Chapter 64: Bringing the loyal servant home
After saying this with sobs, Lan Yin began to cry uncontrollably.
Even Shen Ningyuan couldn't hear clearly what she said intermittently afterwards.
I only vaguely heard about natural disasters, increased taxes, and harvest failures. If Shen Ningyuan hadn't sent people to help out from time to time, sending silver, food, and cotton, I'm afraid the whole family would have starved to death or frozen to death...
Seeing Lan Yin sobbing and crying, Shen Ningyuan felt very uncomfortable and took out a handkerchief to wipe away Lan Yin's tears.
A year ago, after Lan Yin was driven away, Shen Ningyuan suggested that she go to work for the Shen family or help her find a new customer.
But Lan Yin refused.
Shen Ningyuan will never forget her original words:
"Young lady is kind and protective of me, how can I harm young lady? I was driven out of the Ji family on the charge of theft. If I return to the Shen family, I am afraid that the Ji family will take the opportunity to stir up trouble, saying that the Shen family is not upright and has specially trained servants to steal and cheat, and take the opportunity to suppress young lady. As for serving other customers, I am also unwilling to do so. I grew up with young lady, and I only want to serve young lady in this life!"
Just for the sake of this master-servant relationship, Lan Yin resolutely returned to Orchid Village, even at the cost of her life.
After crying for a while, Lan Yin suddenly realized something and quickly wiped away her tears.
"Look at my brain. Miss finally came to Orchid Village. I should take her to my home for a visit!"
As she spoke, Lan Yin pulled Shen Ningyuan and continued walking towards home.
Lan Yin's house is simple, but it is kept clean and tidy.
Shen Ningyuan sat on a small bench in the yard, looking at Lan Yin's family awkwardly.
Lan Yin brought two cups of hot tea and handed them to Chen Ningyuan and Lu Ying.
"Miss, this is just the crude tea from the village. I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. I hope you won't mind." Lan Yin said apologetically.
Lan Yin's father also smiled apologetically, "We only have this kind of local tea to treat Miss, I hope Miss doesn't mind."
Lan Yin's younger brothers and sisters huddled behind their mother, looking at Shen Ningyuan timidly, their eyes full of curiosity.
Lan Yin's sister pulled her mother's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Mother, is this the very beautiful young lady that my sister often mentioned to us? She is really beautiful!"
Lan's mother nodded and made a gesture to keep quiet, signaling the little girl not to talk nonsense.
After a short period of observation, Shen Ningyuan roughly understood the personalities of Lan Yin's family.
After taking a sip of tea, Shen Ningyuan asked, "Lan Yin, I remember you told me that your father passed the examination for a scholar?"
Hearing this, Lan Yin and Lan's father looked at each other, then looked at Chen Ningyuan, "Dad participated in the provincial examination, but did not pass. The township required a sum of money to bribe, and our family did not have the money, so he was not selected."
Shen Ningyuan frowned.
This is helpless, but it is the fact.
Nowadays, selling official positions and granting titles are common in the court.
As far as she knew, the Ji family had to pay a large sum of money to the higher authorities every year in order to barely keep the title of marquis.
"That means your father can read?" Shen Ningyuan asked, "Can he read the account book?"
Before Lan Yin could speak, her father quickly replied, "I can understand it. I used to be in charge of the account books for a period of time for a village gentry."
"That's good."
Shen Ningyuan nodded.
"It's great that he can read and has managed account books."
Lan Yin became even more curious, "Miss, why are you asking these questions?"
"I want your father to help me with the accounts." Shen Ningyuan said directly.
Lan Yin was shocked. "Let my father help Miss with the accounts? But Miss, hasn't your private property been incorporated into the Ji family's accounts? And isn't the Ji family's account managed by Madam's brother?"
"Don't worry, I will replace him." Shen Ningyuan said calmly.
"What?" Lan Yin was even more surprised, looking at Shen Ningyuan in shock, "Miss, what are you going to do?"
"You'll know later."
As he spoke, Shen Ningyuan stood up, looked at Lan Yin's father, and said politely: "Lan Bo, wait at home for a while. After I have arranged everything over there, you can come and help me with the accounts."
"Miss, what happened? Why did you suddenly..."
Lan Yin wanted to ask more questions, but her father held her hand and signaled her not to ask more questions.
Father Lan nodded to Shen Ningyuan, his attitude was very firm, "The young lady is a great benefactor of our family. If the young lady needs anything, we dare not disobey her, nor dare to ask too much. We will listen to her orders."
"Okay, just wait for me to arrange it." Shen Ningyuan nodded slightly.
Lan's father's words made her feel more satisfied.
Be polite when advancing and retreating, and know when to relax and work hard.
She felt more at ease when she let Lan Yin's father help her with the accounts.
Thinking of this, Shen Ningyuan looked at Lan Yin and said, "Okay, pack up now and follow me back to the Ji family."
"Okay!" Lan Yin responded excitedly and immediately went into the house to collect her things.
While Lan Yin was packing, Shen Ningyuan looked around Lan Yin's house inside and out.
Then he walked up to Lan's mother, took out a stack of gold from his purse and stuffed it into Lan's mother's hand.
Lan's mother quickly refused, pushed the gold out, and said in a panic: "Miss, you have already helped our family a lot, I can't accept this gold!"
"Aunt, take this money. Lan Yin and Lan Bo work for the Ji family. It's inconvenient for them to travel to the suburbs. You can go to the main city and buy a house. It will not only be convenient, but also comfortable for the whole family to live in. You can also use the remaining money to send Lan Yin's younger brother and sister to school."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan forced the gold into Lan's mother's hands, not giving her a chance to refuse.
With red eyes, Lan's mother subconsciously looked at the head of the family. After seeing Lan's father nodded, she wiped her tears and accepted the gold.
Nowadays, helping others is a favor, not helping others is your duty.
Sometimes even relatives are unreliable, let alone other people.
What's more, Shen Ningyuan has already helped them a lot.
Lan Yin packed her things and when she walked out, she saw her mother's slightly red eyes.
I wanted to ask something, but after seeing the gold in Lan's mother's hand, I immediately understood everything.
He immediately looked at Shen Ningyuan gratefully, walked to her side and said, “Miss, let’s go.”
"good."
After saying goodbye to Lan Yin's family, the three of them got on the carriage back to Ji's house.
Lan's father and mother stood by the rice field with their two children for a long time until the carriage disappeared from their sight, then they turned around and went home.
"Yinyin, being able to be with Miss Shen is already her greatest fortune." Lan's mother suddenly sighed.
"It may also be the greatest fortune of our family." Lan's father added.
Hearing this, Lan's mother thought of something and continued, "A year ago, when Yinyin was kicked out of the Ji family, I kept blaming Miss Shen. When you and Yinyin advised me, I argued with you for a long time. Now it seems that I was narrow-minded!"
As she spoke, Lan's mother glanced at Lan's father in a reproachful manner, "You don't know, when Miss Shen stuffed the gold into my hand just now, I felt it was hot as soon as I touched it, and you stood there like a fool, not even trying to help me shirk it. This money... we can't take it in peace!"
Hearing this, Father Lan glanced at her and said, "Okay, I'll take it. I'll take good care of Miss Shen's accounts, which will be worthy of her kindness. I always feel that this account is not so easy to manage..."
After saying this, Father Lan looked heavy-hearted.
He had a vague feeling that what Shen Ningyuan was going to do next would be beyond everyone’s expectations.
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