The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 106 - 92: Distracted

"Sister-in-law Wu, Sister-in-law Wu..."

Zhu Lingling noticed that since yesterday, Wu Shi, who had gone back once, seemed distracted while working.

"Ah, young mistress, what is it?"

"Sister-in-law Wu, you’ve been standing there, holding clothes and staring blankly at the wall for a long time. Are you troubled by something?"

"I’m sorry, no, no, I’ll wash the clothes right away, I’ll wash the clothes."

Wu Shi was very flustered.

How could she not have worries?

Yesterday, when she returned home, Daya clung to her leg crying so hard she almost suffocated.

And there was something her mother-in-law had said.

"Daya is four years old this year, a few more years and if she grows into a fine-looking girl... The Luo family’s third daughter was sent to become Sixth Master’s concubine in the prominent Xiao family, and the Luo family is living well now..."

Her mother-in-law’s words made Wu Shi nervous.

She was somewhat afraid: What if Daya grows up only to suffer the fate of the Luo family’s third daughter!

In the past, she hoped her daughter would grow up quickly, but now, she didn’t want her daughter to grow up. Once grown, fate is decided by others and not by her, how terrifying!

Zhu Lingling saw that Wu Shi wouldn’t say anything, yet was constantly distracted at work, and had no choice but to find Chun Nuan.

"Oh, ever since Nanny Wu returned from the Cao family, she’s been like this?"

"Yes, last night I saw the lamp in her room kept on, only dimming in the latter half of the night. Today, except when feeding Yang she’s acting normally, the rest of the time she seems lost."

Chun Nuan paused for a moment, thinking that if this was in a major family in the Capital, a servant exhibiting strange behavior could mean they’ve been bought off to do something unfavorable to the household.

This is Shu City... No, even in Shu City one must be wary of others—the Xiao family.

After all, they were the ones who ostracized their entire branch, wanting nothing more than to trample them into the ground, how could they willingly see their home grow with land and new houses?

What does the Xiao family have that others might covet?

The most important thing right now is Xiao Muyang, the child is the Xiao family’s heir, if the nanny has truly been bought off, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Thinking of this, Chun Nuan was terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat.

In fact, Zhu Lingling had also realized this.

A girl from a major family, she couldn’t help but consider the potential threats.

Immediately, Chun Nuan went to find Wu Shi, who was still washing clothes.

Wu Shi had been washing clothes since morning and was still at it by noon. A task that usually took just under an hour had today taken her a full one and a half hours and she still wasn’t done.

"Nanny Wu, is it around lunchtime? What are we eating for lunch today?"

Wu Shi continued scrubbing clothes as if she hadn’t heard.

"Nanny Wu, Sister-in-law Wu..."

Chun Nuan tried calling her by different names, taking a good while before capturing her attention.

"Miss, are you looking for me?"

Wu Shi herself appeared a bit embarrassed: "What... What did you say, I didn’t hear."

"Nanny Wu, you were introduced by Mrs. Zhao."

"Yes, I’m a distant relative of Mrs. Zhao."

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had the chance to come here and be a nanny.

"Then I ask you, are you satisfied with your current job?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied." Wu Shi hurriedly replied: "The employer treats me very well, I eat the same as the employer, the monthly salary is paid on time, and I have four days every month to go back and see my child."

"Yes, but since you went to see your child yesterday and returned, you’ve been distracted. If you’ve encountered something, feel free to speak up, we won’t blame you."

As long as you haven’t done anything wrong, saying it shows your heart isn’t bad, it’s not too late to forgive you.

"Miss..." Hearing Chun Nuan say this, Wu Shi suddenly gathered the courage: She knelt before Chun Nuan with a thud: "Miss, I beg you, save my daughter..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

After saying this, she burst into tears.

"Get up, get up quickly." Chun Nuan was startled, hastily pulling her up: "What’s wrong with your daughter? Is she sick?"

She could only help if it was illness.

"No, it’s that she can’t cope in the Cao family, the Cao family are inhumane, they even bully a four-year-old child..."

She told of her daughter’s situation at the Cao’s family.

"Indeed, it’s too much. Even a tiger won’t eat its cubs. Is your man out of his mind?"

It’s one thing to be bullied by others, but to not cherish your own daughter and to hit her, to vent anger by hitting your own daughter, what kind of logic is that?

"They resent Daya for being a daughter, they had talked of sending Daya away; of course, I was unwilling, so I came here to be a nanny, agreeing to make money and bring it back to raise Daya."

In reality, the money she made was used to support the entire Cao family, without actually raising her own daughter.

After hearing this, Chun Nuan sighed deeply: A tael of silver a month, if solely for raising a child, she could live very well!

Ordinary families can’t even earn two taels of silver a year, yet the Cao family, relying on Wu Shi, had twelve taels silver revenue yearly. Still, they mistreated the child, truly inhumane!

"Miss, I’m also scared that, as Daya grows up, they’ll send her off to be someone’s concubine." Wu Shi expressed her concerns.

Chun Nuan thought it entirely possible; they envied the Luo family’s third daughter, they certainly had such thoughts.

"What do you plan to do?"

Chun Nuan couldn’t help but think of her elder sister.

That gentlewoman, upon learning she was harmed and scorned by the Wu family, decided upon divorce, but didn’t expect the Wu family to be so ruthless, seeking to take away her dowry which she depended on to survive.

Since the Wu family wouldn’t let her live, she made it so the Wu family couldn’t live peacefully!

Her elder sister actually filed a complaint directly to the higher authorities, sending the entire Wu family into bondage, reportedly executed and exiled to the Northern Desert.

If Wu Shi had even a sliver of her elder sister’s courage, and simply divorced, life would be much better.

"Miss, please, I want to have Daya with me. Daya doesn’t eat much, and she’s very sensible, she won’t be troublesome." Wu Shi said: "She can even help with the firewood, and can help watch over the little kids, she’s very sensible..."

Wu Shi emphasized again and again how sensible her four-year-old daughter was, making Chun Nuan feel very upset.

The more sensible a girl is, the more hardship she endures.

"Will the Cao family agree?"

Chun Nuan feared nothing now, except the Cao family making a fuss.

Raising their child, afraid of them stirring trouble, what a rarity.

"They..." Wu Shi thought for a moment: "Should agree, right?"

"If the Cao family agrees, I have no objection." Chun Nuan said: "Just make sure you keep an eye on Yang, this is your main responsibility."

"Thank you, Miss, I will, I will definitely take good care of the boy and do the housework well, thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss."

Wu Shi was endlessly grateful, incessantly expressing thanks.

Chun Nuan... She had a feeling it wouldn’t be so simple, Wu Shi’s plan might fall through.

After all, holding onto a child in the household, the Cao family could confidently demand the monthly silver.

Sure enough, Wu Shi faced rejection when she returned to the Cao family to bring her child.

"Do you think being a nanny will last forever? Does a child of three to five still need nursing?" Said her mother-in-law: "Leave Daya at home and you won’t have to worry about everything, diligently do your duties at the Xiao family and they might keep you longer. Taking her away will only distract you from your work; no one would like that."