Chapter 233 (1/2)

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Chapter 233 - The winds of change (2)

After looking at the midwife in silence for a while, Ji Man suddenly smiled and said, ”Midwife Yang, what do you think of my home?”

Midwife Yang looked around, then she nodded and said, ”It's naturally a thousand times better than the home of a poor person like me . ”

Ji Man continue to smile as she said, ”Then, you should peacefully stay here for a while . There are several women in this household, and three babies have been born recently . Two of them were premature births too . A lot of situations might come up that will require your expertise . ”

Midwife Yang shook her head repeatedly . ”My two sons and their wives are waiting to take me home so that I can comfortably live with them and enjoy my golden years . ”

Dengxin came forward and stuffed a gold ingot into her hand .

Midwife Yang was dumbfounded . She blankly looked at the ingot for a while and felt hesitant . After biting the ingot to confirm that it was real gold, she reluctantly said, ”Then, this old one will stay here for a few more days . ”

Ji Man nodded .

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Out of the servants that had been rea.s.signed from Xuesong Courtyard, there was a servant girl named Lianyi . Every time, Dengxin would always a.s.sign her the least amount of work . And, after every meal, she would pull her to the side to chat .

Lianyi was very cautious and wasn't the talkative type . However, she had been feeling heartbroken for a while . Dengxin had always kept her company since she had been rea.s.signed here, so she inevitably felt a bit moved .

That night, when no one else was around, she finally said to Dengxin in a low voice, ”I was almost engaged to someone . But unfortunately, the person I was going to be betrothed with died . ”

Dengxin nodded and quietly listened .

”He was a steadyfast man . It was just that his family was poor, and he couldn't afford a betrothal gift . I told him that it wasn't important . I would marry him even if he just gave me two sweet potatoes as a gift . ” Lianyi's eyes became teary . ”But, he said he wasn't willing to wrong me like that . He insisted on earning enough money first . But, who could have known that he would die . . . ”

Dengxin gently patted Lianyi's back . She also felt that it was a huge pity . ”How did it happen?”

Lianyi froze . She pursed her lips and didn't say another word . She wiped her tears away and pulled up her quilt to show that she was going sleep .

Lianyi froze . She pursed her lips and didn't say another word . She wiped her tears away and pulled up her quilt to show that she was going sleep .

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The next day, Ji Man heard this story from Dengxin . She had specially selected Lianyi to come to her courtyard . After Little Five had died and people from the Ministry of Justice had come over to investigate, they had asked if he was close to anyone . Aunty Zhao from the kitchen had privately told her that Little Five and Lianyi were childhood sweethearts . They were going to be married soon .

Ji Man thought; Lianyi probably knew something . However, Lianyi was a good person, even thought she had been rea.s.signed to Feiwan Courtyard, she didn't say a single bad word about Qian Lianxue .

Ji Man would sometimes think that Qian Lianxue was a person that had conducted herself very well in interpersonal relations.h.i.+ps .