Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 179 Straightforward

When they arrived outside the Shen Mansion, Song Ying took the initiative and said, "You keep saying that I didn't discuss this with you, but what about you? I have been in the Shen Mansion for eighteen days. If you really care about me, would you have discovered that I was not in the village yesterday?

Humph! You are not angry because I decided to come out to work without consulting you. You are angry because I have been gone for so long and you didn't notice. If others knew, they would say that you don't care about me and are not as good to me as you say to others!"

Li was stunned. She had never expected that she would say it so bluntly and so harshly.

"You, you..." She was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Uncle Song's face changed drastically, especially when he saw the maids peeking out of the door of Shen's mansion, his face turned as pale as liver.

Song Ying closed his eyes, made up his mind, ignored their reactions, and said in one breath: "But this is not my fault at all, you are really not as good to me as you say to others, you really don't care whether I live or die!

Otherwise, we live in the same village and see each other every day. How could he not have noticed that I had left the village a long time ago?

Grandma, when you pass by the village chief's house and don't see Grandma Qian, you will ask a few questions. You haven't seen me for so long, why didn't you ask anyone?

Even so, you are still kind to me and care about me. If I were to encounter something and die at home, I’m afraid you wouldn’t find me until my body stinks.”

As she spoke of the latter part, she became uncontrollably sad. Although she was thankful that she had not been discovered by her family, she was still very sad.

This shows that except Yanxing and Xiaoxiang, no one else in the village, including her so-called relatives, cares about her.

Li was so angry that she fell backwards: "We don't care about you? Then how did you grow up? Did you grow up drinking in the northwest?

Your sickly mother died when you were just born. Without our care, the grass on your grave has grown tall..."

Song Ying was very impatient. Every time she couldn't make sense, she would bring up the kindness of raising her. It was not easy to raise her, but would it be easy to raise Song Tian and Song Yuan?

Besides, Second Aunt had nursed her, so she had also brought up Song Yuan, and no one had ever asked Song Yuan to be grateful to her.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the irritation in her heart, and continued with the words she had prepared in advance: "You said you don't care about me, I have to find a way to support myself, so naturally I have to work to make money."

"What do you mean by working to make money? It's just being a slave and serving others!" Li interrupted, raising her voice. "We are an honest family. How could we let our children become slaves? It's not like we can't survive because of a famine or disaster."

Song Ying found it very amusing. She worked so hard to make money because she didn't want to be sold by her family during a disaster or famine and have no control over her own destiny.

She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, and said, "I didn't sell myself, I was just hired as a temporary worker!"

"It's said to be a temporary job, but it's hard to tell whether it's real or not. You are young and ignorant, you don't even know you've been cheated." Li's face was gloomy, and she reached out to pull Song Ying, "Let's go home, there's nothing wrong, and I can't afford to let my children be slaves!"

Uncle Song also said earnestly, "Yingwa, you should be more sensible. If you do this, your aunt and I will lose our reputation. If you let your niece become a slave, our entire Song family will not be able to hold our heads up."

Song Ying turned sideways to avoid Li's pull: "I said, I didn't sell myself, I just did odd jobs, just like my second uncle and his family worked for Mr. He when they were free!

Besides, the Shen Mansion is great, there are so many people who want this job but can’t get it, I don’t want to leave.”

"How can it be the same? Mr. He is in Wutong Village and knows everything about him. Your second uncle and his family are men. Do you think any woman would go to work as a laborer?" Mrs. Li was very angry. "You stupid woman, you don't know what to say, right? I say a few words to you and you still hold a grudge. You are so petty. I only say and scold you for your own good..."

Song Ying was fed up with her repeating the same old things. She used to think they were true, so when Li beat her and scolded her, she thought it was her fault and she must remember it well next time.

But what is the truth? The truth is that these so-called family members don’t care about her that much at all. So how much of what they call doing it for her good is really for her good?

In the past, she would be fooled by words, but now, she only looks at actions. Words can deceive people, but actions cannot, or at least the cost of deceiving with actions is greater.

Song Ying looked at the Shen Mansion behind him and said, "Shen Zhuangyuan is from Rongshu Village, and also from Qinghua Village. So we are from the same hometown, so how can we not know each other well?"

She paused, and suddenly said, "Grandma, you said that the Shen Mansion hired me as a temporary worker to deceive me. Do you mean that the Shen Mansion forged documents and forced me to be a slave?

Then we should take the documents to the government and let them judge the case. No matter how high an official is, he cannot deceive the people into becoming slaves and servants!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" When she heard that they were going to the government office, Li became anxious and shouted, "When did I say that the Shen government forced you to be a slave?"

Song Ying was relieved by her reaction and said innocently, "Didn't you say that the Shen government's hiring me as a temporary worker was fake? I am young and don't understand, but the government will definitely not be able to tell whether it is fake or not."

Li looked at the maids who were peeking out of the back door of Shen's house, feeling angry and afraid, and said with all her might, "Do you think you can see the official whenever you want?"

"Isn't the purpose of being an official to plead for the people and serve the court? How come I can't see it?" Song Ying had an innocent expression on his face.

This area of East Street is inhabited by officials, gentry and nobles. How could Li dare to criticize the officials here? He was dumbfounded for a moment and could not speak.

Song Ying continued to press on: "Even if I am insignificant, I still have Shen Zhuangyuan. The Shen family must come forward for this matter, and I will definitely be able to see the official.

Oh, by the way, I signed a contract with the Shen family. If I break the contract, I have to pay 5 taels of silver. I don't have that much money on me, grandma, do you have any?

The government fines us, right? Will we be arrested and thrown into jail directly? "

She said the last sentence while looking at Second Uncle Song, as if to say, "Second Uncle, you have a lot of experience dealing with wealthy families, so you must know this."

Li and Uncle Song's expressions changed drastically. If the Shen family really wanted to make a fuss, they wouldn't even have to go to the government. They could just drag them away, beat them half to death and throw them out.

There was no point in expecting the government to do them justice. There was still 5 taels of silver. The silver in the family didn't come from the wind, so how could it be given away just like that?

Li pointed at Song Ying and said, "It was you who insisted on staying. It was you who insisted on serving others. I can't persuade you anymore. Just go with you."