Li'er knelt down in front of Xie Mulin with a thud, crying breathlessly: "Girl, forgive your sins!" It's all my fault, I knocked the girl unconscious!

"The girl was already sick that day, and she fainted, and I couldn't wake up no matter how I screamed, and the officers and soldiers immediately escorted us away. I watched the girl being carried away, and I was so anxious that I couldn't wait to die! There is chaos in the house, and we are so good, we have all suffered so much. The girl was so sick that she fainted, what if there was a good one?! Li'er is really guilty and deserves death! ”

Xie Mulin hugged the girl who had not been seen for many days in a complicated mood, and saw that her whole face was thinner than before more than two circles, and her expression was haggard, he knew that Li'er was a loyal maid, and she must have been anxious about Xie Yingzhen's safety these days.

It's a pity that Xie Yingzhen is no longer there, what caused her death? Is it the high fever that does not go away after falling into the water, or is it the accidental fainting of officers and soldiers when they come to the door? Or the cold treatment in the small warehouse for two days and two nights? Xie Mulin himself couldn't tell. She's just a latecomer, a ...... Take advantage of the traverser.

Xie Mulin could only whisper to Li'er: "Get up, I'm okay now." It wasn't you who caused me to faint that day, but someone else hit you, and you couldn't help yourself, I want to blame it, and I won't blame you. I would also like to thank you for helping me change my dry clothes that day and keeping me warm enough. Otherwise, I would have been in a coma for a day and a night, hungry and cold, and with no one to take care of me, and my life would have been lost. ”

Li'er cried bitterly: "It's my fault! I should have taken better care of the girl. When the second wife left, she told me to take good care of the girl, but I had such a big leak......"

Wen said softly: "Okay, it's all in the past. Now that Sister Zhen'er is fine, Li'er won't cry anymore. Who would have thought that would happen that day? Thankfully, everyone was safe and sound. In the future, you will wait for the real sister, the real sister has always been close to you, and she will not blame you. ”

When Xie Mulin heard this, he smiled kindly at Li'er to prove that he was indeed very close to the other party.

Li'er was still sobbing, but she was at ease. She has been worried for more than 20 days, afraid that something will happen to the girl, but now she can always be relieved. She made a big mistake, but it doesn't matter, the girl is safe and sound, she has returned to serve with the girl, and there will always be a time to make meritorious contributions in the future.

Wen turned to speak to Pear's parents. It was the companion Ma Lu Yao and his wife that she brought from the Wen family. Ma Lu Yao's daughter-in-law is also the daughter of her biological mother's old servant when she was alive. Before the Xie family was copied, these two people had been the outer courtyard stewards of the second room. However, because the Cao family presided over the middle feed, the authority in their hands was very limited, that is, they just helped the Wen family run errands, collect rent, and buy something. But they are all Wen's henchmen, and now once they are released by the government, even if others are to be dismissed, Wen will not give up on this couple.

In addition to the eldest daughter Li'er, Ma Luyao and his wife also have two sons, the eldest son Shi Yan is Xie Jinzhi's little servant, and the younger son has no job yet.

In addition to Ma Luyao, the Wen family also has a confidant family, that is, Ruixue, a girl she brought from the Wen family and waited for her to grow up since she was a child, and Zhao Fengnian, a scholar that Xie Pu brought with her since childhood. On the day she got married, Xie Pu made the decision to let the two henchmen also get married, and said that their names were born as a pair, Ruixue "trillion" Fengnian.

Zhao Fengnian and Rui Xue also have two children, the eldest son Qingbai, who works as a maid next to Xie Jinzhi, and the youngest daughter is only ten years old, and she is a rough little girl in Xie Yingzhen's courtyard - not the one who knocked down Li'er that day. Now the brother and sister have also returned to Xie's house with their parents.

After Xie Pu received the servants of the Xie family who were returned by the government, he did not bring everyone back to the place where the Xie family was currently staying, but rented a large miscellaneous courtyard and settled them first.

Pingnanbo's Mansion had taken care of the official mansion in advance and took away Cao's henchmen and accustomed manpower. But this does not mean that the rest of the people are loyal to the Xie family. There is also a large part of the Cao family's inconspicuous little people and two-facedness, as long as there is benefit, they may be bought at any time.

Xie Pu also didn't look down on this part of the manpower, so he sent people away with a few taels of silver. As for their former personal belongings and property - either in the official mansion or swallowed by the Cao family, Xie Pu didn't plan to ask for it, so they had the courage to go to the former mistress by themselves. After leaving, they can go to Pingnanbo's Mansion and ask the Cao family to take them in, or they can find another messenger, or they can find a tooth shop to sell themselves. Xie Pu didn't care about their whereabouts, and if he was willing to give those few taels of severance silver, he, the old master, was already merciful enough.

There are still sixty or seventy people left, most of whom are honest in temperament, buried in work, and will not be easily bought by the Cao family to do evil. But among them, they are old, or they are not in good health, they have no skills, and they are not the people who are valued in each room, Xie Pu also gave a few taels of silver to dismiss and sent people away. It's just that they can receive more money than the first group. It's up to them to decide where they want to go from here.

However, Xie Pu also reminded everyone that there are a few old relatives and friends, or acquaintances in the business field, who have a relatively generous family style and etiquette, if these people are interested, they can take refuge, and it is always a way to survive. The men bowed their heads and resigned with great gratitude.

Jinling is prosperous, since the Xie family plans to return to their hometown, honest people may not want to follow, they are still more attached to the life of Jinling City.

In the end, there were thirty or forty people left, and these were Xie Pu's henchmen and their families who wanted to stay by his side. Among them, there are the long-term entourage and stewards that he has been accustomed to bringing with him for many years, the companions and attendants of the Wen family, and the stewards or confidants around the children. Xie Pu took people to foreign posts, and he was no longer a relative of the emperor; When the family returns to their hometown, they don't need to put on much pomp. With the current situation of the Xie family, it is enough to have these people waiting.

So, Wen left two couples, Zhao Fengnian and Ma Luyao, and a big girl who waited close to her before raiding the house.

Xie Mulin welcomed back Li'er, with Zhao Fengnian's youngest daughter Cuijiao.

Xie Jinzhi has a girl hosta - the daughter of Xie Pu's long-term follower, not the person who originally waited by his side - and a small servant Shi Yan that he is used to.

Xie Huizhi's original maid was dismissed, and the Wen family renamed Ma Luyao's youngest son Qingliu, gave him a call, and added him a girl named Xiao Moth.

Aunt Dajin and Wanqin's girls were also selected from the families of Xie Pu's subordinates, the former's girl is called Xiangtao, and the latter's girl is called Ginkgo, both of them are twelve or thirteen-year-old girls, who can do some rough work.

Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi's girls did not keep it, because they are still young, and they have not allocated manpower for the time being, so they will call Wanqin's girl first, and wait until they return to Huyin, and then buy people. Xie Hanzhi also got a small guy named Qingzhu, who recognized a few words and could be used as a scholar.

In addition, there are people who are used to Mrs. Xie's side, and after Xie Pu's repeated selection, only three people with more trustworthy character were left, namely the big girl Pearl and Mrs. He and Mrs. Jiang. Xie Pu bought another fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, renamed her beeswax, and sent it to Mrs. Xie at the back of Cheng'en Temple together with Pearl and the other three people, and called Mrs. Xie and her third daughter Xie Yingrong.

The things assigned by the subordinates were arranged in this way.

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