freenovelworld Chapter 86 Selling Oneself to Bury Father
Chapter 86 Selling Oneself to Bury Father
After a good night's sleep with her mother, she dressed and washed up early the next morning with the help of her maid. She didn't have to lift a finger.
Xiao Siyue exclaimed, "What an amazing life! Isn't this the life I wanted in my past life?"
They have money, free time, and people to wait on them.
It's beautiful to think about.
After tidying up, Xiao Siyue was about to tell her father that she was going to start a sweet potato seedling program.
"What is this?" Old Master Xiao asked curiously about the sweet potato that Xiao Qinian had taken out.
"Dad, it's a sweet potato. I got it by chance." Xiao Qinian didn't explain further, and the old man didn't ask any more questions.
Under Xiao Siyue's guidance, 100 jin of sweet potato seeds were planted in the back garden of the county government office. For these sweet potatoes, Xiao Qinian specially pulled up all the flowers in the garden.
"Dad, just put a layer of soil on the top bed," Xiao Siyue instructed Xiao Qinian and the other to tidy up.
After preparing the sweet potatoes, it was lunchtime.
After lunch, Lin Qin took the three of them, grandmother and grandson, out shopping, while Xiao Qinian stayed behind to handle official business.
Although the streets of Qianyuan County are large, they are not very lively. There are only a few pedestrians on the streets, and even fewer vendors.
"Mother, why is Qianyuan County so desolate?" Xiao Siyue asked in confusion.
"Yes, third brother's wife, it doesn't feel as lively as our town," Old Mrs. Xiao agreed.
"Hey, you guys don't know, this is actually considered good. When we first came here, the streets were a complete mess, with petty theft everywhere. Nobody dared to set up a stall. It's only after these two years of cleanup that things have gotten a little better."
Lin Qin recalled what she saw when she first arrived. At that time, she could hardly believe it, and felt more sorrow in her heart. Now, she could finally see a glimmer of hope.
Lin Qin led the three of them around for a while, but then they were too tired to walk any further.
Lin Qin then said, "Father, Mother, let's go to the teahouse in front and rest for a while."
“Okay,” Old Mrs. Xiao immediately agreed.
She was indeed quite tired; at her age, she gets tired after walking for only a short while.
The group went up to the teahouse, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, and sat down to rest.
Xiao Siyue leaned against the window and looked outside.
"Mom, who owns that restaurant across the street? It looks really grand," Xiao Siyue said, looking at the magnificent restaurant across the street, which seemed out of place with the desolate street.
"Oh? You mean Tianyun Tower? I'm not very familiar with that either, but the owner seems to be some powerful figure; no one has dared to cause trouble for them before." Lin Qin gave a general overview of what she knew.
"Oh." Xiao Siyue glanced at it again, then shifted her gaze to the other side.
"what!"
Downstairs on the street, a young woman dressed in white mourning clothes and wearing a mourning hat was kneeling on the ground. In front of her was a piece of paper with the words "Selling myself to bury my father" written on it.
Because she was close by, and because she was standing by the second-floor window, she could see everything clearly.
So she sold herself into servitude to bury her father.
Just then, a brightly dressed, pretty young girl and a handsome young man walked towards her.
Xiao Siyue's eyes lit up; these two were really good-looking.
The little girl tugged at the young man beside her and said, "Brother, she's so pitiful. Give me your money, and we'll give it to her so she can go back and bury her father."
The young master was somewhat reluctant, but seeing his younger sister acting coquettishly towards him, he took out the silver he had on him and gave it to the little girl.
Xiao Siyue sighed, "This little girl is kind-hearted."
After the little girl received the silver from her brother, she took out a silver ingot from her own pocket, squatted down, and placed several pieces of silver in front of the girl.
"Sister, take this money and hurry back to bury your father."
The girl was moved to tears and kowtowed to the little girl in gratitude.
"Hey, get up, no need to thank me, you should go back now." The girl seemed startled and quickly stood up, hiding behind the young man.
As Xiao Siyue watched this touching scene, what happened next left her speechless.
Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly tugged at the young man's robe and said, "Thank you, sir. I have nothing to repay you with, but I am willing to serve you as your servant."
Xiao Siyue's mouth dropped open. What was going on? Wasn't it that young lady who gave her the money? Why was she thanking that young master? And even offering to be his servant? Could it be that she had taken a liking to him?
"Miss, please let go. It was my sister who helped you. If you want to thank someone, thank my sister." The young man was startled when someone suddenly grabbed his clothes.
"Yes, sister, didn't I say you don't need to thank me? Don't pull my brother along." The little girl seemed a bit flustered.
"I am very grateful to you, Miss, but you also helped me just now, young master." The girl said, glancing shyly at the young master, which gave everyone goosebumps.
"You don't need to thank me. If it weren't for my sister wanting to help you, I wouldn't have bothered at all," the young master said with a cold face, seemingly aware of the young lady's intentions.
"Also, weren't you going to bury your father? Now that you have the money, why aren't you going back? Why are you wasting your time here?" The young master's face already showed a hint of anger.
"Young master, may I ask for your name and address? I will repay you after I have buried my father." The girl still did not give up.
"Get out of my way." The young man shook off the girl and left with his sister.
Seeing that the man had left, the girl stood up, stomped her foot, and angrily took the silver and left.
Xiao Siyue was overjoyed watching from upstairs; it turned out this girl wanted to repay him with her body.
"Yue'er, what are you looking at?" Lin Qin asked curiously when she saw her daughter standing by the window for a while.
Xiao Siyue told the others what she had seen.
Old Mrs. Xiao said, "This girl is really ungrateful. People helped her, and she still wants to take advantage of them. She's obviously a wicked person."
Then he said to Xiao Siyue, "Yue'er, you can't just help people randomly when you go out in the future, understand?"
"Grandma, I understand." Xiao Siyue nodded in agreement.
After they had rested, they paid the bill and headed out.
Just as they reached the door, they ran into the two people from before.
"Aunt Xiao?" the young man greeted Lin Qin.
"Oh, it's Mu Xuan and Mu Li! You're out having fun too?" Lin Qin greeted them with a smile.
"You guys go ahead, we'll head back first," Lin Qin said.
"Okay, Aunt Xiao, please take care." Mu Xuan said, glancing at Xiao Siyue and the elderly couple.
Xiao Siyue also glanced at the two of them.
After walking a little further away, Xiao Siyue finally spoke up: "Mom, you know them!"
“Yes, they are the sons and daughters of the Mu family in the county. I’ve met them a few times before,” Lin Qin said.
"Mother, they are the two I just told you about," Xiao Siyue said with a smile.
"Oh? It's them." Lin Qin was very surprised.
Xiao Siyue realized that this sucker-up was named Mu Xuan.