Yang hurried back to Chunxiao Garden and chased all the servants away, then leaned in close to Madame Xie's ear and whispered a report of what had just happened. She said softly: "Madame, Young Mistress has really changed a lot, but no matter how much she changes, she shouldn't abandon the things she loves most, unless..."

  Mrs. Xie said in a low voice: "Unless she has no interest in life, the one she loves will bring her pain."

  Yang's wife nodded repeatedly, her eyes filled with hot tears: "At first, the young master was because the young lady sent him a poem and he ran back. After hearing that the young master had an accident, the young lady often said that she had harmed him, and at first she shouldn't have sent that poem..."

  Mrs. Xie leaned her head against the wall and didn't say a word.

  Yang's wife wiped away her tears and said, "When the young master was buried, the young mistress brought a box into the tomb to be buried with him. I don't know what's inside, why not have me ask Li Chun or Li Xia?"

  Mrs. Xie frowned, "It's been so long since it happened, what's the point of pursuing these things?"

  "Madam, if what Lin Zhong said is true, then when you advise the young mistress, you should know what she's thinking in her heart." Yang Jiuniang advised: "Do you think the young mistress looks like someone who wants to die?"

  "Not like that, she was spirited and her eyes were firm, where did the idea of taking her own life come from? But why did old Zhongbo say such a thing?"

  Mrs. Xie pursed her lips and said after a moment of silence: "Then go."

  "But," said Mrs. Xie with a frown, "Li Chun and Li Xia have been transferred, where are you going to find them?"

  "They are also in another courtyard, now managing the weaving and embroidery girls of the Lin family, and have become a small manager, only rarely seeing the young lady."

  In Lin's family, Yang and Li Chun Li Xia were the most familiar with the young girl, after all, they had been accompanying Wan Jie out in the past.

  Not long after Xie Erlang's funeral, Lichun and Lisu were transferred away from Lin Qingyuan by Lin Jiang. Mrs. Xie and Yang Nainai both knew that he was afraid of Lin Qingyuan being emotional and feeling unwell when reminded of the past.

  But after all, that was Yang's most familiar maid, so as soon as she arrived at the Lin house, she inquired about it with the little maids who came to serve.

  The whereabouts of Li Chun and Li Xia are no secret and there's nothing good to hide, almost one ask and you'll know.

  Yang's nanny found an opportunity to go to the Lin family's weaving workshop to see Li Chun and Li Xia. In the Lin family, almost nothing could be hidden from Lin's nanny, and as soon as Yang's nanny arrived at the workshop, she knew.

  She didn't dare to delay and hurriedly went to find Lin Qingwan to report.

  Lin Qingwan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yang's nanny and those two maids are familiar with each other, maybe they have something to do with them, just go if you need to, don't worry about it."

  Lin's aunt frowned, "What could there be for her to go find two little maids about?"

  "Go ask Li Chun and Li Xia, they will tell you," Lin Qing said with a faint smile: "They are loyal, the nanny will definitely ask them."

  Lin's aunt immediately stood up, "I'll go to the weaving workshop for a while, Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and both the young lady and the miss need new clothes made. I'll go take a look at the fabric."

  At this time, Yang was pulling Li Chun and Li Xia to stand by the river and said, "You two are doing a good job, it can be seen that the young lady has not forgotten you, maybe after a few years, she will call you back."

  Li Chun shook his head and said, "We are already very satisfied with being able to stay here, and we don't have any extravagant hopes of returning to our mistress's side."

  Li Xia shook her head, "Auntie has already arranged for us to stay in a different courtyard, which is against Master's wishes. If we were to move back, Lin the housekeeper would probably be the first to object."

  "Are your masters prejudiced against you?"

  The two girls shook their heads and sighed: "As soon as the lady sees us, she thinks of her husband and feels uncomfortable in her heart. How can we go back?"

  "It's been such a long time..."

  Li Chun and Li Xia's eyes were slightly red, and they shook their heads: "We've been serving the young lady since we were kids, so we know her best. Don't look at what she says on the surface, but in her heart, she must still be thinking about it. Not to mention when we were in Yangzhou, after returning to Suzhou, we only saw her twice, and each time she saw us, she would become dazed, and that night, she would always make offerings to the young master in the courtyard."

  "Besides, on the first and fifteenth of every month, Auntie also sets up an offering in the courtyard. This has been going on for over a year without interruption. Do you think she's someone who can let go? Li Chun wiped away her tears and said: "We don't hope to return, we just hope that Auntie can be healthy and happy, and not feel so much pain in her heart."

  Yang's expression changed, "She doesn't look like it now either, I see that her spirit has improved a lot."

  "That's for the young lady and the Lin family," Lixia pointed to the bustling farm outside: "It wasn't that big of a deal before, but after the imperial court issued a document saying that these fiefs could be made into permanent property for the young ladies, the madam began to open up her purse strings. We reckon this is to leave some assets for the young lady, after all, the Lin family's property was all donated and not much was left."

  "The young lady is thirteen this year, next winter she will be married off, and the year after next spring she will be an adult. If our family property is not rich, how can we talk about marriage?"

  After all, her conditions are good but not good, although she is the county owner, she has no parents, no brothers and sisters, in this era of marriage is a weak side.

  With more dowry, there will be more confidence.

  Yang's nanny returned to Chunxiao Garden in a daze. She had seen countless people and had some ability to read others. From the time she saw the young lady again, she was convinced that she did not have a suicidal heart, but why did so many people think she had a suicidal heart?

  Mrs. Xie also furrowed her brow, naturally agreeing with Yang's nursemaid. After a moment of thought, she said: "Let's go ask Dr. Xu tomorrow, and that loyal servant of the Lin family - since he wrote us a letter, he'll probably come to see us."

  "Madam asked you to go to the villa for inspection tomorrow..."

  Mrs. Xie had wanted to decline, because she had copied fewer Buddhist scriptures in the past few days and still wanted to make up for it. But thinking of Wan's sister's matter was not yet settled, she said: "Agreed, tomorrow I will investigate with her."

  A bountiful harvest brings joy to people. Lin Qingyuan believes that anyone who sees the golden wheat and the ripening rice in the fields will feel joyful.

  So she invited Mrs Xie to take a look, perhaps after seeing these things her mood would improve.

  Although she was wary of Mrs. Xie, she was the mother of Second Master Xie and the mother-in-law of Wan's sister, so she should take some responsibility.

  Although it's impossible to be with her morning and night, try to make her happy and take care of her body as much as possible.

  Early in the morning, Lin Yuhu sent Lin Yubin out of the door and watched her go to school before going to invite Mrs. Xie.

  Mrs. Xie had just finished burning incense for the Bodhisattva when she saw Lin Qingwen and was taken aback, "So early?"

  "Mother, let's go watch people drying wheat and on the way back, take a detour up the mountain to fetch some cold spring water. I've learned how to make glutinous rice balls from our household's cook, I'll make some for you to eat."

  Mrs. Xie saw Lin Qingwen's smiling face and couldn't help but smile, "You can actually cook now? I still remember the first time you cooked was to make soup for Er Lang, but ended up almost burning down the kitchen, from then on we didn't dare mention letting you cook again."

  Lin Qingwan knew about this, and her sister said that she pursed her lips and said: "That has nothing to do with me, it's just that the firewood was too dry, I just stuffed a handful of it in and 'whoosh' - all of it shot out at once, I was scared to death at the time."

  Mrs. Xie couldn't help but laugh, "Don't mention you, we were all startled, and Second Brother was so scared that he jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen barefoot, shouting that he would never dare to be ill again, nor would he ever dare to make a fuss about wanting to drink Wushen soup."

  Yang's wife saw the gloomy expression on her mistress's face gradually dispersing, and she was overjoyed. She hastily went into the house to fetch a canopy hat, "Madam, everything is ready, let's go."

  Mrs. Xie looked down at her ordinary clothes and frowned, saying, "Why don't I change into something else?"

  "No need, let's just take a walk in the village, everyone is a farmer, not so particular about it." After changing clothes, I want to put on makeup, and by then the sun will start to get scorching hot.

  She didn't want to bask in the scorching sun for eight or nine hours anymore. Didn't Mrs. Xie say she had become dark-skinned?

  The sun had just jumped out of the mountain top, but it was already slowly becoming hot, the dew on the ground had dried up, and the farmers hadn't eaten breakfast yet, they started to spread out the wheat that had been beaten down to dry, when the sun became scorching they could go back home to have their breakfast.

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law led a group of people walking slowly on the flat, wide road. Every farmer they met bowed to them and then turned around to start their busy work.

  Mrs. Xie's anxious mood slowly calmed down, listening to the clear and crisp bird calls, with naughty children picking up stones and throwing them into the paddy fields that had just started to turn yellow, then a burst of noise startled more than ten birds.

  The adults saw these birds and were so angry that they hurriedly shouted at the big children in the family to drive away the birds, lest they eat all the rice and wheat.

  Mrs. Xie saw a group of children holding wooden sticks and running towards the fields, laughing loudly as they ran, their faces full of joy, as if they didn't have any worries at all.

  Mrs. Xie stopped in her tracks, staring at them blankly, her expression slowly softening.

  Lin Qingwan let out a long sigh and slightly curled up the corners of her mouth as she watched the group of children.