Chapter 134: The Villagers’ Shock 4
Qi Qingzhu turned to look at her with confusion.
Big Sister Zhuang knew with certainty that she would not be able to guess what happened. After a pause, she finally said, “Your sister bought land in the village and she’s now building a house.”
“Ah!” Qi Qingzhu was so surprised her eyes almost fell out.
“What’s even more incredible is that she and the village gambler Old Man Zhang—Zhang Tei whoever he is—I’m not too sure either…” She could not really recall. It was almost 20 years since she was married off and she had long forgotten the nas and matters concerning the village. The tis she returned to her maiden ho had also beco fewer and further between. She had gone ho before New Year’s Eve this ti around for fear that her host family would not have given her the day off.
“Zhang Tieyuan?” Qi Qingzhu’s eyes lit up.
Big Sister Zhuang imdiately said, “Yes, yes, yes, the very sa Zhang Tieyuan. They say that Eleventh Daughter and Old Man Zhang had gambled and Zhang Tieyuan lost his farm and land deed to her!”
Qi Qingzhu, “…”
When she spoke till this point, Big Sister Zhuang could not help but ask Qi Qingzhu, “This younger sister of yours, didn’t you always say that she did not have the best head on her shoulders? How is she so powerful now? Just building a house is a small matter but the point is, I heard that she hired a few construction teams. I also heard that these few foren all hailed from Qingzhou City and that they are professional masters who had built the hos of officials in the past! I’m also at a loss now…”
Qi Qingzhu simply dabbed her red hands on her apron before she was even done speaking, and said, “If my sister’s mind is working well now, I’ll have to request a leave of absence from the master imdiately and head ho.”
“Why do you need to go ho?”
Big Sister Zhuang shouted as she rushed behind Qi Qingzhu.
Qi Qingzhu did not hear her at all.
She had already entered the abode…
Qi Qingzhu had to rush back to her old ho and tell her sister about her true origins! Then she must have her mother return her things to her.
Jiang Siliu was sitting in front of a vanity, dressing up as she looked into the bronze mirror. She was trying on her latest jade earrings and when she heard a knock on the door, she called for the person to enter.
After Qi Qingzhu entered, she looked at the Miss who was dressing up and spoke softly with a lowered gaze, “Miss, this servant of yours would like to request for a leave of absence to return ho.”
“What’s wrong? Did sothing happen back ho?” Jiang Siliu continued looking into the mirror, not even sparing the girl a glance.
Qi Qingzhu rubbed her hands on her apron and said, “It’s nothing, it’s just that my sister has returned and there is sothing very important that I need to discuss with her.”
“Do you have to discuss it now?” Jiang Siliu could finally no longer hold herself back from turning her head. She asked, “Will your sister be leaving tomorrow, or will she not be able to live till the next day, which is why you have to go back and heed her last words? Or could it be that you won’t be able to live till the next day and thus have to pass on your last words to her now?”
Qi Qingzhu, “No…”
Jiang Siliu was sowhat displeased. “If that’s not the case then get back to working hard. Things would definitely be hectic around the house around the ti before the new year.”
“But…” Qi Qingzhu wanted to try fighting for herself.
“Dilly-dally, shilly-shally.” Jiang Siliu glanced at her maid sowhat impatiently. “If you must go back, then I’m afraid I’ll have to cut a portion of your pay for the month.”
Qi Qingzhu bit down on her teeth as she said in a conversational tone, “Miss, how about this, I’ll ask for a leave of absence this ti and then I won’t go ho the next holiday.”
Jiang Siliu heard the girl’s suggestion to not return ho for the holiday and replied, “Alright then. I’ll let you off for three days. Co the holidays, you will remain by my side and make yourself useful.”
Even though she had gotten the leave for absence, Qi Qingzhu did not dare leave imdiately. She still finished washing the young lady’s clothes and cleaned the room before leaving.
Looking at her red, cold-bitten hands, Qi Qingzhu puffed into them. She gathered a cotton-padded jacket, wrapped on a scarf, and left with a bundle in her hands.
Qi Qingzhu usually walked ho from Qingzhou City. In order to et with Qi Qingyao sooner this ti, the mont she reached the outside of the city, she got onto a fancy bullock-cart and gave the driver two maces.
The driver was from Baishui Town and was in Qingzhou City to deliver goods.
Knowing that Qi Qingzhu was spending a luxury to take the cart to et with her sister, the driver hastened his movent.
“You’ll be eting her very soon.”
Qi Qingzhu smiled in response and looked into the distance, her heart set on getting ho.
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