Chapter 406: Dealing with the Snow and Being Trapped in the Manor
"I never thought it would be you who came to interrogate me. Back then, she swore so confidently that she was good to me. I just took some money, but she's my biological mother, and she couldn't tolerate it."
"As expected, biological children are closer. She doesn't even treat me as her own daughter. It's all because of you. Because of your appearance. Why don't you just die?"
Without seeing the crazy Chen Yuan with her own eyes, Nian Nian never imagined that this person would have such a deep resentment towards her mother.
"My mother is very kind to everyone. Why is she like this to you? Haven't you figured it out yet?"
"You made the mistake first, but my mother still cared about you and even found a marriage for you. It was you who were not satisfied, and now you have ended up like this. Who can you blame?"
Chen Yuan said angrily, "Blame her! Since she adopted me, she should be responsible for me to the end. She can't treat me badly just because she has her own child."
Nian Nian didn’t know what happened back then, but she felt that her mother would not be that kind of person.
Xiao Tao, who was standing next to Nian Nian, immediately stood up.
Pointing at Chen Yuan, "Touch your chest and ask yourself, whenever you're sick or feeling down, it's always my girl holding you, coaxing you, and telling you stories."
"Later, the little boy and little girl were born. At that time, the Marquis's residence was full of things to do. Madam was busy with her own affairs every day and had no time to take care of her own children. How could she even ask about your diet? You heartless man, have you forgotten all this? But you remember clearly the hatred you had for the girl."
Chen Yuan was scolded by Xiaotao.
In fact, Chen Yuan couldn't remember those things clearly. She just felt resentful and felt that Yun Qiao was no longer close to her after she had her own child.
She went to find her biological mother because she longed for maternal love.
Later, when she arrived at the farm, Yun Qiao didn't even say a word of concern to her.
Later, she was unexpectedly forced to marry a slave.
"I am a daughter of a marquis. How could I possibly marry a servant? Why would I marry a servant?"
Chen Yuan was furious and stood up suddenly and rushed towards Nian Nian. Xiao Tao and the maid stood in front of her to protect her. Nian Nian was fine, but she didn't expect Chen Yuan to do this suddenly.
"Imprison him and send him to the authorities soon."
As for the Liu family's affairs, they still need to be dealt with.
But now Manager Liu was still in a coma due to his illness, so it was not a good time to ask him, so he stopped for the time being.
Kyoto Marquisate.
After learning about this, Yun Qiao was surprisingly not angry, but just regretted caring about Chen Yuan's life or death.
It turns out that some people are evil in their bones.
You can't help even if you don't want to.
"Madam, what should we do now?" asked the nanny who came to deliver the message.
"Let the young lady handle it herself."
Now that Chen Yuan is no longer a servant on the farm, she naturally cannot be beaten, scolded, or sold, but she can be handed over to the government for handling, and it is still easy to convict her.
"Then this old servant will go and deliver the letter to the young lady."
After the nanny who delivered the message left, Chen Jingyan walked out of the house.
Yun Qiao looked unhappy.
"This isn't your fault. I was just being kind-hearted back then, and since you were suffering from a cold, I thought of sending this child to you to raise."
At that time, Chen Jingyan did not notice the existence of such a child on the farm. He only discovered him several times by accident. Seeing how pitiful the child was, he asked a few more questions.
Now that I think about it carefully, when Chen Yuan approached them, she might have had some ulterior motives.
It’s really terrifying when you think about it.
Such a small child has such deep thoughts.
To be honest, this matter is still Chen Jingyan's fault.
Yun Qiao said softly, "It's all in the past. Let Nian Nian handle it now. I don't want to get involved anymore."
To be honest, this is not your own child and you really can’t raise him well.
But every child is different.
Ruoruo is also an adopted daughter. She looks pretty good, sensible and knows her limits.
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After staying at the farm for a few days, Nian Nian discovered that the people of the Liu family were quite nice.
She also went to Manager Liu's house and found that everything in Manager Liu's house was very simple. She didn't find anything valuable. Even the clothes they wore were worn out. Although there were no patches on them, they were not new.
It's not even as new as the Yuanbao suit worn by the second steward.
"Master, this is our fault. You should punish us if necessary. We will compensate for the loss with our monthly salary. Please don't punish my son and daughter as well."
Manager Liu was about to kneel down as he spoke.
Nian Nian hurriedly said, "There's no need to be like this. You didn't do anything wrong, so I won't punish you. It's not your fault that the money was stolen, but you did trust others too much. Also, why did you tell her the account book and the amount of money you collected?"
"This is something that you, the chief steward, should be in charge of."
Manager Liu quickly regretted his decision and said, "I was very busy those few days, so I asked the boss to come and help. Who would have thought that he would take the money in the account book home and brag about it to his family? It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let him get involved."
We can only blame Liu Dalang. It was the first time he touched so much money. After returning to the house and making out with the person on the bed, he told everything.
Chen Yuan didn't want to marry Liu Dalang at all.
Liu Dalang looks like Liu Guanshi, very ordinary and not tall, just an ordinary person.
Chen Yuan is a girl who has never done any work in the farm. Although she is not spoiled, she is fair and tender. In her teens, she looks like a flower bud, and she knows how to dress herself up.
The clothes she wears are all fitted to show off her figure.
She looks pretty good, and it would be a good match for a young man.
In fact, Yun Qiao had wanted to introduce her to a young man from a wealthy family, but she was afraid that Chen Yuan would do something inappropriate after marrying him and bring shame to her later.
He changed his mind and found a man of lower status for Chen Yuan, so that even if she did something wrong in the future, it would be easier to deal with her.
Sure enough, Chen Yuan finally did something so shameful.
After marriage, he embezzled public money from the village and took advantage of the Liu family's trust.
Nian Nian didn't say anything blaming.
It’s just that Manager Liu is too old to be the boss.
Manager Liu knew in his heart that after this incident, it would be difficult for him to be the head manager of the farm again. He did not ask for anything else but just wanted to get a job on the farm.
He has worked in the village for his entire life, and if he really leaves the village, he will be reluctant to leave.
Another point is, if they leave this farm, where can they go as a family?
Survival is a problem.
The money was recovered but there was a shortfall of more than one thousand taels. This one thousand taels was not much for Nian Nian, but it was not a small amount either, and could support many people.
The matter at Zhuangzi was temporarily dealt with.
When Zhuangzi, who was planning to leave in a few days, was returning to Kyoto, it suddenly snowed.
It was so unexpected. The sky was fine when I went to bed last night, but when I woke up the next day, I found the sky was full of snow and the whole world was covered in snow.
Nian Nian stood outside the window looking at the snow scene, and Xiao Tao took a piece of clothing and put it on her.
"It's snowing, and the way back will definitely be difficult. Miss, we can only stay at the manor for now. I'll ask the servants to send a message to the Marquis and his wife to prevent them from worrying."
Nian Nian chuckled, "I was just thinking about saying it, and you've already made the arrangements."
"It's nice to stay here for a few days, but it's very boring and there's nothing fun to do."
In the past, when they were in the Marquis' Mansion, Ruoruo would pull her out to make a snowman when it snowed. However, the two girls couldn't do it. The maids around them would also help, but they were not successful.
Thinking of Ruoruo and everything in the Marquis' Mansion, Nian Nian had a faint smile on her face.
Chunyu, Chunmian and several maids were picking winter plums outside.
He folded a lot of snow and came in, stamping the snow off his feet at the door.
"It's really cold outside. My hands and feet are freezing."
"Some people in the backyard were shoveling snow. I thought I'd call them over to the front yard and have them shovel the snow there as well."
As the two maids were talking, they happened to see the young lady's eyes meeting theirs.
"Miss, we picked some wintersweets. These are unopened buds. Put them indoors for two days and they'll bloom."
"Plug it in." Nian Nian said.
Seeing Nian Nian still looking at the snow scene, Xiao Tao knew that Nian Nian was in poor health. Her biggest worry every winter was that she would have a fever and get sick.
Therefore, I didn't dare let her go out to play for too long.
Xiao Tao then called Chun Yu Lai and whispered a few words to him.
Chunyu immediately said, "Don't worry, Aunt Tao. I'll go right away. I'll tell Manager Liu to find a few skilled craftsmen who can definitely make a good design."
"Go ahead. You can't leave the farm these days, so it's good to find some fun for the girl."
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