Chapter 17 Well Prepared
She walked to the chair below Old Lady Song and sat down, her almond-shaped eyes glancing with subtle contempt at the people from the third room kneeling below.
"Sister-in-law." Qiao Xianglan lowered her head and called softly.
"Mom, what's going on?"
The old lady told the whole story. The eldest lady gave Song Ci a reproachful look and said, "Look at you, a girl, making a fuss all day long. You even made a fuss in front of your grandmother and disturbed her rest."
Old Lady Song's expression eased a little. It was still the people from the eldest house who cared about others. The people from the third house were really a family of ungrateful people who wished they could die sooner.
"It was Wanxia who said she wanted to confront Grandmother and Auntie. We didn't do it on purpose."
The eldest lady glanced at the sunset sharply, with a warning in her eyes.
Wanxia clenched her hands tightly, her heart suddenly tightened. At this moment, Song Ci had exposed her, and she hated her to death.
"Wanxia has served you all these years, and she'd become attached to you even if it was just a dog. Why make things so difficult for her? I know you're uneducated, but I believe you understand the principle of forgiving others when you can."
Song Ci turned her head and saw that her mother's head was buried very low.
She had also heard about the three Song brothers marrying wives in their early years. The eldest aunt's family was a scholar, but they had fallen on hard times. Later, the family returned to the village and married the eldest uncle. The second aunt's family was a butcher in the village, and one of the richest families. At that time, the Song family was so poor that they could barely afford to eat. Seeing that the second uncle was a scholar, the second aunt's family hoped that he would have a bright future, so they married the second aunt to their family.
Over the years, meat was sent from time to time as aid.
The old lady gave all the dirty work to my mother on the grounds that one of them was from a scholarly family and the other was from a butcher's family. This was simply because my mother's family was the least prominent.
But she remembered that in her previous life, her mother was severely tortured by the Song family. The Qiao family sent gifts to her several times, but they were not welcomed. Her mother herself was unable to stand up and did not even dare to speak a word for her family. The Qiao family was disappointed and gradually came less and less.
Later, among the three uncles of the Qiao family, one was good at business, one joined the army, and the youngest uncle was good at reading. After a few years, the Qiao family gradually got better.
But after all, they were not as lucky as the Song family, who were extremely lucky. When they learned that their only sister had been tortured to such an extent by the Song family and even sent to the prince's mansion, they went to the door to make trouble, but were still beaten out by the Song family.
They reported the matter to the government, but the government ignored them. They then beat drums to protest and went to the court to file a complaint. At the time, the Song family was so powerful that they could not resist them. In the end, they were all exiled and died on the road.
I learned all this after her death, when I was wandering around.
"Aunt, my uncles are going to be officials after studying, so we can't have a dishonest servant in our family. Otherwise, people will just say that we are a crooked family."
"Then what do you want to do according to your wishes? Besides, what if this banknote is really from Wanxia?" Li Yao's eyes were sharp.
"I have proof! The proof is on the banknote."
"What evidence?" Li Yao felt uneasy, but still had to ask.
"I've aired this banknote, but if you get close, you should still be able to smell the medicinal fragrance. I knocked over a bowl of medicine a few days ago, and it accidentally spilled on this banknote."
After she finished speaking, she handed the banknotes to them.
You don't even need to get close. Just move a little closer and the fragrance of medicine will fill your nose.
Li Yao's face looked unhappy, and he took the opportunity to glare fiercely at Wanxia.
Wanxia knelt on the ground with cold hands and feet, her eyes dazed.
"Indeed... it smells like medicine. But that doesn't mean it's your banknotes. You take medicine all day long, and Wanxia belongs to your third room, so it's not surprising that she came into contact with it."
Song Ci curled her lips and said, "Sister Wanxia doesn't do the work of boiling medicine. She is nowhere to be seen all day. The one who boils medicine is my maid, Wanxiang."
Li Yao was speechless.
"Madam, Madam, I...I was forced to do this because someone in my family was sick. This was not my own will."
Wanxia howled and knelt on the ground, kowtowed violently.
Li Yao's expression softened and he sighed, "They're all pitiful people. Otherwise, I think we should just forget about this matter. She didn't do it on purpose. Everyone has hard times. Now the banknote has been recovered. You haven't suffered any loss, right, Third Sister-in-law."
Li Yao had also noticed that the girl from the third room had become sharp-tongued, perhaps because she had taken the wrong medicine. He simply turned his conversation towards Qiao Xianglan.
Qiao Xianglan hesitated and was about to say, "Yes."
He was interrupted by Song Ci.
"If everyone steals when they are in trouble, our Song family would have been robbed clean long ago! Auntie, if your maid steals your jewelry and hairpin tomorrow because she is sick and taking medicine, will you let her go just like that?"
Li Yao: "Of course I won't!"
She blurted out subconsciously. Not only would she not do that, given her personality, she would beat the guy half to death and then sell him to a low-class place.
Song Ci knew the true nature of this auntie. Although she looked gentle and dignified, she was actually very cruel.
At first, she tried to cover up some of the things, but as my uncle's official position became higher and higher, anyone who offended her would suffer a bad fate and she would torture them in various ways to vent her anger.
"Since Auntie said so, why did she let us let Wanxia go? Who knows if she will steal again next time? With a thief around, I can't even sleep peacefully."
"This won't work, that won't work, so what do you want to do? Are you going to drive the sunset out?"
Old Mrs. Song grumbled in dissatisfaction.
When Wanxia heard that she was going to be kicked out, she was extremely angry. She had served the third wife after all, so how could he be so cruel?
"Miss Third, I've served you for so long, please give me a chance! I won't do it again!"
Song Ci pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible."
Wanxia's eyes lit up. If she stayed, she would definitely avenge today's revenge in the future!
"Unless, give me Wanxia's indenture."
Li Yao: "Absolutely not. I've always been the one keeping the indentures of my servants."
Song Ci shook his head, looking regretful. "If that's the case, let's sell it. I thought about it, Wanxia is so unscrupulous and doesn't take us seriously, in the end it's because the indenture is not in our hands."
Li Yao heard the threat in her words and felt dissatisfied.
But if it were someone else, would he be as obedient as Wanxia and do things for me?
She was not sure, but then she thought, even if she lost her indenture contract, she still had leverage over Wanxia, so she would have no problem threatening her.
"Madam, I, this slave, cannot be sold. Please, save me..."
Sunset pleaded pitifully.
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