Chapter 882 Embroidery Mother Enters the Wang Family
It’s Chinese New Year, so there’s no guarantee that there will be too much, and it’s still okay to have a full meal.
For the first time, the grain limit was relaxed at the Wang family's disaster relief site.
From one bowl of porridge and one steamed bun, it became two bowls of porridge and three steamed buns, with some minced meat and wild vegetables in the porridge.
Seeing a little girl of eight or nine years old, her eyes wide open, holding a wooden bucket full of joy, taking the porridge and steamed buns from the disaster relief site, and the smile as she looked back, even Wang Xu was infected.
"Mom, I gave you a lot of food today. You see there is still meat in the porridge. We are finally full!" The eight or nine-year-old girl ran to her mother happily holding a bucket dug out of wood.
Wang Xu watched her go away, wondering if this New Year was the happiest New Year the little girl had ever had in her life.
Maybe thirty or fifty years later, the little girl will grow up and live a better life.
Looking back, she will tell her family that the bowl of porridge and steamed buns she ate in that winter and New Year's Day of XX year were the most delicious things she had ever eaten in her life.
With descendants and grandchildren surrounding him, listening to the old grandmother telling the story of the disaster, Wang Xu was certain that he must be the glorious one among them.
In fact, even now, many disaster victims are enshrining his longevity memorial arch.
To put it bluntly, he is now a Buddha among thousands of families.
"Master, my wife asked you to go home for dinner."
After wandering around outside all morning, someone from home was sent to look for him.
"Let's go back!"
Wang Xu left the disaster relief site and rushed home in a carriage.
After passing the front yard, he was about to walk to the central hall where he was eating, when suddenly a maid with her back to him attracted his attention.
"stop!"
Following Wang Xu's order, the maid who was about to leave stopped and turned back slightly, wondering who it was that was not the embroiderer.
Speaking of Xiu Niang, Wang Xu hasn't seen her for many days.
At first, Xiu Niang followed Ning Qing and ran down to help people at the disaster relief site.
Later, for some unknown reason, Xiu Niang stopped going, and Ning Qing couldn't tell what Xiu Niang was doing. Anyway, it was quite mysterious.
"Why are you here?"
Wang Xu was very surprised as to why the embroiderer appeared here working in the clothes of a maid from the Wang family.
"I met the young master, but the embroiderer had nowhere to go. The master saw that the embroiderer was pitiful, so he took the embroiderer back to the Wang family." As the embroiderer spoke, she bowed to Wang Xu.
"master?"
Wang Xu had doubts in his eyes and asked Liu Quan beside him: "Tell me, what's going on?"
"Yesterday afternoon, when the master went out for inspection, the carriage bumped into this girl. After asking, he found out that the girl Xiu Niang was a refugee from Tongshan County and could no longer return home.
The master saw that she was pitiful and had no place to live, so he took her back to the mansion and said that she could be a maid for the young master. After all, after the disaster relief is over, the young master has to go to Sanjianxi to study with Xue Daru, and there is no one around to help him.
People like that can’t do it.”
Liu Quan really knew about this and explained it clearly in a few words.
Wang Xu felt something was wrong. Could the situation of the embroiderer be the same as that of other disaster victims?
She came all the way with Ning Qing, who had already joined the Ning family. According to Ning Qing, the Ning family regarded Xiu Niang as their daughter.
Of course, this is just Ning Qing's statement. In fact, the Ning family has long regarded Xiu Niang as their nephew-in-law, and pointed out that Xiu Niang is getting along with Ning Qing and helping the Ning family continue their family lineage.
Wang Xu might be able to believe that other people have no place to live and are pitiful.
They say Xiu Niang is pitiful, but he is not pitiful at all. Look, she has gained weight in the past two months.
"Who do I need to serve me? Besides, there is a girl who cannot be lifted by her hands or carried on her shoulders. If I take her to Sanjianxi to study, should she serve me or should I serve her?"
Wang Xu thought this was a bit of a coincidence. Jiuquan Town had a population of 100,000, so why didn't it bump into other people but the embroiderer?
The embroiderer came back happily and wanted to join the Wang family as a slave. Is it so comfortable to be a maid?
When they met for the first time, Wang Xu felt that Xiu Niang was not a responsible person. Now that she had entered the Wang family by chance, he would be too worried if he didn't think about it.
"This woman named Xiu Niang has some relationship with the Ning family in the town. Liu Quan, please send someone out to inform them to come and pick her up."
Wang Xu didn't care what Xiu Niang had planned. He was not afraid of anything but trouble.
The embroiderer may be troublesome, so let her go away and look for someone else.
"Master, please don't drive the embroiderer away. The embroiderer can wash clothes, cook, and everything else. Just let me stay." Upon hearing Wang Xu's words, the embroiderer cried.
"What's wrong, what's wrong, who's crying at this noon?"
Before Wang Xu could say anything, Mrs. Wang and Mr. Wang walked up from the backyard.
Seeing that the embroiderer was crying again, Mrs. Wang recited two lines of Infinite Life and said, "Isn't this the little maid who just came in yesterday? Xu'er, has she offended you?"
"No mother,"
Wang Xu answered truthfully: "This little maid named Xiu Niang has some relationship with the Ning family in the town. She has been living and eating in the Ning family for the past few months. She is not homeless. There is no need for us to take her in. I
I just want Liu Quan to make a trip to call the Ning family and take this girl away."
"lady"
After hearing this, the embroiderer looked at Mrs. Wang pitifully, as if she was hesitant to speak.
When Mrs. Wang saw Xiu Niang's appearance, she waved her hand and said, "Just tell me if you have anything to do. Aren't you willing to go back?"
"Madam, the Ning family is not kind to me, but their family always wants to marry me to Ning Qing. I don't want to marry him, so I was upset when I went out to wander around and was hit by the master's carriage. Please don't send me back.
I know that I have been kind to the Ning family for free these days, and I am willing to work as a maid in the Wang family and earn money to repay them, but I don't want to get married or go back."
The embroiderer sobbed softly, and soon her eyes turned red from crying, looking as if I felt pity for her.
Wang Xu remained calm. He was not familiar with the Ning family and didn't know their style.
But he had met Ning Qing, that silly boy, a pure fool and a good old man.
If the embroiderer is not willing to marry Ning Qing, even if the Ning family puts a knife to her neck, Ning Qing will not say yes.
Moreover, Ning Qing had mentioned Xiu Niang to him before. In and out of her words, she thought that she was not worthy of Xiu Niang and had been rejected by Xiu Niang. It seemed that she had no intention of marrying Xiu Niang.
Of course, it's hard to say what the Ning family's attitude will be. They might really have this intention.
After all, there are only a few girls in the countryside. The embroiderer has a clean family background and outstanding appearance. It is normal for the Ning family to have ideas.
"Oh, what a mess. Xu'er, please don't notify the Ning family. Wouldn't it be a waste for such a good girl to marry that Ning family? Just let her stay. Isn't there a saying among scholars?
Call Hongxiu Tianxiang, let her serve you first, and we can talk about anything later."
Mrs. Wang looked at the embroiderer. The embroiderer was handsome and liked her at first glance.
Such a handsome girl is rare everywhere in the world, so it is just right for her to stay with Wang Xu and serve her.
Although the embroiderer is a few years older than Wang Xu, in the countryside, how can one be called older at the age of three or five?
A female junior, holding a gold brick, only when she is older will she know how to love others.
If you get along well, you can stay and be a concubine in the future. This kind of relationship that you have been together since childhood is not comparable to ordinary marriages, and you will have a caring person by your side in the future.
"Mother"
Wang Xu opened his mouth to speak, but he still felt something was wrong. He always felt that Xiu Niang was a trouble.
"That's it. You won't even listen to my mother's words, right?"
Mrs. Wang said firmly. What else could Wang Xu say? He could only smile bitterly and said: "Of course my child will listen to my mother."
"That's alright, come on, eat, eat."
With a smile on her face, Mrs. Wang invited Wang Xu to sit down and eat.
Wang Xu sat down and glanced at Xiu Niang.
It's okay to stay, but if he becomes restless in the future, don't blame him for being cruel.
He is not someone who can't walk when he sees a woman and does whatever others say. If Xiu Niang thinks that she is a smooth talker and plays tricks with him, then she is looking for the wrong person.