Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 280

Ye Xi said that she went to visit an old friend and found out that her aunt had passed away. On her way back, she found the baby in a dark alley.

The baby seemed to be abandoned. She waited for a long time but no one came back to look for the child, so she had to take the child back.

In this era, it was very common for baby girls to be abandoned, and Hongxiu and Jinling could only remain silent.

Ye Xi didn't know whether they believed her or not.

"What do you think? Should I take the child back tomorrow and continue to wait? Maybe her family will come back to look for her?"

Ye Xi pretended to ask, she was actually very anxious and felt that she would be safe only if she left this place immediately.

However, she was afraid that people around her would become suspicious so she had to lie.

“Miss, don’t waste your time. Generally, no one would want to find an abandoned baby girl.

As long as the family can make ends meet, no one would want to abandon their child. If they abandon the child, they will definitely not look for him/her again. "

Hongxiu was born in a poor family and had seen many such things since she was a child.

This child is obviously too young to be sold. If there is a child of a few years old who can help with the work, he will almost certainly be sold.

"If Miss wants to go back and wait, then I will go with Miss tomorrow."

Jinling felt that she should still listen to the young lady's wishes.

Ye Xi thought about it and decided to go with the flow, so he said:

"In that case, there is no need for that. Let's set off for home tomorrow as agreed.

Hongxiu, go buy some goat milk. The child will probably be hungry when he wakes up.

Jinling, go buy some cloth. I'll make some baby clothes and diapers on the way. Otherwise, I won't be able to make it back to Hangzhou City.

By the way, ask if there are any ready-made baby clothes. If there are, buy some."

"Yes."

"Yes."

After sending the two away, Ye Xi uncovered the baby's clothes to see if she had urinated.

However, they discovered that there were some gold and silver jewelry hidden in the child's cradle, all of which were exquisite and rare items.

When she left just now, she did not take the bag of gold, silver and jewelry that Qin Weiyu gave her.

She thought the child would not go hungry with her, but Qin Weiyu had many needs for money and she needed it more than she did.

Unexpectedly, Qin Weiyu hid these in the cradle, probably because she guessed that she would refuse.

In order to prevent these jewellery from causing suspicion in the child, Ye Xi quickly wrapped the items in a bundle and put them together with her own valuables.

She was worried, so she searched the child's clothes from top to bottom to see if there were any other clues related to his identity. She was relieved only after confirming that there were no clues.

She took off all the child's clothes, wrapped the child in the coat she bought, and asked the bodyguard to help look after the child.

She secretly took the clothes she took off to the back kitchen of the inn, gave some silver on the pretext that she wanted to cook some porridge herself, and asked the kitchen staff to help her find ingredients. Then, when no one was in the kitchen, she burned the clothes.

After doing all this, she actually cooked a pot of shredded chicken porridge and brought it into the room, waiting for Hongxiu and the others to come back.

Hongxiu really liked this porridge and ate several big bowls of it.

After seeing the child wake up, Ye Xi asked Hong Xiu to heat up some goat milk and feed it to the child.

The child was probably crying because he was hungry. After he was full, he smiled at Ye Xi and the others.

"This child is so beautiful. She will definitely be a beauty in the future. Miss, what are you going to do with this child?"

Hongxiu suddenly asked while teasing the child.