A few days later, Cheng Wen received a letter saying that Mrs. Wen was ill and asked Wu Baozhang to return home to take care of her.
If this letter was delivered when Cheng Wen's shop was still fine, Cheng Wen would have urged Wu Baozhang to go back without saying anything. But this letter was delivered after something happened in his shop, and Cheng Wen felt a little resentful. He asked the boy who delivered the letter, "Was it delivered from the post station or was it delivered 600 miles by the master of the Cheng family?"
The servant smiled and said, "It was sent via the post station..."
Before he could finish his words, Cheng Wen had already crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it on the ground, shouting, "Get out of here... Since she is dying, there is no need to rush the letter for 600 miles, but she asked the post station to deliver it. I think the illness is not serious, just let her suffer by herself. If she really can't bear it, don't she have those intimate maids and old women around her? Let them serve her well, and wait until a hundred years later, smash her spirit and beat the basin, which will be considered as completing their loyalty to her. Why is she torturing her own daughter-in-law for no reason. You go and ask the steward to write her a reply, and tell her everything I said, do you understand?" After saying this, he was still not satisfied, took a few steps forward, and stomped hard on the paper ball thrown on the ground.
The servant ran away in fear.
Cheng Nuo, who had rushed over after hearing that his mother was ill, looked at this scene and then quietly retreated.
No matter how bad they are, they are the people who gave birth to him and raised him, and he doesn't want to get involved.
When Wu Baozhang found out, he regretted it so much.
She had planned everything but she had overlooked Cheng Wen's hatred for Mrs. Wen.
It's all over now.
She wasted twenty taels of silver in vain.
Wu Baozhang's personal maid also regretted it deeply and said, "If I had known this would happen, I would have asked Nong Feng to rush the journey six hundred miles!"
"What do you know?" Wu Baozhang frowned and said, "The 600-li express is only used by local government offices. Ordinary officials don't have the power, let alone people like us who want to sneak in." She clenched her fists and said, "This road is now blocked. We have to find another way..."
The maid couldn't help but complain: "What if we had resisted giving him twenty taels of silver?"
"It doesn't matter whether I give him the money or not." Wu Baozhang said dejectedly, "He has changed now. He is no longer the same Master Lu. Talking to him about reason, etiquette and integrity is like playing the lute to a cow... If I don't give him the twenty taels of silver, he will find other ways to make me give him the money. But I don't understand, how did he know I was in the capital? And how could he find someone so sure? When he saw me, it seemed that he had calculated that I would help him..."
They had only had some ambiguity before. Wasn't he afraid that she wouldn't help him
Doubts kept swirling in her mind, but she really couldn't figure out why.
Or is it because she is easier to bully
Wu Baozhang thought about it and wanted to write a letter to his grandmother, asking her to help find a way to get her back.
But as soon as this thought came to her mind, she immediately put it aside.
If she told Madam Shi, then one more person would know about her relationship with Cheng Lu. Wouldn't she be giving him a handle
But if she took another three hundred taels of silver, her personal allowance would be reduced by one third.
But who else can help her except Grandma Shi
Wu Baozhang started walking around the room again.
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At Chaoyang Gate, Zhou Shaojin was sitting on the bedside, covered with a red silk quilt with a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water. She smiled shyly at Zhou Chujin who was about to feed her bird's nest with a spoon, and whispered, "Sister, I, I just got pregnant... I still have to hold the sweet soup..."
The implication is that her hands and feet are still fine.
Zhou Chujin glared at her hatefully.
Zhou Shaojin immediately lowered his head and drank the bird's nest obediently.
Zhou Chujin looked at her temperless appearance, and was angry at her for not fighting. He couldn't help but said angrily, "You said... Why did Dad want you to consummate the marriage later? Wasn't it because he was afraid that you were too young and would suffer the pain of childbirth? Doesn't Dad know that you can only truly gain a foothold in the Cheng family if you have children? Don't I know how important children are to women? But Dad and I hope that you can live well, live a long life, and be rich. But you, in just a few moves, actually let Cheng Zichuan succeed..." After all, she was just a young woman who had just become a mother. When she said this, her face couldn't help but turn red. She lowered her voice embarrassedly and continued, "I'm telling you, you can't let Cheng Zichuan do whatever he wants. In the first three months of pregnancy, you must sleep in separate rooms. This is not a joke. If the first child is not saved, it will probably not be smooth even if you get pregnant in the future. Even if the couple is at odds, don't be soft-hearted. Do you understand?"
Zhou Shaojin nodded obediently and looked towards the door.
Zhou Chujin was so angry that he didn't know what to say. After a while, he said, "Did you listen to what I said?"
"I heard it, I heard it." Zhou Shaojin said hurriedly, "You let me and...Silang sleep in separate rooms!" As he said that, he glanced at the door again.
She was pregnant, and Silang was afraid that she would be scared, so he sent someone to tell Zhou Chujin and asked her to come over and talk to Zhou Shaojin when she was free.
Zhou Chujin was furious when he heard this, and rushed over with Nanny Shang who was sent to deliver the letter.
But when he entered the room, he saw his sister half lying on the bed, happily making the child's clothes.
She was so angry that she finally suppressed it. The kitchen brought in bird's nest stewed with rock sugar. Her sister treated her to the bird's nest as if nothing had happened. She looked at her heartless sister and hated Cheng Chi to death.
If it weren't for him, how could my sister, who has always been obedient and sensible, get pregnant so early.
But she couldn't say Cheng Chi was wrong.
Who doesn't hope to have children after marrying a wife? Do they treat her like a deity
For her, Guan Ge'er is less than two years old, and he is a son. Her mother-in-law has already started to worry about why she has not had a second child yet. Not to mention that Cheng Chi is ten years older than Zhou Shaojin, her mother-in-law is old, and the family has just been divided. Cheng Chi is even more eager to have a child.
Otherwise, what's the point of working so hard to earn this huge fortune
But although she understood it, she felt a little upset when it happened to her own sister.
But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying more.
Zhou Chujin sighed, handed the target scope to Zhou Shaojin, and whispered, "Remember what I said."
Zhou Shaojin picked up the target scope in confusion and saw a red mark on the neck.
Her face suddenly turned red, and she looked at her sister shyly, her lips twitching, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
Zhou Chujin looked at her like this and couldn't help but say, "You can't do this anymore."
Zhou Shaojin's head almost dropped to his chest, but he couldn't help but defend Cheng Chi: "He didn't do anything to me..." Thinking of the mark on his neck that couldn't be denied, he added, "He was just very happy... and kissed me..."
"You're still speaking for him!" Zhou Chujin was furious. If things went on like this, if something happened, Shaojin would be the one who would be wronged in the end. If Shaojin married someone else, she could still suppress her mother-in-law as a sister, but Shaojin married Cheng Chi, and Shaojin's mother-in-law was Madam Guo, the one who made her fear her since she was a child, and even looked down on the old ancestor of the second house. How could she suppress Madam Guo
Under the accumulated pressure, Zhou Chujin was defeated without a fight, so he had to pull open Zhou Shaojin's clothes and whispered: "Look for yourself, look for yourself..."
Of course Zhou Shaojin knew it, and he was so embarrassed that tears were about to fall.
Zhou Chujin looked at her and suddenly lost her temper. She sighed and helped her sister straighten her clothes. She said, "Sister is also concerned about you. Don't ignore my words. You should live a good life."
Seeing that his sister was no longer staring at him and talking about those things, Zhou Shaojin felt relieved, and his expression gradually became natural. He said, "I know that my sister cares about me... He treats me very well and won't do anything wrong. He is just too happy. He won't do that again in the future..."
Although Zhou Chujin was still worried, he didn't want to force his sister anymore.
She hugged Guan Ge and sat him on her lap, pointed at Zhou Shaojin's belly and asked Guan Ge with a smile: "Are you pregnant with a brother or a sister?"
Guan Ge was very smart. He could speak when he was less than one year old, but he could not walk. Mrs. Liao was very proud of him. Whenever she went out to visit friends, she would praise her grandson, saying that Guan Ge was a smart person and would definitely study hard in the future.
Guan Ge hurriedly said: "Sister!"
Zhou Chujin's face darkened and he asked him again: "Have you seen carefully, is it a brother or a sister?" The implication was self-evident.
Unfortunately, Guan Ge was still young and didn't understand this, so he continued, "Auntie, sister!"
Zhou Shaojin giggled.
Zhou Chujin was so angry that he said, "What are you laughing at? None of them are worrying."
Zhou Shaojin extended his hand to Guan Ge'er and said, "Come, sit here with auntie!"
Guan Ge'er wanted to crawl over, but was stopped by Zhou Chujin, who said, "Auntie is pregnant with a baby, you can't be naughty." Guan Ge'er sat there, not daring to move.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help laughing, and took out a small nine-grid snack box from the secret cabinet beside the bed, opened the box and handed it to Guan Ge.
Guan Ge became happy and sat in his mother's arms to eat snacks.
Zhou Chujin raised his eyebrows and said, "He really cares about you! He even prepared this for you."
"Isn't he afraid that I'm hungry?" Zhou Shaojin smiled embarrassedly, "I don't have any reaction now, except that I want to sleep and eat all kinds of snacks. Silang even hired a chef who can make snacks for this. Sister, you and Brother Guan will stay here for dinner today and try the chef's cooking skills."
No wonder others say that the Cheng family is wealthy. Because Shao Jin wanted to eat dim sum, they hired a dim sum chef for her. The money is small, but this kind of gentle care is the life that Shao Jin wants, right
Zhou Chujin felt relieved and teased his sister: "If you like spicy food, he will have to hire a Sichuan chef for you, right?"
"That's what the Fourth Master said." Zhou Shaojin laughed, "He said it's hard to find an authentic Sichuan chef in Beijing!"
Zhou Chujin felt that he was hit.
Uncle Chi... dotes on Shao Jin like this, I wonder what Madam Guo would say if she knew
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Dear friends, here’s an extra chapter for Su Yan.
The evening update remains the same.
PS: I would like to recommend a book to you.
Title: Rebirth of Fortune
Book number: 56980
Introduction: I am a noble lady from an aristocratic family, how can I allow others to be so presumptuous!
※(To be continued)