Chapter 159 (1/2)

: A Disturbance From Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+’s Fall

Lu s.h.i.+ gave a small smile and said, “Since that’s settled, then I’d like Nanny Lin to leave first and wait a while . I’ll pa.s.s it to you once the letter is finished!”

Nanny Lin also did not want to stay in Zhou Jingyi’s room for too long as she was afraid of the illness being pa.s.sed on to her . Now that the task a.s.signed to her was done, she could finally answer to her master . She nodded without hesitation and followed the lead of a maidservant who was bringing her out .

“This s.h.i.+ family really doesn’t have any good people!” Lu s.h.i.+ hissed between her teeth .

Zhou Jingyi laughed softly at the comment but said indifferently, “Sister, there’s no need for you to get offended because of some servants! Which servant serves without being selective? It’s my fault that my husband is wandering out there and my mother-in-law takes all of her anger out on me . The servants only serve those in favor, so why would they treat me respectfully!”

Lu s.h.i.+’s heart ached and she sighed softly, “You’re right, our husband is everything to us women!”

If Sang Wan were present, she could not have agreed more with them . The two lives she had lived were living proof of this philosophy . Her own personal experience was sufficient without drawing any comparisons with others .

As these words seemed to rub salt in the wound, Lu s.h.i.+ realized that her words were somewhat inappropriate so she smiled and said, “My good sister, hurry up and write this letter . It is only right to send that Nanny away from here!”

“Right!” Zhou Jingyi smiled and got up, but she sighed again all of a sudden before saying in a soft voice, “I can fool them this time around, but what about next year, if they come again——”

Lu s.h.i.+ paused and pondered before smiling, “What is so difficult about that? Anyway, isn’t our grandmother celebrating her birthday in May? When the weather turns warm after the new year, why don’t you stay for awhile at Grandmother’s place . It’s not as if they could keep going there to find you? Two of our cousins are still single and staying under the same roof, you won’t be bored there!”

Zhou Jingyi clapped her hands in elation, “Sister, you are so smart! I will go after the new year!” The two glanced at each other and gave a knowing smile .

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Nanny Lin kept Zhou Jingyi’s letter carefully and accepted the return gift from the Zhou family before hurrying back .

It was no surprise that Second Old Mistress s.h.i.+ was enraged when Zhou Jingyi was not brought back and she gave a severe scolding .

Nanny Lin did not dare fan her fury further and kept quiet . Once Second Old Mistress s.h.i.+ was done venting her anger, Nanny Lin quickly gave her the letter during a small window of opportunity and rambled on about whatever she saw in the Zhou household . Of course, she skipped the strong words by Old Mistress Zhou —— She knew that would be the same as adding fuel to the fire if she spoke about it and she would only be finding another scolding for herself .Thus, she did the opposite and spoke well about the Zhou family as well as their welcoming att.i.tude . She even went on to exaggerate Zhou Jingyi’s illness and how she could not get off her bed .

s.h.i.+ Second Old Mistress was a little suspicious at first, but after hearing Nanny Lin make an oath and seeing the return letter, she finally it go . However, she laughed coldly and said, “Remember this for me! After the new year, you will go again, and you will bring her back! She can’t possibly be sick every single time, right?”

Nanny Lin quickly accepted with a smile but in her heart, she complained bitterly to herself and decided that she would never be the first to mention it if Second Old Mistress s.h.i.+ did not bring it up . With the temper that Second Old Mistress s.h.i.+ had, Nanny Lin was sure she’d lose her dignity; she definitely did not want to make another trip there!

While there was this commotion in the second family, the members of the first family did not have it easy too .

Early in the morning, when Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+ got up and was about to head to w.a.n.g s.h.i.+’s place for a chat, who’d have known that the ground at the front door would be slippery, especially when the carpet was not laid? Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+ slipped and fell, shrieking as she fell down the steps . Unknowingly, the servant, Ying Fang, who was holding onto her, fell as well . In the end, both the mistress and servant fell together .

Luckily, Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+ only had a small abrasion on her wrist . However, Ying Fang was not so lucky . Her left thigh bone was fractured and there was a large bruise on her right arm .

Nanny Gui and the rest hurried forward and helped Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+ up before Nanny Gui reprimanded loudly, “What were all of you servants doing! You knew that the weather is cold and the ground would be slippery, so why wasn’t a carpet laid on the floor? Will you be able to bear the responsibility if Third Mistress were seriously injured!”

At the side, three servants who were sweeping the ground looked at one another fearfully and kept very silent .

Nanny Gui was Third Old Mistress s.h.i.+’s closest servant . She had a prideful personality and a habit of bossing others around . Seeing how those servants remained stunned on the spot and were not begging for forgiveness, infuriated her . She pointed at them angrily, “What are all three of you still standing there for? Hurry and kneel to seek forgiveness!”

Why would the servants obey a nanny who appeared out of nowhere only to start ordering them around? The three servants looked at one another, but they remained stationary . After a brief moment, one of them was kind enough to reply, “Nanny, you’re mistaken . That isn’t part of our duty and we don’t know about it!”

“Don’t know!” Nanny Gui saw that they still had the guts to talk back and anger swelled within her . She snapped angrily, “Then what are all of you still doing, standing there at a side when you see a master fall down? You don’t know how to step forward to help her up? Where is your decency! Has it been eaten by dogs?”

The three servants were beginning to feel a little vexed too and one of them said, “Us servants are tasked to sweep the floor; we can’t just leave! In any case, isn’t Nanny right beside?”

“Precisely, and we have dirt on us, how can we go up to hold onto a master!”

Nanny Gui was so furious and she pointed at Ying Fang, “Then how about her! Can’t you help her up?”