Chapter 101
When I got back, Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Liao were both there. The brokers had arrived, and several people were looking at jewelry.
They saw that it was actually jadeite. These wives of officials admired precious stones and rarely wore jade.
Because they are getting older, they feel that wearing jade makes them look old-fashioned.
I heard Mrs. Liang say, "If you have any good jadeite, remember to tell me. I'm waiting for it to be blessed and I want to wear it before the New Year."
Mrs. Liao said, "Whatever you want to carve, you have to find a good carver, otherwise it will be wasted."
Mrs. Liang said, "I've already found one. It will need to be consecrated by a master chef when the time comes."
Mrs. Yi said, "Your husband, Lao Liang, really loves to dress you up. He's bought you so much jewelry that you can't even wear it all. He really treats you like a daughter."
Mrs. Liang said proudly, "A few days ago, the second girl fell in love with a pearl necklace. She said why was she wearing such expensive jewelry at such a young age? Later, the second girl found out that he bought me a white diamond and she really quarreled with him." At this point, Mrs. Liang chuckled and said, "He told the second girl that he raised me as his own daughter, so how could she, as the younger sister, compete with the eldest sister?"
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Wang Jiazhi hated this kind of talk; it was so awkward. A husband is a husband, a father is a father. Raising your wife like a daughter, like a son-in-law?
Mrs. Liang continued, "Next year, people born in the Year of the Sheep will be in conflict with Tai Sui. I heard from the monk that it's very bad luck. So, I'm wondering what to wear. I told him to just pick something decent, but he wouldn't agree and insisted on the best. Really?"
Normally, Mrs. Liang wouldn't dare show such an obvious display of affection, out of consideration for Mrs. Yi's feelings. However, this time, it was clear that Mrs. Yi wanted to strike a blow against Mrs. Liao, so she did her best to cooperate.
Wang Jiazhi saw Mrs. Liao's desolate and even somewhat desperate expression, and her face suddenly transformed into Lai Xiujin's. This was the same expression Lai Xiujin had when he saw her with a perm and wearing nice clothes.
She pushed her thoughts away and didn't want to think about the faces of the people in that circle.
Because of thinking of Lai Xiujing, my sympathy for Mrs. Liao also disappeared.
After playing a few rounds of mahjong, Mrs. Liang treated everyone to Sichuan cuisine and called a few people over.
The dishes were spicy and numbing. Wang Jiazhi's tongue hurt from the spiciness and her lips were numb from the numbness.
I heard the wives talking about how the wife of one of Old Yi's men was seriously ill.
Mrs. Yi said, "Has anyone visited her? I wonder how she is doing now."
One said, "I went to see him a few days ago. I would have been wrong not to go. He was already dying, so thin he looked unrecognizable. The room smelled terrible."
Mrs. Liang said, "Then you won't be able to endure for a few days."
Mrs. Yi said, "Not bad. I thought it wouldn't make it through the autumn. It's been so long. But it definitely won't make it through the New Year."
Mrs. Liao said, "I heard that the second concubine is clamoring to make me her first wife after she dies."
Mrs. Yi said, "How can a concubine be promoted to the main wife? Didn't someone say that there were a few, and what happened?"
Mrs. Liang said, "I heard that they've chosen two candidates and are considering them."
Mrs. Liao said, "He's been dating a woman from the government office for several years, and they're both very good friends. That's fine too."
Mrs. Yi said, "How can that be possible?"
Wang Jiazhi thought she'd already started looking for a new partner before her mother died. But then again, her father had been looking for someone even when her mother was still seriously ill, and had already decided on someone. If it weren't for his decision to go abroad, he would have married her as soon as her mother died.
It seems this man has an affair with a female spy under him. Since he said he could marry her, they probably haven't gotten married yet. But of course he won't marry her. For people like them, marriage is an exchange of benefits.
One lady mentioned that she had recently received a Chinese medicine prescription that could prevent hair loss, and the others were also very interested.
Wang Jiazhi thought to herself, "Take medicine before your hair falls out."
Then they proudly talked about their husbands selling official positions.
Listening to the chattering of the wives of officials, I wondered if they weren't worried and afraid?
My husband is doing such wicked things, and now we're in this situation. Aren't you afraid of waiting for death and the confiscation of your property? Even if he survives, neither will he die nor his property be confiscated. After doing so many unscrupulous things, don't you feel any guilt at all?
They are not afraid of committing sins at all, they are just afraid that they will not be able to live a good life anymore.
No wonder they say a virtuous wife protects her husband from misfortune. If their husbands were determined to go down this path, they probably wouldn't have tried to dissuade them. If their parents hadn't supported them, they probably wouldn't have made up their minds.
Wang Jiazhi remembered what her wicked mother-in-law often said: if only someone with understanding had advised him, it wouldn't have been like this...
At this time, she felt that this sentence was somewhat interesting.
Whenever Wang Jiazhi thought of this, she felt that they were also disgusting.
But she also felt that she was not qualified, and that she herself was an accomplice to evil and a criminal.
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