In the evening, Song Xixi stayed at Ping'an Embroidery Studio to accompany Song Niannian.
Song Niannian has an independent room, and the furniture decoration inside is quite exquisite. The screen with the snowy plum blossoms reflecting the warm sun in winter is clearly made by Qingyin. If it were sold in a shop, it would not cost dozens or hundreds of taels.
Money can't come down at all.
Song Niannian's treatment here was also good. In addition to studying the skills taught by Qingyin and entertaining the guests in the shop, Qingyin hired the mother-in-law to take care of all other chores.
The expectations she had of washing, cooking and beating the master's back and keeping vigil did not exist at all. Therefore, when she first came here, she always felt that she was here to enjoy the blessings.
After appreciating the furnishings in the room, Song Xixi listened to Song Niannian's ramblings. She was convinced that Qingyin, the master, treated her very well, and she was completely relieved.
Early the next morning, Song Niannian got up on time and sat by the window to practice acupuncture.
Song Xixi also woke up, but she just wanted to stay in bed for a while, so she rolled around and prepared to close her eyes and have a good sleep. After waking up, she would take the dogs to the street to buy delicious food.
Yesterday's Moji duck was good, most of it went into her stomach, and she could eat another one later.
Hmm, I'll take a few more home for the elders to try, but I don't know if letting them cool will affect the taste...
Just when Song Xixi was making arrangements for today's itinerary, the mother-in-law who came to make breakfast for the sisters early in the morning shouted outside the house: "Miss Nian Nian, someone has something important to do with your sister. She is outside right now."
Waiting."
Song Niannian didn't know that Song Xixi was awake. When she heard this, she quickly put down her sewing and went around the screen to wake her up.
Seeing her little cousin getting dressed, she wondered: "Who came to see you so early? And he knew you were here."
Song Xixi replied: "He was sent by Mr. Du."
Before she left the Yamen yesterday, she only told Du Wei that she was settling down at Ping'an Embroidery Workshop.
When Song Niannian heard this, he hurriedly urged: "It must be a big deal for Mr. Du to find you. You should quickly put on your clothes and go with me. I won't let you have breakfast. You can just buy some on the street."
Song Xixi was speechless, but under her anxious urging, she speeded up dressing and washing, and finally led the dogs on Xiaohei and rushed to the Yamen with the attendants sent by Du Wei.
Still some distance away from the Yamen, Song Xixi saw a group of people standing at the door, and her keen eyes discovered that the strange couple from the Song family who had annoyed her were also there.
"Miss Song!"
As soon as Song Xixi got off the donkey, an old lady hurried up to meet her with the support of the maids. The strange couple who were standing behind her also walked forward with their heads lowered and bowed deeply to Song Xixi.
Song Xixi did not dodge, but looked at them coldly, having already guessed the identity of the old lady and their purpose of coming.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Mrs. Yu sighed secretly and shouted angrily at her son and daughter-in-law who didn't dare to stand up: "Are they all mute? Why don't you apologize to Miss Song!"
Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu were unhappy in every possible way, but they were intimidated by the majesty of the old lady and did not dare to disobey at all. They had no choice but to apologize to Song Xixi: "Miss Song, we were worried about Yu'er's safety yesterday and unintentionally offended you. I hope you will forgive me."
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We have already reached this point and are still making excuses for ourselves to gain respect.
Song Xixi didn't care about the lack of sincere apology from these two weirdos, but she couldn't be hard-hearted towards Mrs. Yu who was willing to sacrifice her face: "Old lady, you are serious. I came all the way to help for the sake of my family.
It's not a big deal that Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu don't trust me. Mrs. Yu can't do this."
Mrs. Yu said anxiously: "These two villains don't believe me, and they beg Miss Song to take pity on me and help me find my grandson whose whereabouts are unknown and whose life or death is still unknown!"
Song Xixi said in surprise: "Young Master Yu has not been found yet?"
It shouldn't be. Since the old lady believes her, there's no way she won't send people down to the secret cave to look for someone. What's going on now?
Mrs. Yu's eyes were wet, she shook her head and said: "Yesterday, we sent more than fifty people down to the cave. Not only did they not find Yu'er, there are five or six people who have not been able to come up yet..."
It turns out that this secret cave has its own cave. It is actually a giant cave that has been formed for an unknown number of years. It extends in all directions and has no end. Most of the people who went down did not dare to go deep. When they found something wrong, they immediately climbed up.
The bold ones were unlucky, the ropes tied around their waists were cut, and no one knew where they went, whether they found the missing master and servant and couldn't come back, or whether they were completely missing like the master and servant.
However, someone found a small shoe, which belonged to the missing young master Yu. This was the main reason why Mrs. Yu concluded that he was down there and forced Mr. Yu and his wife to apologize to Song Xixi early in the morning.
Hearing this, Song Xixi frowned.
She had no experience of visiting caves in her previous life, but she also knew that there were dangers inside. Not to mention the maze-like terrain, the possibility of underground rivers alone was enough to make people frightened.
What's more, it's the giant, unexplored cave where the young master of the Yu family disappeared.
She really wanted to get the Yu family's one thousand taels of silver reward, but she had to have her life to get it. What's more, she was also responsible for the lives of the dogs. She couldn't let them go down to find people knowing that they were in danger.
Mrs. Yu had been paying attention to the changes in Song Xixi's expression, and before she could say no, she ignored the maids' obstruction and knelt down with difficulty to beg her: "Miss Song, I know I have put you in trouble, but besides you and your
Dog, no one can save my grandson anymore..."
Song Xixi's expression changed, and she helped her up under Mrs. Yu's astonished eyes: "Old Madam, you think too highly of me, I'm sorry that I can't do anything about this!"
The missing Young Master Yu was really pitiful. As long as the place where he fell was an ordinary deep hole, she would be happy to go and rescue him regardless of her previous grudges.
She is just an ordinary person, without the noble character of sacrificing herself for others. In her heart, only the safety of her relatives in the Song family is worth her efforts to save regardless of all dangers.
Seeing that Song Xixi was unmoved, Mrs. Yu refused to give up: "Miss Song, as long as you go down, I am willing to offer you three thousand taels of silver as a token of gratitude; if you can find my grandson's belongings, I will add two more
Thousand taels; if you can find my grandson... No matter life or death, I will offer you a thousand taels of gratitude!"
As soon as these words came out, not only Song Xixi was shocked, but the onlookers all blushed with excitement, eager to take their place.
Only Mrs. Yu clenched the handkerchief tightly with one hand, quietly touched her flat belly with the other hand, lowered her head and stared at Mrs. Yu's heels.
If looks could hurt, the old lady's heels would have been flattened.