Chapter 324: No Need to Worry About Marriage When You Get Old
Yuan Wanru looked at her with a smile: "My idea is very simple, just give me the silver."
Zhou Fang almost laughed out loud.
People are so strange. When they are unlucky, they are extremely depressed, but when someone else is unlucky with them, they seem to be able to accept it.
In particular, those who share the same misfortune with you usually act like elders and behave in a very arrogant manner, but end up with the same fate as you.
My mood improved instantly.
Mrs. Lu's wrinkled eyes were as big as bells, and the sandalwood Buddhist beads she was twisting in her hands made a rattling sound. "You want money?"
The sound seemed to come from an ice cellar, and the temperature in Wangchun Hall dropped several degrees in an instant.
Yuan Wanru straightened her back, her silky summer silk skirt outlining her beautiful figure. Her red lips slightly raised: "Yes, money is the most real thing."
Zhou Fang covered her mouth, fearing that she would accidentally expose herself and anger Madam Lu.
The servants present even breathed cautiously.
The old lady stood up slowly and said, "Yuan Wanru, you are so shameless and full of mercenary ideas. The Lu family has raised you for so many years, and you are still not satisfied?"
She said word by word, "You keep talking about money. You've blackmailed your second aunt and you're still not satisfied. You're actually plotting against me?"
Yuan Wanru chuckled and ate a piece of dessert gracefully. She was really a little hungry.
"Ma'am, don't get excited."
"Giving money as a gift requires mutual consent. Just now, Second Aunt was very happy to give out a sum of money."
"Right, Second Aunt?"
Zhou Fang laughed awkwardly.
She just wanted to watch the old lady's joke quietly, and hope no one would notice her.
Madam Lu glared at Zhou Fang with disdain. What an idiot who was holding back the team! Are you giving up so soon?
Yuan Wanru's red lips curled slightly, and her fingertips tapped the coffee table lightly, making a crisp sound. "If the old lady doesn't want to spend money," she said with a rolling eye, her tone as brisk as if she was discussing today's weather, "then she doesn't have to spend money."
You could hear a pin drop in the hall.
Old Madam Lu didn't believe that she would become so easy to talk to. She put down the teacup in her hand heavily and stared at Yuan Wanru without blinking.
"Anyway," Yuan Wanru said, "you are old now, and you don't have to worry about marriage. I can't threaten you."
"puff……"
Lu Jiangnian, who was sitting next to him, spat out a mouthful of tea. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and turned his head in time, otherwise he was really afraid that the brown tea stains would splash onto his grandmother's moon-white gown.
Yuan Wanru took out a handkerchief and handed it to him: "Really? You can choke while drinking tea. What's going on?"
"If you soil the old lady's clothes, watch out for your skin."
Lu Jiangnian took the handkerchief she handed him and wiped it casually.
He thought to himself, can he be blamed for this?
My lady, what you said is too scary.
My grandmother is already old, but my wife still insists on making fun of her marriage. She really dares to say anything.
Lu Jiangnian took the opportunity to secretly glance at his grandmother who was sitting in the main seat. He saw that her face was ashen. She must have been very angry about his wife's unorthodox words.
Is this a satire on grandma being old?
Anyway, these words sound heart-wrenching.
"Asshole!" Old Madam Lu slammed the table so hard that the teacup jumped up.
The veins on her well-maintained hands were bulging and her knuckles were white. "Yuan Wanru! You...you..."
Madam Lu was so angry that her lips trembled and she didn't know what to say.
Yuan Wanru stroked her temples calmly, "Don't be angry, old lady."
She spoke sincerely, but her eyes flashed with cunning. "Second Aunt cares about Second Brother's marriage. She is willing to apologize. The Cao family's uncles will take care of the Cao family's cousin's marriage."
"As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Anyway, this is not the old lady's marriage. Whether I ruin this marriage or not has little to do with you."
"Isn't this all the truth?"
Wang Min was horrified as she listened.
Wanru's anger is really strong. I hope the old lady will get hurt by her anger.
"Shut up!" Old Madam Lu shouted sternly, but she couldn't hide the trembling in her voice.
She stared at Yuan Wanru, and her cloudy old eyes now emitted a light as sharp as a knife.
Old Madam Lu really didn't want to see this face again. She didn't think so before, but now, every time she looked at her, she felt that Yuan Wanru looked hideous.
The slightly upturned corners of her eyes made her look like a vixen, and the corners of her mouth that always seemed to be smiling seemed to be mocking this old woman all the time.
"Tell me, how much silver do you want?" The old lady squeezed out these words from between her teeth, her voice as hoarse as sandpaper rubbing against her.
Yuan Wanru was in no hurry to answer. She slowly stretched out a finger, which was white and slender, as white as jade, and very beautiful.
Zhou Fang's round eyes widened even wider, and the embroidered handkerchief in her hand unconsciously twisted into a knot.
She couldn't hold back her anger and couldn't help but look at Yuan Wanru: "One thousand taels?"
His voice was full of disbelief.
The old lady is rich!
Zhou Fang stamped her feet in her heart. Isn’t Yuan Wanru very calculating? Why did she get confused at the critical moment?
It’s only one thousand taels. I won’t feel bad about it.
The old lady's lips curled up in a sarcastic arc, and the Buddhist beads in her hand turned rapidly.
"Madam Cao," she said without even raising her eyelids, "give her a thousand taels of silver right away."
His tone was full of contempt as if he was sending away a beggar.
Madam Cao, who was standing by, responded immediately and turned around to get the silver. She walked hurriedly and looked impatient, as if she was afraid that Yuan Wanru would go back on her word.
The old lady rubbed her temples. She had come here intending to call the master to task, but she didn't expect to be so angry that her eyes turned black.
If she continued talking about it, she was worried that her life would be shortened.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Wanru suddenly burst into laughter. The laughter was crisp and pleasant, but it made Madam Lu shiver.
"The old lady is of noble status," Yuan Wanru smiled particularly beautifully, and the pearl earrings on her ears swayed gently with her movements.
"How about one thousand taels?"
She opened her red lips and spoke word by word: "One marriage costs 10,000 taels, and two cousins, so the total is 20,000 taels.
"Twenty thousand taels?!"
The old lady gasped, and her wrinkled face turned red instantly, as if she had been punched in the chest.
"Are you robbing money?" The old lady squeezed out these words from between her teeth, and her voice changed.
Yuan Wanru remained calm and touched the pendant on her ear. She looked at Lu Jiangnian innocently and said, "I heard that the Cao family gave the old lady a lot of dowry. Over the years, my father and uncles have always remembered to honor the old lady with any good things they have."
"I think twenty thousand taels is just a drop in the bucket for the old lady. Husband, am I wrong?"
Lu Jiangnian tried hard to hold it in so as not to appear too gloating.
My wife is so mean.
Others may not know, but he knows it best.
The marriage of the two cousins of the Cao family was a business with a clear price tag from the very beginning. The lady had already pocketed the money, so how could she be the kind of person who would break the contract and then destroy the bridge after crossing it?
The so-called breaking off of engagement was just to scare my grandmother.
But my grandmother took the bait.
This lady's unfailing deceitful business temperament is really...
So cute.
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