Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 419

Qin Cui didn't know what Su and Huo Jianguang talked about specifically; Su just said they were just chatting.

Su and Qin Shi are different, and their feelings towards Die Ji are completely different.

After all, Die Ji is Su's biological mother. Back then, she resolutely defected from the giant sphenoid bone organization in order to protect Su.

In fact, even though Su's life was not easy later on, that was also achieved by Die Ji at the cost of her life. In Die Ji's eyes, as long as they did not enter the Butterfly Valley and did not follow her old path, then everything was good and tolerable.

"She never had a single day of comfort until her death. For decades after her death, I didn't know her, didn't remember her, didn't miss her, and didn't even pay tribute to her. I think she probably couldn't rest in peace because of a useless daughter like me."

Su said this, thinking she would not cry anymore, but she couldn't help but shed tears.

"In a few days, I will accompany my mother to perform a ritual for my grandmother and light the eternal lamp. My grandmother knows that my mother's life was not easy in the past, so she will definitely not blame her."

After Qin Sui finished speaking, she took her mother's hand and whispered to her: "Even if grandma wants to blame us for being unfilial, she should blame me. I was the one who hid it from mother, and mother didn't know many things."

Su sighed heavily and patted her daughter's hand: "I understand your thoughts. Not telling me is also for my own good!"

"Mother, you have met General Huo, so do you want to meet the prince?" Qin Sui asked tentatively, but she stared into Su's eyes, watching the changes in her expression.

Who would have thought that Su was actually very calm and even smiled, shaking her head and saying, "My mother would rather suffer through untold hardships than tell him about me, so I don't want to see him now."

Qin Cui completely understood Su. She met Huo Jianguang because she wanted to understand her mother, but she did not meet the Ninth Prince because she felt sorry for Die Ji.

The Ninth Prince was in a high position and had great power, so what could Su do? With her personality, she couldn't even scold or insult him in person, so she could only do this.

Of course, from the beginning, it seemed that the Ninth Prince had never thought of recognizing his only daughter. Both mother and daughter fell into deep thought, each thinking about their own things and no longer talking.

Yao Zhuer settled down in Li Siniang's yard.

Li Siniang was in charge of the Xiao family's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. She was very busy every day. After returning to the yard in the evening, she would talk to Baoer and ask about his schoolwork and friendships in school.

Therefore, she did not have much energy to pay attention to Yao Zhuer, and only asked Ning'er, the little maid in the yard, to keep an eye on her.

Ning'er was only eleven or twelve years old. During the day, there were only the two of them in the small courtyard. Yao Zhu'er rushed to do all the work, and Ning'er was happy to be lazy and ran out from time to time to play with her little sisters.

During the day, Yao Zhuer rushed to do the work in the yard, and when she had free time, she helped with needlework and made clothes, shoes and socks for Baoer. Li Siniang advised her to have a good rest and recuperate, but Yao Zhuer just pursed her lips, smiled and nodded.

Li Siniang had also been in prison before, so she felt particularly sorry for Yao Zhuer and spoke softly to her. Of course, she could not tell Yao Zhuer about her past.

But Li Siniang was particularly good to Yao Zhuer, which made Ning'er feel uncomfortable. She was jealous and withheld Yao Zhuer's food. Ning'er went to the kitchen to get the food, and when she came back, she gave some food to Yao Zhuer, and took the rest into the house to eat.

Yao Zhuer was worried because she had not seen her master and benefactor. She didn't care about food, and now she was even more careless. She ate whatever Ning'er gave her, never complained, and never said anything in front of Li Siniang. As a result, Ning'er became more and more daring, and sometimes she only gave her one or two steamed buns a day. In Ning'er's words, "You are not from our family, why should we give you such good food and accommodation?"

Yao Zhuer didn't know whether Ning'er was sent here specifically to torture her, so she just endured it.

Finally, Yao Zhuer fainted, partly due to exhaustion, partly due to malnutrition, and of course, more importantly, due to being too worried.

Ning'er was terrified. She was afraid that she would not be able to explain herself if someone died in the yard, so she hurried to tell Li Siniang.

Li Siniang hurried back and saw that she had opened her eyes. Only then did she realize that Yao Zhuer's body was already very weak.

She hadn't seen her for several days, so naturally she didn't realize that she had become like this.

"Lie down first. I'll call someone to get a doctor to check on you. Why are you so weak?" Seeing that she was about to get up, Li Siniang hurriedly pressed her shoulders and made her lie down.

When she pressed on her shoulders, she found that they were all bones. Li Siniang was startled and thought, could she be hungry?
Doctor Li happened to be treating Zhang Tianyao at home, so Ning'er was arranged to ask Doctor Li for help. Sun Jifei happened to be taking a rest, and happened to hear about Yao Zhuer's fainting, so he followed her over.

The two courtyards were not far apart, but because Yao Zhuer had never left the courtyard, Sun Jifei and Yao Zhuer had not seen each other since they came back.

After taking the patient's pulse, Doctor Li looked normal. He just said that it was due to insufficient Qi and blood caused by excessive worrying, and that it would be best for the patient to pay more attention to his diet.

Doctor Li was very experienced in dealing with this deficiency of Qi and blood. Compared to Zhang Tianyao, this girl's problem was nothing. So, he prescribed some medicine and left, only telling Li Siniang that it would take some time for the girl to recover. Moreover, if she was not taken care of, she would definitely develop a chronic disease in the future, which would last a lifetime.

Ning'er took the prescription and was about to get the medicine, but was stopped by Li Siniang. She handed the prescription to Xiaolong and told her to get the medicine and boil it.

Ning'er was a little scared, and looked at Li Siniang with her big eyes trembling.

Li Siniang glanced at Sun Jifei who was sitting still beside her and smiled bitterly. It seemed that Sun Jifei was angry.

That’s right, he was the one who brought Yao Zhuer back. She was fine when he handed her to him, but now she is in this state. Maybe he would think that she was deliberately bullying the little girl?
"Ning'er, tell me, why did Miss Yao faint?"

Ning'er pursed her lips and said rather aggrievedly, "Sister Si Niang, I don't know either. She was fine, and I don't know why she fainted all of a sudden."

"You don't know? You're with her every day, how could you not know? Every time I asked about Miss Yao's condition, you said she was fine. What do you want to say now?"

Li Siniang was usually very kind to others and seldom strict with the maids, but now she could not help but shout at them harshly, scaring Ning'er so much that she trembled all over and tears formed in her eyes, making her look very pitiful.

Ning'er looked pitiful and insisted that she had never done anything to Yao Zhu'er. Li Siniang couldn't help but believe it a little. After all, compared to Yao Zhu'er, Ning'er was her own person.

"Move her to my yard. Zhang Tianyao is also treating a patient there, so Doctor Li doesn't have to run back and forth." Sun Jifei suddenly said.