Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

the other side.

In the center of the crowd.

Xu Zhenhai was directing his servants to move some small boxes, and a man in charge was watching them nearby.

"You better be gentle with your hands and feet. This is a gift that the master brought back specially for the young lady. If you damage it, you will be in big trouble. The things inside are so precious that even if you pawn all your belongings, it won't be enough to compensate for it."

"Be especially careful with this box. It's filled with precious jade artifacts that are easily damaged. Handle it with care..."

Hearing this voice, Yun Zhenzhen couldn't help but look sideways.

There were several boxes of different sizes piled under the carriage. From what he said, they should be gifts for Ling'er. It seemed that Xu Zhenhai really cared about his daughter.

So what's the problem?

It can’t be possible... that he didn’t receive all the letters Ling’er wrote?

Yun Zhenzhen stopped where she was and gave Qin Li beside her a knowing look.

He immediately understood and walked over to greet him: "Yeah, uncle, what a coincidence, we meet here again, are you getting ready to go home?"

Xu Zhenhai's mind was full of business at the moment. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw Yun Zhenzhen again, as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

"Oh, it's you guys. I just left in such a hurry that I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My last name is Xu, and I'm from Yunding County. My name is Xu Zhenhai."

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and replied, "My husband's surname is Qin, so you can just call me Sister Qin. You can also call me Sister Yun, my real family name. This is my eldest son Qin Li, and my friend Ning Shan."

"Master, we have to hurry on our way later, why don't we get on the carriage first?" The butler came up to ask Xu Zhenhai eagerly, but he didn't seem to see Yun Zhenzhen and the other two beside him.

Xu Zhenhai waved his hand impatiently: "Why rush? I have something important to ask you while we're talking. Go and tell them to put their things away first."

After saying that, he looked at Yun Zhenzhen with enthusiasm.

Yun Zhenzhen didn't shy away from the topic and started chatting with him directly: "Brother Xu looks quite old, so he must have a wife and daughter at home. I wonder if they miss you after being away for so long?"

Xu Zhenhai nodded. "My wife passed away early, and I only have one daughter at home. My eldest brother is taking care of her. I haven't contacted her in such a long time since I left. I just asked my eldest brother to take good care of her. I guess the child must miss me terribly, so I'm in a hurry to go back."

"Since you're in contact with your eldest brother, you must be aware of some of the recent events in Yunding County." Yun Zhenzhen sighed, "Ah, this eldest daughter of the Xu family is truly pitiful. She's all alone at home, and she's being bullied..."

Xu Zhenhai was originally listening to her happily, but when she suddenly mentioned his daughter, he was stunned the next second: "Ling'er... Ling'er, what happened to her?"

Yun Zhenzhen also looked stunned. "How come... your own daughter has encountered such a serious problem, and your eldest brother and the others didn't write to tell you? That makes me seem a bit nosy."

She pretended to turn and leave.

"Sister Yun, wait a moment. Please tell me everything." Xu Zhenhai hurried over and stopped in front of her. "I haven't been back for a long time. I only communicated with my eldest brother through letters. He didn't tell me what happened in Yunding County. What does this have to do with my daughter? Please tell me in detail..."

"I thought your eldest brother and sister-in-law would write to tell you. Even if they didn't write, your daughter should have tried to contact you herself, right?" Yun Zhenzhen paused at this point and said, "Brother Xu, if you haven't received any letters from your daughter contacting you, shouldn't you consider whether the people around you are reliable?"

Hearing this, Xu Zhenhai turned around abruptly and saw that the housekeeper who had just advised him to go home as soon as possible was now too guilty to dare to look up.

He walked over and grabbed the butler by the collar: "Butler, you have been with me for so many years, and I have entrusted all these letters to you to handle. Did you hide my daughter's letter?"

"I... Master, I didn't do anything, so you have to believe me." The housekeeper was so frightened that his face turned pale and he knelt on the ground. "Master, I have followed you for so many years and have always been loyal to you. Why would I hide your things? On the contrary, this woman came from an unknown source and told you about the Xu family for no reason. Maybe she was sent by an outsider to sow discord. Master, you can't trust her so easily."

Yun Zhenzhen snorted coldly, "There are so many passersby here, I'm sure some of them have just returned from the county. If Brother Xu doesn't believe me, you can just ask anyone to see if they know anything about this matter. Let them know what happened to your daughter."

Xu Zhenhai nodded and gestured to a servant beside him: "Xiao Shitou, go around and ask around for me about the young lady."

Little Stone quickly agreed and hurried into the crowd.

Seeing this scene, the housekeeper was immediately disheartened. The master didn't believe him anymore...

"I know about the eldest daughter of the Xu family. They say she was sold to a brothel some time ago, and her innocence is gone."

"She wasn't sold to a brothel. She was probably forced by her uncle and aunt to marry an older man. She didn't want to get married, so she ran away from home and accidentally ended up in a brothel."

"Who said that? Your news is outdated. She didn't go to the brothel. It seems she hid at a relative's house in a village. She's still staying there."

"Really? That's really good news. An innocent young girl hasn't been ruined. From this perspective, the Xu family's eldest master is really not a good person. He even persecuted his own niece..."

"Who says it's not..."

All these words came back to Xu Zhenhai's ears intactly from Xiao Shitou. He was so angry that he kicked over a box on the ground, and the things inside fell to the ground.

He punched the housekeeper in the face with both fists: "You have to explain to me, did you hide all the letters my daughter sent?"

The housekeeper couldn't admit it and could only shake his head desperately: "No, sir, I gave you all the letters sent from home, not a single one was missing. This is none of my business..."

Little Stone also came over at this time: "Sir, I just went to ask the messenger about the recent correspondence. There have been a total of ten letters sent from home during this period, and they are indeed all placed on the master's desk."

Hearing this, the butler couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Little Stone continued, "But recently, there have been ten letters from Liuye Town, but I haven't seen them. I heard they said they were sent by someone named Xu Ling'er..."