Ni Tu ran straight to the innermost side of the huge courtyard.

There, Li Shisan carved out a small courtyard for himself to live temporarily.

There is also a room for an old couple.

"Oh, my lord, why are you back? Who is this girl? What happened to her?" An old woman heard the noise and came out of a side room.

Hearing the noise, an old man followed the old woman and ran out.

This old couple are clearly the two old men selling stone chess pieces on the street.

Ni Tu was worried that the government officials of Jingzhao Mansion would follow the clues and find him, so Ni Tu took the time to investigate the rumors in the name of buying chess pieces in the past few days.

Unexpectedly, I happened to meet an old woman wiping her tears at the stall.

Ni Tu asked and found out that the old man had been ill for the past few days and might not survive for a few days. The old man spent all his money on medicine, but the result was still not good. Seeing that he had no money in his hand, he could only wait to die.

Ni Tu personally took the old man's pulse and prescribed his own medicine. Unexpectedly, within two or three days, the old man's fever subsided and he felt much better.

The old couple inquired and came to Baoyuanzhai to express their gratitude to Ni Tu.

Seeing that they had no children, Ni Tu had no choice but to set up a stall to sell stone chess. Even with Ni Tu as a customer, there were only a few customers. Ni Tu asked Li Shisan to leave them in the shop and be responsible for chopping wood and making fire for cooking.

Li Shisan's chef is a well-paid chef, so there is no need for two old people.

Li Shisan simply arranged for the two old people to be given to Ni Tu to take care of Ni Tu's daily life.

In the eyes of the two old men, Ni Tu was their savior. Not only did they give them medicine and treatment, but they also gave them food to eat, so they firmly recognized Ni Tu as their lord.

At first, the old couple took care of her too carefully, which made Ni Tu uncomfortable.

"You are the elders. We are old and we are old, and we are young and we are young. It is reasonable for me to take care of you. How can I let you serve a young man like me?"

After some earnest preaching from Ni Tu, the old couple put down their attentiveness and treated Ni Tu like family members.

The old couple were shocked when they saw Ni Tu coming back with a girl covered in blood in his arms.

When Ni Tu told the reason, the old couple turned their worries into sympathy.

Ni Tu put the girl Lin Lin on the bed and reached out to touch the girl's forehead. At this time, he felt that Lin Lin's forehead was already hot and warm.

Ni Tu checked Lin Lin's wound and knew that she had a high fever due to inflammation of the wound.

The wound needs to be cleaned promptly, and then anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken.

"Aunt Tang, come and clean her wound. I'll get you alcohol. Uncle Tang, I'll write down some medicine. You go to the drug store and grab a few packets of medicine."

After some intense but orderly operations, the girl Lin Lin's wounds were cleaned and properly bandaged.

The old man boiled the decoction, and the old woman helped her sit up again and wanted to feed her the decoction.

"Grandma, why did you save me and let me die?"

The old woman was not happy when she heard this, "Hey! It's better to die than live, what depressing words do children say!"

Lin Lin started crying: "I was sold to the Wang family by my mother-in-law for ten taels of silver when I was a child. I was bullied in her family and was teased by the little lord all day long. I was already frightened and life was worse than death. In this case, why not

Why don't you let me take this opportunity to end it?"

The old woman and the old man also sighed deeply after hearing this.

Selling one's possessions and working as a servant means that one is one's private property before marriage. Even if one is beaten to death, the government will not take the initiative to pursue the matter.

After all, in a highly hierarchical society, how can the poor and humble have autonomy over their lives and freedom of destiny?

"Okay! You take your medicine first and recover. I'll go find Brother Li and ask him to buy you back."

"Really? If that's the case, I'm willing to be a cow or a horse for you." Lin Lin excitedly wanted to get down from the kang and kowtow to Ni Tu, but Ni Tu dissuaded her. The old woman and the old man hurriedly held her down.

"I didn't buy you out so that you can continue to be a servant. I don't need you to do anything here. You will be free by then and don't need to care about me."

Lin Lin was half surprised and half sad about Ni Tu's words.

The old woman saw Lin Lin's surprised expression and snickered.

Taking another look at this pair of little people, the lord is handsome and handsome, and the girl is beautiful and shy. They are indeed a rare pair of jade dolls, a perfect match.

She knew that there were ripples in the little mother's mind, so she hurriedly comforted her: "Don't think so much first, I'll redeem you first and then talk about other things."

"But even if I are redeemed, I will never be free. If I am sold as a servant, I will become a lowly person. There will be no freedom."

Ni Tu was deeply touched by Lin Lin's lament.

Isn't he still burdened with the status of a servant of the Cui family? Otherwise, if he had not come to Chang'an for the fish charm that represented his identity, he would not have sold himself to Xue Meier to be a male nanny.

"You should take good care of your health at my place first, and then I can redeem you from the Wang family first."

"Thank you, Young Master, for saving me. Lin Lin is very grateful!" Lin Lin gave a slight salute on the Kang.

Ni Tu nodded and went out.

Recently, Li Shisan was recruiting domestic servants, and Ni Tu wanted to place Lin Lin among these people.

Anyway, one more is not too much, and one less is not too little. After Lin Lin finishes her studies, she will still be able to get some money from her work in the future, which is already good.

"Didn't my dear brother go to the Wang family? Why are you back so early?"

Ni Tu told Li Shisan what happened, and Li Shisan burst out laughing.

“It’s not bad to be Wang Baidu’s sub-father!”

"What! Is it true that everyone says that Wang Ning's family has always been a promiscuous person? If so, I wouldn't even dare to go."

Li Shisan laughed and said: "The middle-aged lady is so charming, she can't sleep alone in a bed at night. You have to understand the pain of loneliness she has suffered for many years."

"Isn't her husband the deputy governor of the navy? How can others dare to make such a joke? It seems that Wang Wendu has been killed in battle."

"This remark has its origin. Wang Wendu and Wang Ning are uncles and cousins. Their marriage was opposed by both of them at the same time. Because they both have their own loves, and the people who are in love come from poor and humble families.

, therefore, the opposition between the two was considered invalid by their parents. Less than half a year after their marriage, Wang Ning gave birth to Wang Baidu. Since then, it has become a big joke for Wang Wendu, and was ridiculed by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

A scandalous joke."

"He originally served in Guanzhong and was very happy. But since this scandal, Wang Wendu has been traveling around to participate in the war, wishing that Chang'an would get better and better. This family is equivalent to no longer existing. Everyone knows that Wang Wendu has no shame to come back

I don't want to recognize my current wife and children, so I regard this Wang Ning as a living widow."

"The most talked about thing is who Wang Baidu's biological father is. There are dozens of rumors, but no one has confirmed it."

Listening to Li Shisan's passionate gossip, Ni Tu recalled his treatment at the Cui family and sympathized with Wang Wendu's feelings.
Chapter completed!