Mrs. Lu's family is a merchant in the next county. They have a big business and also have their own shop in Fengxin. Logically, Mrs. Lu's family should have received the news within a day.
When Liu Qiaoer came out from the back street of the county government office, she saw a luxurious carriage parked in front of the government office, with two tall horses surrounded by a group of servants.
Among them was an old maid named Liu Qiaoer whom I knew.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the old maid accompanied a lady to visit Mrs. Lu, and that lady was Mrs. Lu's sister-in-law and the mistress of Mrs. Lu's family.
Could it be that they are here to visit Mrs. Lu
Just as Liu Qiaoer was about to step forward to inquire, someone grabbed her arm.
"Qiao'er, where are you going?"
Liu Qiaoer was startled and turned around to see that the person pulling her was none other than Nanny Zhang who had left the young master behind.
"Madam Zhang, what's wrong? Could it be that you have a change of heart and want to give me the young master's bag?"
Aunt Zhang smiled awkwardly and whispered in Liu Qiaoer's ear: "The county government will give you 100 taels to find them. If you hand the child over to me, I will give you 60 taels out of the 100 taels."
Liu Qiaoer's eyes narrowed and her face gradually turned cold.
"Madam Zhang, the Madam treated you well in the past. Even if we servants cannot save our master, we cannot be ungrateful."
He has already taken the young master's money, but he is still thinking about the one hundred taels of silver. He is so greedy.
Aunt Zhang looked at Liu Qiao'er strangely, and curled her lips sarcastically: "If you don't want to give it to me, just say so. You must want to give the child to her in-laws so that you can get more reward money."
It turned out that Aunt Zhang had seen everything Liu Qiaoer did just now.
Liu Qiaoer sullenly glanced at Aunt Zhang and said, "The young master's money is enough for your family to live a good life. Don't be greedy."
Nanny Zhang felt depressed. She looked at Liu Qiaoer again and again before she snorted coldly and said sourly.
"Then I advise you not to bother. The eldest aunt has already declared that she has no relationship with the Lu family. She said that a married woman is like water spilled. If you hand the child to them, they might hand it over to the government. Instead of giving it to others, why not give it to us ourselves and get 100 taels of silver?"
If it is said that Nanny Zhang's behavior made Liu Qiaoer realize that human nature is indifferent.
Liu Qiao'er was even more heartbroken by Mrs. Lu's family's actions. Nanny Zhang was right. Even Mrs. Lu's family had severed ties with the Lu family. If the two children were sent over, they would be thrown into jail right away.
Think carefully about the Liu family, and then think about the chaos in the end times. Human hearts have always been like this. Why do they have storage space? Isn't it because they are afraid that their things will be coveted by others
The living environment for humans is harsh, there are no laws to constrain them, and if they are unable to protect themselves, their supplies will be stolen and they may even be killed.
Liu Qiaoer has only lived here quietly for three months. Could it be that she thinks the place she traveled to is a paradise
No, where there are people, there is conflict; where there are people, there is danger; human hearts have been the most unpredictable since ancient times.
"Madam's family is so heartless. It seems that Lord Lu's family is in danger. Everything in the world has its own cycle. If Lord Lu was really wrongly killed, his ghost will definitely haunt those who hurt him."
Nanny Zhang swallowed her saliva guiltily, thinking that what she had done was also detrimental to her moral character, but it was absolutely impossible for her to return the money she had earned.
At worst, she could just eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and burn more incense for Lord Lu's family.
She felt so guilty that she started to tremble all over. She suddenly thought of leaving the county and returning to her hometown to take shelter.
But looking at Liu Qiaoer again, she didn't believe that she would be kind enough to help Lord Lu raise the child.
He probed, "Qiao'er, the Madam's family is unreliable, what are you going to do with the two children?"
Liu Qiaoer was indeed worried. The Lu family was thrown into prison, and her in-laws severed ties with her. She couldn't stay in her mother's home for too long. Would the two children she had be left with be abandoned
"If it doesn't work, send him to the Lu family's hometown. I heard that their hometown is in the capital..."
But the journey to the capital was long, and it was not safe for a girl of fifteen or sixteen to take two children to the capital. She herself did not mind, but the little boy was only three years old, and it was not easy for him to travel such a long distance.
Liu Qiaoer decided to stay in the county town. As long as she could find storage space, survival would be no problem. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.
She had to stay in the county town with her two children, and news would come from County Magistrate Lu sooner or later.
Seeing that Liu Qiao'er seemed to have no idea, Nanny Zhang rolled her eyes and said, "If it really doesn't work out, you can open a restaurant in the county town, and wait until they are older, then go to Beijing. You have been in the kitchen for three years, so your cooking skills are pretty good. It just so happens that I am going back to my hometown, so you can live in my yard."
Nanny Zhang has been serving in the Lu family for more than ten years. Madam Lu is very generous and kind to the servants. She saved money and bought a small courtyard in the county town. She also brought her family over and let them do some small business.
Now that something has happened to the Lu family, she is afraid of being implicated. Since she has taken the young master's money, she doesn't want to return it. Anyway, she will move back to her hometown in the next few days, so she might as well let Liu Qiaoer live there. If Lord Lu really finds her later, she will have an explanation.
It's not that she was unwilling to raise the young master, it's not Liu Qiaoer who wanted to raise him, and she also gave them the house to live in, which was considered to be living up to her remaining conscience.
The yard is not big, with a total of three rooms inside and outside, a palm-sized yard and a kitchen, and a room outside that is also used to sell snacks, such as melon seeds, peanuts, and candy men.
Seeing that Liu Qiaoer was very satisfied with her courtyard, the last bit of her conscience was crushed by Aunt Zhang.
"Is this yard okay? I'll charge you one tael of silver a year as rent. How about that?"
Only one or two taels of silver a year, which is neither expensive nor cheap. But even so, Liu Qiaoer has no money to pay the rent now.
"Madam Zhang, I am very satisfied with the house, but I have no money now. You have taken so much money from the young master, and you still care about this little tael of silver."
Aunt Zhang was very unhappy: "When I brought you out safely, didn't I already calculate it clearly? Those are the money to buy your life. One tael of silver is not much. I will give you two days. If you don't pay by the day after tomorrow morning, I will rent it to someone else."
Friends are friends, business is business, and Aunt Zhang was not polite to her at all.
Liu Qiaoer took a fancy to the room and prepared to go back. If she really couldn't afford it, she would borrow some money from someone and pay the rent first.
As long as she could find storage space, she would have food, drink and money, so she really didn't care about this little money.
Unexpectedly, when Liu Qiaoer just arrived at the village entrance, Liu Erniu came running over crying, pulling Lu Yunxi and his sister.
"Sister, sister, please run quickly. Grandma and Auntie have taken their things and are saying they are going to sell them. Please run quickly."
"What's going on?"
Liu Qiaoer walked forward and hugged the young master, and hugged Lu Yunxi. When they saw Liu Qiaoer, they burst into tears.
"Qiao'er, Qiao'er, the stinky mother-in-law stole my jewelry and Yang'er's gold lock, and she also wanted to sell me and my brother. Qiao'er, I will never leave you again."
Liu Qiaoer didn't expect Geng to be so shameless that she refused to let her stay for three days as agreed.
She was so angry that her whole body was shaking. The Liu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were too bullying. If she didn't teach them a lesson, she would still think she was the honest Liu Qiaoer of the past.