of him was still disguised as "Mu Xingzhi", but he was no longer sitting in a narrow wheelchair. Instead, he stood tall and smiled at Su Qingluan.
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