Chapter 288 Not Wanting to Get Married

Chapter 288 Not Wanting to Get Married

Xie Wanniang secretly felt that people's minds should absorb more new things and not be stuck in old ways, confining themselves to a certain fixed way of thinking.

She was looking forward to the arrival of the veteran bodyguard Yang Darong, hoping it would give her guards a unique shock and inspiration.

With this in mind, Xie Wanniang settled the family of three in a small courtyard in the back alley.

There are many small courtyards of similar layout and size over there, mostly inhabited by subordinates and distant relatives of the officials from the front. Xie Wanniang's off-duty guards also usually live here.

Therefore, she specifically asked Jiang Yuan to buy about ten small courtyards to accommodate subordinates who had families and could not conveniently live in their mansion.

After Xie Wanniang arranged temporary accommodation for the Yang family of three, she gave them five days to clean the yard, buy supplies, and familiarize themselves with the environment.

The last time she mentioned luring the snake out of its hole to Jiang Yuan, the family of three was using the advance wages she had given them, as she had instructed, to buy rice, flour, fruits and vegetables, oil, salt, basins, buckets, needles and thread, toilet paper, lamp oil, and other necessities for their own use.

As for furniture, bedding, pillows, and clothes, Xie Wanniang had them provided with a complete set of furniture, bedding, and pillows on their first day. They were also given enough cotton and cloth to sew their own clothes, referencing the styles of other guards.

The maid who delivered the items even told them that if no one in their household was skilled in needlework, they could ask other maids in the mansion, such as herself, to help with the sewing. Of course, it wouldn't be free; they would have to pay.

The family of three were extremely surprised when they heard the maid say that.

It wasn't that I was surprised that someone would take money to make clothes for others, but rather that the maid was so loudly soliciting work for herself.

You have to understand, she is a servant whose indenture is held by her master. Isn't she afraid that her master will suspect that she hasn't been doing her job properly when she openly takes on private work?

The maid noticed the three men's confusion and said, "When it's our turn to work, we certainly won't do these needlework jobs that we take on privately. But at night and during our days off, the master won't concern himself with these small matters."

Moreover, they all know their limits. Without exception, all the private jobs they take on are within the Jiang family. Even if outsiders offer them double the price, they wouldn't dare to do business with them.

It wasn't that they were afraid Xie Wanniang would blame them if she found out, but rather that the more benefits the outsiders offered, the greater the possibility of them being set up to fall into a trap. They wouldn't put themselves in a passive position just to be greedy for such a small advantage.

After hearing her explanation, the family of three realized that things weren't so illogical. However, they didn't ask her to help them make the clothes, because although Shen Guizhi and Yang Xiaowei weren't good at embroidery, they were very good at cutting and sewing.

The two of them worked very quickly, and within two days they had prepared all the outerwear, cotton-padded clothes, shoes, and socks for the family of three.

While doing her needlework, Yang Xiaowei couldn't help but remark to her mother, "The county princess is so generous, using such fine cotton and cloth to make clothes for her subordinates."

Her mother nodded, "It's not just clothes. Look at the furniture in our room, and the pillows, blankets, pots, pans, cups and such that the county princess prepared for us. Aren't they all top-notch?"

Of course, this "best" is relative to the consumption level of ordinary people like them. They don't pursue high-end or expensive products, but only affordable and durable ones.

The items Xie Wanniang provided for them were made with high-quality materials and excellent workmanship. They were all the kind of things that they could afford to buy, but would absolutely not be willing to spend their own money on.

Thinking that her daughter was only nineteen years old this year, she gently coaxed her while sewing, "If there are suitable matches in the future, your father and I will find you another marriage."

Yang Xiaowei shook her head vigorously, "Don't say that. Wasn't my husband's family the one you and my father carefully selected? And what happened? You still made a mistake."

She had been married for less than half a year when her husband's family tried to take advantage of her family's misfortune. If it weren't for the fact that she and her mother were both resourceful and capable, her family would probably have been completely devoured by her husband's family long ago, using their marital relationship as a cover.

Even if her father, uncle, and brother come back alive, what good will it do? Do you expect that family to readily vomit up what they've already eaten? Don't dream about it.

If they were so shameful, they wouldn't have tried to take her family's property in the first place.

Her mother was once again mercilessly exposed, and she couldn't find any words to refute her. At the same time, she was angry that her daughter didn't give her mother any face at all, so she glared at her angrily.

Yang Xiaowei remained unmoved. At first, her mother cried and apologized to her, saying that it was all their fault for being blind to arrange such a marriage for her. The girl would patiently comfort and console her mother.

But from the moment her mother, who never learns from her mistakes, started thinking about finding her another husband, she immediately changed her attitude.

It's only been a short time, and you're already looking for another job for her? Haven't you had enough of suffering in silence yet?

Completely unable to understand her mother's thoughts, Yang Xiaowei decisively chose to stab where it hurt.

She just didn't understand. Wasn't it better to live a comfortable life with her parents?

Although she also has to go out to work and earn money to support her family, at least in her own home, she is happy and free.

There won't be any old hag constantly trying to set rules for her, no scoundrels righteously saying, "My mother has had a hard life, you have to be filial to her for me," and no sisters-in-law who only care about the petty gains in the family and are always eager to provoke her.

As a girl who had diligently practiced martial arts since childhood and grew up as freely as a boy, she was truly fed up with the feeling of being trapped in the quagmire of the inner quarters and constantly sinking deeper into despair.

Not to mention her ex-husband's family, who originally had a good relationship with her parents, immediately joined the ranks of villains who coveted her family's property after her family's misfortune.

What does it mean to know a person's face but not their heart? What does it mean to judge a person as good or bad until they are lying in their coffin? This girl has truly experienced it all.

Whether you say she was bitten by a snake once and is afraid of a rope for ten years, or that she overcorrected and ruined her future happiness because of past failures, the point is that this girl really doesn't want to get married again.