After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Seeing that they stopped in front, Ma Jiaorong jumped off the carriage with two maids and walked towards Yuxiu and Cui anxiously.

"I wonder what the young lady means by this?"

Yuxiu smiled faintly and glanced calmly at the guards behind Ma Jiaorong.

These people today do not look like ordinary guards. They all look strong and energetic. Among them is a middle-aged man who looks familiar. Yuxiu heard City Lord Ma calling him yesterday in the City Lord's Mansion. He is the steward of the City Lord's Mansion.

"You two benefactors have been so kind to Jiaorong, and I haven't repaid you yet. I wanted to send you some gifts early in the morning, but I didn't know you would leave the city so early today..."

Ma Jiaorong told him the purpose of her visit, and the housekeeper came forward quickly, bowed to Yuxiu and Cui, and said with a smile:

"I greet the Madam and Miss. Our Lord has prepared some small gifts for you. Please accept them."

As he spoke, he waved to the guards behind him, and someone came over carrying two boxes.

"Thinking that it would be inconvenient for the two of you to travel, I picked up some small things that are easy to carry. It's really a bit rude, so please don't mind."

People came to give gifts with good intentions. Regardless of whether it suited her taste or not, Yuxiu had no reason to refuse and quickly exchanged a few words with a smile.

"Lord City Lord and Miss are so polite. It's just that we have a connection with Miss, so we helped her. It's not a favor, so you don't have to take it to heart."

The housekeeper just smiled and said that this was all their masters' idea. He left the box and led his men to step back a little, leaving some space for Ma Jiaorong to talk to Yuxiu and the others.

Ma Jiaorong looked very haggard today, with dark circles under her eyes, probably because she cried for a long time last night.

Thinking that she was already ill and had suddenly suffered such a blow, Yuxiu asked her to get on the carriage first, and the three of them sat down and talked.

"benefactor……"

As soon as Ma Jiaorong opened her mouth, tears began to roll down her eyes. Cui quickly took a handkerchief to wipe them away for her, and then pretended to blame her and said:

"Why is this kid so polite? There's no need to call me benefactor. Just call me aunt."

Then he patted Ma Jiaorong on the shoulder, looked at Yuxiu and said:

"You are two years older than my daughter, so you can call her sister or Yuxiu."

"My mother is right, Sister Ma, it's fate that we met each other, and we should help each other if we can. As for you, there's no need for you to make this special trip."

Since Cui had spoken, Yuxiu would certainly not refuse her. Besides, she did feel pity for the girl. If they hadn't met by accident, she would have been a poor and miserable person.

"Thank you, Auntie, and thank you, Sister Yuxiu. You can just call me Rong'er."

Ma Jiaorong also felt a little rude, so she quickly wiped her tears and smiled awkwardly.

It’s no wonder she wanted to cry. In just this short day, her life had changed dramatically.

The woman whom she originally regarded as her own mother not only turned into a vicious stepmother who would do anything to plot against her, but also directly killed her biological mother. Then, over the years, what she had done was just as those storytellers said, that she recognized a thief as her mother?

That’s not all. Her father had someone investigate overnight and found out that the Zhang family, including Zhang’s uncle, knew about and strongly supported everything that woman did.

In fact, the Ma family is now wealthy and powerful, so they can easily support not only her, but also ten or eight more. But those people just can't tolerate her and want to humiliate her to that extent.

Ma Jiaorong couldn't understand it, and her father didn't allow her to get involved in these things. Now that she was in the mansion, except for the few maids around her, there was no one she could talk to.

"Aunt, Sister Yuxiu, I brought you some things."

Ma Jiaorong forced herself to cheer up, smiled at Cui's mother and daughter, and then shouted outside the carriage.

"Liu'er Chun'er, bring the things over here quickly."

The two girls outside agreed and came over with the things in their hands.

"I don't have anything to show off. I know that Aunt and Sister Yuxiu are going to Beijing in a hurry, so I asked them to make some food for you to take with you on the road."

Ma Jiaorong opened a food box and showed it to Yuxiu and Cui, and sure enough, there was some fragrant food inside.

There are soft and glutinous osmanthus glutinous rice cakes, crystal steamed dumplings, and thinly sliced ​​braised beef.

There was also a clean small bag filled with fist-sized white flour buns.

"Thank you, Sister Ma. These look delicious. I'm craving them."

Yuxiu quickly reached out to take it and thanked him.

Cui also praised her for her thoughtfulness. Although they had everything they needed secretly now, these things on the surface were already very good food. It was really great that a young lady from a wealthy family who had never done housework could think of these things.

"And these two fox furs are for Aunt and Sister Yuxiu."

Ma Jiaorong felt a little embarrassed by the praise from the two men, and quickly opened the last bulging package and took out the things inside. They were indeed two snow-white fox furs without a trace of other colors.

"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Aunt and Sister Yuxiu. I don't have anything decent to offer. I got this fox fur coat by chance, so I'm taking this opportunity to give it to you. Although you don't need it now, the weather is getting colder, so you can use it to keep warm in the capital."

The fur of these two fox furs was shiny and smooth, and they looked very noble. Cui and Yuxiu wanted to refuse, but they were shocked by Ma Jiaorong's earnest and sad eyes. After thinking about it, they simply accepted it.

"Thank you, Rong'er. Aunt and your sister have never worn such a good thing."

Cui smiled and patted Ma Jiaorong's cold little hand. Thinking that Ma Jiaorong was only two years older than her daughter, but had to bear so much grief, she felt a little distressed and cast an inquiring look at Yuxiu.

"Mom, Sister Ma gave us such a good thing, and we have nothing to give in return, so just give her two bottles of the pills you made yourself."

Yuxiu knew what Cui meant, so she obediently put forward her own opinion.

Then he pretended to rummage in the backpack and took out a small package filled with medicine bottles of various sizes.

"This bottle was prepared by my mother herself. It has the effect of strengthening the body and nourishing the body. However, you can't take too much. You only need to take one pill in a year."

There were ten pills in the bottle, and Yuxiu gave them all to her.

"This bottle is a detoxifying pill. Basically, it will be effective for anything that is not fatal. Sister, please keep it for future use."

Cui had been bored recently and had prepared a lot of pills, but Ma Jiaorong was a little girl and had no use for them, so she didn't give them to her.

Thinking that City Lord Ma had sent two boxes of gifts, and giving them all to Ma Jiaorong, it would not be good not to give them to him. Although Yuxiu was not very satisfied with him, she took out two more of the same bottles for Ma Jiaorong's sake.

"The Lord of the City has sent a generous gift. We don't have anything good to give in return, so please bring these to the Lord."