The final result was that the fear of feudal superstition overcame the fear of showing off money.
——Chen Cai took over Jing County as usual. The candidates for the heads of the mulberry paper workshop and the lantern workshop were very strange and beyond everyone's expectations.
"What did you say?" Sun almost spilled a cup of hot tea on the back of her hand. "What did you say!?"
Cuicui, the green-dressed maidservant beside Sun, repeated loudly and indignantly, "The mulberry paper workshop and the lantern paper workshop are managed by the old lady herself, and the second wife assists!"
After obtaining the second wave of impact, Sun smashed the teacup hard to the ground!
The teacup suddenly broke into pieces, and the hot tea splashed onto Cuicui's instep. The burning pain made Cuicui hate this decision even more!
"...Our Sanlang has been traveling around the country with my uncle. He is not a rare talent, but he is one in ten! How can you look down on him?"
Cuicui was about to cry as she spoke: The Third Master, whom she had never met before, was eighteen years old this year and still young, but she was already nineteen years old. How many more years could she wait for the Third Master!
Cuicui said with deep affection, "It is said that the old woman in the Castor Hall is in charge, but the old woman is lame and blind, and the one who has the final say is still the second branch of the family - think about it, Madam, the second master is in charge of the old home, and the second wife is in charge of Xuancheng. With the cooperation here, our Chen family will still belong to the second branch in the end!"
Sun looked at her confidant and beloved general as if she was looking at a fool: Everyone knows that the Chen family must belong to the second branch... Could it be that Cuicui has always hoped that she could become the head lady...
Are you so confident in her?
Sorry, she herself has no confidence.
Sun ignored the somewhat offensive adjective "chicken feathers and unicorn horns" used by her confidant and beloved general to describe her eldest son. It was a rare opportunity for her brain to be opened up, and her Ren and Du meridians were injected with a sharpness that did not belong to her. She sneered, "If you are angry, there must be someone angrier than you. When the time comes, we will benefit from the quarrel between the snipe and the clam."
Cuicui was puzzled, "What is Buzz Deli?"
Sun started the Little Sunflower Nonsense Class, "We just make a fortune quietly, and quietly, there is only a buzzing sound."
Cuicui was greatly shocked and benefited a lot from it. She said that she was greatly influenced by Sun, who came from a scholarly family, and she might even consider taking the examination for a scholar next year.
In the evening, Sun set up a table with two pots of good wine and sincerely invited Chen Fu to come.
Chen Fu was alert and nervous at the same time, "Why did she ask me to go?"
Cuicui said hurriedly, "I'm here to discuss the future of Sanlangjun and Silangjun with you." Seeing that Chen Fu was very defensive, she added, "Don't worry, after dinner, the Third Madam will go to Wanfo Temple to play mahjong at night... Oh no, she's going to ask some Buddhist scriptures!"
Chen Fu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that he didn't have to fulfill his marital obligations with Sun.
Seeing Chen Fu relieved, Cuicui also breathed a sigh of relief: the Third Wife was also very afraid that Chen Fu would act on impulse - Sun had said more than once that the past year or so had been the best year of her life. Her husband, who was not ugly at all, was not at home, the concubine who had troubled her for ten years passed away, the monthly salary was delivered on time, and her parents-in-law only paid attention to the eldest daughter-in-law, whom they did not like very much but had to respect, and the second daughter-in-law, who was honest and tough.
If her son could have been more successful, He Xianjin could have suffered some misfortune, and Chen Fu could have died earlier, it would have been truly heaven on earth.
Having said that, Chen Fu still didn't want to go.
Cuicui lowered her voice and said, "I heard that the Third Madam prepared some snails that had just been shipped from Huai'an Prefecture tonight. They are now at their plumpest and tenderest."
Chen Fuyi lowered his voice, "What else?"
"There are two dragon head fish. One will be made into salt and pepper for you, and the other will be made into tofu soup for you."
Chen Fu nodded, "She doesn't need to worry about Sanlang's future, but Silang has never made any progress in his studies, so we need to have a good discussion about it."
At the banquet, Sun offered Chen Fu a glass of wine, thinking that all the past was in the wine. She drank it first, and then said to Chen Fu with the empty glass, "…We have been married for more than 20 years. I am competitive and you are reckless. We are not worth anything. We have been quarreling and grudged for decades. Today I want to tell you the truth - your mother mistreats you because it is her innate habit. No matter how well you do, you can't change it. She would rather give the store to the second brother and his wife than give you a penny…"
Chen Fu drank a sip of wine and said nothing.
Sun said again, "After your mother dies, it's fine for the two of us to live on the charity of your second brother. It's just a pity that He Xiaoniang fought so hard and didn't abandon her little girl even when she was fleeing. Now she looks like she is in a state of panic. But once the old lady is gone, your second brother, although honest, will not be able to hold her in high esteem like the old lady did, right? By then, she will have to endure more hardships than when she was fleeing!"
Chen Fu drank another sip of wine.
Seeing this, Sun said, "Take this matter for example. Even if Sanlang is not suitable, Xianjin is still suitable, right? She is capable. Everyone has seen it for more than a year. The old lady didn't mention her at all. She would rather put the pressure on herself and never let Xianjin get involved too much. This defensiveness...tsk tsk tsk..."
Sun was almost done talking, but seeing that Chen Fu didn't say a word, she was furious, "You coward! Your mother has hated you for half your life, and your son and daughter have to follow in your footsteps and be guarded by others! Let me tell you the truth! In the eyes of the old lady, your precious daughter is just a servant! Use her when you want, and throw her away when you're done. Then you can match her with anyone you want, just like matching a maid in the room, and you can't disagree with it!"
Chen Fu drank the wine in the cup and then left.
Sun stood up and tried to overturn the table, but it was too heavy and didn't move at all. She could only poke Chen Fu's spine and curse, "Coward! Coward! Eat shit!"
Cuicui wiped her forehead. Sometimes, whether two people get along well or not is really a matter of fate... They were clearly here to form an alliance, but in the end, the Third Wife started to talk as if they were fighting, and they ended up arguing with real feelings...
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