Chapter 149: Silly Is Really Silly
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Han Qiao was silent.
As an outsider, how could she say whether she hated them or not?
The Host didn’t go back to her parent’s home to ask for help because she felt that it was useless. Her parents would only ask her to endure it. That was how everyone went through it.
Perhaps the Host also wanted to wait for her children to grow up and get married, or perhaps she would get better after giving birth to a son…
Han Qiao smiled and said, “1 don’t know if I hate them or not. They’ve always doted on Han Xiang since we were young. I do most of the housework, and Han Xiang just needs to act coquettishly to get away from doing chores.”
“No matter what, they raised me. I can’t forget their kindness.”
Just like how Heng Yi couldn’t shake off the Heng Family despite not being their biological son.
Moreover, she was not the original owner of this body. If she did not care about the Han family, she would feel bad.
“Grandma, I knew very well that if I broke up with Sun Yiming without any money, my family would not accept me. My uncles and brothers all helped to build that house. 1 always remember it.”
“So my parents shouldn’t expect me to treat them closer than my uncles in this life. I can’t do it.”
“Just like this, when relatives walk around, I will pull them as much as I can.”
During the days when they lived with the Han family, she and the three children did not take advantage of them. They gave out food and worked.
It wasn’t that the Han family wasn’t good, but Father Han and Mother Han valued their son more and favored Han Xiang more than her.
All she could do was to be polite and give what she should so that no one could find fault with her.
Grandma sighed.
“Grandma, don’t sigh. The days are getting better and better. I can help them for a while, but I can’t help them for a lifetime.”
“The strong survive, the weak are eliminated. The capable will shine wherever they are.”
“Your parents…” Grandma wanted to say a few words to defend her son.
But thinking about it, if Han Qiao didn’t divorce and married Heng Yi, the Han family would be worse off than they are now.
One should still be content.
“I won’t say anymore. You’re a smart child. You know what you’re doing.”
“Grandma is very observant.” Han Qiao leaned on Grandma’s shoulder and said coquettishly.
Grandma laughed, “I’m not observant. 1 just think that it’s not easy for you. They’re doing better and better now. People should be content. If they’re greedy, they’ll hate them.”
After sending Grandma back, Han Qiao brought Xia He back to the main courtyard.
Walking along the corridor, Han Qiao looked at the rain outside and asked Xia He, “Xia He, what did your master do in the past?”
“In the early days, the main family was in the medicinal herb business,” When Xia He said this, she was a little nervous.
It wasn’t very glorious for her to be sold.
If she lied and was exposed in the future…
“Madam, this servant… This servant…” Xia He took a deep breath and said, “This servant was sold by the Young Mistress.”
Han Qiao looked at Xia He.
During the days she was to serve them, Xia He never came near Heng Yi.
Just like Shulan, she was very polite.
This surprised her.
“This servant has been serving the Young Master since young and the Young Mistress has allowed this servant to become the Young Master’s concubine. Before the Young Mistress married into the family, the Young Master had already raped this servant. Young Master told this servant that once Young Mistress entered the family, he would make this servant his concubine.”
“That day when Young Master came back after drinking some wine, this servant went up to serve him and rolled around with Young Master. When the Young Mistress came over and caught us, she flew into a rage and sold this servant.”
Han Qiao was silent for a while.
“How long have you been sold?”
“Two months,”
Han Qiao was silent for a moment before saying, “Let the doctor take your pulse after the New Year.”
Xia He was surprised, but she recovered after a while.
Thinking about how she hadn’t had her period for the past two months, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She could not help but feel a little happy.
Han Qiao stared at Xia He for a while and knew what was going on.
“Xia He, are you thinking that if you get pregnant, you can return to your young master’s side?”
Xia He indeed thought so.
“Silly girl, when you were sold, did your young master support you? If he really wants to keep you, he has countless ways to do so. He only needed to open his mouth and say that he wanted you to stay. What could the Young Mistress do? But did he speak up for you? He just watched helplessly as you were sold.”
“Have you taken away the silver you’ve saved over the years? Did you bring out the things you like and value?”
Xia He felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
It left her stunned on the spot.
No, he hadn’t.
That day, the young master did not plead for her or support her. She was gagged and sold. She did not even have time to pack her things.
What was Young Master doing when she was dragged away? Did he try to coax the granny who sold her…
“If you had time to pack up, you should have some money and monthly salary from serving the young master all these years. If you had more, you could have redeemed yourself.”
“But you didn’t take anything with you.”
“Silly girl, being pregnant isn’t a good thing. If you think that you can go back and live a good life just because you have his child, 1 don’t think that’s possible. It might even push him into the abyss of suffering again.”
“Think about what you want to do in the future. You don’t have to serve me tomorrow.”
After Xia He accompanied Han Qiao back to the main courtyard, she went back to the servant’s room.
According to the agreement, a servant girl named Jianing would go to serve the madam tomorrow.
In order to become a servant girl for the Mistress, and also for the monthly silver….
She doesn’t think that it’ll be easy to earn money in a month or two. There are many things to be busy with and many things to do. Moreover, she has to be loyal to Madam.
As the Madam’s eyes in the residence, she kept an eye on everything in the residence.
The good and the bad must be reported to Madam.
Of course, they also had the power to do so. This was the reason why they wanted to fight and work hard.
Even if she was a slave, she wanted to be a slave who was high and mighty.
Jianing might look skinny and weak, but she was very strong. According to her, she also knew martial arts.
As for why she was sold as a slave, Jianing didn’t say.
They didn’t ask too much.
Everyone had their own secrets.
When Jianing came over, Han Qiao was drinking water.
Compared to the past two servant girls, Jianing looked a little sickly, and she looked as though she was floating when she walked.
“If you are sick, go and rest. Let someone else go first. I said that I would give you a chance, and 1 won’t go back on my word.” Han Qiao said.
“…” Jianing was slightly taken aback. She bowed and said, “This servant Jianing greets Mistress.”
“Yes.”
Han Qiao nodded.
“Thank you for your concern, Madam.”
“Are you really fine? There was no need to hide things from me. I am not the kind of evil wife who specialized in exploiting slaves. If you are sick, you have to be treated. The sooner you are treated, the better.” As Han Qiao spoke, she asked Jianing, “Your name isn’t bad. Do you know the meaning of your name?”
“The ‘Jia’ means good, while the ‘Ning’ means peaceful.”
“Can you read?”
“I can read a few big words.”
Han Qiao acknowledged, “That’s a good name. Tell me, what are your strengths? Or tell me about your background.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. As long as you can lie to yourself and me, it’s fine.”
“I didn’t think of prying into your past. After all, you’re going to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility in the future..”