Chapter 725 - 724 - Leek Boxes
Song Chongjin nodded, no longer asking further, but directly inquired, "What happened today? How did mother end up clashing with that maid who sold herself to bury her father?"
Wang Yongzhu still felt a surge of anger when it came up.
After recounting the incident, she explained, "You see, if mother hadn’t said those words, the girl who sold herself to bury her father wouldn’t have thought about clinging to Ninth Master Lee. Mother just couldn’t stand it, so she stepped in to help Ninth Young Master. Unexpectedly, that girl turned out to be rather perceptive; knowing Ninth Young Master is not someone to mess with and after listening to mother’s few words of advice, she clung on even more!"
Earlier, Old Granny Zhang mentioned something about how that maid got twisted ideas after listening to a few outdoor opera performances.
It reminded her of those novels she had read before and the dramas she followed, where there is always some young lady who can’t contain her sense of justice upon seeing a girl who sold herself to bury her father or is about to be forcibly sold to a brothel.
The young lady would then spend a great deal of money to bring the girl home, not allowing her to serve as a maid, but rather treating her as a sister, living and eating together, raising her just like a little lady.
And then they both set their sights on some scholar; the young lady is extremely fond of him, and the maid is just as enamored.
Either the young lady dies shortly after marrying the scholar, leaving arrangements for her maid sister to marry her husband,
Or it turns out that the scholar and the maid are a match made in heaven, with the scholar only pretending to like the young lady for some ulterior motive.
Then, after using the young lady, he discards her with a kick, elopes with the maid, especially if the scholar can become an important official, and the maid could even become Lady Grant, soaring to great heights.
In contrast, that young lady ends up in a tragic state!