Chapter 214 A Good Guy Card

Chapter 214 A Good Guy Card

Xie Wanniang liked, or rather admired, people like Xiao Xiao, whose eyes still shone brightly and showed resilience even after experiencing many hardships.

She reached out and helped the child up. "You're so young, what are you talking about serving? Just grow up healthy, safe, and happy. That's the best way to repay me."

The child's eyes welled up with tears; he hadn't received kindness from anyone for a very long time.

Looking up, the child quickly traced Xie Wanniang's face with his eyes, trying to memorize it for future use.

Xie Wanniang, unaware of his thoughts, patted the child's shoulder and said, "Alright, go back and rest well. Once your injuries have fully healed, I'll send someone to take you to see your mother."

The child nodded and obediently took his leave.

After he left, Haitang whispered to Xie Wanniang, "Although he kept talking about how his stepmother abused him, if you ask me, his father must have been a terrible person too."

Xiaomei didn't quite understand at first. She thought Haitang was talking about the child's father, who allowed his second wife to abuse his eldest son.

"That's right, what kind of father is he? He's ruined his child like this, and he's just pretending not to see it. I don't know if he even has a heart."

Haitang immediately shook her head, "That's not what I meant."

She reminded Xiaomei, "That child looks only five or six years old. What does that mean? It means that he not only didn't grow taller after his stepmother came into the family, but he was also the same height in the months before his birth mother left and his stepmother came into the family."

At that time, the woman hadn't married into the family yet. The child was getting thinner and thinner, and he wasn't growing taller. It was obvious that his father didn't take him seriously, so the heartless servants began to neglect and even mistreat him.

Xiaomei suddenly realized, "Now that you mention it, it's true!"

Xie Wanniang patted Haitang's shoulder, "Alright, let's stop talking about those disgusting guys. They'll get their comeuppance later."

Not to mention that this child has two uncles who are officials in the court, even if he didn't, in ten or twenty years, this child alone would surely bring a satisfying revenge on his scumbag father and stepmother.

She instructed Haitang, "Go tell Lao Hong and the others the address of the child's father and mother, and have them send five people to escort the child back to Beijing, and also to inquire about the child's whereabouts from Yi County backwards."

Firstly, they wanted to find out about his birth mother's situation, whether his birth mother and uncle knew about his disappearance, and if so, what their reaction was.

Secondly, I wanted to find out what his scumbag father and stepmother were saying to the outside world, and who exactly were the people who sold the child, and what roles they played in the process.

She instructed Haitang, "Have them obtain as many names as possible of those involved, along with brief descriptions of each person."

Haitang agreed and went out to relay Xie Wanniang's message, while Xiaomei looked at Xie Wanniang with admiration, "Sister Xie, you are such a kind person."

Xie Wanniang, who was suddenly given the "friend zone" card, was completely confused. "How am I really a good person?"

“You saved Xiaoyang, took in my brother and me, and the people you hired at the shop were all wounded soldiers or family members of fallen soldiers. You also bought Granny Lu and the others to work.”

"Now you've saved that child, bought him back, treated his injuries and illnesses, provided him with food, drink, clothing, and shelter, and even helped him find his mother and uncle, and helped him investigate those who harmed him."

Xie Wanniang: ......

She corrected Xiaomei's misconception, saying, "Including Xiaoyang, you, and your brother, all of you are working for me. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement, and we both benefit."

"As for that child, saving him was just something I did on the side."

He was very ill. Even if he wasn't brought back by Xie Wanniang as an extra, but rather bought by Xie Wanniang, it certainly wouldn't have cost much money to buy him.

The doctors and medicines to treat his illness and injuries were readily available to them, and the cost was not much.

Needless to say, food, drink, clothing, and shelter are all expenses. He's so small and sick, how much could he possibly spend?

The only things that required her to spend a lot of money and time were sending the child to see his mother and, incidentally, helping him investigate the entire process of his abduction.

However, her initial intention in doing this was not out of excessive kindness, but rather because she had a special fondness for the child.

"That was because of your kindness. You kindly gave us a chance to survive and then gradually improve our lives through our own efforts."

Otherwise, who else could she hire? With the monthly salary and benefits she offers, there are plenty of people in Yi County who would fight tooth and nail for a chance to work for her.

The little girl looked intently at Xie Wanniang, "Sister Xie, will the child's father and stepmother be punished by the authorities?"

Xie Wanniang shook her head, "Probably not."

The little girl was immediately disappointed. "Huh? Why?"

Xie Wanniang smiled bitterly, "Because his father didn't show up, his stepmother could manipulate the servant who did this for her back then, making the servant take the blame for the sake of his family and interests."

Therefore, they were all just "careless for a moment", rather than intentionally causing harm.

Although everyone understood what was really going on, the government's judgment of cases did not rely on telepathy, but on conclusive evidence.

Without conclusive evidence to definitively prove the infidelity of the couple, the child not only has no way to seek justice for himself, but may also be forced by circumstances to fall back into their clutches.

This is why the child didn't want to report it to the authorities, but instead wanted to quietly return to his mother's side.

He needed to change his name and go into hiding, partly to escape his current predicament and partly to plot revenge.

“Children in ancient times, especially those born into official families and who had relatively difficult experiences, were truly precocious.”

With that thought in her heart, Xie Wanniang put the matter out of her mind and started raising start-up capital for the herbal medicine shop.

Besides the money she earned from restaurants and clothing shops, she picked up her embroidery needle again.

Although her embroidery skills are not the most outstanding, they are still considered exceptional in Yi County.

It took Xie Wanniang two months to embroider two relatively simple double-sided embroidered kang screens, for which she received a total of 120 taels of silver as a labor fee.

After fiddling with the abacus for a while, Xie Wanniang realized with regret that she was still short of start-up capital for her herbal medicine shop.

Putting aside the abacus, Xie Wanniang rolled around on the couch, racking her brains to figure out where else she could squeeze money out of herself.