After Aunt Zhu revealed their identities, neither the girl nor the woman showed any shyness; instead, they boldly stared at Bai Nuo.
Why would Chen Qiuling choose a girl like this to be Chen Zhi's wife? Given Chen Qiuling's personality, she should have chosen a timid and shy girl. Choosing a bold and shrewd girl like this is just asking for trouble.
"Young lady!" After introducing the two people, Aunt Zhu said earnestly, "Don't blame me for being nosy. After Chen Zhicheng gets married, these two will be your relatives too, right? They should get to know each other. Your mother is heavily pregnant and it's inconvenient for her, so I took the liberty of bringing them here."
It's not that Chen Qiuling is inconvenient, it's that she's afraid to come, right?
"Oh, oh!" Although Bai Nuo was displeased that Aunt Zhu had brought her here, since the person was already inside, she had no reason to turn her away. "How could I? Guests are always welcome. Please come in and sit down."
Bai Nuo was happy to let them in, but seeing that their house was so nice, while Bai Dalin's was a small, dilapidated house with three people sharing a room and a bamboo kitchen, she wondered if the girl would be willing to be with Chen Zhi after seeing this.
She'd be laughing her head off if Chen Zhi couldn't find a wife. What was Aunt Zhu up to? What was she doing coming to claim kinship? What business was it of theirs? Did she have a grudge against Chen Qiuling?
Bai Nuo politely invited the three of them inside, personally poured them tea, and then said with a smile, "I'm just a child, I don't know anything about these things, please forgive my rudeness!"
"What are you saying?" The woman looked around the main room before saying politely, "We are the ones who have disturbed you."
Aunt Zhu asked with a smile, "Where's Auntie? Isn't Auntie home?"
“My grandma has trouble walking, she should still be asleep. I’ll go wake her up!” Bai Nuo said.
"No, please!" The woman quickly stopped Bai Nuo. "The old lady is still sleeping, so let's not wake her up. We've just come to visit and will be leaving soon. The engagement has been made, and we'll soon be in-laws. We shouldn't have come, but we thought that as relatives, we'd inevitably have to visit each other more often, so we shamelessly came to your door."
Bai Nuo smiled but didn't say anything, and so she didn't move either.
There's no need to trouble Grandma for these people.
Aunt Zhu smiled and said many nice things. The three of them sat for a while and then took their leave. Bai Nuo saw them off and overheard the woman asking the matchmaker, "Why is their family so strange? The daughter lives in such a nice house, but the father lives in a small, dilapidated house. Why didn't you tell us sooner? If we had known this, we wouldn't have agreed to the engagement."
If they hadn't inquired and insisted on coming to see for themselves, they wouldn't have known what was going on. But now that the betrothal had been made, it was difficult to cancel the marriage.
"That's right, if I had known they were this poor, I wouldn't have taken their deposit. Wouldn't I have just suffered for nothing if I had married into this family?" The girl with the long braid was also very unwilling.
Who would want to marry someone who doesn't even own a house, especially with such a complicated family background? I've been tricked!
"Both of these houses belong to Bai Dalin of the Bai family. The one your future son-in-law lives in is the old house, and the one you just looked at is the new house. This new house was left by the previous owner, so it was given to the eldest daughter of the Bai family," Aunt Zhu explained.
"That doesn't mean they aren't poor! You told us beforehand that this family wasn't poor before I agreed to marry into this family. I'm calling off the engagement!"
They walked further and further away, and Bai Nuo could no longer hear what they were saying.
But even if Bai Nuo heard it, she wouldn't care; it's none of her business.
After everyone left, Bai Nuo continued drying her bok choy. Once she had finished drying all the bok choy, she instructed Aunt Liu to pick all the perilla leaves and put them away before going to work.
Duobao Pavilion's turnover yesterday was 122 taels of silver. With the gifts from Hu Mingmei and Zhang Wu, the total income yesterday was more than 300 taels of silver.
However, the jewelry business is always a case of "three years without business, three years with one big sale," and a few hundred taels of silver a month is enough. Bai Nuo really wanted to free up her hands to do other things, but Duobao Pavilion was currently all by herself, and she couldn't just leave it unattended.
It's time to hire one or two people to come and watch the shop.
Just before leaving, Bai Yu was still asleep. Bai Nuo went to check on Bai Yu and saw that he was still fast asleep in bed. Bai Nuo immediately became a little angry.
She's already back from her busy day, the sun's high in the sky, and this kid's still sleeping?
"What time is it and you're still sleeping?" Bai Nuo yanked off Bai Yu's blanket and opened the window to let in the sunlight. "What time did you go to sleep last night? Get up now! You don't get up during the day and you don't sleep at night. You're running wild now that you're not in class!"
"Sister!" Bai Yu, wearing only shorts, looked at Bai Nuo in fear.
"Get up quickly!" Bai Nuo said impatiently. "Perfect timing, you don't have class, come with me! There's something I need to tell you!" Bai Nuo hadn't told her family about the opening of Duobao Pavilion, and now it was time to take Bai Yu to see the entrance.
"oh!"
After Bai Yu changed his clothes and finished breakfast, it was almost noon. Seeing that the two of them were about to go out, Aunt Liu specially made some flatbreads and stir-fried some pickled vegetables (made from freshly dried pickled vegetables) for them to take with them for lunch.
"Please come in, sir!" Not long after opening the door, Bai Nuo left Bai Yu on the counter to look at the items. After telling Bai Yu the prices of the items, she sat down at the table and began to braid red ropes with quick, deft hands.
Soon, Bai Yu's voice rang out, "What would you like to order?" Bai Yu said as he came out, "I can help you find it."
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