Chapter 111
Chapter 111
Fu Weixin waited for the entire afternoon but Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue, brother and sister, did not bring any supplies. He drank a bowl of chicken soup and minced meat and dried vegetable porridge with a heavy heart and went back to his room feeling disappointed.
The second day's breakfast was bone soup, minced meat and dried vegetable porridge.
Fu Weixin took a look at the small bowl of flour and three eggs left, and then looked at Jiang Yan who was racking his brains and breaking his bones to squeeze out every last bit of oil, and he became even more worried.
This was already the fourth day that she had been confined to her room and fasted. Without the support of her siblings, she and her maids would have starved to death.
Even at this point, the elders of the Chang family did not send anyone to check on her condition, and none of her brothers and sisters came to care about her. She just felt disappointed.
Chang Ruxing and Chang Ruyue spent some time with their mother, then took two maids to the kitchen to pick and carry the ingredients, and then sent them to the guest house in a legitimate manner.
Their actions weren't ostentatious, but they were enough to alert those watching secretly. They would either endure it themselves or come forward to apologize and negotiate.
This was Mrs. Chang's experience, and she was planning to use this incident to make a warning to the people in the Chang residence, so that they would realize that although she was easy to talk to and didn't get involved in other matters, she would never tolerate outsiders bullying her children.
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All branches of the Chang family received the news very quickly. Most people were indifferent to it and just paid close attention to the reactions of Old Lady Chang and First Lady Chang.
Old Madam Chang really wanted to summon Madam Chang Er to scold her, but was stopped by Madam Chang Da. She could only vent her anger by smashing things in the yard. The servants alone picked up two full baskets of broken porcelain pieces.
After Old Madam Chang had finished venting her anger, Madam Chang said to her, "Since the children of my second brother are willing to bring food to Miss Fu, we don't have to worry about her body not being able to handle it. It's a good opportunity for her to think it through before coming out."
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From that day on, the guest house received drinking water and charcoal delivered by Mr. Chang Ruxing and Ms. Chang Ruyue every day, so everyone no longer had to worry about food and heating for a short period of time.
Several maids soon became worried about another issue - the sewage and filth in the yard had not been dumped for several days and was visibly about to overflow.
Even if the winter odor did not spread everywhere, Jiang Yan would still feel like vomiting every time he saw it.
Since being completely abandoned by Old Madam Chang, Nanny Huang has regarded herself as a member of the courtyard and has been very active in helping to solve this problem.
She chatted with the maid guarding the gate for a while, and soon returned with a smile on her face: "The steward will send someone to clean up soon, and will come to collect it regularly in the future."
"What did you say to make them cooperate so well?" Jiang Yan was curious. They had taken turns to plead before, but were only rejected.
"You girls are just too shy." Nanny Huang sat on a mat and crossed her legs in a difficult position. If it were summer, she would probably add a palm-leaf fan.
"I told them clearly that they were trying to embarrass us now, but from now on, this guesthouse would no longer be occupied."
Jiang Yan was the first to feel nauseous. While retching, she admired Nanny Huang. She was really a complete noob in this regard.
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Fu Weixin's life seemed to be back on track. He no longer had to deal with the manic Madam Chang, and no longer had to worry about food and drink for the people in the yard.
Apart from not being able to go out, her life was almost the same as being in the Heding Governor's Mansion. She could even talk to her peers and relatives every now and then.
But her desire to leave Chang Mansion was not shaken by this "ordinary" life, and she became more and more determined to escape from this cage.
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