It was already the afternoon when the mother and her two children woke up. Mama Liu and Chuntao came in to serve them, and Qiuju was sold before lunch. If the mistress really wanted to get rid of a slave with a contract to sell her body, she could always find a reason. After Mama Liu got the order, she first found Qiuju's contract to sell her body, then took two maids to cover her mouth and dragged her out the door. The human trafficker was waiting outside the back door. After handing the person over to the human trafficker, Mama Liu came back to report, and the rest of the matter was up to the human trafficker to do. Qiuju's family was still working as servants in the Li family. Mama Liu informed the Li family that Qiuju and her family would be sold together tomorrow.
"Madam, Qiuju is gone. Who do you think will take over as the head maid?" Mama Liu asked while serving Yun'er.
Li Yuxin thought about it. Mother Wu, who had been with her for decades in her previous life, was still a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old now. She could find someone to bring her into the house first.
Mother Wu was nearly sold to a squalid place by her wicked stepmother, but fortunately she met Li Yuxin and was hired by her as a personal servant. At the time, the Sheng family was in dire straits, and Li Yuxin's close associates were leaving one after another, leaving only a handful. Despite her young age, Mother Wu was known for her hardiness, efficiency, and gentle yet unsubtle nature, making her a natural fit for Li Yuxin.
Li Yuxin said, "Let Cuizhi fill in first, and then we can move on if there is a more suitable one later."
Mother Liu agreed. Chuntao, who was helping Hong'er to wash and dress, looked uncomfortable, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. Li Yuxin glanced at her and ignored her.
Yun'er and Hong'er followed Mother Liu to do needlework. Li Yuxin sat in the outer room flipping through the account books, Chuntao served her on the side, and Cuizhi was sent by her to get the materials.
Li Yuxin looked at the account book for Concubine Liu's spending. In less than three months, Concubine Liu had spent tens of thousands of taels of silver. The public account was completely empty, and the old man couldn't touch the money for the time being. His next move was likely to be to take her dowry.
Li Yuxin rubbed the corners of her eyes, closed them, leaned back in her chair, and kept tapping the armrest of the chair with one hand.
"Madam, please have a bowl of bird's nest soup." Chuntao took the food brought by the maid and placed it in front of Li Yuxin.
Li Yuxin opened her eyes and looked over, then asked, "Do both girls have any?"
Chun Tao replied, "Yes, yes, Madam. Xiao Xiu went to the kitchen and brought back three bowls. I passed by the side room and sent them to the two girls first, and then brought this bowl to you, Madam."
Li Yuxin nodded and slowly ate her bird's nest soup, wondering how she was going to deal with Concubine Liu. Would she be sent to that filthy place like in her previous life? She thought back to her previous life, when Concubine Liu took away all of Sheng Huaizhong's money. He was so angry that he fell seriously ill. Although he hadn't had any serious illnesses since then, he had been plagued by minor ailments, constantly relying on herbal medicine to keep him alive.
The person Li Yuxin hated the most was Sheng Huaizhong; he was the real culprit. If he hadn't been blinded by beauty and treated such a thing as a treasure, there wouldn't have been so many disasters, and Hong'er wouldn't have died so early.
Li Yuxin knew that if the family hadn't been broke and short of money, and if she hadn't kept all the money in her own hands, Sheng Huaizhong could have brought back a new favored concubine. Old Madam Sheng Da wanted to kill this scoundrel who didn't care about her children's lives.
Li Yuxin thought to herself, Sheng Huaizhong, you are a father of three children, but you don't care about the father-son relationship at all. The King of Hell also knows that you are deeply sinful, so she can come back and take your life.
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