When she arrived at the pomegranate garden, she sat in the hall and asked Suxue to find a group of maids, women and nurses.
She simply asked someone to move the chair to the verandah of the yard and took a seat. She glanced at those people and said in a quiet voice, "My brother and I live here, thank you for taking care of us. You are taking risks by letting you come here. My brother and I both know this, so we don’t want everyone’s hard work to be in vain.”
She glanced at Suxue, and Suxue took out the five thousand taels of silver notes.
Shen Mingzhu continued: "Here is a sum of money, which will be used for my brother and I's future expenses. I also want to thank you."
Everyone except Zhang Huai immediately exclaimed, never expecting that she would go from being penniless and being bullied to five thousand taels of silver in a blink of an eye.
This is incredible!
Even the quiet and reserved maids showed surprise, and when they heard her say thank you to them, they couldn't hide their joy.
Not to mention the mothers-in-law and nurses, they were all overjoyed and said that Miss Shen was a living Bodhisattva with a good heart.
Shen Mingzhu called Zhang Huai forward and asked Suxue to give him the banknote. Zhang Huai's originally calm face now looked like the surface of a lake that had been broken. His deep eyes looked directly at Shen Mingzhu.
Shen Mingzhu smiled and said: "Zhang Huyuan, I respect your character and believe in it. Please help me exchange this banknote."
She glanced at the people in the courtyard again. Including the nursing staff, there were only thirty people.
She continued: "I'm not out of danger yet, and I can't reward everyone based on their status according to the rules. I think it's better for us to reward everyone based on their merits. These few times when someone came to cause trouble, everyone cooperated and helped, so that my brother and I could be freed." There is no danger. Therefore, each woman in the inner court is given ten taels of silver."
Each of the maids couldn't help gritting their teeth and picking up their handkerchiefs, and they were so happy that ten taels of silver would cost them three years to earn. How could they not be happy?
When the women heard this, they immediately exclaimed. They worked in the Shen family for only one hundred cash a month, and it would take them a year of exhaustion to earn one tael of silver.
The young lady gave them ten years of money in one fell swoop. She was like a living Buddha!
The ladies didn't care what others thought, they knelt down one after another and said thank you, "As long as the lady doesn't dislike it, we will follow her."
Shen Mingzhu smiled and said: "It's a blessing for me and my brother that everyone is willing to follow me. But you have a family and a family. When I can't guarantee safety and wealth, I won't let you get hurt by following me. In that case, I But I would rather be an orphan."
Everyone called Miss Mercy again.
Shen Mingzhu added: "Of course the uncles who protect the courtyard cannot be the same as the inner courtyard. They have to risk their lives, otherwise I am afraid that my brother and I will not be where we are today. So, they are fifty taels each, do you have any opinions? "
Now even the nursing staff knelt on the ground and shouted for Miss's blessing.
Zhang Huai hesitated for a moment, didn't say anything, just bowed, "Thank you, Miss, for the reward. Please rest assured, Miss and Young Master, as long as you stay here for one day, we will keep Miss and Young Master safe."
Shen Mingzhu nodded, smiled and raised her hand, "Don't be like this, everyone, we can just go on as usual."
She had already thought clearly, because she was at an absolute disadvantage before, so the Shen family did not need to send any agents around her, just rough-and-tumble women and third-class girls.
After the instructions were given, she asked them to do things as usual, while she spoke to Zhang Huai alone for a few words.
