Chapter 136 I am not only Mrs. Du, but also your eldest daughter’s aunt
Hearing Lin mention the eldest daughter of the Su family, Wei Liang couldn't help but say, "Actually, there are many ways to fill that hole. It's not necessary to marry the eldest daughter off."
Wei Liang couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he recalled the scene when he first met Su Ying. Fortunately, the Rong family intervened, otherwise the Su family's eldest daughter would have been stuck in the cow dung of that old widower.
Hearing this, Lin wrinkled her nose, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she pointed at Wei Liang's lustful face with her long, slender nails, dyed red with Impatiens juice, and spat, "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been so anxious to give her away before she even reached marriage, and be looked down upon for no reason. If you want to blame someone, blame your greed. You're eating what's in your bowl, but you're still thinking about the uncooked food in the pot, letting your imagination run wild!"
Seeing that Lin was really angry, Wei Liang stopped pretending and hugged her with a shameless face, calling out "Fen'er". He leaned over and in a few seconds, Lin fell limp in his arms.
He coaxed her, "You just like to eat sour food!"
"You know the food in the pot isn't cooked yet. Only a fool would leave the good meat in the bowl uneaten. Do you think I'm Su Jianrong, who can't walk when he sees a woman?"
"Alright, alright, my lip balm is all over your face!"
Lin felt much more comfortable, and her tone softened. She pushed him away with a mixture of anger and resentment, saying, "I'll go wait in the front hall. I think they'll be here soon."
Seeing that Lin had calmed down, Wei Liang smiled, loosened her hand, and nodded, saying, "I'll go with you." Before he could finish his words, he saw Lin turning around and glaring at him again. He quickly added, "I'll hide behind the screen so they can't see me, and prevent them from bullying my cousin Fen'er."
Lin's calculation was quite accurate. Just as Wei Liang hid behind the screen, the maid came to inform him that the eldest lady and Madam Du had arrived.
For some reason, as soon as the maid finished speaking, Lin felt her mouth dry. She swallowed unconsciously, took a deep breath, forced herself to straighten up, and acted like the mistress of the Su family.
"Aunt, please be careful."
A pleasant voice came from the door. The person behind the screen accidentally made a little noise. Lin, who was sitting upright, couldn't help but glare back and click his tongue.
However, the sound was a bit too loud, and Rong, who had just entered the room, heard it. Supported by Su Ying, she walked over gracefully, looking at Lin with an inquiring smile.
"This is Madam Su, right?"
Rong deliberately dragged out his tone, which sounded more like a question than a confirmation.
After hearing this, Lin straightened her back a little, but the entire front hall was silent, and no one seemed to dare to respond to Rong's words, as if the woman sitting at the top was nameless and without status.
It was no wonder that the two maids standing on either side of Rong Shi were so irritated. Since Rong Shi often had to check accounts with her uncle, she was most annoyed by the maids' presumptuous interruptions. Over time, these maids had become like gourds with sawed mouths, no longer daring to speak when they should.
Rong didn't wait for Lin's reaction and sat down directly. This move of turning the tables on the guest left Lin completely helpless. She opened her mouth, but didn't know where to begin. In a hurry, she imitated Rong's drawn-out tone and asked, "This is Madam Du, right?"
"I am not only Mrs. Du, but also the aunt of your eldest daughter."
Rong's eyes were like a pair of sharp blades, staring at Lin sharply, and he stated his identity word by word, clearly and forcefully.
As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Ying'er, asking her to sit next to him, and then said meaningfully: "Ying'er, logically speaking, your family is not short of tea, right?"
There is no shortage of tea, what is lacking is etiquette!
Su Ying understood her aunt's intention with just one sentence. She immediately acted like the eldest daughter of the Su family and ordered the maidservant beside Lin, "Why don't you serve tea quickly? You have no manners at all. Who taught you that?"
After all, Lin had been the mistress of the family for more than ten years. She was still frightened by the Rong family's blocking of her door, and for a moment she didn't know how to deal with the Rong family's aggressive approach.
However, Su Ying's unusual behavior just now made her wake up: I don't dare to offend you, Madam Du, but am I afraid of this dead girl who has been living under my nose for two years?
Then, Lin's eyes lit up as if she had come back to life. She smiled and said, "Miss, you're right. Etiquette is what we in the Su family value most. Miss, how could you forget to greet me, your mother, after not seeing you for months?"
"Could it be that after being in the capital for several months, you've forgotten all about etiquette?"
Su Ying naturally wouldn't greet Lin. Just as she was about to speak, Rong stopped her. Rong said, "Since Madam Su mentioned etiquette, I'd like to ask how Madam Su's preparations for Ying'er's coming-of-age ceremony are going."
"You and Master Su were so anxious to send someone to bring Ying'er back. I guess you value this coming-of-age ceremony very much, right?"
Rong Shi was not afraid that Lin Shi would not answer, so she continued slowly, one sentence after another, "Indeed, the most important thing in a girl's life is the coming-of-age ceremony. Given the status of the Su family today, it is imperative that we hold it well."
"It's three days from now. I wonder if Madam Su has found someone to insert the hairpin? Has the officiating lady also found one?"
Rong slowly held both Lin and Su Jianrong in his arms. Even if Lin still wanted to use the excuse of greeting to embarrass Su Ying, she could only hold back for now.
A breath was stuck in his chest, and he couldn't swallow it or spit it out. He had no choice but to agree with Rong's words first, and then try to use Su Ying as an excuse to get back on track.
So she cleared her throat and said, "Mrs. Du, you're worrying too much. Master and I have made careful preparations for this young lady's coming-of-age ceremony."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but raise his chin and said proudly, "The guest we invited to insert the hairpin for the eldest lady is the wife of the second branch of the Yuan family. Speaking of which, Mrs. Du also knows her. Her second son is the champion of Zhejiang Province, and he once studied in Master Rong's academy."
"If you ask me, there's no one else in the entire Yueqing Prefecture who is as blessed as Madam Yuan."
Lin stared intently at Rong and continued in a sarcastic tone, "Madam Yuan's fortune isn't shared by everyone. She has a promising son, a filial daughter-in-law, and just had a grandson this month. Most importantly, her husband and wife live in harmony, and her husband is in excellent health. They're truly blessed. Madam Du would surely be envious if she saw them."
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