Weir City.
"Xiao Lingdang, go wait outside first. I have something to talk to the master and the mistress. If your cousin comes, ask her to wait outside for a while." Old Madam Xiao raised her eyes to the little maid in front of her, swallowed, opened her mouth and spoke to her.
Lan'er grew up in her care, and she knew what she felt for Lan'er long ago. If she knew what she had said, this girl would definitely leave the house without telling her.
This is also the reason why Old Madam Xiao sent her away.
When the maid Xiao Lingdang heard what the old lady said, she bent her knees slightly and bowed to Old Madam Xiao.
"Okay, old lady, Xiao Lingdang understands." After Xiao Lingdang finished her reply, she stood up and faced Master Xiao and Madam Xiao. She licked her lips and said with her mouth open, "Master and Madam, I will take my leave."
Mr. Xiao raised his hand slightly and waved his wide sleeves. "Well, okay, Xiao Lingling, you can go down."
Mrs. Xiao also nodded.
Xiao Lingling walked out of Old Madam Xiao's room and closed the door gently. She followed the old lady's instructions and waited quietly outside the door, ready to be called by the master in the room at any time.
As a maid, Xiao Lingling has always been very well-behaved. She never asks questions that she shouldn't talk about, and she is never curious about things that she shouldn't listen to.
She had been working in a wealthy family since she was a child, so she had gained some knowledge and experienced some things.
Xiao Lingdang understood that being too curious was not a good thing for servants like them.
As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.
As a servant, the most taboo thing is to be curious about the master's affairs, which is the beginning of getting into trouble.
If they meet a kind-hearted master, they may just be expelled from the house. However, more masters will choose to sell such slaves to some bad places, or even worse, beat them to death with sticks.
After all, in the eyes of these powerful people, the lives of servants like them are as insignificant as ants.
What's more, the world is now full of wars.
Their lives are even less valuable.
Xiao Lingdang is a person who cherishes life.
Her experiences since childhood reminded her all the time that only by doing her job quietly and not getting involved or talking too much can she earn more opportunities in this troubled world.
So even though she understood that the old lady's move was to get rid of her and her cousin, she did not feel any curiosity about it.
Anyway, she tried her best to complete the tasks assigned by her masters. The less she knew about the rest, the better it would be for her.
She would not seek death and lose her life.
At this time, the house was filled with smoke.
"Mother, what's the urgent matter?" After seeing Xiao Lingdang walk out, Master Xiao frowned, blinked his eyes, and asked, "You just sent Xiaolan away, and now you called Xiao Lingdang out again. Why did you ask Wan'er and me to come here?"
He opened his mouth and asked aloud the doubts in his heart.
The old lady's actions were so obvious that there was no need for anyone to guess. Everyone knew that she had intentionally sent the two away.
It would have been fine if she had just called Xiao Lingling out.
But Xiaolan is his niece after all, and has half of his younger sister's blood flowing in her body, so she is their family.
The little girl was born without a mother. Although he and his wife treated her like their own daughter since she was a child, in her heart, they could never replace the position of her parents.
The old lady did it so obviously, for fear that Xiaolan would think too much, thinking that her grandmother was talking behind her back and did not consider her as a family member.
"I have my reasons for doing this." Old Madam Xiao listened to her son's doubts and did not explain further.
Madam Xiao raised her hand and gently tugged at Master Xiao's sleeve, "Okay, Master, don't ask so many questions. Let's listen to what mother has to say."
My mother has always been a person with her own ideas. Although she is old now, she is not the kind of person who does foolish things.
Since she sent Xinlan away, it was for her own good.
Anyone else can question the mother.
But Xinlan is the only one that cannot be accepted.
Xinlan knew very well how her grandmother treated her.
If she were to become suspicious of her mother because of such an incident, then she would be ignorant.
"Wan'er is still an understanding mother."
When Old Madam Xiao heard this, she raised her hand and took Madam Xiao's hand, then glanced at Master Xiao beside her, her eyes seemed to accuse him of not being as considerate as his daughter-in-law.
"Wan'er, how long has Er been away from home?" Old Madam Xiao blinked, looked up at her daughter-in-law, and asked.
It's really true that old people are useless.
It's just a cold, and my brain is starting to forget everything.
He even has to ask his daughter-in-law how long his grandson has been away from home.
It’s impossible not to accept old age.
"It's been almost two months, but why do you suddenly ask this, mother?" Mrs. Xiao thought for a moment and replied, then she blinked and asked with some confusion.
Why did the mother suddenly ask how long Er had been away from home?
She was puzzled.
"Time flies, two months have passed." Old Madam Xiao sighed. She swallowed her saliva, moistened her throat, and looked up at Master Xiao and Madam Xiao. "Has Wujing sent any letters recently? When he went with Er to deliver the herbs, I reminded him before he left to remember to write back."
Although Er had gone out for training before, he was still young at that time and the country was at peace, so they arranged for a skilled follower to accompany him.
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