Chapter 118: Visit to thank
Before going to bed that day, Wen Mingqian said to Zhang’s mother: “The second girl from the Cui family really helped me a lot this time. Logically speaking, I should come to thank you in person, but now I really can’t help myself. If I’m apart, It would be even more rude to wait for a long time."
After hearing this, Zhang Ma said, "What the girl said is, why don't we pack things tomorrow, Ma Pingan and I will send them over, and then invite Miss Cui to come to us. It’s not rude to be a guest in the house.”
“That’s all I can do now,” Wen Mingqian said, “Mrs. Cui is the step-mother. Although we don’t know the details, looking at Miss Cui, I can guess that her life at home is not easy."
"How can it be easy to make a living under your stepmother?" Zhang Ma said, "Although Miss Cui Er has done something wrong before. But I saw that she wasn’t really bad at all, she was just temporarily coaxed away by Song Xiulian.”
"Anyway, we really have to accept her love this time and don't neglect her." Wen Mingqian said, "The courtesy should be more generous than less."
Mother Zhang said: "Don't worry, girl, I Arrange it yourself, you better not worry about it now, taking good care of your health is the main thing.”
On the second day, Zhang Ma brought the gift list and asked Wen Mingqian to look at it. Wen Mingqian looked at it and added two more items.
"Send these things first. Remember to tell Miss Cui that she will be invited to come to our house for a talk on the 19th."
The things are all loaded into the car, Zhang Ma and Ma Ping'an The two men escorted the car to Cui Mansion.
Cui Baozhu has not left the house since she came back from the nunnery outside the city that day. She has been scolded for this matter for several days.
“The girl has grown up, and her heart has grown up. It’s okay to go out for a walk during the day. But stay up at night, who’s rule is this?
Man said it is to live in In a nunnery, a place in the wilderness, even a relative’s house is not a place where anyone can stay. Do you still need someone to teach you? How can I treat a girl so poorly that I don’t even want to go back home, I would rather stay in a nunnery for the night!”
Cui Baozhu’s stepmother, Leng, has a strong temper, and her mouth is as quick as a knife.
She knew that Cui Baozhu didn't want to be manipulated by her, and she was secretly holding back her anger. She didn't make any mistakes on weekdays, and she wasn't doing well either.
Now that she has a handle, of course she has to hold it and hit her repeatedly to make her feel ashamed and timid, so that she can be made to submit in the future.
She had already planned to marry Cui Baozhu to Fengxianhou's foolish son, and she would gain a lot of benefits for her family by giving up a loser.
The official position of their master can at least be promoted to another level. Even if he is not promoted, he can still get a good job and take the opportunity to make more money.
Although Fengxian Hou's son is stupid, he is still the prince's son. With Cui Baozhu's marriage, it will naturally be possible for his own children to get married in the future.
How could such a good plan fail?
Besides, the master also knows it, so he has nothing to be unhappy about.
But this girl Cui Baozhu refused to live or die.
Seeing one year older and two younger, she doesn’t have much patience anymore.
No matter what her stepmother said, Cui Baozhu just listened quietly. He neither refuted nor showed much shame.
In this family, the stepmother has the final say. Even her father obeyed her stepmother in everything.
Cui Baozhu knew that he could not offend his stepmother, otherwise he would not get any good results.
So no matter how mean she said, Cui Baozhu just endured it. But there was always one thing that she couldn't give in to, and that was getting married.
She understands that when a woman gets married, she is reincarnated for the second time. Whether it is a pit of fire or a honeypot, she must keep her eyes open beforehand.
She also knew that she had no say in the matter of marriage, but marrying Feng Xianhou's son was tantamount to ruining the rest of her life on a fool.
Her natal family can gain prosperity and wealth through this, but what about herself? It's like jumping into a dry well and never getting out.
She used to think all about Gong Yu'an, but these days when she calms down and thinks about it, she feels ridiculous. It's just wishful thinking.
When people are obsessed with things, they always think too hard. Once they calm down, they will reflect.
When her feelings for Gong Yuan cooled down, she felt that all her previous actions were too ridiculous. He tried every means to curry favor with Mrs. Song, and even harmed people on her behalf.
Thank goodness it didn't cause any harm, otherwise it wouldn't have been funny, but terrifying.
Ms. Leng didn’t know why she stayed at the nunnery. She didn’t tell anything about Gong Changan.
A large part of the reason why she was willing to help was out of guilt, not to mention that in the end, Gong Changan was not found according to the clues she provided, but the child escaped on his own.
So Cui Baozhu doesn't think she has any favors to the Gong family, but if her stepmother finds out about this matter, she will definitely go to the Gong family to ask for some favors with a shameful face. She knows that Leng will definitely It can be done.
"You don't have to pretend to be Maitreya Buddha with me, I know what you are planning in your heart." Leng snorted, "My legs are on you, and I can't tie you up. But I can tie you up." The ugly words are ahead. If you lose the reputation of the Cui family, I won’t be able to spare you without my taking action.”
Cui Baozhu knew that Mrs. Leng was about to have an attack, so she stood up and poured her a bowl of tea: "My mother taught me a lesson, and my daughter knows she was wrong."
Mr. Leng glanced at her, wondering what she wanted to say after all. After exiting the house, I took a sip of tea when a woman came in from outside and said, "Madam, someone is here from the Ruyang uncle's house."
"You mean the Gong family? What are they doing here?" Mrs. Leng didn't know why, "Didn't their second wife pass away a few days ago? We haven't had much contact with them these days!"
Because Cui Baozhu was too close to Mrs. Song before, when Wen Mingqian After taking charge of the family, it would be hard for them to move forward.
So Mrs. Leng couldn't help but feel confused when she heard that someone from the Gong family was coming today.
Cui Baozhu knew it in her heart, but she didn't say anything.
Then Zhang Ma came in and greeted both Leng and Cui Baozhu.
Mrs. Leng asked with a smile on her face: "Mom, I don't know why you came to the humble house?"
"Mrs. Cui, I am the second roommate of the Gong family. Mother Zhang came to visit on the order of our wife. "Mother Zhang came to thank you this time, so she naturally had to be friendly and courteous. "Your second lady helped us a lot a few days ago. Our wife was originally going to do it in person. I came to express my gratitude, but because I was frightened and ill, I couldn’t come at the moment, so I sent the old slave over to give some small gifts to express my gratitude.”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Ma waved her hand. The servants and maids who came with him took all the gifts in the car.
The gifts are nothing special, just some silks, gold and silver jewelry, and the Four Treasures of the Study.
But the victory lies in having enough and being able to do them all.
"Oh, what do you say?" Leng was surprised and hesitant, "How can you give such a heavy gift?"