Chapter 283: A Father's Heart
Wu Zhong immediately nodded and said:
"What Miss said is that after the old man is buried, you will go to Zhuangzi to recuperate, these dangerous things, people will naturally not dare to tell Miss without my permission."
Wu Zhong's waist bowed deeper.
At this time, he also realized that the young lady was brought up by the master, and she was not as well-behaved and sensible as she seemed on the surface, and she was also very thoughtful inside.
"Well, Wu Guan went to have breakfast beforehand, and he had to deal with his father's business partners in a while. As for the yamen, let Wu An keep an eye on it secretly, and wait for the corpse to be sent to Yizhuang. ”
Ripple was directly ordered this time.
"Yes, don't worry, Miss! I'll do that. ”
Steward Wu lifted his robe and walked out of the side hall, while Luo Ying held the rippling hand and slowly returned to the mourning hall.
"Miss, the Li family will not give up."
Luo Ying's voice was very low, and she said in Ripples' ears.
"My father died, I have to keep filial piety for three years, I won't go anywhere, they have no reason to forcibly take me away, as for three years later, the people sent by the Li family can come to me alive."
Ripple said as she covered her lips with a white veil.
After Luo Ying heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, the two had already entered the mourning hall, and the topic was over.
Perhaps because of the murder on the front street, some guests who came to mourn were delayed, two quarters of an hour later, someone came to the door one after another, Ripple immediately looked blank, red eyes to thank the condolences, on the third day, Ripple pretended to be tired and fainted in the mourning hall, and the suspension ended.
Then the housekeeper did the rest of the work, on the day of the funeral, Ripple was supported by two maids, and cried and fainted again, and after completing all the processes, he finally let Wu Youcai enter the ground.
After a day of rest, Ripple gathered all the slaves in the two courtyards together, and began to prepare for leaving, and after her father's first seven days, she would leave this place of right and wrong.
"You have been on an errand in the Wu family for so long, and you also know that my father is a kind person, and now I am only an orphan girl, and after the funeral, there is not much money left for me to live, so I decided to sell this house and go to live in Zhuangzi.
If you can endure hardships, you can go with me to the Zhuangzi, if there is a better way out, I will not stop you, although you have signed the deed of sale, but our master and servant, I also want to accumulate blessings for my father, as long as you have enough money to sell your body, you can redeem the deed of sale from me. ”
As soon as Ripple's words fell, Steward Wu placed a locked rosewood box on the table.
Ripple took out a key from his neck and opened the box, which was full of deeds of sale from the people in the courtyard.
The people in the small courtyard glanced at each other, and a bold and beautiful maid stood up and said:
"Miss, the slave maid's family wants to take the slave and maid back to get married"
"Yes, let your family take the ransom money to pick you up, and I will prepare another set of wedding clothes for you."
A touch of unwillingness flashed in the maid's eyes, and she only bowed her head to thank the ripples.
A few more people came forward one after another, wanting to redeem themselves and leave, after all, what a good life can be with an orphan girl, and it would be good if Miss was not bullied.
After these people decided to stay, collected the money on the second day, and released the deed of sale, Lianyi asked the housekeeper to go to the yamen to set up a female household, and Wu Youcai also left her a grain shop, a storefront and a small Zhuangzi, Wu Lianyi was the only heir.
Wu Zhong personally went to the yamen to set up a female household for the ripples, and the chief clerk also asked:
"It is rumored that Wu Youcai has a lot of money, why did he only leave this little thing for his daughter."
"Lord Bookkeeper, the rumors are misleading! After the lord arrived in Jiangnan, what did he do, and his wife injured his body during childbirth, so the lord insisted on using good ginseng to raise it, and the silver was spent like flowing water.
Madame finally went, and the master almost didn't survive at that time, if he hadn't wanted to protect the young lady for a few more years, he would have followed him a long time ago!
It's just that the master's body is not as good as before, and the medicine has not been broken, so what wealth can he have after such a toss! ”
Steward Wu said with a bitter face.
"The young lady knows that her family is poor and can't afford to support so many servants, and those who have the ability to redeem themselves have let them redeem themselves, and those who are left behind have nowhere to go, and are ready to move to Zhuangzi to live."
"What about your house?"
The main book's eyes flashed, and he asked directly.
"The young lady said that when we left, we would hang it up and sell it at the tooth store, and she didn't want to go back to this sad place."
"It's true that both parents died in that house, so it's better to change the environment."
After finishing speaking, the main book was quickly handled by the female household and handed it over to Wu Zhong.
When Wu Zhong walked out of the yamen, the respect on his face disappeared, it seemed that there were a lot of people who were worried about the old man's money, and he wanted to remind his young lady to be more careful.
After listening to Wu Zhong's report, the corners of her lips hooked, obviously expecting it a long time ago, otherwise she would not have sold this house.
Putting her household registration in the space, she went to her father's study alone that night, which had been cleaned up, except for a few empty shelves and a set of tables and chairs.
Ripple easily moved the empty shelf, and behind the shelf was the wall, and she pressed it on one of the bricks as Father Wu had said, and the brick was dented, and then the mechanism sounded, revealing a copper wall.
Ripple pulled out the copper key around his neck and placed it directly into the key-shaped copper wall groove, which moved sideways, revealing the space inside.
The ripples can be seen clearly without lighting the lamp, because the space of less than thirty square meters is full of gold, silver and jade, antiques, picture scrolls and solitary books, and there are two night pearls the size of a fist, illuminating the entire secret room.
Ripple just glanced at it, waved everything into the space, and then filled the entire chamber with the mud and sand in the space, before closing the door and returning the wall to its original state, and then she broke the mechanism, and the brick would never be pressed.
Moving the shelves back to their original places, Ripples left the study and returned to their room.
On the second day, she told the maids to pack their bags and prepare to leave the place.
Wu An suddenly came back to the housekeeper at this time and said:
"Butler, it's been ten days, and no one has gone to the yamen to recognize the bodies of those gangsters, the corpses have already stinked, and the county order ordered this morning to let the body be transported to Yizhuang outside the city."
"Okay, I know about this, you don't have to stare at it anymore, go pack your belongings and go to Zhuangzi with Miss."
"Yes!"
Wu An turned around and ran out of the house to pack his things.
Wu Zhong went to Ripple and told him about it.
After hearing this, Ripple wiped his sweat vigorously with a handkerchief, and complained:
"Butler, it's really hot this day, it feels like a fire, just a little spark can light the house, I'm afraid it's very difficult to endure without ice."
Wu Zhong lowered his eyes and thought about it, then he understood what his young lady meant, and then nodded.
On the third day, everything was ready, Ripple took two big maids, two grandmothers, six guards, and the housekeeper, rented two cars, and went straight to the hot spring villa.
"The little girl of the Wu family has left, and the house was put up for sale by the housekeeper, so we have to stop someone?"
See you tomorrow!
(End of chapter)