Chapter 119: Family Scattering
Gao Ziang accompanied Wanning to the room where her mother hanged herself. This is the room where they used to play when they were children, and who would have thought that many years later, there would really be a tragedy.
The three-foot white silk is still hanging on the beam, which shows that the subordinates have not had time to clean it up. Seeing that it was a little more eerie and terrifying, the subordinates who followed blamed themselves.
As expected, Wan Ning really couldn't control her fear. Her eyes widened and her whole body trembled, and she reached out to cover her ears and cried out in a hoarse voice.
Gao Ziang, who was standing not far from Wanning, quickly took two big steps, standing in front of Wanning, his huge body blocking her vision. pulled her over, hugged her in his arms, and deliberately asked her to bow her head and lean on herself, so that Wan Ning couldn't see the white silk that made people collapse.
Gao Ziang motioned for Xiao Feiyan to put away the white silk.
After a long time, Wanning's emotions finally calmed down. "Originally, our mother and daughter depended on each other, but she was martyred, what should Wan Ning do in the future?"
Gao Ziang hugged her arms tightly, and thought, Wanning, your future life will be handed over to me. But he didn't say it, and he firmly believed that he had a heart with Wan Ning, and Wan Ning understood what he was thinking at the moment.
Wan Ning naturally leaned very comfortably.
In the middle of the night, she raised her head and looked around the room, as if there was still a sigh lingering in the room. How desperate her mother was before she died, she didn't even care about Wanning.
The more Wan Ning looked, the more dull her eyes became.
Gao Ziang took advantage of her inattention, put his arms around her soft shoulders, and urged her to leave this room, to leave this sad place.
At this time, Wan Ning seemed to have lost her spirit, and her whole body was out of her control. And outside, Wan Ning still kept looking back, and every minute she passively left, she seemed to be able to hear her mother's sigh echoing in the dark and narrow corridor.
The master of the Li Mansion is the only one left, and some subordinates expect that there is no future, and they want to report to Wanning and then settle the bill and leave. But Wan Ning usually treats them well, and she can't bear to add to the eldest lady's troubles at this time.
For a moment, people were panicked.
Some people couldn't help it, so they explained the situation to the housekeeper Uncle Zhong. Those who want to leave will have some high-sounding reasons, saying that in the past, the lord was an official in the court, and there was no shortage of money, and now the young lady only relies on the property of the Li family to maintain the huge expenses of the house, and there will be a day when she sits and eats, and she does not want to increase the financial burden of the young lady.
Uncle Zhong can also understand them, and the government really needs to reduce expenses right now. However, he has no way to decide whether to leave or leave the personnel, and he must consult his master. specified that he couldn't tell Wanning, so he asked Gao Ziang for instructions, and he made the decision.
The subordinates in the Li Mansion walked and scattered, and the people went to the empty hall.
Uncle Zhong thought that he could hide it from Wan Ning, but Wan Ning had already found out.
It was deserted everywhere, only the swallows' nests under the eaves were still as lively as before, and swallows flew around from time to time. In Wanning's view, they are mocking the impermanence of the world.
Still under this roof, Wan Ning remembered that when she was a child, she saw two little swallows dead, and she was distressed to death. At this moment, she wanted to know if there were any young bird's nests in the bird's nest and if they were okay.
Wan Ning brought a wooden ladder, climbed up to look, and sure enough, she saw two. The two little swallows have not yet grown their feathers, and they can still see their pink and delicate skin, and their mouths are open, waiting to be fed.
The little swallows are so innocent and cute that Wan Ning can't help but stroke them with her hands. The little swallows were not afraid, they still had their mouths wide open, they were really hungry.
Their homes are warm.
Although the little swallows are like her at this time, they do not have their parents by their side. But sooner or later, its parents would come back, and seeing the hungry appearance of the young swallow, Wan Ning understood that the big swallow might just go out to find food.
If you look at it, you will know that the swallows on the beam have always protected the little swallows well, and the little swallows will thrive.
Wanning wants to feed the little swallows, but what to feed? She thought that swallows should eat insects, so she planned to take Xiao Feiyan and Ning Zhu to the farmland to catch insects and grasshoppers.
This move was quickly stopped by Gao Ziang, Wanning was not suitable to go out at this time, and Gao Ziang was also worried about her state. So he sent his men, and about an hour they returned with the swallow's food.
As soon as she got the food, Wan Ning couldn't wait to feed it to the little swallows, and they ate to their heart's content.
Wan Ning felt a little more comfortable at this time.
But Gao Ziang looked at her and was really worried.
The most pitiful place, looking back at the deserted smoke. No one expected that the Li Mansion, which had been prosperous for many years, was now defeated.
With such a big mansion, Wan Ning often walks around the mansion, and she wants to retrieve some memories of the past that were lively. I guess that would be better.
The people in the house will be gone, that's what Wan Ning thinks. Usually when she sees someone, she always thinks that this is also going to leave. They won't think of themselves as big ladies.
"Miss!" Uncle Zhong called.
At this time, Wan Ning had just come back from playing in the courtyard alone, she turned around and saw Uncle Zhong standing there with his family, and was taken aback: "Uncle Zhong? Why didn't you leave? The unintentional Wan Ning thought that Uncle Zhong was just here to say hello, and then the family would leave the Li Mansion. Without further ado, he turned around and left.
"Miss." Uncle Zhong stopped her again.
Wan Ning stopped, turned around, and just wanted to ask, do you still need anything?
Uncle Zhong snatched the words over: "We have to guard you, Miss." ”
Wan Ning looked at them, his wife and daughter nodding affirmatively at her.
"The family is ruined, what is the need for you to stay." Wan Ning said coldly.
"Miss, Uncle Zhong will always be loyal to the old lady and to you. When the old slave was young, he followed the master, and it was the master who married me and gave me a wife, so I had a child, so perfect. For my only daughter, my husband took good care of him, and he invited him to teach me patiently since she was a child. To put it mildly, it's like a deputy miss. The old master and the current lady have never treated us badly. You will always be our master. ”
Wan Ning was very moved when she heard his words, but she saw that Uncle Zhong's apprentice, Xiao Tangzi, was also there. "Little Tangzi, you have also reached the age of marrying a wife, and if you stay in the Li Mansion, there is no future, and it will delay you from marrying a wife and having children."
Xiao Tangzi replied: "Miss, you are too worried, if anyone dislikes her because she is on duty in the Li Mansion, then she is not worthy of being my wife." ”
"Father really didn't see the wrong person, he didn't promote you in vain." Wan Ning sighed, "Thank you. Your father and mother are gone, and you may have to work more in the future, so if you can't do it, you can invite some more people. ”
"Miss, we are not afraid of hardship."
Although the Li family is still trading, Miss Wanning is a weak woman, and it is inevitable that someone will bully her. She has a lot of inconveniences in doing things, and the silver is not so easy to earn for her, and the money has to be spent.
Uncle Zhong thought of it for Wanning. Therefore, Wan Ning said that he would invite someone again, but he didn't do it.
Everything in the Li Mansion, Gao Ziang saw it in his eyes.
Since ancient times, the decline of the family has been commonplace, but it has come too quickly. How many pavilions were wiped out in the smoke and rain, he couldn't let the Li Mansion be wiped out in the smoke and rain, and it didn't take long for Gao Ziang to transfer a lot of people to the Li Mansion.