Chapter 9 V2 : Irrelevant Nonsense (1/2)

Apparently, Nanny Jiang had already handled the situation. Seeing so, Sang Wan was secretly relieved. As she observed Nanny Jiang’s body language, she noticed that Nanny Jiang was being a little uneasy but, for the sake of the situation, she did not ask her directly.

Instead, she smiled at Nanny Jiang and gave her thanks, “Thank you for the courtesy!” With that, she glanced at Liu Ya and continued, “That girl is prone to running into trouble when doing her tasks. Since she had been gone for quite some time and had not returned, I decided to take a look to see if she had run into any troubles. And you, nanny?”

After finishing, Sang Wan looked at Nanny Jiang with uncertainty.

“Uh, this old maidservant was just passing by when she saw them arguing over a small matter and stepped up to tell them off. Everything is alright now! This old maidservant needs to return to serve Old Mistress, so do return to your chamber.” Nanny Jiang hurriedly replied.

“I see, since the matter is small, let us all disperse and return to our tasks, shall we?” Sang Wan nodded gently before sighing at Liu Ya, “You really are a girl who simply doesn’t let things off. However, this is a family with different rules, where such matters are handled by the maidservants from the household department! Just look at you, because of this small matter, you had Nanny Jiang here at the scene you’ve created. Fortunately, Nanny Jiang is a warm-hearted and friendly person who doesn’t argue over small things.”

Whatever happened here, since Nanny Jiang had deemed it a ‘small matter,’ it would remain a small matter and not something else! Though Sang Wan was still doubtful of the fact that Nanny Jiang was just passing by, as she was a busy person who served her mother-in-law, the old maidservant had Mother-in-law Wang Shi supporting her. Nanny Jiang’s judgments were her mother-in-law’s judgments.

Since this was just a small matter, Sang Wan had no need to pursue it any further. Otherwise, it would just be deemed as her going against her mother-in-law openly.

Liu Ya understood Sang Wan’s purpose and did not attempt to worsen the situation. Lowering her head, she admitted, “It is all this servant’s fault and ended up troubling Nanny Jiang. This servant hopes that nanny wouldn’t take this incident to heart!”

“Ah, of course, I won’t! Such praise doesn’t befit me!” Nanny Jiang immediately smiled and was finally at ease.

Seeing that, Sang Wan smiled. “Since everything is alright now, let us not delay Nanny Jiang any longer. Nanny, please!”

“Young Mistress, do retire too.” Nanny Jiang bowed.

Sang Wan did not stay to chat any longer. Instead, she nodded a few times and instructed Liu Ya to carry on with her task before leaving together with Zhide and the group of maidservants that she had brought along. Upon seeing Sang Wan leave, Nanny Jiang turned and left.

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Once the dowry arrived at Ning Garden, it was all kept inside a small storehouse that was a stone’s throw away from the garden. When the matter regarding the dowry was settled, Sang Wan had Liu Ya explain the ins and outs of what had happened just then.

Turned out, while the group was carrying the dowry down a flight of stairs, due to the carelessness of two manservants, a few of the boxes carried by the two fell to the ground. The fine cotton fabric, cambric paper, and white silk came rolling out of one of the boxes.

Seeing the mess, Liu Ya had instinctively given them a scolding and instructed them to recover the dropped goods. After being told off, the two manservants showed a face of unwillingness but done as instructed. However, while they were recovering the goods, they had purposely scraped the fabric goods on the floor and even ‘accidentally’ left footprints on them. Once again, Liu Ya became furious and scolded them to be more careful with the goods.

Upon hearing her, the two manservants flipped and coldly murmured behind her back, saying how the fabrics were more suited for the horsekeeper or used as rags for wiping. Why be so serious when such fabrics would just be left in the corner to collect dust? The two manservants even mocked Sang Wan in front of Liu Ya, “Well, unless Young Mistress wears clothes made from such fabric!”

Liu Ya was then at her limit. With the other servants mocking and adding even more nasty words to her, Liu Ya’s anger exploded and she shot back at them; the hurtful words had made Liu Ya so angry that she almost cried.

Sang Wan slightly trembled as she listened to Liu Ya with her fists clenched tightly. The handkerchief in her palm was crumpled badly. The people in Shi family sure were snobby; even the servants dared to mock her only personal maidservant. Who knows, they might one day even openly mock their mistress!

“Young Mistress, this servant really wishes to go back to our Sang family!” Liu Ya said with teary eyes. With a glance at the exquisite items within the room, she continued, “No matter how great this place is, it is not our home!”

Sang Wan felt troubled and depressed. However, they had already entered into the Shi Family, so, without a choice, they had to continue to live in this household.

There were only two choices. She could either follow the path of her past life and take one step at a time into desolation before dying coldly in a corner or create a new path for herself through hard work with the new life given to her. She could become a butterfly and break free from the cocoon that had once shackled her.

“Enough! The matter will just become some irrelevant nonsense within the family. I do not take it to heart, so why do you feel wronged?” Although deep down Sang Wan was feeling low and bitter, she kept her spirit up and forced a smile on her face to persuade Liu Ya. Although she said it for Liu Ya, those words were also to

provide confidence for herself.

“Young Mistress,” Liu Ya looked gently towards Sang Wan and said bitterly, “This servant was only standing up against the injustice on behalf of Young Mistress! Our Sang family may not be rich, but we can still provide all the basic necessities for ourselves. Young Mistress, when have you ever received those senseless and cold words? What those people said was even sharper than a knife! The people here really are no good!”

Amused, Sang Wan giggled and tightly held Liu Ya’s hand. “It doesn’t matter. We’ll live our own lives, and not for them. Do not keep that irrelevant nonsense in your heart. Liu Ya, however they want to judge us is not important; what’s important is that we must never look down on ourselves because of it! The day when we can be proud will be the day we show them!”

“Yes! I’ll never put what they say to heart! What they said just then was nothing. For all I care, they can even look down on me for a lifetime! Hmph, if they were in our shoes, I’m sure they wouldn’t be able to even endure this much!” Liu Ya said, with her chin held high and her chest puffed out.

“That should be the mindset!” Sang Wan exclaimed. “Go back and reflect on what you did wrong just then. If a similar incident were to happen again, think about how you should handle it.”