In the middle of the night, Zhen Wanwan sat drowsily by the bedside.
It was already completely dark by then, and Uncle Zhang had not yet returned from looking for Zhu Yuan.
Zhen Wanwan rubbed her rumbling stomach. She should have eaten more for dinner!
"Since there's no one around, why don't we grab some snacks to fill our stomachs?"
Now, besides her, there are only the servants on night watch; Xiao Lan has already gone to her room to sleep.
I don't know how the maids in this time and space could be so bold?
How could she possibly go back home with a clear conscience if the master she was serving had another high fever?
As Zhen Wanwan munched on her bread, lost in thought, a knock sounded at the door.
She hurriedly threw the bread she had only eaten a few bites into the space, got up and went to open the door.
When Zhen Wanwan saw the maid in front of her, she was taken aback. It was the same maid who had gone to find her earlier. According to Uncle Zhang and the others, her name was Xiao Mei.
"Xiaomei, is something the matter?"
Xiao Mei was slightly taken aback, not expecting Zhen Wanwan to know her name, and then she smiled sincerely.
"Madam Zhen, I thought you might be hungry, so I went to the kitchen to cook you a bowl of porridge."
Xiaomei held a bowl of steaming hot rice porridge in her hand, mixed with shredded meat, which looked delicious.
Zhen Wanwan was so moved she almost drooled, and hurriedly welcomed the person into the house.
"You're so thoughtful! Thank you so much, Xiaomei."
She took the rice porridge Xiaomei handed her and ate it slowly and deliberately. It tasted really good!
"By the way! Has Uncle Zhang found your parents?"
"Reporting to Lady Zhen, there has been no news yet."
After hesitating for two seconds, Xiaomei explained to Zhen Wanwan, "The master is rarely in the manor. He only comes back for a while when the young master is making a big fuss."
Zhen Wanwan paused in her porridge-drinking, looking at the pitiful Yuan Huizhou with a pang of sympathy in her heart.
This young child lost both parents overnight, and his only uncle is not by his side.
"Oh! How pitiful."
Thinking of Zhuyuan's instructions, I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse for this child.
Yuan Huizhou still has a low-grade fever, and Zhen Wanwan won't be able to go back tonight, so she asked Xiaomei to inform Granny Zhang and the others.
Fortunately, Guabao and Tianbao don't cling to her; they fall asleep as soon as they're full, so it's reassuring to have Zhang Mama there.
Looking at the sickly Yuan Huizhou in front of her, Zhen Wanwan wondered if she should just spend some money to buy health pills.
Since eating this, Guabao and Tianbao have not been sick, and their health has even improved.
Zhu Yuan has been so generous to her, giving her so many shops and fields; of course she can't be stingy.
She only had eight hundred taels of silver in total, which was two hundred taels short!
Zhen Wanwan gritted her teeth and decided to use some of the grain she had stored to make up for the two hundred taels.
After taking the money, Tmall Genie promptly spat out the health pill.
After Yuan Huizhou swallowed the pill, his pale face turned rosy within seconds.
The sickness on her body vanished instantly. Zhen Wanwan clicked her tongue in amazement. Sure enough, there's a reason why expensive things are expensive.
"Alas! All the money I painstakingly saved up is gone."
Even after the child recovered, Zhen Wanwan remained dedicated to staying by his side until dawn before going back to catch up on sleep.
I woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated.
She was the only one in the house; Guabao and Tianbao had been taken out by Granny Zhang to bask in the sun.
After finishing her simple lunch, Zhen Wanwan left the house to find Grandma Li and the others.
Coincidentally, Old Lady Li happened to come to her yard.
"Mother! I was just about to look for you!"
Grandma Li picked up Tianbao and comforted her, then scolded Zhen Wanwan, "You slept in again."
However, thinking about what her daughter had done last night, Grandma Li kept quiet.
"By the way, your brothers have found out that it takes an hour to get to Guangling County by taking the official road. There are a few caravans going to Guangling County these days, so let's go with them first thing tomorrow morning."
"So fast!"
Grandma Li thought she was reluctant to part with the strategist, so she took her hand and advised, "Wanwan, although we are just small farmers, we can't do these shady things!"
She was convinced that Yuan Huizhou was Zhu Yuan's biological son, and assumed that he was already married, so she didn't want her daughter to get involved in this mess.
In any case, I would rather my daughter stay at home for the rest of her life than let her become a concubine in a wealthy family and be humiliated by others.
Zhen Wanwan looked helplessly at Old Lady Li; this misunderstanding was huge!
"Mother! I forgot to tell you! That child is the strategist's nephew."
Grandma Li stood there, stunned, staring at Zhen Wanwan in disbelief.
"How could that be! I heard the servants calling the child!"
Isn't the title "young master" practically equivalent to "master of this house"?
Of all the servants in the room, only Zhuyuan and the child were the proper masters.
At first, she thought that Zhu Yuan's proper wife had gone back to her parents' home, which was why he dared to bring his daughter here.
Zhen Wanwan pulled Old Lady Li to sit on a stool and explained the whole story of Yuan Huizhou.
"Alas! What a pitiful child!" Old Mrs. Li sighed with regret.
Things turned out to be completely different from what they had imagined; it turned out to be another child without parents.
but......
Grandma Li looked at Zhen Wanwan uncertainly and asked, "Are you really planning to raise this child?"
"Yes! I'll accept all the payment!"
Seeing her daughter's guilty look, Grandma Li didn't know what to say.
All I could do was earnestly warn her: "Wanwan! Even though we're poor, we must never be greedy!"
"The strategist is willing to entrust his child to you, which must mean he trusts our family a lot. As for the reward... you can just accept a small amount."
Grandma Li thought about it more deeply; now, Zhu Yuan was undoubtedly the biological father of Guai Bao and Tian Bao.
If my daughter and Zhuyuan can reconcile in the future, and the two little ones will have a father, it would be only natural for my daughter to help her husband raise his orphaned nephew.
However, the two have not yet officially married.
It's already a bit unreasonable to help raise my nephew, but my daughter is right, they came here with no one to rely on.
Having a strategist as a backer is a great benefit to them, preventing them from being bullied by other families.
While worried that Zhen Wanwan's actions would make the man look down on her, Grandma Li also hoped to use this opportunity to bring her daughter and the father of the two little ones together.
Zhen Wanwan sighed helplessly and patted the back of Li's hand to comfort her, "Mother, don't worry! I know what I'm doing. I'll just consider it a one-time child support payment for Guabao and Tianbao."
“That won’t do!” Old Mrs. Li immediately objected.
She's also looking forward to her two little ones having a biological father!
My daughter is capable of making money, but without a man to rely on, she'll be bullied!
Especially since she is a young woman raising two children, she is most likely to be looked down upon and despised.
It's alright now that she and her husband are alive, but if they die, the wives of the eldest and second sons will probably be unwilling.
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