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Chapter 1663: Chapter 1663: Rebirth
It seems we should go north, but Xiao Cui stopped us.
"Miss, the yard behind used to belong to the Second and Third Uncles. You didn’t like them; do you want to take a look?"
Yuanyuan nodded, "Let’s take a look; we might not be able to keep this house in the future."
Xiao Cui hesitated to speak. Yuanyuan was too lazy to guess her thoughts.
She was just speaking; if one day the house had to be sold, it would be because she didn’t want it. Others wanting to take advantage without permission was absolutely not allowed.
There are quite a few houses here, divided into two yards, seemingly their two families lived separately. Perhaps they didn’t get along, but when dealing with their siblings, they seemed united. Even so, there’s nothing to fear. Let’s see what methods they employ.
Yuanyuan returned directly to her small yard from there.
"Go ahead, do your tasks."
"Miss, I’m fine."
She said nothing more, "Is the study tidied up?"
"Miss, I tidied it up in the morning." Xiao Cui said while leading the way ahead.
"I can go in myself." With no memories, let’s see if there’s anything else to gain.
The study was quite nice. Yuanyuan thought, fortunately, parents are not of the mindset that idleness is a virtue.
Sitting down, a sudden sense of familiarity overwhelmed her.
Opening the drawer, there was a thread-bound book inside. She opened it and smiled; it was the little girl’s diary.
It couldn’t be called a diary, more like a journal. All important matters were recorded. A really good habit.
Flipping through it page by page, she roughly understood the little girl’s life. Her father was a Second-Grade Military Officer, and her mother was a concubine-born daughter of the Minister’s Mansion.
She was both fortunate and unfortunate. She lost her mother early, but her father was good to her; to prevent his children from being wronged, he never remarried.
They were three years apart and during those times, memories of their mother were noted in the journal out of fear of forgetting.
She received an education like boys, not the traditional virtues of obedience and submission but literature and rituals.
When she was ten, the father was sent to the border to guard it.
The siblings wanted to follow, but their father refused; the border was very dangerous, and he feared he couldn’t protect them if something happened.
In the subsequent records of the little girl’s journal, there was always worry for her father, which was understandable. After all, they lived relying on each other, just the three of them, with no concubines or maidservants involved.
Later, the second and third uncles made money outside, bought their own houses, and moved out. After all, getting benefits from the mansion was impossible.
The little girl was very clear about the accounts.
Yuanyuan finished reading everything and felt quite sympathetic for the little girl. But since she was now living her own life, she wasn’t worried about being discovered. In the future, she would also carefully care for that cheap father and brother.
There’s just no telling how things at the border are now. Truth be told, information is too slow now; it’s impossible to know the situation there in time.
Putting down the journal, she flipped through the account book. There were indeed some tricks, but the records were detailed.
When focused on one thing, time goes by particularly fast.
It was until the maid came to knock on the door saying the young master had arrived.
"Invite the young master in."
One must still listen to what the only man in the house thinks.
Yuanyuan’s idea was to set everything in order and go to the border. If he was still alive, with family, even hardship is sweet.
Looking at the young man coming in, Yuanyuan thought those parents must be quite good-looking.
"Sister, aren’t you having a headache? Why are you still in the study?"
Yuanyuan was busy with the account book. "Su Xing, sit down. I want to know your thoughts now."
"Sister, which thoughts are you referring to?"
"Regarding father’s situation."
"Sister, I believe father is fine. I want to go find him." The young boy was impulsive and inexperienced.
Yuanyuan nodded, "I have the same thought; let’s hide all the valuable things at home, and the two of us will go over.
We both have skills; it should be much safer on the way."
"Sister, you don’t go; it’s too dangerous outside."
"It’s okay, I’ll disguise as a man."
"Sister, are we really going to find father?"
"Of course. Regardless of the outcome, we must know the real situation."
Su Xing frowned. He was determined to go and had already arranged it today. Didn’t expect his sister wanted to go too.
He knew if a girl went out in public, it would be hard to get married in the future. Although her engagement was broken, if she stayed home properly, she could still find a good family.
"Are you already preparing?"
Su Xing nodded.
"When do you plan to set off? And how many people do you want to take?"
"Take three and leave the day after tomorrow." If the maid hadn’t called me, I’d have come to talk with sister.
"Okay, arrange everything at home tomorrow. Store all the valuable things outside."
"Sister, put them in the basement father mentioned?"
"Yes, store all the valuable things there. Su Xing, without you, I won’t be safe at home. I’ll go with you, and if possible, we’ll stay with father over there and wait to come back with him."
"Sister, it’s not good for you to go." Su Xing was still hesitant.
"What’s wrong with it? It’s worse at home; if someone knows I’m alone at home, it will be even more dangerous."
"What about the household staff?"
"Let the steward stay, keep a few, and when we return, we’ll find new ones."
"Alright then."
The siblings reached an agreement; the maid came to call for dinner, and afterward, they went to tidy up.
Su Xing also instructed the steward, finally deciding to keep only four people.
"Young master, it’s best to register with the government, in case there’s an issue with the house." The father’s current fate is unknown, and the young master and miss are determined to go, so it’s best to be well-prepared.
"I’ll go to the government tomorrow."
At night, the siblings placed all valuable things in the basement. Yuanyuan had Su Xing take a silver note of one thousand taels, leaving the rest in silver and gold.
Lying on the bed, Yuanyuan thought to store all the things before leaving.
You can’t blame her for being petty-minded; she had never seen so many good things before.
And in this world, you can’t trust anyone; only when you keep things yourself will no one else find them.
Too excited, she couldn’t sleep. Even when she fell asleep, dreams occupied her. Waking up in the morning, she could remember nothing.
The steward called in a human trafficker, selling all thirty-plus servants in the house. Even Xiao Cui and Little Hong, who served the young lady, were not exempted. However, they didn’t sell themselves; they redeemed themselves.
As the master, Yuanyuan didn’t take their redemption money and even gave each ten taels of silver.
No wall can block the wind. Those outside who were concerned about the Su Family thought they were having a hard time. Otherwise, how could they dismiss so many servants?
Su Xing returned, "Sister, the house has been registered. Even if we’re not here, no one can take advantage of the house."