Chapter 312: Li Ma's Ending
"Zhu Yixuan invited our family to his wedding. Are you going?" Su Tai looked at Shen Yi.
Shen Yi had a blank expression on his face, “I don’t really want to go.”
When Mrs. Xu heard this, she got anxious, "You kid! The Zhu family is the most important family in Zhaohua County! The eldest son is getting married and he sent you a wedding invitation. It would be inappropriate for you not to go! Listen to Second Aunt, even if you don't like the Zhu family, you have to save face. After all, you still have to do business and you can't hurt the relationship."
Su Tai nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Second Aunt is right. Putting aside personal feelings, it is not good to be absent when someone invites us to such a big event as a wedding. Let's go."
"Wife!" Shen Yi frowned slightly.
Su Tai smiled carefreely, "I know what you are worried about, but from the perspective of the Zhu family, it is understandable for them to do this. Besides, they have also given compensation, and my cousin is living a good life now, even better than before. In addition, it was with the help of Master Zhu that my uncle's family escaped from slavery, so it is reasonable for me to go."
"Okay! Since you said so, I'll go, but I don't like such utilitarian people." Shen Yi made his attitude clear.
Su Tai agreed very much, "I don't like it either, I won't have any contact with you in the future."
Xu was confused as she listened, not knowing what they were talking about, but she just knew that Shen Yi was going to the banquet.
The Bai family.
After receiving the invitation, Mrs. Bai's reaction was not anger or resentment, but calm, strangely calm. She even asked Nanny Li to find an embroiderer to make clothes for her.
Nanny Li was terrified and had no idea what Liu was thinking, so she could only do as she was told, trembling with fear.
She wanted to find someone to help her with ideas, but she found out that there was not a single person she could trust in the huge Bai Mansion. She could only hide her worries and had no way to vent them.
He suffered day and night and suddenly fell ill.
Upon hearing the news, Liu went to see her and said, "Madam Li, you said you were fine, how come you are sick all of a sudden? Who will take care of me without you?"
Nanny Li was almost scared to death. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu. "Madam, I know you are suffering, but you still have to live. Although the eldest master is gone, he still has his offspring! If nothing else, you have to consider the young masters!"
Liu did not respond to Nanny Li. She turned around and slowly left like a ghost.
Nanny Li was so frightened that she was shaking all over and had a high fever that night.
She was a violent and vicious person, and the maids, servants and old women in the mansion avoided her like the plague. No one was willing to live with her, let alone get close to her.
When she was bedridden, she wanted to call for help but no one came. She struggled to get up in the dark, but she felt dizzy and fell to the ground after taking only two steps.
When she was found in the evening of the next day, her body had already become stiff.
It was unlucky that Nanny Li died in the first month of the year.
When Zhu received the news, she felt unlucky and had Nanny Li thrown into a mass grave. Then she went to the main courtyard to report to Liu, whose eyes were lifeless, "Mother, Nanny Li died of illness. I just received the news and asked someone to deal with it. In a few days, your daughter-in-law will arrange two new servants to take care of you."
She thought Liu would cry out in pain, but Liu's reaction was surprisingly calm, as if she didn't hear what she said.
Zhu frowned and said it again loudly.
Seeing that Liu still didn't respond, he snorted angrily and left in anger.
Liu looked at Zhu's back, her eyes as if filled with poison, and she smiled ferociously.
Two days before Zhu Yixuan's wedding, the Zhu family decorated the house with lights and all the shops put out basins of wedding candies. Any customer who came to buy something could get a piece of wedding candy for free.
The county was particularly lively because of Zhu Yixuan's wedding.
Shen Yi and his family set off at the same time as Shen Dagou's family. On the way, they met Su Sheng and his family. They looked at each other and laughed knowingly.
Su Sheng laughed at himself and said, "I never thought that the No. 1 young master of Zhaohua County would send me an invitation to his wedding. If I don't go, it would be too disrespectful to him. Don't you think so?"
"Yes! It's a good opportunity for us to go and broaden our horizons and see how grand the wedding ceremony of a rich family is!" Ye An echoed.
Su Yu in the carriage shook her head helplessly, and whispered to Su Tai during the break, "I want to ask if Master Zhu and your brother-in-law have an irreconcilable hatred? Ever since receiving the invitation, he has been acting weird, cursing Xiong Kai, Zhu Yixuan, and General Cen at home. I didn't dare to ask him when I saw him so angry, do you know?"
Su Tai followed and shook her head. "I didn't ask, and there was nothing to ask. Cousin Yunyun's incident has already happened, and I feel very uncomfortable with the Zhu family. I don't want to know whether they are good or bad. I just hope they won't come to my house again in the future.
My Shen Yi didn't want to come, but I don't think it's necessary to offend the Zhu family. It just so happens that the children have never been out of Moshi Town. It's good to bring them out to see the world. I can also buy them some pens, ink, paper and inkstone in the capital."
Pens, ink, paper and inkstones are very rare in small places. There are no shops specializing in this kind of business in Moshi Town. They just sell them as a sideline. Occasionally, they have to specially ask peddlers to help bring the goods. It is expensive, but the quality cannot be guaranteed. After all, the peddler is also a layman and it is rare for him to go out. She has to make up for all the things that are missing at home.
Su Yu agreed deeply.
The group arrived in Zhaohua County one day in advance.
As soon as they entered the city, they clearly noticed the festive atmosphere in the city. After asking, they found out that it was because of Zhu Yixuan's wedding.
Su Yan was amazed, "It's really a wealthy family. The whole city is bustling with joy when they hold a wedding. It's great!"
Song Yongnian held the child in his arms and looked at her tenderly, "Does my wife also want this kind of ceremony?"
Su Yan came back to her senses, pursed her lips shyly and shook her head, "I'm just talking, we country people don't have so many rules, I just want to broaden my horizons."
Su Sheng nodded in agreement, "That's right, all these fancy things are just for outsiders to see, what's the point!"
Song Yongnian didn't say anything, he just looked at Su Yan gently, "It's rare for me to take you to the city, buy whatever you like, we have a carriage, so we don't have to worry about not being able to bring it back."
Su Yan was very excited. "I want to buy some things for the child and look at the hair ornaments."
Her jewelry was bought when she got married, and many of them are old.
"Okay! Let's go buy it."
After everyone settled down in the inn, they took their wives and children out for a stroll.
Su Tai had come to the county town several times to send things to Chen Yi, so she didn't find it new. She got tired after walking for a while with the children, so the family of six went into a teahouse to have tea and rest.
Su Tai looked around and found that there was a woman wearing a veil sitting at the table diagonally opposite. She had been sitting there motionless since they came in, which was very strange.
She looked around furtively.
After a while, a maid-like woman hurried in and sat down next to the woman in the veil. "Master, I have inquired. The woman that Master Zhu married with such fanfare was not the concubine at all, but the daughter of a general. They had already been married when they were at the border, and they have been husband and wife for a long time."
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