Chapter 130: Qualified Sister-in-law
"Cousin, you misunderstood me. You are the daughter of a high-ranking official. I never thought of competing with you for my cousin.
As long as my cousin is happy, I can do anything.
I just feel sorry for my cousin. Look, you've made her cry!" Huang Ying'er said, tears rolling out continuously like beads that had broken off the string.
She looked so crying as if she had suffered a great injustice.
She wiped her tears and continued, "Zhixue lost her parents when she was young, and it was already very difficult for her to make a living under her uncles.
It's fine if you don't feel sorry for her, but how can you hurt her in return? You are not a qualified sister-in-law at all."
Huang Ying'er held Ying Zhixue's hand with a distressed look on her face.
"Zhixue and Zhihai are both good children. Even if you can't love them like your own siblings, at least you should take good care of them in their daily lives!"
Huang Ying'er talked to herself about what it means to be a good sister-in-law.
From big things like Ying Zhilin's studies and Ying Zhixue's dowry to small things like their underwear, shoes, socks and foot washing water, she had to take care of everything.
At last, Huang Ying'er added: "If you don't understand something, you can ask me and I will help you."
Wen Yan's brows twitched when she heard this. How many dreams of marrying Ying Zhilin must she have had to think of things so comprehensively?
Even the servants of wealthy families are not so considerate.
"Now that you've said so much, it's time to talk about this dress."
The muscles at the corners of Huang Ying'er's mouth trembled slightly.
This woman is so stingy. I just borrowed her clothes to wear, but she is so stingy.
"Cousin, I'll only wear it for a while. Once my own clothes are dry, I'll wash them and return them to you."
Wen Yan had no desire to continue talking to her and waved to Pei'er: "You handle it."
"Yes." Pei'er responded, then walked forward and said loudly to Huang Ying'er, "Miss Huang, my lady never wears clothes that have been worn by others. Since you are wearing this dress, I will give it to you."
Huang Ying'er was stunned for a moment, then she was delighted.
It turned out that Wen Yan wanted to give this dress to herself.
The dress was bright in color and made of silky, soft fabric. Although it was a little small, she loved it.
However, you can't accept it directly, as it will make you look short-sighted.
She was about to pretend to refuse twice and then reluctantly accept it.
Pei'er said, "This dress costs thirty-six taels of silver. Although my master has never worn it once, I will give you a discount for our relationship. Just give me thirty taels."
"What! You want to take my money? And thirty taels more!?" Huang Ying'er was so shocked that she didn't even care about crying. She blurted out: "You are crazy about money. You are deliberately blackmailing me!"
Pei'er said angrily: "You are so unreasonable, considering my master's wealth, is there any need to blackmail you?
This dress is from Tianyi Cloth Shop in the capital. The fabric and workmanship are one of the best. My master bought it early and it only cost thirty-six taels.
This kind of clothing is now in short supply and the price has risen to fifty-eight taels of silver.
Otherwise, you can buy a new one and compensate my master."
The Huang family is just an ordinary farming family.
The family had dozens of acres of land, and lived better off than the average villager, but not to the point of spending thirty taels on a set of clothes.
Huang Ying'er's face turned pale: "I...I don't have that much money."
She took out her purse and handed it to Wen Yan, "I only have fifty coins. Please be lenient with me since we are relatives."
"Thirty taels turned into fifty wen, you're quite accommodating."
Huang Ying'er's eyes were red, tears welling up in them: "But I...but I really didn't! At worst, I can wash the clothes and return them to you..."
Huang Ying'er seemed to have suffered a great insult. She covered her face and cried, saying that Wen Yan bullied her.
Ying Zhixue immediately came to her defense: "Sister-in-law, please stop. I just wanted to borrow your clothes, do you have to bully me like this?"
Pei'er looked at Ying Zhixue and said, "You and her are as close as sisters. It should be no problem for you to help her with some money!"
"I...I don't have any money." Ying Zhixue glanced at Wen Yan, then quickly looked away. "Sister-in-law, the dress isn't dirty anyway. I can just let Ying'er take it off and return it to you. There's no need to compensate me."
Pei'er said expressionlessly: "If you don't pay me back, I'll have to report you to the police. I heard your family has a lot of land. Selling five or six acres should be enough to pay off the debt!"
Huang Ying'er's body was shaking.
Ying Zhixue held her in place, glared at Wen Yan fiercely, and roared, "That's enough! Don't think that you can use chicken feathers as a token of authority just because you marry my brother.
Isn't it just wearing your clothes?
One moment the lion asked for thirty taels of silver as compensation, and now he is threatening to report to the police!
Aren't you calculating that cousin Ying'er is kind-hearted and won't bother with you?
No one bullies me like you!"
"No! Zhixue, you still have to make a living under her, don't quarrel with her for me! I...I will return the clothes to you now."
After Huang Ying'er finished speaking, she struggled to take off her clothes.
But she worked for a long time and couldn't even untie the knot of her belt.
Pei'er glared at the two of them with disdain. "Don't you understand what I'm saying? I told you, my young lady won't want the clothes you've touched. Now you only have two options: pay compensation or report to the police. Of course, if you're short on money, you can also explain the situation and write me an IOU."
As Pei'er was talking, she quickly wrote an IOU and handed it to Huang Ying'er.
Huang Ying'er looked at the IOU as if she was looking at her own confession.
Just as she was considering whether to pretend to faint, she heard a familiar female voice: "Hey...what happened? I heard you guys calling the police and asking for compensation from a distance."
Immediately afterwards, Aunt Li walked in.
"Aunt Li, why are you here?" Wen Yan greeted her.
Aunt Li said, "I heard from the village children that a carriage had entered the village. I guessed you were back, so I came to see if I could be of any use to you."
When Huang Ying'er saw Aunt Li, she avoided her gaze and didn't dare to meet her eyes.
Huang Ying'er wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but she didn't expect Pei'er and Meng Chifei to keep a close eye on her.
In the end, she reluctantly pressed her fingerprint on the IOU, then ran away crying with her face covered.
Ying Zhixue wanted to chase after him.
Wen Yan glanced over.
Meng Chifei raised his leg to block the way.
"You...you guys are going too far!" Ying Zhixue stomped her feet in anger.
Aunt Li curled her lips at Huang Ying'er's back and said, "She's really good at pretending!
She usually looks so pitiful, but the things she did are too embarrassing for an old woman like me to talk about."
Wen Yan intuitively felt that something was wrong, so she urged Aunt Li to speak quickly.
"Wen Yan, I'm not being nosy, but you have to be careful of her!" Aunt Li looked disgusted and talked about what she had seen and heard during the past few days when Wen Yan was away.
The day after Wen Yan left.
Ying Zhixue fell ill.
Huang Ying'er moved in on the pretext of taking care of the child.
After moving in, she was well-behaved for two days. On the morning of the third day, she sneaked into Ying Zhilin's room and crawled into his bed.
If there hadn't been something happening at the academy that day, Ying Zhilin would have left early, and who knows what would have happened.
Afterwards, Huang Ying'er said she wanted to help with the laundry, but she didn't take any of the dirty clothes that Ying Zhixue and her brother had taken off. Instead, she took Ying Zhilin's sleeping shirt and the clean underwear from the closet to the well.
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