After Zhu finished speaking, she felt it was boring and said with a dull look, "If mother is not feeling well, please call a doctor, and forget about asking my sister-in-law to come back.
I don't know about the others. The Ma family just came to say that Miss Rong's mother-in-law has hysteria, and Miss Rong has gone out with her mother-in-law to seek medical treatment. You won't be able to find her even if you go over there, and you will have to delay the business of the Bai Mansion. Get lost!"
"Yes." After being turned down, Nanny Li returned to the main courtyard and immediately told Madam Bai about the situation.
Mrs. Bai laughed angrily, "Bai Rong doesn't take that stepmother-in-law seriously at all. She wishes her mother-in-law would die. How could she accompany her to seek medical treatment? It seems that I, as a mother, have not done enough. That girl is not confident at all! Go, tell Bai Rong that her aunt is sick and ask her to come back!"
Mrs. Bai gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, her eyes flashing with surging hatred and madness.
Nanny Li was terrified and crawled out. After a while, she ran back in a panic, "Madam, it's bad, Aunt Qin was taken away by Ma Xingteng!"
"What?" Mrs. Bai was shocked and angry. She sat up suddenly and asked someone to call Mr. Bai.
As soon as Master Bai entered the room, he was almost hit by the teacup and was furious. "Are you crazy?"
"Yes! I am crazy! Since I married into the Bai family, I have given birth to children for you and taken care of the household affairs. Not only have you never said a good word to me, but now you are sending your concubine away behind my back. What's the matter? Am I so insignificant in your heart?" Mrs. Bai asked angrily.
After Mr. Bai knew the reason, his attitude softened a bit. "You mean about Aunt Qin's matter! There was some trouble at my son-in-law's home, and he was worried that Miss Rong was in a bad mood, so he asked Aunt Qin to go over and keep her company for a few days. It's not a big deal, is it worth making such a fuss?"
"Accompany me for a few days? I made a fuss? You gave Qin's indenture contract to the Ma family, and you said I made a fuss! Master, am I so unbearable in your heart?" Madam Bai was angry and sad, and tears kept streaming down her pale face.
Mr. Bai was confused, "When did I give away Concubine Qin's indenture?"
"Father-in-law, this is given by me." Zhu came in slowly from outside and bowed to Mr. Bai in a proper manner.
Madam Bai was furious and rushed towards Zhu, "Bitch! You bitch, I will kill you!"
Zhu hid behind Rulan in fear, feeling confident and confident. "Mother, you are so unreasonable. You ignored me when I sent my husband to have a concubine. Now I have used a concubine named Qin to buy a business for the Bai family, but you want to kill me. How can this be justified?"
"Business? What business?" Mr. Bai was originally very angry, but he immediately calmed down after hearing the next words.
Zhu didn't hide anything and told him everything at once, "Father-in-law, the Ma family came to the county this time to sell strawberry jam and made several hundred taels. This is just a trial. If we take over the business of the entire county, it won't be a problem to make a few thousand taels.
The daily expenses in our house are huge. Before, when I was a daughter-in-law, I didn’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt were. Now that I am the head of the family, I have to calculate everything. If I have this business, not only can the family have more income, but at least the house will not have to be stingy when spending money, right? "
Mr. Bai agreed deeply, "Yes, you are very thoughtful."
Mrs. Bai saw that Mr. Bai and his daughter-in-law were singing the same tune and no one cared about her feelings at all. She was so angry that she overturned the table and said, "Get out! Get out now!"
Mr. Bai's face turned pale and he left in anger.
Zhu said nonchalantly, "Mother is ill now, so she needs to rest and recuperate. I work hard to make money for the Bai family and for your grandson, so please don't hold me back any longer."
Madam Bai stared at Zhu, wishing she could cut her into pieces.
Zhu didn't take it seriously and left leisurely with her people.
Nanny Li's heart was pounding. She hurried forward to help Madam Bai up, "Madam, what should we do next?"
Mrs. Bai didn't say anything. She sat for a while before she grinned and said, "Bai Rong, I underestimated you! Good! Very good! Very good."
Bai Rong also had some spies in the Bai Mansion. After learning what Mrs. Bai had done, she no longer doubted Su Tai's words.
To express her gratitude, she sent some brocade and two head ornaments to Su Tai.
When Su Tai received the things, she immediately guessed the truth and accepted them with peace of mind.
In the blink of an eye, it was autumn harvest time. The people were busy harvesting and the war on the border eased. At least the two countries would not go to war during the autumn harvest period.
Cen Li returned to the military camp and told Cen Yingfan the news he had heard.
"Brother, if you ask me, you have a good eye. Zhu Yixuan is definitely the first choice for our Cen family's son-in-law. Not to mention the status of the Zhu family in Zhaohua County, the fact that Zhu Yixuan has no original wife and no offspring makes him far superior to others."
Cen Yingfan was not very happy when he heard this. He just frowned and said, "How could it be such a coincidence? I wanted him to be my son-in-law, but he lost his original wife?"
Cen Li explained, "I have asked about it. Their family affairs are no secret in Zhaohua County. Zhu Yixuan's first wife, Cui's family, was originally one of the three major families in Zhaohua County, but the Cui family fell into decline. After Cui's only legitimate son died of illness, she wanted to adopt a child from her natal family. The Zhu family certainly could not agree, and things became very tense.
The Zhu family had wanted to divorce Cui a few years ago, but they never had the heart to do it. It was heard that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a serious quarrel this year, and Mrs. Zhu could no longer bear it and divorced her. However, the Zhu family was kind and righteous, so they still gave her the compensation.
The people in the county all praised the Zhu family for being kind when they mentioned this. If only one or two people said so, I would definitely not believe it, but I stayed there for three days and asked a lot of people, including officials, peddlers, and local gentry, and everyone had similar opinions about the Zhu family. "
Cen Yingfan's expression eased a lot, "That means this marriage is a match made in heaven. Even God is helping Mingzhu!"
Cen Li nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's what I thought. Besides, the Zhu family is much richer than our Cen family. Their property can be found everywhere in Zhaohua County. It's far away from the imperial capital. Mingzhu can be as willful as she wants after marrying there, without worrying about offending the nobles. How great!"
Cen Yingfan thought so too, but he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he asked, "What about Shen Yi? What's his situation?"
Mentioning Chen Yi, Cen Li's face immediately darkened, and he was very unhappy. "Chen Yi is just a poor peasant with nothing, and he has a fierce father-in-law. I heard that his wife's family has a lot of relatives, and they are local tyrants, not easy to mess with.
Besides, Shen Yi's wife gave birth to four children for him, four! And with such a strong family to support her, even if Mingzhu likes Shen Yi, I can't agree! What's more, Mingzhu doesn't like him either, so let's not talk about it. "
Cen Yingfan knew Cen Li's personality. Although this guy was a bit face-conscious, he was still prudent in his work. He said so, so it was obvious that Shen Yi really could not be considered. (End of this chapter)
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