Chapter 253 Meeting Nanny Wen!
Nanny Wen was arranging the embroidery. She saw someone coming over and quickly raised her head to greet them. It turned out to be Xu Zhiyi: "Miss Xu!!"
"Madame Wen, why are you here?" Xu Zhiyi was very curious. She remembered Aunt Luo had mentioned to her that a few days before she was about to divorce Lou Qin, she returned Madame Wen's indenture to her and gave her one hundred taels of silver, allowing her to go to Taolin County to live with her sisters!
Taolin County and Hanshan County are separated by five county towns, one in the south and one in the north. According to the speed of the horse-drawn carriage, it would take at least one month to reach Hanshan County.
Nanny Wen: "I originally went to look for my sister, but who would have thought that I was a month late and didn't even see her for the last time. She left behind a son and a daughter. When I found the address and went to her house, my sister's husband actually believed the concubine's words and wanted to marry his daughter to the old man as a concubine."
"I can't persuade her, but my sister saved my life. I really can't watch her daughter being sold to an old man as a concubine, especially one whose six concubines died. In this case, if Chunxia is sold away, it will be a matter of time..."
"So I finally chose to use the 100 taels of silver that Madam gave me to buy Chunxia, and then returned to Chunhe County to find Madam. But when I arrived in Chunhe County, I heard bad rumors about Madam."
"I searched for more than ten days, but couldn't find anyone in Chunhe County, so I headed south. After passing through two counties, I stopped in Hanshan County and planned to stay there for a long time."
Xu Zhiyi: "Madam Wen, Aunt Luo and Qianqian are in Yuehua Town. If you want to find them, just go directly to Yanyi Pavilion in the town. Aunt Luo is the second shopkeeper."
Hearing this, Nanny Wen grabbed Xu Zhiyi's hand and said excitedly, "Really? Are Madam and Miss okay? I heard that something happened to them in Chunhe County, and I was so worried! I walked around the county several times, but still couldn't find out their whereabouts."
"Of course it's true. It's fate. When I met them, they were also selling embroidery at a stall," Xu Zhiyi nodded and replied.
"Well, the madam learned embroidery from a master, so of course she is very good. I followed Zhi Guang at that time and received a lot of guidance from the side." As she said this, she wiped away her tears, as if recalling the past, with a smile on her face.
Xu Zhiyi glanced at his cousin and Yinyin who were waiting for him, and he didn't want to keep them waiting any longer, so he suggested:
"Then Madam Wen, do you want to go look for Aunt Luo and Qianqian? If you want, come to Li Mansion to find me tomorrow morning. I'll be back in town tomorrow, so we can go together."
Hearing this, Nanny Wen nodded: "Okay, I'll remember that!"
She had been serving the lady for twenty-seven years! She had long been accustomed to being by the lady's side. Anyway, she had nothing to leave behind, so she still wanted to return to the lady's side to serve her and the young lady.
In fact, twenty years ago, the lady had allowed her to leave the house and get married, but she didn't want to get married. First, she couldn't bear to leave the lady, and second, she had met an unfaithful man before, and didn't want to be abandoned again! So she decided not to get married, and it was good to be alone.
Her good sister was also sold by her father to a wealthy family as a slave, but they never saw each other again after their master's family moved away, and they only exchanged letters a few times a year.
Later, she heard from her sister that after the mistress of the house assigned her to the son of the housekeeper, she rarely wrote to her! She wrote seven letters before she received one reply.
After saying goodbye to Nanny Wen, Xu Zhiyi took a walk with Yin Yin and a few cousins and then returned home!
After returning, as soon as I sat down in the assigned room, several maids came over with wooden boxes. Inside were all various styles of hair accessories, jewelry, bracelets and so on. They said they were gifts from the masters of the mansion.
So much? No, I received the gift before we had dinner! What kind of gift is this?
Another taller maid explained, "Miss, the masters said that a gift for meeting someone is a gift for meeting someone, and these are to make up for your birthday gifts for the past seventeen years."
"Birthday gift?" Xu Zhiyi raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard that.
"Yes, cousin, I will leave it on the table for you. Please keep it. I will take my leave now!"
Xu Zhiyi looked at the three small boxes filled with hair accessories and bracelets, some made of gold, jade, and silver. Oh my god! How much silver would all these be worth?
With the money given by the Xue family and her own savings, she is now a rich woman!
I thought about whether I should put it into the space first, but then I thought that I would have to take it out when I go back tomorrow, so forget it. After all, if I get on the carriage empty-handed, everyone would definitely ask me why I didn’t bring the gift.
After all, there are too many of them. Even if I make excuses and say I hid them in my sleeve pockets, I can’t hide so many!
The next day, after Xu Zhiyi had breakfast, someone reported that someone was looking for him.
"It's for me!"
"Miss, I will bring the person in. Please wait here."
Xu Zhiyi nodded after hearing this: "Okay, thank you for your help!"
The maid was flattered when she heard this: "No trouble, no trouble, this is what I should do!"
After Nanny Wen and Chun Xia were brought to Xu Zhiyi, they quickly bowed and greeted him.
Xu Zhiyi quickly helped Nanny Wen up: "Nanny Wen, what are you doing?"
"Miss Xu, thank you. If I hadn't met you, I'm afraid I would never have met the Madam and the Miss in my life!"
"What are you thanking me for? This proves that you two are destined to be together. This is arranged by God. I dare not take credit for it."
Nanny Wen: "No matter what, I still want to thank you, Miss Xu."
After lunch, after saying goodbye to everyone in the Li family, it took another two hours to return to Yuehua Town. Xu Zhiyi and Nanny Wen got off the carriage at Yanyi Pavilion, while Old Madam Xue and Xue Yinyin went back to the Xue family first.
"Aunt Luo, look who I brought you?" Xu Zhiyi took Nanny Wen and Chunxia to the second floor of Yanyi Pavilion. Another room was the embroidery workshop, which was specially used for making clothes. Some distinguished guests who wanted to try on the size of clothes also came up to the second floor to change.
"Madam, Miss." Nanny Wen stood out from behind Xu Zhiyi and looked at Luo Jinqiu excitedly.
"Madame Wen!!"
Luo Jinqiu was so shocked that she almost got her finger pricked by a needle. Seeing that it was really Nanny Wen, she stood up and rushed over to hug her and started crying, "Woo woo! It's really you, didn't you go to seek refuge with your sisters? How did you and Zhiyi meet after such a long distance?"
Lou Qianqian on the other side was also very excited, but when she saw Chunxia next to Nanny Wen, she suddenly became curious.
Then several people sat down, and Nanny Wen told everyone in detail what had happened after they left the Lou family.
"Madam, I'm glad I met Miss Xu in the county town, otherwise I would have thought you had gone back to Wutong City. So I thought I would save enough money and go back to Wutong City to find you."
Luo Jinqiu: "Why would I go back? That's the home of that beast Lou Qin. I will never go back again! I am living a happy and fulfilling life every day now."
After chatting for a while, Xu Zhiyi went back to the pastry shop. On the way, he heard people discussing who was beheaded. They said that the wives and sons of two men had made a big fuss at the execution ground, and in the end each of them was beaten with thirty sticks.
When Xu Zhiyi heard their discussion, he immediately guessed that the people who were beheaded were Xu Lei and Xu Le.
Shen Wuyou, who was arranging cakes in the shop, saw that it was Xu Zhiyi who came in. She put down the plate in surprise and rushed over to hug Xu Zhiyi.
"Well, it would be bad if guests come in and see it!"
After hearing this, Shen Wuyou reluctantly let go of Xu Zhiyi: "My dear, we haven't seen each other for just one day and one night, but I feel like I haven't seen you for a year. I miss you so much!"
"Ahem, I get it. Now is not the time to talk about this!"
"Madam, I'll tell you when we get home tonight?"
Zhang Lingfu didn't know how long he had been standing at the back door. Seeing that the two hadn't noticed him yet, he couldn't help but cough twice: "Cough cough... cough cough... cough cough..."
The two heard the noise and looked at Zhang Lingfu: "..."
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