Chapter 216 The Silver Note in the Envelope

Chapter 216 The Silver Note in the Envelope

Overjoyed, the family was extremely grateful to Xie Wanniang for saving their child.

After a joyful reunion filled with both tears and laughter, the family settled the guards who had brought the child back and then began to question the child about his true experiences after his mother was divorced.

Hearing him say that he was first neglected and humiliated by the servants, and that his monthly allowance and daily allowance were embezzled, and then his stepmother pricked him with needles and whipped him, his mother and uncle both had red eyes, feeling both heartbroken and angry.

His mother held him and cried, saying with deep regret, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have left you alone in that den of wolves."

The child didn't think so, after all, his mother had initially wanted to take him away.

It was his heartless, scumbag father who neither loved him nor abandoned him, preferring to let him rot in his own home rather than let him stay with his ex-wife, causing him to suffer from speculation and doubt from the outside world.

Moreover, the child clearly understood why his mother had to leave. He was one of the witnesses to his heartless, scumbag father personally poisoning his mother.

If it weren't for his sister's incessant fuss that day, which prevented his mother from having any appetite for the tonic soup, his mother would have long since become a corpse, like that old woman in her yard who secretly drank the tonic soup because she couldn't bear to throw it away, and was hastily buried in the ground.

The child would rather his mother escape the hell than have her killed by his own father.

The mother and son hugged each other and had a heart-to-heart talk about the matter.

Seeing how sensible the child was, his two uncles could only despise their former brother-in-law, who had been blinded by greed.

Once the mother and son had calmed down, they immediately asked how the child had gone missing.

The child recounted in detail what his stepmother had done to him, which enraged his mother and two uncles so much that they stood up and were about to fight the wicked woman to the death.

And the child's scumbag father, he is undoubtedly an accomplice as well.

The three were consumed by anger and acted on instinct, while the child, who was the victim, calmly stopped his mother and uncle.

As mentioned earlier, even if the child testifies against the woman, she can still pin the blame on the servant.

Not to mention that two of the people who knew the truth back then are already dead, the only one left is that woman's trusted nanny, who is deeply tied to her. For the sake of her own family, she would never betray that woman.

Even if she could, the other two witnesses are still alive and kicking. Knowing that he has returned alive, can't his biased father, who is so biased that he's practically groveling, just strike first and make it so that there are no witnesses left to testify?

For the master of the household, forcing the deaths of several servants whose fates were entirely in their hands was as simple as eating and drinking.

The child calmly expressed his concerns—he didn't want to be forcibly taken back to the place that held so many painful memories. He wanted to change his name and identity, slowly accumulate power, and then avenge himself and his mother when the opportunity arose.

The child's mother and uncle regained their composure after hearing his words.

They ultimately chose to respect the child's decision, but they also suggested that this wasn't just a matter for the child alone, and that they would also help in getting revenge on his scumbag father.

The family reached a consensus on revenge and then began to discuss how they should thank Xie Wanniang.

As a result of the discussion, not only did the child's mother prepare a generous gift for Xie Wan's mother, but her two brothers also had the women in their families prepare a generous gift for Xie Wan's mother according to the highest standards.

The three generous gifts were stacked together, and then became the very long gift list that Xie Wanniang was seeing now.

The gift list was incredibly diverse, including jewelry, South China Sea pearls, jade pebbles, various gemstones, silks and satins, cosmetics, embroidery, ornaments, porcelain, books, calligraphy and paintings, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, tea, wine, dried meat, pastries, candy... The sheer variety was dazzling.

But that wasn't what shocked Xie Wanniang the most. What shocked her the most was that everything her family gave her was relatively precious in its category, and each one was quite expensive.

She gripped the sheet tightly in her hand. "Where are the things?"

The head guard replied, "It has already been sent to the backyard."

Xie Wanniang forced herself not to jump up with her last bit of composure. "How do that child's biological mother and uncle treat him?"

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions:

"fine."

"His mother cried as soon as she saw him."

"His two uncles were reportedly still on duty at the time, but they quickly returned."

"They were so kind to us, they kept thanking us, and they even prepared the best food and lodging for us."

"......"

Xie Wanniang was completely relieved after hearing this. She nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll head back first. You've all worked hard, so go back and rest today. I'll have Haitang give you some reward money tomorrow."

After saying that, she quickly got up, grabbed the gift list, and headed straight for the backyard.

Seeing this, Haitang quickly followed.

Both of them were very excited, because Xie Wanniang was short of money at the moment, and the gift from this family was a timely help for her.

The description clearly indicates that the items are custom-made gold-inlaid jade and gold-inlaid embroidery jewelry. The two fans, two handkerchiefs, and two kang screens embroidered by the child's mother, as well as the South China Sea pearls, which are extremely rare in this era, are not suitable for exchanging for money. However, the jade pebbles, various gemstones, silks and satins, rouge and powder, ornaments, porcelain, tea, and wine are all items that can be exchanged for money.

Xie Wanniang had already made up her mind. She would first sell rouge and face powder, tea, and wine. If that wasn't enough, she would sell some porcelain and ornaments. If that still wasn't enough, she would sell some silk and satin.

The initial funding gap for her herbal medicine shop wasn't that large to begin with. Even if the value of these items was artificially reduced by the receiving shops when she sold them, she should be able to easily raise the missing funds by providing a sufficient quantity of the items.

To her surprise, her replacement plan was quickly forced to fail.

The reason was simple: when she was checking the items according to the list, she found a handwritten letter from the child's mother inside the box containing two South China Sea pearls.

The letter was filled with gratitude towards Xie Wanniang and relief that the child was still alive and had returned safely to her side.

In addition, she also slipped a five-hundred-tael silver note between the two letters, saying that she heard from the child that Xie Wanniang was racking her brains to raise money before he left.

Xie Wanniang: ? ? ?

She clutched the letter and banknotes with mixed feelings, and her conscience began to ache for the first time.