Chapter 2311 The Fourth Sister is Married
Shu Quan knew that the ten taels of silver were actually a reward for providing information. He was only willing to do his best to help them because he saw tangible benefits in it.
The claim that it was a donation to support the sixth sister is just a pretext.
However, seeing his mother's happy expression, Shu Quan was still satisfied.
The second wife was still beaming with joy, "Your method is still the best. You know how to use the relationship between your father and sixth sister as an excuse, it will definitely work."
She didn't know that Shu Quan was going to exchange messages with Shu Yu. She only heard from Shu Quan when she returned in the evening that Shu Yu had come over. She even scolded him a couple of times, but her son suggested that they go over there and extort some benefits from him.
The second wife was still thinking that, given Shu Yu's personality, they might suffer losses again.
To everyone's surprise, it actually worked.
Shu Quan laughed and said, "Mother, you don't know, someone like Shu Yu may not care about her own reputation, but she definitely cares about her friends' reputation. You could tell from how she helped Hou Shi and Sixth Sister before. Now that Hou Shi and her daughter are living a good life, she wouldn't want to see them have problems over something so trivial."
The second wife said sourly, "That's only because they're living a good life now. Otherwise, would they be so generous? Giving ten taels at a time."
"She's a county princess now. I overheard someone from the Fang family saying she's running her own business and making a fortune every day. Wow, I never knew she had such abilities."
"No matter how great their skills are, they're no longer relevant to us. Now that we have this money, let's buy some meat tomorrow. It's been so long since we've smelled meat. Let's invite your sister and brother-in-law over, and have a good meal together."
Unlike the eldest daughter of the first wife, the fourth daughter of the second wife was already married.
She used to be fierce and unreasonable, and she was resentful for a while after coming to Zhengdao Village. However, after being affected by her father and brother's struggle for the position of family head a few times, she matured quickly and accepted her current situation and reality much faster than the eldest daughter of the main branch.
Later, the second master, having received money from Master Wan, became the head of the second branch of the family. However, in the following days, he began to become mentally unstable and even went so far as to betroth the fourth daughter to someone else.
The fourth daughter's husband's family wasn't very good; her husband was a man who was lame and about ten years older than her.
When the fourth daughter learned that her marriage had been arranged, she was heartbroken and, after a scene, resigned herself to her fate. However, after getting married, her husband was indeed very protective of her and very hardworking, and gradually they lived a harmonious and happy life together.
The second wife was initially dissatisfied with her son-in-law, but over time she came to think he was alright, better than that eldest daughter who couldn't get married. Especially now that they had a daughter, and even the fourth daughter looked a bit plump, she stopped complaining.
Even after receiving ten taels of silver, the second wife still thought about her daughter.
Shu Quan nodded in agreement and told the second madam to put the silver away. The two of them went home while talking in hushed tones.
After they left, a man who had been listening intently to their conversation quietly turned and went back into his house, without suspecting anything.
Shu Yu and the others returned to the Fang family home for dinner, acting as if nothing had happened.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the group slowly returned to the manor and went to the rooms that Steward Yu had prepared for them.
When only Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng were left in the room, they opened the note Shu Quan had given them by candlelight.
(End of this chapter)
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