Chapter 65 Missing

Ling Chu didn't care about the second wife's anger at all.

She had no feelings for this family.

As for what she said just now, she said it deliberately for everyone to hear.

Although the Ling family was demoted to commoners and could no longer be officials, they had to go on with their lives.

Her father and second and third uncles could do business or choose to do some accounting work. The eldest brother, second brother, and third brother were not young anymore, so they should also take on some responsibilities.

As for the women in the family, they could do some needlework and help out a little.

A big family, with hands and feet, as long as they are diligent, they will not starve to death.

But if they still put on airs and can't let go of their status, then they will be in trouble.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ling Hao sighed, "Grandmother, my elder sister is right. As long as our family works together, we will definitely get through the current difficulties. We all have hands and feet, and we can always find a way to make money."

The old lady has always valued this eldest grandson, and nodded with relief, "Brother Hao is right. As long as the family works together, the current predicament will definitely be overcome safely. From now on, everyone will take turns to do the work in the mansion..."

The things that the old lady has decided have never been refuted. Even if the second lady is dissatisfied, she can only bear it.

The second girl Ling Hui and Ling Qing surrounded the old lady with a smile, saying that they would work hard to do more needlework, and when they earn money, they will buy maids for the old lady to serve her.

The old lady was so happy that she couldn't stop laughing.

Ling Chu didn't pay much attention to this, and just found an excuse and took the two maids back to her yard.

Liu Xiangju and Xia Zhi both knelt down and greeted Ling Chu solemnly, which was considered as officially treating her as their master.

Ling Chu did not refuse this, "You can stay with me in the future. You two are my maids. You only need to work in my yard in the future. As for the other people in the mansion, you don't have to pay much attention to them."

The two maids saw what happened in the flower hall before. Although they had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to ask more.

Although these two people were maids for the first time, they also knew that the most important thing for servants was loyalty. The master said that servants should obey.

Ling Chu saw that the two agreed and did not say much. After arranging a place for them to live, she went back to her room to rest.

But not long after, Liu Xiangju came to her anxiously.

"Miss, can I ask you for two days' leave first, and wait until I go back to take care of my mother's affairs after her death, and then come back to work?"

Liu Xiangju did not know that Ge was dead and her ghost was collected by Ling Chu.

Ling Chu did not intend to let her know.

Although Ge was her mother, she was now a puppet spirit. If she got close to Liu Xiangju and was infected with Yin Qi, her body and luck would be damaged.

Although Ge loved her daughter, as a mother, she did not want her child to be harmed at all.

Ge was dead, and Liu Xiangju wanted to handle her funeral, so Ling Chu would naturally not stop her.

Liu Dongluo was a gambler who forced Ge to death. I don’t know if he handled her funeral.

Seeing that there was nothing to do around her, Ling Chu simply asked Xia Zhi to go back with her to help.

“Take these two hundred taels, take care of your mother’s funeral, and then come back to work.”

Liu Xiangju did not expect Ling Chu to approve her leave and give her a sum of money.

She did not want Ling Chu’s money, but thinking that she was penniless now and her father had lost all the money in the family, she hesitated for a while, wiped her tears, and took the banknote.

"Thank you, young lady. Consider this money as a loan from you. However, I don't have the money to pay it back. Can it be deducted from my monthly salary in the future?"

"You don't have to pay this money back. It's my funeral gift. Just take it with peace of mind."

Xia Zhi had been following Ling Chu, feeling uneasy, but at this moment, her heart suddenly settled down.

The young lady was a good person. Not only did she rescue them from the traffickers, but she also took her and Liu Xiangju as maids.

Liu Xiangju's mother died, and the young lady gave so much funeral gift.

She believed that as long as she worked hard and served the young lady loyally in the future, the young lady would not treat her badly.

Ling Chu didn't know that she was given a good person card by the maid.

After the two maids left, Ling Chu ate and slept while she had nothing to do in the mansion. After waking up, she ate again and lay in the yard to bask in the sun.

She still needed to replenish her body with more yang energy.

The next day, Ling Chu went to the clinic to get some health medicine when she left the mansion.

Coming out of the clinic, Ling Chu sighed as she looked at the few hundred taels of silver notes left in her hand.

The three thousand taels of thank-you gift from Prince Jing's Mansion and the silver rewarded by the system, she only had more than three hundred taels left after taking a month's worth of health-preserving medicine.

This silver is really hard to spend.

It seems that if she wants to continue to live well, she must not only work hard to accumulate merits, but also earn more silver.

After returning to the mansion, Ling Chu boiled a dose of medicine and drank it. Just as she was about to take a rest, Xia Zhi ran back in a panic.

"Miss, it's bad, Liu Xiangju is gone."

Ling Chu frowned and saw Xia Zhi holding a chair, panting heavily, probably because she ran back all the way without stopping.

"Drink some water first and take a rest." Ling Chu didn't ask in a hurry, but poured her a glass of water.

Xia Zhi was running dry and thirsty, and he didn't hesitate to hear the words. He stretched out his hand to take it and drank it in a few gulps.

Putting down the teacup, Xia Zhi still looked anxious, "Miss, Liu Xiangju is missing, what should we do?"

"What happened? Tell me slowly."

Xia Zhi's expression was anxious and uneasy, "Originally, Xiangju and I were burning paper in the mourning hall, but she found that the paper at home was running out, so she planned to go to the street to buy some joss stick paper money.

But not long after she walked out of the door, I thought I heard her scream.

I felt something was wrong at the time, but when I went out, I didn't see her.

I asked around, and no one saw Liu Xiangju going out, but someone said that they seemed to see a carriage passing by, but they didn't see clearly who was sitting in the carriage. "

After taking a breath, Xia Zhi continued, "I was worried that something might happen to Xiangju, so I asked around at the nearby incense and candle shops, but the shopkeepers all said they had never seen her."

"Xiangju is gone, have you told her father?"

Xia Zhi shook her head, "No, Xiangju's father was not at home. When something happened to Xiangju's mother, the neighbors didn't know. It was only after we invited people to help build the mourning hall that everyone knew that Xiangju's mother was dead.

According to the aunts who came to help, Xiangju's father had not been seen for several days. "

Seeing that nothing could happen after further questioning, Ling Chu had no choice but to go to the Liu family to see for himself.

When they arrived at Liu's house, they didn't see Liu Dongluo, only two aunts who were close friends of Ge's family during his lifetime. They couldn't bear to see Liu Xiangju taking care of Ge's funeral alone, so she came over to help.

Ling Chu asked around, but no one saw Liu Xiangju.

The person who saw the carriage passing by saw that Ling Chu was asking carefully and hesitated before telling her that the carriage passing near Liu's house seemed to be Hu Batian's carriage.

Ling Chu: If we don’t reward the tickets, we will drink the northwest wind.