Chapter 130 Wedding Banquet
The situation of the Zhao family is complicated. Zhao Yanyan's mother is the second wife that Manager Zhao married after his wife died. The original wife also left behind a son, who is now the eldest son of Zhao.
When Mrs. Zhao first came into the family, she did not care about the son left by the original wife. There is a reason why there are so many old sayings in this world. As the old saying goes, if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather.
Not all men are like that. As long as she works hard to give birth to another son after marriage, the man will naturally forget about the previous one. Then, the Zhao family's property will all belong to her son.
But Mrs. Zhao had never expected that the old lady of the Zhao family originally did not like the previous daughter-in-law, but after the daughter-in-law died, she jumped out and insisted on raising the eldest grandson with her.
Shopkeeper Zhao is a shrewd businessman. He has some feelings for his first wife, but not much. However, he is a filial son, and whatever the old lady says about family matters is what he does.
The person is kept by the old lady. Mrs. Zhao can flatter the person in front of Manager Zhao, and the old lady can find a way to make it go back on her word.
After a few years, Mrs. Zhao not only failed to give birth to a son as she wished, but her original wife's son became more and more successful.
After giving birth to Zhao Yanyan, Mrs. Zhao realized that it was too late for her and her daughter to rely on this stepson in the future. She was trying hard to find a husband's family for her daughter that was better than the Zhao family. As a result, she wasted time.
Most of the business families in Dongping County have heard about the Zhao family's affairs. Now that she is talking about Qin Qiao's marriage, Qin Qiao can naturally retort with her family affairs. In the end, Zhao Yanyan blushed and was annoyed, but she didn't want to leave like this.
She knew that her father had wanted to take over the Qin family's business since Master Qin passed away, but the mother and daughter of the Qin family were ungrateful and had to grit their teeth and run the business.
Now that Qin Qiao is looking for another son-in-law, there will probably be more conflicts with her family in the future. Her father has no way to make things difficult for the Qin family for the time being, so she will make trouble for Qin Qiao's marriage so that her father will look up to her.
Don't underestimate this little bit of unhappiness. Businessmen value smooth sailing. The sudden death of Mr. Qin in middle age is not auspicious in itself. If Qin Qiao's marriage encounters more twists and turns, and her family spreads rumors behind her back, the Qin family will be seen as the representative of bad luck in the eyes of businessmen in Dongping County. When cooperating with such unlucky people, everyone has to consider whether their lives are strong enough.
Thinking of the good show she would see soon, Zhao Yanyan forced herself to suppress her anger, turned around and walked out, waving her handkerchief.
After she left, someone in the room spoke up: "How shameless! You really can't stand seeing others doing well."
Qin Qiao carefully looked at the lipstick on her lips and smiled comfortingly: "Don't pay attention to her. I have worked hard on my good life and you are here to accompany me. I am so happy. This is the embroidered handkerchief I customized from Jinxiufang. Come and pick one each to share in the joy."
When everyone heard that there were gifts to be given away, they all came forward to choose.
"There's a new embroiderer at Jinxiufang. She's said to have first-rate skills and only accepts large custom embroidery pieces. My sister-in-law wanted to order a custom folding screen, but her order is already booked until next year."
The proprietress of Jinxiufang knows how to do business. Although Chen Yingchun's craftsmanship is still far from the level of Konjac, she has a high opinion of this person and started to brag about her skills. She started by selling small pieces of embroidery. Now Chen Yingchun has already made a name for herself in Jinxiufang.
As for the master who is said to only accept large custom embroidery pieces and whose waiting list will last until next year, he is naturally Konjac. However, only the owner of Jinxiufang knows the details.
Konjac is now busy at the girls' school and only takes a few custom orders occasionally. He is just a signboard and a name.
But if someone can offer a lot of money and doesn't have too much time, Konjac can still do it, like the batch of embroidered handkerchiefs customized by Miss Qin.
The sisters that Qin Qiao was close to were all girls of sixteen or seventeen years old, at the age when they liked novelty. So the double-sided embroidered handkerchief drawn by Cui Qingyi and embroidered by Kong Ran herself successfully attracted everyone's attention.
A cute, quirky, and vivid little animal occupied a corner of the handkerchief, with a line of small floral characters next to it. The girl took the handkerchief in her hand and looked at the characters carefully, and laughed out loud, "I want this one."
Seeing her like this, everyone hurried to look at the handkerchiefs in their hands, and a smile appeared on their faces:
"I understand the truth, but I don't want to reason with you today."
"You continue to hate me, and I will continue to maintain it."
"Are you angry? That has nothing to do with me."
"Don't hesitate, you are the cutest girl here."
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Cui Qingyi's carefully selected funny quotes, coupled with small animals that may be a little abstract to these girls, somehow captured the girls' hearts directly.
Everyone picked out the handkerchiefs they liked and thanked Qin Qiao. Qin Qiao smiled and said, "This handkerchief is unique. I was worried you wouldn't like it. Now I can finally rest assured that my many trips to the embroidery shop were worth it."
Qin Qiao will be the heir of the entire Qin family in the future. These girls are all married to families similar to theirs. It would be better for them to maintain a good relationship so that they can visit each other frequently in the future.
When everyone heard this, they felt that Qin Qiao was a better person than Zhao Yanyan. The lady who came also took the girls of the Qin and Zhao families into consideration, and she knew who to be friends with in the future.
Cui Qingyi also brought Konjac to attend the wedding banquet today. At first, she didn't want to come, but Madam Qin sent out invitations repeatedly and it would seem embarrassing if they didn't come, so the two of them packed up and came.
After all, Cui Qingyi was brought up strictly by the Yuan family, and with the experience of two lifetimes, she has a special temperament.
In addition, she took good care of it and it grew well, and the konjac that followed her was also round and cute, which attracted a lot of people's attention as soon as she entered the door.
The doorman's salutation, "Mr. Cui from Cui's female student presents a pair of double-sided embroidered pillows, five taels of silver," attracted a lot of attention to the two of them.
It was a good day for the Qin family. Cui Qingyi dressed modestly and understatedly, avoiding the spotlight. Everyone was tactful and didn't rush to chat with her, but the discussion among themselves continued. "This is Master Cui, the one the Empress Dowager commended. When did Madam Qin become friendly with them?"
"This Madam Qin is quite capable. If my family didn't have only one son, I would also want my son to marry into the family."
Cui Qingyi and Konjac were taken to the assigned seats. Sitting around them were several ladies in rich clothes. Although they were also curious about Cui Qingyi's affairs, at least everyone was polite and no one came around to ask questions. Konjac breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace.
Although she is a teacher now, she still spends more time interacting with the girls in daily life without having to put too much thought into it. She is really afraid of people like Mrs. Chen who smile but hide a dagger behind their smile.
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