Silver Coin in hand, the maids and servants all cried.
Upon arriving at the back courtyard, they knelt by the door...
Then, one by one, they took leave to send the money back to their families.
They too have families, past homes, officials, even after ruin, they still have a few relatives.
In this cold and cruel world, those who have fallen into decline face the greatest hardships, their relatives facing starvation daily. Lin Xiaosu went against the norm and set this precedent, giving them their wages, perhaps saving dozens of families...
Lin Xiaosu sat in the Red Pavilion, holding the teacup Qing Ying handed him. In his ear, he could still faintly hear the cries and laughter from the courtyard; his heart was in a state of turmoil.
In this world, he finds it difficult to empathize, because it is precisely this world that caused boundless catastrophe in his world.
Yet, every world has those at the bottom.
The hardship of being born human is universal...
