"Farming!" Xia Qiyue couldn't say anything more now, so she just gave a simple reply to let Manager Li know what she was going to do.
She had observed it on the way here. It was far away from the city, and the area of each village was quite large, and the distance between each other was large, so there was no problem in farming on the villages.
When Manager Li heard this, his eyes lit up, because he knew that the eldest princess's villa in their village next to them had a lot of cattle, sheep and pigs. There were no tenants in their village, and they were all taken care of by servants.
Will Zhuangzi be like that in the future?
When he had doubts, he asked, "Madam, if we let the tenants go from now on, will Zhuangzi need servants?"
Xia Qiyue nodded, that's for sure, do you still need to ask? Is it possible to let her do the work by herself?
Manager Li knelt down directly, startling Xia Qiyue, and took a step back to An Zichen.
"Madam, I have something to ask of you..."
Xia Qiyue listened to Manager Li's request. Although it was not too difficult for her to accept his mother-in-law and children to work in the village, she did not agree.
"The servant I want has to sign a death contract. From now on, he will be a slave. You know, the third generation of slaves will not be able to pass the scientific examination! You have to think carefully!"
This is true. For example, if you are a slave, then your grandchildren will not be able to take the scientific examination. If it is not a death contract, it is okay, you can redeem your life, but what she wants is a death contract.
Manager Li lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded firmly, "Sign!"
Compared with not being able to survive, a death contract should be a death contract. Sons and daughters will sign it, but grandchildren will not sign it. Let's live first.
After they left, they had neither land nor a house. Their children were older and they had more money to spend. They might starve to death.
Xia Qiyue explained some more things. Anyway, she couldn't realize her farm now, so she went back first.
The two of them walked slowly, letting Xunfeng play on the grass to their heart's content. It was already afternoon when they got home.
When he arrived at the door of the mansion, it was wide open and there was no one at the door. Xia Qiyue felt something was wrong.
He quickly ran into the house.
There was no one in the front yard, and there was no one in the second yard... either.
"Something happened!" Xia Qiyue turned around and said to An Zichen who was following closely behind her, her face turning pale.
"Don't worry, I'm here!" An Zichen observed the surroundings, not forgetting to comfort his pale little wife.
"Where have all the people gone?" Xia Qiyue looked around anxiously.
Not only the servants, but also the candy maker are missing. I don’t know what happened.
An Zichen looked around and said, "There is someone in the backyard, it should be Uncle Fu!"
"Go and have a look!" Xia Qiyue was anxious, grabbing An Zichen's hand and leading him towards the backyard.
When he saw Uncle Fu, the old man was pacing back and forth with a worried look on his face.
"Uncle Fu..." Xia Qiyue shouted with a trembling voice.
Because of this situation, something obviously happened, and it was certainly not a small matter.
"Oh... you two are finally back! Come on, come on! But the girl is missing. Everyone has gone out to look for her, but there is no news! Go and look for her!"
Uncle Fu was panting heavily as he spoke and was sweating profusely.
A bolt from the blue happened in Xia Qiyue. She thought Lao An's family was causing trouble again, or something, but she never expected that her daughter would disappear.
He quickly ran forward, took Dabai out of the stable, and got on the horse so fast that he didn't even have time to say a word to An Zichen, so he hit the horse and ran out of the house.
An Zichen's reaction and speed were still online. He didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly followed up on horseback.
Little Xunfeng was still too small and couldn't keep up with the speed of the big horse. In the end, he stayed in the stable and was taken care of by Uncle Fu.
As soon as he came out, Xia Qiyue met people one after another who came back looking for the child without success.
First, Mei Niang ran back sweating profusely, still holding Xuan'er in her hand. When she saw Xia Qiyue coming towards her on horseback, Mei Niang stopped quickly.
Xia Qiyue reined in the horse and watched his son's little face turn red as he ran.
"Madam, I went to look in the woods to the west. There are no footprints of the young lady, and there is nothing suspicious!" Mei Niang first told what she was looking for.
"What happened? When did Ke'er lose it?"
Mei Niang thought for a while and shook her head, "After the old slave gave the young lady and young master lunch, he sent them back to their room. Shishu and Lu'er each put one to sleep. The young lady whom Shishu coaxed just now also
She said that the young lady had already gone to bed before she came out to wash a few pieces of clothes. When she finished washing the clothes and went back to check, Miss Kerr had disappeared!"
"So the child has been missing for a long time?"
It was already the afternoon when she and An Zichen came back, and the child disappeared at noon. She had been missing all afternoon. If she had gone to have fun somewhere, she should have come back long ago. This was really lost.
Or... someone deliberately coaxed the child away...
"Did anyone suspicious come to the house at noon?" Xia Qiyue was almost certain that the child was not lost by himself.
An Zichen saw that things were far from as simple as he thought, so he looked at Mei Niang, waiting for her answer.
Mei Niang thought for a while and shook her head, "No, everything is very normal." If there was anyone suspicious, she would have realized it a long time ago, because she took care of the children wholeheartedly when the wife and fourth master went out, and she usually took care of the children.
Pay special attention to these.
Today, it was just because I couldn't do anything about coaxing the children myself that this happened.
She has been blaming herself, but there is nothing she can do. She still has the young master with her, so she cannot have children outside all the time. The young master cannot bear it.
When Xia Qiyue heard what Mei Niang said, she knew that there was nothing she could ask. If Mei Niang noticed something was wrong, she would definitely take precautions immediately. This would not give anyone a chance to doubt.
"Mother... can I find my sister back?" Xuan'er was not as calm as before at this moment. A child is a child. After his sister disappeared, the little man was already panicking.
It was the limit that he could bear to wait for his mother to finish asking her questions before crying.
Xia Qiyue got off the horse and hugged her son, "Xuan'er, don't worry, my mother will definitely get her sister back. Xuan'er and Mei Niang will go home first, okay?"
Xuan'er is too young to carry him on horseback, otherwise Xia Qiyue would never want to let her child leave her again.
It's so terrible. She can actually abduct the child at home. She has done it very well. She even studies in the house. The children usually stay close to each other. How could she lose them?
All she could think about now was that Kerr must have been abducted by someone who was targeting the candy house.
Either he wanted to retaliate against her for stealing the business, or he wanted to threaten her children to ask for money from her.
"Xuaner, be obedient. Mother, you must find your sister. Mother, please go quickly. If you go late, what should you do if your sister is bullied?"
Xuan'er struggled to let go of Xia Qiyue and walked obediently to Mei Niang.
The child's sensibleness made Xia Qiyue feel guilty and uncomfortable. Thinking that Ke'er would be beaten, abused, or even killed, she could no longer control herself and felt a chill all over her body.
"Go back home first, check for clues and then look for it!" An Zichen acted much calmer than Xia Qiyue at this time.