Chapter 283 Father's Heart
Wu Zhong nodded immediately and said:
"Young lady, you are right. After the master is buried, you will go to the farm to recuperate. I dare not report these dangerous things to you without my permission."
Wu Zhong bent his waist even deeper.
At this time, he also realized that the young lady was raised by the master, and was not as well-behaved and sensible as she seemed on the surface. She was also very opinionated.
"Well, Manager Wu, go have breakfast first. He will have to deal with my father's business partners later. As for the government office, let Wu An keep an eye on it secretly until the body is sent to the charity cemetery."
Lianyi gave the order directly this time.
"Yes, don't worry, miss! I will take care of these."
Manager Wu lifted up his robe and walked out of the side hall, while Luo Ying held Lianyi's hand and slowly returned to the mourning hall.
"Miss, the Li family will not let this go."
Luo Ying lowered her voice and spoke into Lianyi's ear.
"My father passed away. I have to observe mourning for three years and will not go anywhere. They have no reason to take me away by force. As for three years later, we will talk about it when the people sent by the Li family can come to me alive."
Lianyi said while covering her lips with a white handkerchief.
After hearing this, Luo Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them had already entered the mourning hall, and the topic was over.
Perhaps because of the murder in the street in front, some guests who came to pay their respects were delayed. Quarters of an hour later, people started to arrive. Lianyi's eyes immediately became lifeless, and she thanked the mourners with red eyes. On the third day, Lianyi pretended to faint from exhaustion in the mourning hall, and the wake ended.
Afterwards, the housekeeper took care of the rest of the matters. On the day of the funeral, Lianyi was supported by two maids and fainted from crying again. After going through all the procedures, Wu Youcai was finally buried in peace.
Lianyi rested for a day, then gathered all the servants in the two courtyards together and began to make preparations for her departure. She would leave this place of trouble after the seventh day after her father's death.
"You have worked for the Wu family for so long, and you all know that my father is a kind man. Now I am the only orphan left. After the funeral, there is not much money left for me to live on, so I decided to sell this house and live on the farm.
If you can endure hardship, you can follow me to the farm. If you find a better way out, I won't stop you. Although you have signed a contract to sell your bodies, we are master and servant. I also want to accumulate merit for my father. As long as you have enough money to sell your bodies, you can redeem the contract from me. "
As soon as Lianyi finished speaking, Manager Wu placed a locked rosewood box on the table.
Lianyi took out a key from her neck and opened the box. Inside were the indentures of the people in the courtyard.
The people in the small courtyard looked at each other, and then a brave and beautiful maid stood up and said:
"Miss, my family wants to take me back to get married."
"Sure. Ask your family to bring the ransom money and come pick you up. I'll also prepare a set of wedding clothes for you."
There was a flash of reluctance in the maid's eyes, and she just bowed her head to thank Lianyi.
Several more people came forward and wanted to redeem themselves and leave. After all, what good life could one have following an orphan? It was good enough that the young lady was not bullied.
After these people decided whether to stay or go, and collected the money and signed the indenture contract the next day, Lianyi asked her housekeeper to go to the government office to register her as a female household. Wu Youcai also left her a grain shop, a store and a small farm. Wu Lianyi was the only heir.
Wu Zhong went to the government office in person to set up a household registration for Lian Yi. The chief clerk asked:
"It is rumored that Wu Youcai had a fortune of millions, so how could he only leave these few things for his daughter?"
"Master Zhubu, the rumors are misleading! After the master arrived in Jiangnan, he lost money on everything he did. In addition, his wife was injured during childbirth, so the master insisted on using the best ginseng to take care of her. The money was spent like water.
The lady passed away in the end, and the master almost died. If he hadn't wanted to protect the young lady for a few more years, he would have passed away long ago!
But the master's health is not as good as before, and he has to take medicine all the time. After all this trouble, how can he have any wealth?"
Manager Wu said with a bitter face.
"The young lady knew that her family was in financial difficulty and could not afford to support so many servants. She let those who could afford to redeem themselves do so. Those who stayed behind had nowhere to go and were planning to move to a farm to live out their days."
"What about your house?"
The chief clerk's eyes flashed and he asked directly.
"The lady said that after we left, she would sell it to a dental clinic. She didn't want to go back to this sad place."
"Indeed, both my parents passed away in that house, so it would be good to change the environment."
After saying this, the chief clerk quickly handled the female household registration and handed it over to Wu Zhong.
As soon as Wu Zhong left the yamen, all the respectfulness on his face disappeared. It seemed that there were many people who were eyeing the master's money, so he wanted to remind his young lady to be more careful.
After listening to Wu Zhong's report, Lian Yi curled the corners of her lips. It was obvious that she had expected this, otherwise she would not have sold the house.
After putting the household registration into the space, she went to her father's study alone that night. The place had been tidied up very cleanly, with only a few empty shelves and a set of tables and chairs left.
Lianyi easily moved the empty shelf away. Behind the shelf was a wall. She followed what Wu's father had said and pressed on one of the bricks. The brick sank, and then a mechanism made a sound, revealing a copper wall.
Lianyi took out the copper key from her neck and put it directly into the key-shaped groove in the copper wall. The copper wall moved to the side, revealing the space inside.
The ripples could be seen clearly without lighting a lamp, because the space of less than 30 square meters was filled with gold, silver, jade, antiques, scrolls and rare books. There were two luminous pearls as big as fists, illuminating the entire secret room.
Lianyi just took a glance, waved her hand and put everything into the space, then filled the entire secret room with the mud and sand in the space, then closed the door and restored the wall to its original state. Then she destroyed the mechanism, and the brick would never be pressed down again.
After moving the shelf back to its original place, Lianyi left the study and returned to her own room.
The next day, she told the maids to pack their luggage and prepare to leave.
Wu An suddenly came back to report to the housekeeper:
"Butler, ten days have passed, and no one has come to the government office to identify the bodies of the criminals. The bodies have already started to stink. The county magistrate ordered the coroner to transport the bodies to the charity cemetery outside the city this morning."
"Okay, I know about this. You don't need to keep an eye on it anymore. Go pack your belongings and follow the young lady to the farm."
"yes!"
Wu An turned around and ran out of the house to pack his things.
Wu Zhong went to find Lianyi and told her about this.
After hearing this, Lianyi wiped her sweat with a handkerchief and complained:
"Butler, it's so hot today. It feels like being roasted by fire. Any spark can set the house on fire. It would be very unbearable without ice."
Wu Zhong lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then he understood what his young lady meant and nodded.
On the third day, everything was ready. Lianyi, along with two maids, two nannies, six guards, and the butler, rented two cars and headed straight to the hot spring villa.
"The little girl from the Wu family has already left, and the housekeeper has put it up for sale at a pawnbroker. Should we stop them?"
See you tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)
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