Chapter 148 Arguing
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanzhu's eyes lit up, and she suddenly pushed Xie Qi away.
Xie Qi was thrown to the side by her, and grabbed her sleeve in dissatisfaction.
Shen Yuanzhu: "My sister-in-law is here, hurry up."
As she passed the washbasin, she paused, then dabbed some water on her face with her finger.
As Ye Yunyi hurriedly walked out of Qianxiang Courtyard, she saw Shen Yuanqiong following behind her, along with two old women who stood there menacingly.
Ye Yunyi was truly furious. Upon hearing the message Ling'er sent back, she rushed out without stopping.
Shen Yuanqiong, on the other hand, remained indifferent, merely joining in the fun.
Unfortunately, the scene she had envisioned did not appear. When Shen Yuanzhu came out, although her eyes were red, her complexion was rosy and fair. The tall man behind her always protected her, which showed how much he cherished her.
Shen Yuanqiong never expected that Xie Qi would not even look down on a woman who had been rejected by his own brother.
She looked at him with disdain and turned her face away.
Ye Yunyi, being older, put on a very convincing performance.
The first thing he said to Shen Yuanzhu was, "Yuanzhu, you've suffered in the Xie family."
Upon hearing this, Hua Nanzhi, who had just arrived, frowned deeply.
"Madam Shen, what brings you here today? Have you had your meal?"
Hua Nanzhi said, "If you haven't eaten yet, stay for lunch so we can catch up."
As she spoke, a smile spread across her face, appearing very affectionate.
Ye Yunyi smiled and said, "Great! We've never had the Xie family's food before, so we have to try it today. I wonder what kind of delicious food Madam has prepared to entertain us."
As she spoke, Ye Yunyi beckoned to Shen Yuanzhu: "Yuanzhu, come here and let your sister-in-law take a look."
Shen Yuanzhu walked over, and Ye Yunyi forced a smile and said, "You've lost weight, but you're still alright."
After saying that, Shen Yuanzhu called out softly, "Sister-in-law," as if she had been wronged.
Ye Yunyi's face twitched, but she forced herself to suppress it and put on a friendly and affectionate act.
"I've missed you terribly these past few days."
After saying that, she looked at Hua Nanzhi and said, "Now that our two families are related by marriage, I'll call you Aunt Hua. You don't mind, do you?"
"How could that be?"
Hua Nanzhi led Ye Yunyi and her group toward Yujintang, already understanding her purpose for coming today.
But she didn't expect Ye Yunyi to launch such a sudden attack.
As they walked, she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my, look, look!"
Ye Yunyi pointed to a row of peonies in the Xie family's courtyard and laughed loudly, "These flowers are blooming so well, so brightly, so beautifully, truly beautifully."
Reaching out to tug at Chen Yuanzhu, Ye Yunyi lowered her eyes and said, "It's just that when I think about these flowers withering and falling into the mud, eventually rotting and infested with maggots, it makes me sad."
"You know, we humans steal the flowers that should be blooming in the mountains and fields and put them in our own yards."
"It's beautiful, but we may feel good about taking what doesn't belong to us, but who knows if we'll suffer any retribution for it?"
In just a few words, he made Hua Nanzhi blush deeply.
However, Hua Nanzhi was no pushover. Upon hearing this, she chuckled softly, "These peonies need to be carefully cared for every day when kept at home."
"Look at that pink one, the most vibrant one. Although it was grafted from a wild root, it is because someone in this yard takes care of it that it can bloom every year."
“If it is not inoculated back, it will be of no use in the wild. Even the soil in the fertile plains cannot do it.”
Shen Yuanqiong listened from the side, feeling that the two were exchanging sharp words, but she was completely confused.
Luo, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows frequently.
Ye Yunyi immediately used peonies as a metaphor, saying that the Xie family stole the Shen family's dyeing recipe and would suffer retribution.
Hua Nanzhi retorted that when her young lady was unmarried, she was like a weed in her boudoir with no one to take care of her. Later, she mocked her young lady for being useless to the family, holding the dyeing manual but not giving it to Shen Yanhuai, thus not being able to enrich the Shen family's business.
The implication of these words was that Ye Yunyi didn't need to stand up for her mistress like this.
Shen Yuanzhu understood what the two meant, but she felt it wasn't interesting enough.
With her eyes wide open, she blurted out, "Sister-in-law, when will you still be able to eat? When will you still be able to look at anything?"
“Yesterday, a maid from the Xie family stole our dyeing manual…”
After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and retreated to Xie Qi's side.
Hua Nanzhi felt that Ye Yunyi's anger was because she wanted to stand up for her, but Shen Yuanzhu knew that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Ye family was now destitute.
Ye Yunyi desperately needs the dyeing manual to help the Ye family turn their fortunes around.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Ye Yunyi exploded: "Grandma Xie, I'll be frank. That dyeing recipe was passed down by my mother-in-law herself."
"Yuanzhu cherishes it very much. When she's at home, she holds it tightly in her hand and won't let anyone see it."
"This child is filial and wanted to keep the things with him as a keepsake. You just stole them like that. It's not fair, is it?"
"What are you saying? What do you mean we stole it?"
Before Hua Nanzhi could speak, Zheng Shu walked over.
She was a master at throwing tantrums and rolling on the ground, and upon hearing this, she immediately retorted, "Pah!"
Zheng Shuyi pulled at her sleeve: "Are your ears stuffed with chicken feathers? Didn't you hear Yuanzhu say that it was stolen by a maid?"
“Our Xie family is currently spending money and effort searching for people and items, what are you trying to prove?”
"They constantly accuse others of stealing and robbing, and they go to other people's homes to hurl insults and veiled accusations..."
She had a loud voice, and Ye Yunyi was forced back three or four steps, but Zheng Shu was still cursing.
“Once Yuanzhu marries into the Xie family, she becomes a daughter-in-law of the Xie family. If her things are lost, you, as her maternal relatives, should help look for them if you can, and keep your mouth shut if you can’t find them.”
"If you have so much free time to waste, why don't you send someone to catch the thief and the murderer?"
Zheng Shu scoffed, "You've come to our doorstep! Even if the dyeing manual is lost, it has nothing to do with our Xie family. So what if we did have it? We Xie family members took it, so what?"
"Our two families had an agreement before the marriage. When we got engaged, the Shen family gave us half of the Xie family's brocade weaving techniques, and we asked for several of the Shen family's recipes."
"The things we agreed on back then, we'll exchange the remaining techniques once our children grow up and get married."
"Now that Yuanzhu has married into the family, the remaining part of our 'Xie Family Farming and Weaving Picture' has been given to her. What are you doing here acting all high and mighty?"
"You think I'll fall for your act, throwing a tantrum in front of your door?"
After saying that, Zheng Shuhe took a deep breath and spat out, "Pah!"
Ye Yunyi was so angry that she almost fell backward, but luckily her mother-in-law caught her from behind, preventing her from tumbling over.
After Zheng Shu finished her tirade and seemed to have vented her anger, Hua Nanzhi said, "Your words were too harsh. Madam Shen didn't mean it that way. We're all in-laws, why should we speak like family? Let's all keep our mouths shut."
After saying that, she turned to look at Shen Yuanzhu: "Yuanzhu, you are young and inexperienced. Tell your sister-in-law if things are as your second aunt said?"
She said to Ye Yunyi, "We have already sent people to retrieve the dyeing manual, and the farming and weaving chart has been given to Yuanzhu. Although the agreement between the two families was not fulfilled perfectly, it has been completed nonetheless."
Hua Nanzhi dusted off her sleeves: "Judging from Madam Chen's appearance, she doesn't seem to have much of an appetite. However, since you two haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you go to Yuanzhu's courtyard to sit down and catch up, and have a few intimate words?"
This is Ye Yunyi, who was about to lose the dyeing manual, being pushed back to her, hoping to create discord between her and her sister-in-law over the farming and weaving chart.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanzhu smiled and nodded.
That's for the best; this is exactly the ending she wanted.
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