Chapter 425: Chapter 425, Nuandong is Afraid
Nuandong shook her head.
Yun Bi looked at the silly and clumsy Nuandong and had little to say, "Since the young lady asked you to go, hurry up and bring the person over!"
Nuandong responded and ran off like a streak of smoke.
Yun Bi watched her, shaking his head helplessly.
She was just a child after all, he couldn’t demand too much.
Yun Jinnian hadn’t finished getting ready, and naturally, he couldn’t enter, so he headed to Han Tianci’s courtyard.
Han Tianci was still bathing, attended by two little boys around seven or eight years old. The three of them were just kids, and Han Tianci, being lively and talkative, was now soaking in water, chatting away with the two boys, Hu Kai. Since the two boys had never been outside, they took everything Han Tianci said as truth, listening with great interest and admiration.
Han Zhong blushed at the conversation from outside.
Seeing Yun Bi step in, Han Zhong squinted his eyes, "Third Master, what brings you here?"
Yun Bi disliked Han Zhong, as if it weren’t for Han Zhong’s meddling, the one marrying Miss Shu would have been him instead of that hypocrite, Yun Qi.
"Just came to have a look," Yun Bi said, glancing into the room.
"The young master is bathing!" Han Zhong stated indifferently, scarcely deigning to look at Yun Bi.
"If that’s the case, I’ll come back later," Yun Bi said, turning around to leave.
Han Zhong snorted coldly.
He also had an extreme dislike for Yun Bi.
The people of the Yun Family, all black-hearted, not a single good one amongst them!
Nuandong quickly returned to the servants’ quarters. Mrs. Xia, Nuandong’s mother, with her large pregnant belly, was washing clothes, while her seven-year-old Nuanchun, six-year-old Nuanqiu, and five-year-old Nuanqiu were helping out.
Without any young masters or misses in the house needing maids, the three sisters could only help out with Mrs. Xia’s work, incidentally washing clothes for the dozens of members of the Fen Family to earn their keep.
"Mother!"
Nuandong called out softly, quickly walking over to help Mrs. Xia sit down.
In earlier years, Mrs. Xia had a child every year, already having weakened her body, and after giving birth to Nuanqiu, she miscarried three times. Now being pregnant again, Nuandong was very worried.
Having a brother might still be okay, but if it were another sister, although her father wouldn’t say anything, it would not be well-received by the grandmother.
"Nuandong, why are you back if you’re not attending to the young lady?" Mrs. Xia asked anxiously.
They all relied on Nuandong being favored by the young lady so that their lives would improve. Even if the child in her womb was still a girl, with a word from the young lady, their lives could be spared.
"Mother, the young lady asked me to come back and bring my sisters over!" Nuandong said, also delighted.
Nuanchun, Nuanqiu, and Nuanqiu, upon hearing this, were overjoyed.
"Big sister, is it true?"
"Of course it’s true. Quickly change into clean clothes and comb your hair!"
The three kids scampered back to their room, took off the patched clothes they were wearing, combed each other’s hair, and then stood neatly in front of Nuandong.
"You three follow your big sister and be obedient. Don’t look around wildly, don’t talk out of turn, and remember to follow the rules, understand?" Mrs. Xia instructed gently.
"Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm!"
The three sisters nodded incessantly.
Nuandong, afraid that Yun Jinnian might become impatient, dared not delay any longer, and hurriedly led her three sisters out of the servants’ quarters towards the back courtyard, only to be stopped by someone blocking the way.
Nuandong looked up at the girl standing in front of her.
It was her cousin, Fen Zhiqiu and Fen Zhidong. Filled with fear, she called out hesitantly, "Third cousin, fourth cousin!"
Fen Zhiqiu and Fen Zhidong were daughters of Nuandong’s eldest and second uncles. With each uncle having three sons, the two cousins were very domineering and always bullied Nuandong and her sisters.