Chapter 408 Her husband came to pick her up and take her home.
Tao Yaofang strode in from the house and, seeing the steaming roasted chicken, quickly said, "Young Master Zhou, how can you put this freshly roasted chicken in your pocket? You'll get burned."
Zhou Quan patted his clothes and laughed, "I'm not afraid of getting cold in the wind on the way, that's why I put it in my clothes. But don't worry, I didn't get burned."
The burn was real; the area under my clothes, on my chest, was burned red.
However, he didn't want Tao Yaofang to know.
Tao Yaofang could guess what was going on, so instead of eating the roast chicken, she turned around and took out two sheepskin bags filled with cold water from inside the house and stuffed them into his arms.
Zhou Quan was taken aback at first, then laughed foolishly, tightly hugging the two sheepskin bags that Tao Yaofang had given him.
Du Wanchun glanced at the two of them and didn't linger there. After handing over the matters in the shop, she headed home.
She had just stepped outside when she saw Zhou Ruiyuan looking at her in the moonlight in the darkness.
Du Wanchun walked up to her and said with a smile, "Husband, you wouldn't be carrying a hot roast chicken in your arms either, would you?"
Zhou Ruiyuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at her with tender eyes, and laughed, "I'm not as silly as Zhou Quan."
Du Wanchun chuckled and said, "You saw him acting foolishly, why didn't you stop him?"
Zhou Ruiyuan reached out and took her small hand, and said slowly, "Fools are often blessed. Now that he's made a foolish move, Miss Tao will have to take a few more glances at him."
Du Wanchun suddenly realized, "That makes sense."
As she spoke, she lowered her eyes slightly to look at Zhou Ruiyuan holding her hand.
His hands are large, but his palms are soft.
Even just being led by him gave me a very strong sense of security.
"What are you thinking, my wife, as you look at my hands?" Zhou Ruiyuan asked.
Du Wanchun looked up at him and smiled, "I was wondering why you came to the shop today, my husband."
Zhou Ruiyuan held her hand tightly and walked towards the Zhou residence, saying gently, "I'm taking my wife home."
His voice was deep and gentle, and just a few words touched Du Wanchun's heartstrings, filling her with warmth.
The two walked hand in hand along the deserted street, bathed in the silvery moonlight, heading home one after the other.
Meanwhile, inside the He residence.
Tao Meiyu was extremely jealous because Du Wanchun had spent five hundred taels of silver to buy jewelry for Tao Yaofang during the day.
She wasn't jealous of Tao Yaofang having so much jewelry; she was jealous that Tao Yaofang was living a better life than her.
From a young age, Aunt Tao would always tell her, "You are different from your eldest sister. You are a beautiful jade, while your eldest sister is a worthless weed on the ground."
“You are prettier than your eldest sister. You will definitely marry a high-ranking official in the future, unlike your eldest sister, who will only marry a peasant or a servant and work hard for the rest of her life.”
“In this house, all the eggs, fish, and meat are yours, while your eldest sister only deserves to eat leftovers.”
"Your older sister is a short-lived brat; she's inferior to you in every way."
Under Aunt Tao's influence, Tao Meiyu always felt an indescribable sense of superiority in front of Tao Yaofang.
Now that her older sister, whom she had always looked down upon, had married better than her, she felt resentful.
As soon as Master He entered the door, she lowered her head and told him about what had happened during the day. She even deliberately provoked him, saying, "Master, your He family can't be inferior to the Zhou family, can it? Look, the Zhou family bought jewelry for my daughter-in-law worth five hundred taels of silver."
Master He's face darkened.
Tao Yaofang continued, "Everyone says the Zhou family is the wealthiest family in Qingzhou Prefecture. Do you want the Zhou family to surpass them?"
Seeing that Mr. He remained unmoved, she continued, "Or is it that your He family is simply no match for the Zhou family?!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Old Master He suddenly smiled and said, "You're right, our He family really can't lose to the Zhou family."
After he finished speaking, he called out to the outside, "Someone come here."
A servant boy walked in from outside, head bowed.
Master He instructed him, "Go to the treasury and allocate one thousand taels of silver."
Tao Meiyu's eyes widened with delight.
However, what Master He said next plunged her into despair.
Master He then solemnly addressed the servant, "Buy jewelry for the madam."
The "wife" he mentioned was Master He's first wife.
Madam He was a few years older than Master He. She usually stayed in the mansion, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, and rarely interfered in Master He's sordid affairs.
Aside from not treating her as his wife, Master He still respected her.
Tao Meiyu exclaimed in surprise, "Master, this silver isn't for me?"
Master He waved his hand at the servant, "You may leave."
The servant bent down and slowly backed away, casting a sympathetic glance at Tao Meiyu as he closed the door.
Upon hearing Master He's reply, Tao Meiyu continued to press, "Master, wasn't this silver meant for me? Why did you give it to Madam?"
Master He turned his head to look at her, "You say that my He family is not as good as the Zhou family, then I will give my wife double the amount of money. What's wrong with that?"
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