Although Mrs. Miao didn't know what happened back then, in her eyes, Zhou Shaojin was just a timid little girl. If a person doesn't get along well with Zhou Shaojin, there must be something wrong with that person.
So when she heard Wu Baozhang's voice, she pretended not to hear it and walked quickly into the hall.
Gu Shiqigu, who was outside ordering the maids and servants to move boxes and cages, did not have such good luck.
She more or less knew that Wu Baozhang was a bad person and liked to stir up trouble. When Zhou Shaojin was in the Cheng family, she was quite wary of Wu Baozhang. Since she married into the Cheng family, she has kept a certain distance from Wu Baozhang intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing Wu Baozhang asking questions, Gu Shiqigu smiled and answered "Yes". Seeing Wu Baozhang wearing a bright red jacket with embroidered gold patterns and a hairpin with red gold beads, dressed very gorgeously, she smiled and changed the subject: "Are you going to the temple today or going back to your parents' home?"
Since Wu Baozhang married Cheng Nuo, there has been no pregnancy. Madam Zhou and Mrs. Zhou were invited to come and see her. They said there was nothing wrong with Wu Baozhang. She had taken a lot of tonics, but there was no pregnancy.
But within half a year, Mrs. Wen could no longer bear it and started to make a fuss, making indirect accusations.
Wu Baozhang lowered his head and let Mrs. Wen throw a tantrum.
Everyone in Jiuru Lane felt very sorry for her, knowing that Mrs. Wenda was upset with Master Wenda and was taking out her anger on Wu Baozhang.
Later, it was the wise grandmother from the second house who came forward to help intercede for her, and her life became better.
But a few days later, Mrs. Wen came up with another idea and brought a poor niece from her mother's family into the house, saying that she wanted her to be Cheng Nuo's concubine.
Shida's grandmother tried to persuade her several times, but was always opposed by Wenda's wife. It was not until Mrs. Tang called Wenda's wife and gave her a severe lecture that she finally calmed down. But she was unwilling to send her niece back to her mother's family, so she was kept in the fifth room without any clear reason. But Cheng Nuo didn't say a word to Wu Baozhang, which made Wu Baozhang's situation in the fifth room very embarrassing.
Wu Baozhang may have felt embarrassed, so he always wore red clothes these days, and went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, or stayed at her parents' home for a few days.
Tang Laoan and others felt that she had a hard life, so they felt more sympathy than blame, and just let her be.
When Wu Baozhang heard Gu Shiqi's question, his eyes immediately turned red. He said, "I'm going to the temple. I heard there's a temple called Xiansheng Temple that is very effective in praying for children."
This sentence made Gu Shiqigu speechless.
Wu Baozhang, on the other hand, quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, then smiled and said, "You've packed so many things, are you going to stay for a long time? Will Sister Gao come with you? I've never been to the capital city in my life!"
She did not hide her envious expression.
Gu Shiqigu felt alarmed.
She had met many people in the Gu family, and Wu Baozhang's expression and actions when he spoke always made her feel that Wu Baozhang came for something.
Gu Shiqi responded vaguely, "Didn't sister-in-law say she was going to the temple? Go early and come back early! It's getting late."
Wu Baozhang smiled and said, "Since I'm here, I have to greet Old An. It won't be too late to go to the temple after I greet Old An!"
How could Gu Shiqigu stop such a thing
I had no choice but to follow her into the hall.
Old Mrs. Guan was talking to Mrs. Mian, while He Fengping, with a big belly, was having tea and snacks being served by a few others.
There was a hint of sadness in Wu Baozhang's eyes.
As daughters-in-law, didn't He Fengping not get pregnant for a while when she first came into the family? Didn't Gu Shiqigu not get pregnant either? But their situations were completely different... Speaking of which, her father's performance in government this year was rated as "excellent". As long as she could survive for nine years, she would definitely be able to get a third-rank rank.
Thinking of this, she tightened the handkerchief in her hand, but a sweet smile appeared on her face, and she stepped forward to salute Old Lady Guan.
Old Mrs. Guan was not the kind of person who would make things difficult for the younger generation. She smiled and talked to her for a while, and then Wu Baozhang said goodbye.
Mrs. Miao was surprised and asked, "What is she doing here?"
Old Mrs. Guan didn't take it seriously and smiled, "Maybe he had nothing to do and walked here accidentally."
However, Gu Shiqigu felt that the matter was not that simple, but the elders had already said so, and she had no intention of creating trouble. Also, since He Fengping became pregnant, the job of assisting Mrs. Mian in managing the household fell on Gu Shiqigu. Now Gu Shiqigu had to go to the capital to serve the elders, and the household management would need to be handed over to He Fengping again. So she handed over the household affairs to He Fengluo.
He Fengping nodded repeatedly and said hesitantly, "How about letting my husband go with you? There's nothing going on at home, I can still handle it."
She knew that Zhou Shaojin's marriage was a great opportunity. Not only would she be able to meet Old Madam Guo from the eldest house, but she would also be able to socialize among the Cheng brothers - her father was able to achieve what he had today by following Cheng Jing's path.
Old Madam Guan shook her head, took He Fengping's hand and said with some guilt: "You will give birth in a few months. Logically, your mother-in-law and I should not go far away. But you also know that Jiuru Lane is not what it used to be. If we don't plan ahead, the future will probably be more difficult. We are sorry for you this time. If Gao Ge'er is also called to the capital, who will take care of you when you give birth? Don't talk about this anymore. If your father-in-law can get in touch with the eldest son, it doesn't matter if Gao Ge'er doesn't go. What's more, there are your two cousins from the Zhou family in the capital!"
He Fengping had no choice but to agree.
Wu Baozhang left the fourth room thoughtfully, and did not go to the temple, but went to Master Wen's study in the outer courtyard.
Master Wen was worried about the family expenses and was very surprised to hear that Wu Baozhang was coming to see her.
Although Mrs. Wenda often made things difficult for Wu Baozhang and her son was also a unreasonable person, Wu Baozhang never went back to her parents' home to complain, nor did she say a bad word about her mother-in-law and husband in front of her father-in-law. Therefore, Mr. Wenda, who had suffered a lot from the gossip of women, still had a good impression of Wu Baozhang.
As for the fact that Wu Baozhang came to see him in person instead of asking his personal nanny to pass on a message to him, he was generous enough not to pursue the matter. He asked the servant to bring Wu Baozhang in.
Wu Baozhang looked at his father-in-law with red eyes and the piles of account books on his desk, and he knew why his father-in-law was worried.
With her eyelids lowered, she knelt respectfully and bowed, saying, "Eunuch, I was originally planning to go see Grandma Gao today, but when I went to the Fourth House, I found out that the Fourth House's Old Lady An, the Master and the Madam were packing up their boxes and preparing to go to the capital to attend the Fourth Master Chi's wedding..."
Her voice became lower and lower, but Master Wen was shocked when he heard it.
When Silang was in Jiuru Lane, everyone lived a very good life...
It’s all Yuan’s fault!
When the upper teeth are fighting with the lower teeth, isn't it just that Cheng Shi and Cheng Zheng are jealous of Cheng Xu and causing some trouble
Only saints and sages are envied by others.
It’s a pity that Yuan is the daughter of the prime minister. How come she doesn’t even understand this principle? Why is she trying to divide the family
Cheng Jing is the same, letting the hens take charge of the day without any rules.
What a good family, but it was ruined like this by Yuan!
Master Wen sighed.
Wu Baozhang knew that he had not listened to his words at all, and he could not help but cursed him several times in his heart as "idiot". Then he quietly reminded him, "Father-in-law, I also heard that the fourth branch sold all the shares of Yutai Bank. Grandma Gao is about to give birth, but Uncle Mian and his family still want to go to the capital..."
Master Wen was startled and finally understood what his daughter-in-law said.
Although Yutai Bank had changed to a one-year dividend, they had already recovered their capital, and now they were a golden egg-laying mother. The fourth room might not be much more tolerant than him, so why did they just sell it? And they rushed to the capital at this time... Could it be that they wanted to use Silang's marriage to ask for something
no!
He couldn't let the fourth room take advantage of this!
Actually, his relationship with Silang is much better than Cheng Mian's.
But no matter how good the relationship is, you still need to visit each other often.
He might as well go...
The more Master Wen thought about it, the more it made sense to him.
He hastily wanted to send Wu Baozhang away: "I know about this matter, you go back first!"
Wu Baozhang didn't come here to ask Master Wen to abandon him and run to the capital alone.
She whispered, "Father-in-law, the fourth room has both Old Anren and the eldest master fighting together!"
Master Wen frowned as he listened.
He just couldn't marry a good wife.
Wu Baozhang hinted to his father-in-law: "When the second daughter of the Zhou family was in Jiuru Lane, she had close contact with me..."
Master Wen was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Then we will also go to Silang's wedding... Let your mother stay, and I will bring Nuoge'er with you!"
Wu Baozhang smiled and replied "yes", saying: "As for the second and third houses, if the father-in-law trusts me, I will go and explain it. We don't know what the situation is in the first house yet, so we can't offend the second and third houses!"
"Not bad, not bad!" Master Wen thought that this daughter-in-law was really sensible and worry-free. He waved his hand and said, "Then go and tell the second and third wives."
Wu Baozhang smiled and left the study. When he met the second and third wives, he pushed the responsibility onto the fourth wife, saying that Master Wen saw that the fourth wife's family was going to the capital to attend Cheng Chi's wedding, and out of jealousy he decided to take her and Cheng Nuo to the capital as well.
Tang Laoan of the second house sneered at this, but Jiang of the third house was too lazy to care about it. She had been feeling uneasy since Yuan started to split the clan. Now this uneasiness had become a reality. Her only son Cheng Zheng was not young anymore, but he had not found a suitable family. Those who she thought were good before started to shirk their responsibilities after the first house was split off, and watched the first house's attitude towards the third house. This made her gnashing her teeth in hatred, but she could do nothing about it.
She couldn't help complaining that her son shouldn't get involved with Cheng Shi from the second wife.
Cheng Zheng smiled bitterly.
He also didn't expect that the Yuan family would not let this matter go and would divide the clan even if it meant risking their lives.
But after the division of the clan, he found that it was not such a heinous thing. At least the eldest branch of the clan lived well and was not impeached by the censor.
But it is too late to mend fences with Changfang now.
The thought flashed through his mind and he was a little dazed.
Isn't it said that it's never too late for anything
Is it true that he has no chance to repair his relationship with the eldest son
Cheng Zheng thought of Zhou Shaojin and Cheng Ji!
Haven't they always been good friends
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Hey guys, here's yesterday's update.
PS: Today’s update will still be at the old time.
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※(To be continued)