dognovel Chapter 371 2 times
Chapter 371 2 times
Everyone was talking enthusiastically, one after another.
Fang Zhong and Su Mu had strange expressions. Why did something feel so wrong?
"How can I go back with my status?" Yunyi sighed sadly. "Butler Fang, this is how my life is. Go back and tell the Earl and my father that they should just pretend he doesn't have a daughter like me." She then lowered her head and wiped away her tears.
“Young Miss.” Fang Zhong also started wiping away tears. “This is not your fault. The Earl said that you will always be the eldest daughter of the Earl’s mansion.”
“My dad…” Yunyi was deeply moved, “He really is a good dad.”
Fang Zhong's lips twitched: "Alright, Miss, pack your things and come with us. As for that family... we'll give them some money, and they can remarry."
"Mother." Just then, Qibao ran over from a distance and hugged Yunyi's leg. "Are you leaving? Waaah, I don't want you to leave."
Yunyi glanced around but didn't see anyone, but Sixteen popped out.
[Boss, Qibao was born after the incident, so no one in the capital has seen him. We're not sure about the others, so they haven't shown up.]
Yunyi understood, and immediately picked up Qibao: "Qibao, Mother won't leave."
"Mom is the best." Qibao rested her head on Yunyi's shoulder, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Fang Zhong and Su Mu exchanged a glance. Could they really leave now? They quickly stepped forward.
"Bad people, you're bad people, boohoo, you're trying to take Mommy away, boohoo..." Qibao suddenly started making a fuss.
Fang Zhong and Su Mu were both startled.
"No, no, I'm not going." Yunyi gently patted Qibao's back.
Qibao stopped crying, but hugged Yunyi's neck tightly, as if afraid she would leave.
"Steward Fang, go back." Yun Yi smiled apologetically at Fang Zhong. "Just tell my father... tell the Earl that I'm not going back. Anyway, my mother is already dead, and the person who harmed me is still the mistress of the house. If I go back, she might be sold again in a few days. Just let her think I'm dead too." After saying that, she turned and left.
Fang Zhongyi thought, "This won't do! The Lord has instructed that we must bring her back safely." So he hurriedly ran over and knelt down with a thud: "Miss, please don't make things difficult for this servant. The Lord is waiting for you in the capital."
"My daughter-in-law..." At this moment, Granny Cai suddenly rushed over from a distance and hugged Yunyi tightly. "You can't leave! I spent all my savings to buy you. What will happen to me and the children if you leave?"
“Mother…” Cai Ahua ran over from Jian Yuan, crying, “You can’t leave, I won’t let you leave, boohoo…”
Yunyi was a little confused: [Sixteen, whose idea was this?]
The plan your two eldest daughters came up with together has been unanimously approved by everyone.
Yunyi could only give a thumbs up.
"What's wrong with you, old man?" Granny Cai yelled at Fang Zhong. "Are you trying to abduct my daughter-in-law? Do you think we have no one left in Xiajiazhuang? You'll have to step over my dead body if you don't."
“That’s right, that’s right.” Dou Laixi, Dazhuang’s mother, also ran over. “Do you think we’re all alone? We can’t leave.”
Yunyi buried her head in Qibao's shoulder, otherwise she felt she would burst out laughing.
Upon seeing this, Su Mu reached out and drew his sword.
"Murder! Murder is happening..." Gao Shunfang shouted.
The other women also joined in the shouting, especially Xia Fanshi. Although she was usually difficult with her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, she did have some redeeming qualities, namely, she knew how to protect the village. At this moment, her shouts were the loudest, and she even craned her neck and rushed towards Su Mu.
Su Mu was so frightened that he took several steps back, and before he knew it, he stepped on a stone and almost fell on his backside.
Yunyi couldn't help but shrug her shoulders a couple of times. She couldn't help it; the visual impact was just too great.
Qibao thought Yunyi was crying, so he burst into tears again, the tears he had just shed started flowing again.
Yunyi: ...
Er Ya, who was hiding not far away, slapped her forehead: "I told you Qi Bao wouldn't do, didn't I?"
“I think it’s fine.” Sanya shook her head. “At least Qibao can cry. If I were to go, I wouldn’t be able to cry, and it would look very fake.”
Er Ya pouted: "Mom's really leaving, can't you cry?"
"I don't want Mother to leave." Si Bao's eyes suddenly reddened.
Upon hearing this, the boys suddenly fell silent. They had been laughing just moments before, but now their eyes were red.
“Even if Mother goes back, she won’t abandon us.” Da Bao, much more mature, glanced at his younger siblings. “Besides, we’ll be going back to the capital in the future.”
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped crying. Yes, they were going back too, so they could go find their mother then.
Fang Zhong was really in a bind. He had thought that the young lady would be overjoyed to see him and follow him around, but he hadn't expected this... However, he didn't really think it was difficult. After all, these were just common folk who were only interested in money. He then stood up and said, "Fellow villagers, I know that the young lady has been well taken care of by you these days. The Earl's Mansion will not forget your kindness. Therefore, we will compensate the Xia family."
"How much compensation?" Upon hearing this, Granny Cai stopped crying and widened her eyes, perfectly portraying a greedy old woman.
Fang Zhong was relieved to see that there was room for negotiation: "Look, how much did you spend back then? I'll... give you ten times the amount back, how about that?" He was about to say the original price, but seeing the old lady's expression change, he quickly changed his mind.
"Ten times? No, it has to be twenty times." Granny Cai glanced into the distance and hurriedly followed He Miao's actions, gesturing with a two. Although she didn't know how much twenty times was, she could still imitate her.
“Okay.” Fang Zhong nodded. Buying a person here would only cost a few taels of silver, and even twenty times that would only amount to a few dozen taels.
"When I bought her, it cost me twenty taels of silver."
"What?" Fang Zhong was completely stunned. Twenty taels? Are you kidding me?
"What? You don't believe me?" Granny Cai slapped her thigh. "My daughter-in-law looks like this. They wouldn't sell her for twenty taels. They insisted on twenty-five taels. It took a lot of persuasion to finally get a deal. Let me tell you, that was my whole family's savings. You owe me twenty...twenty times the amount."
Fang Zhong looked at Yun Yi, wanting to say so much, but after all, she was a young lady of high birth. Could he say she wasn't worth that much? In the end, he could only grit his teeth and take out four hundred taels of silver: "This is four hundred taels, twenty times ten taels."
Grandma Cai was surprised for a moment, and then felt a little guilty, but seeing that Yunyi did not object, she reached out and took it: "Don't lie to me, or I'll curse you every day to give birth to sons without an anus."