The husband of Mrs. Gao was originally a coachman for the master's family. Mrs. Gao did the lowest menial tasks for the master, such as washing clothes, chopping firewood, and carrying water. Wherever she was needed, she would go.
Her daughter, Xiaoqiao, started helping in the kitchen with the fire from a young age. She had done this for seven or eight years without receiving any monthly salary from the master.
However, Mrs. Gao and her husband didn't dare to confront the master about the lack of salary, fearing that their daughter might be sold off, thinking that as long as the family could stay together, it would be fine.
But on the way to Luocheng, when her husband was driving the carriage, he fell off, foaming at the mouth, his whole body convulsing. Before long, his body went rigid, and he stopped breathing.
As the master was in a hurry to continue on the journey, they simply had him buried hastily in a large ditch by the roadside, and the group continued on their way.
