Chapter 8: A huge disturbance

"Don't be angry, mother. Don't make the whole family restless because of me."

When Mrs. Hou saw Fu Danjun, her eyes were filled with anger. How could she be willing to listen to advice?

"Explain it clearly in front of the whole family."

The old lady pounded her cane on the ground, heartbroken and indignant: "Why are you making things difficult for Pei? Are you deliberately embarrassing her?"

Fu Danjun was prepared for this and smiled instead of getting angry: "If she feels embarrassed, it's her own problem. I just did what I had to do."

The old lady's face flushed with anger. "Taking all the furniture from Youhuang Garden, locking it up in the warehouse and claiming it as your own, is that what you're supposed to do?"

Fu Danjun asked sternly, "Those furniture are my dowry. Shouldn't I have control over them?"

Pei Xi was afraid that the old lady would be put at a disadvantage, so she cried, "Sister, if you're reluctant to leave Youhuang Garden, you could just say so directly. I won't live there anymore. Now moving into an empty place is obviously embarrassing me. How can I live in the Marquis' Mansion? Who will still respect me?"

The three children, along with Cangbai and Cangtao, started crying.

Lu Yu came up to dissuade them: "It's all my fault for being useless. My wife and children have suffered as a result. Fortunately, the Fu family has already divorced me, which is almost the same as divorce."

Sister-in-law Lu Yuan immediately retorted: "Brother, what you said is foolish. Divorce means you are completely kicked out of the house, while divorce means she can control the dowry. There is a huge difference."

Fu Danjun disliked Lu Yuan extremely, thinking that she was greedy and restless.

In the previous life, I helped her and used my dowry to fill the hole for her, but she took advantage of the situation.

In this life, he didn't want to give in at all: "Hey, what kind of rules is it for a married daughter to come back and meddle in her brother and sister-in-law's family affairs?"

According to the rules, the sister-in-law is indeed not qualified to participate in her mother's family affairs.

Lu Yuan blushed but refused to admit defeat: "I just can't stand it anymore. My second sister-in-law has given birth to three children for the Lu family. Doesn't she deserve to live in a better courtyard?"

Lu Zhao chimed in, "That's right! If you can't bear to part with your furniture and want to move out, you should at least give us a heads-up! Is this behavior worthy of a marquisate?"

When Fu Danjun heard the words "unfashionable", he crossed his arms even more recklessly.

"You think I'm unrefined? Fine! Pack your things and I'll leave the mansion immediately. From now on, we'll part ways and stop annoying each other!"

These words hurt everyone present. Except Lan Fang, no one in the mansion wanted Fu Danjun to take away the dowry.

Madam Hou was particularly anxious: "Don't be so complacent! Do you think that by moving out you won't bring shame to the Marquisate?"

Fu Danjun frowned and said, "According to what the old lady said, I want to stay in the Marquis' Mansion to retire."

Lu Yuan chuckled: "It's not necessary to support us in our old age. Let's leave with some grace so that outsiders won't laugh at us in the future."

Madam Hou was delighted: "Yuan'er, what you said is right. It's exactly what I was thinking."

When Lu Yu and Lu Zhao saw that their mother agreed, they followed suit.

Lan Fang outside the door was so anxious that she bit her fingers, fearing that the young lady would be tied up and unable to escape.

Fu Danjun smiled and said, "Since you all are reluctant to let me go, then I will stay here and learn the etiquette and manners slowly. I am tired and hungry now, so I will go back first."

After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for the old lady's consent.

From behind, Lu Yu sighed and belittled: "I am so unlucky to marry this evil woman."

Although Fu Danjun was no longer sad, he couldn't control his anger.

"Lan Fang, go tell the kitchen that starting tomorrow I have to drink a bowl of fish soup every day, and the ingredients must be fresh."

In his room, Fu Danjun instructed: "Also, my digestion has been bad recently. I need to eat a chicken gizzard lining every day. It has to be fresh."

Lan Fang burst out laughing: "A bowl of fish soup is already busy enough, and adding chicken gizzard lining, wouldn't that make the pot explode?"

Fu Danjun couldn't help but laugh: "I want to make a big fuss, just let me go."

The cooks and servants in the kitchen are also snobs.

Fu Danjun is no longer a lady, so she is even less willing to serve.

Moreover, the economic situation of the Marquis' Mansion was getting worse day by day, and the people who bought the food from outside were cutting corners, so the food they bought back was not fresh at all.

Lan Fang always knew that the cook was difficult to deal with, so she stared at her more closely: "Sister Liu, our young lady trusts you, so she asked me to deliver the message. If she doesn't trust you, she can just spend money to buy it outside, wouldn't it be more convenient?"

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she sneered: "In my opinion, if you and your servant have money, go out and buy it as soon as possible. Don't you know what kind of character the compradors in our mansion are? If you can't get fresh ones, won't you blame my poor cooking skills?"

Lan Fang's face sulked, her hands on her hips. "Yesterday, the old lady ate water shield soup and praised its freshness. If you can get fresh water shield, why can't you get other things? I think you're just being lazy!"

The cook's words stung, and she came up to scold Lan Fang: "Bah! You are all so rich that you can compete with the old lady? Then be like the old lady, give me an extra five taels of silver every day, and I will serve you as much as I can."

Lan Fang became even angrier: "Okay, okay, I'll make you get out of this house."

She came out and called her friends, gathered about ten of her good sisters, and rushed to the kitchen to fry vegetables and smash eggs.

Pei Xi got the news and rushed over with her maid.

The kitchen was in a mess, with discarded vegetables all over the floor, and chickens and ducks running out from nowhere, clucking and squawking.

"Are you rebelling? Stop it right there!"

Cangbai and Cangtao were not the only ones who were attacked. Lan Fang immediately asked the sisters to stop.

"Don't be upset, Madam. I am just following the master's orders."

Pei Xi said nothing and gave Cang Bai a look.

Cangbai pointed at her face and started cursing, "You're going to die! There's only one wife in the Marquisate now, and to bring up such irresponsible things shows you have evil intentions!"

Lan Fang immediately changed her words when she heard this: "Yes, Madam, our young lady asked the kitchen to make a hundred fish soup and some chicken gizzard lining. Then Sister Liu started to get mad at me and said a lot of nonsense. How could I reply to the young lady?"

Pei had just become a wife and had to act virtuous in front of the servants.

"What's the big deal? Fish soup is hard to make, but chicken gizzard lining is easy to make. You can just kill a chicken and get it. It's not worth arguing about."

The cook was afraid of Pei's rebuke, so she quickly smiled and said, "Madam, you're right. I'll go kill the chicken right away, but the fish soup won't be ready in a short while."

Pei smiled and said, "Why does it have to be a hundred fish soup? Just make a bowl with fresh crucian carp."

The kitchen staff were overjoyed when they heard this: "Madam is truly tolerant and generous. How can those frivolous people compare to you?"

Pei was very pleased to hear this: "Okay, go and make it. When you're done, I'll personally serve it to my sister."

She thought she had handled the matter satisfactorily.

Who knew that Fu Danjun poured the fish soup on the ground in front of her, deliberately using Lan Fang to make indirect accusations.

"I can't even get my message across. I'll have to drink the fish soup."

After saying that, he pointed to a piece of freshly washed and peeled chicken gizzard lining on the plate.

"This thing is eaten raw. It needs to be dried over a slow fire, ground into a fine powder, and then added to rice to make porridge."

Pei listened from the side and could only smile and apologize: "Don't blame Lan Fang, it's all the kitchen staff's fault. I'll just give them a good scolding."