After meeting with Manager Qiao, Zhang You went to find Chef Chen and told him about this matter. She also told him that she wanted to raise some money for her.
Chef Chen took the ten taels very readily and went to find a few people to raise money.
Zhang You was not idle either. She went back to the lower room and took out her savings of the past two months. Because she worked extra hard in the past two months, she naturally received a lot of tips. Together with her monthly salary, after deducting all the expenses, she had 80 cents in savings. She took out 60 cents and put them into her purse.
She found Xiu'er again and wanted to ask her if she could donate money, but then she thought that she had just arrived and had no obligation to donate, so she changed her mind and asked to borrow money.
She borrowed a hundred coins from Xiu'er.
She wanted to find Hua'er and the others again, but only saw Yang'er. She took the opportunity to ask for a loan, and Yang'er readily lent her a hundred coins.
She really couldn't find anyone else to borrow money from.
Zhang You thought that he couldn't keep his sister waiting for too long, so he went back to meet Chef Chen and put all the money he had sent into a bag.
When Zhang You came out of the house and saw her, she was sitting by the wall and fell asleep from exhaustion.
Zhang You went forward and shook her awake.
"Ah, girl." She stood up hurriedly after she came to her senses.
"Sister, when I went in, I happened to meet another person in charge, and I happened to find out the whereabouts of your parents from her.
He said that your parents returned to Niujia Village. Your father's original name was Niu Shu. You can look for him according to this name.
And in this bag, we have prepared some luggage for you. Take it with you and you will need it on your journey."
"How can I accept this?" She felt a little embarrassed.
"Sister, you should accept it. You have come all the way here with great difficulty. Unfortunately, there are rules in our house and we cannot keep you here. This is the only way to express my gratitude.
Besides, there's still a long way to go, and Sister will need it eventually. It's almost noon, and there should be people returning to Niujia Village from the West Market. Sister might as well go and take a look, maybe she can run into someone from the same village."
"Thank you very much." The woman took the bundle, carried the child on her back, and bowed several times excitedly.
After expressing her gratitude, she turned around with her child on her back and hurried on her journey.
I just don't know how devastated she will be when she finds out the truth.
Zhang You couldn't help it, so he pulled her back and said something more.
"Sister, look forward to everything. You are still young, and your parents also want you to live a happy life!"
The woman just thought that he was sympathizing with her because she was divorced at such a young age and with a child.
She looked back with tears in her eyes.
"Got it, thank you sister, take care."
"Take care of yourself, sister too."
Only after watching their figures gradually walk away did Zhang You turn around and go back home, silently saying "take care" in his heart.
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A few days later, Zhang You encountered another problem.
At that time, I was overwhelmed with sympathy and just thought that the sister was so pitiful, so I got carried away and borrowed two hundred coins.
But she wasn't as aggressive as before, so naturally she earned less. After calculating, she could only save a little, even if she lived frugally, forty cents a month.
During this period, Xiu'er always urged her to pay back the money intentionally or unintentionally.
Especially seeing that she was not working as hard as before, he began to wonder if Zhang You didn't want to pay back the money.
Zhang You was annoyed by the questions and said with certainty that he would pay it off before the end of the year.
But how can I earn back these two hundred coins?
When Nanny Chang returned home, she saw Zhang You busy working again.
"Hey! Erya, come here."
"Madam Chang? You're back?" Zhang You put down the work in her hands, said something to other colleagues, and followed Madam Chang.
"Mammy, is there something you want me to come over for?"
Although Zhang You was somewhat curious about what happened to that sister later, she also understood that a few words without any practical help would only add to the tragedy, twisting other people's wounds and giving people something to talk about.
So rather than expressing vague sympathy, it might be better not to ask some questions.
During the time that Nanny Chang was in Niujia Village, she helped Nanny Ping bury Qiao Shu, and later watched in grief as Nanny Ping banged her head against the tombstone and died.
Nanny Chang buried the two of them together according to Nanny Ping's wishes.
Next to their tombstone, there is an old grave that was built two years ago for their son Qiao Mu.
Nanny Chang looked at the family of three and thought of the past. She couldn't help crying for a long time in front of their grave.
Before Nanny Chang was ready to return home, she ran into the girl Ping who had come to visit her...
Nanny Chang also guessed from Ping's words that Zhang You did those things with kindness.
If at first she just treated her kindly because she was sensible, now she liked this girl from the bottom of her heart.
When Nanny Chang came back and saw how busy she was, she felt a little distressed.
"I heard you owe money."
"Ah, is this what Mammy is looking for me for? I've been working hard these past few days to save money."
Zhang You was a little embarrassed when this matter was exposed.
She never liked owing others anything.
Seeing her like that, Nanny Chang softened her tone.
"I'm not blaming you. But if you keep working day and night like this, how long will it take you to save up enough money?"
Zhang You could tell that Nanny Chang wanted to help her, so she quickly asked, "Nanny, do you have any ideas?"
"The servants in the palace all work for masters like the princess, and the money you earn is just a share of the money shared by the stewards. So why can't you earn the money directly from those masters?
In our mansion, the most numerous ones are the concubines and maids in the North Courtyard. What they need most is nothing more than rouge and powder. You can pick out some good ones from outside and sell them to them..."
Zhang You was enlightened.
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