Chapter 103 The seeds of hatred sprouted
Several people entered the house, and Old Lady Wan asked them to get on the kang quickly to warm it up. The kang in the house had been warm these days, and the firewood had never been cut off from morning to night.
As soon as Qiu came in, the little maid who followed her quickly untied Qiu's cloak and held it in her hands.
Qiu waved her hand and said, "Xiaohong, please go down first. I will talk to my mother and sisters-in-law. You can go and rest for a while. You don't have to wait on me."
Qiu was originally from a big family, so she didn't feel anything when being served. Old Lady Wan glanced at Xiao Hong who was retreating, and said curiously, "Jing'er, is this the maid that the Sect Master assigned to you? Oh, this is the first time I've seen a rich family using servants. This girl is quite discerning."
Qiu smiled and said, "Mother, how about I send you two maids to serve you? You don't have to work so hard. When you have nothing to do, let them massage your legs and shoulders. Just enjoy yourself."
Old Lady Wan was so scared that she quickly waved her hands, "I am very happy that you have this intention. I don't have the fate of ordering servants around. I am used to being free. If a little girl was hanging around in front of me, I would be dizzy."
Qiu lowered her head and drank a sip of hot water before looking up and saying, "Since mother is not used to servants, I won't send you anything. But I brought some good things for mother this time. See if you can use them. My fourth brother's wife is about to give birth. I have already asked the clan leader to help find a midwife. He knows a lot of people and knows her better than us."
When Old Mrs. Wan heard this, she was so happy that she grabbed Qiu's hand on the spot.
"Oh, my daughter, you really helped me solve the problem. A few days ago, I told your sister-in-law to go to the town to look for a reliable midwife, but she didn't find a suitable one. You really helped me a lot."
Old Mrs. Wan watched Liu's belly grow bigger day by day. She was so worried that she could only sleep for two or three hours at night and had to stay awake until dawn.
Qiu held Old Lady Wan's hand and felt warm in her heart. She felt that life at the border was more comfortable than in the capital.
Wang Jiawei did not restrict her very much. If she wanted to go back to Shizi Village, Wang Jiawei would send someone to take her there. Qiu had never experienced this before. She had an unprecedented freedom.
"Mom, don't worry. I'll take care of this matter. Besides, I'm not just looking for a midwife for my fourth brother's wife. I'm still young. If I have to give birth in the future, this will be a good way to prepare myself in advance."
Old Lady Wan thought this was true. Qiu didn't know that she was pregnant, but she still reminded her vaguely.
"My girl, you must take good care of yourself. You have suffered a lot on the way. When you go back, you must ask the Sect Master to hire a doctor to check your pulse every day, so that you can have an offspring for their sect as soon as possible. I see that the Sect Master is not young anymore, and his children are already in their teens, but he still has no children. It will not sound good if it gets out."
Qiu blushed, but nodded, because she knew that Old Lady Wan was doing it for her own good.
Qiu quickly picked up a box from the kang and placed it on the kang table.
"Mom, the clan leader asked me to bring this to thank our family for saving his life. This is a 500-year-old ginseng that he recently got. He wanted to come and thank us in person, but the doctor said that he is not in good health yet and asked me to bring it directly this time."
Qiu opened the box, and a ginseng tied with a red string appeared in the box, with a silk cloth underneath.
Old Mrs. Wan touched the ginseng with trembling hands, but her heart was already beaming with joy. She had just muttered a few days ago that it would be great if there was a piece of ginseng when Liu gave birth, so that it could save her life at the critical moment. She didn't expect that her goddaughter would send her a 500-year-old ginseng today. Even if you used silver to buy it, you might not be able to buy ginseng of this quality.
She had heard that rich families, especially wealthy ones, would pass down one ginseng root for several generations. If there was good ginseng on the market, it would be bought out within a day.
But Mrs. Wan still felt that the gift was a bit too expensive.
"Jing'er, isn't this gift a little too expensive? Even though I'm an old woman with no experience, I've heard that this thing is in short supply and we can't just accept it. You should take it back. If we need it later, we can ask you for another one."
Qiu was a little amused and helpless. She closed the box and stuffed it directly into Old Lady Wan's hand.
"Mother, why are you still being so polite to me? Am I still your daughter? Are my life and the life of the Sect Master not worth this ginseng? Although 500-year-old ginseng is hard to come by, it is not rare in the Cheetah Sect. The Cheetah Sect trades with other countries at the border, and only one or two 100-year-old ginseng like this are found every year. Most of them are given away as gifts. Instead of letting others get a bargain, it's better for us to get a bargain, mother, don't you think so?"
Qiu's words touched Old Lady Wan's heart. Such good ginseng was actually given away as a gift. Old Lady Wan no longer felt burdened and accepted it with a smile.
Little Fubao sat between the two of them, in front of her was the big box that Qiu had given her, and in the box there was a rattle. She was having a lot of fun playing with the rattle, holding it in her hand and shaking it, making a loud noise.
She didn't make any noise or any disturbance while the adults were talking, and was very well behaved.
At this moment, Xiao Fubao suddenly looked up in the direction of the yard. Although she couldn't see anything, she still stared in one direction for a while, but soon she lowered her head again and continued to play.
At the same time, Wan Xingchang from the yard left the yard alone. He had not been idle these days. Although the Wan family provided him with good food and drink and did not let him get cold, the clothes he was wearing were all new ones made for him by Old Mrs. Wan and Wan Ersao.
Old Mrs. Wan felt that other children were loved by their parents, but he was the only one who was alone and helpless. The old lady felt a little compassion in her heart, so she wanted to raise him well and never criticized him in any way in life.
But some people are born ungrateful. It is very difficult to correct the temper of an eight-year-old child.
Wan Xingchang secretly made a good friend named Jia Mai Sui in the village. This kid was a few years older than him and was the king of the kids in the village. Everyone was afraid of him.
Mai Sui is twelve years old, the same age as Wan Quan. His family is very poor, but Mai Sui can still have a roast chicken or duck to eat every few days.
Because he is a spy in the village who gathers intelligence, he has been living a very comfortable life recently, because someone has already noticed the new Wan family.
Although Mai Sui is only in his teens, he is very good at getting involved and is very famous in their circle. Anyone who wants to find out information will come to him. He doesn't ask for money, but only for food, and he is easy to please.
Recently, someone asked him to pay more attention to the new member of the Wan family, but the new member of the Wan family is very low-key in the village. They never take the initiative to go out and make friends with others. They just stay in the house when they have nothing to do. It is difficult for outsiders to find out any news about the Wan family.
Mai Sui, however, took a different approach and made friends with Wan Xingchang. After observing him for many days, he found that only Wan Xingchang had hatred in his eyes at all times.
Mai Sui spent a lot of effort to bribe Wan Xingchang, and he also knew that Wan Xingchang came for revenge.
At this time Wan Xingchang came to Mai Sui's house. He had already made a plan. On New Year's Eve, which was the time when everyone was most relaxed, he wanted to kill everyone in the Wan family. He asked Mai Sui to make poison for him. In exchange, Wan Xingchang told him everything about everyone in the Wan family.
Mai Sui felt that this was not difficult at all. There was plenty of poison at the border anyway, and he didn't even have to pay for it out of his own pocket, as someone would deliver it to his door.
After the two reached an agreement, Wan Xingchang came to get the medicine today.
Because tomorrow is New Year's Eve, he must seize this opportunity when everyone is reunited to poison everyone.
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