Chapter 18 Achieving the Goal
If she hadn't been so lucky to get into the Song family, otherwise, based on what she had done, those traffickers would have sold her to a low-class place.
Song Ci's cold eyes flickered on the side. Wanxia said, "I can't be sold? Can't?"
It seems that there are quite a few articles in it. I can investigate it carefully later and maybe I can find out a lot of interesting things.
"I'll have someone deliver her indenture later. I hope you'll be satisfied then." Li Yao pretended to be calm, but his voice revealed dissatisfaction.
"Auntie is fair in her dealings, so I naturally have no complaints. I'll trouble you now."
Li Yao twitched her lips, feeling really aggrieved today. Song Ci's words of fairness were like a slap in the face, leaving her speechless.
But whose intention was this? Third brother's? Or this once-soft and gentle third brother's wife?
She made up her mind that there must be someone behind the scenes who taught Song Ci to speak and act like this, otherwise how could she, who was so dumb that she couldn't even say a word, suddenly become eloquent, sharp-tongued, and covered with thorns, making her follow his lead and fall into his trap!
Old Lady Song looked at me for a long time and was already dissatisfied. She immediately scolded me, "You troublemaker! Qiao, look at the good daughter you raised! If a mother is like this, how can her daughter be good? You shouldn't have married me to the third brother in the first place. You've ruined the family tradition of our Song family!"
"Mom, I..." Qiao Xianglan felt embarrassed and was scolded by her mother-in-law. She subconsciously lowered her head and tried to explain.
"Grandma, Wanxia stole something, but you scolded me and my mother. Isn't that a bit unfair?"
"Bullshit! Your elders are speaking, and you're still trying to argue! Look at your upbringing! You're not even a bit better than Rouxi. If you had even a fraction of your sister's manners and rules, I wouldn't have the right to scold you. Wanxia is from your third room. She's not clean, she must have learned that from you!"
Old Mrs. Song was extremely biased. When she got excited, she started to act like she used to in the village, not caring about anything dirty or smelly.
“Grandma, my sister and I are both your granddaughters, why are you only nice to my sister?”
Song Ci was too lazy to listen to her continued scolding and asked directly tentatively.
She had some doubts in her previous life, and in this life she noticed things that she had not noticed before, and her doubts about herself became more certain.
Besides, she also wanted to see Old Lady Song's reaction.
"You, what nonsense are you talking about! You are all granddaughters of my Song family, and I treat you all the same." Old Mrs. Song choked and could not speak clearly.
Song Ci raised her eyebrows and said aggrievedly, "Really? Grandmother, you never beat or scold my elder sister so casually."
"Stop making trouble. I've given you the indenture, so you should go back quickly." Old Mrs. Song was interrupted like this, her face turned ugly, her heart was pounding, and she no longer had the mood to scold anyone. She wanted to drive them away while speaking.
Song Ci's eyes flickered, but he didn't say much. Today's goal had been achieved, and too much was as bad as too little, so he simply took Qiao Xianglan and walked out.
Behind me follows the silent sunset.
Li Yao looked at their backs and thought to herself, "What a shame!" She had already sent someone to find the Third Brother. If he arrived, given his foolishly filial nature, he would definitely follow his mother's lead. At the very least, he would be able to suppress the Third House and force them to continue to obey. The Third House had been increasingly restless recently. Now, the eldest master had to rely on the Third Brother's wealth-making methods; otherwise, the Third House would have been kicked out long ago.
He really thinks he is a big shot.
Qiao Xianglan opened her mouth several times on the way, but looked at her daughter's back for a long time without saying anything.
Song Ci noticed it, but she pretended not to see it.
When I arrived at the gate of the third courtyard, I heard the sound of people and horses falling to the ground in the yard.
"Wanxiang, where is the thing your young lady wants? Why can't we find it even after searching everywhere?"
Wanxiang: "Third Master, look around here again, maybe it's under the cabinet."
Song Laosan wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried to lift the cabinet.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Xianglan was stunned when she entered the room.
Seeing her husband squatting and sweating as he lifted the heavy wooden cabinet, Wanxiang finally felt relieved when she saw him arrive. She gave Song Ci a look that showed she had accomplished his mission and stood over.
"Third Master, perhaps I remembered the wrong place. Now that the young lady is back, I won't look for the things anymore."
Song Laosan didn't think much about it. When he saw his wife and daughter coming back, he wiped his hands and walked forward.
"Where have you been?"
Song Ci knew he couldn't hide it, so he confessed everything.
"Wanxia steals things?" Song Laosan still couldn't believe it.
Qiao Xianglan also had a complicated expression. According to her personality in the past, she would definitely say something for Wanxia, but at this moment she was silent and said nothing.
Although Wanxia was a bit aggressive, she was not thick-skinned enough to be called a thief, so she blushed immediately.
He was even more resentful towards the third wife.
Isn't this just throwing her face on the ground and stepping on it! She has served the Third Madam for so long, but at the critical moment, the Third Madam didn't help her at all. Then in the future, if the First House wants her to do anything again, she doesn't need to worry at all.
Anyway, the third room doesn't care about the old relationship anymore, so why should she worry?
She was embarrassed and tired from crying, so she felt ashamed to stay here, so she went back to the house.
After she left, Qiao Xianglan sighed, "She might have just been thinking about it wrongly. After all, she is from the same family as us. Xiaoci, don't keep saying things that hurt her."
"Mom, you were scolded by grandma because of this matter. Wanxia is not worthy of you speaking up for her like this."
When Song Laosan heard his wife being scolded, he hurriedly asked, "Mom didn't do anything to you, did she?" He looked his wife up and down for a while, and was relieved to see that she didn't seem to be suffering.
Old Lady Song is well-known in the village for her cruelty to her daughters-in-law.
When Song Laosan was around, she could still protect him, but when he was not around, Qiao Xianglan was punished countless times for her sneaky behavior.
"I'm fine. Don't worry." Qiao Xianglan felt her husband's concern, her cheeks slightly red, and she shook her head.
"Why didn't you ask someone to inform me? You know my mother's temper."
Song Ci knew that if her father were here today, Old Lady Song would not let it go so easily. She would definitely make a scene in front of Old Third Song and force her father to either punish them or make some concessions.
But how could Dad be willing to do that? In the end, it would definitely end with Old Lady Song venting her anger at Dad and then asking for some benefits from the third wife.
In the previous life, every time things got out of hand, Dad would be punished to vent Old Lady Song’s anger. I don’t know how many times this happened.
So she specifically asked Wanxia to come back, just to find an opportunity to stop her father from going to the first room.
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