Xu Changqing had been worried that Shen Jiugu would be reluctant to leave her hometown. After all, she had never even left the county her entire life. She wouldn't know anyone in a new place and would surely be unwilling to come.
Just as her father had thought, if they needed to hire help, Shen Jiugu was undoubtedly the most suitable person at the moment. 'But hadn't I sounded her out before?'
"It's precisely because you sounded her out that she was moved. You don't understand—to Ninth Aunt, that gesture was especially precious. She could tell you wanted her to come but were worried about putting her in a difficult spot.
That's why she went to our grandma privately and they talked for ages. She said she was afraid of being a burden if she came, while back home she could at least help out by raising pigs and growing vegetables."
Xu Changqing gave a wry smile. "She's too sincere."
