eurekapd Chapter 114: Stealing Mrs. Luo's Business
Chapter 114: Stealing Mrs. Luo's Business
Xia Xiaorou raised her eyebrows lightly, "He didn't say anything important, just told us not to hate him."
"He doesn't act like a father at all, and he still wants people to not hate him?" Song Yanbai shook his head. "That's outrageous."
"However, he is too ashamed to see us anymore. From now on, we will live our lives and he will live his, and we will not interfere with each other." Xia Xiaorou said.
"Yes, you guys live your lives. He is a confused person. Let him suffer a little and learn his lesson." Song Yanbai also said.
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During the rest time at night, Xia Xiaoying and Xia Xiaorou talked about the news that Xia Dequan told them during the day.
"Xiao Rou, what should we do now?" Xia Xiaoying held Xia Xiaorou's hand and sighed, "Should we find a time to go to the capital to pay tribute to our father?"
Xia Xiaorou frowned slightly and looked at Xia Xiaoying, "Xiaoying, you can't go back now. That lady Luo has been staring at me. I have to know what she wants to do."
"Ah? Madam Luo is staring at you? This... has she ever harmed you?" Xia Xiaoying asked worriedly.
Xia Xiaorou sneered, "I have seen through her plan. So far, she has not harmed me."
Xia Xiaoying sighed, "I just regret that my leg hasn't healed yet and I can't help you."
Xia Xiaorou hugged her shoulders, "Sister, stop saying that. It's good for you to be by my side. It makes me feel at ease. I..." She stroked her belly, "I will need your help with important matters in the future."
Xia Xiaoying smiled and said, "You are my biological sister. It doesn't matter whether you help or not. Isn't this what I should do?"
"Sister, I'm pregnant, almost four months."
Xia Xiaoying opened her eyes wide, "Ah? You...are pregnant? Whose child is it?"
"It belongs to Mr. Yan."
"Ah?" Xia Xiaoying was surprised and happy, "Does he know about this?"
"I don't know. I'm hesitant now. I don't know whether to tell him or not."
Xia Xiaoying laughed angrily, "Silly girl, of course you have to tell him."
"I am the daughter of a criminal. Once he knows my identity, I'm afraid he will look down on me even more." Xia Xiaorou frowned.
"He is just a small manor owner with an identity as a city dweller. How could he look down on you? Xiaorou, you think too much." Xia Xiaoying shook her head.
"Sister." Xia Xiaorou looked at Xia Xiaoying, "He is the King of Yan."
Xia Xiaoying was stunned when she heard this. "What? Yan...King Yan?"
"He is the emperor's uncle, Prince Yan. Miss Wen Xiashu, the fourth daughter of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, has admired him since childhood, and they have been in contact for many years." Xia Xiaorou said.
"What?" Xia Xiaoying was even more surprised. "Little sister, what are you going to do?"
"So I don't want to tell him about the child yet. I don't want my child to have no status." Xia Xiaorou shook her head. "Although the King of Yan said he wanted to marry me, my current identity is just a village woman. Even if it is made public, I am the daughter of a criminal and cannot be his legal wife."
Xia Xiaoying looked melancholy, "I don't understand what's going on in the capital, but from what you said, it seems like things are really tricky."
Xia Xiaorou lowered her head and looked at her belly. "So, I will make some money first, and when the child is born, at least he will have no worries about food and clothing."
"But if you give birth to the child secretly like this, won't the child have no status?" Xia Xiaoying said worriedly again.
"I will register the child under the names of Brother Yanbo and Sister Xianyun, and then recognize him as their godson. Doesn't that mean he has the status?" Xia Xiaorou said, "I will raise him, and they just need to give him a name."
Xia Xiaoying touched Xia Xiaorou's face and said, "It's just that you have suffered."
Xia Xiaorou smiled slightly, "I'm not afraid of these hardships. In fact, these hardships are nothing compared to the past."
Thinking of the suffering she had endured in the Song family, Xia Xiaoying also sighed, "That's true. Your life is much better now than before."
In fact, what Xia Xiaorou wanted to talk about was her past life.
She was treated like a slave by the Song family all her life, and was estranged from her own sister. Not knowing her true identity, she lived an extremely humble life.
In this life, at least she had enough food and drink, and was no longer oppressed and suffered by others.
She is free.
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After learning about what happened to the Xia family and that it was possible that the Anguo Mansion was responsible, Xia Xiaorou began to secretly pay attention to Madam Luo's movements.
After Madam Luo came to the village, she only targeted her and didn't do anything else, for fear that things were not simple.
Could it be that Madam Luo knew her identity?
But how is this possible?
When the incident happened in the Xia Mansion, she was just over a month old. How could Madam Luo know that she was the daughter of Hanlin Xia?
Besides, she is only the second daughter. If anyone really wants to target someone, they should target the eldest daughter, Xia Xiaoying.
Xia Xiaorou didn't know Mrs. Luo's real purpose, so she could only ask indirectly.
She pretended that she wanted to know what business other families were doing, and sent Song Yanbai to inquire about the business trends of the Luo family. She frequently went to Luojiazhuang, interacted with Miss Luo, and secretly inquired about Mrs. Luo's movements.
Miss Luo was extremely dissatisfied with her aunt.
Even if Xia Xiaorou mentioned the three words "Ms. Luo" inadvertently, Miss Luo would start a long complaint, telling Xia Xiaorou everything she knew, didn't know, and guessed.
"I've never seen such an aunt. When she comes back to her parents' home, not only does she not help them, but she also makes trouble for them. Last time she caused trouble in your Yan Garden, and this time she has set her sights on a farm. I don't know what she is going to do." Miss Luo shook her head. "She is obviously the housekeeper of the Anguo Mansion in the capital. She doesn't care about the affairs in the capital, but she has to stir up trouble in the village."
Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes. Madam Luo has taken a fancy to a farm?
What do you want to do again?
"Miss, does she want to add to her fortune?" Xia Xiaorou asked tentatively.
"That farm has 800 acres of land. Does she have that much money to buy it?" Miss Luo shook her head. "I think she is up to something again. She is deliberately making trouble. Didn't she borrow a lot of cows last time? She said she wanted to plow the land, but did she plow the land?"
Eight hundred acres of land...
Xia Xiaorou was moved. No matter whether it was true or not, as long as it was related to the Anguo Mansion, she would investigate it.
"Where is that farm, Miss Luo?"
"It's next to our township, in Sangjia Village, Jinyuan Township. I heard that the land belonged to a scholar. I don't know what happened, but he wants to sell it. My aunt said she wanted to buy it. It's 800 acres. Can she afford it?" Miss Luo rolled her eyes.
Xia Xiaorou memorized the address, chatted with Miss Luo for a while, and then left Luojiazhuang.
"Brother Yanbai, let's go to Sangshu Village in Jinyuan countryside." Xia Xiaorou got into the carriage and urged Song Yanbai.
"Xiao Rou, why are you going so far?" Song Yanbai turned the carriage around and asked in confusion.
"A scholar wants to sell land. I'll go take a look."
"Oh, selling land? Then go and take a look." Song Yanbai knew that Xia Xiaorou had some money on hand and had always wanted to buy land.
Just can't find a seller.
Only then did he help Yanyuan take care of the fields.
It would be best if you had your own land and all the harvest was yours.