I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Yes! Sometimes, if you calm down and think about it carefully, what man would fall for a woman who wants to have sex with both his elder brother and himself? Not to mention that she would bring her child with another man to her current husband's house.

How could the incredibly proud Mu Long possibly accept this? He simply wanted to give his elder brother and sister-in-law a peaceful life where no one could disturb them. That's why he married me, a maid who had served in the Yang household for many years. Before marrying Mu Long, I had repeatedly taken advantage of the young master's absence to cause trouble for the young mistress.

Actually, I don't want to be that kind of woman! I used to dream that when I reached marriageable age, I would marry someone as ordinary as could be. But because my father developed a severe gambling and smoking addiction before I was born, my family accumulated a mountain of debt. To pay off this debt, my parents had no choice but to sell me and an older sister, five or six years my senior, to the Yang family as maids.

My older sister and I worked as maids in the Yang household for several years. Then one day, my father and mother needed to see her, so she asked the old lady for leave to go home. Originally, I also wanted to ask the old lady for leave to go back with my older sister. However, my older sister told me that it wouldn't be appropriate for both of us to ask the old lady for leave at the same time.

That day, she knelt down and whispered in my ear, "It's not too late to ask for leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the old lady and master are in a good mood."

When I heard my older sister say that, I smiled and nodded at her. I whispered in her ear, "Don't forget to bring back some of Mother's pastries when you go back to the Yang family! I miss our mother a little!"

I wonder if our father still takes a belt and whips our mother in the dead of night? As Xiangyun finished speaking, a crystal-clear tear rolled down her cheek.

That very night, as I sat at the gate of the Yang residence, eagerly awaiting my eldest sister's return, I received the news that my beloved eldest sister had passed away. I was devastated, and from that moment on, a terrible thought took root in my mind.

That means I must become a powerful and wealthy woman at all costs! I no longer want to be a maidservant at the beck and call of others. Because I always felt that my eldest sister's death was related to some wicked rich young masters. Not long after marrying the second master, I secretly used his influence to investigate the death of my eldest sister.

When he learned that his eldest sister hadn't left the Yang family mansion to visit her mother and father, but rather that her father had lost a large sum of money gambling and, in order to quickly raise the money, had sold his beautiful eldest sister to several wealthy families to be a concubine for their young masters.

Unfortunately, my father's plan was quickly discovered by the wealthy families who wanted to buy my eldest sister as a concubine. They were furious when they learned of my father's actions. So, at noon that day, they brought a large group of servants to my house to cause trouble.

When they arrived at my house, the gate was tightly shut. After some inquiries, they learned that my father and mother had already signed a contract with my father to sell my eldest sister into servitude, and that day they packed their bags and left for another place. That's how they left. Unfortunately, just as they were all blocking our doorway, my eldest sister appeared at an inopportune moment.

The consequences were predictable! My poor older sister was, of course, manipulated and toyed with by these rich young men. Unable to accept this reality, she chose to jump into the lake and commit suicide in the dead of night!

Because of this incident, I didn't go home to see my father and mother for many years. I always believed that my father was involved in my older sister's suicide by jumping into the lake. I also believed that after this incident, my father and mother would never return to their hometown! At the same time, I was secretly delighted because I had finally escaped this troublesome home.

But this happy time didn't last long! The following year, for some unknown reason, my father and mother returned with my younger brother. And to my dismay, not long after their return, they found me, who was still working at the Yang family's residence. They were absolutely outrageous! They actually asked me for a thousand dollars! I was utterly shocked when I heard this demand.

At that time, I was working at the Yang family's residence, and my monthly salary was only five cents. Where was I supposed to get so much money for my bloodsucking parents?

So I loudly told them that I only earned 50 cents a month working at the Yang residence. Where were I supposed to get 10,000 yuan for you?

Besides, you are just ordinary people, why would you want such a large sum of money? To be honest, Father, have you incurred a large debt again?

When my father saw me speaking so loudly to them, he raised his hand and slapped me across the face.

You worthless brat! I raised you all these years! Is this how you repay me and your mother? Why do you have to do something so disrespectful to your own parents just because we asked you for some money?

At this moment, my mother, who had been standing to the side, finally spoke up! I thought my mother would help me persuade my father, but I didn't expect this.

Xiangyun, you can't talk to your father like that! Do you know that what you just did was a way of disciplining him?

My mother became very excited when she said those words! Seeing how excited she was, I went over and hugged her tightly.

Mother, I know that speaking so loudly to Father just now was very unfilial. But listen to what Father just asked of me—is it something a lowly maid like me can do? Besides, I don't have that much money on hand right now!

Haven't you been working for the Yang family for many years? Haven't you been receiving a salary every month? What happened to your salary? Did you hide it all away, you brat?

After saying this, Xiangyun's father couldn't help but raise his fist and smash it into Xiangyun's head.

The expected pain did not befall Xiangyun, so she looked up and saw a tall figure shielding her beneath him.

All I could see was Grandpa Fu holding me tightly in his arms! I don't know when it started, but the kind and gentle Grandpa Fu who had been with me gradually walked away.

Thinking of Master Fu, Xiangyun couldn't help but raise her head and look around. She saw Master Fu standing not far from them, watching them. Originally, when Master Fu saw Xiangyun enter the Yang residence, he remembered that the eldest young master had given him some instructions before leaving yesterday morning.

If Xiangyun comes to the Yang residence to cause trouble, don't interfere unless it escalates into something serious! Mu Wang is afraid that Xiangyun might physically assault Master Fu during their argument!

So when Xiangyun was arguing with the maids in the Yang household, he watched coldly from the sidelines. He didn't order anyone to pull the maids away from Xiangyun, because he knew that over the years the maids in the Yang household had harbored some resentment towards their second young mistress.

They always considered her to be their high-ranking mistress! So even though they had some grievances against Xiangyun, they endured them in front of her. And before Xiangyun became his second young mistress, he would take extra care of her. Before, whenever he received gifts from the eldest and second young masters, he would share some with that girl Xiangyun.

He knew that Xiangyun's father was a notorious gambler! All of their expenses were covered by the money Xiangyun earned working for the Yang family. He also had a daughter about Xiangyun's age, which was why he doted on her so much!

His tenderness and affection for Xiangyun lasted until one day when Xiangyun climbed into the young master's bed while he was drunk, and that feeling vanished completely. Sometimes, he even looked down on Xiangyun from the bottom of his heart! Although she had told him in private that she had her own reasons for doing so.

However, he no longer trusted a single word she said! At the time, Master Fu couldn't understand why his second young master, whom he had raised, would marry such a vulnerable Xiangyun into the Yang family.