Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 710 - 663: This Matter Cannot Be Left Like This (2)

Chapter 710: Chapter 663: This Matter Cannot Be Left Like This (2)

Nanny Qing snatched the bracelet back.

Qiao Lan replied defiantly, "Nanny, a two-and-a-half-year-old child understands many things. Miss Xin is only two years old but can tell what’s pretty and what’s not. This Li Guoguo is two and a half, she definitely understands too!"

"But a two-and-a-half-year-old child doesn’t understand the value of objects and wouldn’t know to put their things onto Miss Xin!" Nanny Qing sneered.

Qiao Lan was puzzled, "Nanny? Wha... what do you mean?"

"Look here, what is this!" Nanny Qing raised her hand and offered the ribbon tied around the dress to Qiao Lan, shaking it slightly.

Qiao Lan’s face turned pale instantly.

She quickly looked down at her waist; a section of the ribbon tied there was missing.

This ribbon had broken a few days ago, and she had sewn it back using thread. When was it torn again?

"Na... Nanny, what’s happening?" Qiao Lan reached out to take back the half-length ribbon.

The material of this ribbon was high-quality cloud brocade, which she had begged Second Madam Baili for as a scrap, matching the color of her dress perfectly.

Even though it was broken, she couldn’t bear to throw it away and had sewn it back together.

"What’s happening? Hmph!" Nanny Qing took back the ribbon and hid it in her sleeve, not giving it to Qiao Lan, "Come with me to see Second Madam! Immediately!"

Qiao Lan didn’t know what had happened, and she glanced at Guoguo, "You come too!"

"She certainly has to come, you made her cry, and Second Madam has something to say!" Nanny Qing walked over, embraced Guoguo, picking her up, and then coldly glanced at Xiang Lan, "You come too!"

After saying that, she turned around and left.

The two maids, bewildered, looked at each other and followed Nanny Qing to Second Madam Baili’s main house.

Second Madam Baili and Baili Huang already got up, sitting in the main hall, having the health tea brought by Li Yuzhu.

Li Yuzhu sat to the side, writing the diagnoses of the couple.

Baili Rui and Baili Xin, the siblings, warmed their hands by the fireplace, whispering and giggling softly.

Guoguo looked at the family and began to sniffle again, her mouth quivering, and she burst into tears with a loud wail.

Li Yuzhu put down her pen, surprised, and asked, "Guoguo, what’s wrong with you?"

Second Madam Baili hurriedly questioned, "Nanny Qing, why is she crying? Where did you find her?"

"In Qiao Lan and Xiang Lan’s room, the two maids were yelling at her, I happened to see it, if I had been a bit late..." Nanny Qing put Guoguo down.

The little girl, with disheveled hair and a face full of tears, howled as she lunged toward Second Madam Baili, "Wah wah wah wah, waaah waaah waaah..."

Li Yuzhu’s lips twitched uncontrollably.

Based on her understanding of Guoguo, the fiercer Guoguo cried, or the eerier she laughed, someone was sure to suffer.

She just didn’t know if it would be Qiao Lan or Xiang Lan.

Second Madam Baili affectionately embraced Guoguo, "Guoguo, don’t cry, tell me who bullied you, and I’ll deal with them."

"Guoguo, I will also deal with them for you!" Baili Rui ran to Guoguo, holding her to comfort her.

Guoguo hugged Baili Rui in return, crying even harder, with her voice about to hoarse if she cried a few more times.

Baili Huang, who feared children’s crying the most, let out a grunt and slammed the teacup heavily on the table.

"Where are Qiao Lan and Xiang Lan?" he shouted sternly.

The two maids happened to walk into the room together, and upon hearing the loud shout, they started trembling together.

"Second Madam, Second Lord, it’s not what you think, it... it’s a misunderstanding." Qiao Lan hastily defended.

Nanny Qing coldly glanced at them, passing the ribbon to Second Madam Baili, "Second Madam, this is from Qiao Lan’s dress, found beside Miss Xin’s little blanket," she then took out the golden bracelet, "This is Miss Xin’s bracelet, which I just found in Qiao Lan and Xiang Lan’s room. When I arrived, they were accusing Guoguo of stealing this bracelet."

At Nanny Qing’s words, Baili Huang snorted angrily, "Nonsense!"

Second Madam Baili’s face turned ashen, and she hastily glanced towards Li Yuzhu, fearing she would get angry and leave.

Accusing a guest, these two maids dared to say that!

Li Yuzhu, known for her good temperament, did not get angry but smiled slightly, "Though our family is not rich, we are not short on money. Guoguo has seen plenty of gold and silver like this since she was little. Her mother is the daughter of a large family in the village and owns a box of such golden bracelets. Her uncle has a shop in the county, and her father owns dozens of acres of land, while her uncles saved thousands of taels of dowry for her. Her attire is much more valuable than this bracelet."

Li Yuzhu lifted Guoguo’s sleeve, showing the two maids.

Guoguo wore two strands of pearl bracelets on each wrist.

This was the golden pearls given by Ling Yuezi, and Mu Yuanxiu skillfully drilled holes into the pearls, creating several bracelets and hairpins for Guoguo and her, and even crafted a pearl flower crown that Li Yuzhu found too ornate, never wearing it once.

The golden pearls on Guoguo’s hand far surpassed this pair of golden bracelets in value.

The two maids stared wide-eyed at the bracelet layers.

Why does a family from a small village have such valuable bracelets?

Nanny Qing smirked at them.

"These are Miss Xin’s bracelets, I won’t take Miss Xin’s things." Guoguo snorted and cried again, pointing at the golden bracelets in Nanny Qing’s hand, "I didn’t take, I didn’t take!"

"Alright, alright, you didn’t take them. Aunt will punish these two maids talking nonsense for you!" Second Madam Baili hugged Guoguo and coaxed her.

Accusing a well-off two-and-a-half-year-old child of stealing, and the child of a benefactor at that, Second Madam Baili almost wanted to personally hit the two maids!

If Li Yuzhu got angry and walked away, what would become of Baili Mansion’s reputation?

To accuse the niece of their benefactor of stealing, Baili Mansion would be ridiculed and criticized by everyone in Liangzhou Prefecture.

And her and her husband’s illness is not yet cured, whom should she find to treat it now?

If Li Yuzhu departed with Guoguo, would her son not blame her?

Second Madam Baili, overcome with anger, clutched her chest and took deep breaths.

Li Yuzhu went over to help her calm down, "Second Madam, let it go. As long as the items are found, Guoguo is young and won’t remember this incident."

"No, this matter cannot be let go so easily." Baili Huang, who didn’t typically handle household affairs, coldly spoke up, "Nanny Qing, go and ask the First Madam to come over. She currently handles the servants of the house. How to deal with these two, let her decide."

Initially, managing household affairs was the task of Second Madam Baili.

But Second Madam Baili had been sick intermittently for half a year, often unable to get out of bed, and Old Madam Baili, having surpassed sixty, was unsuitable for such toil. The household management subsequently fell into the hands of First Madam Baili.

Over the past half a year, First Madam Baili promptly carried out a complete turnover of the household staff.