Metaphysical Talisman Wife Fortune-telling Spirit: Orion eats chaff and I eat meat

Chapter 568 Tool Child
The two younger ones were more emotional and started crying while eating.

One led another, and soon all five children started crying.

The older one cried reservedly and shed tears silently, while the two younger ones gradually started to wail loudly.

Xiao Luoyi was instantly overwhelmed, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Xiao Huaniang.

Xiao Huaniang immediately stepped forward and comforted the children softly, telling them to eat their fill and then go home with Madam Ge to have some sleep.

The children were worried and scared, but after listening to the gentle voice, they gradually calmed down. After eating, they followed their eldest brother and stood aside.

Xiao Luoyi told Madam Ge not to come to work for the next two days and to settle the children at home first...

Mrs. Ge began to panic: She only realized at this moment that with five children in the family, how could she feed five mouths if she worked alone?
And how can she take care of so many children?

What if the princess gets tired of me and doesn't let me work in their house anymore?
Madam Ge kowtowed quickly: "Princess, I will definitely not delay my work because of the children at home, please don't fire me..."

Xiao Luoyi didn't say anything, but his eyes were looking at the five children.

The two younger ones were still very young, and when they heard this, they were so scared that they started crying again.

It was Madam Ge's own daughter who suddenly took the initiative and said, "Mom, I'll take care of my brothers and sisters at home, you just focus on your own things."

When Madam Ge heard this, she praised her daughter: "Ting'er, you are so good. Thank you for your hard work."

Sikong Ting's eyes were still red, and she choked up and said, "We are homeless now, so we can only trouble mother. How can it be hard? Mother is more hardworking."

These words made everyone present feel sad.

Xiao Luoyi nodded: "In that case, you go back together and discuss how to spend the rest of your life, and then come back to confirm with me."

"I really can't accept people asking for leave every other day. If you don't have a set of rules, I will consider replacing you."

When Mrs. Ge heard this, she kowtowed to express her gratitude and left with her five children.

After everyone left, Yun Ying asked curiously, "Princess, you clearly have no intention of dismissing Madam Ge, so why are you saying this?"

And he said it in front of five children. Wouldn't this make it easier to scare the children?
Xiao Luoyi looked down at her pink nails and said calmly, "When they followed over, they should have known that Madam Ge was alone."

"It's not easy for a woman to raise five children, even if I offer a high salary."

"It is even more impossible to provide them with luxurious clothing and delicious food as before."

"In that case, I will let them hear my decision in person. Perhaps they will be more sympathetic to Madam Ge's difficulties and become independent sooner."

It will be impossible to become a young master or young lady who has everything handed to him or her from now on.

If you cannot actively adapt to the environment, then adapt passively.

Yunying suddenly realized and turned to look at Xiao Huaniang: "The princess is really thoughtful!"

But seeing Xiao Huaniang's knowing smile, Yunying was immediately surprised: "You... have seen it a long time ago?"

Xiao Huaniang smiled and said, "The princess is kindhearted. How could she not use Madam Ge at this juncture?"

"If Madam Ge loses her livelihood at this moment, what's the difference between that and letting her die?"

Yunying thought about it and suddenly realized: this is indeed the case.

Mrs. Ge led the five children back home. Along the way, the villagers curiously looked over and greeted Mrs. Ge one after another. The children were a little scared when they saw the villagers in simple and ragged clothes.

In the past, these poor people could not get close to them at all, but now, they have to live in this village full of villagers and have to deal with them every day...

The two little ones couldn't help crying again.

Madam Ge sighed, did not try to comfort the man, and took the man back home.

After closing the courtyard door and finding all the benches in the house for them to sit on, Madam Ge sighed and said, "You heard what the princess said before, and I won't hide it from you..."

Mrs. Ge talked about what she was doing and the situation at home, then looked at the five children.

His biological son Sikong Li took the initiative to stand up and said, "Mom, I am already fourteen years old, I can read and write, and I am willing to earn money to support the family. I just don't know if there is anything I can do to make money here?"

As soon as Sikong Li said this, Sikong Ting also nodded: "Mom, I can embroider, play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can also do needlework to support the family, and I can also take care of my younger brothers and sisters at home."

The third child is a son named Sikong Yi, who is also twelve years old. Upon hearing this, he took the initiative to take on the responsibility: "I can also take care of my two younger brothers and sisters at home."

The two little ones didn't say anything, but took the initiative to move closer to Sikong Yi and Sikong Ting.

Madam Ge was very surprised: "You are considered a wealthy family over there, how could you be..." So sensible?
Sikong Li smiled bitterly: "Mother, outsiders think that we are living a good life, with fine clothes and delicious food, and we are allowed to study in the best schools, and we have the best needlework masters and zither players to teach our sisters."

"But outsiders don't know that we are all very afraid of our father and stepmother."

"My parents were not close to us, but they were extremely strict with us. If we didn't learn the kind of excellence they wanted, they would beat and scold us."

"I couldn't figure out why before, but something happened these two days, and I thought about it all the way to figure it out..."

"It turns out that it's because we were not born by our stepmother. We are just their tools..."

"For the father, he can have as many children as he wants at any time."

"He just has to pick and choose what he needs."

As he spoke, he looked at the simple house and took the initiative to say, "Now that my father and stepmother are in prison, my mother is willing to take in the five of us, and we can't make things difficult for her."

Mrs. Ge was filled with emotion as she listened to her eldest son's words.

It is undeniable that the child said this with the intention of currying favor, but it also revealed that they were not living happily in that home.

Forget it, we have already agreed to accept them, so there is no point in saying anything else.

Madam Ge looked at the five children, big and small, and asked in a negotiating tone, "There is a school in the village now, which is used to train clerks and shopkeepers for the Yihelou, Moxiangzhai, and Heji Grain and Oil Shops in various places."

"If you are willing, you can go there to learn to read and write. After you have learned well, you can work as an apprentice, a servant, a clerk, or a shopkeeper in a shop and support yourself."

"Are you willing?"

Sikong Yi was the first to nod: "I do!"

The two younger ones looked at their older brothers and sisters blankly, and nodded, "I do."

Sikong Li heard the key point: "I know Moxiangzhai, it's in Jizhou Prefecture."

"There are a lot of books in it. Many of our students will choose to go to Moxiangzhai to help copy books to earn money. Can I also copy books?"

That job earns a lot more money than being a waiter.