When Qingju returned, she saw her daughter sitting against the headboard, her eyes blank. Her heart ached slightly. She looked around and, seeing no one else, asked curiously, "Miss, where are our servants? It's almost lunchtime, where have they all gone?"
Yun Qiang'er said, "Mother came over just now. They were gossiping behind my back, and my sister caught them. So Mother took them all away."
Qingju put down the small bundle in her hand, sat down by the edge of the bed, and said, "Good girl, you can't continue like this. It's all in the past. You didn't do anything wrong. Why be sad and upset because of other people's gossip?"
Yun Qiang'er shook her head. On that day, Qingju was sent away under some pretext, and she really didn't see how her girl fell into the water. However, Qingju did see the girl who saved her, but unfortunately, she only saw her once and never saw her again.
Qingju handed the bundle in her hand to Yun Qiang'er and said, "Miss, I've bought everything you asked me to buy. What do you want to do first?"
Yun Qiang'er thought for a moment and said, "I want to embroider a purse and weave a sword tassel. I don't know if that sister thinks I'm clumsy and that the things I make aren't delicate."
Qingju laughed and said, "Oh my, girl, you were taught your needlework by a needlework aunt from Yuhang. If your needlework isn't exquisite, what would other people's needlework be called?"
Yun Qiang'er smiled, opened the bundle, took out all the silk threads that Qingju had bought, and arranged them one by one on the bed. According to the piece of silk she had prepared to make a purse, she selected several brightly colored silk threads, picked up scissors, and began to make the purse, separating the threads.
Xu Zhi was riding in a carriage, heading towards the Miaohe River embankment along the road leading out of the city.
When they arrived, they found that many sandbags had already been placed on the dam. The bags were made of coarse cotton cloth and filled with sand. They were preparing to move the sandbags to fill the breach if the dam broke.
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