Yuan Wei's Quick Travel

Jia Min patiently chatted with the women of the Lin clan, but these women always talked incoherently and incoherently.

It's just the same few sentences repeated over and over again, which makes people feel bored.

Jia Min was very annoyed, but she was too embarrassed to interrupt them directly. She could only forcefully maintain a smile on her face and suppress her inner unhappiness as she continued to talk to them.

Just then, Hanmei walked in.

She could see her wife's impatience and fatigue at a glance, so she quickly walked to Jia Min and whispered a few words.

After hearing Hanmei's words, Jia Min showed a surprised expression. Just as she was about to ask, she was interrupted by the clan leader's wife.

The clan leader's wife seemed to notice Jia Min's change of mood and tactfully said goodbye.

Jia Min tried to persuade her to stay, but seeing her firm attitude, she stopped insisting and stood up to send them out.

After everyone left, Jia Min finally relaxed and leaned back comfortably on the couch. She turned to Hanmei and asked, "Is someone in the side hall?"

Hanmei nodded and replied, "Yes, Hanzhu is there with her."

Jia Min frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then ordered, "Call Zhao Ma Ma."

Hanmei responded and turned to go out to look for someone.

After Hanmei left, Jia Min sat there alone, lost in thought.

She didn't have many memories of her half-sister Jia Yi, only that she was a weak and beautiful woman.

When she was a child, she followed the nanny alone to learn various etiquette and knowledge every day under her mother's arrangement.

When Jia Yi was at home, he was still young, so the two of them hardly spent any time together.

Although she knew that she had a half-sister, her memory of it was already vague.

When she was still young, her sister had already married. Now that she suddenly mentioned this person, she realized that she had another sister.

When Zhao Ma came in, she saw Jia Min lost in thought, so she stood quietly by and waited.

After a while, Jia Min came to her senses and saw Madam Zhao waiting nearby. She sat up straight and asked, "Madam, do you know my half-sister? I think her name is Jia Yi, right?"

Zhao Ma's heart tightened. She already knew why Jia Min had suddenly asked this question, and she quickly replied, "Yes, Madam, you do have a concubine named Jia Yi. Since she is much older than you and is frail, she doesn't go out often, so you may not be very familiar with her."

In fact, the wife of the Duke at that time hated her illegitimate daughter very much. She usually let her stay in the house and intentionally separated the two girls.

At this time, Jia Min also recalled some past events.

When she was still unmarried, all the household affairs were taken care of by her wife and sister-in-law, while she herself was busy learning music, chess, calligraphy, painting, knitting and embroidery, and had no time to take care of these trivial matters.

Therefore, she was not very clear about this half-sister in the family.

Nanny Zhao continued, "I still remember that Miss Yi married Scholar Yuan from Gusu. At that time, the Duke highly regarded this scholar, believing him to be talented and promising, so he betrothed Miss Yi to him."

"After Miss Yi got married, she returned to Gusu with her husband. For the first few years, they would send annual festival gifts to the Duke's Mansion, but these matters were handled by then-Grand Madam She. Later, I heard that after Miss Yi gave birth to a daughter, her health deteriorated, and she gradually lost contact with the Duke's Mansion."

Jia Min nodded when she heard this. This was consistent with the situation described by the visitor just now.

In other words, she does have a niece in Gusu.

After thinking for a while, Jia Min told Madam Zhao, "Madam, go next door and call them over."

Not long after Zhao Ma left, she came in with a woman.

When Nanny Chen came in, she didn't even dare to look up at Jia Min, but instead bowed deeply.

"Knowing that the concubine was coming, our young lady has been thinking about it. She originally wanted to come and pay her respects, but it was still the mourning period, so it was not convenient to come. So she asked me to come and apologize to the concubine and pay my respects."

As he said this, he handed the gift he brought to Hanmei who was standing next to him. Hanmei was shocked when she took it and saw it.

Originally, he thought he was a poor man who came to live with his wife and wanted some benefits.

Unexpectedly, she was wrong. The lady's niece should have some family background.

Hanmei pondered secretly in her heart and couldn't help but feel curious about this cousin whom she had never met before.

When Jia Min saw the gift Yuan Wei prepared, she looked at it with some surprise, and was not sure what Yuan Wei was trying to do.

After asking about Yuan Wei's situation and exchanging a few pleasantries, Jia Min let Nanny Chen go back.

"Who cares what she wants to do? If Madam likes her, she can bring her in to amuse herself. If she doesn't like her, she can just ask the servants to take care of her."

After Nanny Chen left, Hanzhu said from the side.

Jia Min nodded and felt that it made sense.

Hanmei asked the maid to take the vegetables to the kitchen and then brought out some snacks to set on the table. Hearing Hanzhu's words, she agreed and said, "Yes, Madam, there's no need to worry. She'll tell you what she wants herself. It won't be up to Madam to decide whether she needs help or not."

Jia Min frowned slightly. "That's all I said. She's my niece after all, so I should let her take better care of her."

Jia Min thought what they said made sense, so she stopped speculating.

"How is it?" Yuan Wei asked hurriedly when she saw Nanny Chen coming back.

"It's done." Nanny Chen smiled happily. "The concubine was very kind. She asked me a lot of questions and said that since I call her Aunt, we should keep in touch. I'm busy now, but I'll take her over to visit after the hundredth day of mourning."

Yuan Wei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. It was good enough that he admitted himself, letting people know that he had a backer and could intimidate others.

You don't have to be so cautious and dare not do anything.

Yuan Wei looked through the return gift from the Lin family and said to Nanny Chen, "Nanny, please go find some time and buy me two maids!"

It was not necessary before, but now that we have to deal with the Lin and Jia families, we still have to have the necessary appearance.

Only when I came to ancient times did I find that the maids around the ladies of noble families could not only serve people, but also serve as mouthpieces.

Some things that are difficult to say can be asked to be said by the maid.

"One is more steady, the other is more eloquent. Don't be in a hurry, look for it slowly, it's better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality." Yuan Wei added.

But don’t be like Shaoyao before, who had no manners and was embarrassing to take out.

"Yes, I will definitely choose carefully."

Nanny Chen also felt ashamed. This time she must train these two girls well in manners before letting them get close to the girl.

You must not be like Shaoyao before, who was unruly, disloyal, and made the girl so angry.

Yuan Wei's life slowly got back on track.

She knew that Jia Min would not go to Yangzhou to take up her post with Lin Ruhai until after the New Year, so she was not in a hurry.

I would just ask Nanny Chen to send some fresh vegetables and snacks occasionally, which was enough to show my gratitude.

Now, everyone in the entire Gusu City knows that she is the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion in the capital and the niece of the wife of the Yangzhou Salt Inspector!

Yuan Wei has successfully taken advantage of the situation, and those who once had ill intentions towards the Yuan family have disappeared without a trace.

In fact, those who really want to take over the Yuan family are just some ruffians. People with status and position will naturally not make things difficult for Yuan Wei.

After all, Yuan Hongming has run a private school here for ten years and has taught countless students.

His students would definitely not watch Yuan Wei get into trouble, otherwise they would be drowned by other people's spit.

In her previous life, the original owner trusted her aunt too much. She was a good person, and no one knew that her aunt had taken her money.

On the surface, her aunt still supports her and has found a husband for her, which is already the best.

The original owner did not talk about her grievances, or rather, she was grateful to her aunt before she knew the truth.

How can she let others make decisions for her?

Yuan Wei didn't see Jia Min until the New Year. Before Jia Min left, she sent her personal maid to say goodbye to Yuan Wei.

He said that he would wait until Yuan Wei had celebrated her 100th day of mourning before taking her to Yangzhou for a trip.

Yuan Wei agreed indifferently. Now that the situation had improved, she was not in a hurry to leave Gusu.

She also wanted to sort out and expand the Yuan family's business before leaving.

After all, the Su family is a farming family and is not rich. They have to support a scholar, so Yuan Wei does not expect them to bring her a wealthy life.

Maybe I will have to help them myself.

It is more comfortable to have money yourself. Although she has money in her space, it is better to have income on the surface.