Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 57

56, Buying a Servant (3 more)

Yuan Cheng looked at Xie Zhinuan.

She hadn’t expected that Xie Zhinuan would know that very impressive young master, and now even used him to protect herself.

If, if he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have agreed to his wife’s suggestion to hand over Xie Zhinuan to the Lord County Magistrate.

“I…” Yuan Cheng hesitated.

But Xie Zhinuan turned her head away and said to the chefs, “Thank you all for pleading for Zhinuan, but I will be leaving tomorrow and will never return to Zhao’an County. Take care, everyone!”

“Miss Xie, take care!”

Xie Zhinuan nodded.

She then turned and left with Yuan Liuwang.

Yuan Cheng watched as Xie Zhinuan walked away, and after a long while, he said, “We were wrong!”

Terribly wrong.

Some people, even if they fall into the dust, still shine brightly.

There will always be someone willing to go through fire and water for her.

“Master!” Mrs. Yuan softly called, her heart not feeling right, and couldn’t help adding, “Maybe, maybe she arranged all this, just thinking…”

“Shut up!” Yuan Cheng shouted angrily.

The chefs nearby looked at the couple, their eyes full of disdain.

They had seen shameless, but never such disgrace.

Such masters were not worth following.

Meanwhile, Yuan Liuwang couldn’t help asking, “Whose jade token is that?”

“The young master who lives across from my house gave it to me. I’ll cook for him in the future, and he will lend me a hand!”

“…”

Yuan Liuwang was silent.

He thought, perhaps this was what they called luck.

No matter what happens, there is always a noble person to help.

“How did that young master know about you?”

“When I was at Yuanji, I cooked for him twice!” Xie Zhinuan said softly, stopping in her tracks, “If you have things to do, you can go back first…”

“I’ll wait for you, and we’ll go back together!” Yuan Liuwang insisted.

He really didn’t feel comfortable leaving Xie Zhinuan alone.

“Well, let’s find an inn to rest for a while, then go shopping. I also want to check the pawnshop!”

Xie Zhinuan had a lot to do.

Yuan Liuwang saw that Xie Zhinuan had already thought everything through and silently followed her.

They first went to an inn and booked three rooms, then went to a pawnshop to pawn all the jewelry-not much money, but Xie Zhinuan didn’t care.

Then they went to a cotton shop, bought ready-made cotton quilts-thin, thick, underquilts, five of each kind-and arranged with the shopkeeper to come with a mule cart to pick them up early the next morning.

Xie Zhinuan was generous when shopping.

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Especially at the rice shop, she bought a lot, almost as if she wanted to spend all her silver in Zhao’an County.

At the pawnshop, Xie Zhinuan explained her purpose.

The Pawnbroker was startled at first, then smiled and said, “Once you mentioned it, I indeed have a family of three. The old woman is getting old. She was a midwife in her early years and passed the skills to her daughter-in-law, who knows a bit of medicine. However, there was a mishap during one of her childbirth assistances, and the family of that child was very powerful. They captured and decided to sell this whole family. The young girl is quite tall and strong, and knows some Martial Arts, though she is a bit simple-minded. This whole family is not expensive, only twenty taels of silver.”

Three generations?

Thinking thus, Xie Zhinuan wanted to meet them first.

Soon, the three were brought over.

The old lady was in her sixties, looking tired. The woman was thin, but her eyes were clear. The girl indeed seemed a bit simple-minded, smiling foolishly at everyone she saw.

Upon first impression, Xie Zhinuan felt it was acceptable.

Especially since she knew a bit of medicine.

“How strong are you!” Xie Zhinuan asked.

The simple girl looked at Xie Zhinuan, then at her mother. The woman nodded slightly before she pursed her lips and said, “I can lift a large stone!”

Chapter 58