Zhongli Baiyin hold the hand of her two year old daughter with face full of unwillingness and bitterness.
Two year ago after being thrown here in the slave quarter no one came forward to ask about the pair of mother daughter.
The money which every branch receive every month to handle the courtyard is pitiful five teal of silver.
Nearly enough to aid both mother and daughter not only that after giving birth she was not well taken care of.
Which result into her falling sick only twenty three year old in her prime but her face show no sign of youth.
She sign her nanny lu had gone to madam lin to ask for silver to call the doctor but she know the answer will be no.
She take out the jade pendant with her name curved on it along with the jade bracelet, the bracelet can adjust it size with the wearer.
She slip the bracelet in her daughter thin arms and hang the pendant on her body and hide it in her clothes.
"Minmin, my dear daughter your mother time had came she can't live any longer you had to be brave okay"
Tear slip from her eyes the little girl look at her crying mother with widen eyes she don't understand whats happening.
But seeing her mother cry she also start crying she is only two year old her name is Zhongli Minmin.
Even though she live inside the Zhou family neither she carry the Zhou surname neither she is treated with kindness.
The only person who care about her is her mother who now is also leaving her making her extremely upset.
The maid who had gone to bring doctor didn't return for another three hour by then Baiyin already had stop breathing.
Zhongli yinmin was tightly clinging to her mother body when maid return saw that the women had died.
She angrily spat at the ground and start cursing her bad luck she turn around and went to inform the head maid about it.
The head maid distant relative madam lin love to show off authority she enter the east courtyard with few strong maid.
They saw the child clinging to the mother one of maid grab her bt collar and toss her on the bed like sack without any care.
Luckily she fall on the soft bedding and didn't hurt herself , aggrieved the child start crying but everyone ignore her.
They wrap the dead body in straw mat and carry the dead body of Baiyin away while ignoring the crying child on the bed.
Yinmin cried for an hour before falling sleep tired she woke up next morning and start searching for her mother but didn't find her.
She carefully climb down from her bed and run outside her stomach is making noises she is hungry but didn't find the nanny.
After searching for few minutes she seat down on the ground and start crying again, she stay on the ground two hour.
Soon a women enter the courtyard in happy mood but as soon as she saw the child seating on the ground .
She curse her bad luck picking her up from the ground she stuff her back in the bed while listening the repeating hungry word from the girl mouth.
"Shut up , you hungry ghost what bad luck I have to serve a cursed brat like you" she leave the courtyard again.
The nanny surname is lu she is mean and cunning women love to bully the weak and fear the strong.
She came back with the food tray, in which a bowl of mashed patato, glass of milk, stir fried vegetables and boiled egg lay.
She directly out the tray on the bed and stuff the boiled eggs in her mouth while mocking the girl in front of her.
"You are nothing more then cursed child no need for good stuff, eat this to fill your stomach" she didn't bother to feed the child.
Yinmin hadn't eaten from whole morning and night was very hungry seeing that nanny lu isn't feeding her.
She slowly move her and grab a piece of vegetable and stuff it in her mouth and chew it slowly.
She spend half hour to eat her food but she only eat half of it cause she spill other half of the food.
When nanny lu make back saw the disgusting mess she grab her by collar and took her to the bathroom.
Nanny lu always had been clean women and didn't like dirty things so even though she is disgusted by the yinmin.
She still give her a bath, dress her in clean cloth and clean her dirtied cloth, this somewhat become her routine.
Nanny lu will only give her food twice a day that too only vegetable any egg or meat will be eaten by her.
Luckily for yinmin nanny lu didn't like the smell of milk so she never took it from her which become her only source nutrition.
Zhongli yinmin grow up in that small cold courtyard where as she grew up and grow out of her clothes.
But nanny lu didn't bother to buy any fabric and made clothes for her so the clothes the child had were the one her mother made.
Today she seat down on the old looking chair by nanny lu who is eating the fish soup on the table only after she is done that she is allowed to eat.
Suddenly an angry shout startled nanny lu causing her to drop the spoon she angrily turn around and was shock.
Madam lin, fifth master along with another beautiful women were angrily rushing to her the man swing his hand which land on nanny lu face.
This startled yinmin as she start crying the beautiful women walk toward her and pick her up in her arms.
"There there little girl everything is okay no need to cry anymore" Zhongli yinmin who had been not held so gentle for whole year.
Stop crying and look at the beautiful women but when women saw the girl eyes her face paled but she maintain her gentle face.