The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 833 The Housekeeper's Daughter Watching the Young Master's Love (Ancient Times) 4

"How long have you been out? Will you be punished if you don't go back?" Su Xiangran seemed to suddenly remember something and reminded kindly.

When Erya heard this, she seemed to be frightened. Her whole body trembled and her face turned pale.

Su Xiangran sighed, her tone somewhat helpless, "Let's go! Come back to the kitchen with me first. I have some extra snacks. Go wash your face first, tidy up, and bring back some new snacks. Maybe this way you won't be punished."

Erya nodded gratefully, her eyes slightly red, her voice choked up, "Thank you, sister!"

The two went to the kitchen together. However, Su Xiangran didn't know that her good deed had changed the plot of the whole world to some extent.

Because today, something big was supposed to happen - Nanny Yu's theft would be discovered. According to the normal timeline, Erya should have returned to Miss Su Shangyun's courtyard by now.

The maidservants around Madam Su would dig out the things stolen by Nanny and severely punish her with a stick in front of all the maids in the yard.

Many families, since they do not need to use wet nurses for a long time, usually only have an employment relationship with these wet nurses, and therefore do not have the power to decide their life and death.

But it’s different in the Su family. Su Shangyun’s wet nurse was Madam Su’s maid who came with her as a dowry, and her indenture contract was in Madam Su’s hands.

Later, the two of them gave birth to children at about the same time. This man wanted to get more monthly salary and gave his child to Su Shangyun as a wet nurse.

At the beginning, Nanny Yu was honest, dutiful and loyal.

But as Su Shangyun grew up and moved out of Mrs. Su's courtyard, things changed.

He held great power and it was his basic duty to withhold money from other maids. Whoever gave more "filial piety" would get a good job.

But this is a small matter. The worst thing Nanny Yu did was stealing.

More than a year ago, her husband became addicted to gambling, and he was willing to sell anything.

Nanny Yu couldn't use her own money to pay off his debts again and again, but this was a bottomless pit.

In order to fill this hole, she could only secretly sell some of Su Shangyun's unused small jewelry for money.

But just last month, her husband fell into debt with loan sharks again, and even the mortgaged house to the gambling house was not enough.

The people there said that if she didn't pay back the money, not only would they sell her son, but they would also break her husband's hands and feet and throw him on the street to beg for food to pay back the money.

With no other options left, Nanny Yu took a risk and stole a gold medal for longevity that Madam Su had specially made for Su Shangyun when she was 100 days old.

The debt was finally paid off, but Nanny Yu spent a month in fear.

Seeing that no one noticed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his usual "domineering" self.

Little did she know that on the third day after she stole the gold medal, it was returned to Mrs. Su.

Because the master who was responsible for appraising the gold medal recognized the brand and knew where it came from, he told the gambling house owner about it.

"What are you afraid of? If you melt the sign, no one will be able to tell it apart." The gambling house owner said disapprovingly, "What's wrong with the word Su engraved on it?"

"Boss, the Su family is a famous gentry in the city. You are just looking for money. The silver and gold are just about quantity." The old master touched the words on the gold plate, "Every legitimate son and daughter of the Su family will have this plate.

If you bring this sign over, they will definitely pay you and thank you!"

Upon hearing this, the gambling house owner touched his chin and laughed: "One brand alone is not enough! Go get the jewelry from the family you collected before, and take as much as you have left. I think those things are not clean.

Since we can exchange money for it and also get a favor, let’s do it on a bigger scale.”

Then he sneaked into the Su family's door.

Who made the Su family care about face? They basically don't associate with people like them!

When the jewelry and gold medal were presented to the Su family, the Su couple were immediately shocked.

But after all, they were people who had seen big scenes, so they politely paid money of equal value, and even gave 20% more as a thank you fee.

The gambling house owner was also very satisfied with this.

Then Madam Su asked someone to secretly investigate what happened. After everything the nanny had done was exposed, Madam Su was extremely angry.

At first, she endured it and did not lose her temper. Instead, she waited until all the lost things were found before she asked the housekeeper and the servants to go to Su Shangyun's yard.

The maidservant beside Mrs. Su first sent Su Shangyun to the main courtyard.

Then he began to tell everyone in detail what Nanny Yu had done.

By the time the gold medal was brought in front of her, Nanny Yu's legs had gone limp and she collapsed to the ground.

The old woman didn't bother to argue with her and just gave her fifty lashes of the cane as Madam Su had instructed, and ordered all the maids and old women on duty in the yard to watch from the side. This was the consequence for stealing.

Originally, the heroine should have been one of them, and because of this experience, she truly understood the cruelty of the times. However, due to Su Xiangran's intervention, she was prevented from seeing such a bloody scene.