Chapter 304: The Staple Food Behind the Scenes
Seeing Gu Yuanniang blaming herself like this, Xu Qingshan, who was standing by, felt heartbroken. He quickly pulled Gu Yuanniang into his arms and held her tightly: "Sixth Mother, don't be like this. It hurts me to see this."
Xu Qingshan paused and continued, "I was wrong about what happened today. If it weren't for my mother's constant criticism of you and my failure to protect you, how could such a thing have happened? In the end, it's all my fault. I accept your beatings and scoldings. Please don't hurt yourself again."
When Gu Yuanniang heard this, she remained silent and buried her head tightly in Xu Qingshan's arms. Seeing this, Xu Qingshan could only hug her tighter and hold her tightly in his arms.
Xu Miaomiao, who was standing by, shook her head, sighed, and said helplessly, "Okay, you two have been busy all day, I'll be the one guarding here tonight."
"How can I do this? I am his mother. From today on, I will watch over him all the time." When Gu Yuan's mother heard Xu Miaomiao's words, she immediately poked her head out of Xu Qingshan's arms, looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke firmly.
Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao could not stop him: "In that case, Liu Niang and I will wait here together. Mr. Xu, you still have to go to the academy tomorrow, so go back and rest early."
"No, if Liu Niang is waiting here, I will naturally accompany her."
"Why are you all so stubborn? If you were here, I would leave now and I would not care about Ling'er's condition."
Xu Miaomiao looked at the two of them with some displeasure when she spoke. Xu Qingshan was a little stunned when he heard this. He glanced at Gu Yuanniang and walked out: "Sixth Mother, I'll go first. If there is anything, you must call me."
Gu Yuanniang nodded.
Xu Qingshan's voice could no longer be heard outside the door. Xu Miaomiao then looked at Gu Yuanniang seriously and slowly said, "Ling'er, this time you have injured your head, it is very serious. If you recover well in the future, you will be no different from an ordinary person. But if you don't recover well, I'm afraid you may even become demented and lose your memory."
Hearing this, Gu Yuanniang clenched the handkerchief in her hand even tighter, looked at Xu Miaomiao uneasily, and continued, "Miaomiao, I'm afraid this is not what you want to tell me today, right?"
Xu Miaomiao nodded, smiled at Gu Yuanniang, then looked up at her and said, "Didn't you have any doubts when Ling'er was injured today?"
Gu Yuanniang tilted her head in confusion when she heard this, and looked at her as if she was about to say something but stopped herself: "What you mean is..."
Xu Miaomiao slowly stood up, walked to the side, and calmly analyzed with Gu Yuanniang: "The Xu family has such a small place. Although there are only two maids, it is enough anyway. If these maids take care of Ling'er all the time, how could he get hurt?"
"But the maid said that the swing was too high and the rope broke accidentally, so Ling'er didn't hold on firmly and fell down."
"You actually believe such a lie?"
Xu Miaomiao looked at Gu Yuanniang and continued, "Don't say that Ling'er is still young. How could he swing on the swing? Besides, the swing was made by Xu Qingshan himself, using the best rope. The hemp rope is sold in our store. You have seen how good the quality is. If it wasn't deliberately cut with a sword, how could it swing twice casually? It would cause someone to fall out. Besides, Ling'er is still a child. How much weight can he have? Even Weiwei and I can bear the rope when sitting on the swing, so how could it not bear her? If the maid really accidentally fell out because of Ling'er, shouldn't her first reaction be to check immediately? Why did she leave Ling'er there? She didn't care about it, but called you to the scene of the crime? This really doesn't make sense."
Xu Miaomiao analyzed the situation calmly with Gu Yuanniang.
Gu Yuanniang nodded blankly after hearing this, and looked at her in disbelief: "You mean these things were done intentionally by someone."
When Xu Miaomiao heard this, she nodded to Gu Yuanniang.
Gu Yuanniang was still a little scared after hearing this, and quickly took two steps back. She looked at Ling'er on the bed with some concern, and said in confusion: "But I have never had any grudges against the Xu family. I treated the two maids gently and kindly. I never bothered them to do anything. At most, I asked them to take care of Ling'er. Why would they do this!"
"You don't have any hatred against them, but that doesn't mean the Xu family doesn't have any hatred against them."
Xu Miaomiao looked at him in the same way and spoke.
When Gu Yuanniang heard Xu Miaomiao say this, she opened her mouth in fear, and immediately covered her mouth with her hand. She looked at Xu Miaomiao and said seriously, "Could this be done by Madam Zhang?"
Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao tilted her head and looked at Gu Yuanniang: "Why do you say that?"
Gu Yuanniang analyzed calmly: "Earlier, Aunt Zhang had been wanting me and Qingshan to have another child, but I used the excuse that I already had Ling'er and refused to have another child. Could it be that Aunt Zhang had a grudge against this matter, so she brought it up?"
Xu Miaomiao shook her head when she heard this, looked at her and said, "Madam Zhang, although she is a bit harsh, she is not so cruel. If she really couldn't stand Ling'er and wanted to kill him, why did she come in? I think she has figured this out a long time ago. Even if she wants you to add another person to the Xu family, she will never use such a method. I'm afraid the problem lies with that maid."
Gu Yuanliang nodded after hearing what he said, and immediately pulled Xu Miaomiao to the backyard to look for the maid.
As soon as they opened the door, the two of them stood there in a daze.
The maid who was originally fine was now hanging upside down on the beam, but her legs kept flapping, which made Xu Miaomiao realize that she was not dead yet, so he immediately let the maid down.
The maid was just a little surprised when she got the message. She immediately pushed Xu Miaomiao and said, "Why did you save me? You might as well let me die."
"You are the one who harmed Ling'er. Why did you want to harm him? What deep hatred do you have against us?"
When Gu Yuanniang saw this scene, she immediately looked at the woman in front of her and spoke.
Unexpectedly, the maid burst into laughter when she heard this. She looked at Gu Yuanniang and said, "Of course, I don't have any deep hatred against you. I just feel that it is unfair for our young lady."
"Your young lady?" Xu Miaomiao stepped forward and tilted her head in confusion, then calmly said, "It's Liu Hong."
"Yes, that's right." The maid nodded resolutely: "My young lady and the young master have been childhood sweethearts and have grown up together. They have never criticized or insulted us family members. When my mother passed away, they even gave me five taels of silver and asked me to go out and bury her. It was all because of you."
(End of this chapter)
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