Chapter 13 Repayment
Ling'er glared resentfully at Shen Yuanqiong, whose eyes were full of disdain, and was still angry.
Looking around, I noticed that the pearl hairpin Shen Yuanqiong was wearing looked very familiar.
She frowned and thought for a while before remembering the hairpin.
This hairpin was clearly a birthday gift that the master gave to the mistress when he was still alive.
Such a large, warm, and translucent pearl could not be found anywhere else in the entire Suzhou Prefecture, yet now it was shining brightly on Shen Yuanqiong's head!
Ling'er stomped her foot in anger and was about to step forward when Luo Shi pressed her down.
She pouted anxiously, but Luo calmly pushed her behind him.
Shen Yuanzhu wasn't unaware of what Shen Yuanqiong was wearing on her head. Her gaze lingered on the hairpin for a moment before she turned away as if she hadn't seen anything at all, continuing to walk affectionately beside Ye Yunyi.
"My sister-in-law treats Yuanzhu very well."
"Look at what you're saying. If your sister-in-law doesn't treat you well, who will she treat well? You and Yuanqiong are both the apples of her eye."
Ye Yunyi held Shen Yuanzhu's hand, her eyes filled with reluctance: "Actually, even if you don't say it, your sister-in-law knows why Xu Chuan came today. He must have come to discuss your marriage."
"Knowing that you'll be getting married soon, my heart is breaking..."
Raising her hand to her chest, Ye Yunyi touched the non-existent tears at the corners of her eyes: "I'm so reluctant to part with you."
“My Yuanzhu is gentle and obedient. I have raised you like a daughter for so long, and you are so plump and beautiful. I wonder if you will be as comfortable as you are now when you go to your husband’s family.”
Shen Yuanzhu said affectionately, "I'm afraid it's difficult. After all, there is no one in the world who treats Yuanzhu more kindly than my sister-in-law."
"You know your sister-in-law is good to you, and your brother is good to you, that's enough. Your brother may not say it, but he cares about the two of you the most."
Shen Yuanzhu smiled, her eyes crinkling, but she remained silent.
"Oh dear, I forgot to tell you something."
Ye Yunyi took Shen Yuanzhu's hand and patted it gently: "Do you still remember the incident a few days ago when my younger brother from my maternal family dyed the wrong batch of goods?"
Ye Yunyi's mother's family specializes in cotton cloth, and their shop is considered a reputable old establishment in Songjiang.
However, compared to the Shen family, they are inferior, so the Ye family also has to rely on the Xie and Chen families for their livelihood.
Ever since Ye Yunyi married into the Shen family, she has used a lot of the Shen family's wealth to subsidize her own family.
Hearing her mention it, Shen Yuanzhu tilted her head and said, "I remember now, my sister-in-law took three thousand taels of silver from me to help her in an emergency. Have you been able to pay it back now?"
Ye Yunyi's expression softened slightly: "Yes, my younger brother passed through Suzhou Prefecture a few days ago and returned the money, which I have already incorporated into the public funds."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanzhu smiled faintly.
She had pleaded and begged to borrow the money from her, but then turned around and said she would return it to the public treasury. She had previously thought Ye Yunyi was rather stingy, but now she saw her as a greedy person.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ye Yunyi continued, "As you know, the Shen family's business in recent years is far worse than when Father was alive."
"Since your mother passed away, many of the rare colors in the Shen family dyehouse have been sealed in the vats, and the most profitable business has been cut off, so the family business has naturally declined."
"But the Xie family..."
Ye Yunyi sighed, "Using the Shen family's dyeing recipe, their business has grown bigger and bigger over the years, which is really worrying."
"Tell me, our family started out as a dyeing workshop, but the colors we can make now are nowhere near as good as the Xie family's. How can this make us feel at ease?"
"Your brother travels around with the Chamber of Commerce for business, and only I, as his wife, feel sorry for him."
"Outsiders make a fortune by using the Shen family's skills, but we can't even use our own products. If word gets out, we'll be scorned as traitors."
Ye Yunyi raised her eyes and looked at Shen Yuanzhu, saying, "Yuanzhu, don't you think so?"
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