Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 101

Chapter 101: The Murder Case: Soldiers Officers Knock on Sisi’s Door and Her Heart Becomes Chaotic

“It’s not about whether I think you can do it or not, but whether you think you can do it or not!”

After saying that, Nan Tianzong somehow produced a folding fan and started fanning himself, looking like a dandy young master.

Isn’t that stating the obvious?

Liu Sisi gave him a disdainful glance. Whether she could do it or not would depend on whether she could meet Miss Gan family herself.

“Since that’s the case, it’s getting late. I will take my leave now, shopkeeper.”

Liu Sisi gathered her belongings and left the bookstore with the two children.

There weren’t many people in the small town on non-market days, and even the few passersby hurried on their way.

Liu Sisi quietly calculated that Di Yelei gave her 8 taels and 812 silver coins some days ago, and she spent 2 taels and 3 maces on medicine later.

She earned more than 300 copper coins as a reward for helping out at the bookstore for two days, plus the 5 taels of silver, so she had 12 taels in total. Unfortunately, more than 5 taels were borrowed from Li Wu and Zhang Peng, so she still needed several taels to make up 10 taels. It seemed that she really needed to make an effort.

Although she said she would make an effort, she couldn’t carry or do much herself. At present, the only way out was to try for the female tutor position.

Looking up at the day, Liu Sisi decided to go to the Gan Family first. Whether she could succeed or not, she at least had to give it a try.

The Gan Family’s residence was located in the northern part of the small town, a vast courtyard with high walls, black tiles, white walls, and red pillars. In front, there was a two-meter-high white wall covered with fish scale-like black tiles, and the wall edge was shaped like undulating waves. In the middle, there was a crescent-shaped red-lacquered main entrance, which was slightly ajar at the moment. A black plaque on the door read “Gan Mansion” in two large gilded characters.

Liu Sisi led the children step by step along the stone steps and slowly approached. Before she could knock on the door, a burst of girlish laughter suddenly came from inside.

Then, the door slammed with a bang.

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A richly dressed young girl in a yellow gauze skirt dashed out of the entrance, looking back as she ran.

Four maids dressed in ivory-white tops and light green skirts chased after her, shouting while running: “Miss, Miss! Please stop running! The Old Madam has said that you are not allowed to leave the courtyard! Miss—”

There was limited space on the stone steps, and the young girl who rushed out was running very fast, only looking back at the maids. Liu Sisi and the two children couldn’t avoid her in time, and they all collided, falling into a heap.

“Ouch!——”

The young girl fell to the ground, and her face got smeared with mud.

Before she could get up, she scolded in a delicate voice, “Which blind servant dares to block this miss’s path? Hurry up and slap yourself! Ouch! I almost got killed, give them twenty hits of boards and then throw them out to feed the dogs!”

This little girl was so fierce at such a young age!

Ying’er was frightened by the scene and couldn’t stop crying. Liu Sisi quickly checked Xuan’er and Ying’er, and fortunately, they were not injured.