A car accident, our family of three crossed

Song Ning and Zhou Ru left Hang Shuheng and others behind and personally accompanied Mei home.

Hang Shuheng touched the bridge of his nose and watched the carriage leave with some embarrassment.

My goodness, his wife just left without even saying goodbye.

At this time, Zhou Huan walked out slowly from the teahouse opposite, took a look at the carriage going away, and then returned to Jubao Pavilion with Hang Shuheng.

On the other side, when they returned to the house and just entered the door, they did everything from jumping over the fire basin to sprinkling talisman water.

Mei felt a little helpless about this, but she felt warm in her heart. She cooperated very well and completed the process before taking a shower and changing clothes.

When she came out after bathing and changing her clothes, the servants in the house had already prepared a table of food, and they could eat as soon as she arrived.

Song Ning poured a glass of light wine for everyone, even the servants in the house, and said, "Come on! Let's raise our glasses together to celebrate Sister Mei's safe return."

Everyone raised their glasses, drank the wine together, and said some auspicious words with good meanings.

Today, regardless of master or servant, male or female, everyone gathered together. It has never been so lively before. It is a brand new experience for both the master Mei and the servants.

Song Ning and Zhou Ru had dinner at Mei's house, chatted with her, and told her to have a good rest before they left together.

After experiencing this incident, Mei began to think about reconciliation with some of her servants who had been working there for some time.

The next day, she ordered all the shops to be closed and reorganized, and summoned everyone to the house.

She planned to speak out loud and clear. She didn't want anyone to harm her again in the future because they were dissatisfied with her.

When everyone was present, Mei came out of the main courtyard.

After what happened, the master gathered everyone together at this time. No one could guess what she was thinking at the moment. They were all trembling with fear, waiting for the master to speak.

Mei sat on a chair and looked at the people standing in the yard. These people were all servants who had signed indentures to sell themselves. From skilled masters to menial servants who swept the house, all of them were here.

After a long silence, Mei finally spoke: "I called everyone here today because I have something to say to you all."

"I think you all know what happened to me these days!" Mei couldn't help but smile bitterly when she thought about it. "Lin Laoliu and Lin Sancai are both veteran craftsmen working in the workshop. They, like some of you present here, have been working with my mother since she was still alive."

"Speaking of which, I was raised by them. In the past, they were dissatisfied with me in many matters in the workshop. Sometimes we disagreed and had some differences, which I could understand. But I never thought that they would want to torture me to death."

It was impossible to say that she didn't feel uncomfortable. Mei fell silent again. After a long while, she said, "I know that there are still many of you who don't obey me as your master, and I won't force you."

"I don't want this to happen again. Today, I'm going to be frank with you. You follow me and I believe I have never treated anyone unfairly, but I'm not a saint. No matter what I do, I can't satisfy everyone."

"Now, I'll give you a chance to choose." After she said that, she gestured to the two maids.

Soon, amid the puzzled gazes of the crowd, two maids came out each carrying a tray. On one tray were the indentures of all the servants in the mansion, and on the other tray were white silver ingots.

What does this mean?

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what this master was up to.

However, they didn't remain confused for too long, as Mei cleared up their confusion.

"I know that some of you are dissatisfied with me. To be honest, if you are not of the same mind as me, I don't want to keep you."

"You all have seen that all of your indentures are here. Now, I will give you a chance to choose." She took the indentures and flipped through them, then put them back on the tray and continued, "If any of you want to leave, I will not force you to stay. I will give you the indentures and a severance pay, just as a token of our friendship as master and servant over the years. Let's part ways in peace."

"If you plan to continue to work for me in the future, I will never treat you unfairly. The indentures and the severance pay are here. Everyone, please go! It's all up to you to decide whether to go or stay. Think carefully. If you want to leave, take the indentures and the pay and you can leave. If you don't want to leave, you can disband now and go do your work."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and left, leaving the matters here to the two maids to handle.

There was a moment of silence in the yard. Everyone looked at each other, and no one wanted to be the first to express their opinion.

Xiaolan and Xiaohe did not disturb them, but just waited quietly for them to make the final decision.

A quarter of an hour passed, and no matter whether to leave or stay, it seemed as if everyone had gone through a long psychological struggle, and finally the first person stood up and expressed his position.

"I am willing to stay and work with you, young lady. I hope you won't look down on me because I am old and can only do rough work."

This is a servant who has been doing cleaning work in the house. She has no children and is single. She is like a rootless duckweed. Where can she go if she leaves here?

Xiaolan and Xiaohe looked at each other, then said to the old woman, "Since you have made your decision, go down! Just like in the past, do what you need to do."

The old woman nodded, stood up and went to find a broom to sweep up the fallen leaves.

With the first, there is the second and the third.

"I don't want to leave either." A little maid said, bowed, and went to find something to do.

One after another, people came forward to express their opinions, all of whom were willing to stay, until finally, only a small number of people were still standing there, hesitating to move forward.

Among these people, more than half of them used to work in the workshop and were later transferred elsewhere by the Mei family.

Seeing these people, the two maids had an idea in their minds. After considering for so long and still not making a decision, it meant that they mostly didn't want to stay.

"What about you? Everyone has made their choice. Have you considered it?"

After Xiao He asked all the questions, she didn't urge them and just waited for them to make the final choice.

There was another long silence, and finally, someone came up, knelt down towards the main courtyard, and kowtowed.