Chapter 98 Unfilial
The beautiful concubine became pregnant not long after she entered the house, and the Cheng family also had a big name for Mrs. Cheng to take care of.
Mrs. Cheng takes care of her beautiful concubine more carefully than she takes care of her mother-in-law. She takes care of her wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly.
When Vice General Cheng saw that his wife was devoted to him, he felt guilty towards her. He also let her take care of everything at home, including all his money.
After the beautiful concubine gave birth to the child, Vice General Cheng ignored the beautiful concubine's objection and recorded the child in his wife's name. From then on, Mrs. Cheng felt as if she had taken a reassurance and was not afraid of anything.
Not long ago, Brother Cheng was beaten because he owed a lot of gambling debts. The angry Deputy General Cheng sent someone to send him back to his hometown.
After Brother Cheng and his family left, Aunt Cheng was distressed all day long, saying that Deputy General Cheng and his wife were unfilial.
No, when Mrs. Cheng saw this set of jewelry, she wanted to spend some money to buy a reputation.
As long as she gives this set of jewelry to her mother-in-law, no one will believe her even if her mother-in-law goes out and accuses her and her husband of being unfilial.
Unfilial, huh, if you are unfilial, which daughter-in-law would be willing to spend thousands of taels of silver to buy jewelry for you?
Vice General Cheng had followed Mr. Wu in the past few years and had indeed gained a lot of money. Mrs. Cheng thought it was worth it to spend 18,000 taels of silver to buy a reputation that could suppress her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Cheng was determined to get the jewelry. Finally, under the competition of several ladies, she bought it for 8,200 taels of silver.
Moreover, after she paid for the goods in front of everyone, she ordered the maid next to her, "You send the jewelry back first and deliver it to the old lady in person. Tell the old lady that this is a gift from me in advance." The birthday gift given to her is just right for the old lady to wear on her birthday. ”
This was said to the ladies present.
The next day, word spread in Yi'an City that Mrs. Cheng was a good wife, filial daughter-in-law, respectful to the elderly and loving to the young.
Of course, I don’t know if there is anyone behind this who is adding fuel to the fire.
Anyway, Mrs. Cheng spent 8,200 taels of silver not only to please Aunt Cheng, but also to buy a good reputation. From then on, her position in the Cheng family could no longer be shaken. The fourth set of jewelry, a gilt-inlaid gold, ruby, gemstone, tourmaline and green flower hairpin, was bought by Mrs. Wu for 7,800 taels of silver.
The fourth set of jewelry, turquoise...
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From morning until noon, when the last piece of jewelry was brought out, all the ladies were so shocked that they jumped up from their seats and shouted loudly, "Opal, my God, it's purple opal. ”
Oh my god, is that really opal?
Oh my god, they simply couldn't imagine that they would have the opportunity to see the cat's eye stone that they only heard about its name but never saw its physical form. It had a price but no market.
Oh my god...
If we say that among the nine sets of jewelry previously auctioned, one set is more valuable than the other, including emerald, hibiscus jade, imperial green, golden jade red, turquoise, aquamarine, southern red agate, pink southern pearls, and another set is A rare purple coral head and face, and any set of these jewelry can be regarded as heirlooms of a wealthy family.
The last set of cat's eye stones can be passed down as a national treasure.
The dozen or so distinguished ladies in the audience stood up in shock and excitement, staring intently at the solemn, luxurious, dazzling, and radiant cat's-eye stone surface, with their fingers and heart trembling.
Qi Mei was very satisfied when she saw this.
(End of chapter)