The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1435 - 1447: Seeking Immortality (12)

In the backyard of the Cai Zhi Courtyard, passing through two small arched gates leads to a narrow alley separated by a wall.

A small door opened on the back wall, allowing the people of the Cai Zhi Courtyard to leave the residence without going through the main gate.

Speaking of which, it is precisely because of this that the original owner harbored great resentment.

Which family’s courtyard gate of a young lady would lead directly to the outer alley? Isn’t this a loss of status, and it’s unsafe as well.

Thieves can easily break into the Cai Zhi Courtyard along the wall roots, even if there are two small arched gates in between, they can’t block anything.

Previously, the original owner made a fuss about it, but no one took it seriously, and nothing ever came of it.

Now it is advantageous for Su Li.

Directly passing through the gate to the alley, some copper coins were sprinkled, and all the boxes in the Cai Zhi Courtyard were moved out.

Neither the Su Family’s masters nor the servants were aware of what happened, and no one noticed that the Cai Zhi Courtyard was completely emptied.

Being unfavored is truly incomparable to being favored; the original owner had to scrape by, and besides wearing and using decent things, she surprisingly had little silver coin at her disposal.

Neither Mrs. Su nor the old lady ever treated the original owner poorly, but when it came to gold and silver, both seemed to forget to give the young lady some handy gold and silver to hold onto.

However, Su Heyuan and Su Yansheng rewarded their subordinates with more silver on a whim than the original owner had.

No wonder the little girl was always frail and could hardly tolerate others.

If it weren’t for the empty pockets, Su Li wouldn’t have bothered to take everything down to the last needle and thread.

Just thinking about it brings tears of bitterness to her eyes.

The Tang Mansion is neither too far nor too close to the Su Residence. At Su Li and Tang Xianxian’s slow pace due to their frail dispositions, it takes more than half a day to get there.

Walking under the sun, isn’t this making things difficult?

Su Li: "Why don’t you carry us along with the boxes? We are very light."

The porters: "....."

The two beauties sat on the boxes and were carried all the way back to the Tang Mansion.

Perhaps due to the presence of two beauties, the porters walked almost twice as fast.

Su Li: "I didn’t expect it to have such an effect. Since you did a good job, I’ll give you one more copper coin. Isn’t that a surprise?"

The porters: It’s hard to say, no surprise, but there’s a lot of embarrassment.

The news spread fast in the city. With Su Li’s not so low-key actions, as soon as they arrived at the Tang Mansion, it was rumored in the city that Old Master Su’s ex-wife had returned to the Tang family with her daughter.

Once everything settled, it was well known, even if the old lady disagreed again, Su XiuYu would not relent in his decision to keep Tang Xianxian and her mother from returning.

From the original owner’s memory, it was known that whether out of love, guilt, or an unknown reason... Su XiuYu argued with her, insisting on one thing: Tang Xianxian and Ah Lee could not leave the residence.

Leaving a widow and orphan outside is inviting others to bully them.

Because of the old lady’s actions, many said she was affectionate and righteous, a benevolent and kind-hearted mother-in-law and grandmother.

Su Li expected to see a mansion similar to the Su Family’s, but to her surprise, the Tang Mansion was unexpectedly grand and majestic. Even though the stone lions and plaques at the entrance were dusty, they couldn’t hide their past glory.

In the Su Family, everything they ate and wore was of the finest quality, and Su XiuYu’s salary as a fifth-rank official couldn’t possibly support that. Su Li assumed it was the ancestral legacy of the Su Family.

The old lady also spent a lot every year maintaining and refurbishing such a large house in the Tang family, given the size of the mansion.

It seems the old lady and the Su Family are more prosperous than Su Li imagined.

The caretaker of the Tang Mansion was a white-haired, hunch-backed, deaf old man. Upon seeing Tang Xianxian, his eyes lit up, and he gestured enthusiastically with his hands in the air.

Emotionally delicate Tang Xianxian: Wants to cry.

Su Li cleared her throat, and Tang Xianxian immediately stiffened her expression.

She weakly introduced: "Mother... she said Uncle Deaf is the gatekeeper of the Tang family. He was here when my parents were around. All these years, Uncle Deaf has been guarding here and hasn’t left."

When Su Li mentioned they would be living there, Uncle Deaf was so happy he danced, particularly delighted.

With Uncle Deaf’s help, Su Li and Tang Xianxian settled in smoothly.

In a new place with a new mood, the times Tang Xianxian wanted to cry in the wind noticeably decreased.

While Su Li and her side were well, the old lady was caught in the eye of the storm.

After the news came that everything was arranged in the other courtyard, the old lady didn’t want to remain another moment and ordered someone to inform Su Li and Tang Xianxian, only to find they had disappeared.

Upon reaching the Cai Zhi Courtyard, the informant was almost scared out of their wits.

The courtyard looked like it had been swept by a hurricane, empty and devoid of everything, let alone people.

In just two days, the courtyard had an air of desolation and decay.

The Second Young Lady’s three maids were summoned before the old lady, and they were all puzzled.

The old lady, suppressing her temper, coldly asked: "Where is the Second Young Lady?"

"Wasn’t the Second Young Lady moving to another courtyard? She returned our indentures in advance, and we helped organize the items in the house...."

Seeing the old lady’s increasingly unsightly expression, the maids prostrated on the ground, growing more uneasy.

"As servants, unable to fulfill your duties, the Su Family can’t afford ones with such big hearts." The old lady said quietly, almost sentencing the maids to figurative death.

Although they didn’t know what they did wrong, it didn’t matter anymore. What mattered was how to plead and admit their errors.

The old lady suddenly swept the teacup on the table to the floor, smashing it to pieces.

"Two living people disappeared from the house; if I hadn’t sent someone to summon them, would no one have noticed they were missing?"

The old lady’s furious state wasn’t understood by the people below.

The Cai Zhi Courtyard and the Tang Madam’s secluded courtyard were like invisible places in the residence, rarely noticed due to the master’s attitude.

If the Second Young Lady wasn’t causing a fuss, no one would pay her any attention. Let alone Tang Madam.

Upon hearing the news, Su XiuYu stormed in with Ye Zhiru looking vexed.

As he entered, he shouted, "That mother and daughter should have left long ago, and now they’ve left on their own, isn’t that just perfect?"

The old lady knew immediately it had something to do with her son.

In her fury, she grabbed a fruit plate from the side and threw it at Su XiuYu.

Had Su XiuYu not dodged quickly, the fruit plate would have hit him. Even so, he was startled.

He lifted his eyes in shock to look at the old lady, as if watching someone having a mental breakdown.

"Mother, have you lost your mind?"